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Single Review: Sleaze – ‘Daffodils’.

South-East London Indie-pop quintet Sleaze describe their music as ‘Post pub kebab shop Glam-Rock’. If that description doesn’t pique your musical curiosity then I’m afraid there’s nothing down for you. Daffodils is the band’s second release and it’s a delicious slice of Indie-pop telling the tale of a boyfriend’s half-arsed attempt to rejuvenate a decaying […]

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Live Review: THE DREAM MACHINE, Bright Town, Idyllic – Jimmy’s Liverpool, 23/3/23.

In preparation for the release of their eagerly anticipated debut album Thank God! It’s The Dream Machine, Wirral band The Dream Machine are embarking on a short three date residency at Liverpool venue Jimmy’s. On Thursday I went along to the middle episode of the trilogy to see what all the fuss was about. First […]

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Live Review: Rianne Downey. Oporto, Leeds. 19th March 2023.

There are some points in an artist’s career when, if you’re lucky enough, you can look back upon and say ‘I was part of that’. I’ve got a feeling that this tour, and Sunday night in Leeds, will be one of those.  I’ve seen Rianne Downey live twice before; once with just her guitar and once with […]

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Live Review: THE CLAUSE, FEVER, Wull – Jimmy’s, Liverpool -17/3/2023.

If you’d entered a packed Jimmy’s just before The Clause came on stage you may have felt a mild sense of dislocation. Witnessing the plethora of Tricolour flags and Guinness top hats, and hearing the occasional shouts of ‘Yam Yam Army’ you’d have been forgiven for thinking that you’d stepped into a pub on Digbeth […]