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Christy Essien
One Understanding
Lovely re-release of a 1979 record by the late Nigerian singer Christy Essien here. The woman they once called ‘The First Lady of Song’ in her native land has been largely overlooked in the Nigerian reissue explosion of the past decade, so it’s about time that something of hers was given a going-over for a new ...view item »
Abu Obaida Hassan
Abu Obaida Hassan & His Tambour: The Shaigiya Sound of Sudan
Abu Obaida Hassan’s music was discovered by the Ostinato Records label earlier this decade, and they’ve now followed through on their initial fascination to the point that they are now releasing this set of songs hand-picked by the man himself. Hassan...view item »
múm
Menschen am Sonntag - Live in Berlin
As mum return to Berlin for their third time soundtracking the seminal German silent movie Menschen am Sonntag, the band’s Morr Music label has seen fit to release recordings taken from the previous two performances of their score. This 10" features exactly the sort of glitchy-yet-chest-swelling c...view item »
African Scream Contest 2
When the first of Analog Africa’s African Scream Contest compilations dropped in 2008, it shone a light on the sound of Benin, a nation whose music doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves. Fast-forward a decade and the second instalment in the series is about to do that all over again. Compiled by cra...view item »
Our Solar System
Origins
'Origins' is the third album from Swedish collective Our Solar System, a beautifully revealing and transparent record that effortlessly weaves together the band's animalistic power and more serene, compelling vibes. This is an intense and mysterious album that riffs on psychedelia and jazzy experimentalism....view item »
Mark Van Hoen
Invisible Threads
After an enlightening and enriching tour with a number of Touch luminaries, Mark Van Hoen channeled his inspiration into the pieces that would become Invisible Threads, whi...view item »
The Advisory Circle
Ways of Seeing
It's actually pretty horrible to watch the sideshow surrounding this album. Phil has been excited for weeks about it. Hoping that he would like it as much as he likes the earlier the Advisory Circle records. Within 30 seconds of putting the needle down on the record his face is pained. He is a man utterly crushed and as it's all happened so publ...view item »
Hellvete
Droomharmonium
Everyone loves a good bit of harmonium right? Glen Steenkiste, a player with psych band Sylvester Anfang II, certainly does, as he has dedicated his solo project Hellvete...view item »
Vitamin X
Age Of Paranoia
Skatey hardcore boys Vitamin X thrash their way back into existence somehow. It’s been six years since their last record and many more since their heyday, but what you learn to do with your fingers in a punk band seemingly never goes away -- and in their case, neither does the rude ‘tude that sells it. For Southern Lord they do &lsqu...view item »
Nexda
Words & Numbers
How ‘bout a post-punk band? You like those, right? Well, I like it when they wobble, ergo I like Nexda, a band who do the goods via not so straight-laced rhythms and trembling vocal pontifications. With their drum machines tied to melodic pantomime, the mood is stern and terse, like someone dancing confidently over a tightrope. Going at th...view item »
The Messthetics
The Messthetics
I completely lost myself listening to this. At some point all sense of sentience and free thinking abandoned me and my head became an Escher painting for the music of the Messthetics to live in, moving in and out of different entrances and exits while I just, like, sat here. Like someone speed-running Portal, this is rock music for itself with i...view item »
Svalbard
It's Hard To Have Hope
Not a second of ‘It’s Hard to Have Hope’ is wasted. Dropping the ball a sum total of zero times on their way to following up the intense and overwrought post-metal of ‘One Day This Will All End’, Svalbard pitch a furious political checklist of a record, one that sees Serena Cherry scream out experiences of being a w...view item »
GNOD
Be Aware Of Your Limitations (Live at Roadburn 2017)
Counterpoint: why don’t you be aware of how many records you’re releasing? This is all a bit much, my dudes, and if you want your records to land with their usual doomsaying crush, you gotta give us time to digest. The Grateful Gnod’s latest record is a recording of their 2017 Roadburn set, offering a snapshot of the Netherland...view item »
Nurse With Wound
Sinister Whimsy For The Wretched
2CD set of the out of print Nurse With Wound albums, Sugar Fish Drink and Large Ladies With Cake in the Oven. Can the music live up to the oddness promised by the titles of these things? Honestly, probably. Some of the tracks might be familiar to fans of Nurse With Wound but ...view item »
Malena Zavala
Aliso
Find yourself a tree generous with its shade and share this record with it. A clear, often acoustic dream pop record of lovely, looped instrumentals and bittersweet hooks, ‘Aliso’ feels perfect for an early night spent outdoors. Using hints of fuzz, wahing guitars and rootsy arrangements, Zavala has made a strangely singular record, ...view item »
The Left Outsides
All That Remains
Ah I get it. It seemed that I just recently reviewed a the Left Outsides record but that was a re-issue from 2015. I knew they couldn't have followed it up that quickly. As an aside...I wonder what it is like to be in a band with your spouse? I guess it's just easier all round than having to leave the family hearth to go out to band practice wit...view item »
Half Man Half Biscuit
No-one cares about your creative hub so get your fuckin’ hedge cut
It was the laugh out loud moment of 2018 so far when the title of the new Half Man Half Biscuit album was announced. It would actually have been fine to just leave it at that....surely nothing they can do musically can really top it.
