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Wanna watch something cool? You’re in luck. Amplified have shared a documentary on YouTube about the start of the New York City punk scene. All the faces you want to see are there – Iggy, Debbie, The Ramones, and talking heads from Jayne County, Alice Cooper, Lenny Kaye, Alan Vega and loads more. From non
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Léna C has exquisite taste in music and been playing cosmic DJ sets all over the place for a while now. She’s also making her own music which has been tickling our pickle, but right now, we’re focusing on her DJing as she’s released a gorgeous Autumnal mix which is really setting the mood now
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A new EP is due from Mexican-American soft-rocker Cuco called ‘Hitchhiker’. You’ll be able to listen to the whole thing on November 10th, but obviously, you can listen to a song from it here, first. The track is called ‘Planet Express’ and the whole thing is a gentle number that’s pretty cosmic. Watch the video below
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Time to don the tinfoil hat, take a big toke on a bag of spice, and start joining up the dots that may not be there. Strap in. It’ll be fun, we promise. We were watching the incredibly affable Charles Cornell on YouTube dissecting ‘how hard’ the Thomas The Tank Engine theme goes, and pulling
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Lauren Mayberry from CHVRCHES has gone solo (not permanently that we know of) and her last track was a softer, piano outing – much different from her work with her band. There’s a new one called ‘Shame’ which is more uptempo and we’re into it. She said, elsewhere: “I had the idea for a while
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We love Phoenix. They’re ace. They’re also unpredictable. Case in point – there’s a new tune out which features Chad Hugo from The Neptunes and Pusha T. And a singer called Benee too. It’s a remix, of course, and it’s a rejig of ‘All Eyes On Me’. The band sez: “A huge thank you to
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Multi-instrumentalist and multi-genreist DJ Harrison has covered Steely Dan solo-cut ‘IGY’, which of course, is a banger by Donald Fagen. It’s a soulful take on the classic, and has previously opened for the great man at some shows. He’s added his own twist so puritans, don’t get weird about it. Good covers need to add
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This week, we’re going to be getting a new LP from Jenn Champion and judging by the single we’ve just listened to, it’s going to be brilliant. And the title is a winner too: ‘GOOD NEWS, BAD NEWS (WE’RE ALL GONNA DIE)’. The album it is taken from is called ‘The Last Night of Sadness’,
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DuoLingo has been a runaway success when it comes to teaching people new languages, turning tedious learning into something approaching a fun, social game. Wouldn’t it be great if they branched out and did it with other things we’d like to learn? Well, answering our prayers, DuoLingo has started teaching music theory basics, so you
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Do not sleep on the new track from Desire Marea. If you like ’70s afrobeat, future funk, R&B and all that great stuff, then this is made for your ears and feet. From South Africa, Desire has released the super vibey ‘The Only Way’ which is taken from the imminent EP ‘The Baddies of Isandlwana’.
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SPOTIFY TO STOP PAYING SMALL BANDS
Well, Spotify have decided the way to fix the broken royalties model is to stop paying small bands. Now, that’s not how they’ll be spinning it, but it’s the reality of the situation. See, Spotify have a problem with ‘noise’ tracks and those generating plays by making ‘non music’. So, to fix that, they’re going…
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CHEMICALS SAY GOODBYE
The Chemical Brothers are saying ‘Goodbye’. Not forever, mind you. It’s the name of their new single and as ever, it’s got a really fancy, psychedelic video. They always have ace visuals don’t they? If you’ve seen them live recently, your eyeballs are probably still fizzing like Alka Seltzer in soup. Great craic. There’s also an…
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SPACE DISCO FROM MIDLIFE
Mildlife are an Australian band designed for dancing too. However, it’s also very much music of the head too, as they’ve been dubbed variously as ‘psychedelic jazz fusion’ and ‘prog disco’. If both of those phrases gave you a bit of the ick, don’t worry – this track you’re about to hear is cool, cool shit.…
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FEVER RAY RMX IS A UKG RIPSNORtER
Maybe we should know who Fever Ray are, but we don’t. Judging by this new thing we’ve just listened to, we’re still not sure because it’s a remix. And what a banger of a remix it is! The track is called ‘Even It Out’ and it s a rejig by Frost Children, and it’s a…
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