Category Archive: Music Reviews

17 Feb

Dag för Dag - Boo

Dag för Dag - Boo

If the dark promise of Gothic angst floats your boat then Dag för Dag are right down your alley. Like the less savoury cousins of …

 
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16 Feb

New Electronica, Dance Releases Roundup

New Electronica, Dance Releases Roundup

There are some rather excellent upfront promos doing the rounds here at tuneraker HQ which are so good that we don’t want to wait until …

 
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15 Feb

Plasticines - About Love

Plasticines - About Love

Gallic punkettes the Plasticines have been re-modeled for international success. Their second album ‘About Love’ is out today and shows the girls can still rock …

 
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12 Feb

Early Album Of The Year: Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise

Early Album Of The Year: Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise

‘Black Noise’ has the classiest opening sequence of any album in a long time. The first three tracks coolly redefine the genre of ambient Techno …

 
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27 Jan

Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer - Amsterdam Showdown, Kingstreet Throwdown

Solex vs. Cristina Martinez + Jon Spencer - Amsterdam Showdown, Kingstreet Throwdown

‘Amsterdam Showdown’ romps and rolls through dirty Blues, Hip Hop and 60’s Soul samples like a Quentin Tarantino movie. Fingerlickin’ fare for folks who like …

 
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26 Jan

Vampire Weekend - Contra

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 …

 
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07 Dec

Shannon Stephens - The Breadwinner

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 …

 
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02 Dec

Jookabox - Dead Zone Boys

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 …

 
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30 Nov

Castanets - Texas Rose The Thaw & The Beast

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 …

 
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12 Nov

Broadcast & The Focus Group Investigate Witch Cults Of The Radio Age

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 …

 
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