Music Reviews
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Hauschka Room to Expand
Hauschka is the alias of Volker Bertelman, a composer whose latest work adds to a healthy crop of new post-classical pianists. Ben Bollig offers his thoughts.
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Beirut Gulag Orkestar / Lon Gisland EP
Now that the hype has long since settled (and Zach Condon's record is finally available in the UK), we take a fresh look at one of last year's most talked about albums.
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Fiery Furnaces Bitter Tea
In the last in a string of 2006 releases that we never quite got round to writing about, No Ripcord newcomer Alejandro Martinez offers his thoughts on the last Fiery Furnaces record.
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Charlotte Gainsbourg 5:55
Gainsbourg, Air, Jarvis, Godrich and Neil Hannon: could the sum possibly be even as great as its parts? Ben Bollig weighs up the results.
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Adem Love and Other Planets
Could Adem's return see him continue the good form of the heartbreaking Homesongs? Ben Bollig finds out.
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The Rapture Pieces of the People We Love
As the year ends, it's time to take a look back at one of the most anticipated returns of 2006. Ben Bollig reflects on The Rapture.
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Welcome Sirs
Another experiment in filtering Beatles' sounds through the alt/garage funnel. Ben Bollig checks out Fat Cat's Seattle-based four-piece Welcome.
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The Beatles Love
In which holy writ is, if not ripped to shreds, then crumpled slightly. It's about time.
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Daedelus Denies The Day's Demise
The latest offering from Daedelus finds the Ninja Tune artist moving further away from his hip hop roots, introducing elements of samba.
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Junior Boys So This Is Goodbye
Bringing together spacious tundra and the seething density of the city, the sophomore album by the Junior Boys rolls lush landscapes of synth through tight, boisterous beats. Combining the two polar-opposite sounds into a fine romance of nearly flawless composition, these boys are packing down the snow into a new world of ethereal electronic.
