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The name of the band may be named after a means to perform execution in Africa but there is nothing lifeless about Soweto Necklace, quite the contrary judging by their E.P. Beasts of the Southern Interior, they are fresh, exciting and something different to the ears that can only bring a smile to the face as their infectious rhythms and interplayed harmonies, along with rather ambitious music, strikes the tune for a distinctive beat.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9½ /10
The third album by The Riotous Brothers, The Tree, starts like a feeling of pure exhilaration and ends up with you wanting to weep for all the right reasons and take each song to your heart. If an album can really take you to places that you cannot go to in your physical life then this is the same sensation you might get when you read Wuthering Heights, Far from The Madding Crowd, Moby Dick or Edward Rutherford’s Sarum for the first time in the quiet slumber of deep forest surrounded by the dying embers of a perfect summer’s day.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 9/10
Imagine being able to stand right next to Concorde as its starts its engines, or being inside a military helicopter flying over hostile territory whilst the likes of Candlemass are performing inside…then turn it up a notch and add some great imagery from some very interesting and cool lyrics and the result is Maltese Doom Metal band Nomad Son and their exceptional album The Darkening.
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Everyone always asks for proof, or at least they should, when being presented with a fact or piece of information. However The Proof is there for listening to when it comes to Paul Cox, Roger Cotton, Mike Summerland, Nigel Hardy and Peter Stroud, the proof is not just a satisfactory edible pudding but it is five course meal with additional toppings that deserves the best chef to present it.
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The band’s facebook page betrays it all. There is no pomp, ceremony, ritual ego to be found; just a simple statement tucked away in corner, hiding in plain sight, four words, four simple words that reveal the ethic behind the five members of Maltese band The Crowns…It’s about the music.
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No matter where you go in the world, the sound of music is always to be heard somewhere. It might not be the music you are used to hearing, it might even be the sound of nature at its creative brilliant best adding the backdrop to your day or holiday; whichever way you find music, if it’s good it will stay with you always.
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The Midlands city of Leicester might not be the first port of call when people talk about music in the last 50 years but away from the city’s overwhelming love of sport with Leicester City, the ever popular rugby team, the legendary bowls player Tony Allcock and of course it’s entertaining cricket side, music does play a significant part in the heritage that you can feel as you step out of the train station and start to explore this historic place.
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It’s rare that you can listen to the tracks of a new E.P. and somehow be gleefully confused for a moment in that you think you have somehow mixed up the discs and what you are listening to is the cunning hybrid of 1950s rock and Roll and a touch of Metal, the atmosphere of 1960s screen adaptations of comic book tales and the directness of a mind-set determined to stand out from the crowd.
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Behind the oblique, somewhere in hiding in the shadows and the painted references to the black and white world of Folk music stands Marissa Nadler.
Ms. Nadler’s sixth studio album follows the same unique path that she has ploughed all her career. Intelligent and heartfelt lyrics with a point wrapped up in the enigma of the feeling of enforced solitude, the loneliness that the brave and inspired crave but coming out just enough to spread a tale or two of spell binding quality before shutting the door completely.
Liverpool Sound and Vision Rating 7/10
There is a confident, almost poised rawness to The Jackobins sound that is positively endearing. The four songs on offer by the band demonstrate perfectly that the biggest hurdle for any group or artist starting out is having the sheer guts to find their way out way out the bedroom and into a studio or onto the stage. Far too many dream about doing things, they constant urge to say yes I would be so good at that but letting the spark of ambition rot away in the corner, unloved, unkempt; only thought of ten years later with a sigh and bitter recriminations.