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daniel_h has written the following articles:

re: - Alms

There is no guarantee that all will find something behind the drones and clatters that the second re: record to a large extent constitutes. However, for those that reach its core, it can be an endlessly complex and evocative creation.»

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Midnight Movies - Midnight Movies

Review by Daniel Hayward

We all have to find our niche, but to have it found for us can be problematic. This it the sound of a decent debut being drowned in filler and self-perpetuated expectations.»

Subtle - A New White

Review by Daniel Hayward

Anticon members join forces with assorted musicians and release record on the ever evolving Lex. The result: beguiling, eclectic, head-phone-hop brilliance.»

Beans - Down By Law

Review by Daniel Hayward

Beans’s music since his time in Anti-Pop Consortium resembles ever more the hip-hop of a fractious neon-lit future, and in that regard his new single Down By Law bodes well for the eviscerating mind-warp that forthcoming album ‘Shock City Maverick’ promises to be. Feel it.»

The Hold Steady - Almost Killed Me

Review by Daniel Hayward

Sometimes records come from an unexpected direction and burn with a fearsome brightness. Les Savy Fav labelmates The Hold Steady's debut is a quite infernally good, stupid-smart rock album.»

Yungun - The Essance

Review by Daniel Hayward

North-London MC Yungun's debut full-length stands toe to toe with its contemporaries, bouncing between reflective melancholia and straight up dance floor bangers.»

Elizabeth Anka Vajagic - Stand With The Stillness Of This Day

Review by Daniel Hayward

Constellation Records issues the moving debut of this folk artist, which expands the label's palette while including typical contributions from a host of their established musicians.»

Antennae - I Disappear

Review by Daniel Hayward

Miami-based Botanica del Jibaro are the hip-hop off-shoot of a bona fide electronica label. Their second 7" release is a melancholic gem.»

Sufjan Stevens - Seven Swans

Review by Daniel Hayward

'Seven Swans' is a folk record that marches to the drum of an inner devotion. The result: one of the most beautiful releases of 2004.»

Part Chimp, Joeyfat, Shink at Tunbridge Wells Forum, Sat 17 Apr

Review by Daniel Hayward

Joeyfat are more entertaining than your typical math-rock band. Part Chimp take your typical math-rock band and tear them asunder in a raging chest-shaking mess.»

Sixtoo - Almost A Dot On The Map: The Psyche Years (1996-2002)

Review by Daniel Hayward

Chances are you haven’t heard of Sixtoo. This retrospective is a near essential overview of the Canadian hip-hop visionary's prolific mid-nineties period.»

DJ Signify - Sleep No More

Review by Daniel Hayward

Sleep No More marks the emergence of a producer whose potential has come to fruition. Featuring Buck 65 and Sage Francis, this is an insomniac's vision of instrumental hip-hop's future.»

Wily XL Sign Wiley.

News by Daniel Hayward

XL Recordings is to release the debut full-length of the Dizzee Rascal co-conspirator, producer\MC Wiley Kat.»

Lou Reed - Animal Serenade

Review by Daniel Hayward

Newsflash: Lou Reed releases mediocre live album. Man on street reports "an utter lack of suprise".»

Dedbeat 2004 Announces Line-Up

News by Daniel Hayward

So you thought Pontins wasn’t cool? Well you were wrong, son. The UK’s best – and, indeed, only - major Underground hip-hop festival has announced its line-up for 2004, and will be occurring within the unquestionably hip Holiday Centre’s home within Hemsby on Sea, Norfolk.»