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  • MATTHEW SWEET’S PERFECT POP

    Look, we could tell you all about Matthew Sweet, or we could assume you already know all about him. Frankly, we don’t think we need to do all of that, because if you’re new to him, this song will be all the impetus you need to find out more for yourself. That’s because some songs…

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  • RARE EARLY BOWIE DUE

    Before he transformed himself into Ziggy Stardust and took over the alternative rock scene, David Bowie was trying to position himself as a mod-face about town, making beat records in tight trousers. Well, these years (which produced some serviceable work, honestly) are being looked at on a new set which will be released on September…

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  • REVIEW / NIA ARCHIVES / EMOTIONAL JUNGLIST

    The problem with drum ‘n’ bass albums is that, if you only like the genre to a certain point – or solely on a night out, dancing communally with others – they can wear a bit thin quite quickly. That’s why, when someone makes a breakout, crossover record, they have to cast their net a…

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  • ALL SET FOR NEW GAYANCE LP

    Gayance is a huge favourite of ours, and the last album she released is still firmly on our turntable. ‘Mascarade’ married house with R&B, jazz fusion and all your favourite styles of music, in one unique and irresistible package. If you want to read a review of the album, you can do that here. With…

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  • CORNERSHOP BACK WITH ANOTHER BANGER

    Cornershop are a true treasure from the British Isles, reminding us that music can be every bit as fun as it is important. You can make a point and take some jabs at dickheads while still putting a big smile on everyone’s faces, right? Either way, Leicester’s finest have a new track out which marries…

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  • POST PUNK FUNK FROM SWEEPING PROMISES

    If you like your Post Punk to have a bucketload of funk and dirty disco in it, then you need to get on this new track from Sweeping Promises. They happen to have a new LP coming out in August called ‘You Say I Romanticize’ too, so good news all ’round. They say of this…

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  • LINDA LINDAS TEAM UP WITH HAYLEY WILLIAMS

    There’s a lot of fuss being made about The Linda Lindas and honestly, it seems well earned to us, as they’re a good-time shot in the arm for punk with a pop slant, that doesn’t sound like the dreaded ‘pop punk’ – there is a difference. Now, the girls are on a major label and…

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  • NIA ARCHIVES VS JORJA SMITH

    Well, if it isn’t an absolute marriage made in heaven – the new champion of drum ‘n’ bass and the queen of bassline – Nia Archives and Jorja Smith – on a track together! It makes a whole lot of sense, and you know it! This is the fourth single from Nia’s new album ‘Emotional…

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  • REVIEW / UNDERSCORES / U

    It’s strange for old heads to hear the influence of old, glitchy electronic music finding it’s way into new releases that basically sound like pop music. And it’s strange in a good way. The influence of SOPHIE went overground when Charli XCX announced that, whether anyone liked it or not (and most people did), it…

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  • GOD OF WAR – LIKE A SKATE VIDEO VIA NES VIBES, MAYBE

    We got a press release filled with words that confused the hell out of us, but it clearly piqued our interest enough to press play over all the other press bunf we get. It said: God of War, the project of They Are Gutting A Body of Water’s Douglas Dulgarian and Hooky’s Scott Turner and…

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  • TOM WAITS IS BACK, WITH THE FUNNIES

    Tom Waits made a surprising return with Massive Attack lately on a track called ‘Boots On The Ground’, which made for an intense, insular listen about some of the global bullshit going on at the minute. Well, he’s back some more, releasing the full version of his spoken-word track ‘The Fly’, which of course, you…

  • FLO MILLI WITH A PSYCHEDELIC RAP

    Flo Milli is going to release her fourth LP later this year, and to tease the release of course, there’s a new song to listen to. The album is called ‘FloState’ (that’s neat) and it’ll be on Jive. There’s no firm details on it just yet, but there’s a new psychedelic, syrupy number to listen…

  • THE BEATLES MICHELLE / TAKE ONE

    You’ve probably heard by now, that there’s a fancy, deluxe version of ‘Rubber Soul’ by The Beatles coming out, right? While we could slavishly cut and paste the tracklistings for the various discs to pad out the word count for this article like most publications have, we’ll assume you’ve got the wherewithal to find out…

  • SYLVAN ESSO NEW SONG IS PRETTY NICE

    What do you know about Sylvan Esso? We don’t know anything about them, but the algorithm did its job for once and gave us this new song from them. They’re a duo, it’s a pretty nice song that has a whiff of trip hop about it, but not entirely, with a catchy nursery rhyme melody…

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