Dateline: Newcastle, England
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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.
Read more of Greg's reviews at Swing Batter Batter! or join in the wider pop-culture debate at The Mondo Project.
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From Gay Day to Bloc Party a band's name and their coolness are intrinsically linked.
Eastern Lane, like any good illusionist, know that misdirection is all part of the trick.
The problem with lost albums is that, sooner or later, some bastard releases them.
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.
If Adam Green wants to be taken seriously as an artist, he's got a strange way of showing it.
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