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Simon Love – It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (2015)
With his long-running band the Loves, it was always hard to pin the irrepressible Simon Love down. His group’s albums veered from style to style – bubblegum to girl group, punky romps to glammy stomps...
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Robert DeLong – In the Cards (2015)
Robert Delong’s 2013 debut, Just Movement, was a kaleidoscopic electronic dance-pop production showcasing his unique use of MIDI interfaces, keyboards, and sundry electronic and live instrumentation....
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Ryan Adams – 1989 (2015)
Adams’ 1989 will be released digitally for now, though he has indicated that CD and vinyl versions will also be released. Adams’ take turned the more aggressive, drum-heavy track into a guitar-driven...
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Greg Stuart & Ryoko Akama – Kotoba Koukan (2015)
Kotoba Koukan is a suite of four pieces performed by Greg Stuart and Ryoko Akama, which combines the use of various instruments and electronics. The CD title means “text exchange”, which perhaps...
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The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid to Die – Harmlessness...
The World Is a Beautiful Place & I Am No Longer Afraid To Die release Harmlessness, their second full-length and first for the legendary punk outlet Epitaph Records. The album is a breakthrough...
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Jess Ribeiro – Kill It Yourself (2015)
Soulful, ominous, edgy and ethereal all rolled into one, Jess Ribeiro‘s new release unravels personal stories that show how much she’s grown as an artist. Her soothing vocals shine through, evoking an...
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Mild High Club – Timeline (2015)
Maybe it’s just a case of all the good ones being taken, but we are definitely living in an era of bad band names. No matter, though, as band names are one thing and music is another, and it actually...
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Gwenno – Y Dydd Olaf [Deluxe Version] (2015)
As a member of girl group throwbacks The Pipettes, Gwenno Saunders pulled shapes and made the indie boys swoon with bundles of flirty, razor-tongued sass and polka dot, ’60s, pop joy. Now singing in...
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Thrushes – Exposing Seas (2015)
Baltimore’s Thrushes bring a similar beauty to the human world with Exposing Seas, their first full length in 5 years. Formed in 2005, the band’s previous efforts (2007’s Sun Come Undone and 2010’s...
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Girl Band – Holding Hands with Jamie (2015)
Louis Wain painted cats. While those four words may seem incongruous in relation to Dublin noise-mongers Girl Band, there is a point. Examining Wain’s cats, one can see them becoming increasingly...
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Brideshead – Never Grow Up (2015)
Brideshead’s basic structure of ’80s-influenced guitar pop was originated in 1993 under the moniker of Starfish. Debuting with the EP This Is Mall Music! two years later on Apricot Records, Brideshead...
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VA – Uncut: Reason to Believe (2015)
Israel Nash – LA Lately Los Lobos – Made To Brake Your Heart Promised Land Sound – She Takes Me There Patty Griffin – Shine A Different Way John Grant (ft. Tracy Thorn) – Disappointing John Shelley –...
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United Nations – United Nations (2008, Reissue 2015)
Originally released in 2008, United Nations’ eponymous debut album was destined for commercial controversy from the moment it was announced. The anticipation surrounding its release was at a fever...
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Sofie Letitre – Uncanny Valley (2015)
Hotly-tipped Dutch singer-songwriter Sofie Letitre returns with her six-track debut ‘Uncanny Valley’ EP this September, building on a growing swell of support from across Europe. With glowing...
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Dead Moon – Tales from the Grease Trap, Vol. 1: Live at Satyricon (2015)
Between 1987 and 2006, Northwestern trio Dead Moon churned out some of the most silently influential records of their era, creating a sound that would directly foster the grunge movement and...
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93MillionMilesFromTheSun – Fall Into Nothing (2015)
Doncaster’s 93MillionMilesFromTheSun have been responsible for some of the most effervescent sounds of recent years. While 2008’s self-titled debut undoubtedly lit the touch paper, each subsequent...
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New Order – Music Complete [Japanese Edition] (2015)
In his new memoir, Chapter and Verse, New Order frontman Bernard Sumner recalls the exact moment that the band, having only recently changed their name from Joy Division to New Order in the wake of Ian...
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Here We Go Magic – Be Small (2015)
Here We Go Magic‘s fourth studio album, Be Small, finds the band taking a smaller approach to production and finding more intimate soundscapes, but hosts no less acrobatics of musicianship and a...
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Rival Consoles – Howl (2015)
Electronic music is, for many, all about layers and samples, computers being driven by genius. Rarely do we get to hear a stripped back, acoustic (in spirit) electronica album but in Howl Rival...
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Natasha Kmeto – Inevitable (2015)
Electronic producer Natasha Kmeto has described her new album Inevitable not as a conceptual project, but as a reflection of herself. Within the past year, she’s spoken frankly about her coming out...
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