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New Swears – Junkfood Forever, Bedtime Whatever (2015)
…The title, Junkfood Forever, Bedtime Whatever, says it all. The subject matter is partying, drinking and smoking, all to the tune of punky riffs and four-part, shout-sung harmonies. As they say on the...
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Josh Pyke – But for All These Shrinking Hearts [Deluxe Version] (2015)
According to the press notes for this release, “Creativity isn’t bound by physical laws of nature and science.” That’s a pretty lofty thought to attach to a record. And it opens Josh Pyke up to any...
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Adult Mom – Momentary Lapse of Happily (2015)
Adult Mom’s debut LP begins with a song called “Be Your Own 3am”, a title that obliquely recalls Xiu Xiu’s 2006 song “Hello from Eau Claire”. On that track, Caralee McElroy made a rare vocal appearance...
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Clock DVA – The Future & Radiophonic Dvations: Horology 2 (2015)
Horology 2, covering the years 1977-1978, can viewed as a prequel to the 2012 Horology boxset which scanned Adi Newton and Clock DVA‘s pioneering Sheffield electronics circa 1978-1980. The first LP...
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Ricardo Donoso – Machine to Machine (2015)
Following on from the dissonant formalism Sarava Exu, Machine to Machine, Ricardo Donoso’s newest full length work sees a return to a more melodic sound. Machine to Machine, continues to bridge the gap...
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ON AN ON – And the Wave Has Two Sides (2015)
ON AN ON began recording its debut album, Give In, just three weeks after its members’ previous band Scattered Trees broke up in 2012. But the Chicago/Minneapolis trio comprised of Nate Eiesland, Ryne...
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Haiku Salut – Etch and Etch Deep (2015)
The second album from the Derbyshire trio doesn’t move along an enormous amount from their debut, Tricolore (2013). It’s all still resolutely small-scale, a cottage industry rather than a factory...
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Teenage Time Killers – Greatest Hits, vol. 1 (2015)
The debut studio long-player from the powerhouse punk-metal supergroup led by My Ruin guitarist Mick Murphy, Corrosion of Conformity drummer Reed Mullin, and producer John Lousteau, the cheekily-named...
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The Coneheads – L.P.1. aka “14 Year Old High School PC-Fascist Hype...
Yeah, that’s the full title: 14 Year Old High School PC-Fascist Hype Lords Rip Off Devo for the Sake of Extorting $$$ from Helpless Impressionable Midwestern Internet Peoplepunks L.P. (The alternate...
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Laraaji – All in One Peace (2015)
Experimental new age king Laraaji recently got spiritual with a show at Vancouver’s Planetarium, but those who missed out on that performance will soon be able to space out at home with a new set of...
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VA – Blanck Mass Presents: The Strange Colour of Your Body’s Tears Re-Score...
Blanck Mass corrals a haunting spectra of sounds from Helm, Phil Julian, C Spencer Yeh, Konx Om Pax, and Roll the Dice to provide an alternative score for Bruno Forzani and Héléne Catet’s 2013 giallo...
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Sam Duckworth – Amazing Grace (2015)
For a decade Sam Duckworth existed (musically) under the opinion splitting moniker Get Cape. Wear Cape. Fly. In these ten years he amassed four albums (two top 30) and four top 40 singles. Sharing its...
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The Electric Eels – Die Electric Eels (2014)
When music nerd discussions turn to proto-punk, the electric eels’ brief mid-70s existence often gets overlooked. The quintet didn’t just hail from the same fertile Cleveland scene as fellow travelers...
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Insect Heroes – Apocalypso (2014)
Technically, releasing music these days is a bit of a doddle: fire it online and job’s a good ‘un. But getting people to seek out and actually listen to your creativity, never mind part with cash for...
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Johnny de Courcy – Alien Lake (2014)
Those hoping hear the influence of Johnny de Courcy‘s work with Black Wizard on his sophomore solo album, Alien Lake, are going to be sorely disappointed, which is probably for the best. In a recent...
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David Rosenboom – Naked Curvature (2015)
Active since the 1960s, composer/performer/ educator/instrument builder and improviser David Rosenboom, has been at the cutting edge of contemporary music, scoring for orchestra, opera, solo...
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Ultimate Painting – Green Lanes (2015)
After releasing an excellent self-titled album in 2014, the duo of James Hoare (of Veronica Falls) and Jack Cooper (of Mazes) could have gone their separate ways, thus depriving fans of smart, sneakily...
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Das Ding – Why Is My Life So Boring? (2014)
New label Electronic Emergencies opens its account with an impressive first release. Dutch artist Das Ding aka Danny Bosten self-released a series of cassettes in the 80s before promptly disappearing...
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Kurt Vile – B’lieve I’m Goin Down… (2015)
Kurt Vile release the follow-up to 2013’s Wakin on a Pretty Daze on September 25 via Matador. B’lieve I’m Goin Down...— previously rumored to be called All Over the Place — has taken Vile all across...
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Eleventh Dream Day – Works for Tomorrow (2015)
Eleventh Dream Day is probably as much a force as a band at this point. There’s something about it that draws Rick Rizzo, Janet Bean, and Doug McCombs (and Mark Greenberg, for the last few albums) back...
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