Posts tagged with "Quick Takes"
TOL-PUDDLE MARTYRS + A Celebrated Man
TOL-PUDDLE MARTYRS
A Celebrated Man
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QUICK TAKE + The Tol-Puddle Martyrs once had potential to be prime Aussie imports—and this revitalized edition of the band’s psychedelic instincts remain intact. The band’s driving delivery is still pop-perfect four decades on.
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HARLEM PARLOUR MUSIC CLUB + Salt of the Earth
HARLEM PARLOUR MUSIC CLUB
Salt of the Earth
harlemparlourmusicclub.com
QUICK TAKE + A loose co-op including Darden Smith and Mary Lee Kortes, HPMC carries a distinctive back-porch sensibility. The banjo-plucking cover of Sly Stone’s “Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)” is an endearingly quirky touch.
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HAFDIS HULD + Synchronised Swimmers
HAFDIS HULD
Synchronised Swimmers
hafdishuld.com
QUICK TAKE + Huld sings shimmering (if sometimes sleepy) ballads with fragility and finesse, overseen by producer Calum MacColl, son of folk forebear Ewan MacColl. A cameo by singer-songwriter Boo Hewerdine on their co-composition “Vampires” adds flavor.
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PATRICK BLOOM + Ghosts of Radio
PATRICK BLOOM
Ghosts of Radio
patrickbloom.com
QUICK TAKE + With due respect, Iowa has never been known as a hotbed of original music—but the charming pop sounds spun by Patrick Bloom and his band the Mayflies could put his home state on the musical map.
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BIRDSONG AT MORNING + Vigil
BIRDSONG AT MORNING
Vigil
birdsongatmorning.com
QUICK TAKE + Birdsong At Morning’s penchant for hushed and sensitive chamber folk continues on Vigil, the third installment in a trilogy of albums. All six songs here maintain an elegiac atmosphere of repose and solitude.
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