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Review: Portishead's incredibly gifted lead singer Beth Gibbons is back with a solo album which appears like a bolt from the blue on Domino. As it transpires, Lives Outgrown has been ruminating for some time as Gibbons reflects on the passage of time, working closely with James Ford (of Simian Mobile Disco fame) and Talk Talk's Lee Harris to develop a distinct, gently psychedelic art rock-meets indie pop sound. Throughout, the album is guided by Gibbons' distinctive approach to songwriting, sounding like a natural cousin to her work in Portishead or her earlier solo album Out Of Season, while also offering something beguiling fresh and unsurprisingly brilliant. This is the CD edition, which comes in a hardback book case for the collectors out there.
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Review: Beth Gibbons has never saturated the market with her distinctive approach to singing and songwriting, choosing to leave the power of her contributions to Portishead and solo hanging in the air. That makes Lives Outgrown a truly exciting proposition, some 20 years after her last solo outing and simultaneously unique but naturally leading on from the magical Out of Season. The sonic content is layered differently, less folky and more like art rock embellished with electronics, but the melancholic, wistful melodic makeup feels absolutely rooted in Gibbon's approach throughout the years. This is the CD edition of a very welcome return from a truly unique treasure in British alternative music.
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Review: My Bloody Valentine frontman Kevin Shields has talked a lot about the stress of making Loveless, the band's now iconic 1991 sophomore album. It took over two years (and trips to 20 recording studios) to make, such was Shields sharply focused desire to capture a very specific sound. As this reissue proves, his attention to detail genuinely resulted in what many critics cite as their best album - a wonderfully immersive, wide-eyed and enveloping set that fuses their fuzzy alt-rock guitars with gaseous musical textures, dreamy aural colours and painstakingly layered musical soundscapes that sound as gloriously intense and druggy as they did way back in 1991. It's an album that everyone should own - or at least all those who doubt the sonic potential of primarily guitar-based music.
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Cat: WIGCD 506. Rel: 21 Mar 24
Post Rock/Experimental
Review: Julia Holter has subtly shifted focus on new album (her sixth in total) Something In The Room She Moves, moving away from exploring memory and dream-like states to instead focus on (in her words) "the complexity and transformability of our bodies". To create this rather distinctive (and rather good sound world), she added her own ethereal vocals to self-created backing tracks rich in electric fretless bass, warming wind and reed instruments, and distinctive synth sounds plucked from a Yamaha CS060. The results are predictably immersive and soul-enriching, with highlights including stunning opener 'Sun Girl', the percussively inventive 'Spinning', and the pastoral, dreamy 'Evening Mood'.
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Review: While it would be fair to say that My Bloody Valentine's most celebrated works are by and large albums, their EPs - and particularly the four released between 1988 and '91 - are every bit as alluring and ground-breaking. For proof, check this fine collection, which not only gathers them together but also adds rare tracks and deep cuts that have long been fan favourites (see the full, 10-minute version of 'Glider', a cacophonous but strangely addictive psychedelic soundscape, and the baggy-but-ghostly 'Instrumental No. 2'). Over the course of the two discs, it's possible to chart the pioneering band's sonic development over a three-year period in which they went from visionary alt-rockers to a band that not only defied categorization, but also played by different rules to their contemporaries.
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Review: Julia Holter herself describes this new album as "the cacophony of the mind in a melting world," and it provides the American singer, songwriter with her first studio album since 2015's Have You In My Wilderness. Aviary is an intrigue to say the least and it's hard not to feel as if a horror-thematic runs throughout its 11 tracks, with moments of temporary insanity and distress intertwining with hair-raising spots a ghostly allure, and it's as if any lightness in the album has had to pass its way through a thicket of darkness first. There's much dissonance to be heard here too but in a pleasantly unsettling way akin to listening to an orchestra tune itself, and with all the deep and meaningful aspects behind Holter's inspirations, it's a hell of a ride.
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Review: Given that Isle of White twosome Wet Leg (AKA late twenty-somethings Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers) broke through with an insanely infectious chunk of monosyllabic rap-sporting post-punk pop, the stupidly catchy 'Chaise Longue', it seems fitting that the song lands early on their self-titled debut album - track two, to be precise. While the set features little else quite as upbeat, energetic and unashamedly joyous, it's still a boisterous and at times brilliant debut full of tongue-in-cheek lyrics, low-slung post-punk intent, raucous references to vintage '80s and '90s indie, weighty guitar riffs and ear-catching melodic motifs. It's the kind of set capable of pushing them towards super-stardom and will undoubtedly be warmly received by critics.
