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Put On Your Black Dress: Belly’s Star Turns 30

January 25, 2023January 25, 2023 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 1993, 30th Anniversary, 4AD, Belly, Chris Gorman, Feed The Tree, Fred Abong, Gail Greenwood, Gepetto, Reprise Records, Sire Records, Slow Dog, Star, Tanya Donelly, Tom Gorman

Revisiting the band’s classic 1993 debut LP

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock Rock 

When Cloven Hoofprints Turn Up in the Garden: The Mountain Goats’ Tallahassee at 20

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, 4AD, All Hail West Texas, Jeff Magnum, John Darnielle, Phil Ochs, Tallahassee, The Beatles, The Mountain Goats

The band’s pivotal, heartbreaking major-indie debut was their first true concept album

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Britpop Indie Rock Music Journalism Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: October 2022 In Review

October 31, 2022October 31, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2022, 4AD, Alvvays, Arctic Monkeys, Blue Rev, Domino Records, Dry Cleaning, Polyvinyl Records, Stumpwork, The Car

New titles from Alvvays, Dry Cleaning and the Arctic Monkeys punctuate this month’s release schedule

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Indie Rock New Wave Post-Punk 

ALBUMS: Exceptional Dry Cleaning Service

May 24, 2021 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 16 Lovers Lane, 4AD, Dry Cleaning, English Settlement, Fables of the Reconstruction, John Lydon, New Long Leg, Phoebe Waller Bridge, R.E.M., Radiohead, The Bends, The Go-Betweens, The Queen is Dead, The Suburbs, Wire, XTC

Believe the hype about New Long Leg, the debut album by this young and profoundly distinctive South London quartet

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Art Pop Post-Punk Punk 

The Right Songs At the Wrong Time

August 11, 2020August 19, 2020 Nathan Carson 3 Comments 1995, 25th Anniversary, 4AD, Alice Donut, Alternative Tentacles, Freaks In Love, Jello Biafra, Klaus Flouride, Martin Bisi, Mary’s Danish, Pure Acid Park, Richard Marshall

Alice Donut’s psych-pop swan song Pure Acid Park turns 25

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Remembrance 

4AD Pays Homage To Vaughan Oliver

December 30, 2019December 31, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 4AD, His Name Is Alive, Ivo Watts-Russell, Kristin Hersh, Pale Saints, Pixies, RIP, The Breeders, The Mountain Goats, This Mortal Coil, Throwing Muses, Ultra Vivid Scene, Vaughan Oliver, Warren Defever

The Internet is alight with tributes to the dearly departed graphic design icon whose imagery defined an era

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Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Records Rock 

THE BEST REISSUES OF 2019: No Other by Gene Clark

November 19, 2019November 19, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1974, 4AD, Gene Clark, No Other, The Byrds

Honored by 4AD with its most comprehensive deluxe edition yet, this grounded Byrd’s solo masterpiece proves true to its title at last

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Country and/or Western Folk North Americana Records Rock 

NEWS: 4AD Announces Definitive Edition of Gene Clark Solo Classic

September 11, 2019September 11, 2019 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1974, 4AD, Gene Clark, John Wood, No Other, Sid Griffin, The Byrds

All the dirty details you need about the No Other box set, due out November 8

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Experimental Pop Remembrance 

Scott Walker January 9, 1943 – March 22, 2019

March 27, 2019March 27, 2019 Tim Sommer 0 Comments 4AD, David Bowie, RIP, Scott Walker, The Walker Brothers, Tim Sommer

There are many fine obituaries of the great Scott Walker, which will provide details of his long, fascinating and productive life. This does not claim to be one of those.

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Pop Rock 

Calvary Scars

January 26, 2019January 26, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 4AD, Bradford Cox, Deerhunter

Deerhunter look outside the self on Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared?

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Pop Punk 

She’s Gonna Take Me For A Ride

October 15, 2018October 15, 2018 John Everhart 0 Comments 1993, 25th Anniversary, 4AD, Mark Robinson, Teenbeat Records, Unrest

Unrest’s Perfect Teeth turns 25

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