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We live in weird times, but sometimes, peculiar things happen and you have to embrace them. With artificiality becoming an increasing concern with the advent of AI and whatnot, what of nature itself? Well, someone’s had a bright idea to get nature its royalties. No, seriously. Many musicians include the sounds of nature in their
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Do you like Of Montreal? Well, there’s a new song out called ‘Rude Girl on Rotation’ and is taken from the imminent new LP ‘Lady On The Cusp’ which you can grab on May 17th. Kevin Barnes says: “Rude Girl On Rotation” was inspired, in part, by my impending move from Athens GA to our
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It only seems like yesterday that ‘Titanic Rising’ came out, but Weyes Blood marked the fifth birthday of it this week by releasing a brand new video for one of the finest songs on it. It’s a new visualiser for the endlessly gorgeous ‘Andromeda’ and has been directed by the artist herself alongside Ambar Navarro
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Everyone likes Can. They’re ace aren’t they? Well, Mute are releasing some live albums of the great German group, and the latest is Can Live in Aston 1977, and that’s out in May. Recorded around the time of ‘Saw Delight’, this line-up is the one with Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Michael Karoli, Holger Czukay and
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DJs have been looking online to promote their sets for a while now, and at each turn, there’s is always the sticky problem of getting paid. Of course, in clubs and bars, DJs sling out other people’s music and there’s a tacit understanding between all parties that effectively, it’s free promotion for the artist and
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For those who have seen Grimes horror show of a DJ set at Coachella and have been hating on her for a while – enjoy this moment – you got what you wanted at long last. That may seem passive aggressive, but it isn’t. See, one of the unfortunate knock-on effects of the automation of
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There is something particularly satisfying seeing an artist do well after shrugging off previous mismanagement. This was the case with Tinashe who was being pigeonholed by old bosses and being thrown toward directions and collaborations that, if we’re being kind, we’re ideal. Tinashe has always had her own independent spirit and early stuff excited R&B
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They’re named after a type of funky fungus, which is fun. What’s even more fun is the new song from Earth Tongue which is a loud, brash slice of spiky glam punk. They hail from New Zealand and have a new LP out soon called ‘Great Haunting’. You can get your paws on that in
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Muhammad Ali. John Lennon. Susan Sarandon. The Black Panthers. Sly & The Family Stone. Civil rights, sitars, hitchhiking, Chuck Berry, hippies, Zen, minimal artists and so much more. Meet Jeff from New York’s Music Inn. He might just be the most interesting person you’ll listen to all year. This charming film is short, beautifully shot,
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The Doobie Brothers are a fine, fine band – but they sure went up a notch when Michael McDonald got involved. They’ve been enjoying a 50th anniversary reunion, and the whole gang has been on the road together and that’s lovely. It was announced that Steely Dan would be pulling out of the tour with
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BRITPOP TV SHOW DUE FOR THOSE APPROACHING MIDDLE AGE
There’s going to be a new four-part series on terrestrial TV called ‘Britpop: The Music That Changed Britain’ so you can relive the long summers of your youth, or if you’re young, listen to your parents talk over the show by regaling you with stories about how mum threw up her ring down the side…
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YOU NEED THE GAYANCE LP IN YOUR LIFE
DJ and producer Aïsha Vertus – you’ll be knowing her as Gayance from now – has been making solid gold bops for a while, but you need to get on their new LP ‘Mascarade’ ASAP. If having your hair stand on end and your limbs flail around wildly is your thing, then you can skip…
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EDDIE FROM CHARLES & EDDIE KEEPS ON BEING ACE
Eddie Chacon is very much a love of the hip and record collector sorts – sexy dads in Yogi shoes and linen trousers – but the average listener might have needed the Charles & Eddie reference in the headline to hook them in. Just explaining ourselves there in a rather meta way. It’s 2023 and…
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MAE MULLER EUROVISION REVIEW
Listen, we unapologetically love Eurovision ’round these parts and if you’re at all sniffy about the annual, glorious celebration of pop music in its purest form, sort yourself out, you nerd. Anyway, enough of the negatives and onto a rather big positive! The UK haven’t really go a hang of entering great pop songs into…
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