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paws – needle in the hay (elliott smith cover)
so one of scotland’s best bands, Paws, have covered (probably) my favourite singer-songwriter ever. even approaching a track by Elliott Smith could be considered sacrilege, ...
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woman’s hour – darkest place
probably my favourite london band since I moved into the capital, Woman’s Hour have consistently impressed and their latest single, “darkest place”, continues that trend. ...
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cut copy – free your mind
cut copy’s zonoscope is probably one of the only records from the last three or four years that actually feels entirely rewarding on repeat listens; ...
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unknown mortal orchestra – swing lo magellan
I think Ruban Nielson manages the impossible in his recordings, or at least comes close to doing so. His acoustic cover of “Swing Lo Magellan”, ...
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ILLClinton – beautiful
Scion A/V always keep it on point continuing their crazy ambitious and experimental release catalogue, now dropping the greatly-badly named North Atlanta rap duo ILLClinton’s ...
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jessy lanza – move closer
Jessy Lanza jazzed up this old Phyllis Nelson track recently as a nice little piece of promo for her recently released, and critically acclaimed, debut ...
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competition winner
Happy to announce that the winner of our headphone giveaway, an award almost as prestigious as the ballon d’or (right?), is Henry Taylor. If he ...
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toro y moi – campo
Chazz Bundick knocks it out the park once more with a song that honestly wouldn’t sound amiss on a Bill Withers record. Imagine it. Ol’ ...
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arcade fire – reflektor
Listening to ‘Reflektor’ strikes with the same kind of visceral, pulsating force as I imagine hearing Franke Goes to Hollywood’s ‘Relax’ for the first time ...
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yuppies
with a name that makes me think of Brett Easton Ellis’ American Psycho (the book’s brutality is unmatched, even if Christian Bale as Patrick Bateman ...
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bruce smear – rodeo
as his first single is being released on the new label from Joel Ford (of Ford & Lopatin), Bruce Smear is obviously hitting the right ...
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sidi touré – ay hôra
so it was with my lil analysis of savior’s “zinli rhythm” that I cited Gayatri Spivak, and some post-colonial/pre-colonial idolising-warning stuff, and recently read a ...
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the men – the seeds (acoustic)
holiday was nice, but it did mean I missed out on the announcement of this forthcoming acoustic EP from the men, who are, without doubt, ...
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philip owusu – goodnight
I was fortunate enough to be browsing fb when Gilles Peterson posted this from his label Brownswood. I have a lot of love for their ...
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misty miller – taxicab
Getting some serious flashbacks to the Aha Shake Heartbreak days right now… I have to say, Misty’s ear for a good melody and that dusty ...