We know the score by now. Chug-a-long vintage shambling indie as a vehicle for Nigel Blackwell's al...view item »
Jeremy Enigk
The Return Of The Frog Queen
In the time between this record being made and subsequently reissued I'm sorry to tell you that Jeremy Enigk has lost his golden hair. Yup those locks that feature on the back sleeve are no more. However this is the only way the record has dated. Bit o' history first. 'Return of the Frog Queen' is one of those records that arrived at me word of ...view item »
Technicolour Paradise: Rhum Rhapsodies & Others Exotic Delights
Numero, everyone's favourite musical archaeologists are back with Technicolour Paradise, a compilation that gives us a close look at the sheer weirdness of music meant to evoke paradise by and for people who likely couldn't make it there. If you ever wanted to know what a mid-20th century American thou...view item »
Agnes Obel
Late Night Tales
The latest night tale comes courtesy of haunting Danish folk-pop composer Agnes Obel. Her selections prove comparable with her own material - generally quiet, reflective and poetic. There’s Lee Hazlewood’s spoken-word narrative on ‘The Nights’, the pioneering Greek artist Lena Pla...view item »
Blouse
Blouse
Not of course the Chris Morris fronted Pulp parody from Brasseye but a Portland based art school collective who feature someone who went on to be in Unknown Mortal Orchestra. Expect sumptuous dream-pop with synths and alluring guitar lines. This re-press is part of the celebrations for Captured Tracks 10th...view item »
Sweatson Klank
Fine Lines
We all wish we could be called Sweatson Klank, but unfortunately, there can be only one. This Sweatson Klank is a Los Angeles producer who melds hip-hop, future R&B and House whilst being nifty enough to balance the necessary muscular punch with a soulful emotional tug. Fine Lines doesn’t fit into any ...view item »
Shy Layers
Midnight Marker
J. D. Walsh follows up his well-received 2016 LP as Shy Layers. Midnight Marker is another perky fusion of Balearic tropes, Yacht rock, electro-soul and cerebral pop al...view item »
Bjork
Arisen My Senses (Jlin, Lanark Artefax, Kelly lee Owens Remixes)
Promising release from up-and-coming Icelandic artist Björk. One of the standouts of Utopia, ‘Arisen My Senses’ - a co-production with Arca...view item »
Jenny Hval
The Long Sleep
Jenny Hval has evolved from her origins as the singer of a Norwegian goth metal band in the late ‘90s to become a novelist and creator of arty, experimental and highly acclaimed music. Her new four song EP, The Long Sleep, follows on from her 2016 LP Blood Bitch. It was recorded with Håvard Volden, whom she has worke...view item »
La Féline
Royaume (feat. Laetitia Sadier and Mondkopf)
Some modern-day chansons from French artist La Feline here. Each side of Royaume contains two collaborations with a different guest - side A Stereolab’s Laetitia Sadier, side B the composer Mondkopf. The first pair come across like late-period Nick Ca...view item »
Ingrid Goes West (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
Ah yes, Ingrid Goes West. It's a [scrolls down Wikipedia page to critical reception] critically acclaimed movie with favorable reviews. A film about [scrolls back up to start of Wikipedia page] someone moving to LA to hang out with someone they follow on Instagram, it sounds to me a...view item »
Womack & Womack
MPB (Missin’ Persons Bureau)
Ahh this is a really nice one man. Womack & Womack initially released the electro-soul number ‘MPB (Missin’ Persons Bureau)’ as a track on their 1988 LP Conscience. A couple of years later, an at-the-peak-of-his-powers Frankie Knuckles got hold of the stems and turned in a cracking...view item »
Snow Patrol
Wildness
Gary, Nathan, Paul, Johnny, and Jonny return at last with Wildness. Quite a few years in the making, not least as it was scrapped and begun again from scratch midway in, the album reliably packs enough crestfallen indie plodcore to soundtrack an entire season of Grey’s Anatomy. The discerning fan may pick from black vinyl...view item »
Chvrches
Love Is Dead
