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  • BEGIN TRANSMISSION

    What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,

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  • REVIEW / POUTY / FORGOT ABOUT ME

    Too often, when a musician in the current period of music takes on something that’s akin to ’90s indie rock or grunge, they forget one crucial thing – the melody. If you look at The Breeders and the songs of Kurt Cobain, a love of tunes and hooks is evident, so when someone disaffectedly hides…

  • GOOSE FEAT ANIMAL

    Not everything you see needs to be brand new. While this is from last summer, it’s still cool. Goose – a band that on the strength of this video sound like they’re jonesing for the spot of the new Steve Miller Band (definitely a compliment) or getting on that Deadhead coin (again, by no means…

  • MACCA’S LOST BASS IS FOUND!

    Paul McCartney’s lost bass has been on the mind of Beatle nuts for years, after it just about played in all the famous Beatle records in the 60s. To say that it is an incredibly important piece of popular culture is an understatement. The great news is that Macca has been reunited with it 52…

  • NEW FOUR TET MUSIC

    Do you like Four Tet? Well, new music is here! There’s a new LP coming out in March called ‘Three’ and it’ll be on Kieran Hebden’s own label Text, and because you invariably want a teaser, there’s a new song to listen to called ‘Daydream Repeat’. It’s below if you want to stop reading and can’t…

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