Louis Costello, Journalist

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Features / Music

Jep & Dep Are Calling Out Gentrification On Their Latest Album

"If the crowd are attentive this can be a very powerful experience... the words and nuances can be very moving."

Features / Music

Dan Croll Remains Unphased By Reviews Of Any Sort

"... All music is personal; what a reviewer may hate might actually save someone else's life, so I just try and stay positive."

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Lucy Rose Has A Different Take On Life After Her Unconventional Tour

"Sometimes small things would get me down but now I'm always thinking about the big picture, and it's really not worth being stressed about anything."

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How Bruise Pristine Transformed Their Live Songs Into An EP

"We really wanted to harness the energy and atmosphere of how we perform these songs live, and still retain some grittiness."

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Channeling The Facts Of Life Into Her Craft

"The EP comes from a place of reaching my late 20s, feeling a bit jaded about a few things with my life, but still clinging to hope and optimism for the future."

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James Thompson Plays Stick Better Than Your Average Bar Fly (Marginally)

"... People think they can only be successful making certain styles of music when that (success) should not even enter into the creative process."

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WAWAWOW's Shaun Allen Laughs In The Face Of Perfection

"We aimed for perfection in the studio... but after we achieved it, it didn't sound like us."

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Joe Forrester On His Self-Titled Solo Release

"I felt a need to make sure this album happened. I didn't want to die without making it."

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On Music's Ability To Make Us Better People

"A song can get you through, open your heart again. It's done that for me."

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The Demon Drink's Kieran Waters On How They Found Their Groove

"...I think we've been able to make what is a fairly unconventional sound work."

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Silver Linings' Benny Badge Discusses Their Career Trajectory And Being 'Parrot Friendly'

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The National Celtic Festival Is Back To Inject Some Culture

"I think of it [Celtic] as a broad church and it can include traditional, folk and original music from many Celtic countries throughout the world."

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