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What is there to say about Quincy Jones that everyone hasn’t already said since his passing this weekend? What an extraordinary human and what a life! He produced ‘Thriller’, which is enough for any other mere mortal, but he worked for 75 glorious years, including 28 Grammies, collaborations with Sinatra, Ray Charles, helped shape ‘We…
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The wonderful Pet Shop Boys have announced a new set of fine bone china, because why the hell not? They’re the Pet Shop Boys – they can do whatever they want. This set celebrates their first release and is part of the ‘Pet Shop Boys Since 1984’ range and was designed by Farrow, along with the…
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Yacht Rock is, whether you like it or not, a very specific thing with a specific set of parameters. There’s a jazziness too it, a smooth groove, usually flashy musicians trying to keep it tasteful, and there’s a whole list of songs which help you learn what these songs are from the people who coined…
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A really lovely video from Noble Records about an unusual situation where a record shop ends up buying the record collection of a serial killer. There’s a whole bunch of info and no-one is making light of anything, and this is a sweet and mega interesting video that you should watch. Hit play and give…
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Hey! Lets do Mogwai at karaoke tonight! Arf. Only kidding – they’ve got a new song for you to listen to and it is taken from a new album which is coming out in January. The LP is called ‘The Bad Fire’, and it’ll include ‘God Gets You Back’ which you may have heard earlier…
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One of the fun things about King Gizzard is that, every time they release something new, they’ve taken something of a left turn. They’re a totally restless group who have gone through prog, metal, psychedelic rock and whatever else has been on their internal record player. Well, this time around, they’ve got the orchestra out…
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This is new to us, but in 1970 ITV aired a show called ‘Songs From Two Brewers’ – a smoky club show that features Pentangle at the peak of their powers. It’s a run of six songs that’ll really put you in the room and this is essential viewing.
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She may be from Baltimore, but Eyas (Jenna Balderson to her pals) has seemingly taken inspiration from UKG with her indie-folk music, which sounds like it’d suck, but thankfully, it doesn’t. There’s a new EP afoot called ‘Quiet-loud’ and you’ll be able to hear the whole thing in late November. If you like what you…
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You can’t trust Tyler, The Creator. That’s part of his charm, right? He says he won’t be releasing any new music this year, and then almost out of the blue, a new album comes out and all the GOLF WANG devotees get their multicoloured trousers in a bunch and show the kind of unswerving devotion…
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Want to hear a previously unreleased Throbbing Gristle track? Well, Mute are putting a new release out called ‘TG BERLIN’, which is a fancy boxset that charts unreleased work in Berlin, around a series of live events at the Volksbühne in 2005 and 2006. It’ll see the light of day on 6th December, and of course,…
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BLUE LIGHTS FROM JAYDA G NOT TO BE MISSED
She’s a DJ, she’s a producer – Jayda G is bring good and hypnotic vibes to make your feet move around wildly and, luckily enough, there’s a new tune out called ‘Blue Lights’ which is really good. There’s a new LP due too, called ‘Guy’, and that’ll be on Ninja Tune, which is a name…
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FRIPP & TOYAH HEAVILY FEATURING BREASTS, FOR THE CAUSE
It’s difficult trying to avoid being cancelled when someone keeps getting their breasts out and we, responsible music critics must pretend we haven’t seen the aforementioned breasts. Even if we have noticed the breasts, then we must underline how people should be able to free their breasts for whatever reason they like, because the people…
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PSYCHEDELIC TWANGS WITH IMMATERIAL POSSESSION
If you’ve not heard of Immaterial Possession, they’re an odd bunch. That’s a good thing, before you start any of that nonsense. They’ve got a new tune out called ‘Mercy of the Crane Folk’. What’s that about you ask? Well, it’s a song that is apparently a tale about a needy ghost that never gets…
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03 GREEDO BUSS ME A SCRIPT
03 Greedo has served 5 years in prison and is out on parole and, out of the gate, he’s not messing around. He’s got a new track out called ‘Buss Me A Script’ which features Maxo Kream and it is haaaaaaaarrrrrrrd. There’s a new LP in offing too (might be a mixtape, might not be…
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