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When we think of great pop comebacks, we think of artists who have been away for a little while, only for them to hit us with an absolute banger. However, that isn’t really a comeback – it’s more a continuation after a pause, right? Of course, there’s artists who fall-off, to eventually comeback with a…
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‘Yes’ by McAlmont and Butler is, without doubt, one of the finest songs of the Nineties, melding the melodrama of 60s girl groups, Britpop and Glam, Scott Walker, show tunes and everything that is truly great about pure, anthemic pop music. Well, David has sat down with Jake Shears for the Queer the Music podcast,…
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We are big fans of Mixcloud on this site – so much so that we upload our own radio show to it. It’s one of the best places to have algorithm-free listening and find new music to listen to. We’re not on the payroll – we’re not influential enough for that, and you know it.…
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Power Pop princess, all-round good egg and Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs has some new music coming out, and that’s always worth celebrating isn’t it? You bet your sweet ass it is! So, what’s going on? This isn’t a new Bangs record, rather, she’s putting out ‘The List’, which is her first release of entirely new…
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You can almost hear the knuckleheads saying ‘how is A.I. learning from all the music ever made any different to humans listening to music and learning from it?’, but, A.I. music scraper/generator Suno has lost a copyright case against German licensing firm GEMA. Back in 2025, GEMA filed an infringement case, saying that Suno was…
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Forgive the click bait headline – this isn’t a Daft Punk interview technically – however, it IS an in depth interview with Thomas Bangalter. That’s still big. Of course Thomas, along with Guy-Man, were effectively silent since the second Daft Punk album, so whenever there’s any sighting of them since then, it’s very exciting. While…
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Look, we’re on record as being big fans of the New Radicals’ Power Pop hit, ‘You Only Get What You Give’, and if you don’t like it, you’ve got it all wrong in your head. Just because it was a runaway success and omnipresent, doesn’t mean it isn’t a banger. If you want to read…
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Wolf Alice have covered The Roches’ absolutely legendary ’79 acid-folk gem ‘Hammond Song’, for an imminent project and, all things being fair, we’re including both versions here, in case you haven’t heard the original. First thing’s first, here’s the Roches version which is the kind of song that will have you feel like you’re floating…
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Tom Waits made a surprising return with Massive Attack lately on a track called ‘Boots On The Ground’, which made for an intense, insular listen about some of the global bullshit going on at the minute. Well, he’s back some more, releasing the full version of his spoken-word track ‘The Fly’, which of course, you…
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Flo Milli is going to release her fourth LP later this year, and to tease the release of course, there’s a new song to listen to. The album is called ‘FloState’ (that’s neat) and it’ll be on Jive. There’s no firm details on it just yet, but there’s a new psychedelic, syrupy number to listen…
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GET EXCITED FOR THE WOMACK SISTERS
We’ve written about the Womack Sisters a couple of times now, and we’ve getting more excited every time they release another song, and now it’s getting silly. This brand new track now puts them in the ‘highly anticipated’ section of our hearts for any album that’s due! Smoking hot soul music with the kinds of…
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NEW NONAME TRACK ABOUT A SQUATTER
Noname is a unique voice in music at the minute (complimentary) and she’s back with a new track which is on a topic we’re not sure we’ve heard before. She’s telling the tale – along with the ever lovely Dram – of a squatter moving into her house while she was away on tour. This…
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BIBIO + DORIAN CONCEPT
If you like bubbling analogue synthesisers and bucolic loveliness, then you absolutely need to get on the new track from Bibio and Dorian Concept. It’s called ‘Shame’ and we don’t know a whole lot more about it than what we’ve listened to, but honestly, you can enjoy it for what it is. Gorgeous.
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UNRELEASED PRINCE LEAK
Unreleased Prince music is always exciting, and as anyone knows, there’s a metric tonne of it in the Paisley Park vaults. Prince was a prolific man, and then some. Well, there’s a new leak out, of a gorgeous, smooth jam which would have appeared on his debut LP (we think) called ‘Whenever’ that’s appeared online.…
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