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The Menzingers – After the Party (2017)
Pennsylvanian punks The Menzingers deepen their ruminations of the self with After the Party, their big-hearted fifth LP and third release for Epitaph. Nostalgic leanings are nothing new to the...
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Communions – Blue (2017)
In the 2010s, Denmark became home to a new breed of bands who took the rage and ferocity of punk rock and transformed it into something more polished and exacting, but no less powerful. But if bands...
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Taylor Deupree – Somi (2017)
Somi is the new full-length from Taylor Deupree following 2014’s Faint. For the music, made with a small number of instruments (electric piano, glockenspiel, DX7, handheld cassette recorder) Deupree...
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Ex-Cult – Negative Growth (2016)
Chris Shaw and Ty Segall are taking over rock. The duo already worked together this year on the brutally awesome GØGGS debut, and they reunite with Segall recording on Ex-Cult‘s Negative Growth. Much...
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Egyptrixx – Pure, Beyond Reproach (2017)
Canadian producer Egyptrixx (David Psutka) was always one of the more boundary-pushing acts on London’s forward-thinking club label Night Slugs, and ever since he departed the label and established his...
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Ron Gallo – Heavy Meta (2017)
Ron Gallo spent close to a decade exploring the boundaries of his blues, country, and roots rock influences with his band Toy Soldiers, but when he jumped ship to go solo, he left all of that behind....
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TAD – God’s Balls [Deluxe Edition] (2016)
When the grunge scene was incubating in the Pacific Northwest during the ’80s, it often seemed like an outsized response to the increasing polish of alternative rock and the rarely acknowledged...
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Motel Raphaël – System (2016)
The feminine-indie-pop band, Motel Raphael were named after the ultra-famous crack den which burned down a few years back. The band, composed of Maya Malkin, Emily Skahan and Clara Legault, couldn’t be...
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Biosphere – Cirque (2000, Reissue 2016)
“Cirque” – originally released in 2000 – was Biosphere’s first album for the UK label Touch. This new re-issue comes with a 6-track bonus album. Unsurprisingly, the geography-oriented ambience of Geir...
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Lowland Hum – Thin (2017)
Three albums on, Daniel and Lauren Goans, known collectively as Lowland Hum, remain true both to their name and their original motif. Thin boasts everything the title implies, a whispery collection of...
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Harry Bertoia – Clear Sounds / Perfetta (2016)
Lots of drone musicians have been called sound sculptors, but Harry Bertoia literally was one. The Italian-born American artist, who passed away in 1978 at age 63, remains well-known today as a...
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Belly – Star (1993, Remastered 2016)
Following her inestimable contributions as a founding member of both Throwing Muses and The Breeders, Tanya Donelly took centre stage to form Belly with brothers Tom and Chris Gorman on guitars and...
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Taso – New Start EP (2016)
It is impossible to consider a given release by a footwork artist without confronting the long shadow cast by DJ Rashad’s catalog, particularly his magnum opus, Double Cup. The writing sessions for...
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Tiny Moving Parts – Celebrate (2016)
Two years on from Tiny Moving Parts’ acclaimed second record, Pleasant Living, Benson, Minnesota’s premier — and only — math-rock/emo outfit has returned with Celebrate, the band’s third LP. As the two...
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Less Than Jake – Sound the Alarm EP (2017)
Ska-punk stalwarts Less Than Jake follow their 2013 full-length, See the Light, with their ninth EP, Sound the Alarm. Over 7 tracks, the enduring Gainesville quintet remains reliable, delivering...
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VA – Antologia de Música Atípica Portuguesa (2017)
Antologia de Música Atípica Portuguesa (Anthology of Atypical Portuguese Music) is series of volumes focussing on new strains of Portuguese music with an (un)characteristic foot in the past musical...
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The Show Ponies – How It All Goes Down (2017)
There are other bands capable of delivering rousing revelry and conveying heartfelt emotion, but over the course of their two albums and one EP, the Show Ponies have shown their commitment to...
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Dune Rats – The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit (2017)
Dune Rats‘ second album, The Kids Will Know It’s Bullshit, is the work of three ’90s-loving knuckleheads from Brisbane who are snotty, love getting high, and rock quite convincingly. Like their early...
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Mary Lattimore – Returned to Earth EP (2017)
Returned to Earth names twelve minutes of music by harpist Mary Lattimore and Soap Library’s sophomore release. The two tracks that make up this limited edition tape, like alternating sides of a shiny...
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Cabbage – Young, Dumb and Full of…. (2017)
…Despite existing little over a year, they’ve garnered a reputation as the most exciting new band in the UK through a combination of relentless dedication and sheer hard graft. Having played well over...
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