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Presented by Alexis Petridis and Kieran Yates. Produced by Pascal Wyse

Music Weekly podcast: Julia Holter's LA inspiration – plus Pete Paphides' Parallel History of Pop

Dorian Lysnkey joins us this week, and has brought in a Ewan Pearson Permissive Society remix of Jessie Ware to audition in Singles Club. Also getting a spin is another remix: Andy Weatherall's take on Madness's Death of a Rudeboy, plus Lady Chann's Feel Calm.

Before that we've got Julia Holter in conversation with Ben Beaumont Thomas, recorded at the Unsound festival in Poland. Her album Ekstasis, which is rereleased next week, saw her compared to established stars such as Laurie Anderson, Kate Bush and Joanna Newsom. How does it feel to bring her bedroom-penned songs in to the spotlight of a fast growing audience?

Finally, Pete Paphides is back with his Parallel History of Pop – where our seasoned archivist enters his time machine – otherwise known as his loft – to look through the pages of a pop paper published in 1983. Don't touch that dial …

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