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NV – Binasu (2016)
Kate Shilonosova is always looking for something else. Her first solo album doesn’t sound like other music she’s made before and, presumably, will put out in the future. In Russia Shilonosova’s best...
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LAKE – Forever or Never (2017)
After releasing so many wonderfully warm and inviting albums over their long run, it’s easy to expect LAKE to deliver another album that feels like a long, comforting hug. That’s just what they do on...
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Annie Anxiety – Soul Possession (1984, Reissue 2017)
At a mere 16 years old, Annie Bandez headed from Yonkers, NY to the Gramercy Park region of Manhattan to play a series of stints at the legendary Max’s Kansas City club as Annie and the Asexuals, often...
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Annie Hardy – Rules (2017)
The first image most people saw of Annie Hardy was a striking one: A young woman in a striped polo with her lips slightly upturned, holding a steak knife poised over her thigh. It was the cover image...
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Blaenavon – That’s Your Lot (2017)
Whether it’s through wide eyed wonder or drawn out turmoil, on debut album That’s Your Lot Blaenavon give voice and form to youth in all of its infinite variety. Written over five years, the album is a...
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Atrium Carceri – Archives I-II (2016)
Simon Heath’s latest Atrium Carceri release is admittedly something of a mongrel, but he’s so experienced a hand at this stage (he issued 7 full- lengths on Cold Meat Industry before founding Cryo...
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Marc Almond – Hits and Pieces: The Best of Marc Almond and Soft Cell (2017)
It seems like curious timing to release a one-or-two -disc greatest-hits collection mere months after the release of a ten-disc super-comprehensive box set for the same artist. That said, one has to...
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Me First and the Gimme Gimmes – Rake It In: The Greatestest Hits (2017)
With a purebred punk pedigree and more than 20 years of punk-meets-everything-else cover albums and singles under their belt, Me First and the Gimme Gimmes, the festive fivesome of bassist Fat Mike...
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Cold Beat – Chaos By Invitation (2017)
Cold Beat, aka Hannah Lew, returns with her third album, Chaos By Invitation, out via her own Crime on the Moon label. As compared with previous releases, Chaos By Invitation began in Lew’s home,...
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Robert Rich & Markus Reuter – Lift a Feather to the Flood (2017)
Markus Reuter has earned acclaim for his work as a composer, guitarist, guitar designer, sound designer, producer and teacher. Long-time collaborator with King Crimson drummer Pat Mastelotto in TUNER,...
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Little Dragon – Season High (2017)
You’ll remember that Little Dragon had a big 2016, and that’s without releasing this record. The Gothenburg pop pioneers guested on some of last year’s biggest albums: Kaytranada’s 99.9%, Flume’s Skin...
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Allred & Broderick – Find the Ways (2017)
Peter Broderick returns with Allred & Broderick – a duo project between him and his musical partner David Allred – and their debut album Find the Ways. Armed with nothing but their voices, a violin...
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Fionn Regan – The Meetings of the Waters (2017)
Always creatively fleeting, Co Wicklow’s Fionn Regan has been an idiosyncratic presence on the Irish music scene since 2006, which is when his debut album, The End of History, sneaked up on everyone....
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Midori Takada – Through the Looking Glass (1983, Reissue 2017)
In a perfect world, Japanese composer Midori Takada and her works for percussion would be as revered and renowned as that of Steve Reich. Much like that world-renowned American composer, Takada drew...
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Jamiroquai – Automaton [Japanese Edition] (2017)
Taking a heavily electronic route, acid-jazz/funk veterans Jamiroquai have managed to keep most elements of their signature sound intact. True to form, there’s some tasty ad-libbing and driving bass...
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Actress – AZD (2017)
Several regional dance music scenes feed into the work of Darren Cunningham, aka Actress. His singular, ever-evolving breed of experimental techno has precedents in Detroit, Chicago, and his native...
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Geir Sundstøl – Langen ro (2016)
Indeed, there are serene, drifting and stunning passages on this album by longtime Norwegian session musician Geir Sundstol, who after twenty-something years in the business releases only his second...
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Little Hurricane – Same Sun Same Moon (2017)
San Diego alt-rock duo Little Hurricane — consists of Anthony “Tone” Catalano and Celeste “C.C.” Spina, married in summer of 2016 — release their label debut Same Sun Same Moon via Mascot Label Group....
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Splashh – Waiting a Lifetime (2017)
It took a long time for Splashh to make their second album, three years filled with false starts and changes of direction, but the end result sounds like the perfect follow-up to their promising debut,...
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Ryuichi Sakamoto – Plankton: Music for an Intallation By Christian Sardet and...
Plankton is a unique artistic collaboration between biologist Christian Sardet, visual artist Shiro Takatani and musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. From 23 April – 22 May 2016, the three men debuted an art...
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