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REVIEW: Black Moth – Condemned to Hope
Cargo Records http://cargorecordsdirect.co.uk/products/black-moth Review by: Jack Nuttgens Leeds retro rockers Black Moth’s second album is a brooding, atmospheric opus, with the catchy riffs and melodic punch of 2012’s The Killing Jar giving way to extra bursts of distortion and darkly … Continue reading
Festival Guide
FEATURE: MARY WINN After three days of greasy hair, sleepless nights and dancing wildly to bands that you would conventionally slander in the ‘outside world’, you’d think that one would walk away from the usual festival experience an empty shell … Continue reading
Ultima II Massage: Tobacco
Ultima II Massage Tobacco Ghostly International May 2014 ALBUM REVIEW: MARY WINN Thomas Fec, frontman of the enigmatic psychedelic/electronic indie pop outfit Black Moth Super Rainbow, has been releasing albums under the pseudonym of Tobacco since 2008. Still stoically armed with … Continue reading
Becky Becky: Good Morning, Midnight
FEINT Records Released on 1st May 2014 ALBUM REVIEW: BARRY QUINN A tumultuous relationship encircles what could quite possibly be Becky Becky’s first and only album together. Gemma L. Williams (vocals) and Peter J D Mason (production) joined forces in … Continue reading
Iggy Azalea – The New Classic
Iggy Azalea: The New Classic Virgin EMI Records Released on 21 April 2014 Available now on iTunes ALBUM REVIEW: BARRY QUINN Iggy Azalea is making a bold statement in naming her new album The New Classic. The new classic it is … Continue reading
The Doors: Live at the Hollywood Bowl ‘68
Gala Theatre, Durham 21 April 2014 Director: Ray Manzarek Starring: Jim Morrison, Ray Manzarek, John Densmore, Robby Krieger Certificate: PG, 62 minutes MUSIC DOCUMENTARY REVIEW: SIMON RAMSHAW Don’t cancel your subscription to this resurrection. Instead, send your credentials to the nearest … Continue reading
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Woods: With Light and With Love
Woodsist Released 15 April 2014 Available now on iTunes MUSIC REVIEW: SOPHIE WARD The seventh album from Woods, a band whose name only reinforces their obscurity, is titled With Light and With Love. Obviously, it is that not hard to … Continue reading
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Johnny Flynn & The Sussex Wit – Live @ The Cluny
The Cluny, Newcastle 11 April 2014 http://www.johnny-flynn.com Music Review: rosie hewitson As somebody who was a big fan of the nu-folk scene that emerged with the likes of Noah and the Whale, Emmy the Great, Laura Marling and Johnny Flynn, … Continue reading
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The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra as part of Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014
The Scottish National Jazz Orchestra: In the Spirit of Duke Sage Gateshead Gateshead International Jazz Festival 6 April 2014 LIVE REVIEW: LEXY POWELL In a fitting end to a sensational festival, tribute was paid to the Duke of Jazz himself, … Continue reading
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Howler – Live @ The Cluny
The Cluny, Newcastle 1 April 2014 Tour dates Live music review: evie laight Howler have a lot resting on their shoulders, not only because of the success of debut album Give Up America, but also for being NME’s third best … Continue reading
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School Of Language – Live @ The Cluny
The Cluny, Newcastle 7 April 2014 Tour dates LIVE music review: HANNAH MORPETH You wouldn’t think Monday’s Cluny gig was the first School Of Language had done since September 2008, given the form Dave Brewis held throughout. I had hoped … Continue reading
Space F!ght as part of Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014
Space F!ght Sage Gateshead Gateshead International Jazz Festival 5 April 2014 LIVE REVIEW: BARRY QUINN Dubbed as a concoction of visuals, electronic and live music, Space F!ght was an incredible spectacle that really has to be seen to be believed. … Continue reading
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The Alan Law Trio as part of Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014
Late Night Club The Alan Law Trio The Jazz Café – Newcastle Gateshead International Jazz Festival 4 April 2014 LIVE REVIEW: BARRY QUINN Nestled in the backstreets of Newcastle’s city centre, the Jazz Café played host to the Alan Law … Continue reading
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Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014 Review #3
Gateshead International Jazz Festival 4-6 April 2014 MUSIC EVENT REVIEW: LEXY POWELL The Gateshead International Jazz Festival celebrated its 10th birthday in a spectacular weekend of music for all ages. With events ranging from ‘GoGo Penguin’ to the audio-visual ‘Space … Continue reading
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Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014 Review #2
Gateshead International Jazz Festival 4-6 April 2014 MUSIC EVENT REVIEW: Barry QUINN The Sage played host to the 10th Gateshead International Jazz Festival over the past weekend, and fans were greeted to an array of sounds. Included on the bill … Continue reading
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Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014 Review
Gateshead International Jazz Festival 4-6 April 2014 MUSIC EVENT REVIEW: AMBER EFSTATHIOU Jazz music. The obvious names come to mind: Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, Norah Jones. Everybody and their dog has waltzed around the kitchen singing “What A … Continue reading
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Gateshead International Jazz Festival 2014
We sent five of our Cuckoos to the Gateshead International Jazz Festival, running at Sage Gateshead from 4-6 April. Celebrating its 10th anniversary, we will soon be publishing our writers’ reviews of events and their experiences of the three-day festival, … Continue reading
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Songs My Past Self Would Hate Me For Liking
FEATURE BY: LUKE DAVIS I’ve never really favoured any particular genre of music. There is some music that I cannot stand (I’m looking at you, ‘dubstep’), but there has never been anything I’ve particularly preferred over everything else. That said, … Continue reading
Songs to Banish Stress
Playlist by sarah mcghee This is the time of the year that you start to remember all those exams and pieces of coursework you need to start preparing for, and probably also the time of year the panic will start … Continue reading
Fall Out Boy – Save Rock and Roll
Metro Radio Arena Friday 21st March 2014 Tour Dates MUSIC Review: nasim asl Rock and roll was well and truly alive when Fall Out Boy took to the Metro Radio Arena’s stage last Friday night. Since the band first formed … Continue reading
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