“As a child of the 60’s, it instantly gave me a guilt trip…”
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Boris – Smile
“It’s hard to overstate just how much we have to thank Japan for. Godzilla, Yoshitomo Nara, Kurosawa…the list is endless.”
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!
“Of course Cave’s always managed to mix up the clever with the crazed and the stupid. It’s just that sometimes the proportions have been known to go awry. ”
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Machine Fabriek + Leo Fabriek
Be warned, this isn’t a release that will instantly grab you; its self effacing nature means that the listener needs time and patience, but it’s definitely worth it.
Four Tet – Ringer
“Ringer sees Four Tet play with electronic grooves straight from the manuals of Klaus Schultze and Manuel Gottsching, but gives these grooves additional oomph and chutzpah.”
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The Owl Service – A Garland of Song
“Apple Tree Man and The Gardener Child have enough buoyant charm to lift this record onto a completely different level. Even though hearing the words “wassailing”, “maid” or “lord’s chamber” and can still bring out the Pete Shelley in all of us.”
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Howlin Rain – Magnificent Fiend
“…when you consider that the creative forces behind it were Ethan Miller of Comets on Fire, and John Maloney of Sunburned Hand of the Man, and when you consider that they set out to actually write identifiable ‘songs’, then what else could it have been but brilliant?”
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