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The only release currently available is a new five-minute piece called 'James And Ira Demonstrate Mysticism And Some Confusion Holds (Monday)'

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100 Lost Rock Albums From The 1970s – An Extract

Matt Ingram aka Woebot reckons we've lost touch with the true nature of rock music in the 1970s, a subject he tackles in his new ebook. Here is the intro and an extract on Rock Fusion

LISTEN: Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert

Hear the first track from Here Lies The Body a new album from Arab Strap's Aidan Moffat and RM Hubbert

Glam Bam! Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielsen Picks His Baker’s Dozen

Cheap Trick's Rick Nielsen embarks on a splurge about the music he loves, from which we somehow manage to extract a Baker's Dozen …

Redefining Dissonance: Sonic Youth Live At The Smart Bar Chicago 1985

Daniel Wray speaks to Lee Ranaldo, Steve Shelley, Michael Azerrad, Aaron Mullan, Santiago Durango and Nash Kato about the recent release of a Sonic Youth live recording from 1985, and recalls the astonishing force of a group reaching the peak of their powers