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Arnalds released her solo debut Við og Við in Iceland to great acclaim: The country’s main newspaper Morgunblaðið voted it Record of the Year in 2007.
Written while touring …History, Regan casts his net wider and with more confidence here: stepping up the tempo, reaching for the electric guitar
Shadow Of An Empire
The entire record is sung in icelandic
If there's a theme to be found in the lyrics of Go, it must be that life is fleeting and is here to be enjoyed. This much is clear in the joyful percussive stomp...
Get swept up in layered tones
Meshing grubby synths, shimmering guitars, and fractured funk beats, upstate New Yorkers Sarah Barthel and Josh Carter suggest an '80s new-wave
Often gorgeous and never soothing
Local Natives have already gained a foothold in parts of Europe-- their album has received attention in the UK and they graced the cover of...
Three-part harmonies, clattering percussion
Repeated patterns emerge, detailed and intricate, as Diabaté playfully weaves in and out, without ever giving the sense of losing his or his partner's way.
Ali & Toumani
What has grown more idiosyncratic is Newsom’s voice, which sounds fuller and wanders into disparate ranges reminiscent of Joni Mitchell, Carole King, and Kate Bush.
Have One On Me
On the first handful of listens, some of the songs sound as if there is little holding them together, as if one missed beat would cause the whole thing to collapse
More lush, more lyrically downcast
Scratchy rhythm guitars and almost-in-sync drums are pitted against chiming minor-chord melodies for multiple ominous tensions at once.
White Rabbits - It’s Frightening
A sense of rhythmic divide
The instrumentation cultivates different moods with ease, from the swagger of 'I'm Playing Drums', to the paranoia of niggling guitars on 'Raincoats'...
Synthesis between melody and intricacy
One of the most deeply satisfying aspects of this almost wholly satisfying album is the way the band succeed in the creation of moods and conveying emotions.
“The extrovert album”
Anthemic and soaring
Equal parts lo-fi garage, raw post-punk, and artful album rock, After Robots is noticeably retro: extended proggy, psychedelic passages tread comfortably on...
Mind-boggling and mind-blowing
You’d be hard pushed to find a track that doesn’t stand out on its own merits, what makes the experience of listening so joyous is just how cohesive it is.
A modern pop gem
Its brilliance adopts many guises throughout its 16 tracks, taking the form of unruffled cool one minute, and raucous thumpers the next.
The instrumentation looks odd on paper-- a pump organ here, a bass clarinet there, tenor sax in a folk setting, but every unorthodox choice is well-made.
Immediately welcomes you in
The songs found on American Ghetto span different emotions and sounds. Even though almost every song is focused around electronic beats they all feel human and lively
Another soulful record
The band explores further new territory, and find much to love. The dreamy “Wet Cement” has a soulful bounce which should appeal to fans of Beach House’s lazy vibes...
Big Echo
Parallels with peers are obvious, his fourth album doesn’t just sit in their shadow. It’s an inspiring example, free of pressure and publicity, blossomed into something beautiful
Skittish flute to deep sub-bass
Manages to navigate the tightrope of expectation and creative vision with aplomb. Rich, meaty, the kind of album you get to know over a long period of time.
Pantha Du Prince - Black Noise
Thuds of deep base & synthetic glockenspiel
Cooler, calmer, and more varied, the record thins out the sharp guitar riffs and cultivates a darker atmosphere in which the band can release emotions...
Of The Blue Colour Of The Sky
