Antony Szmierek comes from Manchester: he’s a rapper with a relaxed, conversational delivery and an emotional flow. Unlike a lot of spoken word music – and there’s loads around now – this one makes me want to listen again and again.

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The TV drama The Offer is the inside story of the making of The Godfather. This is the theme music by Isabella Summers (aka Florence’s “Machine”).
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I have fairly strong feelings that comedy and music should be kept well apart. Otherwise you end up before long with Ernie and Shaddap You Face. This is the exception. (more…)

Dawes move into new territory with their eighth album, a decade after I discovered them on a sweltering summer night in London. (more…)

Every year there’s a song of the summer that somehow creeps into your consciousness and stays there til the sunshine starts to fade. This year the first contender for me is Mash Up The Dance. (more…)

I’ve spent a lot of time on the road in the past week, driving to Cornwall and back, listening to 6Music (at least when I had a DAB signal in the car). This is the tune that caught my ear the most. (more…)

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Khruangbin are the perfect band to play on a sweltering summer’s day… and Texas Sun is the perfect song. (more…)

Low Hummer’s single Talk Shows leaps out at me in the same way that Chaise Longue did when Wet Leg appeared on the scene last year. (more…)

Watch this! Alice Low unveils new song and video Sodomizer