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AlbumsKaty B – Little Red
A whopping 17 tracks on this, the second album from the Brit School graduate, offers value but, as is increasingly the case with major label releases, puts q... Read more »| 05 Feb 2014 -
AlbumsLorelle Meets The Obsolete – Chambers
Garage rock, psych and lo-fi stoner rock aesthetics collide on the new album by Mexican husband and wife duo Lorelle Meets The Obsolete, and it's difficult t... Read more »| 04 Feb 2014 -
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Various Artists – Acid Arab Collections
Inspired by the proliferation of Arab music and culture in their native Paris, Acid Arab put together a collection of experimental tracks drawing infectious ... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
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Outlands – Love Is As Cold As Death
Informed by the more ponderous end of the 90s UK beat scene – Lamb, in particular, are clearly an influence - and the colder synth sounds of 80s a... Read more »| 03 Feb 2014 -
Albums††† – Crosses
Deftones vocalist Chino Moreno has kept himself busy with the release of the excellent Palms earlier last year, but he's also been making dramatic, electroni... Read more »| 31 Jan 2014 -
AlbumsYoung Fathers – Dead
Releasing your debut album can be a nerve-wracking experience for any artist, but expectation levels are increased to gargantuan proportions when you've been... Read more »| 30 Jan 2014
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Vulkano – Live Wild Die Free
This Swedish duo’s overdriven garage-pop sounds something like a more cutesy, melodic take on the Yeah Yeah Yeahs’ sound, its relentless energy c... Read more »| 30 Jan 2014 -
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CEO – Wonderland
This is an incredibly strange record. The experimentation with polished pop and avant garde electronics recalls Canada's Doldrums, but where Doldrums transfi... Read more »| 30 Jan 2014 -
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Augustines – Augustines
‘Earnestness’ has almost become a dirty word when applied to music. But on their debut album, Augustines managed to tread the tightrope successfu... Read more »| 30 Jan 2014 -
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The Jaydes – The Jaydes
The use of vintage drum machines and synths on the debut album by The Jaydes allies it with Andrew Weatherall's album as The Asphodells, and Daniel Avery's a... Read more »| 28 Jan 2014 -
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Illum Sphere – Ghosts of Then and Now
Manchester's Illum Sphere has been making waves for some time now, as founder of the HoyaHoya club nights, winning the BBC Radio 1Xtra Urban Music Award in 2... Read more »| 22 Jan 2014 -
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Cymbals – The Age of Fracture
This London art-pop quartet follow their 2011 debut Unlearn by polishing the synth-heavy post-punk of that record into something glossier, but similarly mela... Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
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Àsgeir – In The Silence
For a wee windswept rock, Iceland has a mighty musical heart. Its latest export, Ásgeir Trausti, looking like a cross between Daniel Brühl and th... Read more »| 16 Jan 2014 -
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Sun Glitters – Scattered Into Light
Sun Glitters is the alias of Luxembourg's Victor Ferreira, who has carved out a niche for himself in the post-dubstep and chillwave micro-genres with light-f... Read more »| 15 Jan 2014 -
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Karl Smith – Kites
Since winding up Sodastream in 2006, Karl Smith has formed Lee Memorial with members of Sleater-Kinney, the Nation Blue and Paradise Motel, but Kites marks h... Read more »| 14 Jan 2014