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Welcome to the Welcome Wagon: Welcome Wagon
The Brooklyn-based husband-wife team of Reverend Vito and Monique Auto enlisted acclaimed musical figure Sufjan Stevens as their producer to make an album that sounds a lot like … a Sufjan Stevens album. That being said, many people (like yours…
Sugar Mountain 1968: Live At Canterbury House 1968: Neil Young
The third volume in his Neil Young Archive Performance Series takes us back to an acclaimed and fan-beloved legendary concert, just before the release of his self-titled debut solo album. Featuring stripped-back raw acoustic performances of tracks from the aforementioned…
No Time To Die: Fireside Bellows
Local troubadour Jordie Lane has teamed up with now Melbourne-based Canadian songstress Tracy McNeil to deliver one of the more beautiful albums of recent times. Although recorded in Brunswick, a rich stream of Americana roots and bluegrass runs through the…
Kicking Indifference: The Pictures
From the opening bars of the killer first track Can You Hear It, you can understand why The Pictures are a must-see/must-hear act. With melodious guitar pop workouts (Can You Hear It), stompin’ horns and hand claps (Thank You Honey)…
Noble Beast: Andrew Bird
Andrew Bird’s latest solo release, Noble Beast, is a stunning negotiation between intricacy and simplicity. The melancholy hue to his lyrics and the introversion apparent in the album’s meticulous arrangements are countered by a melodic abandon and wit. Almost…
Easy Come Easy Go: Marianne Faithfull
This superb double album from the legendary Marianne Faithfull contains some of her finest recordings. Working once more with Strange Weather producer Hal Willner, Faithfull covers a range of songs originally recorded by such artists as Billie Holiday, Merle Haggard…
Performing this Week Live at Ronnie Scotts: Jeff Beck
Many fans of Jeff Beck place him in the same Guitar-God stratosphere as the likes of Eric Clapton and Jimmy Page. And although this album doesn’t quite match the best of those luminaries it is a very strong album that…
Finally LP: Mark Kozelek
Whilst many artists may cover other artists’ songs on albums, none take the song and make it their own quite like Mark Kozelek. This latest collection includes reworkings of tracks by Husker Du, Will Oldham, and even AC/DC (Kozelek is…
Our Bright Future: Tracy Chapman
It is now 20 years since Tracy Chapman burst on the scene with her amazing debut album. She has not managed to reach either the sales heights or quality of that album since then. This does not mean her records…
Merriweather Post Pavillion: Animal Collective
This album has all the indie kids frothing at the mouth to declare it the album of the year – yes, we are talking about 2009, which has barely begun. A genre-defying album which takes Radiohead at their most experimental…
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