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Most of us are well aware of the amazing comp/boxset etc ‘Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968′, first out in ’72 and basically (alongside a little help from Lester Bangs’ writing) invented garage punk as a genre. The compilation was put together by Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith’s cohort) and it is rightly
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Paul Hillery’s mixes over on Mixcloud are the stuff of legend if you love groovy and witchy psychedelic folk. His selections switch from dreamlike, to super chuggers, to sometimes evil sounding and such. He’s one of the best and he even did the holy grail of getting a compilation out (vinyl here, if you’re already
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T-Pain is brilliant. He’s always been brilliant. He can turn his hand to almost anything and yet, there’s foolish people out there who still think he can’t sing and that autotune does all the work. T-Pain has always had the vocal chops and anyone who has seen his Tiny Desk show knows how fantastic and
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It’s kinda hideous to liken anyone to any of the flag-bearers of Neo Soul, but it is handy when you’re trying to convey that we’re dealing with a modern artist that is able to both look forward with their music, but also use all the rich musical past that exists, especially in soul music. So
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February 24th is the date to put in your phone calendars if you’re a fan of avant garde, smart as a whip electronica. That’s because two killer Autechre LPs are getting rebooted on vinyl, so you can load up your deck with the good stuff. There’ll be reissues of ‘Confield’ and ‘Draft 7.30’. Both LPs
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It must be just as annoying as it is a compliment to be ‘hotly tipped’ in the world of pop – but hotly tipped Emei is, and with their new track ‘Scatterbrain’, it’s very obvious why. In terms of pop music, this errs on the side of alt.pop, which is always fun – it effectively
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Hey hey! It’s the Twiglets! The Lemon Twigs are back, and there’s going to be a new album and a tour – and for UK fans, the tour is extra special for reasons we’ll go into in a minute. The new LP will be called ‘Everything Harmony’ and there’s a new track from it called
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You could just skip all these words and press play on the video below, but you might want to find out what we’ve found out too. The basic deal here though, is this is a bit of a departure for Deerhoof and the song is really great. It’s called ‘Wedding, March, Flower’ and it starts
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You can find all manner of amazing and strange things when you keep watching lousy old documentaries. We’ll get onto that shortly though, because first, have you ever found yourself dancing along to ‘Why Did You Do It?’ by Stretch? It’s a favourite of the DJs, or you may have it on one of your
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De La Soul are a group that means so much to so many people. There’s not many better debut albums than ‘3 Feet High And Rising’, loved just as much by hip hop die-hards as people who loved pop, rock, dance music, soul music and the rest. At the turn of the ’90s, after the
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MGMT RELEASE MUSIC
What’s funny about MGMT is that they’ve managed to annoy a whole host of people and not really done anything to warrant it. Kid Cudi likes them enough to jump on stage with them while full of acid, so they’ve got that in their favour. Maybe they’ve got annoying fans? We genuinely don’t know. Anyway,…
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HALLOWEEN MIX
Want a cool Halloween mix that swerves the usual stuff (not that there’s anything wrong with the usual stuff) and has a bit more fuzz and bite? Good news! Here’s a fun garagey, fuzzy, occasionally camp mix of creeptacular tunes for your Halloween party (or if you’re looking for a creepy journey home from work…
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THE EMBASSY / FULL BALEARIC
Is it Balearic? Is it slo-mo house? Who cares if it sounds this fun! Like half a pill dancing up your spin, Swedish duo The Embassy have a new record out that’s as nice as the sand between your toes. The track is called ‘Dream On’ and it is taken from a new LP called…
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SPOTIFY ROYALTIES / FFS WHAT NOW?
Unless you’re a musician, you’re probably not that bothered about Spotify’s royalty rates – but maybe you should be. See, the convenience of Spotify is absolutely unparalleled, and most people now have an almost endless library of music in their pockets, so you can listen to huge catalogues of music on the commute. But what…
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