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  • RAULT

    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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  • BEGIN TRANSMISSION

    What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,

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  • EIKO ISHIBASHI & JIM O’ROURKE

    Eiko Ishibashi is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and Jim O’Rourke is related to loads of US experimentalists. This pair have collaborated before, and they’re at it again with an improvisational affair which is super pleasing. They toured Europe in ’23 and some of these improvs have been tracked down into an album called ‘Pareidolia’. This is…

  • PIANO POP FROM OBERBAUM

    If you like your rock and pop to have the piano pushed up to the front, then you might like the new song from Oberbaum, which is the moniker of Belgian Lucie Rezsöhaz. ‘Solitude’ is taken from a new album which goes by the name of ‘I Should Be Softer’. You’ll be able to hear…

  • BABO MORENO BRAZILIAN JAZZ

    Babo Moreno (aka Fabio De Oliveira) is a known head around London jazz circles, and he’s let everyone know that there’s going to be a debut solo LP. A crack session guy, he’s played with loads of people, but this solo outing is clearly more personal. Despite being from England’s capital, he’s he song of percussionist…

  • NEW BLOOD ORANGE FEELS LIKE HOME

    Dev Hynes is a busy artist, so it is surprising he’s found the time to do any recording for his Blood Orange project, but we’re very glad he did. There’s a new track called ‘The Field’ which features The Durutti Column, Tariq Al-Sabir, Caroline Polachek and Daniel Caesar. Hynes also directed the accompanying music video…

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