Articles by Eric Hill

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  Owls

  Two

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2014

  With a complex history that requires nearly a third of all Wikipedia entries to unravel, the compressed origin of Owls' second recording af...

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  Liars

  Mess

  PUBLISHED Mar 24, 2014

  Taking the damaged electronic approach from WIXIW further and deeper, Liars have created an album of themes that would suit the runways of...

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  The War on Drugs

  Lost in the Dream

  PUBLISHED Mar 18, 2014

  Since emerging in 2008 with Wagonwheel Blues, these Philadelphia sons have been purveyors of the finest one- and two-chord jams that charte...

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  The Notwist

  Close to the Glass

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2014

  For over two decades, the Notwist have demonstrated their German pop efficiency or, say, "Kraftwerk" unerringly writing songs with earworm...

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  Death Vessel

  Island Intervals

  PUBLISHED Feb 24, 2014

  Like a week of watching sunrises and sunsets over a snowy landscape; that's how Joel Thibodeau's third album as Death Vessel feels. Appropr...

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  Sun Kil Moon

  Benji

  PUBLISHED Feb 10, 2014

  Mark Kozelek has always been something of a diarist in his songwriting; the very first Red House Painters album included "Michael," a touch...

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  Warpaint

  Stripped

  PUBLISHED Jan 31, 2014

  Warpaint are embarking on an intensive tour of their new, self-titled album, which comes not-so-hot on the heels of their 2010 debut, The F...

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  Warpaint

  Warpaint

  PUBLISHED Jan 20, 2014

  Warpaint have been quiet since bursting onto the scene in 2010 with The Fool, a rush of noisy, atmospheric rock that deservedly nabbed a lo...