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August 14

Week 379: “Howling” by RY X

Until recently, there were only two things I knew about the howling of wolves: that…

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May 16

Week 314: “Warm Thoughts” by Flume

Warmth is an interesting concept. In terms of temperature, warmth is difficult to define. If…

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March 21

Week 306: “Words” by Gregory Alan Isakov

A few months ago, I mentioned that although I didn’t have a list of top-ten…

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December 28

Week 294: “Prelude” by Thrupence

People love saying that “everything happens for a reason.” I disagree with that. But I…

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November 30

Week 290: “Elusive” by Lianne La Havas (Flako remix)

This is one of my favourite remixes, partly because it doesn’t feel like a remix.…

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November 2

Week 286: “Undiu” by Joao Gilberto

Joao Gilberto was a pretty enigmatic guy. Along with Jobim, he was part of the…

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June 15

Week 266: “Illuminate” by The Kite String Tangle and Dustin Tebbutt

I never really enjoyed flying kites. Too much effort for too little reward. But I’m…

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April 13

Week 257: “Night 6” by Ta-ku

Despite being born on opposite sides of the world, James Yancey and Jun Seba have several…

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October 6

Week 230: “Within It, Along” by Tess Said So

My house is the last one on the street, and all down the west side…

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September 16

Week 175: “Four Feathers Few” by Orla Wren

On Orla Wren’s Soundcloud page, he is listed as being “nomadic”. I’m not sure if…

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November 26

Week 133: “One Note Samba” by Antonio Carlos Jobim

I couldn’t let Southern Hemisphere Month go by without including a bossa nova track. Bossa…

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November 19

Week 132: “Two Hearts In 3/4 Time” by The Avalanches

We’re three-quarters of the way through Southern Hemisphere Month, so it’s only fitting that we…

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November 12

Week 131: “Settle Down” by Kimbra

Southern Hemisphere Month here at BSOTW continues with New Zealand’s eccentric Kimbra. You may remember…

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November 5

Week 130: “Last Tango In Paradise” by Goldfish

Up to this point, this blog has been heavily biased in favour of bands from…

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May 14

Week 105: “Wishery” by Pogo

Pogo, aka Nick Bertke, makes music that burrows into your ear, opens the part of…

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March 5

Week 95: “Somebody That I Used To Know” by Gotye

In the same way that Erato enjoyed 15 minutes of internet stardom by putting a…

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June 27

Week 59: “Summertime” by Angelique Kidjo

If you were to shrink the year into one week, summer would be the weekend.…

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