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Ray Bull – Please Stop Laughing
Ray Bull offer a persuasive case that any path to great music counts, especially given that the New York duo did not start as a band. They were actually art‑school kids at Cooper Union, Aaron Graham with his images, Tucker Elkins with his films, circling ideas that were generally unrelated to music making. It took… Read more
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Spencer Cullum – The Church, Ipswich 4th May 2026
Spencer Cullum has always sounded like a man slightly out of step with the era he has been handed, and today that dislocation feels almost poetic. The British‑born, Nashville‑based songwriter and pedal‑steel conjurer made his latest record, ‘Coin Collection 3,’in the quiet refuge of a garden‑shed studio; an improvised sanctuary from the static and spite… Read more
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New Mix: Fruit Tree Records – Fresh Juice 2026 Vol. 6
Volume six of our 2026 new music releases series ‘Fresh Juice’ opens with the irresistible vintage soul sounds of Mama’s Gun before embarking on a journey incorporating new sounds in Psych Pop, Garage Rock, Electro Pop, Folk, Americana and Singer-Songwriter before ending on some mesmerising freak-folk from the mysterious Bity Booker. So, why not join… Read more
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Fresh Juice 4th May 2026
Gun Outfit – Teardrops (Classic Hell On Earth) Soon to return on 8th May with a double album, ‘Process And Reality,’ that marks twenty years of Gun Outfit, this is a sneak preview of a track from the record that was made amidst the heat and uncertainty of wildfires. Something in the warm sounds capture… Read more
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May 2026 Playlist
I was saddened this week to learn of the cancellation of the Red Rooster Festival which was due to take place at the end of May. I was a little late to the party on this one, only finally attending what is, for me, quite a local event in 2023 and 2024. But it did… Read more
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Modesty Blaise – Melancholia (25th Anniversary Remaster)
When it comes to harmony rich, densely textured, beautifully orchestrated pop music of a bright, warm, and luminous complexity, then the Beach Boys are arguably at the top of that ‘sunshine pop’ tree. It is a musical character that has never fully bloomed beyond its founders even though many have either tried to fully adopt… Read more
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