Category Archive: Music Reviews

30 Jan

DVA - Pretty Ugly

DVA - Pretty Ugly

Scratcha DVA hosts the breakfast show on Rinse FM, the spiritual hub of London’s urban music scene. This probably means that DVA gets to hear …

 
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18 Jan

Ital - Hive Mind

Ital - Hive Mind

New York minimalist Steve Reich recorded ‘Six Pianos’ in 1973 - Six pianists playing simple rhythmic patterns, the patterns drift in and out of phase …

 
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27 Dec

Loves It - Yay!

Loves It - Yay!

End 2011 on a high, immersing yourself in some shamelessly naive and wonderfully quirky music. Loves It are a brand new boy-girl duo that makes …

 
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21 Oct

Marie Glad - Bedroom Stories (Pt. 2)

Marie Glad - Bedroom Stories (Pt. 2)

Marie Glad’s concept album ‘Bedroom Stories’, a kaleidoscope of the meanings of love in three parts, moves on to sister love with part two. The …

 
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14 Oct

Kuedo - Severant

Kuedo - Severant

Futurist bliss reflects off every lavish synth sweep on an album that revisits the late 70s of Vangelis and Ultravox. Kuedo uses the modernist canon …

 
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05 Oct

Cabin Dogs - Midnight Trail

Cabin Dogs - Midnight Trail

Boogie rock and Balearic grooves seep from the gaps between the boards of a rickety farm in upstate New York. Inside, brothers Rich and Rob …

 
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30 Aug

Ariel Abshire - Still So New

Ariel Abshire - Still So New

Ariel is 19, the same age Adele was when she released her successful debut album two years ago. Like Adele, Ariel has a voice that …

 
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28 Jul

Armand Margjeka - Margo Margo

Armand Margjeka - Margo Margo

There used to be a TV channel called MTV which played all sorts of music back to back, from pop to underground. Like a mad …

 
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22 Jun

LV & Joshua Idehen - Routes

LV & Joshua Idehen - Routes

Listen to Joshua Idehen’s tales of city life and you’ll be transfixed by his skill to draw some mischievous detail from the most prosaic subject.

 
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26 May

Trentemoller - Late Night Tales

Trentemoller - Late Night Tales

A chilling streak of Gothic nouveau runs through the best Late Night Tales compilation in years. Danish DJ Trentemøller has put together an eclectic selection …

 
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