This is Chvrches latest record called Love Is Dead and it contains a whole load of sparkly new tracks that, at some point, you'll hear floating around on the ol' radio. These 13 tracks are available on multiple formats; two vinyl LP's, one blue coloured and one transparent, and on CD. Released on Virgin E...view item »
Witchsorrow
Hexenhammer
Reinforced doominations from Witchsorrow see them go harder and heavier than usual, seemingly wanting to block off the easy routes and access points one might usually find. Hexenhammer is a declaration of the band's favourite genre hallmarks and was recorded with metal overlord Chris Fielding, who's ...view item »
Luke Howard
Open Heart Story
An LP that thinks an awful lot of itself from Australian composer Luke Howard here. Open Heart Story is one of those ‘contemporary classical’ records that is basically just Adele without singing and drums. Titles like ‘In Metaphor, Solace’, ‘Elysian Fields’ and &lsquo...view item »
J Dilla
Dillatronic
You wouldn’t think that there was too much left to lick out of the J Dilla mixing bowl but this collection of his electronic works shows off his versatility whilst confirming that we haven’t reached anything like a drought yet.
His touch is all over these tracks from the clipped beats to the tape-delayed shouts to the od...view item »
E
Negative Work
Boston trio E - featuring former members of Karate, Uzi, Neptune and more - drop their second LP via Thrill Jockey. The ten tracks of Negative Work are a tense, bracing mix of hardcore punk, shredded blues and noise rock. As well as the usual suspects -...view item »
A Certain Ratio
Up In Downsville
A Certain Ratio AKA ACR AKA "Joy Division with better clothes" were a Manchester post-punk band who mixed elements of funk, disco and dub into their sound. Up In Downsville was their seventh album and was originally released on Rob’s Records (a label owned by Joy Division ...view item »
Bark Psychosis
Codename: Dustsucker
Phil's incisive review from back in 2006.
Bark Psychosis have been having somewhat of a resurgence of late. So it would make sense to reform and do a new album. Cleverly that's what the boys did and those nice folks at Fire Records Of Nottingham have released i...view item »
A Certain Ratio
Good Together
Good Together was originally released in 1989 and marked a temporary foray into the world of major labels for A Certain Ratio. After five albums with Factory Records, the Manchester post-punk band signed for A&M for album number 6. Presumably they wanted to be label-mates with Sting. Good Together is reissued by Mute (who DO...view item »
Stretchmarks
The Stretch m-ARKhives
The Stretchmarks are a reasonably obscure group from the late 1980’s, featuring a wild mix-up of members from Nico’s backing band, The Blue Orchids, and the plunderphonic avant-messers who would later form Stock, Hausen & Walkman. The Stretch m-ARKhives ...view item »
Wooden Shjips
V
In which the Shjips, according to the press release at least, trade in some of their trademark hypno-guitar drone for a more laid-back sound. Born out of contemplative takes on the various political and ecological madnesses of last summer, 'V' is intended as an antidote to current travails, "a respite from the insanity". Get in early enough and ...view item »
Actress x London Contemporary Orchestra
LAGEOS
Following the single release of ‘Audio Track 5’ last September, Ninja Tune now offer up an entire LP of Darren “Actress” Cunningham’s collaboration with London Contemporary Orchestra, which first performed at the Barbican in 2016 (helpfully, ‘Audio Track 5’ is track 8 he...view item »
Limb
Saboteurs Of The Sun
Londoners Limb are back with this snazzy orange/green vinyl, their third album on New Heavy Sounds, a driving record packed with heavy fuzz, sludgy doom and bubbling synthesisers. Throw in some screaming organs and reverential choruses and you've got yourself a swampy, intergalactic party. A groove-filled listen. ...view item »
Remember Sports
Slow Buzz
Remember Sports were once called Sports but we're now invited to Remember Sports. The band have moved from a tiny town to a big one and have added a drummer along the way. This is one of those records that revolves around the emotions suffered at the end of a relationship and showcases the band's most ambitious work to date.&nbs...view item »
