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Welcome to Rob Hakimian’s website, collecting together the best of his writing from over the years.
Welcome to Rob Hakimian’s website, collecting together the best of his writing from over the years.
Two wildly different albums today; one of folky warmth and another of electronic callousness.
Two really great albums today (obviously, since we're in the top 10!). One of them is only 29 minutes while the other is 93 minutes!
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A couple of powerful female-fronted American rock bands today.
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With Hop Along and Protomartyr.
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One cranky indie rock stalwart and a band of paranoid upstarts are my selections today.
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Two sort of concept albums by auteurs who add a lot of attention to detail and depth to their music.
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Finally back after a long break and determined to finish my countdown. Two absolutely astonishing electronic-leaning albums in my post today.
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Today features two albums released by one of my all time favourite labels: Jagjaguwar.
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Two solo females making waves despite their relatively little time on the scene, one in techno the other in rock.
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Two of the most meticulous, unique and beloved musicians in the world make the cut for today's list.
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And on the 13th we have two of the all-time greatest American bands.
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Two really powerful albums that I've written about elsewhere quite recently, so reusing my reviews here.
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Into the top 30 with Steve Hauschildt and Meg Remy aka U.S. Girls.
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After a couple of days of absence I'm back with two very different entries on this list. One acoustic folk album and one that's a slight cheat as I've combined two releases into one - but I don't care!
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Two very different but equally warm and enticing albums today; Suzanne Kraft's Talk From Home and Kurt Vile's b'lieve i'm goin down.
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Two albums not at all indie and nary a guitar between them feature today. Click 'read more' to find out what they are.
And today we have two solo males, Floating Points (Sam Shepard) and Jim O'Rourke.
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Yet another day featuring two solo females - and two of my absolute favourites returning with great albums to add to their discography.
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On the fifth day we have yet another female solo artist and a Connecticut 9-piece.
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