Jim O'Rourke - Eurekao'rourke's first post gastr del sol full length drops a lot of the avant stylings of his previous outfit in favour of immaculate folk pop settings and creates a remarkable, totally accessible, beautifully flowing album, one of the pinnacles of his career to date. on drag city

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Doesn’t get much more intimate than that

harsh industrial synths astride a hateful droning spoken word sermon

he does so over a saw-blade drone that sounds like machinery echoing off the corrugated steel walls of a nearby workshop

Ranging from the brittle collapse of ‘Didn’t It Rain’ (Songs: Ohia) through to the slings and blows of Aretha Franklin

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Hawaiian-sounding string instruments

Created from elements that should never date

‰Û÷Nigeria 70: Sweet Times‰۪ is another essential celebration of the glut of incredible music that surfaced in post-independence Nigeria

and Minor Threat's song "Straight Edge" coined the phrase that is now used to describe a drug and alcohol-free lifestyle

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