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Various Artists – Statement
Clan Destine Records are an achingly hip, seminal underground label; they have released early material by a host of experimental and electronic artists, from... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti – Mature Themes
Indie success hasn't done anything to sway Ariel Rosenberg's unyielding dedication to kitschy, sex-obsessed synth-pop; Kinski Assassin – the bawdy... Read more »| 21 Aug 2012 -
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The Smashing Pumpkins – Pisces Iscariot [Deluxe Edition]
After the success of the Gish and Siamese Dream reissues, Pumpkins fans will be frustrated to learn that whilst Pisces delivers in some areas (a compe... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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GZA – Liquid Swords [Deluxe Edition]
Nearly 20 years after the Wu-Tang Clan – that's RZA, GZA, Ghostface Killah, Method Man, Raekwon, Inspectah Deck, U-God, Masta Killa and the late Ol' ... Read more »| 20 Aug 2012 -
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Chilly Gonzales – Solo Piano II
From prankster rapper to electro-funk maestro, the artist formerly known as Jason Beck has long demonstrated a playfully flexible attitude towards genre. I... Read more »| 09 Aug 2012 -
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The Darkness – Hot Cakes
Smut’s always been a core ingredient of The Darkness’s overstretched shtick, but I could swear it used to come with more wit. The glam riff and... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012
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Bailter Space – Strobosphere
Strobosphere sees New Zealand indie-noise pioneers Bailter Space return, after a 13-year hiatus, to a markedly different musical landscape, in which neo-sh... Read more »| 08 Aug 2012 -
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Swans – The Seer
With a running time of two hours, Swans' second album since the project's reactivation in 2010 is something of an endurance test. Yet, given band leader M... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
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Ned Collette & Wirewalker – 2
The second album from Ned Collette’s Wirewalker project, and the first since the Melbourne-born songwriter relocated to Berlin, subtly augments his ... Read more »| 07 Aug 2012 -
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Diesel Park West – Do Come In Excuse The Mess
Despite a string of impressive UK chart singles in the late eighties/early nineties, Diesel Park West remain banished to relative obscurity, which is odd ... Read more »| 06 Aug 2012 -
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Dan Deacon – America
America by name, America by nature. Dan Deacon's follow-up to his 2009 career high Bromst is swathed in the big, bold and sometimes graceless chutzpah of the... Read more »| 02 Aug 2012 -
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Stealing Sheep – Into the Diamond Sun
If you've heard Stealing Sheep's single Shut Eye, you'd be forgiven for writing them off as an all-girl Fleet Foxes tribute act. Nothing wrong with that,... Read more »| 02 Aug 2012 -
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Nathan Fake – Steam Days
For an artist whose first album cradled one of techno’s most evocative slow-burners to date, anything that follows is always going to be held up in c... Read more »| 02 Aug 2012 -
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Franz Nicolay – Do The Struggle
Anyone who ever saw him play with The Hold Steady would never have doubted whether Franz Nicolay had the cojones to be a good frontman. And so it has trans... Read more »| 02 Aug 2012 -
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Toots & The Maytals – Unplugged on Strawberry Hill
As one of the most influential and renowned reggae outfits of all time, Toots and The Maytals’ work will be familiar to anyone with a passing interes... Read more »| 01 Aug 2012