Nzumbe – Titubeo (2015)
When Miguel Prado and Michael Pisaro released White Metal back in 2014, it was almost impossible to imagine anything past the parameters of their “expertly exploding and reducing noise.” The material...
View ArticleCool Ghouls – Animal Races (2016)
Hitting a graceful midpoint between the pop-centric side of ’60s garage rock (less fuzz, more jangle) and the sun-dappled sound of early psychedelia (think Younger Than Yesterday-era Byrds without the...
View ArticleBeyond the Wizards Sleeve – The Soft Bounce (2016)
There’s a decidedly cinematic quality to the debut release by the duo behind the oddly-named, frustratingly punctuation-less Beyond the Wizards Sleeve. The Soft Bounce begins with a gradual synth swell...
View ArticleJamie T – Trick (2016)
He might insist he feels “tricked into waking up”, but Jamie T’s return to the stage after a five year absence was one of the most assured in recent memory. Returning in 2014 with the most critically...
View ArticleZomby – Ultra (2016)
Like many of his Hyperdub peers, one of the keys to Zomby’s enduring appeal is the sheer consistency and cohesion of his output. His impressive knack for marrying expressive harmonic textures with...
View ArticleEluvium – False Readings On (2016)
False Readings On is the seventh proper full-length by ambient composer Matthew Cooper under his Eluvium moniker, not counting numerous EPs and limited releases commissioned by museums or included with...
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Ali Beletic – Legends of These Lands Left to Live (2016)
The backstory to Ali Beletic‘s debut LP goes something like this: Installation artist moves from New York City to the desert Southwest and finds musical inspiration in the area’s nature and mythology....
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Motion Graphics – Motion Graphics (2016)
Motion Graphics is an electronic art-pop project inspired by the constant barrage of notification messages, pop-ups, and algorithmic data flow populating our daily lives. The heavily detailed songs are...
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Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes – Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes (2016)
Carl Sagan’s Skate Shoes: a name whose silliness and faux-profundity does not even begin to reflect the level of aggression and power and vinegar present across the Austin trio’s self-titled debut....
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James Vincent McMorrow – We Move (2016)
The strain of 21st-century neo-soul that helped close the gap between the likes of Bon Iver and Kanye West has a formidable new ambassador in James Vincent McMorrow. A dewy Irishman with a...
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La Femme – Mystère (2016)
Mystère is the follow-up to La Femme‘s 2013 debut, and the pressure is on because Psycho Tropical Berlin was awarded a Victoire de la Musique for Album Révélation of the Year by the French Ministry of...
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The Chills – Kaleidoscope World [Expanded Edition] (2016)
The Chills took seven years to make their first full album, 1987’s Brave Words — seven years of false starts, constantly shifting lineups, and one tragedy that nearly destroyed the band and ended up...
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The Divine Comedy – Foreverland [Deluxe Edition] (2016)
Deluxe edition comes with a bonus CD featuring a studio recording of “In May”, Neil Hannon and Frank Alva Buecheler’s acclaimed chamber opera, which explores the relationship between a dying son and...
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The Wedding Present – Going, Going… (2016)
David Lewis Gedge, a British songwriter who so adroitly captured a certain strand of youthful bedsit weltschmerz in the formative part of his career, is now only four years away from qualifying for his...
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Look Park – Look Park (2016)
Look Park is a solo debut of sorts for Fountains of Wayne lead singer and co-songwriter Chris Collingwood, his first project outside of the seasoned power pop group. The musician has spurned the solo...
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The Low Anthem – Eyeland (2016)
Echoes of Americana can provide quite a lot of sonic comfort food, but a distinctive soundscape, even one of the quality on Oh My God, Charlie Darwin and Smart Flesh, the first two albums by The Low...
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King Creosote – Astronaut Meets Appleman (2016)
Domino Records continue to give Kenny Anderson the artistic freedom to deliver such abstract, unusually constructed albums as this. Under the guise of King Creosote, he and his pals’ have recorded all...
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The Lulu Raes – All Our Parents Are Divorced EP (2016)
It basically boils down to The Lulu Raes being nothing more or less than a damn neat pop band, knowing enough history to absorb elements of what’s gone before to make something of their own. Their...
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Pye Corner Audio – Stasis (2016)
Otherwise known as Martin Jenkins, Pye Corner Audio has been taking inspiration from classic synth soundtracks and library music since 2010. Stasis is the producer’s second for UK hauntology outpost...
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Wilco – Schmilco (2016)
Wilco‘s Jeff Tweedy has always been good at evoking his duplicitous feelings to shade his characters with contrapuntal depth; think of the woman trapped in his longings for, and resentments toward,...
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