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May 14, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
“It’s a bit of a ‘wilderness years’ album,” states Holly Ross, one half of Lancastrian DIY psychedelic punk outfit, The Lovely Eggs. Without a new album in four years, you would be excused for thinking this was due to the pandemic. While it undoubtedly contributed to some degree, it is not the main reason the egg people have been quiet on the recording front. As you would expect from this duo, they’ve been busy on the road, distributing their infectious energy across the UK.
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Apr 22, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
It is well documented that Merseyside has produced many great musical artists over the years. From The Beatles to Cast, Echo & The Bunnymen to Ken Dodd, the music scene would look very different today without their influences. We would never have seen the joyous phenomenon that is Rickrolling either!One more from the Mersey production line is The Zutons.
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Apr 10, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
While some were still wandering around whistling Ravel’s Bolero after Torvill and Dean’s gold medal win in Sarajevo, something new and intriguing bled out of the UK’s third-largest city. The Smiths launched their eponymous debut album forty years ago, which certainly made an impact. Everything about it seemed fresh, from the captivating front cover to the often barbed and bitter lyrics about love and sex from an awkward-looking frontman.
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Apr 3, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
In 1986, John Lydon let rip and roared, “Anger is an energy” in the cracking Public Image Ltd song, ‘Rise’. If proof were ever needed to support his claim, it would have been delivered in the shape of grime-punk duo Bob Vylan. “This album is for the underdogs, the ones who come out swinging and those who refuse to be defeated in the face of injustice. It aims to remind listeners that anger is a fire that can be harnessed and used.
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Apr 1, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
Canada has given the world many great things—maple syrup, insulin, Trivial Pursuits, alkaline batteries, pineapple on pizza, and William Shatner. They have also contributed to the music scene with some well-known artists and a few lesser-known ones. I have decided against including Celine Dion in this list for good taste. Check out 10 Great Canadian Songs.
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Mar 24, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
Over the coming weeks and months, I’ll be bringing you a series of 10 Great Songs. I won’t define them as the ‘top 10’ as we will all have differing opinions on what should be included! I want to bring you a selection of ten songs from different genres and eras, all connected by a theme: some serious and some just for fun. You might find a new favourite or two or hear something you’ve not heard for years.
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Mar 22, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
Music has always been important in bringing attention to social and political issues, especially for those who feel they do not have a voice. There is a rich heritage of artists who have used music to encourage change—Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger, Gil Scott-Heron, and Billy Bragg, to name just a few from a long, significant list. And you can add Ferocious Dog to that roster.
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
Since Gossip last released a studio album, the UK has had five Prime Ministers, the US has seen an insurrection, the Earth’s surface temperature has increased by another 0.5°Celsius, and the price of a Freddo chocolate bar has increased by a staggering 47%. The world has moved on considerably – is there still a place in today’s world for this indie rock trio? So why the lengthy gap? Beth Ditto, lead singer and overall force of nature, said the band “needed space to deal with our shit”.
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Mar 7, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
The phrase "Broken Britain" has worked its way back into the political discourse of Great Britain in recent months. Both left—and right-wing media have started to utilise this phrase and variants of it with greater regularity.
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Feb 15, 2024 | 
xsnoize.com | Inspiral Carpets |Billy Bragg |Matt Berry |Lead Belly
Let's deal with the elephant in the room before we crack on. TANGK? It's pronounced "tank" with a trace of the "g". Why? It is an onomatopoeic reference to the lashing way IDLES lead singer, Joe Talbot, imagined the guitar sound that has flourished into a symbolic representation of living in love. Now we are all clear with this, let's carry on. TANGK is the band's fifth studio album and is hotly anticipated.
