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Celebrity Sin

Celebrity Sin

As they gear up for Dot To Dot, Lambrini Girls break down their ferocious new single ‘Cult Of Celebrity’ and why celebrity culture should make you incredibly uneasy...

by Felicity Newton

BEFORE DOORS

Antony Szmierek offers up his Really Very Good new single, 'The Heron' at Birkenhead's Future Yard as the first edition of our brand new Before Doors sessions.

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