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Baker's Dozen
All In It: British Sea Power’s Scott Wilkinson On His Favourite LPs
Ahead of British Sea Power's soundtracking of Polish animation at the Barbican as part of Kinoteka Film Festival and the release of new album Let The Dancers Inherit The Party, vocalist Scott Wilkinson guides Richard Foster through his favourite albums, from War Of The Worlds to Mighty Sparrow, Pavement and more. Photo by Mayumi Hirata
Black Sky Thinking
How The Music Industry Is Killing Music And Blaming The Fans
While the industry continues to blame illegal downloading for its financial woes, it’s musicians who are paying the price while being forced to work harder than ever. But label inertia means culture itself is at stake, and even democracy could suffer, argues Wyndham Wallace
Black Sky Thinking
Spotify Wrapped & Apple Music Replay Vie To Be The “John Lewis Ad” Of Streaming
The streaming services have become locked into an arms race to see who can own the end of year reveal, says Eamonn Forde. It's just that the artists who are, arguably, being badly treated and the listeners who foot the bill are the ones doing all of the heavy lifting when it comes to branding and marketing
Baker's Dozen
Let It Happen: Paddy Shine’s Baker’s Dozen
Paddy Shine is one of the most relentless instigators in the underground, both as part of Gnod and in myriad other projects. Ahead of the release of the debut album by his weird folk group Moundabout alongside Phil Masterson on Rocket this summer, he guides Harry Sword through 13 vital slabs
Live Reviews
Neither Saviours Nor False Messiahs: Godspeed Live In Berlin
Godspeed You! Black Emperor are back - but are they returning heroes, or has the comeback just shown up their new clothes for what they are? Wyndham Wallace wonders why either statement has to be true. Thanks to Shot2bits.net for the picture
