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The latest radio show is here made by us – FREE RANGE / APRIL 2026 – and there’s loads of good music to be had and listened to for free, because that’s how we do things here, right? No sponsors – do it for the love of the game. There’s music from Trinidad, Brazil, Niger,…
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ARE BOARDS OF CANADA COMING BACK?! Look, something is happened, and while you’d be wise to not get too excited, it’s hard not to. They’ve not released anything since 2013 with ‘Tomorrow’s Harvest’, but now, they’ve sent some VHS tapes to some fans and as you’d expect, nothing is clear or straightforward. The people who…
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Aldous Harding has released a new track and what we’ve learned from it is, the new album of hers is shaping up to be very, very good indeed. The LP goes by the name of ‘Train on the Island’, and you can hear the whole thing on May 8th. The first single was ‘One Stop’…
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With Elmiene’s album, Ego Ella May’s new album ‘Good Intentions’ is a gorgeous one-two punch of jazzy R&B goodness. For fans of Gilles Peterson’s radio show, for Sade heads, for Neo Soul crunch types, for anyone looking for music that feels like jazz, but forward faces, Ego Ella May is the artist for you. Raised…
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With The Strokes announcing a new album, it’s probably a good time to have a rummage through their back catalogue on THEPOPCORPS, right? Lauded as game-changers and spearheads of the Indie Sleaze scene, they’re a group that never quite hit with us, even though on paper, they should have. Garage Punk sensibilities, New York trash,…
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Sabrina Carpenter seems to be living her best life these days, and that’s exactly the kind of thing you want to see your pop stars doing – nice clothes, drunk cigs and splashy pop videos where everyone gets to play dress up. Concerning the latter, she’s released a new video which you’re inevitably going to…
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The sponsors were pulling out, and the government were getting involved, so it isn’t surprising that the Kanye three night headliner set has seen Wireless Festival be fully cancelled. The UK government were talking about whether or not the artist would be allowed in the country, and have now fully blocked Kanye West’s travel to…
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Chanpan are from New York – which seems to be popping off as a city again these days, right? – and they’re a trio who make future facing, personality-led pop, which is no bad thing obviously if you’re in the market for something to get into. They’ve been making a decent amount of noise for…
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The Culture Minister – Ian Murray – has promised the “full commitment” of the UK government in a bid to remove the barriers around touring in the EU and UK, apparently. There’s been a lot of talk about this in recent years, with musicians hamstrung by bureaucracy and levies, while trying to earn a living.…
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Post-hardcore is apparently a genre. We’re not too sure about that kind of thing, but Basement are apparently exponents of it and we like their new single, which is much more important information. They’re releasing a new LP – their first in eight years – called ‘Wired’ and pre-orders are where you expect them to…
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NEW NOTWIST!
The Notwist’s ‘Neon Golden’ LP is an all-time great for those who like electronics and rock music to fully merge into each other. Well, good news for fans of the German group – they’ve got a new record coming out! It’ll be called ‘News from Planet Zombie’ and it will be their first record in…
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MORE JANGLE FROM THE LEMON TWIGS
They’re a profilic pair are The Lemon Twigs, knocking out albums, singles, producing other groups, at a silly rate. It’s nice to see, honestly. Well, they’ve sneaked another single out which is harmony filled and full of lovely jangly guitars, and generally has all the things you like about the Twigs. Have a listen.
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EVERYONE HAS A MANI STORY
When someone passes away, people opt either for hagiographic think pieces, or share photos of themselves with the dearly departed to put themselves in the narrative arc. Neither of these things are bad, per se, but through feelings of loss about people we didn’t know – but loved – we wrestle with all kinds of…
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NPR VS TRUMP
Donald Trump’s thin-skin resulted in the funding being taken away from NPR, or so it seemed to absolutely anyone looking inwards towards one of the United States’ finest institutions. NPR most famously give us the timeless ‘Tiny Desk’ series, but also some of the USA’s most even-handed journalism. Well, a court settlement has called for…
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