The Breeders: All Nerve

- It's probably not an overly popular opinion, but personally, if I was to be marooned on a desert island for the remainder of my days and was only allowed to bring either The Breeders' or Pixies' discography with me, I'd pick the The Breeders every day of the week. Pixies have obviously received more accolades over the years, and will almost certainly go down in musical history as the more significant band, but there's always been a depth to The Breeders' records that their more popular brother band has lacked.

Soccer Mommy: Clean

- Soccer Mommy sweats gasoline, and on her new record Clean, she’s standing next to a bonfire, documenting the results. Out now on Fat Possum, her debut full length sees the twenty-year-old Tennessee native move away from the DIY approach that the project was born of, polishing out the fuzz and lo-fi intrigue while still retaining the poignancy and intimacy of her early recordings.

Press for Progress – An International Women's Day podcast

Through a selection of engaging interviews and discussion pieces, this International Women’s Day special will explore the current scope of gender equality and the progress that is being made or needs to be made in a range of fields. We’ll look at how members of our community are pressing for progress in their area, through the lens of female and non-binary folk. 

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Kosovo-Serbia row makes Europe clocks go slow

Entsoe, a company representing electricity transmission operators across 25 European countries said bedside clocks had slowed down by up to six minutes since mid-January.

The time slow is alleged to be caused by the dispute between Kosovo and Serbia which affected Europe’s power grid.

The countries affected were from Spain to Turkey and Poland to the Netherlands, the UK and Nordic countries were not affected and electricity has been stabilised to the clocks.