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Boring Machines
- ...and he told us to turn to the sun
  
  Boring Machines, 2009 | Reviewed by: Matthew Rich
  
  No wave noise, yeah that is what Father Murphy does. With a little jazz thrown in just for emphasis. Maybe I should say post-rock no wave, because it has these lo...
Harper Diabate
- Punt- Made In Ethiopia
  
  Harper Diabate, 2010 | Reviewed by: Matthew Rich
  
  Punt has this tagline of “live Europeans meet live Ethiopians singing and playing together”. So I suppose that is what you get here. Weirdly dubby, dan...
XL
- Contra
  
  XL, 2010 | Reviewed by: Anthony Easton
  
  Vampire Weekend are kind of interesting politically. The music is great, and it was the number one album on the country this week, so there is all of that, which I ...
  Horchata
Ant Zen
- Letting Go At The Steering Wheel
  
  Ant Zen, 2010 | Reviewed by: Matthew Rich
  
  Asleep at the Steering Wheel marks a bit of a departure of in style for L’Ombre. Well okay, okay not a radically huge departure, but a departure none the less....
  In From The Rain
SMTG
- The Bending of Light
  
  SMTG, 2009 | Reviewed by: Michael Byrne
  
  ‘The Bending of Light’ sees two highly acclaimed musicians within the ambient/ drone style combining their talents, creating something already finding confident h...
HFN
- Harbour Boat Trips 01: Copenhagen
  
  HFN, 2009 | Reviewed by: Michael Byrne
  
  While not so outlandish a mix as to encompass the likes of, say, The Spice Girls, Danish minimal techno maestro Trentemoller does throw somewhat of a curve ball b...
Exile On Mainstream
- Halo
  
  Exile On Mainstream, 2009 | Reviewed by: Michael Byrne
  
  Ari Benjamin of Redux Orchestra and the prestigious Einsturzende Neubauten and Chris Spencer of the criminally undervalued yet hugely influential Unsane have joined...
  One Minute
Blue Sanct
- Village of the Damned
  
  Blue Sanct, 2009 | Reviewed by: Michael Byrne
  
  Caethua is Clare Hubbard, a vocalist and multi instrumentalist from Belfast, Maine whose freak folk stylings are as evocative and winning as they are mystic and dis...
Aaahh
- Animals Are People Too
  
  Aaahh, 2009 | Reviewed by: Elliot Cudmore
  
  Perky and youthful, Animals Are People Too is a delightful folk-rock recording rooted in mantras of an age between 20 and 30. It sounds like moving on or an in-...
  Turtle
Forward Music Group
- Slumping in your Murals
  
  Forward Music Group, 2009 | Reviewed by: Kristen Cudmore
  
  Haligonian group Share encompass’ a alternative prog. folk sound, mostly light and charming songs that are easy to enjoy close up or far away.
  
  The group ...
  Bluebird