Articles by Eric Hill

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  Colin Meloy

  Colin Meloy Sings Live!

  PUBLISHED Apr 8, 2008

  What impresses most about this selection of performances from his solo 2006 tour is how infrequently you miss Mr. Meloy’s fellow Decemberis...

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  Pacific UV

  Longplay 2

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2008

  Space rock has lately been staked out by lumberjacks and potheads who attack the cosmic continuum with white rapids of feedback and reverb...

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  Silje Nes

  Ames Room

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2008

  This Norwegian singer-songwriter is sure to draw comparisons to fellow Sub-Arctic siren Björk for her blend of wobbly electronics and acous...

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  Ulaan Khol

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  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2008

  Increasingly, our guitar heroes seem to be genetically recombining to meld the traditions of folk mystics (Fahey, Basho) and electric pyrot...

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  Christina Kubisch

  Five Electrical Walks

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2008

  The idea of the "sound walk” in fine art is usually a marriage between the artist’s presentation of site-specific concepts and the pre-reco...

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  Lars Stigler

  Samarium-Cobalt Compound Impulse-Release Magnets And Linear Resistance Inputs

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2008

  This Viennese guitarist has been working quietly, in all senses of the word, for just over a decade now. Samarium is his fourth solo releas...

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  Balmorhea

  Rivers Arms

  PUBLISHED Mar 20, 2008

  The much overused word that plagues music like that of instrumental duo Rob Lowe and Michael Muller is "cinematic.” It’s a kind of shorthan...

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  Autistic Daughters

  Uneasy Flowers

  PUBLISHED Mar 4, 2008

  New Zealander Dean Roberts once again convenes his avant-rock trio, featuring bassist Werner Dafeldecker and drummer/percussionist Martin B...