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March 25, 2017 by Simon Sweetman

Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Dylan Frater

Based in Wellington, Dylan Frater is a recording artist, music producer, music coach and international solo performer.  He has released an EP (The Torch Songs EP) and is due to release his debut album, “From Winter to Winter” (featuring Georgie Swan-Hay) in June 2017.  Sometimes described as cinematic, Dylan’s sound is all about creating worlds – his atmospheric […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Birthdays, Dylan Frater, Five Albums, Five Albums I'm Loving Right Now, Five Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Dylan Frater, From Winter To Winter, Georgie Swan-Hay, Grace, Jeff Buckley, Keaton Henson, Live at Sin-e, Metallica, Rob Thorne, St. Anger, The National, The Torch Songs EP, Trouble Will Find Me, Wellington, Whaia te Maramatanga ·

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March 29, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Bryce Dessner/Jonny Greenwood: St Carolyn By The Sea; Suite From There Will Be Blood

Bryce Dessner/Jonny Greenwood St Carolyn By The Sea; Suite From There Will Be Blood Deutsche Grammophon Not a collaboration, instead this is a split showcase for the burgeoning composing careers of Bryce Dessner and Jonny Greenwood. You know them both as guitarists/arrangers for super-hyped “cool” bands. Dessner is a calming influence on the music of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged [OST], Album Review, Bryce Dessner, Classical, Jonny Greenwood, Orchestral, Radiohead, Soundtrack, St Carolyn By The Sea, St Carolyn By The Sea; Suite From There Will Be Blood, Suite From There Will Be Blood, The National, There Will Be Blood ·

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July 27, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Luluc: Passerby

Luluc Passerby Sub Pop What’s the difference between something wonderful in this bedsit dreamy folk-pop world and something, I dunno, kinda shit? Well it’s hard to answer really – it’s about intentions and it’s obviously around what you hear and how much you know going into it. Something like the new Tiny Ruins album succeeds […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aaron Dessner, Album Review, Luluc, Once, Passerby, Sub Pop, The Frames, The National, The Swell Season ·

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February 19, 2014 by Simon Sweetman

Kronos Quartet: Aheym

Kronos Quartet: plays the music of Bryce Dessner Aheym ANTI Records/Warner Here the ever-adaptable, always wonderful Kronos Quartet performs a four-song cycle of music penned by Bryce Dessner, guitarist and songwriter for The National. Wait, come back, this isn’t cloying and packed with faux-sincerity, with cereal box-yearning, with music emotionally overwhelming in the wake, only, […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Aheym, Album Review, Bryce Dessner, Classical, Kronos Quartet, The National ·

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May 20, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

The National: Trouble Will Find Me

The National Trouble Will Find Me 4AD Records The new album by The National, the band’s sixth is a snore-fest, as dreary and mopey meet up and slow-bone while the worst albums by The Arcade Fire and Interpol are alternated in the background and the DVD box-set of one of the more recent seasons of […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged 4AD, Album Review, Alligator, Boxer, High Violet, Mad Men, Mandrax, The National, Trouble Will Find Me ·

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