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jj: "Let Go"
I didn’t much like jj’s debut LP, or at least that’s what I kept telling myself, but the truth is...
Feb 03, 2010
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Shango: "Trip To Ikea"
It’s odd what the pressures of retail can do to any man, let alone a veteran house producer like Robin...
Feb 03, 2010
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The Don'ts & Be Carefuls: "Color TV"
Ignore the drug leaflet/PSA spelling: punctuation’s accidental with the Don’ts & Be Carefuls. Clearly incensed by the work hours...
Jan 27, 2010
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Freelance Whales: "Hannah"
To sum up my continued surprise at the bafflingly optimistic and rosy-cheeked motion that is folk-pop: I’d like to ever-so-briefly-if-you-don’t-mind...
Jan 24, 2010
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Smashing Pumpkins: "Song for a Son” / “Widow Wake My Mind"
Billy Corgan first projected that the Smashing Pumpkins’ free online album, Teargarden by Kaleidyscope [sic, sigh] would be doled out...
Jan 20, 2010
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Four Tet: "Love Cry"
While the Four Tet/Burial collaboration Moth/Wolf Cub garnered a ton of (justified) acclaim last year, Kieran Hebden’s best track in...
Jan 20, 2010
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Paul Dougherty: "Zoe"
Father/daughter songs: some good, some boot-through-the-telly abominable. Paul Dougherty’s attempt lands gently left of centre, touching down smoothly thanks...
Jan 20, 2010
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Xiu Xiu: "Chocolate Makes You Happy"
Xiu Xiu appears to be inching closer to an essential Xiu-ness—not, perhaps, towards their best songs, which always seem to...
Jan 11, 2010
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Sunset Provision: "By Friday I Will Be Gone"
Who wants revenge on meteorology? Well get behind me in the queue. I’ve had it with black ice and all-night...
Jan 11, 2010