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  • CIRCUIT DES YEUX’S MOODY SYNTHS

    Ever wished someone would make some synthpop that leaned a little more on the gothic side of things, without falling into stupid sexpot Industrial music? We have some great news for you! Circuit des Yeux have released a new track called ‘Canopy of Eden’ which is from new LP ‘Halo On The Inside’. It’s a

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  • NEW MCLUSKY, LADS

    Mclusky have a small but devoted fanbase and, rightly so, even if occasionally the reaction to adoration from the band can seem fractious at times. It’s all part of nervous, tense fun, obviously. They’ve announced a new album called ‘The World Is Still Here and So Are We’, which is their first in 21 years.

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  • PEARL CHARLES BACK WITH A BEAUTY

    Pearl Charles is great. She’s made shimmering ’70s pop, glitterball disco, and cosmic singer-songwritery stuff. It’s the latter that her latest release errs on the side of, and it’s one of her best songs to date! She’s been working with the brilliant Michael Rault on her new music, and ‘Step Too Far’ is a brooding,

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  • SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST SHIT

    Kanye has been at it recently and a lot of people have been talking about him being off the meds, which illness his brain has, how he’s not been the same since his mother died, and on and on and on and on and on and… It’s obvious that attention is one of the major

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  • BANDSPLAINING ON LIBRARY MUSIC

    Look, you should already be subscribed to BANDSPLAINING on YouTube. If you’re not, this is your heads-up. The latest video explains Library Music, so if you’ve been jonesing for someone to dissect what it is, what’s good about it, and who it influenced, this is a great primer to get you going. If you’re already

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  • WATCH THIS / SINCE YESTERDAY & SCOTS GIRL GROUPS

    Remember us telling you about the documentary about Scottish girl groups? We did, y’know? It sounded great didn’t it? Well, you may have thought you wouldn’t be able to watch it without getting in some narrow window of when it was aired at some fun, cool indie cinema somewhere. The good news is that you’ll

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  • HAS TAYLOR SWIFT DEFINED POP CULTURE LIKE NO OTHER?

    Gracie Abrams has opened a can of worms this week, and that’s fine. Pop stars are supposed to run their mouths occasionally, and everyone else in turn, gets to run theirs. That’s the way pop culture works – it’s a contact sport. Speaking about Taylor Swift, she said: “There’s also nothing that comes close to

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  • NEW WAXAHATCHEE ONE IS GREAT

    We liked the Waxahatchee album – ‘Tigers Blood’ – a lot, but sadly got into it too late to have it on our end of year lists. Still, good music is still great whenever you hear it! With that, we’re right on time to hear a new track from the same sessions, and its called

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  • NEW SQUID TUNE

    Look, we don’t know a lot about Squid, but you might. Squid feel like one of those bands that people like you probably like. We realise that this sounds like shade, but it’s not. There’s new music to listen to, crucially, and we don’t quite know how to describe it, which in an age of

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  • DO WE NEED TO TELL YOU ABOUT NEW GAGA?

    Such is the paid-for media churn these days, it almost feels redundant writing about bit single releases. What’s the point in telling you what we think, when you’ve already been alerted to the existence of a song, and listened to it yourself? It all reeks of us trying to vaguely grab some traffic off the

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  • REST EASY, AMP FIDDLER

    One of the finest to do it, one of Detroit’s finest musicians, Amp Fiddler has sadly passed away, aged 65. He’s been described as “the king of the new era of Detroit soul”, and his music incorporated a number of influences and styles, from honey-dipped electronics, to hard funk, to soul, hip hop, house, collaborating…

  • LOST BOB MARLEY SONG / LISTEN

    Fans of Bob Marley – listen to a previously lost song from the iconic singer-songwriter. The previously unreleased track is called ‘Selassie is the Chapel’, and don’t expect a party jam – this is a spiritual number, rich in harmonies. It’s good. You’ll like it. It was first recorded in ’68 and you can get…

  • GHLOW HIT HARD WITH NEWIE

    Swedish pair GHLOW have announced a new album which will be called ‘Levitate’ and out in March. That’s all well and good, but can we listen to something first? Course we can! That’s precisely why we’ve done this piece. The new song is called ‘Big City’ and it’s a bit of a face-melter. Super fuzz,…

  • SWIFTIES TO SUE TICKETMASTER

    Say what you want about the insanity of stan-level fans, but occasionally, they do something you can’t help but applaud. When super fanatics aren’t doxxing or cancelling people over a decade old cock-up, they can unify and actually try for something quite noble. This time, it’s Taylor Swift’s Swifties, who are basically taking Ticketmaster to…

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