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Not everything you see needs to be brand new. While this is from last summer, it’s still cool. Goose – a band that on the strength of this video sound like they’re jonesing for the spot of the new Steve Miller Band (definitely a compliment) or getting on that Deadhead coin (again, by no means…
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Paul McCartney’s lost bass has been on the mind of Beatle nuts for years, after it just about played in all the famous Beatle records in the 60s. To say that it is an incredibly important piece of popular culture is an understatement. The great news is that Macca has been reunited with it 52…
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Do you like Four Tet? Well, new music is here! There’s a new LP coming out in March called ‘Three’ and it’ll be on Kieran Hebden’s own label Text, and because you invariably want a teaser, there’s a new song to listen to called ‘Daydream Repeat’. It’s below if you want to stop reading and can’t…
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You get the impression that most musicians consider stan culture to be a necessary evil, because stans move product like musical drug mules. Of course, some stans are just super enthusiastic sorts, but there’s a good percentage of them that are over-zealous lunatics who want to prove they’ll go above and beyond, like supporting an…
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There’s a difference between hearing a song that’s new to you and new music. Unless you’re actively seeking out new stuff like a massive nerd (hi there!) and tailoring the algorithm to give you the new good stuff, Spotify is generally quite bad when it comes to promoting new music from smaller acts with little…
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Georgia has been making some great music over the past couple of years with loads of promise. It’s been R&Bish pop, but now, jjst before hitting the road with Kim Petras, there’s clearly one eye on the dancefloor. The track starts moodily before making way for some glorious doof doof action, and it’s very fun.…
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Look, it’s fine that Beyonce is going country and anyone can do whatever they want. We don’t have to write about it though, because we’re just not that bothered. It might be great, it might be average – it’s just not that interesting, regardless of the endless ‘MOTHER!’ comments and people insisting on the re-use…
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Hey! We have a new radio show out! It features music from all corners of the world, including something from the Fonteyn and Pat’s Soundhouse we’ve raved about recently, as well as the peerless Dina Ögon, and the new one from The Lemon Twigs. And there’s stuff from Lebanon, Turkey and more! Get stuck in!
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There’s a lot of videos online geeking out about obscure synths, but few are as fun as this one about the cutest thing you ever did see – the Casio ‘Rapman’. A video made with a lot of love, filled with clips and the aforementioned keyboard which had a scratch wheel, hip hop beats and…
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Hey! Are you a fan of Caroline Polachek? Are you a fan of Weyes Blood? We’ve got some good news for you in that case, because the two have teamed up for a new version of the song ‘Butterfly Net’ and it’s really very nice. This redo will appear on a deluxe version of Polachek’s…
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REVIEW / DARREN RILEY / LIBRARY MUSIC
The renaissance of Library music has been one of the more wholesome things in pop culture – a true celebration of the fine, underdog musicians who often soundtracked our lives to little personal fanfare. With this reappraisal has seen the likes of Alan Hawkshaw, Keith Mansfield, and even Delia Derbyshire getting a light shone on…
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SEE GEORGE PLAY TAXMAN LIVE
‘Taxman’ is one of George Harrison’s most identifiable songs, lambasting those pesky politicians for taxing him too hard. As we know, The Beatles stopped touring in the middle of their career, so there’s a wealth of music the boys never played live – so it’s always a thrill to see anything from the late period…
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IN DEFENCE OF THE NEW RADICALS
One hit wonders get a lot of hate, thanks in part to being overplayed, and usually, because they’re catchy bubblegum tracks that land in the middle of supposed credible music, for which they’re unfavourably compared. And so, to 1998 and Britpop has moved to one side in favour of Landfill Indie, and Massive Attack emerge…
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ETHEL CAIN DEMOS
If you enjoyed the last Ethel Cain record – and you should’ve because it’s great – then you can have a peer behind the curtain of it, with the release of some demos. It’s the demos from ‘Willoughby Tucker, I’ll Always Love You’ and they were released on NYE, but we’ve only just seen them…
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