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Review: 'This Gift' is a whirlwind of tarnished sixties glamour and post-millennial celebrity culture, cult-films and literary classics.
Executed in contrasting honeyed and caustic tones, with the arresting songwriting and fervent performance that are
Sons & Daughters' trademarks. This is the product of the band's own characteristic intensity and the combative
challenge set by the albums famously uncompromising producer Bernard Butler. The album races from the rasping
'Gilt Complex', through the souring 'Split Lips' (featuring Robbie Stern of Cajun Dance Party on violin), to the Edwyn
Collins strut of 'The Nest', hitting driving garage rock on 'Rebel With The Ghost' via 60s girl-group stomps 'Darling'
and 'Flags', all along hinting at the band's ability to conjure up atmospheres of disturbing unease, most notably on
'Iodine' and the desert rock meets Gaelic war cry of the title track. Out on Domino.
… Read moreExecuted in contrasting honeyed and caustic tones, with the arresting songwriting and fervent performance that are
Sons & Daughters' trademarks. This is the product of the band's own characteristic intensity and the combative
challenge set by the albums famously uncompromising producer Bernard Butler. The album races from the rasping
'Gilt Complex', through the souring 'Split Lips' (featuring Robbie Stern of Cajun Dance Party on violin), to the Edwyn
Collins strut of 'The Nest', hitting driving garage rock on 'Rebel With The Ghost' via 60s girl-group stomps 'Darling'
and 'Flags', all along hinting at the band's ability to conjure up atmospheres of disturbing unease, most notably on
'Iodine' and the desert rock meets Gaelic war cry of the title track. Out on Domino.
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Review: Domino celebrate their 15th anniversary with this special 15 track compilation
including new and exclusive tracks by Arctic Monkeys, Wild Beats, The Kills, Cass
McCombs, Bonde Do Role, Von Sudenfed, Steve Reid Ensemble, Animal Collective,
and more.
… Read moreincluding new and exclusive tracks by Arctic Monkeys, Wild Beats, The Kills, Cass
McCombs, Bonde Do Role, Von Sudenfed, Steve Reid Ensemble, Animal Collective,
and more.
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Review: New single from the dynamic Will Oldham. B-sides include 'Buried Treasure', a Kenny Williams favourite from the 1980s recorded especially for the BBC and a live take of 'The Way' (from his 'Superwolf' collaboration with Matt Sweeney) from the Pebbles & Ripples tour documented by the 'Summer In The South East' album. 'Cold & Wet' is taken from the acclaimed 'The Letting Go' album.
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Review: The third single to be taken from the acclaimed album "The Letting Go".
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Review: Riotous Brazilian MC and DJ three-piece Bonde Do Role play baile funk - a flippant, punked-up take on Miami bass developed in Rio's favelas - and yet aren't from Rio. A characteristic of baile funk is its playfulness and mash-up guerrilla-style sampling. Grunge, heavy metal, and cheese were added to the melting pot here. Their SXSW appearances were the talk of post-festival blogs, described in many instances as a "Brazilian Beastie Boys" with their explosive performances and filthy lyrics. "With Lasers" is released on Domino.
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Review: 'This Gift' is a whirlwind of tarnished sixties glamour and post-millennial celebrity culture, cult-films and literary classics.
Executed in contrasting honeyed and caustic tones, with the arresting songwriting and fervent performance that are
Sons & Daughters' trademarks. This is the product of the band's own characteristic intensity and the combative
challenge set by the albums famously uncompromising producer Bernard Butler. The album races from the rasping
'Gilt Complex', through the souring 'Split Lips' (featuring Robbie Stern of Cajun Dance Party on violin), to the Edwyn
Collins strut of 'The Nest', hitting driving garage rock on 'Rebel With The Ghost' via 60s girl-group stomps 'Darling'
and 'Flags', all along hinting at the band's ability to conjure up atmospheres of disturbing unease, most notably on
'Iodine' and the desert rock meets Gaelic war cry of the title track. Out on Domino.
… Read moreExecuted in contrasting honeyed and caustic tones, with the arresting songwriting and fervent performance that are
Sons & Daughters' trademarks. This is the product of the band's own characteristic intensity and the combative
challenge set by the albums famously uncompromising producer Bernard Butler. The album races from the rasping
'Gilt Complex', through the souring 'Split Lips' (featuring Robbie Stern of Cajun Dance Party on violin), to the Edwyn
Collins strut of 'The Nest', hitting driving garage rock on 'Rebel With The Ghost' via 60s girl-group stomps 'Darling'
and 'Flags', all along hinting at the band's ability to conjure up atmospheres of disturbing unease, most notably on
'Iodine' and the desert rock meets Gaelic war cry of the title track. Out on Domino.
