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Outsideleft.com features music, arts and other stuff broadly ignored elsewhere. Outsideleft is inspired in some ways by California's 1960s Assemblage Artists and the UK's late 70s fanzine publishers. Outsideleft—Culture fewer people care about matters here
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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Thrilled to be interviewing Shoegaze heroes @swirlies11.bsky.social today on @outsideleft.bsky.social outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
This LP is an all-time great
Today on @outsideleft.bsky.social I’m interviewing Josh Haden, mastermind behind Spain, on the reissue of Spain’s classic debut album The Blue Moods of Spain! outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Fresh New Faces: Arielle Burgdorf - Author and Literary translator, Arielle Burgdorf, has published one of 2025s best novels, Jeanne ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Stewart Lee vs The Man-Wulf - Beware the moon, lads! says John Robinson ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Diamanda Galás: The Sunday Interview - Jonathan Thornton speaks to musician, composer and performance artist Diamanda Galás on the reissue of the final volume of the Masque of the Red Death trilogy ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Sex Is No Emergency - Martin Devenney reviews Dorothy Max Prior's engaging tale of her adventures in a post-punk wonderland ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...
Outsideleft Week in Music: Crash at the Roundabout - We're hearing from... Jackdaw with Crowbar, A Happy Return, Dry Cleaning, Prefaces, Peel Dream Magazine, Doja Cat, Ancient Champion, Penza Penza, Geese, Nine Inch Nails, Mariah Carey, Parlor Greens & way more
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Zwilight Tone: Ivan Campo’s Alt-Folk Odyssey into Another Dimension - Ogglypoogly shows the way into flickering harmonies, drifting melodies, and a world where Ivan Campo’s music bends the rules of reality. ...the latest story in Outsideleft - outsideleft.com/main.php?sto...