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When Outkast accepted their Rock N Roll Hall of Fame award, Andre 3000 held the microphone and said a simple, but powerful phrase: “Great things start in little rooms. We started in a little room”. Let’s look at that. See, we constantly hear about some cultural stasis and how everything isn’t as good as it…
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The Lemon Twigs and Tchotchke have teamed up for a Christmas song, which goes by the name ‘Tchotchkes’. It’s a fun slice of retro, festive, harmony pop which you’d expect and hope for, and if you’re looking for a new Christmas song for the playlists, this might be it! Get stuck in!
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We already shared the first of Bill Callahan’s new music – but there’s more! ‘Lonely City’ is the second song from the forthcoming ‘My Days of 58’ album, and is apparently a tribute to the Big Apple, New York city. He says: “Lonely City is a song I’ve been meaning to write for decades. It…
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While thick people enjoy the fruits of artificial intelligence, everyone is left rolling their eyes and tightening their fists. Either way, the tech is outpacing any human response to it, and it’s making a real mess in the process. Take for example, some songs appearing on Spotify impersonating King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard, and…
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We’re big fans of Yunè Pinku, which is how we stumbled into the new one from Sassy 009, who happen to have their debut album coming out next month (in January 2026, if you’re not reading this hot off the press). The album is called ‘Dreamer+’, and the new Pinku featuring single is called ‘Mirrors’,…
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Canada’s Marie Davidson released some highly rated bits this year, and typically, we completely missed the boat. Her ‘City of Clowns’ has been in for a lot of praise and she’s ending the year with a track from it called ‘Fun Times’. She says of it: “While touring City Of Clowns, I stumbled on a…
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It can be difficult spotting just who is the most dynamic DJ bursting through the ranks, but when you listen to the sets of Kitty Amor, it’s pretty obvious and immediate that we’ve got someone who isn’t just another plug-in-and-play type. Afrohouse has been growing upwards and outwards, especially around London, but Kitty’s sets are…
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“I’m not a citizen of America. Isn’t that crazy?” Those are the words of Nicki Minaj, to her fans in a livestream, some years ago. “I was born on a beautiful island called Trinidad and Tobago. But I’ve been in the States for many years. You would think that with the millions of dollars that…
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If you’re looking for a Christmas present for the raver in your life, there’s a fabulous book out dedicated to the legendary Bugged Out! It’s a limited run, so don’t hang around – 3,000 copies and selling quickly. Tony Wilson (jesus, him again) notoriously said of Bugged Out!: “There was The Twisted Wheel in the…
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Need a Christmas playlist that’s got a mix of good music with camp, silly stuff? One that’s cosy, has familiar songs, as well as ones that’ll be new to you? One that you can stick on while having a drink with friends or wrapping presents? Well, get stuck into this one, which features Rotary Connection,…
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SUGABABES SINGLES, RANKED
Oh, the fractured and chequered history of the mighty Sugababes. There’s been six members, and you could only really argue that four of them really count, and the puritans, three. Obviously, the holy trinity are Mutya, Keisha and Siobhàn, but Heidi’s tenure involves some of the group’s most iconic moments, even if deep in our…
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GREAT JAPANESE JAZZ BOOK
BBE Music put out good shit, and if you’ve heard their J-Jazz compilations, you’ll know that they’re some of the finest, most adventurous comps around. In addition to that, they’ve put out a brilliant book chronicling Japanese jazz called J Jazz: Free and Modern Jazz From Japan 1954-1988, which is a look at some super…
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KHRUANGBIN EASING BACK
Khruangbin are back everyone, and yes, they’re wigs! The new song is called ‘May Ninth’ and, for fans of the trio’s sound, it sounds like Khruangbin, so no worries – they’ve not pivoted to sounding like dubstep or anything. It’s taken from the imminent ‘A La Sala’ and it’s gently psychedelic, woozy stuff. The album…
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IRAQ, NAPSTER, BOOMER KICKBACK, STEELY DAN VS BACKSTREET + WHAT?
It’s 2001 and the USA, UK and pals are carpet bombing the Middle East. January, George Dubya Bush is sworn in thanks to some hanging chads, Apple launches iTunes and, later that year, 9/11 would change everything forever. While US democracy looked shaky, while war saw people taking to the streets in protest, people set…
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