The Complicatist : Sleigh Bells
Even buzz bands make only tiny little buzzes
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The Complicatist: Alan Lomax
A biography of the man responsible for much of the folk, blues and subsequent pop music traditions we know today
The Complicatist : Thinking About Modest Mouse
Desperation has its funnier moments
The Complicatist : Tyler the Creator, Tegan and Sara and Lars von Trier
Where to draw the line on when enough’s enough
The Complicatist : Lost Soul Classics, Old and New
How did Shreveport, Louisiana get to be the unknown soul capital of America?
The Complicatist : How To Dress Well
Memory and desire – plus, the best of 2010
The Complicatist : Sufjan Stevens and outsider art
Hello madness, my old friend…
The Complicatist : In praise of Raymond Scott
The man who heard the future
The Complicatist : Cindy Walker, Roy Orbison & Nick Cave
Orbison rules, Cave doesn’t
The Complicatist : Sleigh Bells, Joanna Newsom etc.
So far, so good – the best new music from 2010
The Complicatist : Bascom Lamar Lunsford and the mongrel nature of folk music
Or, why your taste in music totally sucks
The Complicatist: In praise of Alex Chilton (1950-2010)
I saw you staring into space