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1976 April 3, Don Shewey, “Pass Judgment, Go To Woolf”, inGay Community News, page15:
Only a lightscattering of flaws sticks out.
2017 June 26, Alexis Petridis, “Glastonbury 2017 verdict: Radiohead, Foo Fighters, Lorde, Stormzy and more”, inthe Guardian[1]:
There was something distinctly low-key, even wilfully alienating about the band’s performance. Ascattering of OK Computer tracks were interspersed with more abstract latterday material – the clatter of 15 Step and Myxamatosis.
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