Monthly Archives: "December 2011"

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Holiday Hours

December 26, 2011

2011 was a quite a year, wasn’t it? Thanks to all you readers, artists, and label folks, Soft Signal had an exceptional run through the calendar. And while it might be bittersweet to see it...

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What more is there to say about Shapeshifting that I haven’t already? Any regular reader won’t be surprised to see Young Galaxy‘s latest at the top of this list– to date they’ve been the most blogged-about artist...

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I’m so frequently at a loss for words when it comes to Braids. I know I’m not the only critic to feel this way; most other outlets have struggled to capture Native Speaker within the confines...

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Seven months after its release, I’m still as captivated by Austra‘s debut as I was the first time I heard it. Feel It Break is the kind of record that most artists can only dream to...

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Within And Without is probably the one record on this list that has cropped up on just about every other critic’s list this year, so I’m going to keep this brief. Washed Out‘s chillwave masterpiece is...

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Year In Review #5: Conatus

December 19, 2011

Everything about Conatus is massive. Nika Roza Danilova began her Zola Jesus project steeped in industrial and gothic tones, conjoined with a classical upbringing in the world of opera and studies in philosophy. Her early releases demonstrated that she was...

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