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The High Llamas are ace and it’s lovely to have them back. They’ve got a new song called ‘Toriafan’, which is different enough from the old stuff to make it worth your while, but also containing that High Llamas magic of years past. Sean O’Hagan, who basically is the band, sez: “The song is about…
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Brazil has a rich heritage of musical inventiveness, giving the world the languid sophistication of Bossa Nova and the erupting joy of Samba. Of course, through the ‘60s and ‘70s, in the face of a brutal, military dictatorship, Brazilian intellectuals and the youth forged an artistic path through Cinema Novo and now famous Tropicalia music…
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Country music has always got a raw deal for being racist hick music, but that’s usually from the worst kind of person who hasn’t listened to a lick of country music in their life. Fact is, it’s a genre as enduring as any other, and as broad a church as you’ll find anywhere. That said,…
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Good news power pop fans! We have news that Dent May is releasing a new album called ‘What’s For Breakfast?’. That’s out in March and it should be a total winner based on his previous outings! Sugary sweet melodies, big pianos and choruses – we’ve loved his stuff and ‘Late Checkout’ is a massive favourite!…
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Most musicians fall off eventually, don’t they? And so, to Pharrell Williams who was once a prince amongst men, and then starred in a super dodgy Robin Thicke video, did some gigs that were literal fundraisers for the IDF, and now perhaps worst of all, collaborating with Mumford & Sons on a new song called…
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There’s no money in writing about music, and that seems to be a sad fact of the present day. In fact, there’s been no money in it for years, which is a shame as music criticism and opinion struggles to gain a foothold in a period where, honestly, most fans are waiting for marquee releases…
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Playboi Carti has a new song out called ‘EvilJ0rdan’, on the back of some pretty unsavoury stuff. He appeared with Kanye while he was wearing his Klan hood, on the back of an allegation that he’d choked and assaulted his pregnant girlfriend. The track is below and contains lyrics like “monkey nuts, hold me, baby”…
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A website asked, because of her all conquering popularity, if Taylor Swift is a genre all to herself now. No, of course she isn’t. Don’t be ridiculous.
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Akini Jing is making some seriously good future pop and you need to get on it right now. New LP is out called ‘VILLAIN’ and after writing for other acts, they’re now keeping the good stuff for themselves. Cyborg-ish, forward thinking music that’s crucially fun and catchy too. New track, ‘Call Me Shadow’, is flawless stuff,…
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The thing with Old Heads is that they can’t help but slate stuff they think is new, even though it’s kinda old hat now. Look at any YouTube comment section, and there they are, saying Justin Bieber isn’t good, even though he’s like, thirty years old now or something. Autotune is bad, and new hip…
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SABBATH EARLY STUFF
In the build-up to the last ever Black Sabbath gig, we’re now being treated to an album of the group’s early recordings – back then, they were simply called “Earth”, which is quite hippie of them. Either way, this is fun stuff for us dorks, and this material will be the first time it has been…
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GROOVEJET VS POSH SPICE
If the ’90s had The Battle of Britpop with Blur’s ‘Country House’ going up against ‘Roll With It’ by Oasis, the 2000s equivalent was a race for number one which has been somewhat forgotten in the intervening years. It was the battle of Posh versus Posher. The house underdog versus the footballer’s wife. And what…
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NEW ANIMAL COLLECTIVE
Did you like Animal Collective? Did their brand of spiralling psychedelic indie rock do it for you? Good news then, because they’re back! This seems to be a one-off single, but there might be more stuff in store if you keep your ear to the ground. It’ll be released on a limited edition 45, and…
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MORE THAN A SURF BAND / THE BEACH BOYS
There’s been so many beautiful words written about the Beach Boys since the passing of Brian Wilson, that it feels partially redundant to add more here. However, for all the virtues of these tributes, there’s still a nagging sense of reducing the group to a ‘mere’ surf group, when clearly, they were so much more.…
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