It’s Sweetpool Week on @outsideleft.bsky.social so I’m interviewing leader Nic Beales! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
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Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social Sweetpool week continues as I review their brilliant third album outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
encounters: King Sleep - Ahead of their April 12th performance at the first ever Outsideleft Sunday Afternoon Out.... an encounter with King Sleep ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing @oracogan.bsky.social about her brilliant new album Hard Hearted Woman outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Ben Cardew: The Outsideleft Sunday Interview - Jonathan Thornton speaks to author Ben Cardew about his impressive new book on Stereolab
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Books! Books! Books! - From the ever growing OL book mountain, a Penny Kiley memoir and other great titles to get into in March 2026. We should do this more often - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing @bencardew.bsky.social about his brilliant new book on Stereolab, Space Age Bachelor Pad Music! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Hard Hearted Woman - Ahead of the release of her gorgeous and haunting new album, Ora Cogan speaks to Jonathan Thornton about her unique approach to music ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Always Open To Beauty - In the run up to a tour to celebrate 40 years of the Cowboy Junkies, Jonathan Thornton catches up with guitarist and songwriter Michael Timmins ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Atrocity Exhibitions: Grieving in the TikTok Underworld – Owen Williams - Lake reviews the non-fiction debut of Welsh indie musician Owen Williams. ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Paul McDonald: The Sunday Interview - Rightly acclaimed Black Country author, Paul McDonald talks to Wayne Dean Richards to boot up the Outsideleft Sunday Interview series for 2026 ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Dan Flore III Has Some Therapy For You - American poet, Dan Flore's III offers 'Therapy For Suicide' ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Metropolis Now! - Fritz Lang's totemic science fiction movie Metropolis, completed in 1927, is set in 2026... ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social ‘s Week In Music I’m trying to cover as many corners of Jonathan Aesthetics as possible! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Thanks to Alan Rider at @outsideleft.bsky.social for this review of my new single! Won't be that long until the album is out 27th February - pre-order now and save 15% before end of January
Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m reviewing Dry Cleaning’s masterful third album Secret Love! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Lotus Bridge
David O'Byrne nominates The Monochrome Set for National Treasure status.
Marrying the band's deft, soaring melodies and darkly witty wordplay 'Lotus Bridge' finds Bid in reflective mood
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Museumgoer 27 - The latest in the long running series of EPs from Museumgoer ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Extraordinarily Ordinary - like a high street full of extraordinarily ordinary conversations. Tim London reviews Neil Campbell's Microdose ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Today in Outsideleft, David O'Byrne reviewsTwo double albums of previously unreleased performances by Rahsaan Roland Kirk, which showcase the talents of the virtuoso sax player at the peak of his abilities - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Outsideleft Week in Music: Wild Billy Childish and CTMF, Juni Habel, Buck Meek, Falling You, No Buses, Black Rain, Asylum Party, Blazoner, Various DIY Post-Punkers, The Darts, Marta Del Grandi, Amigo the Devil, Searows - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Sunlight Echoes and Serendipty - Jonathan Thornton catches up with modern shoegaze heroes Whitelands in advance of their brilliant second album ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
The Outsideleft Afternoon Out: Jackdaw with Crowbar - First ever Outsideleft Afternoon Out featuring Jackdaw with Crowbar, Ancient Champion, Me & Thee, Bapz on Crack with DJ's Woodenhand and Prehistoric Man at the Rock 'n' Roll Brewhouse. now in Outsideleft outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
It's Been Weeks
Recapping all of those great Weeks in Outsideleft in 2025 featuring the likes of Terry Edwards (pictured), The Nightingales, author Kerry Hadley-Pryce, Ethan and Kalman Dean-Richards, Mike Mason and Test Dept. ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
2025 was the year Outsideleft saw stars. Alan Rider reconnects you with some of them ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Week in Music: Transgression International - We're hearing from...88Kasyo Junrei, Nelson Riddle and his Orchestra, The Dickies, David Byrne, The Pirx, The Lovely Basement, Joseph Shabason, Together For palestine, Durutti Column, Sharp Pins, Rufus Wainwright - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Test Dept: Early Metal Memories - Test Dept reveal their star scrapyard finds to Outsideleft ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Next Week It's Test Dept Week in Outsideleft - We have a whole week of exclusive Test Dept content prepared for you All gets going on Sunday
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Outsideleft Week in Music Magella, Chaos Bleak, Gans, ST37, Ólöf Arnalds, Lolo Zouaï, Vamberator, Palindrones, Butthole Surfers, Wednesday, Mark Sherman, Test Dept, Overt Enemy, Gong, Sylvia Black, Wheel of Time, Pictish Trail, De La Soul, Talk Talk, Sessa, The Armed
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