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Knife in the Water – Reproduction (2017)
After 14 years without any musical output, Austin- based rock band Knife in the Water is return with new album Reproduction. They broke through with the critically adored albums Plays One Sound and...
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Evan Caminiti – Toxic City Music (2017)
After moving away from guitar-based compositions on 2015’s Meridian, Barn Owl’s Evan Caminiti returns to the instrument on 2017 follow-up Toxic City Music. This is far from a typical guitar record,...
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Nadia Reid – Preservation (2017)
Nadia Reid‘s debut record arrived late in 2015, and despite being warmly received it did seem to suffer slightly from the swathe of best-of lists that tend to dominate the music press at the end of the...
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Talaboman – The Night Land (2017)
House producers Axel Boman and John Talabot initiated their Talaboman collaboration with “Sideral,” a buoyant track that first appeared on Talabot’s 2013 DJ-Kicks mix before being released as a single...
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Tim Kasher – No Resolution (2017)
Following a more exuberant sophomore LP that diverged from his debut with conspicuous synths, Cursive and the Good Life frontman Tim Kasher returns to a more orchestral palette for his third solo...
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Vangelis – Delectus: The Polydor & Vertigo Recordings 1973-1985 (2017)
Delectus features 13 Vangelis albums released between 1973 and 1985 for the Vertigo and Polydor labels. This includes studio creations like Earth (1973), China (1979), See You Later (1980), Soil...
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Blonde Redhead – 3 O’Clock EP (2017)
Long-running New York City trio Blonde Redhead spent its 2016 celebrating its history, performing a series of shows focused on its 2004 album, Misery Is a Butterfly, and reissuing early recordings in...
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Methyl Ethel – Everything Is Forgotten (2017)
Perth band Methyl Ethel‘s Oh Human Spectacle was a solid record, and a promising 2016 debut. But it also suggested they had plenty to prove if they were going to make an impression on the increasingly...
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Mamiffer – The World Unseen [Japan Edition] (2016)
Faith Coloccia and Aaron Turner of the experimental duo Mamiffer have been very busy lately. Last fall, they collaborated with noise artist Daniel Menche and Coloccia released her debut album as Mára....
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Broads – Vacancy (2017)
Good things take time, so we can’t begrudge Melbourne noir-country duo Broads too harshly for taking a few years to follow up their 2014 self-titled EP — but, damn, have they made it worth the wait....
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Erik Wøllo – Different Spaces (2017)
Different Spaces from renowned Norwegian electronic musician Erik Wøllo is a diverse and sweeping 2-CD release. Spanning 2 hours and 45 minutes, his 21st full-length album is a monumental statement...
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Anna Calvi – Live for Burberry EP (2017)
Burberry premiered its February 2017 collection for men and women, at its Makers House show venue in London on February 20. Anna Calvi performed the show’s live soundtrack from a balcony overlooking...
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Kairon; IRSE! – Ruination (2017)
Three years ago, mysterious Finnish shoegaze maestros Kairon; IRSE! cropped up on Bandcamp with an irresistible debut album of intricate noise rock that quickly won them glowing critical acclaim. Since...
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Matt Pryor – Memento Mori (2017)
Matt Pryor was “thinking a lot about death” while writing songs for his fifth solo album, Memento Mori and he’s well aware that’s necessarily the most inviting topic. “I kept describing it to people...
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Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains – Solide Mirage (2017)
There are a few tracks on Fránçois & The Atlas Mountains fifth album that saunter past the five minute mark, but even the shorter ones seem to stretch time, unfurling with the graceful fortitude of...
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Clutchy Hopkins & Fat Albert Einstein – high desert low tide (2017)
Clutchy Hopkins and Fat Albert Einstein have both produced some quirky, left-field hip-hop instrumentals on their own over the last several years, and they’re back at it again on high desert low tide,...
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Bombadil – Fences (2017)
Fences is the fifth album by Bombadil, purveyors of a distinctly whimsical acoustic indie rock. It’s their first as the trio of original member Daniel Michalak, longtime member James Phillips, and...
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VENN – Runes (2017)
As the Brexi-beating, London/Berlin-based three piece VENN are operating on the periphery of the post punk scene, one can be forigven for not knowing of them already. But you certainly should. While...
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Monolog & Subheim – Conviction EP (2017)
First collaboration of Danish artist Mads Lindgren aka Monolog and Greek-born, Berlin-based artist Kostas Katsikas aka Subheim. With Conviction, Monolog and Subheim merge two worlds together by using...
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Summer Moon – With You Tonight (2017)
Nikolai Fraiture may insist “I’m tired of this neighbourhood”, but The Strokes bassist’s debut with new outfit Summer Moon is truly a New York affair. Enlisting ex Jane’s Addiction, Uh Her Her and...
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