Articles by Eric Hill

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  Steve Von Till

  A Grave is a Grim Horse

  PUBLISHED Jun 20, 2008

  Maybe it’s because he’s had two previous cracks at it but Mr. Von Till is starting to darkly shine as a solo performer. Taking a break from...

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  The Lexie Mountain Boys

  Sacred Vacation

  PUBLISHED Jun 10, 2008

  First up, despite their moniker, they’re girls, um, women. Anyhow, these five ladies are an a cappella performance art troupe from Baltimor...

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  Centro-Matic/South San Gabriel

  Dual Hawks

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2008

  How Misra will package two full-length albums as a split remains to be seen but for the two sides of songwriter Will Johnson’s coin, both w...

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  Ladytron

  Velocifero

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2008

  One of the things that was always endearing about Ladytron was that they managed to make electronic/dance music that concentrated on songs...

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  Shearwater

  Rook

  PUBLISHED Jun 3, 2008

  Having missed last year’s expanded re-release of Palo Santo, Shearwater’s love letter to Nico, the shock delivered by their current sound s...

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  Islands

  Arm's Way

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2008

  Starting with Alden Penner’s departure from the Unicorns through to Jaime Thompson’s defection after the last album, Islands have been a ba...

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  Windsor For The Derby

  How We Lost

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2008

  Texas bands seem to have a weird affinity for UK rock, and WFTD offer a big clue with their moniker. Over 12 years and eight albums, their...

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  Okay

  Huggable Dust

  PUBLISHED May 20, 2008

  Marty Anderson is a Berkeley, CA bedroom recording artist who knows his way around both psychedelic folk and broken-hearted pop via Zen med...