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K-Pop stans and The Cure might seem like unlikely pals, but along with Taylor Swift’s ‘Swifties’, they’ve all got one common enemy – Ticketmaster. The two pop fanbases are rabid and have been burned by Ticketmaster prices, and the extortionate fees they impose on shows. Add to the scenario, some middle aged people who love
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‘More Forever’ was a massive Pop Corps favourite, even if it predates the site – languid, psychedelic nu-new age music that had nods toward the dreaded B word Balearic, City Pop, jazz, ’90s ambient and prog. It was improvisational and beautiful, with gently clicking drum machines, Frippertronic-esque guitar noodles, dreamy loops and spiralling synths, with
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Tina Weymouth’s group, Talking Heads, are coming back of a fashion. ‘Stop Making Sense’ – the iconic live movie – will return to theatres in 2023 with a newly restored 4K version, so it’ll look real pretty. It’s from A24 if you care about such details. Also, a Deluxe Edition of the film soundtrack will
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Cult faves Drugdealer have been sneaking out new tracks over the past few months, and the project is still steeped in that glorious ’70s sound that they’ve peddled before. However, in a nicely surprising turn of events, this new one – ‘Lip Service’ – veers away from the smoothness and sounds a bit more pub-punk,
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Bobby Caldwell is no longer with us, so with that, we’re going to send it out into the ether that we love him. His wife took to Twitter to confirm his passing, after he’d been ill for a number of years. If you aren’t immediately aware of who Bobby Caldwell is, the first thing we’ll
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It’s a storm in a teacup, but it all kicked off on Twitter recently, with some guy wheeling out a tired old take about Meg White being a terrible drummer. He said: “The tragedy of the White Stripes is how great they would have been with a half decent drummer. Yeah yeah I’ve heard all
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Is Spotify great for music listeners? Obviously it is. It has a lot of great music on it and is incredibly convenient for anyone with a phone, a console, a laptop, a tablet… the advent of being able to make your own playlists pretty much reinvented the notion of making mixtapes for yourself or someone
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Alasdair Roberts is great. His brand of Scottish folk is utterly bewitching and if you’re into great tales and intimate performances, he’s definitely the guy for you. He’s back with a new track on Drag City, and according to them ‘The Bonny Moorhen’ is a “fond paean to a waterbird whose regal profile compares to
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Rosalía released one of the most brilliant (and experimental) pop albums ever cut to wax last year, and sincerely, if you’re one of the few that didn’t listen to it, remedy that when you next get the chance. ‘MOTOMAMI’ is a carnival of Spanish pop, brutal electronics, elegant and fractured rhythms, reggaeton and hard edits galore
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An absolute giant of jazz, Wayne Shorter, has sadly left us. He was a fair old age, which is lovely to see in a genre where too many left us way too young, but even with that said, we would like to throw praise his way. The fact is, Shorter is one of the people
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ANDREW GOLD’S PSYCHEDELIC LP GETTING REISSUED
Andrew Gold is a brilliant man and he’s been behind a series of incredible pop songs that are the living embodiment of West Coast perfection. He’s a nepo baby, sure, but we don’t hold it against people who make brilliant things. ‘Thank You For Being A Friend’, ‘Lonely Boy’, ‘Never Let Her Slip Away’, ‘How…
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WATCH NOW: REGGAE IN BABYLON
The English reggae (and related) scene is one of the most musically enriching and fascinating seams of music anywhere in the world. So much amazing music with so much to say, it’s remarkable that much of it is still something of a niche interest in a broader sense. With that, we turn your attention to…
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DAVID BYRNE MUSICAL UPSETS THE UNIONS
David Byrne is a funny one isn’t he? The list of cons about him is about as long as his list of pros – it just depends on whether you weigh the cons the same as the pros, right? And yes, there’s cons. His treatment of Tina Weymouth in Talking Heads is massively uncool. The…
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LIVE: LEMON TWIGS / TCHOTCHKE : NEW CENTURY HALL / MCR
If you haven’t been to New Century Hall in Manchester, you’re missing out on an absolute jewel on the gig circuit – original fittings, mid-century gorgeousness, a huge and spectacular ceiling and sprung dancefloor, it felt very right that The Lemon Twigs were stepping out here. The D’Addario Bros & friends – all multi-instrumentalists and…
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