IAN SINCLAIR draws attention to the powerful role that literature plays in foreseeing the way humanity will deal with climate crisis
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MIK SABIERS catches the Brazilian new ravers as they wash around the globe

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Islington Assembly Hall, London
CSS first stormed the stage some 20 years ago when MySpace and the music press was still a thing. They rose to fame in part via the internet and as co-headliners of 2007’s NME Indie Rave Tour. Hailing from Sao Paolo in Brazil, they circled the globe bringing their mix of indie dance rock to the masses on a mission to party, and they partied hard.
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