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NEWS: A Certain Ratio announce EP for May, ‘ACR:EPA’; hear a first track, ‘Wonderland’: the Mancunian funk hot streak continues
THEY’RE on such a hot streak these days; Mancunian fun legends A Certain Ratio have been absolutely on fire, creatively so vivacious and so irresistibly taut, since ACR Loco dropped in the final days of last summer, an album of which we commented “effortless Mancunian pop and the tautest funk remade anew.” “Yo Yo Gi” …
RSD 2020: Track: Ted Cassidy – The Lurch
Out for Record Store Day 2020 is The Addams Family’s Lurch, aka The Lurch, and his 1965 monster track ‘The Lurch’. Mastered from the original tapes and limited to a run of 500 on Jackpot Records, it’s one of the rarest US Capital Records picture sleeves, and has never before been reissued on its original …
Track: Jade Emperor – Greener
Jade Emperor has returned with her second single ‘Greener’. Inspired by Etta James, Nina Simone and Ella Fitzgerald, the song focuses on the brighter side of life, imploring the listener to pour water on their own side of life and watch it grow, rather than always thinking it’s greener on the other side. Musically, Greener …
Track: Liz – Hush
Already working with the current flavours of the month of the producing game, namely Djemba Djemba, The Picard Brod and Lido, Liz mixes up her own blend of Y2K pop with a good old dollop of Aaliyah style RnB with glitchy pop and splash of garage, she follows up her debut EP ‘Just like you’ …