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Ultimate Painting - Live at South

We're delighted to welcome one of our favourite bands Ultimate Painting to Southend. They released one of our albums of last year and will be following it up with Green Lanes (pre-order below) in August, when they'll be swinging by to play for us. It's free entry and all are welcome.If you're in to Felt, The Velvet Underground's third album, Real Estate, The Feelies, etc, or their other bands - Veronica Falls, Mazes and The Proper Ornaments - you'll love Ultimate Painting.Pre-Order Green Lanes - HERE Facebook Event Page - HERE

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Albums of 2015 (so far)

We're half-way through 2015, so here's our albums of the year so far (in no particular order).  We haven't included any reissues in this list, we'll probably do a reissues list at the end of the year.   Feel free to leave a comment letting us know yours Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (BUY) East India Youth - Culture of Volume (BUY) Kendrick Lamar - To Pimp A Butterfly (BUY) Kamasi Washington - The Epic (BUY) Jib Kidder - Teaspoon To The Ocean (BUY) Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit & Think, Sometimes I Just Sit (BUY)...

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July Releases

This is what's scheduled to come out in July, some dates will move, so keep an eye out.  Also, to note, new releases, from 10th July, will be released on Friday's (instead of Monday's).  So next week, there's a couple of bits out on the Monday, then everything else is out that Friday. As usual, if there's anything not here you'd like ordered in feel free to drop us a line. 6th July Ezra Furman – Perpetual Motion People Lucy Rose – Work It Out 10th July The Antlers – In London Lee Bannon – Pattern of Excel Heather Woods...

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Biggest Sellers So Far

As we're midway through 2015 I thought it'd be nice to tot up our sales and work out our biggest sellers so far.  So here you go: 1 - East India Youth - Culture of Volume (BUY) 2 - JME - Integrity (BUY) 3 - Courtney Barnett - Sometimes I Sit And Thing, And Sometimes I Just Sit (BUY) 4 - Father John Misty - I Love You, Honeybear (BUY) 5 - Sufjan Stevens - Carrie & Lowell (BUY) All good as well, so well done South customers, you have good taste.

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John Doran and Martin Newell live at South

John Doran, editor of the Quietus, appeared here on Saturday reading from his book Jolly Lad. It takes his Vice Magazine column and expands on those stories about drugs, drink, ghosts and regional bus timetables, highly recommended.  Buy it here  Support came from the Greatest Living Englishman Martin Newell, principle member of The Cleaners From Venus.  Martin read from his vast back catalogue of poems, including this one about our fine home county: ANTHEM FOR ESSEXTilty, Wimbish, Stebbing, Shopland Chipping Ongar, Ingatestone All the market towns and hamlets On the rivers Crouch or Colne West of Walton, east of Easton...

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