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AlbumsKeser – Audeamus
Audeamus is Keser's third album, and this time round they have produced the work themselves. The result is a slightly more stripped-back sound than on 2009's... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsCarlos Cipa – The Monarch and the Viceroy
Fans of Yann Tiersen’s sparse, melancholy piano compositions should find Carlos Cipa’s debut engrossing: a collection of solo pieces by the 22 ye... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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The xx – Coexist
The xx’s debut album was a thrilling affair: dark, playful and sparse. Since we last heard from them, they’ve shed a member and, it would seem, s... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsSoledad Vélez – Wild Fishing
In many ways, the debut from Chilean folk-rock singer-songwriter Soledad Vélez feels almost uncannily familiar.Her influences range across a well... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
AlbumsMode Moderne – Strange Bruises
On this 7-track follow-up to their 2009 debut Ghost Emerging, Canada’s Mode Moderne indulge in a lovesick homage to 80s indie and new wave: Echo a... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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Kinnie the Explorer – Kinnie the Explorer
The debut from this Bournemouth indie/post-rock quartet is characterised by unexpected shifts in direction: lead guitars mysteriously recede just as songs re... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012
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Obelyskkh – White Lightnin'
There's simply no room left in the metal arena for a textbook approach to doom anymore. Thankfully, the sub-genre has split itself up into further factions o... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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Chomp – Buddha Jabba Momma
Most notable for playing in Cloud Nothings, Joe Boyer and Jason Gerycz pound out accelerated power-pop alongside Chris Brown (from Total Babes, that is, no... Read more »| 05 Sep 2012 -
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Stanley Odd – Reject
Stanley Odd's second full-length album is a step up from Oddio, building on the politicised, hook driven template they evolved on EPs Pure Antihero Material ... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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Rudi Zygadlo – Tragicomedies
Any artist whose press release describes their music as ‘pop for people who read’ (cuz, like, Beyoncé is aight but she’ll never unde... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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The Gaslamp Killer – Breakthrough
GLK's full-length debut is a who's who of the Brainfeeder roster, with appearances from Gonjasufi, Daedelus, Computer Jay, Samiyam and many others. It's also... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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Deerhoof – Breakup Song
Eleven albums in, Deerhoof inhabit something of a paradox: they manage to be both predictable and unpredictable simultaneously. They remain wildly imaginativ... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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Grizzly Bear – Shields
It’d be a tough ask for Grizzly Bear’s latest to match the meticulous, swooning highs of 2009’sVeckatimest, but it certainly has its moment... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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Jim Noir – Jimmy's Show
As he approaches 30, Mancunian psych-popper Jim Noir shows no sign of relinquishing his child’s eye view of the world. Lyrically, third album Jimm... Read more »| 04 Sep 2012 -
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The Helio Sequence – Negotiations
Much of The Helio Sequence’s fifth album was reportedly born from improvisation, with many songs beginning life as one-minute sketches, and others fo... Read more »| 03 Sep 2012