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There’s a new phrase in the music industry – notably involving the touring circuit – called ‘Blue Dot Fever’. It references the amount of blue dots that appear on maps of arenas on the Ticketmaster website. Post COVID lockdowns, big artists were keen to get out and play massive shows, and fans were keen to…
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There was no doubt that any new material from Boards of Canada was going to be great, but with high expectation, comes an unbearable worry you might be hyping it up too much and it’s destined to fail. No fear. There’s the first new, full track from the ‘Inferno’ album, and it’s amazing. Do you…
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Ibibo Sound Machine do not mess around. Their take on Hi Life and Afrobeats, launching headlong into party electro is one of the most infectious sounds around right now, and you can imagine they’re a light under the ass of any festival that’s lucky enough to have them on the bill. Well, they have a…
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The Rolling Stones have a new album coming out called ‘Foreign Tongues’, which sure does sound like an album title from The Rolling Stones. The album cover is kinda gross too – an amalgamation of their various faces, all smooshed together, and honestly, you think to yourself “yep, that looks like a Stones LP alright!”…
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If you’re into the kind of funk you find on ace ’70s Library records, the cinematic soul of classic Serge, and sunshine goodness from the likes of Nu Genea, then you’ll love Thee Marloes. If you’re not on these already, sort that out as soon as you can! If not, they’re from Indonesia and the…
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When times are hard, it’s difficult to stop yourself from daydreaming of some blissful, endless summer where shirts are linen, your toes wriggling in the sand, and everyone, everywhere, is a glorious mix of people from all over the globe living in some harmonious Utopia, chilled glass of wine in one hand, pack of Camel…
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In ‘Everybody Wants to Be a Cowboy’, Kacey Musgraves sings “I bet most of these boots are probably never seeing any dirt and the ground ain’t any softer if you’re wearing a rhinestone shirt,” which is basically a call-to-arms against the disingenuous cod-cowboys that litter Country Music these days, and signal a return to her…
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Sometimes you hear music and you’re put in mind of some imaginary party that you’re probably not cool enough to be invited to, filled with impossibly thin people in early Noughties tracksuits that you can’t believe are fashionable these days, all cheekbones and bouncing around. Well, electro pop group Brutalismus 3000 made us think of…
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Hello! May is here, which means it is time for those who listen to the FREE RANGE radio show we make, to briefly visit the site to see what the tracklist for the show was for the latest programme. There’s music from Mali, Italy, Ghana, France, Brazil, Turkey, Cameroon, France, Suriname, India, the US and…
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We miss the days of frivolous, immersive websites with easter eggs and games and interactive things on them. With that, we remembered the interactive game that featured on the old Boards of Canada site, and thankfully, there’s a document of it! Uploaded to YouTube and featuring the music of BoC – therefore very pleasant indeed…
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OZZY SHOWERED IN LOVE
What can you write about Ozzy Osborne? A man who lived enough life for all of us put together. A pioneer. A funny swine. A heroic effort to hedonism. An unlikely reality TV star. The man who, with Black Sabbath, pretty much invented heavy metal. A great fella. While tributes pour in from every corner,…
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FREE RANGE / JULY 2025
Our new radio show has been uploaded and features music from Argentina, Malawi, Madagascar, the former Yugoslavia, Japan, and more places besides! There’s funky stuff, power pop, new releases including the new one from Tchotchke and a gem from Domenique Dumont! We’d include the tracklisting, but we encourage you to listen to the show and…
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NEW CATE LE BON + WORRYING ABOUT A DOG
The new Cate Le Bon track is out and it’s called ‘Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday)?’ and it’s a moody, psychedelic synth track and, predictably, it’s very good. The accompanying video is left-of-centre, and we spent a good chunk of it worrying about a fun little dog who gets tied to a bollard. We’re…
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WE NEEDED MOUSTACHE TYLER
Tyler dropped a new album (or is it a mixtape? That line is blurred these days). Whatever it is, it is a load of fun and almost made us think that he’s the natural heir to The Neptunes. He’s something of an auteur, and rap always needs those. One thing we learned is that we…
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