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Reissue of the Week
Soundtrack Of The Week: Flux Gourmet
Brilliant film director Peter Strickland has long flown the flag for psychedelic, eccentric and disconcerting European music but on latest film Flux Gourmet he put his money where his mouth was by including his own very curious group, The Sonic Catering Band. Will Salmon celebrates a singular soundtrack and vision
Reissue of the Week
Reissue Of The Week: The Real New Fall LP (Formerly Country On The Click)
Luke Turner appraises Cherry Red's reissue of The Fall's Real New Fall LP, arguing that Mark E Smith's decision to remix the original version showed his judgement was correct as it paved the way for one of the best periods of the group's operation
Album of the Week
Only Becoming: Ulyap Songs Re-Imagined By Minami Deutsch, Zongamin & More
The latest mix of archival and re-interpreted musics from the Flee Project, Ulyap Songs: Beyond Circassian Tradition, captures the music of the Northern Caucasus without isolating it from the convivial atmosphere it stems from
Anniversary
Down To You: Joni Mitchell’s Court And Spark At 50
Joni Mitchell's sixth album was a change of gear, coming deep from within the ME decade, its romantic entanglements dissolving to reveal a deeper search within but far from being solipsistic Mitchell’s rumination strikes a universal chord, says Matthew Lindsay
Black Sky Thinking
I Can’t Accept That: University Challenge, Jungle And How Glibness Creates Bad History
A viral question about jungle on University Challenge gave everyone the chance to be an expert and get a few laughs – but it also revealed some pernicious underlying assumptions, says Joe Muggs.
