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There’s a brilliant Instagram account by Steve Birnbaum which sees him tracking down the locations of music photos from the past – Nirvana, Madonna, Basquiat, Biggie, Grateful Dead, June & Johnny, Prince, Amy… so many iconic photos that we’ve seen before – but what of the location right now? If you prefer, you can ignore
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Sometimes, someone says something and your brain starts racing. It doesn’t matter if they’re talking a load of cobblers or not, you’ve already internally fired off down seventeen different tangents, and circled around the drain six more times, hoping that someone more diligent will make a documentary about it, or a long-form reader, because this
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Anatolian funk, Turkish psych, whatever you want to call it, has been a super hip and rich seam for record nerds and beat diggers for a little while now, so it was only a matter of time before someone actually Turkish wrestled their music back from the hobbyists and made it for themselves again in
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It’s remarkable, that for a band as well documented as The Beatles, that there’s any surprises left. Yet, there we were with our jaws on the floor watching Peter Jackson’s ‘Get Back’, while Paul McCartney chipped away at a notion until it became the centrepiece of the whole film. Never mind the rooftop gig (great
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The wonderful thing about ageing is the acknowledgment of the relentless passing of time. Your knees start hurting. Your sleep is disturbed because you need to get up in the middle of the night to pee. You can end up in a full body brace because your sock was folded slightly oddly in your shoe,
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Cami Layé Okún is one of the finest and funnest DJs around right now. Playing music from Cuba (and elsewhere, but you need a hook, right?) she’s all about that rhythm and sunshine melody! This is not so much a piece where we need to write a great deal – basically, go follow her on
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Hip hop has found itself in a funny place lately. Everyone’s broke. There’s been a pandemic. Energy bills are out of control. Prices are going up. It’s difficult to listen to someone talk about how many millions they’ve got hanging off their wrist. It’s tough to stomach listening to someone complain about how lonely they
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Have you heard of Michael Rault? Well, there’s a good chance he released the finest LP of 2022, if you’re into perfect pop that’s cut with all good things like West Coast 70s music, Paul McCartney’s Wings, ELO (aka Beatles: The Musical), Harry Nilsson etc. If you need more modern recommendations, then file Michael Rault
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DID THE FRENCH INVENT ELECTRO?
There’s a lot to be said for the fanciful things said by politicians and generally, you can’t trust them as far as you can throw them. They take credit for all manner of stuff while they had their fingers up their bums, so nothing should surprise us. However, we had to have a little sit…
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TCHOTCHKE BRING THE BOOGIE
We’ve been waiting for a new LP from Tchotchke, and now we know there’s one is coming, what with a brace of new songs. The latest new track has a fun glam-boogie beat and is the usual great bubblegum rock that we love so much from the girls. It’s called ‘Poor Girl’ and press play…
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AMAARAE COOL BOP
The influence of African music on pop culture is obvious, but it really feels like it has been roundly overlooked in full discourse. Either way, the influence is evident on the new track from Ghanaian/American singer, Amaarae’s new single. Melding R&B, dance, afrobeats, pop and more, Amaarae has been turning heads with forward thinking music,…
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NEW KOKOROKO
The Kokoroko collective have shared a fine new track by the name of ‘Just Can’t Wait’, which is taken from the imminent ‘Tuff Times Never Last’ LP, which is due out on July 11th. Not long to wait! “It’s a song with a congregational feeling for the steppers,” says Sheila Maurice-Grey, which is exactly the…
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