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Review: It's been almost five years since Four Tet's last LP. However, you could never accuse Kieran Hebden of being lazy, having spent the years since 2005's Everything Ecstatic working on a number of EPs, collaborations and mixes, not to mention enough remixes to keep any student going throughout their perpetual revision period.
His fifth studio album to date forms a combination of minimal dance and amalgamations of sounds and ideas from his career so far. It serves a timely reminder of the joy of genre mashing in what is one of the first important releases of the new decade.
After the delicate and disjointed vocal-led opener 'Angel Echoes' we move into what will be Four Tet's next single, the hypnotic nine minute colossal, 'Love Cry.' Jazz percussion is layered over a sprawling house sentiment that builds exponentially throughout the saga. The aptly named 'Circling' uses hazy synthesizers to progresses from a soft, folk-like beginning to flamboyant end before we are treated to the fantastically warped female vocal that gives the defining factor on 'Sing.' Following 'Plastic People's' clap-infused melodic wandering, we reach 'She Just Likes To Fight' which seems to capture the emotional undertones that lay covered throughout the whole LP in a heart-warming sense of utter contentment.
It seems the long wait for an LP was more than worth it as Four Tet delivers guides through a labyrinth of musical tastes and genres whilst never losing his way in experimentation or self indulgence. Pushing limits, but in an ear-pleasing way, 'There Is Love In You' is yet another reason to jump aboard Four Tet.
… Read moreHis fifth studio album to date forms a combination of minimal dance and amalgamations of sounds and ideas from his career so far. It serves a timely reminder of the joy of genre mashing in what is one of the first important releases of the new decade.
After the delicate and disjointed vocal-led opener 'Angel Echoes' we move into what will be Four Tet's next single, the hypnotic nine minute colossal, 'Love Cry.' Jazz percussion is layered over a sprawling house sentiment that builds exponentially throughout the saga. The aptly named 'Circling' uses hazy synthesizers to progresses from a soft, folk-like beginning to flamboyant end before we are treated to the fantastically warped female vocal that gives the defining factor on 'Sing.' Following 'Plastic People's' clap-infused melodic wandering, we reach 'She Just Likes To Fight' which seems to capture the emotional undertones that lay covered throughout the whole LP in a heart-warming sense of utter contentment.
It seems the long wait for an LP was more than worth it as Four Tet delivers guides through a labyrinth of musical tastes and genres whilst never losing his way in experimentation or self indulgence. Pushing limits, but in an ear-pleasing way, 'There Is Love In You' is yet another reason to jump aboard Four Tet.
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Review: Hot Chip jumped ship yet again, releasing their fifth studio album In Our Heads via the esteemed UK imprint Domino Recordings. The eleven track album was self produced by the band members (along with some behind the boards help from respected studio engineer/producer Mark Ralph) and recorded in London, presumably in the spare time between the various band members other musical commitments that include 2 Bears, New Build and About Group. It stands up alongside their previous long players, with certified pop gems littered among a heady mix of synthy electo and downtempo romantic jams such as the irrepressible "Look At Where We Are".
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Review: With strong links to Morgan Geist's Environ imprint and admirers including Caribou/Manitoba man Dan Snaith and Kelley Polar (all three of which lend a hand here), Junior Boys are fast becoming electronic music's premier synth-pop duo of choice. And with good reason; to date, they've yet to release a duff record, and their blissful brand of bittersweet, melancholic pop rarely fails to excite. As you might expect, this fourth full-length is another perfectly formed exercise in gorgeous electronic pop, with Jeremy Greenspan's sweet vocals lighting up dreamlike moments of intense beauty ("Playtime"), smart songs ("Second Chance") and near-anthemic chunks of upbeat dancefloor pop (the brilliant "Banana Ripple").
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Review: Taking a new approach to a few tracks from his world-conquering Immunity LP, Jon Hopkins delivers some cosy, nocturnal alternatives to his usually wild and ranging bombast with a host of helping hands. "Immunity" is hushed down to a plaintive murmur fuelled by lingering piano notes with King Creosote on the mic, while Raphaelle Standell joins in on a low-frequency rumination of "Form By Firelight". Those vocal tracks sound positively lively in comparison to the "Asleep Versions" of "Breathe This Air" and "Open Eye Signal", which move with a glacial pace that befits Hopkins' pastoral style perfectly.
