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Album Reviews Album Review: The Souljazz Orchestra, Solidarity, Strut Records December 03, 2012 THE SOULJAZZ ORCHESTRA SOLIDARITY Canada’s most prominent afrobeat revivalist group return with an album recorded on vintage equipment. You hear …
Album Reviews Uncategorized Album Review: Oppenheimer, This Racket Takes Its Toll, Bar None December 03, 2012 OPPENHEIMER THIS RACKET TAKES ITS TOLL The pop team of Shaun Robinson and Rocky O’Reilly fell apart in 2009, leaving …
Album Reviews Album Review: Jens Lekman, I Know What Love Isn't, Secretly Canadian December 03, 2012 JENS LEKMAN I KNOW WHAT LOVE ISN’T “Every chord I struck was a miserable chord” pretty much sums up this …
Album Reviews Album Review: Grizzly Bear, Shields, Warp Records November 29, 2012 GRIZZLY BEAR SHIELDS A guitar string is plucked, drums stumble in half asleep and picking up on a rhythm that …
Album Reviews Album Review: Dirty Projectors, Swing Lo Magellan, Domino Records November 29, 2012 DIRTY PROJECTORS SWING LO MAGELLAN After listening to Swing Lo Magellan, the new album from Brooklyn’s Dirty Projectors, I’ve …
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