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Grubby Little Hands – Garden Party (2016)
Philadelphia’s Grubby Little Hands began as the duo of singer-songwriters and multi-instrumentalists Donnie Felton and Brian Hall. Then they turned into a sextet for their third album, Garden Party,...
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Cluster – Japan Live (2015)
Foundational Krautrock group Cluster, in the form of its core duo Hans-Joachim Roedelius and Dieter Moebius, embarked on two separate tours in 1996 before falling into what would be a decade-long...
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Jean-Michel Jarre – Electronica 2: The Heart of Noise (2016)
It’s hard to overstate the legacy and reach of French electronic-music pioneer Jean-Michel Jarre. He currently holds the world record for largest outdoor concert (3.5 million watched him stage his...
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Petra Haden & Jesse Harris – Seemed Like a Good Idea: Petra Haden Sings Jesse...
Infrequently, pairings come together that make perfect sense. The meeting of two incredible musical minds can produce sound that stands distinctly apart from the work of peers, a magical culmination of...
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Aloha – Little Windows Cut Right Through (2016)
Aloha have always inhabited their own space within the indie rock continuum. They play around with jazz, pop, and post-rock in a way that aligns them with the foundational Midwest emo bands that also...
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David Bazan – Blanco (2016)
Having spent half of the last decade on tour, away from home, Pedro the Lion leader David Bazan‘s new album reflects the wandering life of a traveling troubadour. And while there is joy in that life,...
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Chris Cohen – As If Apart (2016)
The effortless and immediate appeal of Chris Cohen‘s 2012 debut, Overgrown Path, was virtually undeniable. The record emitted a sort of ethereal warmth that cocooned listeners in a pleasant vibe...
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Tourist – U (2016)
Tourist’s debut solo record is an intricate, melancholic and exceptionally well made LP that traces the arc of a relationship from its beginning stages to its dissolution. The U.K. producer has a deft...
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Benny Boeldt – 8 of Cups (2016)
Over the course of three albums as Adventure, Baltimore-based electronic musician Benny Boeldt has modified his style from chiptunes to synth pop to IDM, but he’s always maintained a hyperactive...
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LUH. – Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing (2016)
With Spiritual Songs for Lovers to Sing, the two-piece LUH. – comprised of Ebony Hoorn and Ellery James Roberts – have created a beautiful and graceful behemoth. The record, undeniably, sounds...
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James Blake – The Colour in Anything (2016)
The Colour in Anything, originally titled Radio Silence, marks James Blake’s third full-length overall following 2013’s Mercury Prize-winning Overgrown. It features a collaboration with Bon Iver’s...
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Klaus Johann Grobe – Spagat der Liebe (2016)
After making a splash with their Im Sinne der Zeit debut in 2014, Swiss duo Klaus Johann Grobe return with the excellent Spagat der Liebe, an album that takes their sound to a new and improved place....
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RY X – Dawn (2016)
When judging a book by its proverbial cover, it’s tempting to place Australian expat RY X into the electronic section of the artfully-bearded-yet-slightly-mysterious-singer-songwriter camp alongside...
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Presents for Sally & 93MillionMilesFromTheSun – An Arms Reach Away/ Darkness...
That both Bristol’s Presents for Sally and Doncaster’s 93MillionMilesFromTheSun released arguably their best albums to date in 2015 is by-the-by. This split mini-LP – on impressive ‘fruit salad’...
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Seratones – Get Gone (2016)
If you were to break apart the ingredients that form the Shreveport, La., band Seratones, many would seem obvious: Singer AJ Haynes got her start training her unamplified voice to hit the rafters of a...
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Lanu – The Double Sunrise (2016)
Informed from the romanticism and mythology of the South Pacific region and the Exotica musical genre, The Double Sunrise sees The Bamboo’s founder and guitarist Lance Ferguson once again don his Lanu...
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Rapoon – Song from the End of the World (2016)
Of course every Glacial Movements recording is by definition chilly, but that aspect is pushed to an even greater extreme on Robin Storey’s Rapoon outing. In certain moments bone-chilling winds howl...
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Beverly – The Blue Swell (2016)
After recording the first Beverly album with Frankie Rose on board, Drew Citron struck out on her own for the band’s follow-up, 2016’s The Blue Swell. Not exactly alone, since she had bassist/guitarist...
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Jameszoo – Fool (2016)
Brainfeeder Records has always been on the cutting edge of experimental, post-modern jazz. Flying Lotus’ Cosmogramma is a modern classic, Thundercat’s The Golden Age of Apocalypse has some of the best...
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Marta Mist – Scavengers (2016)
Representing the first transmissions in a while from Leeds trio Marta Mist, Scavengers consists of two longform pieces, each just over twenty minutes. Taking stately repeated violin figures as a...
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