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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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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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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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As much as R&B is one of our favourite genres, it’d be remiss of us to not acknowledge that it falls for fashionable tropes a little too often. This is one of the pitfalls for a genre that is so keen to innovate and stay on the cutting edge, as artists and producers indulge in
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Ever noticed how YouTubers and writers do long preambles to essays and pieces in a bid to give the viewer or reader a sense of value for money? Or maybe, to spam the algorithm into coughing up money for a more substantial thing? Well, we’re avoid that and telling you the truth – we don’t
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We’ve wandered into the summer, and that of course, means it is festival season. Alongside the usual hedonism, middle class kids doing some working class tourism, yurts, balloons, and flags, there’s also going to be Palestine. A lot of media outlets are focusing on Kneecap, who have been vocal in their support for Palestine and
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Cass McCombs really does write good songs. He likes a hook, a chorus, a decent melody, and all those things that makes you glad that there’s still people around who like to include all these things in their music. There’s a new album due from him called ‘Interior Live Oak’ which is out in August,
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Aside from the countless, despicable things being undertaken by the US government in recent years, one of the things that really sticks in the craw is just how they claim to be tough and uncancellable, while being the biggest, pearl clutching soft-arses on the planet. Sure, the terminally online left may seem like they’re out
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Mavis Staples is great and we should sing her praises every chance we get. There’s nothing she can’t sing or add something to, and from spearheading Southern Soul and gospel, to pallying up with The Band, it’s great she’s still got some surprises left in her. With that, she’s released a cover of Frank Ocean’s
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Phoenix are great and we especially love their debut album ‘United’, as it basically preempted rock music falling in love with 70s soft rock and 80s production again. Between them and their pals Daft Punk, their love of AOR and wonky Beach Boys LPs paved the way for Yacht Rock’s revival, disco’s renaissance and the
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MIX / TOMOKI TAMURA
We’re not trying to be That Guy by getting excited about a DJ playing vinyl and mixing manually, but it is a treat when someone does a cool set the old way. There’s nothing wrong with the USB stick crew, but allow us to feel nostalgic. With that, we just finished listening to a brilliant,…
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KACEY GOES ROOTSY
We’re forever rooting for Kacey Musgraves as she’s just about the freshest voice in country music at the moment, and seemingly is unafraid to march to the sound of her own drum, where a lot of other country musicians bind themselves with musical conservatism. Well, Kacey has signed to Lost Highway Records which has relaunched,…
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FREE RANGE / MAY 2025
We have been incredibly lazy when it comes to reminding ourselves to share the tracklisting from the FREE RANGE radio show. We plain forgot that it was a piece of admin we used to do, until we were reminded by a listener. So with that, here’s the latest show for May 2025, featuring a lot…
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JORJA SMITH WITH A MASSIVE BANGER
Jorja Smith has committed herself, it seems, to do whatever the hell she wants, and we’re absolutely strapped in for the ride. From dreamy R&B, to killer UK Garage appearances, and now, absolutely filthy bassline music. To get you up for the weekend, here’s her new track ‘The Way I Love You’, which will punch…
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