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Tindersticks – Falling Down A Mountain (Music Review)

By Bill Purdy • Mar 17th, 2010 • Category: Indie Rock, Reviews

Rating: 3.8 out of 5
Tindersticks return with their strongest batch of material in years — an up and down but mostly up affair that rekindles the sort of excitement the band generated with their debut.

 
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Yeasayer – Odd Blood (Music Review)

By Bill Purdy • Feb 11th, 2010 • Category: Indie Pop, Reviews

Rating: 4.8 out of 5
Brooklynite hipsters shed the beads and robes in favor of sleek polyester leisure suits and awkwardly asymmetrical haircuts (metaphorically speaking). The results are even better than you could possibly imagine.

 
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Owen Pallett – Heartland (Music Review)

By Bill Purdy • Jan 15th, 2010 • Category: Indie Pop, Reviews

Rating: 3.5 out of 5
Owen Pallett works on a record for over three years, ditches the Final Fantasy name to minimize confusion with a video game, and delivers another album that sounds a lot like the first two. But that’s not necessarily a bad thing.

 
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We Have Band – WHB-EP (Music Review)

By Bill Purdy • Dec 20th, 2009 • Category: Punk/New Wave/Hardcore, Reviews

Rating: 2.5 out of 5
Buzz-generating Manchester disco trio releases four-song US-only teaser EP, hopes to win you over with their unironic take on Pet Shop Boys’ biggest hit.

 
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Scott Hardkiss – Technicolor Dreamer (Music Review)

By Bill Purdy • Nov 3rd, 2009 • Category: Electronic, Reviews

2.0 out of 5 stars
Journeyman (some would say “legendary,” though the distinction’s not always clear) DJ concocts a cycle of derivative pop songs that’s not quite funny enough to be novelty, nor quite serious enough to be taken seriously. And it has an ugly cover to boot.