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AlbumsDams of the West – Youngish American
As if it wasn’t enough being the drummer for Vampire Weekend and creating a more-than-reputable body of work, Chris Tomson has restarted the exact same... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsSpoon – Hot Thoughts
Hot Thoughts is album number nine for Spoon, and their first for Matador since 1996. However, this isn't a 'back-to-basics' exercise, but a rediscovery of th... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsYossarians – Fabric of Time
'Suffer me, or suffer the consequence,' snarls Tim Schiazza during the thunderous Birthday Party-esque tumult of second track Suffer Me. For most of Fabric o... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
AlbumsReal Estate – In Mind
While the wind of change may be blowing through their native East Coast, in the world of New Jerseyans Real Estate very little seems to have altered for a ba... Read more »| 13 Mar 2017 -
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Porter Ray – Watercolor
It’s easy to dismiss the notion of rapping as a form of poetry when ‘rappers’ like French Montana exist, but Porter Ray is making hip-hop g... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
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Ron Gallo – Heavy Meta
Ron Gallo is fed up; with himself, with other people, with rock music, with technology, with junk food – the whole stinking business. He opens his solo... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017
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The Shins – Heartworms
'It’s the means to a terrible end,' James Mercer sings about halfway through Name For You, the first track on the new album by The Shins – and he... Read more »| 07 Mar 2017 -
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Nathan Fake – Providence
After a two year music-making hiatus, Nathan Fake returns with Providence, an album which sees him take his music in a new, and wholly unanticipated, directi... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
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sir Was – Digging A Tunnel
Previously a professional jazz saxophonist, sir Was has travelled the world performing in several ensembles, picking up a range of musical influences as he w... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
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Cameron Avery – Ripe Dreams, Pipe Dreams
Back story first: Cameron Avery is probably best known for his involvement with Tame Impala, who he’s played with since 2011, but he’s also a fou... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
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Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator
Hurray for the Riff Raff is arguably the most overtly political act on the folk-rock scene right now, and given everything that’s going on in the world... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
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Laura Marling – Semper Femina
Laura Marling has remained remarkably consistent throughout her ten year career. She hasn't reinvented the wheel, nor has she needed to. There will always be... Read more »| 06 Mar 2017 -
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Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains – Solide Mirage
There are a few tracks on Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains fifth album that saunter past the five minute mark, but even the shorter ones seem... Read more »| 03 Mar 2017 -
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Thundercat – Drunk
Stephen ‘Thundercat’ Bruner invites us down a literal rabbit hole on Drunk opener Rabbit Ho, though if you’re unfamiliar with the bassist&r... Read more »| 02 Mar 2017 -
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WHY? – Moh Lhean
Somehow, we are approaching a decade since WHY?'s 2008 masterpiece Alopecia and since then time has not been kind to them. They rushed the popular-yet-f... Read more »| 27 Feb 2017