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SEE: The animation for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s ‘If Not Now, When?’

TWO THINGS about New Zealand’s King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard: one. They’re immense, ass ‘n’ tousled locks-shaking fun. Two. Christ, they’re prolific. Their cup of creativity runneth o’er. Twenty-three…

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TRACK: Porridge Radio feel the darker Yuletide vibe with ‘The Last Time I Saw You (O Christmas)’

PORRIDGE RADIO are drawing down the curtain on 2020 with one final, fine salutation: their own contribution to the vein of alternative Christmas songs which Low kicked off back in…

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SEE: Arctic Monkeys release live track video for ‘Arabella’ in aid of War Child UK

IN PROMOTION of the release of Arctic Monkeys – Live At The Royal Albert Hall on December 4th, the band have revealed the video for AM’s “Arabella”. The proceeds raised from Arctic Monkeys…

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SEE: The video for Bill Callahan’s ‘Breakfast’: a visual nugget sifted from ‘Gold Record’

OUR DEEPEST Americana poet Bill Callahan put together his latest album, Gold Record, really quickly, and previewed it over those long, lazy lockdown summer days with the neat idea of…

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Feature: The 50 best albums of 2020

Well, it’s been a bit of a year, hasn’t it? Global pandemics, George Floyd, environmental issues, terrorism, dissatisfaction with those in charge, not least in the ongoing (it seems) fallout…

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WATCH: IDLES share new video for ‘Kill Them With Kindness’

IDLES have shared a new animated video for album highlight “Kill Them With Kindness”. The video, which was directed and designed by James Carbutt and animated by Pip Williamson, is taken from…

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TRACKS: Erland Cooper wraps up the year with a gorgeous choral EP, ‘Eynhallow’

ERLAND COOPER wraps up a year in which he’s brought us much light, creativity and joy with one final aural missive, the choral EP, Eynhallow, out today on Phases. Hether…

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News: Larkin Poe bring us some festive cheer with Christmas live streaming event

2020 has put the brakes on for so many artists, but Larkin Poe haven’t slowed down at all. In June the Atlanta-born Nashville-based multi-instrumentalist sister duo Rebecca and Megan Lovell…

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TRACK: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – ‘Where They Perform Miracles’: Alec brings the yearn and then some

ALEC OUNSWORTH’S Clap Your Hands Say Yeah are following up the double whammy of October’s twin single drop, “Thousand Oaks”/”Hesitation Nation” (which we adored here) with the beautiful and elegiac “Where…

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SEE: Dave the Keys – ‘The Lights of the Pub’: Komputer man’s tune to save his local

DAVID BAKER has had a pretty varied career in the British music scene to date; but as Dave the Keys he’s decided to give something back: he’s releasing a little…

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SEE: The animation for King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s ‘If Not Now, When?’

TRACK: Porridge Radio feel the darker Yuletide vibe with ‘The Last Time I Saw You (O Christmas)’

SEE: Arctic Monkeys release live track video for ‘Arabella’ in aid of War Child UK

SEE: The video for Bill Callahan’s ‘Breakfast’: a visual nugget sifted from ‘Gold Record’

Feature: The 50 best albums of 2020

WATCH: IDLES share new video for ‘Kill Them With Kindness’

TRACKS: Erland Cooper wraps up the year with a gorgeous choral EP, ‘Eynhallow’

News: Larkin Poe bring us some festive cheer with Christmas live streaming event

TRACK: Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – ‘Where They Perform Miracles’: Alec brings the yearn and then some

SEE: Dave the Keys – ‘The Lights of the Pub’: Komputer man’s tune to save his local