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In the hardcore scene, one of the most interesting bands have been GEL, who managed to wear a myriad of influences in their music without being too reverential to any. Sadly, they are no more and it has all been levelled at one particular bandmate, Anthony Webster. Webster was given the boot from the band…
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In the streaming era, the chart companies have reacted slowly to those who were able to fudge stats and wriggle in the margins to get more plays, or contribute to the data to give them inflated chart positions. Once upon a time, it was Payola, and now there’s something else going on. Overly long LPs…
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Bad news for fans of SAULT – it all might be over, and as ever, the root of all evil is money. See, Little Simz has sued producer and SAULT collaborator Inflo over £1.7 million – a sum not to be sniffed at. The claim was filed in January, and Inflo was accused of withholding…
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Some of the songs that will feature in the 2025 have been released, but not all. We looked at the betting for some of these songs, and honestly, we can’t see how they’ve fallen like they have, but we only have our gut to work with, rather than analytics and whatnot. The favourites at the…
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Remember WU LYF? Well, to many, they were a brief but seminal band. Hailing from Manchester, the group broke up, and went off to do their own thing. Francis Lung emerged, as did Lost Under Heaven. Now, it seems like the old band are getting back together, heralded by a countdown clock on a site.…
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Haim have a new song out and, honestly, it sounds just like a Haim track. We mean that in the nicest possible way, as it’s filled with fun, harmonies and groovy business. It’s the group’s first new music since 2023, and it is called ‘Relationships’ and honestly, they’re famous enough that they don’t need our…
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Anyone who has heard ‘Dreaming With Alice’ will no doubt have lost their damn minds thinking about how incredible ‘Mandolin Man’ is – one of the greatest acid-folk tracks of a generation, and seemingly one of those songs recorded by someone who didn’t get a fair crack, and lost to the midsts of time. Well,…
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We wrote about the new Spinal Tap movie a while ago, and we could link to that piece to prove it, but you wouldn’t click it, so what’s the point? We’ll recap here either way. The good news is, is that a teaser has been released for you to watch! It’s called Spinal Tap II:…
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When music and video games collide, it really is a wonderful thing – and there’s not many games that straddled both worlds quite like the Tony Hawk series of games did. Like skateboarding itself, it’s not just about the activity itself – it is equally about the lifestyle that envelopes it. Sports games tend to…
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Every time country music goes worldwide, lurking in the sidelines, is someone making a more record-collector version of country, and they get all the scruffy boys and girls all giddy! This time around, it is MJ Lenderman who is carrying the torch of Silver Jews-esque slacker country, and it’s great. Good news for people in Europe,…
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TRAILER: NEW DOC ABOUT SYD BARRETT
Impossibly handsome and every bit as broken – Syd Barrett is one of the faces of the psychedelic movement, and yet, still so enigmatic. With that, there’s always going to be interest in him, how he founded and named one of the biggest band’s in the world and, to many, his time in the band…
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IBIZA ’89 // SEE IT FOR YOURSELF
If you’ve ever wanted to see what it was like during a seminal time on the White Isle, then you need to check Dave Swindell’s ‘Ibiza ’89’ book. Start muttering about the quality of pills and what constitutes ‘Balearic’ and all that good stuff, while leafing through some gorgeous photos of the time. There’s over…
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EUROVISION PLAYLIST 4U
If you want to listen to a load of Eurovision songs from all decades, then have we got a playlist for you! Now, this skews a little more modern than maybe most, but don’t worry, ‘Ding-a-Dong’ and ABBA are in there. Eurovision of course, has been so historically uncool that it turns out having innocent,…
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COUNTRY ROCK 70s GOODNESS FROM PETAL
Songs your dad loved are back in vogue thanks to a load of younger, possibly traumatised kids looking toward a simpler time of the ’70s or, at least, road trip radio stations, which sees younger artists wading into the comfort and flared jeans. With that, we tripped over a new song by Petal called ‘You…
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