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Bernard Fevre – Suspense + The Strange World of Bernard Fevre + Cosmos 2043...
DJ Kirk Degiorgio and Mark Melton’s label Sound Obsession have just done library music enthusiasts a massive service, and reissued French composer Bernard Fèvre‘s trilogy of essential library albums...
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Sons of an Illustrious Father – Revol (2016)
Brooklyn-based trio Sons of an Illustrious Father toys with dynamics on its new album, Revol, blending gentle elegance with big bursts of sound. Produced & mixed by Howard Bilerman (Arcade Fire,...
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Blair Dunlop – Gilded (2016)
The difficult third album? Things must be going well enough for Blair Dunlop to launch his own label with the said album which sees him building from the success of his startling Blight & Blossom...
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Blue Man Group – Three (2016)
For 25 years, the Blue Man Group has blurred the thin blue lines between music, theater, performance, visual art and invention. As a percussion-based spectacle, part of their appeal has always been...
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Pinkwash – Collective Sigh (2016)
Comprised of longtime buds Joey Doubek and Ashley Arnwine, who collaborated previously in DC’s Mass Movement of the Moth and punk duo Ingrid, Pinkwash is the sound of two musicians lashing out with...
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The Smoking Trees – The Archer and the Bull (2016)
The Smoking Trees 2014 album, TST, was a near-brilliant psychedelic pop trip that matched vintage sounds with spaced-out vocals and 12 very catchy songs. Concocted in a cotton-candy dream by Sir Psych...
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Flume – Skin (2016)
Another set of main-stage big tunes from Australian producer Harley Streten (aka Flume). Skin is an example of the consummate modern electronic pop album, pulling in bits and pieces of different dance...
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The Seven Inches – The Seven Inches Test Their Mettle (2016)
The Seven Inches have long been heroes amongst Leeds’ indiepop and DIY scenes, winning hearts everywhere with their bizarre onstage props, trumpets, synths and cardboard keytars. If this makes them...
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Holy Fuck – Congrats (2016)
Emerging after a six-year hiatus, Toronto-based electro-rock band Holy Fuck return with Congrats, an album that refines their junk store aesthetic into their most cohesive, accessible tunes yet. The...
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Adult Jazz – Earrings Off! (2016)
After their ambitious debut album, Gist Is, English indie quartet Adult Jazz return less than two years later with Earrings Off!, an equally adventurous release that explores the topic of gender...
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Vacation – Non-Person (2015)
Cincinnati, Ohio’s Vacation formed in 2010 as a trio, quickly putting out a slew of tapes, singles, and LPs on various DIY labels, while spreading their infectious pop-inspired punk through shows...
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Arthur Beatrice – Keeping the Peace (2016)
When your debut was marked for its sparse beauty and mystery, where exactly can you go from there? You could dial it even further back to create something akin to John Cage’s seminal pop banger (so...
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The Hotelier – Goodness (2016)
“Listen more, speak less,” Christian Holden wrote on Tumblr a few months ago, in anticipation of his band’s forthcoming new album. These seemed like strange words coming from the Hotelier’s notoriously...
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Yumi Zouma – Yoncalla (2016)
It’s easy to hear why the young, fresh-faced New Zealand quintet Yumi Zouma caught the ear of the Cascine label when they first started sending their demos around. The sound is a fresh, young version...
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Band of Skulls – By Default (2016)
Having spent the last five years or so rigorously touring, it’s probably a given that Southampton’s Band of Skulls are rather knackered. The last two of those exhausting years followed the release of...
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Beth Orton – Kidsticks (2016)
When Beth Orton released Sugaring Season in 2012, she had moved as far as possible from her “folktronica” origins. She’d taken guitar lessons from Bert Jansch, written more formally conventional songs,...
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Gold Panda – Good Luck and Do Your Best (2016)
Inspired by a trip to Japan, Good Luck and Do Your Best is one of Gold Panda‘s warmest, sunniest releases, reflecting the colorful foliage of the island nation. The British producer continues to nick...
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The Pop Group – The Boys Whose Head Exploded (2016)
Since the Pop Group reunited for live work in 2010, the post-punk troublemakers have been steadily reissuing prized items from their back catalog through their Freaks R Us imprint. Given their...
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Kristin Kontrol – X-Communicate (2016)
A name can carry a lot of meaning. For Kristin Welchez, her chosen moniker of Dee Dee and her band the Dum Dum Girls had left the artist in a box she couldn’t shake. Releasing a handful of strong...
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Szun Waves – At Sacred Walls (2016)
At Sacred Walls is the debut record by Szun Waves, a collaborative project featuring Border Community affiliate and modular synth guru Luke Abbott, Portico saxophonist Jack Wyllie and PVT drummer...
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