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Cindytalk – The Labyrinth of the Straight Line (2016)
Like one of those dreams where you’re in a headwind down a dark tunnel and the light at either end never comes closer, The Labyrinth of the Straight Line is a typically petrifying yet compelling...
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Jeff Rosenstock – WORRY. (2016)
Modern pop-punk can be divisive, but if we consider Jeff Rosenstock‘s third album — which, amid a cohort of other no-bullshit bands like the Sidekicks, Joyce Manor and RVIVR, effortlessly encapsulates...
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The Album Leaf – Between Waves [Deluxe Version] (2016)
Six years removed from the project’s last proper full-length A Chorus of Storytellers, Jimmy LaValle’s long-running The Album Leaf release new record. Eight tracks in the length, Between Waves is the...
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Sarah Davachi – Vergers (2016)
Like a lot of minimalist art, Sarah Davachi’s music appears simple on the surface. Not a lot seems to happen, at least not in terms of melody, rhythm, or any of the usual categories of Western popular...
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Howe Gelb –‘Sno Angel Like You + Sno Angel Winging It’ (2016)
One of the first things that strikes you about Howe Gelb‘s ‘Sno Angel Like You is that Gelb recorded this set with a gospel choir from Canada called Voices of Praise; he called the project “Sno Angel”...
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Tanya Tagaq – Retribution (2016)
“I’m devastated that this is how we live.” Those are chillingly direct words from Tanya Tagaq, Polaris-winning throat singer. That tragic sentiment comes from an interview with The Globe and Mail, in...
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Douglas Dare – Aforger (2016)
Whelm, the debut album by Douglas Dare, established the London-based musician’s modern classical credentials in the suitably welcoming surroundings of the Erased Tapes label but also came with points...
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S.E.M. Ensemble – Julius Eastman: Femenine (2016)
According to all eyewitness accounts, Julius Eastman was hard to ignore. He was lithe, he had a five-octave voice and an improviser’s intelligence at the piano. When he was healthy, Eastman was sought...
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Romans – Valere Aude (2016)
Valere Aude is the debut LP from Romans, courtesy of the Bunker New York. The collaboration marks the joint forces of New York techno kingpin Gunnar Haslam and Vienna-based Johannes Auvinen, also known...
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Burnt Palms – Back On My Wall (2016)
Burnt Palms‘ third album, 2016’s Back on My Wall, is their third album produced by Ladybug Transistor’s Gary Olson at the helm and first with new guitarist Joshua Vazquez on board. The first means that...
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Virginia Wing – Forward Constant Motion (2016)
Virginia Wing started life off as a trio, making experimental modern pop with shoegaze and Krautrock influences bubbling to the top. After releasing a promising LP and single, the trio became a duo...
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Cut Copy – January Tape (2016)
January Tape is a new ambient record from Cut Copy, released on a short run cassette through their site, and is now seeing additional life through the technical marvel that is streaming services. The...
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Soviet Soviet – Nice (2009, Reissue 2016)
This is a digital reissue of ‘Nice’ which was self- released by Soviet Soviet in 2009 as multiple EPs. Tracks 1-4 taken from ‘Soviet Soviet – No Title’. Tracks 5-9 taken from ‘Soviet Soviet’ EP and...
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Trophy Eyes – Chemical Miracle (2016)
Trophy Eyes don’t prepare you for the massive impact of Chemical Miracle. The three singles dropped prior to its release hinted the Australian hardcore act’s sophomore effort would be a large departure...
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Keren Ann – You’re Gonna Get Love (2016)
You’re Gonna Get Love is the first album in five years from singer/songwriter Keren Ann Zeidel. Since 2011, she’s contributed six songs to the soundtrack of Yossi, an Israeli film by Etyan Fox, and...
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Avalon Emerson – Narcissus in Retrograde EP (2016)
Narcissus in Retrograde is Avalon Emerson‘s followup to her sweltering ode to Arizona, The Frontier / 2000 Species of Cacti. Released on Ghostly’s sister label Spectral Sound, her latest EP consists of...
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Yoko Ono – Plastic Ono Band (1970, Remastered 2016)
Remastered from the original tapes by Greg Calbi & Sean Lennon and includes four additional songs: “Open Your Box,” “Something More Abstract,” “Why (Extended Version),” and “The South Wind”. …1970...
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Starover Blue – Spacegeist (2016)
Starover Blue‘s Spacegeist is a cold album. This is a sentiment the band seems to be going for, hence the black-and-blue cover art and the “space” in the album’s name. The chilliness holds over to the...
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Young Legionnaire – Zero Worship (2016)
Young Legionnaire’s second LP is a harsh and heart- wrenching amalgamation of post-hardcore, emo & shoegaze-tinged alternative. It shares some blood with 2016’s best melancholic rock releases...
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Eraldo Bernocchi & Prakash Sontakke – Invisible Strings (2016)
Over the last 60 years, East Meets West recordings have become somewhat commonplace in creative music. While John Coltrane, Yusef Lateef, and Ahmed Abdul-Malik all experimented with Eastern sounds in...
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