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Tag Archives: shoegaze
Gig review: BASEMENT – Electric, Bristol, 21 September 2025

Basement are back! After 6 long years of festivals and US tour dates, the Suffolk-based quintet played 5 dates across the UK. My months of eager checking of their social media had finally paid off, and I was lucky enough … Continue reading
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Tagged 21 September 2025, alternative, Anxious, Basement, Bristol, Dynamite, Electric, gig, Hardcore, indie, Midrift, punk, review, rock, shoegaze
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Album review: COMING UP ROSES – How Did We Fall So Far?

Bandcamp [Release date 20.06.25] Coming Up Roses are a London-based quartet fronted by singer/bassist Emily Sera, who relocated from Singapore to the UK in late 2022 together with guitarist Darius Oon so they could pursue their dream of being in a … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, Coming Up Roses, How Did We Fall So Far, indie, review, rock, shoegaze
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Quick plays: BEN DE LA COUR, SAM LEWIS

BEN DE LA COUR The High Cost Of Living Strange Flour Sack Cape Records [Release date 06.04.18] Having trodden a path from NYC to Europe, and then back to LA, to New Orleans and now (yes, somewhat predictably it would … Continue reading
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Tagged acoustic, album, Ben De La Cour, Loversity, Nashville, R&B, review, roots, Sam Lewis, shoegaze, singer, songwriter, soul, Superdrone, The High Cost Of Living Strange
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Album review: HEAT – Overnight

Topshelf Records [Release date 20.01.17] https://heatband.bandcamp.com/album/overnight We all have bands that we love. Sometimes we even love bands enough to wish that there were more bands that sound like the one we love. However, as soon as a new band … Continue reading
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Tagged album, alternative, HEAT, indie, Overnight, review, shoegaze
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