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Aziza Brahim
Abbar el Hamada [ Glitter Beat CD / CD - released 24/Oct/2016 ] Western Saharan musician/activist Aziza Brahim's new album Abbar el Hamada (Across the Hamada), is a commanding and compassionate musical statement about, and for, the tumultuous age in which we live. Raised in a Saharawi refugee camp in the... |
Beth Orton
Weather Alive (LP) [ Partisan / LP - released 23/Sep/2022 ] "Through the writing of these songs and the making of this music, I found my way back to the world around me - a way to reach nature and the people I love and care about. This record is a sensory exploration that allowed for a connection to a... |
The Beths
Expert In A Dying Field [ Ivy League Records / CD - released 16/Sep/2022 ] On The Beths' third studio album, Expert In A Dying Field, Elizabeth Stokes' songwriting places her somewhere between being a novelist and a documentarian. The songs are autobiographical, but they're also character sketches of relationships and, more... |
The Beths
Future Me Hates Me ( LP) [ Carpark / LP - released 7/Aug/2020 ] **Repress due to hit NZ early - mid 2023.** The Beths occupy a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics. Their debut album Future Me Hates Me, forthcoming on Carpark Records, delivers an... |
The Beths
Jump Rope Gazers [ Carpark / CD - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The Beths new album Jump Rope Gazers, out via Carpark Records, is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album Future Me Hates Me - "one of the most impressive indie-rock debuts of the year" (Pitchfork). The Beths won Best Group and Best... |
The Beths
Jump Rope Gazers (Limited Edition Orange Vinyl LP) [ Carpark / LP - released 10/Jul/2020 ] The Beths new album Jump Rope Gazers, out via Carpark Records, is the follow-up to their critically acclaimed debut album Future Me Hates Me - "one of the most impressive indie-rock debuts of the year" (Pitchfork). The Beths won Best Group and Best... |
The Beths
Future Me Hates Me [ Carpark / CD - released 10/Aug/2018 ] **Repress due to hit NZ early - mid 2023.** The Beths occupy a warm, energetic sonic space between joyful hooks, sun-soaked harmonies, and acerbic lyrics. Their debut album Future Me Hates Me, forthcoming on Carpark Records, delivers an... |
Big Thief
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You [ 4AD / CD - released 11/Feb/2022 ] Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe in You is a sprawling double-LP exploring the deepest elements and possibilities of Big Thief. To truly dig into all that the music of Adrianne Lenker, Max Oleartchik, Buck Meek, and James Krivchenia desired in... |
Big Thief
Two Hands (LP) [ 4AD / LP - released 11/Oct/2019 ] Big Thief had only just finished work on their 3rd album, U.F.O.F. - "the celestial twin" - days before in a cabin studio in the woods of Washington State. Now it was time to birth U.F.O.F.'s sister album - "the earth twin" - Two Hands. 30 miles... |
Bill Callahan
Gold Record [ Drag City / CD - 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,... |
Black Country, New Road
Live At Bush Hall (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 28/Apr/2023 ] What do you do when your singer leaves the band, just as your hotly anticipated second album drops, and the world is waiting for you to go on tour? Well, for UK sound sensations Black Country New Road, the answer was to regroup, divide vocal duties... |
black midi
schlagenheim [ Rough Trade / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Since forming just over a year ago, black midi have quickly cemented their reputation as one of the hottest new underground bands, following a string of sold-out UK live dates and surprise shows punctuated by constantly shifting sets and blistering... |
Blood Orange
Angel's Pulse [ Domino / CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] Angel's Pulse is a mixtape from Dev Hynes aka Blood Orange, something of an epilogue to his critically acclaimed 2018 album Negro Swan. |
Bob Dylan
Rough And Rowdy Ways (LP) [ Columbia / 2 LP - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Rough And Rowdy Ways, the first album of original songs from Bob Dylan in eight years. The album follows the recent release of two other songs from the forthcoming Rough And Rowdy Ways: The album's lead-off track, "I Contain Multitudes," and the... |
Various Artists
Bob Stanley & Pete Wiggs present Paris In The Spring [ Ace / CD - released 25/May/2018 ] In May 1968, Paris was burning. Out of the student uprising came a new wave in French music that matched the country's mood - darker, and more introspective than yé-yé, France's cultural revolution allowed the previously separate worlds of chanson,... |
Bon Iver
22, A Million [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] 22, A Million is part love letter, part final resting place of two decades of searching for self-understanding like a religion. And the inner-resolution of maybe never finding that understanding. The album's 10 poly-fi recordings are a collection of... |
Bonobo
Fragments (Indie Exclusive Red LP) [ Ninja Tune / 2 LP - released 28/Jan/2022 ] Bonobo's rise has been stealthy but unstoppable, and Simon Green, the man behind it all, is now one of the biggest names in dance music, and his 2017 album Migration was his biggest yet - reaching number-one on the Billboard Top Electronic Albums... |
Broadcast
Tender Buttons (LP) [ Warp Records / LP ] Broadcast's recent records have often seemed too cluttered with effects and affectation - perhaps unsurprising, given their love of library music and other esoterica. On Tender Buttons, though, the band, now slimmed to a duo of singer Trish Keenan... |
Broadcast
The Noise Made By People (LP) [ Warp Records / LP - released 9/Mar/2015 ] A look at the music history book tells us a lot of things. One of these is that nearly everything from the past eventually comes back, and with a vengeance. While this undeniable truth is responsible for a lot of distinctly horrible things (house... |
Budos Band
V [ Daptone / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] New York afro-soul/psychedelic favorites The Budos Band return with their fifth studio album, Budos Band V. |
