The Line of Best Fit
The Line of Best Fit, Simon Harrison, Laura David, Matt Young, Cal Cashin, Allen HaleNew perspectives on music and pop culture
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Where do I begin with... Superchunk?
Although you’d be hard pushed to contend that Superchunk, those hardiest of US alt-rock perennials, “have ever been revolutionary”, as their biography at the august Trouser Press magazine archive states, “the steadfast and prolific North Ca...
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The “Nueva escena chilena” (I’ll let you translate) has become a node for quality (and s...
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Where do I begin with... Arthur Russell?
The underappreciated artist, only truly beloved after their time, is an archetype that has been threaded through the tapestries of musical history.
There is obviously never a definitive “first anything” in musical history, but a lot of exa...
“What is the Mercury Prize Now?” and the shortlist for 2026’s “1995 Mercury Prize”
In spite of the music media’s fragmentation over the past decades, the Mercury Prize remains something of a cultural institution. Unlike the 16 categories of the BRIT Awards, or the frankly ludicrous 96 on offer at the GRAMMYs, The Mercury...
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The leading voice in new music discovery: New perspectives on pop culture from from the biggest independent music website in the world.
Simon is a former journalist from back-in-the-day and now, apparently, a current journalist from over-the-hill
ok so have you heard of...
I write about music and culture. Fiction and non-fiction. (He/Him) F I N I T U M : A novella - Out Now
Avant-rock post-critic and groove historian. Substack Editor at BEST FIT, mercurial freelancer in a number of other places.
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