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Andrew Belt
Mar 17, 20241 min read
POLL: Choose the 5th pick for April's Album of the Month podcast!
Four of the albums we'll be discussing in the April episode of our Album of the Month podcast have been chosen: (i think) i might be...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 16, 20241 min read
PODCAST: Album of the Month - February 2024
New Music Weekly's Karl Blakesley and Mama Mañana Records founder, Kiley Larsen, join 5-9 editor, Andrew Belt, to run the rule over...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 13, 20243 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: The Dandy Warhols - ROCKMAKER
Impressive homage to rock music and its varied subgenres Speaking in support of The Dandy Warhols’s 12th album, frontman, Courtney...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 2, 20249 min read
February 2024's music blogger roundtable
Bringing together music bloggers to discuss music highlights from February Our assembled cast of music bloggers and broadcasters return...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 2, 20241 min read
PODCAST: Album of the Month - Choice Prize 2023 special
5-9 editor, Andrew Belt, and New Music Weekly's Karl Blakesley, discuss the RTÉ Choice Music Prize 2023, ranking the albums...
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Patrick Mooty
Feb 25, 20242 min read
FILM REVIEW: Argylle
Can be a lot of fun but plot twist after plot twist turns this into a convoluted mess Argylle is the world’s top super-spy on a mission...
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Andrew Belt
Feb 17, 20248 min read
January 2024's music blogger roundtable
Bringing together music bloggers to discuss music highlights from January Our assembled cast of music bloggers and broadcasters return to...
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Andrew Belt
Feb 16, 20241 min read
PODCAST: Album of the Month - January 2024
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...
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Gemma Cockrell
Feb 13, 20243 min read
EP REVIEW: overpass - From the Night
A strong debut EP from one of the Midlands’s most-promising up-and-coming indie-rock outfits Birmingham-based four-piece, overpass, are...
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Gemma Cockrell
Feb 11, 20243 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: Lime Garden - One More Thing
An impactful and defining debut album from Lime Garden Almost exactly four years since Lime Garden dropped their debut single ‘Surf N...
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Andrew Belt
Feb 5, 20244 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: The Miserable Rich - Overcome
Beautiful personal tribute to family and loved ones who help you battle through your darkest days That Brighton-based band, The Miserable...
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Patrick Mooty
Jan 26, 20241 min read
FILM REVIEW: Poor Things
Weird, warped and surreal to its very core In a twisted semi-reimagining of Frankenstein, Poor Things sees Victorian woman Bella Baxter...
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Andrew Belt
Jan 18, 20242 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: Feral Family - Without Motion
Promising debut from Yorkshire rock band If Grian Chatten’s excellent 2023 album, Chaos for the Fly, was a whimsical take on the harsh...
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Andrew Belt
Jan 17, 20242 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: Black Grape - Orange Head
Shaun Ryder and Paul ‘Kermit’ Leveridge take aim and have fun on album #4 Currently enjoying their longest run as a band having reformed...
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Karl Blakesley
Jan 15, 20245 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: Birthmark - Birth of Omni
A playful yet challenging listen - one that requires attention and patience in order for its full splendour to be revealed It’s...
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Gemma Cockrell
Jan 14, 20243 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: Daudi Matsiko - The King of Misery
A celebration of everything it means to be human Many people who live in Nottingham, myself included, are probably already familiar with...
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Andrew Belt
Dec 30, 20233 min read
5-9's top 100 songs of 2023
Another excuse for a playlist Our final list of 2023. With The Murder Capital's high point from 5-9's Album of the Year Gigi's Recovery,...
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Andrew Belt
Dec 28, 20235 min read
5-9's top 18 EPs of 2023
Which EPs made the cut? EPs occupy a strange space in the music world, not quite being albums and ranging anywhere from three to eight...
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Andrew Belt
Dec 23, 202321 min read
5-9’s top 75 albums of 2023
The best from a fine year for music Forget the cynics (even if their number seemingly includes legendary Rolling Stones guitarist, Keith...
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Andrew Belt
Dec 22, 20231 min read
PODCAST: Album of the Month - 2023 Album of the Year Special
So here it is! 55 albums condensed into a Top 20 countdown and the big reveal of the 5-9's Album of the Month podcast team's Album of...
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