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We've concocted a scientifically accurate and 100% objective Top 50 of 2012's releases. Whatever your tastes - from ambient to indie rock to jazz to techno to kraut to psych to doom to hip-hop to garage rock - you’re sure to find something you'll like in here, and you can rest assured that every one of these albums comes with the Norman Records seal of approval. To apply a confusing double-negative, there’s nothing here that nobody in our office thinks is great.
Ahhhh, the mysterious Goat from Korpolombolo in Sweden! Yes, if there was a proper buzz band for 2012 it's these cultists and we're not talking what the bloody BBC would have you …view full details.
SWANS return after their outstanding reformation album 'My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky'. While many bands have re-grouped to perform classic alb…view full details.
Fuck. I love Om! I saw them play live at Supersonic a while back with our Ant and they blew both of our faces right off. They were totally the highlight of the festival and even tho…view full details.
We wanted to give this album of the week when we first got it but they sold out too quickly so here we are again! Here's Brian's review for the black vinyl but we now have white vinyl left! …view full details.
This is mint! The label got in touch with us and asked if we wanted to carry this and I wet myself when I listened to the soundclips. Anyway we bought a bunch cos it's great and if none of yo…view full details.
Listening to this in the noisy office yesterday I was a little underwhelmed as it just blended into ambient background noise under the sound of tape guns and people shouting...I was a little …view full details.
The film Drive was one of the big success stories of 2011 but it was the soundtrack that really interested me. I’ve heard it played out a little recently and was super pleased when I h…view full details.
Everyone loves Gnod right? These Manchester lads have got the balance between freeform improvised, Krautrock groove and cosmic Space Rock down to a fine art with tons of sweet self-released…view full details.
Here’s the first new Deepchord album since the ace Liumin album which Modern Love…view full details.
Here's Phil's review for the original 3CD version in the box which is now gone. It’s a well known fact that Can are the best band that have eve…view full details.
A fresh selection of dilapidated sloth-techno and decaying witching-hour electronica from this new master of home-brewed analogue doom. His wonderful eerie sounds come…view full details.
Well well well. I knew I was right about these being something special like, but I never expected their post-modern take on the sensitive indie-soul of Everything But T…view full details.
Yeaaaaah boiii!! I'm a fan of this FRKWYS series that RVNG have been do…view full details.
It was a genuine surprise to all of us earlier this week when the mighty Godspeed You! Black Emperor announced the near-instantaneous relea…view full details.
Well our Ant wrote a bleedin' thesis on their last excursion. I'm not gonna attempt anything like that for 936's successor especially when this laptop I'm using/cursin…view full details.
“I'm just an instrument”, Darren Cunningham has stated recently. If so, he's surely constructed entirely from wires, circui…view full details.
I’ve got a massive soft spot for these lads. I was a bit late getting to the first album and I only heard it about a year or so after it came out. I saw loads of…view full details.
As Pitchfork and the blogosphere go crazy over this lady, is it another case of us mere mortals being left wondering what all the fuss is really about? Opener 'Infinite Without Fulfilme…view full details.
Looks like it's my responsibility to come up with some insights into the current output from Dean Blunt And Inga Copeland a.k.a Hype Williams…view full details.
Once again Hyperdub prove they're leading the charge against mediocrity both in contemporary club music and the softer, more introspective sounds of the underground. The rippling calm and str…view full details.
Windy and Carl are back with their first album in three years. Nice to see that there are some people who still take their time over these things. This husband and wife team have created som…view full details.
After meeting at a football team for old men, Portishead dude Geoff Barrow and soundtracky chap Ben Salisbury teamed up to work on a…view full details.
Liars are such an interesting band. You never quite know what you are going to get but every time its always different and never less than impressive. …view full details.
How can a band be so damn prolific but also responsible for so many consistently great records? Segall is kinda like …view full details.
The first thing you notice about the mighty Deerhoof’s latest long-player is the drum sound. A booming, thunderous, disjointed skronk big b…view full details.
Wasn't sure about this latest album from this influential NY bunch on first listen but after around six or seven plays it is knocking the stuffing out of my mind with its laconic psychedelic beaut…view full details.
