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Grandaddy are great, and with that, it’s great to say there’s a new album coming out and a new song to listen to. The LP is called ‘Blu Wav’ and you can hear it on February 16th. The brainchild of the mighty Jason Lytle, the new long player is apparently a mix of bluegrass and new…
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It’s confirmed. The last Beatle music approaches and, as we thought, it’s ‘Now And Then’. You can see what we said about it here, if you want the back story. The track will be with us on 2nd November and the official blurb from the Beatles camp says: “Now And Then” is the last Beatles…
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Kurt Vile. A new song? A tour? Go on then. Vile, y’see, has a new EP coming out called ‘Back To Moon Beach’ and the tour is in the States, and seeing as our analytics say that most of our readers are European, that’s not the good news – but new music! Hurray! Below, if…
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DJ Sabrina the Teenage DJ continues to melt our brains with music that’s somehow both nostalgic pop AND futuristic psychedelic house music, and we love it. A new video just dropped for the track ‘For Now And Forever’ which is taken from the Destiny album and follows a fairly consistent and very funny long trolling…
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The Beatles have casually dropped a tweet that’s got everyone’s knickers in a twist. It’s a link to their website where there’s a graphic of a cassette. There’s already some clues to be worked out too, for the eagled eyed. First, let’s look at the cassette. You can zoom in a bit harder when you’re…
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If you haven’t heard of the ace supergroup made up of African women, you need to sort that out now. They’re called Les Amazones d’Afrique, and they have a new single out called ‘Kuma Fo (What They Say)’, and it’s ace electronics with trad African music sung in native languages from Mali, Benin, Burkina Faso,…
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It always feels like music is destined for the young, but sometimes, artists hit a late career high and have a hit long after a supposed imperial period. Artists of a certain vintage (and some not so old, obviously) find a new voice, often with a more mature sound or finding new creativity in age.…
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In preparation for the release of the new Portable Radio LP ‘Counting To Three’ this Friday (pre-order and buy it here), on the back of an excellent review in Shindig! magazine, the gang have recorded a special FREE RANGE radio show, sharing some songs from the album as well as their influences and favourites. Tracklisting…
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Trailblazing women, often undervalued and overlooked, are about to get their spotlight with a cool new compilation and an exhibition at the Tate. Called ‘Women in Revolt! Underground Rebellion in British Music 1977-1985’ will be a 14 track comp, available on vinyl and digitally of course. This is a partner piece to the imminent exhibition…
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We’ve lost The 45 King, and we couldn’t let his passing go without paying tribute. Real name Mark James, The 45 King is a supremely influential producer and mover and shaker in hip hop and club music, even if he wasn’t a household name broadly. Influence and fame aren’t the same thing. James has produced…
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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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