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If you’re a fan of intimate, killer folk, then you’re going to love Miriam Gendron. Her ‘Not So Deep As A Well’ album came out in 2014 and quickly became a cult classic and hard to get your hands on. Well, it’s being re-issued (and available for the first time in Europe) on 17th November…
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Chromeo are great aren’t they? They know how to have fun, and honestly, they were on the ’80s boogie and yacht rock tip long before a lot of bands decided to get on those genres. Well, they’re back and sounding great and have a new LP due called ‘Adult Contemporary’. It’s not out ’til next…
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If you’re a fan of Italo pop, then you will have absolutely found yourself dancing to Ryan Paris’ ‘Dolce Vita’. It’s a classic of the genre. It’s basically a perfect little europop song. If you haven’t heard it, let’s fix that before cracking on with the current news relating to it. If the headline didn’t…
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If you look at the bottom of the image above, you’ll see a teeny-weeny U2 playing in front of one of the most dazzling spectacles anyone’s likely to see. The group have taken up residency at the Vegas Sphere which is one of the most incredible live spaces ever seen, with a more-than-HD screen that…
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The marvellous folks over at Munster have another banger of a reissue on the go, and this time it’s the fabulous Fruko LP from 1973 called ‘El Violento’. It’s dancefloor dynamite and full to bursting with super hot salsa music that’ll blow your head clean off! If you like Fania records and all that good…
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Phoenix AZ’s Holy Fawn make music which is hard to pinpoint. Variously, it’s been referred to as ‘doomgaze’, ‘post-black metal’, and other heavy things. It’s a bit shoegazey, for sure, but harder. And weirder [non-derogatory]. It’s tremendously brain frying, which is always fun to do to yourself. Well, they have a new track out called…
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Daft Punk may have press the self destruct button on themselves, but that doesn’t mean we’re not getting treats from the duo. They’ve released a drumless version of ‘Within’ and, rather predictably, it’s great. This is to celebrate the 10th anniversary of ‘Random Access Memories’, possibly. Whatever the reason, it’s a neat little release that…
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You could call it alt-rap we suppose, but we’re a bit loathed to do it. Fact is, this is not mainstream hip hop and comes with a big dollop of soulfulness that makes it worth a listen. It’s hotly tipped duo H31R who hail from New York and they’ve got a new single out from…
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March 30th, 1981, in the mid afternoon outside the Hilton in Washington DC, six shots ring out and Ronald Reagan is unceremoniously bundled into a car. His press secretary lies critically wounded on the floor, and injured too are a secret service agent and a police officer. The President of the United States of America…
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Peru is responsible for some of the greatest psychedelic music ever recorded – much of it based in a love of The Beatles and Paul McCartney. However, for fans of heavier stuff, you need to get on Tarkus and fast! Munster Records (ever brilliant) have reissued the group’s sole LP, which has influences of Black…
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NEW BOUNCY METRONOMY
Okay, it’s not quite new Metronomy, but we had to hook you in somehow. What we have here is a super fun remix of a Metronomy track from 1-800 GIRLS, which sounds like it should start cropping up on the dancefloors around the place, all things being fair. This is a remix of ‘Salted Caramel…
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10 SONGS WITH DJ SABRINA THE TEENAGE DJ
One of our favourite things is a notification on a new release from DJ Sabrina The Teenage DJ – from swirling house, to robo-teen drama pop, to an almost Boards of Canada-esque way of creating music that feels both alien and familiar, DJSTTDJ is always worth tuning into. The reference points in the music are…
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REVIEWING ALL THE OASIS ALBUMS
Everyone’s an Oasis fan these days, now they’ve got back together and either reminded people with greying sides of the summers of their youth, or indeed, giving the young ‘ins a chance to see what the Gallagher brothers are like on stage. Of course, not literally everybody is an Oasis fan and – this writer…
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REVIEW / CLIPSE / LET GOD SORT EM OUT
It’s been well over a decade since we last got to look forward to a new full release from Clipse, and here we are in 2025 with ‘Let God Sort ‘Em Out’ – with the pair backed by Pharrell and a host of high quality features, for a release that barely needed any publicity push.…
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