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Albums of the year 2023

Albums of the year 2023

Yo La Tengo – This Stupid World [BUY/INFO] 40 years in and indie rock’s quietest loud band have released one of their leanest and most concise records in years. As noisy and nostalgic, and as timely and timeless, as ever. A future classic. Modern Nature – No Fixed Point In Space [BUY/INFO] No Fixed Point In Space, the third full-length album by Jack Cooper’s Modern Nature, takes the palette of sound and themes that were honed on 2021’s Island Of Noise and launches them into an expansive world of openness and vivid technicolour. Certain moorings - woodwind, percussion, strings and Cooper’s...

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Emma Anderson - Further Listening Playlist

Emma Anderson - Further Listening Playlist

To coincide with the release of her solo debut album, Pearlies, Lush co-founder Emma Anderson has made us this Further Listening playlist. One of the most underrated British songwriters to emerge from the era that encompassed shoegaze and Britpop, she has teamed up with producer James Chapman (aka Maps) for this collection that combines effervescent electronic pop with psych and folk textures with lyrics covering themes such as confronting your fears, embracing independence and moving on in life. BUY: Pearlies  I Break Horses – I’ll Be The Death Of You I was listening to Warnings a lot around the time I...

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Modern Nature Live at South Records

Modern Nature Live at South Records

In support of their new album, No Fixed Point In Space (released 29th September, via Bella Union), Modern Nature will be performing live in the shop on Saturday 7th October (2pm). As always it's free entry, and all ages are welcome Pick up the new album HERE Listen back to their Further Listening playlist from around the time of their previous album HERE

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MEMORIALS - Further Listening Playlist

MEMORIALS - Further Listening Playlist

A seismic, cinematic double dose from two sonic veterans with previous in Wire, Electrelane, and Better Corners. MEMORIALS’ kaleidoscopic debut covers broad musical territory, encompassing protest songs, fuzz-flooded pop, searing drone, and psychedelic freakouts whilst carving out a sound that is uniquely their own. Both halves of this dynamic double album were originally conceived as individual film soundtracks but once the multi-instrumental duo of Verity Susan & Matthew Simms brought ‘Music For Film’ into a live space, the desire to shape it into a cohesive whole was more than they could resist. The resulting, intoxicating, musical odyssey can be viewed independently from the associated films and stands proudly...

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Andrew Hung - Live at South

Andrew Hung - Live at South

Andrew Hung (Fuck Buttons) will be playing live at South on Saturday 12th August, in celebration of his new solo record Deliverance (Lex Records) Pre-Order Deliverance HERE Known for his collaborative projects with Fuck Buttons — with whom Hung performed headline slots at festivals such as Glastonbury, Green Man, and All Tomorrow’s Parties, and whose music soundtracked key moments in the 2012 London Olympics opening ceremony — Hung continued his collaborative streak through writing and producing with Beth Orton on her career redefining album, Kidsticks. He’s also collaborated with Aimée Osbourne on her debut album, Vacare Adamaré (released under the...

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