You know - so many things go on these days that I somehow missed Flying Lotus’s last opus ‘Cosmogramma’. Just never got round to it. Shocking isn’t it? …view full details.
Ahhhhh, this is the business. Brian and I have both been eagerly awaiting the arrival of this LP so it's lovely to finally have a copy spinning on the decks - there was a minor office controv…view full details.
Cold Pumas are one of a huge great crop of exceptional youthful DIY bands appearing in the UK lately with variously weighted mixes of ‘90s lo-fi indie, kraut-psych and nois…view full details.
Geoff “Portishead” Barrow of Portishead fame has been a busy lad lately, what with his massive hip-hop …view full details.
It’s pleasing to see that in the same week R. Stevie Moore’s career gets its much needed day in the sunshine (t…view full details.
I saw these guys a coupla years ago and they were ace. I’d completely forgotten I’d seen them until I held this CD in my fat wet hand and then it all came back to me, just like t…view full details.
When I heard the Stottster was featuring guest vocals by his ex-piano teacher on his latest big record I gawped at the press rel…view full details.
Not got too familiar with this laddie yet. He’s a pretty eclectic and prolific one yet I’ve only heard a couple of bits, but both Mike and I pricked up our ears when ‘Sagittari…view full details.
Aaaaaaaaaargh!!! Whoooo!! Holy shit am I glad to have this baby in the office finally. The weeks since I found out it was dropping have been sheer torture...to the point where I actually cave…view full details.
Oh wow. Where the hell did these guys come from? The sleeve art for this album is sexy as all hell, with a die-cut front cover which you can mix and match with the four different sides of the…view full details.
Jesus, this album often resembles Bardo Pond getting the Swirlies trashed in a squat, like proper primal, druggy and possessed indie…view full details.
The opening track on this debut album ‘The Garden’ is immediately impressive and recalls a Warpaint raised solely on The Slits and The Raincoats. Production wi…view full details.
Fucking yes! I love these guys and it’s always a treat for me when they drop something new. I was actually starting to fear they’d split up because it’s been like two years …view full details.
I recall us Normaners being bang into 'Drowning In A Sea Of Love' several years back, it fitted beautifully into that post IDM glut of hugely melodic, astoundingly layered yet deceptively simple a…view full details.
Glasgow mentalists Divorce have been doing the rounds for a bit now, teasing us with all manner of juicy singles full of scratchy, unhinged psychopunk clatterings, but only now have they finally…view full details.
Cohen is, according to the press release, “the child of a former music business executive and a former Broadway actress”. Nice gene…view full details.
Phil Elverum has been a busy lad lately. His most recent album ‘Clear Moon’ was a critical triumph and as far as I’m aware it sold prett…view full details.
Firstly get the boy some make up lessons. What a state he's got himself in on the sleeve of his debut 12”. Titles like 'Rock and Roll Night Club' and 'Baby's Wearing Blue Jeans' sugg…view full details.
We got a few copies of this band’s excellent debut single a few months ago and those flew out so I’ve been looking forward to hearing this LP from Austin analogue synth quartet Survi…view full details.
Well, if there's a label you can trust to be honest in their press releases it is the quite wonderful Kranky, one of the few internationally renown…view full details.
I want to marry her, simple as.
Ahhhh, the mysterious Goat from Korpolombolo in Sweden! Yes, if there was a proper buzz band for 2012 it's these cultists and we're not talking what the bloody BBC would have you …view full details.
I want to grab them by the horns and gallop up a craggy mountain.
I want to take hard drugs in a cold-war bunker with this stunning re-issue playing real loud.
Geoff “Portishead” Barrow of Portishead fame has been a busy lad lately, what with his massive hip-hop …view full details.
I want to fly free with these amazing kraut-birds, a killer of an album.
I want to curl up in an old marble bandstand a misty deserted park with this playing softly.
I've delayed my trip to Wales this morning in order to fully digest this riveting and breathtakingly sculpted double set from the man formerly known as Ovuca…view full details.
I want to groove eternally in space with this on my headphones.
I want to sway barefoot with a dusky beauty dressed in super-exotic costumes to...
