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When U.S. President Donald Trump won Wisconsin in the 2016 election, he did so by just 25,000 votes, an advantage of less than one per cent. What was most remarkable about the victory though wasn’t its margin. It was the fact that Trump was the first Republican candidate to win Wisconsin since Ronald Reagan’s re-election…
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Andrew Stephens has delivered us another intensely gritty ambient piece, his second under the name Scattered Lodges. “The Alpine Chorus” is a single available as a digital download released at the beginning of July. Like its predecessor, the six-track Asymmetric Soup EP, this new work strikes a fascinating balance between rough and relaxing. The grit…
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Jonathan George Fox’s latest effort under the Foundling name landed at the end of July. Recorded for the adventurous videogamemusic label in London, England, it is a sharply challenging cassette from an impressive artist who has been far too quiet the last couple of years. Fox keeps himself busy in multiple disciplines. That this is…
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A short time ago, I got an email from Ak’chamel The Giver of Illness. “Hi, we love what you’re doing at BADD PRESS,” they wrote. “Keep supporting the underground!” Ak’chamel kindly offered a download code of their new album Death Chants. But when asked to share a bit of their backstory, they demurred: “We shy…
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