The Just Measurers
Flagellation
There was only ever 300 copies of Flagellation, the one and only LP by The Just Measurers, pressed back in 1983, so it’s no wonder that this really weird DIY punk record has recently been changing hands for the best part of 500 notes. Emotional Response saw fit to reissue the LP, so now you can grab a copy without breaking...view item »
Farketmez
Deeelicious
Turkish jazz-rockers Farketmez mix jazz, blues, funk and a right psychedelic racket on their debut album Deeelicious. The album is the culmination of three years of musical evolution for the band. They feature Cameron Dean (formerly of Million Dead) on guitar along with Selcuk Güllü , on sax, drum...view item »
Anna
Razor
São Paulo producer Anna Miranda aka DJ Anna partners with ol’ London technoheads NovaMute for Razor. The title piece has a focused, funky minimal dancefloor feel, but also keeps fun in reserve. Still, it’s outshined by its pals ‘Dreamweaver’ and especially ‘Escapism’, each with...view item »
Satan In Love ‐ Rare Finnish Synth‐Pop and Disco 1978‐1992
The colourful catalogue of Finland’s Svart Records spans material old and new, but seems to specialise in scarce gems from the forested country’s underground music history. In this case, we have a tour de force of several decades’ worth of Suomi synthpop and disco. ‘Satan in Love’ by Emilia is a not...view item »
The Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices featuring Lisa Gerrard
BooCheeMish
The famed choir Mystery Of The Bulgarian Voices here present their first studio recordings in two decades, together with Lisa Gerrard, a vocalist who took much influence from the choir in her formative years. BooCheeMish is an epic suite of that gorgeously stark traditional Bulgarian vocal style, and is...view item »
Fucked Up
High Rise
Hardcore Canadian punks, Fucked Up, have a new album on the way which will be released by Merge. To whet their fans whistles in anticipation of this they have recorded a 7” single on Tankcrimes containing High Rise, a cover of a song by The Trainspotters and Tower On Time, a Jade Hairpins...view item »
The Perth County Conspiracy
The Perth County Conspiracy
The Perth County Conspiracy were a psychedelic folk group from the 1970s whose records now fetch big bucks. If you don’t have big bucks, then the people at Flashback have conveniently reissued their eponymous 1970 LP at an affordable price. Despite coming only a few weeks after their Columbia...view item »
Us and Them
On Shipless Ocean
On Shipless Ocean is the second record from pysch-rock band Us and Them. What makes this record even more special is that it is available on a limited pressing blue vinyl. Available only as an LP and released on Mega Dodo. Apparently, when you listen to this you feel like you're in a warm 'liquid bubble'. Interesting....view item »
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs present Paris In The Spring
I love Paris in the Spring. Don’t we all. But guess who really love Paris in the Spring? St. Etienne duo Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs. To commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of the Paris uprising, they’ve curated this bumper collection of chansons, ye-ye and French pop ditties, all of which emerged in the y...view item »
Bong
Thought and Existence
Bong are back baby, presenting two side-long slabs of deep space power. In the three years since they last graced our stereos, Bong have augmented their strategy of crushing riffs and momentous drum rhythms with extra lashings vibes cosmic energy. The second track, for instance, with its superbly portentous ...view item »
Age Of Taurus
The Colony Slain
Let me tell you, being a Taurus ain’t easy. You live in constant fear of change, of disruption, and of movement. The last thing we need is an epoch in which the defining characteristics are shared with the bull sign. But doom-metallers Age Of Taurus clearly think differently. On The Colony Slain, their follow-up L...view item »
Bonnacons of Doom
Bonnacons of Doom
Whoever it is that’s behind Bonnacons of Doom - members of Forest Swords, Mugstar, Youth Movies and more have all been known to contribute - they clearly know what they’re doing. The band’s debut LP claims acid house as a starting point, but really the record l...view item »
