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AlbumsK-X-P – III (Part Two)
Formed from the darkest matter, the Finnish trio's latest completes a cycle that began with last year's III (Part One). Stark, ominous, unrelenting, it'... Read more »| 01 Mar 2016 -
AlbumsLust For Youth – Compassion
Better Looking Brother, Compassion’s marathon lead single and standout moment, represents both the quintessential Lust For Youth track and a first step... Read more »| 27 Feb 2016 -
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New Albums This Week: Steve Mason, School of Seven Bells
The best new releases hitting the shelves this week, featuring the return of Beta Band mastermind Steve Mason, a heartfelt swansong from School of Seven Bells, and the long-awaited debut from Holy Esque Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
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Adam Stafford – Taser Revelations
Taser Revelations promises shock and awe in its title, and delivers on the latter. After 2013’s subtly transformational Imaginary Walls Collapse, Adam ... Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
AlbumsSchool of Seven Bells – SVIIB
When Alejandra Deheza and Benjamin Curtis started work on School of Seven Bells’ fourth album in the summer of 2012, they definitely had no thought tha... Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
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Underworld – Barbara Barbara We Face a Shining Future
Underworld’s first album in six years starts with what could arguably be described as their biggest banger since Beaucoup Fish's Kittens from 1999. I E... Read more »| 26 Feb 2016
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James – Girl at the End of the World
James enter their fourth decade with at least a sliver of their original, dissident character intact. Girl at the End of the World is, on one level, mor... Read more »| 26 Feb 2016 -
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Matthew Bourne – Moogmemory
The improvisational pianist, composer and winner of 2001's Perrier Jazz Award takes a step aside from his multiple collaborative projects to immerse himself ... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
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Mugstar – Magnetic Seasons
Heavyweight psychedelic Liverpudlians Mugstar return with a record that takes tripped-out space rock to its disorienting maximum. Exclusively instrumental (a... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
AlbumsRichard J Birkin – Vigils
Inspired by river mist and Murakami, and carrying echoes of Nils Frahm and Max Richter’s Sleep, sound artist/composer Birkin’s new work is behold... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
AlbumsWintersleep – The Great Detachment
Now a decade and a half into their career, the typically dependable Canadian rockers return with their first LP since 2012's Hello Hum. Produced by Tony... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
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M. Ward – More Rain
If you’re scanning these pages for a record your granny might be into, this is the one. Also known for his work alongside Zooey Deschanel as the other ... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
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Låpsley – Long Way Home
Despite making her name, initially, with spectral, minimalist bedroom productions, Liverpudlian artist Låpsley explores new territory on her debut Long... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
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Chin of Britain – The Weasel is at the Bridge
Get into the groove. The follow-up to Chin Keeler's 2013 debut is a pared-down, trippy brew of bracing beats and spiralling wig-outs. As ever, Keeler pl... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016 -
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Wussy – Forever Sounds
Back in 2012, Robert Christgau, self-proclaimed Dean of American rock critics, said Wussy “have been the best band in America since they released the f... Read more »| 25 Feb 2016