I once got sucked into one of those book clubs from hell that’d punish me if I didn’t pick something from their crappy selection with monthly packages of books I would otherwise never even consider looking at. It took six months to get rid of them, but when that sweet day of redemption finally came [...]
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“WARNING: Moderate impact coarse language and/or themes” While 2 Live Crew were busy fucking around and acting the fools on Move Somethin’ [1988] and As Nasty As They Wanna Be [1989], something happened in the world of hip hop. … Boom! N.W.A. moved from relative obscurity to (inter)national prominence with Straight Outta Compton [1988] and [...]
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Earlier this week, I came across Stereogum’s Drive XV, a tribute to R.E.M.’s Automatic For The People. I’m a little bit late to the party, but it’s a wonderful tribute to a classic album. Listening to it reminded me that it’s probably been too long since I last listened to R.E.M., which is a damn [...]
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The five-man, Oxford-based outfit Foals are no longer a secret thanks to their debut, Antidotes. But, this doesn’t mean cool dudes and chicks can’t dig them. Okay, for some of the ultra-coolarazzi once you’re known and enjoyed you’re no longer it. Visitors to 100b are better than that. Antidotes was recorded last year, released in [...]
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I stumbled across New York band The Postelles during my digital wanderings earlier today, and I fell head-over-heels with their songs. They’re on a European tour at the moment and they’ve toured with Jack Peñate before. They have an EP out on iTunes and their latest single “123 Stop”, produced by Albert Hammond Jr., is [...]
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