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Archiv – Singled Out – Missive 150

archiv – originally posted January 2008 ….. missive 150 14-01-2008 Singled Out Missive 150 For Kelly and Mark Blimey space cadets the 150th missive who’d have thought it, I for one certainly didn’t reckon on it happening (though strictly speaking … Continue reading

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archiv: nanook of the north

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2003 ….. NANOOK OF THE NORTH THE TABY TAPES (Best Kept Secret) Named after the famous landmark anthropological film made by Robert Flaherty in 1922, which captured the plight of … Continue reading

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archiv: nick drake

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2003/4 …. NICK DRAKE MADE TO LOVE MAGIC (Island) Those doubting the merits or unfamiliar with the work of Nick Drake would be best checking out ‘Magic’, for sheer touching … Continue reading

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archiv: Nagisa Ni Te

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2002/3 …. NAGISA NI TE THE SAME AS A FLOWER (JagJaguwar) There’s a tantalising moment midway through ‘The Same as a Flower’, Nagisa Ni Te’s (translated as ‘On the Beach’) … Continue reading

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fosca

Archive review originally posted on the losing today site c.2002 …… FOSCA DIARY OF AN ANTIBODY (Shinkansen Records.) I’ll be strictly honest here and own up to not really liking this the first time I heard, but you know, like … Continue reading

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from bubblegum to sky

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2004 ….. FROM BUBBLEGUM TO SKY NOTHING SADDER THAN LONELY QUEEN (Eenie Meenie) And isn’t always the case, just when you thought you’d heard all you needed to know and … Continue reading

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furtips

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2004 …. FURTIPS GOURMET SOUNDS (Self Released Okay a covers album. Oh…mmmm you might think, and yes my first thought too, what on earth causes a band who’ve been around … Continue reading

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fortdax

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2004 ….. FORTDAX FOLLY (Tugboat) Attempting to consider writing and composing a follow up to a heady debut must be one thing, actually putting the whole thing into process must … Continue reading

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fortdax

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c. 2001 …. FORTDAX AT BRACKEN (STATIC CARAVAN) “There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l love it, I … Continue reading

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fort lauderdale

archive review originally posted on the losing today site c.2003 ….. FORT LAUDERDALE PRETTY MONSTER (Memphis Industries) Third album from London based duo Toby Jenkins and Steve Webster and rapidly honing and closing nearer to their collective vision of creating … Continue reading

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