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Harper Simon – Bonnie Brae
Harper Simon’s new LP is called ‘Division Street’ and for a minute I thought I’d spotted the primary influence in it’s naming. With receding braincells […]
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Streamadelica
When it comes to listening to digital music iTunes remains the dominant player, not because it offers a particularly brilliant service (it offers a particularly […]
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The Books – Beautiful People
I’ve taken this line directly from the Books record label Temporary Residence ‘the deluxe 2xLP format comes packaged with 36 full-color die-cut stickers for you […]
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Fascinator – Summer Dream
Partly chosen because summer has become somewhat of a dream of late, especially in light of the hailstone showers earlier. Mostly chosen though for being […]
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Thumpers – Sound of Screams
A bit like the Go! Team if they were slowed down and put back together with the misfiring parts given a brand new role ‘Sound […]
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AfterParty – Jungle Dreams
Not sure what stopped me from destroying this mp3 because on initial inspection it had a tad too much cheese to go the distance. Putting […]
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Steel Band Procession – Yankees Gone
If this indie life hadn’t got me so young I would most probably have taken to setting up the very first Calypso music blog. I […]
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Foxtails Brigade – The Unloved
Much like the gulf stream this track by Oakland band Foxtails Brigade warms up the atmosphere to a rather pleasing degree. Much hinges on Laura […]
The Black Angels – Bad Vibrations
Austin’s the Black Angels were summoned from the dogged influence of the Velvet Underground. So much so that they called themselves after a song from ‘…And Nico’ and have employed a series of vintage instruments to recreate the spirit of the age. This is a track from their most recent effort ‘Phosphene Dream’ and boasts a litany of hallucinogenic devices. There is more than a scent of the Doors in the air and a barely concealed undercurrent of menace. The song also takes a permanent detour when you least expect it to, shaking whatever notions you might have harboured for a truly laidback stoner 4 minutes. KD
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Year: 2010