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That old 2016, eh?

As the year draws to a close and so far nobody famous has died today, I thought it would be a good time to round up a little of what's happened here at South in 2016, because there's nothing we all enjoy more than admin, right? We've been lucky enough to have a load of great bands play, both local and from further afield, in chronological order, here's who we had come and play in the shop: Mystery Jets, MG Boulter, Steve Hooker, Apostille, Phill Jupitus (DJ), Matt Battle, The Bellybuttons, Asylums, The Ears Of Xeno Group, Diamond Family Archive,...

Albums Of The Year 2016

It's come around again, the time to insist you pay attention to our taste in music. 2016 has been both a great and terrible year for music - tons of brilliant new albums (as you'll see below) and lots and lots of death. This year we lost David Bowie, Prince, Leonard Cohen, Sharon Jones, Colonel Abrams, David Mancuso, Pete Burns, Bobbie Vee, Prince Buster, Alan Vega, Bernie Worrell, Guy Clark, Merle Haggard, Phife Dawg, Keith Emerson, George Martin, and loads (LOADS) more. With all that death there needed to be some good stuff to take our mind off it, and...

Ultimate Painting and Muertos

We've had a couple of in-store gigs this week, both bands that played last year. The first was Ultimate Painting, who were here promoting their recently released third album on Trouble In Mind and we then had Muertos down to play for the release of their debut EP on Wrong Way Records. Below are a couple of videos of what you would've seen/or what you missed. We have Saint Leonard's Horses playing on Thursday 10th November, and then The Faux, the world's only tribute to The Fall, playing on 3rd December. Check the Events link for more info. ...

Win Jack White Test Pressing

To win this Jack White test pressing of his recent Acoustic Recordings double LP just sign up to our mailing list here http://eepurl.com/8zK0b (if you're already on it, you'll be entered automatically). The winner will be announced on Friday 23rd September.

September Mixtape

Our September mix is now up on Mixcloud, with new stuff from Angel Olsen, Alex Cameron, The Lemon Twigs and some weird old stuff from Terry Riley & Don Cherry, Trees, etc etc. Listen on Mixcloud to get the full tracklist

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That old 2016, eh?

Albums Of The Year 2016

Ultimate Painting and Muertos

Win Jack White Test Pressing

September Mixtape

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