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Conor Oberst – Ruminations (2016)
Ever since his early teens, songwriting has come fairly quickly to Conor Oberst. Whether as a solo artist, with Bright Eyes, in Desaparecidos, or in the supergroup Monsters Of Folk, he’s stayed...
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The Orb – COW / Chill Out, World! (2016)
Ambient techno legends the Orb spent much of 2016 touring the world to commemorate the 25th anniversary of their seminal debut album, The Orb’s Adventures Beyond the Ultraworld. During their travels,...
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Light Fantastic – Out of View (2016)
A Bay Area five-piece led by songwriter Terry Sowers, Light Fantastic make their full-length debut with Out of View. The opening words “See the way that the water, it falls and it spreads around the...
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Banabila & Machinefabriek – Macrocosms (2016)
Macrocosms is the fourth time that Michel Banabila and Rutger Zuydervelt – both based in Rotterdam – have swapped files and sculpted pieces together. There’s a certain creative tension between the...
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Supersilent – 13 (2016)
For nearly 20 years, Norway’s Supersilent have recorded for the wildly diverse Rune Grammofon label. 13 is the group’s debut for Smalltown Supersound, an Oslo-based label whose stable includes Prins...
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Black Marble – It’s Immaterial (2016)
After releasing the promising album A Different Arrangement, the synth pop/darkwave duo Black Marble basically vanished. Turns out the two guys (Chris Stewart and Ty Kube) went their separate ways, and...
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Hoops – Hoops EP (2016)
Hoops is the self-titled label debut of the Bloomington, Indiana band who created buzz with a quick series of lo-fi cassette EPs after they made their way onto the Internet. With a loose and hazy sound...
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Tangents – Stateless (2016)
Tangents are an improvisational group from Sydney, Australia who describe their approach to music-making as “post-everything,” as it incorporates glitchy electronic processing, shimmering...
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VA – Secret City Records: 10 Years (2016)
Secret City Records has been a staple of the Canadian indie music industry for a decade now, and to mark its milestone 10th anniversary, the label release a brand new compilation featuring some of its...
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Crooked Man – Crooked Man (2016)
Dance music and nursery rhyme allusions aren’t the most expected pairing, but that’s why Crooked Man is such an apt name for Richard Barratt’s house music project. His path through the music industry...
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Jagwar Ma – Every Now & Then (2016)
The dreamy, wide-screen ’90s revivalism of Jagwar Ma‘s first album Howlin‘ gained the Australian duo a devoted fan base that bridged generations. People who lived through the baggy, dancefloor-friendly...
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Oval – Popp (2016)
Since Markus Popp resumed making music as Oval in 2010 after a lengthy hiatus, the project has moved away from the glitch sound it helped pioneer in the ’90s. Oval’s final releases for Thrill Jockey in...
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Feeder – All Bright Electric (2016)
If awards were given out for unbridled consistency, Feeder would surely be among the nominees. Active for nearly a quarter of a century. In that time they’ve put out a plethora of records cementing...
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The Naked and Famous – Simple Forms (2016)
Following the end of the promotional tour for their 2013 sophomore album, In Rolling Waves, New Zealand’s the Naked and Famous took some much needed time off. Along with rest, the hiatus also brought...
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Fraternal Twin – Homeworlding (2016)
Tom Christie isn’t wasting any time. Last year, the Hudson Valley native and New Jersey transplant released his sad-eyed, slow-burning debut, Skin Gets Hot, under bedroom-folk project Fraternal Twin....
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Mike Doughty – The Heart Watches While the Brain Burns (2016)
Over 15 years into his solo career, the former leader of Soul Coughing offers his first album from Memphis, Tennessee, where he relocated after calling New York home for over 25 years. On The Heart...
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Christian Kjellvander – A Village: Natural Light (2016)
A Village: Natural Light is Swedish singer/ songwriter Christian Kjellvander‘s second offering for the excellent Tapete label and 7th overall. His 2013 label debut, The Pitcher, looked at home as a...
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Rituals of Mine – Devoted (2016)
If you don’t recognize the name Rituals of Mine, it’s likely because up until recently, the Sacramento duo (Terra Lopez and Dani Fernandez) went by Sister Crayon — a name they decided no longer...
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The Lemon Twigs – Do Hollywood (2016)
The D’Addario brothers, Michael and Brian, must have grown up on a steady diet of oddball singer/ songwriters and weird ’70s pop, absorbing it like it was candy until they were able to create their own...
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Duchess Says – Sciences Nouvelles (2016)
Bands have long been returning to the ’80s for musical influence, but while many emulate the lighter side of synth-pop, Montréal’s Duchess Says draw on the weird and cultish tones that came out of the...
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