Music Features
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Overlooked Albums #43: Kid Creole And The Coconuts - Fresh Fruit In Foreign Places
Angel Aguilar revisits the inimitable New York City group's 1981 release Fresh Fruit in Foreign Places, a boundary-pushing pop record that still amazes with its amalgam of exotic rhythms and cinematic vistas.
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Sarah Neufeld - New York City, Le Poisson Rouge. 04/15/2016.
Sarah Neufeld brings the expansive, classical sounds of The Ridge to New York City.
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Quick Takes (March 2016)
In month number three of our slightly less newish Quick Takes feature, writers Juan Edgardo Rodríguez and Carl Purvis weigh in on some albums that deserve your undivided ear time.
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Tracking Force - 2
A couple of records that seem like an odd pair but brought together by the wonderful sound of the female voice.
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WOLF ALICE - BELFAST, MANDELA HALL. 04/03/2016
Carl Purvis checked out one of the UK's most exciting bands on the first night of their 2016 UK and Ireland tour, and very much enjoyed his evening.
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Quick Takes (February 2016)
It's the return of our newest ongoing Quick Takes feature, where critics Juan Edgardo Rodríguez and Carl Purvis (with special guests) give their abbreviated opinions on some albums we missed in the previous month.
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Sam Cooke: Strolling through the Night Beat
Night Beat was Sam Cooke's twelfth album. By the time of its release, he was miles ahead of his contemporaries, having gained control of his music and his career, and this had a definitive impact on the sound of his albums.
Angel Aguilar takes us back... -
Tracking Force - 1
A new column that explores the pleasures and perils of vinyl.
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Quick Takes (January 2016)
In this new monthly feature, writers Juan Edgardo Rodríguez and Carl Purvis offer a few condensed thoughts on some of the past month's most notable releases.
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Bowie Remembered (Part Five): A Life Eternal
So long and Godspeed, Starman.
It's time for us to say our final goodbyes...
