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Compton’s very own, Channel Tres, is back with another slice of sophisticated party house, and in addition to that, there’s going to be a debut LP too, released on a major label because he’s talented like that. The album is called ‘Head Rush’ and you’ll be able to get it on June 28th on RCA,…
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Or: Longevity doesn’t automatically get you the big gigs. Without looking at inflation, it does seem that arena shows are disproportionately expensive these days. There’s been a spike in ticket prices in the post pandemic period that leaves a number of fans thinking that they’re priced out of shows. Now, anyone with any cop-on will…
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One of France and European pop’s most iconic women has died. Françoise Hardy, who propelled herself to stardom in the ye-ye scene and beyond, passed away after a long battle with a dreadful illness. In her later years, she would campaign for euthanasia in her home country, and her son Thomas Dutronc, left the simple…
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Tiny Desk gigs are great and a jewel in the crown of the already wonderful NPR over in the States. They showcase talent old and new and their tastes are right across the board, as they should be. The latest to get excited about is Chaka Khan’s who is obviously one of the greatest to…
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Latto’s ‘Sunday Service’ is now an all-star affair now there’s a redo with the million selling Megan Thee Stallion and the mighty Flo Milli. As you’re expect, it’s a huge club ready clunky beat and firebrand cockiness on the mic from all three. An uber charismatic affair as you can imagine. It’s not a game-changer…
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The third Electric Pendergrass album has dropped, with more vaporwave-ish synth wibbles and obscure mining of soft breaks and bits. This new one, available to download for free (or at any price you fancy throwing into the hat if you’re feeling generous), is only available from Bandcamp, so if you’re waiting for Spotify, don’t hold…
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De La Soul have had their fair share of troubles when it comes to the songs they’ve sampled, who owns their back catalogue and all that murky stuff. It seems that there’s some wiggle room at long last, and now they’re able to enjoy their body of work that they’ve created. With that, there’s a…
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We’re generally not that fussed about Caribou, but you might like them and Dan Snaith seems like a nice fella, so here’s the news of a new single for you to listen to. It’s a sprightly affair and goes by the name of ‘Broke My Heart’. We’ve just looked into it and it seems there…
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Yune Pinku makes some of the best house adjacent bops around right now, and she’s done a remixes for the super hot talent Rachel Chinouriri, which is a bit of a dream match-up honestly. Pinku features on a lot of our end-of-year lists and Chinouriri is someone we’re keeping an eye on, so if that’s…
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We’re still really into the fact that there’s a musical outfit called Illuminati Hotties. What a fantastic thing to have people saying in record stores and the like. The fact it is one person is even better. Anyway, she’s announced her new LP called ‘Power’ which will be out in August and there’s a new…
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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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KNEECAP VS THE UK GOVERNMENT
This story is actually about Kneecap Vs Kemi Badenoch, but that’s not as fun as a headline. See, the government when Kemi was Secretary of State, illegally blocked some funding of Kneecap, and a court has ruled this to be the case. The Irish group and agitprops accused the government of trying to silence them,…
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SPACE POP FROM LOW HARNESS
It can be a bit boring likening a band to Stereolab and Broadcast, but we’re getting a nice echo of both those groups from the new track from Cornwall’s Low Harness. Now, we’ll add that they’ve very much got their own twist on the whole thing – it’s space pop, it’s a bit psychedelic, it’s…
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