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So here we are at the end of the series of Junkbox Juries. Over the past few months, we have liberated a range of interesting-looking CDs from various sale-racksand clearance bins around London. All of the CDs cost £1 or less and the rule was that they were chosen purely on the basis of “it [...]

Here’s another batch of three budget-priced discs (99p each from Flashbackin Islington, as it happens) rescued and offered here for re-evaluation. Yes, it’s Junkbox Jury #12.
On offer today are three bands. Vote for your favourite and the winner will go into the next Junkbox Jury semi-final.
First up we have a band called Lowgold and their album [...]

Three discs for a pound, that’s proper junkbox jury fodder.
Red Aunts‘ Detroit Valentine from their album #1 Chicken. I saw their record label was Epitaph, so I expected it to be punky, and the inner artwork certainly is DIY-edgy enough, but… I can’t help thinking they sound like a shriller, inepter version of The Breeders. [...]

Well, for a bit of fun today, we have a special edition of Junkbox Jury. Special why? Well because it’s breaking one of the rules: all of the artists presented today are well-known…. or at least well-known enough. The main reason I’ve decided to deviate from the usual formula is that we shouldn’t get the [...]

Wow. Here we are at JBJ#10 - that means 30 albums have been rescued from the junkboxes and clearance bins and given a second hearing right here on Harry’s Place Arts. Do let us know if you discovered any new music here amongst the CDs relegated to the sub £1 junk boxes. Perhaps you’re infuriated [...]

Hello again dear readers. Here I am again with the dusty finger tips and that peculiar itch you get when you rummage through bargain bins. Perhaps I should order a batch of those latex gloves you always see on the X-Files or Law & Order. Well, anyway… here’s what I found this week.
Three CDs for [...]

Now, where were we… oh yeah… we’ve had four Junkbox Juries since the last semifinal, so it’s time for another. Papa Noël & Papi Oviedo, Mountaineers, The Tuss and The Pleasure have come through from the previous rounds. So here are another four songs to juke up your weekend.
Each is a new track off the [...]

Well, it’s Friday so here are another three tracks from CDs salvaged from the junk boxes and clearance bins of London’s record shops. Up today we have Telephunken, Rich Shapiro and Papa Noël & Papi Oviedo. The first two I got from Cash Converters. They were maked 99p each, but there was a special “half off [...]

So to recap for those who don’t know what we’re up to with Junkbox Jury: We find interesting-looking CDs in bargain bins and rescue them from junkbox oblivion. The rules are, it must cost no more than £1 and the artists must be unfamiliar. Then it’s over to you to evaluate: A load of tosh? [...]

Three albums, each for a pound from sales at large chain stores. One of them has actually been in heavy rotation on my iPod.
The Drips‘ debut album “The Drips” was £1 from Zavvi’s big sale recently. From the look of the cover I thought it would be chilled coffee-table grooves along the lines of Bonobo. [...]