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Sunday, November 1 2009

Alasdair Roberts: The Wyrd Meme

Traditional and untraditional folk combine for an intriguing, engaging EP from one of Scotland's most interesting songwriters


Wednesday, October 21 2009

Daniel Johnston: Is And Always Was

On his first album in 6 years, Daniel Johnston plunders his record collection but doesn't come up with all that much.


Friday, September 25 2009

Times New Viking: Born Again Revisited

From Columbus, Ohio ("where people drink beer and smoke cigarettes"), Times New Viking continue the war against fidelity on their fourth album.


Monday, September 21 2009

Soft Subversions by Felix Guattari

An anti-establishment political bent is evident throughout. The eclecticism is never boring, however, and Guattari would certainly have wanted it that way. Recommended.


Thursday, September 17 2009

Pink Flag by Wilson Neate

Neate's book encourages a discourse on LPs which could be lost but which stubbornly survives; the vinyl jostles with mp3s for (real and virtual) space in certain hipsters' record collections.


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Thursday, December 3 2009

The Feelies, Reconsidered

After a short chat with Feelies co-chairman Glenn Mercer, co-leader of The Feelies, writer Kieran Curran started thinking about the seminal rock band's place in our modern times...


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