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Wake up to … The Thinking Men
Slide guitar. You love it or you hate. If it’s the former, you know that it started with the old school blues musicians using bottles over their guitars. Why did they do it? I reckon it was that pact with Satan that the film with Ralph Macchio told us about. Or maybe they were just…
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Where there’s a will, there’s a record
Sometimes, when you need to get your message out, what’s best Emma Webb – Soulchime
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Wake up to… Nube Fenix
Nube Fénix are an experimental band from México. Wait, that sounds familiar. We already talked about an experimental band the other day and now we bring you another? Evil is afoot. That and also you’ve gotta remember that México’s culture has a lot of mysticism, which sort of translates into some interesting ideas being bandied…
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Sounds of horror
Heinali and Matt Finney – Ain’t no night
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Paving Stones : Skeletons and the Empty Pockets
Not exactly a new band, but surely an excellent live band, Skeletons and the Empty Pockets (who will change names soon) are from Rotherham & Sheffield and play…well, God knows what they are playing but I like it. First time I heard them (back in the Harley), they made me think of that Disney cartoon…
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Interview – Sad Accordions
We like The Whiskey Priest. We also like Sad Accordions. Funny thing, both bands share frontman Seth Woods, who seems to enjoy jumping from acoustic to guitar (via western drawl and jewharp). So we got our Mexican writers, Tonan and Sam, to email them with a couple of questions. Subjects: Upcoming tour, the recent album…
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Wake up to… Los Impresionistas
Los Impresionistas are an experimental rock band from Mexico City who are not afraid to play around with emotions (and their instruments…and chord progressions). Whether by going the route of Rock or deceptively laying some electronic music (but then hitting you back with more Rock), Los Impresionistas are slowly but surely getting their musical gospel…
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The apocalyptic visions of John Martin
Sheffield’s Millenium Gallery is currently presenting a wonderful exhibition called John Martin: Painting the Apocalypse.
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