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Angel Olsen
Big Time [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 3/Jun/2022 ] Fresh grief, like fresh love, has a way of sharpening our vision and bringing on painful clarifications. No matter how temporary we know these states to be, the vulnerability and transformation they demand can overpower the strongest among us. Then... |
Big Thief
Dragon New Warm Mountain I Believe In You (LP) [ 4AD / LP - 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 [ 4AD / CD - 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. |
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... |
Bon Iver
22, A Million (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - 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... |
The Cleves
The Musical Adventures of The Clevedonaires, Cleves & Bitch [ Frenzy / CD - released 18/Apr/2015 ] Every now and then an exceptional album will arrive on the scene that rewrites the history of local music. With the release of The Clevedonaires, aka The Cleves, aka Bitch the best kept secret of a few is now available for all. Recorded between... |
Cocteau Twins
Heaven or Las Vegas [ 4AD / CD - released 31/Dec/1993 ] "Formed in Scotland in 1979 by guitarist Robin Guthrie and bassist Will Heggie, The Cocteau Twins were later joined by Elizabeth Fraser, an exceptional singer whose gorgeous, operatic style vocals emotively lifted the music to beautiful new... |
Damien Jurado
In The Shape Of A Storm [ Mama Bird / CD - released 19/Apr/2019 ] Damien has always worked fast, but In the Shape of a Storm came together with unprecedented speed. Recorded over the course of two hours one California afternoon, it's Jurado's sparsest album to date. Gone are the thundering drums and psychedelic... |
Dope Lemon
Smooth Big Cat [ BMG / ADA / CD - released 12/Jul/2019 ] A mystical creature of leisure, the Smooth Big Cat likes to stay up late drinking whiskey with his rascally mates listening to records. He doesn't have stakes in the troubles of the world, and his life is guided by the mood of the breeze & what's... |
Dry Cleaning
Stumpwork [ 4AD / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Stumpwork, the follow-up to 2021's New Long Leg. The South London-based group's first studio album, recorded in just two weeks with producer John Parish at the iconic Rockfield Studios, became a huge critical and commercial success reaching #4 in the... |
Dry Cleaning
Stumpwork (Limited Edition Black Eco Vinyl LP) [ 4AD / LP - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Stumpwork, the follow-up to 2021's New Long Leg. The South London-based group's first studio album, recorded in just two weeks with producer John Parish at the iconic Rockfield Studios, became a huge critical and commercial success reaching #4 in the... |
Dry Cleaning
Stumpwork (White Gatefold LP) [ 4AD / LP - released 21/Oct/2022 ] Stumpwork, the follow-up to 2021's New Long Leg. The South London-based group's first studio album, recorded in just two weeks with producer John Parish at the iconic Rockfield Studios, became a huge critical and commercial success reaching #4 in the... |
Emily Fairlight
Mother Of Gloom [ Emily Fairlight / CD - released 4/May/2018 ] Taking its title from a line by Martha Wainwright and with song titles like Body Below, Drag The Night In, Private Apocalypse, Sinking Ship and Loneliest Race you'd expect a fairly dark ride on the second album by this Wellington-based alt.folk... |
Faye Webster
Underdressed At The Symphony [ Secretly Canadia / CD - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Late last year Faye Webster released two of the album singles, teasing the forthcoming project. "But Not Kiss" was a tension-filled first peek at the record. "It's damn near ecstatic in ambiguity, but it's not a song about indecision. Webster knows... |
Faye Webster
Underdressed At The Symphony (Black Vinyl LP) [ Secretly Canadia / LP - released 1/Mar/2024 ] Late last year Faye Webster released two of the album singles, teasing the forthcoming project. "But Not Kiss" was a tension-filled first peek at the record. "It's damn near ecstatic in ambiguity, but it's not a song about indecision. Webster knows... |
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... |
GRG67 & Roger Manins
Happy Place [ Rattle Records / CD - released 12/Jun/2020 ] GRG67 follow their Jazz Album of the Year (2019) release, "The Thing", with an album of equally vibrant new compositions. |
Gruff Rhys
Pang! (Limited Edition LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Pang! is a futuristic psychedelic world pop album, a cross-cultural collaboration between Welsh musician and Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys and South African electronic producer Muzi. Having met while recording the track "Vessels" for... |
Gruff Rhys
Pang! (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Pang! is a futuristic psychedelic world pop album, a cross-cultural collaboration between Welsh musician and Super Furry Animals frontman Gruff Rhys and South African electronic producer Muzi. Having met while recording the track "Vessels" for... |
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... |
