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Review: ‘The Demon’ by Hubert Selby Jr

Review: ‘The Demon’ by Hubert Selby Jr

Selby’s The Demon is a disturbingly raw account of how difficult it is for some to escape their inner urges and destructive tendencies
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Live Review: Wolf Alice – Reading Festival 2018

Live Review: Wolf Alice – Reading Festival 2018

Wolf Alice smash their Reading and Leeds Festival performance out of the park with a thrilling career-spanning set
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Album Review: Slaves – Acts Of Fear And Love

Album Review: Slaves – Acts Of Fear And Love

Slaves return with an impressive third album, binning the meaningless skits of the previous LP whilst demonstrating the lyrical and vocal power of frontman Isaac Holman
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Album Review: The Vaccines – Combat Sports

Album Review: The Vaccines – Combat Sports

The Vaccines manage to rise from the rubble with a fourth album that harks back to the good old days, and may be their strongest release to date
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Live Review: The Wombats

Live Review: The Wombats

The Wombats bring their relentless energy to the Academy for a second sold out show
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Interview: The Wombats

Interview: The Wombats

Tord Knudsen from The Wombats sits down with Jake Oliver for a chat about karaoke, inspirations and how the band have changed over the last decade
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Album: The Neighbourhood – The Neighbourhood

Album: The Neighbourhood – The Neighbourhood

California’s moody monochromatic musicians drop an extremely average third album.
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Preview: The Wombats

Preview: The Wombats

Jake Oliver expresses his excitement for the two huge shows that The Wombats are planning in Manchester later this year
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Live Review: Pale Waves

Live Review: Pale Waves

Goth-pop heroes Pale Waves bring their 80s inspired heartbreak to Gorilla
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Review: The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

Review: The Wombats – Beautiful People Will Ruin Your Life

Beautiful people will ruin your life. Well, something ruined this album alright
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Record Reappraisal: Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Record Reappraisal: Arctic Monkeys – Whatever People Say I Am, That’s What I’m Not

Before Arctic Monkeys return from their long hiatus, Jake Oliver goes back in time to look at where it all began
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Live Review: No Hot Ashes

Live Review: No Hot Ashes

Stockport saviours take on their biggest show to date at the Manchester Club Academy, Jake Oliver reports
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Top 5: Albums of the Year

As 2017 comes to a close, Jake Oliver reflects on the albums that have stood out the most to him over the last 12 months
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Record Reappraisal: The Smiths – The Queen Is Dead

Jake Oliver re-examines why The Queen Is Dead is still the prized jewel in The Smith’s crown
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Obituary: Lil Peep

Rising star of emo rap dies of suspected overdose at just 21 years of age
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