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AlbumsPrince Rama – Xtreme Now
How could you not judge this record by its cover? Mona Lisa’s smug little grin is re-formed by disembodied legs dressed in Byzantine-themed leggings, a... Read more »| 24 Feb 2016 -
AlbumsNada Surf – You Know Who You Are
Clean-cut veterans Nada Surf really should've scaled the same commercial heights as Death Cab For Cutie. The melodies behind Matthew Caws’ quasi-p... Read more »| 23 Feb 2016 -
AlbumsNew Albums This Week: So Pitted, Teen, Kanye West
The best new releases hitting the shelves this week, featuring Seattle noise rockers So Pitted, former Stereolab member Tim Gane, and the long-awaited and much-debated new record from Kanye West Read more »| 19 Feb 2016 -
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Kanye West – The Life of Pablo
The release of Kanye West’s latest LP was never going to be an easy ride; we strap ourselves in for the hip-hop hype of the year. Read more »| 18 Feb 2016 -
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New Albums This Week: Basia Bulat + Wave Pictures
The week's best new records, featuring the 4th LP from Basia Bulat Read more »| 12 Feb 2016 -
AlbumsSennen – First Light
Named after a track on Ride’s Today Forever EP, Sennen’s past is not necessarily an indicator of the present. Yes, the band’s fifth LP surf... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016
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Steve Mason – Meet The Humans
Steve Mason's third solo album under his own name finds the erstwhile Fifer embracing a folktronica style familiar from those Beta Band days. There's a move ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
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Cavalier Song – Blezard
Where to even begin with Blezard? It’s a unique collection of guitar-led sonic explorations. You’d hesitate to label it noise- or post-rock, but ... Read more »| 04 Feb 2016 -
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Lake Street Dive – Side Pony
As comfortable playing the heartbroken as the heartbreaker, Lake Street Dive singer Rachael Price, with gospel pipes and an old-school jazz sensibility, mana... Read more »| 03 Feb 2016 -
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Holy Esque – At Hope’s Ravine
They’ve kept us waiting, but it's been worth it. At Hope’s Ravine is an assured jolt of broad-canvas, nouveau-post-punk pristineness: part-T... Read more »| 03 Feb 2016 -
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Cavern of Anti-Matter – Void Beats/Invocation Trex
It’s been seven long years since Marxist ambient-boogie machine Stereolab decided to go on an indefinite hiatus, leaving a small army of vinyl junkies ... Read more »| 03 Feb 2016 -
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Universal Thee – All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace
If it’s become a cliché that Scotland – a dreich outcrop sitting atop Western Europe like a soggy top hat – understands the virtues ... Read more »| 03 Feb 2016 -
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Animal Collective – Painting With
The Baltimore avant-garde return with their most focused LP in years Read more »| 03 Feb 2016 -
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Teen – Love Yes
Its sharp pop sensibilities could fool you into thinking it's not quite as weird as it is, but don’t be tricked: Love Yes is away with the fairie... Read more »| 03 Feb 2016 -
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Lily & Madeleine – Keep It Together
Lily & Madeleine sang 'complacency is the currency/good enough is enough for me' on their 2014 release Fumes. And while their output at such a young age ... Read more »| 03 Feb 2016