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The Sampler: Make Way For Love by Marlon Williams
20 Feb 2018Nick Bollinger discusses the golden voice and grief-soaked second album of Marlon Williams.
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The Sampler- 13 February 2018
13 Feb 2018Nick Bollinger discusses the chamber pop of Sunderland siblings Field Music; the classic country and contemporary causes of Margo Price; and a reissue from Wilco.
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All American Made by Margo Price
13 Feb 2018Nick Bollinger comments on the classic country and contemporary causes of Nashville's Margo Price.
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Open Here by Field Music: a rich offering
13 Feb 2018The latest offering from UK siblings Field Music is a big, nutty fruitcake of an album, Nick Bollinger writes.
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The Sampler: Being There - Deluxe by Wilco
13 Feb 2018Nick Bollinger revisits a Wilco classic on its 21st anniversary.
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The Sampler - 6 February 2018
6 Feb 2018Nick Bollinger considers whether Atlanta rap trio Migos might be this generation's Beatles, and lends an ear to the American textures of Swedish singing sisters First Aid Kit, the cut-up constructions…
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Activity by Gold Medal Famous
6 Feb 2018Nick Bollinger lends an ear to the language and loops of local synth trio Gold Medal Famous.
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Ruins by First Aid Kit
6 Feb 2018Nick Bollinger tunes in to the American strains of Swedish singing sisters First Aid Kit.
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The Sampler: Culture II by Migos
6 Feb 2018Nick Bollinger considers why Atlanta hip-hop trio Migos might be this generation's Beatles.
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The Sampler - 30 January 2018
30 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger considers the cross-cultural rhythms and colonial guilt of Tune-Yards' Merril Garbus; the sound worlds of Jamaican electronic duo Equiknoxx Music, and black-T-shirt blues of Atlanta…
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Peach by Larkin Poe
30 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger indulges in the black T-shirt blues of Atlanta sisters Larkin Poe.
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Colon Man by Equiknoxx Music
30 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger explores the sound worlds of Jamaican electronic duo Equiknoxx Music.
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I Can Feel You Creep into My Private Life by Tune-Yards
30 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger contemplates the kinetic rhythms and colonial guilt of Tune-Yards' Merril Garbus
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The Sampler - 23 January 2018
23 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger ponders why no one is listening to the new U2 album; a set of half-century-old recordings by The Rolling Stones; a sophomore set from sixty-something soul singer Robert Finley and the…
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Goin' Platinum by Robert Finley
23 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger assesses the second set from sexagenerian soul singer Robert Finley
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Soul of a Woman by Sharon Jones and the Dap Kings
23 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger listens to the final album from Sharon Jones and recalls an encounter with the late soul star
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Songs of Experience by U2
23 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger ponders why no one seems interested in the new album by one of the biggest bands in the world.
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On Air by The Rolling Stones
23 Jan 2018Nick Bollinger listens to the half-century-old recordings of an up-and-coming London blues band.
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The Sampler - 2017 international picks
19 Dec 2017Nick Bollinger revisits some of the listening that enlivened his year.
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The Sampler - international picks of 2017
19 Dec 2017Nick Bollinger takes another listen to a few of the international albums that stood out in 2017
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The Sampler - local picks of 2017
19 Dec 2017Nick Bollinger revisits a few of the local albums that stood out in 2017
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The Sampler: 2017's best of the rest
19 Dec 2017Nick Bollinger revisits some of the great music of 2017 that may have been overshadowed by the bigger hits.
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The Sampler - 12 December 2017
12 Dec 2017This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews new local concept albums by Ria Hall and Troy Kingi, and a set of sonic collages from Wellington turntablist Alphabethead.
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Topography by Alphabethead
12 Dec 2017Nick Bollinger investigates the colourful sound worlds of Wellington turntablist Alphabethead.
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