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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: September 20, 2023
New releases from The Mary Wallopers, Wilco, and Setting
MARY CONWAY applauds a new play that foresees the unscrupulous tactics of a future far-right minority government
RON JACOBS is moved to tears by an eloquent journal of heartfelt intensity and human portraiture
ROBERT OVETZ recommends a case study, from the University of Leicester, in their struggle against precarization, AI, privatisation, outsourcing, and work intensification in higher education
IAN SINCLAIR welcomes a lucid critique of a technology that reproduces and enables oppression, power, and environmental devastation
SIMON PARSONS applauds an impassioned demonstration of the fundamental role of women in the history and protection of the forest ecosystem
The Mary Wallopers
Irish Rock ‘n’ Roll
(BC Records)
★★★★
FORMED in 2016, the now seven-piece The Mary Wallopers kick up a raucous, unruly whirlwind of Irish folk.
Combining traditional instruments, including banjo, accordion, whistles and bodhran with a strong punk ethic, The Pogues are an obvious touchstone, though the band also cite poet Jinx Lennon from their hometown of Dundalk as a key influence.
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