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ATP The National: the DiS review

In Depth by Els

Eli Lee passes judgement on the National's ATP.»

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Dispatch: Blur in Hyde Park at the BT London Live Olympic Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert, August 12th 2012

News by Els

So that’s it for the Olympics. In Hyde Park, we get BT London Live's Hyde Park Closing Ceremony Celebration Concert (ahem) with an incongruously brilliant line-up: Blur, The Specials, New Order. Across town, there’s the Spice Girls and Take That. Only after both end do I see the cynical tweets from over there, slamming the gaudiness, the bad acts, Sebastian Coe. Here, though, there’s a delicious calm. We’ve been tipped out onto the streets with those famous words: “The days they seem to fall through you well just…let them go,” resounding in our heads. Is Damon talking about zen-like non-attachment or drug-addled carelessness? I never figured that one out. In any case, Blur close the Olympics with ‘The Universal’ and it’s beautiful and right. One Direction, Muse – even Neil Tennant in a conical hat – seem impossibly distant.»

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Away Game festival: the DiS review

In Depth by Els

Away Game is different class, run by truly generous folk with the right priorities. »

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ATP Jeff Mangum: the DiS review

In Depth by Els

Two weeks ago Jeff Mangum's rescheduled ATP finally took place. And we had reviewers there and everything - but in tribute to the three month delay of the festival, we had a slight delay on the write up, which is here with you now, at last, sorry. »

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Teeth Of The Sea at The Lexington, London, UK, Sun 15 Jan

Review by Els

Brutal, savage and a shitload of fun.»

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The Amazing - Gentle Stream

Review by Els

Gentle Stream is the kind of album that's going to help you get through the winter.»

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Roedelius Schneider - Stunden

Review by Els

This album isn't the sort of stuff to be consumed in a rush. You could indeed listen to it, hearing new piano trails or electronic undertows each time, for hours.»

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Ben Folds - The Best Imitation of Myself - A Retrospective

Review by Els

How can you hide that a musician went from inspired to mediocre?»

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Thee Faction - Up The Workers!

Review by Els

More likely to provoke a knees-up than a revolution. »

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John Maus - We Must Become the Pitiless Censors of Ourselves

Review by Els

Perfect examples of synth-as-joy-producing wonder drug.»

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Seb Rochford, Pamelia Kurstin - Ouch Evil Slow Hop

Review by Els

It's clear that when they're jamming together Sebastian Rochford and Pamelia Kurstin can do anything – and they don't care whether you think it's nice or not.»

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Rural Alberta Advantage - Departing

Review by Els

The songs whip by in a breathless concoction of sweetness and anger, yearning and stomping.»

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The Mountain Goats - All Eternals Deck

Review by Els

The juxtaposition between style and content here is pretty much ingenious. »

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Julianna Barwick - The Magic Place

Review by Els

In The Magic Place, Julianna Barwick creates dense and luminous sonic architecture with just two main tools – her voice and a loop station.»

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The Cave Singers - No Witch

Review by Els

Stay lovely, boys! »

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The Moondoggies - Tidelands

Review by Els

There's no kink to be found here – Tidelands is straightforward Americana, conventional from the get-go. »