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September 2024’s New Music Playlist
Get the playlist here. September is typically the busiest month of the year for new music, so here’s new stuff…
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August 2024’s Best Albums
Album of The Month Fontaines DC – Romance Read about it here. Also great.. Hamish Hawk – A Firmer Hand…
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds – Wild God Review
Whilst it hasn’t always been my way or the highway from Nick Cave’s perspective, there’s always at least been a…
August 2024’s Best New Music
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It was an unlikely arrangement, which was unpredictably successful and led to a unforeseen lifelong relationship. By 1986 the Cocteau…