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  • BEGIN TRANSMISSION

    What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,

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  • REST WELL, ROBBIE ROBERTSON

    The thing with The Band is that they seemed to land perfectly formed. Are there many better debut albums than ‘Music From The Big Pink’? As well as spearheading the revival of rootsy Americana, which is no mean feat in itself, to find yourself there when Dylan was called “Judas!”, Robbie Robertson lived enough for…

  • RODRIGUEZ / RIP

    Detroit psychedelic legend, Sixto Rodriguez has sadly passed away. The news was confirmed across social media – he was 81 years old. In a very simple message, a note read: It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our Legend, Rodriguez. Most people will know the songwriter from his song ‘Sugar Man’…

  • NEW WEYES BLOOD

    Hey! Weyes Blood makes terrific music and very cool music videos and there’s something new for you to look at! Now, it’s not a new track – it’s ‘Hearts Aglow’ from her excellent last LP – and looks like the cycle of this project is coming to a close, as the video reminisces about her…

  • LIN MANUEL AND THE WARRIORS MUSICAL

    You may have read that headline and assumed that we’d taken a massive blow to the back of the head. Alas, no. Y’see, Lin-Manuel Miranda seems like a genuinely nice fella and all, but he’s got that unswerving confidence and wide-eyed optimism that you only find in musical theatre kids from NYC. Add to that,…

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