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It is intimidating covering a band you love as you pray you’ll do them justice; there’s an omnipresent feeling that

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Review: Holy Scum ‘All We Have Is Never’

19th August 202519th August 2025 Martin Williams Experimental, Holy Scum, Industrial, Noise, Rocket Recordings

Just as I found myself wondering when, or if, I’d hear another record from Holy Scum, the Manchester-area collective spearheaded

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Review: SUMAC And Moor Mother ‘The Film’

9th May 20259th May 2025 Matthew Williams Drone, Experimental, Moor Mother, Spoken Word, Sumac, Thrill Jockey Records

After giving this a few listens, I can confirm that SUMAC are another band that is going to be filed

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Review: Orchestra SMS ‘Musica Sparpagliata’

10th March 202510th March 2025 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo AltrOck Productions, Experimental, Neo Classical, Orchestra SMS

The first time I encountered the intriguing fusion of rock music and orchestral arrangements was back in 1970, while tuned

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Review: Nina Garcia ‘Bye Bye Bird’

25th February 202525th February 2025 Reza Mills Experimental, Ideologic Organ, Nina Garcia

With plaudits from Sonic Youth legend Thurston Moore who describes Bye Bye Bird as the ‘most exalted and sublime collection

Featured Interviews

She The Throne: An Interview With The Dark Electronic & Experimental Duo

30th January 202530th January 2025 Reza Mills Electronic, Experimental, Industrial, She The Throne

Social media can be a pain, in the sense that people who you hoped to never hear from again are

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Review: ALAN+ ‘S.A.L.I.G.I.A. Le 7 vie del vizio’

2nd December 20242nd December 2024 Domenico 'Mimmo' Caccamo ALAN+, Experimental, Instrumental, Libri di Mompracem, Post-Rock

‘The universe breathes. Like an infinite diaphragm that swells and contracts, the universe has a name. And a sound. There

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Review: Full Of Hell & Andrew Nolan ‘Scraping The Divine’

15th November 202415th November 2024 Amanda Votta Andrew Nolan, Closed Casket Activities, Experimental, Full Of Hell

Since 2009, Maryland/Pennsylvania based Full Of Hell have been creating some of the most beautifully nightmarish music you’ll hear, both

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Review: Gridfailure ‘When The Lights Go Out Vol. IV’

14th November 202414th November 2024 Reza Mills Ambient, Experimental, Gridfailure, Independent

Gridfailure‘s latest as you might have guessed, is the fourth instalment in the When The Lights Go Out Series, following

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Review: Scions ‘To Cry Out In The Wilderness’

4th November 20244th November 2024 Reza Mills Drone, Experimental, Idée Fixe Records, Neo Classical, Scions

Hailing from Canada, the eight-piece outfit Scions comprises Cormac Culkeen (vocals), Dave Grenon (electronics/sound design), Andrew Mackelvie (saxophones/bass clarinet), Ellen

The Body & Dis Fig @ The White Hotel, Salford, 28th August 2024 – Photo by Lee Edwards

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The Body & Dis Fig / She The Throne @ The White Hotel, Salford, 28th August 2024

25th September 202425th September 2024 Matthew Williams Dis Fig, Electronic, Experimental, Grey Lantern, Salford, She The Throne, The Beauty Witch, The Body, The White Hotel

Another evening out and a chance to visit another new venue, to watch two bands that were relatively new to

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