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  • UNRELEASED THROBBING GRISTLE

    Want to hear a previously unreleased Throbbing Gristle track? Well, Mute are putting a new release out called ‘TG BERLIN’, which is a fancy boxset that charts unreleased work in Berlin, around a series of live events at the Volksbühne in 2005 and 2006. It’ll see the light of day on 6th December, and of course,…

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  • NEW AMINÉ

    Aminé is one of the more melodic rappers on the scene and when he’s on form, he’s an absolute joy to listen to. There’s new music afoot too, and you can hear two songs from whatever project he’s got planned for everyone. These are his first two songs of the year, which would suggest a…

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  • WHSMITH TO SELL VINYL

    WHSmith are going to start selling records again and obviously, we’re hoping that they bring back the cool bags they had in the ’70s and ’80s while they’re at it. This is the first time the retailer will be selling vinyl in their stores in decades. Exciting stuff, and proof that the world of LPs…

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  • CHECK OUT THESE SPINAL TAP FIGURES

    We all love Spinal Tap – only losers can’t quote huge bits of the movie and singing along to the likes of ‘Stonehenge’ and ‘Gimme Some Money’. Well, if you want the guys stood on your shelf full of fancy things, you’re going to love these new figurines. These figures from Super7 and feature David…

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  • SOPHIE ELLIS BEXTOR WANTS YOU TO DANCE

    While Kylie might be the UK’s Queen of Disco by repatriation, Sophie Ellis-Bextor is definitely in the conversation for someone who has served our dancefloors very well indeed. And she’s back with a new single which is, of course, aimed squarely at shaking your behinds along with. After the resurgence thanks to ‘Murder On The…

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  • PLEASE DON’T SPOOK KATE BUSH

    Kate Bush spooks pretty easily, so while it’s okay to get excited at the prospect of new music from her, please don’t frighten her off with over-the-top proclamations and hype she can’t live up to, okay? Cheers, thanks, magic. No-one is listening, are they? She’s said, in an interview with Radio 4, that she’s got…

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  • LISTEN TO RONI SIZE TALK

    DJ Magazine have been sharing some ace videos about dance hits with the people who made them. They’re all gold, honestly. This one stars Roni Size talking about the magical ‘Brown Paper Bag’ and what led him to the ‘New Forms’ LP and more. Super interesting, so press play.

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  • UNRELEASED GEORGE HARRISON

    George Harrison’s estate have been busy and put out an acoustic version of ‘Give Me Love (Give Me Peace On Earth) (Take 18)’ and now, we get an unreleased version of ‘Be Here Now’ for the anniversary of ‘Living in the Material World’. The LP was basically the album that paid for his Concert for…

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  • MASTURBATING IN A COFFIN

    Look, it’s not every day you get to write that as a headline, but when you see it as a song title like we did, you’re compelled to find out more. What we were faced with was Elita’s chaotic song that combines cutesy dream pop with shrieking industrialism. Elita is apparently an ‘Instagram model’, but…

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  • NICE SONG FROM ALESSIA CARA

    Remember when Alessia Cara burst onto the pop scene with the moody and cool ‘Here’? She was just an itty bitty thing then, but she’s growing musically and it’s a good thing. The new song is called ‘(Isn’t It) Obvious’ and it’s nice to see some brackets in a song title, but more importantly, it’s…

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  • FABIANA PALLADINO’S CLASSIC POP

    We can’t know everything, so we haven’t previously heard of Fabiana Palladino. We’re going to assume there’s a relation to bass legend Pino Palladino here, but seeing as Pino is a cool guy, we’re not going to go down the nepo route. We get to be hypocritical about these things when we like what we’re…

  • ACE GONZO PERU COMP A GO GO!

    Munster Records don’t half put out some gems, and we’re alerting you to one absolute belter from their catalogue! It’s called ‘Sabroso Go Go’ and, as a whole group, kinda defies pigeonholing, but it’s all super fun and unique! Music from Peru – especially the MAG label – is always worth your time. The label…

  • L’IMPERATRICE SNUCK A NEW SONG OUT

    L’Impératrice are brilliant and pretty much everything they do is that brand of irresistible, smoother than silk, French disco pop. It brings us great joy to say that the new song they’ve quietly put out is exactly that. Now, there’s not a proper video for it yet – only a lyric video – but it…

  • REVIEW / AMARO FREITAS / Y’Y

    Recife is the hidden gem in Brazil’s musical heritage. While Rio and Salvador get all the critical praise, Pernambuco has a wealth of super interesting music, with shape-shifting acid folk, gonzo rock, and now we’re looking toward Amaro Freitas who manages to combine that rural and rugged sound with sophisticated metropolitan goodness to make for…

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