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Kula Shaker RANKED: 1995–1999 B-Sides + purchasing guide

Originally published 17 Sept 2020

10 min read2 days ago

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Kula Shaker CDs of singles and B-sides scattered in a pile; “Hush” CD most prominently featured in off-center top right

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INTERVIEW | Christian Gisborne and Velvet Starlings keeping music alive in quarantine

Originally published 26 Sept 2020

10 min read2 days ago

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From a (now deleted) live video; five Christians in a spilt screen effect playing instruments in front of a backyard pool shaded by trees — left to right keyboard, guitar, vocals, drums, bass guitar — vocals has left leg kicked up

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Crispian Mills stirs the winds that toss the sea in Kula Shaker’s “Hurricane Season”

Originally published 13 Oct 2020

5 min read2 days ago

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Kula Shaker “Strange Folk” album cover that “Hurricane Season” appears on; drawing of person with a black trenchcoat, black heels, black tophat, and long red hair partially held up by a brooch smoking a pipe with black graphics of abstract, skull, compass, spider web, peacock, knight and horse and album name in red text in the smoke at top, white background with red floro and black cat curling around person’s leg, band name in bottom right

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MAWD: “Demons” Single Review

Originally publish 2 Nov 2020

2 min read2 days ago

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MAWD “Demons” single cover art; comic-style drawing of blond woman screaming at black red-eyed silhouette behind her on golden brown background, “DEMONS!” in red written in a curve at top left, MAWD in white at off-center bottom right

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Barbara Cassidy Band: “Einstein Was Right” Single Review

Originally published 9 Nov 2020

2 min read2 days ago

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Barbara Cassidy Band “Einstein Was Right” single cover art; sky withclouds and highlights filter, name of single in big text centered and artist name underneath

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ALL The Raconteurs Songs RANKED

Originally published 3 Dec 2020

10 min read2 days ago

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Shot from “Sunday Driver” music video; The Raconteurs band members playing their instruments and Jack White is shown in two places with the band and off to the left looking at white text that is written in the air around the band

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Kula Shaker: I’m Against It Single Review

Originally published 28 Dec 2020

3 min read2 days ago

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Shot from “I’m Against It” fan video on official Kula Shaker YouTube channel; two women in traditional Indian clothing dancing wth clapping instruments in both hands, one raised above the head

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The Influencers: “Champagne” Single Review

Originally published 7 Jan 2021

3 min read2 days ago

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The Influencers “Champagne” single cover art; firework in city street framed by two trees on either side with grayscale filter, left half black tones and right half white tones

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PJ Harvey: “This Mess We’re In — Demo” Single Review

Originally published 11 Jan 2021

2 min read2 days ago

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PJ Harvey “This Mess We’re In — Demo” single cover art; photo of Harvey in a black one-strap-sleeved black sequined top in a convenience store, white border with artist name on top and “STORIES FROM THE CITY, STORIES FROM THE SEA — DEMOS” text at bottom

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Paul McCartney: Paul McCartney III Review

Originally published 20 Jan 2021

7 min read2 days ago

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Paul McCartney “Paul McCartney III” single cover art; white diamond with three holes on black top to white bottom gradient background, “McCARTNEY” text on top

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Toby Milton

Toby Milton

Music journalist and critic publishing music analysis and reviews on Medium and YouTube (Play it Loud).

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