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Alasdair Roberts is great. His brand of Scottish folk is utterly bewitching and if you’re into great tales and intimate performances, he’s definitely the guy for you. He’s back with a new track on Drag City, and according to them ‘The Bonny Moorhen’ is a “fond paean to a waterbird whose regal profile compares to
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Rosalía released one of the most brilliant (and experimental) pop albums ever cut to wax last year, and sincerely, if you’re one of the few that didn’t listen to it, remedy that when you next get the chance. ‘MOTOMAMI’ is a carnival of Spanish pop, brutal electronics, elegant and fractured rhythms, reggaeton and hard edits galore
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An absolute giant of jazz, Wayne Shorter, has sadly left us. He was a fair old age, which is lovely to see in a genre where too many left us way too young, but even with that said, we would like to throw praise his way. The fact is, Shorter is one of the people
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The room was dark, the atmosphere heavy with disappointment and defeat. The band had played their hearts out, but something had gone wrong. Their once-promising career had come to a screeching halt, and now they were left with nothing but shattered dreams and broken spirits. The lead singer sat slumped in a chair, his head
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Roger Daltrey has been asked if The Who are making music for a new LP. He’s said “what’s the point?” and, honestly, where’s the lie? There’s not many fizzing with excitement at the prospect of a new album from Daltrey and Townshend, is there? No harm like. He said: “What’s the point? What’s the point
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Take four of the Super Furry Animals and you get Das Koolies – a psychedelic techno adventure that shows the gang are still brimming with ideas even when the main project is resting. It’s pulsating and political and ultimately, it’s a load of fun. Whenever the SFA lads are involved in something, it’s always worth
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Huey Lewis is genuinely a cool guy. He’s like the ’80s John Sebastian or something. Great songs, approachable, the people’s champ! Well, his band features heavily in the lore of American Psycho, and even though the movie was released in 2000, he’s still not seen it. Neither have we. We’ve seen a lot of memes
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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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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 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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WHO SPENDS THE MOST ON MUSIC – STREAMERS OR NOT?
The amount of money an artist receives for making music is a hot topic at the moment. Apart from a few at the top, it sincerely looks like a lot of mid-tier and smaller bands simply can’t afford to be musicians, professionally. There’s people playing large gigs who still have office jobs. Whether or not…
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CRYPTIC KATE BUSH MIGHT MEAN NEW MUSIC
If you go on Kate Bush’s website, something’s changed. There, you’ll see a landing page for something called Fish People. Does this mean new music? Let’s not get too excited, but let’s hope, eh? So what do we know? Well, Fish People is a label set up by Kate in 2011. It has focused on…
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REMA’S NEW ONE IS GREAT (GOD THEY’RE MAKING US FEEL OLD)
Rema is referred to as a runaway and the next obvious superstar of African music, and with the latter, that could very well be true if they aren’t already. Inspired by Wizkid, D’Banj and Burna Boy, it isn’t difficult to imagine Rema hitting the same heights with some ease. There’s a couple of new songs…
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WHEN ASKED WHAT QUEEN’S BEST SONG IS, ANSWER THIS
There’s going to be an anniversary of Queen releasing their first LP, and with that, Radio 2 have asked their listeners to vote on what the group’s best song is. Of course, one of the massive stadium filling songs is going to win, but honestly, someone should rig the vote and have it so something…
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