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August 6, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Oneohtrix Point Never: Age Of

Oneohtrix Point Never Age Of Warp Records/Border Daniel Lopatin is now ten albums deep in his career as Oneohtrix Point Never – there are movie soundtracks and pedestrian’s soundscapes, there are pieces you could imagine being art gallery installations and there are some tunes that have the heart of a pop song even if they […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Age Of, Album Review, Anonhi, Border, Daniel Lopatin, Oneohtrix Point Never, Oneohtrix Point Never: Age Of, Tim Hecker, Warp, Warp Records, You can support Off The Tracks via PressPatron ·

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March 7, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

The Vinyl Countdown # 740

V/A, Texas-Mexican Border Music Vol. 9 – Canciones de Ayer Part 4 (1977) I guess it was Ry Cooder that hipped me to this sort of stuff, him and one or two others (Los Lobos too I guess)…I love this Border music. Huge sing-songs, such wonderful singing. And these Latino folk standards (I guess we […]
Posted in Blog, The Vinyl Countdown · Tagged 1977, Bob Dylan, Border, Border Music, Canciones de Ayer, Compilation, Delgadina, Dylan, Latino, Los Lobos, LP, Lydia Mendoza, Mexico, Record, Ry Cooder, Series, Texas, Texas-Mexican Border Music, Texas-Mexican Border Music Vol. 9, Texas-Mexican Border Music Vol. 9 – Canciones de Ayer Part 4, The Vinyl Countdown # 740, V/A, Various Artists, Volume 9 ·

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April 7, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Teebs: Estara

Teebs Estara Brainfeeder/Border Mtendere Mandowa returns – as Teebs – with sophomore album, Estara. And though you may mourn for the adventurousness of his debut, this shows a thoughtful progression from yet another Flying Lotus protégé. Okay, so there’s still plenty to suggest the album’s sound was formed from the wind beneath the wings of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Border, Brainfeeder, Estara, Flying Lotus, Teebs ·

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December 17, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Boards of Canada: Tomorrow’s Harvest

Boards of Canada Tomorrow’s Harvest Warp Records Way back in the middle of the year I previewed the new Boards of Canada album and then promptly forgot to follow up with a review. So I listened to the album stream a bunch of times just before the album was released – and I was digging […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aphex Twin, Boards Of Canada, Border, Geogaddi, Music Has The Right To Children, Tomorrow's Harvest, Warp Records ·

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September 26, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Oneohtrix Point Never: R Plus Seven

Oneohtrix Point Never R Plus Seven Warp Records/Border Daniel Lopatin’s latest as Oneohtrix Point Never won’t surprise people already enticed to his sound – a strange new world of non-dance music or head-music constructed and created from elements that might otherwise make dance music; he’s Aphex Twin as art gallery soundscape curator. This time around […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Aphex Twin, Border, Daniel Lopatin, Kraftwerk, Oneohtrix Point Never, R Plus Seven, Warp ·

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September 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Olivier Libaux: Uncovered Queens of the Stone Age

Olivier Libaux Uncovered: Queens of the Stone Age Inertia Records/Border Here the main man from Nouvelle Vague does the decent thing – an act of kindness for humanity – and makes a wee set of silk purses from the sows’ ears Queens of the Stone Age call songs. If you know his trick, his Bossa […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Border, Covers, Dave Grohl, Josh Homme, Olivier Libaux, Queens Of The Stone Age, Uncovered ·

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September 13, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Jackson And His Computerband: Glow

Jackson And His Computerband Glow Warp/Border Jackson Fourgeaud – as Jackson And His Computerband – made waves some eight years ago, seemingly appearing from nowhere. Then it’s been remix duty until now, a new album. Bit of it are very cool too – a strange retooling of French house music as powerpop, you might even […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Border, Glow, Jackson And His Computerband, Jackson Fourgeaud, Warp ·

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September 11, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Nightmares on Wax: Feelin’ Good

Nightmares On Wax Feelin’ Good Warp/Border What’s odd about the new Nightmares on Wax album is that even as I think about trying to describe it, on paper it is so much of what I should despise. I mean, Now Is The Time is what I might think of as reggae-inflected big beat, Give Thx […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Border, Carboot Soul, Feelin' Good, George Evelyn, Nightmares on Wax, Smokers Delight, Warp ·

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August 12, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Congo Natty: Jungle Revolution

Congo Natty Jungle Revolution Big Dada Records Congo Natty is the latest in a long line of aliases offered up by Michael West – best known perhaps as Rebel MC; best known too for his early group Double Trouble and, after stepping out away from the group, a series of albums in the early 1990s. […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Adrian Sherwood, Album Review, Big Dada Records, Border, Congo Natty, Jungle Revolution ·

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June 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Tosca: Odeon

Tosca Odeon !K7/Border Richard Dorfmeister (also, of course, of Kruder & Dorfmeister) returns as Tosca (with Rupert Huber) and it’s a long game now for Tosca but they’ve never bettered Suzuki in my opinion. And Odeon doesn’t really come close to the class of that but if you’re (still) the sort to want to look […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged !k7, Album Review, Border, Kruder & Dorfmeister, Odeon, Richard Dorfmeister, Suzuki, Tosca ·

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April 4, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Etta James: Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!

Etta James Etta Is Betta Than Evvah! Ace/Border This reissue sees the first CD release of Etta James’ final album for Chess. Her time on the label was one of tumult, her personal life – and addictions – spiralling out of control. But there was some incredible music. It’s great what time can do – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 1976, Ace, Album Review, Border, CD reissue, Chess, Etta, Etta Is Betta Than Evvah!, Etta James, Randy Newman ·

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April 1, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The Be Good Tanyas: A Collection (2000-2012)

The Be Good Tanyas A Collection (2000-2012) Border The Be Good Tanyas released three albums across a decade – each one filled with great songs from 2000/2001’s Blue Horse, to 2003’s Chinatown and Hello Love (2006). The band went on hiatus, then returned, its members have had parallel solo careers and other bands – and […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Collection (2000-2012), Album Review, Blue Horse, Bluegrass, Border, Chinatown, Hello Love, Jolie Holland, Norah Jones, The Be Good Tanyas ·
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