October Hits

October was a great month for music and content in Outsideleft. Below are the top 20 stories our readers read the most...

October 2024's Top 20 Hits

1. Who were Satellite Lovers and why are they suddenly a thing 30 years after they disappeared? 2024-10-02 by David O'Byrne
   David O'Byrne tries to find out
2. Pete Williams at the Outsideleft Night Out 2024-10-24 by LamontPaul
   The Outsideleft Night Out returns at the 1000 Trades on the Park, Bearwood, with Pete Williams, DJ's Woodenhand and Prehistoric Man
3. New Grotesque 2024-10-15 by David O'Byrne
   How many Fall live LP's do we need? Ask David O'Byrne...
4. It's The Armoires Week in Outsideleft 2024-10-14 by LamontPaul
   California Indie popsters, The Armoires, return with the fourth LP, Octoberland, and they're staying with Outsideleft all week!
5. Paul Thorpe's Oldham, 1974-1988 2024-10-09 by Martin Devenney
   Cafe Royal Books' Theatre of the Everyday
6. Fran Says 2024-10-01 by Wayne Dean-Richards
   Wayne Dean-Richards interviews acclaimed poet Fran Lock
7. Southern Gothic Spacemen 2024-10-10 by Alan Rider
   Alan Rider takes the ex-pat route South for Music for William Eggleston's Stranded In Canton
8. Silver Apples of the Moon 2024-10-11 by Jonathan Thornton
   Jonathan Thornton asserts that 30 years on, Laika's debut LP remains a seminal work of outsider music
9. Modern and Not Forgotten 2024-10-14 by Martin Devenney
   Martin Devenney's Favourite Post-war Modernist buildings to visit in the U.K. Part 1. Norfolk and Suffolk.
10. S/HE IS STILL HER/E 2024-10-23 by Alan Rider
    Alan Rider watches the powerful new Genesis Breyer P-Orridge documentary
11. Here To Have Fun 2024-10-22 by Tony Fletcher
    Tony Fletcher puts down his laptop and heads to New York to experience IDLES, crowd watch, dance (a bit) and above all, have FUN
12. This is a Story Without a Name 2024-10-23 by Ogglypoogly
    Ooglypoogly listens the new Pete Townsend collection with a sense of familiarity, ambivalence, love and affection
13. Vive le difference! 2024-10-08 by Tim London
    Tim London says A Different Man has escaped the indie ghetto and deserves your eyes
14. Sunday Morning Poet: Fran Lock 2024-10-13 by OL House Writer
    Fran Lock's Sunday Morning Poem is for Mark E Smith
15. In One Ear: Cocteau Twins, Ivor Raymonde and Me 2024-10-10 by DJ Fuzzyfelt
    Simon Raymonde's sparkling memoir as read by DJ Fuzzyfelt
16. Momus, Now 2024-10-24 by John Robinson
    A Whole Bunch of Ballyhoo
17. Ezra’s Dance of Life! 2024-10-02 by Paul Mortimer
    Ezra Collective's 'Dance No-One's Watching' has Paul Mortimer popping around his living room
18. Do Something 2024-10-04 by Tim London
    Tim London says culture was a crucial element in the struggle for and against apartheid and cannot be ignored in the latest struggle
19. Going Shopping #5: Amp Guitars 2024-10-27 by Ancient Champion
    Chris from Amp Guitars in Macclesfield talks to Outsideleft
20. Metal Brazil 2024-10-26 by Sofia Ribeiro Willcox
    Sofia Robeiro Willcox notes the role of Paul Di’Anno, Half-Brazilian Heavy Metal Icon in the evolution of Brazilian Metal