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  • BUYING A SERIAL KILLER’S RECORD COLLECTION

    A really lovely video from Noble Records about an unusual situation where a record shop ends up buying the record collection of a serial killer. There’s a whole bunch of info and no-one is making light of anything, and this is a sweet and mega interesting video that you should watch. Hit play and give

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  • NEW MOGWAI, LADS

    Hey! Lets do Mogwai at karaoke tonight! Arf. Only kidding – they’ve got a new song for you to listen to and it is taken from a new album which is coming out in January. The LP is called ‘The Bad Fire’, and it’ll include ‘God Gets You Back’ which you may have heard earlier

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  • KING GIZ GO BAROQUE POP

    One of the fun things about King Gizzard is that, every time they release something new, they’ve taken something of a left turn. They’re a totally restless group who have gone through prog, metal, psychedelic rock and whatever else has been on their internal record player. Well, this time around, they’ve got the orchestra out

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  • WATCH PENTANGLE LIVE 1970

    This is new to us, but in 1970 ITV aired a show called ‘Songs From Two Brewers’ – a smoky club show that features Pentangle at the peak of their powers. It’s a run of six songs that’ll really put you in the room and this is essential viewing.

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  • INDIE SPEED GARAGE? EYAS THINKS SO

    She may be from Baltimore, but Eyas (Jenna Balderson to her pals) has seemingly taken inspiration from UKG with her indie-folk music, which sounds like it’d suck, but thankfully, it doesn’t. There’s a new EP afoot called ‘Quiet-loud’ and you’ll be able to hear the whole thing in late November. If you like what you

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  • REVIEW / TYLER, THE CREATOR / CHROMAKOPIA

    You can’t trust Tyler, The Creator. That’s part of his charm, right? He says he won’t be releasing any new music this year, and then almost out of the blue, a new album comes out and all the GOLF WANG devotees get their multicoloured trousers in a bunch and show the kind of unswerving devotion

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  • UNRELEASED THROBBING GRISTLE

    Want to hear a previously unreleased Throbbing Gristle track? Well, Mute are putting a new release out called ‘TG BERLIN’, which is a fancy boxset that charts unreleased work in Berlin, around a series of live events at the Volksbühne in 2005 and 2006. It’ll see the light of day on 6th December, and of course,

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  • NEW AMINÉ

    Aminé is one of the more melodic rappers on the scene and when he’s on form, he’s an absolute joy to listen to. There’s new music afoot too, and you can hear two songs from whatever project he’s got planned for everyone. These are his first two songs of the year, which would suggest a

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  • WHSMITH TO SELL VINYL

    WHSmith are going to start selling records again and obviously, we’re hoping that they bring back the cool bags they had in the ’70s and ’80s while they’re at it. This is the first time the retailer will be selling vinyl in their stores in decades. Exciting stuff, and proof that the world of LPs

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  • CHECK OUT THESE SPINAL TAP FIGURES

    We all love Spinal Tap – only losers can’t quote huge bits of the movie and singing along to the likes of ‘Stonehenge’ and ‘Gimme Some Money’. Well, if you want the guys stood on your shelf full of fancy things, you’re going to love these new figurines. These figures from Super7 and feature David

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  • YUNÉ PINKU DOES IT AGAIN

    We’re huge fans of Yuné Pinku here. Mixing the sounds of the familiar with future-house, she’s been making great music for a while now. The latest one is another sophisticated, slinky banger that is perfect to kickstart your weekend. It’s follows the excellent ‘BABYLON IX’ EP, and is called ‘Killing Be’. As ever with her…

  • HAZEL ENGLISH WITH 80s INDIE POP COOL

    A lot of new artists are influenced by ’80s indie, but sadly, too many of them are a bit Long Overcoats Stood Near Some Bins Black & White Photo Post Punkish Sourpusses. Not the case here with Hazel English. She’s released a song called ‘Heartbreaker’ and it’s a midtempo gem, with lighter than air synths…

  • HEAR NEW GRANDADDY

    Grandaddy are great, and with that, it’s great to say there’s a new album coming out and a new song to listen to. The LP is called ‘Blu Wav’ and you can hear it on February 16th. The brainchild of the mighty Jason Lytle, the new long player is apparently a mix of bluegrass and new…

  • LAST BEATLE SONG CONFIRMED

    It’s confirmed. The last Beatle music approaches and, as we thought, it’s ‘Now And Then’. You can see what we said about it here, if you want the back story. The track will be with us on 2nd November and the official blurb from the Beatles camp says: “Now And Then” is the last Beatles…

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