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Kurt Vile :: Speed, Sound, Lonely KV EP

Kurt Vile :: Speed, Sound, Lonely KV EP

Kurt Vile’s surgical lyrics and out-there guitar playing overshadow the fact that he is a bona-fide troubadour, a distinctive voice and presence that hangs out in your head and strums out their weird tunes from an armchair in the corner.

Juliana Hatfield :: Sings The Police

Juliana Hatfield :: Sings The Police

The source material is brilliant, but the interpretations are so uneven that it’s more like “Juliana Hatfield’s Wax Museum of Songs by The Police”.

Erin McKeown :: Kiss Off Kiss

Erin McKeown :: Kiss Off Kiss

She once wrote a song over text message with Rachel Maddow, a micro-story that actually provides deep insight into this adventurous Canadian with an effortlessly capable voice and a finely honed instinct for finding the beating heart of a song.

Juliana Hatfield :: Blood

Juliana Hatfield :: Blood

Hatfield’s relentless output is given some inventive production, and I have to pause to carefully listen. There’s a lot to unpack, sonically and lyrically, and it refuses to fade into the background.