It's extremely unfair that nearly every single mention of Scottish producer Christ. is prefaced with the fact that he is a former member of Boards of Canada. Look, we just...
The latest alias of lo-fi pioneer and veteran experimental producer Nattymari, the Curt Crackarach project sees Natty collaborating with a brace of vocalists, on a selection of cuts that run...
Back when heavy metal was hurtling towards new extremities in theatricality and brute force throughout the late 80s, Seattle quartet Soundgarden willingly strayed from the pack. With punk rock sensibilities, they...
Unlike Scroobius Pip, another artist who made the transition from hip-hop influenced poet to rapper with a record deal, Dizraeli's flow is based on literate, witty wordplay rather than obvious...
Views of the wasted ghost ships at Seaton and the tankers chugging out of Tees dock typified every trip to the coast for those of us living in the shadow of...
On Rituels d’Un Nouveau Monde, this French electro/neo-prog duo progress from their previous work – reinterpreting John Carpenter soundtracks – to forge similarly cinematic soundscapes of their own, combining analogue...
With his work in the London instrumental trio State River Widening from the late '90s to the mid '00s, David Sheppard helped to create a pastoral, folk-inflected strain of post-rock...
With No One Can Ever Know showcasing a cold electro minimalism, The Twilight Sad confidently stepped outwith their self-imposed confines earlier this year. This remix album offers further evidence that...
The new project from Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin feels uncomfortably like a novelty record, and a rather dated one at that: Let’s Be Frank is a collection of fairly straightforward,...
On their third album, couple Holly Ross and David Blackwell have again gone to every effort to remind us that The Lovely Eggs are northern. Really. They’re very, very northern. And where...
Crystal Castles were one of the central influences on the producers and bands who would go on to be grouped under the genre tag of 'witch house.' In a remarkable...
Storming out of the gate with Swerve City – a brutally sexy sledgehammer of a song, and hands-down their best opener since White Pony's Feiticeira – Deftones sound like a...
After two patchy outings on Warp, LUX finds Eno returning to purely ambient pastures with a suite based on a recent gallery installation. A cursory listen reveals striking similarities to...
A Wrenched Virile Lore is not strictly a remix album to Mogwai’s seventh studio record Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will. In fact, Justin Broadrick’s opening take on George...
Usually when a treasured act reforms, they hit the road, give fans an opportunity to hear the hits, and then go back to whatever it was they were doing beforehand,...
If the key to unlocking former lives is regression, Ben Gibbard’s solo debut is perfectly titled: there’s scant sign of progress or advancement in these 12 tracks. Jettisoning the light...
Doomtree co-founder P.O.S. brings another sonically dense alt-rap assault with his fourth LP, and although the synth-heavy palette he's working with this time somewhat marginalises his punk edge in favour...
Now on their seventh LP, Clinic’s career has spanned a period in which rock that combines innovation and poppiness has become increasingly thin on the ground; but the Liverpudlians have...
On Palindrome Hunches’ penultimate song, Hey Daydreamer, Neil Halstead asserts the persistence of his idealistic outlook: "I don’t wanna be just OK / I wanna go everywhere / I wanna...
The first of a series of proposed collaborations scheduled for release on the Software label finds these two kindred spirits embracing ‘jazz-based improvisation’ using sounds derived from ‘the acoustic resonance...
