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Amoeba Records’ run of What’s In My Bag? videos are the stuff of legend for anyone who likes musicians talking about the albums and books they like. With that, while you’re idling in bed or whatever this weekend, watch the always magnetic Will Oldham/Bonnie Prince Billy talking about some super interesting bits. Here you go.
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When Lana Del Rey dropped a big country music sized hint, everyone who cared wondered how the whole thing would shape up. We daydreamed about which country lane she’d take, hoping she’d go for a luxurious, melancholic, orchestral version of bruised balladry. While Lana has a number of strings to her bow, it does feel
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We don’t know anything about Mamalarky, but we heard they had some new music out, and the song ‘Won’t Give Up’ is real fun, so we’re sharing it with you. There’ll be a new album called ‘Hex Key’, and that’s out this week, so press play on this if you want a taster before listening
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Tell your mums and dads that Pulp are back. They’ll be ready to put down their unsettling infatuation with Gazelles and David Byrne to one side, while they commit to their love of Jarvis Cocker, vintage shops, and plastic macs again! Of course, the appearance of Pulp is never a bad thing, and rather than
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Seeing as, for the most part, Nick Drake didn’t have much in the way of compilations as to keep his entire back catalogue in rotation – in recent years, that’s changed with some odds and ends and previously unheard things seeing the light of day. And that’s continuing with something for the ardent Nick collectors
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Turnstile aren’t like other hard rock groups – you can hear the breadth of their influences on their records, as they clearly listen to more than just punk – there’s electronics, jazz, psychedelic indie, shoegaze and more in the mix, and they’re all the better for it. With that, we’re pretty convinced now that they like
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Writing about electronic music is not one of the easier things to do, especially when it is more abstract, and elegantly linear. With Barker’s ‘Stochastic Drift’, it’s worth it as an exercise though, as what we’ve been faced with is one of the finest electronic LPs we’ve listened to in ages. It’s part techno, part
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All the cool kids and record-collectors love Stereolab, so obviously, we’re excited to share the news that the groop are back. It is their first LP in 15 years AND there’s a new single for you to listen to, too! The new track is called ‘Aerial Troubles’, while the long-player is called ‘Instant Holograms On Metal
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We wrote a very enthusiastic review of the newest album from Bad Bunny, and honestly, that giddiness has only grown in the time since then. Well, he’s put a great little band together and he’s done a Tiny Desk show for NPR, and honestly, it’s an instant classic. Get stuck in.
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Welcome to a new sporadic feature where we let interesting and cool people tell us what they’re listening to, what makes them tick, and what they love about certain records. 10 songs that mean something to someone you’ll be interested in – as easy as that. Imagine going back to someone’s house after the pub
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AMERICA IS BROKEN / SPRINGSTEEN VS MAGA
You don’t even have to start stories about the USA with “imagine a scenario, where…” because frankly, they’re already there. The country is broken, and a good chunk of Americans already know it. They’ve gone beyond farce. Look at the recent spat between Bruce Springsteen and Donald Trump and his MAGA supporters. Springsteen hit out…
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ZOH AMBA’S SPIRITUAL JAZZ
Jazz never died, but it did feel harder to find since major music publications effectively turned their back on it some time in the ’70s. Jazz is of course, in rude health and as disparate as it ever was. With that, we were super thrilled while listening to baritone sax’er Zoh Amba’s new one, which…
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COOL ISLAND RECORDS BOOK
Island Records is one of the most legendary record labels in the history of rock, pop, reggae and more. Especially iconic is the ‘Island pink’ years, where the records sported a gorgeous baby pink label and was home to some of the finest records ever cut on the lathe. With that, following first volume, there’s…
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CHE NOIR WITH THE NU BOOM BAP
It certainly seems there’s a quiet revival of boom bap rap in recent years, underlined obviously, by the all-conquering Doechii LP released last year. Of course, she’s not the only one putting a fresh twist on golden era hip hop, and now we look to the new one from prodigious talent Che Noir. Hailing from…
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