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  • RAULT

    Have you heard of Michael Rault? Well, there’s a good chance he released the finest LP of 2022, if you’re into perfect pop that’s cut with all good things like West Coast 70s music, Paul McCartney’s Wings, ELO (aka Beatles: The Musical), Harry Nilsson etc. If you need more modern recommendations, then file Michael Rault

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  • BEGIN TRANSMISSION

    What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,

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  • JULIA HOLTER WITH NEW MUSIC

    It’s not Julia Holter’s fault that all the toxic sadbois who have been in your DMs incessantly love her. She’s a cool songwriter and deserves her flowers. Well, she’s got a new track out called ‘Sun Girl’ and it has a real pretty video, made by animator and artist Tammy Nguyễn. She’s been away from…

  • MOONRIIVR WITH THAT OLD TIMEY MUSIC

    Not all music has to reinvent the wheel. Sometimes, you just want the simple pleasure of that good time music that’s as familiar as it is fun. So, to MOONRIIVR, with a song that is like an old country song, if it shared some bunkbeds with DIY indie. It’s called ‘Flowers on the Fire Escape’…

  • WHICH GRAMMY NOMS DO YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT?

    The 2024 Grammy nominations have been announced. Awards ceremonies suck, we know, we know. But honestly, more than ever, recent ceremonies gave seemed so wildly out of step with what people are listening to, and looking at this year’s Grammy nominations, we’re insert shrug emoji here. For starters – record of the year has the…

  • ANNIE-CLAUDE DESCHÊNES SOUNDS LIKE YOU HOPE

    With a name like Annie-Claude Deschênes and a track called ‘Menace Minimale’ on a label called Italians Do It Better, you’d hope she’d be putting out pumping, darkwave synthpop, wouldn’t you? Good thing that this is exactly what we’re looking at here. She’s a member of Duchess Says, and this we think, is her first…

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