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‘Taxman’ is one of George Harrison’s most identifiable songs, lambasting those pesky politicians for taxing him too hard. As we know, The Beatles stopped touring in the middle of their career, so there’s a wealth of music the boys never played live – so it’s always a thrill to see anything from the late period
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One hit wonders get a lot of hate, thanks in part to being overplayed, and usually, because they’re catchy bubblegum tracks that land in the middle of supposed credible music, for which they’re unfavourably compared. And so, to 1998 and Britpop has moved to one side in favour of Landfill Indie, and Massive Attack emerge
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If you enjoyed the last Ethel Cain record – and you should’ve because it’s great – then you can have a peer behind the curtain of it, with the release of some demos. It’s the demos from ‘Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You’ and they were released on NYE, but we’ve only just seen them
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To say we’re not fans of The Smiths would be something of an understatement. Seeing as fans of the group fail to take the hint and keep proselytising about them, it might be time to see what the actual deal is. Of course, these records have been listened to in the past, but in the
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Welcome to 2026, and let us start the year with some new music, as tempted as we were to start the new year off with some snark. Let’s be nice before we get to saying anything salty about anyone, right? We kick off with a TDE love-in, as Doechii and SZA team up on an
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Chris Rea has sadly left us, and this being the Christmas period, it’s sad that he left as people settled down to his classic yuletide groover, ‘Driving Home For Christmas’. There’ll be a lot of fond words written about the great man, but we’d like to pay tribute by highlighting some of his finest songs,
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You’re buying presents, going on work parties, getting the bags in, doing shopping, worrying about the turkey and wondering when you’ll have five minutes to sit down with a glass of something nice to yourself, with some records on. Christmas and New Year. The silliest time of the year but, ultimately, one of the most
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When Outkast accepted their Rock N Roll Hall of Fame award, Andre 3000 held the microphone and said a simple, but powerful phrase: “Great things start in little rooms. We started in a little room”. Let’s look at that. See, we constantly hear about some cultural stasis and how everything isn’t as good as it
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The Lemon Twigs and Tchotchke have teamed up for a Christmas song, which goes by the name ‘Tchotchkes’. It’s a fun slice of retro, festive, harmony pop which you’d expect and hope for, and if you’re looking for a new Christmas song for the playlists, this might be it! Get stuck in!
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We already shared the first of Bill Callahan’s new music – but there’s more! ‘Lonely City’ is the second song from the forthcoming ‘My Days of 58’ album, and is apparently a tribute to the Big Apple, New York city. He says: “Lonely City is a song I’ve been meaning to write for decades. It
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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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