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Niall Horan has properly announced his fourth solo album, 'Dinner Party'
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Genesis Owusu has announced a new album, 'REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE'
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Maybe Not Tonight' is due to arrive this April via So Young Records.
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Mar 18, 2026, 9:30 AM
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ALT BLK ERA dive into disorientation on their new single, ‘Lost In The Back Of My Mind’
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Cardinals’ debut album ‘Masquerade’ is cohesive, confrontational and fully formed - a statement of intent from a band already looking beyond genre.
by Ciaran Picker
Barbed Wire
BARBED WIRE
Cardinals’ debut album ‘Masquerade’ is cohesive, confrontational and fully formed - a statement of intent from a band already looking beyond genre.
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