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Neil Young’s post Buffalo Springfield career is a fine one, but it wasn’t until ‘Harvest’ happened on the world that he became a legend. In ’72, the album was everywhere and inescapable on the radio. One man wasn’t happy about it, and that man was Bob Dylan. On the LP, fans would find ‘Heart Of
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We’ve not written about That Lizzo Story, because honestly, it all feels a bit like we’d be turning ourselves into a celebrity gossip site if we did. However, it’s a slow news day today. If you’ve missed it, effectively, go and look it up. Trigger warning though – it’s a pretty grim tale and involves
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If you’re not aware of the Príncipe label, you’re in for a treat! There’s a brilliant compilation called DJs Di Guetto and it’s filled with energetic, hot kuduro tracks from the aforementioned. So what are we talking about exactly? Well, the compilation looks at kuduro which was originated in Angola in the late ’80s, but
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Coach Party are very hotly tipped and all that jazz, and while the world is a mess, it seems like mostly, everything is going a bit more melodic after countless post-punk-lite groups. Not everyone is sunshine and lollipops though, as Coach Party have just unleashed a venomous new track that’ll clear the cobwebs out! It’s
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Some albums get better if you leave them a while. Stop trying to be first. Stop trying to find the hot take. Be cool. Let it marinate.
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Are you interested in the new one from Digga D? You should be, because it’s a great little track. It’s called ‘Facade’ and it’s one of the crispest tracks we’ve heard in ages. From UK Drill to relative international stardom, the 22 year old is on his fourth project already, and it’s called ‘Back To
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We can never speak for the artist, so it’s always a bit strange likening their music to anyone else’s. However, we’re reasonably confident that saying the new one from Ballard is something of a love letter to Pub Rock a la Nick Lowe, in that it’s goodtime, honest Power Pop, that’s also not afraid to
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One thing that you can always say about Noname is that she’s not a complacent soul. Self-analytical always, but at the same time, tired of bullshit whichever way it comes. A lot weighs on those shoulders of hers, but her personality is just as playful. There’s a lot of heaviness in the world, and Noname
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Thanks to Jonny Trunk and his ever gorgeous mailout for alerting us to this delightful clip of a very young Marcos Valle on the Andy Williams show. Of course, Marcos would move away from bossa nova and having short hair, to make a clutch of brilliant psychedelic LPs, before moving into jazz-fusion MPB and all
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There’s always a resurgence of Good Country and Americana when the USofA is in turbulent times. Lines are drawn, and Bad Country will focus on tired, conservative issues (in some cases, siding with literal baddies and idiots, becoming Cringe Edgelords: The Musical), giving the good heads something to kick against. We’ve had a ’70s country
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CASS MCCOMBS WRITES GOOD SONGS
Cass McCombs really does write good songs. He likes a hook, a chorus, a decent melody, and all those things that makes you glad that there’s still people around who like to include all these things in their music. There’s a new album due from him called ‘Interior Live Oak’ which is out in August,…
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KIM GORDON VS MAGA
Aside from the countless, despicable things being undertaken by the US government in recent years, one of the things that really sticks in the craw is just how they claim to be tough and uncancellable, while being the biggest, pearl clutching soft-arses on the planet. Sure, the terminally online left may seem like they’re out…
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MAVIS STAPLES X FRANK OCEAN
Mavis Staples is great and we should sing her praises every chance we get. There’s nothing she can’t sing or add something to, and from spearheading Southern Soul and gospel, to pallying up with The Band, it’s great she’s still got some surprises left in her. With that, she’s released a cover of Frank Ocean’s…
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PHOENIX DEMO ON YOGHURT
Phoenix are great and we especially love their debut album ‘United’, as it basically preempted rock music falling in love with 70s soft rock and 80s production again. Between them and their pals Daft Punk, their love of AOR and wonky Beach Boys LPs paved the way for Yacht Rock’s revival, disco’s renaissance and the…
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