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Review: There's been much animated discussion online about the meaning of Animal Collective member Noah Lennox's latest solo album under the Panda Bear alias. Whether or not Lennox really is musing on death (as he did on 2004 album Young Prayer, which was recorded in the months following the passing of his father) is almost irrelevant; you see, Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper is a delightfully eccentric listen, full of humid, psychedelic pop songs drenched in '60s style reverb. As a result, it sounds like Pet Sounds or Smile era Beach Boys (Lennox even sounds like Brian Wilson) reinvented for the 21st century, with synths and electronics replacing harmonium and evocative orchestration. As a result, Panda Bear Meets The Grim Reaper is a sunny sonic delight.
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Review: Bristol space rock band Flying Saucer Attack have a legacy that reaches back to the early 90s, having roamed between Domino, Drag City and VHF Records over their long and winding career. This latest album comes no less than twelve years after their last release, and it finds the band on monolithic form as their melding of drone and shoegaze styles swells outwards. At times the guitar-driven sound can feel delicate and fragile, while at others it bears down with a claustrophobic might, but it never dulls in its impact even for a band who have been doing this for more than twenty years.
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Review: Also a member of Real Estate, Ducktails mainman Matt Mondanile explores a more dreamlike and impressionistic mindset with Ducktails; despite their being initially co-opted into the journo-created world of 'hypnagogic pop', Ducktails have always been a band with a distinctly indie mindset, beaming post-C86 guitar chime through a prism of summery abstraction to create a radiant wash of sound as melancholic as it is beguiling. 'St. Catherine' forms by far the most assured and well-crafted statement this winning and winsome talent has created thus far; leaving generic tags behind, this is simply a collection of irresistable songs rendered with soft-focus taste and heavy-lidded charm.
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Review: Since first pricking the collective consciousness with their debut 12" in 2012, Canadian duo Bob Moses has been on a fast track to the top. With their evocative vocals and love of bittersweet lyrics, the duo's trademark sound feels like an outsider house-meets-melancholic pop take on fellow Canadians Junior Boys. Certainly, that's the impression given by this much anticipated debut album on Domino. Drowsy, atmospheric and often downbeat, Days Gone By combines their typically hazy take on radio-friendly pop - see the decidedly downbeat but weirdly poignant "Keeping Me Alive" - with more upbeat fare variously influenced by deep house, two-step garage (see "Nothing At All") and classic trip-hop ("Before I Fall").
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Review: Ryder-Jones is something of a Liverpudlian legend, a troubadour who originally made his name with The Coral, yet one whose charismatic talents have extended beyond the '60s-worship of his origins to a very personal place on this, his third solo album to date. Recorded in the bedroom of his childhood home, 'West Kirkby County Primary' is a work of heartache, loneliness and melancholia that finds its metier somewhere between the work of Michael Head and Springsteen's 'Nebraska' - Ryder-Jones' mood may be desolate, soul-searching and reflective, yet his songwriting flair lurks behind every corner.
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Why Make Sense? (Special Edition) (2xCD (comes in different coloured sleeves cannot guarantee which one you will receive))
Cat: WIGCD 313X. Rel: 14 May 15
Indie/Alternative
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Review: Hot Chip continue to occupy a unique space in British music. Yet despite their standing as a bunch of polymaths just as at home with pure pop as experimental diversions, what continues to truly separate them from all or any contemporaries is a rich melancholy to their sound, and it's this which looms pleasantly large on 'Why Make Sense'. The songwriting of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard has never sounded sharper, not their beat-driven yet tastefully spare sound more addictive. Now as ever, no-one can reconcile human emotion and machine-like rhythm in quite the same fashion as this maverick outfit.
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Why Make Sense? (CD (comes in different coloured sleeves cannot guarantee which one you will receive))
Cat: WIGCD 313. Rel: 14 May 15
Indie/Alternative
Huarache Lights
Love Is The Future
Cry For You
Started Right
White Wine & Fried Chicken
Dark Night
Easy To Get
Need You Now
So Much Further To Go
Why Make Sense?
Review: Hot Chip continue to occupy a unique space in British music. Yet despite their standing as a bunch of polymaths just as at home with pure pop as experimental diversions, what continues to truly separate them from all or any contemporaries is a rich melancholy to their sound, and it's this which looms pleasantly large on 'Why Make Sense'. The songwriting of Alexis Taylor and Joe Goddard has never sounded sharper, not their beat-driven yet tastefully spare sound more addictive. Now as ever, no-one can reconcile human emotion and machine-like rhythm in quite the same fashion as this maverick outfit.
