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Sounds like:
Spoek Mathambo,
Clap! Clap!
By
Dylan Heneck
on
May 8, 2017
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Lyrically a very apt song for this Monday except, unlike in the song, no one is coming to rescue you. There is one bright patch to this Monday though, I have managed to come up with a way to make reviews a lot less repetitive for me to try and write....
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2

Sounds like:
Ame,
Black Coffee,
JackLNDN,
Rufus du Sol
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Apr 25, 2017
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I'm pretty done writing articles about nuances and random tales that don't make sense. If you're one of the four people who reads my reviews and lets me know, then you'll know what I'm referring to.
It is important with this review that it comes acr...
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3

Sounds like:
Drake,
Brent Faiyaz,
Sampha
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Apr 24, 2017
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If you're reading this in the last week of April 2017, just know that I actually wrote this a week prior. What is different from the time you're reading this and the time that it's actually being written? Well, for one, when I wrote this I was at my ...
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4

Sounds like:
Com Truise,
Nafets,
POMO,
Elohim
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Apr 20, 2017
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Before I watched the video I imagined Mike, the rapper on "Keep You Safe," wearing tights, peddling flute music to me along a sunset walk.
The second time around I started listening to the lyrics and I don't think Mike was trying to serenade me on t...
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5

Sounds like:
Stiff Pap,
Maramza,
Spoek Mathambo
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Mar 29, 2017
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I have listened to this whole track a couple of times through. It really is great, and I love that it's coming from South Africa. Plus, two sisters working together to bring you audial bliss -- teamwork! Power!
So much good that it's a wonder why th...
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6

Sounds like:
Fantasma,
Jumping Back Slash,
Zaki Ibrahim
By
Matthew Rightford
on
Mar 17, 2017
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Spoek Mathambo's solo return is nothing short of the spiritual awakening you think you had at Burning Man (or your country's equivalent).
He employs the production chops of Jumping Back Slash, vocals of Joburg producer-vocalist Kajama, and instrumen...
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7

Sounds like:
Maramza,
Thibo Tazz,
Jumping Back Slash,
Okmalumkoolkat
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Feb 2, 2017
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You know what's tough? Writing words about music. That's why almost all of my reviews steer away from actually addressing what you're listening to -- because in the face of something difficult it's better to avoid doing it.
But really though, you're...
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8

Sounds like:
Clap! Clap!,
Branko,
Samthing Soweto
By
Dylan Heneck
on
Jan 26, 2017
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Rest my child. Have a stool to sit on and perhaps a glass of water as well. You're being exposed to some seriously large sounds both literally and metaphyiscially.
In fact, just check that your body hasn't begun to evaporate already. You're probabl...
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