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They’ve got an awkward name, have Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs. You get the impression they’re not arsed about this fact one bit, and besides, everyone’s already writing it down as Pigsx7. Anyway, they have a new heavy track out called ‘Detroit’ and with that, there’s news of a tour. This is the…
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We don’t know much about Gia Ford, but we heard this new song from her called ‘Earth Return’ and it’s really good. We think this might fall under ‘alt-pop’, but we’re not sure of some of these genres – not that they matter! We’re hearing some gloomy ace old French pop, a smidge of Lana…
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We’ve been getting stuck into King Pari’s music recently and it’s really great. We hear sniffs of Minneapolis ’80s funk throughout their cuts, which usually means a bad facsimile of Prince’s sound, but resolutely not the case here. We featured their song ‘Eggface (I’m Not Screamin’ for Nothin’)’ on our recent radio show which you’ll…
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Doves went away for a little while, but now they’re back and have announced three intimate live dates following on from a brand new track earlier this week. There’s a new album coming too, and the whole thing is very heartwarming given the reasons for them going AWOL. The band say: “We were beyond heartbroken to…
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Post Covid, ambient music really made a big return. For whatever reason that is, it is definitely a welcome one. With that, we dug a mix from DJ Raica, who has done a fabulous vinyl mix of ambient and cosmic music. She’s the head of Seattle’s iconic Further Records, ending up making beautiful, ambient sounds…
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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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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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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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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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Steve Albini is no longer with us, but his productions remain. And the last record he was working on was one with FACS, and you can hear some of the fruits of that labour right now. It’s a skuzzy, angular thing called ‘Wish Defense’ and there’ll be a new album of the same name out…
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KNOCKED LOOSE FRIGHTEN AMERICA
We reckon a thousand hardcore bands have just been formed in the US. See, Knocked Loose performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and, as they were taking no prisoners, they played HARD. As such, a number of Americans – remember, for all the ways the US is cool, it is a country full of pearl clutching…
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2024 BEST OF? NOT YET
We have noticed that The Quietus, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, NPR and others have released their Best Albums Of 2024 lists already, and that is far too early. The fact that we’re in the window for SURPRISE DROP! albums, and there’s a strong rumour that Kendrick will have a follow up to ‘GNX’ before…
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SKELETEN’S NEW ONE IS A VIBE
We don’t know much about Skeleten, but apparently they’re from Australia from the cursory search we just did. They have an album coming out early next year called ‘Mentalized’, and we’re sharing a track from it called ‘Bodys Chorus’, and honestly, it’s a vibe. In promo for it is a smidge pretentious, so we’ll just…
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TAME IMPALA SYNTH
Tame Impala are a band that annoys post-punk kids and we think that’s because Kevin Parker makes the kind of psychedelic rock that R&B fans also like, so they should sort that out and stop being whiny babies about it. They’re a fun band. Anyway, small rant aside, Parker has teamed up with some pals…
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