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October 27, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Max Richter + Various Artists: Sleep Remixes

Max Richter  + Various Artists: Sleep Remixes Deutsche Grammaophon Max Richter’s 8-hour album/dreamscape was the thing I listened to most last year – I say ‘thing’ because the gentle, gorgeous 8-hour sprawl caught me, deer in headlights, at times, other times it lulled me back to sleep, or sent me off to sleep, sometimes I […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Ambient, Clark, Deutsche Grammaophon, Digitonal’s Theo in Dreamland, Electronica, Jurgen Muller, Marconi Union, Max Richter, Max Richter + Various Artists, Mogwai, Sleep, Sleep Remixes, V/A, Various Artists ·

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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 […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Bonnie 'Prince' Billy, Brave & The Bold, Georgia Hubley, Mogwai, Post-Rock, Rave Tapes, The Catastrophist, Thrill Jockey, Todd Rittmann, Tortoise, U.S. Maple, Yo La Tengo ·

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March 7, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Gig Review: Mogwai (March 6, Wgtn)

Mogwai James Cabaret Friday, March 6 Scottish band Mogwai have this reverence about them – people speak of their god-like abilities and sound; fans seem like religious converts in fact. And, hey, fair enough – this is an extraordinary band. Not only are they great – they’re always great. No mean feat. Never at risk […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Gig, Gig Review, Gig Review: Mogwai (March 6, James Cabaret, Loud, Mick Turner, Mogwai, Post-Rock, The Dirty Three, Wellington, Wgtn ·

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September 9, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Kerretta: Pirohia

Kerretta Pirohia Kerretta/Golden Antenna/Midium The third full-lengther from Auckland’s Kerretta is the band’s biggest and best. Now this is a group that already shoulders comparisons to Jakob, Mogwai, Isis and – well – just about any other great instrumental-focussed post-rock band you care to think about. But, like Mountaineater and Jakob, there’s something distinctly Kiwi […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, An Emerald City, Beastwars, David Holmes, H. Walker, HDU, Isis, Jakob, Kerretta, Mogwai, Mountaineater, Piohia, William Waters ·

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January 17, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Mogwai: Rave Tapes

Mogwai Rave Tapes Sub Pop You know I was nearly done with Mogwai, sure I loved the best elements of their guitars-pretending-to-not-really-be-guitars post-rock, but there’s only so much instrumental mope you can take – and I say that as quite the fan of instrumental mope. But man, Rave Tapes, the new Mogwai album, arrives – […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Instrumental, Mogwai, Post-Rock, Rave Tapes, Remurdered ·

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