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El Michels Affair
Return to the 37th Chamber [ Big Crown / CD - released 21/Apr/2017 ] Return To The 37th Chamber is El Michels Affair's highly anticipated follow up to 2009's underground cult classic Enter the 37th Chamber. This time, in addition to re-interpreting the Wu compositions for a live band, EMA pays homage to the... |
Emma-Jean Thackray
Yellow [ Movementt / CD - released 15/Oct/2021 ] In the ever bright constellation of UK jazz players, Yorkshire-born Emma-Jean Thackray is a supernova. She's not only a trumpeter but a beat maker, composer, multi-instrumentalist, radio host and now a label head, with her own imprint Movementt -... |
Fenne Lily
Big Picture [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 14/Apr/2023 ] A gorgeous and gripping portrait of Fenne's last two years, Big Picture was pieced together in an effort to self-soothe. Tracked live in co-producer Brad Cook's North Carolina studio, the album delineates the phases of love and becomes a map of... |
The Flaming Lips
King's Mouth: Music And Songs (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 26/Jul/2019 ] King's Mouth sees the iconoclastic outfit once again tread uncharted territory. These 12 new originals are threaded together by cinematic narration courtesy of The Clash's Mick Jones. Additionally, the music parallels front man Wayne Coyne's... |
Hans Pucket
No Drama (LP) [ Carpark Records / LP - released 4/Nov/2022 ] Wellington, New Zealand four-piece Hans Pucket writes nervy but effortlessly danceable rock songs about feeling bad. Their second full-length album, No Drama, which is out November 4th via Carpark Records, gleefully captures the all-too-common... |
Jason Isbell & The 400 Unit
The Nashville Sound [ Southeastern Records / CD - released 23/Jun/2017 ] "Isbell named the album for a lush, sweetened approach to record-making that was meant to help country music compete in the popular landscape of the early rock 'n' roll era, a production style famously associated with RCA Studio A. His take on the... |
Jordan Rakei
Wallflower [ Ninja Tune CD / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] A phenomenal talent, Jordan Rakei is a 25 year old New Zealand born and London based multi-instrumentalist, vocalist and producer whose distinct take on Soul captures a sonic and emotional awareness many artists spend their entire careers... |
Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider
Sun On Sand [ Nonesuch / Warner / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Sun On Sand comprises eight compositions from a suite by composer Patrick Zimmerli. Each piece in the suite, which premiered at London's Wigmore Hall in 2014, represents a different expression of light. Bassist Scott Colley and drummer Satoshi... |
Kamaal Williams
The Return [ Black Focus Records / CD - released 8/Jun/2018 ] Holding the torch for a new generation of jazz musicians, a light that has been passed across the seas by Thundercat and Kamasi Washington, Kamaal Williams debuts his new label Black Focus with his highly anticipated album The Return. Known for his... |
Little Dragon
Slugs Of Love (Translucent Blue Vinyl LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The iconic Swedish 4-piece Little Dragon - spearheaded by vocalist Yukimi Nagano - return with a new and utterly beguiling blend of avant pop on their album Slugs of Love out on Ninja Tune, inviting outright legend Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur) and... |
Loyle Carner
Hugo [ EMI / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] In hugo, there's a central question that Loyle Carner keeps coming back to: "I'm young, Black, successful and have a platform - but where do I go next?" The answer is explored in this epic scream of a third album. With urgent delivery and... |
Moses Sumney
Aromanticism [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 22/Sep/2017 ] Since emerging onto the scene in 2014, Moses Sumney has ridden a wave of word-of-mouth praise, hushed recordings, and dynamic live performances. It's an organic, patient ascent all too rare in today's musical climate. In a voice both mellifluous and... |
My Morning Jacket
The Waterfall II (LP) [ ATO / LP - released 18/Sep/2020 ] Back in 2014, the members of My Morning Jacket spent time up in Stinson Beach, a tiny Northern California town set right on the ocean and near the majestic Muir Woods. Massively inspired by their idyllic surroundings, the Kentucky-bred five-piece... |
My Morning Jacket
The Waterfall II [ ATO / CD - released 9/Apr/2020 ] Back in 2014, the members of My Morning Jacket spent time up in Stinson Beach, a tiny Northern California town set right on the ocean and near the majestic Muir Woods. Massively inspired by their idyllic surroundings, the Kentucky-bred five-piece... |
Myele Manzanza
A Love Requited (LP) [ First Word Records / LP - released 9/Aug/2019 ] Produced with award winning Australian bassist & long time musical collaborator Ross McHenryand featuring a plethora of New Zealand and Australia's finest young instrumentalists, 'A Love Requited' is as much a musical journey as it is an attempt to... |
Ólafur Arnalds
Some Kind of Peace [ Mercury / CD - released 13/Nov/2020 ] some kind of peace was born out of the mantra: "we can't control anything that happens to us. All we can do is control how we react to what life gives us." Touches on what it means to be alive, daring to be vulnerable and the importance of rituals. |
Pantha Du Prince
The Triad [ Rough Trade / CD - released 20/May/2016 ] Berlin electronic producer Hendrick Weber, aka Pantha Du prince, presents his first album in six years, The Triad. Weber says his last album, Black Noise, was very much about him being alone in a small room in Berlin composing, whereas;"The Triad... |
The Phoenix Foundation
Friend Ship (Pink Coloured Vinyl LP & Turquoise 7") [ The Phoenix Foundation / Universal Music NZ / LP - released 16/Oct/2020 ] The Phoenix Foundation have lived many lives. From high school distortion addicts to indie folk trippers to masters of motorik dream pop. It's been five years since GUYD but that down time has been spent writing, recording, touring with the New... |
Pickle Darling
Laundromat [ Father Daughter / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] As Pickle Darling, Christchurch, New Zealand-based producer and multi-instrumentalist Lukas Mayo (they/them) zooms in on the universality of existential thought with earnest playfulness. After years of touring on previous albums, Bigness (2019, Z... |
FRANZ SCHUBERT
Schubert: Symphonies 2 & 3 B'rock Orchestra, René Jacobs [ Pentatone / CD - released 18/Sep/2020 ] Multiple prize-winning conductor René Jacobs and the B'Rock Orchestra continue their Schubert cycle on PENTATONE with a recording of the composer's Second and Third Symphony. Jacobs approaches these pieces as a symphonic pair revealing contrasting... |
