The Vinyl Countdown # 1761
The XX, XX (2009) I wasn’t that much of a fan at first – well, I just didn’t get the buzz. To me The XX sounded okay, but nothing special. But I bought the vinyl because a) my wife was really digging...
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Gil Scott-Heron and Jamie xx, We’re New Here (2011) The very first time I heard this album I did not like it. I was convinced it was a dud – but in saying that I heard enough to be intrigued to want to...
View ArticleLaneway 2014: Lineup Announcement
Auckland’s annual Laneway festival continues to be the highlight of the local efforts to coordinate and curate a decent music festival. A small handful of stages, easy to get between them and a range...
View ArticleOrrin: Nocturnal
Orrin Nocturnal Dunn Deal Orrin is an 18-year old rapper with a big baritone voice and Nocturnal is his second album, but he doesn’t come out popping all quick-fire, high-pitched, whiney, trying so...
View ArticleRoyksopp & Robyn: Do It Again
Royksopp & Robyn Do It Again Wall of Sound/Dog Triumph/Cooking Vinyl These sorts of things are always stopgaps – the collaborative mini-album/EP – here we have Do It Again by Royksopp and Robyn,...
View ArticleFive Albums I’m Loving Right Now: Dan Wilcox aka Sweep
When Dan Wilcox isn’t writing country, blues and folk music on his guitar whilst crooning beneath the Raglan moon, he’s performing, producing, recording and DJ’ing as dub / reggae / rap / rock /...
View ArticleHis Evolution Was Never Televised: The Anger and Poetry of Gil Scott-Heron
The first I was really aware of Gil Scott-Heron – and I mean really aware– was hearing Paul Ubana Jones perform an a cappella take on Home Is Where the Hatred Is. (Here’s the Gil Scott-Heron original.)...
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Gil Scott-Heron, Makaya McCraven, We’re New Again (A Reimagining By Makaya McCraven) (2020) I’ll write more about this in a formal review – but this is the first brand new 2020 LP that I’ve bought in...
View ArticleGil Scott-Heron: We’re New Again – A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven
Gil Scott-Heron We’re New Again – A Reimagining by Makaya McCraven XL Recordings Ten years ago Gil Scott-Heron released his final album with in a year it had been remixed by Jamie xx, essentially...
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