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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Album reviews with IAN SINCLAIR: July 29, 2024
New releases from Liana Flores, Hamish Hawk, and Meshel Ndegeocello
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High quality pulp, rollicking online murders, Abnorman Britain, and high skates drama: reviews of The Get Off, Everyone In The Group Chat Dies, Pagans and First To Fall
DENNIS BROE notes what happens to content when the streaming giants incorporate AI and deregulation into their economic models
New releases from The Tenementals, Nik Bartsch’s Ronin, and Kuunatic
SCOTT ALSWORTH hears the call to burn down and rebuild the video game industry from the bottom up
The Chinese language only introduced a feminine pronoun in the 1920s. Now, it might adopt a gender-inclusive one, suggests JANET DAVEY
ALEX HALL is intrigued by a detailed history of Gaza that demonstrates its historic resilience and changing economy
Liana Flores
Flowers Of The Soul
(Verve/Fiction Records)
★★★★
STARTING out performing and releasing music on YouTube, it’s been a meteoritic rise for Liana Flores. In 2022 the young singer-songwriter from Norwich tweeted that she was handing in her undergraduate dissertation. Just two years later, with her wonderful debut album out in the wild, she will soon embark on a tour of North America, mainland Europe and Britain.
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