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10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week – Sufjan Stevens, Robyn, Bruce Springsteen
Posted by on September 8th, 2010
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No Comments »10 Tracks You Have To Hear This Week – Glasser, Bjork, Carl Barat
Posted by on September 8th, 2010
Glasser, Bjork, Carl Barat
Posted in Reviews Tags: carl-nbspbarat, Festivals, glasser, mercury prize, music, nme-store, Pop, review, search, the-xx-mercury-winners, tickets, videos, week No Comments »Oval – O
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
Running to 70 tracks, O is both thrilling and rewarding.
Posted in Reviews Tags: artists, colin-buttimer, learning, music, News, oval-o-review, radio, release-details, review, tracks, weather No Comments »Smoke Fairies – Through Low Light and Trees
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
Dreamy, timeless music from the blues-tinged ethereal folk duo.
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Posted by on September 7th, 2010
Dreamy, timeless music from the blues-tinged ethereal folk duo.
Annuals – Count the Rings
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
North Carolina baroque-rockers are ambitious, but quality comes in patches.
Annuals – Count the Rings
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
North Carolina baroque-rockers are ambitious, but quality comes in patches.
The Union – The Union
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
Former Thunder and Winterville men produce the album of their careers.
UFO – The Best of a Decade
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
There’s a fair bit of top-drawer rock to be found on this recent-career retrospective.
Superpitcher – Kilimanjaro
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
Sublime second album from Kompakt-signed German producer.
Posted in Reviews Tags: artists, augustus-pablo, bbc, browser, country, kilimanjaro, learning, News, Pop, radio, release-details, review, tracks, work No Comments »Jenny and Johnny - I'm Having Fun Now
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
Sure to garner comparisons to She & Him, Jenny Lewis’ collab with boyfriend and folk troubadour Jonathan Rice is rougher, tougher, and more rock’n'roll. [Rebecca Raber]
Posted in Reviews Tags: album, chemistry, dance, features-staff, lists, music, photos, release, tracks, various-artists, videos No Comments »Oval - O [Oval]
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
The deluge of material from the long-dormant electronic experimentalist continues with a 2xCD set that builds on the new sound unveiled on his Oh EP. [Douglas Wolk]
Mr. Dibiase - Machines Hate Me
Posted by on September 7th, 2010
L.A. hip-hop producer combines 80s chiptunes with the [adult swim]-bumper hip-hop breaks that are currently his hometown sound
Various Artists – Pulp Fusion
Posted by on September 6th, 2010
Shows how widespread the cross-fertilisation of soul, funk, jazz and rock once was.
Tamco – Don’t Think Twice
Posted by on September 6th, 2010
Should put singer Tammy Payne in a deservedly bigger spotlight.
Posted in Reviews Tags: artists, bbc, browser, flash, health, herbie hancock, learning, music, News, radio, release-details, review, Rock, tammy-payne, work No Comments »Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark – History of Modern
Posted by on September 6th, 2010
A few highs aside, this is a poor return from the 80s hit-makers.
Gregory Porter – Water
Posted by on September 6th, 2010
The New York-based singer has a voice and musicality to be reckoned with.
Neil Diamond – Beautiful Noise
Posted by on September 6th, 2010
There’s a highly pleasant lightness to nearly all of this album.
Posted in Reviews Tags: bbc, beautiful-noise, collaboration, data, highly-pleasant, instructional, learning, Pop, radio, release-details, review, Rock, weather, work No Comments »Neil Diamond – You Don’t Bring Me Flowers
Posted by on September 6th, 2010
A chirpy album entirely brought about by a completely unplanned single.
Neil Diamond – Touching You, Touching Me
Posted by on September 6th, 2010
You’d need a gnarly heart not to be touched by Diamond’s drive here.
