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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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
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 […]Archive
December 20, 2012 by Simon Sweetman