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The National
Boxer [ Beggars Banquet Records / CD - released 29/May/2007 ] "A band on top of its game, resulting in a startling masterpiece on par with 'Turn On The Bright Lights', 'Bows and Arrows', or any other austere tribute to urban alienation you care to name."- Stylus Magazine (10/10). |
Iron and Wine
The Shepherd's Dog [ Sub Pop / CD - released 24/Sep/2007 ] "Soothing and sinister at the same time, 'The Shepherd's Dog' deserves to sit sweetly in the year end polls. Deeply sensual, richly pastoral… a slow burning, late summer treat... |
John Vanderslice
Emerald City [ Inertia Music / CD - released 15/Oct/2007 ] "Both on a song-for-song basis and as singular cohesive work, 'Emerald City' demonstrates Vanderslice's masterful control of craft at every structural level and his unrivalled ability to make the political personal."-Slant Magazine. |