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The BBC Archives have hit gold again, this time with a brilliant look back at a London pirate radio station back in 1982. You’ll hear killer reggae from those with radio shows made with pure love. Pre internet, pirate radio was vital because often, it was one of the only opportunities anyone got to hear…
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One of the most underrated bands of the ’90s are Urusei Yatsura. They were noisy good fun and could deliver sugary sweet punk as well as delivering all manner of unholy noise on your ears. Hailing from Glasgow and with good hair, their gigs were chaos, with drumsticks used as blunt force to hit guitars…
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Being a support act on a tour must be a strange experience. Imagine you’re playing to a hundred people in a pub, and then some stadium sized band decides to take you on the road. Quite the leap, and with non of the fame. Well, here’s an old video from the BBC Archives concerning exactly…
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Welsh music fans and Super Furry completists rejoice! The 1992 LP, Hei Vidal! from Ffa Coffi Pawb is getting reissued so you can have a lovely copy on vinyl. Formed in Bethesda in 1986 by sixteen year old friends Gruff Rhys and Rhodri Puw, this is the high watermark of the band’s work. You’ll be…
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Blur announced some massive Wembley gigs and that was that, right? Wrong. They have surprised everyone by announcing a new album! It’s called The Ballad of Darren and is out July 21 via Parlophone. Their first since ‘The Magic Whip’. And there’s a new song too, called ‘The Narcissist.’ Damon Albarn: “This is an aftershock record, reflection and…
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Pale Blue Eyes have a new song out and, if you’ve not heard of them before (that’s okay – no judgement here) and you’ve been moaning about how no-one sounds as good as what you’ve misremembered as your youth in the 1980s, you’re in luck. See, the group’s new song ‘Take Me Over’ sounds a bit…
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ANOHNI and the Johnsons have a new track out and it’s a soulful, brooding gem. There’s a new LP due to called ‘My Back Was A Bridge For You To Cross’, with the lead single called ‘It Must Change’. The artist says: “Some of these songs respond from the present day to global and environmental…
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Donald Trump’s use of ‘YMCA’ (and to a lesser degree, ‘Macho Man’) by the Village People has been a curious thing. For someone who is, and represents everything virulently homophobic and a whole other bunch of phobics in the US, it’s particularly strange that he’d plump for a song that is not only very camp,…
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Girl Ray are getting a lot of hype lately and sincerely, it’s richly deserved as they’ve been making great music for a while now, and the new stuff sounds like the best stuff they’ve done to date. Great stuff indeed. They have a new LP out in August called ‘Prestige’ and the latest track is…
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Holy Wave have a new song out and it’s called ‘Happier’ and it’s a little noisy gem. The band hail from Austin and have an LP coming out called ‘Five Of Cups’ and that’ll be available to buy on August 4th. It features collabs from two Mexican shoegaze bands too, which is pretty neat (Mint…
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BALEARIC BOP FROM PIP BLOM
Norwegian group, Pip Blom, have always know their way around a tune, and now, the gentle jangle has made way for an electronic, quasi-Balearic chug, which is perfect for this time of year honestly. Taken from the Grip EP, ‘Ring’ chugs along very nicely and it seems that they have opened themselves up to a part of…
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LEIKELI47 TAKES THE MASK OFF
No, this isn’t bait – gifted MC Leikeli47 told everyone a while ago that she would be removing the mask and just being herself for the next stage of her career. She’s done exactly that in the release of the new track from the new LP. The new album is called ‘Lei Keli ft. 47 /…
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DÜÜL SUNS’ NEO PSYCH
New band time! They’re called Düül Suns which, with a name like that, you’d expect to be a bunch with a decent record collection or something, including some experimental German music from the ’70s. Well, these are a bunch of lads from New York and while it’s not space music, it is psychedelic. A bit…
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BADBADNOTGOOD NEW ONE
Nu Jazzers BADBADNOTGOOD are back, and once again we’re pleased to announce, they’re noodling. It’s a groovy affair and if you already like the group, you’re not going to be disappointed here. They’ve teamed up with singer VCR, who says: “This is more than a song to me – it’s a milestone.” Big talk. We…
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