First of all, we here at TSJ BT HQ are very pleased to publicize the launch of A Hidden Landscape Once a Week, the anthology of British pop music writing (above ground, under it, and a few spots in between) from the late 1960s to the early 1980s, edited by our own Mark Sinker. If you backed the book’s Kickstarter to the appropriate level, expect your paper copy sometime in early 2019; otherwise, the book is available for pre-order. For a preview, join Sinker’s Patreon or see his tribute to Penny Reel, one of the book’s contributors, published earlier this year on Freaky Trigger.
But wait, there’s more!
- Ryo Miyuachi has published his top 100 Japanese idol singles of 2018 on Medium.
- Will Rivitz reviewed The 1975’s A Brief Inquiry Into Online Relationships for Sputnik Music.
- For Bandcamp Daily, Joshua Minsoo Kim explains how Oslated, an independent label, is curating and promoting South Korea’s underground electronic music scene.
- And finally, also on Medium, Hannah Jocelyn knows what your favorite album of 2018 says about you. (Don’t forget that Jocelyn’s new EP as Fell from the Tree, Days Pass By, is available via Bandcamp and Spotify.)