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Billy Bang – VIETNAM the aftermath

This is the most powerful and haunting album in my collection. I’ll go months or a year without putting it on because it is so far beyond the “music as entertainment” notion. The time and place have to be just right, because this is something that you want to slowly absorb and reflect upon. It [...]

Au Revoir Simone – Still Night, Still Light

Three voices, three creative minds and three vintage Casio keyboards are the elements that form the outstanding Still Night, Still Light. The third album from Brooklyn-based trio Au Revoir Simone is an electro-indie-pop universe, filled with stories of love, heartbreak, patience and acceptance, sung from the perspective of the relatable and familiar “I” to the [...]

Horse Feathers – House With No Home

My long-running appreciation of quiet, introspective songcrafting is filled with gentle melodies by Damien Rice, M. Ward, Nick Drake, Iron & Wine, Mary Gauthier, Ferron, Anne Briggs, Bon Iver etc. There’s something about the practice of exorcising the deeper and sometimes darker aspects of a life into a song where they are safe and still [...]

Yeah Yeah Yeahs – It’s Blitz!

I’ve been hearing tons of buzz and press about It’s Blitz!, the new Yeah Yeah Yeahs album and I’ll just throw my thoughts into the mix. It is good. It’s different than what they’ve done in the past in that the guitar has largely (but not completely) been replaced by the keyboard, there’s less gloom [...]

Andrew Bird – Noble Beast

Initially, Noble Beast felt a bit vague and hard to describe. However, multiple listens have revealed a collection of tunes that are thoughtful, subtle and catchy, threaded through the themes of youth, war, loss, love, hate and planetary concern. The acoustic guitar, voice and violin are the most prominent sounds here, with bass, flute, whistle, [...]

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