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Kenneth James Gibson – The Evening Falls (2016)
A producer with a long history and a long list of pseudonyms, Kenneth James Gibson has gone with his own name for the release of The Evening Falls on Kompakt, the fourth in the label’s Pop Ambient...
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VA –Ólafur Arnalds: Late Night Tales (2016)
Ólafur Arnalds, one-half of Icelandic band Kiasmos, has mixed the latest instalment in the Late Night Tales mix series. The BAFTA-winning multi-intrumentalist and producer is known for a hybrid sound...
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Brian Eno – The Ship (2016)
The Ship marks Brian Eno’s first ambient album since 2012’s Lux. Work on the album began as a 3-D sound installation in Stockholm, but altered to stereo when Eno realized he could sing in a low C, The...
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You Won’t – Revolutionaries (2016)
Boston duo You Won’t debuted their raw, sonically adventurous take on indie folk back in 2012 with their first LP, Skeptic Goodbye. After touring with the likes of Lucius, The Joy Formidable, and Deer...
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Antwood – Virtuous.scr (2016)
The debut full-length by Canadian electronic artist Antwood (Tristan Douglas) is a suspenseful, richly detailed work inspired by artificial intelligence and the producer’s background in molecular...
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Ritornell – If Nine Was Eight (2016)
Austrian duo Ritornell present their third album, If Nine Was Eight, following Golden Solitude (2009) and Aquarium Eyes (2013). The album sees percussionist Richard Eigner and pianist Roman Gerold...
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Plants & Animals – Waltzed in from the Rumbling (2016)
Following 2012’s The End of That, Plants & Animals decided to take a much-needed hiatus, as the three- piece focused on spending time with their respective families. With the release of their...
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Tin Toy Cars – Falling, Rust & Bones (2016)
It wouldn’t be too much of a stretch to say that Peter Fand, founder and lead singer/songwriter for Tin Toy Cars, spends much of his time immersed in a world that’s a bit more fantastic than yours or...
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Puce Mary – The Spiral (2016)
Frederikke Hoffmeier release her third solo LP for Posh Isolation under her Puce Mary alias. Hoffmeier first made an appearance on the Copenhagen label back in 2010 with a cassette titled Piss Flowers,...
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Shonen Knife – Adventure (2016)
In celebration of their 35th anniversary, Japanese bubblegum-punk veterans Shonen Knife released their 20th album, Adventure. As the title — and first single “Jump Into the New World” — suggests, the...
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Fog – For Good (2016)
For Good is the first album in 9 years by Fog, the Minneapolis experimental collective led by Andrew Broder. In the early years of this millennium, Broder steered Fog from a hip-hop-oriented home...
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VA – Close to the Noise Floor: Formative UK Electronica 1975-1984 (2016)
During the late ’70s and early ’80s, a crop of British experimentalists emerged with positions on conventional rock music that ranged from indifferent to hostile. Prompted by early electronic music and...
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De Staat – O (2016)
De Staat have been together nearly nine years, with this one having thrown them some unlikely career highlights, notably a support slot with Muse on their European tour. That’s pretty good going for a...
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Doomsquad – Total Time (2016)
On their second full-length, Total Time, genre-hopping Toronto trio Doomsquad have solidified their brand of shamanic, psychedelic dance-pop. The group still deals in sprawling, expansive dance...
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VA – Uncut: Here We Are Now (2015)
01. Thunderbitch – Closer 02. Joe Ely – Coyotttes Are Howlin’ 03. Nadia Reid – Call the Days 04. Rocket from the Tombs – Coopy… 05. Chris Forsyth & Koen Holtkamp – Long Beach… 06. Bill Ryder-Jones...
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Mean Jeans – Tight New Dimension (2016)
If you’ve chosen to be dumb for a living, you’ll soon discover it requires a lot more commitment than you might think. Plenty of bands have made a name for themselves by sounding like dolts, but Mean...
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Oren Ambarchi, Stefano Pilia, Massimo Pupillo – Aithein (2016)
Oren Ambarchi, Stefano Pilia, and Massimo Pupillo (Zu) team up for an instrumental trip bridging post-rock, drone, and improvisation. On Aithein, recorded live in Bologna in April 2015, the three...
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Hurry – Guided Meditation (2016)
When Philadelphia indie-pop outfit Hurry first caught our ear several years back, it was more of a project than a band. Matt Scottoline still had Everyone Everywhere as his primary act, and spent free...
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Miserable – Uncontrollable (2016)
Kristina Esfandiari is probably best known as the vocalist of bleak rockers King Woman, as well as being a former member of shoegaze outfit Whirr, but her solo work as Miserable should be held in equal...
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Steve Roach & Robert Logan – Biosonic + Second Nature (2016)
An interesting backstory accompanies these latest additions to Steve Roach’s ever-swelling discography. When he was thirteen years old, the now 28-year-old Robert Logan was introduced to electronic...
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