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Music collective Mourning [A] BLKstar have a new song out that’s a wonderful marriage of jazz and soul, but all forward-looking rather than relying wholly on the past, and it is definitely worth your ears and time. There’s a new LP due called ‘Flowers For The Living’ and that’ll be available in May. The new
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Our problem with a lot of modern period post-punk and New Wave music is that it is so boring and conservative. Not tuneful enough, nor weird enough, it’s usually dour groups who are more well-read than they are songwriters. We get it – you’ve got a problem with too many cans during the week and
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We really like the message behind the new single from Sports Team. A lot of songs keep their messages coded, but ‘Sensible’ is not one of those songs, ripping into self-help nonsense that blights us right now. Rob Knaggs says the new track is “about the myth of betterment. ‘Go to the gym. Get ripped!
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Deradoorian are a new name to us, but we just heard ‘No No Yes Yes’ and we immediately started thinking about Dinosaur L, ESG, and all that fun punky disco from NYC that makes you want to wreck your trainers in a squat rave! There’s a new album on the way ‘Ready for Heaven’ coming out
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Wolf Alice are one of the cooler pop-adjacent rock groups out there, so it is good to hear the distant rumbling of a comeback for them. It might all be a bit vague, but the rumblings are pretty loud. Over on Twitter, a band tweeted that they’d “had a dream last night that wolf alice
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Do you like Sports Banger attire? Do you like The KLF? Well, of a fashion, the two are teaming up and you can buy cool shit for a cool cause while you’re at it. Banger are opening the studio doors next Thursday where they promise “drinks, music and bricks” to celebrate the launch of K2
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Once, space travel was amazing. The adventure of the human spirit, going where no person had ever been before! We did it to learn, for science, for some kind of indomitable wanderlust and… now? Yuck. See, a bunch of billionaires have got their own space race going on, and those billionaires aren’t cool and have
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Jazz can be pretty impenetrable, what with it not getting much play on the radio and TV. However, the genre is in rude health and, one of the leading lights in the scene is guitarist and big brain composer Mary Halvorson. She’s got a new album coming out called ‘About Ghosts’, which you’ll be able
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Max Romeo has passed away, but leaves a huge legacy. One of the most celebrated vocalist to hail from Jamaica, he was used his words to spear the island’s class divide and uneven wealth, as well as being behind a legendary banned BBC record and one of the most iconic samples in dance music. He
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We’ve been really enjoying the modular synth stuff of JakoJako, whether it’s 4/4 club music or the more elegant headphone stuff. She’s shared a new track which goes by the name of ‘Dragon Bridge’, and it is another gem! This will feature on new LP called ‘Tết 41’, which you’ll be able to hear on
STOP HOARDING TUNES
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NEW GANG STARR
There’s something incredibly comforting about hearing a beat from DJ Premier and Guru rapping over the top of it. While Guru may have departed, Preemo has some vocals in the banks and he’s lovingly put together a new track called ‘Finishem’, which will have you rolling back the years with a super vibey, boom-bap flow.…
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DO BANDS NEED TO STOP PUTTING SUCH A BIG SHOW ON?
You look back at old shows from previous decades and bands of all sizes were all playing on pretty basic set-ups. Some flashing lights, big amps, maybe a smoke machine, and that’s about it. However, something changed. Metal shows started going larger, bands that were referred to as ‘indie’ needed big screens and props, and…
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DO NOT LISTEN TO POP STARS
When you love a popstar, a rockstar, whoever, you hope that they feel the same way you feel about things. When you hear of a popstar you like, saying things contrary to your beliefs, it can tarnish the music. There’s separating the art from the artist, then there’s wanting to stop giving someone money because…
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AUTECHRE LIVE CUTS
Hugely influential and inventive, Autechre are one of electronica’s elder statesmen (whether they like it or not). From goading government bills over ‘repetitive beats’ and forward thinking music for decades, it is always worth keeping an eye on what they’re doing. With that, they’ve just released 12 new live sets, and focusing on their fabulous…
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