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Sampha is back with new music and seeing as he’s one of the most interesting and unique voices in UK pop, that’s good news isn’t it? That’s rhetorical. Yes it is. This is his first single in six years, and it’s called ‘Spirit 2.0’. He’s not been lazy in the interim though – he’s been on…
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It’s kind of annoying to refer to any musician by comparing them to someone else, but there’s this unavoidable thing with disco and dance music that makes you look at certain performers like they’re carrying the torch for the scene. Sure, there’s a lot of people who have employed house and whatnot into their music,…
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Cocteau Twin Elizabeth Fraser has teamed up with Damon Reece who is Massive Attack’s drummer for a project called Sun’s Signature and there’s a new thing to lend your ear to. The track is called ‘Bluedusk’ and has been remixed by Lump. The band’s debut LP came out last year, but now, there’s an extended…
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Hey Four Tet fans! Keiran Hebden and William Tyler have released a new single called ‘Darkness, Darkness’ and we’re going to share the b-side from it because it’s a great piece of Hauntological Creepcore, and yes, we know saying things are ‘hauntological’ is incredibly fashionable right now. But it is. It sounds like something from…
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The story of Martin Duffy’s death was a hard one to read when his son told of what happened and specifically the alleged treatment by bandmates and associates in Primal Scream. What transpired was very different from what everyone initially thought, and Duffy’s son Louie told an inquest that his father had died in huge…
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Not long ’til Blur are playing to a packed out Wembley, and reminding everyone that you can be really English while not being a gammon. With that, they’ve dropped another song from their forthcoming LP and it’s called ‘St Charles Square’ and reminds us of the eponymous LP with a healthy dollop of Modern Life…
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You may have heard the brilliant Plantasia LP by Mort Garson – a gorgeous analogue synth LP designed to help your houseplants grow from 1976 – and if you have and get rightly excited about such things, there’s some good news! A new collection of his music is due out next month and it’s called…
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Get ready for the most satisfying phrase you’ll hear in 2023. Astronomers have been looking toward space, as they are want to do, and have noticed something super cool. They’ve been using their ears as well as their eyes, and have found a magic thing. A cosmic bass note. If you’ve ever ingested any kind…
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When you’re in the mood for some swirling psychedelia to accompany some arse-quaking 4/4s, there’s no-one able to scratch that itch quite like the Chemical Brothers. And honestly, there’s not many in the electronic field who have managed to maintain a career like they have, so they probably don’t need much help from tiny music…
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There’s not just one James Blake. More recently, he’s been a bit more pastoral with his ambience, and because that, emotional electronic soul music. But never far away, is glitchy bop Blake, and we’re glad to tell that this version of him is rearing it’s lovely head. He’ll be releasing his sixth album proper in…
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CO-PILOT // SOUNDCARRIERS + JIM NOIR NEW PROJECT
We didn’t quite know how to word the headline but wanted to let you fans of Jim Noir and Soundcarriers know about a new LP that needs to be on your radar. The new album is from Co-Pilot who are comprised of Alan Roberts (Jim Noir) and Leonore Wheatley (The Soundcarriers, International Teachers of Pop) – both…
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BEWITH TEST PRESSINGS
The marvellous Be With Records have a number of test pressings for sale, which will be a cool and fun thing to add to your record collection. They haven’t put a single dud out to date, so you know the music will be great too! They’re limited in number, so don’t mess around pondering it…
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HABIBI FUNK’S FIRST SIGNING: CHARIF MERGARBANE
Charif Megarbane is Habibi Funk’s first contemporary signing, which is a thrill! There’ll be a new LP (which sounds ace) called ‘Marzipan’ released on 11th August 2023. You’ll know Habibi Funk’s incredible output with an insanely high hit-rate of compilations of Middle Eastern and North African music – seriously, there’s no duffers in the catalogue,…
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WHEN DID DEVENDRA BANHART CHANGE?
This is totally on us really, but we assumed Devendra Banhart was still making acid-folk, but we’re basing that on information in our head that is well over a decade old. Anyway, if you’re not surprised, we were taken aback by his new single which is all synthy and fully produced (by Cate Le Bon,…
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