Its understated charm could pass you by, which would be a shame as tracks like The Magicians Assistant, All That’s Real and Dreaming of Dogs are beautiful, quirky things.
Ted Barnes – Portal Nou
The Wowz – Long Grain Rights
I can imagine this LP slipping under the radar of many. It shouldn’t.
Rafter – Sweaty Magic EP
This is great fun, tipping it’s titfer to Clinton, Art of Noise and lo-fi in equal measure.
Larkin Grimm – Parplar
To be honest it’s an album that – for all it’s formidable strangeness – is incredibly accessible and poppy.
Acid Mothers Temple & the Cosmic Inferno – Pink Lady Lemonade and You’re From Outer Space
You can’t argue with 20 minute takes on Pink Lady Lemonade now can you?
Mt Wilson Repeater – S/T
There are plenty of ironic noises and the instrumentation is always “interesting”; Beck is never far away stylistically. Or for that matter, Money Mark.
Jersey – Itinerary
At times though, Jersey can get too easily sucked in to an easy listening indie sound, and can end up sounded too like the Postal Service…
Vessels – White Fields and Open Devices
White Fields and Open Devices, while having a number of fairly solid songs will be too easily over looked in favour of other bands in the genre.
Incendiary Inteview Brett Anderson once again
You get distracted by the whole rock star myth. Fame and money and all of those things, they’re seductive things.
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The Theater Fire – Matter and Light
I gave her all a man could give/That’s not too much/ But that’s the way it is.