New Grotesque

How many Fall LP's do we need? Ask David O'Byrne...

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John Robinson declares the The Armoires new LP Octoberland somewhat Hitchcockian... Robyn Hitchcockian

Modern and Not Forgotten

Martin Devenney's Favourite Post-war Modernist buildings to visit in the U.K. Part 1. Norfolk and Suffolk.

It's The Armoires Week in Outsideleft

California Indie popsters, The Armoires, return with the fourth LP, Octoberland, and they're staying with Outsideleft all week!

Sunday Morning Poet: Fran Lock

Fran Lock's Sunday Morning Poem is for Mark E Smith

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Silver Apples of the Moon

Jonathan Thornton asserts that 30 years on, Laika's debut LP remains a seminal work of outsider music

Outsideleft Week in Music Sharing The Modern Sound

We're hearing from... Harry Beckett, Dizzee Rascal, Timothy London, Gazelle Twin, Uncle Daddy, The Dear Boys, J Spaceman & John Coxton, Duo Falak, Red Lorry Yellow Lorry, Jesus on Extasy, Me and My Nightmare, Gunn - Truscinski Duo, Daryl Johns, Cayetana, Warm Gadget, Philippe Laurent, LG (Team Genius), Gabo Brown, Passion of Ice, Hop Along and Alias

Southern Gothic Spacemen

Alan Rider takes the ex-pat route South for Music for William Eggleston's Stranded In Canton

In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor Raymonde and Me

Simon Raymonde's sparkling memoir as read by DJ Fuzzyfelt

Paul Thorpe's Oldham, 1974-1988

Cafe Royal Books' Theatre of the Everyday

Vive le difference!

Tim London says A Different Man has escaped the indie ghetto and deserves your eyes

The Smell of The New

A short story by David O'Byrne

Street-Level Superstar: A Year With Lawrence

DJ Fuzzyfelt spends a while with A Year With Lawrence and can't say he likes it much

Do Something

Tim London says culture was a crucial element in the struggle for and against apartheid and cannot be ignored in the latest struggle

Outsideleft Week in Music... Othyrd

We're hearing from... The Courettes, SINE, Abstract Crimewave, Suen Kuti, Inca Babies, Frank Chickens , Kylie V., Mount Eerie, Bon Iver, Ezra Collective, Amadou & Mariam, Man/Woman/Chainsaw, Verboten, The Othyrs, MC5, Waiting For Bardot, Ashaine White, Detention, Esoterik and Split Single

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