Peter Becker – Ambivalent Scale / Tape Recordings 1979-81 (2013)
Vinyl-on-Demand highlight the incredibly disparate sonic spectrum of Eyeless in Gaza‘s Peter Becker with extracts from his two solo tapes – ‘They Brought the Stratosphere’ (1980) & ‘By Train to the...
View Articlemúm – Smilewound (2013)
The constantly rotating membership of múm has made it difficult for fans to anticipate what a múm record should sound like. On 2009’s Sing Along to Songs You Don’t Know, it became apparent that the...
View ArticleRyuichi Sakamoto & Taylor Deupree – Disappearance (2013)
Pioneering electronic minimalist Taylor Deupree and revered Japanese composer Ryuichi Sakamoto collaborate properly for the first time with the willowy ambient beauty of Disappearance. This marks the...
View ArticleHoly Ghost! – Dynamics (2013)
Brooklyn electro-pop duo Holy Ghost! release their sophomore album Dynamics on September 10 via DFA. Dynamics is the follow-up to the group’s self-titled debut album, which was released in 2011 and was...
View ArticleNo Ceremony/// – No Ceremony/// (2013)
In 2006, David Lynch unleashed his last nightmare, a film that occasionally terrified and often engaged in abrupt detours, the destination unclear, the journey – to be blunt – pretty fucking crazy....
View ArticleHello Skinny – Revolutions EP (2013)
Swiftly following on from his acclaimed and self-titled debut album, Tom Skinner’s Hello Skinny project ratchets back into view with the genre-blurring EP/mini-album Revolutions. Through various...
View ArticleJah Wobble & Marconi Union – Anomic (2013)
Influential bass player Jah Wobble and inventive, unconventional ambient outfit Marconi Union have joined forces, and over a period of two years concocted a spellbinding sonic potion that stirs both...
View ArticleGoldfrapp – Tales of Us (2013)
Whether it stomps on your heart or mops your fevered brow will depend on where it finds you at the time, but Tales of Us is capable of both, so beware. If 2010′s Head First was fun but slight, with...
View ArticleSisu – Blood Tears (2013)
SISU is Sandra Vu. The LA-based singer/multi-instrumentalist layers airy, harmony-laden vocals over dreamy synthwave, which has been described as “Smithsian shoegaze” (Village Voice) and “Nightmarish...
View ArticleMekon – Piece of Work (2013)
Despite having spent the Eighties and Nineties pushing the boundaries of electronic music with Psychic TV and other projects, John Gosling shows no sign of letting up any time soon. Known these days as...
View ArticleThe D.O.T. – Diary (2013)
When he dissolved The Streets, Mike Skinner’s first intention was to move into filmmaking. His memoir last year admitted that his most successful record, 2004’s A Grand Don’t Come For Free, followed a...
View ArticleLondon Grammar – If You Wait (2013)
Making the transition from being toast of the blogs to the Radio 1 A List in a year would be a fairly stratospheric trip, but it’s one that London Grammar have managed in just the nine months, since...
View ArticleMike Oldfield – Five Miles Out [Deluxe Edition] (2013)
Five Miles Out is the seventh record album by Mike Oldfield, released in 1982, at a time when his music was moving away from large-scale symphonic pieces towards a more accessible pop style. This 2013...
View ArticleMeridian Brothers – Devoción: Works 2005-2011 (2013)
Despite the name, Meridian Brothers is the one- man-band project of Colombian singer/songwriter/ weirdo Eblis Álvarez. Based in Bogota, he’s released three studio albums in the last eight years on...
View ArticleMGMT – MGMT (2013)
MGMT is the self-titled forthcoming third album by American psychedelic rock band MGMT to be released on September 17, 2013. Partners in crime Ben Goldwasser and Andrew VanWyngarden hinted a while back...
View ArticleVV Brown – Samson & Delilah [iTunes Deluxe Edition] (2013)
In 2009, VV Brown was considered one of pop’s brightest hopes. Three years later however, and the singer is something of a minor footnote as her debut album failed to truly connect. There’s the sense...
View ArticleThe Meets – It Happens Outside (2013)
Locher has mostly made his mark as the co-founder of My Idea of Fun, a collective of musicians, visual artists, filmmakers, and writers based out of Johnstown, PA. Since 2006 Locher has quietly...
View ArticleCHVRCHES – The Bones of What You Believe (2013)
Opening with the aforementioned track, The Bones of What You Believe starts off perfectly, offering up what is arguably the most thoughtfully produced blend of the band’s electro-pop sensibilities....
View ArticleYouth Code – Youth Code (2013)
Youth Code is the Los Angeles-based duo of Ryan William George and Sara Taylor. Apparently, their mournful, beat-driven, scream-filled dance tunes impressed Throbbing Gristle offshoot Psychic TV so...
View ArticleDreadzone – Escapades (2013)
Electro-dub pioneers Dreadzone formed in 1993 when ex-Big Audio Dynamite drummer Greg Roberts teamed up with Tim Bran, with the duo soon joined by bassist Leo Williams and keyboardist Dan Donovan, also...
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