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Viva La Vida: Coldplay
In which Brian Eno does for Coldplay exactly what he did for U2, which is make them a sort of super-deluxe glossy version of what they already were, which means make them a sound that won’t get tinnified in stadiums…
City That Care Forgot: Dr John and the Lower 911
Compassion fatigue killer! I’m not a particularly charitable guy, and this could be dedicated to Geelong or Canterbury as far as I’m concerned. Guilt-ridden superstars have been guilty of hours and hours of terrible music that has failed to feed…
A Piece Of What You Need: Teddy Thompson
Sarcasm needn’t be the lowest form of wit – played right, it can be elegant and wryly withering. Teddy Thompson doesn’t have long enough tongue or deep enough cheek to pull the trick off with the aplomb and wit of…
To Survive: Joan as Policewoman
JAPW is Joan Wasser, a multi-instrumentalist who has played in bands such as the Dambuilders and Those Bastard Souls with Jeff Buckley’s guitarist Michael Tighe.In 2002, she formed Joan as Policewoman, a reference to the classic 70s cop show starring…
The Best Of: Radiohead
Love them, hate them. Either way, you can’t ignore the band’s place in music history or the many, many music scribes who have labelled OK Computer, The Bends and Kid A as some of the greatest albums ever recorded. Great…
A Thing Of The Past: Vetiver
For Vetiver’s first album in a couple of years, a covers record seemed like a strange direction to go in. But due to the fact that the band’s only constant member, Andy Cabic, didn’t have any original songs written but…
All I Intended To Be: Emmylou Harris
An instantly recognisable voice that glides through this collection of songs like a warm knife through butter, Emmylou is one of the greatest interpreters of songs by other writers and artists ever, and on this album she does not let…
The Felice Brothers: The Felice Brothers
Not since The Band has a band so completely risen out of the earth and truly captured the history of its nation. Of stagecoaches and guns, of settlers and explorers, cities rising and different cultures blending in a melting pot…
@3%&*! Smilers: Aimee Mann
This is another outstanding album from Aimee Mann that sticks to the style and sound that has served her well throughout her solo career. She isn’t experimental, but Mann’s songwriting has always had a multi-layered depth that demands repeat listening…
The Writing Class: Jincy Willett
The only words Amy Gallup has had published for as long as she can remember have been other people’s jacket blurbs. She is the writing teacher whose success at twenty-two is long behind her. This semester’s class is much like…
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