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Four Tet – Morning / Evening (2015)
Kieran Hebden, aka renowned producer Four Tet, just released his new album Morning / Evening today to celebrate the summer solstice. Originally scheduled to be released in early July, Morning / Evening...
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The Dream Syndicate – The Days of Wine and Roses [Expanded Reissue] (2015)
With few exceptions, the bands that rose from L.A.’s Paisley Underground scene in the ’80s had only one real thing in common — all of them were obsessed with the rock & roll touchstones of the mid-...
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The Jam – About the Young Idea: The Very Best of the Jam (2015)
Universal Music released a new limited edition Jam compilation that will include some previously unavailable recordings. About The Young Idea: The Best of The Jam is being issued to coincide with a...
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The Mirror Trap – Stay Young (2014)
Listening to ‘Stay Young’, the second album from Dundee’s The Mirror Trap, it’s hard not to be impressed by their passion. It runs like a live wire through the record’s eleven songs and speaks of...
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Loop – Array 1 (2015)
Robert Hampson and his then-girlfriend Becky Stewart founded Loop in 1986, and the band underwent numerous lineup changes in their five years of existence after the couple broke up, all the while...
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The Voyeurs – Rhubarb Rhubarb (2014)
The Voyeurs (previously prefixed by Charlie Boyer and) appeared amongst the wave of British indie acts spawned from the 2009 Primary Colours by The Horrors. Since then, there’s been a plethora of kinda...
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Chappo – Future Former Self (2015)
After releasing a couple of high-caliber EPs and having their song “Come Home” licensed for an Apple iPod commercial, when Brooklyn psych-rockers CHAPPO released their debut LP, 2012’s Moonwater, they...
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AM & Shawn Lee – Outlines [Deluxe Version] (2015)
Vintage-inspired pop duo AM & Shawn Lee have grown over three albums from a collaborative side project to a reliable ongoing musical partnership. Centered on the talents of London-based...
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Linden – Rest and Be Thankful (2015)
Rest and Be Thankful, Joe McAlinden’s second solo LP under the name Linden, is a delight of appealingly age-worn sunshine guitar pop. The Scottish singer/songwriter cut his teeth in the ’80s and ’90s...
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Reno Bo – Lessons from a Shooting Star (2015)
Reno Bo’s album Lessons from a Shooting Star drops June 22nd, his first solo release since 2010’s Happenings and Other Things. Giving us a second reason to call it a studio album, Lessons was recorded...
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Iggy Pop – Psychophonic Medicine [The Unreleased Tracks] (2015)
When Michigan based proto-punk band The Stooges called it a day in 1974, the music world mourned the loss of one of the most groundbreaking rock bands ever. Fortunately, the mourning didn’t last long...
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Kill West – Smoke Beach (2015)
‘Smoke Beach’ is the debut full length from Buenos Aires based 5 piece psych unit Kill West. The most striking component to Kill West’s sound is the drenched transmission of music laden in fuzz,...
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Ariel Kalma – Open Like a Flute (2014)
Originally composed between 1981 and 1984 and initially appeared only on tape in two different editions, the proposed material from Kalma for this work confirms his pantheistic vision of the ethnic...
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Citizen – Everybody Is Going to Heaven (2015)
Midwestern indie rock outfit Citizen follow up their well-regarded 2012 debut Youth with Everybody Is Going to Heaven, a ten-song set that draws out their complexities and further distances them from...
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Bill Mallonee – Lands and Peoples (2015)
Bill Mallonee has released more than 60 albums over 25 years. He has reached a point where he releases three or four albums and EPs a year now, yet continues to be a keen observer of life. His songs...
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Parlour Tricks – Broken Hearts/Bones (2015)
Though doled out tastefully and not continuously, the first thing that stands out about the sound of New York City’s Parlour Tricks is the tight, three- part female vocal harmonies reminiscent of the...
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Frank Zappa – Dance Me This (2015)
The last album that guitarist Frank Zappa worked on prior to his death in December 1993 will finally be released this June. Titled Dance Me This, the LP is considered the Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s...
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Dave Douglas – High Risk (2015)
As a highly experimental musician, trumpeter Dave Douglas has spent his career investigating sounds often far outside the acoustic jazz tradition. Douglas’ 2015 effort High Risk finds him testing the...
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HONNE – Coastal Love EP (2015)
UK-based electronic duo HONNE is best defined by the Japanese cultural foundation upon which they had set their entire production upon: the traditional perception that every individual belongs to two...
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Dolphins Into the Future – Songs of Gold, Incandescent (2015)
Dolphins Into the Future is a sound art project from Lieven Martens Moana that often feels — much like its name — like a meeting between the technological and natural worlds. Using careful editing and...
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