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  • JADE IS NOT MESSING AROUND

    Jade Thirlwall continues to be an absolute treat as her solo career continues in the cuntiest of manners. We’ve already sung her praises, wondering if she’s the most interesting popstar we have, and this single only underlines that notion a little harder. She’s got a new single out called ‘IT Girl’ and it’ll be on…

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  • ICE SPICE AND LESSONS IN BLOWING IT

    Oh how times change. Early on, on these pages we wrote that we were really in the mood for a silly, party rapper who didn’t take themselves too seriously. We said we ‘needed’ Ice Spice, not because she was a generational talent, but rather, a cocky, young, irreverent thing who looked kinda cool and made…

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  • NEW JANGLE FROM PAT’S SOUNDHOUSE

    ‘Silly Demon’ from Pat’s Soundhouse was one of our favourite LPs last year, but it vanished from Spotify which slightly detracted from our Best Of The Year playlist. We were left cherishing the Bandcamp download in the meantime, with it’s gorgeous pocket symphonies and Pet Sounds-ish ambition and beauty. Since then, there’s been a number…

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  • PREORDER EMITT RHODES

    Those who know about Emitt Rhodes tend to be a bit evangelical about his music – and rightly so – his bubblegum psychedelic pop is often compared to the mighty Paul McCartney, but that’s because it’s so perfectly formed! Rhodes recorded his eponymous LP at home in the ’70s, and if you’re a fan of…

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  • PANDA BEAR’S NEW ACID POP!

    Remember how much you all liked that Sonic Boom/Panda Bear record? Well, Panda Bear is back and still great, so you need to hand over your time to listen to the new track ‘Ferry Lady’. Taken from the upcoming LP ‘Sinister Grift’, it’s a lovely slice of acid-infused pop, which is shorthand for experimental, a…

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  • TATYANA WITH A JAN BANGER

    ‘It’s Over’ by Tatyana was one of our favourite songs of 2024, so it is great to report that she’s hit 2025 running at full speed with a new acid banger called ‘What Have You Done For Me Lately?’ With shades of Inner City, this is primo strobe house for the warehouse or the club,…

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  • PATIENCE PLEASE

    No new releases. No news. We’ll have to be patient because we can’t be making stuff up.

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  • NEIL YOUNG SLATES GLASTONBURY… THEN DOESN’T

    There’s people who will go to war for Glastonbury, telling you that there’s just nowhere like it. In terms of size, that’s arguably true. However, scope aside, once you’ve been to a bunch of festivals, it’s hard to see what makes it so special, aside from the countless people telling you how special it all…

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  • RIP, ALFREDO

    Mr Balearic himself, DJ Alfredo, has sadly left us after being one of the most influential people in dance music’s history. He was 71 and leaves a huge ray of sunshine behind him, which the rest of the DJing world has been basking in ever since. Born in Argentina, Alfredo ended up in Ibiza and…

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  • FESTIVE GREETING

    We’re going to take some time off for Christmas and New Year. We might sporadically post, we might not. It’s all good right? Hope you enjoy the end of year lists and round-ups. Go buy some records from a local indie or website and treat yourself. See you properly in 2025.

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  • REVIEW / TYLER, THE CREATOR / CHROMAKOPIA

    You can’t trust Tyler, The Creator. That’s part of his charm, right? He says he won’t be releasing any new music this year, and then almost out of the blue, a new album comes out and all the GOLF WANG devotees get their multicoloured trousers in a bunch and show the kind of unswerving devotion…

  • UNRELEASED THROBBING GRISTLE

    Want to hear a previously unreleased Throbbing Gristle track? Well, Mute are putting a new release out called ‘TG BERLIN’, which is a fancy boxset that charts unreleased work in Berlin, around a series of live events at the Volksbühne in 2005 and 2006. It’ll see the light of day on 6th December, and of course,…

  • NEW AMINÉ

    Aminé is one of the more melodic rappers on the scene and when he’s on form, he’s an absolute joy to listen to. There’s new music afoot too, and you can hear two songs from whatever project he’s got planned for everyone. These are his first two songs of the year, which would suggest a…

  • WHSMITH TO SELL VINYL

    WHSmith are going to start selling records again and obviously, we’re hoping that they bring back the cool bags they had in the ’70s and ’80s while they’re at it. This is the first time the retailer will be selling vinyl in their stores in decades. Exciting stuff, and proof that the world of LPs…

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