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  • THERE’S NO NEWS TODAY SO HERE’S EL GRITO

    Not every day is a news day. Maybe some will happen later? Who knows? Not us. Either way, that’s no excuse for us to not post something. There’s always a blank box that needs filling with some words and a thing, right? With that, we’ve been really enjoying this Argentinian jazz LP by Jorge Lopez…

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  • DAFT PUNK ‘RANDOM ACCESS MEMORIES’ REDUX

    Daft Punk are doing a 10th anniversary of ‘Random Access Memories’ and it’s out May 12th. That might be all the info you need. There’s a video at the bottom of this article too. For those who need a little more, it includes nine tracks and 35 minutes of unreleased music. Nice. Available on 3xLP,…

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  • VU’S ‘LOADED’ GOING DELUXE

    How much do you like ‘Loaded’ by the Velvet Underground? Well, if the answer is ‘FUCKING HELL, I LOVE IT SO MUCH!’ and you have a bucket filled with money, you’re in for a treat! A limited edition vinyl reissue is coming out and has a load of unreleased stuff, words, photos and all that…

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  • SPOTIFY TO TAKE THE DJ’S JOB?

    So, Spotify – problematic but we all use it – have an announcement or two to make. Most of what they have to say is magnificently dull and will only interest industry writers and tech journos, but there is something in there that will prick up the ears of DJs. You’ll note there was no…

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  • HEY! BRATMOBILE ARE HITTING THE ROAD!

    You know Bratmobile right? They’re lumped in with the Riot Grrrl movement, but to us, they were more garage punk than grunge adjacent. Either way, for fans of snotty, smart tunes with fuzzy guitars, it’s good news and they’re going to be playing their first live show in a couple of decades! Great news! Now,…

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  • THIS IS A HEARTWARMING BIT OF NEWS

    This is a genuinely lovely bit of news and it doesn’t matter if you’ve heard of Bring Me The Horizon or not. Trust us. Keep reading, it’ll be worth it in the end. What’s going on then? Well, there’s a children’s author called Oliver Sykes. The singer of BMTH is called Oli Sykes. People have…

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  • RIC WILSON WITH THE KILLER SYNTH FUNK

    As Chromeo and A-Trak feature on the song, we considered putting their names in the headline for more Google ranking clout, but decided against it foolishly. Still though, Ric Wilson and Chromeo and A-Trak all on one very, very, very fun new song that will make you wish it was Friday night. It’s retro enough…

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  • WHO SPENDS THE MOST ON MUSIC – STREAMERS OR NOT?

    The amount of money an artist receives for making music is a hot topic at the moment. Apart from a few at the top, it sincerely looks like a lot of mid-tier and smaller bands simply can’t afford to be musicians, professionally. There’s people playing large gigs who still have office jobs. Whether or not…

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  • CRYPTIC KATE BUSH MIGHT MEAN NEW MUSIC

    If you go on Kate Bush’s website, something’s changed. There, you’ll see a landing page for something called Fish People. Does this mean new music? Let’s not get too excited, but let’s hope, eh? So what do we know? Well, Fish People is a label set up by Kate in 2011. It has focused on…

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  • REMA’S NEW ONE IS GREAT (GOD THEY’RE MAKING US FEEL OLD)

    Rema is referred to as a runaway and the next obvious superstar of African music, and with the latter, that could very well be true if they aren’t already. Inspired by Wizkid, D’Banj and Burna Boy, it isn’t difficult to imagine Rema hitting the same heights with some ease. There’s a couple of new songs…

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  • SPOTIFY WRAPPED SZN IS HERE

    Spotify Wrapped 2024 is upon us and, obviously, spare a thought for those people who pushed all their chips into those dreadful puritans over Apple who are gamely looking at whatever Apple Music equivalent their is, while Apple music impose increasingly draconian rules about what is allowed on their marketplace, and thereby taking all vague…

  • KNOCKED LOOSE FRIGHTEN AMERICA

    We reckon a thousand hardcore bands have just been formed in the US. See, Knocked Loose performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! and, as they were taking no prisoners, they played HARD. As such, a number of Americans – remember, for all the ways the US is cool, it is a country full of pearl clutching…

  • 2024 BEST OF? NOT YET

    We have noticed that The Quietus, Rolling Stone, The New Yorker, NPR and others have released their Best Albums Of 2024 lists already, and that is far too early. The fact that we’re in the window for SURPRISE DROP! albums, and there’s a strong rumour that Kendrick will have a follow up to ‘GNX’ before…

  • 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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