August 2009
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Erin recommends: St. Vincent →
Amazing find, Erin! I couldn’t get into all of her songs, but some of them were very fun. Her music has a unique character; it is very layered and complex, and features unusual sounds and I’m pretty sure there was a chorus in at least one of the songs.
Ollie recommended: Tortoise
ThrillJockey label means all their albums are streamable!
http://www.thrilljockey.com/artists/?id=10048
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To check out: French electronica 'Danger', has... →
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Mountains | "Choral" album →
This is one album Ollie recommended on Thrill Jockey’s website. I find it very mellow music, and I’m intrigued by their use of samplings of sounds in nature. I look forward to exploring it further. From the website:
“The group’s third album, Choral, (their first self-titled release and second album Sewn were both on Apestaartje), is the culmination of their work to date and a...
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ThrillJockey.com →
Thrill Jockey is a New York-based record label. “Thrill Jockey offers full-length streaming of every song on every release in its catalog. ‘I believe if people can listen to the albums, they tend to buy them,’ Richards (the founder) said in a 2006 interview with Chicago Reader.” (Wikipedia)
Ollie shared the site with me along with the names of some of his recent album...