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If you’re a fan of intimate, killer folk, then you’re going to love Miriam Gendron. Her ‘Not So Deep As A Well’ album came out in 2014 and quickly became a cult classic and hard to get your hands on. Well, it’s being re-issued (and available for the first time in Europe) on 17th November
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Chromeo are great aren’t they? They know how to have fun, and honestly, they were on the ’80s boogie and yacht rock tip long before a lot of bands decided to get on those genres. Well, they’re back and sounding great and have a new LP due called ‘Adult Contemporary’. It’s not out ’til next
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If you’re a fan of Italo pop, then you will have absolutely found yourself dancing to Ryan Paris’ ‘Dolce Vita’. It’s a classic of the genre. It’s basically a perfect little europop song. If you haven’t heard it, let’s fix that before cracking on with the current news relating to it. If the headline didn’t
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If you look at the bottom of the image above, you’ll see a teeny-weeny U2 playing in front of one of the most dazzling spectacles anyone’s likely to see. The group have taken up residency at the Vegas Sphere which is one of the most incredible live spaces ever seen, with a more-than-HD screen that
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The marvellous folks over at Munster have another banger of a reissue on the go, and this time it’s the fabulous Fruko LP from 1973 called ‘El Violento’. It’s dancefloor dynamite and full to bursting with super hot salsa music that’ll blow your head clean off! If you like Fania records and all that good
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Phoenix AZ’s Holy Fawn make music which is hard to pinpoint. Variously, it’s been referred to as ‘doomgaze’, ‘post-black metal’, and other heavy things. It’s a bit shoegazey, for sure, but harder. And weirder [non-derogatory]. It’s tremendously brain frying, which is always fun to do to yourself. Well, they have a new track out called
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Daft Punk may have press the self destruct button on themselves, but that doesn’t mean we’re not getting treats from the duo. They’ve released a drumless version of ‘Within’ and, rather predictably, it’s great. This is to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ‘Random Access Memories’, possibly. Whatever the reason, it’s a neat little release that
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You could call it alt-rap we suppose, but we’re a bit loathed to do it. Fact is, this is not mainstream hip hop and comes with a big dollop of soulfulness that makes it worth a listen. It’s hotly tipped duo H31R who hail from New York and they’ve got a new single out from
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March 30th, 1981, in the mid afternoon outside the Hilton in Washington DC, six shots ring out and Ronald Reagan is unceremoniously bundled into a car. His press secretary lies critically wounded on the floor, and injured too are a secret service agent and a police officer. The President of the United States of America
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BLUR DOCUMENTARY TRAILER
Documentaries about bands are great, even when they’re kinda crappy. We’ve no reason to think that this new one will be crappy, we’re just saying. Anyway, Blur have announced a new film called ‘Blur: To The End’ which looks at the recording of the (surprisingly good ‘The Ballad of Darren’ LP which we reviewed and…
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RIP DRAKE 1986- 2024
Popular Canadian child actor and erstwhile popstar Aubrey Graham, better known as Drake, has passed away. As the news broke, rapper J Cole was reportedly heard exhaling all the air out of his lungs in relief and while Pusha T could not be reached for comment, he could be heard cackling louder than a freight…
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BEACH BOYS DOC SOON ON DISNEY+
Disney+ has gone all-in on some cool Beatle stuff, but now its the turn of the Beach Boys! Now, there’s a lot to cover with the Wilsons & Co, so it will be interesting to see just how deep things go here. The promotional blurb says “get ready for an endless summer of fun, fun,…
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KING PRINCESS VS STEELY DAN
King Princess is pretty cool, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that they’re into Steely Dan like all the cool, disaffected, sarcastic kids are, right? We like that Prophet song they did too. Anyway, they’ve covered The Dan’s ‘Dirty Work’ for the show Hacks. Of course, Donald Fagen doesn’t sing this song live, leaving it to…
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