Dateline: Newcastle, England
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Articles: 52
Greg Smyth is a freelance pop culture writer and has written for the likes of NME, Plan B, Alternative Ulster and a host of others. He is currently based in the North East of England and lives on a diet of tea and vitamin tablets.
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Roots Manuva - Awfully Deep
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Beck - Guero
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Album: Rufus Wainwright - Want Two
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Handsome Boy Modeling School - White People
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Live: Tom Vek
From Gay Day to Bloc Party a band's name and their coolness are intrinsically linked.
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Live: Eastern Lane
Eastern Lane, like any good illusionist, know that misdirection is all part of the trick.
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Brian Wilson - Smile
The problem with lost albums is that, sooner or later, some bastard releases them.
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Adam Green - Gemstones
The Moldy Peaches, one-time costumed leading lights of the New York Anti-Folk scene, made one patchy but occasionally inspired album before quietly disbanding.
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Live: Adam Green
If Adam Green wants to be taken seriously as an artist, he's got a strange way of showing it.
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Northen Irish Bank Heist OpEd
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