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Remembering American jazz bassist and Art Ensemble Of Chicago component Malachi Favors, born on this day in 1927.✨
22/08/2024

Remembering American jazz bassist and Art Ensemble Of Chicago component Malachi Favors, born on this day in 1927.✨

Celebrating thirty years of British trip-hop outfit Portishead’s enduring debut album Dummy, released on this day in 199...
22/08/2024

Celebrating thirty years of British trip-hop outfit Portishead’s enduring debut album Dummy, released on this day in 1994.✨

Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced plans to extend their tour schedule in to 2025 with a new run of North Americ...
20/08/2024

Godspeed You! Black Emperor have announced plans to extend their tour schedule in to 2025 with a new run of North American performances commencing in Spring.

The post-rock luminaries will return to the road commencing in April.

black midi alumnus Geordie Greep has announced the release of his debut solo album.Hear lead single ‘Holy, Holy’ and pre...
20/08/2024

black midi alumnus Geordie Greep has announced the release of his debut solo album.

Hear lead single ‘Holy, Holy’ and pre-order physical editions of The New Sound now.

The New Sound arrives in October.

Modest Mouse have announced plans to embark upon a North American tour in late 2024 celebrating the twentieth anniversar...
20/08/2024

Modest Mouse have announced plans to embark upon a North American tour in late 2024 celebrating the twentieth anniversary of Good News For People Who Love Bad News.

The Washington indie rock luminaries will revisit their breakthrough 2004 album beginning in October.

Celebrating fifteen years of British indie rock outfit The xx’s catalytic debut album xx, released on this day in 2009.✨
14/08/2024

Celebrating fifteen years of British indie rock outfit The xx’s catalytic debut album xx, released on this day in 2009.✨

Karate have shared a new preview of their forthcoming seventh studio album Make It Fit.Hear 'Around The Dial' now.
13/08/2024

Karate have shared a new preview of their forthcoming seventh studio album Make It Fit.

Hear 'Around The Dial' now.

The Boston indie rock outfit’s Make It Fit will mark their first LP to release in two decades.

Celebrating twenty-five years of American experimental outfit Isotope 217’s second album Utonian_Automatic, released on ...
10/08/2024

Celebrating twenty-five years of American experimental outfit Isotope 217’s second album Utonian_Automatic, released on this day in 1999.✨

Celebrating fifteen years of beloved British math rock outfit Blakfish’s lone full-length album Champions, released on t...
09/08/2024

Celebrating fifteen years of beloved British math rock outfit Blakfish’s lone full-length album Champions, released on this day in 2009.✨

Remembering decorated American jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, born on this day in 1935.✨
07/08/2024

Remembering decorated American jazz multi-instrumentalist Rahsaan Roland Kirk, born on this day in 1935.✨

Celebrating ten years of British singer-songwriter and producer FKA Twigs’ Mercury Prize-nominated debut album LP1, rele...
06/08/2024

Celebrating ten years of British singer-songwriter and producer FKA Twigs’ Mercury Prize-nominated debut album LP1, released on this day in 2014.✨

Celebrating ten years of American indie rock outfit Bear In Heaven’s fourth album Time Is Over One Day Old, released on ...
05/08/2024

Celebrating ten years of American indie rock outfit Bear In Heaven’s fourth album Time Is Over One Day Old, released on this day in 2014.✨

Celebrating fifteen years of American experimental rock duo bygones’ lone full-length album by-, released on this day in...
04/08/2024

Celebrating fifteen years of American experimental rock duo bygones’ lone full-length album by-, released on this day in 2009.✨

Celebrating fifteen years of beloved American indie rock band Modest Mouse’s No One's First, And You're Next EP, release...
04/08/2024

Celebrating fifteen years of beloved American indie rock band Modest Mouse’s No One's First, And You're Next EP, released on this day in 2009.✨

Celebrating ten years of British art rock outfit Adult Jazz’s debut album Gist Is, released on this day in 2014.✨
04/08/2024

Celebrating ten years of British art rock outfit Adult Jazz’s debut album Gist Is, released on this day in 2014.✨

Celebrating the birthday of seminal American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, famed as a co-founding member of the Art ...
03/08/2024

Celebrating the birthday of seminal American jazz saxophonist Roscoe Mitchell, famed as a co-founding member of the Art Ensemble Of Chicago and born on this day in 1940.✨

Celebrating the birthday of American musician and noise rock luminary David Yow, venerated for his output with The Jesus...
02/08/2024

Celebrating the birthday of American musician and noise rock luminary David Yow, venerated for his output with The Jesus Lizard, Scratch Acid and more and born on this day in 1960.✨

Celebrating thirty years of venerated English-French electronic outfit Stereolab’s third album Mars Audiac Quintet, rele...
02/08/2024

Celebrating thirty years of venerated English-French electronic outfit Stereolab’s third album Mars Audiac Quintet, released on this day in 1994.✨

Celebrating five years of London jazz collective Nérija’s debut album Blume, released on this day in 2019.✨
02/08/2024

Celebrating five years of London jazz collective Nérija’s debut album Blume, released on this day in 2019.✨

André 3000 has announced plans for a pair of intimate concerts set to be held in London this month.The seminal American ...
02/08/2024

André 3000 has announced plans for a pair of intimate concerts set to be held in London this month.

