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3 days ago | 
soundspheremag.com | Callie Petch
Words: Callie PetchIt’s been a minute since we’ve posted about Problem Patterns, the Belfast-based DIY feminist queerpunk quartet whose super-fun 2023 debut Blouse Club won the Northern Irish Music Prize for Best Album. But they’ve been hard at it in the meantime. There was last year’s full-album remix project Blouse Clubland which lived up to the quality pun title by going way harder than it had any right to.
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4 days ago | 
soundspheremag.com | Callie Petch
Words: Callie PetchSPRINTS, here’s the skinny. Grungy Irish four-piece. Put together 2024’s best debut album with Letter to Self. Utterly phenomenal live act regularly burning down any stage they step onto. At severe risk of fucking around and becoming my whole life at this point. We here at Soundsphere have been big fans since their debut single, “Kissing Practice,” way back in 2020 and they’ve only gotten better ever since.
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3 weeks ago | 
soundspheremag.com | Callie Petch
Words: Callie PetchIt’s an absolutely manic day for new album releases.
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4 weeks ago | 
soundspheremag.com | Callie Petch
Words: Callie PetchHey, you. Yeah, you. Do you like your punk short, sharp, and sarcastic? Do you like it when garage-y punk bands sound like they were literally recorded in a garage direct to tape in the mid-70s? Do you hate it when songs deign to last longer than a 2-minute run in Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater? If the answer to any or all of those questions is yes, allow me to introduce you to Joe & The Shitboys.
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Mar 18, 2025 | 
moviemarker.co.uk | Callie Petch
Released: 21st March 2025Director: Gints ZilbalodisStarring: Cat, Capybara, Lemur, Labrador, SecretarybirdIn late 2019, Latvian animator Gints Zilbalodis burst onto the scene with his debut feature film, Away. It was noteworthy for three main reasons.
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Mar 14, 2025 | 
soundspheremag.com | Callie Petch
Words: Callie PetchJust prior to the show’s start, I’m in the middle of suppressing a panic attack caused by reading a Defector article about how Mars colonisation is scientifically impossible and that this world being irreparably fucked up by billionaires like Elon Musk is all we have. (Also, that we’re all going to die someday.) This sounds very melodramatic and antithetical to the joy of a gig experience, I’m aware.
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Feb 5, 2025 | 
lwlies.com | Callie Petch
About Little White Lies Little White Lies was established in 2005 as a bi-monthly print magazine committed to championing great movies and the talented people who make them. Combining cutting-edge design, illustration and journalism, we’ve been described as being “at the vanguard of the independent publishing movement.” Our reviews feature a unique tripartite ranking system that captures the different aspects of the movie-going experience. We believe in Truth & Movies.
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Dec 5, 2024 | 
moviemarker.co.uk | Callie Petch
Released: 26th December 2024Director: Michael GraceyStarring: Robbie Williams (narration & singing), Jonno Davies (acting & motion capture), Steve Pemberton, Alison Steadman, Damon Herriman, Raechelle BannoLet’s address the, err, monkey in the room: yes, it’s a gimmick.
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Nov 24, 2024 | 
soundspheremag.com | Callie Petch
Words: Callie PetchOK, let’s get this out of the way: “STD Soundsystem.” Yes, ha ha, very clever, good pun. From the second that Harrison Patrick Smith rebranded himself as The Dare, he has been dogged by comparisons to and accusations of ripping off James Murphy & LCD Soundsystem. If you have heard of The Dare for non-Charli XCX reasons over the past year, it’s probably been for that charge; a tag so strong the LCD subreddit has had to ban memes about it.
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Nov 15, 2024 | 
soundspheremag.com | Callie Petch
Words: Callie PetchAlthough the PA music between sets may be indie disco central, the basement room at Manchester’s famed YES venue is all emo tonight. Whilst Friko and shaene might argue that they’re just as much influenced by mid-00s The Shins/Arcade Fire indie rock (for the former) and fuzzed-out shoegaze (for the latter), the vibe is most clearly second-wave emo. shaene, in particular, has set her north star firmly at American Football.
