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Santa Bail Me Out – spreading festive cheer with Skep Wax Records’ Swansea Sound and Heavenly

Those fiendish folk with the hummable, dance-around punk and indiepop song catalogue at Skep Wax Records are up to their festive tricks again right now, adding plenty more goodies for you to put in your basket – online or real, … Continue reading

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Swansea Sound / Special Friend / Oh Hippo – The Talleyrand, Levenshulme, Manchester

Did I mention that I missed Swansea Sound’s live debut – two years ago last month – by barely half an hour? How I turned up at The Continental in Preston one August bank holiday weekend afternoon to spot them … Continue reading

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You get to listen, hear what you’ve been missing… celebrating Swansea Sound’s Twentieth Century

A new Swansea Sound album? What’s not to love? Hue Williams reunited on record with Amelia Fletcher, 35 years beyond their initial Pooh Sticks collaborations, joined by Rob Pursey (Amelia’s co-rider from Talulah Gosh and Heavenly days through to The … Continue reading

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Overcoming these doubts – in conversation with Marlody

There’s a stunning debut album doing the rounds right now from a talented singer-songwriter starting to earn plenty of critical acclaim, building a steady following after initial interest from a South East indie label. Marlody’s I’m Not Sure At All … Continue reading

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Dream on – catching up on The Orchids with John Scally

It’s always a pleasure to discover a band you previously knew little about, but instantly chimes with you. And that was the case for me in early 2017 when I chanced upon The Orchids live for the first time. When … Continue reading

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