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Manchester is known for being a hotbed of music and DJs, but too many fall into the tired tropes of years past, focusing on nostalgia and making sure the same half dozen faces get the same haf dozen gigs time and time again. Not the case with the latest guest for ‘Ten Songs’ – the…
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Taqbir are amazing and if you’re into righteous, noisy rock music and haven’t heard them yet, you need to get on it at the first opportunity. Good news for those who missed their vinyl release of their self-titled 45, there’s a red variant for sale along with a dynamite t-shirt to let people know you…
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Like Jack Daniel’s and a concerning attitude toward young women, The Doors are synonymous with the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle, thanks in part to Jim Morrison’s cavorting, leather trousers, chewy lyrics and, crucially, this untimely death. When it comes to American psychedelic music, there’s a raft of incredible groups and experimentalists, but really, none of…
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Honestly, we weren’t following the politics of Venezuela too keenly before the country’s president got pinched by the weirdos in the States. Nicolás Maduro might look like a South American Saddam lookalike these days, which probably helps the MAGA crowd square what they think of the whole thing – however, he was once a noisy…
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Bob Weir, one of the lynch pins of the Grateful Dead, has aged 78. A statement on Weir’s official channels said that he’d “succumbed to underlying lung issues” after a battle with cancer. “He transitioned peacefully, surrounded by loved ones, after courageously beating cancer as only Bobby could,” it read. The importance of the Grateful…
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We already told you about the new stuff from The Orielles, and now there’s even more music from the group, shared from their forthcoming LP called ‘Only You Left’. They say: “You are Eating a Part of Yourself’ began when a durational guitar loop was released from the archive of improv’s recorded in Henry’s bedroom.…
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NRBQ might just be your favourite band’s favourite band, and so, any news from the group is worth mentioning. They’ve announced the release and remaster of ‘Grooves In Orbit’, which was originally on record shelves back in 1983, and released on the legendary Bearsville Records. This new version includes new liner notes and seven bonus tracks, which…
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The renaissance of Library music has been one of the more wholesome things in pop culture – a true celebration of the fine, underdog musicians who often soundtracked our lives to little personal fanfare. With this reappraisal has seen the likes of Alan Hawkshaw, Keith Mansfield, and even Delia Derbyshire getting a light shone on…
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‘Taxman’ is one of George Harrison’s most identifiable songs, lambasting those pesky politicians for taxing him too hard. As we know, The Beatles stopped touring in the middle of their career, so there’s a wealth of music the boys never played live – so it’s always a thrill to see anything from the late period…
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One hit wonders get a lot of hate, thanks in part to being overplayed, and usually, because they’re catchy bubblegum tracks that land in the middle of supposed credible music, for which they’re unfavourably compared. And so, to 1998 and Britpop has moved to one side in favour of Landfill Indie, and Massive Attack emerge…
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MORODER’S CHASE PERFORMED LIVE
We don’t know Kebu, but we know we have seen something that made us beam with joy at the sheer existence of it. See, Kebu got his synths and analogue equipment out, learned how to play ‘The Chase’ by Giorgio Moroder top-to-bottom, and performed it live. That’s cool enough, but thankfully, someone filmed the whole…
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NEW PET SHOP BOYS IS VERY GOOD
The Pet Shop Boys aren’t just any ol’ pop group are they? Viciously funny and equally smart. They’re ageing like a fine wine, and they have a new track out which proves exactly that. They have an album out later in the year called ‘Nonetheless’ and the new song is taken from that. It’s inspired…
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NXWORRIES ARE BACK
They’re a good pair Anderson Paak and Knxwledge, so it’s good to learn that they have a new LP coming out called ‘Why Lawd?’. It should be on the shelves on June 7 via the legendary Stones Throw, and there’s not a huge amount of information to go on, so obviously, keep an eye on…
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REVIEW / FABIANA PALLADINO / SELF TITLED
We fizzed with excitement when we heard Fabiana Palladino’s ‘I Can’t Dream Anymore’, and now there’s a full length debut album which saw Stereogum saying “they don’t make pop music like this anymore”, and Petridis enthusing and giving it album of the week over at The Guardian. It’s clear that Palladino is doing things differently.…
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