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ALBUM REVIEW: 7ebra - Bird Hour
Malmö’s answer to Wet Leg lift off on absorbing debut Twins are often said to share telepathic powers. What with sharing a journey from...

Andrew Belt
May 2, 20233 min read
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FILM REVIEW: Evil Dead Rise
Another satisfying entry for fans of the franchise The Evil Dead return in Evil Dead Rise, a standalone addition to the beloved horror...

Patrick Mooty
May 2, 20232 min read
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April 2023's music blogger roundtable
Bringing together music bloggers to discuss music highlights from April 2023 Following on from our inaugural music blogger roundtable in...

Andrew Belt
May 1, 20235 min read
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FILM REVIEW: Renfield
Renfield takes place in modern-day New Orleans and tells the story of Dracula’s not-so-faithful servant who longs for a life free from...

Patrick Mooty
Apr 27, 20232 min read
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ALBUM REVIEW: Skinny Pelembe - Hardly the Same Snake
Johannesburg-born, Doncaster-raised, genre-agnostic artist shines on carefully arranged second LP After releasing his debut LP, Dreaming...

Andrew Belt
Apr 23, 20232 min read
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FILM REVIEW: Air
Director Ben Affleck’s latest feature Air tells the true story of how shoe manufacturer Nike created the Air Jordans, including one...

Patrick Mooty
Apr 21, 20232 min read
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ALBUM REVIEW: Enter Shikari - A Kiss for the Whole World
St Albans's finest showcase what they do best and most uniquely on seventh album For any band to create a distinct sound is an...

Andrew Belt
Apr 18, 20233 min read
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GIG REVIEW: Brooke Bentham, St. Pancras Old Church, London
A cathartic midweek church service How often is it that a support act outshines the headliner? Certainly not a common occurrence and I...

Andrew Belt
Apr 13, 20233 min read
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FILM REVIEW: The Super Mario Bros. Movie
A film over 40 years in the making (or a mere 30 years if you’ve been counting since its previous big screen adaptation), The Super Mario...

Patrick Mooty
Apr 13, 20232 min read
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EP REVIEW: Lazy Queen - Growing Pains
Oslo-based band's revivalist pop-punk is a lot of fun Renowned music critic, Anthony Fantano, in talking down Machine Gun Kelly’s latest...

Andrew Belt
Apr 11, 20232 min read
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PODCAST: Album of the Month - March 2023
New Music Weekly's Karl Blakesley and Check This Out's Kiley Larsen join 5-9 editor, Andrew Belt, to run the rule over five albums...

Andrew Belt
Apr 10, 20231 min read
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FILM REVIEW: Infinity Pool
In Infinity Pool, husband and wife James and Em are on holiday in a strange country where they meet another eccentric couple. After a...

Patrick Mooty
Apr 5, 20231 min read
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ALBUM REVIEW: Blondshell - Blondshell
No-frills rock thrills on accomplished debut album from 25-year-old, Sabrina Teitelbaum Straightforward grunge-influenced rock music...

Andrew Belt
Apr 3, 20233 min read
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FILM REVIEW: Shazam! Fury of the Gods
As the DC Extended Universe (EU) winds down to make way for James Gunn’s rebooted DCU, the sequel to one of the studio’s most enjoyable...

Patrick Mooty
Mar 31, 20232 min read
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March 2023's music blogger roundtable
Bringing together music bloggers to discuss music highlights from March Starting this month on 5-9 is a music roundtable, where we'll ask...

Andrew Belt
Mar 30, 20234 min read
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ALBUM ANNIVERSARY: Linkin Park - Meteora
Californian nu-metal band's sophomore effort turns 20 - a perfect opportunity to reappraise it Everyone who loves music has one. That is,...

Andrew Belt
Mar 29, 20235 min read
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FILM REVIEW: Pearl
A prequel to last year’s horror triumph X in which a demented old lady slaughters a group of people who came to her farm to film a porno,...

Patrick Mooty
Mar 29, 20232 min read
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EP REVIEW: Mylar - Human Statues
Human Statues contains good moments but struggles to leave a lasting impression. The second EP from London art-pop quartet, Mylar, ranges...

Andrew Belt
Mar 28, 20232 min read
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EP REVIEW: Lowmello - That Sweet Breath
A quintet of songs well worth your time from the Albuquerque-based musician Mix the energy and vocal delivery of early 2000s pop-punk,...

Andrew Belt
Mar 27, 20232 min read
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ALBUM REVIEW: The Hold Steady - The Price of Progress
The New York-based band's trademarks shine on ninth studio album The Hold Steady have honed their craft in classic rock observational...

Andrew Belt
Mar 26, 20233 min read
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