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Way back in the summer of 1962, Chicago born Shel Talmy decided he wanted to have a trip to Britain. He intended staying for five weeks. What happened when he found himself there, was that he’d change the course of pop forever. A friend asked him if he could help with the production of some
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Disney have really gone all-in on The Beatles – we went years with zero new things to watch, and now things are cropping up all the time! We had the Get Back thing, and now we go back to ’64 when the Fabs first went to the States! New footage, improved old footage, good music,
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Sofie Royer is back with her third LP, and there’s been something of a departure. The previous albums were almost bedroom pop, with singer-songwriterness floating through her songs. She was always super cool, super smart and albums switched between existential dread and quiet feistiness. With this set of songs, she emerged not with a moody,
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Cute animals sell more than sex does, and that’s a fact. Mums are more likely to share a missing cat post on Facebook than they are likely to tell people to listen to their children’s music they’ve been making. And with that, it’s about to get worse. Viral hippo – Moo Deng – has released
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Maxo Kream’s ducking-and-diving storytelling has seen him collab with the likes of Tyler, The Creator and more, and he’s got a new LP out which admittedly, we’ve only skimmed so far – but it feels like there’s a buzz about the Texan which can’t be ignored. From threatening whoever, horny jams and pure shit-talking, the
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They’ve got an awkward name, have Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs, Pigs. You get the impression they’re not arsed about this fact one bit, and besides, everyone’s already writing it down as Pigsx7. Anyway, they have a new heavy track out called ‘Detroit’ and with that, there’s news of a tour. This is the
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We don’t know much about Gia Ford, but we heard this new song from her called ‘Earth Return’ and it’s really good. We think this might fall under ‘alt-pop’, but we’re not sure of some of these genres – not that they matter! We’re hearing some gloomy ace old French pop, a smidge of Lana
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We’ve been getting stuck into King Pari’s music recently and it’s really great. We hear sniffs of Minneapolis ’80s funk throughout their cuts, which usually means a bad facsimile of Prince’s sound, but resolutely not the case here. We featured their song ‘Eggface (I’m Not Screamin’ for Nothin’)’ on our recent radio show which you’ll
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Doves went away for a little while, but now they’re back and have announced three intimate live dates following on from a brand new track earlier this week. There’s a new album coming too, and the whole thing is very heartwarming given the reasons for them going AWOL. The band say: “We were beyond heartbroken to
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Post Covid, ambient music really made a big return. For whatever reason that is, it is definitely a welcome one. With that, we dug a mix from DJ Raica, who has done a fabulous vinyl mix of ambient and cosmic music. She’s the head of Seattle’s iconic Further Records, ending up making beautiful, ambient sounds
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FREE RANGE OCT 25
It is time once again, where we’ve remembered to upload the tracklisting for the newest FREE RANGE radio show, because we so frequently forget and we genuinely get people asking what songs we’ve played after butchering various pronunciations. We missed September for no good reason other than idleness brought on by going for a weekend…
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PHAROAH SANDERS ABANDONED TUNNEL MUSIC
It’s been shared around before, but that doesn’t mean it isn’t worth seeing again. Things like this are made of pure magic. Get a harmonium, a jazz legend and an abandoned tunnel, and what you end up with is someone of the most transformative music you’ll ever hear in your life. Press play on this…
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FRUIT TONES NEW LP!
When people outside of Manchester think about the city, they think of dour faces emerging from long coats with a Joy Division problem, or cheeky scallies wobbling around like Ian Brown or Liam Gallagher. Ask around the venues though, and the picture is pretty different. See, Manchester is a hotbed of DIY punks, veering from…
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LALA LALA ON SUB POP
Lillie West goes by the name of Lala Lala, and has just signed to legendary label, Sub Pop, which they must be thrilled about! The first Lala Lala song for the label goes by the name of ‘Does This Go Faster?’ and was co-produced by the wonderful Jay Som (who also has some new music…
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