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He sold the idea of cooking to hipsters too cool to watch regular TV, he’s got a lot of tattoos, was in The Bear, is a restauranteur and all that jazz – now, Matty Matheson has announced he’s got a hardcore band called Pig Pen. He’s announced this on socials, so if you’re a fan,…
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We’ve heard a lot about the woes of the working classes in art and music of late, and it’s true, that it is harder than ever for people from low-income backgrounds to make it to the big stages, lacking the financial cushion of wealthy families while they’re scrabbling to get heard. Wigan indie band The…
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In the hardcore scene, one of the most interesting bands have been GEL, who managed to wear a myriad of influences in their music without being too reverential to any. Sadly, they are no more and it has all been levelled at one particular bandmate, Anthony Webster. Webster was given the boot from the band…
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In the streaming era, the chart companies have reacted slowly to those who were able to fudge stats and wriggle in the margins to get more plays, or contribute to the data to give them inflated chart positions. Once upon a time, it was Payola, and now there’s something else going on. Overly long LPs…
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Bad news for fans of SAULT – it all might be over, and as ever, the root of all evil is money. See, Little Simz has sued producer and SAULT collaborator Inflo over £1.7 million – a sum not to be sniffed at. The claim was filed in January, and Inflo was accused of withholding…
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Some of the songs that will feature in the 2025 have been released, but not all. We looked at the betting for some of these songs, and honestly, we can’t see how they’ve fallen like they have, but we only have our gut to work with, rather than analytics and whatnot. The favourites at the…
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Remember WU LYF? Well, to many, they were a brief but seminal band. Hailing from Manchester, the group broke up, and went off to do their own thing. Francis Lung emerged, as did Lost Under Heaven. Now, it seems like the old band are getting back together, heralded by a countdown clock on a site.…
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Haim have a new song out and, honestly, it sounds just like a Haim track. We mean that in the nicest possible way, as it’s filled with fun, harmonies and groovy business. It’s the group’s first new music since 2023, and it is called ‘Relationships’ and honestly, they’re famous enough that they don’t need our…
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Anyone who has heard ‘Dreaming With Alice’ will no doubt have lost their damn minds thinking about how incredible ‘Mandolin Man’ is – one of the greatest acid-folk tracks of a generation, and seemingly one of those songs recorded by someone who didn’t get a fair crack, and lost to the midsts of time. Well,…
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We wrote about the new Spinal Tap movie a while ago, and we could link to that piece to prove it, but you wouldn’t click it, so what’s the point? We’ll recap here either way. The good news is, is that a teaser has been released for you to watch! It’s called Spinal Tap II:…
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WE TOLD YOU THERE’D BE NEW POLACHEK
There’s nothing a music writer likes saying more than ‘toldyouso‘. Be it spotting a band before they get big and you told everyone they’d like them, and they did, or better yet, saying there’s something off about an artist for them to reveal themselves to be dicks. This is all to lead up to this…
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DILLA SAMPLED SYNTH-FUNK LP TO GET REISSUED
We could have said that ‘Thrust’ by McNeal and Niles was getting reissued, but that may not mean a lot to most people. Instead, we’re telling you it has been sampled by J Dilla, because that’s a bit catchier. Either way, it’s a masterful and very, very sought after LP, so this is great news…
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TRYING TO GET SOME INTERNET TRAFFIC BY ANNOUNCING BEYONCE’S TOUR
Let’s face it – we don’t need to write about the imminent Beyonce tour. We don’t need to mention it at all, because obviously, the Beyhive have alerts set up and publications bigger than this one, with their CEO teams and algorithm jammers, will write about it more prominently. So we’ll be honest and just…
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KING OF THE HILL RETURNS
The best cartoon sitcom of all time, King of the Hill, is coming back. Now, you may have thought ‘hang on – isn’t The Simpson’s the greatest?‘ but we said ‘best‘, so suck it up. It’s official and everything that Hank Hill & Co will be back on our screens, and it will be getting…
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