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Tupelo Honey by Van Morrison

Recensione di 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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Kamaal the Abstract by Q‐Tip

Recensione di Stevie Chick

That Q-Tip spent his own money to purchase the rights to this previously-shelved album suggests how close it is to his heart. That it took the name he chose when converting to Islam in the mid-90s, Kamaal, as its title suggested that this follow-up t...

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King of the Beach by Wavves

Recensione di 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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Hours Before The Sun by Noxura

Recensione di ace

The Presence of Night: Inside Noxura's New Album, "Hours Before The Sun" An artist’s name is a promise, a statement of intent. For the project known as Noxura, that promise is found in its very definition: “the presence of night”. It’s a concept that...

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Live at Klub 007 by Gallon Drunk

Recensione di Keira Burgess

Gallon Drunk's James Johnston is a busy boy. A member of Nick Cave's Bad Seeds since 1994, he's also spent part of this year touring with Faust, while bandmate Ian White has been working with Lydia Lunch. Saxophonist Terry Edwards too has done the ro...

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Summer Days (and Summer Nights!!) by The Beach Boys

Recensione di Chris Roberts

Released just four months after Today! in July 1965, The Beach Boys' ninth album was at first deemed by some to be a regression. Its predecessor had, on its second side, revealed the now studio-locked, pot-guzzling Brian Wilson's knack for melancholy...