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There is something particularly satisfying seeing an artist do well after shrugging off previous mismanagement. This was the case with Tinashe who was being pigeonholed by old bosses and being thrown toward directions and collaborations that, if we’re being kind, we’re ideal. Tinashe has always had her own independent spirit and early stuff excited R&B…
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They’re named after a type of funky fungus, which is fun. What’s even more fun is the new song from Earth Tongue which is a loud, brash slice of spiky glam punk. They hail from New Zealand and have a new LP out soon called ‘Great Haunting’. You can get your paws on that in…
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Muhammad Ali. John Lennon. Susan Sarandon. The Black Panthers. Sly & The Family Stone. Civil rights, sitars, hitchhiking, Chuck Berry, hippies, Zen, minimal artists and so much more. Meet Jeff from New York’s Music Inn. He might just be the most interesting person you’ll listen to all year. This charming film is short, beautifully shot,…
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The Doobie Brothers are a fine, fine band – but they sure went up a notch when Michael McDonald got involved. They’ve been enjoying a 50th anniversary reunion, and the whole gang has been on the road together and that’s lovely. It was announced that Steely Dan would be pulling out of the tour with…
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When you love someone a lot, it’s great to see them still being great. And so, to Beth Gibbons who we all loved from her time in Portishead, who is delivering some tremendously atmospheric and creeped out cosmic psych at the moment. She has a new LP coming out called ‘Lives Outgrown’ and the new…
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In classic rock circles, sometimes a new group appears that’s so reverential to the past, that it’s missing all the verve and spontaneity of the thing it’s looking toward. If you’re someone who still goes out, still cares about new releases, you might concede that they’re kinda good at what they do, but the whole…
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He’s a bit of a legend around New York jazz parts is Alan Braufman. And because jazz doesn’t obsessively focus on music made by young people, we’re glad that Braufman is getting shoved to the front today, with a brand new single. There’s an album imminent called ‘Infinite Love, Infinite Tears’ and this is the…
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The Lemon Twigs have another single out, and they really are in the form of their lives at the moment. This new one, which you can listen to below is called ‘How Can I Love Her More?’ On this new track, they say: “With “How Can I Love Her More?” we tried to bridge the…
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When governments act appallingly, we’re right to be furious with them. However, out of this anger often comes necessary and wild creativity. See, over in Chechnya, the powers that be have apparently banned music for a certain tempo. They have said that all music should “correspond to a tempo of 80 to 116 beats per…
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Trent Reznor, of NiN, has things to say about streaming, stating that the whole thing has “mortally wounded” many artists while talking to magazine, GQ. “I think the terrible payout of streaming services has mortally wounded a whole tier of artists that make being an artist unsustainable,” he said. “And it’s great if you’re Drake,…
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SILENT MUSIC TO PROTEST AI
A new album comprised of silent music has been released to protest against changes in copyright law, regarding AI. There’s some big hitters on it too, including Kate Bush, Annie Lennox and Damon Albarn, as well as Billy Ocean, Tori Amos, Hans Zimmer, and loads more. You can’t hear them of course, but still. Also…
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REVIEW / MANDRAKE HANDSHAKE / EARTH SIZED WORLDS
They call themselves a Flowerkraut Collective, because inventing genres for yourself is fun, but its a pretty handy Post-It for what the group are trying to achieve – an embellished, psychedelic rock that swerves between global psychedelia, German Kosmiche, and a whiff of Library electronics. A sprawling array of members that sometimes reaches double-digits, the…
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MUMFORD & SONS CAN’T SHAKE THE FAR RIGHT
Do you remember in 2021, when STOMP STOMP CLAP stadium folk group Mumford & Sons were thrown into disarray after it turned out one of their members was a bit fashy? Winston (Aubrey Aladar deBalkan) Marshall praised a book by Andy Ngo which was deemed ‘supremely dishonest’ in its criticisms of the anti-fascist movement, and…
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ROBERTA FLACK, FAREWELL
For fans of R&B, and soul music infused with jazz and classical, Roberta Flack was one of the greatest to ever do it. She had hits with Killing Me Softly, and the utterly gorgeous The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face, as well as the wonderful Feel Like Makin’ Love which would be covered…
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