BlackCountryRock

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A Year of Living Differently – the Best of 2020

Posted on January 5, 2021January 6, 2021 by stue19672

Gig Review Movies Music North London

Nick Cave – Idiot Prayer

Posted on July 23, 2020 by stue19671

Books Music Soul

All That Was Left Was Pieces of a Man

Posted on July 19, 2020 by stue19670

Books Graphic Novels Japan Music

Igort’s Japanese Notebooks

Posted on May 3, 2020 by stue19670

Young London Jazz – Where To Start

Posted on April 22, 2020 by stue19670

Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Rough Trade Album of the Month January 2020: The Big Moon – Walking Like We Do

Posted on April 14, 2020April 14, 2020 by stue196711

Classical Electronica Music

Strange Days Have Found Us – Music For The Lockdown

Posted on March 31, 2020 by stue19672

Hip Hop Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Rough Trade Album of the Month December 2019: Mix Master Mike – Conquest

Posted on February 28, 2020 by stue19674

Nerija – Village Underground, London, 18 February 2020

Posted on February 18, 2020February 23, 2020 by stue19671

Don’t Skip Out On Me – Willy Vlautin

Posted on February 15, 2020March 20, 2020 by stue19670

2019 Highlights Music North London

Me Again. Allow Me To Pick Up Where I Left Off – Little Simz

Posted on February 2, 2020February 2, 2020 by stue19674

2019 Highlights Music

The Blackcountryrock Pick of 2019

Posted on January 1, 2020January 1, 2020 by stue19674

Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Ranked! – The Rough Trade Albums of the Month 2019

Posted on December 31, 2019 by stue1967

Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Rough Trade Album of the Month November 2019 – Cigarettes After Sex: Cry

Posted on December 30, 2019 by stue19671

Gig Review Music North London World Music

75 Dollar Bill – Cafe Oto, Hackney, London, 19 December 2019

Posted on December 27, 2019 by stue19670

Dr John Cooper Clarke, Luke Wright and Mike Garry – Alexandra Palace, London, 24 November 2019

Posted on November 25, 2019 by stue19670

A Conversation with Brix Smith Start – Part Two

Posted on November 22, 2019 by stue19670

Gig Review Music

Hot Chip – Alexandra Palace, London, 26 October 2019

Posted on November 12, 2019 by stue19671

A Conversation with Brix Smith Start – Part One

Posted on November 5, 2019November 5, 2019 by stue19673

Jazz Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Rough Trade Album of the Month August 2019 – Nerija “Blume”

Posted on October 5, 2019 by stue19675

Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month World Music

Rough Trade Album of the Month July 2019 – KOKOKO! “Fongola”

Posted on September 13, 2019 by stue19675

Gig Review Music Soul The South Bank Centre

Durand Jones & The Indications – Queen Elizabeth Hall, 6 August 2019

Posted on September 9, 2019 by stue19671

Funk Gig Review Jazz Music South Bank

Thundercat & Onyx Collective – Royal Festival Hall, London, 4 August 2019

Posted on August 6, 2019 by stue19673

Gig Review Music

Lucinda Williams – The Barbican, London, 27 July 2019

Posted on July 29, 2019July 30, 2019 by stue19670

Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Rough Trade Album of the Month June 2019 – Pip Blom “Boat”

Posted on July 27, 2019July 27, 2019 by stue19672

Glastonbury 2019 – A View From The Ground

Posted on July 2, 2019July 4, 2019 by stue196718

Books Music Reggae

Bass Culture: When Reggae Was King by Lloyd Bradley

Posted on June 28, 2019June 24, 2019 by stue19670

Gig Review Music

Wilco and Ken Stringfellow – L’Aeronef, Lille, France, 18 July 2019

Posted on June 24, 2019June 24, 2019 by stue19670

Gig Review Music

Stereolab and Vanishing Twin – Shepherds Bush Empire, London, 12 June 2019

Posted on June 19, 2019 by stue19670

Electronica Music

Music For Crematoriums

Posted on June 16, 2019 by stue19673

Gig Review Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Rough Trade Album of the Month May 2019 – Viagra Boys “Street Worms”/ Rough Trade East In-store 13 May 2019

Posted on May 17, 2019May 18, 2019 by stue19676

Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Rough Trade Album of the Month April 2019 – Weyes Blood “Titanic Rising”

Posted on May 12, 2019 by stue196716

The Bowie Symphonies by Philip Glass – 9 May 2019, Royal Festival Hall, London

Posted on May 10, 2019May 11, 2019 by stue19670

Music Television

Mum’s Back! (with The Carter Family)

Posted on May 6, 2019 by stue19670

Gig Review Jazz Movies Music

Antonio Sanchez – Birdman Live Score, The Barbican, London 4 May 2019

Posted on May 5, 2019 by stue19670

Gig Review Music

Brix And The Extricated – The Borderline, London 25 April 2019

Posted on April 26, 2019April 27, 2019 by stue19671

Art Music Photography

Don McCullin – Tate Britain

Posted on April 20, 2019 by stue19671

Kankyo Ongaku: A Brief History of Japanese Ambient Music

Posted on April 19, 2019April 19, 2019 by stue19674

Country Gig Review Music

The Long Ryders – Islington Assembly Hall, London, 13 April 2019

Posted on April 14, 2019April 14, 2019 by stue19670

Music R'n'B Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month Soul

Rough Trade Album of the Month March 2019: Durand Jones and the Indications – “American Love Call”

Posted on April 6, 2019 by stue19677

Music The Fall Peel Sessions Project

The Fall Peel Sessions #8 – “There’s A Party Going On Around Here”

Posted on April 3, 2019 by stue19670

Music Rough Trade Rough Trade Album Of The Month

Rough Trade Album of the Month February 2019: Ex:Re – “Ex:Re”

Posted on March 4, 2019 by stue19673

Music The Fall Peel Sessions Project

The Fall Peel Sessions #7 – “Hit Him On The Head With a Two by Four”

Posted on February 10, 2019March 23, 2019 by stue19670

Music North London

The Beatles’ Mad Day Out

Posted on May 6, 2020May 7, 2020 by stue19670