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Song of the Day: Pj Harvey – A Child’s Question, August
PJ Harvey’s tenth studio album, I Inside the Old Year Dying, is set for release July 7th. On this album, which was recorded with long-time creative collaborators John Parish and Flood, PJ Harvey builds a sonic universe somehow located in a space between life’s opposites, and between recent history and the ancient past. Scattered with biblical…
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L’uomo che ha inventato la notte
Nel 1988 la fredda Manchester trasforma la sua pista da ballo più famosa in un anfratto balearico: la prima serata Hot al club Haçienda spazza via gli interni urbani di Ben Kelly e immerge gli avventori in un’atmosfera tropicale, con tanto di lampade abbronzanti, palme e una piscina. È il periodo della Seconda estate dell’amore,…
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Song of the Day: Vacations – Next Exit
Platinum-selling Australian band Vacations shared their new single, Next Exit, written while on their first sold-out tour of the States in early 2022. Produced by lead singer Campbell Burns and John Velasquez (Zella Day, Gatlin), “Next Exit” is the first single from the band since their 2020 album, Forever In Bloom, and follows a breakout 2022 year with two sold-out tours of the…
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Song of the Day: Binki – Rocket Ship
Binki (Born Baraka Ongari in Pennsylvania) initially became interested in acting as a teenager. After high school, he studied theatre at the University of North Carolina. It was there that he taught himself how to play guitar. He eventually began writing songs, drawing upon an array of influences, including Childish Gambino, Pink Floyd, Tyler, The…
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Song of the Day: Deeper – Sub
Sub Pop announced the recruitment of Chicago band Deeper to its iconic label roster. To celebrate this pivotal occasion, the group has shared an official video for their new single Sub. The band says about the single and video: “‘Sub’ was in the trash can for a minute. We recorded it in 2021 at a slower tempo before…
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L’insistente problema degli streaming illegali
Da anni ormai i comunicati stampa degli artisti musicali mettono in primo piano i record di ascolti sulle piattaforme di streaming, una vera e propria guerra di numeri che ogni giorno ci consegna nuovi primati e campioni. Ma, come spesso accade, non è tutto oro quello che luccica. Da tempo si parla dell’annoso problema degli…
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Song of the Day: Badawi – Desert Eagle
Badawi, or Raz Mesinai, is a New York City-based producer, musician, and composer who has been active for over thirty years.His career began in the late 1980s under the monickers Badawi, Ghost Producer, Psy Co. and under the first name Raz Mesinai, later becoming one of the founders of the arts agency Underground Producers Alliance.…
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Song of the Day: Jeremy Tuplin – Dancing On Your Own
Jeremy Tuplin is a singer-songwriter from Somerset, England, capable of writing beautiful indie-rock ballads influenced by alternative, post-punk and 80s wave. ‘Orville’s Discotheque’ is Jeremy Tuplin’s fourth album, a follow-up to the excellent ‘Violet Waves’ and ‘Pink Mirror’ from 2020 and 2019. Jeremy’s new album is inspired by the myth of Orpheus and the multitude…
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Song of the Day: Purr – Drift
Born and raised New York duo comprised of Eliza Barry Callahan and Jack Staffen, together known as Purr, announced their sophomore record titled ’Who Is Afraid Of Blue?,’ which will be released on June 2. To make it, the duo teamed up with producer Jonathan Rado (Weyes Blood, Father John Misty, The Killers) where just the…
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Song of the Day: Nation of Language – Weak In You Light
Nation of Language announced their new album, Strange Disciple – out 15th September 2023 via [PIAS], as well as sharing new single ‘Weak In Your Light’, and further UK/EU headline dates. Following performances at Primavera Sound, Pitchfork Festival, Outside Lands, and dozens more of what will be their biggest headline shows to date, the Brooklyn band’s third LP is one that is meant to invoke wandering,…
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