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BETJEMAN BEAT – Suburban English Pop
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— 17 Apr 2000 Tom Comment

English suburbs and small towns have a hard time of it in pop: their main contribution is as places to leave, bleak regions which the likes of Siouxsie or Brett Anderson must break free of in order to fulfil their pop destiny. English pop shows its A[…]

BLACK BOX RECORDER – Brutality
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— 17 Apr 2000 Robin Comment

BLACK BOX RECORDER – Brutality (from CD single The Facts of Life, Nude Records)
Chris Morris references are, I admit, unhealthily recurrent in my contributions here. But the calm, polite, cut-glass tones of Sarah Nixey intoning such calm, gent[…]

HUNDRED STRONG feat ASPECTS – Paranoia
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— 17 Apr 2000 Robin Comment

HUNDRED STRONG feat ASPECTS – Paranoia
HUNDRED STRONG feat GRANDMASTER GARNER & BEANZ OBE – Prayer
HUNDRED STRONG feat OBSCURE DISORDER & A-TRAK – Superior Raps
HUNDRED STRONG feat ASPECTS – Transcontinental
(all fro[…]

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