Articles by Daniel Sylvester

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  Automat

  Automat

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2014

  Automat is, above all, a love letter to Berlin. Recorded in the German capital, this seven-song debut from the eponymous band is rife with...

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  Fennesz

  Bécs

  PUBLISHED Apr 25, 2014

  Bécs, the sixth album (and first in six years) from Christian Fennesz, has been hyped as the conceptual follow-up to his 2001 landmark rele...

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  Heterotic

  Weird Drift

  PUBLISHED Apr 18, 2014

  Throughout his 20-year career, Mike Paradinas has peppered his fruitful career (as μ-Ziq) with a handful of collaborations that have s...

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  Mac DeMarco

  The Black Sheep Inn, Wakefield QC, April 4

  PUBLISHED Apr 6, 2014

  The Black Sheep Inn is a quaint cabin-like pub that's known to host guitar-and-stool acts like Christine Fellows, Fred Eaglesmith and Old M...

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  Dalhous

  Visibility is a Trap

  PUBLISHED Apr 4, 2014

  Visibility is a Trap, the second release from Dalhous, brings some unheralded beauty to the Blackest Ever Black record label. Consisting of...

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  Jaro Milko & the Cubalkanics

  Cigarros Explosivos!

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2014

  Swiss group Jaro Milko & the Cubalkanics seemingly pride themselves on being musical oxymorons. A self-described "Cumbia/Cuban/Balkan hybri...

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  Detroit Swindle

  Boxed Out

  PUBLISHED Mar 21, 2014

  It's right there in the name. When Detroit Swindle released their debut EP, Nothing Else Matters, in 2012, it was more than apparent from w...

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  Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars

  Libation

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2014

  Celebrating ten years as a musical collective, Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars' fourth LP shows the group coming full circle and paying ho...