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Friday, 06 August
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For their third album, Portland's Horse Feathers continue to create their own space within the Americana genre, adorning the vividly melancholy songwriting of Justin Ringle with layers of luscious additional instrumentation, the like of which most folk-orineted acts would probably shy away from. It's the addition of strings, bowed saw, harmonium, french horn and other such elements that really shapes the Horse Feathers identity however, perfectly complimenting the sorrowful central performances. On the title track Ringle sounds like a countrified Mark Kozelek, his voice set among a mercilessly pretty string and piano arran… Read more
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Originally released in 1986 as a private press enterprise, Matthew Youngs' Traveler's Advisory now gets a reissue thanks to Drag City. This album sounds quite unlike anything you're likely to have heard before: it's an album that takes the hammered dulcimer as its instrumental basis, forming songs from strange combinations of drum machines, Casio keyboards, banjo and lyrics apparently lifted from instruction manuals. The results are quite astoundingly impressive, and as both a songwriter and a home-producer Young proves to be a major talent. His choices of cover versions are pretty impeccable too. In addition to an im… Read more
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Their fourth album together, celebrated folktronic cut-up merchants The Books return on a new label for The Way Out, their first release in half a decade. The album seems to switch between sample-driven collage pieces and more conventionally composed songs. In the former camp you'll hear tracks like the single, 'A Cold Freezin' Night', which takes the form of mosaic of mischievous children's voices rattling through teases, name-calling and casual death threats. You'll hear more Avalanches-esque voice-splicing littered throughout the album, as heard on the new-agey self-help soundscape of 'Chain Of Missing Links', the complex cello/g… Read more
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Their fourth album together, celebrated folktronic cut-up merchants The Books return on a new label for The Way Out, their first release in half a decade. The album seems to switch between sample-driven collage pieces and more conventionally composed songs. In the former camp you'll hear tracks like the single, 'A Cold Freezin' Night', which takes the form of mosaic of mischievous children's voices rattling through teases, name-calling and casual death threats. You'll hear more Avalanches-esque voice-splicing littered throughout the album, as heard on the new-agey self-help soundscape of 'Chain Of Missing Links', the complex cello… Read more
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When last we heard from Christopher Willits he was releasing his Plants And Hearts EP from Room40 and co-authoring the Line album, Listening Garden, with Taylor Deupree. Both these releases were back in 2007 and converged on te more experimental end of the laptop/guitar melder's art. Now returning to Ghostly International with a follow-up to his Surf Boundaries album, Willits opens up his sound to include some of the poppier tendencies of his repertoire. First track, 'Portal' introduces us to a kind of digitised dream-pop that solidifies as it transitions over to the disarmingly song-like 'Sun Body', a piece fe… Read more
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When last we heard from Christopher Willits he was releasing his Plants And Hearts EP from Room40 and co-authoring the Line album, Listening Garden, with Taylor Deupree. Both these releases were back in 2007 and converged on te more experimental end of the laptop/guitar melder's art. Now returning to Ghostly International with a follow-up to his Surf Boundaries album, Willits opens up his sound to include some of the poppier tendencies of his repertoire. First track, 'Portal' introduces us to a kind of digitised dream-pop that solidifies as it transitions over to the disarmingly song-like 'Sun Body', a piece … Read more
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Skream arrives at his not-so-difficult sophomore album amidst a maelstrom of media hype. Dubstep, the vehicle he's chiefly piloted since its inception, has perhaps reached a zenith with 'Outside The Box', its most commercially orientated and pop honed offering to date. With a roll call including La Roux, together with chart-ready Breaks like 'Listenin' To The Records On My Wall', he's obviously aiming way over the heads of his peers and towards the glittering echelons he actually already inhabits. So, don't expect an album of deep underground bass weight, although you'll certainly find meditative moments such as the glo… Read more
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Skream arrives at his not-so-difficult sophomore album amidst a maelstrom of media hype. Dubstep, the vehicle he's chiefly piloted since its inception, has perhaps reached a zenith with 'Outside The Box', its most commercially orientated and pop honed offering to date. With a roll call including La Roux, together with chart-ready Breaks like 'Listenin' To The Records On My Wall', he's obviously aiming way over the heads of his peers and towards the glittering echelons he actually already inhabits. So, don't expect an album of deep underground bass weight, although you'll certainly find meditative moments such as the glowing 'Reflectio… Read more
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Skream arrives at his not-so-difficult sophomore album amidst a maelstrom of media hype. Dubstep, the vehicle he's chiefly piloted since its inception, has perhaps reached a zenith with 'Outside The Box', its most commercially orientated and pop honed offering to date. With a roll call including La Roux, together with chart-ready Breaks like 'Listenin' To The Records On My Wall', he's obviously aiming way over the heads of his peers and towards the glittering echelons he actually already inhabits. So, don't expect an album of deep underground bass weight, although you'll certainly find meditative moments such as the glowing 'Reflect… Read more
Friday, 13 August
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A project initiated by DJ Scotch Egg and Boredoms' E-DA, Drum Eyes present their splendid debut on the dependably offbeat Upset The Rhythm. After the ADD analogue, squelching kosmische of '50-50', the excellent 'Future Police' takes a stance that's halfway between affable synth-pop and live-kit powered dubstep. The outcome is a gritty, yet oddly fun head-nodding club track. Turning towards more unearthly, psychedelic fare, 'Future Yakuza' is a lengthy stroll into nerve shredding weirdness, cueing up the Black Dice pilfering 'Gyanza' before the heavy and slow-grooving breaks return for the epic '13 Magicians'. Recommended.
Ships in 15 days
A project initiated by DJ Scotch Egg and Boredoms' E-DA, Drum Eyes present their splendid debut on the dependably offbeat Upset The Rhythm. After the ADD analogue, squelching kosmische of '50-50', the excellent 'Future Police' takes a stance that's halfway between affable synth-pop and live-kit powered dubstep. The outcome is a gritty, yet oddly fun head-nodding club track. Turning towards more unearthly, psychedelic fare, 'Future Yakuza' is a lengthy stroll into nerve shredding weirdness, cueing up the Black Dice pilfering 'Gyanza' before the heavy and slow-grooving breaks return for the epic '13 Magicians'. Recommended.
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The six year wait is at last over; LA alt. rock trio Autolux return with a brand new full-length, the severely overdue follow-up to their widely commended debut album, Future Perfect. This is a band who often find themselves summarised with just one or two handy pigeonholing comparisons - references to either shoegaze or Sonic Youth are commonplace in Autolux reviews, and Transit Transit doesn't always defy such categorisations - lead-up single 'Supertoys' is joined by 'Census' in paying homage to Thurston, Kim, Lee and Steve, although clearly there's a broadening of horizons afoot on Transit Transit. The record opens brilliantly… Read more
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