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Vampire Weekend - Contra

Vampire Weekend have a pretty consistent if rather safe new album out at the moment. ‘Contra’ is an album that offers subtle variation rather than particularly strong songs.

26Jan2010 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner

Shannon Stephens sings about the frequent downs and rare ups of a life as a commuter. Up at five to get to the office in time - You know the drill. Yet Stephens will get a smile out of you before the album is over.

7Dec2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Jookabox - Dead Zone Boys

‘Dead Zone Boys’ is the aural equivalent of driving through the night with your windows down, taking in the sounds spilling onto the sidewalk in front of a run down strip of shops.

2Dec2009 | admin | 1 comment | Continued
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Castanets - Texas Rose The Thaw & The Beast

Texas Rose is a kind of ambient country album that uncoils lazily like a strip of tarmac in the desert while frontman Ray Raposa recounts his dark tales in a comfortably worn in voice.

30Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

If somebody had to turn cult UK horror movie The Wicker Man into a radio play, then it would sound like this. ‘Witch Cults Of The Radio Age’ is an unusual and very addictive album.

12Nov2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Sufjan Stevens & Osso - Run Rabbit Run

A string quartet tackling songs by Sufjan Stevens is an unusual proposition. This is not ‘pop goes philharmonic’ but a very physical workout evoking the subjects of Stevens’ songs.

2Oct2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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Golden Bloom ‘Fan The Flames’

Move over, here’s the next generation of Indie rockers. Brooklyn-based Golden Bloom serves up a full helping of catchy tunes somewhere between Sufjan Stevens and The National.

18Aug2009 | admin | 2 comments | Continued
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Peasant ‘On The Ground’

Damien DeRose is Peasant, a Folk inspired artist whose strong songs straddle the gap between the underground charm of Bon Iver and the mainstream appeal of David Gray or Damien Rice.

16Jul2009 | admin | 7 comments | Continued
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Tara Busch ‘Pilfershire Lane’

Prog Rock meets BBC Radiophonic Workshop on this album by US artist Tara Busch. Vocals, analogue noise and 70’s Rock rhythms make for uneasy, ever so slightly unnerving listening.

8Jul2009 | admin | 4 comments | Continued
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Rumble Strips ‘Welcome To The Walk Alone’

The Rumble Strips repackage Scott Walker, the dark prince of 60’s pop, for a new generation. Like Dexy’s Midnight Runners did 60’s Soul for the 80’s, Rumble Strips play Walker for today’s ears.

6Jul2009 | admin | 0 comments | Continued
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