This week it’s Part 2 of our interview with Phil Thomas, and we’re talking about the role of reviewers in the current musical landscape. Where record labels strive to curate, perhaps the role of the reviewer is remove some of the barriers between musician and listener and help us reconnect with the origin. We explore this and other ideas as our conversation with Phil continues…

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This week is the first in a 2 part interview with friend of the label Phil Thomas. Phil is an acclaimed musician, songwriter, and long-time reviewer of music. He’s written an eBook which will be released soon called The Endangered Species about the role of the music reviewer today. The digital revolution has democratised music production and distribution: anyone with a laptop can record and release music. Record labels once served as curators and quality controllers, but there's less of us now, and their decline has arguably led to an unfiltered flood of music. As a result, the reviewer’s role as a guide or filter is perhaps more important than every, yet very much under threat...

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.

Do double albums still have a place in a world where the music industry is driven by singles, streams, playlists, and shuffles? Surely there's room for this glorious artform in 2025 and beyond? We discuss this very topic in this weeks episode of The Inner Sleeve Podcast...

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We hope you're enjoying the podcast, please do hit subscribe and tell your friends if you do! You can follow the hosts on Bluesky ⁠⁠⁠@mike1infive ⁠⁠⁠⁠@⁠⁠gozergoodspeed⁠⁠⁠ and ⁠⁠⁠@grim17⁠⁠⁠. We're also on TikTok ⁠⁠@lightsandlines⁠⁠ and Instagram ⁠⁠@lightsandlineslabel⁠⁠.

Head over to ⁠⁠www.headlightsandwhitelines.com⁠⁠ to find out more about Lights And Lines, your favourite independent record label.