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29/01/2023

Firing it back up to start the year by looking back at the last…

Categories James Poole recommendations 2022: Top ten albums Post author By James Poole Post date January 28, 2023 No Comments on 2022: Top ten albums Some years, there are just too many to choose from. 2022 has been agonising, with superb new releases from established bands and newcomers alike. This...

08/01/2022

Here we go... looking back to an incredible year for music with the freethinking movement top ten albums for 2021...

https://thefreethinkingmovement.com/2022/01/2021-top-ten-albums/

18/02/2017

Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown's 'Funky Drummer,' Dead at 73

The most sampled musician of all time? Nobody else even comes close. Rest easy Mr Stubblefield - you absolutely brought the funk.

Clyde Stubblefield, James Brown's one-time drummer and the creator of one of hip-hop's most popular samples, has died at the age of 73.

11/01/2017

In The Woods

This is magic. Bowie may no longer walk among mere mortals, but his music lives on...

Our first treat to you in 2017 is another barn session courtesy of the fantastic The Invisible ft. sivu and London Contemporary Voices. You can watch their cover of David Bowie's 'Life On Mars' below. Enjoy!x

08/01/2017

2016: Top ten albums

Here we go. 2016 wasn't all bad. There were some top albums. These are my pick.

First of all, well done. If you’re reading this, you made it through 2016 alive. That in itself is an achievement. Much has been written, including here, about the losses we suffered last year. Prince. Bowie. Sharon Jones. A rationale electorate. A relatively stable World Order. But, I’ll keep this…

09/06/2016

Hint Fashion Magazine

File this under 'deserves a wider audience'

Joy Division as Playmobil dolls in a brilliant stop-motion recreation of their John Peel Session in 1979 (via Underground Music)

09/05/2016

Other Music

This is very sad news. Other Music was - is - a constant. It's been a cornerstone of music for NYC. Time for one last visit, and time to thank the good people who made it what it was: a store for music lovers, staffed by music nerds of the highest order. There was nothing that they didn't know.

An NYC record shop that specialized in underground, rare and experimental music from 1995 to 2016. Email [email protected] for any inquiries. Visit www.othermusic.com for store merchandise and releases on Other Music Recording Co.

03/05/2016

Radiohead - Burn The Witch

This manages to be brilliant while also scaring the bejesus out of me. Ahh, Radiohead, you clever sods.

Burn The Witch. Available here http://x-l.co/btw and here http://hyperurl.co/904ulo Director - Chris Hopewell Producer - Rosie Lea Brind Editor - Ben Foley D...

22/04/2016

Prince

Some words about Prince. We won't see his like again.

I can't believe that I'm sitting here, writing a post about the passing of Prince. That's like losing a limb. A really funky limb. Let me try to tackle this by taking a major detour to earlier in the week. To a time when Planet Earth was still graced by His Royal Purpleness. I shared…

15/04/2016

Radiohead manager reveals new album will arrive in June – report

Bring it on

The follow-up to 2011’s the King of Limbs will be ‘like nothing you’ve ever heard’, according to the British band’s manager Brian Message

03/02/2016

Of Radiohead, Prince and Roman GianArthur

Waiting for your fresh helping of Radiohead, following the appetizer of 'Spectre'? This may keep you going...

OK, while we’re all sitting around waiting for Radiohead to release their new music, already, let’s talk Prince and let’s talk Roman GianArthur. Covering Radiohead is a dangerous game. Unless you’re Prince. If you’re Prince, covering Radiohead is not dangerous at all. For evidence, just watch him co…

31/01/2016

Sir Terry, and Kate

When Kate Bush appeared on Wogan, she didn't mess about...

Sir Terry Wogan may not be the immediate jumping-off point for a post on this site. But, on the day where the news of his passing is shared, I’ll be honest – there was a pang of real sadness for me. Sir Terry was my breakfast radio DJ as a kid. I remember sitting at…

12/01/2016

Bowie.

Bowie.

It’s all been said. He was a genius. A real genius. He didn’t just break the rules, he ignored them. He refused to stand still. He stayed relevant. He turned death into performance art. There will never be another David Bowie. Yesterday was hard. It felt like an entire day spent in an out-of-body ha…

07/01/2016

Radiohead hint that album release is imminent with launch of new company | NME.COM

2016 just got better.

The band have set up a new company called Dawn Chorus ahead of a potential LP release

05/01/2016

North American Scum, Slight Return

2016 is already great. Loving that LCD Soundsystem are back, back, back.

As LCD Soundsystem downed tools in early 2011, I shared some thoughts on how, as a band, they captured New York City. To me, they were as much New York as were Blondie, the Beastie Boys or The Strokes. I shared my thoughts on how they “left us an almost perfect body of work”. I…

02/01/2016

2015: Top ten albums

2015 was rammed with quality releases. Picking the best album of the year was easy. The other 9 were tough...

It’s been a quiet year for the freethinking movement; relocating from the US to the UK has knocked the arse out of any free time, and has put a serious dent in my ability to sit and write. It’s a shame, as 2015 has been jammed with outstanding music. This, the sixth compilation of my…