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Hip hop has found itself in a funny place lately. Everyone’s broke. There’s been a pandemic. Energy bills are out of control. Prices are going up. It’s difficult to listen to someone talk about how many millions they’ve got hanging off their wrist. It’s tough to stomach listening to someone complain about how lonely they
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Have you heard of Michael Rault? Well, there’s a good chance he released the finest LP of 2022, if you’re into perfect pop that’s cut with all good things like West Coast 70s music, Paul McCartney’s Wings, ELO (aka Beatles: The Musical), Harry Nilsson etc. If you need more modern recommendations, then file Michael Rault
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What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
The third album from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan (best band name in the world, incidentally) is afoot, so if you’re into glacial atmospherics, gorgeous fonts and retro-futurist ambient electronic music, you’re in luck! ‘Districts, Roads, Open Space’ is a soundtrack to the inside of your head while thinking about concrete and council hallways. Smarter people…
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NEW DOT ALLISON
Dot Allison, who heads will know from being in One Dove and generally being ace, has new music out. The song is called ‘Unchanged’ and is taken from forthcoming long-player ‘Consciousology’ which will be released on July 28th. The LP features Andy Bell – former Ride guy, Oasis man, not him from Erasure [delete as…
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NEW NXWORRIES THEN
NxWorries – that’s one part Anderson .Paak and one part Knxwledge, shaken vigorously and served over ice – have shared their first song of 2023, which happens to be from the forthcoming LP that’ll be released on Stones Throw. ‘Daydreaming’ is the usual smooth-ass R&B which we all like, and comes with a video that was made…
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MORE NEW STUFF FROM DEARY
You’re going to be hearing a lot about Deary in the coming weeks – there’s a lot of good noise around them and they keep releasing cool tunes. The new one ‘Beauty In All Blue Satin’ might be their best yet. They’re a dreampop band of sorts – we wouldn’t like to pigeonhole them, but…
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