Jack Cooper - SandgrownFeatures guest appearances by members of Woods, Promised Land Sound & EZTV. Front cover illustration by Andrew Savage (Parquet Courts). Jack Cooper of Ultimate Paintings fi_rst solo record is 9 concisely beautiful songs inspired by his hometown of Blackpool and his upbringing on Englands Fylde Coast. Everyones from somewhere, says Jack. I dont think its particularly important people know this album is about Blackpool, but I think everyone can

The likes of 'Zombie' recall the urgency of Jamie's past records but it's balanced with the likes of 'They Told Me It Rained' and 'Mary Lee'

along with a disc featuring the band‰۪s pre- Sub Pop self-titled EPs (released in 2003 and 2004)

åÊApproximately Infinite UniverseåÊis an essential and progressive piece of Ono‰۪s output

Essential compilation from Pavement's early years

like the title track‰۪s new steely demeanour

deeply beautiful mid-tempo groove from 1970 in a musical plea for peace

inarguably

Glenn Jones is a master of American Primitive guitar

while singlehandedly resurrecting two forgotten genres of music (rockabilly in the ‰Û÷80‰Û÷s and swing in the ‰Û_90‰Û÷s)

drunken streets of Texas

While location proved particularly propitious in terms of creativity

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