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Album review: Minus 8 – Slow Motion

Chris Holmes
posted on July 6, 2009June 18, 2013
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It’s been quite a few years since we last got a full-length release from Swiss DJ/producer Robert Jan Meyer – who does business as Minus 8. His last proper release, 2004’s

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Album review: Doves – Kingdom of Rust

Chris Holmes
posted on April 21, 2009June 18, 2013
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I think it’s fair to say that I was spoiled musically by growing up in the ’80s, the tail end of a long period where bands usually released albums no more than 1-2 years apart. So when

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Album review: Queensrÿche – American Soldier

Chris Holmes
posted on April 16, 2009June 18, 2013
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Is there even a point anymore to comparing new Queensrÿche releases to older ones such as Rage for Order or even Empire? It seems that to do so is unfair to the band, who clearly don’t care

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Album review: Eleni Mandell – Artificial Fire

Chris Holmes
posted on March 5, 2009June 18, 2013
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Listening to most of Los Angeles-based pop chanteuse Eleni Mandell’s recorded output brings to mind a smoke-filled club full of broken-hearted hipsters on a lonely Wednesday night (for those

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Album reviews: Unpacking the Trailer… & Gravity and Air

Chris Holmes
posted on January 27, 2009June 18, 2013
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It’s certainly too early to predict whether or not 2009 will best last year in terms of quality musical output, but a pair of new releases from the fledgling New Amsterdam label already has it