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Big Freedia has announced a new EP and the whole thing has been produced by the late SOPHIE, and as you can imagine, it absolutely slaps! It’ll get a release this summer when we’re all in the party mode. There’s three tracks to chew on, and we’ll be able to listen to the whole thing…
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There was almost something instinctual about the way Sonny Rollins played his music. In Jazz, there’s a lot of academics and blowhards – but Rollins was a different prospect, and an absolute titan of the scene to boot. One of the Hall of Famers for sure, a generational talent, he has died at the mighty…
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Mass surveillance, new age spiritualism grifters, populist politics, a thoroughly unsensible media landscape, quack medicine pushed by sexists, conspiracy, Q Anon, artificial intelligence, the threat of nuclear war, drone strikes, fash technology, bots, robots chasing wild boars through urban areas – we live in weird, unsettling times. So it feels right that Boards of Canada…
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Arab Strap – the thinking man’s Sleaford Mods* – have announced a brand new album which will be released in September and goes by the name of ‘Half-Told Tales’. And there’s a new single to listen to right now, which is “disco-metal”, right? The lead track is called ‘You You You’ and is something of…
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We’re long time fans of the brilliant Bandsplaining channel on YouTube – video essays on the outer fringes of music and pop culture. Well, it is back with a look at the music that bridged the gap between post war swing and jazz, and psychedelic pop. Even if you’re gemmed up on Space Pop, Exotica,…
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There’s few things we like more than a dance track that clicks and pops, chugging along and making you think of imaginary Andrew Weatherall sets and more. Well, we are enjoying Tyondai Braxton’s new track – ‘UNFS’ – which you can also hear on a new album called ‘Splayed Werks’. The album won’t land until…
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It has been nearly three decades since Lauryn Hill released her ‘Miseducation Of…’ album. That’s an eternity in music, but there’s no doubt that she made an all-time classic which would be hard for anyone to top. She hasn’t released a follow-up to it, and honestly, most of us have given up on the idea…
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Dent May has been making glorious pop-rock for ages now, covering McCartney-ish harmony and Power Pop gems, with a dash of New Wave and more. He’s one of the best to do it, honestly and you’re probably already a fan Well, good news – he’s back with a new track and news of a new…
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Chloe Slater has been causing quite a few waves with her brand of alt-pop, noisy business. And there’s a new single to listen to called ‘UGLY’, which hits out at beauty standards, consumerism and all that bad stuff foisted upon Chloe and women in general. Looks like Gen Z have had it up to here with…
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We’re always in the market for music that reminds us of soft psych, like Millennium and The Free Design, and mix it with gorgeous psychedelic folk, and you’re really speaking our language. And so, to Biita Houdei who has a beautiful, joyful new song out called ‘Life Inside The Hourglass’, which is instantly charming and…
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BONNIE PRINCE BILLY IS BANANAS
You can try and be a clever so-and-so when writing about music, but sometimes you’ve just got to give a musician what they want. We reckon Will Oldham would want that headline we just wrote. Why? Well, in his Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy guise, he’s back with a new song called ‘Bananas’, and it heralds a…
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ARTISTS SAYING ‘NO’ TO TOURING // IS TOURING ALL THAT?
Miley Cyrus has spoken about her new LP to Vogue, and said something rather interesting about it. Basically, that she doesn’t want to tour. She said that “singing for hundreds of thousands of people isn’t really the thing that I love.” She added: “It’s been a minute. After the last [headline arena] show I did,…
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Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan
The third album from Warrington-Runcorn New Town Development Plan (best band name in the world, incidentally) is afoot, so if you’re into glacial atmospherics, gorgeous fonts and retro-futurist ambient electronic music, you’re in luck! ‘Districts, Roads, Open Space’ is a soundtrack to the inside of your head while thinking about concrete and council hallways. Smarter people…
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NEW DOT ALLISON
Dot Allison, who heads will know from being in One Dove and generally being ace, has new music out. The song is called ‘Unchanged’ and is taken from forthcoming long-player ‘Consciousology’ which will be released on July 28th. The LP features Andy Bell – former Ride guy, Oasis man, not him from Erasure [delete as…
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