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Music Review: The Dynamics First Landing – Lost Soul Redeemed

Jonathan Lethem’s novel Fortress Of Solitude featured a number of imaginary soul musicians nestled among the real-life stars of soul and R and B as part of the fabric of his narrative. Hacktone’s reissue of The Dynamics 1969 album First Landing sounds like what I imagined one of Lethem’s imaginary groups to be: lost could-have-been [...]

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Music Review: Interpol are Repeat Offenders

Interpol have been tagged from the beginning as a sort of Joy Division retread (I hear more Echo and the Bunnymen in their sound). Unlike Joy Division though, lead singer Paul Banks shows no signs of offing himself and Interpol seems unlikely at this late date to turn into New Order. That’s not to say [...]

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