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Neighbours Burning Neighbours channel joy and urgency in the pouncing “Trans Youth”

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Published: September 6, 2024 10:42

Burning Neighbours, the debut album of rising Rotterdam noise rockers Neighbours Burning Neighbours, will be released next Friday. The quartet of Alicia Breton Ferrer, Daanie van den IJssel, Kat Kalkman and Aram Scheeve have one more track to share, the…

Album Review: SUUNS – The Breaks

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Published: September 6, 2024 04:01

Following his trip into the skies, William Shatner described space as “cold, dark, black emptiness”, adding that he was filled with “overwhelming sadness”. He might’ve been responding loosely to the first three albums from Canadian band Suuns, particularly…

Famous desperately try to pin down “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life”

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Published: September 4, 2024 14:03

Cult London act Famous are releasing their long-awaited debut album in October and following June’s double teaser “God Hold You” / “It Goes On Forever” we now have a third glimpse in the form of “What Are You Doing The Rest Of Your Life”. The band’s sole…

Album Review: Sofi Tukker – BREAD

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Published: September 4, 2024 04:01

Sofi Tukker are purveyors of a good time, and they give little to make you think otherwise. During lockdown they held regular livestreams so as to keep in touch with their fans and promote friendship, love and connection through a time people couldn’t…

BPM Curates: August 2024

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Published: September 3, 2024 04:27

Our monthly playlist of the team's essential new songs

Radhika Vekaria aspires to “Liberate”

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Published: September 3, 2024 04:08

Some pop songs claim to be healing, but they pale in comparison to the genuine healing you’ll derive from Radhika Vekaria’s new album Warriors of Light. The LA artist combines Sanskrit, Tamil and English to fuse ancient mantras with contemporary themes and…

Album Review: Horse Jumper Of Love – Disaster Trick

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Published: September 3, 2024 04:01

Boston trio Horse Jumper of Love’s latest album Disaster Trick acts like a great exhale. One that you can make in the safety of your bedroom, where you can let out just enough rage to not catch the attention of your parents. Opening track “Snow Angel”…

Album Review: Wunderhorse – Midas

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Published: September 2, 2024 04:01

Out of the fall of Dead Pretties came the birth of Wunderhorse, and the scene is benefitting tremendously from the rise of this band which is as authentic to the art of indie-rock in their sound as any one band can be.  Wunderhorse, the four-piece…

Album Review: Fontaines D.C. – Romance

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Published: August 30, 2024 04:01

It’s wild how far Fontaines D.C. have come in just five years: from a debut album released in a time when music publications were declaring indie rock dead, to selling out massive venues and being plastered on billboards all across town. It would be…

Cassette Culture: August 2024

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Published: August 29, 2024 12:00

Cassette Culture is a monthly column dedicated to exploring the various artists that inhabit the expansive cassette market. Drawing from bands and labels around the world, this column will attempt to highlight some of the best artists and albums from this…

Album Review: Kishi Bashi – Kantos

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Published: August 29, 2024 07:53

Kishi Bashi has always reckoned with heady and complex concepts on his records. His last album, 2019’s Omoiyari, stemmed from reflections on the mass incarceration of Japanese-Americans during World War II, while 2014’s Lighght took inspiration from…

Caribou launches the euphoric “Come Find Me”, announces new album

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Published: August 28, 2024 17:40

Caribou will release a new album called Honey on 4 October through Merge/City Slang. It features recently released singles “Honey”, “Broke My Heart”, “Volume” and today’s latest “Come Find Me”. On the new track, Caribou mastermind Dan Snaith says: “I love…