The Stories So Far
These are the top 20 stories our readers have read this year, so far
by LamontPaul, Founder & Publisher
first published: June, 2021
first published: June, 2021
Never let the truth get in the way of a movie about your heroes
Ahh. Mid-year and I know what you've been thinking... What have been the most widely read stories in OUTSIDELEFT this year so far. We wondered ourselves. So before heading onto the back nine for 2021, (although, we never actually do that, we don't venture beyond driving range) - here then are the most popular, widely read, widely liked stories published in OUTSIDELEFT in 2021.
The Top 20 Stories from 2021. So Far
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Never let the truth get in the way of a movie about your heroes by Alarcon - Millicent Chapanda - Celebrating Sanctuary Livestream
Mbira superstar Millicent Chapanda opens the Celebrating Sanctuary livestream series by Lee Paul - Speaking and Singing at the Same Time
Dry Cleaning didn't invent the chatty vocal style... by Duncan Jones - The Art of Don & Moki Cherry - Organic Music Societies - Book Review
Lake previews a major new publication on the remarkable Don Cherry and Moki Cherry. by Lake - Then Melanie Howard Creates A Masterpiece
Such Small Hands' debut LP Carousel is beautiful and unbound by Ancient Champion - Track by Track: Athenian - Momus
Momus takes us on a song by song circuit of 'Athenian', his latest album by John Robinson - Say Hello... Wave Goodbye
Jay Lewis revisits Japan with the release of the Deluxe Edition of 'Quiet Life' by Jay Lewis - Madlib has a message from your Sound Ancestors
Alex Cook says Madlib and Four Tet makes sense. Dirt and flowers. Static and signal. Groove and needle. by Alex V. Cook - Momus: We're All Athenian Now
Ahead of Momus himself walking us through his new record, track by track, John Robinson listens to Athenian by John Robinson - Serge Gainsbourg: Relax Baby be Cool
Gracey Babs On Jeremy Allen's Serge bio by Gracey Babs - This looks like a gas station tape from an alternative 1983
Everything about the new Tamar Aphek album is perfect. by Alex V. Cook - Poly Styrene: I Am a Cliché
Some people still think little girls should be seen and not heard by Lake - The Abolitions Festival
The 9th Abolitions Festival in Paris and Brittany from May 6th - May 29th by LamontPaul - Outsideleft at SXSW - Woodlands Dark and Days Bewitched: A History of Folk Horror - Review
Lake ventures deep into the woods on the trail of the deeper roots of folk horror. by Lake - Anarchy In A Small Corner of The UK
The new weekly Ancient Champion Column Starts here by Ancient Champion - Moods From Moderns...
Sleaford Mods' Spare Ribs is their best yet by Jay Lewis - Collapsing in Sunbeams
Erin looks into what Arlo Parks is looking into by Erin - Bill Traylor: Chasing Ghosts - Film Review
Lake looks at a documentary examining the life of the American artist Bill Traylor. by Lake - Amelia Troubridge shoots Motorhead
In 1997, photographer Amelia Troubridge went on her first rocknroll tour assignment with... Motorhead by Ancient Champion - The Ultimate Distractions
Alex V Cook hears the Tindersticks talking to him by Alex V. Cook
And 5 that are Bubbling (under)
- No-production: Stillness and Exile
Jeremy Gluck's Nonceptual, No Production Manifesto by Jeremy Gluck - Daniel Meadows - Factory Records 1979-1980
Cafe Royal Books and photographer Daniel Meadows publish candids from the Factory floor by Gracey Babs - Rough Trade Books X Garden Museum - Pamphlet Series
The new Rough Trade Books x Garden Museum pamphlet series are a joy. And we've got a bonus Bunch of Five songs for gardening selected by writer/gardener Susanna Grant. by Lake - Viva! Alan Vega
Alan Vega's lost album comes from Sacred Bones by Toon Traveller - Everyone Loves Ascending Fourths
Erin listens to black midi's ambitious second long player by Erin
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