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Best songs of 2017 #32 Sleaford Mods – B.H.S.
From the album English Tapas.
Best songs of 40 2017 #33 Frank Ocean – Provider
Available on Tidal.
Best songs of 2017 #34 Hookworms – Negative Space
Released on Domino Records
Best songs of 2017 #35 Trivium – The Sin & The Sentence
From the album of the same name, released on Roadrunner
Best songs of 2017 #36 Saint Etienne – Sweet Arcadia
From the album Home Counties, released on the Heavenly label.
Interview – Simon Grainger on ShadowFormerSelf
Last week saw the release of ShadowFormerSelf, the latest single from former A Man Called member Simon Grainger’s excellent Enemy … More
Nirvana – In Utero (20th Anniversary Edition) review
“In Utero’s apparent meta-design was to bury the Nirvana brand so deep in angst and recriminations that it would suffocate under the weight of everyone’s collapsed expectations.”
Best songs of 2017 #37 The xx – Lips
Released on the Young Turks label.
Best songs of 2017 #38 Father John Misty – A Bigger Paper Bag
Released on the Sub-Pop label.