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Kneecap aren’t mucking around and are back with a new single called ‘Liars Tale’, taking potshots at Kier Starmer in the process. The track is from forthcoming LP ‘FENIAN’, which will land on April 24th. In the track, you’ll hear: “Fuck Keir Starmer, Netanyahu’s bitch and genocide harmer” adding they’ve “never seen a cunt so boring.”…
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Post Punk always had a dog in the fight. That was always kinda the point, right? From Gang Of Four’s leftie funk, to The Fall’s derelict shopping precincts and alcoholic bookwormery, to Siouxsie’s genuinely otherness, you always felt it was bands with some skin in the game. While punk could often feel like middle class tourists…
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Record collectors and music nerds have been excitedly sharing Robert Lester Folsom’s ‘April Suzanne’ with each other thanks to a reappraisal of a song that defines Loner Folk as a genre. He recorded his album ‘Music and Dreams’ in 1976, and in 2010, Mexican Summer reissued it and his stature grew further. Since then, there’s…
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The precarious nature of live music venues at the moment, is not to be underestimated. Of course, live music will always exist by hook or by crook, but why does it have to be so difficult for venues? With that, the Music Venue Trust have shared their annual report, which shows how hard 2025 was.…
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Kanye West has been going through it. He’s been a piece of shit, and leaned into it. People said it was because he was off his meds. People wondered if he was being an edgelord. They missed the old Kanye, and Ye even joked about that too. For fans, it’s been a rough ride, recognising…
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Every so often, in the world of R&B, someone seemingly strips away all the zeitgeisty production and streaming clout grabs, and decides to make a fuckin’ soul album. Sometimes, that translates to a brassy ’60s throwback, and sometimes it’s the echoes of’ 70s Stevie – with Ari Lennox and her new ‘Vacancy’ album, it’s the…
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Courtney Barnett is back with a new song and news of a new LP! It’ll be her fourth album and the new song from it features Waxahatchee, and is called ‘Site Unseen’. The album is called ‘Creature of Habit’, and as you’d expect, there’ll be a load of live shows to back it up. Regarding…
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Tinariwen have a new album coming out called ‘Hoggar’, which you’ll be able to listen to in full, on March 13th. It has features from Jose Gonzalez too, which is fun! There’s a single you can hear from it too, called ‘Sagherat Assan’ which features Sudanese artist Sulafa Elyas. There’s an animated video to accompany the…
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Lindsey Jordan – you’ll know her better as Snail Mail – has announced a new album which is called ‘Ricochet’, and again, there’s noisy ’90s-ish guitars and sweet melodies, and some mean eyed views. It’s cool stuff! At the foot of this article, you can hear a new song from the imminent LP, if you’re…
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We don’t necessarily look forward to an album from ASAP Rocky, per se, even if he is capable of occasional cool things. As part of the ASAP Mob, we always looked forward to Ferg’s macho bullshit, but whether you like it or not, Rocky was the star. ‘Goldie’ and ‘F***ing Problems’ were club hits, and…
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KAITLYN AURELIA SMITH + HOT CHIP? NICE
Composer Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith has teamed up with the ever loveable Joe Goddard from Hot Chip and good things are happening. It is taking the form of a new EP called ‘Neptunes’ which will be out in November. As ever, we’ve got something for you to listen to so you’re not just sat there wondering…
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THE UNTOLD STORY OF SCOTS GIRL BANDS
Check this great sounding thing out – there’s a new documentary called ‘Since Yesterday: The Untold Story of Scotland’s Girl Bands’, which will look at some of the all-female groups that have come from Scotland over the last half a century. Of course, Scotland has had loads of great groups and many of them sorely…
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HEAVY SHOEGAZE FROM TRAUMA RAY
A lot of shoegaze can be a little deferential to the late ’80s/early ’90s sound, which is nice and all, but it is better when someone puts something of a new twist on it. And so to Texas, with the group Trauma Ray who have a new song out called ‘Spectre’ which switches from the…
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FREE RANGE RADIO SEPTEMBER 24
Hey! We’ve done our latest radio show and it features some great new music that you may or may not have heard on these very pages before. Almost certainly you haven’t heard all of it though. We think we’ve found the new Arthur Russell – how about that for a bold claim? Old stuff, new…
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