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The comeback of country music has been fun and all, but we’ve found ourselves wishing someone would remember the weirder, louder, garage punk elements of it – think of all those old, fantastic, sleazy records that lie between rockabilly, early rock ‘n’ roll, and booty shakers. Well, Manchester group HONK remember, and they have an
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South Korean group, Silica Gel (great band name, that) have teamed up with Michelle Zauner aka Japanese Breakfast for a new track called ‘南宮FEFERE’. Zauner says: “This was the first time I’ve ever written lyrics in Korean. Anyone who’s familiar with my work knows how much my Korean heritage has come to mean to me,
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TOPS are a great little band – they’re awesome in a live setting too – and they’ve been putting some of their best work out this year, and their latest single is one of their best yet. Taken from their imminent album ‘Bury The Key’, new song ‘Annihilation’ is a slinky, synthy, almost Yacht Pop
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Leftfield pop can too often mean that an artist is making something fun, but wilfully awkward, so rock fans can assuage themselves from feelings of selling out. However, when you apply the term properly, you have pure pop and all that comes with it, just a smidge left of centre to make it feel more
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We’ve finally got an official trailer for Spinal Tap II: The End Continues after a teaser a while back, and as you might expect, there’s a lot of guest stars as the monsters of rock pull in the influential guns! In this new film, we see Questlove being zoomed by the boys, as well as
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We don’t know much about the group called Goon, but we were reading a review elsewhere and it sounded like something we’d like to hear. An almost four-track recorded, immediate version of modern psychedelic music – fun! The review in question was on Stereogum, if you want to read it. We’re going to investigate more,
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Whether you’re into smooth jazz fusion, easy listening, or a fan of the greatest long running joke in King Of The Hill, you’ll know Chuck Mangione. Sadly, Chuck has passed away, so we’re honouring him with this dynamite live clip of him playing his most iconic hit.
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Look, we’re not sure if this is folk-rock, popsike, or what – but we do know that Tyler Ballgame’s new single – ‘Got A New Car’ – is very, very pleasant to listen to and we think that you’ll like it when it goes into your ears too. Tyler has just signed to Rough Trade
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There’s clearly a scam afoot which needs addressing – streaming platforms are making money from A.I. music with inflated streaming numbers from bots. If the audience is removed, and platforms benefit from programs generating income for themselves, then that’s a con, right? We wrote about the AI group who had amassed millions of listens, but
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What can you write about Ozzy Osborne? A man who lived enough life for all of us put together. A pioneer. A funny swine. A heroic effort to hedonism. An unlikely reality TV star. The man who, with Black Sabbath, pretty much invented heavy metal. A great fella. While tributes pour in from every corner,
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NUGGETS BOXSET IS BACK
Most of us are well aware of the amazing comp/boxset etc ‘Nuggets: Original Artyfacts From The First Psychedelic Era, 1965-1968′, first out in ’72 and basically (alongside a little help from Lester Bangs’ writing) invented garage punk as a genre. The compilation was put together by Lenny Kaye (Patti Smith’s cohort) and it is rightly…
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MIX: BE WITH ME / FOLK FUNK & TRIPPY TROUBADOURS
Paul Hillery’s mixes over on Mixcloud are the stuff of legend if you love groovy and witchy psychedelic folk. His selections switch from dreamlike, to super chuggers, to sometimes evil sounding and such. He’s one of the best and he even did the holy grail of getting a compilation out (vinyl here, if you’re already…
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NEW T-PAIN COVERS LP (JUST WAIT TIL YOU SEE THE ARTWORK)
T-Pain is brilliant. He’s always been brilliant. He can turn his hand to almost anything and yet, there’s foolish people out there who still think he can’t sing and that autotune does all the work. T-Pain has always had the vocal chops and anyone who has seen his Tiny Desk show knows how fantastic and…
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NEW SOUL FROM YAYA BEY
It’s kinda hideous to liken anyone to any of the flag-bearers of Neo Soul, but it is handy when you’re trying to convey that we’re dealing with a modern artist that is able to both look forward with their music, but also use all the rich musical past that exists, especially in soul music. So…
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