Five of Hosono’s albums will be reissued, four of which are being released for the first time outside of Japan: Cochin Moon, Hosono House, Paraiso, Philharmony, as well as omni Sight Seeing which is being released on vinyl for the first time.

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Take a look into seven curious cases of band members being served their P45s and the strange reasons why their departure's are unclear!

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From Stand Atlantic to Homesafe and Oh, Weatherly, here are all the pop punk bands you should really get to know over the next few months. The year in music has only just begun but already we've had some amazing new pop punk and scene bangers from returning heroes like Waterparks and Fall Out Boy. But what about new acts to check out over the next 12 months? Well, we have rounded up a few of our fave new pop punk artists you really need to listen to this year before they take over the world...

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There’s so much to look forward to in May.

From Idris Ackamoor’s Astral Jazz, to Ben Vince’s Glacial Drones, a selection of Norway’s finest in the form of Jenny Hval and Sex Judas, and deconstructed electronic articulations from Aisha Devi and Lucrecia Dalt.

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The Swedish quartet formed in 1972 were essentially a Swedish supergroup, winning the Eurovision Song Contest with Wateloo in 1974, and sold almost 400 million singles and albums around the world. The group have confirmed on Instagram that they will be returning to the studio and starting new material after 35 years! No release date has been set for the new songs as of yet however it has been said that we can expect modern music with a familar sound!

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Artists and designers have made incredible use of the 12" squared space over the years, creating work that does far more than accompany the music. Despite the feeling that, first, the size of a CD case, and now streaming, have taken something out of the creativity of album art, there's still wonderful imagery being created for our favourite artists today!

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Last weekend thousands of music fans gathered in Indio, California for what could be the worlds biggest modern music festival - Coachella 2018. Headlining acts such as Beyoncé, Cardi B, Kendrick Lamar and many more were seen on OTT performance stages with all kinds of colour and engaging arts! The festival wraps up this weekend.

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Mike Campbell of the Heartbreakers and Neil Finn of Crowded House to replace departing guitarist

The band's firing of Lindsey Buckingham might be the most quintessential chapter yet in the band's epic saga of dysfunction News of Buckinghams departure initially broke when former Fleetwood Mac guitarist Billy Burnette shared an April 4th tweet that has since been deleted, saying: "Breaking news: Lindsey Buckingham is out but Im not in." Rolling Stone has confirmed Buckinghams departure, though no specific tour dates have been announced. Fleetwood Mac issued a collective statement about the news, saying: "We are thrilled to welcome the musical talents of the caliber of Mike Campbell and Neil Finn into the Mac family. With Mike and Neil, we’ll be performing all the hits that the fans love, plus we’ll be surprising our audiences with some tracks from our historic catalogue of songs.

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Despite being fresh off his first-ever Oscar nomination for the soundtrack to Phantom Thread, Jonny Greenwood is already prepped to release his next film project. The Radiohead guitarist helmed the soundtrack to Lynne Ramsay’s mystery/thriller You Were Never Really Here, and it’s due out digitally March 9th via Invada Records/Lakeshore Record. A physical edition is also expected, though a date has yet to be confirmed.

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