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Dr Dee – Manchester, Myth and Magic

There’s a real buzz about Damon Albarn‘s Dr Dee in the run up to the Olympics. He was on Jools Holland the other week talking about his opera, and I think I heard a song from it on Radio 2 when I was out and about last week.
Hilldrop Records Present : An upward artful scarp.
Sad Accordions – A bad year for the Sharons

Sooo…..it all begins here. Clever Slouchers will know that Messrs. Valdés López and How go a little weak at the knees when Seth Woods (Whisky Priest /Sad Accordions) hang some tunes out on the line and let ‘em float among us mere mortals. Well, hailing from Austin, Texas, gives the Accordions a head start I guess…
Review: Loudon Wainwright III – Older than my Old Man now

“Send me something different”, I said.
How I Wrote Elastic Man (Single) / Totally Wired (Single) / Peel Session #3 (1980)

Ed & Pete play in a band called Pisco Sour Hour. While not fighting the Pitchforks of the world, they dedicate their time to review the whole back catalogue of The Fall. In this instalment: How I wrote Elastic Man, Totally Wired and Peel Session #3.
Richard Quirk – Drawing the Footpath of the Sun
Singles Review : Wooderson, Collider, Obe, Drenge, The Hot Soles, Psychic Twin, Odisseo

Greetings, readers who know how to eat a Taco al pastor correctly. The best ones are at Los Latosos! Welcome to another edition of our “off again, off again, hey it’s on again!” single reviews column. Granted, some of them aren’t singles, but I liked them and made my stupid human collaborators review ’em. Así son…
The Payroll Union – Club60

The ending of Sensoria festival was a right old delight with The Payroll Union doing their stuff at Club 60. In the underbelly of Sheffield, this trio peddled their flavour of Americana, deeply enrichened by history-fact heavy lyrics.
The Narrows – Eve of the Invasion
Wake up to…China Rats

Here’s a lil’ track from Leeds-based band, China Rats. Wait, who are they? Glad you asked: they played good ol’ pop rock, did a string of recent gigs recently, from Leeds to Amsterdam, and will be playing with Sheffield‘s own The Crookes this 29th of May at The Borderline. China Rats Facebook. Website. Twitter. Soundcloud.