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Smells Like Mediocrity: Yeasayer’s Fragrant World
Navneet Nagra September 3, 2012After two years Yeasayer releases a new album, miles from their folksy debut. Yeasayer debuted in 2007 with All Hour Cymbals, an album of tribal drum beats and genre-shifting vocal rhythms. Next came Odd Blood; a shift from their groovy debut, Odd Blood mixed pop and electronica. A two-year break and the world became fragrant. Fragrant World is a completely new direction for Yeasayer, straying from their folksy roots into rattling electronic beats. This jarring contrast from their previous albums leads the listener to double-take. The album single “Henrietta” starts with a cruising downbeat interspersed with an echoing, oceanic keyboard,…
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Album review: What We Saw From The Cheap Seats — Regina Spektor
Navneet Nagra June 4, 2012Seasoned eccentric Regina Spektor sends down another round of intelligent chamber pop It’s been three years since Regina Spektor’s last studio release Far, and the wait was worth it. What We Saw From The Cheap Seats is Spektor’s second collaboration…
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Record renaissance
Navneet Nagra April 9, 2012Vinyl — archaic or classic? Sales trends in the last five years have been tipping in favour of the gramophone It’s 1991, the embarrassing ‘80s are behind us, and on the horizon is a new world of plaid shirts and…
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