Articles by Eric Hill

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  Oneohtrix Point Never

  Returnal

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2010

  In a seeming attempt to corner the market on frequency breaching drone, Editions Mego follows bringing Emeralds into the fold with the rele...

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  Nina Nastasia

  Outlaster

  PUBLISHED Jun 22, 2010

  Paul Bryan (who has worked with everyone from Aimee Mann to Lucinda Williams) provides the orchestral backing for Nina Nastasia's indomitab...

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  Olafur Arnalds

  ...And They Have Escaped the Weight of Darkness

  PUBLISHED Jun 7, 2010

  The first full-length after three EPs that nicely bridged the gap between this and Arnalds' inaugural release in 2007, ...And They Have Esc...

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  Lazer Crystal

  MCMLXXX

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

  Because of my job and age I find myself occasionally in the awkward position of defending music of the '80s. "For every Kajagoogoo there wa...

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  Masayoshi Fujita & Jan Jelinek

  Bird, Lake, Objects

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

  Jan Jelinek has maintained a soft jazz centre since his earliest recordings, notably Loop-finding-jazz-records from 2001 on ~Scape. With Be...

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  Sylvain Chauveau

  Singular Forms [Sometimes Repeated]

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

  It's always worth noticing an artist that re-examines or re-contextualizes the basic pop song. On the maximalist side of the line are a gro...

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  The Alps

  Le Voyage

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

  While many reviews of III, the Alps' last release on Type, mentioned the influence of Italian horror scores on the trio's themes, Le Voyage...

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  Damien Jurado

  Saint Bartlett

  PUBLISHED May 25, 2010

  The absence of long-time partners in song Jenna Conrad and Eric Fisher might initially raise worry that the pinnacle of refinement achieved...