Articles by Eric Hill

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  Our Brother the Native

  Sacred Psalms

  PUBLISHED Apr 27, 2009

  Pared down to a duo, OBTN seem to have discovered a slightly more lucid spirit guide to follow on this third full-length. Joshua Bertram an...

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  Fridge

  Early Output 1996 -€“ 1998

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

  That this trio of London kids were still in high school and essentially just dicking around with a cassette eight-track when Trevor Jackson...

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  Storsveit Nix Noltes

  Royal Family Divorce

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

  Perhaps not everything is cooing sirens and angelic strings in Iceland after all. Witness this 11-piece ensemble (with requisite Múm...

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  Kingsbury Manx

  Ascenseur Ouvert!

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

  Like the namesake tailless cat, this fifth full-length from the Chapel Hill quartet conjures thoughts of fuzzy familiarity and a hunter's p...

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  Belmez

  Apariciones

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

  Many skilled players of aggressive rock music seem to share a love for the flipside of their velocity- and volume-fuelled day jobs. Spain's...

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  Dntel

  Early Works for Me if it Works for You II

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

  While people wait hoping for a new Postal Service album (some of you are, admit it), Jimmy Tamborello has taken a decade-sized step backwar...

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  Various

  Enjoy the Silence

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

  Taking a cue from the Kompakt Pop Ambient compilations, Japanese label Mule Electronic celebrates five years of bliss with its collection o...

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  Baja

  Aether Obelisk

  PUBLISHED Apr 21, 2009

  Not the splashdown into pop waters of, say, Caribou, Daniel Vujanic is nonetheless dipping his toes in the pool with a few more lyrics on t...