Tag Archives: pop

B-MOVIE – Climate Of Fear

June 29, 2016

Cleopatra 2016 English darkwave veterans venture out to deliver a travelogue of a dangerous, if not frightening, mind trip. A study of alienation seems to be a means of progress for this Nottinghamshire ensemble – always been, from their 1982 … Continue reading →

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JEF – Bungas

May 25, 2016

JEF 2016 Kalimantan contenders gear up for international breakout on their debut EP. Their nationally shaped pop songs have brought this trio a string of awards, but winning contests such as Indonesian World Music Competition by Ministry of Culture and … Continue reading →

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TONY BANKS – The Fugitive

April 20, 2016

Virgin 1983 / Esoteric 2016 And then there was one: ivories wizard from GENESIS goes for a pop revelation. By 1983, with the land of confusion on the horizon, the band was manning from the shadows for a decade and … Continue reading →

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GILLES SNOWCAT – Nama Time!

February 28, 2016

It’s Oh! 2015 Raw emotions from Belgian artist painting aural graffiti in most proper way: live. In a decade since their full-length debut, AWAKEN gained a solid foothold in Japan and Vietnam, which might have given the band a whiff … Continue reading →

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DBA (DOWNES BRAIDE ASSOCIATION) – Suburban Ghosts

February 1, 2016

X2X 2015 Socially conscious pop duo reveal their progressive colors on an album number two – in a retro kind of way. It’s all about memories. They start to flow with the “I came across a photograph” line that anxiously … Continue reading →

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