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If you missed the various social media posts about the latest FREE RANGE radio show, then you’re in luck! IT’S HERE! A show with a sunny disposition and where the tracklist used to be in a mailout, it’s now on this website. You can press play and listen to it here. TRACKLIST FOR FREE RANGE…
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Kendrick (current GOAT, no arguments please) is cousins with Baby Keem and they’ve released a track together called ‘The Hillbillies’, which is a super fun track designed for the warm-up bit of your Saturday night DJ sets! It samples Bon Iver, but don’t let that put you off. The video is super stylish and you…
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DEVO are almost custom built for being turned into toys aren’t they? They have, indeed, been turned into toys and it’s happening again, and you can get a DEVO action figure! There’s a new DEVO ReAction Figure inspired by frontman Mark Mothersbaugh in the ‘Whip It’ video, and he’ll come complete with his funny little hat, a whip,…
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Look, we’re no fans of festivals here but you might be, so go have your fun. You may have snagged yourself a Glastonbury ticket and wondering who to watch? Well, here’s who we’d watch if we could bare the thought of going to a festival (this isn’t Glastonbury-specific – we literally mean all festivals) or…
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Rammstein, only days ago, were subject to mildly amused news articles about singer Till Lindermann falling off stage. However, things have got serious and quickly. The band have had to address numerous allegations which alleged that a fan was drugged at a party by Lindemann before the band’s recent show in Lithuania. In a long…
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When you go to your work’s Christmas party and get talking to Kevin from accounts for the first time, you get talking about music and he says he “likes a bit of rock” before telling you he’s seen Royal Blood more times than any other band, you’re like “huh?” then it kinda adds up. That’s…
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Léna C has been making waves with her brilliant record selections for a minute now, and even better is that she’s put some cool tunes out of her own. Léna’s ‘Promenade’ EP is a firm favourite at Pop Corps (check it out here). Now, she’s done a brilliant psych folk mix for the magic My…
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Haley Blais is apparently a YouTuber. We don’t really know anything about that. What we do know is that her new single is called ‘Matchmaker’ and it’s cool! It’s classic Bedroom Pop, which is always super charming when done correctly. It’s almost the introvert version of garage rock, isn’t it? It’s all enthusiastically and amateurishly…
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If you’re fortunate enough to live in a country that pretty much lets you listen to whatever music you want, then the idea of clandestine record pressing may sound strange. However, the human need to listen to cool music is insatiable, and one of the most fascinating stories comes from Soviet Russia, where the government…
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Thanks to a slightly suss panel vote at the 2023 Eurovision Song Contest, Sweden once again won the show, equalling Ireland’s record for most times won, and also, giving Eurovision legend Loreen another crown. Why suss? Well, the public clearly wanted a different winner, and the 2024 show just so happens to coincide with a…
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PHOENIX DEMO ON YOGHURT
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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WATCH BRIAN WILSON BEING HAPPY
We’d need to dedicate a thousand words to the influence, genius, and all round wonder that is Brian Wilson, to pay tribute to him now he’s passed. However, we feel that right now, it’s better to watch Brian being really happy, performing the Smile suite with a band that loves the material as much as…
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REVIEW / MILEY CYRUS / SOMETHING BEAUTIFUL
When an artist makes certain demands to be taken seriously, more often than not, the knives come out. It may be unfair that the landscape of music journalism can praise one artist for having lofty ambitions, while deriding another for the same thing, but that’s always been the way. We find ourselves with Miley’s new…
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RIP, SLY STONE
Sly Stone has left the building, leaving behind a life and a career that eclipses most of what everyone else managed to cram in, combined. Seemingly against the odds, he managed to reach the grand old age of 82. His family issued a statement. “It is with profound sadness that we announce the passing of…
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