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EP REVIEW: Devendra Banhart – ‘Vast Ovoid’: bursting with ideas
DEVENDRA BANHART was one of the main beneficiaries of the American acid-folk explosion just after the turn of the century. He came in as part of that movement with bands like Vetiver and Espers and became almost the George Best of the movement: piratically handsome with that dusky hair and huge hoop earrings, a brace …
Album Review: Lianne La Havas – Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas makes her triumphant return from a semi-unintentional five year hiatus with her third self-titled album, released 17th July on Warner Records/Nonesuch. She first broke into our consciousness back in 2012 with her debut Is Your Love Big Enough?. However, self-admittedly, something about La Havas’ career has just never quite skyrocketed since. She …
Album Review : Steve Reich’s ‘Pulse/Quartet’
Steve Reich is the kind of musical figure that lives within several different worlds. He began in tape experimentations, looping, and sound phasing while making social and political statements in the mid-60s. His piece “Come Out” is a dizzying and hallucinogenic piece of sound manipulation that also served as a voice for the civil rights …