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WEEKLY UPDATE : 17/07/08
As we’ve past the halfway point in this year of 2008, it seemed like a good time to look back. What have been the musical higlights of the year so far? We’ve had some absolutely corking albums released, from Fleet Foxes genre defying debut, to Elbow’s continued cultured and heartwarming release. It might surprise some of our readers what’s ended up on this list but one thing this exercise has made us realise, is that come the end of the year, there’s going to be a big pile of albums under the ‘Excellent’ heading…
Find out what made the grade here.
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DOG DAY AFTERNOON (JULY 2008 PLAYLIST)
1. The Acorn - Crooked Legs
2. Fleet Foxes - He Doesn’t Know Why
3. Throw Me The Statue - If This Is It (Huey Lewis cover)
4. White Denim - Mess Your Hair Up
5. Constantines - Hard Feelings
6. J. Tillman - When I Light Your Darkened Door
7. James Blackshaw - Infinite Circle
8. Bowerbirds - In Our Talons
9. Damien Jurado - Gillian Was A Horse
10. The Young Republic - Comes A Time [Live] (Neil young cover)
11. Silver Mt. Zion - Black Water Blowed
12. Plants & Animals - Bye Bye Bye
INTERVIEWS
20 Questions : : Attic Lights
Interview : : Albert Hammond Jr
Introducing : : Smoke Fairies
ALBUM REVIEWS
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Tricky - Knowle West Boy by Kyle Lemmon |
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Jupiter One - Jupiter One by Catriona Boyle |
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The Weight – Are Men by Catriona Boyle |
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Society Of Imaginary Friends - Sadness Is A Bridge To Love by Simon Gurney |
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Canadians - A Sky With No Stars by Marc Higgins |
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Alanis Morissette - Flavors of Entanglement by Chris Marling |
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Various Artists - Life Beyond Mars by Chris Marling |
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Our Sleepless Forest - Our Sleepless Forest by Ro Cemm |
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The Forest - Alone In Music by John Skibeat |
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Saul Williams - The Inevitable Rise and Liberation of Niggy Tardust by Catriona Boyle |
