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  • BRUCE HAACK REISSUE

    Electric pioneer and Canadian music legend Bruce Haack is always worth diving into when it comes to one of the most interesting and brilliantly oddball back catalogues, so news of a reissue is worth pricking your ears up for. His 1975 work ‘This Old Man’ is being tarted up and you’ll be able to buy…

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  • DIG XX / ANOTHER LOOK AT PRE SOCIALS MADNESS

    “You broke my sitar, motherfucker!” In the current climate of pop and rock, it might be impossible to think of a documentary like ‘DIG!’ being made. So unflinching is it in parts, that you can’t foresee the manicured bands of 2025 allowing themselves to be shown quite as starkly as The Dandy Warhols and Brian…

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  • LOVELY FOLK FROM JAMES ELKINGTON

    James Elkington has a very pleasing folkie number out – along with a bunch of other songs too – all for a new LP called ‘Pastel De Nada’. The album is out March 28th, and of the new bits, ‘Very Berk Squad’ is a beautiful little instrumental gem. Press play.

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  • BARONESS VS AI

    AI is objectively awful for people who actually make things. In short, big tech is taking things from people, and it means they’ll lose their income. While some use of AI may make you laugh or be kinda novel, the fact remains that governments the world over are saying that it’s okay for tech companies…

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  • CIRCUIT DES YEUX’S MOODY SYNTHS

    Ever wished someone would make some synthpop that leaned a little more on the gothic side of things, without falling into stupid sexpot Industrial music? We have some great news for you! Circuit des Yeux have released a new track called ‘Canopy of Eden’ which is from new LP ‘Halo On The Inside’. It’s a…

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  • NEW MCLUSKY, LADS

    Mclusky have a small but devoted fanbase and, rightly so, even if occasionally the reaction to adoration from the band can seem fractious at times. It’s all part of nervous, tense fun, obviously. They’ve announced a new album called ‘The World Is Still Here and So Are We’, which is their first in 21 years.…

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  • PEARL CHARLES BACK WITH A BEAUTY

    Pearl Charles is great. She’s made shimmering ’70s pop, glitterball disco, and cosmic singer-songwritery stuff. It’s the latter that her latest release errs on the side of, and it’s one of her best songs to date! She’s been working with the brilliant Michael Rault on her new music, and ‘Step Too Far’ is a brooding,…

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  • SOME PEOPLE ARE JUST SHIT

    Kanye has been at it recently and a lot of people have been talking about him being off the meds, which illness his brain has, how he’s not been the same since his mother died, and on and on and on and on and on and… It’s obvious that attention is one of the major…

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  • BANDSPLAINING ON LIBRARY MUSIC

    Look, you should already be subscribed to BANDSPLAINING on YouTube. If you’re not, this is your heads-up. The latest video explains Library Music, so if you’ve been jonesing for someone to dissect what it is, what’s good about it, and who it influenced, this is a great primer to get you going. If you’re already…

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  • WATCH THIS / SINCE YESTERDAY & SCOTS GIRL GROUPS

    Remember us telling you about the documentary about Scottish girl groups? We did, y’know? It sounded great didn’t it? Well, you may have thought you wouldn’t be able to watch it without getting in some narrow window of when it was aired at some fun, cool indie cinema somewhere. The good news is that you’ll…

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  • THUNDERCAT X TAME IMPALA

    You probably love Thundercat already and, unless you’re some precise age that actively hates the popularity of Tame Impala because you were annoyed at all your classmates liking them when you were ranting and raving about The Cramps or something, you probably quite like a couple of Tame Impala tracks. Well, the two have teamed…

  • GOD BLESS HARRY BELAFONTE

    To many, Harry Belafonte is the singer of wonderful songs, such as ‘Jump In The Line (Shake Señora)’ which featured prominently in Beetlejuice. To others, he’s a civil rights activist and all-round legend. He was a well respected actor too. All of these things are fair, as we bid a very fond farewell to one…

  • FUGEE PRAS WAS A SPY FOR CHINA AND AN FBI STOOGE, HAVE WE GOT THAT RIGHT?

    Yes, we understand that we led with quite the headline there, but this is a wild story that is going to require some working out. We could’ve added that we think Pras Michel might be representing himself as well, just for a bit of added MENTALNESS. So, what’s going on and will we get sued…

  • YUNÈ PINKU NEW ONE IS GREAT

    Yuné Pinku makes really great music. Sniffs of UK Garage, clicky house, pop-bops and more all thrown into the mixing pot. It really is infectious stuff. This week, there’s a new EP due called ‘Babylon IX’ and we’re pretty excited about hearing it. That excitement has ramped up slightly with the release of a new…

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