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The 2026 World Cup, regardless of what you think, is not just in the United States of America – it is actually hosted in all of our hearts, promoting world peace, unity amongst all races, people and, of course, Mexico and Canada too. World Cup official songs are funny things. They’re corporate by their nature.…
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Power Pop in all its forms is back, spearheaded largely by The Lemon Twigs and a buncha snotty Aussie groups – but what of Power Pop with a Grunge-ish edge? What about sugary sweet songs that have a bit of bite? Well, if that’s what you’re looking for, you’ll find a lot to love with…
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It almost seems pointless to write any words for this article when the headline should tell you everything you need to know. Either way, iconic Muppet psychedelic freaks Dr Teeth & The Electric Mayhem are performing some bangers for a new rollercoaster at Disney World in Orlando. They cover Blur, play ‘Love Rollercoaster’, ‘Born To…
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Adam Neely’s video essays are always worth listening to – he’s smart, knows his theory, is a touring musician, and basically an academic about what matters. His latest video looks at AI in music education, what it means for music, the protests from students, the booing and more. Press play on this already, and subscribe…
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There’s a style of R&B which touches on ’80s production while still sounding very modern, almost like it’s soul music made in the shadow of vaporwave, hence the headline. And Ravyn Lenae has a new track out which prompted us to think of that. She’s announced her third album, which will be out in August and goes…
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Josh Caffe is a DJ and all-round renaissance man, so it is no surprise that his new track is making us want to go out and do the kinds of things that make our jaws stick out before bailing on the party to go home for some sexy time. Part electro, part breaks, part proto-house…
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Gilla Band used to be called Girl Band, but felt weird about that, so rebranded. Fair enough. Well, they’re a sporadic bunch, so we’ve not had any music from them in a while, but obviously, we’re writing about them because that’s changed! They’re back with a new, noisy thing called ‘Giraffe’, and amongst the noise,…
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If you’re in the market for some really cool psychedelic music, you need to get on the new one from Texas group Holy Wave. This is a proper song, rather than po-faced drone psych, don’t worry. They’re releasing a new LP called ‘i’m DADA’ on July 10th, and before that, you can listen to ‘s33.u.in/HAL’. Silly…
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We shared a track from this lot the other day, which we described as ‘swirly’, but that’s not the case with this filthy little chugger. Called ‘LA Traffic’ (people are obsessed with driving in Los Angeles, honestly!) it is the latest release before the album comes out. The album is called ‘Attention’ and it is…
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There’s no two ways about it – the Republican Party has never really been a close friend of pop music. Elvis was pally with Nixon, but Elvis had gone pretty shitty by that phase of his career, all jumpsuit and loose marbles. Ray Charles played at some GOP inaugurations, but he played at any that…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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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