Slowcore Week: ReDiScover - Red House Painters
There is one certainty in life: that Mark Kozelek will continue to release some of the most beautiful, most intimate, most necessary, music known to man, year after year.»
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hari_ashurst has written the following articles:
Tune-Yards - BiRd-BrAiNs
On this record, Merril Garbus manages the impressive feat of condensing much of the decade’s more interesting musical trends into one very well delivered tapestry.»
Kings of Convenience - Declaration of Dependence
Three albums in, and after almost ten years the band’s creative flow seems to have pooled – and with the limited nature of acoustic music the song itself is often not enough. »
Volcano Choir - Unmap
The music of Unmap ticks with signature twists and sounds, things that suggest Justin Vernon could be a national treasure on the lines of Neil Young or Elliott Smith instead of the heartbroken one hit wonder that some might have expected.»
The Fiery Furnaces - I'm Going Away
The Friedberger siblings would like you to know they are an experimental rock band. Barely a few weeks passes without a press rele»
Wave Machines - Wave If You're Really There
Liverpool is full of dead houses. There are rows and rows of dead and forgotten houses. I’ve read about dead houses in Burnley. »
Blitzen Trapper - Furr
The sprawling nature of their previous material has been internalised into concise three-minute songs on this, their Sub Pop debut. Flashes of synth and the stumbling off-kilter drums reflect their apparent obsession with dreams on this Dylan-esque, Elliott Smith channelling, commanding fourth album... »
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Airplane
Time, death and the end of the world are fascinations that are obsessed over on Chad VanGaalen Soft Airplane, as he laments the world of trash we live in and longs for a more natural escape»
The Walkmen - You & Me
The Walkmen's latest isn't showy, but when peeled reveals itself to be darker and more engaging than on first listen. It might be their best album yet»
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