Review: Benjamin Tod ‘Vengeance And Grace’
An album from Lost Dog Street Band frontman Benjamin Tod wasn’t on my bingo card for 2026… Following the man
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Author: Mark Hunt-Bryden
Review: Chris Emmert ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
Back in 2020, few people would have imagined that the enduring (and endearing) success of Anti-Corp Music’s The Magnolia Sessions
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Review: Ten East & SoftSun ‘Turned To Stone Chapter 10’
Ripple Music’s split vinyl series Turned To Stone has become a benchmark for high-quality, heavy and thematic releases. Each chapter
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Review: The Bandit Queen Of Sorrows ‘The Magnolia Sessions’
One of the most valuable things for the continuing health of music is for new or underground artists to get
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Review: Kal-El ‘Astral Voyager Vol. 2’
I made a passing remark in my review of Kal-El’s seventh album, the stunning Astral Voyager Vol. 1, that the
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Review: Neurosis ‘An Undying Love For A Burning World’
I could debate the separation of the art from the artist here, but I won’t – many column inches have
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Review: Hermano ‘Clisson, France’
As someone who names John Garcia amongst his top three vocalists, Hermano have always been a project of supreme cool.
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Review: Desert Storm ‘Buried Under The Weight Of Reason’
I’m not going to dedicate a large portion of this review to a sepia-tinged ‘…‘member when Desert Storm were just
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Review: Predatory Void ‘Atoned In Metamorphosis’
Nestling in Western Europe, bordering France and Germany, when I think of Belgium, it is mostly medieval and Renaissance architecture,
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Review: Jagged City ‘There Are More of Us, Always’
Taking inspiration for their name from Hanif Adburraquib’s memoir There’s Always This Year, Jagged City began as a collaborative, cross-continental
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Review: Disgraceland ‘Penguins Can Fly’ EP
So, it’s February; the million days of January have finally passed, dragging on almost as long as the endless rain
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