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LAPD radio signals + ambient music = a haunting collage

4349 days ago

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — The Montreal band Godspeed You! Black Emperor is famous for its collages of doomsaying street sermons and sad-eyed orchestrations. But the website You Are Listening to Los Angeles gives that formula a local and often spooky revamp. more info

The best albums of 2012: numbers 40-21!

4391 days ago

Guardian Music — It's the moment you've all been waiting for – the start of our countdown through this year's best albums. The list has been compiled following an extensive poll of the Guardian and the Observer's music writers – we'll reveal more on Wednesday40 G... more info

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor – review

4412 days ago

Guardian Music — HMV Forum, LondonAs a persistent hum rings out, the eight members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor are drawn to the dark stage. Without a glance, they assume practised positions for this, the first of two nights, as the word "Hope" is projected on to... more info

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Kanye West ushers in Cruel Winter with new short film trailer

4415 days ago

Guardian Music — Rapper reveals enigmatic YouTube trailer for forthcoming film, featuring bare branches, spectral strings and George H W BushReading on mobile? Watch hereKanye West seems to be following his Cruel Summer mixtape with a Cruel Winter movie. The secretiv... more info

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Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor has more to say in 'Allelujah!'

4425 days ago

L.A. Times - Pop & Hiss — After nearly 10 years, two U.S. presidential elections and a near-complete global financial collapse, the Canadian collective Godspeed You! Black Emperor released a new album last week. Why is that contextualizing necessary? The band’s exquisite br... more info

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor: Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! – review

4428 days ago

Guardian Music — (Constellation)One of rock's most emotive collective consciences return, nearly a decade after an indefinite hiatus, with an album that effectively says: we told you so. Allelujah! picks up where Montreal's premier apocalyptic instrumental outfit lef... more info

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Godspeed You! Black Emperor Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend! – review

4430 days ago

Guardian Music — (Constellation)A decade on from their split, this Montreal collective still sound like nothing else. Comprising two hypnotic 20-minute epics and two short, drone-based pieces, the reformed band's sixth album continues where 2002's Yanqui UXO left off... more info

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Album Review: Godspeed You! Black Emperor – Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!

4431 days ago

Consequence of Sound — It holds little emotional weight, and a lot of political weight. more info

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This Week's Interesting Music Releases - October 16, 2012

4433 days ago

LargeHeartedBoy — Death Cab for Cutie frontman Ben Gibbard releases his solo album Former Lives tomorrow. Other new albums I can recommend include the first Godspeed You! Black Emperor album in ten years ('Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!), Holly Golightly's Sunday Run.... more info

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