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The Chemical Brothers – there’s no-one quite like them. Weird, heady drug music, but still a boatload of fun. Well, they’re back with a new thing. In fact, it’s the first new thing since 2021, which is nice. As ever, they’re back with a very heady drug video (that’s still a boatload of fun) and…
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We’ve heard people raving about Lankum, and like all nosey parkers, we wanted to know what was going on to see if we would find a new band we liked, and at worst, not like them and generally be dismissive of other people’s music tastes and bemoan the state of it all. Good news! This…
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We love Alison Goldfrapp – she can veer from witchy folkie wonderfulness, to synthpop glam dominatrix – and now she’s back, and this time, she’s eyeing up the dancefloor. The new track is called ‘So Hard So Hot’ and she said: “I wanted to do something that had that very clubby, acid-y feeling to it,…
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It’s great to hear someone say something directly sometimes. Poetry is all well and good and certainly has its place – but sometimes you just need someone to yell something in someone’s face. So with that, we turn to punks Lambrini Girls (fantastic name for a band, that) who have a new track out called…
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K-Pop stans and The Cure might seem like unlikely pals, but along with Taylor Swift’s ‘Swifties’, they’ve all got one common enemy – Ticketmaster. The two pop fanbases are rabid and have been burned by Ticketmaster prices, and the extortionate fees they impose on shows. Add to the scenario, some middle aged people who love…
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‘More Forever’ was a massive Pop Corps favourite, even if it predates the site – languid, psychedelic nu-new age music that had nods toward the dreaded B word Balearic, City Pop, jazz, ’90s ambient and prog. It was improvisational and beautiful, with gently clicking drum machines, Frippertronic-esque guitar noodles, dreamy loops and spiralling synths, with…
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Tina Weymouth’s group, Talking Heads, are coming back of a fashion. ‘Stop Making Sense’ – the iconic live movie – will return to theatres in 2023 with a newly restored 4K version, so it’ll look real pretty. It’s from A24 if you care about such details. Also, a Deluxe Edition of the film soundtrack will…
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Cult faves Drugdealer have been sneaking out new tracks over the past few months, and the project is still steeped in that glorious ’70s sound that they’ve peddled before. However, in a nicely surprising turn of events, this new one – ‘Lip Service’ – veers away from the smoothness and sounds a bit more pub-punk,…
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Bobby Caldwell is no longer with us, so with that, we’re going to send it out into the ether that we love him. His wife took to Twitter to confirm his passing, after he’d been ill for a number of years. If you aren’t immediately aware of who Bobby Caldwell is, the first thing we’ll…
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It’s a storm in a teacup, but it all kicked off on Twitter recently, with some guy wheeling out a tired old take about Meg White being a terrible drummer. He said: “The tragedy of the White Stripes is how great they would have been with a half decent drummer. Yeah yeah I’ve heard all…
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TERRY HALL’S DEATH IS DEPRESSING IN MORE WAYS THAN ONE
There’s going to be a lot of words written about the death of Terry Hall, and many of them better researched and with closer ties to the man than this one. He was iconic, drily funny, frustrated, well-dressed and a host of other things that everyone knows. You don’t need telling these things now that…
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PINK FLOYD DARK SIDE OF THE MOON ERA FOR (KINDA) NOTHING
Copyright is a funny ol’ thing, but basically, thanks to it being funny, Pink Floyd are quietly doing some stuff and semi hoping you won’t notice, in a bid to keep hold of the copyright. Or not. Who cares? Basically, Ver Floyd have uploaded 18 concerts from the Dark Side of the Moon period (they…
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BOB DYLAN LUVS CORRIE (AND OTHER THINGS YOU MAY NOT GUESS)
Over at the Wall Street Journal, Bob Dylan has been talking about what he doesn’t like. You can pretty much imagine the kinds of things he doesn’t like. He’s earned the right to be an old curmudgeon and, if we’re being truthful here, it’s not like he wasn’t a young curmudgeon too. He’s always been…
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DOLLY PAIRTON MORE LIKE
Dolly Parton is – and lets make no bones about this – a legend. Over 130 million records sold, the writer of iconic hits, she’s also good people – a philanthropist you could say. One of her charities have given 182 million free books to kids that need them, she pays for the college tuition…
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