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AlbumsMachines in Heaven – Hindu Milk EP
After making waves with their Glasgow Jihad EP and follow-up full-length debut bordersbreakdown, Glaswegian glitch gang Machines in Heaven offer another tant... Read more »| 14 Nov 2014 -
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Jonnie Common – Trapped in Amber
With subtle wit and charming self-deprecation, former De-Fence records regular Jonnie Common gently pushes himself off into his second solo album by offering... Read more »| 12 Nov 2014 -
AlbumsSeptember Girls – Veneer EP
Eleven months after debut album Cursing the Sea established a September Girls-sound hewn from heavy reverb, fuzzy melodies and a moody noir complexion, Venee... Read more »| 11 Nov 2014 -
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The Orchids – Beatitude #9
The indie pop classicists return with their fifth album in an on-off, quarter century career. As with much of the smarter Scottish guitar pop that emerged in... Read more »| 06 Nov 2014 -
AlbumsGala Drop – II
Recommended for those whose love of dance extends beyond its various inner boundaries, the Portuguese collective regroup for their first full-length out... Read more »| 05 Nov 2014 -
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Dan Bodan – Soft
Before a breathily sighed note’s been uttered, Berlin-based Canadian Dan Bodan has set the tone for his debut full-length by titling it Soft, drawing i... Read more »| 05 Nov 2014
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Slice of Life – Love and a Lamp-Post
A change of pace from the turbulent mind of Steve Ignorant. 2011 saw him resurrecting Crass material under the moniker The Last Supper, which largely served ... Read more »| 05 Nov 2014 -
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TV Smith – I Delete
Album number 16 from the former Adverts frontman, this time pushing his well-worn pen through themes of techno-skepticism, social fragmentation and the mindl... Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
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Landlady – Upright Behavior
Given that Landlady’s Adam Schatz’ other collaborations include Philadelphia chamber-pop outfit Man Man, fidgety Brooklyn jazz heads Father Figur... Read more »| 04 Nov 2014 -
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Piss Vortex – Piss Vortex
Rock journo problems: sometimes the adjectives you planned to use to review a metal band are already laid out perfectly neatly in the press release. Brutal? ... Read more »| 31 Oct 2014 -
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Bloodbath – Grand Morbid Funeral
It starts with the longest scream in history. That's your man, Nick Holmes. By name alone he might sound like an estate agent who once spammed you on LinkedI... Read more »| 31 Oct 2014 -
AlbumsBlueneck – King Nine
The fifth album from this Somerset post-rock outfit is a predictably expansive but surprisingly accessible set. That particular label, however, is starting t... Read more »| 31 Oct 2014 -
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Hookworms – The Hum
Surely an ironic title – for all the persistent drones of Hookworms’ second album, there’s nothing as soft or dull as an actual hum. For al... Read more »| 31 Oct 2014 -
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Adrian Crowley – Some Blue Morning
The world through the eyes of Adrian Crowley is a wonderful, textural place. His deep, sonorous voice seems at first almost portentous, but carries a quiet a... Read more »| 31 Oct 2014 -
AlbumsOrmonde – Cartographer/Explorer
Defiantly minimalist and daringly under-dramatised, Cartographer/Explorer is the second album from the magnetic pairing of Anna-Lynne Williams and Robert Gom... Read more »| 30 Oct 2014