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  • Chilly Gonzales Vs Toddla T with Jarvis Cocker; A Very Chilly Christmas Mixtape

    Following the release of Chillyโ€™s new album โ€˜A Very Chilly Christmasโ€™, platinum selling UK producer Toddla T has put his very own spin on the record, The Coldest Crimbo out today (16th Dec.) Featuring help from friends Nadia Rose, Serocee, Coco and Deli OneFourz, and even Jarvis Cocker features, Toddla T and Chilly Gonzales delight… Read more

  • 808 Delavega; Contemporary  Dancehall, Swiss Style.

    808 Delavega; Contemporary Dancehall, Swiss Style.

    Not to be confused with Howard Rosen and Jerry Gordonโ€™s American jazz and blues record label of the same name, Evidence Music is a prolific contemporary reggae label with their recording studio in Geneva, Switzerland, but franchising and presenting many upcoming Jamaican artists. Ergo, while Iโ€™ve mentioned before the Swiss valuing archaic origins of reggae,… Read more

  • Sound Affects Find the Ley Lines

    Sound Affects Find the Ley Lines

    Make no mistake, we love Swindon folk-rock duo Sound Affects here at Devizine. Ergo Iโ€™m prepped with some fond words and in high expectations prior to listening to their new album out today (13th Dec) Ley Lines. Itโ€™s been over two years since reviewing Everyday Escapism, their previous nugget of wonderful. And if I praised… Read more

  • Skates & Wagons EP

    Skates & Wagons EP

    Fashionably late for the party, this Oxford duoโ€™s self-titled debut EP was released on White Label Records at the beginning of the month; what can I say for an excuse? Glad to catch up though, as Skates & Wagons are well worth it. Thereโ€™s retrospective grandeur on offer here; even down to the bracketed song… Read more

  • Fairy-Tale of New Park Street; And Better Local Christmas Songs!

    Fairy-Tale of New Park Street; And Better Local Christmas Songs!

    It was Christmas Eve moi lover, outside Carpet Right, an old man without facemask said to me, won’t be seeing another one, and then he yelled a song, Shaky Stevenโ€™s Merry Christmas Everyone, I turned my face away, and puked all over youโ€ฆโ€ฆ Okay, Iโ€™ll hold my hands up, thatโ€™s all Iโ€™ve got when it… Read more

  • The Monkey with no Bum!

    The Monkey with no Bum!

    No, looks to me like, from the front cover picture, the monkey does indeed have a bum, albeit it quite small and the motion lines suggest itโ€™s shrinking. No matter the outcome of the debate, it cannot be good news for this monkey called Charlie. I could ask the author Asa Murphy why, but we… Read more