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Michael Sumsion

Bill Callahan: Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest review

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The mordant American troubadour returns with his first album in six years, an expansive and contemplative double set which ruminates on responsibility, contentment, mortality, fatherhood and the natural landscape. The frequently inscrutable artist formerly known as Smog has cultivated a peculiar niche in alternative indie-folk-alt-country pop as a frankly poetic purveyor of … [Read more...] about Bill Callahan: Shepherd In A Sheepskin Vest review

Review: Vanishing Twin – The Age of Immunology

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The London space cadets Vanishing Twin present a glorious, sci-fi-tinged album to fill the Broadcast-shaped hole in our affections that is both infectious and oblique. Utopias, lost futures and intergalactic exploration permeate the dazzling second long-player from London-based psych-electronica troupe Vanishing Twin, an outfit whose freewheeling, plate-spinning sonic approach … [Read more...] about Review: Vanishing Twin – The Age of Immunology

All Points East Festival 2019 Review – Sunday 2nd June

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All Points East festival closes in style for another year amidst plenty of highlights, strong performances and an electric atmosphere. Last weekend at Hackney’s Victoria Park, the second year’s instalment of All Points East – a cavalcade of multifarious entertainment and revelry stretching over a ten day period – closed with a typically enchanting line-up operating on the … [Read more...] about All Points East Festival 2019 Review – Sunday 2nd June

All Points East Festival 2019 Review – Sunday 26th May

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Victoria Park’s summer festival, All Points East, returned for another diverse helping of guitar rock, art-pop, jazz and electronica. Victoria Park’s eclectic, two-week blockbuster summer festival, All Points East, opened for its second-year with a varied three-day programme encompassing the hedonism of Primal Scream, the block-rocking beats of The Chemical Brothers, the … [Read more...] about All Points East Festival 2019 Review – Sunday 26th May

Review: Gia Margaret – There’s Always Glimmer

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On her debut album of blissful quietude, Gia Margaret channels dream-pop, backwoods folk, ambient and shoegaze whilst foraging for the light within times of darkness, fashioning a disarmingly beautiful riposte to the noise around us. “It’s safe to say it’s been a hard year”, whispers the Chicago-based, classically trained singer-songwriter Gia Margaret at the outset of her … [Read more...] about Review: Gia Margaret – There’s Always Glimmer