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It can be a bit boring likening a band to Stereolab and Broadcast, but we’re getting a nice echo of both those groups from the new track from Cornwall’s Low Harness. Now, we’ll add that they’ve very much got their own twist on the whole thing – it’s space pop, it’s a bit psychedelic, it’s
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Hip hop’s nicest boy, Mac Miller left us too young. However, good news for fans is that there’s more music for you with a posthumous release called ‘Balloonerism’, which people attending Camp Flog Gnaw got a glimpse of recently. Miller’s estate are making the whole thing official and the LP will be released in January.
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It can be fun thinking about alternate realities, where a one decision turned into another. In this instance, it’s John Lennon and Eric Clapton forming a band after The Beatles broke up. Jeez, that would have been one toxic set-up, right? Well, a draft copy of a letter written by Lennon in 1971 to Clapton
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There’s going to be a new version of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ out this year and y’know, it’s a song that’s done a lot of good, even if it isn’t a perfect thing. There’s a lot to be said about it, the narrative of the lyrics, how much good is has actually
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Rap beefs are often ugly affairs, but by and large, no-one acts like a total baby. Sure, people may wave the white flag with their tail between their legs, but they don’t snitch about it. However, not all rappers are Drake who, while still dizzyingly popular (don’t doubt that), is really taking this particular Kendrick
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Look, no-one likes to besmirch anyone’s hard work, but when a band has a stratospheric rise and a bunch of massive support gigs with next to no information on them and their rise, in 2024, people are going to get suspicious. So, just like those awful podcasts that hur-de-hur-hur and say “look man, we’re just
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Anyone who knows anything about Jimmy Sommerville knows that he’s The People’s Champ. Always on the right side of history, and just so happens to be the writer of one of the most vital and important songs in pop history – ‘Smalltown Boy’. The song has found itself in a sticky place by people acting
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After the absolutely breathtaking spectacle and culture event of the Kendrick/Drake feud, King Kenny wasn’t quite done. We knew he was planning a Super Bowl Halftime show, which honestly, isn’t likely to be half as good as his Pop Out show back in June where he invited half of Los Angeles on stage with him
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Look, if you’re the kind of bozo that turns their nose up at jazz, look away now. Jeff Parker is a serious musician who likes to play. Now, you might be thinking of overtly worthy music that is meant to challenge and stimulate and all that – and while Parker is no slouch, there is
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While we don’t profess to be experts in the ways of desert rock, and worry that we might be typing out ‘dessert rock’ by accident every time, we know what we like, and we like this new one from Dax Riggs. It’s a fine slab of desert sludge fuzz, and this is apparently Riggs’ first
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MANC RAPPER TAKES ON STEVE MASON
You remember Steve Mason from the Beta Band right? He’s always up to something. The latest is getting Mancunian rapper OneDa to rework his ‘Moss Side Fish Fry’, and it’s a elastic bass synth gem, honestly. OneDa says: “I approached this track as I would do a spoken word piece, using my verses in a…
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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.
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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…
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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.…
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