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Cold Sun

Cold Sun was an Austin, Texas psychedelic rock group most active from 1968-1973, founded by Billy Miller and Tom McGarrigle. Their one album, Dark Shadows, was not released until 1989, but was praised by Jello Biafra, who called Dark Shadows “the best psychedelic album I know of,” and Julian Cope, who claimed Miller “invented post-punk in 1970.”

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Cold Sun was an Austin, Texas psychedelic rock group most active from 1968-1973, founded by Billy Miller and Tom McGarrigle. Their one album, Dark Shadows, was not released until 1989, but was praised by Jello Biafra, who called Dark Shadows “the best psychedelic album I know of,” and Julian Cope, who claimed Miller “invented post-punk in 1970.”

Key claims

  1. release date: 1989 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

  1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
  2. The record states that the release date is "1989". What evidence would count against this claim?
  3. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
  4. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

  1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1354713639

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