January 2011
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Young Galaxy - Shapeshifting
Shapeshifting is far from being an arbitrarily chosen title for Young Galaxy’s third album, in fact I would suspect that it was settled on long before the record itself began really taking shape. One of the first things you’ll notice here is the effortlessly lithe metamorphosis which the Canadians have undergone since 2009′s Polaris Prize nominated Invisible Republic. This certainly isn’t to say...
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Talvihorros Interview
Talvihorros is the moniker of Ben Chatwin, a London based composer making predominantly guitar based music which spills over in to various genres. His releases explore the crossover points between ambient, modern classical, drone and folk whilst maintaining a consistently recognisable aesthetic to his work over his relatively short career to date. Originally coming to attention with the release...
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Sonic Reverie Mix #1
This is the first in what will hopefully be at least a semi-regular series of mixes I’ll post up here, though knowing my own organisational skills I’m not sure quite how quickly I’ll get round to making another one. There’s no real theme or anything, it’s just some tracks which I’ve been enjoying lately, mostly more ambient classical stuff. That may broaden a...
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I’ve rattled on about how great Penguins...
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Good Weather For An Airstrike - A Winter
The more observant amongst you will already have spotted the blatant nepotism in my posting about this release, given that I released Good Weather For An Airstrike’s EP Signals last year and indeed will also be releasing the follow up to this one, A Summer, in a few short months. A Winter is being released by subscription label Rural Colours though so I see no reason why I shouldn’t...
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Conquering Animal Sound Interview
Photo by Heidi Kuisma
For a band with only a couple of limited singles and an online mixtape under their belts Edinburgh duo Conquering Animal Sound are entering 2011 with a fair bit of attention coming their way. Warranted it is too, so with their debut album Kammerspiel due out on February 7th I got both Anneke and James to answer me a few questions about all things Conquering Animal...
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Albums of 2010
30. Bozzwell - Bits & Pieces Spotify|YouTube|BandCamp 29. Trouble Books – Gathered Tones S|YT|BC 28. John Knox Sex Club - Blud Rins Cauld S|YT|BC 27. Peter Broderick – How They Are S|YT|BC 26. Ariel Pink’s Haunted Graffiti - Before Today S|YT|BC 25. The National - High Violet S|YT|BC
24. Joanna Newsom - Have One On Me S|YT|BC 23. Gonjasufi -A Sufi and A Killer S|YT|BC 22. Julian Lynch...
