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The Indigo Girls are one of those hugely significant bands that mean so much to so many, yet, fly under the radar of most rock press, almost invariably because they’re women, and maybe because they make folk rock. They also happen to be gay, and the male gaze doesn’t stretch that far, clearly. The group…
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Not every day is a solid news day, and not every day sees something you want to spend the time reviewing. However, other people are doing good stuff and we feel the need to share that, because we’re not the oracle on everything. With that, the always fantastic Bandsplaining have done a smart video on…
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The music industry is sparring with TikTok and the whole thing has the vague whiff of when the music industry had a massive brawl with Napster. Now, of course, the scrap with Napster somehow ended up with Spotify, which isn’t exactly a result for people who make music, but consumers are happy enough. TikTok, for…
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Once again, we’re talking about the lousy algorithm. For fear of sounding like horrible old-heads who yearn for the past, we do miss the time when we had every opportunity of listening to the music we wanted to, because we were the people off down the shops and trying before we were buying, and then…
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To celebrate Lou Reed’s birthday the other day (he would have been 82), Keef Richards decided to do a cute cover of ‘I’m Waiting For The Man’ by The Velvet Underground. It might all feel a bit unnecessary, but it’s nice all told, eh? Besides, Light In The Attic are putting an album out called…
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We’re a day late on this, but that doesn’t diminish the quality of this psychedelic, woman focused mix from Jawa Jones. It also doesn’t diminish the wonderful socialist event that is International Women’s Day. Go read up the day’s origins. And yes, there’s an International Men’s Day. It’s in November. Of course, this mix is…
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Belle & Sebastian fans won’t need reminding who Isobel Campbell is, but other people might. So, yep, Isobel was one of the voices that made Belle & Sebastian so fun to listen to and, since that time, she’s gone solo. She’s got a new LP called ‘Bow To Love’ and there’s a track for you…
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It’s usually pretty lame when some writer starts bleating on about something being beyond satire, chirruping ‘YOU COULDN’T MAKE IT UP!‘ and all that. However, sometimes things happen in real life and you are left thinking ‘what the actual fuck?’ and we’re wandering into that exact territory when you basically look at a hipster music…
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We focus so much on Glastonbury and Reading in the UK, that we overlook some of the one-offs that happened in the ’70s in small towns, with insanely good line-ups and loads of opposition from locals. Back in 1972, if you lived in Bardney in Lincolnshire, you were aware that a festival was going down…
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Kamasi Washington is one of the most prominent jazzers on the planet, so it’s no surprise that he’s attracted some premier talent for his new LP. The album is called ‘Fearless Movement’ and there’s a new song for you to listen to below, which goes by the name of ‘Prologue’. He’s said of this new…
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KATE BUSH IS COOL ISN’T SHE?
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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NEW HANGING STARS
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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BOOK: LATIN WOMEN’S INFLUENCE, ELECTRONICALLY
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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SEABLITE VS RIDE [KINDA]
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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