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My Analog Journal has done it again, this time with a wonderful mix of Haitian psychedelic music, played by Belgian-born DJ Tracksuit (great DJ monicker that) He says: “I fell in love with Haitian music about a year ago after Cedric Woo’s Dance for Haiti mix series inspired me. I went down a Discogs rabbit…
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Ezra Collective are the first jazz act to win the Mercury Prize (although Speech Debelle feels at least jazz adjacent tbh) and you might have had your interest piqued with this news. Their album ‘Where I’m Meant To Be’ bagged the gong and it got a bunch of approving nods from various heads – and…
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There’s a strength to the music of Saint Saviour that’s always been impossible to ignore and lyrically, it’s all there laid out if you’re looking in the right places. Well, she’s back with more wonderful music after a handful of really wonderful LPs, and the new track ‘Better Than’ kicks off with “I told my…
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We were idly reading this piece about the Fatback Band and, jovially we’ll note, they were talking about how underrated they are. They’re 100% correct and they are without doubt one of the most influential bands to ever do it. In the piece, they mentioned a track that we didn’t recognise and if you’re not…
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We, along with everyone else, was right about the Hackney Diamonds thing, in that it was a new LP from the Rolling Stones. That’s the name of the imminent album and there’s a new song we can listen to called ‘Angry’. The song itself? Well, it sounds like The Stones which is exactly what you’re…
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Sometimes you need a track that just punches you square in the face and runs away cackling like they’ve done you a favour. Handily enough, the new one from Hit Bargain does exactly that. It’s chaotic and loud and dafter than a bag of lit fireworks. The band are made of members of Pains of…
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Gary Wright has sadly left the building. Even if you think you don’t know him, you probably do, and if not, you ought to get to know his music now. Wright had been unwell for a while, but let us focus on what he did and a life well lived. He started off his creative…
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We’ve been treated to a preview of new music from the brilliant Cheapskate – someone we first became aware of via the magical ‘Un Film Imaginaire’ cassette, which saw the multi-instrumentalist wandering between spy soundtracks, scratchy jazz and glorious, home-hewn pop. It was fun, it was fragile, it was nimble, it bore repeated listens, and…
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Don’t know if it’s a case of wilful being-bad-at-an-internet-presence or if we’re just bad at finding a photo of Public Opinion and Rex Tycoon, so we’re not bothering with one. You’ll cope. Anyway, it’s all about the music right? Well, there’s a new song called ‘Bug’ and if you’re into that slacker US indie-schlock sound…
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Do you like Chvrches? You should. They’re dead good. Well, the singer from the Scottish group Lauren Mayberry has gone solo. It doesn’t sound like the band have broken up, it just seems like she’s trying something different for a bit. Just days before her first solo tour, she’s released some music, and it’s a…
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APPLE TO TAG A.I. MUSIC
The encroachment of artificial intelligence in music is a very real problem and, largely, the businesses that make up the music industry have been somewhat slow to take any real stance on it outside of eyeing up financial opportunities, leaving it to musicians to voice their concerns. Well, something is happening with Apple Music where…
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REVIEW / GENA / THE PLEASURE IS YOURS
A lot of Neo Soul revivalism misses that freewheeling, experimentalism of the stuff they love, focusing more on jazzy chords and mid-tempo realism – however, what makes great Neo Soul is a certain psychedelic attitude which means albums are not straightforward affairs. Be it the fuzzy guitars and electric guitars lifted from psychedelic ’70s soul…
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BOTS, FAKE NEWS, REDUCTIO AD ABSURDUM
Lily Allen was responding to a tweet about criticism of her. The tweet asked where “this smear campaign” had come from, noting it had come “from nowhere”. Her reply stated “Oh its coming from somewhere, but we move!” Then, as evidenced by the image above, she added ‘Bots<Birkins’ Now, Allen’s album – ‘West End Girl’…
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REVIEW / HARRY STYLES / KISS ALL THE TIME DISCO OCCASIONALLY
Harry Styles doesn’t need reviews to help him being a continued success. He’s kinda quirky and well dressed enough that will keep his fanbase rabid – the nice tailoring will keep him ahead of his peers whatever music he puts out. And so, to his new album, ‘Kiss All The Time – Disco, Occasionally’, which…
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