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The Music Observer 10: Looking back at 2022 [Singles]

on December 28, 2022

2022 best of Blue Violet Chloe Lorentzen Death Of The High Street Dictator Greysha Lizzie Esau Metric Minerva Daisy Nice Guy retrospective Serotones Ten Hands High

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The Music Observer 10: Looking back at 2022 [Albums]

on December 23, 2022

2022 Album Alela Diane best of Dictator First Aid Kit Joan Shelley retrospective Tove Lo William The Conqueror Wyldest Yumi and the Weather

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The Music Observer 10: Artists to watch in 2022

on December 29, 2021

2021 2022 Arcade State best of Carpark Crawlers Eleri Angharad Jen Dixon Little Comets MarthaGunn music Pillow Queens The Crayon Set The Wind and the Wave

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New release horizon scanner:

11/1/25 - Rosie Gault: Dim lights
29/1/25 - Dictator: Middle of the road (EP)
7/2/25 - Arliston: Disappointment machine (Album)
28/2/25 - Hachiku: The joys of being pure at heart (Album(

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