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It’s really great when you can hear how much ambition there is in a song. We’re not talking about tedious effort, but rather, someone really really trying to make something fantastic. And that’s exactly what we’re feeling about the new one from Sheer Mag, which is a massive pop-indie stomper. It’s called ‘Moonstruck’ and honestly,…
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Right now, we’ve never had so many gay and queer people in the world. Think of the past – it was outlawed, then we had people dying of AIDS, and rampant homophobia saw that when gay people weren’t hiding, they were dying. Society has progressed however, and now we’re afforded the beautiful site of openly…
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Ty Segall likes dogs. Everyone likes dogs don’t they? Handy really, as Ty’s new song is about exactly that. You get a points deduction if you said ‘do you like dogs’ in that voice that Brad Pitt does in that film, by the way. You’re better than that, c’mon. Anyway, this new song is called…
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David Nance (careful with the spelling of his surname there) & Mowed Sound have a new song out and, on first impression, we like it. It’s called ‘Mock The Hours’ and it’s a mix of garage goodness and jangly roots pop. He’s from Omaha we gather, and this is his first with new group Mowed…
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First Dates has started a new series on Channel 4 and honestly, we don’t watch it anymore. Not because it’s bad – we’ve just got other stuff on. However, the mere mention of the show reminds us of one of our favourite songs – ‘Pinball’ by Brian Protheroe. Protheroe has been the narrator of the…
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While overground rap has been a bit off and a lot of the critic faves have been a bit Old Head, you know hip hop’s underground is always cooking something up. Philly’s Skrilla has just put something out that’s evil and drill hot, just how we like it. While many MCs have relied on a…
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DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – what’s to say other than they’re mysterious and the music is great? We’ll add that, in the brief correspondence we’ve had, they’re very funny and unswervingly lovely too. We can’t give you the gossip on their real identity though, because it’s all in the DMs. We considered writing a…
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David Corio kickstarted his career fresh out of university, freelancing for the weeklies and music rags in 1978. While in London, he began to take portraits and going to shows, and in part, he focused on reggae musicians. He’s no slouch – Corio’s portraits find themselves in the National Portrait Gallery, the V&A, the National…
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The other day, we wrote a long piece worrying about the notion that the new one from Liam Gallagher and John Squire being actually half decent. Well, the single is out now and, like most of these hand-wringing things, it might have all been a waste of time. It might not, mind. Have a listen…
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The Lemon Twigs didn’t much around in 2024, getting a new song out at 1 second past midnight, and handily, it’s a good one! Following up from the ace ‘Everything Harmony’ LP, they’re pushing on with harmonies, jangles and power pop with a track called ‘My Golden Years’. Have a listen.
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LISTEN TO THE MOST INTERESTING MAN IN THE WORLD
Muhammad Ali. John Lennon. Susan Sarandon. The Black Panthers. Sly & The Family Stone. Civil rights, sitars, hitchhiking, Chuck Berry, hippies, Zen, minimal artists and so much more. Meet Jeff from New York’s Music Inn. He might just be the most interesting person you’ll listen to all year. This charming film is short, beautifully shot,…
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MICHAEL MCDONALD + DOOBIES TO RECORD LP
The Doobie Brothers are a fine, fine band – but they sure went up a notch when Michael McDonald got involved. They’ve been enjoying a 50th anniversary reunion, and the whole gang has been on the road together and that’s lovely. It was announced that Steely Dan would be pulling out of the tour with…
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BETH GIBBONS: STILL GREAT
When you love someone a lot, it’s great to see them still being great. And so, to Beth Gibbons who we all loved from her time in Portishead, who is delivering some tremendously atmospheric and creeped out cosmic psych at the moment. She has a new LP coming out called ‘Lives Outgrown’ and the new…
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REVIEW / J COLE / MIGHT DELETE LATER
In classic rock circles, sometimes a new group appears that’s so reverential to the past, that it’s missing all the verve and spontaneity of the thing it’s looking toward. If you’re someone who still goes out, still cares about new releases, you might concede that they’re kinda good at what they do, but the whole…
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