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There’s a style of R&B which touches on ’80s production while still sounding very modern, almost like it’s soul music made in the shadow of vaporwave, hence the headline. And Ravyn Lenae has a new track out which prompted us to think of that. She’s announced her third album, which will be out in August and goes…
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Josh Caffe is a DJ and all-round renaissance man, so it is no surprise that his new track is making us want to go out and do the kinds of things that make our jaws stick out before bailing on the party to go home for some sexy time. Part electro, part breaks, part proto-house…
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Gilla Band used to be called Girl Band, but felt weird about that, so rebranded. Fair enough. Well, they’re a sporadic bunch, so we’ve not had any music from them in a while, but obviously, we’re writing about them because that’s changed! They’re back with a new, noisy thing called ‘Giraffe’, and amongst the noise,…
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If you’re in the market for some really cool psychedelic music, you need to get on the new one from Texas group Holy Wave. This is a proper song, rather than po-faced drone psych, don’t worry. They’re releasing a new LP called ‘i’m DADA’ on July 10th, and before that, you can listen to ‘s33.u.in/HAL’. Silly…
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We shared a track from this lot the other day, which we described as ‘swirly’, but that’s not the case with this filthy little chugger. Called ‘LA Traffic’ (people are obsessed with driving in Los Angeles, honestly!) it is the latest release before the album comes out. The album is called ‘Attention’ and it is…
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There’s no two ways about it – the Republican Party has never really been a close friend of pop music. Elvis was pally with Nixon, but Elvis had gone pretty shitty by that phase of his career, all jumpsuit and loose marbles. Ray Charles played at some GOP inaugurations, but he played at any that…
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A while ago, Henry Rollins (Black Flag etc) and Ian MacKaye (Fugazi, Minor Threat) said they were working on a project together, and everyone just kinda assume they were making some new music with each other – not the case. After the initial ‘no, it ain’t us’ shutdown, Rollins explained that they’d been working on…
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DJ Koze has released a number of great things in his time, not least his fabulous ‘Knock Knock’ LP in 2018 which really got everyone tapping their toes and thinking about days dancing in nice weather. Well, he’s back and has a new double-A-side coming out on June 12th. Not sure if there’s a new…
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Big Freedia has announced a new EP and the whole thing has been produced by the late SOPHIE, and as you can imagine, it absolutely slaps! It’ll get a release this summer when we’re all in the party mode. There’s three tracks to chew on, and we’ll be able to listen to the whole thing…
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There was almost something instinctual about the way Sonny Rollins played his music. In Jazz, there’s a lot of academics and blowhards – but Rollins was a different prospect, and an absolute titan of the scene to boot. One of the Hall of Famers for sure, a generational talent, he has died at the mighty…
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CLUSTER ZUCKERZEIT COMES AGAIN
Like noodly synth stuff from Germany? Course you do! Well, if you’re not already all over ‘Zuckerzeit’ by Cluster, you’re in luck! That means sugar time, by the way. It was the third LP from the cosmic German outfit, originally released in ’74, and an off-shoot of the also wonderful Harmonia group. And Neu! Basically,…
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OLD GUY NOT KEEN ON HARRY STYLES/BOWIE COMPARISONS
Harry Styles dresses glamorously, so regardless of the music he’s making and thanks to a couple of sequins and whatnot, we are by law, required to liken him to some people from the ’70s. Seeing as most people identify the ’70s with David Bowie, then Harry Styles must be like him, eh? Now, we actually…
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SHEENA EASTON DEBUT AGAIN
Sheena Easton has had a funny ol’ career hasn’t she? From ‘Morning Train (Nine To Five)’ to being in a band with Prince, it’s quite the leap, eh? Well, concerning her own work, the lovely people over at Cherry Red are reissuing her debut LP ‘Take My Time’ from 1981. Now, we haven’t looked at…
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NEW GILLA BAND
Formerly Girl Band, now Gilla Band, they’ve got a new single out called ‘Sports Day’ and honestly, you can probably just scroll to the bottom of this article and listen to the track and skip all the fluff. However, the fluff is slightly necessary for us as we have to provide something that looks like…
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