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The Sampler: Turn Out The Lights by Julien Baker
31 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger discusses the chords, choruses and conflicts of gay Christian singer-songwriter Julien Baker
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The Sampler: Lotta Sea Lice by Courtney Barnett and Kurt Vile
24 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger reviews a set of casual duets by Melbourne singer/guitar-slinger Courtney Barnett and Philadelphia fret-flayer Kurt Vile.
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Bidin' My Time by Chris Hillman
24 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger reviews an album ex-Byrd Chris Hillman never expected to make.
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The Sampler - 17 October 2017
17 Oct 2017This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger reviews an upbeat pop album by Beck, an aromantic manifesto from Moses Sumney and a second set of Yoruba-inspired soul from Cuban sisters Ibeyi.
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Ash by Ibeyi
17 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger reviews an urban 21st century set with deep Yoruban roots, by Cuban-Venezuelan twins Naomi and Lisa-Kainde Diaz.
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The Sampler: Colors by Beck
17 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger considers an upbeat pop set by Beck, and wonders if this is his Let's Dance?
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Album review: Aromanticism by Moses Sumney
17 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger considers the sensuous voice and aromantic sentiments of Moses Sumney.
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Where The Gods Are In Peace by Antibalas
10 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger lends an ear to an Afrobeat fable from New York ensemble Antibalas.
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Bright Phoebus by Lal and Mike Waterson
10 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger listens to a lost album and finds it lives up to its legend.
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Life Is Fine by Paul Kelly
10 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger assesses a new set from iconic Australian songwriter Paul Kelly.
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Red Dirt Boogie by Jessie Ed Davis
3 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger considers the legacy of Native American guitarist Jesse Ed Davis.
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A fresh sound from Glaswegian post-rockers Mogwai
3 Oct 2017They've been around for 25 years, which must make it hard to keep things surprising, but Mogwai's latest album, Every Country's Sun might just have delivered.
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The Sampler 3 October 2017
3 Oct 2017This week in The Sampler. Nick Bollinger reviews the ecstatic jazz of Kamasi Washington and discusses the legacy of Native American guitarist Jesse Ed Davis, while Tony Stamp assesses the latest album…
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Review: Kamasi Washington - bridging the gap between jazz and pop
3 Oct 2017Nick Bollinger discusses the ecstatic jazz of Kamasi Washington, and how the Los Angeles saxophonist is bridging the gap between jazz and pop.
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The Sampler - 26 September 2017
26 Sep 2017This week in The Sampler, Nick Bollinger muses over the mixed mythologies of Tori Amos and uncovers a collection of pioneering Antipodean electronica, while Elliott Childs visits the urban rap-scapes…
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Brick Body Kids Still Daydream by Open Mike Eagle
26 Sep 2017Elliott Childs explores the urban narratives of Los Angeles art-rapper Open Mike Eagle.
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Native Invader by Tori Amos
26 Sep 2017Nick Bollinger reviews a typically eccentric, sometimes spellbinding set from Tori Amos.
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Closed Circuits by Various Artists
26 Sep 2017Nick Bollinger investigates the roots of Australian electronica.
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Hitchhiker by Neil Young
19 Sep 2017Nick Bollinger teleports to 1976 via a lost album from the Neil Young archives
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The Sampler - 19 September 2017
19 Sep 2017This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger assesses the return of LCD Soundsystem, an intricate and anxious new album from the National, and a lost record from the Neil Young archives.
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American Dream by LCD Sound System
19 Sep 2017James Murphy of LCD Soundsystem got the band back together because David Bowie told him to. Nick Bollinger has a listen to their new album and ponders Bowie's advice.
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Sleep Well Beast by The National
19 Sep 2017Nick Bollinger reviews an intricate and mature, yet anxious new set from The National.
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Robbie Fulks: Upland storyteller
12 Sep 2017Nick Bollinger talks to Chicago-based country singer Robbie Fulks on the eve of his first New Zealand show
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The Sampler - 12 September 2017
12 Sep 2017This week in The Sampler Nick Bollinger has a listen to the album Neil Finn recorded live and online, and talks to Chicago-based country-storyteller Robbie Fulks.
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