When I last launched a recording project, Prince and Bowie were alive, and the 90s weren't back in fashion yet. Times's changed, my friends.
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Tag: albums
“Start in the Middle of a Sentence and Move in Both Directions at Once” – New Facets to Coltrane’s Genius
"Like finding a new room in the Great Pyramid", says Sonny Rollins. Maybe so, but for John Coltrane this recording was just another tape reel and another day in a brief, wondrous life.
Did You Say that Life Could be Better? Wye Oak – The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs
It’s a kaleidoscope of widescreen keyboards, arpeggiators and drums, into which axewoman Jenn Wasner injects high-voltage bliss at perfectly judged moments. Several points on the album made me inwardly conclude 'ah, this is what music should be'.
How to Lose Friends and Influence People – on how Middle Kids are secretly exceptional
As fuzz, distortion and stacked harmonies recur, you can tell Middle Kids are throwing everything into their debut.
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