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--guided by voices la la land loading... Guided by Voices - La La Land (GBV Inc)Guided by Voices' current hot streak remains unbroken on their 37th albumThis year marks the 40th anniversary of Guided by Voices! --dave rowntree - radio songs loading...Dave Rowntree - Radio Songs (Cooking Vinyl)Blur drummer gets cinematic on his chilled-out solo debutDave Rowntree might have seemed like the Least Likely Blur Member to Make a Solo Record but here we are with Radio Songs. “The idea of ‘Radio Songs’ is me spinning through the dial,” he says. It might not displace any of Damon Albarn or Graham Coxon's records on Blur fans' shelves but Radio Songs is well worth a spin.
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