Artists discuss the 13 records that shaped their lives
This record perfectly captures what it’s like to grow up in the south. Equal parts youthful hope equal parts isolation. I’ve got, "At my side is God", from ‘The Ballad Of El Goodo’ tattooed on my thigh so I can read it when I’m sitting down. Alex Chilton and Chris Bell both have the amazing knack to hide the saddest lines in a song without it taking over the track, so when you realise the words, it hits you that much harder.
Michelle Zauner, driving force behind Japanese Breakfast, takes David Chiu through her life in 13 records, from foundational encounters with Motown, the beauty of Pacific Northwestern indie, and the inspiration she found in Mount Eerie and Joanna Newsom
With the UK leg of their European tour drawing to a close with sets in Bristol tonight and on the Quietus' Desertfest stage tomorrow, Lee Buford of the none-bleaker American sludge duo picks out 13 all-time top records and pens us his own Baker's Dozen
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