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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Paul MacInnes, Rosie Swash, Peter Sale, Paul Lester and Alex Needham

Music Weekly: Basement Jaxx and Hockey

This week, we kick off with chat from Felix Buxton and Simon Ratcliffe, better known as dance duo Basement Jaxx. The boys return later this month with their fifth album, Scars, and Alex Needham spoke to them about collaborating with Yoko Ono, why Brixton is losing its edge and how they have managed to sustain a working relationship for 15 years.

Fast forward to Singles Club and Paul MacInnes is joined by Rosie Swash and Michael Hann to discuss the best in new music. There's dippy funk-pop from the Phenomenal Handclap Band's 15 to 20, another slab of noise pop from LA duo No Age's single Losing Feeling, and Battles singer Tyondai Braxton offers a bonkers 10-minute solo composition.

There's more chat with Portland's Hockey, the band behind summer smash* Too Fake. They're just about to release their debut album, Mind Chaos, and Rosie finds out their favourite live experiences, which include a flesh-hanging party. Really.

Paul Lester signs off with Feature With No Name, in which he recalls the Swedish dream-pop group the Radio Dept.

So that's your lot. Tell us what you think of this week's show, guests and music, while we play you out with an exclusive version of Hockey's Song Away, performed live just for you.

*By "smash" we actually mean, "You'll probably hear this and go 'Oh, I've heard this song before, didn't know it was by Hockey'".

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