Marek Hemmann – Moments (2016)
Throughout the latter half of the 2000s and the early 2010s, Marek Hemmann wasn’t close to being the most prolific producer of Germanic, minimal-leaning techno, but he was among the most consistent....
View ArticleTom Robinson – Only the Now (2015)
In the heyday of punk no demonstration was complete without a rendition of one of the Tom Robinson Band’s politically charged anthems. Now the Glad to be Gay singer hopes to help a new generation to...
View ArticleHeliotropes – Over There That Way (2016)
Heliotropes‘ second album, Over There That Way, sounds like the work of a very different band than their 2013 debut, A Constant Sea, and with good reason. With the exception of guitarist, songwriter,...
View ArticleThe Balustrade Ensemble – Renewed Brilliance (2015)
Led by composer/guitarist Grant Miller and recording and mixing engineer Scott Solter, The Balustrade Ensemble has an uncanny talent for making magical music that sounds as if it comes to us from some...
View ArticleLilly Joel – What Lies in the Sea (2015)
What Lies in the Sea is the fruit of a ten-year collaboration between singer Lynn Cassiers and keyboardist Jozef Dumoulin, and is the first release for their duo Lilly Joel. Belgian singer Lynn...
View ArticleA Mote of Dust – A Mote of Dust (2015)
It’s been a while since we last heard from Craig Beaton. While his Unwinding Hours colleague Iain Cook has reaped success with Chvrches, Beaton’s been hiding himself away – deep in contemplation, if...
View ArticleSlow Meadow – Slow Meadow [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
That Slow Meadow‘s self-titled debut album is the first non-Hammock release to appear on Hammock Music speaks volumes about both the kind of material it features and its superior calibre. Matt Kidd’s...
View ArticleThee Koukouvaya – This Is the Mythology of Modern Death (2015)
Hailing from the Greek island of Crete, the mysterious duo known as Thee Koukouvaya deliver a solid electric pulse that is both compositional and danceable on their debut full-length. This Is the...
View Articleoffthesky – Silent Went the Sea (2016)
Offthesky (Jason Corder) is part producer, video artist, and sonic spelunker. For the past 14 years he has released over 30 albums on various labels including 12k’s term, Home Normal, and Zymogen....
View ArticleHousewives – Work (2015)
Taking a cue from their producer Alex Townend, who as one half of the ATP-signed minimal wave duo Vision Fortune headed out to the farmland of mainland Europe to record their 2015 record Country Music,...
View ArticleAlexis Taylor – Piano (2016)
Alexis Taylor, frontman of the emotive, fizzy Hot Chip and the more abstractly funky About Group, is not exactly as high on the list of singers you’d expect to make a solo piano record as, say, Ben...
View ArticleMessage to Bears – Carved from Tides (2016)
Carved from Tides, the fourth album by London based multi-instrumental Jerome Alexander, once again finds his skilled hand stitching together a wondrous cosmos of sound through tender compositions and...
View ArticleLet’s Eat Grandma – I, Gemini (2016)
Let’s Eat Grandma’s Jenny Hollingworth and Rosa Walton love duality. They look like they could be twins (actually, they’ve been friends since age four), and their band name comes from the grammar meme...
View ArticleJeremiah Cymerman / Pale Horse – Badlands (2016)
Badlands is the second full length album by composer Jeremiah Cymerman’s apocalyptic chamber ensemble, Pale Horse. Recorded in February 2015, Badlands, picks up where their self-titled 2014 debut left...
View ArticleMetronomy – Summer 08 [Japan Edition] (2016)
Despite their impressive ascent to mainstream success in the UK with their last couple of albums, it appears that success isn’t such a big concern for Metronomy‘s frontman/founder Joe Mount. Now a...
View ArticleBoris – Pink [Deluxe Edition] (2016)
Hyperactive. Accessible. Aggressive. That sums up Pink. Ten years after its release, it remains the Japanese trio’s most focused album as it displays the full Boris arsenal – from dreamy shoegaze pop...
View ArticleSteven Julien – Fallen (2016)
Listening to the likes of Kenny Dixon Jr and Larry Heard, it’s easy to think that they didn’t set out to write house tracks, but that their music fits into the larger continuum of black music and just...
View ArticleEmma Louise – Supercry (2016)
Emma Louise has never been one to shy away from her emotions, and on her second album Supercry she lays everything on the table. Three years since her debut record and it’s clear some heavy...
View ArticleElouise – Deep Water (2016)
Blackgrass is the name being given to a dark sub-genre of Bluegrass. It “creates an ominous cinematic soundscape that blends instrumental and storytelling influences from bluegrass traditions with...
View ArticleFufanu – Few More Days to Go [Deluxe Edition] (2016)
Deluxe edition containing 10 extra tracks including exclusive remixes from the likes of Damon Albarn (Blur) and Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs). …Icelandic duo Fufanu have been able to nurture their...
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