David Rea

Fiction Writer & Music Journo | Founder/Editor @StateofSoundMag

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A new study of history published by Oxford University Press posits THREE key moments: The Big Bang, first life on Earth and the release of Neil Young’s Tonight’s the Night in 1975. #NeilYoung

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At almost the exact midpoint of the 1990s, a relatively unknown Elliott Smith appeared on FX's Breakfast Time. What followed was a quietly powerful antidote to that loud and boisterous decade. READ: https://t.co/BKg6EXt09O
#ElliottSmith

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Beginning with shambolic preproduction, driven by a puritanical work ethic and featuring last-minute moments of inspiration, David Rea explores the novelistic story behind The Stone Roses’ classic debut album. | READ: https://t.co/sgFqGxCkxH

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‘Like a long dead ghost trying to make contact’: how Wilco made Yankee Hotel Foxtrot | READ: https://t.co/YZ5HTkZe7B
#wilco

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ALT-COUNTRY has always given the polished twang of mainstream country a roughened edge. Here is the final part of State of Sound’s ranking of the greatest alt-country albums, No. 5 to No. 1 | READ HERE: https://t.co/iajJLGwzye

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Jesca Hoop’s 7th studio album is State of Sound’s best new release | READ OUR REVIEW: https://t.co/6J3oYoCHBb #jescahoop

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Belgian-American composer and multi-instrumentalist, Annick Odom on reimagining her Appalachian heritage and the five-year journey of making her album Linen of Words | READ HERE https://t.co/iepkfWrOvB

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ALT-COUNTRY has always given the polished twang of mainstream country a roughened edge, drawing from the countercultural snarl of punk, the kooky charms of indie pop, rockabilly, bluegrass or Southern rock. READ OUR RANKING: https://t.co/jOFlcsTOVB
#altcountry

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The era-defining songs of the 1960s tended to focus on the counterculture. But the Kinks’ miniature pop symphony Shangri-La did so much more. David Rea celebrates one of Ray Davies’ masterpieces. READ HERE: https://t.co/tOhLYBDJ7S
#TheKinks #1960s #1960smusic

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“Occupying the ever-growing music/mental health space, these beautiful reimaginings succeed on their own terms. John Lennon would have approved”. John Lennon Love (Meditation Mixes) | Review. READ HERE: https://t.co/BU8h95hfAB

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Balloon’s Ian Bickerton on being compared to Kate Bush, how Iggy Pop and James Williamson soundtracked his youth and Van Morrison scored his life. READ: https://t.co/eYgk2cAKPf

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After the cameras left the bed-in, John and Yoko recorded a now forgotten song. READ THE STORY HERE: https://t.co/ONYiCkVRF7

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Introducing State of Sound’s new series. Come on over! https://t.co/ix7tMHPFCm

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‘It began when Candi Staton’s partner threatened to shoot her and ended with a rallying cry for women everywhere.’ The story behind Young Hearts Run Free | READ HERE: https://t.co/TRiWM3RyIU
#candistaton #disco #soul

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The Bookshop Band’s Ben Please on listening to Bob Marley as a kid on his father's farm, searching for baroque metal albums as a teenager and being stopped in his tracks by Sufjan Stevens. READ HERE: https://t.co/5pWzvm7okf

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Happy Saturday, music lovers! Come on over! READ HERE: https://t.co/ix7tMHPFCm
#MuseumOfYouthCulture #TheNewPornographers

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“This is an enjoyable and at points captivating album, but sometimes it sounds like a band beaten down by the world.” The Former Site of The New Pornographers | READ OUR REVIEW: https://t.co/7ZQb2Viiyn
#thenewpornographers

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BREAKING: Britain’s first museum of youth culture to open. READ HERE: https://t.co/cWDAWJDdeC

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NEW: Paul Simon, Emma Swift, interviews, essays, reviews & more! READ HERE: https://t.co/ix7tMHPFCm

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NEW ISSUE: Wilco, The Smiths, The Golden Dregs, Shapes Like People, interviews, features & more! READ HERE: https://t.co/ix7tMHPFCm