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Hip hop has found itself in a funny place lately. Everyone’s broke. There’s been a pandemic. Energy bills are out of control. Prices are going up. It’s difficult to listen to someone talk about how many millions they’ve got hanging off their wrist. It’s tough to stomach listening to someone complain about how lonely they…
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Have you heard of Michael Rault? Well, there’s a good chance he released the finest LP of 2022, if you’re into perfect pop that’s cut with all good things like West Coast 70s music, Paul McCartney’s Wings, ELO (aka Beatles: The Musical), Harry Nilsson etc. If you need more modern recommendations, then file Michael Rault…
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What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,…
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TOM VERLAINE’S RECORD COLLECTION FOR SALE
Television frontman Tom Verlaine is often dubbed as the guy who taught the punks about jazz, so with that, you know he had good taste in music. Well, Verlaine is no longer with us, so his personal record collection – some 4,000 in number – is on sale. As you might imagine, there’s some pretty…
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REVIEW / CFCF / LUV
If you’ve been yearning for the sounds of the turn of the Millennium – French House, Indie Sleaze, Dance Pop, Electro Clash and the rest – you’re not alone. See, CFCF is clearly a fan of the nights out when people used to upload entire camera rolls of photos of nights out onto Facebook, of…
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HEY! BALMING TIGER ARE DIRTY DISCO FUN!
If you like deadpan delivery, skuzzy and elastic basslines, and chuggy drum beats, then you’re gonna love this track we just heard from a cool Korean band. They’re called Balming Tiger and we haven’t heard of them before, but this track – ‘Oui’ – sounds like walking into a bar, hearing it, and thinking “let’s…
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INDIE FOLK POP NEWBIE FROM THIS IS LORELEI
We don’t know much about This Is Lorelei, and we’re currently on holiday where relaxation has made our brain mush. Either way, we just had a listen to the new track from them and it’s kinda folk, kinda indie, kinda mopey pop. Does that sound like your bag? Then you need to press play on…
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