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Ron's rages are sincere and — according to his wife — healthily cathartic. But can these splenetic outbursts loosen the grip of capitalism at its most monstrous?
Album round-up
Ian Sinclair reviews the latest from Dear Reader, Townes Van Zandt and Ralph Towner
ANGUS REID considers the power of the podcast as a vehicle for consensus building in opposition to mainstream media narratives
GLENN FOSBRAEY recommends a biography worth reading for both existing George Michael fans and those yet to be converted
FRANCIS DEVINE introduces a new collection of essays that draws on Pease McKenna’s example to indicate future paths for the movement
KEVIN DONNELLY and MARIA DUARTE review Shoot the People, The Last One For The Road, Rosebush Pruning, and Moana
JAMES WALSH recommends an exceptional documentary about the experience of Western doctors in Gaza
Dear Reader Day Fever (City Slang)
RECORDED in San Francisco, this is the fifth album by Dear Reader — South African singer-songwriter Cherilyn MacNeil — following her politically infused 2013 record Rivonia. Like her previous work, it’s an impressive mix of orchestral indie music, all dubbed to tape by analog enthusiast John Vanderslice.
Joanna Newsom is a key influence, especially on MacNeil’s fairy-tale vocals on tracks like So Petty So Pathetic. The grandiose ambition and attitude of critics favourite Sufjan Stevens also seems an important touchstone.
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