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St Lucia: Brooklyn hipster beats that SA should be proud of
Sometimes you’re flying so metaphysically high that when someone turns some new music on, you all but think they’ve cracked the cosmos open. And then you come down somewhat, realise the cosmos was just a haze of caramel vodka and … Continue reading
To the Mountaintops of indie pop with Mates Of State
BREAKING NEWS: Portugal. The Man and Vampire Weekend have had a lovechild. And it’s running a synth-filled riot all over San Francisco (and on into the rest of the forward-thinking USA) in the form of Mates Of State. Mates of … Continue reading
Samiam: perfecting the Californian sound since 1988
My music choices like to burn me occasionally. I came upon what I thought was rather a rocking new gauzy guitar-filled, Californian band. Samiam sang with a youthful exuberance that feels like it comes from yesterday, not yesteryear (or even … Continue reading
The Static Jacks: dynamic youngsters howling for their youth
I tuned into New Jersey’s The Static Jacks and their debut album, If You’re Young, because a blurb I read told me they had barroom rock tunes in the style of Springsteen. Shoulda known right then that that review was … Continue reading
The Duke & The King: new old New York folk sentiment
“I lost myself…” … in the artistic lullabies on The Duke & The King’s eponymous new record. These guys are just lovely. There’s no pretense about their music, and nothing in the mix that doesn’t need to be. It is, … Continue reading