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Not Forgotten: Smog – A River Ain’t Too Much to Love

For the first minute or so there’s nothing but melancholic acoustic guitar and a far away harmonica. It’s moving, deeply moving. Then comes Bill Callahan’s voice, and you’re utterly invested.…

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Not Forgotten: The Replacements – Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash

The Replacements, scruffy quartet that they were, may very well be the definitive American rock and roll band. From the garages of the suburbs of Minneapolis, possessing a youthful energy…

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Classic Compilation: XTC – Fossil Fuel: The XTC Singles 1977-1992

It is the mid-90s, you are the Virgin record label, you have been in dispute with one of your best acts for years and there seems to be no end…

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Classic Compilation: The Wonder Stuff – If the Beatles Had Read Hunter… The Singles

It can’t have been easy to have been a former member of The Wonder Stuff in the mid to late 90s, witnessing much watered down variations of their patented guitar-pop…

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Classic Compilation: Violent Femmes – Permanent Record: The Very Best of Violent Femmes

Violent Femmes, for all their lengthy career, are primarily known for their self titled debut, a consistently selling, yet never charting, collection of hymns to teenage male angst. With its…

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Classic Compilation: Uncle Tupelo – 89/93: An Anthology

Not being a huge fan of country music, or even the more recent alt-country movement, I originally approached 89/93: An Anthology with a little trepidation. I didn’t actually know much…

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Classic Compilation: They Might Be Giants – A Users Guide to They Might Be Giants

One of the beauties of a compilation, is that if it is your first foray into that particular act’s work, you can leave it at that if you find that…

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Classic Compilation: Orange Juice – The Glasgow School

So, who are the most influential British Indie band of all time? Okay, so I’m going to assume that almost all of you said The Smiths. It is after, all…

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Classic Album: R.E.M. – Automatic for the People

R.E.M. may have taken the scenic route to international fame, but if the only thing they ever released had been Automatic For The People, that lengthy trip would have still…

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Classic Compilation: Kirsty MacColl – Galore: The Best of Kirsty MacColl

There’s a parallel universe somewhere where Kirsty MacColl receives all the respect she deserves. A universe where the wider public knows her for more than a decent, but overplayed, festive…

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