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Throwing Snow – Embers (2017)
Following his excellent 2014 debut full-length, Mosaic, and several singles that were collected as Axioms, London-based producer Throwing Snow (Ross Tones) released his second album, Embers, on...
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The Candles – Matter + Spirit (2016)
Led by journeyman songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Josh Lattanzi, the Candles have an easy way with rustic, tuneful rock that drifts effortlessly between jangly Americana and early-’70s...
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Ed Harcourt – Furnaces (2016)
The seventh studio album from Britain’s Ed Harcourt, 2016’s Furnaces, finds the dark-tinged singer/songwriter balancing the orchestral majesty of 2010’s Lustre with the ruminative simplicity of 2013’s...
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Mirrors for Psychic Warfare – Mirrors for Psychic Warfare (2016)
…The excellently-named Mirrors for Psychic Warfare is yet another constellation in the galaxy of Neurosis side-projects, and though they couldn’t be called experimental music in the idiomatic sense,...
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Colin Newman – A-Z / Provisionally Entitled the Singing Fish / Not To (2016...
Released in 1980, 1981, and 1982 respectively, ‘A-Z’, the all-instrumental ‘Provisionally Entitled the Singing Fish’, and ‘Not To’ have been remastered and reissued as single albums with a companion CD...
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Emika – Flashbacks EP (2016)
…After her successful How to Make a Symphony project, a new five-song EP Flashbacks uses a similar blend of classical and electronic elements. EP features 3 new songs; there are also 3 different...
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Omar Rodríguez-López – Roman Lips + Zen Thrills (2017)
Roman Lips is the fortieth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López and his 14th release in the album series initiated by Ipecac Recordings, the second of the 2017 series. “He Gave Me a Key to Nothing”...
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Matthew Stewart – A World Bathed in Sunlight (2016)
Given that A World Bathed in Sunlight is Matthew Stewart‘s full-length instrumental debut, his name likely will be unfamiliar to many, even though he’s been contributing to Spotted Peccary releases and...
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Moon Duo – Occult Architecture Vol. 1 (2017)
Portland, Oregon’s Moon Duo have an ear for the magickal. Inspired by spiritualists like Aleister Crowley and Manly P. Hall, the psychedelic pair split their fourth album in two to capture a gnostic...
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Maurizio Abate & Matteo Uggeri – Beyond Time (2016)
Well known for his chamber post-rock orchestra Sparkle in Grey as well as his numerous friendship collaborations (with Deison, Andrea Ferraris, Francesco Giannico…) The Milan based sound artist Matteo...
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Se Delan – Drifter (2016)
International duo (representing the UK and Sweden) Se Delan delivers an album of dark rock, ambient and electronic music that offers equal parts chills and elegance with Drifter. Belinda Kordic’s vocal...
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Leagues – Alone Together (2016)
Those who don’t live in or near Nashville likely believe it is populated only by acoustic guitar slinging singer-songwriters honing their craft on scruffy six strings. But there are many other styles...
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Benjamin William Pike – A Burdensome Year (2017)
A brush with his own mortality inspired Benjamin William Pike‘s debut album in 2013, Being and Nothingness. The album was written and produced as a response to a chronic kidney disease diagnosis. It...
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Gringo Star – The Sides and in Between (2016)
Garage rock is an inherently limited style, one that increasingly runs the risk of treading water as the decades roll on. The building blocks of lo-fi vocals, jittery drums, and distorted guitars can...
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Tim Moxam – Soft Summer (2016)
When one thinks of folk music, a saxophone solo doesn’t exactly spring to mind, but that typically jazzy instrument is used to surprisingly folksy effect on Soft Summer, Tim Moxam’s solo debut. The...
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Elbow – Little Fictions (2017)
Two songs cast a long shadow over the career of Elbow, one of Northern England’s most popular musical exports. Both songs feature on the band’s 2008 masterpiece, The Seldom Seen Kid, and have since...
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Fufanu – Sports (2017)
Though Iceland has a fertile music scene, it has produced few international names. The ones that have emerged — Björk, Sigur Rós, and, uh, Of Monsters and Men — tend to paint a picture to the outside...
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Rebolledo – Mondo Alterado (2016)
The Mexican techno producer Mauricio Rebolledo has compared his own aesthetic to a drive through a long tunnel. You can hear that in his music: the whine of the engine and the wheels against the road;...
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Sampha – Process (2017)
Whether you know it or not, you’ve probably heard Sampha‘s voice — on the chorus of Drake’s “Too Much,” maybe; haunting Beyoncé’s “Mine”; on Kanye West’s “Saint Pablo”; or, more recently, backing up...
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K. Leimer – Land of Look Behind [Expanded Edition] (2017)
Three years ago, RVNG Intl.’s loving survey of Pacific Northwest musician Kerry Leimer revealed a contemplative player in the American late 70s/early 1980s underground who didn’t quite slot into any...
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