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Remember us telling you that we thought WU LYF were coming back? Turns out they were. And if you like them, then there’s a new song to listen to and… well… a lot of words to read. We’ll get to that. This is their first new song in a decade, after the LP ‘Go Tell…
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Former Kraftwerker, Wolfgang Flür, was all excited that he’d done a track with Daft Punk‘s Thomas Bangalter. However, like many older people online, he was tricked by someone in the DMs. Poor old Wolfgang. He’d been teasing as such, for his latest LP ‘Times’, where he said that Thomas was working with Flür under a pseudonym…
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Hey! Happy Monday to you. If you’ve been appreciating how summer is drawing nearer and the weather generally feels a bit warmer and nicer, then you’re probably going to like the new one from tuneful rapper Aminé. The track is called ‘Familiar’, and has echoes of the music he made with KAYTRANADA as KAYTRAMINÉ. Of…
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Lael Neale makes interesting music, and she has a new one out called ‘Down On The Freeway’. Apparently, it is about LA, and of course, you can’t talk about that place without talking about the roads around it. It’s got a brutalist, minimal drum machine, but it is a pretty low-key affair, with a really…
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Look, people keep calling them ‘post-rock’, but to us, Tortoise have always been a jazz group – they just move in a slightly different way to more instantly recognisable jazz. Either way, they’re great and new music from them is always a good thing. After almost a decade doing various side projects, they’re back together…
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If you love your trap to be cut with a little sugar, then you’re probably already a fan of Rico Nasty’s work. Her new LP is due and goes by the name of ‘Lethal’, and this is the first track from it, ‘On The Low’. Interestingly, this album will be released on the Fueled By…
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The story of Duffy’s sudden absence from music is one of the most heartbreaking stories in pop. For those who missed the news, she opened up about a tremendously upsetting ordeal, where she spoke about being kidnapped, held hostage, being drugged and raped. Duffy had retreated from the world of music to rightly recover and…
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Day-glo, Looney Toons hip hop, has a special place in everyone’s heart. Only the coldest cynic would fail to break into a huge smile when Skee-Lo’s ‘I Wish’ pumps out of some speakers. That’s where Will Smith lived, with his perennial good time hits like ‘Summertime’, ‘Boom! Shake The Room!’, ‘Miami’ and all. While rap…
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Get ready for a whole new generation of kids to learn that Phil Spector is a bad character! That’s because, there’s been a long rumoured biopic about Ronnie Spector in the works, and now we know it’s a thing! It’ll be made by A24 (that’s promising, for starters) and Ronnie herself will be played by…
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With a band name like The Horrors, perhaps it is all a bit much to expect too much cheer on one of their records. With this being 2025, and their first LP arriving in 2007, it seems, The Horrors persist. They’ve ducked and dived in the shadows of their influences for years, touching on garage…
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ARCTIC MONKEYS: SENDING UP THE THING YOU LOVE; OR THE CASE OF THE FALLING MASKS
“The Monkeys we loved are gone” wrote someone about the Arctic Monkeys headlining set at Glastonbury. “They used to be good” wrote another. Critics and fans alike had certain demands and preconceived notions, and it turns out that the Arctic Monkeys may have outmanoeuvred or outgrown fair weather music fans. Or do they just suck…
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CARWYN ELLIS CLIMBS ABOARD THE YACHT
Whether you know Carwyn Ellis as Colorama, or through his Rio 18 work, being pals with The Pretenders, his Soho radio show, working with Edwin Collins, or just by being a humble, lovely man from Wales, you’ll know that his name means good music isn’t far away. Adding to his considerable bow already, he’s teamed…
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TAYLOR SWIFT, STAN CULTURE, BROADLY
Stan Culture – the act of feverishly following a band and defending and promoting them at every conceivable turn – is widespread and has been for a while now. Literally named after the Eminem track of the same name about a dangerously obsessive fan, countless internet pile-ons are present daily, as one fan group goes…
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BILLY NOMATES INCURS THE WRATH OF BORING INDIE FANS
Billy Nomates may or may not be a familiar name to you, but her situation will be. She’s getting hauled over hot coals by the most boring indie fans in the world, thanks to a prestigious slot at the Glastonbury Festival. In the past, we’ve seen Boring Indie Fans literally set up petitions to try…
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