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Shane Parish - Repertoire
Shane Parish
Repertoire
2024 • LP
90
Jul 8, 2025
Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
Aimee Mann
@#%&*! Smilers
2008 • LP
98
Aug 10, 2024
Beth Orton - Best Bit
Beth Orton
Best Bit
1998 • EP
86
Jul 1, 2024
Sharon Van Etten - Because I Was in Love
Sharon Van Etten
Because I Was in Love
2009 • LP
75
Jun 26, 2024
Anna Mieke - Theatre
Anna Mieke
Theatre
2022 • LP
89
Jun 24, 2024
Low & Dirty Three - In the Fishtank 7
Low & Dirty Three
In the Fishtank 7
2001 • EP
79
Jun 24, 2024
Aimee Mann - Queens Of The Summer Hotel
Aimee Mann
Queens Of The Summer Hotel
2021 • LP
94
Jun 21, 2024
Andrew Bird - Sunday Morning Put-On
Andrew Bird Trio
Sunday Morning Put-On
2024 • LP
74
Jun 20, 2024
Myriam Gendron - Mayday
Myriam Gendron
Mayday
2024 • LP
86
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Recent Reviews

Aimee Mann - @#%&*! Smilers
98

It's some of the the most amazing music I know.
Smilers won't give you Long Shot live at St. Ann's Warehouse. It won't. It won't give you carefree and juvenile Ghost World.

Yes, Fuckin Smilers is entirely mid- or low-tempo. Aimee's patent writing caught up to her melodies and took the whole ship down. First-time listeners may even groan when they finish the album. There's really not much electric lead guitar on it (which Aimee wouldn't be playing ... read more

Beth Orton - Best Bit
86

I regard this EP super well since it brought me Lean On Me.
Still, there's no real bad song here. Beth is great.

Sharon Van Etten - Because I Was in Love
75

I like Because I Was in Love.
But I don't ever listen to it.

I return to the best song, Keep. It has that rather crushing inclusion of piano in the back behind the guitar line. This gives the arrangement more depth and for me, makes it the most memorable. Something about the whole song feels more whole and filled-out. Whereas with the rest of the songs, there's a slight air of their being demos or something. They feel sort of tenuous.

Anyway, while I'm not usually one to say ... read more

Grace Cathedral Park - In The Evenings of Regret
87

Just captivating. Really.
It is impossible to become bored of In the Evenings of Regret

Anna Mieke - Theatre
89

Just great.
Best listened to whilst staring at a bug

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