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Panda Bear & Sonic Boom blur cathedral and kindergarten on 'A ? of When'

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By Joe Muggs
| The Arts Desk Verified
Pyschedelic music has always encouraged intergenerational influence. Thus West Midlander Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember, in his 1980s Spacemen 3 days – with Jason Pierce of Spiritualized – channelled Krautrock, The Velvet Underground, The Silver Apples and The Stooges into his relentlessly narcotic jams, then moved sideways into representing the spirit of very early synthesiser experimenters.
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The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, June 2026

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By Joe Muggs
| Bandcamp Daily
BEST ELECTRONIC The Best Electronic Music on Bandcamp, June 2026 By Joe Muggs · July 01, 2026 Some months a theme emerges among releases very easily; other months not so much.
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On 'The Wow! Signal' Muse turn up the ludicrousness to 11

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By Joe Muggs
| The Arts Desk Verified
Muse are one of the best advertisements in the world for silliness. When the Devon trio came along in the late Nineties, they found a niche for people who wished Radiohead had kept writing big rock songs instead of tinkering with avant electronics – but they really found their feet with 2006’s Black Holes and Revelations when they started cutting loose with glam rock stomp, laser-zapping electronics, huge choruses and wild sci-fi imagery.
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