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I've heard a bit about this fellow, but haven't heard him before.He had an 8 piece band...knocked me out. Almost Sinatra & Sonic Youth or somethin. His trumpet player had a sample/looping station. Very cool!
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Ed Harcourt
Saw Ed Harcourt today @ SXSW
Ed Harcourt: Russian Roulette EP (Capsule Reviews)
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Russian Roulette is both a powerful statement and a fine harbinger of a glorious full-length to come.
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Ed Harcourt: "Russian Roulette" EP review
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UK singer/songerwriter/all around musican Ed Harcourt has just released a brand-spankin' new EP of studio material. Russian Roulette sees the piano-playing troubadour back in his Jeff Buckley-meets-Tom Waits groove. The 6-songs on the EP are a balance of rootsy pop songs and dark smokey lounge ballads.Harcourt has toned down some of the "found sound" bang and clatter that we heard on his last
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Album Review: Ed Harcourt's The Beautiful Lie
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Album:The Beautiful Lie
When I first saw Ed Harcourt at the Bowery Ballroom five years ago, two things struck me about his performance:1. How blunt and vocal he was about his disgust for the handful of glowy-eyed couples, arms entangled, swaying along to the music as if he were playing sappy love ballads just for them when clearly, Harcourt was up there singing about pain--his pain. Damnit!2. How much he spits when he...
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Yep. Decided I'd try mog. I wonder if there are any good puns I could make with it. Hmm. Egg mog? Just a mog in the machine?Anyway, I'm tagging this with Ed Harcourt not because I want to talk about him but because that's what I'm listening to right now. That's allowed, right?Well, that's all for now. Just remember, guys... be careful... because uh... well... it's a mog-eat-mog world out there....
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The Beautiful Lie
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Over the last week or so I have read several stellar reviews of the recent reissue of Ed Harcourt's 2006 album 'The Beautiful Lie', and still I never got around to checking it out.Then, when I saw that he was opening up for the Gutter Twins show here on July 31, my curiosity got the better of me and I finally took the plunge. A smart move.Heartbreakingly dark lyrics recited over beautiful piano...
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Album Review: Ed Harcourt's The Beautiful Lie
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Album:The Beautiful Lie
When I first saw Ed Harcourt at the Bowery Ballroom five years ago, two things struck me about his performance:1. How blunt and vocal he was about his disgust for the handful of glowy-eyed couples, arms entangled, swaying along to the music as if he were playing sappy love ballads just for them when clearly, Harcourt was up there singing about pain--his pain. Damnit!2. How much he spits when he...
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Suggested Listening: Ed Harcourt’s Russian Roulette EP
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UK singer/song-writer Ed Harcourt has just released a 6 track EP Russian Roulette via Dovecote. It was recorded quickly over a few days with David Lynch and is meant to serve as an audio bridge between 2006’s Beautiful Lie and a new LP due out next year. If you’ve never listened to Harcourt before, this [...]
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Saw Ed Harcourt today @ SXSW
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I've heard a bit about this fellow, but haven't heard him before.He had an 8 piece band...knocked me out. Almost Sinatra & Sonic Youth or somethin. His trumpet player had a sample/looping station. Very cool!
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Ed Harcourt: "Russian Roulette" EP review
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Album:Russian Roulette EP
UK singer/songerwriter/all around musican Ed Harcourt has just released a brand-spankin' new EP of studio material. Russian Roulette sees the piano-playing troubadour back in his Jeff Buckley-meets-Tom Waits groove. The 6-songs on the EP are a balance of rootsy pop songs and dark smokey lounge ballads.Harcourt has toned down some of the "found sound" bang and clatter that we heard on his last
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