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Cigarettes After Sex
Cat: PTKF 21462. Rel: 09 Jun 17
 
Indie/Alternative
K
Each Time You Fall In Love
Sunsetz
Apocalypse
Flash
Sweet
Opera House
Truly
John Wayne
Young & Dumb
Review: The last ten years have seen no shortage of bands with their delay pedals set to stun intent on capturing an aura of dreamlike radiance. Yet Texas 'pop-noir' troupe Cigarettes After Sex are no ordinary shoegazers, for a variety of reasons - frontman Greg Gonzalez' androgynous and dulcet tones may be part of the appeal, yet moreover it's the quality of the songwriting here, which never falls prey to the style-over-substance traps of their peers. Indeed, this debut is more than enough to justify the considerable hype around this outfit, being a collection of ditties as sultry as they are atmopsheric.
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Mordechai
Cat: DOC 193CD. Rel: 26 Jun 20
 
Indie/Alternative
First Class
Time (You & I)
Connaissais De Face
Father Bird, Mother Bird
If There Is No Question
Pelota
One To Remember
Dearest Alfred
So We Won't Forget
Shida
Review: 'Mordechai is another blissed-out record from Texan party-chill-psyche trio Khruangbin. It's also among the outfit's most defined and driven, a smooth, sticky hot funk odyssey made for hazy afternoon soirees. Leader Laura Lee is, as ever, unfathomably siren-like on vocals, her bass grooves aiding the process of seduction no end. Even at the most upbeat and anthemic, 'Time (You and I)', it's hard not to feel woozy and intoxicated by the pared-back breaks and guitar lick combination. Dance floor ammo for sure, as is Pelota. Overall, though, it's an album best savoured slowly, allowing you to fully appreciate every lackadaisical moment of opiate goodness, with tracks such as 'Father Bird, Mother Bird', 'One To Remember' and 'Shida' summoning stunning sticky, heavy, deep atmospheres.
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A Moon Shaped Pool
A Moon Shaped Pool (CD + booklet)
Cat: XLCD 790. Rel: 17 Jun 16
 
Indie/Alternative
Burn The Witch (3:41)
Daydreaming (6:26)
Decks Dark (4:41)
Desert Island Disk (3:44)
Ful Stop (6:07)
Glass Eyes (2:53)
Identikit (4:26)
The Numbers (5:44)
Present Tense (5:03)
Tinker Tailor Soldier Sailor Rich Man Poor Man Beggar Man Thief (4:38)
True Love Waits (5:08)
Review: There was naturally much excitement when A Moon Shaped Pool, Radiohead's surprise ninth studio set, popped up on streaming and download services back in May. Here it gets a CD release, offering those who prefer physical products a chance to bathe in its' woozy eccentricities. Seen by some as a return to their arty rock roots following an extended period spend exploring electronics, the album's 11 tracks draw on a variety of influences (krautrock, ambient, Pavement, James Blake, Stockhausen, intense melancholia etc.), with predictably impressive results. Occasionally elegant, string-laden and grandiose, always beautiful, and sometimes intensely moving, A Moon Shaped Pool is undeniably up there with the band's best work.
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For The First Time
Cat: ZENCD 269. Rel: 05 Feb 21
 
Indie/Alternative
Instrumental
Athens, France
Science Fair
Sunglasses
Track X
Opus
Review: Since they emerged in 2019, there's been a fair amount of hype around Black Country, New Road, with one noted media outlet calling them, "the best band in the world right now". While that might be a little over-the-top, there's no doubting that they're a unique proposition - as this much-anticipated debut album on Ninja Tune proves. Stylistically, they're hard to pin down, variously fusing post-punk guitars, fuzzy Stereolab synths and folksy strings with thoughtful, story-telling spoken word vocals (think Arab Strap), restless bass guitar and drums and sax sounds that have more in common with the more experimental end of jazz than alternative rock. It's an usual mixture, but a hugely alluring and surprisingly coherent one. For The First Time is, then, a genuinely impressive debut album.
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In Rainbows
Cat: XLCD 324. Rel: 02 Jan 08
 
Indie/Alternative
15 Step
Bodysnatchers
Nude
Weird Fishes/Arpeggi
All I Need
Faust Arp
Reckoner
House Of Cards
Jigsaw Falling Into Place
Videotape
Review: "In Rainbows", Radiohead's seventh album, finally gets a physical release! It's one thing downloading this landmark album, but to actually hold this is something special. Not only do you get increased sound quality, but you also get the amazing artwork from Stanley Donwood. This album includes "Nude", a live favourite for many years that was originally written during the "OK Computer" sessions. More minimal that their "Kid A" period, "In Rainbows" does something that very few albums have done - its sound is distinct from previous Radiohead albums, but is still clearly Radiohead. Hail to the kings, they are back on top form.
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Aviary
Aviary (2xCD)
Cat: WIGCD 417. Rel: 26 Oct 18
 
Indie/Alternative
Turn The Light On
Whether
Chaitius
Voce Simul
Everyday Is An Emergency
Another Dream
I Shall Love 2
Underneath The Moon
Colligere
In Gardens' Muteness
I Would Rather See
Les Jeux To You
Words I Heard
I Shall Love 1
Why Sad Song
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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Cry
Cry (CD)
Cat: PTKF 21732. Rel: 25 Oct 19
 
