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Thomas Pynchon’s Shadow Ticket reviewed: darkly comedian detective caper set throughout Prohibition-era
“The Al Capone of Cheese”
Thomas Pynchon’s ninth novel begins out as a case for Hicks McTaggart, a non-public dick employed to seek out the daughter of “the Al Capone of Cheese”. (“A byword...
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St Etienne’s Worldwide reviewed: cherished indie pop trio exit on a celebration excessive
Their hip imaginative and prescient of a swinging London
Again in 1992, Saint Etienne issued the insouciant invitation to “Be a part of Our Membership”. For indie pop lovers of fashion and style, it...
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Jeff Tweedy’s Twilight Override reviewed: Wilco frontman’s triple album is a mild salve in stormy occasions
A 30-song triple album of principally mellow comfort
It was novelist and critic John Berger who first posited that “calm is a type of resistance”. Who is aware of if Jeff Tweedy was channelling...
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Edwyn Collins reviewed: emotional remaining hometown live performance capped by an Orange Juice reunion
“Let’s begin at first, we could?”
The thrill of expectant chatter within the auditorium turns to cheers because the room fills with the magnificent racket of The Mekons’ 1978 single, “The place Had...
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One Battle After One other reviewed: sensational and hysterical tackle Pynchon’s counterculture yarn
Dissenting voices face their very own challenges
As soon as upon a time it felt like Hollywood had a monopoly on channeling the dream lifetime of America, what Norman Mailer referred to as “that...
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Half Man Half Biscuit’s All Asimov And No Contemporary Air reviewed: biting dispatches from veteran outliers
An irrepressible determine round Liverpool for many years, Geoff Davies’ dying in September 2023 left a big void. Within the early ’70s, Davies had co-founded Probe Information – catalyst for town’s punk scene,...
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Michael Shannon, Jason Narducy and Associates reviewed: a deep-diving tribute to R.E.M.
“a becoming trace of calm derangement”
Fingers crossed on his chest in a stoic cap and shades, or summoning down a refrain with arms stretched huge, he’s suitably enigmatic. The voice is an ideal...
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Sanam’s Sametou Sawtan reviewed: confrontational, progressive and at occasions deeply stunning
Even by Lebanon’s requirements, the interval from 2019 to 2021 was a turbulent interval within the nation’s historical past. In October 2019 protests in opposition to political corruption and the federal government’s poor...