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Parting Gifts – Strychnine Dandelion (LP, In The Red)
The debut album from Nashville duo Coco Hames and the prolific Greg Cartwright, augmented by friends the Ettes has its…
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Bo Ningen – Bo Ningen (album, Stolen)
By turns visceral and ambient, Bo Ningen’s [trans: ‘Stick Men’] eponymous debut represents a remarkably accomplished first outing for this…
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Thee Spivs – Taped Up (album, Damaged Goods)
Tearing in like a switchblade through the fecal velour of a cinema seat comes the debut album from this much…
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The Cramps at Napa State
‘The guy filming couldn't point his camera at the inmates because he couldn't show them escaping.’ Lux Interior
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Anarchive – 001 The Mob
Firstly, if you've never heard The Mob, this album is the wrong place to start. Score a copy of the…
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Top Of The Pops
I can still picture the tableau vivant; it’s around forty years ago, I’m in Woolworths trying to decide which particular…
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Steranko: Four Colour Shaman
In addition to being one of the most innovative comic book artists of the 1960s, Jim Steranko’s amazing life indentifies…
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An A-Z of Overlooked Bands
All these bands have two things in common. Firstly, they have received great critical acclaim and/or riches during their careers.…
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The Blacula Series (1972-73)
By virtue of the same rampant mad-scientist genre-splicing that would subsequently reach a lunatic peak with the Hammer/Shaw Brothers kung…
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Ace of Wands (1970-72)
ITV’s early 1970s alternative to Doctor Who, Ace Of Wands remains something of a lost gem – especially as the…
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