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What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,…
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Dec 19

BEST SONGS OF 2023 [AND MORE]

A great song doesn’t necessarily appear on a great album. A great song might not be on any album at all. So with that, we’re rounding up our favourite songs of the year and there’s a variety of ways you can consume these. If you don’t like turning the volume up on your phone under…
Dec 18

REST EASY, AMP FIDDLER

One of the finest to do it, one of Detroit’s finest musicians, Amp Fiddler has sadly passed away, aged 65. He’s been described as “the king of the new era of Detroit soul”, and his music incorporated a number of influences and styles, from honey-dipped electronics, to hard funk, to soul, hip hop, house, collaborating…
Dec 17

LOST BOB MARLEY SONG / LISTEN

Fans of Bob Marley – listen to a previously lost song from the iconic singer-songwriter. The previously unreleased track is called ‘Selassie is the Chapel’, and don’t expect a party jam – this is a spiritual number, rich in harmonies. It’s good. You’ll like it. It was first recorded in ’68 and you can get…
Dec 16

GHLOW HIT HARD WITH NEWIE

Swedish pair GHLOW have announced a new album which will be called ‘Levitate’ and out in March. That’s all well and good, but can we listen to something first? Course we can! That’s precisely why we’ve done this piece. The new song is called ‘Big City’ and it’s a bit of a face-melter. Super fuzz,…

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