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Review: It's no mean feat to have made the first Welsh-language album to reach the UK Top 20, but that's just what Super Furry Animals did at the start of the millennium with 'Mwng', their fourth full-lengther. In some ways a reaction to their expensive and underperforming 1999 album 'Guerilla', this was recorded mostly live for only L6,000, and styled by frontman and mastermind Gruff Rhys as 'a stand against globalisation'. Yet all this would count for little were 'Mwng' not crammed full of the wistful, effortlessly melodious and emotionally resonant psych-pop gems that Rhys & co excel in, leading 'Mwng' to stand for manifold reasons as one of the most essential documents by a unique and treasured outfit.
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Review: We never quite know what to expect from leftfield explorer Jon Hopkins, but we know it will be worth a listen. Immunity, his fourth solo album (he's recorded two others, one with Brian Eno and another with King Creosote), doesn't disappoint. Rooted in shuffling, forthright and occasionally off-kilter rhythms, it melds hazy, late night atmopsherics and subtle melodies with intense, droning chords, woozy electronics and all manner of inventive noises. It's a blend that repeatedly pays dividends, from the mournful pianos and jumpy rhythms of "Breathe This Air', to the crystalline, soundscape ambience of "Abandon Window", and glitchy wonkiness of "Form By Firelight".
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Review: Second time round for Hot Chip's well-loved fifth studio set, In Our Heads. The original album, a typically fuzzy, soft-focus fusion of synth-pop, indie and dance culture influences, is joined by a second disc of bonus tracks, B-sides, remixes and demos. Arguably, it's the reworks that stand out, with Major Lazer and Junior Blender offering up a sweet synth-pop-goes-calyposo version of "Look At Where We Are" and Caribou donning his Daphni guise for a typically quirky leftfield rave take on "Night & Day". Best of all, though, is the JD Twitch mix of "Flutes", while builds a twittering strobelight groove around precisely programmed percussion and warming chords.
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Review: Julia Holter's superb sophomore album, Ekstasis, first appeared earlier this year on RVNG. Here, it gets a deserved reissue on Domino. For the uninitiated, Ekstasis further expands the LA singer/songwriter's repertoire, painting a picture of an artist inspired by an intoxicating mix of Kate Bush B-sides, droning ambience, Stereolab-ish kraut revivalism, and the more cinematic work of occasional collaborators Nite Jewel. It's a thoroughly beguiling set that defies easy categorisation. Crucially, Holter's songs are impressive as her expansive, reverb-laden productions, ensuring that Ekstasis is more than just an exercise in worthy experimentation and psychedelic atmospherics. Recommended.
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Review: Motion Sickness reads like Domino flexing their status as one of the premiere independent outlets, collating all manner of high profile remixes of key artists from their roster, many of which are contemporary classics. Taking titular inspiration from the opening track on Hot Chip's recent LP, it's no surprise to see Goddard & co feature here in the shape of Daphni's brilliantly rubbery "Night & Day" remix, whilst any chance to bask in the delights of Carl Craig's award winning Junior Boys rework or Theo Parrish's epic wronged up take on About Group is most welcome. It's a diverse 20 track package too, with remixes from Joy Orbison, Dam Funk, John Hopkins, Justice and DFA showcasing the Domino A&R dept maintain an open and variety filled policy that other labels could do well to adopt.
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Review: Supergroups that look perfect on paper can often misfire in practice, which makes it both a relief and a revelation that this meeting of minds between the Glaswegian dance-pop freaks and the legendary glam progenitors hits the spot so spectacularly. With both acts playing to their strengths, and sharing ideas in effusive fashion, FFS is a collection of indelible songs that never let their artful campery and arch histrionics triumph over melody and fresh invention. As over the top in its flamboyance as one would expect this collaboration to be, this inspired collision of circumstances has more than enough substance to match its style.
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Review: This Essex four-piece are purveyors of a stylish and succinct brand of guitar-driven indie rock that nods to the like of Royal Blood's heavy riffing and The Dandy Warhols' arch pop tunesmithery, arriving at a black leather jacket racket that makes its presence felt with hooks and swagger, arriving at a continuum that unites Britpop vim and vigour with a more twenty-first century brand of attack. The Bohicas style themselves as 'The kind of S-t that Marv from Sin City would listen to', and indeed the thuggish efficiency of 'The Making Of' is redolent of a band who have their sights set on mainstream glory and aren't ashamed to admit it.