We wanted to give this album of the week when we first got it but they sold out too quickly so here we are again! Here's Brian's review for the black vinyl but we now have white vinyl left! …view full details.
I want to ride pillion through neon-lit streets on a superbike dressed in fetish clothing with this classic as my soundtrack.
A fresh selection of dilapidated sloth-techno and decaying witching-hour electronica from this new master of home-brewed analogue doom. His wonderful eerie sounds come…view full details.
I want to know how dusty dystopia can sound so touchingly euphoric.
Here's Phil's review for the original 3CD version in the box which is now gone. It’s a well known fact that Can are the best band that have eve…view full details.
I want to get lost in this mammoth set forever.
The opening track on this debut album ‘The Garden’ is immediately impressive and recalls a Warpaint raised solely on The Slits and The Raincoats. Production wi…view full details.
I want to adopt these lovely Scouse pop-tribalists.
I want to know how Geoff Barrow has easily curated the years best hip-hop album.
I saw these guys a coupla years ago and they were ace. I’d completely forgotten I’d seen them until I held this CD in my fat wet hand and then it all came back to me, just like t…view full details.
I want to buy Richard Bishop and co. an enormous frothing pint.
Well if there's one record I decided I would absolutely kill someone to review this week then it's this beaut. Sod the rest of what's come in over the past few days, this twenty track odyssey…view full details.
I want a second volume of this lovingly compiled sprawl of obscure NZ genius.
The Pheromoans are back with a full-length on Upset the Rhythm this week, now expanded …view full details.
I want to listen to this shambling, parochial, off-kilter beauty till the end of time.
I want more dirty, itchy, funky, acid techno-house like dis....amazing new label.
I want to hug the don of dubstep for delivering his finest double-edged sword in ages.
Once again Hyperdub prove they're leading the charge against mediocrity both in contemporary club music and the softer, more introspective sounds of the underground. The rippling calm and str…view full details.
I want to get lost in her sensual dreamscape odyssey forever.
SWANS return after their outstanding reformation album 'My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky'. While many bands have re-grouped to perform classic alb…view full details.
I want to know why when most bands turn to shit when they get old, Mike Giraffe and co. get stormier and more visceral than ever before.
I tried hard to review this last night but I was dog-tired and opted for an evening in bed watching Breaking Bad like just about the entire population has spent the last year doi…view full details.
I want this classy, exotic Euro-jewel to get the recognition it deserves.
Jesus, this album often resembles Bardo Pond getting the Swirlies trashed in a squat, like proper primal, druggy and possessed indie…view full details.
Turbulent, unkempt, whammy-worshipping brilliance.
Despite the sleeve depicting him as some kind of buffoonishly made up grandson of one of the New York Dolls, I fell very quickly in love with …view full details.
A *killer* opening track, a paean to cheap fags, bendy guitar genius every-flippin'-where, and not a single bad song.
Wasn't sure about this latest album from this influential NY bunch on first listen but after around six or seven plays it is knocking the stuffing out of my mind with its laconic psychedelic beaut…view full details.
Despite only heading into Norman Towers once a week I have heard this album being played in the office 12,657 times so far. There is reason behind this.
Well, the band formerly known as Dive are here with their debut album, …view full details.
Layer upon layer of spooky dream pop loveliness.
Fuck. I love Om! I saw them play live at Supersonic a while back with our Ant and they blew both of our faces right off. They were totally the highlight of the festival and even tho…view full details.
To my shame, I only heard this for the first time a few days ago. Haven't stopped playing it since.
Ahhhh, the mysterious Goat from Korpolombolo in Sweden! Yes, if there was a proper buzz band for 2012 it's these cultists and we're not talking what the bloody BBC would have you …view full details.
The whole world seemed to go Goat mental a few months ago.
Here's our Anton and his latest batch of buddies back for another go and there's a cock on the first track, right at the end if you listen carefully, otherwise opener 'Panic in Babylon' is an od…view full details.
I really didn't get this at first, but aside from a few stinkers Anton proves his muse hasn't deserted him quite yet.
