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After much deliberation we’re looking at winding down the site.

AnyDecentMusic has been very much a labour of love since it was launched but also a service we hoped might turn into something a bit more.

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What music pilgrimages have you been on?

DiS' Marc Burrows went in search of Marvin Gaye's legacy in.... Belgium?! drownedinsound.org/marvin-gaye-be…

What do you have your eye on for this #BandcampFriday ?

There’s gonna be a film about one of the greatest bands of the 21st century and they need your footage and photos…

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In this month's recommendations newsletter...

CIRCE casting a ROBERT SMITH-like silhouette is Sean Adams's track of the month

Album of the month comes from Sophie Ellis-Bextor-championed Holiday Sidewinder (@hsidewinder)

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‘Blue Love is 3 and a half minutes of pale flashes of joy anchored in a heaviness that thwacks you when you taste them on your lips or weeks later when you find their lost sock..’’ @drownedinsound thankyou sm for beautiful words! Read fully here : drownedinsound.org 🩵

What was the last song you were utterly bewitched by?

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We’re down to the last two boxes of Versions, so be quick if you wanna grab one of the 1000 copies we pressed

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