Kevin Press
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London’s Cherry Red Records has something special for your holiday shopping list. This extraordinary five-disc box set packages up everything you need to know about the influential post-punk scene of the late 1970s and early 1980s. Complete with extensive notes and a string of licensing agreements the allowed the label to publish a comprehensive archive,…
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There is a thing that happens when you prepare to start a family. Sometimes referred to as nesting, that’s really just a quaint term for the giant freak-out most of us undergo regarding the various preparations under way. Household finances become all-consuming. Suddenly you must be a grown-up, focused solely on the family’s accounts. There…
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When we listen to finely crafted electronic music, like this release from Acef Stripe, it’s easy to forget that there are people in the world who dislike the genre. The notes are so warm, the composition so fascinating, it’s hard to imagine anyone not sharing our enthusiasm. One, released over the summer by David Svrjcek…
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This new album from Leaaves feels eccentric at first. Its multifaceted title aside, these 11 songs seem to offer up one curious moment after another. Stick with it though. By the time you’ve made it through the cassette three or four times, its quirks will have begun to make sense. As is often the case…
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From the start, Giuseppe Cordaro’s new solo album offers listeners a simple elegance that comes as a great relief at the end of a difficult year. Simple, but not at all simplistic. The Reggio Emilia, Italy-based composer delivered eight new pieces to us last month that stitch multiple genres together seamlessly. Among them are ambient…
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Oslo’s Benjamin Finger has a new nine-track CD out today. Unlike Ghost Figures, the collection of piano improvisations reviewed here earlier in the year, this is a multi-layered work featuring electronics, strings and vocals. It is luxurious. The first indication that this album is something special comes as “Ultraviolet light” rumbles to life. The slow…