To my absolute horror, this peach of a record has been in stock for weeks yet we have somehow managed not to review it, put soundclips up or rave til we are blue in the teeth about its myriad ch…view full details.
Clinton alerted me to this gem by mentioning its debt to The Zombies. Clinton has reliable ears, and 'Graveyard' is as good a song as I've heard in 2012.
Lo-fi shoegaze-y guitar work with OTT solos that's also absurdly catchy and melodic.
Is it possible to review this without mentioning Anton Newcombe? It seems not - but then it's a decent indicator of where this is coming from. That said, the BJM link is kinda misleading. Because for all that such influences are clea…view full details.
There's some self-indulgent meandering, but there's also 'Big Sur' which does that Cali-surfy-sunny-psychey-poppy thing pretty much perfectly.
Cohen is, according to the press release, “the child of a former music business executive and a former Broadway actress”. Nice gene…view full details.
Looks like it's my responsibility to come up with some insights into the current output from Dean Blunt And Inga Copeland a.k.a Hype Williams…view full details.
The first thing you notice about the mighty Deerhoof’s latest long-player is the drum sound. A booming, thunderous, disjointed skronk big b…view full details.
It's first thing on Tuesday morning and I'm on the first review of the week. It's usually slim pickings at this point as not many titles have come in yet but a welcome respite from the drone …view full details.
Cold Pumas are one of a huge great crop of exceptional youthful DIY bands appearing in the UK lately with variously weighted mixes of ‘90s lo-fi indie, kraut-psych and nois…view full details.
Geoff “Portishead” Barrow of Portishead fame has been a busy lad lately, what with his massive hip-hop …view full details.
Wasn't sure about this latest album from this influential NY bunch on first listen but after around six or seven plays it is knocking the stuffing out of my mind with its laconic psychedelic beaut…view full details.
Arab On Radar were one of the most intense and inventive bands to ever emerge from any scene let alone the historically guarded and relati…view full details.
Those of you out there who keep an ear to the garage will already know about Ty Segall, since he’s made quite a name for…view full details.
Well this one’s getting off to a weird start. First we get a few moments of Spacemen 3/Moon Du…view full details.
I’ve got a massive soft spot for these lads. I was a bit late getting to the first album and I only heard it about a year or so after it came out. I saw loads of…view full details.
Wasn't sure about this latest album from this influential NY bunch on first listen but after around six or seven plays it is knocking the stuffing out of my mind with its laconic psychedelic beaut…view full details.
Jeeeesus, I thought these were permanently gonna be on the W-A-T-N? dumper, the geezer singing on the opening tune doesn't even sound much like the man my friend Charlotte once proc…view full details.
Here’s an exotic curiosity. eden ahbez (who removed the capitals from his name because he believed that only “god” and “infinity” should be capit…view full details.
I reviewed the 10” ‘Third Part of the Night’ soundtrack yesterday, a collaboration betw…view full details.
Don't recall hearing Sharon Van Etten's previous two LP's though I have packed quite a few copies so it's fair to assume she's a popular young lady. 'Tramp' is her first LP for Jagjaguwar an…view full details.
Fuck. I love Om! I saw them play live at Supersonic a while back with our Ant and they blew both of our faces right off. They were totally the highlight of the festival and even tho…view full details.
The excellent Icasea label go from strength to strength as they unleash arguably their finest release yet. Scald Rougish is yet another alias from Chris Douglas (Dalglish, OST, etc.). This doubl…view full details.
Outstanding introspective electronics. A window into his soul. The download is still available from his Bandcamp page if you weren't lucky enough to bag a copy. There will be a Scald Rougish CD out on Icasea soon and it's fucking brilliant!
Classy reissue from this pioneer of synthesized speech. The Pierre Schaeffer reissue could easily have made it in here too. Timeless electronic experimentation.
The latest emission from one of my favourite sound operators comes courtesy of Poland’s increasingly great Bocian label. This fine slab of wax contains two rather splendid tracks recorded between 2009-20012. The first of whi…view full details.
Drumm's LP this year on Editions Mego was a blast but this re-wired my brain. Phwoarrrr!!!
