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Reviews Album review: Wisp – If not winter Natalie Lu stands on the shoulders of her influences and creates shoegaze magic on her debut album, If not winter.
Reviews Album review: The Armed – The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed Mercurial hardcore collective The Armed get serious on scintillating sixth album The Future Is Here And Everything Needs To Be Destroyed.
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Reviews Album review: The Dirty Nil – The Lash Crack that whip! Hamilton, Ontario’s rowdiest sons The Dirty Nil return revitalised on fifth album, The Lash.
Reviews Album review: Michael Clifford – SIDEQUEST 5 Seconds Of Summer man Michael Clifford’s idea of a sidequest is to embrace alt. culture all over again.
Reviews Album review: Death Pill – Sologamy Ukrainian thrash-punks Death Pill beat the odds and broaden their horizons on challenging second album…