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Jarv Is
Beyond The Pale (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 17/Jul/2020 ] This is the first original music from Jarvis Cocker since the "Further Complications" album in 2009. JARV IS… a band featuring Jarvis Cocker (vocals, guitar, percussion), Serafina Steer (harp, keyboards, vocals), Emma Smith (violin, guitar... |
Jonathan Bree
After The Curtains Close [ Lil Chief / CD - released 17/Jul/2020 ] 'After The Curtains Close' sees Jonathan Bree's trademark orchestral pop take a few unexpected turns into the experimental and sometimes kitschy territory populated by some of his French heroes of the 1960s. The end result is an album that retains... |
Jonathan Bree
A Little Night Music [ Lil Chief Records / CD - released 23/Oct/2015 ] Roughly two years since his first solo album 2013's Primrose Path, "A Little Night Music" sees Bree taking a more free-form approach to his usually more rigid and pop-minded style. This is partly due to a new interest in classical music, more... |
Jonathan Crayford
East West Moon [ Rattle Jazz / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] Teaming up once more with the same killer rhythm section on the critically acclaimed Dark Light (2014), Jonathan Crayford returns with another beautiful album. Recording again with engineer Mike Marciano at Systems Two Studio in New York, East West... |
Kacey Musgraves
Pageant Material [ Lost Highway / CD - released 25/Jun/2015 ] Pageant Material is the much anticipated follow-up to Grammy Award winning debut album Same Trailer, Different Park. Kacey Musgraves worked with the same creative team as on her 2013 debut, which she co-produced with Shane McAnally and Luke Laird.... |
Kamasi Washington
Harmony Of Difference [ Young Turks / CD - 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... |
Kamasi Washington
Heaven & Earth [ Young Turks / 2 CD - released 22/Jun/2018 ] The follow up to Kamasi Washington's debut The Epic, Heaven & Earth is comprised of two halves, which find him confronting quotidian realities with cosmic themes. A further investigation of Washington's world building ideas, the new album explores... |
Khruangbin
Mordechai [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Khruangbin has always been multilingual, weaving far-flung musical languages like East Asian surf-rock, Persian funk, and Jamaican dub into mellifluous harmony. But on its third album, it's finally speaking out loud. Mordechai features vocals... |
Kim Gordon
No Home Record [ Matador / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] An expert operation in the uncanny, No Home Record is a seismic, watershed moment in the singular career of one of the most trailblazing music, art and fashion icons of our time. Produced by Justin Raisen (Angel Olsen, Yves Tumor, John Cale,... |
Kim Gordon
No Home Record (LP) [ Matador / LP - released 11/Oct/2019 ] An expert operation in the uncanny, No Home Record is a seismic, watershed moment in the singular career of one of the most trailblazing music, art and fashion icons of our time. Produced by Justin Raisen (Angel Olsen, Yves Tumor, John Cale,... |
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... |
Lapsley
Long Way Home [ XL Recordings / CD - released 4/Mar/2016 ] Long Way Home is Southport-raised, 19 year old London-based singer, songwriter and producer Holly 'Låpsley' Fletcher's debut album. This twelve tracker features new versions of her previous acclaimed releases 'Hurt Me', 'Falling Short', 'Painter' and... |
Little Dragon
Slugs Of Love (Limited Edition Clear 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... |
Makaya McCraven
In These Times [ XL / CD - released 23/Sep/2022 ] In These Times is the new album by Chicago-based percussionist, composer, and producer Makaya McCraven. Although this album is "new," the truth it's something that's been in process for a very long time, since shortly after he released his... |
Mark Turner
Return From The Stars [ ECM Records / CD - released 25/Mar/2022 ] Mark Turner's writing for his quartet on Return from the Stars (titled after Stanislav Lem's science fiction novel) gives the players plenty of space in which to move, on an album both exhilarating and thoughtful in its arc of expression. Solos flow... |
Marlon Williams
Make Way For Love [ Caroline / Universal Music / CD - released 16/Feb/2018 ] Known for his effortlessly distinctive voice, Make Way For Love, Marlon Williams' second album, marks his exponential growth as a songwriter. Throughout 11 original songs, he explores new musical terrain and reveals himself in an unprecedented way in... |
Mitski
Laurel Hell (Eaten Version) [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 4/Feb/2022 ] We don't typically look to pop albums to answer our cultural moment, let alone to meet the soul hunger left in the wake of global catastrophe. But occasionally, an artist proves the form more malleable and capacious than we knew. With Laurel Hell,... |
Nadia Reid
Out Of My Province [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 6/Mar/2020 ] Out of My Province showcases Nadia's sharpest songwriting to date, atmospheric arrangements replete with strings and Rhodes, and of course that immense voice, alternately soothing and riveting. |
GARETH FARR
Farr: Warriors from Pluto New Zealand Chamber Orchestra. Strike. Deborah Wai Kapohe, Marc Decio Taddei [ Trust / CD - released 7/Dec/2001 ] New recording featuring two startlingly dramatic works for chamber orchestra |
Olivia Chaney
Shelter [ Nonesuch / CD - released 31/Aug/2018 ] Shelter was produced by Thomas Bartlett (David Byrne, Nico Muhly, The Magnetic Fields, Sufjan Stevens, The National, St. Vincent, Father John Misty) and features eight original songs, along with Chaney's interpretations of Purcell's "O Solitude" and... |
