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- Summary: The seventh full-length release for the Tuareg blues-rock band features guest appearances from Alain Johannes, Mark Lanegan, Matt Sweeney, and Kurt Vile.
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- Record Label: Epitaph
- Genre(s): International
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Positive: 12 out of 13
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Mixed: 1 out of 13
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Negative: 0 out of 13
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Feb 8, 2017Elwan (Elephants), perhaps their most powerful album since Amassakoul, confronts their situation head-on, in songs musing on the values of ancestry, unity and fellowship, driven by the infectiously hypnotic cyclical guitar grooves that wind like creepers around their poetic imagery.
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Feb 3, 2017If ever a record sounded like a herd of elephants, this is it.
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Feb 28, 2017Elwan is pure rock n’ roll. There is an undeniable swagger and an unfettered attitude of resistance here; no pretension or theater.
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Feb 6, 2017Tinariwen’s call-and-response vocals roll inexorably, entrancingly along. They are still the champions of the genre they created.
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Feb 10, 2017Tinariwen once again deliver a vital and engaging album.
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Feb 8, 2017By making the geographically distant feel welcomingly familiar, Tinariwen have made Elwan a can't-miss release for curious audiences from all corners of the globe.
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Feb 23, 2017Their last studio record saw them in upbeat, energetic form, and whilst that playfulness is still present at times on Elwan, there is a conscious grounding too this time around.
Score distribution:
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Positive: 3 out of 3
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Mixed: 0 out of 3
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Negative: 0 out of 3
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