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Is it Darkwave? Is it electronica? We don’t know about that, but Body Of Light’s new single ‘This Conversation’ sounds like early Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, and Vince Clarke and all that good stuff to us, and there’s few better compliments than that, right? The group will have a new LP out soon called ‘Bitter
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Do we care about awards these days? Especially in the music industry, they seem rather quaint and outdated, and great within the industry for sure – but should we care about who wins a BRIT any more than who gets Best New Restaurant at the Leicester City Council Awards? Either way, we’ll do a rundown
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Boney M are brilliant and if you look through their back catalogue, there is a lot of strange gold in there. And a load of gems, obviously. Now, we considered making a running, regular piece on strange or unlikely cover versions (and we still might) but for now, we’ll focus on Boney M. For example,
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What is it with Stevie Nicks? It doesn’t matter what generation you’re from, you either love her or are witnessing everyone else fall head-over-heels for her. In 2023, there’s scores of young women in floaty clothes twirling around on TikTok or wherever, fuelled by the power of Stevie Nicks. Now, of course, Stevie is made
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Frank Ocean is, occasionally, brilliant. Sometimes, you’ll hear glimpses of something approaching genius – ‘Pink & White’ and ‘Thinking Bout You’ are impossibly wonderful – but he can be frustrating. That’s fine. We allow people to be the artists they want to be, right? Provided of course, we’re allowed to be the fans we want
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We’re not arsed about 4/20, as much as we like shouting ‘BLAZE IT UP’ at the mere mention of it. Anyway, it’s a good excuse to share this song which is very much about weed, because it’s great. If you’re getting stoned today, we hope you have a nice time.
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We shared a track from Lael Neale’s new and imminent LP a while ago and got excited about it. There’s been more music since and the newest one is called ‘Must Be Tears’ and we’re now pretty excited about this new album and think it’s going to be ace! Neale’s new LP is called ‘Star Eaters
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The BBC Archives are at it again, this time with a piece from the ’80s about the UK’s graffiti scene and star of the show, a young Goldie. Of course, Goldie went on to be a pioneer in drum & bass, but he made his name as an artist on the streets. You can see
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Not everything you listen to is designed for the club or a sugar coated three minute pop-song – sometimes things can be strange, artistic, dark, and unlike anything you’ve listened to before. In the case of ‘Tintinnabulation’ by Marcus Vergette, we stumbled across one of the most enchanting and peculiar LPs we’ve come across. A
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He’s from NYC and you can tell – rapper Gabe ‘Nandez has a new track out that sounds fresh and modern but also has a nod to early Noughties rap. Think Clipse and Neptunes produced bangers and you’re in the right ballpark. If you’re into Chingy too, get on it. In short, it’s a whole
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CIARA IS BACK WITH A SLOWIE
Ciara has sneaked back out and you’ll be glad to know it’s a breathy, slow number. In fact, it’s called ‘Slow’, which is handy! We’re going to ignore her terrible taste in men, as that’s for another time, but suffice to say, we like it when she makes music that’s for making out to, and…
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COOL JOURNAL // GLASTONBURY 1971
The Glastonbury Festival (or Pilton Pop Festival to ageing locals) can be annoying, but that’s probably down to being so ubiquitous, right? That said, looking back at it’s history is a potted history of British counterculture, especially when you get back to the heady days of the early ’70s when the hippie dream was still…
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WHAT IS WESTERMAN EXACTLY? [A REVIEW OF SORTS]
Thanks to our brains being thoroughly banjaxed by various algorithms, sometimes you stumble across a corner of the internet and find yourself completely disorientated by what you’ve found. Considering the propensity for mad conspiracy theories and memes that have strayed so far away from the original joke that to understand it, it feels like you…
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MALL LIFE IN EIGHTIES USA
This isn’t technically music, but pop culture counts, and we stumbled across a glorious DIY documentary of mall life in ’80s USA Candid interviews with kids hanging out, talking about buying records, flirting, shopping, smoking cigarettes and more. Great accents and haircuts galore. Enjoy.
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