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Columns

Tuesday, November 20 2001

Harcourt, McRae and T-T: The Return of the Neurotic Boy Outside

These Neurotic Boy Outsiders have coped in different ways with the poisoned chalice of their own, often media-shaped image as restless, difficult and highly individual artists.


Reviews

Tuesday, June 29 2010

Ed Harcourt: Lustre

Lustre is ultimately an album that greets life’s up and downs, victories and defeats, calms and frenzies, with enthusiasm. Put another way: Ed Harcourt will light up your life.


Tuesday, June 23 2009

Ed Harcourt: Russian Roulette EP

Russian Roulette is both a powerful statement and a fine harbinger of a glorious full-length to come.


Tuesday, June 3 2008

Ed Harcourt: The Beautiful Lie

Re-released a mere two years later, The Beautiful Lie is unsurprisingly still a beautiful record.


Thursday, February 3 2005

Ed Harcourt: Strangers

Harcourt's third full-length release is a breakthrough album for the erratic British piano man.


Monday, March 31 2003

Ed Harcourt: From Every Sphere


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Blogs

Tuesday, October 19 2010

I Heart Adult Alternative: Failing at Being a Hipster

An unfairly named, unfairly shunned, and completely unhip genre, adult alternative, in my opinion, is producing some of the best new music these days, and you don't have to be a project manager with two kids and a suburban home to enjoy it. Here I examine three examples of the best records in said genre from this year.


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