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Jul 2, 2012It all adds up to an exhilarating and at times revelatory mash-up of wildly varied flavors, like a really excellent fruit salad.
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Jul 5, 2012[This collection] is too varied to be streamlined into a single influence-- but at least it transcends the nostalgic idea with which it starts, making the idea of the band taking these ideas and running with them a pleasingly feasible one.
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Jul 2, 2012Yes, this is a mixtape of other people's tunes, like you've made in your bedroom dozens of times before. But it isn't nostalgia, it's very 2012.
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Under The RadarAug 22, 2012Don't get caught up in the questionable missing abilities of the selectors. Focus instead on the crossing of genres and spanning of eras. [Aug/Sep 2012, p.124]
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Jul 2, 2012Congreave, has selected with more ambition than his curatorial Tapes predecessors.
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Jul 5, 2012A collection that is perfectly pitched between old and new with nothing too challenging. It hangs together very well for both a casual listen or as a soundtrack to a night out.
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Jul 25, 2012While maintaining a slick vibe embodying the sultry lowlights of an unsuspecting loft party, Foals' Tapes are nothing particularly groundbreaking--but sure as hell an intoxicating listen.
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Aug 10, 2012K7 is doing its best to keep the tradition alive, and Foals' contribution is a curatorial coupe des grace.
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Jul 2, 2012It's a head-swirling selection of the swankiest electro, techno and house, plus silky soul from Blood Orange, geo-political pop from Condry Ziqubu and howlin' funk from Gospel Comforters.