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Molly Nilsson – Zenith (2015)
Molly Nilsson has carved out a career as a resolutely independent artist with a D.I.Y. streak a mile wide and that doesn’t change on her 6th album, Zenith. She still records her melodic and gloomy...
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Freak Heat Waves – Bonnie’s State of Mind (2015)
On their 2012 self-titled long player (produced by the late Chris Reimer of Women), Victoria-based three-piece Freak Heat Waves were one of the country’s most elite, most promising purveyors of...
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VA – Uncut: Back to the Garden (2015)
1. Sufjan Stevens – No Shade in the Shadow of… 2. Mattew E White – Rock ‘N’ Roll Is Cold 3. Ryley Walker – Primrose Green 4. Courtney Barnett – Pedestrian at Best 5. Steve Gunn & The Black Twig...
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Kinsey – My Loneliest Debut (2015)
The brainchild of New York singer/songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Nick Kinsey, the aptly named KINSEY dives shamelessly into the melodic and hook-oriented indie pop of A.C. Newman and Dan Bejar and...
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Astrïd – The West Lighthouse Is Not So Far (2015)
The West Lighthouse Is Not So Far is the 4th album recorded by Astrïd. The compositions, each titled after a lighthouse, create ambient soundscapes, filled with sparkling details and ornaments, which...
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Mal Blum – You Look a Lot Like Me (2015)
A bedroom-punk band from New York City, who — given their verge-of-tears verses — sounds like they’d be more comfortable hiding underneath a stairwell in upstate New York. Signed to Don Giovanni...
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Letts – Hold Fast (2015)
The solo debut from the English singer/songwriter and guitarist for pseudo-hippie, Los Angeles-based retro-pop confectioners Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeroes, Hold Fast offers up a gentler take on...
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Bersarin Quartett – III (2015)
Thomas Bücker’s Bersarin Quartett returns with its third prosaically titled collection, the project fundamentally a solo endeavour as opposed to a formal group involving multiple members. Regardless,...
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The Japanese House – Clean EP (2015)
Nothing good stays still for long, and no one knows that better than Amber Bain. Thanks to a winning combo of relative anonymity and affiliation with the chart-topping rock band The 1975, the UK artist...
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Natalie Merchant – Paradise Is There: The New Tigerlily Recordings (2015)
When Natalie Merchant left 10,000 Maniacs in 1994, she had given the band two years notice and was ready to embark on a solo career. Given her high profile, she could have done anything she wanted —...
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Custard – Come Back, All Is Forgiven (2015)
Brisbane’s arch funsters Custard return with their first album in 16 years (sixth overall) and deliver a lesson on comebacks. All of their beloved traits remain — laidback music, wry lyrics and that...
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Superhuman Happiness – Escape Velocity (2015)
Recording new material between tours and studio work with other bands, the Stuart Bogie-led working -musician collective Superhuman Happiness follow up their dynamic full-length debut, Hands, with the...
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Carla Morrison – Amor Supremo (2015)
A towering standout on Carla Morrison’s new album, Amor Supremo, “No Vuelvo Jamás” is a pining anthem that opens with the Mexican singer-songwriter delivering a cascade of wordless syllables that sound...
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USA Nails – No Pleasure (2015)
Let’s get it out of the way: USA Nails are a post-hardcore supergroup featuring members of the British underground scene’s finest acts of the past decade, including Oceansize, Future of the Left, Kong...
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Rustie – EVENIFUDONTBELIEVE (2015)
Less than a month ago, Scotland-bred Rustie was checking in from the hospital bed. There, he would produce “160 Hospital Riddim”, and attached to the Soundcloud embed was a simple yet powerful message:...
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Laurel Halo – In Situ EP (2015)
That Laurel Halo’s debut release for Honest Jon’s Records, In Situ, is described as a double EP is the first clue that she’s working on a more intimate scale than she did on her acclaimed Hyperdub...
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Max Richter – Sleep (2015)
One of Britain’s leading contemporary composers has written what is thought to be the longest single piece of classical music ever to be recorded. Sleep is eight hours long – and is actually and...
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Radical Face – The Family Tree: The Bastards EP (2015)
Ben Cooper, AKA Radical Face, will release the final installment of The Family Tree Trilogy in early 2016. Ahead of that, he presents The Bastards special collection for his longtime dedicated fans....
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Jesse Malin – Outsiders (2015)
The normally prolific Jesse Malin spent five years preoccupied with solo touring and reuniting his punk band D Generation between 2010’s Love It to Life and 2015’s New York Before the War, and it...
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James Murray – The Sea in the Sky (2015)
The vision of electronic music promoted by French imprint VoxxoV Records encompasses ambient music and electro-acoustic compositions. Such a vision is well-served by this latest recording from...
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