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AlbumsNo Joy – Wait to Pleasure
11 tracks of absolutely top-quality shoegaze from Montreal's No Joy, unabashedly plundering everything from My Bloody Valentine (the faded female vocals and ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
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Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Live from KCRW
Recorded in LA for radio station KCRW earlier this year, this fourth Cave live set splices selections from recent studio album Push the Sky Away with choice ... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
AlbumsAdrian Crowley & James Yorkston – My Yoke Is Heavy: The Songs of Daniel Johnston
Four years after its initial low-key release, Adrian Crowley and James Yorkston’s homage to Daniel Johnston is made widely available for the first time... Read more »| 26 Nov 2013 -
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Death Grips – Government Plates
If cancelled shows and major label snubs are anything to go by, budding Death Grips initiates would be wise to expect the unexpected. Case in point: Governme... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
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Destroyer – Five Spanish Songs
With Dan Bejar’s piquant way with words a substantial part of Destroyer’s appeal, Five Spanish Songs may herald disappointment for those who don&... Read more »| 25 Nov 2013 -
AlbumsBeastmilk – Climax
Although primarily a goth/post-punk outfit, Finland’s Beastmilk draw heavily upon the tropes of extreme metal; indeed, the initial buzz around the band... Read more »| 21 Nov 2013
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The Limiñanas – Costa Blanca
Despite their origins under the warm sun of southern France, The Limiñanas’ music arrives shivering with sang-froid; a sense of louche detachmen... Read more »| 21 Nov 2013 -
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The Warlocks – Skull Worship
PSYCH! As the drone signal lights up the night sky, it seems all manner of dark adventurers have heeded its call. The Warlocks’ cosmic soundscapes felt... Read more »| 20 Nov 2013 -
AlbumsVarious Artists – Cosmic Machine
A 20-track oddyssey through ten years of experimental, avant garde synth music by French producers from 1970 to 1980, the operative word here is 'cosmic' &nd... Read more »| 19 Nov 2013 -
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Recondite – Hinterland
A subtle and understated album of delicately-constructed minimal house, Hinterland is a very personal debut record for Berlin-based producer Recondite, laced... Read more »| 19 Nov 2013 -
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Ulrich Schnauss & Mark Peters – Tomorrow Is Another Day
Following 2012's swooning Underrated Silence, Ulrich Schauss and his occasional Engineers bandmate, guitarist and producer Mark Peters, have produced another... Read more »| 13 Nov 2013 -
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Eminem – The Marshall Mathers LP 2
Perhaps the most disappointing thing about MMLP2 is the (admittedly scant) evidence that as an emcee, Eminem can still spit it hard with the best of the... Read more »| 08 Nov 2013 -
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Public Spaces – KP-LP
Generated in Glasgow from the collective efforts of Lewis Macdonald, double bassist Alastair Quietsch and a host of collaborators, this album takes the templ... Read more »| 07 Nov 2013 -
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Shearwater – Fellow Travelers
Like live albums and B-side compilations, cover version LPs usually occupy a fringe position in an artist’s discography, and Fellow Travelers is no dif... Read more »| 06 Nov 2013 -
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Dead Flowers – Midnight At The Wheel Club
Ian Williams' vocal influences are easy enough to spot – Tom Waits, Leonard Cohen and Nick Cave have all clearly been imbibed, imitated and revere... Read more »| 06 Nov 2013