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There’s a lot of musicians and bands that haven’t been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and when you read the latest list of nominations, you’ll be like “THEY’RE NOT ALREADY IN THERE?!?!” This year, up for the award… and unbelievably not already in there, are Kate Bush, George Michael, Missy Elliott
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Yves Tumor isn’t quite like anyone else around at the moment, but one thing we do know is that the music they’ve been making is undeniably sexy. Good too, mind you. Future glam mixed with Prince’s grimier moments, with a dollop of psychedelics thrown in. It’s fun stuff. Well, good news pop fans, there’s going
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Hey! Vic Mensa has teamed up with Thundercat and singer Maeta on a new track called ‘Strawberry Louis Vuitton’, which is good news isn’t it? We like them. Not so much Louis Vuitton, but that’s not through any moral stance – rather – we haven’t ever been able to afford it so it doesn’t mean
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There’s a gorgeous new record you need by Tokyo’s Arimoto and it’s called ‘Acacia y Suministro de Agua’. Part folk, part psych, part post-rock, all ace, you’ll like this no doubt. You can just listen to it below if you won’t take our word for it. All recorded in glorious analogue, this is a private
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You know James Acaster from the TV and clips of him rinsing Ricky Gervais don’t you? A ball of nervous energy in a tracksuit top, famed for his Bake Off failures and his wild ride on Taskmaster. He’s a funny, smart fella. He’s also in a 40 piece collective called Temps, which sees Acaster in
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There’s nothing a music writer likes saying more than ‘toldyouso‘. Be it spotting a band before they get big and you told everyone they’d like them, and they did, or better yet, saying there’s something off about an artist for them to reveal themselves to be dicks. This is all to lead up to this
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We could have said that ‘Thrust’ by McNeal and Niles was getting reissued, but that may not mean a lot to most people. Instead, we’re telling you it has been sampled by J Dilla, because that’s a bit catchier. Either way, it’s a masterful and very, very sought after LP, so this is great news
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Let’s face it – we don’t need to write about the imminent Beyonce tour. We don’t need to mention it at all, because obviously, the Beyhive have alerts set up and publications bigger than this one, with their CEO teams and algorithm jammers, will write about it more prominently. So we’ll be honest and just
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The best cartoon sitcom of all time, King of the Hill, is coming back. Now, you may have thought ‘hang on – isn’t The Simpson’s the greatest?‘ but we said ‘best‘, so suck it up. It’s official and everything that Hank Hill & Co will be back on our screens, and it will be getting
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Like your country music to have at least tried acid? Well, you’re in luck, as primo psychedelic guitarist Ripley Johnson (of Wooden Shjips and Moon Duo) has a project you might like called Rose City Band. There’s a new LP due called ‘Garden Party’ (the fourth by the band in as many years) and is
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REVIEW / ANDRE 3000 / NEW BLUE SUN
“I swear, I Really Wanted To Make A “Rap” Album But This Is Literally The Way The Wind Blew Me This Time” If the opening track title didn’t address the concerns of hip hop fans wanting bars and beats from Andre 3000’s first album in almost two decades, then we don’t know what to tell…
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PACKS’ LO-FI TUNEFUL STUFF
A lot of the new bands that look toward the lo-fi of the ’90s love the aesthetic, but can often forget to write a song to accompany the skuzzy guitars. That’s not a problem for PACKS, so combine ace melodies with their grunty rock ‘n’ roll. They have a new one out called ‘HFCS’, and…
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VID: PAYOLA SCANDAL, FUN!
If you’re sat there, wishing there wasn’t all this writing that needed reading (even though our longest articles are 4 minuters at worst), and that someone would just do a good video you could watch instead, then let us share the work of someone else who we really enjoyed. Over at Bandsplaining (great name), they…
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KINKS TOUR, PLEASE
Look, we’ve already written a love letter to The Kinks on here, so it should be of no surprise that we’re in full-blown love affair mode right now. That’s because The Kinks are teasing something of a comeback. They’ve apparently got a number of songs written and obviously, Ray and Dave Davies have a complicated…
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