Every year it's the same - "there's no good music anymore". I hear it every day, no doubt you hear it a lot too. But those people just aren't paying attention. I get it, it's hard to keep up with new music these days - there's no one authoritative voice championing things (John Peel, NME, etc), there's a lot of voices shouting about a lot of things and so it's easy to switch off and stick to what you know. We all do it from time to time. But 2019, like every other year, has been full of great records - every week something amazing has come out - it's just sometimes we miss things (we can't all spend 8 hours...
Chilly European 80s electronica, lopsided English post-punk, Japanese experimental pop, and a few stop offs elsewhere too
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Our new mix is up on Mixcloud. Not one Halloween song to be found. You will however find new ones from Fenella, Carla Dal Forno, and old ones from Cluster, Harmonia, Orquesta De Las Nubes, Lonnie Holley, Charles Hayward, etc
We're delighted to welcome Modern Nature, one of our favourite new bands, to Southend for our Christmas Party.It'll be taking place in the downstairs main bar at the Railway Hotel, Southend. Free entry, from 8pm.Modern Nature – the name taken from the title of Derek Jarman’s garden diaries – is the new project of Jack Cooper, ex of Ultimate Painting / Mazes and Will Young of Beak featuring Aaron Neveu of Woods and Sunwatchers’ Jeff Tobias on saxophone. Modern Nature's debut album is out now on Bella Union, which you can pick up in the shop or here https://www.southrecordshop.com/products/modern-nature-how-to-live
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Our September mix is up now. A couple of new ones from shop favourites - Angel Olsen and local boys Fort William, a great little heard Go-Betweens instrumental, a couple from Foetus and Tuxedomoon, and lots more
