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The Bickershaw Festival is the stuff of legend in the North of England, and to anyone with an interest in the UK’s festival scene. Staged in a mining town with not much going on in 1972, the show was spearheaded by Jeremy Beadle, who would of course go on to have a very interesting life…
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Let’s not mess around here – if you’re reading about Fonteyn on these pages, we’re going to go absolutely over the top about her. She’s brilliant. She is making exactly the kind of yearning, swoonsome ’70s pop that makes us tick. Previous outings have shown us the joys of sweet pop, huge soaring hooks and…
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Kate Bush is great. What a treasure she is to have around. This was probably meant as an advert for Record Store Day (which is the Valentine’s Day for vinyl lovers, for better or worse), and the reissue of a Kate Bush track, which of course, we’ll talk about – but we’re more interested in…
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Everyone’s favourite cosmic cowboys, The Hanging Stars, are coming back with a new LP and that’s always great news. While many Nu Country outfits wander past the gorgeous, ethereal nature of much of country music, not this lot. The new album is called ‘On A Golden Shore’ and you’ll be able to get your hands…
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There’s a book coming out real soon that looks super interesting. We’re always in the market for learning something new, because who on earth can possibly know everything when it comes to music? The book looks at the pioneers of electronic music who were Latin American women, and it’s available to pre-order through Contingent Sounds…
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Have you heard of Seablite? We hadn’t, but they’ve had a remix from Andy Bell’s Glock project, and obviously, we like Ride so we pricked an ear. Seablite say: “It’s no secret that we are massive Ride fans and have also been following Andy Bell’s GLOK project and his collaborations with artists on remixes for…
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The sound system culture in the UK is arguably the most important movement in club culture since people started selling recreational drugs at music gatherings. Acid house, hip hop, drum ‘n’ bass, trip hop, grime, the top 40 – everyone owes a debt to the pop-up events that burst out over the country in the…
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Rob from the mighty Be With Records visited Sonoton at their offices in Munich. While there, recorded a super smart library mix which you can hear below. There’s chunky breaks, cinematic gems, synthy bits and all that good stuff that’ll have you scurrying off to Discogs and spending too much money again. Be With are…
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If you’ve spent any time in the cool sections of any decent record shop, you’ll know that the Analog Africa crew but out an insanely high quality of LPs and have been doing for ages now. The latest is no exception, with a brilliant comp called Congo Funk! Sound Madness From The Shores Of The…
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The Jesus and Mary Chain have a new song out called ‘Girl 71’ and, as you’d hope, it’s a bit garage punk, it’s a bit dead-eyed and seething. However, it’s got a riff, which is a bit unusual for them, eh? Also, it’s a duet with Rachel Conte and it’s going to appear on their…
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ACE NEW PSYCH FROM TOMATO FLOWER
They’ve toured with the Animal Collective and now it’s time for their debut LP! IT’S TOMATO FLOWER! Now, we hadn’t heard of them til we saw their name on the Norman Records mailout, but pressing play, they sound like they’re right up our street! They’ve got that faraway psychedelia of The United States of America…
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WE CAN’T MAKE OUR MIND UP ABOUT CHARLI XCX
Noughties fashion is back, obviously, because we only just had a ’90s revival, so it goes without saying. With something of a reappraisal of Paris Hilton, Ed Hardy biker jackets, baby tees, dangerous thinness and being able to see your thongs over your hipster jeans, then you shouldn’t be too surprised that Charli XCX has…
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REVIEW / LIAM GALLAGHER + JOHN SQUIRE LP
There’s a corner of society that may not have voted for Brexit, but they certainly enjoy the lumpenness of things and cheer on a thundering hoof at the football, and cheekily say that it’s ‘a proper Brexit tackle that‘, and of course, there’s a musical equivalent too, that wants to listen to things that sound…
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SHABAZZ PALACES FUTURE WONNK
Shabazz Palaces don’t exactly make straight-ahead hip hop, but this latest one is some supreme wonkiness and it sounds great. The track is called ‘Take Me To Your Leader’ and it features on their new LP ‘Exotic Birds of Prey’. You’re probably not reading these words because your eye has already been caught by the…
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