Author: Tom Ronan
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Nearly Daffodils: a spring playlist
Spring has well and truly sprung. The clocks have gone back. Here are some loosely seasonal spring songs I’ve been listening to lately.
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Steel-Snapping Force: Richard Dawson at Crookes Social Club
Originally published in Now Then Magazine Richard Dawson has snapped a guitar string. At some point during a thunderous rendition of ‘Jogging’, he strums his instrument with steel-snapping force, and the mild-mannered Northumbrian now hobbles offstage to collect a replacement. He is encumbered somewhat by his left foot, currently strapped into an orthopaedic boot after…
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Interview: The All Seeing I
I speak with the electronic group ahead of the re-release of their classic 90s album
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Playlist: Autumn Days
A selection of songs that sound autumnal to my ears, mixed in with some general folky goodness. I think this is the part where I’m meant to say something glib about pumpkin spiced lattes.
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Like The Water, Like Skin: Change, Palliative Care and Big Thief
Change as the currency of palliative care
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Interview: Divorce at Get Together Festival
Speaking with the Nottingham four-piece before their set at Get Together Festival
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All Aboard: A Journey to Studio Electrophonique
I join Pulp’s Nick Banks on a bus trip through Sheffield’s musical history
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Album review: Mr Morale & the Big Steppers by Kendrick Lamar
Kendrick’s complex tale of redemption and personal growth
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Album review: The Bootleg Series Vol. 12: The Cutting Edge 1965–1966 by Bob Dylan
Outtakes from Dylan’s most fertile period
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