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LIFE Share New Single “Moral Fibre”

Fiercely independent Hull outfit LIFE are back with the first single to be taken from their highly anticipated second LP. ‘Moral Fibre’ is an anthemic and frenetic slice of art-punk laced with sardonic and irreverent lyrics. Produced by Luke Smith (Foals) and mixed by Claudius Mittendorfer (Parquet Courts), the band hone in on a bigger […]

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High End Munich “Quartet Of Critics” Awards

For many years now, visitors to the High End Munich show have been able to experience music demonstrations of exquisite quality on an extraordinary Hifi system in conference room K1B. The independent “German Record Critics’ Award Association” Award is given by its “Quartet of Critics”, which for the third year on May 10th, at the exhibition, will be discussing excellent and exciting […]

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Monrio MC201 Integrated Amplifier With USB DAC

I was really pleased to receive a call from Italian brand Monrio a few months ago asking if we’d be interested in reviewing one of their amplifiers as I’d owned one of their preamplifiers many years ago and thoroughly enjoyed it. Here we take a listen to the company’s MC 201 integrated amp with onboard […]

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H.C Slim Shares Single From Upcoming Debut Album

H.C Slim had amassed quite a catalogue of original songs he’s demoed on a tape recorder, deep in the Eastern Finnish countryside. Over the years cassettes and CDRs began to circulate with original copies selling for high prices before Svart Records drove out to his remote cabin to offer Slim a deal for his debut […]

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Steve Marino Announces Debut Album

Midwestern songwriter/musician Steve Marino announces his honest and intimate “debut” album Fluff due out May 24th, 2019 via Darling Recordings. The lead single and title track premiered today via Paste Magazine who called Steve’s music “quote.” The accompanying music video is a charming look inside Steve’s Bloomington, Indiana home through a pair of canine eyes.

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The Cabin Fever Share New Single And Video

Following 2018’s Exercise the Demon EP, The Cabin Fever have returned with a new video for single “B-L-S-H”, only they’ve also pitched the song down and overdubbed some more madness. We teamed up with The Big Takeover to share this elaborate creation, writing “Deep, narcotic vocals elongate with the sedate pace of the song, as […]