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Focus Wales 2014 Preview: Wrexham
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Tangerine Dream perform Sorcerer 1977: The Tivoli Konsersal, Copenhagen,...
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Misty Mountain Roadshow Tour: Berlin – live review
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Tusk Mini Festival: Star and Shadow, Newcastle – live review
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Real World 25 – album review
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Mogwai: Music Industry 3. Fitness Industry 1. EP Review
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OFF!: Berlin – live review
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Various Artists: Late Night Tales – Nils Frahm – album review
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Premiere: watch the new video from The Antikaroshi
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Max Richter: Songs From Before – reissue review
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Primavera Sound: Day Two – festival review
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Song For A Family: Campaign For Craig Gill – Saturn 5 To Christmas No.1
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Hit The North – festival review
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds: Lovely Creatures (The Best of Nick Cave & The Bad...
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Bone Zeno:Black Milk – album review
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Irmin Schmidt Announces New Piano Album
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