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Malojian – Belfast singer-songwriter

What you may need to know…

01. Malojian is the brainchild of Belfast man Stevie Scullion, aided on occasion by collaborators Mike Mormecha and Joe McGurgan.

02. New album This Is Nowhere finds Scullion ruminating on middle-life, from parenthood, to marriage to grief, and was overseen by none other than Steve Albini, he of Big Black/Shellac, and the DIY recording gatekeeper behind some of Nirvana, the Breeders, and the Pixies’ finest work.

03. Streaming above is the video for I’ll Be Alright, taken from the record. Video directed by Colm Laverty.

04. Catch him on the road at Whelan’s in Dublin on the 26th, DeBarra’s in Clonakilty on the 27th, Coughlan’s in Cork on the 4th of December, and on the 9th at the Washerwoman in Ballina. Full tour details and more dates here.

Verdict: Scullion’s dichotomy of wringing sunny tunes from sober situations has seemingly met its match in Albini’s barebones recording work.

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Laura Whelan writes:

I run my own business designing and making jewellery and hats. Broadsheet has kindly featured my work In the past. This weekend I was taking part in a Craft fair in Dublin when a one of a kind Hat worth €200 was stolen from a display. Like many Irish designers I am a very small independent business and having something like this taken is a huge loss. I would be very grateful If anyone happens to see the hat or receive it as a gift could they please contact L Designs on my Facebook page.

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Gerry Quinn writes:

Looking across the Corrib at the snow clad Maumturks from Glann [Oughterard, Co Galway] today…

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This afternoon.

Courtown Co Wexford

Thanks Liam and Dei McDonald

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The Comeraghs, Co. Waterford

Thanks John Gallen

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Clew Bay, Westport, County Mayo

Thanks Odockatee

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A look at some iconic reggae album covers, photographed in their original locations around London over four decades later, for Covers, an anthology of classic sleeves and the Thames-side surroundings that informed them, by photographer Alex Bartsch.

Writes Erin MacLeod in Pitchfork:

“London must be, outside of Jamaica, the place that is most richly influenced by Jamaican people living there,” says Al Newman (AKA Al Fingers) of One Love Books, the publisher behind Covers and a number of evocative books related to reggae. “I grew up in London and I grew up with Jamaican culture. But it is also kind of an unknown history to many people in the UK.”

The book has successfully completed Kickstarter funding, but is still available for pre-order here.

H/T: Pitchfork