Daily Newsletter, February 22, 2024

Probyn Gregory, Rail Band, Weird Britain, more

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Ljubinko Zivkovic
February 22, 2024

HOT HALF DOZEN 2/20/24

Over 300 songs and albums submitted, so this was hard. I gravitated toward nefw artists, with half from Latin America. But I could not resist the Lebanese rocker/blueswoman Amanda Abiziad

indiepulsemusic.com/2024/02/20/hot-half-dozen-2-20-24/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Rail Band: West Africa's forgotten masterpiece

An unlikely setting for a guitar band.

faroutmagazine.co.uk/rail-band-west-africa-forgotten-masterpiece/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

The Quietus | Features | New Weird Britain | New Weird Britain In Review For February By Noel Gardner

Your New Weird Britain roundup returns, bringing you sauntering goth-house, watery electronics and an album released via a flowerpot

thequietus.com/articles/33844-luke-j-murray-excel-dj-boofy-lust-pattern?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

Remembering Steely Dan's 'Pretzel Logic'

Steely Dan released 'Pretzel Logic' 50 years ago and this is why the album should be remembered well.

audiophix.com/posts/remembering-steely-dan-pretzel-logic?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FMy+music

What Was It Like to Tour With Brian Wilson and Help Him Finish 'Smile'?

Multi-instrumentalist Probyn Gregory worked with Brian Wilson for 23 years and helped the Beach Boys founder finish 'Smile.'

www.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/brian-wilson-touring-band-probyn-gregory-1234969104

In History: Nina Simone on how racial injustice fuelled her songs

In these exclusive BBC archive clips, Nina Simone describes how she used her remarkable voice to demand equality for black Americans in the 1960s.

www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240215-in-history-nina-simone-how-racial-injustice-fuelled-her-songs

What is Magical Realism in Film and TV (Definition and Examples)

How is this genre used by writers and directors to tell fantastical stories?

nofilmschool.com/magical-realism?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FFilm+%26+TV

20 Novels In Translation You Need to Read this Winter and Spring - Electric Literature

Books from across the world to add to your TBR

electricliterature.com/20-novels-in-translation-you-need-to-read-this-winter-and-spring/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2Fbooks

Adrianne Lenker shares “Fool”

Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker shares “Fool,” taken from her upcoming solo album Bright Future, out March 22.

www.thefader.com/2024/02/20/adrianne-lenker-fool-bright-future?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=LjubinkoZiv2tpu%2Fmagazine%2FPlaylists

How Pulp’s This is Hardcore buried Britpop – and told Tony Blair to get stuffed

Jarvis Cocker’s aggressive, alienating album was a musical ‘suicide note to the listener’ which killed the Cool Britannia dream dead

www.telegraph.co.uk/books/authors/the-record-that-ended-britpop-pulp-this-is-hardcore/?utm_source=flipboard&utm_content=topic%2Falbum