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Television frontman Tom Verlaine is often dubbed as the guy who taught the punks about jazz, so with that, you know he had good taste in music. Well, Verlaine is no longer with us, so his personal record collection – some 4,000 in number – is on sale. As you might imagine, there’s some pretty…
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If you’ve been yearning for the sounds of the turn of the Millennium – French House, Indie Sleaze, Dance Pop, Electro Clash and the rest – you’re not alone. See, CFCF is clearly a fan of the nights out when people used to upload entire camera rolls of photos of nights out onto Facebook, of…
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If you like deadpan delivery, skuzzy and elastic basslines, and chuggy drum beats, then you’re gonna love this track we just heard from a cool Korean band. They’re called Balming Tiger and we haven’t heard of them before, but this track – ‘Oui’ – sounds like walking into a bar, hearing it, and thinking “let’s…
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We don’t know much about This Is Lorelei, and we’re currently on holiday where relaxation has made our brain mush. Either way, we just had a listen to the new track from them and it’s kinda folk, kinda indie, kinda mopey pop. Does that sound like your bag? Then you need to press play on…
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Habibi Funk has a new sister label called Audible Beauty Records, and there’s two new records coming out that look ace! Both albums are out on August 7th, looking at Malaysian jazz recordings from the 60s/70s and come from the archives of the national radio RTM. Speaking about the new label: “The new label was birthed out…
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Atlanta has an embarrassment of riches when it comes to MCs, and the latest who looks to be breaking out is Pluto, who is as unapologetic as the rest of ’em! She got a new single out called ‘Tippy Toes’ which is released on Motown! They’ve still got it, even if it’s a world away…
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Mute have announced the details of a new live album from the mighty Can – ‘Can Live in Arles 1975’ – and you’ll be able to hear it and buy on 25th September. Recorded the summer at the Roman Amphitheatre, Théâtre Antique d’Arles, the recording features the core gang of Irmin Schmidt, Jaki Liebezeit, Michael…
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We think Daine is a pop singer – who really knows what anything is anymore, as genres are blurred to the point of mush these days – but we think that Daine sounds like she’s making pop music, and we’re always in the market for a fun new pop song. ‘PDQ’ is a dancy, good-time…
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We’ve heard that the ‘dancefloor is dead’ and Charli XCX is kinda going in a rock direction, but isn’t, but then keeps releasing pop songs with a rock edge, and the whole thing is mildly confusing, but the Stans seem happy enough in the feeling that they get it before anyone else does. Brat Summer…
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Carly Rae Jepsen taught the hipsters how to fall in love with pop music, and she’s coming back with a double album that sounds like she might have them on a fish hook all over again, splitting the LP between two very hip sounding things. The new album is called ‘Day And Night’, and it’ll…
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REBECCA BLACK / THE GREATEST COMEBACK IN ALL OF POP?
When we think of great pop comebacks, we think of artists who have been away for a little while, only for them to hit us with an absolute banger. However, that isn’t really a comeback – it’s more a continuation after a pause, right? Of course, there’s artists who fall-off, to eventually comeback with a…
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LISTEN TO DAVID MCALMONT TALK ABOUT YES AND OTHER THINGS
‘Yes’ by McAlmont and Butler is, without doubt, one of the finest songs of the Nineties, melding the melodrama of 60s girl groups, Britpop and Glam, Scott Walker, show tunes and everything that is truly great about pure, anthemic pop music. Well, David has sat down with Jake Shears for the Queer the Music podcast,…
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MIXCLOUD ROUND-UP
We are big fans of Mixcloud on this site – so much so that we upload our own radio show to it. It’s one of the best places to have algorithm-free listening and find new music to listen to. We’re not on the payroll – we’re not influential enough for that, and you know it.…
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SUSANNA HOFFS NEW STUFF
Power Pop princess, all-round good egg and Bangles co-founder Susanna Hoffs has some new music coming out, and that’s always worth celebrating isn’t it? You bet your sweet ass it is! So, what’s going on? This isn’t a new Bangs record, rather, she’s putting out ‘The List’, which is her first release of entirely new…
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