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Ever find yourself in this situation? You think you’ve stumbled across someone amazing that no-one else is on, you go to follow them on Instagram and see everyone’s already on it? You preemptively thought about letting everyone in on a new and exciting thing to find out that they may well end up thinking ‘about
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We don’t know much about Nicole Miglis, but we’ve heard some hype. Now, hype can be a terrible, terrible thing – but it also sometimes just means that people are excited about something new, so lets lean into the latter and go with the good flow shall we? Miglis has a new LP tomorrow which
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If you’ve been missing that low-lit, seductive Neo Soul of the late ’90s/early ’00s, then London jazzer Nubya Garcia has just the thing for you with her new single, ‘Set It Free’. After bagging a Mercury music prize nom and a huge tour, she’s coming back with a new album by the name of ‘Odyssey’
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There’s few joys in life that are nicer than tripping over an album completely by chance and finding that it’s an absolute romp of toytown psychedelic and glorious shed pop! While acid-songwriters in the pomp of the ’60s had huge studios, endless tape and orchestras, since then, things have retreated and paired down. The ambition
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Bob Dylan is contributing a song to a new biopic about the life of Ronald Reagan and we absolutely want to mention the massive rumour relating to the phrase ‘THROAT GOAT‘. If you don’t know the rumour, then you’re really missing out. However, we’ve got more factual based things to talk about. The new movie
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It really is a sorry state of affairs in the music industry outside of the few who can fill huge outdoor arenas and stadiums – and even some of those are struggling. Companies and venues are taking a cut of bands selling merch, there’s no money in streaming, you have to pivot to being a
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Chappell Roan’s rise to fame has been sudden and very interesting. Often, meteoric rises are met with suspicion and chatter about being an industry plant and all that – but for our money, no such thing could be levelled at Roan given her very obvious and striking talent. Add to this, her whole personality is
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The good folks at Light in the Attic have a brilliant compilation out called ‘Even the Forest Hums: Ukrainian Sonic Archives 1971-1996‘ which looks at the Ukraine music scene from the aforementioned dates – obviously, during this time, the region was under strict Soviet control, so there’s a lot to dig into spiritually too. The
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We all love Prince, so any trace of the Purple One’s music is always a treat since he departed. Usually, Prince influence means clean twangy guitars and a falsetto over some digital funk, and it’s not always something that ends in great results because… well… not everyone is able to be Prince, right? No such
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Look, you probably already know that Larry Levan is DJing royalty, a pioneer, a legend and all that good stuff. If you don’t, then you’re in for a treat when you Google his name and look into his history! With that, here’s a killer mix from the Paradise Garage in 1985, which Defected Records shared
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HENRY WALTERS’ LITTLE THINGS
Michigan is a hot spot of musical talent, from the birth of Techno, to garage royalty like The Dirtbombs, to MC5 and The Stooges, and we’re legally obliged to mention Motown. We’re pretty sure that bit of the world has a mixture of a huge sense of pride about all this, as well as a…
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GEORGIA’S HOUSEY SOBER POP!
Georgia has been putting out fun stuff for a while, but the new one is really really getting out shoes squeaking! It’s a housey, electro-ish slice of pop going by the name of ‘Be Free’, and the video is a day glo kids TV affair, which is super fun too. The songs details Georgia’s sobriety,…
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BEATLE ANTHOLOGY TRAILER
Are we all excited for the revamped version of The Beatles Anthology? There’s been a drip feed of songs that’ll appear on the additional Anthology 4 album, but it’s the TV show we’re most thrilled for. People of a certain age will remember the original Anthology documentaries, and some will have their DVD copies and…
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10 SONGS WITH TCHOTCHKE
Tchotchke are one of the finest groups on the planet right now, and have had a run of albums that are as wonderful as they are unique. Mixing cute-as-a-button pop with tough ’60s girl group beat and dreamy psychedelia, the girls have a new album out – ‘Playin’ Dumb’ – which had us ranting and…
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