Category: OPINION
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REST EASY, SONNY ROLLINS
There was almost something instinctual about the way Sonny Rollins played his music. In Jazz, there’s a lot of academics and blowhards – but Rollins…
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REVIEW / BOARDS OF CANADA / INFERNO
Mass surveillance, new age spiritualism grifters, populist politics, a thoroughly unsensible media landscape, quack medicine pushed by sexists, conspiracy, Q Anon, artificial intelligence, the threat…
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BANDSPLAINING ON SPACE AGE POP, EXOTICA + MORE
We’re long time fans of the brilliant Bandsplaining channel on YouTube – video essays on the outer fringes of music and pop culture. Well, it…
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LAURYN HILL EXPLAINS IT ALL… KINDA
It has been nearly three decades since Lauryn Hill released her ‘Miseducation Of…’ album. That’s an eternity in music, but there’s no doubt that she…
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REVIEW / DRAKE’S THREE ALBUMS THAT DROPPED ON THE SAME DAY
Are you kidding? That’s too much music for one sitting. That’s too many songs at the same time to wade through. That’s like, a million…
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WHAT IS BLUE DOT FEVER, OR, IS THE BUBBLE BURSTING ON BIG SHOWS
There’s a new phrase in the music industry – notably involving the touring circuit – called ‘Blue Dot Fever’. It references the amount of blue…
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THE STONES ARE STILL THE BEST AT DOING AN IMPRESSION OF THE STONES
The Rolling Stones have a new album coming out called ‘Foreign Tongues’, which sure does sound like an album title from The Rolling Stones. The…
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PREDICTING WHAT THE CHARLI XCX ROCK LP WILL SOUND LIKE
Charli XCX is making a rock album. She’s been pretty funny about her post-Brat moves, saying that she’s okay with it being a flop etc.…
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WHAT’S THE THING WITH GEESE?
Geese shot to fame seemingly overnight, which can only mean one thing – we must don our tinfoil hats and assume something is up. Or…
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RUMOURS ON NEW MCCARTNEY ALBUM + DUNGEON LANE
There’s been rumours swirling of a new album from Paul McCartney, and he’s been sharing playlists and whatnot, which feature an emoji of a bird.…