Hat's off to Type for issuing this on vinyl. It originally appeared as a limited box of four cassettes in an edition of just 33 copies and was then made available digitally, but it really does deserve a vinyl issue. Vatican Shadow is an…view full details.
Dominick Fernow changed gear this year and accelerated to new heights with a slew of these military themed releases. All of which are well worth checking out but currently out of print. A tiny handful of these remain at the time of writing. Roll on that triple LP!
Who'd have thought the electromagnetic capture of meteorite resonances could sound so incredible?
Four movements of prime exploratory proto-techno pulse and cyber-tropical headcleansing here from Factory Floor's young femme fatale and the less demented half of legendary musical game-chan…view full details.
This filled the gap nicely while waiting on Desertshore / The Final Report to emerge. Two old hands introduce some new young blood into the fold. Void fitted in like the shrunken glove Genesis refers to on 'Almost a Kiss'.
A fresh selection of dilapidated sloth-techno and decaying witching-hour electronica from this new master of home-brewed analogue doom. His wonderful eerie sounds come…view full details.
The only record I think I own on Ghost Box. Probably because it's a lot darker than their usual output. Our man Brian described the twiddling's of The Head Technician more succinctly in his review than I could ever do here. Go and read it. A vinyl repress is imminent...
I’ve barely had a chance to catch a breath and recover from Voltigeurs flooring ‘…view full details.
The second album on Turgid Animal from Matthew Bower and Samantha Davies seemed to pass some folks by. It's even more Ferocious than the first album. Planet shaking, atom splitting guitar noise sculptures from hell.
Right, I listened to a fascinating documentary on this mad set up in Australia a while back on the recommendation of our Ant who is good friends with the man David Burraston (also known as Da…view full details.
The sounds of Mother Earth captured through the wires > Nature's microphone.
Floppy-haired London funster Luke Younger has matured from his youthful days as a Light! Alive!, through his numerous Birds Of pro…view full details.
One of a few crackers on PAN this year. Possibly Luke Younger's most refined, dark and menacing soundscapes to date. Play after the sun goes down.
Fuck. I love Om! I saw them play live at Supersonic a while back with our Ant and they blew both of our faces right off. They were totally the highlight of the festival and even tho…view full details.
Ex Sleep dude delves further into religious mysticism with some fuzzed out riffs, amazing drumming and Gregorian chants. It's like a phoenix reborn from the ashes or something.
Here's Phil's review for the original 3CD version in the box which is now gone. It’s a well known fact that Can are the best band that have eve…view full details.
This is a massive wet dream for me. I threw my teddy away and I now take this to bed with me. It's the ultimate thing of bestness for all you Canheads out there. Not one, not 2, but 3 albums of unreleased genius.
Been really looking forward to this one after catching him live in Newcastle a few weeks back. Personally I'm actually not massively into some of the …view full details.
Spooky electronics and atmospherics have been force fed into my ears from a genius head technician to make my 3rd favourite record this year.
Geoff Barrow is the man of the year for me. His 'hip hop' album featured pretty much everyone who was anyone and there was a time when it was on repeat in my car for 2 whole weeks. I loves it.
Geoff “Portishead” Barrow of Portishead fame has been a busy lad lately, what with his massive hip-hop …view full details.
Barrow again...I saw these guys a few weeks ago and I was amazed at how good a drummer Geoff Barrow was as well as everything else he does. Talented bastard! Insanely tight Krauty hypno grooves sprinkled with love and a bit of synth like.
I’ve got a massive soft spot for these lads. I was a bit late getting to the first album and I only heard it about a year or so after it came out. I saw loads of…view full details.
Genius experimental psych pop from these Australian fellas. It's even beter than their debut which takes some doing. There's so many songs on this album I like it's practically illegal.
This is mint! The label got in touch with us and asked if we wanted to carry this and I wet myself when I listened to the soundclips. Anyway we bought a bunch cos it's great and if none of yo…view full details.
Utterly gorgeous Broadcast- esque sophisto French pop for fans of Ghost Box and all things dreampop.
This is very cool. Here we’ve got an LP of upbeat psych jamming from Californian freak quintet Lumerians, which seems to be spl…view full details.
