Mumford and Sons bring back the banjos and layer on the heartbreak on atmospheric ‘Delta’
Mumford and Sons’ fourth full-length returns them to their banjo-strumming halcyon days, with added atmospheric flare.
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Lions of Dissent are back with indie disco banger ‘Turn Up The Struggle’
Wolverhampton septet Lions of Dissent return triumphantly with new indie disco banger ‘Turn Up The Struggle’.
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Watch: Liquid Cheeks debut brand new single and video for ‘Fite’
The Birmingham art pop duo show us their more aggressive side with new-wave inspired ‘Fite’, complete with new video.
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Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam deliver a polished, snappy album with ‘Blackout Cowboy’
King’s Heath veterans Sunshine Frisbee Laserbeam deliver a short yet sweet 7th album that distills down everything that fans love about them.
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Album Review: Bill Ryder-Jones is awake and energised on ‘Yawn’
Bill Ryder-Jones, indie producer and ex-Coral member, makes a welcome return with the quiet but charismatic lo-fi folk of Yawn.
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Video premiere: Paper Buoys team up with The Pagans S.O.H on new single
Local bands Paper Buoys and The Pagans S.O.H team up for explosive new single ‘In Faith So Blind’ – watch the video here
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Review: The Prodigy reinvent their own wheel on new album, No Tourists
Essex rave veterans The Prodigy serve up another assault course of breakbeats and electro-punk on No Tourists, their seventh studio album.
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Hoopla Blue’s ‘Fire Alarm’ is a delightfully weird outing for the cult Brummies
Hoopla Blue deal up a slice of electro-funk that marks them out as one of Birmingham’s most unique young acts
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Mumford and Sons disappoint with new single ‘If I Say’
The latest single from Mumford’s upcoming album feels trite and cliched in what is becoming an increasingly predictable disappointment.
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Album Review: Razorlight are reawakened with new album ‘Olympus Sleeping’
The Britrock whipping boy Johnny Borrell and his band are back, but will Razorlight’s fourth album provide much-needed redemption? Sam Lambeth finds out.
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