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Single review – Daz Lynch, Give a Little Love

19/06/2025 Thomas Needham 0
Now accompanied by a rhythm section manned by John Barrow on saxophone and John O’Rilley whose sashaying bass flutters its feathers across the mix.

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Single review – The People Assembly, The Soup of Yesterday

13/05/2025 Thomas Needham 0
The track’s message to me is a scathing condemnation of the backwards priorities of white saviorism and the fine line between altruism and self-imposed martyrdom.

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EP review – Plastic Circus, Circus Freaks

16/03/2025 Thomas Needham 0
Reviewed by Thomas Needham Released on 01/03/25 Plastic Circus have released their long-anticipated debut EP, Circus Freaks. My thoughts are varied, yet I’m not underwhelmed. […]

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Single review – Daz Lynch, Promise Land

17/02/2025 Kevin Gaughan 0
Reviewed by Phil Taylor (see his Music Observer blog here) Release date: 25/10/24 Local singer-songwriter Daz Lynch has clearly found his mojo. Ahead of an album launch, he’s releasing a […]

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Single review – Dogs Don’t Deal, The Animals’s Back

18/12/2024 Kevin Gaughan 0
“The word on the street is that he’s back on the map” is one of the chorus hooks that pulls the song along irresistibly;

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