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Hip hop has found itself in a funny place lately. Everyone’s broke. There’s been a pandemic. Energy bills are out of control. Prices are going up. It’s difficult to listen to someone talk about how many millions they’ve got hanging off their wrist. It’s tough to stomach listening to someone complain about how lonely they
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Have you heard of Michael Rault? Well, there’s a good chance he released the finest LP of 2022, if you’re into perfect pop that’s cut with all good things like West Coast 70s music, Paul McCartney’s Wings, ELO (aka Beatles: The Musical), Harry Nilsson etc. If you need more modern recommendations, then file Michael Rault
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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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FATBACK BAND PROTO HOUSE GEM
We were idly reading this piece about the Fatback Band and, jovially we’ll note, they were talking about how underrated they are. They’re 100% correct and they are without doubt one of the most influential bands to ever do it. In the piece, they mentioned a track that we didn’t recognise and if you’re not…
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HEAR THE NEW STONES SONG
We, along with everyone else, was right about the Hackney Diamonds thing, in that it was a new LP from the Rolling Stones. That’s the name of the imminent album and there’s a new song we can listen to called ‘Angry’. The song itself? Well, it sounds like The Stones which is exactly what you’re…
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HIT BARGAIN WITH A RIP-SNORTER
Sometimes you need a track that just punches you square in the face and runs away cackling like they’ve done you a favour. Handily enough, the new one from Hit Bargain does exactly that. It’s chaotic and loud and dafter than a bag of lit fireworks. The band are made of members of Pains of…
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GARY WRIGHT, LOVE STILL ALIVE
Gary Wright has sadly left the building. Even if you think you don’t know him, you probably do, and if not, you ought to get to know his music now. Wright had been unwell for a while, but let us focus on what he did and a life well lived. He started off his creative…
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