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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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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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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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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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Regardless of whether Spotify is a net good for music, one thing that is fun is seeing what people have been listening to. Sure, the psychoanalysis that goes along with it can give you something to mildly worry about at night, but the 2020s just saw people using social media to share music all but…
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There’s going to be a bit too much perspective as Spinal Tap are coming back with a new film! And there’s some hot cameos for the new one, just like the original movie! This new one will feature Paul McCartney, Garth Brooks and Elton John, amongst others. Talking with Richard Herring on the RHLSTP podcast,…
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The KLF are a confusing pair, aren’t they? For a start, we could have just called them The JAMs. Or The Timelords. Or Justified Ancients of Mu Mu. There’s other names too. See? Wilfully awkward and we’re fully signed up for it and love it. Bill Drummond and Jimmy Cauty, we’re glad to inform you,…
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We’ve met Kali Uchis and they’re very nice, y’know? However, that was back in the days where she’d allow herself to smile in public. She doesn’t smile much these days, because she might be too cool for that. However, since pretty much conquering the globe and she is back with a new track that will…
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We can’t pretend to care hugely about this news, but you might like the inkling that LCD Soundsystem are coming back. Look – they’re a Guilty Displeasure for us (a band we probably should like, we like on paper, and have tried to like them but it’s just not happening). Anyway, this is about you…
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Daryl Hall got tongues wagging when it turned out there was a restraining order put on John Oates, and immediately, everyone thought it meant the kind of restraining order you put on someone when they’re stalking you. It fed into an unpleasant narrative of Hall being the showy narcissist, and Oates some pint-sized, beleaguered simp.…
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LYNKS / BANGERS & LEWKS
Lynks (formerly Lynks Afrikka, which is one of the best monikers we’ve ever seen, honestly) is back with a certified slapper with ‘New Boyfriend’ and that heralds a new tour for 2024 too! Talking to the NME, they said: “peaking about the track, Lynks said: “”Look, ultimately I think I’m a fairly smart, reasonable, logical…
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A BAND CALLED O. / IMPOSSIBLE TO SEARCH ONLINE, BUT COOL.
The band are called O. and that’s almost impossible to search for on the internet, which is fine and very post-modern and all, but we’re not here to judge. Fact is, they’ve been signed to Speedy Wunderground and that’s a label that does cool stuff, so this is going to be cool right? You bet!…
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GRUPOS LOS YOYI / CUBAN DISCO FUSION GREAT
Like rare records but hate spending a bazillion quid on them? Thank god for reissues! And thank god for Mr Bongo who are reissuing the ace Grupos Los Yoyi LP, ‘Yoyi’. Bongo are launching a Cuban series and this is a gem of a psychedelic funk affair, that touches on fusion, disco, future shit, Latin…
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SQUELCH POP FROM SAMANTHA URBANI
We know very little about Samantha Urbani, but that’s okay – you don’t need a back story to get into someone’s cool new record do you? That said, we’re eager to find out more on hearing new song ‘Time Keeps Slipping’ which is from her debut LP, ‘Showing Up’. Have a listen. Sounds a bit…
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