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Ministry – Trax! Box (2015)
Released by Cleopatra Records, the Ministry Trax! Box collects 12 inch singles, remixes, rarities, and previously unreleased material from Wax Trax!-era Ministry and Al Jourgensen-related side projects...
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Goldroom – It’s Like You Never Went Away EP (2015)
It’s a warm summer night, the sun is setting and you can hear the sound of waves caressing the shore. The perfect soundtrack is playing in your head – and it probably sounds a lot like Goldroom‘s...
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Lullatone – The Sounds of Spring EP (2015)
Guided by the principle that “every basket is a picnic basket,” Yoshimi and Shawn James Seymour return with the final chapter in their seasons-themed series of EP releases. Arriving like clockwork...
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The American Analog Set – Know by Heart [Deluxe Reissue] (2014)
Deluxe reissue includes 21 previously unreleased demos from the Know By Heart sessions, including 3 previously unreleased songs. It is impossible to tell in advance what kind of effect seemingly small...
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Joi – Joi Sound System (2015)
Farook & Haroon Shamsher were undoubtedly born to make music. Their father Soni was a professional flautist and sold traditional Indian instruments in his Brick Lane shop. The brothers were party...
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Algernon Doll – Omphalic (2014)
Prior to the release of Omphalic, Alergon Doll functioned as the solo vehicle of Glasgow singer-songwriter Ewan Grant, whose first two albums, Camomile and Citalo-pop, veered between fuzzy overdriven...
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Michael Chapman – The Polar Bear (2014)
Michael Chapman is often cited as one of the unsung heroes of the British folk music community, but that tends to shortchange the eclecticism of his approach. While the melodic sense of British folk...
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Lucy Rose – Work It Out [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
…Yet the memory of Lucy Rose’s take on Primal Scream’s Movin’ On Up soundtracking a 2013 Sony Xperia campaign isn’t the only reason to approach her second album with some degree of trepidation. Laura...
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VA – Peru Boom: Bass, Bleeps & Bumps from Peru’s Electronic Underground (2015)
This bass heavy and potent collection features the key Peruvian producers and DJs that have helped build Lima’s reputation as ‘jewel in the crown’ of South America’s rave & party scenes. Tropical...
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Tough Age – I Get the Feeling Central (2015)
When a band sets out to play punk rock, success is not usually on the agenda. The band doesn’t expect it, nor do the more mainstream music critics. Still, there are those who are able to successfully...
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So Stressed – The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art (2015)
Some punk singers rant, some speechify, some growl, some hector, but if you’re looking for someone who throws a full-on temper tantrum whenever he steps up to the vocal mike, your new hero is Morgan...
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n. Lannon – Falling Inside (2015)
Nyles Lannon, the guitarist/songwriter for the band Film School, wears many hats, one of which is the n. Lannon moniker, through which he explores a unique take on the singer-songwriter formula. Using...
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Smurphy – A Shapeless Pool of Lovely Pale Colours Suspended in the Darkness...
The title of Jessica Smurphy‘s new album came from a sentence that the Mexico City producer stumbled across in J. M. Barrie’s Peter Pan: “If you shut your eyes and are a lucky one, you may see at times...
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Brian Chippendale & Greg Saunier – Brian Chippendale and Greg Saunier (2014)
Of all the team-ups and collabs in recent memory, this has to be among the most chaotic, noisy and boisterous of them all. Greg Saunier and Brian Chippendale are two drummers behind some of the more...
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CFCF – The Colours of Life (2015)
With a discography of wistful electronic pop and new age experiments that includes releases for RVNG Intl, UNO, Dummy Records, and Paperbag Records, it’s clear Mike CFCF is one of the more established...
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Ricked Wicky – King Heavy Metal (2015)
King Heavy Metal, the second release from Robert Pollard’s self-described “supergroup” (tongue practically piercing his cheek with self-deprecating irony), is a hitherto undiscovered species of...
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Lone – Lemurian (2008, Remastered 2015)
Matt Cutler (AKA Lone) is releasing a deluxe edition of his debut LP on Magic Wire, and it reveals just how talented a producer he really is – even in his earlier years. Cutler has made a name for...
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Stump – Does the Fish Have Chips: Early and Late Works 1986-1989 (2014)
June 1987: Husker Dü, Sonic Youth and Stump perform at L’Élysée Montmartre in Paris. Stump have just signed to Phonogram subsidiary Ensign, a record label with an unusual speciality in securing hits...
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Admiral Fallow – Tiny Rewards (2015)
The Admiral Fallow you thought you knew is dead. The Scottish quintet used to be what you could call a folk-rock band, but they got swept up in their own ambitions and waved goodbye to the Tree Bursts...
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Tame Impala – Currents (2015)
You’ve probably heard the story about how the human body replaces all its cells over a period of about seven years. It’s pretty much bullshit, naturally, but cast your mind back to what you were doing...
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