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Sam Dynes

Sam Dynes


Album Review: Heart Under by Just Mustard

Album Review: Heart Under by Just Mustard

Sam Dynes reviews the sophomore record from Dundalk’s Just Mustard.
Manchester Beyond Rock

Manchester Beyond Rock

Introducing Manchester’s new musical talents, existing outside of Manchester’s rock roots
Dean Blunt – Black Britain’s Provocateur Poet

Dean Blunt – Black Britain’s Provocateur Poet

Sam Dynes explores the music of the alternative cult artist Dean Blunt and how his music acts as an archive of black musical history.
Album Review: Heaven To A Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Album Review: Heaven To A Tortured Mind by Yves Tumor

Sam Dynes reviews the newest album from experimental iconoclast Yves Tumor, an album mixing funk, soul, R&B and noise together with expert precision
Live Review: The Murder Capital at YES (Pink Room)

Live Review: The Murder Capital at YES (Pink Room)

Sam Dynes discusses how the riotous Irish quintet The Murder Capital made the crowd erupt at their sold out show at Manchester’s YES (the Pink Room)
Live Review: Girl Band at Academy 2

Live Review: Girl Band at Academy 2

Dylan James and Sam Dynes enjoy themselves as noise-rock implodes around them
Post-‘post-punk revival’: Should post-punk still be the main bastion of alternative music?

Post-‘post-punk revival’: Should post-punk still be the main bastion of alternative music?

Alternative music culture seriously needs to reconsider putting all its eggs in the post-punk basket, says writer Sam Dynes
Album Review: The Talkies by Girl Band

Album Review: The Talkies by Girl Band

Sam Dynes looks at Girl Band’s re-entry to the music scene and how their new album is a tour de force investigation of lead singer Dara Keily’s mental health
Album Review: Heaven Surrounds You by Surf Curse

Album Review: Heaven Surrounds You by Surf Curse

A critical analysis of alternative indie rock group Surf Curse’s newest album titled Heaven Surrounds You