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Tchotchke are one of the finest groups on the planet right now, and have had a run of albums that are as wonderful as they are unique. Mixing cute-as-a-button pop with tough ’60s girl group beat and dreamy psychedelia, the girls have a new album out – ‘Playin’ Dumb’ – which had us ranting and
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There’s a lot of talk about the volume of languages and how much of a 180 ‘Lux’ is compared to Rosalia’s last LP, ‘MOTOMAMI’, so we’re going to swerve all that and just look at it for what it is, what it sounds like, and how it makes us feel. Of course, context is important
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Bill Callahan’s lovely deep, soulful voice is back to grace your ears with the announcement of a new album. It’ll be called ‘My Days of 58’ and you’ll be able to hear the whole thing early next year on February 27th. Here’s the first song from it and it sounds exactly like you want a
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The first trailer for the Michael Jackson biopic has dropped. The film is called ‘Michael’, which worries us slightly as it suggests it’s all going to be a little too kind and not gnarly enough to be a meaty movie. In addition to that, Jackson is being played by his nephew Jaafar, which again, suggests
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De La Soul have a new album coming out and it goes by the name of ‘Cabin in the Sky’, and for those of you Daisy Agers who can’t wait to see if the boys have still got it, you can listen to a song from it below. The newbie is called ‘The Package’, and
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Any musician who has uploaded their music to Spotify as an independent artist knows how futile it all is, expecting to end up on any of the editorial lists made by the company, which help push songs to millions of people using their front page. The fact is, if you don’t have the connections through
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After his father bought a mine in Tucson, Arizona, Joseph Byrd grew up and found himself drawn to music. Initially, it was vibraphone and accordion in pop groups, he soon branched out into local TV arrangements and college jazz combos. A talented kid, he found himself in a fellowship at Stanford, where he rubbed shoulders
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You may know Daniel Avery for his smart techno music, but there’s more strings to his bow than thunderous beats and brain frazzling synths. To show that, he’s done a really nice shoegaze mix which is perfect for transporting you out of the gloomy weather at the tail end of 2025. While this mix may
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If you’ve been waiting impatiently for a new album from Weyes Blood, you need to chill your boots. All good things come in their own time. Of course, she featured on a Drugdealer track earlier in the year, but she’s also appearing on a new track from SPELLING. And yes, we kinda feel bad that
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Orville Peck is one of the leading alt-country voices – thankfully, that means his musical choices, rather than simply branding him as ‘alternative’ because he isn’t a heterosexual man – although you’d be forgiven for thinking that’s the case. He’s got a new EP coming out on November 14th called ‘Appaloosa’ and there’s a song
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YOUNG GOLDIE IN BBC GRAFFITI PIECE
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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MARCUS VERGETTE: SCULPTURE MEETS AVANT GARDE
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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GABE NANDEZ BACK WITH A BANG
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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SO WHICH SCABS ARE PLAYING CHARLIE’S NEW HAT CEREMONY?
We told you there’d be a gig for Prince Charles‘ transformation into King Charles III Rex or whatever he’s called now. We predicted that Jess Glynne would be asked because, well, just listen to her. Well, we’ve had some confirmations. Let us go through them in list form, and then write down what we think…
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