What I Meant To Say: Julie Doiron

Another peek behind the lyrics sheet in Plan B’s word quest

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Interview: Blank Dogs

Plan B reaches into shadow to pet the singular individual behind Blank Dogs

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Interview: Speech Debelle

Everett True is set adrift on guilty pleasures and therapy with Speech Debelle

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Read The Label: Le Vilain Chien

Presenting first in a one-part guide to Frances’s most pet-friendly, owner-confuzzling label

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Plan B magazine RIP

Sad news: the issue of Plan B magazine that hits shelves on June 1 will be the last.

emily bear: cub yr enthusiasm

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The US media is not underfond of hyperbole, so to see one of their upcoming composers bookended with  “…the next Mozart?” is pretty standard soundbite/headline behaviour.

Speech live and awesome

Big Dada’s new bright hope Speech Debelle performs live in London and Brighton.

Palimpsest Festival update - festival cancelled but Sublime Frequencies show definitely on

After a break in 2008, Palimpsest Festival returns to its Cambridge church location to showcase a selection of outstanding global music.

Chose Chaton: uses for home video

OK, so I’m breaking with tradition to tell you about a dude set for May’s When We Meet ’cause his videos have made a big impact on me and I’m not going to understand how until I’ve written it down.

Our Noise

Kicking_k and Plan B’s space-rockin’ Fiona Fletcher alerted us to this feminist/technology blogathon
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Manic Street Preachers: Journal For Plague Lovers (Sony)

The eyeliner never quite washes off

Wounded Knee: Shimmering New Vistas (Benbecula)

Unravelling human history, spurning communication itself.

Isaac Hayes: Black Moses/Juicy Fruit (Concord/Stax)

Always a step away from despair

Future Of The Left: The Hope That House Built

Agreeably sinister short for their new single – an album follows in June, apparently.

Two Fingers: in the studio

Currently making a good stink in the Plan B office is the debut LP from Two Fingers, a production outfit that pulls together the talents of downtempo Ninja Tune mainstay Amon Tobin, UK hip-hop joker Sway, and producer Doubleclick. Don’t know too much about the latter but the first two have always struck me as talents who have rather squandered their ability. No longer though! Two Fingers is highly recommended, reconciling Tobin’s dexterous beat-moulding with a choppy energy reminsicent (to me) of uptempo Timbaland and Terrah Danjah.