Archives – 1999 – October – 17  

MESSTHETICS: The Beta Band – The Beta Band
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Why? The Beta Band is the most troublesome record of 1999 – its makers disown it, its few disciples adore it, a whole lot of people hate it, and a whole lot more like me just don’t know what to make of it, but keep playing it anyway. Whil[…]

51. THE SUNDAYS – “Goodbye”
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Tom Ewing’s Top 100 Singles Of The 90s
A synthesis, but what a synthesis: the plummy ballerina swoop of Kate Bush, the exotic drift of Liz Fraser, and – the real genius touch – the sensible suburban pleasantness of a hundred Sarah R[…]

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