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Apathy & Exhaustion

Author: Clara Barker

I'm a mountain climbing, LGBT advocating, miniature painting, Star Wars nerding, D&D reading, board game playing, comic devouring, constantly napping trans-female scientist from Oxford who listens to music that most folk will regard as pretentious. And I just don't care. Ha.

STRFKR – Being No One, Going Nowhere (Polyvinyl, 2016)

December 24, 2016 Clara Barker Record Review

Polyvinyl are a bit of a hot label for me right now. With a roster including recently reviewed bands such as La Sera, Jay Som

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American Enthusiasm – Holy Wow (Specialist Subject Records, 2016)

December 12, 2016 Clara Barker Record Review

Ok. I’m gonna have to start this one out on a negative note. Two things: 1 – I cannot think what this record sounds like.

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Jay Som – Turn Into (Polyvinyl Records, 2016)

November 24, 2016 Clara Barker Record Review

When something from Polyvinyl Records comes up, I pay attention. Their roster of bands may not be the biggest in the world but it is

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Mono – Requiem For Hell (Temporary Residence Ltd./ Pelagic Records/ Magniph / Hostess Entertainment, 2016)

October 30, 2016 Clara Barker Record Review

Just to cut through the crap I will make a disclaimer here: I LOVE MONO. Yep, Mono are in my top three bands of all

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My trans-agenda: Baby Chaos / Deckard

October 18, 2016 Clara Barker My Trans-Agenda, Real talk and opinion

2015 was an amazing year for me. My life changed in a dramatic way. Not small changes, huge life changing things happened. I returned to

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Julia Jacklin – Don’t Let the Kids Win (Polyvinyl, 2016)

October 15, 2016 Clara Barker Record Review

Don’t let the kids win is Julia Jacklin’s debut album and boy, is it a cracker. I have talked before about how I used to

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NOFX – First Ditch Effort (Fat Wreck Chords, 2016)

October 10, 2016 Clara Barker My Trans-Agenda, Real talk and opinion, Record Review

This is the first collaborative review on Apathy & Exhaustion. Clara and Tony tackle the long-awaited NOFX album, First Ditch Effort. Read on to find

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Deep Pockets – Nice Life EP (Dead Broke Rekerds, 2016)

October 4, 2016 Clara Barker Record Review

This was my first exposure to Deep Pockets, with their EP Nice Life released on Dead Broke Rekerds (http://deadbrokerecords.com/contact.php), released earlier this 2016 year. It

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La Sera – Queens EP (Polyvinyl Records)

October 3, 2016 Clara Barker Record Review

The Queens EP follows an album released earlier in the year. One which makes me rather cross to be honest. Because, whilst I have not

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My trans-agenda: Background

September 24, 2016 Clara Barker Real talk and opinion

A little background: When Tony of Nurgle asked me to be a part of his new project, the online music magazine you are currently reading,

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