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Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit [ Milk! Records / CD - released 20/Mar/2015 ] Recorded in the autumn of 2014 in an intense 10 day session at Head Gap studios in Melbourne, the album finally brings Barnett's pithily acute and stingingly incisive vision into stark, unflinching focus, her wit sharpened to a knife edge, her... |
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David Byrne
American Utopia [ Nonesuch Records / CD - released 9/Mar/2018 ] American Utopia is David Byrne's first solo release since 'Grown Backwards' in 2004. The new album started with longtime collaborator Brian Eno, and later David was joined by producer Rodaidh McDonald (The xx, King Krule, Sampha,... |
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Diana Krall
Wallflower (Deluxe / Bonus tracks edition) [ Verve / CD - released 6/Feb/2015 ] Five-time Grammy Award-winning jazz pianist and singer Diana Krall's new studio album Wallflower is a collection of songs from the late 60's to present day that inspired Krall in her early years. Produced by 16-time Grammy® Award-winning producer... |
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Fat Freddy's Drop
Bays [ The Drop / CD - released 23/Oct/2015 ] Following the worldwide success of 'Blackbird' in 2013, Freddy's present a 9-track album recorded at the band's Bays Studio in Kilbirnie, Wellington a former 1950s HMV vinyl pressing plant. Signed copies while stocks last! |
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Fleet Foxes
Shore [ Anti- / CD - released 19/Mar/2021 ] Shore was recorded before and during quarantine in Hudson (NY), Paris, Los Angeles, Long Island City and New York City from September 2018 until September 2020 with the help of recording and production engineer Beatriz Artola. The fifteen song,... |
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Hopetoun Brown
Look So Good [ CD - released 28/Oct/2016 ] Just 12 short months after the success of their first album "Burning Fuse", Tim Stewart and Nick Atkinson have come up with something special for their second Hopetoun Brown album. They've pulled in dynamite guests and they've splashed more time in... |
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Julia Deans
We Light Fire [ Julia Deans / CD - released 11/May/2018 ] With the release of bold first single Walking In The Sun in September 2017, Julia Deans whet the appetite of fans and critics alike for her new album. It had been seven years since we were last seduced by her songwriting, when her acclaimed first... |
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Kurt Vile
Bottle It In [ Matador / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Travel can inspire in surprising ways: Kurt Vile discovered as much making his first record in three years, the eclectic and electrifying Bottle It In, which he recorded at various studios around the country over two very busy years, during sessions... |
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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... |
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Nadia Reid
Preservation [ Slowtime / CD - released 1/Mar/2017 ] An ode to self-reflection and self-betterment, Nadia Reid's 'Preservation' is the sound of Nadia showing her true colours, taking back a bit of power, and learning more about herself. Deeply intellectual but felt by all, it punches harder than... |
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The National
Sleep Well Beast [ 4AD / CD - released 8/Sep/2017 ] Sleep Well Beast was produced by member Aaron Dessner with co-production by Bryce Dessner and Matt Berninger. The album was mixed by Peter Katis and recorded at Aaron Dessner's... |
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Neil & Liam Finn
Lightsleeper [ CD - released 24/Aug/2018 ] Neil Finn - he of Crowded House fame and the newest member of Fleetwood Mac - needs no introduction. After Liam Finn moved to London with his band Betchadupa, they split and he began a solo career, attracting worldwide acclaim with the I'll Be... |
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ghosteen [ Bad Seed / 2 CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Ghosteen is the follow-up to the acclaimed 2016 album 'Skeleton Tree'. The double album features 8 songs on 'Part 1', and 'Part 2' consists of two long songs, linked by a spoken word piece. |
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Skeleton Tree [ Bad Seed / CD - released 9/Sep/2016 ] Skeleton Tree is Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds' sixteenth studio album. The album began its journey in late 2014 at Retreat Studios, Brighton, with further sessions at La Frette Studios, France in autumn 2015. The album was mixed at AIR Studios,... |
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Paul Simon
Stranger To Stranger [ Concord / CD - released 3/Jun/2016 ] Full of thrilling, imaginative textures, Stranger to Stranger conjures a vivid and vital new context to Simon's well-established virtuosity as a singer and songwriter. The record - his first since 2011's acclaimed So Beautiful or So What - ushers the... |
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PJ Harvey
The Hope Six Demolition Project [ Island / CD - released 15/Apr/2016 ] The Hope Six Demolition Project draws from several journeys undertaken by PJ Harvey, who spent time in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Washington, D.C. over a four-year period. "When I'm writing a song I visualise the entire scene. I can see the colours, I... |
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Radiohead
A Moon Shaped Pool [ XL Recordings / CD - released 17/Jun/2016 ] Radiohead's ninth studio album. |
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St Germain
St Germain [ Parlophone / CD - released 9/Oct/2015 ] He's back. And he's still the same, only more unpredictable than before. Twenty years after BOULEVARD, 15 years after the multi-platinum album TOURIST (over 3 million copies sold worldwide) and a world tour spanning several continents, Ludovic... |
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Unknown Mortal Orchestra
Sex & Food [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 6/Apr/2018 ] The follow-up to their critically acclaimed record Multi-Love, Sex & Food sees UMO mastermind Ruban Nielson tap into both familiar and unexpected territory. The delightfully shape-shifting album filters real-deal serious themes such as "What are... |
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Van Morrison
Keep Me Singing [ Caroline / CD - released 30/Sep/2016 ] Keep Me Singing is Van Morrison's 36th studio album to date and consists of 13 tracks - 12 original songs written and performed by Morrison, as well as a cover of the blues standard 'Share Your Love With Me' - written by Alfred Baggs and Don Robey... |