Articles by Eric Hill

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  Adam Franklin & Bolts of Melody

  I Could Sleep for a Thousand Years

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  As the force behind early '90s UK shoegaze outfit Swervedriver, Adam Franklin produced a couple of superlative albums: Raise and 1993's Mez...

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  The Books

  The Way Out

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  After a quick succession of albums on Tomlab in the first half of the '00s, Nick Zammuto and Paul de Jong took a five-year break from recor...

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  Peg Simone

  Secrets from the Storm

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  The well of influences that flows through the taproot of Peg Simone's newest effort is as strong as it is diaphanous. The Brooklyn, NY blue...

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  Ross Bolleter

  Night Kitchen (2002-2009)

  PUBLISHED Jul 19, 2010

  There are prepared pianos ― the ones where the composers alter the usual sound by jamming all manner of foreign objects into the soun...

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  Selina Martin

  Disaster Fantasies

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

  The flurry of pop punches that introduces Miss Martin's third album jellies up the knees, so when the suggestion to "Breathe In" comes arou...

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  John Grant

  Queen of Denmark

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

  Though I lack the patience to verify if the new Midlake will really "grow on me," no effort at all was required to embrace a Midlake-backed...

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  The Kissaway Trail

  Sleep Mountain

  PUBLISHED Jun 28, 2010

  Although I can't advise throwing away your Broken Social Scene albums, I will say that adding Sleep Mountain to your rotation may knock BSS...

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  Oval

  Oh

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2010

  A decade after Ovalcommers closed a chapter on Markus Popp's exploration into digital processes, this limited twelve-inch introduces a new...