Jon Brooks – Walberswick (2015)
Walberswick is a small, sleepy village situated at the mouth of the River Blyth on the east coast of Suffolk. A former trading port of importance, today it mostly consists of holiday homes and...
View ArticleShit & Shine – Chakin’ (2015)
Shit & Shine always deliver the unexpected, and it becomes clear from the outset of Chakin’ that out-there jazz tape label, Astral Spirits, is a pretty apt home for this release. Much of the album...
View ArticleDamaged Bug – Cold Hot Plumbs (2015)
The ever prolific John Dwyer of Thee Oh Sees decided in 2013 that operating one brilliant garage pysch band wasn’t enough to keep him occupied, so he started working on a solo album of synth pop...
View ArticleHelm – Olympic Mess (2015)
Olympic Mess is Luke Younger’s third outing for the ever-stunning PAN imprint, tailing closely behind last year’s The Hollow Organ EP and the stupefying Impossible Symmetry album from the year before...
View ArticleOutfit – Slowness (2015)
Their 2013 debut Performance didn’t spark throughout, but its clutch of on-the-money highlights announced Outfit as an act keen – and equipped – to toy with the staid conventions of pop. Slowness is...
View ArticleThe Pre New – The Male Eunuch (2015)
That revolution we were told about never was shown on the telly after all. It was ostracised, anaesthetised by important men in suits (posh ones, like from Next), killed off by guys with big ideas and...
View ArticleMulticast Dynamics – Scape / Aquatic System (2015)
A name such as Multicast Dynamics might give the impression of being one perfectly suited for a metal band, but Samuel van Dijk’s project is about as far removed from that genre as could be imagined....
View ArticleDe Lux – Voyage (2014)
Sean Guerin and Isaac Franco, the Los Angeles-based musicians behind indie neo-disco act De Lux, write, play, and produce all their material. Despite their young age, they do so with an impressive...
View ArticleAir – The Virgin Suicides [15th Anniversary Edition] (2015)
15th Anniversary Edition include demos, alternate versions and previously unreleased live performances recorded in Los Angeles in January 2000. Two years after the arrival of their debut album in 1998,...
View ArticlePolar Inertia – Kinematic Optics (2015)
Since it started, Paris’ deliberately-subterranean Dement3d label has been one of the most interesting imprints in this growing scene. Releasing music from some of the biggest names of this new wave...
View ArticleGumshen – Digibites (2015)
Progressively experimenting with radical concepts, in an effort to grippingly emphasize your enthrallingly relatable thoughts and feelings, can often times be a powerful action, as others can truly...
View ArticleJesus Jones – Liquidizer [Deluxe Edition] (2014)
Remastered Deluxe Edition is expanded to feature rare tracks, demos and sought-after mixes It’s a product of its time, and it wanted nothing more than to be seen as such — the credits list for the...
View ArticleJesus Jones – Perverse [Deluxe Edition] (2014)
This remastered Deluxe Edition is expanded to feature rare tracks, demos and sought-after mixes. Perverse attempts to expand on the success Jesus Jones enjoyed with Doubt, not only commercially but...
View ArticleWeird Together – No Compromise EP (2015)
Helmed by Tokyo based New Zealand journalist, DJ and music encyclopaedia Nick Dwyer and legendary Auckland based English music producer and DJ Dick “Magik J” Johnson, Weird Together is one of the most...
View ArticleSeoul – I Become a Shade (2015)
“Blue, breathless, gentle, absolute.” That’s both the Twitter biography of Seoul and an accurate descriptor of the band’s ethos. Hailing from Montreal, the trio of synth-loving perfectionists have a...
View ArticleManual – Azure Vista [Expanded Edition] (2015)
A new remastered and expanded edition of the most popular of Manual records – the 2005 shoegaze classic Azure Vista. Jonas Munk aka Manual remastered the original six album tracks and added seven live...
View ArticleThe Orb – Moonbuilding 2703 AD (2015)
Approaching 28 years in the game, and on their sixth incarnation as a band, The Orb make a welcome return with Moonbuilding 2703 AD – their first original album for quite some time, not counting the...
View ArticleFour Tet – Morning / Evening (2015)
Kieran Hebden, aka renowned producer Four Tet, just released his new album Morning / Evening today to celebrate the summer solstice. Originally scheduled to be released in early July, Morning / Evening...
View ArticleAM & Shawn Lee – Outlines [Deluxe Version] (2015)
Vintage-inspired pop duo AM & Shawn Lee have grown over three albums from a collaborative side project to a reliable ongoing musical partnership. Centered on the talents of London-based...
View ArticleWhite Poppy – Natural Phenomena (2015)
Crystal Dorval of Vancouver, British Columbia refers to her work under the White Poppy moniker as “therapeutic pop,” and her dreamy, tranquil songs are a perfect accompaniment to an afternoon lying in...
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