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November 2021’s Best New Music
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In making the follow up to 2018’s more straightforward Nothing Is Still Leon Vynehall drew threads around a concept he…
100 Greatest Songs of the 90’s #20 R.E.M. – Man On The Moon
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Best Albums of 2021 #14 DJ Seinfeld – Mirrors
Armand Jakobsson’s first album for the seminal Ninja Tune bolstered the idea that along with Georgia, SG Lewis and Fred…
Fur – When You Walk Away review
The idea of the one hit wonder seems so 20th century, but the same dynamics – and career damage –…
Best Albums of 2021 #15 Idles – Crawler
If the cartoon-esque sloganeering and Frankenstein-like composition of Ultra Mono meant that it didn’t linger in the memory much after…
Best Albums of 2021 #16 Tyler, The Creator – Call Me If You Get Lost
Having managed to maintain his credibility in spite of dressing up as Dr.Seuss, the former – we can definitely say…
2021’s Best Albums #17 Dry Cleaning – New Long Leg
Existing on the indistinct boundary between pop and art isn’t for the fainthearted. In avoiding the trapdoors of both pretentiousness…
The Voice Of Unreason 