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AlbumsWampire – Bazaar
The first sound heard on Bazaar is cackling laughter – the kind that might punctuate dastardly villainy of one shade or another. It serves as a droll r... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
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A Winged Victory for the Sullen – Atomos
A Winged Victory for the Sullen’s self-titled debut predetermined its melancholic mood via evocative track titles (Requiem for the Static King, Steep H... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsInsect Heroes – Apocalypso
Technically, releasing music these days is a bit of a doddle: fire it online and job’s a good 'un. But getting people to seek out and actually lis... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
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Flying Lotus – You're Dead
You spend most of a certain fellow Warp producer’s exile gaining a rep as one of the most forward-thinking producers around, nipping off for a quick si... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsJohnny Marr – Playland
There's a freewheeling vitality to Marr's second solo venture that not only lifts the weight of history but makes a mockery of the musical bed-hopping that's... Read more »| 30 Sep 2014 -
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North Atlantic Oscillation – The Third Day
Hardly original but big on heart and soul, this is sophisticated and intelligent dream pop. With the genre tropes of the late 80s shoegaze scene increasingly... Read more »| 26 Sep 2014
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Miss Kenichi – The Trail
"My faith is for real and my mind is free," breathes Katrin Hahner, aka Miss Kenichi, on Who Are You. Like much of The Trail, Hahner's third album as Kenichi... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
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EX HEX – Rips
“I got no regrets,” Mary Timony proclaims, midway through Ex Hex’s debut album. As with many of the tracks here, it’s a worldly-wise ... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
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Die! Die! Die! – SWIM
It’s not all lackadaisical jangles in New Zealand indie rock, y’know. OK, anyone familiar with the proto-slackerisms of the Dunedin Sound might b... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
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RM Hubbert – Ampersand Extras
Oh, this is too much. After three albums of beautiful, lilting guitar instrumentals (to which you could fairly attach genre descriptors like ‘flamenco,... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
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Caribou – Our Love
Previous Caribou albums have borne out the view that Dan Snaith’s output tends to be on the ‘grower’ end of the spectrum. Our Love, Snaith&... Read more »| 24 Sep 2014 -
AlbumsWe Were Promised Jetpacks – Unravelling
The effervescence of youth can work wonders on a debut album but how often does such vim dissipate on subsequent works? Edinburgh’s We Were Promised Je... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
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Melvins – Hold It In
Ah, the ever-reliable Melvins, forever ploughing their enduring furrow. Still, even when your old tricks are among the greatest, doesn’t hurt to rope i... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
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Peaking Lights – Cosmic Logic
Ooh, a boy-girl electro duo! You'd think, with the market as flooded as it is, these analogue kids would have the savvy to perhaps get a foothold by testing ... Read more »| 23 Sep 2014 -
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Dorian Concept – Joined Ends
It's been a five year wait for a new full-length album by gifted Austrian producer Dorian Concept. He's released some club-oriented, delightfully skewed beat... Read more »| 10 Sep 2014