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ShyGirl is releasing a remix EP which has some great remixers on it, and that is always good for the soul! It’s called Club Shy EP and features one of our favourites Logic1000 (who released one of our favourite albums of 2024), as well as VTSS, X-Coast, and Fedde Le Grand, and others. You’ll be
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Shamefully, we forgot to write about Remi Wolf’s brilliant single ‘Cinderella’ and we’ve been hoarding it to ourselves since it got released, bumping along to its New Wave-ish version of modern pop. It’s infectious stuff and Remi is an infectious individual who, with all things being fair in the world, could be the pop star
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It’s been a funny couple of years for Chance the Rapper and while his last outing was not our favourite work from him, the backlash he received seemed somewhat disproportionate. Maybe everyone set their expectations far too high after the wildly credible ‘Acid Rap’ dropped, and ‘Coloring Book’ went wildly successful. A couple of weeks
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The situation in Gaza has bled into the world of music, with some inevitability. Fresh off the back of ringing boos and counter-protests at the Eurovision Song Contest, now we see over 100 acts pulling out of the Great Escape festival. The show was to start today in Brighton, showing off up-and-coming artists. However, many
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Not everything has to be informative or in-depth journalism. Sometimes, you can just notice something and simply pass it on – which is exactly what we’re doing here. Ever noticed that the intro section of Hot Chocolate’s ‘You Win Again’ sounds like a brilliant intro to a Super Furry Animals track? We’d like to hear
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Childish Gambino is everyone’s favourite renaissance man, so it won’t surprise you that he’s back with new music and it’s predictably great. This time, ‘The Violence’ starts off as something that made us say “is this balearic?!” before making way into something a little more psychedelic soul, or maybe Bill Withers-y. Either way, all the
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Real heads know that Swamp Dogg is one of the most underrated to ever do it, and has been described in the past as “one of the great cult figures of 20th century American music.” Mixing R&B, country, funk and anything else he fancies, Swamp Dogg has also given us some of the most brilliant
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A lot of ’80s influenced rock music is pretty boring and worthy and shouty. Not the case with Finom’s new one called ‘Cyclops’. Remembering that hooks and choruses aren’t anything to be afraid of, the band formerly known as Ohmme have shared a new track from the upcoming LP ‘Not God’ with a cool video
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Always good for a quote, decent at owning to the times he’s fucked up and contributed to nonsense and, importantly behind a load of great records, Steve Albini has exited stage left. It doesn’t matter how he died and you probably already know that he’s manned the desk for the likes of Nirvana, PJ Harvey,
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Documentaries about bands are great, even when they’re kinda crappy. We’ve no reason to think that this new one will be crappy, we’re just saying. Anyway, Blur have announced a new film called ‘Blur: To The End’ which looks at the recording of the (surprisingly good ‘The Ballad of Darren’ LP which we reviewed and
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ELECTRONIC MIX WITH JIMPSTER
There’s a lot of copycat channels that try and do it like My Analog Journal, and none of them curate interesting music nearly as well. So of course, we share another ace mix they’ve uploaded, this time focusing on UK electro, electronica and whatnot, from the 90s. The DJ goes by the name of Jimpster…
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NEW NOTWIST!
The Notwist’s ‘Neon Golden’ LP is an all-time great for those who like electronics and rock music to fully merge into each other. Well, good news for fans of the German group – they’ve got a new record coming out! It’ll be called ‘News from Planet Zombie’ and it will be their first record in…
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MORE JANGLE FROM THE LEMON TWIGS
They’re a profilic pair are The Lemon Twigs, knocking out albums, singles, producing other groups, at a silly rate. It’s nice to see, honestly. Well, they’ve sneaked another single out which is harmony filled and full of lovely jangly guitars, and generally has all the things you like about the Twigs. Have a listen.
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EVERYONE HAS A MANI STORY
When someone passes away, people opt either for hagiographic think pieces, or share photos of themselves with the dearly departed to put themselves in the narrative arc. Neither of these things are bad, per se, but through feelings of loss about people we didn’t know – but loved – we wrestle with all kinds of…
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