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  • REVIEW / BARKER / STOCHASTIC DRIFT

    Writing about electronic music is not one of the easier things to do, especially when it is more abstract, and elegantly linear. With Barker’s ‘Stochastic Drift’, it’s worth it as an exercise though, as what we’ve been faced with is one of the finest electronic LPs we’ve listened to in ages. It’s part techno, part

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  • HEY! NEW STEREOLAB!

    All the cool kids and record-collectors love Stereolab, so obviously, we’re excited to share the news that the groop are back. It is their first LP in 15 years AND there’s a new single for you to listen to, too! The new track is called ‘Aerial Troubles’, while the long-player is called ‘Instant Holograms On Metal

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  • BAD BUNNY / TINY DESK

    We wrote a very enthusiastic review of the newest album from Bad Bunny, and honestly, that giddiness has only grown in the time since then. Well, he’s put a great little band together and he’s done a Tiny Desk show for NPR, and honestly, it’s an instant classic. Get stuck in.

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  • 10 SONGS WITH… HEY KIDS ROCK N ROLL

    Welcome to a new sporadic feature where we let interesting and cool people tell us what they’re listening to, what makes them tick, and what they love about certain records. 10 songs that mean something to someone you’ll be interested in – as easy as that. Imagine going back to someone’s house after the pub

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  • HEY, SAILORR IS COOL!

    When you think of Florida, you generally think of messy, silly things and some dodgy retirees in golf buggies. Of course, there’s so much more to the area than simply being America’s wang. There’s good music down there. From Jacksonville, there’s SAILORR, who has a fair amount of buzz around them at the minute, thanks

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  • NEW OBONGJAYAR IS ACE

    He’s based in the UK, but Nigerian born, Obongjayar – who is new to us – has announced a new record called ‘Paradise Now’, which we’ll all be able to hear in May. ‘Sweet Danger’ is the name of the new track, and honestly, whatever we were expecting from looking at a thumbnail, this ain’t

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  • MORE WORDPLAY FROM AESOP ROCK

    He’s one of the hardest lyricists on the planet, with almost unmatched wordplay for the most part, and with that, has come a legend cemented in the underground. He’s not likely to trouble a Top 40, but that’s not Aesop Rock’s M.O., so that’s fine. There’s a new track from a new album to listen

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  • MICHAEL HURLEY, RIP

    One of outsider folk’s greatest, Michael Hurley, has passed away aged 83. The sad news was confirmed by his family. Hurley was an influence on a host of artists and responsible for some of the greatest slices of American freak-country ever recorded. In a statement to Rolling Stone, they said: “It is with a resounding sadness

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  • TURNED OUT WU LYF WERE COMING BACK

    Remember us telling you that we thought WU LYF were coming back? Turns out they were. And if you like them, then there’s a new song to listen to and… well… a lot of words to read. We’ll get to that. This is their first new song in a decade, after the LP ‘Go Tell

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  • KRAFTWERK + DAFT PUNK FRAUD

    Former Kraftwerker, Wolfgang Flür, was all excited that he’d done a track with Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter. However, like many older people online, he was tricked by someone in the DMs. Poor old Wolfgang. He’d been teasing as such, for his latest LP ‘Times’, where he said that Thomas was working with Flür under a pseudonym

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  • NOW AND THEN / FINALLY HERE

    We’ve spoken quite a bit about the last Beatles recording and it’s finally here and available to listen to it. Very bittersweet experience in all honestly. It’s age appropriate too, so don’t be expecting any 808s or dirty wub wubs. A touching final chapter to the greatest band to ever do it.

  • JAMES ELKINGTON’S TAKE ON LIBRARY MUSIC

    For so many years, library music was only a thing that tapped people’s toes if they were absentmindedly watching TV, as it soundtracked incidental moments on shows and whatnot. However, nerds started valuing the complex pop-jazz moments, the ambient segues, and more. Soon enough, library music was having a renaissance. Matt Berry (who seems to…

  • BEATLES NOW AND THEN FILM IS HERE

    We’re very sentimental and excited about the ‘Now And Then’ release that’s due from The Beatles. It’s all very bittersweet, given that it’s the ‘last recording’ they’ll do. A short film with snippets from the isolated vocal, strings, pop vox from the family and surviving members and… …stop reading this and just press play already.…

  • BOOK A HOLIDAY TO AVOID LIAM GALLAGHER PLAYING YOUR HOME TOWN

    Want to get away for a holiday and need some impetus to get organised and booking something? Well, if you live in a major city, the following is the dates Liam Gallagher is playing and your local will be filled with lads with bad feathered hair cuts, wearing gazelles and waddling around with their feet…

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