Music - album
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Gaudete, Gaudete! Erasure est natus
We are not short of album-releases containing more or less repetitive nonsense around Christmas. But there is always one, that sticks out - a diamond in the rough, a star that shines through the otherwise overclouded sky of glossy advertisement. Right? We (at Latebar) are not reluctant to declare Erasure's album 'Snow Globe' that star. This is the Christmas album of 2013.
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Hurts back on The Road
With a short Facebook note specifically aimed at its growing crowd of Danish fans the British duo recently announced a release date of a new album - 'Exile'. Listening to the first two burps from the album, Hurts travels down a slightly darker 'Road' this time.
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Ei8ht – Kershaw to infinity and beyond
Since August 6, 2012, we have been listening carefully to the new studio album 'Ei8ht' by British virtuoso, Nik Kershaw. Stunned by the brightness of this arguably most well-written harmonic Kershaw-album to this date, we simply didn't know what to write... Until now!
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Alarmingly Happy Penguins back to base
Danish pop veterans Nice Little Penguins are back - arguably better than ever. Cutting straight to the chase - here is why Latebar is thrilled to recommend the band's sixth studio album 'Alarmingly Happy' to fans worldwide. A publication surely aimed at people with a weak spot for immaculate pop played with real instruments by real musicians.
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Super 8 Cynics debuts with Gervais cover
The Super 8 Cynics debut single "Bitter Heart" is a brilliant cover version of the 1983 single by Ricky Gervais/Bill Macrae duo Seona Dancing. It stays true to the original and kicks its ass with appropriate gusto, hairspray and heart.
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Penguins at the end of the rainbow
On June 27, 2012, the second single from the Danish band Nice Little Penguins - 'Love is a Rainbow' - was released. In a time were well written and well arranged pop songs is in very short supply the popular penguins exceed with their probably best song since 'Flying' in 1994.
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Soluna Samay sings out loud
21 years old, Guatemalan born Dane Soluna Samay recently reached instant fame in Denmark when she won the Danish ticket for the Eurovision 2012 in Azerbaijan in May. But digging beyond the status as TV darling one finds music much more intense and attentive - an almost secret debut album from 2011.
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Part of the way with Nice Little Penguins
Not counting a single-blurp midway the first pop-tunes (in English) from Danish harmony-champs Nice Little Penguins in six years has reached the stores. The EP 'Part Of The Way' takes the band just that far before the release of its sixth full studio expected early 2012.
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Nik Kershaw best with ‘no frills’
The first fully accoustic album by one of Britain's best songwriters, Nik Kershaw, is perhaps the best he ever published. It shows the artist as he really is - no filter, 'no frills'.
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Best thing about Ricky Martin is… me?
It's been almost six years since we heard a sound from the Puerto Rican superstar Ricky Martin. But on February 1st (2011) the world will be 13 latin-inspired pop-tunes richer as the album 'Musica+Alma+Sexo' releases around the world.
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Wonder Rubber Stars In The Flesh
Sometimes the stars align perfectly and magic happens. In 2011, Wonder Rubber Stars align for a magic start with the release of their EP "Life Danced In The Flesh".
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Nice reviews for upcoming Duran album
The first reviews of the new Duran Duran single 'All you need is now' are ticking in. And it seems the band, along with Mark Ronson, found some of the greatness of the past and some new twists worth paying attention to.