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VA – [Cease & Desist] DIY!: Cult Classics from the Post-Punk Era 1978-82 (2015)
The British DIY scene that arose in the wake of punk had a weird relationship with mainstream pop, one that continues to this day: This compilation was originally supposed to be called Now That’s What...
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Peacers – Peacers (2015)
Mike Donovan‘s back — and he’s brought former Sic Alps pal and garage golden child Ty Segall with him — on Peacers. Donovan’s latest effort is jam-packed with tunes clocking in at just less than three...
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Neko Case – Truckdriver, Gladiator, Mule (2015)
Described by its creator as “a long story, which I will continue later,” Truckdriver Gladiator Mule compiles Neko Case’s entire solo discography from 1997- 2013 on vinyl, issued in a handsome...
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Sunn O))) – Kannon (2015)
Sunn 0)))’s Kannon is a 3-part single work named for and inspired by the Buddhist bodhisattva of mercy, one “who perceives and hears the cries of the world.” Kannon is a conceptual record consisting of...
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Section 25 – Always Now [Expanded Edition] (2015)
Factory Benelux presents a re-mastered and expanded edition of Always Now, the first album by Section 25, originally issued on Factory Records in 1981 and produced by Martin Hannett. Recorded as a trio...
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Laura Stevenson – Cocksure (2015)
Though it wasn’t as heavy as the brooding grunge it shared Modern Rock airwaves with at the time, the peppier alterna-pop of the ’90s often cut just as deep. Acts like the Lemonheads, Juliana Hatfield,...
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Beans On Toast – Rolling Up the Hill (2015)
For those who aren’t familiar, Beans On Toast is a refreshingly simple take on music at a time when all the best artists seem to be pop or electronic. He’s on Xtra Mile, also the home of Frank Turner,...
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Rancid –…And Out Come the Wolves [20th Anniversary Reissue] (2015)
In the wake of the Offspring’s success, Rancid became a hot band, earning a dedicated cult and sparking a major-label bidding war. After flirting with a handful of major labels, the band decided to...
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Language Arts – Able Island (2015)
Able Island is filled with sweetly crafted and ensconcing tunes — you’ll want to wrap yourself in Language Art‘s finely textured melodies. With bubblegum-flavoured staccato pops and twists in her...
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thisquietarmy – Anthems for Catharsis (2015)
Montreal musician Eric Quach has been making music as thisquietarmy since 2005, amassing a musical output of more than 20 releases since starting the project. His next one is titled Anthems for...
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VA – Saint Marie Records: Static Waves 4 (2015)
The forth annual compilation release by the sonically-driven label Saint Marie Records. Specializing in shoegaze, dreampop, indie-pop and electronica. Featuring tracks exclusively from the Saint Marie...
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Shunkan – The Pink Noise (2015)
Following on from her double sell out EP ‘Honey, Milk and Blood’ and the comic book single ‘Our Names’ Art is Hard Records finally release the debut album from NZ based, but LA born Marina Sakimoto,...
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Merz – Thinking Like a Mountain (2015)
Conrad Lambert had the world at his feet. The songwriter’s Merz project was snapped up by a major label at the turn of the Millennium, leading to sessions for his debut album. Yet he walked away from...
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Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs – Coulda Shoulda Woulda (2015)
After releasing Slowtown Now! in August 2015 (recorded in England and her first album featuring a full band in a decade), Holly Golightly might have left some fans wondering if she was moving back to...
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Kurt Stenzel – Jodorowsky’s Dune: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (2015)
In 1974, surrealist filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky was tapped to direct his adaptation of Frank Herbert’s monumental sci-fi novel Dune. The film was set to star David Carradine, Gloria Swanson, Mick...
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Hurricane #1 – Find What You Love and Let It Kill You (2015)
Originally a collaboration between Ride guitarist Andy Bell and Scottish boxer turned singer/ songwriter Alex Lowe, Hurricane #1 released two well-received albums on Alan McGee’s Creation Records in...
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Anthony Pateras & Erkki Veltheim – Entertainment = Control (2015)
Long-range acoustic hallucinations for violin and piano. Exploring spectral techniques throughout extended temporal structures, Pateras & Veltheim physically generate unrelenting harmonic waves to...
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Joey Anderson – Invisible Switch (2015)
Joey Anderson came to house music first as a dancer: Not your average weekend clubber, but a devoted student of a vernacular form, house dancing, that thrived in New York and New Jersey nightclubs in...
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The Telescopes – Splashdown: The Complete Creation Recordings 1990-1992 (2015)
Between 1990 and 1992, the Telescopes were on the kind of creative roll most bands only dream about. Newly signed to Creation after releasing a brace of scathingly abrasive recordings, including the...
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Rocket from the Tombs – Black Record (2015)
In early 2012, David Thomas posted a short essay on the Rocket from the Tombs website titled “A Band Is an Idea,” in which he declared, “The idea of a band can endure all changes if it’s a really good...
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