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Tame Impala are a band that annoys post-punk kids and we think that’s because Kevin Parker makes the kind of psychedelic rock that R&B fans also like, so they should sort that out and stop being whiny babies about it. They’re a fun band. Anyway, small rant aside, Parker has teamed up with some pals…
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This story is actually about Kneecap Vs Kemi Badenoch, but that’s not as fun as a headline. See, the government when Kemi was Secretary of State, illegally blocked some funding of Kneecap, and a court has ruled this to be the case. The Irish group and agitprops accused the government of trying to silence them,…
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It can be a bit boring likening a band to Stereolab and Broadcast, but we’re getting a nice echo of both those groups from the new track from Cornwall’s Low Harness. Now, we’ll add that they’ve very much got their own twist on the whole thing – it’s space pop, it’s a bit psychedelic, it’s…
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Hip hop’s nicest boy, Mac Miller left us too young. However, good news for fans is that there’s more music for you with a posthumous release called ‘Balloonerism’, which people attending Camp Flog Gnaw got a glimpse of recently. Miller’s estate are making the whole thing official and the LP will be released in January.…
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It can be fun thinking about alternate realities, where a one decision turned into another. In this instance, it’s John Lennon and Eric Clapton forming a band after The Beatles broke up. Jeez, that would have been one toxic set-up, right? Well, a draft copy of a letter written by Lennon in 1971 to Clapton…
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There’s going to be a new version of Band Aid’s ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas?’ out this year and y’know, it’s a song that’s done a lot of good, even if it isn’t a perfect thing. There’s a lot to be said about it, the narrative of the lyrics, how much good is has actually…
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Rap beefs are often ugly affairs, but by and large, no-one acts like a total baby. Sure, people may wave the white flag with their tail between their legs, but they don’t snitch about it. However, not all rappers are Drake who, while still dizzyingly popular (don’t doubt that), is really taking this particular Kendrick…
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Look, no-one likes to besmirch anyone’s hard work, but when a band has a stratospheric rise and a bunch of massive support gigs with next to no information on them and their rise, in 2024, people are going to get suspicious. So, just like those awful podcasts that hur-de-hur-hur and say “look man, we’re just…
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Anyone who knows anything about Jimmy Sommerville knows that he’s The People’s Champ. Always on the right side of history, and just so happens to be the writer of one of the most vital and important songs in pop history – ‘Smalltown Boy’. The song has found itself in a sticky place by people acting…
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After the absolutely breathtaking spectacle and culture event of the Kendrick/Drake feud, King Kenny wasn’t quite done. We knew he was planning a Super Bowl Halftime show, which honestly, isn’t likely to be half as good as his Pop Out show back in June where he invited half of Los Angeles on stage with him…
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WHY DO PEOPLE CLOSE THEIR EARS TO NEW MUSIC AS THEY AGE?
As people get older, many just give up. They’re just not as curious about music as they once where. They fall back into familiar albums and even with the advent of Spotify and music never being so simple to explore, they just bed down into the LPs of their youth like elderly rodents in hay.…
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BOB STANLEY & THE BEE GEES
Everyone ought to know by now that Bob Stanley is one of the finest custodians of popular music, being a member of the mighty St Etienne, but also, writer of countless wonderful words about it and putting out so many dynamite compilations – he really has become a national treasure for music geeks, and we’re…
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GLASTONBURY STUFF CONFIRMED (WIN TICKETS TOO, POSSIBLY)
Festivals are pretty terrible things, but y’know, people enjoy them so it’s whatever. Kinda cool to watch live music on TV too, so we suppose it’s a net-plus. Anyway, the most lifestyley festival on the UK circuit is Glastonbury and they’ve confirmed some stuff and put a poster out. The main takeaway is that Guns…
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BOWIE TO BE ANIMATED LIKE ABBA
David Bowie – a man with regrettably few decent haircuts in such a long and industrious career – is looking like returning from the dead, and starring in a new show that’s like the ABBA Voyage one. Is it virtual reality? It’s not a hologram. You know what we mean. Either way, you’ve got to…
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