Author results: Kieran O'Shea

Wolves and Wishes, Dosh

11th Sep 08
Release: Album
To Cure: A broken heart

Naive opinion brands Dosh as white-boyexperimental hip hop just because he sits on the Anticon roster. Sure,there are percussive leanings towards the genre on WOLVES AND WISHES (evident through air-tight breaks) but beyond thisthere's instrumental mastery and a nerd-like splicing together of encyclopaedicmusic knowledge and composition.

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Fleet Foxes

19th Jun 08
Release: EP
To Cure: A broken heart

It's been worth the wait for the Fleet Foxes' well-crafted debut to rear its head; folk, country, and bluegrass mixed together to rather more dreamy effect than their recent EP. Now, although the dynamics of the songs don't change all that much; drums roll at the bottom, acoustic guitars and keys chime in the middle, the lead guitar has its nose just in front, and the group vocals play on top, the use of clever musical arrangements makes it warmly captivating.

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