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Aphex Twin
Windowlicker (12") [ Warp / 12in - released 9/May/2019 ] The apex of Aphex Twin's '90s output, Windowlicker is the summation of James' experimental bent being twisted into the form of a pop song, resulting in one of the oddest avant-garde singles to ever ascend the pop charts. Collaborating once more... |
Jayda G
Both of Us / Are You Down (140g 12") [ Ninja Tune / 12in - released 18/Sep/2020 ] Jayda G announces remixes from Honey Dijon, Dâm-Funk and DJ Fett Burger. "Significant Changes (Remixes)" EP is out 19 July on Ninja Tune. Announced today alongside a thumping remix from Honey Dijon, who takes on Jayda's light-hearted ode to the... |
Kamasi Washington
Harmony Of Difference (12") [ Young Turks / 12in - released 29/Sep/2017 ] Harmony of Difference originally premiered as part of the Whitney Museum of American Art 2017 Biennial alongside a film by A.G. Rojas and also featuring artwork by Kamasi Washington's sister, Amani Washington. The new music is an original six-part... |
The Lahaar
The Lahaar EP (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Drawing inspiration from the depths of late 70's NYC proto-rap disco instrumentals, Nigerian boogie, Jamaican dub and modern jazzy house - The Lahaar is a Trans-Tasman collaboration between Julien Dyne, Horatio Luna and Surprise Chef's Lachlan... |
Om Alec Khaoli
Say You Love Me (12") [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / 12in - released 7/Jul/2017 ] Re-issue on Awesome Tapes From Africa of "Om" Alec Khaoli, the musician behind Harari and Umoja. Say You Love Me wasn't "Om" Alec Khaoli's first solo recording, but the 1985 EP solidified the bass player and songwriter's standing as one of South... |
Peggy Gou
Once (12") [ Ninja Tune / 12in - released 2/Mar/2018 ] Laying solid foundations in the underground through 2016 and 2017, Peggy Gou is poised to blow up in 2018. In April she will make her debut at the 2018 Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival in California, but she is kicking off the year in... |
Carnivorous Plant Society
The People Below (Graphic Novel) [ Carnivorous Plant Society / Book - released 2/Aug/2019 ] The People Below The People Below is a story of an unlikely and very wrinkly hero named Shid. The novel explores class inequality in a city trapped in a floating bubble, suspended from an alien's mouth. It features a small, wretched man and his... |
Angel Olsen
All Mirrors [ Jagjaguwar / Cassette - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Olsen's bold and unexpected All Mirrors comes over three years after the release of My Woman, a top 10 critically praised album of 2016. On her vulnerable new album, All Mirrors, Olsen takes an introspective deep dive towards internal destinations... |
Bill Callahan
Gold Record [ Drag City / Cassette - released 18/Sep/2020 ] For his first record in....uh, well, just over a year (woot!), Bill Callahan gives us a Gold Record. For Bill, preparing to tour for Shepherd In a Sheepskin Vest meant considering being away from home for long stretches of time - months, seasons,... |
.clipping
Visions Of Bodies Being Burned [ Sub Pop / Cassette - released 23/Oct/2020 ] Last Halloween, Los Angeles experimental rap mainstays clipping. ended their three-year silence with the horrorcore-inspired album There Existed an Addiction to Blood. This October, rapper Daveed Diggs, and producers Jonathan Snipes and William... |
Whitney
Light Upon The Lake [ Secretly Canadian / Cassette - released 3/Jun/2016 ] To say that Whitney is more than the sum of its parts would be a criminal understatement.Formed from the core of guitarist Max Kakacek (ex-Smith Westerns) and singing drummer Julien Ehrlich (ex-Unknown Mortal Orchestra),the band itself is something... |
9Bach
Anian [ Real World / 2 CD - released 29/Apr/2016 ] 9Bach made their name by taking traditional Welsh folk songs and recasting them onto a spectral and haunting sound canvas. Their 2014 album Tincian was the worthy winner of the coveted Best Album in the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards 2015. New album Anian,... |
Aaron Frazer
Introducing... [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 8/Jan/2021 ] Soft-spoken with the look of a slightly disaffected 1950s matinee idol, Aaron Frazer (of Durand Jones & The Indications) possesses a unique voice that's both contemporary and timeless. The Brooklyn-based, Baltimore-raised songwriter first came... |
Actress
Karma & Desire [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] British electronic musician Actress aka Darren Jordan Cunningham, known to his friends as DAZ, is back in true form with Karma & Desire - his most accessible yet complex album - featuring an incredible cast of collaborators including Aura T-09,... |
Adrianne Lenker
songs and instrumentals [ 4AD / CD - released 23/Oct/2020 ] songs and instrumentals are two distinct collections from Big Thief's Adrianne Lenker, both written and recorded in April after Big Thief's March tour was abruptly cut short due to coronavirus. After returning to the states from Europe, Lenker... |
Agnes Obel
Citizen Of Glass [ Liberation Music / CD - released 21/Oct/2016 ] Third album from acclaimed Danish artist, Agnes Obel, hailed around the world for her classical approach to music. Citizen of Glass is the follow up to her first two hugely successful albums Philharmonics (2010) and Aventine (2013). The new... |
Agnes Obel
Myopia [ Deutsche Grammophon / CD - released 20/Mar/2020 ] For almost a decade, Agnes Obel has been one of the most independent and original artists in contemporary music. Now she has returned with the highly anticipated new album Myopia - her first through iconic German label Deutsche Grammophon. |
Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla
Terrouzi [ Sahel Sounds / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla plays instrumental electronic keyboard in a style known in Mauritania as WZN, or in Arabic simply "music." Born into a musical family tradition (his father is a renowned tidnit player from Traza), today Ahmedou Ahmed Lowla is one... |
Aldous Harding
Designer [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
Aldous Harding
Party [ Flying Nun / CD - released 19/May/2017 ] Igniting interest with her eponymous debut album released just two years ago, Aldous Harding quickly became a name murmured on many lips. She's known for her sinister torch songs, gentle laments and eerie odes delivered with a charismatic combination... |
