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El Michels Affair have been teaming up with some cool people, including Derya Yildirim & The Grip Simsek and now, Melody’s Echo Chamber. All record collector approved global beat, which is great news for all! Melody Prochet says of this collab that: “‘Daisy’ started as a daydream while listening to Leon’s finest music,” which is…
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When it’s done correctly, listening to a popstar lambast fame, the world of pop, and curse the nature of celebrity, it’s transfixing. Think about how GaGa sent the whole thing up, lampooning and hate-loving the spotlight with ‘The Fame / Monster’. Think about MJ’s ‘Leave Me Alone’, ‘Idle Worship’ by Paramore, Billie Eilish’s ‘NDA’, and…
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Saintseneca’s upcoming album – ‘Highwalllow & Supermoon Songs’ – is the first from the group in 7 years, which is some wait. They’ve been busy, it’s fine, don’t worry about it. Either way, this new album from the Ohio psychedelic folk indie outfit is due out on October 31st, and the whole thing is carved up and…
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Grateful Dead are just cool aren’t they? The definition of a jam band, with an easy approach to psychedelic music that has seen them endure with sandal wearing mums and dads. Well, we’d like to share a performance from Beat Club of ‘Sugaree’, which ended up on a Jerry Garcia solo album, which is just…
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There’s something amazing going on in São Paulo at the moment. The scene is active and inventive down there, being like a second coming of the Tropicalia movement with psychedelic pop and rock bursting out all over the city. In fact, the whole of Brazil is musically in rude health these days, and the latest…
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Bad Bunny’s world tour ruffled some feathers when the date announcements showed no US stops. Of course, fans were disappointed, but it’s pretty obvious why he wasn’t going to perform on the mainland. We all guessed it, but now he’s confirmed that he won’t be playing shows due to the real fear that ICE may…
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With some musicians, you can just tell they’ve got good record collections. Some people just look like they like going into record shops. Toro Y Moi is definitely one such person, and handily enough, it translates into his music too, with a cool mix of West Coast grooviness, easy psych, and funk electronics. With that,…
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The reappraisal for Wings has been a welcome one, as Paul McCartney’s post-Beatle career finally got a fair shake of the stick after everyone released what a fun and inventive outfit Macca had assembled through the ’70s and ’80s. With that, there’s going to be a self-titled anthology collection which has been signed-off and overseen…
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It’s a shame that Miguel memed so hard when he leg-dropped that poor woman at a show, because when he puts his mind to it, he’s one of the most idiosyncratic R&B singers on the circuit. With that, he’s got plans to release his first new LP in the best part of a decade, which…
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Cult favourites, Ladytron, look like they’re coming back. We say that because – for us at least – this song just dropped out of the blue, which is great news for all uber-cool electropopists around the world, right? They are apparently working on a new LP, and information about that is thin on the ground,…
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MIX / THE LOT RADIO WITH SERAHBOO.M / PALESTINE FOREVER
We haven’t heard a mix as original as this in quite a while. Glitchy electronics, free jazz, soundscapes and loads more. You don’t need us to wax lyrical about this. Press play if you like cool new things.
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DOOM ACTION FIGURE AND SPOON
There’s something about golden era rap that just loves a fancy action figure, to place on your shelves next to your collected essays from hip hop journalism, tchotchkes, rap comics and high-end record middles and the like. It’s very wholesome, honestly. Well, Doom’s ‘Mm… Food’ is getting a reissue for its anniversary on November 15th,…
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THE RETURN OF TUNNG
Once upon a time, music retreated away from the bombast of Britpop and US rap-rock, and all over the place, more introspective bedroom producers were making tricky electronic music and singer-songwriters gravitated toward the acid-folk of the ’70s, focusing more on cottage industries and community. Tunng managed to straddle both worlds, with critics dubbing their…
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2ND GRADE’S POWER POP REVIVAL!
Look, most bands put a song out to let you know new things are coming, but not 2nd Grade. The power poppers from Philadelphia have chucked THREE whole songs at our ears and mercifully, they’re all really fun and filled with skuzzy pop hooks and jangly guitars. The revival of power pop is very welcome…
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