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King Creosote - From Scotland with Love
A continuation of King Creosote's journey from dishevelled lo-fi troubadour towards a more polished entity.»
Evian Christ - Waterfall
This won't be Evian Christ's greatest moment, but it could be a crucial stepping stone.»
Solar Year - Waverly
Solar Year manage to take traditional choral music and refract it through a modern prism.»
Iron & Wine - Ghost on Ghost
In an attempt to not be typecast as just a creaky voiced troubadour, Sam Beam has produced such a musically and lyrically 'busy' record that it results in near sensory overload at times. »
Lapalux - Nostalchic
Nostalchic is an album full of lush sonic textures, but also one bursting with hooks and, most importantly, feeling, too.»
Brandt Brauer Frick - Miami
Miami is diverse and bewildering, half opera house formality half dionysian freak out.»
Raisa K - Feeder
What's most frustrating is that there is potential for interesting music here, it's just that that Kahn seems to have a tiny concentration span, and a vehement disgust for anything easy on the ear.»
Grouper - The Man Who Died In His Boat
Songwriting of this calibre needs no embellishment.»
Chelsea Wolfe - Prayer for the Unborn
It is clear that Chelsea Wolfe has a set of wide and disparate influences, and it can be bewildering for a listener to be confronted with such divergent approaches. Yet on this brief set of songs her ideas form a single vision that bodes well for her next LP.»
Toro Y Moi - Anything in Return
Anything In Return is best when it settles for what it is: classy mood-setting music.»
Alexis Taylor - Nayim From The Halfway Line
If this EP serves as a release valve for Alexis Taylor's eccentricities, preventing them from marring the next Hot Chip record, we should definitely be thankful.»