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‘Try Me’ by Dej Loaf was one of the best underground hip hop smashes when it was released back in 2014, and other hits followed. However, Dej kinda vanished for a while, quietly slipping away and presumably recalibrating. It seemed that, for all intents and purposes, she was done with The Industry. Well, lately, she’s…
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The folk tradition is something that is always alive and well, and concerning The Unthanks, ever more so. Good news then, that they have a new double album coming out called ‘The Unthanks in Winter’. Appropriately you’ll be able to get hold of it and hear it on November 29th and there’s a song you…
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Amyl and the Sniffers have a new video out and there’s a lot of nudity in it. It’s the kind of video that, if you’re getting your knickers in a twist about it, then you’re the kind of uptight tool that could probably do with a bit of skinny dipping to sort yourself out. First,…
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Who doesn’t love a bit of library funk? Well, the ace folks at Be With are putting out Geoff Bastow’s (library legend) ‘Music To Varnish Owls By’, which honestly, is one of the finest album titles you’re likely to ever hear in your life. Thankfully, the music is every bit as good. This is one…
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If you’re a fan of cute indie pop with a twist, you’re in luck. This here, is a new song from Mei Semones and we’re hearing flickers of bossa nova and jazz mixed into her sound. Mei released an EP earlier in the year called ‘Kabutomushi EP’ which regrettably, passed us by. We’re off to…
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Look, we don’t know how this is new to us, but here’s a great video of Nirvana – pre Nevermind – playing in a Radio Shack and it’s adorable as hell. What else is left to say? Just watch the video already.
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Sometimes, someone does the work for us and all we have to do is simply point you in the direction of it. In this instance, it’s an interesting enough video (which has pretty protestant tastes, but we’ll let it slide) about the death of the double album. Now, there are 2xLPs in existence now, but…
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After saying that she wasn’t bothered about the prestige of a needless arena tour, Chrissie Hynde is brilliantly speaking her mind again because she doesn’t give a fuck. We say that as a compliment. Now, Hynde has got under the skins of some wet-wipes this week because she’s asked fans not to continually command the…
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‘Reset’ with Panda Bear and Sonic Boom was very warmly received by the psychedelic heads. Good news is that Panda Bear is back with new music, this time with ‘Defense’ featuring Cindy Lee. This is part of a new LP called ‘Sinister Grift;, which is coming out in February with the mighty Domino Records. Co-pro’d…
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We’ve been really excited about the new album from the brilliant Dora Morelenbaum for a while now. With previous releases, we were reminded of the spirited bossa of the likes of Joyce Moreno and Caetano Veloso at his quieter, more poetic moments. However, on hearing ‘Caco’, the new work promised a broader spectrum of sounds…
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DESIRE MAREA’S PERFECT FUNK
Do not sleep on the new track from Desire Marea. If you like ’70s afrobeat, future funk, R&B and all that great stuff, then this is made for your ears and feet. From South Africa, Desire has released the super vibey ‘The Only Way’ which is taken from the imminent EP ‘The Baddies of Isandlwana’.…
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WATCH THE MUSIC OF LENNON AND MCCARTNEY
The great thing about dorks uploading stuff to YouTube is that us nerds can mainline all the stuff that won’t get repeated on the box. One fun thing we watched is a 1965 Granada special called The Music of Lennon & McCartney. It’s a special looking at other artists performing Beatle music (as well as…
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ROGER WATERS TALKS ABOUT A DUCK
Roger Waters has lost his goddamn mind. We all knew that. He’s been off the deep-end for years, but this latest bout is kinda funny and we’re not in the mood for getting into the serious stuff this week, what with the world being so depressingly heavy. So what’s he been up to? Well, he…
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SLY STONE / MEMOIR
Its criminal that, broadly speaking, Sly Stone is not in all the conversations about living legends in music. It’s hard to understate the massive influence on pop music that Sly & The Family Stone had. Melting rock with soul, inventing slap bass, spearheading funk, fusing jazz with psychedelia – they’re one of the greatest bands…
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