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Josh Caffe is a DJ and all-round renaissance man, so it is no surprise that his new track is making us want to go out and do the kinds of things that make our jaws stick out before bailing on the party to go home for some sexy time. Part electro, part breaks, part proto-house…
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Gilla Band used to be called Girl Band, but felt weird about that, so rebranded. Fair enough. Well, they’re a sporadic bunch, so we’ve not had any music from them in a while, but obviously, we’re writing about them because that’s changed! They’re back with a new, noisy thing called ‘Giraffe’, and amongst the noise,…
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If you’re in the market for some really cool psychedelic music, you need to get on the new one from Texas group Holy Wave. This is a proper song, rather than po-faced drone psych, don’t worry. They’re releasing a new LP called ‘i’m DADA’ on July 10th, and before that, you can listen to ‘s33.u.in/HAL’. Silly…
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We shared a track from this lot the other day, which we described as ‘swirly’, but that’s not the case with this filthy little chugger. Called ‘LA Traffic’ (people are obsessed with driving in Los Angeles, honestly!) it is the latest release before the album comes out. The album is called ‘Attention’ and it is…
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There’s no two ways about it – the Republican Party has never really been a close friend of pop music. Elvis was pally with Nixon, but Elvis had gone pretty shitty by that phase of his career, all jumpsuit and loose marbles. Ray Charles played at some GOP inaugurations, but he played at any that…
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A while ago, Henry Rollins (Black Flag etc) and Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) said they were working on a project together, and everyone just kinda assume they were making some new music with each other – not the case. After the initial ‘no, it ain’t us’ shutdown, Rollins explained that they’d been working on…
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DJ Koze has released a number of great things in his time, not least his fabulous ‘Knock Knock’ LP in 2018 which really got everyone tapping their toes and thinking about days dancing in nice weather. Well, he’s back and has a new double-A-side coming out on June 12th. Not sure if there’s a new…
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Big Freedia has announced a new EP and the whole thing has been produced by the late SOPHIE, and as you can imagine, it absolutely slaps! It’ll get a release this summer when we’re all in the party mode. There’s three tracks to chew on, and we’ll be able to listen to the whole thing…
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There was almost something instinctual about the way Sonny Rollins played his music. In Jazz, there’s a lot of academics and blowhards – but Rollins was a different prospect, and an absolute titan of the scene to boot. One of the Hall of Famers for sure, a generational talent, he has died at the mighty…
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Mass surveillance, new age spiritualism grifters, populist politics, a thoroughly unsensible media landscape, quack medicine pushed by sexists, conspiracy, Q Anon, artificial intelligence, the threat of nuclear war, drone strikes, fash technology, bots, robots chasing wild boars through urban areas – we live in weird, unsettling times. So it feels right that Boards of Canada…
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MORE NEW STUFF FROM FIEVEL IS GLAUQUE
We’re pretty excited about the new album from Fievel Is Glauque. Their mix of ’60s jazz pop and gonzo psychedelic electronics is a thing that makes our ears fizz with excitement! They’ve got a brand new song out called ‘Love Weapon’ and it is out right now on Fat Possum. Obviously, it’ll feature on the…
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DIG THIS SCORPIONS TRACK RIGHT NOW
Look, no-one knows everything and has heard every song. We only just heard of Scorpions’ ‘Sails of Charon’ and we’re 100% obsessed with it, top to bottom. From the blistering guitar work at the start, to the stank-face funkiness that makes the drummer stick his chin out, to the tiny-ass singer dancing in his heels,…
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MARGO GURYAN TRIBUTE COMP
Margo Guryan’s music just keeps getting rediscovered, and with that momentum, a tribute comp has been made called ‘Like Someone I Know: A Celebration of Margo Guryan’, which will see the light of day in November. To whet the appetite, we can now listen to Frankie Cosmos and Good Morning’s version of ‘Take A Picture’,…
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NEW SINGLE FROM DERYA YILDIRIM
First off, let us give the band their proper name – Derya Yıldırım & Grup Şimşek – it doesn’t fit nicely in a headline, but whatever, this is one of the best bands on Planet Earth right now, mixing funk and psychedelic rock with Turkish, Anatolian music. We’ve written excitedly about them before. The group…
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