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Jan 28 2025
• HVN FAN ZINE #5 (HVN746) •

• Issue #5 of HVN FAN ZINE is here! Get it while you can. • • A FREE COPY WITH…

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Jan 23 2025
• How To Never Have A Hit: the confessions of an unsuccessful singer-songwriter by Alan Tyler  •

• Edited excerpt from Agoristo, the fifth chapter of ‘How To Never Have A Hit:The confessions of an unsuccessful singer-songwriter.’…

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Jan 09 2025
• ‘No Man Is An Island 2’ by Morgan “Moman” Nixon • Review by Tom Roebuck •

• No Man Is An Island 2 by Morgan “Moman” Nixon • Published by The Long Road Society • •…

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Dec 11 2024
• Catchy Rhythms •  Introducing a new, old record shop…

Catchy Rhythms is Stephen Parker and Benny Dart. We met in Falmouth, Cornwall, where Benny was working in the infamous…

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Sep 04 2024
• Solid Foundation: ‘An Oral History of Reggae’ by David Katz • Review by Tom Roebuck •

• Solid Foundation: ‘An Oral History of Reggae’ by David Katz • • Review by Tom Roebuck • Dubwise Vinyl…

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Sep 02 2024
• And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music by Joe Boyd •

• And the Roots of Rhythm Remain: A Journey Through Global Music by Joe Boyd • • Review by Andy…

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Aug 19 2024
• Street Level Superstar: A Year with Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson • Review by Mathew Clayton •

• Street Level Superstar: A Year with Lawrence by Will Hodgkinson • Review by Mathew Clayton • Less a music…

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Jul 29 2024
• ‘You Spin Me Round’ • Essays On Music •

You spin me round is an illuminating collection of essays, an essential mixtape that takes elements of music – songs,…

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Jul 24 2024
• ‘Rare Singles’ by Benjamin Myers • Review by Wendy Erskine •

• ‘Rare Singles’ by Benjamin Myers. • • Review by Wendy Erskine • Imagine for a minute that you’re at…

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Jul 11 2024
•To Ease My Troubled Mind: The Authorised Unauthorised History of Billy Childish by Ted Kessler. •

• Review by David Keenan • • The special edition published by White Rabbit Books on August 15, 2024 priced…

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Jul 08 2024
• 1984: The Year Pop Went Queer – Ian Wade • Review by Anna Wood.

When Frankie Goes To Hollywood appeared on Top Of The Pops in January 1984, they looked northern and working class…

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Jul 05 2024
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life: The History of the Disc Jockey.

Last Night a DJ Saved My Life was the first ever comprehensive history of the disc jockey. Read an extract…

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Jul 03 2024
• On the Snap: three decades of snapshots from the world of jazz, film and crime fiction. By Brian Case •

On the Snap: three decades of snapshots from the world of jazz, film and crime fiction.By Brian Case. Illustrations by Joseph Ciardiello….

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Jun 04 2024
• The Secret Public – How The LGBTQ+ Aesthetic Shaped Pop Culture 1955-1979 • Review by Ian Wade. •

‘The Secret Public is about the struggle, the moments and the non-conformity that allowed LGBTQ+ people and the cultures they…

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May 31 2024
• ‘Neu Klang: The Definitive History of Krautrock by Christoph Dallach’ •

• ‘Neu Klang: The Definitive History of Krautrock by Christoph Dallach’ • • Review by Richard Norris • “Neu Klang…

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May 21 2024
• ‘You Don’t Need A Dick To DJ’ by Smokin’ Jo • Review by Abigail Ward •

“Smokin Jo is one of the first generation of superstar DJs” writes Abigail Ward in her review of Smokin’ Jo’s…

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May 20 2024
• HVN FAN ZINE #3 (HVN746) •

• Issue #3 of HVN FAN ZINE is here! Get it while you can. • If you’ve ever wondered what…

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May 03 2024
• Monorail Music Presents • Sixteen Again. A celebration of Buzzcocks, Pete Shelley and Manchester music.

Our friends at Monorail Music in Glasgow are hosting a fantastic event this coming June. • A celebration of Buzzcocks,…

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Apr 30 2024
• ‘The Horse’ by Willy Vlautin • Review by Will Burns •

Willy Vlautin’s ‘The Horse’, published this week by Faber, is a triumph of hard, chiselled, beautiful language; of a great…

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Apr 24 2024
• ‘Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell A Life by Richard King.’ • Review by Abigail Ward. •

• ‘Travels Over Feeling: Arthur Russell A Life‘ By Richard King •• Review by Abigail Ward • I have always…

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Apr 19 2024
• Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women • Review by Marta Salogni. •

• Switched On: The Dawn of Electronic Sound by Latin American Women• Edited by: Luis Alvarado and Alejandra Cárdenas •…

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Apr 16 2024
•’BASTA NOW: Women, Trans & Non-binary in Experimental Music’ by Fanny Chiarello • Review by Esmé Dee Hand- Halford. •

• ‘BASTA NOW: Women, Trans & Non-binary in Experimental Music’ by Fanny Chiarello •Published by Permanent Draft.Review by Esmé Dee Hand- Halford…

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Apr 08 2024
‘Manny and the Baby’ review by Emma Warren.

Manny and the Baby by Varaidzo (Scribe) Review by Emma Warren Windrush has become central to the way this country…

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Apr 02 2024
• ‘Dance Your Way Home’ : A Journey Through the Dancefloor • A review by Tara Joshi.

On Thursday, the paperback edition of Emma Warren’s brilliant book ‘Dance Your Way Home : A Journey Through the Dancefloor’…

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Mar 20 2024
Heavenly and Friends present Daudi Matsiko live at The Social on September 5th.

Heavenly and Friends present Daudi MatsikoPlus Kayo Chingonyi and DJ Vandorta (Sounds of the Universe) 5th September 2024 at The…

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Mar 18 2024
‘Strange Things Are Happening’ by Richard Norris.

A review by Jamie Collinson. On more than one occasion, I’ve attempted to describe to an ostensibly interested listener how…

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Mar 18 2024
‘Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others’ by Aingeala Flannery. An extract…

Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others by Aingeala Flannery (Extract) I Kenny Rogers is the best singer in the world….

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Mar 06 2024
Dark Luminosity: Memoirs of a Geezer (the Expanded Edition) by Jah Wobble.

Dark Luminosity: Memoirs of a Geezer (the Expanded Edition) by Jah WobbleReview by Tom Roebuck. John Joseph Wardle was born…

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Mar 05 2024
Gigs For Gaza #2

Last months Gigs For Gaza at The Social raised over 3K for Medical Aid for Palestinians. Later this month, a…

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Feb 22 2024
‘River Rise after Mark Lanegan’ : A poem by Will Burns.

River Rise after Mark Lanegan Song like something seeping out of the rock— clear, elemental, ancient. Long lead-in from deep…

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Feb 16 2024
The Rejects: An Alternative History of Popular Music by Jamie Collinson.

An extract… I’ve worked in the music industry for more than twenty years, primarily at record labels rather than management…

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Feb 12 2024
HVN FAN ZINE #2 (HVN746)

Issue #2 of HVN FAN ZINE is here! Get it while you can. If you’ve ever wondered what the Heavenly…

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Feb 12 2024
• Welcome To The Club • The Life and Lessons of a Black Woman DJ by DJ Paulette •

Review by Nadia Younes for HVN FAN ZINE #2 coming soon… For DJ Paulette, it’s all about the dance. For…

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