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The Dream Syndicate’s new album ‘Medicine Show: I Know What You Like (Deluxe Edition)’ is out now

This deluxe Medicine Show reissue arrives as an expansive 4xCD box set, collecting 42 Dream Syndicate tracks that span rare live recordings, radio sessions, rehearsals, demos, and previously unreleased material from 1983 to 1984

Faten Kanaan’s new album ‘Diary Of A Candle’ is out now

'Diary of a Candle' is a consoling, melodic suite – with tender woodwinds and richly-layered strings touched by the hazy atmospheres of 1970s/1980s films. Its understated heart-on sleeve romanticism follows the rhythm of nature: it bends in the breeze, drifts through the air, and settles on the ground. The ambiance is not an escapism, but the re-focusing of a lens through which humans are no longer the protagonists. Instead, a landscape's intimate details become the central figures

Pictish Trail reveals new single ‘Torch Song’ from his new album ‘Life Slime’

'Torch Song' dwells in the uneasy space where love becomes a burden and silence feels easier than truth. A confessional ballad lit by the glow of a screen, it’s built on a lo-fi slacker bassline, sweeping piano chords and acoustic strums. Both intimate & expansive, it carries the melancholy pull of Radiohead, Sparklehorse and Grandaddy, while finding its own torchlit path through secrecy, doubt and renewal

Fire celebrates 40 years of fierce independence !

Fire Records recently celebrated its 40th anniversary in style with a full day of music at a sold out event at the EartH theatre in Hackney, presented by the celebrated comedian and long time friend of the label Stewart Lee who called Fire "One of the last great Indie Labels".