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DJ EXOTICA SAGE presents BLOOD ORANGE
Home Recordings Mixtape (low-price mixed CD)
Cat: BLOODORANGE 1. Rel: 30 Jun 11
Disco/Nu-Disco
Review: Formerly part of the risible Test Icicles and previously known as Lightspeed Champion, the now New York-based Devonte Hynes will release Coastal Grooves his 'official' debut album under the Blood Orange pseudonym, later this summer. As a precursor, he's put together this low-price "mixtape" of home recordings, demos and cast-offs to whet our appetites. Given its piecemeal nature, Home Recordings Mixtape is a pretty tasty collection. Apparently originally designed to accompany his various late-night drives around New York City, it neatly blurs the boundaries between glassy-eyed 80s synth grooves, soft rock, slow jams, blue-eyed soul and late night AM radio favourites. Naturally, it's pretty stylized and there's an air of the too-cool-for-school about it, but the effervescent quality of the ultra-atmospheric music on offer easily outweighs such misgivings.
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Review: The low-temperature duo of Alison Mosshart and Jamie Hince have always exuded a heavy-lidded charisma, and now as ever their combination of gnarled garage riffage and beat-driven minimalism, overlaid with Mosshart's insouciant vocals finds its virtues in its simplicity. 'Ash & Ice' however, shows a band not afraid to add substance to their style - for every needle-sharp floor-filler like the ESG-sampling 'Siberian NIghts', there's a curveball like the heartfelt Stonesy ballad 'That Love', which has the raw bite of Cat Power. Crucially, fourteen years into their life as a band, this duo still sound unafraid to get their claws out.
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Review: Space western Velvet Underground Charlie and the Chocolate Factory punk funk here we come. Domino reintroduce Liverpool's cherished post-punk pop experimentalists Clinic to a new audience after seven years away from the studio, with this return LP said to reference a long-forgotten 1970s ITV variety show: Wheeltappers and Shunters. With drum machines, guitars, synths and a flurry of other experimentations and hypnotic, minimalistic grooves painting some alternative Wizard of OZ imagery, highlights include the offbeat, psychedelic surf punk of "Rubber Bullets" to the undeniably phat bassline and catchy vocals of "Mirage". Think Alan Vega and Martin Rev meets Ray Manzarek and a haunted vision of '70s psych rock. A feeling that you've probably not experienced in some time, if ever.
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Review: We're led to believe that the gestation period of this, Animal Collective's tenth album to date, was briefer than their earlier work - not that one would notice, given that 'Painting With' displays a band capable of cramming more ideas into one song than most manage in an album. Indeed, the band have scarcely sounded this poppy, upbeat or ebullient, revelling in a collision of polyrhythmic invention, Beach-Boys-on-Venus harmonies, kaleidoscopic sampladelia and sugar-rush intensity. Moreover, for all that their trademark sound has helped shape much of the psychedelia of this century, this foursome are not disposed to rest on their laurels, and this is the sound of them harnessing their creativity as if there were no tomorrow.
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Everything You've Come To Expect (Deluxe Edition) (CD + 40 page booklet in hardback book)
Cat: WIGCD 371X. Rel: 01 Apr 16
Indie/Alternative
Review: More than merely an awaybreak for its members Alex Turner and Miles Kane, The Last Shadow Puppets proved themselves on their debut 'Age Of The Understatement' to be masters of a distinctly '60s-styled world of glamour and arresting artifice, their clever wordplay and swooning harmonies combining with ornate arrangements to create a sound as redolent of black-and-white kitchen sink dramas as the trials and tribulations of the twenty-first century everyday. This long-awaited sequel, meanwhile - reuniting them with string arranger Owen Pallett - displays that whereas their careers may have moved in markedly different directions in the interim, their wry and wordily ditties when united display an enviable chemistry and magnetic charm.
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Review: The Bristol-birthed experimental project of David Pearce and Rachel Brook has proven both uniquely magical and widely influential in the last two decades, and for many their haunting and elegiac sound started here, with a singles compilation that marked their first release for Domino. A hazy litany of vivid dream-states, 'Distance' may have parallels in the kosmische sound of the '70s and the celestial guitar miasmas of My Bloody Valentine, yet these were might signposts to an otherworldly destination uniquely Flying Saucer Attack's own, and it's notable that no-one has since come close to their heavenly spell their eerie sound-world weaves.
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Cat: REWIGCD 158. Rel: 21 May 21
Indie/Alternative
Review: Some 33 years after it first hit record stores, My Bloody Valentine's debut album still sounds undeniably fresh. Isn't Anything, which appeared on the back of two similarly ground-breaking EPs, genuinely moved guitar-based music forwards, in part by combining Kevin Shields and company's more traditional alternative rock inspirations - think Dinosaur Junior, Sonic Youth and the jangling sixties psychedelia of the Byrds - with then cutting-edge production techniques, subtle nods towards hip-hop and an impressive dedication to achieving layered, immersive sound. Sometimes loud, gnarled and intense and at other times becalmed, dreamy and otherworldly, the album remains breathlessly inspiring all these years on.
