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  • ELIJAH WOOD’S LORD OF THE RINGS RAVE

    We’d kinda like to take the piss out of Elijah Wood, especially now he’s revealed he’s doing a Lord of the Rings rave. However, he seems like a genuinely nice bloke with nice interests, so we’re not going to be mocking him here. He’s launched an indie record label, released some nice looking headphones made…

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  • GLADIE’S GRUNGE CHIC

    Gladie’s new album is coming out at the end of the week and goes by the name of ‘No Need To Be Lonely’. You can have a sneak peek of what it sounds like with new song ‘I Want That For You’. It is kinda grungy, ’90s, noisy realness, if you’ve been yearning for such sounds…

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  • THE GREATEST RECORD COLLECTION IN THE WORLD?

    Geoffrey Reiss has a massive, massive record collection. Some say it’s the best record collection in the world, but who could ever call a thing like that, right? It’s certainly an impressive beast, and Reiss is interviewed in a fun video that captures his huge enthusiasm for the records he has, which is much more…

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  • MICHAEL STIPE, SOLO

    R.E.M. frontman Michael Stipe has been relatively quiet since he and his band decided to knock it on the head. Instead of a (lucrative) reunion, Stipe is planning to release his debut solo album soon. He told The Sunday Times newspaper, who we assume you don’t have a subscription for: “I’m working on a solo…

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  • NEW CHEEKY BANGER FROM HONEY DIJON

    Sometimes, what you really need is an uplifting, catchy, poppy House track to lift your spirits and your mood. One of the finest purveyors of this kind of thing is the legendary Honey Dijon, who has donned her producer hat with a gem of a new track. She’s releasing a new album, aptly called ‘Nightlife’,…

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  • MIXCLOUD ROUND-UP MARCH

    Here’s the first in what promises to be a sporadic round-up of some of the best shows that have cropped up on Mixcloud. We’re not on the payroll, but we’re hard-pressed to find a better platform for true music lovers sharing their radio shows and mixes for free for those who need ’em. There’s a…

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  • HEAVY PSYCH FROM THE JUNIPERS

    We have already played the new, brilliant track from The Junipers on our radio show. If you tuned in, you’ll know just how fabulous it is to have the greatest band in the world making music again. If you didn’t, don’t worry. The Leicester band have released a video for ‘When She Turns’. The group…

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  • LA SÉCURITÉ DANCE-PUNK

    We don’t know how we stumbled across the music of La Sécurité, but we did and played them on our latest radio show, not knowing that there was new music coming out – which it totally is, and we have some to share right here! The Canadian group make an infectious, post-punk-but-danceable racket, and have…

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  • KACEY MUSGRAVES IS BACK AND BEING A GOOFBALL

    Kacey Musgraves is as camp as you can get, and it’s nice to hear her back in goofy mode, as that’s one of her best lanes. The gentle psychedelic strum of ‘Golden Hour’ and ‘Deeper Well’ isn’t present on this new track, ‘Dry Spell’. Instead, she’s horsing around a la ‘Pageant Material’, and it suits…

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  • APPLE TO TAG A.I. MUSIC

    The encroachment of artificial intelligence in music is a very real problem and, largely, the businesses that make up the music industry have been somewhat slow to take any real stance on it outside of eyeing up financial opportunities, leaving it to musicians to voice their concerns. Well, something is happening with Apple Music where…

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  • FRUIT TONES NEW LP!

    When people outside of Manchester think about the city, they think of dour faces emerging from long coats with a Joy Division problem, or cheeky scallies wobbling around like Ian Brown or Liam Gallagher. Ask around the venues though, and the picture is pretty different. See, Manchester is a hotbed of DIY punks, veering from…

  • LALA LALA ON SUB POP

    Lillie West goes by the name of Lala Lala, and has just signed to legendary label, Sub Pop, which they must be thrilled about! The first Lala Lala song for the label goes by the name of ‘Does This Go Faster?’ and was co-produced by the wonderful Jay Som (who also has some new music…

  • D’ANGELO / RIP TO A TRUE GREAT

    Too frequently, the title of legend is bestowed on a person when they shrug off their mortal coil, but with D’Angelo, ‘legend’ doesn’t quite cut it alone. Through his music, music fans were witness to one of the most gifted songwriters and performers of a generation, who also influenced so many and altered the axis…

  • PEACHES IS BACK (WITH LUBE)

    Peaches is back with her first long player in over a decade and it’s called ‘No Lube So Rude’, which is exactly the kind of title you want from a Peaches record. There’s a new song too, called ‘Not In Your Mouth None Of Your Business’, which is the kind of brash, righteous dance track…

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