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October 15, 2021 by Noel Gardner

An autumnal harvest of new releases by Circuit Des Yeux, Dark Mark Vs Skeleton Joe, Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes, John Carpenter (with son and godson) and the Melvins.

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October 8, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Experimental indie from Denmark's Efterklang, Arabic avant-garde from Montreal's Jerusalem In My Heart, gritpop from Tyneside's Sam Fender and two compilations of trad Irish folk and Italian horror scores.

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October 1, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Including pioneers of Detroit techno, 2-tone and progressive rock - those'd be Kevin Saunderson, The Specials and Yes - plus newcomers to the trip-hop and gothic metal subgenres, namely Tirzah and Unto Others.

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September 24, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Unlikely reggae covers selected by Don Letts; kick-ass American rock and country women Melissa Etheridge and Mickey Guyton; Bristol jazzers Run Logan Run and Vangelis soundtracking a mission to Jupiter, like he was born to.

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September 17, 2021 by Noel Gardner

A week of heavy music in various forms this week - and though Adia Victoria and Moor Mother prove that doesn't have to mean big rock riffs and the like, Carcass, Employed To Serve and Merthyr band Florence Black offer a bit of that anyway.

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September 10, 2021 by Noel Gardner

A week of marquee releases including Manic Street Preachers album number 14 and a bumper-sized Metallica reissue/tribute album package. Plus Elvis Costello is redone in Spanish and there's comebacks from Martina Topley-Bird and Saint Etienne.

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September 3, 2021 by Noel Gardner

New sounds ranging from Amyl And The Sniffers' Aussie punk to Auri's Finnish metal, DJ Seinfeld's Swedish club sounds and Suuns' Canadian indietronica, with a token blast from the past courtesy of the Small Faces.

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August 27, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Bank holiday bangers (and things less appropriately described) by The Bug, Chubby & The Gang, Marisa Anderson & William Tyler, Voces8 and Yann Tiersen.

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August 20, 2021 by Noel Gardner

New albums by Welsh stalwarts from north and south alike, The Joy Formidable and Captain Accident; black metal crossover faves, Deafheaven and Wolves In The Throne Room; and folk-rock perfection from Martha Wainwright.

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August 13, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Reviews of new music by Mountain Movers, Quicksand, Sepultura, Suzie Ungerleider and the Goitse A Thaisce compilation: psych-rock, post-hardcore, metal, alt-country and Irish folk.

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August 6, 2021 by Noel Gardner

Buzz's second set of weekly album reviews this week (don't ask) includes a set of womanly pop covers by Will Young, more measured classical by Max Richter, and intense meditations on Christianity by Lingua Ignota.

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August 3, 2021 by Noel Gardner

The first of two sets of album reviews to be handed down to you this week, for reasons, features an eclectic crop of Dot Allison, Erasure, John Francis Flynn, Lump and Underdark.

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

THIS WEEK’S NEW ALBUMS REVIEWED | FEATURE

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