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Review: Domino Records' My Bloody Valentine reissue series concludes with the legendary band's third (and most recent) studio album, a set that finally appeared almost two decades after they started working on it. M B V was critically acclaimed upon its 2013 release - arguably even more so than any of their previous work - and listening back eight years on it's easy to see why. The perfect distillation of the band's uniquely layered, otherworldly and dream-like trademark sound, it ripples with effects-laden guitar textures, shoegaze style haziness, woozy soundscapes and drows, glassy-eyed lead vocals. Basically, M B V is every bit as essential as their other albums - and that's saying something.
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Review: Given that Jon Hopkins' work has frequently been praised for its intricately layered electronic sounds, it's something of a surprise to see him release a mini album that was designed to be sparse, minimalistic and breathtakingly beautiful. As the title suggests, Piano Versions puts the musician's upright piano front and centre, with Hopkins delivering four stunning cover versions that radically redefine their source material for the Nils Frahm era. He first treats us to a beguiling, slow-motion interpretation of Thom Yorke's 'Dawn Chorus', where shifting piano motifs are joined by spinetingling ambient chords, before mixing twinkling solos and field recordings on a fine version of James Yorkston's 'Heron'. Luke Abbot cover 'Modern Driveway' is haunting and becalmed, while his take on Brian and Roger Eno's 'Wintergreen' is icy, mournful and stunningly emotive.
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Review: There's an ultimately '90s shoegazing feel to the music of Bill Ryder Jones and the Merseysider leaves no emotional stone unturned with such phrasing in this album's songs like 'the silence is killing me' and on opening track "Yawn": 'But there's a fortune to be had from telling people you're sad'. Dare we say it, there's splashes of Happy Mondays, Stone Roses and The Jesus & Mary Chain in his music too, however there is no denying Bill Ryder Jones originality, and the washy, distorted and melancholic tones and timbres of this album revel in a tear-jerking, emotional lustre.
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Review: Panda Bear aka Noah Lennox has been one of the more prolific solo artists to come out of the Animal Collective fold. Buoys presents a second album on UK independent Domino and his sixth solo album overall offers something of a new direction. Made in co-production with Rusty Santos (from The Present) the pair have delivered a work routed in hip hop and beat-making inspirations taking Panda Bear's music into a dubby and bass music realm. At times reminiscent of Ed Banger & Mr. Oizo quirkiness, alongside a trademark guitar sound and vocals drenched in reverb, the dub culture influence mixed in with the folk, and pop abnormalities, prove there's a deep layer of experimentation to Panda Bear's music yet.
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Review: It took a full year to craft the latest from Real Estate, a year that was spent in upstate New York, at Marcata Recording. Hardly irrelevant background information, from the moment you press play the finesse of "The Main Thing" is immediately clear. This is a highly polished record on which every nuance and note has been deeply considered. Opening on the wonderfully poised and smooth "Friday", which boasts an intro that almost feels like the dawn of a new day, gentle guitars slowly growing and emerging into a dreamy, woozy delight, there's more than a hint of the 1960s to chords and lyricism. Perhaps conversely, shades of disco can be heard in "Paper Cup", a track that features Sylvan Esso as guests - strings invoking halcyon days of hedonism before things settle into a rolling, easy to love track. Similar nods to electronic ends are found in the beat of "Silent World", while "Procession" is a hazy summer afternoon spent lounging.
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Review: Sam Eastgate might have made his name via Late of the Pier, but he proved solo abilities and then some with 'Inju', his own debut. He's now back with 'GENE', which sees him take individuality to greater heights by way of inventing, creating and playing his own unique instrument, which lends its name to the album. Throwing guitar licks, soft pads and compressed keys into the mix, the result is a psychedelic electronic explosion of colour and texture, along the lines of Neon Indian. Low slung glitch and piercing falsetto vocals build into a delicate but definite funk grooves, 'Open My Eyes' has an almost operatic quality to its chorus, underpinned with a techno-esque growling low end, and 'Rubber Sky' could almost be another David Byrne and X-Press 2 collaboration. Strutting, sparkling, rolling and crunching its way through three acts of innocence increasingly lost, this is electronic pop at its most impressive.
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Review: In 2020 Pavement fans are getting excited about the band's reunion tour, but frontman Stephen Malkmus seems rather disinterested in rehashes (not that we're suggesting he's not up for the band's new dates). As his own album shows; the latest in a growing oeuvre of varied curveballs betraying a broad taste in music and a similar scope in terms of talent.
