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Hauntology is such a grimly hip phrase at the minute, but sometimes, it just fits so nicely when you’re listening to something that gives you the good willies. With Honey Gentry, it’s the sound of lilting country balladry, delivered via a ouija board. Not to say it’s menacing music, but rather, spectral and otherworldly and…
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If you’ve been looking for that melodramatic, overwrought joy that you’d get from, say, Talk Talk and even Tears For Fears, then you won’t go far wrong here. There’s a track we’re particularly fond of called ‘Miss Yesterday’ (and ‘The Edge‘ is definitely worth your time as well) which is the dreamiest of pop, and…
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Hey Tom Waits fans! Newly remastered bits from the gravel voiced master and the whole thing has been personally overseen by Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan, according to the press release we’re copying from. We’re looking at the period between ’83 and ’93, which contains some real hot stuff. They’ll be reissued on vinyl, and…
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Pharoah Sanders’ 1977 album ‘Pharoah’ is getting a reissue in a box set from Luaka Bop, which is cool and all, but the real rub is that there’s going to be previously unreleased music, which is great news! It’ll end up on streaming services if you’re not earning box set money, don’t worry. September 15th…
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Are you of a certain age and you fondly recall the days of 4AD Records, where there was a spate of bands melding shoegaze and dance music, with oversized jumpers and even more oversized fringes? Are you a young person who looks back on those days wishing you could have heard these songs as new?…
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You’re not supposed to give them attention, apparently, because that’s all they want. However, fuck that. See, apparently there’s a culture war-a-brewin’, and honestly, it’s 99% people just getting on with their lives and 1% just crying into the seat of their pants, and that’s worth pointing out. There’s two ‘anti woke’ tracks doing the…
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Nashville may well make you thinking of rhinestones and country music, but Nashville is a big place and has way more going on than you might think. And so, to gonzo punks Snõõper who are about to release their debut LP and judging from the track we’re about to share, it’s going to be a…
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For some, UK Garage never went away and, of course, in the underground, there’s been people holding it down for 2 Step, speed garage, or whatever you call it. However, it’s fair to say that we haven’t seen the charts troubled by garage, which is a crying shame – until now! Zayn Malik – the…
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GAIKA – UK electronic music’s hybrid of Basquiat and Prince (no pressure, Gaika) – has a new track out called ‘PIÑATA’ on Big Dada. Always super interesting and often defying categorisation (hence the Basquiat/Prince thing just now) there’s a new LP due in September called ‘Drift’. The new track was made alongside Kidä and is…
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Fall Out Boy have covered Billy Joel and they’ve updated the lyrics. WAIT WHAT! HOW DARE THEY etc etc. Listen, we geddit. And we’re no fans of Fall Out Boy per se, but wait a minute, wait a minute, wait a minute. This is kinda daft fun, and you need to hear Pete Wentz out…
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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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HARDEST BEATLE QUIZ
There’s a lot of quizzes about The Beatles in the world, but very few of them will get devotees’ brain-matter really fizzing. Well, there’s one on the always charming Dave Bennett YouTube channel which made our brains melt. It’s not impossible, but there’s moments where you’ll yell ‘I KNOW THIS ARRGH!’, and the answers are…
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CHAI NEW STUFF SOUNDING WONDERFUL
CHAI are a very cool pop band that you should get to know if you haven’t already. It’s been called ‘Neo Kawaii’, and that’s definitely a great name for the sound – but there’s also a sniff of Minneapolis funk about it, amongst the Mega Drive menu music choogle. CHAI’s self-titled new LP is out…
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MATT BERRY VS KPM
Matt Berry is a renaissance man and unswervingly cool. With the most charmed of lives, he acts wonderfully, but also has fashioned himself a corner where he gets to be a loved psychedelic record collector swine. He’s handsome too. What a guy! Well, he’s going to release a new LP called ‘Simplicity’ on November 17th,…
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