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Album Review: Sparklehorse – Bird Machine
Mark Linkous' final album is a minor miracle, a loving testimonial assembled with devotion by those who knew him best
Mark Grassick
I'm Mark, head of content at Ticketmaster. Been writing about music, film and TV for a long, long time, the result of a youth misspent in record stores and tiny clubs that smell weird. Obsessed with Rickenbackers, jangle pop and film scenes set to music, like that bit in Magnolia when everyone sings Wise Up by Aimee Mann.
What would your specialist subject on Mastermind be? The life and times of The Replacements, the best (and drunkest) band on the planet
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Blue Broderick's latest album is power pop perfection, stuffed to the gills with irresistible hooks and infectious humour