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May 10, 2018 by Simon Sweetman

Kody Nielson: Birthday Suite

Kody Nielson Birthday Suite Flying Nun Ruban and Kody Nielson – together, or alone – the work is always interesting, always worth hearing. I’ve loved all of the Unknown Mortal Orchestra material and the thought of them reunited to perform live is terrific of course. The other great thing is that the work is all […]
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September 26, 2016 by Simon Sweetman

Whitney: Light Upon The Lake

Whitney Light Upon The Lake Secretly Canadian The hipster-credentials might threaten your engagement with the music – Whitney is a duo comprised of former members of Unknown Mortal Orchestra and Smith Westerns but, as good as those bands were what matters now is the sound of Whitney, as heard on this joyous slice of infectious […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Duo, Julien Ehrlich, Light upon the Lake, Max Kakacek, Smith Westerns, UMO, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Whitney ·

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June 17, 2015 by Simon Sweetman

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Multi-Love

Unknown Mortal Orchestra Multi-Love Jagjaguwar Ruban Nielson’s one-man-band for-the-studio/turned-trio-live project Unknown Mortal Orchestra has had an enviable career, release-wise; each one perfectly building on the previous – the first album the surprise re-contextualisation of Nielson’s talents for anyone who knew his skills and place in creating the music of The Mint Chicks, and then sequel […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Cody ChesnuTT, II, Multi-Love, Prince, Ruban Nielson, Sly Stone, Tame Impala, The Mint Chicks, UMO, Unknown Mortal Orchestra ·

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November 10, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: Blue Record

Unknown Mortal Orchestra Blue Record Jagjaguwar For this new EP Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Ruban Nielson decides to revisit three songs from the fantastic II album, and also offers covers of songs by Dirty Projectors (Swing Lo Magellan) and Beck (Puttin’ It Down). The idea for the EP comes from Neilson’s recent foray into using the […]
Posted in Blog, Reviews · Tagged Album Review, Blue Record, EP, Ruban Nielson, The Mint Chicks, UMO, Unknown Mortal Orchestra ·

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September 24, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Laneway 2014: Lineup Announcement

  Auckland’s annual Laneway festival continues to be the highlight of the local efforts to coordinate and curate a decent music festival. A small handful of stages, easy to get between them and a range of quality acts – okay, so every year there’s cries of “hipster” and silly whinings about having not heard of […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged 2014, Announcement, Auckland, Chvrches, Danny Brown, Daughter, Doprah, Earl Sweatshirt, EL-P and Killer Mike, Festival, Frightened Rabbit, Ghost Wave, Haim, James Blake, Jamie xx, Jawar Ma, Kurt Vile, Laneway, Lorde, Mount Kimbie, Parquet Courts, PCP Eagles, Rackets, Run The Jewels, Savages, The Jezabels, UMO, Unknown Mortal Orchestra, Vance Joy, Watercolours, XXYYXX, Youth Lagoon ·

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February 14, 2013 by Simon Sweetman

Unknown Mortal Orchestra: II

Unknown Mortal Orchestra II Rhythmethod There are touchstones for this sound, more so than antecedents – much like The Flaming Lips in their prime, at their peak, Unknown Mortal Orchestra (or UMO) trace around an idea of modern-day psychedelia but the loopy, loping hippy-dippy flavours are the blueprint for experimentation, the backdrop for songs rather […]
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December 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman

Unknown Mortal Orchestra II: Preview

So I’m having my first listen to II – the new (as yet unreleased) Unknown Mortal Orchestra album. (You can pre-order here). The band is touring New Zealand in early January – and the album is released just after the shows. So it’s fair to assume that a fair bit of II will be played […]
Posted in Blog, Miscellany · Tagged Album Preview, II, UMO, Unknown Mortal Orchestra ·

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