Buzzin Music Blog

This is Still It by The Method Actors will be released on 22 March on Acute Records.
The next time an Oscar-loving luddite regales you with tales of deprivation and loss; all suffered in the name of art and a gold-tinged Kinder Egg toy, pop on This is Still It and relive a time when [...]

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Isa & The Filthy Tongues have built up a cult following with their dark underground sound and arty lyrics, a theme that is carried forward on their latest album Dark Passenger, only this collection of songs by their own standards is set to reach a wider more mainstream audience, being more accessible and melodic than [...]

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High Places vs. Mankind – High Places – album review
Following on from a successful debut album (self-titled) and working off the back of a lovely single (‘I Was Born’), High Places are most likely hoping to churn back up some of the cult acclaim they receive from time to time and turn into alternative mainstays. [...]

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Tunng – …And Then We Saw Land – album review
March 1st will see the release of a new Tunng album, …And Then We Saw Land, an apt title for the disembarkation of a band who had recently been on a journey of musical discovery with African musicians Tinariwen, as well as seeing their guitarist aid [...]

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Erland and the Carnival – album review

Erland and the Carneval’s self-titled debut has been described by Simon Tong (formerly of The Verve, The Good, The Bad & The Queen and The Shining (anyone remember them?)) as a blend of Pentangle, Ennio Morricon, Love, 13th Floor Elevators and Joe Meek. Quite a blend of psychedelic folk [...]

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