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Did you hear that Gnarls Barkley are getting back together and releasing their final LP? You probably did. Well, if you heard and just want to listen to the new track from CeeLo Green and Danger Mouse, scroll down. If you didn’t hear the news, the album will be called ‘Atlanta’, and it’ll be out March 6th,…
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Tom Jenkinson AKA Squarepusher is releasing a new record which will be his SIXTEENTH release – impressive stuff. Of course, you can hear a new song from it below to whet your whistle while you wait for the whole thing. The album is called ‘Kammerkonzert’ and is out on April 10th on Warp. While you may…
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It can be a heavy thing carrying a famous name, and that’s what the Womack Sisters have to deal with, what with them being the nieces of the legendary Bobby, BG, Zeimani, and Kucha Womack respectively. The girls have signed to Daptone and have a new single out called ‘You Went Away Too Long’, which…
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In 1984, legendary alternative pop show The Tube decided to go to Berlin to see what was happening. The Cold War was looming large and the hipsters were out en masse – some of them dressing up like the Gestapo and vicars, as well as the classic Goth Punk looks of the time. Muriel Gray…
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It is so nice to hear some music that is influenced by psychedelic music, but doesn’t lean wholly on that fuzz pedals and drone stuff that most gravitate toward. We geddit. We like Suicide and the Velvets too. And so, to Eggs On Mars. They’ve decided that instead of black denim jackets and Chelsea boots,…
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Low energy delivery and genre hopping between a twee take on Drill, and like, early Noughties indie pop? If you want to feel ancient, you might need to put Feng’s new album on. And no, we don’t really know what genre it is. See, this music sounds like something that young people get mega excited…
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When Bad Bunny name-checked Willie Colón is his mega-hit ‘Nuevayol’, he knew exactly what he was doing – he was placing himself squarely next to one of Puerto Rico’s greatest sons. Born in the Bronx to Puerto Rican parents, Colón recorded some of Fania Records most legendary and culturally significant records. Fusing salsa, jazz, funk,…
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Samm Henshaw has been making something of a name for himself, getting support from the likes of James Bay, Chance the Rapper, and various Radio One DJs, and based on this song we stumbled across, it isn’t surprising really. We tripped over ‘Hair Down’ which is a super soulful number, that has that kinda choral…
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When you’re in a band that’s done rather well out of sloganeering and hitting out at politicians and capitalist society and all that, it’s a bit rich when you suddenly start trying to heal the world by simply shrugging at everything, which is the position Jonny Greenwood seems to find himself in. Of course, Radiohead…
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Denzel Curry has a new rap group and they’re going by the name The Scythe and honestly, it feels good to have a hip hop outfit doing the rounds after years and years of solo artistry – we need more collectives in rap music (and R&B too)! With that, they’ve shared a new track from…
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GOD BLESS YOU, SHANE MACGOWAN
If there’s one thing no-one can ever accuse Shane MacGowan of, it’s a boring life. Excessive, sure, but on his own terms – MacGowan may be most famous for a Christmas song, but the real heads know that there’s so much more to him than the ‘Fairytale of New York’. Big Shane was born in…
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SIMON REYNOLDS WRITES ABOUT THE FUTURE
Writer and pop-culture fiend Simon Reynolds is releasing a new book. He’s a clever so-and-so, so this is good news. He’s looked at retro culture and dance music in the past, so marrying the two (of a fashion), this time, he’s looking backward to look forward. The book is called ‘Futuromania: Electronic Dreams, Desiring Machines…
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JAMC ENTER THEIR XTRMNTR PHASE
Bobby Gillespie may have left the Jesus & Mary Chain yonks ago, but there’s still a spiritual connection between the Reids and Primal Scream. With that, JAMC has got a new song out and it reminds us a bit of the Screamteam in their XTRMNTR period. Tenuous, sure, but if we didn’t write something, we’d…
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WELL WELL THE HIGH LLAMAS ARE HERE AGAIN
We love the High Llamas and we’re surprised that they’ve just decided to come back with new music. What wonderful news for anyone with ears! The album is going to drop on March 29th on Drag City. There might be some shows too, which is ace. There’s two co-writing credits from Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy too.…
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