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For the last of the Bank Holiday, here’s a great sunshine soul mix from one of the best YouTube tune sharers around – Music For Empty Rooms They’ve shared endless brilliant deep cuts and obscure gems, and this mix will see you right if you’re having a lazy day or sat on the stoop with…
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It really has been a high watermark period for African music. Even including the ’70s when Africans were making some of the most culturally significant music on the planet, it didn’t reach the commercial successes that it has in recent years and it almost feels like we’re due a lengthy, thoughtful piece on the whole…
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R&B seems to be traversing into Balearic territory lately and we’re very about it. While SZA has the bedroom SensitiveGirl market cornered, it seems the underground is making plays to chug with downbeat tribal house and sunshine chooglers. The latest track that’s made us want to split a couple of yokes with pals is from…
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You might know Richard Olson from his stints in The See See and the magic, cosmic country outfit The Hanging Stars – but this time, he’s doing something new with The Familiars. Of course, Olson’s music tends to float toward the psychedelic and we’re happy to report that this LP is no different. In even…
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All the hip kids love Arthur Russell, so here’s some news to keep them happy – there’s going to be a new album of music which will compile nine previously unreleased tracks. It feels a bit like graverobbing doesn’t it? We’re an insatiable bunch though, us record buyers. Anyway, the LP is called ‘Picture of Bunny…
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The BBC Archives are a truly wonderful thing and they’ve just published a video of the Radiophonic Workshop being delightfully eccentric. The first half of the video is a little dry, but stick with it as you’ll soon be in a world of bearded men inventing ramshackle medieval instruments, hand-painted wave forms, and some gloriously…
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Cute sunshine pop? We’re always in the market for that! Luckily for us, there’s a new track called ‘Cut And Dry’ by Charlotte Cornfield who we’ll confess that we haven’t heard of before, but this is a very lovely song and we will absolutely be investigating further. It’s the second single off her upcoming LP ‘Could…
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We all love PopMaster, and if you’re not that aware of it, it’s probably because you’re super young and haven’t listened to live radio once in your life – that’s fine and all, but you’ve been missing out. See, Ken Bruce and his lovely, lovely voice have been testing people’s musical knowledge for years and…
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Kaytranada and Aminé are a match made in heaven really, so it’s nice that they’re teaming up again (they’ve worked with each other a bunch before) on a project called KAYTRAMINÉ. Initially, we heard about this via a video on Instagram where their names are being presented on a lovely, orange MPC looking thing. Then, there was…
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Kanye West is game for dunking on at every opportunity, which in part is richly deserved, but also really depressing. The man needs to be accountable for the things he says and does, but jesus, it’s rotten watching someone be so very ill in public. With that, along comes cringebag no.1, Drake. He shared a…
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BEACH BOYS DOC SOON ON DISNEY+
Disney+ has gone all-in on some cool Beatle stuff, but now its the turn of the Beach Boys! Now, there’s a lot to cover with the Wilsons & Co, so it will be interesting to see just how deep things go here. The promotional blurb says “get ready for an endless summer of fun, fun,…
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KING PRINCESS VS STEELY DAN
King Princess is pretty cool, so it shouldn’t be a surprise that they’re into Steely Dan like all the cool, disaffected, sarcastic kids are, right? We like that Prophet song they did too. Anyway, they’ve covered The Dan’s ‘Dirty Work’ for the show Hacks. Of course, Donald Fagen doesn’t sing this song live, leaving it to…
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THE JOY OF ‘THE NEW DANCE SHOW’
There’s few greater joys than seeing working class people dance en masse. Whether you’re amongst it or simply viewing it, hot dance music and people busting out while wearing their best clothes is wholesome good, and we’ve been going down a rabbit hole of clips from Detroit TV show ‘The New Dance Show’. It ran…
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JANA MILA’S DOE-EYED COUNTRY POP
We don’t really know anything about Jana Mila but on the strength of hearing her new single ‘Somebody New’, we’re going to find out as soon as we hit the publish button on this. The small amount we do know is that there’s going to be a new album in the summer called ‘Chameleon’. It’s…
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