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Kevin Mccaighy takes a close look at one of the most important American independent rock labels of the 80s and 90s, finding ten points of entry into a bewilderingly large back catalogue, in the shape of gems from Unsane, Today Is The Day, Cows and Mudhoney
Sod the first few EPs, we say a band's real hidden gems are buried at the end, among the ill-advised career moves and last grasps at fading relevance. Here, tQ writers fight the corner for their favourite unloved and underrated records from the tail-end of their favourite artists' discography.
Jimmy Martin talks to reclusive Bristolian psychedelic warriors The Heads about being the UK's best cult rock group. Essential moral and technical guidance from their "whipping boy, dogsbody and chief enthusiast" Mr Simon Keeler