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THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #181

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Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the more interesting tracks that have landed in our inbox over the past few weeks. This time around, you’ll find a ska banger, a track that reworks some very 90s influences into something with a lot of energy and a big heart, an angry anthem from an alternative singer songwriter exploring a new direction, a welcome re-promotion for a great track from an emo infused punk act, and more besides. As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy!

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THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #180

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This visit to the Singles Bar is big on variety. New country sounds meet with a late 50s tribute; contemporary goths take a surprisingly catchy turn, while a well loved track is redressed in a strikingly new way, and a cult act share a perfectly arranged, 90s inspired workout that’s as good an advert as any for their current retrospective disc. With the eight picks exploring a genuinely broad mix of styles and genres, we hope – as always – you find something new to enjoy.

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THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #178

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This visit to the Singles Bar presents a near perfect slice of melodic punk, a couple of up and coming singer songwriters, another country number, and even an unexpected collaboration between a Canadian synth based project and a genuine cult figure. It’s another incredibly varied selection of tracks, but we’re sure you’ll find something of interest. As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy…

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THE REAL GONE SINGLES BAR #177

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Welcome back to the Real Gone Singles Bar, the place where we explore some of the more interesting tracks that have landed in our inbox over the past few weeks. This time around, we bring you a couple of superb singer songwriters, an interesting remix, an unmissable slab of alternative metal, a jaunty country number and more besides. As always, we hope you find something new to enjoy.

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QUIZ SHOW – XONO EP

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Quiz Show’s 2024 EP release ‘Flotsam’ often played like a musical love letter to the alternative rock boom of the 90s. Taking influences from Superchunk and the earliest, noisier works of Buffalo Tom, and occasionally applying a quietLOUDquiet approach to the arrangements – as per Pixies and Nirvana – it gave fans of the grunge era lots to enjoy in a small package. ‘XONO’ – shared in the Autumn of ’26 – finds the band, founded by Shudder To Think’s Chris Matthews, sticking to what they know. But that’s something they do very well indeed.

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