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Remember when SBTRKT’s album came out and everyone went wild? That was fun. Well, one of the reasons was the emergence of Sampha on the LP, and on the next SBTRKT long-player, he’ll be back! They’ve reunited for the latest single off the upcoming ‘The Rat Road’, alongside George Riley, and honestly, it rollicks along…
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Suede – The Smiths it’s alright to like – are reissuing their debut LP. This is to mark the 30th anniversary of the group’s eponymous album, and there’ll be extra tracks and all-sorts, which you’ll find at the foot of this article if you don’t want to read some pithy asides about them in the…
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Record Store Day might feel like a bit of a crock, but it’s nice to buy LPs and for record shops, it’s an absolute vital and daft, fun day. Anyway, don’t overdo it. Don’t spend more than you have on stuff you don’t want. Don’t buy stuff just to resell it. Go late if you…
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Is it Darkwave? Is it electronica? We don’t know about that, but Body Of Light’s new single ‘This Conversation’ sounds like early Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, and Vince Clarke and all that good stuff to us, and there’s few better compliments than that, right? The group will have a new LP out soon called ‘Bitter…
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Do we care about awards these days? Especially in the music industry, they seem rather quaint and outdated, and great within the industry for sure – but should we care about who wins a BRIT any more than who gets Best New Restaurant at the Leicester City Council Awards? Either way, we’ll do a rundown…
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Boney M are brilliant and if you look through their back catalogue, there is a lot of strange gold in there. And a load of gems, obviously. Now, we considered making a running, regular piece on strange or unlikely cover versions (and we still might) but for now, we’ll focus on Boney M. For example,…
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What is it with Stevie Nicks? It doesn’t matter what generation you’re from, you either love her or are witnessing everyone else fall head-over-heels for her. In 2023, there’s scores of young women in floaty clothes twirling around on TikTok or wherever, fuelled by the power of Stevie Nicks. Now, of course, Stevie is made…
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Frank Ocean is, occasionally, brilliant. Sometimes, you’ll hear glimpses of something approaching genius – ‘Pink & White’ and ‘Thinking Bout You’ are impossibly wonderful – but he can be frustrating. That’s fine. We allow people to be the artists they want to be, right? Provided of course, we’re allowed to be the fans we want…
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We’re not arsed about 4/20, as much as we like shouting ‘BLAZE IT UP’ at the mere mention of it. Anyway, it’s a good excuse to share this song which is very much about weed, because it’s great. If you’re getting stoned today, we hope you have a nice time.
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We shared a track from Lael Neale’s new and imminent LP a while ago and got excited about it. There’s been more music since and the newest one is called ‘Must Be Tears’ and we’re now pretty excited about this new album and think it’s going to be ace! Neale’s new LP is called ‘Star Eaters…
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GULP’S SEA MIST
You may know Gulp via your love of the Super Furry Animals. While SFA seem to be on an indefinite hiatus, the assorted members have released solo records, Das Koolies music and, in the shape of Guto Pryce, his Gulp work with Lindsey Leven is probably as good as anything for Furryworld. Channelling German prog,…
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JOHN PEEL RECORD AUCTION
Anyone with an interest in music already knows about John Peel, his influence on alternative music and how he dedicated his life to breaking new tunes. Well, there’s a cool auction of some of his records, and predictably there’s a lot of cool stuff and rarities in there. There’s psychedelic records, some great post punk…
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NEW MAC DEMARCO
Mac DeMarco fans are a pretty devoted bunch, so inevitably they know that their fave lil guy has a new song out called ‘Home’. For the rest of you, you may have missed this sneak release. It’s a bruised, lovely little song and the video features ol’ Mac canoeing, which is kinda cool. Press play.
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EIKO ISHIBASHI & JIM O’ROURKE
Eiko Ishibashi is a Japanese singer-songwriter, and Jim O’Rourke is related to loads of US experimentalists. This pair have collaborated before, and they’re at it again with an improvisational affair which is super pleasing. They toured Europe in ’23 and some of these improvs have been tracked down into an album called ‘Pareidolia’. This is…
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