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  • 2 weeks ago | pitchfork.com | Ben Cardew

    What are Stereolab, exactly? Folding seemingly incompatible elements into a blend that’s both natural and outlandish, the veteran post-rockers have never been easy to define—they only stopped evolving when they hung up their hat in 2009. The Groop regrouped in 2019; Instant Holograms on Metal Film is the band’s first studio album in 15 years.

  • 2 weeks ago | flipboard.com | Ben Cardew

    The pop band Robert Smith detested more than any other: “They represented everything The Cure hated”A certain look can just feel right for some people. No matter how much they might try to shake off the shackles of their public perception, for some …

  • 1 month ago | pitchfork.com | Ben Cardew

    What would it take to make you return to the one place you never wanted to go back to? To embrace the thing that everyone thinks they know about you? For Beirut’s Zach Condon it took a circus—specifically, the Swedish troupe Kompani Giraff, which commissioned the 18 tracks on A Study of Losses for a stage show of the same name.

  • 2 months ago | pitchfork.com | Ben Cardew

    If DJ Python wants to tell us something important on his new EP, then he seems a little shy about spitting it out. The record’s title is a declaration—or the start of one?—hedged in lowercase letters, offered without further explanation. Buried among the EP’s invited guests, the producer sings for the first time on a solo Python record, like a reluctant child being pushed into the spotlight.

  • Jan 30, 2025 | djmag.com | Ben Cardew

    This feature was originally published in 2019. Borrowing has long been at the heart of British music. The Beatles did it by weaving US R&B into wonderful new forms in the 1960s; David Bowie did it by subsuming everything from disco to drone into his individualistic musical world. In the ‘90s, Leftfield did it too – their mighty debut album ‘Leftism’ united the musical melting pot of post-rave Britain under the steady thump of the house beat.

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Ben Cardew
Ben Cardew @bencardew
13 May 25

Hello @HMRCcustomers. What is the address to send self assessment tax returns from overseas? is it: HM Revenue & Customs Benton Park View Newcastle Upon Tyne NE98 1ZZ United Kingdom Thanks

Ben Cardew
Ben Cardew @bencardew
11 Nov 24

My guest on @LineNoisePod @RadioPrimavera_ Sound this week is @tsha909, whose new album Sad Girl is out now on @ninjatune. We spoke about wedding DJs, being sad, Cher’s Believe and so much more. I hope you enjoy it. https://t.co/fnunTPvXSv

Ben Cardew
Ben Cardew @bencardew
8 Nov 24

Who does the UK press for Beck? Anyone know? Or US? Thanks and sorry for being so boring.