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Nov 2013
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Music Weekly: Parallel History of Pop, G...

The Guardian
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Music from Jungle, Young Fathers and Blood Orange in Singles Club. Plus all the angst of the 80s as Pete Paphides embarks on another Parallel History of Pop 
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