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Express Rising – Express Rising 2 (2013)
A decade ago, Dante Carfagna issued a somewhat anonymous LP under the Express Rising heading. That self-titled affair went in and out of print before 2003’s summer gave way to fall, thanks in part to...
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Iasos – Celestial Soul Portrait (2013)
In their absolute unpredictability, Numero surprise us yet again. Celestial Soul Portrait, by California-based electronic, ambient, and new age music pioneer Iasos, compiles early and rare recordings...
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Hot Chip – Dark & Stormy (2013)
Somewhere along the path of their current campaign supporting 2012′s In Our Heads, the latest album from Hot Chip, something magical has happened. We’re reminded of New Order, on the cusp of...
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The Octopus Project – Fever Forms (2013)
Texan experimental indie quartet the Octopus Project started in the late ’90s as an almost exclusively instrumental act, crafting high-energy party pop heavy on quirky hooks and electronic dabbling. In...
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Piano Magic – Heart Machinery: A Piano Magic Retrospective 2001-2008 (2013)
As 2001′s Seasonally Affective archived Piano Magic‘s first 5 years of existence, Heart Machinery assembles the subsequent, no less prolific, eight for easy filing. The full EPs, singles and...
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All Tiny Creatures – Dark Clock (2013)
Falling somewhere between the kaleidoscopic electro-pop of Passion Pit and Foster the People, and the vintage, retro-’80s pop of The Horrors, Dark Clock, the second studio outing from the...
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Part Time – PDA (2013)
Part Time‘s second album, PDA, isn’t much different from their first, What Would You Say? David Speck’s bedroom-created, lo-fidelity synth pop is still incredibly woozy, off-kilter, and a little...
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Soft Metals – Lenses (2013)
The glamorous vibe Soft Metals exude on Lenses may or may not be due to Patricia Hall and Ian Hicks’ move from Portland to L.A., but it’s undeniable that their mix of dance and synth pop sounds more...
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CFCF – Music for Objects EP (2013)
For Mike Silver, the Montreal producer who records as CFCF, inspiration comes from simple sources. First garnering attention with his balmy take on beat-driven electronics on 2009′s still great...
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La Yegros – Viene De Mi (2013)
Some really inventive pop-things come out of Argentina musically and this album is an intense spiny knot of Argentinean nu-cumbia, the directness of the Colombian punch affected by the slippy local...
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TG Mauss – Dear Stranger (2013)
If your impression of German electronic music is a sound as gloomy as the country’s sun lounger policy, this third album from Dusseldorf producer Torsten TG Mauss may be the record to convert you....
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Kink Gong – Voices (2013)
Discrepant play host to another wonderfully surreal collection of augmented field recordings by Sublime Frequencies contributor Laurent Jeanneau as Kink Gong. Alchemically collaging acoustic voices and...
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Second Storey – Margosa Heights EP (2013)
Alec Storey’s (Second Storey) debut release, Margosa Heights, on arguably this year’s breakthrough UK label — the Rob Booth-curated, Fabric in-house label Houndstooth — is a deep journey into a...
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Hologram – Absolute Zero EP (2013)
Hologram have been slowly crafting and fine-tuning their sounds in Maxime Sokolinski’s flat for a year before releasing anything (yes, that’s SoKo‘s brother for the astute). La Femme’s Clara Luciani...
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Snow Ghosts – A Small Murmuration (2013)
Intended as a sort of portmanteau of the monikers that its members have become known for – the vocalist, Hannah Cartwright, records as Augustus Ghost, while Ross Tones has found recognition as a...
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VA – Rough Trade Shops: Field Day 2013
Given the amount of common ground shared by East London musical hot-houses Field Day and Rough Trade, this collaborative compilation CD feels like a great fit from the start. Curated by Field Day and...
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Fur Trade – Don’t Get Heavy (2013)
The story whereby a band releases much loved debut featuring infectious crossover lead single to adoration and critical acclaim, only to release more commercial follow-up albums and subsequently find...
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Grumbling Fur – Glynnaestra (2013)
With an album title name like that, the song name on Grumbling Fur’s latest opus would have to be pretty special, and they do not disappoint. They must certainly win an award for Most Impenetrable...
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VA – 70 Years of Sunshine (2013)
To celebrate the 70th anniversary of the first LSD trip, a batch of etheric lysergic soundscapes were contributed to this project by Kawabata Makoto of Acid Mother’s Temple, Robert Wheeler of Pere Ubu,...
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Roger Eno & Plumbline – Endless City / Concrete Garden (2013)
The shadow of older brother Brian may always seem to hang over Roger Eno, but that doesn’t mean that the two brothers’ styles can’t coexist. Endless City/Concrete Garden is Roger’s latest release, and...
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