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Ian MathersFeatures BooksThe Delicate Ecology of the Used Bookstore[2.Jul.08] :. You know, it's not easy rummaging through your trash. Ian Mathers takes a look at the secondhand bookseller's world from the inside.  Life SaversSpinoza's Ethic[10.Jun.08] :. Mathers explores how the Ethic was a life saver not in the sense of sustaining him through dark periods, but by changing his sense of what life is.  Pick Just OneThe Fall[25.Apr.08] :. The frightening, wonderful world of Mark E. Smith and the Fall offers decades of music and dozens of albums to sift through for the one that best represents what they are all about. Reviews MusicLocal H: 12 Angry Months[7.Jul.08] :. Perennially undervalued, hard rocking duo return with a break-up album that might be a bit too on target to be comfortable.  MusicJoan As Police Woman: To Survive[17.Jun.08] :. Solid but not quite transcendent follow up from this friend of Antony and Rufus is solidly consistent, for better or for worse.  MusicThe Wedding Present: El Rey[5.Jun.08] :. It's been a rough decade or so for Wedding Present fans, but they've finally come up with a fitting successor to Seamonsters.  Music65daysofstatic: The Distant and Mechanised Glow of East European Dance Parties EP[4.Jun.08] :. One of the few acts still hoisting the flag for that old fashioned post-rock.  MusicDeepchord: Vantage Isle Sessions[2.Jun.08] :. In terms of ambient dub, if Basic Channel is the Father (the source, remote and inaccessible and very powerful) and Pole is the Son (dazzling but ultimately stranded halfway between man and the... Music Robert Forster: The EvangelistMusic For Against: Shade Side Sunny SideMusic Matmos: Supreme BalloonMusic Retribution Gospel Choir: Retribution Gospel ChoirPopMatters Pick MusicLos Campesinos!: Hold on Now, Youngster…[18.Apr.08] :. Here's a riddle for you: How is a promising Welsh septet like an American political candidate? Music Thomas Brinkmann: When Horses DieMusic Canasta: We Were Mixed UpPopMatters Pick MusicSamamidon: All Is Well[11.Mar.08] :. One of the best records of traditional Appalachian folk songs ever recorded, and that's probably damning it with faint praise. Music The Goslings: Occasion |
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