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From Thursday 10 January 2019

Taking Back Sunday – ‘Twenty’

It’s been two decades under the influence for Long Island’s Taking Back Sunday and, as they tour the globe in celebration of their twentieth year as a band, we take a look at their special anniversary compilation, ‘Twenty’. The album, packaged beautifully, essentially serves as a highlight reel for the

Tuesday 13 December 2016

Mother Love Bone – ‘On Earth As It Is – The Complete Works’

Collections and compilations are a funny business. Most of the time they are purely a cash cow with the same content you already know; repackaged, reissued, and released only to liberate the contents of your wallet under the guise of being “new”. You could argue that ‘On Earth As

Sunday 27 January 2013

Alcopopular 5: Hit-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy (Mysterious Cities Of PoP)

Since its formation in 2006, Oxford-based label Alcopop! Records has built itself quite the reputation among music lovers, so much so that in the recent annual awards of this very iste, it was voted Best Label by its readers. With a roster including the likes of Johnny Foreigner, Stagecoach, My

Thursday 16 August 2012

MC Lars – Greatest Hits

Andrew Nielson has been releasing his distinctive style of hip-hop under the moniker ‘MC Lars’ since the late 1990s. Managing to inhabit the notorious grey-area between alternative and urban, Lars has boasted high profile support slots and appearances at a number of conventionally labelled alternative festivals. During this time