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  • COOL ISLAND RECORDS BOOK

    Island Records is one of the most legendary record labels in the history of rock, pop, reggae and more. Especially iconic is the ‘Island pink’ years, where the records sported a gorgeous baby pink label and was home to some of the finest records ever cut on the lathe. With that, following first volume, there’s

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  • CHE NOIR WITH THE NU BOOM BAP

    It certainly seems there’s a quiet revival of boom bap rap in recent years, underlined obviously, by the all-conquering Doechii LP released last year. Of course, she’s not the only one putting a fresh twist on golden era hip hop, and now we look to the new one from prodigious talent Che Noir. Hailing from

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  • JEFF PARKER IVTET TINY DESK

    We wrote a very glowing review of the wonderful album by Tortoise cohort Jeff Parker and his IVtet, being one of the best jazz LPs we’ve bought in years. In case you missed, Parker and his band did a blissfully wonderful and super invigorating set for the always great NPR Tiny Desk. Watch it here.

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  • COMET GAIN ARE STILL DIY CHAMPS

    If you’re into DIY indie music, chances are, you’re already fizzing with excitement at the mere mention of Comet Gain. If you’re not, let us introduce you to them with their new single called ‘Beat Of The Veins’. It’s skuzzy pop music, and this new song heralds the imminent arrival of new long-player, ‘Letters To

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  • MILEY’S GOT A NEW ONE

    Look, we understand that talking about anyone’s appearance is entirely reductive, especially when part of this project is about (in her own words) not “chasing perfection.” However, as raw as her new video is, we couldn’t stop looking at her fancy teeth. Have they been like that for ages? Is that the difference between normal

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  • EUROVISION: LISTEN TO THE BOOKIES FAVES

    Eurovision is tonight, so if you don’t want spoilers, look away. The bookmakers have been having their say, after doing whatever research they do, and listening to whatever grapevine they’ve been earwigging. Will they be right? Maybe, maybe not. We’ll find out on the night. We can listen to their five favourites in advance, and

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  • WOLF ALICE ARE INDEED BACK

    We wondered if Wolf Alice were coming back. Well, turns out they were and they have a new single out which is really cool and has a whiff of NYC Cuban music about it, which is never a bad thing! The single is called ‘Bloom Baby Bloom’ and it’ll appear on new album ‘The Clearing’.

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  • COOL SLACKER ALT COUNTRY

    They’ve been on tour with hot new Alt Country thing, MJ Lenderman, so it won’t surprise anyone who hasn’t heard of Ryan Davis & The Roadhouse Band are cut from a very similar cloth, making fun slacker country music for lads who drink PBR and chong weed vapes. Hailing from Kentucky, Ryan Davis and his

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  • NEW BUBBLEGUM FROM TCHOTCHKE!

    Tchotchke are one of the finest power pop, bubblegum groups around. You heard their Lemon Twigs produced LP? If not, remedy that, stat. They have a cool new single out called ‘Did You Hear?’ which has been dipped in sugar and is all kinds of wonderful. Enough yapping – press play already.

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  • NEW LEMONHEADS

    Everyone’s favourite ’90s crush, Evan Dando, is back as The Lemonheads with the first bit of properly new music in almost 20 years. He’s still being tuneful, slackerish, and a general bohemian dreamboat, of course. He’s teamed up with J Mascis of Dinosaur Jr as well as Lemonhead cohort Juliana Hatfield and it’ll all feel

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  • WHO SHOULD YOU LOOK OUT FOR AT GLASTONBURY? WARNINGS AND TIP OFFS

    Look, we’re no fans of festivals here but you might be, so go have your fun. You may have snagged yourself a Glastonbury ticket and wondering who to watch? Well, here’s who we’d watch if we could bare the thought of going to a festival (this isn’t Glastonbury-specific – we literally mean all festivals) or…

  • SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS AGAINST RAMMSTEIN

    Rammstein, only days ago, were subject to mildly amused news articles about singer Till Lindermann falling off stage. However, things have got serious and quickly. The band have had to address numerous allegations which alleged that a fan was drugged at a party by Lindemann before the band’s recent show in Lithuania. In a long…

  • ROYAL BLOOD REMIND EVERYONE WHO LOW ROCK CAN GO

    When you go to your work’s Christmas party and get talking to Kevin from accounts for the first time, you get talking about music and he says he “likes a bit of rock” before telling you he’s seen Royal Blood more times than any other band, you’re like “huh?” then it kinda adds up. That’s…

  • PSYCHEDELIC MIX FROM LÉNA C

    Léna C has been making waves with her brilliant record selections for a minute now, and even better is that she’s put some cool tunes out of her own. Léna’s ‘Promenade’ EP is a firm favourite at Pop Corps (check it out here). Now, she’s done a brilliant psych folk mix for the magic My…

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