I never cease to be amazed at the breadth of incredible music from the past that’s out there to be discovered. The rarities that get excavated by musical archaeologists like Light in the Attic, Numero, […]
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‘Seven women fighting over a cowbell’: The 80s No Wave art-punk weirdness of Pulsallama
Ronald Reagan’s election in 1980 not only cemented the socio-economic foundations of just about everything that is wrong with the West, it also coincided with a short-lived epoch of unfettered creativity in New York City. […]
Oran “Juice” Jones – The Rain: A weirdo boogie-soul revenge fantasy (1986)
Ah, the 80s – a simpler time for gender politics, when the most popular comedian on the planet was Eddie Murphy, doing his routine about gold-diggers, and on the big screen the most aspirational figure […]
Collapse EP: A comfort blanket when there’s nothing left to say about Aphex Twin
Aphex Twin is a bit like The Beatles at this stage; whether you are in deep or have just a passing regard for him, most people at least know the name. I remember reading about […]
If I Think of Germany at Night: A rare film that captures the art of techno
Holy Moly, a documentary about techno that isn’t shite. In fact it’s good. Actually strike that, it’s artistic, and would probably engage those without even a passing interest in the music until the end. This […]
Starter for 10: Jack Hairbrain goes digging for records in São Paulo
From the Amazon rainforest to a thousand miles of tropical beaches; the metropolis of São Paulo; Pele, Socrates, Josimar; Rio-bloody-de-Janeiro — and to think I grew up never really being that bothered about Brazil. There […]
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