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Album Review : Arthur Melo – ‘Mirantes Emocionais’ : a dazzling alt pop escapade from the Brazilian guitarist and composer.

In the same way that last year Bala Dejeso and Ana Frango Elétrico swung the spotlight back on the wild creativity of the Brazilian pop scene, 2024 looks like it’s…

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Track: jnr. unveils genre-bending brilliance in hypnotic ‘4days/4nights’

Eora/Sydney-based artist jnr. has unveiled his latest enigmatic single, ‘4DAYS/4NIGHTS‘, following on from a massive 2023, with a whopping six singles, multiple features and remixes as well as a support…

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Track: Bellatrix fashions toxic romance into alt.pop silk with ‘Bad Love’

SHE’S got one of those brilliantly tonally expressive voices, which skips up and down the register with easy fluidity, flowing through the notes in the way Bjork does; but then,…

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SEE: Slow Pulp – ‘Idaho’: graceful and languid guitar pop

I MEAN, as if the depredations of the coronavirus weren’t enough; try having the year that Emily Massey, singer-guitarist of Wisconsin-formed, Chicago-based, languid guitar venturers Slow Pulp has just lived…

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SEE: No Age – ‘Smoothie Kings’: abstract shapes and lofi beauty

UNORTHODOX former Sub Pop noiseniks No Age have got through some virusy distribution teething troubles and finally their new album Goons Be Gone, their second for new housekeepers Drag City,…

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