Synthy, krauty, beaty grooves with synths and wah wah which make residency in your head on first listen. The whole album is laden with goodness.
Not got too familiar with this laddie yet. He’s a pretty eclectic and prolific one yet I’ve only heard a couple of bits, but both Mike and I pricked up our ears when ‘Sagittari…view full details.
More motorik! One huge epic track which motors along with such energy it would even crush Clarkson driving a monster truck.
The first thing you notice about the mighty Deerhoof’s latest long-player is the drum sound. A booming, thunderous, disjointed skronk big b…view full details.
The perfect skewed wonkpop party album which happens to be my favourite Deerhoof album since Reveille. Every song is a belter!
Aaaaaaaaaargh!!! Whoooo!! Holy shit am I glad to have this baby in the office finally. The weeks since I found out it was dropping have been sheer torture...to the point where I actually cave…view full details.
The kings of psych rock return with a sprawling conceptual prog epic, ably assisted by elephant9's Stale Storlokken and pretty much an entire orchestra.
Elephant9 are probably my favourite jazz-rock fusion band doing the rounds right now. They’re like a free-prog juggernaut, eve…view full details.
The kings of progressive jazz return with a wild, hard grooving double LP ably assisted by buddy Reine Fiske on guitar.
I’m a great advocate of everything Teenage Panzerkorps/Horrid Red-related...there&…view full details.
The Teenage Panzerkorps offshoot drops a second album proper, enlisting Clay 'Burial Hex' Ruby to add a whole new dimension of depth to their wistful downbeat synthpop.
We’ve got a beautiful LP here from the Berlin’s enigmatic S ND Y P RL RS (or Sunday Parlours) and it’s a very curious beast indeed. The dominant textures here are a muddy, splu…view full details.
Mysterious German newcomer harnesses slow-drifting distortion and feedback for an album of murky, buried post-punk drift.
We've got some more of those outrageously limited CDs in from the ever-productive Reverb Worship this week, and this one I've got…view full details.
Mysterious Brooklyn newcomer enchants with CD of sparse ethereal neofolk.
For some reason Phil doesn't often get us to review records on Rune Grammofon if Jim O'Rourke's not on them, which seems like a missed opportunity to me because their output, while not always…view full details.
Norsk madheads create tight, ambitious album of balls-out fashion-proof prog rawk fun.
Burning the Sunday oil last week getting all your lovely orders ready I was struck by how many reissues of obscure (and not so obscure) soundtracks are about at the moment and the rate in wh…view full details.
Arguably the Italian horror master's finest hour, back on a gorgeous gatefold LP.
This is an exciting release for me on so many levels. I still remember videotaping ‘Escape From New York’ off the TV when I was in my early teens and being blown away by the cra…view full details.
Arguably the synth soundtrack king's finest hour, kicking off a series of mouthwatering reissues from new horror specialist label Death Waltz.
Ahhhh, the mysterious Goat from Korpolombolo in Sweden! Yes, if there was a proper buzz band for 2012 it's these cultists and we're not talking what the bloody BBC would have you …view full details.
Fun, tuneful psych rock you and your friends can dance to. I haven't met anyone who thinks this is a bad record.
Oh wow. Where the hell did these guys come from? The sleeve art for this album is sexy as all hell, with a die-cut front cover which you can mix and match with the four different sides of the…view full details.
Mysterious French duo create epic double-album of soundtracky analogue synth action, gorgeous artwork too.
Fucking yes! I love these guys and it’s always a treat for me when they drop something new. I was actually starting to fear they’d split up because it’s been like two years …view full details.
Idiot savant Lars Finberg ups his game once again with some more affecting and unique garage pop. Also features the best single of 2012.
Pop queen Cherry returns backed by Gustafsson's scandi-jazzers for a smooth album packed with unlikely covers which continues to surprise and delight.
Wasn't sure about this latest album from this influential NY bunch on first listen but after around six or seven plays it is knocking the stuffing out of my mind with its laconic psychedelic beaut…view full details.
The distilled sound of sunshine and their best since 'At Rear House'.
