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February 22, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Glen Hansard: A Season on The Line (ep)

Glen Hansard A Season on The Line (ep) Anti/Epitaph Essentially a bunch of leftovers in the shape of an EP, including the title track from previous solo album (included here for the first time, that is, clearly a recorded leftover) here are four more songs from Glen Hansard. Didn’t He Ramble, the opener, the misplaced […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged A Season On The Line, A Season On The Line (ep), Album Review, Astral Weeks, Didn't He Ramble, EP, Glen Hansard, Once, Teaser And The Firecat, The Frames, The Swell Season ·

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July 6, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Stubs: #104 – The Swell Season, Wellington, 2010

It was billed as The Swell Season – and it was, I guess. Though it was really “The Music and People from The Movie ONCE” – that’s what it said to the audience, and that’s the audience that turned up. A few fans of The Frames too, or whatever. I fucking hate that movie, Once. […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2010, Arts Festival, Festival of the Arts, Glen Hansard, Markéta Irglová, Once, Stub, Stubs, Stubs: #104 – The Swell Season, Swell Season, The Frames, The Swell Season, Wellington ·

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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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