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There’s a gorgeous new record you need by Tokyo’s Arimoto and it’s called ‘Acacia y Suministro de Agua’. Part folk, part psych, part post-rock, all ace, you’ll like this no doubt. You can just listen to it below if you won’t take our word for it. All recorded in glorious analogue, this is a private
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You know James Acaster from the TV and clips of him rinsing Ricky Gervais don’t you? A ball of nervous energy in a tracksuit top, famed for his Bake Off failures and his wild ride on Taskmaster. He’s a funny, smart fella. He’s also in a 40 piece collective called Temps, which sees Acaster in
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There’s nothing a music writer likes saying more than ‘toldyouso‘. Be it spotting a band before they get big and you told everyone they’d like them, and they did, or better yet, saying there’s something off about an artist for them to reveal themselves to be dicks. This is all to lead up to this
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We could have said that ‘Thrust’ by McNeal and Niles was getting reissued, but that may not mean a lot to most people. Instead, we’re telling you it has been sampled by J Dilla, because that’s a bit catchier. Either way, it’s a masterful and very, very sought after LP, so this is great news
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Let’s face it – we don’t need to write about the imminent Beyonce tour. We don’t need to mention it at all, because obviously, the Beyhive have alerts set up and publications bigger than this one, with their CEO teams and algorithm jammers, will write about it more prominently. So we’ll be honest and just
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The best cartoon sitcom of all time, King of the Hill, is coming back. Now, you may have thought ‘hang on – isn’t The Simpson’s the greatest?‘ but we said ‘best‘, so suck it up. It’s official and everything that Hank Hill & Co will be back on our screens, and it will be getting
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Like your country music to have at least tried acid? Well, you’re in luck, as primo psychedelic guitarist Ripley Johnson (of Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo) has a project you might like called Rose City Band. There’s a new LP due called ‘Garden Party’ (the fourth by the band in as many years) and is
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We can’t quite pigeonhole the new single from singer/songwriter Lael Neale, but that’s okay. If you’re absolutely desperate for a hook, then we’re picking up some of the great pop that came out of NYC in the ’80s – kinda part punk, but not all OI! and FLOB!, rather, uptempo loftmuzik with Farfisa and cool
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The Guardian have written an interesting piece called ‘Are Bands Dead?‘ Basically, it’s about the resurgence of solo acts and all that. Like we said, it’s interesting, but of course bands aren’t dead. There’s loads of good bands knocking about aren’t there? And some of them are really popular. In indie, you’ve got Wet Leg,
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Nile Rodgers, still reminding us how many classic songs he wrote and produced even though everyone knows by now, is working with St Vincent and, honestly, that sounds like a marriage made in heaven. Rodgers, of course, has been having something of a resurgence this past few years, contributing to Daft Punk’s big hitters and
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FLOATING POINTS ACID TRIBUTE TO MANC RADIO?
Floating Points is from Manchester, so we couldn’t help but notice that their new song shares the name with an old radio station from the city. People of a certain again will remember Piccadilly Key 103, so the fact that this is called ‘Key103’ will fill them with a fizzy nostalgia. Very nice. Of course,…
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CHANNEL TRES FEAT ESTELLE IS A GOOD TIME
Channel Tres makes good house music and we’d like to see a DJ soon, please. He’s further proof that Summer 2024 is being completely owned by the West Coast, hailing from Compton. There’s a debut LP out called ‘Head Rush’ and it has a stellar line-up of guesties on it. It’s the usual blend of…
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NORWOOD’S BALEARIC FOLK?
God. Someone else wondering what Balearic means. Look, what we’re saying here is that there’s a chug to this that might sound nice when there’s been some kind of exploring of chemicals. But it’s folk music. The two can go together, and you know it. We’re looking at the new track from Norwood who isn’t…
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JON HOPKINS / MORE AMBIENT
If you’re a fan of Jon Hopkins and his ambient things, you’re in luck! He’s just shared a preview of the new LP ‘RITUAL’, which we think is meant to be in CAPS, but it shouldn’t be, because it’d be more ambient to have it lower case. Anyway, as this is ambient, we have to…
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