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If you Google 'Otherkin' and click on images, you might be a bit surprised. It's the internet. It's weird. But at least it shows us that Otherkin, an rock band from Dublin, have a long way to go before they become a household name, which is undoubtedly what they'd like to do. They create rough, uncensored rock - and have just released their debut album - 'OK'. The Irish punk outfit made their way unnoticed onto the scene in 2015, releasing ‘AY AY’ as their first single and ‘The 201 EP’ – and on the 29 th September this year, their full-length, 12-track album finally hit the shelves. One of the beauties of Otherkin’s music is it’s stripped-back-ness. Yes, it’s 2017, and bands ‘experiment’, and we all love a bit of harmonica or a synthesizer here and there. But sometimes, there’s no need. The raw energy encapsulated in the souls of these four Irish lads is all that is required on the album. There’s no extra pianos, no glockenspiel’s – just ...

The long awaited return of Manchester’s finest loved rock starlet Liam Gallagher is finally upon us. Yep. Finally. His debut solo album ‘As You Were’ hit the shops (or the internet, rather) on the 6 th October, with a 12-set track listing, accompanied by three bonus songs for the deluxe edition. The ongoing rift between Liam and his brother Noel, who is set to release his own third-generation solo material next month to go head to head with his younger, has often split fans and risen the age-old debate of which Gallagher is best. Liam, being his own humble self (that’s not a joke, by the way), has said in recent interviews that he knows he’ll never be a good a songwriter as Noel. The fact that the pair have always been at each others throats and of course, came from the same mother, at least gives us a cause to choose our favourite – but as some scepticals say, in many ways, they’re both as bad (and good) as each other. Noel’s next effort with the High Flying Birds ...