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Gemma Cockrell
Feb 133 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 113 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 54 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 261 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 182 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 172 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 155 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 143 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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Andrew Belt
Dec 15, 20239 min read
The best live performances of 2023
What were 5-9 editor, Andrew Belt's favourite performances of the year? Download Festival, a trio of festivals in Reading and a...
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Patrick Mooty
Dec 14, 20231 min read
FILM REVIEW: Wonka
A delightful movie that is perfect for families at Christmastime In a year of underwhelming movies, most of them based on existing...
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Andrew Belt
Dec 11, 202324 min read
Cultural review of 2023
The year is nearly over, but what stood out for our panellists? We find out here 'Rizz' triumphing as Oxford University Press's word of...
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Andrew Belt
Dec 7, 20231 min read
PODCAST: Album of the Month - November 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...
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Andrew Belt
Dec 2, 20238 min read
November 2023's music blogger roundtable
Bringing together music bloggers to discuss music highlights from November Our assembled cast of music bloggers and broadcasters return...
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Patrick Mooty
Nov 23, 20232 min read
FILM REVIEW: The Marvels
As forgettable and disposable as most of the other projects being churned out right now by MCU Fifteen years into the Marvel Cinematic...
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Andrew Belt
Nov 21, 20232 min read
EP REVIEW: Birdmask - Tristan
Melancholy suits Manuel Gagneux of Zeal & Ardor Birdmask is the solo project of Swiss-American, Manuel Gagneux, better known for his work...
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Andrew Belt
Nov 19, 20231 min read
Write for us!
More on the different ways to get involved Do you enjoy writing in your spare time? Or are you keen to hone your craft and build a...
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