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Julie Byrne – Not Even Happiness (2017)
Following 2014’s debut Rooms with Walls and Windows, Julie Byrne‘s second full-length album Not Even Happiness stays true to it predecessor’s understated style, but builds on its bare-bones...
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Hey Colossus – Dedicated to Uri Klangers (2003-2013) (2016)
When Hey Colossus produced a cassette of tunes selected haphazardly from their chaotic first decade, they didn’t think much of it. They sold those 50 tapes at their 10th anniversary gig at the Sebright...
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The Handsome Family – Unseen [Limited Edition] (2016)
…limited edition include an exclusive seven-track “Best Of” bonus CD. We live in a fallen world, and Brett Sparks has devoted his life to documenting the sadness and disappointment that is our lot in...
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Flock of Dimes – If You See Me, Say Yes (2016)
While balancing her full-time role as one-half of artful indie duo Wye Oak, Jenn Wasner has been quietly dishing out atmospheric bedroom pop singles under the name Flock of Dimes. Flying under the...
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Alphaxone – Echoes from Outer Silence (2016)
Iranian Mehdi Saleh aka Alphaxone has released 4 full lengths in less than two years of time at Cryo Chamber. Living in the Grayland was his rawest release with harsher tones taking the lead, and the...
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Soft Error – Mechanism (2017)
Soft Error are not into disclosure – the duo go merely by the names Tim and Rupert, and only vaguely does any press release reference their background in dance culture or soundtracking. The art for...
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Farewell Milwaukee – FM (2016)
Little known but extremely astute in the art of providing genuine pop perfection, the Minneapolis- based band Farewell Milwaukee know how to produce the kind of hooks that garner instant enticement… On...
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Bill Baird – Earth Into Aether (2016)
Described as a 19-track collection of “musical postcards” inspired by travel across the United States, Bill Baird‘s Earth into Aether is a thematic selection of material from across the eclectic...
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Ricardo Donoso – Quintesence EP (2016)
Taken on its own as a recording, Ricardo Donoso’s EP Quintesence is a remarkably striking 20-minute chunk of highly-manipulated musical noises. Quintesence was commissioned by the Society for Arts and...
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Chavez – Cockfighters EP (2017)
Some bands, after staying away from the recording studio for 20 years, would go out of their way to make a big splash when they chose to reward their loyal fans for years of patience. Chavez clearly...
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Teeth & Tongue – Give Up On Your Health (2016)
The latest from Australia’s Teeth & Tongue proves that the project’s Jess Cornelius has had a wine-like career: it just keeps getting better as time passes. With one foot planted firmly in...
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Prostitutes – Dance Tracksz (2017)
US noise artist James Donadio aka Prostitutes release a new LP on Oscar Powell and Jaime Williams’ Diagonal imprint titled Dance Tracksz. Donadio has appeared on Diagonal twice previously, and has...
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Prostitutes – Ghost Detergent (2016)
It’s rather bold to say your music is beholden to no trends, but James Donadio’s latest album as Prostitutes holds up well to his claim. Ghost Detergent isn’t genre-less by any stretch — Donadio folds...
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The Proper Ornaments – Foxhole (2017)
You can easily imagine James Hoare strolling around enveloped in a hazy, paisley cloud of psychedelia, on his way to a late-afternoon hookah bar brainstorming session with the ghost of Syd Barrett....
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Barbarisms – Browser (2016)
A cursory play or two of Browser, Barbarisms‘ second LP, would lead the casual listener too think that they had stumbled across some previously unknown alt-country or slacker-rock band with their roots...
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Olivia Block – Dissolution (2016)
Olivia Block‘s new release is comprised of two long tracks involving found sounds, instruments, microcassettes and radio signals, and, according to a press release, “a reflection upon human ‘webs of...
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D.A.R.K. – Science Agrees (2016)
At first glance it might seem unfair that the Smiths’ bassist Andy Rourke’s initials are at the center of D.A.R.K.: Dolores O’Riordan of The Cranberries is only alluded to with the D from her first...
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Unkle Bob – The Deepest Sea (2016)
Rick Webster aka Unkle Bob returns with The Deepest Sea. This mini-album is by far his best work to date and the documentation of a journey that took him to Ghana, Berlin and the Highlands of...
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Quiet Life – Foggy (2016)
Quiet Life is a roots-rock band that claims no fixed address. Instead, with brothers Sean (vocals/guitar) and Ryan Spellman (drums/vocals) at its center, the band travels the country in its...
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SiJ & Textere Oris – Reflections Under the Sky (2016)
The forty-five minutes of ambient-electronic sound presented on Reflections Under the Sky suggest that its collaborators are very clearly kindred spirits. Composed between 2014 and 2015, the album...
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