The first thing you notice about the mighty Deerhoof’s latest long-player is the drum sound. A booming, thunderous, disjointed skronk big b…view full details.
Blown out rhythms and sugar-sweet melodies in a welcome return for the mighty 'Hoof.
Ahhhhh, this is the business. Brian and I have both been eagerly awaiting the arrival of this LP so it's lovely to finally have a copy spinning on the decks - there was a minor office controv…view full details.
Welsh instrumental surf-rockers (and Gruff Rhys's backing band) knock out some smooth and timeless Shadowsy summer gems.
I’ve been monitoring the progress of Raccoo-oo-oon lads Shawn Reed and …view full details.
Raccoo-oo-oon lads go pop! Wonky, hypnotic synth-led genius.
Cold Pumas are one of a huge great crop of exceptional youthful DIY bands appearing in the UK lately with variously weighted mixes of ‘90s lo-fi indie, kraut-psych and nois…view full details.
UK indie lads knock out a seemingly effortless array of hypnotic, tuneful repeato pop.
How can a band be so damn prolific but also responsible for so many consistently great records? Segall is kinda like …view full details.
My personal favourite of all the albums garage king Ty Segall has released this year.
Got something in from some Leeds lads today. This time round it’s the turn of “neu-kraut” types Nope, featuring guitars from a …view full details.
Dual-drummer attack as krautrock meets the Smashing Pumpkins.
Last night I went out with some of the other office lads to see the mighty Ty Segall and his band doling out their relentless hi-gain garage pop a…view full details.
Catchy, hard-hitting garage fun from a bunch of mysterious Germans.
The best of the three albums they put out this year. In fact, to my utter surprise it's the best thing they've done since 'Bee Thousand'.
Firstly get the boy some make up lessons. What a state he's got himself in on the sleeve of his debut 12”. Titles like 'Rock and Roll Night Club' and 'Baby's Wearing Blue Jeans' sugg…view full details.
It's like Elvis meets the Shoes at Jonathan Richmans place. Tremendous wonky pop music. Better than that later '2' album which was still pretty darn good.
Well this one’s getting off to a weird start. First we get a few moments of Spacemen 3/Moon Du…view full details.
I'm still miserable about the sad demise of the band Women but this solo album from the Cold Pumas dude is just as good and adds a bit of post punk and house!
I couldn’t believe my eyes nor my ears when I heard/saw that Bill Fox had a new album out. The latest rumours about the el…view full details.
First album in decades from this American songwriting genius. Like a lo-fi Dylan, also try the vinyl re-issue of 'Shelter From the Smoke' and the rare tape 'Before I Went To Harvard' (if you can get hold of it). In fact, that one actually was my favourite - good luck finding it!
To my absolute horror, this peach of a record has been in stock for weeks yet we have somehow managed not to review it, put soundclips up or rave til we are blue in the teeth about its myriad ch…view full details.
Only just out, this is my favourite guitar pop album of the year. It sounds like Real Estate meets The Zombies, it's that good. Go seek.
I'm well in awe of this guy's soundcapes. He makes mystical, searching ambient techno that truly takes you on a spiritual journey. Beats gently skitter or pulsate like they did on old beloved electronica opuses from the bygone days (think along…view full details.
This record regularly sent me to sleep in the most wondrous way. Stunning ambient bliss throughout.
The Clint home stereo is the most fickle of mistresses with its Roman Abramovich style approach to hiring and firing each hopeful release daring to kneel before its crown. One disc that has m…view full details.
I'm always a sucker for a genre splice. This took Northerner's Durutti Column-style atmospherics and welded them to house, disco and dubstep. Incredibly, it worked.
Wild Nothing a.k.a Jack Tatum returns with his newie on Bella Union enti…view full details.
Some gorgeous shimmering 80s inspired moments on this love letter to China Crisis and Flock of Seagulls.
Probably the last thing I expected to happen this year was the announcement and release of a new Beach Boys album, and even then any initial thoughts would turn to their previous pitiful non-Bri…view full details.
Let's face it, apart from the solid title track it was a bit of an embarrassment. But the last three songs allowed Brian Wilson off his leash into complex resigned melancholy and were worth the admission price alone.
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