“Feel-good pop-punk, a perfect fit for sunny skies and hazy days outside ☀️”
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Dial Denial – Overtime
Author: Alex Kirk
“Every time a Crystal Cities track appears, it is guaranteed to be a quality product, and so it is here – another slice of smartly constructed guitar pop, another feat of precision engineering in song 🛠️”
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1300 – Steve Jobs (feat. Kwame)
“1300’s ongoing capering continues apace, teaming up here with Kwame for another madcap escapade of musical nuttiness 🤪”
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Murray Darling – In Our Veins
“A welcome return for Murray Darling, who gift us a softer edge on this track, but remain as fully built to last as they ever were 💪”
“There may be something very wrong with Dole Manchild. Once someone’s done a welfare check though, let’s also make sure he keeps getting enough of whatever loopy scientist’s potion he’s clearly been downing, and keep these insane, and insanely wonderful, experiments in noise coming 🧪”
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Turpentine Babycino – Calamity
The glorious second-ever release from Newcastle’s brilliant Turpentine Babycino
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Alpha Goose @ Factory Theatre, 22nd Jan
“It says a lot when a photographer doesn’t know *which* jump to use, and especially when this is decidedly not a punk show. This is instead an Alpha Goose set, a mad explosion of dancing and giddy happiness, a relentless barrage of wide-eyed tune, soulful vocals, funk buried deep in the bass and rhythms, and […]
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The Toothpicks @ Factory Theatre, 22nd Jan
“A set by The Toothpicks is a cocked hat, a jaunty swagger, an exaggerated wink paired with finger guns. The musical skill can really only be measured in terms of a Richter scale, but it’s the way the songs swagger and charm and sparkle their way through a million territories per verse that sticks to […]
Every week, my robots scour the biggest nine New Music Friday playlists in the world to see whose getting backed hard by the big green machine. This week: 🏆 The Champ: Ed Sheeran While Sam Smith (21m followers) made it two weeks in a row appearing on all nine of the biggest New Music Fridays, […]