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  • The headline is the message. Have a good one. Drink too much and be lazy. Got any Rennies? Love you x

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  • FIND IT IN YOUR HEART TO FEEL SORRY FOR DAVID GUETTA

    DJing is hard. For most DJs, there’s no security and a host of very drunk people telling you that they would like you to play something else. You do 5 or 6 hour sets and your knees and back hurt. There’s no groupies, because everyone’s getting off with everyone else while you’re stood in a

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  • THE OPPOSITE OF NEWS ABOUT FOALS

    It’s a terrible state of affairs trying to keep your pages fresh with new content, so sometimes, what you have to do is write about literally nothing. That’s exactly what we’re doing here. Don’t complain about feeling short-changed, because we were upfront about this fact. We were upfront about it in the opening paragraph and,

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  • MAC DEMARCO IS BACK FOR XMAS

    Mac DeMarco is kinda back. He’s been away you see, after the success of his last LP ‘Here Comes The Cowboy’. That’s what it was called wasn’t it? Pretty sure it was. Anyway, he just wanted to get in the festive mood and remind us that he existed, so he’s knocked out a video for

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  • NEPO BABIES, EH?

    Have you heard about ‘Nepo Babies’? It’s not really the best of names for the people who have had a leg-up in their careers thanks to having a famous parent or two (nepotism babies, geddit?), but honestly, you’re not getting any better alternatives here unless something pops into our head while we’re writing this article

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  • PUSHA T NO LONGER AT G.O.O.D. CAN’T THINK WHY.

    There’s few things as satisfying as Pusha T saying ‘YERGHK!’ in a track. He’s a venomous MC alright and sharp as a tack. He’s also quite the businessman, coming up with the ‘I’m Lovin’ It’ for McDonald’s and also, heading up the G.O.O.D. Music label. Of course, that’d be Kanye West’s record label there. Now,

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  • TERRY HALL: UNHEARD THING FROM 1985

    It is an unlikely pairing, but Timmy Mallett (yep, that very same one) has unveiled a never-heard-before mix (at least in digital form) of Terry Hall presenting a radio show of songs that mean a great deal to him. Mallett was a DJ on Manchester’s Piccadilly Radio and had a show where he allowed pop

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  • XMAS PLAYLIST

    Have you been looking for a Christmas playlist? Doesn’t matter if you like Jesus are not, because it’s basically a secular holiday anyway, what with the amount of booze and gear being done at this most wonderful time of the year. What’s Baileys and beak got to do with a baby being born in the

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  • OLIVIA RODRIGO IS GOING TO GIVE YOU A XMAS CUTE OVERDOSE

    Olivia Rodrigo seems to be doing it right. She was catapulted to fame with a giganto hit and, instead of thinking ‘sod it, let’s make a cash grab and do all the arenas immediately!’, she’s made a conscious decision to play smaller venues, and if the arenas come, then she feels she will have earned

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  • FREE RANGE RADIO FEB 2024

    Hey! We have a new radio show out! It features music from all corners of the world, including something from the Fonteyn and Pat’s Soundhouse we’ve raved about recently, as well as the peerless Dina Ögon, and the new one from The Lemon Twigs. And there’s stuff from Lebanon, Turkey and more! Get stuck in!

  • CASIO RAPMAN

    There’s a lot of videos online geeking out about obscure synths, but few are as fun as this one about the cutest thing you ever did see – the Casio ‘Rapman’. A video made with a lot of love, filled with clips and the aforementioned keyboard which had a scratch wheel, hip hop beats and…

  • WEYES BLOOD + POLACHEK

    Hey! Are you a fan of Caroline Polachek? Are you a fan of Weyes Blood? We’ve got some good news for you in that case, because the two have teamed up for a new version of the song ‘Butterfly Net’ and it’s really very nice. This redo will appear on a deluxe version of Polachek’s…

  • REVIEW / PAT’S SOUNDHOUSE / SILLY DEMON

    Many bands aim for Pet Sounds when they’re trying to make ambitious pop, but a lot of groups miss out on the pure, inventive, playful joy when they’re channelling Brian Wilson, Curt Boettcher & Co. There’s a shed pop, ramshackle feeling to when these things work best, like someone’s tripped over a box of classroom…

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