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Matt Pond PA – Winter Lives (2016)
New Englanders have a rather turbulent relationship with the winter months, so it’s no surprise that New Hampshire native Matt Pond, creative force and namesake behind upstate New York-based indie-pop...
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Visible Cloaks – Reassemblage (2017)
So far, Spencer Doran’s mixtapes have overshadowed his actual albums. In 2010, the Portland, Oregon, producer posted Fairlights, Mallets and Bamboo — Fourth-World Japan, Years 1980-1986, a stunning...
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Clock Opera – Venn (2017)
A darker beast than their 2012 debut Ways to Forget, the distinctive sound of Clock Opera — the agile alto voices, a sleek and supple rhythm section, immaculate production — is still present, but...
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Orange – The Complete Recordings (2016)
The early 1990s was a very creative time for alternative music. The Cocteau Twins had changed labels from 4AD to Capitol Records and were touring medium sized halls. Radiohead came on the scene with...
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Clap Your Hands Say Yeah – The Tourist (2017)
It’s been a dozen years since Alec Ounsworth became an Internet sensation, as his band Clap Your Hands Say Yeah bypassed the label system to become internationally known through support from music...
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Thundercat – Drunk (2017)
In the four years since Stephen Bruner (aka Thundercat), released his last long-player, Apocalypse, he’s become an in-demand session bass player, guesting on over a dozen albums including...
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VANT – Dumb Blood [Deluxe Edition] (2017)
‘Where are the political bands?’, asks yer da, clutching a well-worn Billy Bragg LP / sporting a Rage Against the Machine t-shirt bought from HMV (delete as applicable). Obviously what this wilfully...
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Mozart’s Sister – Field of Love (2017)
Field of Love is Caila Thompson-Hannant’s second full-length under the moniker Mozart’s Sister. Her debut with Arbutus Records, it doubles down on the off-kilter electro-pop of her 2014 debut. In...
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Simon Fisher Turner – Giraffe (2017)
Editions Mego present the latest opus from legendary British composer, actor, sound designer and all round fine human Simon Fisher Turner. Giraffe is a new major work which blurs the lines between...
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The Paperhead – Chew (2017)
The Paperhead’s third album, Africa Avenue, was where it all came together for the Nashville trio. Their retro-psych sound reached its full bloom, while they also added other elements to the mix like a...
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PVT – New Spirit (2017)
From their name to the wildly different sounds they’ve explored over their nearly two-decade career, PVT is all about surprising shifts. They delivered one of their most radical changes with 2013’s...
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Frontier Ruckus – Enter the Kingdom (2017)
Matthew Milia could probably have had a successful career as a novelist if he hadn’t decided to form the band Frontier Ruckus. Milia’s songs attest to the man’s talent for telling a story, and he has a...
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Deep Throat Choir – Be OK (2017)
The all-female singing collective Deep Throat Choir formed in Hackney in 2013. As they grew in numbers, so did their reputation, by virtue of a series of festival performances and supporting slots for...
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Cowboy Junkies – The Trinity Session (1988, Remastered 2016)
Remastered by Ryan Smith at Sterling Sound from original analog tapes. Released on SACD by Analogue Productions. Who says you can’t make a great record in one day — or night, as the case may be? The...
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Bing & Ruth – No Home of the Mind (2017)
Excluding a few early, limited releases, No Home of the Mind is the third proper full-length from pianist David Moore’s post-minimalist ensemble Bing & Ruth, and their debut for legendary indie...
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Career Suicide – Machine Response (2017)
Toronto hardcore legends Career Suicide are back with a slamming LP titled Machine Response. Though this lineup includes current and former members of such luminescent bands as Fucked Up, Chokehold,...
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Sarah Bethe Nelson – Oh, Evolution (2017)
The sophomore long-player from Sarah Bethe Nelson, Oh, Evolution picks up where her beguiling debut, Fast Moving Clouds, left off. It shares that album’s warm, midtempo, Saturday afternoon feel, with...
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The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Don’t Get Lost (2017)
Arriving a scant four months after their last full-length, Don’t Get Lost finds Brian Jonestown Massacre trekking ever further afield into the psych wilderness. Since launching his Cobra Studio in...
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Yuksek – Nous Horizon (2017)
Pierre-Alexandre Busson, AKA the French electronic musician Yuksek, has been up to quite a bit since his 2009 salvo of ‘Tonight’ and ‘Extraball’ took the world by storm. He’s toured the world, scored a...
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BEYRIES – Landing (2017)
“I’m forced to let go,” Beyries sings on “Son,” but there’s no trace of defeat in her voice. Instead, the dogged toughness in the Montreal songstress’s tone makes the song a highlight on Landing, an...
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