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  • REVIEW // TRAVIS SCOTT // UTOPIA

    2023 has been a lean year for big time, platinum plated releases, and with the fact that there’s been a sore lack of number ones for the most competitive genre on the planet (after all, hip hop is a contact sport), Travis Scott is here to generate the fuss. And is there much fuss to…

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  • NEW MACCA TOUR?

    Looks like Paul McCartney – the greatest living human on planet earth – is planning a big ol’ tour, which is great news for those of us who like seeing someone take yet another victory lap for a frankly absurd life of insane quality. On his social channels, it said ‘GOT TO GET YOU INTO…

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  • STOP BEING TOO HIP // ICE SPICE STILL FUN AS HELL

    Ice Spice appeared out of nowhere to many, and she was a breath of fresh air. Pure, fun, hip hop to shake your arse with. Of course, hipsters started saying it wasn’t all that, while at the other end of the spectrum, people started defending her like she was the saviour of hip hop. Neither…

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  • SOFIA KOURTESIS’ SMART DANCE

    Sofia Kourtesis is a new name to us, but this track we just heard is an absolute gem that you need to start shuffling your feet to as soon as you can. The Peruvian (but based in Berlin, for what it’s worth) has announced an album called ‘Madres’ which we’re very keen to hear. It’s…

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  • NED DOHENY / PEARL CHARLES TEE

    As seen above, if you’re a fan of Ned Doheny, you’ve probably long lusted after a t-shirt he was seen in that simply reads ‘L.A. BABE’ on it. It’s an absolute beaut of a shirt, and new artist Pearl Charles agreed, as she got one of her own too! Both, clearly, are total babes. Well,…

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  • REST IN POWER, SINÉAD O’CONNOR

    Sinéad O’Connor has died aged 56. It’s strange to write about her passing as, like many music fans, we’ve spent a good amount of time worrying about. While O’Connor showed incredible strength for much of her life, it was obvious there were breaking points and, to be perfectly honest, much of the music press that…

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  • NEW BLACK GRAPE, SURPRISINGLY

    Black Grape have announced a new LP, which we didn’t see coming. They might have been talking about it for ages for all we know, but that’s not the point. We’re surprised and it’s not wholly unpleasant, is it? The group, of course, are a project of Shaun Ryder (Happy Mondays) and Kermit (Ruthless Rap…

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  • HA HA THIS IS FINE, GOOGLE AI TO READ YOUR MIND

    Much like recreational drugs, AI is a fine toy to muck around with if you already know what you’re doing, but wildly annoying in the hands of know-nothings with loud mouths and their hangers on who think it’s the future maaaaan. Anyway, with that, like recreational drugs, we’re going to have to live with it…

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  • ART FEYNMAN’S NEW ONE FOR THE CHUGGERS

    If you like standing around groups of other dweebs debating what constitutes a track that could slot into a Balearic set, welcome to the fold. We don’t mention that by accident, because when we first heard Art Feynman’s new single ‘Desperately Free’, we wondered exactly that. Anyway, Luke Temple (Art is his alter-ego, of sorts)…

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  • THE XX ROMY SHARES NEW SINGLE

    What was that song The XX did? It was alright wasn’t it? To some, that sentence is probably sacrilege as The XX felt like the most important group in the world for a period (and probably for a certain type of person trying to navigate 2009 – swine flu, the death of Michael Jackson etc).…

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  • FIEVEL IS GLAQUE LP IS GO!

    We’re big fans of Fievel Is Glauque’s music – mixing psychedelia with electronics, jazz, space pop, and all manner of great record collector stuff! They have a new LP coming out, which is fantastic news – it is called ‘Rong Weicknes’ and you be able to get your paws on it in October via Fat…

  • NEW MUSIC FROM TIM HEIDECKER

    Tim Heidecker is something of a renaissance man, although he’d probably rinse you for saying something like that about him. Broadly, he’s known for being a stand-up and comedian, but he’s also prone to making music which while witty, is more sincere so don’t expect him to be doing bits. His ‘Work From Home’ is…

  • DON’T BE A MENACE TO BLACKBURN WHILE DRINKING WHITE LIGHTNING ON A COUNCIL ESTATE

    Sometimes, a song title is so good that you need to just write it as the literal headline and then share the song.

  • PIKES SAYS PUT YOUR PHONE AWAY

    Phones eh? They’re responsible for that fun gig you watched on YouTube for a band that never played in the country you live in. They’re responsible for that video where someone lost their shit on stage and made the news, and now we all got to see it rather than relying on someone’s word for…

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