I had/heard/knew most of the Brazilian albums on this list. But I don’t know anything about the rest of the Continent but Mercedes Sosa. This is a problem in our country: We face the Atlantic and turn our backs on the rest of Latin America. Our geography resembles our cultural politics.
In other reunion news
Johnny Marr, the more you know the more you like him
MORE stories on Oasis…
Punks are nice people pretending to be mean.
Hippies are mean people pretending to be nice.
I heard this story coming into work this morning. Pretty fargging amazing to think what he created here! Even if you are not into classical music, it’s worth a listen to appreciate the range of this guy!
How a mediocre band getting back together deserves so much attention, I’ll never know… but there is new Laurie Anderson…
But wait… there are even MORE articles about Oasis on the Guardian!!!
This is like… over a dozen now!!! Maybe the “hatred” is people who don’t care about Oasis having to hear about Oasis more than a dozen times in like 3 days!!! FFS…
[ETA] I actually did read this article… and well… it’s kind of wild. All sorts of weird ass claims in there that just… 
Well, it’s pretty cringe.
Here, have an Oasis related laugh.
I love that guy…
More on Mdou Moctar, who’s from Niger…
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I am a fool for indie acts with exotic instruments and multicultural background.
[Kit Sebastian - ‘Metropolis’ (Official Video) - YouTube]
Kit Sebastian are big in our house: French loungey pop with an Anatolian psyche twist: how could they not be?
It’s September…
Didn’t bother, wouldn’t mind seeing them but I am not going to participate in the hoop-jumping (or gouging).
