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Apathy & Exhaustion

Month: May 2018

Gloom Sleeper – Luminous Galaxies (Dirt Cult, 2018)

May 31, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Looking at the band name and the record title, you might expect this to be some kind of epic and sludgy stoner rock epic that

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Don Blake – Tough Like Diamonds (2018)

May 30, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Bolton, Greater Manchester’s Don Blake are back yet again. They are proving to be quite prolific, these guys. Tough Like Diamonds is their second proper

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Sharp/Shock – Youth Club (Heart & Skull, 2018)

May 29, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Admittedly, I put this on before I read up on Sharp/Shock’s background, and I was thinking “jeezerz, these Americans are pure Anglophiles, mate – this

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Sex Tourists – s/t LP (Drunken Sailor Records, 2018)

May 28, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

It’ll come as no surprise to the majority of readers that I hold no truck with electronic music, beyond “not minding” a few New Order

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Retirement Party – Somewhat Literate (Counter Intuitive Records, 2018)

May 25, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

When I was asked if I wanted to review this, I was intrigued by the promotional blurb. Themes of anxieties around growing older, struggles with

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EP & 7in round-up, May 2018

May 24, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

Sorry for Escalating – Losing Sleep EP / Stuck EP (Horn & Hoof / iwishicouldstay, 2018) On the 1st June Horn & Hoof will be

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The Wonder Years – Sister Cities (Hopeless Records , 2018)

May 23, 2018 Alex Phelan Record Review

The Wonder Years are a band I have ignored throughout their career, perhaps unfairly. I had them lumped in with Set Your Goals and whoever

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Claw the Thin Ice – Wanderlust Of Venus (Hanger Records, 2018)

May 22, 2018 Tony Maher Exclusive Stream, Interview

Claw The Thin Ice began life as a solo endeavour for multi-instrumentalist Ian Breen, originating as a bedroom-pop project that focussed largely on icy-synths and

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Popes of Chillitown – Work Hard, Play Hard, See You In The Graveyard (self-released, 2018)

May 21, 2018 James Lamont Record Review

“Great music! It’s got a beat and you can dance to it…” Popes of Chillitown describe themselves as ska-punk-dubsters incorporating hip hop and drum &

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Beach Slang – Everything Matters But No One Is Listening [Quiet Slang] (Polyvinyl / Big Scary Monsters, 2018)

May 19, 2018 Tony Maher Record Review

I mentioned in my review of the We Were Babies & We Were Dirtbags [Quiet Slang] 7in last year that I was a relatively late comer to

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