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Safia – Internal + Embracing Me EP (2016)
When SAFIA won Triple J Unearthed’s Groovin the Moo competition three years ago, they were fresh-faced Canberra kids who loved singer-songwriters and electronic music equally. The trio’s breakout...
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Brodka – Clashes (2016)
Since winning the Polish singing contest show Idol in 2004, Monika Brodka has become a certifiable pop star in her home country. Her three Polish-language records — 2004’s Album, 2006’s Moje piosenki...
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Francesco Cavaliere – Gancio Cielo 2: Il Gruppo Respingi Comete (2016)
Gancio Cielo 2 – Il Gruppo Respingi Comete is the second chapter of Gancio Cielo, a saga by Francesco Cavaliere. This episode explores a world where comets and cosmic stones pour down from the sky…...
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Frank Iero and the Patience – Parachutes (2016)
Much like the apparatus that gives the album its title, Parachutes is a collection of lifesavers for Frank Iero. Along with his band, the Patience (Alex Grippo, Evan Nestor, and Matt Olsson), Iero...
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Vanishing Twin – Choose Your Own Adventure (2016)
Under the name Orlando, former member of Fanfarlo Cathy Lucas put together a couple of albums on her own Association for the Re-Alignment of Magnetic Dust (or RAM) label. Her last recording under that...
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Marching Church – Telling It Like It Is (2016)
Elias Bender Rønnenfelt is primarily known for fronting the angular, abrasive, arty post-punk band Iceage, but it’s his side project Marching Church that proves far more interesting with repeated...
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The Hidden Cameras – Home On Native Land (2016)
The aptly named Home on Native Land sees head Hidden Cameras operator Joel Gibb returning to his Canadian homeland after a long stint in Berlin, Germany. The sonic antithesis to 2014’s relatively dark,...
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Honeyblood – Babes Never Die (2016)
Between their self-titled debut and Babes Never Die, Honeyblood went through some big changes. Most notably, founding drummer Shona McVicar left shortly after Honeyblood’s release, with Cat Myers...
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Mannequin Pussy – Romantic (2016)
Punk rock is not terribly romantic, or at least not enough to get an on-air dedication from Delilah. That’s not to say punk rock doesn’t know, understand and screw up relationships — it’s just that the...
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Finis Africae – Amazonia (1990, Reissue 2016)
Finis Africae was part of the musical flourishing that emerged at the end of the Franco regime, and this album, guided by the visionary Juan Alberto Arteche Guel, captures the mature results of that...
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Alejandro Escovedo – Burn Something Beautiful (2016)
Born in 1951, Alejandro Escovedo is at an age where most rock musicians are happily coasting on their past accomplishments, if they’re still making new music at all. Thankfully, Escovedo is and always...
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Trembling Bells & Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy – The Bonnie Bells of Oxford (2016)
On 2012’s The Marble Downs, Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy provided vocals for an album of songs by Trembling Bells. It was a fruitful meeting of mind and voice, but one that promised the real bounty when those...
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Crystal Fighters – Everything Is My Family (2016)
Crystal Fighters are an eclectic bunch, and their third record – opening with a multilingual spoken word track – is predictably bonkers and brilliant. Following the release of 2014’s stand-alone single...
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Soft Hair – Soft Hair (2016)
Connan Mockasin and LA Priest/Late of the Pier’s Sam Dust present Soft Hair as: “a view into an exotic world with a blend of familiar, unfamiliar and unconventionally attractive sounds”. This line,...
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Southern Culture On the Skids – The Electric Pinecones (2016)
Conventional wisdom tells us that change is good, and there are plenty of bands that have been well served by shaking up their formula once in a while. Southern Culture on the Skids have been serving...
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Gas – Box (2016)
The fact that Wolfgang Voigt only recorded under his Gas moniker between 1995 and 2000 is remarkable for two reasons: one, that he was able to release so much captivating and groundbreaking music in...
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Nada Surf – Peaceful Ghosts: Live with Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg (2016)
Gorgeously arranged and impeccably played, Nada Surf’s second 2016 release, Peaceful Ghosts: Live with Deutsches Filmorchester Babelsberg, showcases the beloved New York rock outfit in concert backed...
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JAWS – Simplicity (2016)
Unless you’re The Chainsmokers, all bands mature by default. They learn more, gain different experiences, grow the odd bit of stubble. As expected, Birmingham trio JAWS have matured like one of Alex...
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Lambchop – FLOTUS (2016)
Since their recording debut in 1994, Lambchop have evolved from a small combo to a veritable orchestra, complete with horns and strings. But since the mid-2000s, Lambchop leader, songwriter, and lead...
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Hope Sandoval & The Warm Inventions – Until the Hunter (2016)
Hope Sandoval isn’t the quickest worker, it took Mazzy Star almost 20 years to put out their 4th album, and this record comes 7 years after the last one she made with Colm Ó Cíosóig under the Warm...
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