Articles by Sacha Jackson

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  Deerhunter

  Cryptograms

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  Cryptograms opens with the sweaty sounds of a fertile river, the bullfrog croaks, crickets hum; it could be the soundtrack to any deep sout...

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  The Finches

  Human Like a House

  PUBLISHED Feb 14, 2007

  The casual nature of life on the west coast is purely and simply defined by this San Francisco-based duo’s second full-length release. With...

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  Jana Hunter

  Blank Unstaring Heirs of Doom

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Jana Hunter’s first full-length is a lesson in how to produce a solid debut with depth and diversity. Written over ten years and recorded a...

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  Nathan Fake

  Drowning in a Sea of Love

  PUBLISHED May 1, 2006

  Drowning in a Sea of Love is proof that Nathan Fake "is not a DJ, never has been, never will be” — or so his label states. But after the ac...

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  Psychic Ills

  Dins

  PUBLISHED Apr 1, 2006

  Heavy on the psych and Eastern influences, Dins is spacier and more fully-realised than a good number of the other psych-folk albums being...

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  Russian Circles

  Enter

  PUBLISHED Jan 1, 2006

  Chicago’s Russian Circles are comprised of Mike Sullivan and Colin DeKuiper — former members of math rock band Dakota/Dakota — and drummer...