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Omargeddon #51: Omar Rodriguez
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— 14 Mar 2025 Bec Comment

I’m inclined to think of Omar Rodriguez as the first official ORL solo record, even though that’s not technically correct. And yet, my predilection for proving myself to be the best kind of correct is overridden when I consider a couple of fact[…]

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Omargeddon #50: Mantra Hiroshima
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— 10 Feb 2025 Bec Comment

Labelling music as ‘psychedelic’ is about as useful as labelling it as ‘progressive’. Both are wildly subjective terms, and both are frequently deployed when defining Omar Rodríguez-López’s extensive catalogue. I’d like to see a handy […]

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TONY CHRISTIE ‘ft’ PETER KAY – “Is This The Way To Amarillo?”
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— 31 July 2024 Tom 33 comments

The success of Elvis’ reissues – a promotional gimmick which actually managed to hack the charts – made a strong case that the new pop of 2005 simply wasn’t able to capture the wider public imagination. This record makes it inarguable[…]

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  2. Haha, this is so savage! Some of these points are kinda true though, like the expensive records thing. I know…

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