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Choral by Mountains

Review by Sid Smith

Revealing a finely attuned sense of proportion and balance, the six pieces which make up the album never fall short of their initial promise. There's also several surprisingly dramatic moments such as on the eight minute Telescope, in which cascadin...

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Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison

Review by Chris Jones

Now known more for his fearsome reputation as a curmudgeonly r&b; shouter in a hat, at one point in the dim and distant past, Van Morrison was, well... a happy curmudgeon. In the early '70s his magnificent voice and mystic vision were wedded to an id...

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Mirrored by Battles

Review by P J Lucas

It's long been my conviction that writing about music is one of the most widespread follies of modern times. Each month, hundreds of thousands of words about music are written by people wearing converse trainers. What does it mean? Why bother descri...

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King of the Beach by Wavves

Review by Camilla Pia

Nathan Williams has never been one for welcoming listeners into his world with open arms. In fact he's made things decidedly difficult since the first few Wavves tracks spread like wildfire around the web in 2008. Two hastily thrown together records ...

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Bongo Bong

Review by rob

This track has long been the stand-out track that exemplifies Manu Chao for me -- I've been loving this song ever since it came out a long time ago.

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Dmitry Galuscenko

Review by AFisherman

Dmitry Galuscenko is the author of several stories about computers, programming and electronics. The stories were originally published in Russian in FidoNet in the early 2000s. Later on they were republished in several magazines and books, translated...