?Known for his impressionistic work with the Verlaines, Downes has on his first solo album stripped his band's portentous musical intricacies to unearth a core of pent-up inspiration. Having not put out an album since 1997, Downes seems to have had a lot of time to let things filter through a creative prism and crystalize as refined, elegant rock. His spiralling cries can seem a bit strained on some tracks but, for the most part, they complement his signature layered guitar and odd chord changes. Downes ha...   [ read more ]

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various artists, all's fair in love and...chickfactor yes, in honor of their new website and tenth anniversary, it's the first-ever chickfactor compilation record, featuring liner notes by stevie jackson and 21 of our favorite musical geniuses: - exclusive tracks from dump, would-be-goods, the pines, flare, stuart moxham, hercules featuring the fan modine, and gilmore tamny - exclusive-in-the-u.s. tracks from pipas, foxgloves, april march - exclusive versions of tracks that will appear/have appeared els...   [ read more ]

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