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The newsletter is designed to be short enough to read over a coffee. Each edition points you towards a handful of pieces: a longer story from our features section, a few fresh album and concert reviews, and occasionally a conversation from the interviews desk. If a review catches your attention, keep the record playing while you read; much of our writing is meant to sit alongside the music, not replace it.

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• Read in sequence. Features are often arranged so that one piece sets up the next, particularly around scenes or movements.
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