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Nightlife is changing in the UK, and not for the better. Everything being more expensive is hurting businesses and customers alike, resulting in fewer people wanting to go out, and ultimately, it’s our sense of community and literal togetherness is lost. Another legend is closing their doors as G-A-Y in Soho have said that it…
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When you’re fully in the lore of standom, every utterance from your favourite artist is either an in-joke, or breadcrumbs to follow for some deeper meaning. And that’s where we’re at with the stratospherically successful Taylor Swift who, in terms of ticket sales and hit records, can basically do no wrong. However, what if you’re…
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If you thought the response from White America was bad after Kendrick’s Super Bowl halftime show, just wait until Bad Bunny does his set at the next one in February. Of course, Bad Bunny announced a world tour, and featured no shows in mainland USA, and has said that – rightly – he’d fear for…
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Chet Baker’s gentle jazz has endured all these years because it still sounds so cool, so smart, and a melancholy salve in chaotic times. With that, we’d like to share this clip from 1964, where Baker and his band offer a superb reading of ‘Time After Time’. You’ll notice Chet has a prominent tooth missing.…
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Magdalena Bay’s ‘Imaginal Disk’ taught po-faced indie kids that pop music was cool again, and mercifully, the album was an absolute treat for anyone who listened to it, existing pop fan or otherwise. Great news then, that the duo are back with a brace of new songs. The first is called ‘Second Sleep’, the second…
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Forget the comebacks of Blur, Suede, Oasis et al – the greatest rock group of the ’90s (and beyond) are coming back – it’s SUPER FURRY ANIMAL TIME! There’s going to be gigs and fizzy solos, head-melting synths and everything you love about SFA! There’ll also be a reissue of Love Kraft too, which is…
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Hannah Jadagu’s a new name to us, but is signed to Sub Pop, which is usually a sign of quality enough to be checking out. Hannah has a new LP coming out soon called ‘Describe’, and you can hear a great new song from it called ‘Gimme Time’, which is an ear-wormy, synthy, soulful thing…
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It’s a bad look when you’re recognising Palestine as a state one minute, but overseeing a system of law that’s trying someone who has been a vocal champion of that same place and the people within it. That’s what’s going down with the UK government and various politicians, who are looking at the terror charges…
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House music is, for the most part, all about the hypnotic swing and MDMA enhancing repetitiveness, maybe with a little vocal hook to keep you singing along. Sometimes however, when House is given the due care and attention it deserves, it can sound like the most expensive thing in the world, with luxurious, modern production,…
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The trap sound has, regrettably, started sounding a bit old hat, leaving young rappers looking elsewhere for inspo. And so, to Redveil, who has a new one out which is a swirly, classic soul sampling track which reminds us of cool Stones Throw stuff from the early ’00s and an echo of Dilla too. A…
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YOU’LL LIKE THIS ONE FROM TKAY MAIDZA
Tkay Maidza’s newie is a gem of a track that we think you’ll like. It’s called ‘Out Of Luck’ and a rubbery, slinky piece of dancefloor ready R&B. If you like KAYTRANADA, you’ll dig. He’s on the LP on production duties, so this may well be him. We haven’t looked it up. The track is…
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CELESTIAL CANDYFLOSS FROM GRUFF RHYS
Gruff Rhys has a new single out called ‘Celestial Candyfloss’ and of course, we’re always happy to hear his voice. However, seeing as the rest of the Super Furry Animals also have new music out as Das Koolies, it’s making us unhappy that all of them aren’t teaming up for a new SFA LP. We’re…
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TOPLOADER + TORIES: A DISSECTION
Let’s get the gags out of the way first, regarding the news that Toploader played the Conservative Party conference this week. Were they doing a set of their greatest hit? Arf. It’s true though, that Toploader played at a party for awful, braying Tories. Various Tories and right-whingers shared clips of the group and had…
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GRRRL GANG / NEW HOT MESS
‘Spunky!’ is the name of the LP and Grrrl Gang are the band, and you’re going to be hearing a lot of them in the coming months. Every so often, a group appears and it just feels like everyone’s rooting for them – this is the latest band that feel like that. The debut album…
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