A Most Dramatic of Comas: The Theater Equation (Ayreon)

Ayreon's staging of The Human Equation is anything but comatose...

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And then there was just Madame Hillary. Hold the Champagne.

Hillary Clinton may have taken the Democratic nomination, but that leaves little to celebrate...

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Jazz Powerhouse? It’s all (kinda) in the name (Jasmine Power)

dropcap style=”font-size:100px; color:#992211;”S/dropcapomething old, something new, something borrowed, something blue… or so the saying goes. I realise this seems somewhat out of...

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Hillbilly Moon Explosion at The Borderline

Rocking tunes with sass and soul, but needs to be turned up. ...

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Loitered Lens: Shame

Snarling punk energy and teenage kicks. Photos of Shame, live at the Garage...

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Vinyl Rarities, No Cratedigging. Scandi Gems on Round Two Records

Firebeats Inc., Undertakers' Circus and Kare and the Cavemen signal an untapped wealth of Norwegian rock...

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Protests, Parties, Pointillism. (Römer + Römer)

Berlin-based neo-pointillist duo appear at Hastings festival in September. Preview...

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Yearning for Pet Sounds

Predating instant gratification by decades, Pet Sounds expresses a yearning which still makes for emotional listening. Essay...

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Who’s Afraid of Tonality? (Max Richter, Sleep @ Barbican)

As much gig as concert, The Barbican turns to Max Richter for crowd-pulling contemporary performance. Review...

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Manami Mogg’s Moggy Metal Mix 2 (Wo Fat, Interment, Death Angel, Regret)

With the suburban bliss of both Primary and Secondary Feeders shattered by the horticulturalists next-door, Manami Mogg reviews the month's metal releases...

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Deeper Into the Hepatitis Bathtub

A booksigning followed by dinner should be simple. In newly-cleansed Manhattan, it's anything but...

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Loitered Lens: Eagulls

Photos of Eagulls at Islington Assembly Hall, May 2016...

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Make Better Music 82: Monetizing Music (Part Two)

Working musician Simon Laffy ponders the recurring problem of making music pay...

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Musicians Wanted: Singer. What Lies Beneath (Mike Kershaw)

Heading up a supergroup of sorts, prog rock keyboardist Mike Kershaw releases What Lies Beneath. Review...

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Like circuit bending, but with more control: Interview (Weightausend)

Weightausend discusses hijacking obsolete digital sound modules, hash-induced panic attacks, and Doctor Who ...

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Notable for its Collaborators (Faulkner)

Interview with Dimitri Farougias from US Pop band Faulkner. ...

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Loitered Lens: The Fall

Photos from The Fall playing live at The Garage, Islington...

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Tracing Mescaline Lines (Eric Yanez / Dubeejunk)

A nod to European fin de siecle visuals, and another to 1960s psychedelia inform Dubeejunk's striking graphics. Profile...

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An Ominous and Unsettling Ambience: #1 (Daghraven)

Intricately constructed and spanning the gap between melancholy and tragedy, Daghraven makes for brooding archeological listening...

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Loitered Lens: The Dead XIII

Horror metal from straight outta Catacombs, The Dead XIII morgue Islington up. Photos ...

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Me Generation, not Re-Generation. (The Treatment, Islington Academy)

The Treatment breathe some new life into UK rock at the Islington Academy...

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A Capella Invasion: Pentatonix UK Tour

The first wave of the summer's a capella surge hits with the Pentatonix UK tour...

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In New York City with the Hepatitis Bathtub

En route to NYC for a NOFX book signing, Scott Laudati takes the Red Sox and racism trail...

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Technical Brutality for (nearly) a Gravenous Hour (Katalepsy)

Blasting their way to the top of the Death Metal scene, Russia's Katalepsy release album number two. Review...

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Killer Hillary or the Lumpentrumpetariat; On Choosing the Lesser of two Evils

A presidency headed by either Donald Trump or the Clinton Cartel will make the world a more dangerous place. Essay...

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God Shave the Queen for the Art Bastard Show

West country wit and the sharp lancet of satire converge on the world of conceptual art. The Art Bastard show launches on YouTube...

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Loitered Lens: Sumo Cyco

Sumo Cyco exhort the Camden Underworld crowd to a filthy frenzy. Photos...

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The incomprehensible and the incomparable. (The Fall)

A review of The Fall, Monday 25th April 2016 at The Garage, Islington...

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Meshuggah European Tour 2016

Extreme tech-metal messiahs Meshuggah announce Winter 2016 European Tour...

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Sever spawned a Monster’s Ball (Sumo Cyco live at The Underworld)

A kerosene cocktail of sparky lust and punk metal power - Sumo Cyco raise the temperature at the Underworld. Review...

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