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Pixies are back!
He’s had to tone down his vocal range, age I imagine is catching up with Black Francis’ vocal chords. On Graveyard Hill thus starts in a rather toned down formulaic fashion. However a minute
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Tom Bancroft’s In Common
Tom Bancroft’s In Common sounds like a collaboration between Sufjan Stevens, Stereolab, a bunch of flower power hippies and an Indian folk group. As collaborations go there could be far worse. The Sufjan Stevens
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Proem: Until Here for Years
Difficult to know with precision where this fits into the pantheon of broken fractured soundscapes, a la Warp Records, but Proem has certainly done a good job of shuffling itself into a nice little
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‘Euringer’ by Euringer
I have spent the last few days allowing the gentle tinkling of various pianists gently trickle over my mind and through my soul. I knew that was going to come to an end when I
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Alexandra Stréliski – Inscape
I’m not sure why, but for me this year, its been the year of the piano, and the piano album in particular. I’ve reviewed Chilli Gonzalez, Sam Leak & Dan Tepfer and now Alexandra
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Sam Leak & Dan Tepfer: ‘Adrift’
Adrift is an extended suite for two pianos. Ten out of ten for hooking me in. This short jazzy piano number is addictive. At the beginning there are the gentlest of lingering piano notes,
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Oscar Jerome adds Hackney date for February 2019
South London artist, Oscar Jerome, is sharing the Glenn Astro re-working of ‘Do You Really’.This new mix of the track arrives courtesy of the Berlin-based, Ninja Tune alumni, Glenn Astro – speaking about
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Japanese metal – give it a minute, its not half bad
Its almost art-metal, at times it feels like they’re playing over Portishead
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Ashcroft Orientated Rock
Another serving of Ashcroft orientated rock for 2018. There’s all the Ashcroft trademarks to keep existing fans satisfied: passion, commitment, catchy chords and riffs, dreamy tail-offs with string accompaniment. This album has a more
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