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News: Del Amitri Frontman’s Personal Collection Up For Grabs Here and Now
Justin Currie – frontman of Scots chart botherers Del Amitri – has unlocked his personal vault of memorabilia to raise money for a friend’s charity. Handwritten lyrics, a tour jacket and laminates, notebooks and a signed Fender guitar are just a few of the items that Del Amitri fans can get their hands on through …
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News: Madonna announces Madame X Tour
If her incredible performance at the Billboard Music Awards and the announcement of a new album Madame X set your heart racing, then hold onto your boots because Madonna has now announced a series’s or intimate performances taking place in theatres across North America and Europe, giving fans the opportunity to see her close up, …
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Track: Doomsquad – ‘Let It Go’, plus UK/US tour dates
Toronto’s electro-psych, dance-rock sibling trio DOOMSQUAD have shared entrancing new single ‘Let It Go’, the third track to be shared from their forthcoming LP Let Yourself Be Seen, out May 10th via Bella Union. “The song is kind of an inner debate between two opposing voices of a conflicted self-conscience over how to cope through these chaotic times. One side balances a …
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News: Peggy Gou to release new DJ-Kicks album, plus tour dates
South Korean DJ Peggy Gou has been announced as the presenter of the 69th DJ-Kicks series, out via !K7 on June 28th, and its something of a dream fulfilled. When she released her debut Art of War EP in 2006, little did she realise that within 4 years, two of the items – the DJ-Kicks …
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Track: Cate Le Bon – The Light, plus tour dates
Cate Le Bon is preparing for the release of her forthcoming album, Reward, with the third taster from the record in the shape of a single, The Light. It’s a swooning slice of loungey indie pop, Le Bon’s vocal almost like a folk song in the verse before it flowers into this enchanting singalong chorus. …
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EP/Track: Fragile Animals – Only Shallow
South East Queensland’s Fragile Animals have recently released their new EP, ‘Only Shallow’ and it is an absolute shimmering delight. Infused with a dream-like melancholia and an antithetical summer sheen, this band has all the genetic makeup of classic shoegaze, but has evolved this into their own unique style. There is a developing sound from …
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Track: The Quiet Temple – The Last Opium Den (On Earth), plus new album news
Duke Garwood and Rich Machin have put together a musical collective under the name of The Quiet Temple, using a rolling cast of sidemen taken from the likes of Soulsavers, Spiritualized, Stereolab and Julian Cope. They’ve announced the release of their self-titled debut six-track album on Friday July 5th on Point of Departure, and have …
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Track: Dervisis – Laundry Room, plus debut London show news
Athenian producer Dervisis returns with a new 12″, Laundry Room / Yelde, a year after his debut EP, for the Trial & Error imprint on May 10th. Influenced both his Greek, Balkans and Middle East, Dervisis’ clubland / bedroom house music seep through on title track Laundry Room. It’s leftfield club music, with a tinge …