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Fans of the heavier end of psychedelic rock, we have some good news for you! Swedish heavy-hitters Les Big Byrd have a new song out and they’ve set their controls to melt your brain. They have a new LP coming out called ‘Diamonds, Rhinestones and Hard Rain’ which will appear in March ’24. The first
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Both Young Thug and Donald Trump are up against the Georgia legal system, on a RICO trial, and both camps will be watching each other closely. This leaves people in a unique bind, where the innocence of one may directly influence the innocence of the other. See, broadly speaking, they’re being accused of the same
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Having watched the Kanye and Ty Dolla listening party, there were a number of moments worth talking about. And not for the first time, we have an element of separating the art from the artist, because as much of a piece of shit Ye has been lately, regrettably, he can still make a great tune.
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Given that 70% of the world uses Android, Apple are a strange phenomena given that, being the primary operating service in the States, it has a particularly loud voice in the marketing world. Of course, Apple fans are so sewn into the iOS mainframe that they can’t conceive of a world outside itself (which is
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Not technically a mix, but some bright spark has uploaded an old tape that would have had an old department store ringing out with festive cheers. And it’s surprisingly groovy in places, if you’re looking for something to stick on while you wrap the presents and drink 4 bottles of Baileys. Or, if work doesn’t
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End of year round-ups can be a pretty predictable affair, with publications counting on fandoms of massive stars boosting their signal, be it an inflated spot on the chart, or a provocatively low spot designed to agitate. Of course, some massive releases are worthy of lofty positions, but we prefer to give spots to the
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On Monday, we’ll be announcing our LPs of 2023. We figured that this will leave it late enough that no-one will surprise us with a complete masterpiece and ruin everything. We’ve tried to go for albums that are away from the grain, but honestly, it’s what we were listening to the most, so we’re not
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We are prepping ourselves to do our End Of Year lists, but it’s more of an emotional readying because they take ages to do. What doesn’t help is that everyone has started releasing Christmas songs to really give us a deadline. Thankfully, the one we’re sharing from Anastasia Coope is a little freaky gem. While
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Just the other day, everyone was sharing their Spotify Wrapped graphics and having a giggle and all that, but things were about to get tremendously serious at Spotify HQ. This week, the streaming behemoth announced that they’d be sacking 17% of their staff. That’s around 1,500 people losing their pay just before Christmas. Pretty brutal.
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We’ve covered Wishy before and they’re back with another little gem. On December 15th, Kevin Krauter and Nina Pitchkites will have a new EP out, and to prep you for this, we can have a listen to new song ‘Spinning’. We like it. Gentle psychedelia. Dream Pop, they call it now. The band say they
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WEYES BLOOD DOES NEIL DIAMOND
While we patiently wait for new music from Weyes Blood, the good news is that she’s covered a song for us to listen to. Of course, she’s got excellent taste and for the soundtrack for a TV show (‘Good American Family’, if you need to know), she’s covered Neil Diamond’s ‘Shilo’. Press play. Hopefully, some…
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PIGS X7 + EL-P
That headline looks like some kind of bloody equation doesn’t it? Anyway, Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs Pigs have teamed up with rapper El-P, perhaps to the surprise of some. This collab is going to appear on Pigsx7’s new LP ‘Death Hilarious’, which you can hear on April 4th. Live shows imminent.
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MATTY MATHESON HARDCORE BAND
He sold the idea of cooking to hipsters too cool to watch regular TV, he’s got a lot of tattoos, was in The Bear, is a restauranteur and all that jazz – now, Matty Matheson has announced he’s got a hardcore band called Pig Pen. He’s announced this on socials, so if you’re a fan,…
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JESUS WAS A NEPO BABY
We’ve heard a lot about the woes of the working classes in art and music of late, and it’s true, that it is harder than ever for people from low-income backgrounds to make it to the big stages, lacking the financial cushion of wealthy families while they’re scrabbling to get heard. Wigan indie band The…
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