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Today's new stuff, pre-orders, and back-in-stock items

This week sees new releases from the rejuvenated Manic Street Preachers, with influences ranging from krautrock, to modern art via all sorts of German philosophers.  Harry Dean Stanton (Molly Ringwald's dad in Pretty In Pink among many, many other thing) releases the soundtrack to his new film where he covers George Jones, Danny Boy and reconnects with Ry Cooder.  The long talked about Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young Live 1974 album finally comes out, along with new releases from Eugene McGuinness, The Acid and Elton John's mate Bright Light Bright Light. This week's new releases Manic Street PreachersFuturology from £11.99Following on from last years Top 5 albumRewind The Film, the...

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Best Records of 2014 So Far...

So like clockwork as June comes to a close everywhere will be pushing their best of the year (so far) lists on you.  And we're no different! Our list isn't as long and exhaustive as some, because let's face it, nobody can be bothered to trawl through lists in the hundreds.  So without further ado, here's what's been tickling our fancy so far in 2014. (In no particular order) Ought - More Than Any Other Day Debut album from one of Montreal’s most talked-about indie-rock bands. New studio recordings supplant the band’s 2012 Bandcamp release, one of Weird Canada’s “Albums...

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Mailing List 10% Off

As you may have noticed, the website is looking pretty good now.  So to celebrate we're giving 10% off online orders, all you have to do is sign up to our mailing list, which you can do on our Facebook or bottom right of the frontpage of this site, and we'll email your a code to use. Offer expires end of this month. The site also offers in-store pickup, so you can order whilst in bed and pick it up when you're passing our real life shop next.  Bingo.

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Barrence Whitfield & The Savages

A little later than planned, but here's a video of Barrence Whitfield & The Savages playing our first ever in-store captured by Agency Southend Not only is it pretty amazing that Barrence and his Savages played here, them being one of my favourite bands and all, but the guitarist Peter Greenberg and the bass player Phil Lenker were both in seminal Boston punk band The Lyres!  They both seemed a little confused that somebody from Essex, who's never set foot in Boston, firstly knew their first band so well and was a little awestruck to meet them.  I made Peter...

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In-Store Playlists

Everyday we put together a playlist on Spotify which we then post on Twitter, so you know what we're listening to when you're here browsing. We posted links here to most of them before, but because that takes forever to do here's our Spotify profile, where you can find them all, alongside some older playlists - Afrika Bambaataa's Roxy Top 100, el Guincho's album inspirations, some Motown non-hits etc  So, if you're keen, here it is - South on Spotify

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