Halo Maud
Je Suis Une Île
She's been in the Melody Echo Chamber band so that should give you some idea of where this French songwriter is coming from. She mainly sings in her native tongue rather than a language I can understand but this doesn't matter on excellent little pop songs such as 'Du Pouvoir/Power' which has a lovely in...view item »
Jo Passed
Their Prime
The most surprising thing about the recent Arctic Monkeys album is the realisation that people still actually seem to make records with my personal ear in mind. I'm talking about records with unusual melodies, surprising jumps in dynamics and lyrics that you need to think about a couple of times. It's not a o...view item »
Tracyanne & Danny
Tracyanne & Danny
How twee is too twee? For me the line is drawn somewhere around Camera Obscura. I quite like a lot of, say, Belle & Sebastien's songs but try me on one of Tracyanne Campbell's former bands ditties and it's more than likely I'll be as sick as if I'd just eaten a bag full o...view item »
Fonda 500
I Heart Fonda 500
I never thought I'd hear the name Fonda 500 again but here they are back after ten years with their mixing bowl of indie-pop sounds from electronica to sunshine pop and everything in between. The band were much lauded back in the day and having taken their time over this they have created something timeless and joyous with a tot...view item »
The Stroppies
Maddest Moments / Architectural Charades
We very much enjoyed the economical song junk of The Stroppies when we last heard it, lovingly comparing it to all things Girlpool, GbV and New Zealand indie. They're back with two new songs for the most indie rock of things: a 7". These songs are thematically united under the theme of anxiety, extending hum-along empa...view item »
Samba Touré
Wande
The third LP from Malian guitarist and songwriter Samba Toure finds him streamlining his sound. Wande largely eschews the high-energy call-and-response desert blues of his previous work for a taut, funky synthesis of Sahel sounds and Western rock tropes. The likes of ‘Yerfara’ feature strutting grooves that ...view item »
Robert Storey
Come Up And Hear My Etchings
Compilation of songs from underground London musician Robert Storey. Includes tracks released between 1986 and 2016 as Orchestre Murphy, Nobodies, and more. His handle on harmony and vocal delivery recall some of Scott Walker's tamer moments as a solo artist....view item »
Near Future
Ideal Home
‘80s electro-poppers Blancmange are still going, who knew! Neil Arthur, now the only member has collaborated with Bernholz, an electronic artist who performs solo and as part of Gazelle Twin, as Near Future. Ideal home is a ...view item »
Julie Doiron
Désormais / Heart and Crime
Exciting reissue klaxon! This double re-release of Julie Doiron's stunning 2001 album ‘Désormais’ and 2002's 'Heart And Crime', previously out of print on vinyl, is testament to the Canadian's disarmingly warm songwriting. Weaving together gentle fingerpicking, ethereal vocals and twinkling piano, this record ...view item »
Esbjörn Svensson Trio
e.s.t. Live In London
e.s.t. Live in London is set to be released by Act Music -- marking a poignant moment in that it'll be the tenth anniversary of the premature demise of Esbjörn Svensson, on 14th June 2018. The set was recorded live at the Esbjörn Svensson Trio's concert at the Barbican in London on 26th May 2005. The band ...view item »
Corduroy
Return Of The Fabric Four
Acid Jazz heroes Corduroy are back with their first release in almost two decades, and it's a 12-track doozy. Blending pop-art imagery, mid-century rock swagger and swinging '60s pop, this record—released here on limited-edition white vinyl—is a retro-leaning, party-starting future classic. ...view item »
Delaney Davidson
Shining Day
Glass Records Redux (Spacemen 3, Spiritualized) has picked up the ninth studio LP from New Zealand artist Delaney Davidson. Coming a couple of years after Lucky Guy, Shining Day is another record of slightly garage-y singer-songwriter fare from Davidson. The li...view item »
Pictish Trail
Who’s Comin’ In?
