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James Murray – Loss (2015)
Having laid to rest his Floods Trilogy (2012’s Floods, 2013’s The Land Bridge, and 2014’s Mount View, all issued on his own Slowcraft Records), James Murray now turns his attention to a project of a...
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Neneh Cherry – Blank Project [Deluxe Edition] (2014)
After a near 20 years away from the spotlight as a solo act, Neneh Cherry’s return in 2014 with her Kieran Hebden-produced album, Blank Project, was justly welcomed with adoring praise. Blank Project...
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VA – Dance Mania: Ghetto Madness (2015)
A follow up to last year’s Hardcore Traxx, Ghetto Madness is the second trip through the Dance Mania label’s vaults. While Hardcore Traxx covered the years 1986 to 1997, when the label laid the...
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Tsembla – Terror & Healing (2015)
The work of Swedish-Finnish artist Marja Johansson, a member of the Kemialliset Ystävät ensemble, Tsembla operates out of Turku, Finland. The album is the project’s third full-length and follows...
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SCNTST – Puffer (2015)
To listen to Bryan Müller’s prolific output is to have your expectations repeatedly dashed: Just when you think you’ve pinned down his sound, he releases another track, or another EP, that completely...
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The Orb – History of the Future: Part 2 (2015)
Second release in the ‘History Of The Future’ duology features rare tracks and previously unseen footage. The Orb’s often criminally overlooked but wildly creative 21st century catalogue is...
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Sun Airway – Landscapes (2014)
Philadelphia’s Sun Airway released a instrumental ambient album, Landscapes, that was created for a documentary film about Japanese photographer Izima Kaoru. The film is called Landscapes with a...
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Mark Lanegan – A Thousand Miles of Midnight: Phantom Radio Remixes (2015)
Mark Lanegan Band return with A Thousand Miles of Midnight, an album of remixes of tracks from both ‘Phantom Radio’ and ‘No Bells On Sunday’, the EP that accompanied it. The album is made up of a...
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#1 Dads – About Face (2014)
2011 he released a full-length LP under the moniker #1 Dads. In 2014, he’s come out with a sophomore full-length titled About Face. There’s been a bit of hype around this record and after just one...
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Carter Tutti – Carter Tutti Plays Chris and Cosey (2015)
The past is so present in today’s musical landscape that you can easily connect the dots when an artist looks backwards. A greatest-hits tour on its third go-around or a lengthy set of dates performing...
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John T. Gast – Excerpts (2015)
Outstanding, otherworldly debut album proper by the Hype Williams collaborator known as Henny Moan and John T. Gast. An ambient enigma steeped in post-hypnagogic tristesse, Excerpts is a cryptic hash...
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VA – Jon Hopkins: Late Night Tales (2015)
Jon Hopkins is the latest participant in the Late Night Tales mix series. The long-running mixtape series invites artists to create their own “ultimate ‘late night’ selection,” with each collection...
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Sea Change – Breakage (2015)
On the luxurious surface, Breakage is yet another tragically hip, dark-electronic record. It’s Bat for Lashes wearing Fever Ray’s mask to the coolest of fancy dress parties. It pirouettes in a kitchen...
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Ryan Teague – Block Boundaries (2014)
Block Boundaries is the new album from minimalist composer Ryan Teague building on his previous releases for Type, Sonic Pieces and current label Village Green. Inspired by the theme of...
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Romare – Projections (2015)
Romare’s debut LP, Projections, is a perfect fit as the newest fixture on the ever-eclectic Ninja Tune label. Taking his name from Romare Bearden, an American artist fluent in collage work, Romare’s...
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Kevin Drumm – Everything’s Going along as Usual and Then All Shit Breaks...
You might be wondering where the title Everything’s Going Along As Usual and Then All Shit Breaks Loose comes. Avant-gardist Kevin Drumm fully admits to lifting it straight from Joan Didion’s 2005...
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Chevron – Lifeshake (2015)
Planet Mu will look into the past by finally releasing an unfinished 2007 album by Chevron. Lifeshake is part of the UK label’s 20th-birthday µ20 celebration, where they intend to release...
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Sam Prekop – The Republic (2015)
The gently experimental nature of Sam Prekop‘s lengthy discography has always led to some interesting twists in sound, but even those well versed in his adventurous catalog weren’t expecting the...
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Future User – #SteroidsOrHeroin (2015)
The new group Future User are here to not only rock you musically, but to give you something to think about, as well. The duo, consisting of Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave bassist Tim...
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Sandra Kolstad – Zero Gravity State of Mind (2014)
Evolution not revolution is a key mantra in the world of Norwegian-born, Berlin-based singer Sandra Kolstad. Slowly but surely over the course of three albums she’s gently coaxed her sound from...
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