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Tataloo is an Iranian singer and, once upon a time, he was deemed culturally significant enough to be used by ultra conservative politicians to get the ear of the nation’s liberal youth. However, a court in Iran has decided that the performer should be executed, after an appeal against a five year prison sentence. Amir…
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Have you heard Ted Lucas’ eponymous acid-folk LP from 1975? It’s super good and, if you’re not able to get your mitts on an original copy, the good news is that there’ll be a reissue that’s more readily available. The album is getting reissued next month through the labour-of-love’ists at Third Man, and as well…
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Not many people reach the age of 101, and even fewer of them can say they’re releasing their first solo album at that age. Then again, not many people are Sun Ra Arkestra’s irrepressible bandleader Marshall Allen. He’ll be releasing his first solo cut and to whet your appetite, here’s a new track from him…
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The Convenience are new to us, but we just listened to ‘I Got Exactly What I Needed’, and it really tickled our pickle. It might tickle yours too! The group are made up of Nick Corson and Duncan Troast, who have apparently worked with Drugdealer and others. Instead of being Beatlesy power pop, their stuff…
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Paramore have been all conquering in recent years, and now, they’ve joined forces to help the release of Hayley Williams’ grandfather, who has an album out which he recorded in the ’70s. Rusty Williams is now nearly 80s, and recorded his album decades ago, and they’re singer-songwritery, folkie, West Coast mellow goodness. They’ve been unreleased this…
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Beef. Settling scores. Getting personal. Whatever you want to call it, music is littered with musicians communicating in the only way they know how – through song. We tend to think of hip hop when we think of such things, but there’s loads of diss tracks in other genres too. Musicians, eh? They’re a rum…
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Remember Drake throwing out a lawsuit, snitching on Kendrick and Universal Music Group, in one of the most laughed-out-of-town events of 2024? The lawsuit was dissected by lawyers online, and everyone suggested it was all a terrible idea. Well, the Canadian performer claimed that the success of ‘Not Like Us’ had been “artificially inflated” in…
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A lot of post punk stuff has really switched us off in recent years, so it’s nice to hear a motorik beat that is super fun! And that’s thanks to Horsegirl who have a new Cate Le Bon produced single out called ‘Switch Over’. The group are releasing their second LP called ‘Phonetics On and…
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The use of ‘YMCA’ by Donald Trump has been one of the more mystifying things in recent memory. You look at the people’s he’s courting and you think they’re into stadium country and classic rock, but somehow, the face of US Fascism has chosen a kinda lame, novelty disco hit about young men washing their…
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Kai Slater operates under the name Sharp Pins, and if you’re looking for some super lo-fi garage rock, Mouldy Peaches DIY aesthetic, or ruff ‘n’ ready power pop, you should lean in and check it out. Last year, there was a record that slipped through our net (you can’t hear everything as soon as it…
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LIVERPOOL CELEBRATES MOOG!
Moog synths are great. They simultaneously sound like the future and the past, and everyone rightly loves them. So with that, the Capstone Theatre in Liverpool is going to have a series of celebrations to mark the 60th anniversary of the legendary instrument. If you’re not interested in any more words from us and are…
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DEF.FO ALBUM NEWS!
Def.fo has been sneaking out some cool popsike and the good news for you that, later this month there’s going to be an album you can get stuck into called ‘Music for Dinosaurs’. The first single from it is called ‘Out Of This World’ and that’s already out and you can listen to it below!…
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VINYL SALES DOWN, VINYL SALES UP!
If you’ve been reading the music press this week, there was some alarm or peevish glee (depending on where you were doing your reading) that vinyl sales had dropped. A Billboard piece stated that vinyl sales dropped by 33%, which is not insignificant. That’s selling 34.9 million units, down to 23.3 million in 2024. Are…
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DANIEL JOHNSTON REISSUE
Daniel Johnston’s ‘Artistic Vice’ LP is going to be reissued and it’ll come with some new – or rather, previously unreleased – music attached to it as well, which is cool for fans! The redo will be out on October 18th, and it’s not just a case of one or two alternative versions of songs…
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