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Adam and Darcie

Mark Townsend posted on July 20, 2009 19:00
Adam and Darcie
  Adam and Darcie are a husband and wife team from Provo, Utah. Having released their debut The Valley Where I'm From, a couple of years ago, they recently signed to Irish record label In...

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Official Secrets Act 'Understanding Electricity'

Mark Townsend posted on May 03, 2009 19:00
Official Secrets Act 'Understanding Electricity'
A review of the album 'Understanding Electricity' by Official Secrets Act Review Snapshot: Reasonable debut from the London art-rockers - with synth-stylings of the New Romantic era allied...

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Silversun Pickups 'Swoon'

Mark Townsend posted on April 27, 2009 19:00
Silversun Pickups 'Swoon'
A review of the album 'Swoon' by Silversun Pickups Review Snapshot: Competent but slightly dull sophomore release from the California-based four-piece. Following on from the success of &ls...

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Official Secrets Act

Mark Townsend posted on April 21, 2009 19:00
An interview with Leeds-based Official Secrets Act Formed in 2006 in Leeds' Official Secrets Act are a new sharply dressed indie fourpiece. Combining the angular riffs of Franz Ferdinand with ...

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Larry Beau

Mark Townsend posted on April 10, 2009 19:00
Larry Beau
Larry Beau, or Declan Burke as he is known to some, is a singer/songwriter from Galway. A singular and unique talent on the Irish music scene he is a man of many guises. A wandering minstrel with baro...

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Peter Doherty 'Grace/Wastelands'

Mark Townsend posted on March 31, 2009 19:00
Peter Doherty 'Grace/Wastelands'
A review of the album 'Grace/Wastelands' by Peter Doherty Review Snapshot: Rambling acoustic album from the pen of Peter (not Pete anymore) Doherty. Devoid of the energy and drive of his e...

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2004 - The CLUAS Reviews of Erin McKeown's album 'Grand'. There was the positive review of the album (by Cormac Looney) and the entertainingly negative review (by Jules Jackson). These two reviews being the finest manifestations of what became affectionately known, around these parts at least, as the 'McKeown wars'.