The Pictish Trail is just one of many projects that Johnny Lynch is involved in. From running Fence Records and Lost Map Records, the musically obsessed Scot has also collaborated with James Yorkston, Malcolm Middleton and Adem wi...view item »
Ari Roar
Calm Down
Who doesn't love green vinyl? Bella Union continue their run of badass releases with this album from Texan singer/songwriter Caleb Campbell, aka Ari Roar, a 60's-inspired pop record that fuses languid, lo-fi vibes with garage-band energy. Nods to psychedelia amp up the energy, while Campbell's tender voice delivers intimacy and ...view item »
Rafael Toral
Sound Mind Sound Body
Early work from Portuguese sound-worker Rafael Toral. Sound Mind Sound Body is composed almost entirely out of guitar sounds, though the processes Toral has used in the devising and processing of the work have smoothed out the instrument almost completely, into a rich, ever-stretching plane of ambient d...view item »
Wand
Perfume
Although it runs to over half an hour, this thing from LA psych-pop luvvies Wand is technically an EP rather than an LP. Either way, Perfume is a substantial new release from a band who only dropped their Plum full-length last autumn. There are some cracking songs on here - ‘The Gift’ sounds like ...view item »
Kamaal Williams
The Return
As a fat forty something it's hard to get on board with the young people in the office's love of difficult jazz. At my time of life you need some smooth sounds and despite a press release that described this as 'experimental fusion', those of you with soft baby lamb-like ears like mine please don't feel put off as this is a gorgeous album full o...view item »
Nocturnal Projections
Complete Studio Recordings
While the UK had Joy Division, PIL, the Sound and loads more long raincoated miseries to soundtrack the bleak early 80's, in Dunedin, NZ Nocturnal Projections were doing the same. Based around brothers Peter and Graeme Jeffries (who went on to further gl...view item »
Memory Drawings
Phantom Lights
Very limited edition tour CD from this Anglo/American collective featuring members of Hood, Brave Timbers and Manyfingers. 'Phantom Lights' is like an annexe to the their earlier 'The Nearest Exit' album featuring several brand new tracks alongside a remix by Barnaby Carter. Dulcimer-led, rhythmic post rock, folk and neo-classical that sits in a...view item »
Lithics
Mating Surfaces
Angles and rhythms aplenty from Portland's Lithics. Second album Mating Surfaces maintains momentum with fast riffs, mobile bass lines and tight drumming. Their rhythmic approach to the overlap between indie and punk is reminiscent of Dutch greats, The Ex. And if you know me that ...view item »
Present At The Terminal
Promising new cassette/download label Modern Aviation follows Dollboy’s Rites and Rituals in February with a tidy compilation of solid names from today’s freakish UK underground. There’s Teresa Winter, whose Untitled Death on The Death of Rave went down last year, trippy-as hy...view item »
Feon
The Sun Is High
Seize the moment of the recent sunny weather and get lively with this new one from Feon, which is full of sun-worshipping psychedelic joy. Three cuts, starting with a echoed-up thirty-voice-layer melody and getting progressively stranger. Pick it up now before summer proper gets here… 12” on Optimo....view item »
Klaus Schulze
La Vie Electronique Volume 1.1
Klaus Schulze - he of Tangerine Dream, Ash Ra Tempel and … Klaus Schulze fame - has set to work putting his affairs in order in the past decade. La Vie Electronique Volume 1.1 is in fact the second volume in the LVE series, a run that brings together Schulze’s rari...view item »
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Ø [Phase]
Boundary Interactions
The tautologically named Ø [Phase] returns to Token for a 12" of progressive and long form techno. B-side and title track 'Boundary Interactions' storms over the 17 minute mark with a tension balancing tight rope walk that sustains it for its length. Anxiety and relief on t...view item »
Michael Rault
It's A New Day Tonight
Just look at that 'tache. Suits the music too as this debut from Michael Rault harks back to a 1970s when Badfinger reached the top of the charts and Big Star were the cool underground band who never quite made it. Think crisp power pop and open hearted folk strumming with careworn lyrics and useful ...view item »
Dub Taylor
Caves & Cages
