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Multi-instrumentalist and multi-genreist DJ Harrison has covered Steely Dan solo-cut ‘IGY’, which of course, is a banger by Donald Fagen. It’s a soulful take on the classic, and has previously opened for the great man at some shows. He’s added his own twist so puritans, don’t get weird about it. Good covers need to add…
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This week, we’re going to be getting a new LP from Jenn Champion and judging by the single we’ve just listened to, it’s going to be brilliant. And the title is a winner too: ‘GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS (WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE)’. The album it is taken from is called ‘The Last Night of Sadness’,…
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DuoLingo has been a runaway success when it comes to teaching people new languages, turning tedious learning into something approaching a fun, social game. Wouldn’t it be great if they branched out and did it with other things we’d like to learn? Well, answering our prayers, DuoLingo has started teaching music theory basics, so you…
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Do not sleep on the new track from Desire Marea. If you like ’70s afrobeat, future funk, R&B and all that great stuff, then this is made for your ears and feet. From South Africa, Desire has released the super vibey ‘The Only Way’ which is taken from the imminent EP ‘The Baddies of Isandlwana’.…
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The great thing about dorks uploading stuff to YouTube is that us nerds can mainline all the stuff that won’t get repeated on the box. One fun thing we watched is a 1965 Granada special called The Music of Lennon & McCartney. It’s a special looking at other artists performing Beatle music (as well as…
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Roger Waters has lost his goddamn mind. We all knew that. He’s been off the deep-end for years, but this latest bout is kinda funny and we’re not in the mood for getting into the serious stuff this week, what with the world being so depressingly heavy. So what’s he been up to? Well, he…
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Its criminal that, broadly speaking, Sly Stone is not in all the conversations about living legends in music. It’s hard to understate the massive influence on pop music that Sly & The Family Stone had. Melting rock with soul, inventing slap bass, spearheading funk, fusing jazz with psychedelia – they’re one of the greatest bands…
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It was always thought that the internet was the new telly, making telly relevant but kinda outdated, becoming the new radio. That makes radio what then? Then new papyrus? Seems everyone’s been a bit hasty as there’s been a report that’s been shared that shows that people aged 18-34 are listening to more radio than…
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We told you about Deary ages ago, so you may well be all over them already. If not, and you’re into shoegaze and Cocteau Twins and all that good stuff, you’re going to love them. If you’re looking for vinyl, then they’ve got an eponymous EP out with six tracks and in a number of…
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The internet is filled with arbitrary lists – lists that are prone to change ten minutes after they’ve been written. We thought we’d do one. These things aren’t ever really useful in any way, or particularly relevant to any current affair, so we thought we’d rank the singles released by Girls Aloud because we happened…
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MUSIC, GAZA, PROTEST
The situation in Gaza has bled into the world of music, with some inevitability. Fresh off the back of ringing boos and counter-protests at the Eurovision Song Contest, now we see over 100 acts pulling out of the Great Escape festival. The show was to start today in Brighton, showing off up-and-coming artists. However, many…
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THE GREAT SUPER FURRY INTRO ON A HOT CHOCOLATE RECORD
Not everything has to be informative or in-depth journalism. Sometimes, you can just notice something and simply pass it on – which is exactly what we’re doing here. Ever noticed that the intro section of Hot Chocolate’s ‘You Win Again’ sounds like a brilliant intro to a Super Furry Animals track? We’d like to hear…
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CHILDISH GAMBINO NEW 70S JAM
Childish Gambino is everyone’s favourite renaissance man, so it won’t surprise you that he’s back with new music and it’s predictably great. This time, ‘The Violence’ starts off as something that made us say “is this balearic?!” before making way into something a little more psychedelic soul, or maybe Bill Withers-y. Either way, all the…
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SWAMP DOGG’S BLACKGRASS
Real heads know that Swamp Dogg is one of the most underrated to ever do it, and has been described in the past as “one of the great cult figures of 20th century American music.” Mixing R&B, country, funk and anything else he fancies, Swamp Dogg has also given us some of the most brilliant…
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