The two discs contain a host of rare performances

1983 synthpop landmark is back, with six bonus tracks

Nice thing turned up in the post the other day from one of my favourite labels at the moment, Tompkins Square. The New York label tends to specialise in fingerpicking guitarists who are very much in the tradition of the Takoma school, which they categorise, neatly enough, as “American Primitive Guitar”.

Shine A Light soundtrack is due in March

And they're bringing Howlin' Rain along, too!

The medical report is in

Thom and chums play their first, tiny gig of 2008

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New York avant-punks warm up for their NME show

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