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Reading the comments on Ariana Grande’s new song ‘yes, and?’, you’re met with a lot of effusive praise. Stan culture, as we know, is a mixture of blind devotion (where would pop music be without it?) and preemptively hitting out at imagined critics. One such comment says: “stanning ariana grande isn’t just a hobby, it’s…
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Ennio Morricone is one of the masters when it comes to movie soundtracks, effectively inventing the sound of the modern Western. If you hear a tremolo guitar and think of mean-eyed cowboys and desperados, then it’s Ennio you have to thank. With that in mind, if you’re looking to start your Morricone collection on vinyl,…
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Stereolab fans, rejoice! That’s because Laetitia Sadier is doing some stuff, and while it’s not a reformation of your fave French Library record enthusiasts, it’ll do for now, right? Because obviously, she’s not gone Death Metal or anything. It sounds enough like Stereolab to scratch that itch you have for them. She’s got an LP…
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The hipster’s faves A24 are doing something. They’re doing something with the hipster’s faves, Talking Heads. And it involves Paramore too. Man, people are probably doing social media posts saying ‘I’M SCREAMING’ and ‘ACTUALLY SOBBING’ and all that jarring bullshit, aren’t they? Not to say that this won’t be a heap of fun, mind you.…
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It’s really great when you can hear how much ambition there is in a song. We’re not talking about tedious effort, but rather, someone really really trying to make something fantastic. And that’s exactly what we’re feeling about the new one from Sheer Mag, which is a massive pop-indie stomper. It’s called ‘Moonstruck’ and honestly,…
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Right now, we’ve never had so many gay and queer people in the world. Think of the past – it was outlawed, then we had people dying of AIDS, and rampant homophobia saw that when gay people weren’t hiding, they were dying. Society has progressed however, and now we’re afforded the beautiful site of openly…
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Ty Segall likes dogs. Everyone likes dogs don’t they? Handy really, as Ty’s new song is about exactly that. You get a points deduction if you said ‘do you like dogs’ in that voice that Brad Pitt does in that film, by the way. You’re better than that, c’mon. Anyway, this new song is called…
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David Nance (careful with the spelling of his surname there) & Mowed Sound have a new song out and, on first impression, we like it. It’s called ‘Mock The Hours’ and it’s a mix of garage goodness and jangly roots pop. He’s from Omaha we gather, and this is his first with new group Mowed…
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First Dates has started a new series on Channel 4 and honestly, we don’t watch it anymore. Not because it’s bad – we’ve just got other stuff on. However, the mere mention of the show reminds us of one of our favourite songs – ‘Pinball’ by Brian Protheroe. Protheroe has been the narrator of the…
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While overground rap has been a bit off and a lot of the critic faves have been a bit Old Head, you know hip hop’s underground is always cooking something up. Philly’s Skrilla has just put something out that’s evil and drill hot, just how we like it. While many MCs have relied on a…
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REVIEW / NICK WATERS / WITHER
There’s few joys in life that are nicer than tripping over an album completely by chance and finding that it’s an absolute romp of toytown psychedelic and glorious shed pop! While acid-songwriters in the pomp of the ’60s had huge studios, endless tape and orchestras, since then, things have retreated and paired down. The ambition…
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BOB DYLAN, RONALD REAGAN BIOPIC
Bob Dylan is contributing a song to a new biopic about the life of Ronald Reagan and we absolutely want to mention the massive rumour relating to the phrase ‘THROAT GOAT‘. If you don’t know the rumour, then you’re really missing out. However, we’ve got more factual based things to talk about. The new movie…
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RACHEL CHINOURIRI + THE COST OF PLAYING LIVE
It really is a sorry state of affairs in the music industry outside of the few who can fill huge outdoor arenas and stadiums – and even some of those are struggling. Companies and venues are taking a cut of bands selling merch, there’s no money in streaming, you have to pivot to being a…
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FAME + CHAPPELL ROAN / BE CAREFUL
Chappell Roan’s rise to fame has been sudden and very interesting. Often, meteoric rises are met with suspicion and chatter about being an industry plant and all that – but for our money, no such thing could be levelled at Roan given her very obvious and striking talent. Add to this, her whole personality is…
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