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Album reviews with Ian Sinclair: December 2, 2024
John Cale's rediscovered classic album 1919, and new releases from Father John Misty and Lucinda Williams
ALEX HALL is intrigued by a detailed history of Gaza that demonstrates its historic resilience and changing economy
RON JACOBS welcomes the long overdue translation of an epic work that chronicles resistance to fascism during WWII
MAYER WAKEFIELD is chilled by the co-dependency of two lost souls as portrayed by German communist playwright Franz Xaver Kroetz
The Star's critics BRETT GREGORY, JOHN GREEN, MICHAEL BONCZA and ANGUS REID review The Stimming Pool, Misericordia, La Cocina, Irena’s Vow, and The End
CHRIS MOSS welcomes a radical history that brings marginalised stories and overlooked people and agencies to the centre
ANDREW HEDGECOCK relishes visual storytelling with no respect for genres, movements or styles
John Cale
1919
(Domino)
★★★★★
AFTER parting ways with The Velvet Underground, moving from NYC to LA and with his first marriage over, John Cale released 1919 in 1973.
I’ve long known the Welsh musician’s third solo album is highly respected but up until now I’ve never gotten round to actually listening to it.
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