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Gagarin Kombinaatti – 83-85 (2016)
Gagarin Kombinaatti (Gagarin & the Cosmonauts) was a short-lived industrial act that featured Mika Vainio, Janne Koski, Tapio Onnela, and Wici Wikström. Inspired by the noisier aspects of earlier...
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Trevor Sensor – Texas Girls and Jesus Christ EP (2016)
Introducing: Trevor Sensor, a 22-year-old, gravel-throated troubadour from industrial Sterling, Illinois. One could categorize his unusual, unexpected voice alongside that of the Tallest Man on Earth’s...
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Dino Sabatini – Omonimo (2016)
Italian producer Dino Sabatini‘s second full-length arrives on his own label, Outis Music, and is the first in a series he’s planning called “Opera.” Details on the series are thin, except that it will...
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Woodpigeon – T R O U B L E (2016)
Marking a decade since the release of the first Woodpigeon album, the Calgary indie-folk collective led by Mark Andrew Hamilton have unleashed T R O U B L E, their first work since 2013. The album is a...
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Brass Bed – In the Yellow Leaf (2016)
Brass Bed made a name for itself with 2013’s The Secret Will Keep You, a catchy and dynamic album that grappled with disappointments and dead ends that accumulate over time, and found joy in the...
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Woods – City Sun Eater in the River of Light (2016)
Over the years, fans of the band Woods have come to rely on some things. Their albums always sound great thanks to bassist Jarvis Taveniere’s uncluttered but sneakily weird production. Their songs, as...
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Deakin – Sleep Cycle (2016)
The best musicians create memorable experiences. You may remember the first time you heard the fantastic guitar work on ‘Missed the Boat’ by Modest Mouse or the percussive interchanges on the first...
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PJ Harvey – The Hope Six Demolition Project (2016)
Putting together The Hope Six Demolition Project must have been quite the ordeal: it involved inspiration from trips to Kosovo, Washington, D.C. and Afghanistan with photographer Seamus Murphy, and was...
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Cate Le Bon – Crab Day (2016)
“A coalition of inescapable feelings and fabricated nonsense,” reckons Cate Le Bon of her fourth album. Difficult to argue: Crab Day is a madcap wonder, and if its singular aesthetic is ultimately less...
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John Carpenter – Lost Themes II (2016)
Throughout his four-decade career in film, director John Carpenter has been reluctant to cash in on a sequel, regardless of a film’s success. Even with Halloween, his 1978 slasher classic, there have...
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Kowton – Utility (2016)
Utility may be a debut, but it certainly shows no signs of inexperience. This assured first release from Bristolian native Kowton (who first popped up with a couple of singles as Narcossist, back in...
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My Bubba – Big Bad Good (2016)
Scandinavian folk duo My Bubba set out to record an album that captured the unrefined intimacy of a newly written song. The duo — My Larsdotter and Bubba Tomasdottir — successfully accomplished that...
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VA – Various Auras: A Bird’s-Eye View Into A Machiavellian World of Secrecy...
Hospital Productions parade a rogues gallery of extreme souls commissioned to compose original, durational ambient pieces in opposition to contemporary definitions of that sound. The term ‘ambient’ is...
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Bear Hands – You’ll Pay for This (2016)
Brooklyn, NY’s Bear Hands are back with their new album You’ll Pay For This, out April 15 via Spensive Records. The opening track, “I Won’t Pay” is the perfect glimpse into You’ll Pay For This, as...
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Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros – Person A (2016)
Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros are known for their upbeat, participatory music. The latest album, their first since Jade Castrinos’ departure from the band, PersonA will no doubt polarize fans...
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The Kill Devil Hills – In On Under Near Water (2016)
After a few dubious years of collective amnesia, self-induced whiplash, attempted veganism, failed stock-market ventures and cheap off-shore neurosurgery, the Kill Devil Hills return to present their...
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The Coathangers – Nosebleed Weekend (2016)
On their fifth album, 2016’s Nosebleed Weekend, the Coathangers have shaken off the reckless amateurism that marked their early recordings. If they don’t sound “chops intensive,” by now, there’s no...
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Blaqk Audio – Material (2016)
Since their debut in 2007, Blaqk Audio — the electronic outlet for AFI’s Davey Havok and Jade Puget — have toyed with the dance sounds and dark tones of new wave. For their third LP, Material, they...
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Har Mar Superstar – Best Summer Ever (2016)
Released on Strokes singer Julian Casablancas’ Cult Records, Har Mar Superstar‘s sixth studio album, 2016’s Best Summer Ever, is one of his most stylistically diverse albums yet. This is due, at least...
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Mats Gustafsson – This Is from the Mouth EP (2016)
Saxophonist Mats Gustafsson progressed beyond the free jazz label some time ago, especially considering his recent releases with Thurston Moore, Merzbow, Slobber Pup, and others. Here, he and his...
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