'Sparkle Hard' was his 2018 LP that explored downtempo nuances via strings and vocal effects. 2019's 'Groove Denied' celebrated proto-electronics and post-punk, making anyone with even a passing interest in bands like The Units want to sit down with the maestro and pick his brains. By contrast, 'Traditional Techniques' is a full-blown, or rather subtly proud folk album in the truest sense. Aided by Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk, Matt Sweeney of Chavez note and Afghan aficionado Qais Essar, it's further proof that Malkmus has depths previously unexplored.
… Read more'Sparkle Hard' was his 2018 LP that explored downtempo nuances via strings and vocal effects. 2019's 'Groove Denied' celebrated proto-electronics and post-punk, making anyone with even a passing interest in bands like The Units want to sit down with the maestro and pick his brains. By contrast, 'Traditional Techniques' is a full-blown, or rather subtly proud folk album in the truest sense. Aided by Decemberists guitarist Chris Funk, Matt Sweeney of Chavez note and Afghan aficionado Qais Essar, it's further proof that Malkmus has depths previously unexplored.
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Review: Paul Webb could not have picked a more apt name to release music under. An old time-y mood drips from every part of "Clockdust", which is packed full of tracks that tell real and very recognisable narratives - forsaking complex metaphors for heart on sleeve honesty. Perhaps best exemplified on the single 'Jackie's Room', a shuffling, jazz-nuanced number that tells us about a relationship in which the yarn spinner explains his view that his partner will never grow old so long as he desires her. While the words may often cut straight to the chase, instrumentally this is a far denser and more complicated beast. Even when the arrangements are comparatively stripped, there's either an expansive or intelligent feel to things. Take the intro drop on 'Kinky Living', which sounds as though New Orleans has met the Badlands. Impossible not to love, let's leave it at that.
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Review: There's a playfulness running through Austra's third album which makes the themes behind the record seem even more troubling - toxic relationships, and the negative behavioural pattern we associate with them. The false facade of fine that covers a much darker reality, which could also explain the stark moodiness evident in sections and songs, with the contrast almost jarring. From the chart dance of opener 'Anywayz' or 'I Am Not Waiting', the surrealism of Annie Lennox meeting Immaculate-era Madonna B-side 'All I Wanted', to 'Risk It''s jaunty electronica, the epic mountaintop-siren number 'It's Amazing', the spectacularly crystalline chorals on closing number 'Messiah' and 'Mountain Baby' bridging the gap with its nursery rhyme into icy downtempo formula. 'HiRUDiN' is a broad showcase of style and desire to explore new ideas, fare like this is few and far between.
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Review: If you're new to the Alex Giannascoli's world then make yourself comfortable - chances are, like us, you'll be here for a while. There are so many tangents, threads and stylistic shifts of shape it's possible to dive into his back catalogue and spend years never getting bored. It's now far quicker to understand what we're talking about, though, thanks to his latest album. There are multiple personalities at play here than you'd think could be coherent, but coherent this record is. Opener "Walk Away" sounds like an overview of the whole thing - growing from desperate cry into a grandiose, captivating thing of real beauty via reversed-out backing track and looped lyrics. All very Beta Band. From there we're locked-in, through the shimmering melodies of "Taking" to "Sugar"'s deep, tense atmospheric crescendos and vocoders. Ending on the stunning brass-accented blues rock of "SugarHouse (Live)", it's as complete a record as you could ask for.
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Review: It's always nice when an album comes with a backstory so genuinely absurd it renders the project a surrealist work of art. Welcome to "I Made A Place", the first fresh material from Bonnie "Prince" Billy in time, dedicated to life's simple and most instinctive pleasures. Because in the face of real adversity overthinking is wasting time. So here's the yarn - Hawaii, January 2018, Will and Elsa, the creatives at work here, are in the midst of an artistic residency when a warning goes off about an impending missile attack. A song is written, "Blueberry Jam"; whimsical flight of fancy laughing in the face of impending Armageddon. Thankfully the "attack" was a false alarm, but it catalysed further work resulting in this album. Complex song craft and enchanting folk instrumentation rooted in what we feel when all is about to be lost.
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Review: Thanks to a superb eponymous debut album and a unique musical voice rooted in both skewed, lo-fi pop and four decades of electronic music culture, Georgia Barnes is an artist on the cusp of a major breakthrough. There's every chance that "Seeking Thrills", her latest album, will propel her further towards unlikely superstardom. It's a little more polished than some of Barnes' previous output, but the synths by and large sound analogue, the choruses are strong and there are occasional notable nods towards grime, post-punk pop and - in a more roundabout way - Daft Punk. An album worth picking up for sure.
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