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The lovely folks of Saint Etienne have announced details of a new LP called ‘The Night’ and there’s a new song which is borderline ambient called ‘Half Light’ to listen to – it’s genuinely one of the loveliest things you’ll hear all year. The album will land December 13th and is the 12th from the group.…
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Kelly Lee Owens has been doing great things lately, and her new LP ‘Dreamstate’ is something that you should absolutely have in rotation. Mixing synthpop with house and tech, she’s collaborated with some big hitters (Daniel Avery, Chemical Brothers, Bjork to name just three) and her own work is genuinely excellent. Have you heard ‘Higher’ yet?…
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It is Friday, so let’s have a bop. Jessie Ware has teamed with Salute (normally spelled lower case, but it looked weird in a sentence) for a clubby shuffler, which is just the ticket to send us into the weekend, right? Ware teamed up with the Manchester knob-twiddler and says: “I’ve been a fan of…
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Way back in the summer of 1962, Chicago born Shel Talmy decided he wanted to have a trip to Britain. He intended staying for five weeks. What happened when he found himself there, was that he’d change the course of pop forever. A friend asked him if he could help with the production of some…
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Disney have really gone all-in on The Beatles – we went years with zero new things to watch, and now things are cropping up all the time! We had the Get Back thing, and now we go back to ’64 when the Fabs first went to the States! New footage, improved old footage, good music,…
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Sofie Royer is back with her third LP, and there’s been something of a departure. The previous albums were almost bedroom pop, with singer-songwriterness floating through her songs. She was always super cool, super smart and albums switched between existential dread and quiet feistiness. With this set of songs, she emerged not with a moody,…
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Cute animals sell more than sex does, and that’s a fact. Mums are more likely to share a missing cat post on Facebook than they are likely to tell people to listen to their children’s music they’ve been making. And with that, it’s about to get worse. Viral hippo – Moo Deng – has released…
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Maxo Kream’s ducking-and-diving storytelling has seen him collab with the likes of Tyler, The Creator and more, and he’s got a new LP out which admittedly, we’ve only skimmed so far – but it feels like there’s a buzz about the Texan which can’t be ignored. From threatening whoever, horny jams and pure shit-talking, the…
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They’ve got an awkward name, have Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs. You get the impression they’re not arsed about this fact one bit, and besides, everyone’s already writing it down as Pigsx7. Anyway, they have a new heavy track out called ‘Detroit’ and with that, there’s news of a tour. This is the…
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We don’t know much about Gia Ford, but we heard this new song from her called ‘Earth Return’ and it’s really good. We think this might fall under ‘alt-pop’, but we’re not sure of some of these genres – not that they matter! We’re hearing some gloomy ace old French pop, a smidge of Lana…
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RIDE REMIND YOU WHY YOU LOVE ‘EM
Shoegaze making a comeback was probably a bit of a pleasant surprise for some of the older heads, as there was a period where it was cripplingly unfashionable. However, MBV got back together and did some shows and destroyed everyone’s earholes, and the young indie fans got lost in the wash of distortion and reverb…
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YOUNG MIKO BANGS
The hotshot from Puerto Rico, Young Miko, has teamed up with Argentinian producer Bizarrap to make an early 2024 banger! It’s not got a catchy name, but you’re going to enjoy it. It’s called ‘Young Miko: Bzrp Music Sessions, Vol. 58’. Hardly rolls off the tongue, does it? Now, this is melodic and the flow…
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WE RESERVE JUDGEMENT ON NEW AMY WINEHOUSE FLICK
Listen, we love a film about a musician but we know they’re not all good. We’ll watch them regardless, because we’re dorks like that. We’re reserving judgement until we’ve seen the whole thing, but there’s a new biopic about Amy Winehouse, but initially, it feels a bit weird. It’s called ‘Back To Black’ (they chickened…
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DID ARIANA LOSE THE CROWD?
Reading the comments on Ariana Grande’s new song ‘yes, and?’, you’re met with a lot of effusive praise. Stan culture, as we know, is a mixture of blind devotion (where would pop music be without it?) and preemptively hitting out at imagined critics. One such comment says: “stanning ariana grande isn’t just a hobby, it’s…
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