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  • LETTERS TO CLEO DO A GOOD SONG

    We absolutely haven’t heard of Letters To Cleo before, but that’s no reason to not say their new song is really fun and that we like it. You don’t always need an angle to tap a toe, do you? We found out that they’ve been on the circuit for a while, which is our bad.

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  • YUNÉ PINKU DOES IT AGAIN

    We’re huge fans of Yuné Pinku here. Mixing the sounds of the familiar with future-house, she’s been making great music for a while now. The latest one is another sophisticated, slinky banger that is perfect to kickstart your weekend. It’s follows the excellent ‘BABYLON IX’ EP, and is called ‘Killing Be’. As ever with her

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  • HAZEL ENGLISH WITH 80s INDIE POP COOL

    A lot of new artists are influenced by ’80s indie, but sadly, too many of them are a bit Long Overcoats Stood Near Some Bins Black & White Photo Post Punkish Sourpusses. Not the case here with Hazel English. She’s released a song called ‘Heartbreaker’ and it’s a midtempo gem, with lighter than air synths

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  • HEAR NEW GRANDADDY

    Grandaddy are great, and with that, it’s great to say there’s a new album coming out and a new song to listen to. The LP is called ‘Blu Wav’ and you can hear it on February 16th. The brainchild of the mighty Jason Lytle, the new long player is apparently a mix of bluegrass and new

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  • LAST BEATLE SONG CONFIRMED

    It’s confirmed. The last Beatle music approaches and, as we thought, it’s ‘Now And Then’. You can see what we said about it here, if you want the back story. The track will be with us on 2nd November and the official blurb from the Beatles camp says: “Now And Then” is the last Beatles

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  • KURT VILE, GO ON THEN

    Kurt Vile. A new song? A tour? Go on then. Vile, y’see, has a new EP coming out called ‘Back To Moon Beach’ and the tour is in the States, and seeing as our analytics say that most of our readers are European, that’s not the good news – but new music! Hurray! Below, if

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  • NEW BANGER FROM DJ SABRINA THE TEENAGE DJ

    DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ continues to melt our brains with music that’s somehow both nostalgic pop AND futuristic psychedelic house music, and we love it. A new video just dropped for the track ‘For Now And Forever’ which is taken from the Destiny album and follows a fairly consistent and very funny long trolling

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  • BEATLES NEW SONG / WHAT DO WE KNOW?

    The Beatles have casually dropped a tweet that’s got everyone’s knickers in a twist. It’s a link to their website where there’s a graphic of a cassette. There’s already some clues to be worked out too, for the eagled eyed. First, let’s look at the cassette. You can zoom in a bit harder when you’re

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  • FEMALE AFRICAN SUPERGROUP / LES AMAZONES D’AFRIQUE

    If you haven’t heard of the ace supergroup made up of African women, you need to sort that out now. They’re called Les Amazones d’Afrique, and they have a new single out called ‘Kuma Fo (What They Say)’, and it’s ace electronics with trad African music sung in native languages from Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso,

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  • GREAT LATE CAREER SONGS

    It always feels like music is destined for the young, but sometimes, artists hit a late career high and have a hit long after a supposed imperial period. Artists of a certain vintage (and some not so old, obviously) find a new voice, often with a more mature sound or finding new creativity in age.

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  • GIRLPUPPY NEW ONE IS DREAMY

    It is stylised as girlpuppy, but it is the project of Becca Harvey, who has release her first single called ‘Champ’, which is a pretty dreamy, melodic slice of indie pop. The video mildly belies the sound, being boxing themed, but it’s sure fun to watch. If you like shoegaze, but not the super derivative…

  • WE JUST HEARD ABOUT CUMGIRL8

    Checking the local listings we saw a band name that we thought was brash and fun. Then, we read an article about Of Montreal doing some gigs in the States and, there they were again – cumgirl8. We had to check them out based on the name and Of Montreal shows, of course. Who are…

  • PSYCHEDELIC R&B FROM GREENTEA PENG

    Greentea Peng has been cutting a groove for psychedelic R&B and now there’s a new single to listen to called ‘One Foot’. If you like R&B that’s left-of-centre, a smidge of jazz and singer songwriter music, you may well find a lot to love here. There’s also fuzz guitars in her back catalogue, so she’s…

  • SPOTIFY WRAPPED SZN IS HERE

    Spotify Wrapped 2024 is upon us and, obviously, spare a thought for those people who pushed all their chips into those dreadful puritans over Apple who are gamely looking at whatever Apple Music equivalent their is, while Apple music impose increasingly draconian rules about what is allowed on their marketplace, and thereby taking all vague…

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