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Live Review: Kassi Valazza + Ann Liu Cannon, The Slaughtered Lamb, London – 27th April 2023

May 18, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
God but The Slaughtered Lamb was busy – upstairs was rammed and the beats of the music being played by the DJ easily penetrated into the basement music venue, a small space, similarly at capacity for […]
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Kassi Valazza “Smile” – Turn that frown upside down

April 27, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
Shh…don’t tell the video editor, but we’ve got a Track here for you that has a visualiser video that might just stray into full video territory.  But I think it’ll be alright, he’s slipped out of […]
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Kassi Valazza “Corners” – hear the Silver Raven sing

March 3, 2023 Jonathan Aird 0
You’ll recall that we raved about Kassi Valazza recently and god damn it here we go again.  This new song is taken from her album ‘Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing’ and it something more than country.  We’re […]
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Kassi Valazza “Watching Planes Go By” – stand still at your own peril

February 8, 2023 Jonathan Aird 1
UNCUT may have called Kassi Valazza’s new album ‘Kassi Valazza Knows Nothing‘ a “slow-burning mix of Americana and Paisley Underground psych”, in fact there’s no “may” about it.  They did call it just that.  We beg […]

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Pearls is the latest single from the solo album Not Bad For New Jersey (arriving via his own Lesser Known Records at all DSPs and streaming services on Thursday, September 10th) by The Gaslight Anthem’s Brian […]

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