Finders/Keepers | Three Amazing Albums To Discover Today
Today's finds: Country weirdos Those Poor Bastards, London dance-punks oh800 and African groovers Baba Commandant & The Mandingo Band. Let's get right down to it:
Those Poor Bastards
Inhuman Nature
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The answer to her question,...