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See: Ex En Provence release new video for ‘Counting Down The Suns’

Ex en Provence is collaboration between ex Le Shark man Samuel Deschamps and Berlin based Jan Blumentrath ((Intergalactic Republic of Kongo) / Ora The Molecule / Eliot Sumner). After meeting…

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PREMIERE: bolomite jr. – ‘Ants’: hallucinatory soundscapery from Philly

BEN CALHOUN is, by day, a carpenter in the construction industry, keeping body and soul together with a craftsman’s skill; the better to set up him up for when he…

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Track: On-U sound announces comprehensive New Age Steppers reissue campaign, stream the unreleased ‘Send for Me’

Out on 19th March 2021, On-U Sound are reissuing the four studio albums, plus another album of unreleased music from seminal group New Age Steppers, who were essentially a loose…

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Bleach Lab announce EP for March – hear the blissful glide of ‘Old Ways’

FORMED up in the wooded hills of Buckinghamshire, since relocated south of the Thames, Bleach Lab have an appreciation of the good things; think the Cocteau Twins, think Mazzy Star,…

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SEE: The animation for Kratos Himself’s ‘Shift’: complex beatz atmospheres

KRATOS HIMSELF is the singular musical vision of Jethro Kratos Hopmans, whose mission is to meld icy electronics, potent cinematic beats and an expansive library of sound recordings in order…

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Droppin’ Knowledge: A 10 Song Hopeful Playlist For A Time That Strains Hope

If you’re feeling a deficit of hope lately, don’t fret. You are not alone, Hope is an intrinsic human attribute that allows us to appreciate the idea that it is…

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Track: The Electorate release the single ‘Skeleton’ from their impressive debut album ‘You Don’t Have Time to Stay Lost’

‘You Don’t Have Time to Stay Lost’ is the outstanding debut album from Sydney outfit The Electorate – appearing in my list of favourite antipodean albums for 2020. I described…

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News: The classic albums ‘Submarine Bells’ and ‘Soft Bomb’ by The Chills are now re-issued through Flying Nun Records

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of the New Zealand indie music scene ever since the heady days of the eighties, with the Dunedin music scene, spearheaded by the…

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SEE: New Bums – ‘Tuned To Graffiti’: insouciant, folksy beauty trails for March album

NEW BUMS is the freewheelin’ two-hander of two very fine songwriters in their own right: Ben Chasny, aka psychotropic voyaging genius Six Organs of Admittance; and Donovan Quinn, formerly of…

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ALBUM REVIEW: Farmer Dave Scher & The Wizards Of The West – ‘Farmer Dave Scher & The Wizards Of The West’

Dave Scher & The Wizards Of The West is like a finely reduced sauce; it packs an awful lot of psychedelic flavour and fun into a fat half-hour. Afrobeat, surf rock, funk, straight psych, country psych, jazz, shoegaze, are all seep through a lovely record with three of four moments of proper excellence and a lot of red-eyed, 1am lava lamp big-grinned fun besides. It's good to see him back.

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See: Ex En Provence release new video for ‘Counting Down The Suns’

PREMIERE: bolomite jr. – ‘Ants’: hallucinatory soundscapery from Philly

Track: On-U sound announces comprehensive New Age Steppers reissue campaign, stream the unreleased ‘Send for Me’

Bleach Lab announce EP for March – hear the blissful glide of ‘Old Ways’

SEE: The animation for Kratos Himself’s ‘Shift’: complex beatz atmospheres

Droppin’ Knowledge: A 10 Song Hopeful Playlist For A Time That Strains Hope

Track: The Electorate release the single ‘Skeleton’ from their impressive debut album ‘You Don’t Have Time to Stay Lost’

News: The classic albums ‘Submarine Bells’ and ‘Soft Bomb’ by The Chills are now re-issued through Flying Nun Records

SEE: New Bums – ‘Tuned To Graffiti’: insouciant, folksy beauty trails for March album

ALBUM REVIEW: Farmer Dave Scher & The Wizards Of The West – ‘Farmer Dave Scher & The Wizards Of The West’