After taking over a sizeable chunk of Manchester last year to double as WW2-era New York, this big-budget movie version of the Marvel comic book hero is now upon us. Chris Evans plays Steve Rogers, the determined weakling who volunteers for an experimental military programme and becomes brick-shithouse supersoldier Captain America, and Tommy Lee...
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Sometimes a movie comes along that taps into something primal within film fans like us. Hobo with a Shotgun is one such movie… Seriously, this one could have been dragged out of the most epic fever-dream within Toast’s addled brain; such are the glorious wonders on display. The legendary Rutger Hauer stars as the...
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Well, if it isn’t our old pal Sarah Mac with a new eP… Regular readers will know that here at Toast we’re rather partial to Sarah’s tunesmithery, and the four tracks on this EP showcase the various shades of her considerable talent as a singer-songwriter. The songs contained herein traverse a line between upbeat...
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Following on from the well-received EP of hope and despair, low Duo are back with this, their new EP. Minimalist but by no means simple, the duo are still able to be dynamic composing songs, lyrically clever and emotive – showcasing a basic set up to the fullest extent. Beautifully melancholic, tracks on the...
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Continuing the headlong charge into smooth soul waters, as more limelightly hogged by Cee lo, eccentric Audio follows up S+T’s 2009 debut Antique Soul. And well. If anything, this offering is even silkier than their first, veering dangerously close to a commercial sensibility that might put tha ruffer neks nose out of joint. But...
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Fresh from a string of support slots with the likes of The Qemists, Philadelphia grand Jury and Dinosaur Jr.(!), this power trio from Dearne Valley have delivered what is commonly referred to as ‘The goods’. Whilst wearing influences quite clearly on their sleeves (RATM, Soundgarden, Alice In Chains and, to a lesser extent, Morphine),...
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Let Love In/Murder Ballads/The Boatman’s Call/No More Shall We Part It’s not every day that something like this comes our way. The latest round of Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds reissues covers some of our favourite albums of the band’s career, comprising rather flashy two disc, CD/DVD combos of Let Love In, Murder...
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