17.0
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Chris McGrath and Julia Logan Reviewed

Chris McGrath – The Ballad Of Sheep The country where you’re born is very likely to want to offer you an education. In fact, it’s insistent. It wants you to come by every morning, take notes and, eventually, do enough to stick your name on a…
8.3
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oh, hooray and Wasted Wine Reviewed

oh, hooray – STATISTICALLY ME Maybe you’re lonely, too! Maybe it’s the weekend, sunny outside, and you have nobody in the world that you can hang out with. Don’t worry and don’t be afraid to admit it. It’s not like you’re being afflicted by a strange…
8.5
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Charlie Bishop and Andie Yagher Reviewed

Charlie Bishop – Horses The vast majority of us just take, take, take. We don’t put any of it back, never think we need less, and won’t ever see a reason why we should change our ways. We’re colossal egotists, and we rob everything and everyone that…
7.3
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Derby Hill and Electric Horseman Reviewed

Derby Hill – In a Matter of Moments You can’t know why for sure, but you imagine that if there’s still something sacred left in this world, it’s going to require some long silences before it can properly reveal itself. You get the feeling that all of these…
8.0
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The Huntress and Holder of Hands and Corn Smut Reviewed

The Huntress and Holder of Hands – Doctrine Things are finally breaking down! And, if you’re a music fan, this is wonderful. The general unease of the world, the tension felt especially in the biggest mass producer of entertainment, the USA, is now reflected in…
8.5
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Lee Feather and The Night Movers AND David Omlor Reviewed

Lee Feather and The Night Movers – Calvary Is there a moment when a poet isn’t living life poetically? Should poets, really, get any days off? No, they’re stuck with their gifts as a curse for the entirety of their days on Earth. Sorry, I don’t make the rules.
7.8
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Juice and Weatherhood Reviewed

Juice – Freedom Music is a simple joy, a thing that everyone enjoys, and should be one of the few topics on which we all can agree. Anyone can make as much music as they want and perform it at any time that they please. You can get whomever you want to perform it…
8.3
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Crawford Mack and Sunken Man Reviewed

Crawford Mack – Back From The Brink When have you ever been sure about anything? I’ve just made coffee, and if I were made to confess truthfully under the penalty of death, I wouldn’t know if I’ve made tea instead. I say this as I am sipping the damn thing and…
9.0
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For Breakfast and Dubh Lee Reviewed

For Breakfast – Longer Than Spring I should know better. But, I guess I’m just another hopeful romantic in the same way that the majority of devoted pop-rock listeners happen to be. All of us hope, despite evidence to the contrary, that the people singing and…