Dub Taylor (Alexander Krüger), also known as Tigerskin, The Magic Soul Orchestra and others, breaks a ten-year silence by joining Dirt Crew recordings with an album of versatile, atmospheric techno in Caves & Cages. There’s dreamy ambience, with indistinct, momentary glim...view item »
Shooting Guns
Another Wolfcop (Original Soundtrack Recording)
I am in awe of the person who felt that there needed to be two films about a Wolfcop. Also in awe of Shooting Guns who found the creativity to soundtrack them both. Heavy psych is the perfect accompaniment to this absurd horror comedy B-movie about a werewolf policeman facing down an evil business man....view item »
Deeper
Deeper
After a slew of impressive shows with rock 'n' roll peers Omni and Protomartyr, the very good aggy band Deeper get to play us their debut record, a frenzied collection that uses its spindly punk arrangements and ambient pitstops to detail modern anxieties of life. Some good, weird melodies to relate your life to. ...view item »
Samara Lubelski
Flickers At The Station
Samara Lubelski is an experimental musician with plenty of credentials in the world of avant-garde improvisation and suchlike, but here on Flickers At The Station she brings her musicianship and songwriting into the service of highly listenable psychedelic pop music, with the kind of lush mystique of some of the best si...view item »
The Heads
Rkt!
The Heads fans rejoice as some of their more hard to find releases from the early 2000s are now compiled on one 3LP collection. Comprising of the first 3 releases The Heads put out on the Rocket label, this finds the band at their most freeform, a psychedelic sprawling mass of grooves and noise rock fun.
...view item »
Biffy Clyro
MTV Unplugged (Live At Roundhouse, London)
Seemingly 20-odd years late to the party, Scottish rockers Biffy Clyro follow in the footsteps of Nirvana, Pearl Jam and REM by recording an MTV Unplugged set, Live from The Roundhouse, London. All the classics are here in stripped back acoustic form: Machines, The Captain...view item »
Prince
Nothing Compares 2 U
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone. Prevent the dog from barking with ... the original record of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’ by Prince. The first of what will likely be many everyday masterpieces to emerge from the vaults of the late legend, the track has been remastered from the original tapes and sent off into t...view item »
GAS
Rausch
It can be a case of careful what you wish for. Wolfgang Voigt's legendary project was safely confined to the murk of history. The records there as a kind of high water mark example of how to make supreme dub techno and waiting to be discovered by all kinds of latecomers.
But very few can resist the lure of the comeback and last yea...view item »
Parquet Courts
Wide Awake!
I’m sure you’re aware of the form by now. With an energy best described as subliminal, thee Parquet Courts sit you in a seminar room and have you debate whether or not they’re chill and slack or bold and bracing. I can never quite tell, but I’d argue ‘Human Performance’ was their best record to date, a janglin...view item »
Boys
Rest In Peace
Boys is actually a girl (oh whatever next?) Nora Karlsson from the north bit of Sweden who once played in psych pop outfit Holy but now goes it alone. She's moved on from her initial lo-fi recordings and is now is seen as one of Sweden's most accomplished songwriters garnering praise from all sorts of mags. ...view item »
Ryley Walker
Deafman Glance
You simply cannot hide your prog forever. Ryley Walker tried is best, delivering gorgeous folk jazz missives from the bottom of his heart to the top of our bestsellers sheet, but he could not save us from his dark side. ‘Deafman Glance’ stands divisive of this office, a mountain-scaling record that sees Walker try new, outlandish thi...view item »
The Fall
Levitate
Unsurprisingly, Mark E. Smith fell out with Kier Stewart and Simon Spencer, the production duo initially chosen to produce Levitate. Lack of payment meant that The Fall’s 19th album disappeared with the the pair. An album was finished but only three tracks survived from rehearsal sessions including Spencer, which Mark E. S...view item »
Surgeon
Luminosity Device
Accomplished techno man Surgeon aka Anthony Child returns with Luminosity Device, a title that sounds like a verbose homage to lightbulbs until you learn it really refers to the Tibetan Book of the Dead. Might be a bit more spiritual, then. These are intense modular techno tunes with excellent sequencin...view item »
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