Fiona Dunne, Journalist
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Album Review: Dirty Projectors - Swing Lo Magellan
The most startling aspect of the album is its constant originality and relentless surprises, filling the record with an overwhelming sense of movement and spontaneity.
Album Review: Ty Segall + White Fence - Hair
Fusing their own methods of shredding speakers, the pair have created tracks that seem to grow and expand before collapsing in, or moving in a whole other direction.
Album Review: Exitmusic - Passage
"The dense and eclectic arrangements of Passage are beyond expectation, as Exitmusic deliver an unforgettable, soaring debut, proving just what they’re capable of."
Album Review: Scissor Sisters - Magic Hour
Magic Hour remains steeped with their iconic riffs and dancefloor anthems, but they’ve successfully moved directions...
Album Review: Cold Specks - I Predict A Graceful Expulsion
"I Predict A Graceful Expulsion is an honest, inspiring and surprisingly spiritual album, laden with spellbinding arrangements that harness [Cold Specks'] potency and haunting talent."
Album Review: Best Coast The Only Place
Overall, what Best Coast has crafted is an effective, charming record filled with paradoxes and executed in their concise, playful style.
Album Review: Margins Divide
Margins have created an articulate, atmospheric album that soaks the listener in a nuance-filled landscape of sound, space and direction that becomes more intriguing with each listen.
Album Review: Great Lake Swimmers - New Wild Everywhere
Dekker does succeed in entrancing listeners with his stripped back vocals, lifting the album out of the mundane and establishing it firmly, if too cleanly, back in the realm of folk they’re known for.
Album Review: The Futureheads - Rant
"The band has managed to succeed in this grand experiment ... it’s a well developed, interesting and challenging album."
Album Review: Dawes - Nothing Is Wrong
"The album continues in the musical tradition they laid down in their predecessor, keeping with the band’s distinguishable sound that comfortably encompasses warm, soaring melodies and the distinctive twang of country-infused harmonies and vocals..."
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