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Rochelle Jordan started off as a woozy LoFi(ish) R&B singer, but since pivoting toward a modern take on Chicago House, she’s absolutely took off like a rocket! Seductive, smart, fun, classy – pretty much all of her releases have been top-tier. With that, she’s announced a new LP called ‘Through The Wall’, which we’ll be
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Okay, it’s not quite new Metronomy, but we had to hook you in somehow. What we have here is a super fun remix of a Metronomy track from 1-800 GIRLS, which sounds like it should start cropping up on the dancefloors around the place, all things being fair. This is a remix of ‘Salted Caramel
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One of our favourite things is a notification on a new release from DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – from swirling house, to robo-teen drama pop, to an almost Boards of Canada-esque way of creating music that feels both alien and familiar, DJSTTDJ is always worth tuning into. The reference points in the music are
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Everyone’s an Oasis fan these days, now they’ve got back together and either reminded people with greying sides of the summers of their youth, or indeed, giving the young ‘ins a chance to see what the Gallagher brothers are like on stage. Of course, not literally everybody is an Oasis fan and – this writer
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It’s been well over a decade since we last got to look forward to a new full release from Clipse, and here we are in 2025 with ‘Let God Sort ‘Em Out’ – with the pair backed by Pharrell and a host of high quality features, for a release that barely needed any publicity push.
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Spies, the Falklands war, Thatcher, Reagan, and a punk band splicing tapes to create a storm to live up to their anarcho legend. If you haven’t heard the story of how Crass caused huge trouble for right wing authoritarian during the Cold War, you need to get on this video right now. Press play.
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You may know Gulp via your love of the Super Furry Animals. While SFA seem to be on an indefinite hiatus, the assorted members have released solo records, Das Koolies music and, in the shape of Guto Pryce, his Gulp work with Lindsey Leven is probably as good as anything for Furryworld. Channelling German prog,
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Anyone with an interest in music already knows about John Peel, his influence on alternative music and how he dedicated his life to breaking new tunes. Well, there’s a cool auction of some of his records, and predictably there’s a lot of cool stuff and rarities in there. There’s psychedelic records, some great post punk
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Mac DeMarco fans are a pretty devoted bunch, so inevitably they know that their fave lil guy has a new song out called ‘Home’. For the rest of you, you may have missed this sneak release. It’s a bruised, lovely little song and the video features ol’ Mac canoeing, which is kinda cool. Press play.
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Eiko Ishibashi is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and Jim O’Rourke is related to loads of US experimentalists. This pair have collaborated before, and they’re at it again with an improvisational affair which is super pleasing. They toured Europe in ’23 and some of these improvs have been tracked down into an album called ‘Pareidolia’. This is
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GULP ISSUE LAUNCH PARTY
The excellent GULP are having a party for the 8th instalment of their broadsheet counter-culture magazine, which features all the wonderful words, tidbits, diatribes and cool design we’ve come to expect from them now. The issue drops on Friday 11th October and you can get down in person at The New Cross in Manchester’s Northern…
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HAVE YOU HEARD OF NICE BISCUIT?
In another week, this would have been an album review – and maybe it still will – but sometimes you don’t want to read someone’s thoughts about what makes music work and how great a song is. Maybe you just want to listen to some tracks and make your own mind up? How are we…
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TIM & ERIC WITH NEW RECORD LABEL
If you know Tim Heidecker, he takes having a laugh pretty seriously and as well as being a fine comedian, writer, podcaster and musician, he’s also willing to put his money where his talented mouth is. Tim, along with Eric Wareheim and Dave Kneebone founded Abso Lutely Productions which gave us ‘Tim and Eric Awesome…
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LAUREN MAYBERRY ‘SOMETHING IN THE AIR’
You;l know Lauren Mayberry from the ace Chvrches, but she’s had some really cool solo stuff out and there’s a new one for you called ‘Something In The Air’, which is coming out ahead of the new LP ‘Vicious Creature’. The press release says the album is about “sexuality and empowerment from a profoundly personal…
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