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When it comes to music from the 1960s, there’s a wealth of artists that are mentioned, but not nearly enough, is praise for perhaps the greatest girl group of them all – the Shangri Las. Rebellious, street-tuff, but importantly, emotional and spoke of the realities of being young women. The talk of the shock of
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Karriem Riggins and Madlib are a bit of a dreamteam, and they’re releasing ‘Massamba Afundance’, which is the second single from their upcoming Jahari Massamba Unit LP, album ‘YHWH is LOVE’ which is out March 1st. It’s a groovy, jazzy, percussive affair. You’ll like it if you like either of the aforementioned names. We do. It sounds very record collectory. In
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Hailing from Brooklyn, TOLEDO (all caps) have been making fun, grotty bedroom pop for a bit now, and their new song is pretty cool, if you’re in the market for something pretty cool. The new song is called ‘Lindo Lindo’ and we’re really into the plasticine artwork, that you can see on the YouTube video
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Hatebeak are a thrash metal band that have a parrot for their lead singer. Of course it randomly entered the ol’ brain putty.
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The High Llamas are ace and it’s lovely to have them back. They’ve got a new song called ‘Toriafan’, which is different enough from the old stuff to make it worth your while, but also containing that High Llamas magic of years past. Sean O’Hagan, who basically is the band, sez: “The song is about
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Brazil has a rich heritage of musical inventiveness, giving the world the languid sophistication of Bossa Nova and the erupting joy of Samba. Of course, through the ‘60s and ‘70s, in the face of a brutal, military dictatorship, Brazilian intellectuals and the youth forged an artistic path through Cinema Novo and now famous Tropicalia music
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Country music has always got a raw deal for being racist hick music, but that’s usually from the worst kind of person who hasn’t listened to a lick of country music in their life. Fact is, it’s a genre as enduring as any other, and as broad a church as you’ll find anywhere. That said,
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Good news power pop fans! We have news that Dent May is releasing a new album called ‘What’s For Breakfast?’. That’s out in March and it should be a total winner based on his previous outings! Sugary sweet melodies, big pianos and choruses – we’ve loved his stuff and ‘Late Checkout’ is a massive favourite!
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Most musicians fall off eventually, don’t they? And so, to Pharrell Williams who was once a prince amongst men, and then starred in a super dodgy Robin Thicke video, did some gigs that were literal fundraisers for the IDF, and now perhaps worst of all, collaborating with Mumford & Sons on a new song called
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There’s no money in writing about music, and that seems to be a sad fact of the present day. In fact, there’s been no money in it for years, which is a shame as music criticism and opinion struggles to gain a foothold in a period where, honestly, most fans are waiting for marquee releases
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WE DIDN’T KNOW HAIRCUT 100 WERE BACK
Very few of us are immune to a blast of breezy, pure pop. Or is it power pop? Whatever it is, we were very pleasantly surprised to find that Haircut 100 had returned with Nick Heyward and pals, with a new track called ‘The Unloving Plum’. With some very lovely horns, jangly guitars and loads…
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CAN WE JUST STOP WITH THIS NOW?
Look. We get it. It’s nigh on impossible to get people to get people to talk and read about music. And this is not a boring hit job on the sensation that is Taylor Swift – she’s musically fine, and all. But c’mon. Do we need this?
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REVIEW / THE JUNIPERS / IMAGINARY FRIENDS
When the world finds itself in dark times, art responds in a number of ways – one of the valuable replies to the horror of it all is the chance to escape. Lately, there’s been a number of great songs and albums that deal in dissolving your troubles away or living in pursuit of pleasure.…
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CROWDFUNDER FOR ASHLEY BEEDLE
Ashley Beedle’s involvement with X-Press 2, being namechecked in Daft Punk’s ‘Teachers’, sending Elton John’s ‘Are You Ready For Love?’ to number one, and decades of wonderful, rafters rattling DJ sets means that no-one should be in any doubt that he’s one of the legends of dance music. And when a legend needs your help,…
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