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It’s seven years since the Belgian brothers Dewaele unleashed their fine, largely instrumental and foot-stomping Essential ...
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A month after Soft Cell’s "Say Hello, Wave Goodbye" single peaked at number three in the UK charts, Marc Almond issued a ...
Eight years after Prodigy’s untimely passing, Mobb Deep are gracing our sound systems once again with unreleased vocals and ...