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Spiritualized, Art Ensemble of Chicago, This Is Not This Heat to play Big Ears Festival
Plus Lonnie Holley, Yves Tumor, Sons of Kemet and more.
The Top 100 Post-Punk Albums
100 albums that transformed punk into a dark, experimental art form.
Light in the Attic announces more This Heat reissues
Live material, Peel Sessions and an epic archival set.
10 Essential Cold War Albums
“Yeah, everybody’s got a bomb.” In the 1980s, the Cold War was an inescapable aspect of popular music. Nena’s “99 Luftballoons” turned nuclear warfare into an international, multi-lingual hit. Time Zone’s “World Destruction” brought punk and hip-hop together for an anti-war dance party. And Tears for Fears lamented that “Everybody Wants to Rule the World.” […]
24 Track Loop: The sound art of This Heat
Unraveling This Heat's discography.
10 Essential UK Post-Punk Albums
A selection of dark and often danceable progressions from the post-punk era in the UK.
The 90 Minute Guide: Losing My Edge
We pay tribute to LCD Soundsystem with our own mixtape.
The Brief History of Amazing Letdowns: A guide to out-of-print music
The frustrating and expensive ongoing saga of the out of print album.