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Joe MuggsThursday

Reporter · GB

Indexed articles, last 90 days
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Aug 13, 2026
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  1. Article · Aug 13, 2026 · by Joe MuggsThursday, 13 August 2026

    Life, pain and memory 'Comes in Waves' for 83-year-old troubadour Carly Simon (opens the original)

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    We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure it as a bastion of real culture writing in the face of algorithmic recommendations and AI slop. Your participation is absolutely vital to this - subscribe today and be part of this movement. It’s easy to miss what an interesting artist Carly Simon is. I’ve certainly been guilty of it; bar a few undeniable gems, it felt like her oeuvre was based in a 1970s white rock music retreat from the innovations of the previous decade – a footnote to The Eagles, Fleetw

  2. Article · Aug 1, 2026 · by Joe MuggsThursday, 30 July 2026

    DJ Spen makes clear house always WAS gospel on 'The Praise Party' (opens the original)

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    We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure it as a bastion of real culture writing in the face of algorithmic recommendations and AI slop. Your participation is absolutely vital to this - subscribe today and be part of this movement. You can’t really understand house music without grasping the influence of the Black American church. As it coalesced from the remnants of disco in Eighties Chicago, New York and New Jersey, the style brought together important influences: new technology, queer culture,

  3. Article · Jul 30, 2026 · by Joe MuggsThursday, 30 July 2026

    DJ Spen makes clear house always WAS gospel on 'The Praise Party' (opens the original)

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    We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure it as a bastion of real culture writing in the face of algorithmic recommendations and AI slop. Your participation is absolutely vital to this - subscribe today and be part of this movement. You can’t really understand house music without grasping the influence of the Black American church. As it coalesced from the remnants of disco in Eighties Chicago, New York and New Jersey, the style brought together important influences: new technology, queer culture,

  4. Article · Jul 16, 2026 · by Joe MuggsThursday, 16 July 2026

    As well as acid poetics, Yard Act decide 'You're Gonna Need a Little More Music' (opens the original)

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    We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure it as a bastion of real culture writing in the face of algorithmic recommendations and AI slop. Your participation is absolutely vital to this - subscribe today and be part of this movement. There’s a long and rich tradition of scabrous indie rock lyricism from Yorkshire. Sheffield’s Jarvis Cocker and Alex Turner tend to get the plaudits, but the particular kind of gimlet-eyed social observation and pub philosopher’s knack for a toothsome phrase can be foun

  5. Article · Jul 9, 2026 · by Joe MuggsThursday, 9 July 2026

    Panda Bear & Sonic Boom blur cathedral and kindergarten on 'A ? of When' (opens the original)

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    We’re rebuilding theartsdesk to secure it as a bastion of real culture writing in the face of algorithmic recommendations and AI slop. Your participation is absolutely vital to this - subscribe today and be part of this movement. Pyschedelic music has always encouraged intergenerational influence. Thus West Midlander Pete “Sonic Boom” Kember, in his 1980s Spacemen 3 days – with Jason Pierce of Spiritualized – channelled Krautrock, The Velvet Underground, The Silver Apples and The Stooges into hi

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