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Fans of Orville Peck may recognise Bria Salmena from playing in his live band. Well, good news for Western-inflecked road-trip music lovers is that Bria has a solo record out. ‘Bending Over Backwards’ is Salmena’s debut solo cut under her own name and signed to Sub Pop, these are all good reasons to press play
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Listen. Anyone who is a fan of Ryan Leslie is already rabidly so need no further hype. However, we’re going to get excited all the same! R-Les is responsible for some of the finest R&B known to man, and while his career has been great, it is true that he never crossed over like many
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Jorja Smith’s R&B output was great, but we get a special kick when she’s dancefloor ready, especially like that killer Preditah remix that appeared a while back. She has a new single out called ‘High’ which is a tribal-ish house affair and is a sophisticated little groover that is ticking all the boxes for us.
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Whether you like it or not, Charli XCX has a choke hold on summer 2024. Her ‘brat’ branding has gone viral and you might have missed the initial spurt of it all, and would very much like someone to explain it because you’re interested in pop culture or have FOMO. Well, you can thank VIDEOGIRL
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Fans of Scottish folk and the Green Man Festival won’t need introducing to Pictish Trail, so good news for you is that he’s back with a new EP. It’s called ‘Follow Footsteps’ and you can hear the whole thing on Sept 13th. This new selection has been assembled alongside Susan Bear of Tuff Love. He
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Cult faves Galaxie 500 have gone and announced a new album of outtakes, B-sides, rarities, and previously unreleased tracks for the uber fans out there amongst you. The album is called ‘Uncollected Noise New York ’88-’90’ and will be available in September on vinyl, CD, tape and digital of course. “I can see why we left
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Disco and Hi NRG legend, Evelyn Thomas, has sadly passed away at the fine age of 70. Chicago born, she had a huge hit with the utterly magical dancefloor powerhouse, ‘High Energy’ – one of the hallmark tracks that ushered in a new era for disco music and clubland. DJ and producer Ian Levine said:
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Floating Points is from Manchester, so we couldn’t help but notice that their new song shares the name with an old radio station from the city. People of a certain again will remember Piccadilly Key 103, so the fact that this is called ‘Key103’ will fill them with a fizzy nostalgia. Very nice. Of course,
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Channel Tres makes good house music and we’d like to see a DJ soon, please. He’s further proof that Summer 2024 is being completely owned by the West Coast, hailing from Compton. There’s a debut LP out called ‘Head Rush’ and it has a stellar line-up of guesties on it. It’s the usual blend of
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God. Someone else wondering what Balearic means. Look, what we’re saying here is that there’s a chug to this that might sound nice when there’s been some kind of exploring of chemicals. But it’s folk music. The two can go together, and you know it. We’re looking at the new track from Norwood who isn’t
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DYLAN SINGS MASTERS OF WAR
Bob Dylan is pretty tight-lipped mostly, and when answering questions, prefers to be on the side of cryptic. It is fair to say that he’d rather let his music do the talking, which is probably why fans read so much into his songs. With that, for the first time in years, he’s opened his set…
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WOLF ALICE GO PSYCH
It is fair to say that Wolf Alice’s new album is pretty keenly anticipated, and they’ve got a new song out which is only going to add to any excitement from their fans. In fact, we’d suggest that the latest one might be the pick of the crop. It’s called ‘White Horses’ and it’s a…
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DISCLOSURE + ANDERSON PAAK
Disclosure are always a whole load of fun when they’re collaborating with guest vocalists, and now they’ve dropped a track with Anderson Paak, which makes a lot of sense and we’re surprised it hasn’t happened before. With that in mind, it seems like this one has been on the boiler for a while. The group…
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JEHNNY BETH IN BRUTAL FORM
You may know Jehnny Beth from Savages, but now, we’re dealing with a solo record which goes by the name of ‘High Resolution Sadness’, and it is absolutely brutal and needs to be played loud enough to leak out of your headphones on the bus. This is from Beth’s second solo album, ‘You Heartbreaker, You’, which is…
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