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Andrew Belt
Mar 27, 20232 min read
EP REVIEW: Lowmello - That Sweet Breath
A quintet of songs well worth your time from the Albuquerque-based musician Mix the energy and vocal delivery of early 2000s pop-punk,...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 26, 20233 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: The Hold Steady - The Price of Progress
The New York-based band's trademarks shine on ninth studio album The Hold Steady have honed their craft in classic rock observational...
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Patrick Mooty
Mar 25, 20232 min read
FILM REVIEW: Scream VI
Scream VI is the sixth film in the long-running horror franchise and, following the grisly events of last year’s Scream (which was...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 24, 20231 min read
EP review: Eaves Wilder - Hookey
A cocktail of grunge, indie and shoegaze decorated with delicate vocals After releasing a string of critically acclaimed standalone...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 13, 20232 min read
EP REVIEW: Brooke Bentham - Caring
Familiar-sounding upbeat songs lifted by Bentham's unique warmth Brooke Bentham (image copyright: Kat Green) Caring - the EP being...
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Patrick Mooty
Mar 9, 20233 min read
FILM REVIEW: Creed III
Creed III picks up years following its predecessor as World Heavyweight Champion Adonis Creed has retired from the world of boxing and is...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 8, 20231 min read
PODCAST: Album of the Month - February 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
Mar 2, 20232 min read
SPORT: Same old story as Leeds United limply exit FA Cup
In the days leading up to Leeds United's FA Cup 5th Round tie at Fulham, a poll ran on Twitter asked Leeds fans whether they'd prefer to...
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Patrick Mooty
Mar 2, 20232 min read
FILM REVIEW: Cocaine Bear
The award for 'Best Film Title of the Year' goes to Cocaine Bear, in which a bear ingests heaps of cocaine and goes on a drug-fuelled...
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Andrew Belt
Mar 1, 20233 min read
ALBUM ANNIVERSARY: The Cranberries - Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why Can't We?
Ambitious, unique debut album straddling grunge and indie turns 30 Today is the 30th anniversary of Everybody Else is Doing It, So Why...
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Patrick Mooty
Feb 26, 20233 min read
FILM REVIEW: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
Marvel has been in something of a nosedive with their most recent set of films. Hits like No Way Home, Multiverse of Madness and...
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Andrew Belt
Feb 20, 20232 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: The Slow Readers Club - Knowledge Freedom Power
Album review of The Slow Readers Club's Knowledge Freedom Power.
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Andrew Belt
Feb 19, 20233 min read
ALBUM REVIEW: mui zyu - Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century
Review of mui zyu's debut album, Rotten Bun for an Eggless Century.
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Patrick Mooty
Feb 16, 20232 min read
FILM REVIEW: The Whale
Boasting an ever-growing list of award nominations and a comeback performance that everyone is rooting for, Darren Aronofsky’s The Whale...
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Andrew Belt
Feb 11, 20239 min read
SPORT: Jesse Marsch at Leeds United: The good, the bad, the ugly and more
Here we go again. For the second time in two seasons, the axe has fallen on the head coach at Leeds United in February. If being on the...
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Patrick Mooty
Feb 11, 20232 min read
FILM REVIEW: Knock at the Cabin
Acclaimed and derided director M. Night Shyamalan brings us his latest thriller Knock at the Cabin, which is about two dads Eric and...
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Andrew Belt
Feb 10, 20231 min read
PODCAST: Album of the Month - January 2023
Introducing 5-9's Album of the Month podcast 5-9 editor, Andrew Belt, is joined by New Music Weekly's Karl Blakesley and Check This Out's...
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Patrick Mooty
Feb 4, 20233 min read
FILM REVIEW: Babylon
If excess were a film, it would be Damien Chazelle’s Babylon. Massively budgeted and heavily marketed, seemingly no one has been to see...
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Andrew Belt
Feb 1, 20234 min read
BOOKS: One Two Three Four - The Beatles in Time by Craig Brown (2020)
Certain people and phenomena can reach such a level of ubiquity that the nature of their achievements (if applicable) and impact can be...
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Andrew Belt
Jan 30, 20233 min read
FA Cup provides a rare bright spot for Leeds United
Leeds United and the FA Cup are not a good mix. Sure, Leeds are one of the clubs to have the distinction of reaching the summit of the...
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