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We love the High Llamas and we’re surprised that they’ve just decided to come back with new music. What wonderful news for anyone with ears! The album is going to drop on March 29th on Drag City. There might be some shows too, which is ace. There’s two co-writing credits from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy too.
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Regardless of whether Spotify is a net good for music, one thing that is fun is seeing what people have been listening to. Sure, the psychoanalysis that goes along with it can give you something to mildly worry about at night, but the 2020s just saw people using social media to share music all but
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There’s going to be a bit too much perspective as Spinal Tap are coming back with a new film! And there’s some hot cameos for the new one, just like the original movie! This new one will feature Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Elton John, amongst others. Talking with Richard Herring on the RHLSTP podcast,
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The KLF are a confusing pair, aren’t they? For a start, we could have just called them The JAMs. Or The Timelords. Or Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. There’s other names too. See? Wilfully awkward and we’re fully signed up for it and love it. Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, we’re glad to inform you,
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We’ve met Kali Uchis and they’re very nice, y’know? However, that was back in the days where she’d allow herself to smile in public. She doesn’t smile much these days, because she might be too cool for that. However, since pretty much conquering the globe and she is back with a new track that will
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We can’t pretend to care hugely about this news, but you might like the inkling that LCD Soundsystem are coming back. Look – they’re a Guilty Displeasure for us (a band we probably should like, we like on paper, and have tried to like them but it’s just not happening). Anyway, this is about you
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Daryl Hall got tongues wagging when it turned out there was a restraining order put on John Oates, and immediately, everyone thought it meant the kind of restraining order you put on someone when they’re stalking you. It fed into an unpleasant narrative of Hall being the showy narcissist, and Oates some pint-sized, beleaguered simp.
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If you’re young and have been bumping to your mum’s jams from her younger days, or indeed, you’re the mum in question, you’re going to love this new one from Essosa. Now, you might think we’re being a bit glib and implying that this is somehow bad, but far from it. This is a glorious
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If you saw Nardwuar’s interview with Tyler The Creator, something may have jumped out at you. He mentioned how much he hated music getting released on a Friday. He said: “We should put music out again on Tuesdays instead of Fridays” “I know people think because of the weekend they can listen and stuff, and
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Coco & Clair Clair may have been the first LP we reviewed this site (we’re not checking – it’s better to go with your gut) and we loved it. The bitchiest you-can’t-sit-with-us BratHop album ever recorded. If you’re not on it, you’re missing out. Anyway, we’ve just stumbled across a deluxe edition of their brilliant
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BICEP WITH THE BEATS
BICEP are responsible for a number of big sweaty dance tracks and they’re at it again with a new collab with Eliza, which obviously, you can hear below or else why would we be writing about it, right? Hailing from Northern Ireland if you’re updating your files, the pair have announced ‘CHROMA 000’ which is a…
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SPOTIFY’S ICE ADS
Spotify’s flirtation with authoritarian politics continues. It started with creaming money off the success of Rogan’s podcast, it continued with the news that founder Daniel Ek was using everyone’s money to fund AI in drones for war, and now, ICE recruitment. A number of artists have been pulling their music off the platform, and some…
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TUNNG’S NEW ANORAK
If you’ve got a pair of Clarks and love the occasional camping holiday in the South of France, you are probably a fan of the mighty Tunng. Folkie in a non-cringe, authentic way. Acid folk for fun drop-out mums and dads. Well, there’s a new Tunng single out called ‘Anoraks’. Sam Genders says: “One of…
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NEW LILY ALLEN LP
Never mind the podcasts and tabloid stuff – we’re a music blog and we’re focusing on that, thank you very much. And the news is that Lily Allen has announced that she’s releasing a new album after some years away from the scene. The new record will be her fifth and called ‘West End Girl’…
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