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More than three hundred sources, in sixteen languages: makers and their release notes, reviewers who put a hand on the thing, studios and touring crews, the producers and collectives surfacing this month and the scenes they came out of. Synths and modular, plugins and DAWs, guitars and drums, microphones, monitors, PA and lighting. What the trade is talking about is counted and plotted. The editor's letter has just started; it will find its rhythm.

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Alexisonfire Announce New Album ‘Bleed It’ Ahead of Good Thins Festival

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Alexisonfire have announced their new album, Bleed It , and shared lead single and music video for “Push the River” ahead of their Good Things Festival appearances next month.

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