5dots (in brief)

1.   Sat, Nov. 07, 2009

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   By now many of you have already heard The xx’s album, but for those that haven’t, it’s really fantastic. Low-key, kind of new-wavey, male/female vocals, and so much space. There’s some fantastically natural sounding reverb here, and every track is restrained enough that it has extra room to stretch out and breathe. The drums are sampled (but apparently tapped out in realtime when they play live, which is neat), but that extra room makes them sound much more organic; it’s a really lovely effect.

   The xx - Islands

   The xx - VCR

   The xx - Stars

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This is like what 5dots.net used to be, before it stopped being a blog.

The focus here is on sharing mp3s of things that I listen to and like (though occasionally I might share non-music things, as I have in the past).

All music is shared using Dropbox, and will be direct links to mp3 files - no yousendit or anything like that.

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