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Josh Caffe is a DJ and all-round renaissance man, so it is no surprise that his new track is making us want to go out and do the kinds of things that make our jaws stick out before bailing on the party to go home for some sexy time. Part electro, part breaks, part proto-house…
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Gilla Band used to be called Girl Band, but felt weird about that, so rebranded. Fair enough. Well, they’re a sporadic bunch, so we’ve not had any music from them in a while, but obviously, we’re writing about them because that’s changed! They’re back with a new, noisy thing called ‘Giraffe’, and amongst the noise,…
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If you’re in the market for some really cool psychedelic music, you need to get on the new one from Texas group Holy Wave. This is a proper song, rather than po-faced drone psych, don’t worry. They’re releasing a new LP called ‘i’m DADA’ on July 10th, and before that, you can listen to ‘s33.u.in/HAL’. Silly…
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We shared a track from this lot the other day, which we described as ‘swirly’, but that’s not the case with this filthy little chugger. Called ‘LA Traffic’ (people are obsessed with driving in Los Angeles, honestly!) it is the latest release before the album comes out. The album is called ‘Attention’ and it is…
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There’s no two ways about it – the Republican Party has never really been a close friend of pop music. Elvis was pally with Nixon, but Elvis had gone pretty shitty by that phase of his career, all jumpsuit and loose marbles. Ray Charles played at some GOP inaugurations, but he played at any that…
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A while ago, Henry Rollins (Black Flag etc) and Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) said they were working on a project together, and everyone just kinda assume they were making some new music with each other – not the case. After the initial ‘no, it ain’t us’ shutdown, Rollins explained that they’d been working on…
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DJ Koze has released a number of great things in his time, not least his fabulous ‘Knock Knock’ LP in 2018 which really got everyone tapping their toes and thinking about days dancing in nice weather. Well, he’s back and has a new double-A-side coming out on June 12th. Not sure if there’s a new…
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Big Freedia has announced a new EP and the whole thing has been produced by the late SOPHIE, and as you can imagine, it absolutely slaps! It’ll get a release this summer when we’re all in the party mode. There’s three tracks to chew on, and we’ll be able to listen to the whole thing…
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There was almost something instinctual about the way Sonny Rollins played his music. In Jazz, there’s a lot of academics and blowhards – but Rollins was a different prospect, and an absolute titan of the scene to boot. One of the Hall of Famers for sure, a generational talent, he has died at the mighty…
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Mass surveillance, new age spiritualism grifters, populist politics, a thoroughly unsensible media landscape, quack medicine pushed by sexists, conspiracy, Q Anon, artificial intelligence, the threat of nuclear war, drone strikes, fash technology, bots, robots chasing wild boars through urban areas – we live in weird, unsettling times. So it feels right that Boards of Canada…
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PITCHFORK RIP?
There’s no money in writing about music, and that seems to be a sad fact of the present day. In fact, there’s been no money in it for years, which is a shame as music criticism and opinion struggles to gain a foothold in a period where, honestly, most fans are waiting for marquee releases…
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PLAYBOI CARTI’S UNREAL COMMENT SECTION
Playboi Carti has a new song out called ‘EvilJ0rdan’, on the back of some pretty unsavoury stuff. He appeared with Kanye while he was wearing his Klan hood, on the back of an allegation that he’d choked and assaulted his pregnant girlfriend. The track is below and contains lyrics like “monkey nuts, hold me, baby”…
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IS TAYLOR SWIFT A GENRE NOW?
A website asked, because of her all conquering popularity, if Taylor Swift is a genre all to herself now. No, of course she isn’t. Don’t be ridiculous.
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FUTURE POP FROM AKINI JING
Akini Jing is making some seriously good future pop and you need to get on it right now. New LP is out called ‘VILLAIN’ and after writing for other acts, they’re now keeping the good stuff for themselves. Cyborg-ish, forward thinking music that’s crucially fun and catchy too. New track, ‘Call Me Shadow’, is flawless stuff,…
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