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MG Boulter and Steve Hooker live at South

MG Boulter and Steve Hooker live at South

We have a couple of in-stores coming up, both from local acts.  First up, on Saturday 5th March, MG Boulter will be playing to support his recent album With Wolves The Lamb Will Lie.  And on Saturday 12th March Steve Hooker will be playing tracks from his new album Duende Blues.  Both free entry, and all the other info are on the Facebook links below. 5th March, 2pm, MG Boulter - Facebook Event Page 12th March, 3pm, Steve Hooker - Facebook Event Page  

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February's Album Releases

Here's what albums are being released this month, all are available to pre-order on the site (and by using the code 'PREORDER' at checkout you get 10% off) If there's anything coming up that's NOT listed here and you'd like it, feel free to drop us a line and we'll order it in 5th February Pete Aves – See How Luther Dickinson – Blues & Ballads (A Folksinger’s Songbook) Diiv – Is The Is Are Field Music – Commontime Josephine Foster – No More Lamps In The Morning Benji Hughes – Songs In The Key Of Animals Bert Jansch -...

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David Bowie 1947-2016

I still remember very clearly seeing David Bowie do Starman with the Spiders From Mars on Top Of The Pops 2 in the mid-90s.  I was watching with my dad, like millions did when it was first broadcast, he didn't squirm of make any remarks about the interaction between Bowie and Ronson though, I think he noticed I was transfixed.  That was the moment it all changed. Before then I was always in to music, at that stage I was a huge fan of The Clash (still am), but was very narrow in my tastes.  Seeing Bowie on TOTP2 opened...

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January 2016 Mix

To ease you all back in to work/school we've made a mix, the first of a monthly series. This one has all the current hitmakers you'd expect - Harry Partch, Jandek, Half Japanese, The Shaggs, etc and some new music from Velvet Morning and Surface To Air Missive. Listen HERE  

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South Albums Of The Year 2015

2015, like every other year if you care to dig a little, has been a great year for new music.  We've been lucky enough to put a load of great shows at the shop for free - starting the year with The Bohicas, followed by East India Youth, The Scarletts, Asylums, Fraser A. Gorman, John Doran (The Quietus), Martin Newell (The Cleaners From Venus), Muertos, Ultimate Painting, Velvet Morning, Craig Finn (The Hold Steady), Baio (Vampire Weekend), with Howard Eynon playing on Saturday and a few great ones lined up for next year already. Album of the year lists can...

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