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In The Studio: Mojo Fury
The band's Mike Mormecha chats to AU's Stevie Lennox about the upcoming second album
A peek into John Peel’s Shed
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YACHT
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Into The Gloom
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One Day In April
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In The Studio: Solar Bears
AU chats to John Kowalski about the making of the Dublin duo's second album
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Incoming: Breton
The make their music in 'The Lab', they collaborated with a German composer and they're named after a French surrealist. Meet Breton.
Sex, Drugs and Dodgy Car Washes
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The Filth And The Fury: Doug Stanhope
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