Albums
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AlbumsHauschka – Salon des Amateurs
Salon des Amateurs is the latest in a growing collection of releases by risk-taking Düsseldorf-based composer Volker Bertelmann, alias Hauschka – ... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsOvO – Cor Cordium
Drifting in the limbo between the percussive sludge of Jucifer and the surreal assault of Fantômas is OvO, an Italian duo who have been conducting audi... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsKode9 & The Spaceape – Black Sun
Hyperdub has always been the most experimental and forward-thinking of dubstep labels, and the panache with which Kode9 and Spaceape reinvented and deconstru... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsStranded Horse – Humbling Tides
Yann Tambour – formerly Thee Stranded Horse, now Thee-less – writes and performs on a miniature kora, a kind of African harp/guitar. Throughout H... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsPanda Bear – Tomboy
Bringing an aural sharpness in contrast to the kaleidoscopic, woozy swirl of 2007’s Person Pitch, Tomboy finds Noah Lennox further straddling the exper... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsTrembling Bells – The Constant Pageant
While Alex Neilson may be the driving force behind the band, it’s still inevitable that the most arresting thing about any new Trembling Bells album wi... Read more »| 30 Mar 2011
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AlbumsFight Like Apes – The Body Of Christ And The Legs Of Tina Turner
From the record title alone it’s clear that Ireland’s Fight Like Apes haven’t toned the weirdness down any for their Andy Gill produced sec... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsAlexander – Alexander
Branching away from his ten-strong Bohemian clan known as the Magnetic Zeros, the debut solo undertaking from Alexander Ebert is an intimate stripped-down af... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsMetronomy – The English Riviera
Metronomy’s 2008 breakthrough album Nights Out is already starting to sound a little ‘of its time’. Lo-fi recording may have helped it esca... Read more »| 29 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsModdi – Floriography
Floriography has already topped the charts in Pål Moddi Knutsen’s native Norway, which considering the unleavened tone is no mean feat; Damien Ri... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsJeniferever – Silesia
Although Jeniferever probably deserve a higher profile, Silesia won’t be the album to swell their fan base. They’ve never exactly redefined the p... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsTimes New Viking – Dancer Equired
Since their formation in Columbus, Ohio in 2005, Times New Viking have notched up five albums – an impressive work rate, and one which reflects their c... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsLittle Scream – The Golden Record
Earlier in the year, a free download of The Heron And The Fox gave an early taste of Little Scream’s debut album. Modestly backed by The National&rsquo... Read more »| 28 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsMoon Duo – Mazes
Thanks to two well-received EPs and the success of guitarist Ripley Johnson’s other band Wooden Shjips , there are some pretty cut-and-dry preconceptio... Read more »| 25 Mar 2011 -
AlbumsTake A Worm For A Walk Week – T.A.W.F.A.W.W
Given their two previous recordings, at 25 minutes T.A.W.F.A.W.W qualifies as something of an epic for this feral Glaswegian quartet. In fact the days of 30 ... Read more »| 25 Mar 2011