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You could call it alt-rap we suppose, but we’re a bit loathed to do it. Fact is, this is not mainstream hip hop and comes with a big dollop of soulfulness that makes it worth a listen. It’s hotly tipped duo H31R who hail from New York and they’ve got a new single out from…
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March 30th, 1981, in the mid afternoon outside the Hilton in Washington DC, six shots ring out and Ronald Reagan is unceremoniously bundled into a car. His press secretary lies critically wounded on the floor, and injured too are a secret service agent and a police officer. The President of the United States of America…
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Peru is responsible for some of the greatest psychedelic music ever recorded – much of it based in a love of The Beatles and Paul McCartney. However, for fans of heavier stuff, you need to get on Tarkus and fast! Munster Records (ever brilliant) have reissued the group’s sole LP, which has influences of Black…
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Portable Radio – talented and handsome – have released a third track from the forthcoming ‘Counting To Three’ LP, this time, a disco ballad called ‘Where There Is Love’. There’s a lyric video so you can singalong. The album is available to pre-order here and is available as a download or – and we imagine…
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Lynks (formerly Lynks Afrikka, which is one of the best monikers we’ve ever seen, honestly) is back with a certified slapper with ‘New Boyfriend’ and that heralds a new tour for 2024 too! Talking to the NME, they said: “peaking about the track, Lynks said: “”Look, ultimately I think I’m a fairly smart, reasonable, logical…
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The band are called O. and that’s almost impossible to search for on the internet, which is fine and very post-modern and all, but we’re not here to judge. Fact is, they’ve been signed to Speedy Wunderground and that’s a label that does cool stuff, so this is going to be cool right? You bet!…
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Like rare records but hate spending a bazillion quid on them? Thank god for reissues! And thank god for Mr Bongo who are reissuing the ace Grupos Los Yoyi LP, ‘Yoyi’. Bongo are launching a Cuban series and this is a gem of a psychedelic funk affair, that touches on fusion, disco, future shit, Latin…
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We know very little about Samantha Urbani, but that’s okay – you don’t need a back story to get into someone’s cool new record do you? That said, we’re eager to find out more on hearing new song ‘Time Keeps Slipping’ which is from her debut LP, ‘Showing Up’. Have a listen. Sounds a bit…
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There’s a lot of quizzes about The Beatles in the world, but very few of them will get devotees’ brain-matter really fizzing. Well, there’s one on the always charming Dave Bennett YouTube channel which made our brains melt. It’s not impossible, but there’s moments where you’ll yell ‘I KNOW THIS ARRGH!’, and the answers are…
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CHAI are a very cool pop band that you should get to know if you haven’t already. It’s been called ‘Neo Kawaii’, and that’s definitely a great name for the sound – but there’s also a sniff of Minneapolis funk about it, amongst the Mega Drive menu music choogle. CHAI’s self-titled new LP is out…
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YVES TUMOR TOUR AND LP
Yves Tumor isn’t quite like anyone else around at the moment, but one thing we do know is that the music they’ve been making is undeniably sexy. Good too, mind you. Future glam mixed with Prince’s grimier moments, with a dollop of psychedelics thrown in. It’s fun stuff. Well, good news pop fans, there’s going…
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VIC MENSA VS THUNDERCAT
Hey! Vic Mensa has teamed up with Thundercat and singer Maeta on a new track called ‘Strawberry Louis Vuitton’, which is good news isn’t it? We like them. Not so much Louis Vuitton, but that’s not through any moral stance – rather – we haven’t ever been able to afford it so it doesn’t mean…
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PRIVATE PRESS JAPANESE PSYCH NEW RELEASE
There’s a gorgeous new record you need by Tokyo’s Arimoto and it’s called ‘Acacia y Suministro de Agua’. Part folk, part psych, part post-rock, all ace, you’ll like this no doubt. You can just listen to it below if you won’t take our word for it. All recorded in glorious analogue, this is a private…
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PRE ORDER JAMES ACASTER’S ‘TEMPS’ ON VINYL
You know James Acaster from the TV and clips of him rinsing Ricky Gervais don’t you? A ball of nervous energy in a tracksuit top, famed for his Bake Off failures and his wild ride on Taskmaster. He’s a funny, smart fella. He’s also in a 40 piece collective called Temps, which sees Acaster in…
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