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Hip hop has found itself in a funny place lately. Everyone’s broke. There’s been a pandemic. Energy bills are out of control. Prices are going up. It’s difficult to listen to someone talk about how many millions they’ve got hanging off their wrist. It’s tough to stomach listening to someone complain about how lonely they
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Have you heard of Michael Rault? Well, there’s a good chance he released the finest LP of 2022, if you’re into perfect pop that’s cut with all good things like West Coast 70s music, Paul McCartney’s Wings, ELO (aka Beatles: The Musical), Harry Nilsson etc. If you need more modern recommendations, then file Michael Rault
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What’s the deal here? A music blog, being launched in a time when blogging is absolutely dead, especially trying to cover music? What’s the point in that? Well, call it a labour of love. Call it foolhardiness. Call it what you want, but the chances of this making any money is basically nil, and thankfully,
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R&B BOP FROM YAYA BEY
Yaya Bey is referred to as Neo Soul, which effectively seems to be a catch-all phrase for any R&B singer that has a vaguely retro bent to their music. Whether it is true or not, Yaya Bey has some new tunes out and we really like ‘Dream Girl’. There’s another called ‘Wake Up B*tch’ too,…
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LIBDEMS VERSUS KIDS PLAYING MUSIC ON BUSES
The Liberal Democrats are, of a fashion, vying to be the sensible voice of the youth. However, we know by now that we shouldn’t ever give any political party a blanket pass for having the piss taken out of them. And so, to their apparent want to fine kids ‘up to’ £1,000 for listening to…
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10 THINGS I HATE ABOUT YOU THE MUSICAL
10 Things I Hate About You is a fine teen movie and the popularity of it has only grown in recent years, thanks to a mildly angsty Gen X current that runs through it. Local bylaws state that you have to point out it is based on Shakespeare too. Well, looks like its going to…
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FUZZY POP FROM SUBSONIC EYE
Not quite grunge, not quite ’90s indie, not quite pop, Singapore’s Subsonic Eye have a new single out which scratches a number of itches, across a number of different independent music genres. That’s a good thing, obviously. They’ve announced a new LP – called ‘Singapore Dreaming’ – which you’ll be able to hear on June…
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