Month: July 2019
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Spectreview: 猫 シ Corp. & t e l e p a t h – Building a Better World
Building a Better World is a remarkable achievement by two of vaporware long-standing titans, an album of sublime, melancholy ambience that stimulates the brain along with the heart.
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Spectreview: Dude York – Falling
Dude York’s Falling shifts the scales towards overt pop for the long-running Seattle punk band, as bassist Claire England finally gets her time to shine.
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Spectreview: Dirty Princes – Prince of Hearts
Prince of Hearts is a huge step up for Dirty Princes’ blistering, catchy garage pop thanks to upgraded production and tight playing.
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#15: The Evolution of the Portable Music Player (feat. Kurt Roy)
Today we’ve got Kurt Roy, frontman of the excellent Seattle indie-pop band Sea Salt, as we jump into the history of the portable music player, from the Sony Walkman to the popularization of streaming.
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Spectreview: Strange Ranger – Remembering the Rockets
Strange Ranger evolves even further as they consider the apocalypse in their comforting, classic-sounding new album.
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Spectreview: Penelope Isles – Until The Tide Creeps In
Penelope Isles’ first release for Bella Union is pleasant, somnambulent indie pop with a mild psychedelic touch.
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Spectreview: Various Artists – Sunny Side Up
Sunny Side Up is a sublime document of Melbourne's blossoming jazz scene, a community without a legacy that consequently exemplifies jazz's contemporary role as a unifier of diverse genres and cultures.
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Spectreview: LINGUA IGNOTA – CALIGULA
Lingua Ignota’s Caligula is not a fun listen, but it’s an extremely important one: an earth-shattering excoriation of domestic abusers and corrupted powers that swings exhilaratingly between beauty and terror.
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#14: The Scars Remain: The Legacy of Cambodian Rock N’ Roll (feat. Alex Benson)
Today on the podcast we’ve got Alex Benson (from the excellent local zine Loop and Replay) talking about one of the most devastating blows to artistic expression in the 20th century: the rise (and fall) of the Cambodian rock n’ roll movement.
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Spectreview: Felidæ – 傷を覚えて (Remember The Wound)
An intriguingly dark side of vaporwave emerges in this pitch-black collection of songs by an unknown Seattle producer.