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MGMT - “Oracular Spectacular” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

Much like the album title suggests, Brooklyn-based MGMT’s debut full-length Oracular Spectacular is a vivid pronouncement of hopeless naïveté, thick with idealism and pulsing with blinding exasperation and daring, head-first bravado that is as rich as it is electric. For a project based on experimentation and rooted in avant-garde sentimentalism, Oracular Spectacular harrowingly runs [...]

8 Jan 2008 | 1 comment | More
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Kate Nash - “Made of Bricks” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

Last year marked another successful British invasion, this time in the form of several pop-flavored female artists. Most recently, 20-year-old Kate Nash, followed the coattails of her friend and fellow Brit artist Lily Allen to the top of UK charts with a helping hand from MySpace. The two share an inclination for turning out [...]

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Sia - “Some People Have Real Problems” : Sentimentalist Magazine Review

During the recording of her new full-length Some People Have Real Problems, singer Sia Furler’s friends teased her about her future as a rich and famous pop star. The jokes, however, will soon turn into fact when Monkey Puzzle/Hear Music drops the album this week. The latter, a subsidiary of Starbucks, will promote Some [...]

8 Jan 2008 | 1 comment | More