Green Gartside of Scritti Politti talks to Alexis Petridis and looks back at his music career as a new album 'Absolute - The Best of' is released. It's an up and down career with Gartside achieving success in America in the mid-80s, but giving it all up for several years to go and play darts in a pub in Wales whilst getting over stage fright and depression.
Alexis is joined by Jude Rogers and Pete Paphides, and inspired by the interview, spark of a discussion about academic thought in pop and rock.
The team also review three new tracks: one from Lykke Li, one from Solar Bears and one from The Gentle Good.
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