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Reissue Of The Week: Elsewhere VXIII
Though this ravishing compilation of rhythms, drones and folk tales draws lines across myriad cultures, Neil Kulkarni hears in it a sense of glorious confusion rather than straightforward commonality. This record is not reassuring, he says, but revolutionary
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Reissue Of The Week: Thinking Fellers Union Local 282’s Admonishing The Bishops
One song by this cult San Francisco band had a hand in changing Dustin Krcatovich's life, sans any information about who the hell they were. He reviews a new reissue of their leanest and meanest statement almost 30 years on
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Reissue Of The Week: Lou Reed’s Words & Music, May 1965
To understand Lou Reed, we must start with the world in which he grew up, one he was always looking back to and never really wanted to entirely escape, says Darran Anderson, on the release of a set of previously unheard 1965 reel to reel demos
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The Rhythm Divine: Running Up That Hill By Kate Bush
'Running Up That Hill' may finally be at the top of the charts, some 37 years after it was first released, but how was it made, what does it mean and why has it connected so strongly with a younger generation? Matthew Lindsay has some answers
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Reissue Of The Week: Valentina Goncharova’s Ocean
It is almost criminal that Valentina Goncharova doesn't have much purchase in the general consciousness; maybe this timely reissue of her Symphony For Electric Violin And Other Instruments in 10+ Parts will change that argues Jakub Knera
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Reissue Of The Week: Wendy Carlos’ Tron OST
Though Wendy Carlos’ legacy is often unfairly undermined, her newly reissued Tron soundtrack is more than a superficial artefact of ‘80s aesthetics; it’s a vital chapter in the development of the synthesiser unfolding right before your ears
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Reissue Of The Week: Laddio Bolocko’s ’97-99′ Box Set
Sean Kitching sings the praises of late ‘90s noise rock outfit, Laddio Bolocko, whose studio material is finally being reissued for the first time on vinyl by Castle Face Records, a band worthy of a much wider audience, and comparisons to Can and This Heat
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Reissue Of The Week: Form Grows Rampant By Threshold Houseboys Choir
Peter ‘Sleazy’ Christopherson’s Threshold HouseBoys Choir in many ways continues the mission of latter day, lunar Coil, says Eden Tizard. This reissue demonstrates his unrelenting push forward, a life in art, a life cornered by instinct
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Reissue Of The Week: Redskins’ Neither Washington Nor Moscow
Redskins, the Trotskyist trio from the 80s who wanted to "walk like The Clash and sing like The Supremes", are long overdue a reappraisal. With their only album Neither Washington Nor Moscow...getting the deluxe treatment, Simon Price salutes them
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With his third record for Nic Tasker's Whities imprint just released, Angus Finlayson, otherwise known as Minor Science, speaks to John Thorp about reconciling his role as a music journalist at Resident Advisor with his work as a producer and DJ
