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Guy Oddy

Articles By Guy Oddy

Album: Deap Vally - Marriage

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Jane Weaver, Hare & Hounds, Birmingham review – alt-popper struggles with lethargic audience

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Album: Susanna Hoffs - Bright Lights

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Album: New Age Doom & Lee 'Scratch' Perry - Lee 'Scratch' Perry’s Guide to the Universe

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Album: The Courettes - Back In Mono

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Album: Ministry - Moral Hygiene

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Imperial Wax, Dead Wax, Birmingham review - ex-Fall guys whip up a storm

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Barry Adamson: Up Above the City, Down Beneath the Stars review - the post-punk colossus spills his guts in a raw style

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Album: Public Service Broadcasting - Bright Magic

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Duran Duran, O2 Institute, Birmingham review – an intimate gig for the local megastars

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Album: Limiñanas / Garnier - De Película

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Album: The Bug - Fire

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Bloodstock Festival 2021 review - UK metalheads descend on Derbyshire and bring the noise

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Album: Alabama 3 - Step 13

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Album: Liars - The Apple Drop

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Album: Darkside - Spiral

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