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The band are called O. and that’s almost impossible to search for on the internet, which is fine and very post-modern and all, but we’re not here to judge. Fact is, they’ve been signed to Speedy Wunderground and that’s a label that does cool stuff, so this is going to be cool right? You bet!
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Like rare records but hate spending a bazillion quid on them? Thank god for reissues! And thank god for Mr Bongo who are reissuing the ace Grupos Los Yoyi LP, ‘Yoyi’. Bongo are launching a Cuban series and this is a gem of a psychedelic funk affair, that touches on fusion, disco, future shit, Latin
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We know very little about Samantha Urbani, but that’s okay – you don’t need a back story to get into someone’s cool new record do you? That said, we’re eager to find out more on hearing new song ‘Time Keeps Slipping’ which is from her debut LP, ‘Showing Up’. Have a listen. Sounds a bit
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There’s a lot of quizzes about The Beatles in the world, but very few of them will get devotees’ brain-matter really fizzing. Well, there’s one on the always charming Dave Bennett YouTube channel which made our brains melt. It’s not impossible, but there’s moments where you’ll yell ‘I KNOW THIS ARRGH!’, and the answers are
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CHAI are a very cool pop band that you should get to know if you haven’t already. It’s been called ‘Neo Kawaii’, and that’s definitely a great name for the sound – but there’s also a sniff of Minneapolis funk about it, amongst the Mega Drive menu music choogle. CHAI’s self-titled new LP is out
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Matt Berry is a renaissance man and unswervingly cool. With the most charmed of lives, he acts wonderfully, but also has fashioned himself a corner where he gets to be a loved psychedelic record collector swine. He’s handsome too. What a guy! Well, he’s going to release a new LP called ‘Simplicity’ on November 17th,
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All the hipster girls fancy him, and all the boys wish they were mates with him – Bill Ryder Jones has carved a great niche for himself in recent years and with his new single – ‘This Can’t Go On’ – he might be about to release some career-best music. Here’s hoping eh? There’s also
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Smoke Fairies have been great for ages now, mixing road-movie twang with pastoral folk – and they’re back, which is great news for everyone concerned, and there’ll be a new LP called ‘Carried In Sound’ in November. There’s going to be gigs too, to accompany an album that’s promised to be a bit darker than previous
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Post 9/11, country music has gone into something of a freefall, which is why people love The Chick so fucking much. Of course, it’s not a completely dead scene, but there’s something incredibly ugly about the flag-shagging, say it to my face, MAGA-courting stuff that Nashville has been churning out. Some of the bigger names
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Have you heard the acid latest from Das Koolies? If you didn’t know, the Super Furries minus Gruff are making some ace music under this new guise and it’s more synth forward and of course, it’s super fun Welsh psychedelic business as usual! The new track is called ‘Katal’ and comes with Gabe Gurnsey remixes,
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UK SENDING MAD SONG TO EUROVISION
Eurovision is drawing ever closer and for those of us based in the UK, we’re looking at the song that’ll represent these fair isles. We have a varied history in the competition, but honestly, for the most part it has been a fair assessment that the UK didn’t win. Not to say that all placings…
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ROY AYERS, FAREWELL
Roy Ayers has sadly departed, as confirmed via an announcement from his team. He’d been suffering a long illness. “It is with great sadness that the family of legendary vibraphonist, composter and producer Roy Ayers announce his passing which occurred on March 4th, 2025 in New York City after a long illness.” “He lived a…
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NOT LIKE US / HYPER LOCAL MOVEMENTS
Whether society at large has completely had it with capitalism and global dominance or not, remains to be seen. However, there’s a number of wars on and the tech bros dominance has seen a small shift in thinking which may blossom into something broader. On both ends of the political spectrum, it is obvious that…
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ACE WEIRD POP FROM LYRA PRAMUK
We missed Lyra Pramuk’s music released in previous years, but that doesn’t lessen the fun of listening to this new song called ‘Vega’, which is pop music, but off-kilter and a bit weird and gonzo, which we like. This release will be on her new label – pop.soil – and on the press release, it…
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