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ORGAN THING: Surge in Spring and the sound of Surge Orchestra with Juice Aleem and just how good does this sound?

Organ Thing of The Day: Now this is a fine way to spend a Sunday morning, must admit to having little more than very vague knowledge of Surge and the Surge Orchestra before, never actually taken the time to go and listen. Surge Orchestra came our way today via a message to the Cultivate branch…

April 26, 2020 in ART, MUSIC.

ORGAN THING: The Cosmics, you want them, you need them, you need their infectious garage punk rock…

The Cosmics have streamed a new track called Drained ahead of a self-titled EP that comes out on June 13th. ‘The Cosmics’ will be their debut vinyl EP, “they welcome you into their world of distorted yet infectious melodies, glazed with a punk aesthetic” so says this press release. We talking new garage scuzz pop,…

May 17, 2019 in MUSIC.

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