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Chromatics – Kill for Love (2012)
Only five songs in last Tuesday, and I was ready to declare the new Chromatics album Kill For Love my absolute favourite of 2012. But there were still 12 more songs to go. Yes, the album contains 17...
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Bear In Heaven – I Love You, It’s Cool (2012)
I Love You, It’s Cool by Brooklyn’s experimental synth trio Bear In Heaven was originally one of my most anticipated albums of this year. But along came Kill For Love by Chromatics, and stole the...
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Atmospheric electropop: Worship
(Photo credit: facebook.com/worshipuk) Worship is a promising alternative electro trio from the UK. Counteract magazine describes their sound as follows: ”Atmospheric synth-based songs that haunt the...
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Kindness – World, You Need a Change of Mind (2012)
Kindness (not a very Google-friendly moniker, by the way) is a funky one-man band comprising of Adam Bainbridge. His first single, synth-wave rendition of the Replacements’ “Swingin Party”, got its...
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Hypnotic beats: Flamingosis
(Photo credit: facebook.com/pages/Flamingosis) If old school soul and classic hip-hop beats are your thing, you’re in for a treat. And the treat goes by the name Flamingosis. The guy behind...
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Hot Chip – In Our Heads (2012)
I’ll sum it up right off the bat: the new Hot Chip album is their best to date! That’s all you need to know, but if you can squeeze a few minutes in your busy schedule, keep reading. UK’s quirky...
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Miaoux Miaoux – Light of the North (2012)
Since I am new here, I will introduce myself briefly. My name is Reginald Furlick-Pawsworth, part-time music critic, full-time cat. Accustomed to the life of luxury, I was forced to find a job in the...
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Warm industrial pop: Labyrinth Ear
(Photo credit: labyrinthear.com) Yesterday, Pretty Much Amazing posted a song called “Urchin” by Labyrinth Ear. The description said it “almost sounds like a lost Chromatics track”. You don’t have to...
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Restrained strength: London Grammar
(Pic credit: facebook.com/londongrammar) They only have two tracks out at the moment, but the UK-trio London Grammar is definitely one to keep an eye on this year. London Grammar’s impressive debut...
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I’ve been getting a considerable amount of great new music suggestions from artists all over the world lately. Here are a few tracks that caught my ear immediately. Pick your favourites. There doesn’t...
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Hazy and housey: Heterotic
Back in the day (4 November 2011, to be exact) I did a mini-post about married couples who, in addition to making sweet love together, make sweet tunes together. There’s another duo who can appear on...
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