After a seven-year recording hiatus induced by contract strife, XTC returned with a vengeance: Just a few months after the release of Apple Venus, Pt. 1, and a few months before Pt. 2, the band issued Homespun, a collection of demo recordings laid down at bassist Colin Moulding's home. Its track list and sequence are nearly identical to Apple Venus, Pt. 1; most of these recordings are so close to the finished products that a casual listener might not even be able to tell the difference. H...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Insound Staff Pick - 2009! LP from Philadelphia lo-fi bedroom psych singer/songwriter Kurt Vile . Originally released on CD in 2008 on Gulcher Records. "Constant Hitmaker's songs are varied and twisted in their arrangements, but most often include exquisite melodies floating atop a bed of hissing psych-pop experiments that fall together as nearly perfect pop songs. The album is steeped in an atmosphere of four-track recording and homespun obscurity, however it frequently, almost if by mistak...   [ read more ]

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VINYL FORMAT. Wow. . . we can't seem to figure out the true story of Ryan Trevor - we're not sure he even knows it! Is he an industry guy who pitched songs to Barry Manilow, wrote songs for Sesame Street, and roadied for infamous germaphobe Robin Trower? Is he a sensitive loner-folker who lived in England and all over the globe? Is he an ex-'60s Indiana garage band kid who rocked in "The Blue Glue?" Or did he simply replace his friend Paul McCartney when he "died" in 1968? It just might be all of the above...   [ read more ]

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