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BBC Radio 4 streams doc about new wave graphic legend Barney Bubbles
By Stewart MasonDiscovering the man behind the new wave myth.
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Austin Psych Fest announces lineup, offers free mixtape
By Stewart MasonLysergic festival marks fifth birthday.
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The Canterbury Scene
By Jim AllenLovable left-field corner of the art-rock kingdom.
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Look Through Any Window: 1963-1975
The HolliesBritpop princes’ tale in words and music.
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Gentle Spirit
Jonathan WilsonFolk-rock balladeer taps into the Laurel Canyon spirit.
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In Love With Oblivion
Crystal StiltsSometimes-jarring but likeable history lesson of gloom.
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Stewart Mason’s Top 10 Albums of 2010
By Stewart MasonFrom the self-assured full-length debuts of Janelle Monae, Tame Impala… >>
Dandelion Gum
Black Moth Super RainbowPsychedelic retro-futurists expand their breakthrough album.
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Before Today
Ariel Pink’s Haunted GraffitiLongtime underground hero steps into the marketplace.
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Innerspeaker
Tame Impala2010 Critical Mob fave gets belated (and expanded!) US release.
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Like…Wow: Spacy Chicks
By Stewart MasonOften strangely alluring, occasionally a bit unsettling, but always endearing,… >>
Critical Influences: Patti Smith
By Stewart MasonMore than any other poet turned rocker, Patti Smith fused… >>
Summer Songs For Winter Nights
By Stewart MasonNothing warms the chill of a midwinter night like thoughts… >>
True Love Cast Out All Evil
Roky EricksonOne-time lost cause makes triumphant return.
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Critical Lone Star Indie Rock
By T. Cole RachelTexas might not immediately spring to mind as the most… >>
It’s A Cinch To Give Legs To Old Hard Boiled Eggs
Maxfield Parrish (music group)Brilliant songs mixing country, folk, and psychedelic rock.
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Beat The Devil's Tattoo
Black Rebel Motorcycle ClubThe band’s fuzziest, dirtiest, bluesiest record to date.
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Fight Softly
The Ruby SunsA somewhat disappointing follow-up from a promising young band.
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Plastic Beach
GorillazSifting through the detritus of modern civilization to create something… >>
Dark Days/Light Years
Music GroupGlam-rocking guitars, burbly vintage synths and groovy freakbeat rhythms underpin… >>
Hipgnosis
By Stewart MasonMore than any other design company, Hipgnosis was responsible for… >>
Barney Bubbles
By Stewart MasonLondon ad man turns lysergic light-show hippie, then becomes the… >>
The Left Banke
By Jim AllenBaroque pop as heart-stoppingly beautiful as anything on Pet Sounds
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Inherent Vice
Thomas PynchonEven post-modernists need a good beach read now and then.
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The Flaming Lips
By T. Cole RachelThe Flaming Lips transformed themselves from a noisy, freak-rock novelty… >>
Signal Morning
Circulatory SystemElephant 6 veterans' comeback dispenses with experimental sound collages in… >>
Lost Krautrock Classics: 10 Under-Appreciated German Gems
By Jim AllenEver since the mid-'90s Krautrock revival made it cool to… >>
The Zombies
By Jim AllenVisionary British Invasion band who became baroque-pop pioneers
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Hippie Death Trips
By Stewart MasonWhat happens when peace, love and flowers aren't the answer?… >>
Forever Changes
Love (band)Surface prettiness masks flower power's dark undercurrents
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Prince
By Jim AllenA pioneering mix of pop, rock, R&B, and left-field eccentricity.
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Circulatory System
By Stewart MasonThe continuation of the Olivia Tremor Control following the departure… >>
Merriweather Post Pavilion
Animal CollectiveFocuses freewheeling experimentalism into relatively concise song structures
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Robert Wyatt
By Stewart MasonProg-fusion drummer turned affecting singer-songwriter.
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