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  • REVIEW / ALDOUS HARDING / TRAIN ON THE ISLAND

    There’s no-one quite like Aldous Harding. From the lyrical content, the jarring but hot-as-hell dancing, the switching of voices, the costumes, the arresting videos… and most importantly, the utterly unique approach in her brilliant songwriting. So, we’re here with her newest album, and the words are once again twisting and turning, all delivered in Harding’s…

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  • KÁRYYN’S FUTURE SOUL EXPERIMENTS

    We just heard about KÁRYYN, who has a new album coming which was co-pro’d with Hudson Mohawke and James Ford, and sounds very exciting indeed, based on the new track from it. The album is called ‘Physics Universal Love Language (Pull)’ and the first track is ‘End To Knowing’. She’s an Syrian-Armenian-American artist, and the…

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  • JEFF PARKER ETA IVTET LIVE

    We got very excited to the album from the Jeff Parker ETA IVTet, and gave it a great review on these very pages. You can read that review here. Well, if you’re not for reading words about albums you’ve not heard yet (what’s wrong with you?) but are in the market for new jazz, you’re…

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  • THE HANGING STARS JINGLE JANGLE

    The Hanging Stars are a wonderful marriage of country, C90 indie, cosmic rock, psychedelic folk, power pop, and Laurel Canyon rootsy business – so it’s always good news when you hear that they’re back with new music! There’s a new album coming out on June 19th called ‘Just A Day’ and if you haven’t heard…

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  • WHAT IS BLUE DOT FEVER, OR, IS THE BUBBLE BURSTING ON BIG SHOWS

    There’s a new phrase in the music industry – notably involving the touring circuit – called ‘Blue Dot Fever’. It references the amount of blue dots that appear on maps of arenas on the Ticketmaster website. Post COVID lockdowns, big artists were keen to get out and play massive shows, and fans were keen to…

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  • THE NEW BOARDS OF CANADA TRACK IS AMAZING – YOU CAN BREATHE NOW

    There was no doubt that any new material from Boards of Canada was going to be great, but with high expectation, comes an unbearable worry you might be hyping it up too much and it’s destined to fail. No fear. There’s the first new, full track from the ‘Inferno’ album, and it’s amazing. Do you…

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  • IBIBO SOUND MACHINE DON’T MESS AROUND

    Ibibo Sound Machine do not mess around. Their take on Hi Life and Afrobeats, launching headlong into party electro is one of the most infectious sounds around right now, and you can imagine they’re a light under the ass of any festival that’s lucky enough to have them on the bill. Well, they have a…

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  • THE STONES ARE STILL THE BEST AT DOING AN IMPRESSION OF THE STONES

    The Rolling Stones have a new album coming out called ‘Foreign Tongues’, which sure does sound like an album title from The Rolling Stones. The album cover is kinda gross too – an amalgamation of their various faces, all smooshed together, and honestly, you think to yourself “yep, that looks like a Stones LP alright!”…

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  • THEE MARLOES BRING THE SUNSHINE

    If you’re into the kind of funk you find on ace ’70s Library records, the cinematic soul of classic Serge, and sunshine goodness from the likes of Nu Genea, then you’ll love Thee Marloes. If you’re not on these already, sort that out as soon as you can! If not, they’re from Indonesia and the…

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  • REVIEW / NU GENEA / PEOPLE OF THE MOON

    When times are hard, it’s difficult to stop yourself from daydreaming of some blissful, endless summer where shirts are linen, your toes wriggling in the sand, and everyone, everywhere, is a glorious mix of people from all over the globe living in some harmonious Utopia, chilled glass of wine in one hand, pack of Camel…

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  • KAYTRANADA & AMINÉ

    Kaytranada and Aminé are a match made in heaven really, so it’s nice that they’re teaming up again (they’ve worked with each other a bunch before) on a project called KAYTRAMINÉ. Initially, we heard about this via a video on Instagram where their names are being presented on a lovely, orange MPC looking thing. Then, there was…

  • DRAKE SEEMINGLY GOADS KANYE WITH KIM SAMPLE AND WE’RE SO TIRED

    Kanye West is game for dunking on at every opportunity, which in part is richly deserved, but also really depressing. The man needs to be accountable for the things he says and does, but jesus, it’s rotten watching someone be so very ill in public. With that, along comes cringebag no.1, Drake. He shared a…

  • FREE RANGE TRACKLIST APRIL 23

    The latest FREE RANGE show is up and this one is a little chaotic with loads of killer music on it from all over the world. This one has a guest presenter on it which is real fun. You can listen to it below and the tracklist is a little bit below that. FREE RANGE…

  • COSMIC COUNTRY POP FROM JENNY LEWIS

    Cosmic country pop? Like Gram Parsons but with a will to actually sell some records? Big claim that, but fuck it, let’s go with it. We’re talking about Jenny Lewis, who is a bit of a legend in certain circles, and who has a most excellent wardrobe (stop pretending that this isn’t a thing that…

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