Real Groove : The Groove Guide

By: Duncan Greive

Hip Hop: July 2010

Tags: Janelle Monae

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The subtitle of this column is hip hop and r‘n’b, but it’s the former which has dominated the word count since I took the space over from the venerable Kerry Buchanan late last year. This is a pity,...

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All Time Fave

By: Sam Trevethick

From NZ Artists: July 2010

Tags: Aphex Twin , Sam Trevethick

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Since I discovered Selected Ambient Works Volume II when I was a teenager, it has stayed at the top of my all time fave’s list. Ask me to pick five favourite albums, and I’m struggling to decide. Ask...

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Clubland

By: Silverbeat

House / Electro / Techno: July 2010

Tags: Actress , Mount Kimbie

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Every year there is a run of artists who completely shake the foundations of music, mercilessly messing with your preconceptions of sound and style, extending a beckoning finger for you to join, follow...

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Freak Scene

By: Joe Nunweek

Indie, Pop & Rock: July 2010

Tags: The Black Keys

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Early in the last decade, duos suddenly became acceptable – nay, fashionable – in a very big way. It was like the Captain and Tennille had never happened. The format dwelt a lot less on the hee-haw...

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Inner Visions

By: Graham Reid

Jazz: July 2010

Tags: Sun Ra

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In the late ‘80s and early ‘90s, Sun Ra was the hip name to drop into rock conversations: I think Sonic Youth and Henry Rollins started it, but frequently rock musicians who had paid scant attention...

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Mixed Messages

By: Stinky Jim

Reggae / Dub: July 2010

Tags: Guido

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Despite boasting a cover that could have been lifted off a student flat poster circa 1974, Anidea, the debut album from Bristolian bass bandit Guido aka Guy Middleton, is some freaky futuristic tackle....

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Parallel Universe

By: Gary Steel

Electronic / Esoteric / Eccentric: July 2010

Tags: Thomas Fehlmann

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It sounds like a dream come true, this new world in which any eager dilettante can make music using only their computer with the aid of the numerous software programmes available. The truth, as many...

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Remake/Remodel

By: Marty Duda

Reissues: July 2010

Tags: The Rolling Stones

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Despite strong competition from the likes of Led Zeppelin and The Who, The Rolling Stones were still able to bill themselves as ‘the world’s greatest rock‘n’roll band’ in 1972 thanks to their double-album...

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Rural Route

By: Grant McAllum

Country / Americana: July 2010

Tags: Stephanie Finch

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San Francisco’s Stephanie Finch is known almost exclusively to those who care for her vocal and keyboard work on husband Chuck Prophet’s numerous albums and live shows over the last couple decades....

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Singles Going Steady

By: Hussein Moses

Revisited Classics: July 2010

Tags: The Mint Chicks , Whirlwind Heat

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Over the past seven years, I’ve had endless conversations about Mint Chicks with people I know and don’t know. It’s just the way that it seems to be when it comes to them. I mean, it was pretty clear...

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