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Zavala – Fantasmas (2017)
Alexander Zavala is best known to underground hip-hop heads as half of Dark Time Sunshine, but the Chicago-based producer has also been making dance tracks for years. His full-length Fantasmas...
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Sloan – One Chord to Another [Deluxe Edition] (2016)
Following the bungled American release of Twice Removed, it seemed unlikely that Sloan would survive, let alone record an album as wonderful as One Chord to Another. On the group’s previous album,...
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Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel – When the Morning Greets You (2017)
After five years as Mr. Elevator & The Brain Hotel, the Psych-Pop trio from Los Angeles has decided to shorten their moniker to just Mr. Elevator in conjunction with their sophomore release When...
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Dominic – Goodnight, Doggies. (2017)
Dominic Angelella has been a staple of the Philly scene for years. He leads the band DRGN KING, he’s one half of Lithuania (with Eric Slick of Dr. Dog), he’s currently playing bass in mewithoutYou, and...
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PC Worship – Buried Wish (2017)
PC Worship are a few chromosomes shy of their own DNA strand. But the NYC band’s shakiness has long been key to their shredded charm. Since 2009, frontman Justin Frye has led shifting lineups through...
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Temples – Volcano (2017)
After debut Sun Structures was lavished with critical acclaim, charting in 18 countries and sending Temples on sell-out nationwide tours, it was hard to imagine how they might follow up on this...
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James Murray – Killing Ghosts (2017)
Home Normal first became aware of James Murray‘s brand of finely crafted ambient-electronica through the English composer’s own Slowcraft Records imprint and his 2012 Floods release in particular. But...
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Basement – Promise Everything [Deluxe Edition] (2017)
The album’s original ten tracks have been re-mixed with a new recording of the title track, plus 2 new and unreleased songs as well as acoustic versions of ‘Aquasun’ and ‘Blinded Bye’. Hailing from...
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Alex Clare – Tail of Lions (2017)
British singer Alex Clare strikes an enjoyable balance on his third full-length, Tail of Lions. Here, the “Too Close” songwriter follows his sophomore effort, Three Hearts, with a further evolution of...
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Hurray for the Riff Raff – The Navigator (2017)
“The first words still had roots, like a James Brown syllable,” the late New York poet Sekou Sundiata once wrote. He was talking about how language is undergirded with sound, how the beats underneath...
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Martin Schulte – Seasons (2017)
Do you really need another dub-techno recording by Martin Schulte (real name Marat Shibaev)? If there are already releases in your collection by the prolific Kazan, Russia-based producer, acquiring his...
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Mega Bog – Happy Together (2017)
Mega Bog is the Seattle- and Brooklyn-based band of Erin Birgy and her merry crew of players. Together, they have the power to transform the mundane into jazzy wonderlands. The group’s second album,...
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David Bazan – Care (2017)
Since starting Pedro the Lion in the mid ’90s, David Bazan has slowly built a reputation as an introspective singer-songwriter. His latest, Care, is a step up in quality from his most recent work and a...
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Rafter – XYZ (2016)
Rafter Roberts is an unpredictable lad. His early albums were patchwork cut-and-paste bedroom pop that overflowed with sound and ideas, not to mention off-kilter hooks that jumped up and down like...
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36 – Tomorrow’s Explorers (2017)
Never has Dennis Huddleston’s 36 music sounded more symphonic than on this lovely follow-up to 2015’s EP Sine Dust. Whereas the typical 36 production is dominated by synthesizers, Tomorrow’s Explorers...
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Hand Habits – Wildly Idle (Humble Before the Void) (2017)
Known in certain circles for backing indie singer/ songwriters Kevin Morby and Mega Bog (Erin Birgy) on tour, guitarist Meg Duffy steps into the spotlight all on her own with Wildly Idle (Humble Before...
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The Shins – Heartworms (2017)
Rock has many artists who retain a consistent sound across projects. The Shins’ James Mercer is one, and the sound of his fifth album under that moniker retains all that’s good about The Shins, only...
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Hecker – A Script for Machine Synthesis (2017)
There’s a risk to trying to translate a performance art experience to an audio-only one. By forcing the audio to engage on its own merits, there is an assumption that the audio holds enough value to...
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Cozmic Corridors – Cozmic Corridors (1973, Reissue 2017)
Cozmic Corridors is an underground kraut-kosmische monster, recorded and produced circa 1972-73 in Cologne by Toby “The Mad Twiddler” Robinson for his Pyramid label. Originally released as an...
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Nordvargr – The Secret Barbarous Names (2017)
Though it wouldn’t be entirely wrong to label The Secret Barbarous Names, Henrik Nordvargr Björkk’s debut solo outing on Malignant under the Nordvargr alias, industrial ambient of a particularly...
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