The seminal American MC and OutKast component-turned-flautist’s performances will unfold from fabled Camden music venue The Jazz Cafe on August 16th, preceding scheduled appearances at All Points East and We Out Here.

The OutKast MC’s performances will unfold from fabled Camden music venue The Jazz Cafe.

Celebrating twenty years of revered English post-rock outfit Bark Psychosis’ second album ///CODENAME: dustsucker, relea...
28/07/2024

Celebrating twenty years of revered English post-rock outfit Bark Psychosis’ second album ///CODENAME: dustsucker, released on this day in 2004.✨

black midi singer-guitarist Geordie Greep has announced plans to venture overseas for two solo concerts held in New York...
25/07/2024

black midi singer-guitarist Geordie Greep has announced plans to venture overseas for two solo concerts held in New York City.

Find ticket information for both performances below.

The performances will take place at Union Pool and Nublu.

Celebrating thirty years of American post-hardcore outfit Lync’s enduring lone studio album These Are Not Fall Colors, r...
25/07/2024

Celebrating thirty years of American post-hardcore outfit Lync’s enduring lone studio album These Are Not Fall Colors, released on this day in 1994.✨

Karate have announced the release of their first full-length studio album in two decades. Hear the first two previews of...
25/07/2024

Karate have announced the release of their first full-length studio album in two decades.

Hear the first two previews of the revitalised Boston, Massachusetts trio's Make It Fit in advance.

Make It Fit will mark the band’s first LP to release in two decades.

Celebrating five years of ever-changing British rock group Black Country, New Road’s second single Sunglasses, released ...
25/07/2024

Celebrating five years of ever-changing British rock group Black Country, New Road’s second single Sunglasses, released on this day in 2019.✨

Desert Daze have re-emerged to share their full 2024 festival programme, featuring live performances from The Mars Volta...
23/07/2024

Desert Daze have re-emerged to share their full 2024 festival programme, featuring live performances from The Mars Volta, Unwound, Converge, Alan Sparhawk, Shabaka Hutchings, Jeff Parker, Tommy Guerrero and more.

Find ticket information below.

Performers will include The Mars Volta, Thundercat, Unwound, Alan Sparhawk, Nick Hakim and Jeff Parker.

American indie rock veterans Starflyer 59 have shared the first single from their approaching seventeenth album.Hear ‘90...
23/07/2024

American indie rock veterans Starflyer 59 have shared the first single from their approaching seventeenth album.

Hear ‘909’ and pre-order physical editions of Lust For Gold now.

The decorated American band’s Lust For Gold will arrive next month.

Remembering venerated American musician and recording engineer Steve Albini of Shellac, Big Black, Rapeman and Electrica...
22/07/2024

Remembering venerated American musician and recording engineer Steve Albini of Shellac, Big Black, Rapeman and Electrical Audio fame, born on this day in 1962.✨

Watch Mac DeMarco perform songs from One Wayne G and beyond live from a Parisian bistro in session for La Blogothèque.
17/07/2024

Watch Mac DeMarco perform songs from One Wayne G and beyond live from a Parisian bistro in session for La Blogothèque.

Featuring songs from 2023’s One Wayne G and more.

Drag City have announced plans to bring an excavated 1998 Peel Session radio performance from lauded American songwriter...
17/07/2024

Drag City have announced plans to bring an excavated 1998 Peel Session radio performance from lauded American songwriter and multi-instrumentalist David Pajo to vinyl.

Stream ‘Vivea’ from Aerial M’s The Peel Sessions now.

Drag City will bring the 1998 recordings to vinyl in August.

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A music blog running from the comfort of two bedrooms in England and Japan. Providing news coverage, reviews and interviews, monthly playlists and live music events as Laundry To Do Music To and physical releases as Fruit & Grooves Tape Club. We like dusty soul, disco, funk, jazz, psychedelia, R&B, hip-hop, post-punk, grooves from the East and everything between. Blog - www.fruitandgroovescollective.wordpress.com Sounds - www.soundcloud.com/fruitandgroovescollective Twitter - www.twitter.com/fruitandgroovescollective Instagram - www.instagram.com/fruitandgroovescollective