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AlbumsIt Hugs Back – Recommended Record
It’s easy to see why Matthew Simms, the guitarist, vocalist and songwriter behind London quartet It Hugs Back, was asked to join Wire last year. Despit... Read more »| 24 Apr 2013 -
AlbumsThe Antikaroshi – In P.O.P. We Rust
The outsider art of pre-World War II German psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn serves as The Antikaroshi's primary inspiration on this third LP, and – in a si... Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
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Xiu Xiu + Eugene S. Robinson – Sal Mineo
The free-noise assaults of Oxbow and the discomforting balladry of Xiu Xiu merge, evolve and mutate beyond recognition in this collaborative work by the main... Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
AlbumsCollar Up – Ghosts
Initially, Edinburgh trio Collar Up’s second album seems impeded by its unwavering melancholia, the overall impression one of over-earnestness and hand... Read more »| 23 Apr 2013 -
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Jimpster – Porchlight and Rockingchairs
With over 20 years of production experience behind him, deep house supremo Jimpster's new album, his first for six years, is a polished affair. He attempts t... Read more »| 22 Apr 2013 -
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Solar Bears – Supermigration
Combining starlit electro, ethereal dream-pop, and a fetish-like adoration for pioneering 1980s synth soundtracks, Solar Bears' stew of influences places the... Read more »| 22 Apr 2013
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AlbumsColin Stetson – New History Warfare Vol. 3: To See More Light
Sometime session saxophonist Colin Stetson has been blazing a strange and experimental path with his New History Warfare series, in which unique pl... Read more »| 16 Apr 2013 -
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Cut Yourself in Half – Mekkanizm
Yorkshire's Cut Yourself in Half lift more than a few pages from Mastodon's book on this first set of recordings: the down-tuned, groove-oriented nature of t... Read more »| 15 Apr 2013 -
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!!! – Thr!!!er
Throughout their 17 years thus far, !!! have evolved from a tight, snarling punk-funk ensemble into something altogether more louche, studied and h... Read more »| 11 Apr 2013 -
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David Grubbs – The Plain Where the Palace Stood
The second song on David Grubbs’ first full-length in five years, I Started to Live When My Barber Died, is a playful meditation on the creative potenc... Read more »| 09 Apr 2013 -
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Pan American – Cloud Room, Glass Room
Billed as an album that was 'written to be played live,' Mark Nelson's umpteenth album under the Pan American moniker makes only small changes to the group's... Read more »| 09 Apr 2013 -
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Akron/Family – Sub Verses
On seventh album Sub Verses, Akron/Family again manage to sound both formidably outré yet instinctively graspable. No Room is a brooding beast of... Read more »| 04 Apr 2013 -
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Sølyst – Lead
As the rhythmic powerhouse between krautrock/electronica/post-rock fusionists Kreidler, Thomas Klein has proved his chops as one of the most accomplished and... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
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Neon Neon – Praxis Makes Perfect
Neon Neon’s auspicious debut, Stainless Style, was written in homage to '80s ‘icon’ John DeLorean with the sonic palette to match, but... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013 -
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The Thermals – Desperate Ground
The righteous fury of The Thermals continues to burn with intensity some ten years after their debut. The subjects that singer Hutch Harris has taken aim at ... Read more »| 03 Apr 2013