Music Reviews
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The Shins Wincing the Night Away
After a sophomore effort that paled in comparison to the comprehensive grace of their seminal debut, the Shins make a refulgent return into a post-Garden State world with their highly anticipated third album, and the first major release of 2007.
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Patrick Wolf The Magic Position
Patrick Wolf follows his acclaimed Wind in the Wires with this more accessible offering.
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David Karsten Daniels Sharp Teeth
A marvellous piece of epic folk from Daniels on his first release for FatCat. Ben Bollig explains why.
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Kazumasa Hashimoto Gllia
Music like drinking whisky in a warm bath from Kazumasa Hashimoto. Ben Bollig wraps himself up in Gllia.
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Mira Calix Eyes Set against the Sun
Mira Calix mixes found sounds and school choirs on her latest offering. Ben Bollig takes a walk along with Suffolk Coast with her.
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Hauschka Room to Expand
Hauschka is the alias of Volker Bertelman, a composer whose latest work adds to a healthy crop of new post-classical pianists. Ben Bollig offers his thoughts.
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Beirut Gulag Orkestar / Lon Gisland EP
Now that the hype has long since settled (and Zach Condon's record is finally available in the UK), we take a fresh look at one of last year's most talked about albums.
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Fiery Furnaces Bitter Tea
In the last in a string of 2006 releases that we never quite got round to writing about, No Ripcord newcomer Alejandro Martinez offers his thoughts on the last Fiery Furnaces record.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg 5:55
Gainsbourg, Air, Jarvis, Godrich and Neil Hannon: could the sum possibly be even as great as its parts? Ben Bollig weighs up the results.
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Adem Love and Other Planets
Could Adem's return see him continue the good form of the heartbreaking Homesongs? Ben Bollig finds out.
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