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Discovery: Mark Springer is joined by a familiar voice for new classical album

25/04/202525/04/2025 Graeme Smith

Pianist Mark Springer joins forces with the Sacconi String Quartet and British pop icon, Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant, for new double album, Sleep of Reason.

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’90s rockers Unbelievable Truth release first music in 25 years

18/03/202519/03/2025 Graeme Smith

An Oxford-based band that first came to prominence in the late ’90s, Unbelievable Truth are the latest act from the era to make a comeback. Their new EP, the first new recorded material from them in 25 years, is called Citizens Band.

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Shaven Primates pays tributes to alternative legends in new EP

13/01/202513/01/2025 Graeme Smith

Inspired by an eclectic mix of revolutionaries including Velvet Underground, Kate Bush, Tool, Prodigy, Yes, Clash, David Bowie and Pink Floyd, Shaven Primates are a four-piece dark wave and art rock band from Oxford who have been around since 2017.

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Album Review: Shaven Primates – Birds Aren’t Real

28/07/202311/01/2025 Graeme Smith

Shaven Primates are a five-piece dark wave and art rock band from Oxford who have been around since 2017. Yet, they’ve only just hit my radar courtesy of their second album release. Reflecting on the modern world, alternative thought, propaganda and conspiracies, it’s called Birds Aren’t Real.

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New Music: Roma Rose – Spires

30/09/202204/10/2022 Graeme Smith

Scottish singer songwriter Roma Rose has featured on our blog a few times since I discovered her back in 2020 thanks to her track about new motherhood How To Feel. Now she’s back with a new one rich with nostalgia. It’s called Spires.

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