The Year So Far
A Behemoth Playlist
Anniversary
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Nostalgia & Nemesis: Vineland & Stone Junction Turn 30
When I first picked up Gravity’s Rainbow at the age of 19, I found it exhilarating and bewilder...
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Crack Actor: PJ Harvey’s To Bring You My Love at 25
Whenever people asked why the farmer’s pugilistic, punky daughter had reinvented herself as a m...
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Obstinate Medical Diagnosis: Out From The Void With OMD
My induction into the Orchestral Manoeuvres In The Dark-obsessive fan club came later in life t...
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Early Reflections On Life In The Information Age: John Zorn's Naked City Turns 30
Long before John Zorn’s insanely versatile quintet Naked City released its eponymous debut albu...
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A Retreat Into Silence: Slowdive’s Pygmalion At 25
By February 1995, when their third album Pygmalion crept out to absolutely zero fanfare, Slowdi...
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Taking A Left Turn: Leftism Turns 25
It was a telephone call that was both anticipated and dreaded. The summer of 1996 found me li...
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How Primal Scream’s XTRMNTR Delivered An Enema To The 1990s
"People are trapped in history. And history is trapped in them."James Baldwin Human nature see...
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Lightning Strikes Twice: Nicholas Lezard On PiL's Metal Box
It is the fortieth anniversary of the Clash’s album London Calling; it is also – this week – th...
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In Fair England: Fairport Convention's Liege & Lief At 50
One autumn evening a couple of years ago, my friends and I were drinking outside a pub in behin...
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Safe When Handled As Directed: Philip K Dick's Ubik Turns 50
The legacy of Philip K Dick inspired Teesside Cyberpunk Convention's Battle For Blade Runner ev...
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