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November 10, 2019 by Simon Sweetman

Jesca Hoop: STONECHILD

Jesca Hoop STONECHILD Memphis Industries Jesca Hoop’s previous record – Memories Are Now – was her gold-standard; it moved her from the one-to-watch list to the one-to-listen-to pile. And in my case it was the one-to-listen-to-on-repeat pile. One of the best albums of 2017 for me. By quite a way. It was a perfect study […]

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May 3, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Britta Phillips: Luck Or Magic

Britta Phillips Luck Or Magic Double Feature For the last two decades Britta Phillips has partnered with Dean Wareham to provide a great range of music across the “dream-pop” spectrum, first as half of Luna, and then as the duo Dean & Britta. There they mixed covers and originals and worked on commissioned soundtracks for […]

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June 15, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Lana Del Rey: Ultraviolence

Lana Del Rey Ultraviolence Interscope Here’s the second full-lengther from Lana Del Rey. She still cannot sing and this album is somehow both better and worse than her debut. Now, I loathed Born To Die, everything about it, the unimaginative song-settings, trite lyrics, faked back-story, phoned-in delivery, the cloying, anxious, hopeful-to-deceive narcissism of it all. […]