Lord Huron
Strange Trails [ Liberation / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] Strange Trails is the follow-up to Lord Huron's debut Lonesome Dreams, which gained widespread critical acclaim and acknowledgment in the year end 'best ofs' in 2012. The record was written and produced by frontman Ben Schneider and recorded at... |
Lord Huron
Vide Noir [ Inertia / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Unburdened by contractual obligations and working at their studio and informal clubhouse Whispering Pines in Los Angeles, Lord Huron found the freedom and comfort to pursue their vision without compromise. The result is Vide Noir: a sonically bold,... |
Lord Huron
Vide Noir (LP) [ Inertia / 2 LP - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Unburdened by contractual obligations and working at their studio and informal clubhouse Whispering Pines in Los Angeles, Lord Huron found the freedom and comfort to pursue their vision without compromise. The result is Vide Noir: a sonically bold,... |
Lorenzo Senni
Scacco Matto [ Warp / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] 'Scacco Matto' is a continuation of Senni's distinctive "pointillistic" style - where gated, taut sounds are arranged relentlessly as drumless rhythms and melody, which this time come in more song based structures. On this bold sonic... |
Lorenzo Senni
Scacco Matto (LP) [ Warp / LP - released 24/Apr/2020 ] 'Scacco Matto' is a continuation of Senni's distinctive "pointillistic" style - where gated, taut sounds are arranged relentlessly as drumless rhythms and melody, which this time come in more song based structures. On this bold sonic... |
Lou Doillon
Lay Low [ Cartell Music CD / CD - released 2/Jun/2017 ] Lou Doillon's follow-up to 2012′s Places finds her in largely the same territory as that sultry record: elegant, undemonstrative, slightly gothic songs defined by her lovely voice. Part Beth Orton, part Keren Ann, it is a deep, confident groan, so... |
Loyle Carner
Hugo (Gatefold LP) [ EMI / LP - 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... |
Mansur Brown
Shiroi [ Black Focus Records / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] It's not often Jimi Hendrix and Trap music are mentioned in the same sentence. Or Brixton and George Benson. In this case Mansur Brown embodies all of these. An integral part of the groundbreaking Yussef Kamaal album, he now releases his debut album... |
Marie Davidson
Working Class Woman [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Marie Davidson arrives on Ninja Tune with her vital new album Working Class Woman, a vividly important document that expresses both her state of mind and acts as a comment on the night after night, nightclub culture of which her music has... |
Marissa Nadler
For My Crimes [ Bella Union / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] The eighth album from Marissa Nadler, For My Crimes, is the sound of turmoil giving way to truth. The songs stare down the dark realization that love may not be enough to keep two people together through distance and differing needs. By asking these... |
Mark Pritchard
The Four Worlds [ Warp / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Mark Pritchard unveils a brand new eight-track collection, The Four Worlds. Further exploring the sonic worlds first encountered on 2016's opus "Under The Sun" and once again, an extended collaboration with acclaimed visual artist Jonathan... |
Mark Pritchard
The Four Worlds (LP) [ Warp / LP - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Mark Pritchard unveils a brand new eight-track collection, The Four Worlds. Further exploring the sonic worlds first encountered on 2016's opus "Under The Sun" and once again, an extended collaboration with acclaimed visual artist Jonathan... |
Matthew E. White
Fresh Blood [ Domino / CD - released 13/Mar/2015 ] The follow up to his celebrated 2012 debut, Big Inner, American soul musician Matthew E. White presents his second album - Fresh Blood. Lead by the triumphant single 'Rock & Roll Is Cold', Fresh Blood was produced by White and Spacebomb partner... |
Michael Kiwanuka
Kiwanuka [ Universal Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Recorded in New York, LA and London, KIWANUKA reflects his "ear for musical adventure". Given the amount of critical and commercial praise that showered his last record, the last two years have found the singer-songwriter questioning his own ability... |
Michael Kiwanuka
Kiwanuka (Double Gatefold LP) [ Polydor / 2 LP - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Recorded in New York, LA and London, KIWANUKA reflects his "ear for musical adventure". Given the amount of critical and commercial praise that showered his last record, the last two years have found the singer-songwriter questioning his own ability... |
Mick Harvey
Waves Of Anzac / The Journey (LP) [ Inertia / LP - released 29/May/2020 ] The album features two recent soundtracks to powerful subject matters recorded by Mick Harvey. The first, 'Waves of Anzac', looks at Sam Neill's personal family history interwoven with the history of the First World War and the ANZACs through to the... |
Miho Wada
Bumpy Road [ CD - released 11/Dec/2015 ] Entirely in synch with MJO's fun-loving energy and humour, this album was written while touring with Miho's baby bump, and recorded during the lead up to the baby's arrival. The ultimate tour diary to motherhood, Bumpy Road introduces the fresh... |
Minor Victories
Minor Victories [ Liberation Music / Play It Again Sam / CD - released 3/Jun/2016 ] Minor Victories is the group formed by Rachel Goswell of Slowdive, Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai, Justin Lockey of Editors, and James Lockey of Hand Held Cine Club. The freedom, the immediacy, the swapping of ideas and incredibly, the fact that all... |
Mirel Wagner
When The Cellar Children See The Light Of Day (LP) [ Sub Pop Records LP / LP - released 22/Aug/2014 ] AND SO THE ENIGMATIC Mirel Wagner steps like a revenant back into our lives. Her self-titled debut two years ago set the tone, ghostly and erotic Delta blues from the then 23-year-old Ethiopian Finn. Wagner's hypnotic sound depends on an intricate... |
Moses Sumney
græ (Limited Edition LP) [ Jagjaguwar / 2 LP - released 22/May/2020 ] Black, white and grey vinyl. Moses Sumney evades definition as an act of duty: technicolour videos and monochrome clothes; Art Rock and Black Classical; blowing into Fashion Week from a small town in North Carolina; seemingly infinite collaborators,... |