In hindsight, the first thing that attracted me to this fine gentleman was his pseudonym. A frenchman singing acoustic folk songs in English, trying to represents among what, like ten thousand folk bands from the US?
Yet somehow after a few months of coming back to this album, it’s July and I should say this [...]

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* The Dodos - Jodi : On EAR FARM’s Top Albums of 2008 so far list. (indie/folk)
* Ponytail - Celebrate the Body Electric : On Paperthinwalls, a mixture of high energy mathrock&no wave
* Kindisch Megamix June 2008 - One hour minimal house mix from Kindisch Records sister label of Get Physical. via Fader
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It’s time to take the first short vacation/break of 2008 and disappear until Monday. Assorted songs that I’ve been listening to for the last months but can’t find the context to post are up to keep you busy in the meantime. Enjoy.

Ebu Gogo - Neo-Uranium Mattress (electro/mathrock/videogame goofiness)
Kelley Polar - Chrysantemum (electronic)
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I’ll admit I’m a new convert to Katherine Elizabeth (Kaki) King’s intricate music. I haven’t listened to her previous body of work which has higher critical acclaim. I’m not really knowledgeable in this acoustic alt. country/folk/indie stuff, frankly I haven’t even listened to Cat Power. I’m not an American you know!
That’s why I’m not [...]

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* A great Marcelo Fabian tune on soapism, and an old cosmic disco track by Peter Brown.
* new songs from El Perro del Mar on Hippie, Hippie, Hoorah
* Sun Electric - Toninas (Ricardo Villalobos Remix) on Did you see the worlds, also Esbjörn Svensson Trio - Did they ever tell Cousteau?
* Plantlife - When [...]

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15 Battles - Mirrored (Warp Records) : Everybody’s been talking about “Mirrored” this year, and they kind of deserve it for getting their oddtimed dissonant music to find strange acclaim from mainstream circles as well as mathheads.
14 Deejay OM - Reheated Naan and Curry (Galapagos4) : A fine hybrid of Indian samples mixed with beats. [...]

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