May 2009

More CD Reviews

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Man, it was February last year when I last linked to CDs I've picked up, so here's almost a year and half's worth of reviews.

Don't know why I'm being medium-centric - could be posting rave ups of my favourite MP3 purchases or 12"s (OH SHIT THAT KING MIDAS SOUND 12 LAST YEAR WAS GREEEEAAAT) but I guess it just gets too much.

Anyway, linkies through to my last.fm journal:

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Weekly mp3 #58: Miike Snow - Animal

This is another one from Spinner, and has been getting an absolutely thrashing on a bunch of the usual places I link to, due to there being a seemingly never ending stream of free remixes... If you're busy being an RSS-fiend on any blogs or whatever you probably know all about this.

Weekly mp3 #57: Tosca - Springer

Been a while since I linked to something on RCRDLBL.

Weekly mp3 #56: Duckett - Stock Up On Antibiotics

A bit of softish ambientish technoish stuff from Mind Net the free sublabel of UK techno label Mind Tours.

Getting in before the 90s revival kicks in

These guys will definitely be at the forefront.

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Weekly mp3 #55: Hudson Mohawke - Polkadot Blues

Another bit of wheat separated from the chaff on XLR8R's website.

Glitchy, helium party beats. Pitched-up synth stabs. Cheery melodies played on vocal samples like they did in the 80s, or would have had "they" been really drunk and/or 4-year olds. Or both. The track manages to keep from keeling over thanks to the instant-summer chords and bassline.