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September 4, 2018 by Simon Sweetman
Lo Carmen: Lovers Dreamers Fighters
Lo Carmen Lovers Dreamers Fighters Chiquita Records The breathy, smoky voice of Australian country-rock songstress Lo Carmen should set your world alight – or at the very least let you know whether you’re in or not – almost instantly with the opening, title track of this, her seventh album. But if you want the safest […]Archive
September 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas: Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST]
Olivia Wyatt + Bitchin Bajas Sailing A Sinking Sea [OST] Drag City To create the soundtrack to her documentary feature Sailing A Sinking Sea Olivia Wyatt called on Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy alums Bitchin Bajas. They dialled up all manner of spooky, kooky synths and tribal drumming from their vast soundtrack library – at times they […]Archive
July 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman
Tortoise: The Catastrophist
Tortoise The Catastrophist Thrill Jockey The more you play the new Tortoise album the greater it is – the less weird/curveball it seems. Now this is true of any album, pretty much. But it’s worth mentioning right off, because everyone is going to tell you how different this is – largely because it’s an album […]Archive
October 12, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy: Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy Singer’s Grave A Sea of Tongues Drag City A decade ago Will Oldham started to reach the peak of his “mainstream” acceptance/success – people knew to look out for him. In the last half-decade he’s back to blasting out so much stuff and nonsense that releases come and go, sometimes you wouldn’t […]Archive
January 30, 2014 by Simon Sweetman
Billie Joe + Norah: Foreverly
Billie Joe + Norah Foreverly Reprise/Warner Here the Billie Joe is he of Green Day, the Norah is she of Jones – Billie Joe Armstrong and Norah Jones, when the press release was doing the rounds a few people assumed it a joke. The finished product – Foreverly, a tribute album to The Everlys, in […]Archive
May 15, 2013 by Simon Sweetman