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If you’re into bossa nova and cool jazz, then we’ve got some good news for you! You don’t have to ferret around looking for old LPs (as nice as that is), because in January, there’s a new one that’ll tickle your pickle. Called ‘The Room’, the cut is by Brazilian guitarist Fabiano do Nascimento and
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The Lemonheads are coming back and your mum is going to be thrilled. Or maybe you’re the thrilled mum? We don’t use mum in a derogatory way, like only stoopid girls like Evan Dando’s music, because women have always had impeccable taste in music and, it’s no secret that Dando’s brand of jangly indie is a
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Remember Indie Sleaze? You should, because a load of people who loved it an university and sixth form are now the age where they’re editing music pages in broadsheets and making documentaries and all that, so it’s about to go full-blown-revival. The fashion was chaotic and fun, and there were some decent tunes in there
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If you’ve been jonesing for that breakneck Missy-esque beat of yesteryear with a quick flow skating over the top, you’re about to have a real good time with this new one from Cakes Da Killa. Clubby as hell, ‘Cakewalk’ takes some inspo from calling out the mess that someone’s partner has created. They say: “‘Cakewalk’
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“I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” If the opening track title didn’t address the concerns of hip hop fans wanting bars and beats from Andre 3000’s first album in almost two decades, then we don’t know what to tell
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A lot of the new bands that look toward the lo-fi of the ’90s love the aesthetic, but can often forget to write a song to accompany the skuzzy guitars. That’s not a problem for PACKS, so combine ace melodies with their grunty rock ‘n’ roll. They have a new one out called ‘HFCS’, and
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If you’re sat there, wishing there wasn’t all this writing that needed reading (even though our longest articles are 4 minuters at worst), and that someone would just do a good video you could watch instead, then let us share the work of someone else who we really enjoyed. Over at Bandsplaining (great name), they
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Look, we’ve already written a love letter to The Kinks on here, so it should be of no surprise that we’re in full-blown love affair mode right now. That’s because The Kinks are teasing something of a comeback. They’ve apparently got a number of songs written and obviously, Ray and Dave Davies have a complicated
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Back in 1961, a young singer by the name of Kyu Sakamoto had a number one hit on his hands, Stateside. The song – a lilting ballad sung entirely in Japanese (thereby being one of a scant number of non-English sung hits in the US) – was called 上を向いて歩こう, or in English, ‘I Look Up
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So. Sleaford Mods, eh? They have found themselves in a situation. You’ve already read about it elsewhere. You have probably seen their updated stance on The Whole Thing, right? What to think? Well, a lot of the punks are really unhappy with them and expected them to have more spin. The centrists dads totally get
STOP HOARDING TUNES
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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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EMINEM TO FILM STANS
You get the impression that most musicians consider stan culture to be a necessary evil, because stans move product like musical drug mules. Of course, some stans are just super enthusiastic sorts, but there’s a good percentage of them that are over-zealous lunatics who want to prove they’ll go above and beyond, like supporting an…
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SPOTIFY SUCKS FOR NEW MUSIC / LAYOFFS
There’s a difference between hearing a song that’s new to you and new music. Unless you’re actively seeking out new stuff like a massive nerd (hi there!) and tailoring the algorithm to give you the new good stuff, Spotify is generally quite bad when it comes to promoting new music from smaller acts with little…
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GEORGIA WITH A CHEEKY BANGER
Georgia has been making some great music over the past couple of years with loads of promise. It’s been R&Bish pop, but now, jjst before hitting the road with Kim Petras, there’s clearly one eye on the dancefloor. The track starts moodily before making way for some glorious doof doof action, and it’s very fun.…
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