Nov 01, 2016
Music
C Duncan
When Glaswegian songwriter Chris Duncan released his debut LP Architect last year, it felt majestically unrushed. The spacious arrangements and multi-faceted melodies soaked up the spirit of Brian Wilson and speckled it across each of the record’s dream pop masterpieces.
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Oct 27, 2016
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Luke Roberts
There’s something unexpectedly and welcomingly familiar in Luke Roberts’ music. Like coming home or a favorite chair, Roberts’ Sunlit Cross is comfortable and soothing, something to appreciate, embrace, and sink into.
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Oct 26, 2016
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S U R V I V E
Oh yeah you Stranger Things fanatics, if you’re finding it hard to let go of that special summertime escapism and have already completed your second cycle through the sensation, here’s something to hold you over a little until season two.
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Oct 25, 2016
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“Whiteout,” the first track from Warpaint‘s new album, starts with a simple bass-and-snare drumbeat, gradually adding a persistent guitar arpeggio, then cymbals, bass, and vocals.
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Oct 24, 2016
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Judging by the title of this album and the great lyrics of the title song (which celebrate a life of solitude), one might think that Chrissie Hynde recorded Alone all on her own.
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Oct 21, 2016
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Parlophone’s latest David Bowie reissue box set has already grabbed some attention for including The Gouster, a rare 1974 album that Bowie later scrapped and remixed as Young Americans. But Who Can I Be Now? has much more going for it, especially for die hard Bowie fans, as a snapshot of Bowie’s brief but eclectic “plastic soul” era.
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Oct 20, 2016
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Jamie Lidell
British-born, Nashville-based soul singer Jamie Lidell has never been afraid of experimenting with a multitude of instruments or genres; throughout his career he’s leapt deftly from R&B to funk to electronica, confidently finding his footing after every stylistic departure.
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Oct 19, 2016
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P.S. Eliot
Before Katie Crutchfield (vocals/guitar) started her solo project Waxahatchee in 2011 and her twin sister Allison Crutchfield (drums) joined the now also defunct and much-missed Swearin’ around the same time, they were both in P.S. Eliot, a band formed in their hometown of Birmingham, Alabama.
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