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By now, you’re probably aware of the unearthed and lost track ‘The Second Arrangement‘ by Gaucho-era Steely Dan seeing the light of day. This new bit of news isn’t quite that level, but it’s still fun stuff! A performance of ‘Reelin’ In The Years’ from the Midnight Special has turned up online and finds the
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Venues are every bit as interesting as the bands that play them, and there’s a new one over in Vegas which is psychedelically odd. It’s fun, even if a bit of a mind melter. Technically, it’s called the MSG Sphere (that’s Madison Square Garden, not the stuff you put in food) and it’s innards are
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You may not know Bombino, but listen to the song below and you’ll wish you did already. Bombino is a Nigerian artist who sings in Tamasheq and was the subject of the movie ‘Agadez, the Music and the Rebellion’. It’s heavy political music, but also joyful and psychedelic in places, and his music sprung out
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Listen, there’s been a lot of heartache in the service industry of late, and that’s because Taylor Swift tickets are nigh-on impossible to get hold of. Obviously, we haven’t tried because 1. We’re too cynical to enjoy her music 2. We’re too cynical to even join a Ticketmaster queue 99% of the time. This month,
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Sampha is back with new music and seeing as he’s one of the most interesting and unique voices in UK pop, that’s good news isn’t it? That’s rhetorical. Yes it is. This is his first single in six years, and it’s called ‘Spirit 2.0’. He’s not been lazy in the interim though – he’s been on
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It’s kind of annoying to refer to any musician by comparing them to someone else, but there’s this unavoidable thing with disco and dance music that makes you look at certain performers like they’re carrying the torch for the scene. Sure, there’s a lot of people who have employed house and whatnot into their music,
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Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Fraser has teamed up with Damon Reece who is Massive Attack’s drummer for a project called Sun’s Signature and there’s a new thing to lend your ear to. The track is called ‘Bluedusk’ and has been remixed by Lump. The band’s debut LP came out last year, but now, there’s an extended
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Hey Four Tet fans! Keiran Hebden and William Tyler have released a new single called ‘Darkness, Darkness’ and we’re going to share the b-side from it because it’s a great piece of Hauntological Creepcore, and yes, we know saying things are ‘hauntological’ is incredibly fashionable right now. But it is. It sounds like something from
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The story of Martin Duffy’s death was a hard one to read when his son told of what happened and specifically the alleged treatment by bandmates and associates in Primal Scream. What transpired was very different from what everyone initially thought, and Duffy’s son Louie told an inquest that his father had died in huge
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Not long ’til Blur are playing to a packed out Wembley, and reminding everyone that you can be really English while not being a gammon. With that, they’ve dropped another song from their forthcoming LP and it’s called ‘St Charles Square’ and reminds us of the eponymous LP with a healthy dollop of Modern Life
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PREORDER EMITT RHODES
Those who know about Emitt Rhodes tend to be a bit evangelical about his music – and rightly so – his bubblegum psychedelic pop is often compared to the mighty Paul McCartney, but that’s because it’s so perfectly formed! Rhodes recorded his eponymous LP at home in the ’70s, and if you’re a fan of…
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PANDA BEAR’S NEW ACID POP!
Remember how much you all liked that Sonic Boom/Panda Bear record? Well, Panda Bear is back and still great, so you need to hand over your time to listen to the new track ‘Ferry Lady’. Taken from the upcoming LP ‘Sinister Grift’, it’s a lovely slice of acid-infused pop, which is shorthand for experimental, a…
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TATYANA WITH A JAN BANGER
‘It’s Over’ by Tatyana was one of our favourite songs of 2024, so it is great to report that she’s hit 2025 running at full speed with a new acid banger called ‘What Have You Done For Me Lately?’ With shades of Inner City, this is primo strobe house for the warehouse or the club,…
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