The ubiquitous multi-instrumentalist Ken Stringfellow staffed Alex Chilton’s Big Star for seventeen years, prolonged REM’s painful decline, and co-fronts Seattle’s resilient power pop professionals The Posies.
His solo albums beat his band projects, omnivorously devouring vast swathes of canonical American pop tropes, tailgating bigger beasts like Wilco or The Flaming Lips.
Drop Your Pride is a Broadway Bond theme belter; Pray is horn-laden Seventies soul; the weightlessly weird Odorless, Colorless, Tasteless recalls Chilton’s experimental moments; Doesn’t It Remind You Of Something? channels Lee Hazelwood and Nancy Sinatra’s broken-hearted country pop duets.
Stringfellow is the Leonard Zelig of American Alterno-rock.
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Cabluigi, Guardian.co.uk
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Tweeterkiryakou, Twitter
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Liam Travitt, Twitter
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Johnny Kitkat, dontstartmeoff.com
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Dave Wilson, Chortle.com
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Clampdown59, Twitter.
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Lancethrustworthy, Youtube
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Lents, redandwhitekop.com
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Aiden Hearn, Twitter
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Henry Howard Fun, Twitter
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Funday’schild, youtube.
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Stuart, Chortle
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FBC, finalgear.com
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Lenny Darksphere, Twitter
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Anonymous, The Northfield Patriot
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Patrick Kavanagh, Guardian.co.uk
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Syhr, breakbeat.co.uk
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Joycey, readytogo.net
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Joe, Independent.co.uk
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Whoiscuriousgeorge, Youtube
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Tweeter Kyriakou, Twitter
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Z-factor, Twitter.
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Dominic Cavendish, Telegraph
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Neolab, Guardian.co.uk
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Carla, St Albans, Dailymail.co.uk
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Neva2busy, dontstartmeoff.com
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Shit Crit, Twitter
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John Robins, Comedian
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BBC iPlayer edition of discussion of Stewart Lee on A Good Read
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Peter Ould, Youtube
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Anamatronix, Youtube
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Gmanthedemon, bbc.co.uk
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Meanstreetelite, Peoplesrepublicofcork
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Dahoum, Guardian.co.uk
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Cojones2, Guardian.co.uk
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Mearecate, Youtube
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James Dellingpole, Daily Telegraph
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A D Ward, Twitter
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Bosco239, youtube
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Maninabananasuit, Guardian.co.uk
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Richard Herring, Comedian
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Anon, westhamonline.com
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Sweeping Curves, Twitter
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Gabrielle, Chortle.com
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World Without End, Twitter
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Lucinda Locketts, Twitter
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Nicetime, Guardian.co.uk
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Alex Quarmby, Edfringe.com
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Zombie Hamster, Twitter
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Idrie, Youtube
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Rowing Rob, Guardian.co.uk
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Dominic Cavendish, Daily Telegraph
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Secretdeveloper, Youtube
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Dick Socrates, Twitter
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Birmingham Sunday Mercury
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Brighton Argus
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Shane, Beverley, Dailymail.co.uk
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Lee Mack, Mack The Life, 2012
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Joskins, Leeds Music Forum
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Tin Frog, Twitter
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Visualiser1, Twitter
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Deepbass, Guardian.co.uk
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Mini-x2, readytogo.net
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Bobby Bhoy, Twitter
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Yukio Mishima, dontstartmeoff.com
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Spanner, dontstartmeoff.com
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NevW47479, UKTV.co.uk
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Borathigh5, Youtube
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Brendon, Vauxhallownersnetwork.co.uk
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Iain, eatenbymissionaries
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Pudabaya, beexcellenttoeachother.com
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Guest1001, Youtube
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GRTak, finalgear.com
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Someoneyoudon'tknow, Chortle.com
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Rudeness, Youtube
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Rubyshoes, Twitter
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Contrapuntal, Twitter
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Pnethor, pne-online.com
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Pirate Crocodile, Twitter
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Esme Folley, Actress, cellist, Twitter
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Peter Fears, Twitter
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Jamespearse, Twitter
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Len Firewood, Twitter
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Coxy, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Carcrazychica, Youtube
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98rosjon, Twitter
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Guest, Dontstartmeoff.com
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Emilyistrendy, Youtube
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Aaron, comedy.co.uk
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Anon, dontstartmeoff.com
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Fowkes81, Twitter
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Pudabaya, Twitter
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Genghis McKahn, Guardian.co.uk
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Al Murray, Comedian
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Microcuts 22, Twitter
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Tokyofist, Youtube
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Frankie Boyle, Comedian
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Etienne, Chortle.com
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General Lurko 36, Guardian.co.uk
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Anon, BBC Complaints Log