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We don’t know everything and daily, we stumble across things completely new to us and think “OH! THAT’S INTERESTING!” Today, is one such day with a piece of music that is almost completely alien to us, but we listened to it half a dozen times and figured it needed sharing. The artist is Leila Abdul-Rauf
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George Harrison accidentally invented the charity concert when he did his ‘Concert For Bangladesh’, which means he is accidentally responsible for Bono singing ‘tonight thank god it’s them instead of you’ for Band Aid. Still, these are good things all told and in 1971 he got a bunch of pals together for a big show
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It seems like there’s something of a collision between the marketing campaign led BRAT SUMMER and a genuine need for a bit of loose hedonism after years of austerity all over the world. Recreational drugs, disposable cameras, smart-trashiness, alcopops, ruining your shoes and dancing, dancing, dancing, dancing. Whether you think this has been ushered in
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Mdou Moctar is making some seriously exciting music at the minute and there’s a new gig film they’ve shared which you need to see if you like loud rock ‘n’ roll, psychedelic music or, excuse the term but it’ll do now, world music. You know what we mean. The new thing is called ‘The Agadez
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You might know, you might not, but Lou Reed was writing and releasing music before his years in The Velvet Underground. He was an in-house guy at Pickwick Records, trying his hand at pop, R&B and even some dance craze records. There’s a lot of fun stuff in the troves, and all interesting given that
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We’re big fans of Fievel Is Glauque’s music – mixing psychedelia with electronics, jazz, space pop, and all manner of great record collector stuff! They have a new LP coming out, which is fantastic news – it is called ‘Rong Weicknes’ and you be able to get your paws on it in October via Fat
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Tim Heidecker is something of a renaissance man, although he’d probably rinse you for saying something like that about him. Broadly, he’s known for being a stand-up and comedian, but he’s also prone to making music which while witty, is more sincere so don’t expect him to be doing bits. His ‘Work From Home’ is
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Sometimes, a song title is so good that you need to just write it as the literal headline and then share the song.
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Phones eh? They’re responsible for that fun gig you watched on YouTube for a band that never played in the country you live in. They’re responsible for that video where someone lost their shit on stage and made the news, and now we all got to see it rather than relying on someone’s word for
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We’ve featured Dora Morelenbaum on these pages before so we’re excited to share that she has her debut LP coming out soon! With a mix of bossa, samba and psych, Dora’s music has showcased her to be one of the most exciting new Brazilian artists in the scene. The new album is called ‘Pique’ and
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SEE KELLY LEE OWENS
Kelly Lee Owens has been doing great things lately, and her new LP ‘Dreamstate’ is something that you should absolutely have in rotation. Mixing synthpop with house and tech, she’s collaborated with some big hitters (Daniel Avery, Chemical Brothers, Bjork to name just three) and her own work is genuinely excellent. Have you heard ‘Higher’ yet?…
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DANCE FLOOR ACTION WITH JESSIE WARE + SALUTE
It is Friday, so let’s have a bop. Jessie Ware has teamed with Salute (normally spelled lower case, but it looked weird in a sentence) for a clubby shuffler, which is just the ticket to send us into the weekend, right? Ware teamed up with the Manchester knob-twiddler and says: “I’ve been a fan of…
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SHEL TALMY’S BEST
Way back in the summer of 1962, Chicago born Shel Talmy decided he wanted to have a trip to Britain. He intended staying for five weeks. What happened when he found himself there, was that he’d change the course of pop forever. A friend asked him if he could help with the production of some…
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WATCH TRAILER FOR NEW BEATLES THING
Disney have really gone all-in on The Beatles – we went years with zero new things to watch, and now things are cropping up all the time! We had the Get Back thing, and now we go back to ’64 when the Fabs first went to the States! New footage, improved old footage, good music,…
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