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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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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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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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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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February 24th is the date to put in your phone calendars if you’re a fan of avant garde, smart as a whip electronica. That’s because two killer Autechre LPs are getting rebooted on vinyl, so you can load up your deck with the good stuff. There’ll be reissues of ‘Confield’ and ‘Draft 7.30’. Both LPs
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It must be just as annoying as it is a compliment to be ‘hotly tipped’ in the world of pop – but hotly tipped Emei is, and with their new track ‘Scatterbrain’, it’s very obvious why. In terms of pop music, this errs on the side of alt.pop, which is always fun – it effectively
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Hey hey! It’s the Twiglets! The Lemon Twigs are back, and there’s going to be a new album and a tour – and for UK fans, the tour is extra special for reasons we’ll go into in a minute. The new LP will be called ‘Everything Harmony’ and there’s a new track from it called
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You could just skip all these words and press play on the video below, but you might want to find out what we’ve found out too. The basic deal here though, is this is a bit of a departure for Deerhoof and the song is really great. It’s called ‘Wedding, March, Flower’ and it starts
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You can find all manner of amazing and strange things when you keep watching lousy old documentaries. We’ll get onto that shortly though, because first, have you ever found yourself dancing along to ‘Why Did You Do It?’ by Stretch? It’s a favourite of the DJs, or you may have it on one of your
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De La Soul are a group that means so much to so many people. There’s not many better debut albums than ‘3 Feet High And Rising’, loved just as much by hip hop die-hards as people who loved pop, rock, dance music, soul music and the rest. At the turn of the ’90s, after the
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ROB MAZUREK FUTURE SHAMAN
Hey! Do you like new music and, not just new music, but slightly difficult music that’s fun? Well, you should check outy Rob Mazurek’s Exploding Star Orchestra newbie, ‘Future Shaman’. Apply here if you like wonky jazz and post-rock. It’s discordant, good stuff. Mazurek is a composer/trumpeter and the Exploding Star Orchestra features Damon Locks…
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SAM SMITH VERSUS SAUCEPAN
We like a popstar making bold choices, and Sam Smith has been doing exactly that lately. It doesn’t matter whether you like the tunes or not, we should absolutely support a commercial artist when they lean into the experimental and off-kilter. Did you see them on SNL, with Sharon Stone draping themselves all over the…
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BJORK’S DAUGHTER RELEASES MUSIC
It feels kinda shitty referring to a new artist as ‘Bjork’s daughter’, but needs must. Isadora Bjarkardottir Barney is her name, and she’s released her debut solo work as part of a comp showcasing Icelandic music. The comp is called ‘DRULLUMALL 4’ and Isadora’s track – ‘bergmál’ – is really good, you’ll be glad to…
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NEW PET SHOP BOYS DUE
The mighty Pet Shop Boys are all set to share some previously unreleased songs in April. It’s all part of a new thing they’re doing and that new thing is a book called ‘Annually’. The 2023 edition of the yearly release (hence the name) will be a 64-page hardback affair, containing journals, photos from their…
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