LISTEN: L.A.B.’s NZ chart-busting summer deep house groove
iT DOESN’T look like we’re going to have a summer to remember, at least for the right reasons; but we could all use a little musical balm right now. Stepping…
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Chris Sawle
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Sometime scribe and inveterate crate-digger, adoring all things C86, psych, soundtrack, breakbeat, electronica and post-rock from the toe of West Cornwall.
NEWS: tickets on sale Friday for rearranged Lanterns on the Lake tour
BELLA UNION’S premiere Geordie shoegazers Lanterns on the Lake, whose spring tour was pulled due to the covid-19 virus, have announced the rearranged dates for February and March 2021. And…
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LISTEN: Heavenly unveil cosmic new addition
JEFF BARRETT’S always reliable and inspiring Heavenly Records imprint has added another string to its bow with the signing of Australian four-piece Mildlife – and their first LP for the…
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Track: Swansea’s Mojo Jnr make hazy bedroom pop with Miles Away
SWANSEA’S Josh David-Read might just be Cymru music scene’s latest little treasure. The nation that brought us Super Furry Animals, Gorky’s Zygotic Mynci and Cate Le Bon will have…
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Track: Pheonix-style fun from Oslo’s Divest – Coming Around
IF smiley, knowing guitar pop with a bit of bite is your thing, you could do worse than make a little time in your life for up ‘n’ coming Oslo…
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LISTEN: raging brilliance from Algiers
MATADOR’S eclectic, forward-thinking Atlanta outfit Algiers have released a two-track new single via Bandcamp, “Can The Sub Bass Speak”/ “It All Comes Round Again”. A powerful brace of songs,…
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LISTEN: new wave shimmer from Leeds’ Eades
LEEDS’ five-piece Eades have premiered their hook-laden, shimmery new single “Forget What You Want” on Soundcloud. The punchy track has echoes of the Velvets, Television, Parquet Courts and…
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See: Travis get animated on new single
A QUARTER-century since they first gathered in a Glaswegian rehearsal room, Fran Healy and the boys from Travis are preparing to release their ninth studio set – and have…
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EP: BARBE ROUSSE – FACTORY SETTINGS
DESCRIBING themselves as “psychedelic slop-pop”, Edinburgh’s Barbe Rousse (it’s French for ‘ginger beard’) are to these ears, conversely, a rather neat proposition. Their digitally released five-tracker, the Factory Settings EP,…
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TRACK: hear sweet new ballad from Dublin’s Milk
DUBLIN quartet Milk have made new track “Always On Time” available on SoundCloud as a taster for their six-tracker 1, The EP, which goes on sale on June 19th. “Always…
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