Indie/Alternative
Don't Let Me Go
Kiss It Off Me
Heavenly
You're The Only Good Thing In My Life
Touch
Hentai
Cry
Falling In Love
Pure
Review: With the combination of band name and album title this one's always going to be a bit of a tearjerker, packed with self-reflection and self-loathing. No regrets, though, as Greg Gonzalez muses on sensuality, the loss of those we care about, the loss of self to another and the endless yearning of the human heart. Shades of Lord Huron and a wealth of gloomy shoegazers can be felt, but even though "Cry" represents a next step for Cigarettes After Sex - edging into more minimalistic territories - it's still immediately identifiable as this band, and so won't fail to instantly resonate with avid fans. Packed with an exquisite, opiate balladry at once heartfelt and heartbroken, it's hard to tell whether this is exactly what you need to hear when living through your blue period or precisely what you shouldn't listen to. Either way, it's quiet impact is immense.
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Slowdive
Cat: DOC 132CD. Rel: 05 May 17
 
Indie/Alternative
Slomo (2:00)
Star Roving (2:00)
Don't Know Why (2:00)
Sugar For The Pill (2:00)
Everyone Knows (2:00)
No Longer Making Time (2:00)
Go Get It (2:00)
Falling Ashes (2:00)
Review: The return of Slowdive has been one of the minor miracles of the 21st century thus far - having originally split up in a mist of disinterest and press opprobrium in the Britpop-damaged mid-'90s, the band have watched their profile and reputation slowly rise to the extent of them now being regarded as scene pioneers and innovators. True to its eponymous name, this album is the sound of these Thames Valley charmers re-asserting everything that made them magical in the first place a full quarter century on, not to mention a dizzying collision of ethereal harmonies, heavenly guitar cascades and opiated dreamstates possessed of a timeless allure.
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Wet Leg
Wet Leg (CD)
Cat: WIGCD 496. Rel: 08 Apr 22
 
Indie/Alternative
Being In Love
Chaise Longue
Angelica
I Don't Wanna Go Out
Wet Dream
Convincing
Loving You
Ur Mum
Oh No
Piece Of Shit
Supermarket
Too Late Now
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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A Way Of Life (35th Anniversary Edition)
Cat: 405053 8877502. Rel: 25 May 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Wild In Blue
Surrender
Jukebox Baby 96
Rain Of Ruin
Sufferin' In Vain
Dominic Christ
Love So Lovely
Devastation
Heat Beat
Born In The USA (live In Paris 1988)
Devastation (live In Paris 1987)
Dominic Christ (Early Studio version)
Cheree (live In Paris 1988)
Review: Suicide are generally referenced in terms of their earth-shattering late 70s debut, but of course Martin Rev and Alan Vega did work together after that. A Way Of Life was their third album, released in 1988 when the world around them had changed so much from when they started out, and yet their sound was still devastating and imposing amidst the culture of bands they'd influenced. Recorded with The Cars' frontman Rip Ocasek, the resulting nine industrial pop songs are as brilliant as anything from their fabled earlier works, and in this special expanded edition we're also treated to a fully remastered version including a clutch of additional tracks including their live cover of Bruce Springsteen's 'Born In The USA'.


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I Inside The Old Year Dying
Cat: PTKF 30322. Rel: 06 Jul 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Prayer At The Gate
Autumn Term
Lonesome Tonight
Seem An I
The Nether-edge
I Inside The Old Year Dying
All Souls
A Child's Question, August
I Inside The Old I Dying
August
A Child's Question, July
A Noiseless Noise
Review: Following a couple of years spent re-releasing many of her classic albums, alongside sets featuring demo versions of the same songs, Polly Jean Harvey is finally ready to release a new album - her first for seven long years. Reunited with long-time collaborators John Parish and Flood, Harvey delivers alluring, at times otherworldly songs - delivered beautifully and with more than a hint of world-weary emotions - backed by sparse, effects-laden instrumentation, metronomic grooves and plenty of pastoral, folk-influenced intent. We've not listened to the lyrics intently enough (yet) to adequately discuss their themes, but in advance Harvey's label promised "biblical images and references to Shakespeare" amongst the introspection and hard-worn commentary.
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Slugs Of Love
Cat: ZENCD 283. Rel: 06 Jul 23
 
Balearic/Downtempo
Amoban
Frisco
Slugs Of Love
Disco Dangerous
Lily’s Call
Stay (feat JID)
Gold
Kenneth
Glow (feat Damon Albarn)
Tumbling Dice
Easy Falling
Review: Exactly pinpointing the essence of Little Dragon's sound is tough - it's always soulful and groovy, but it's not soul in the classic sense and there's plenty of other musical influences in the mix - but by now it barely matters. Each of their albums thus far has been special, and Slugs of Love is no exception. The Swedish four-piece impresses early with the head-nodding grooves, echoing house pianos and swirling atmospherics of 'Frisco', opts for a New York no-wave disco flex on 'Slugs of Love', and offers a perfect platform for mic man JID to the warped, hip-hop-goes-synth-pop shuffle of 'Stay'. There are highlights aplenty elsewhere across the album too, with our picks including Damon Albarn hook-up 'Glow', the moody house-not-house of 'Gold' and the picturesque, breakbeat-driven pop breeziness of 'Tumbling Dice'.
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Dreamland
Cat: 877398. Rel: 07 Aug 20
 
Indie/Alternative
Dreamland
Tangerine
((Home Movie: 1994))
Hot Sugar
((Home Movie: BTX))
Space Ghost Coast To Coast
Tokyo Drifting
Melon & The Coconut
Your Love (Deja Vu)
Waterfalls Coming Out Your Mouth
It's All So Incredibly Loud
((Home Movie: Rockets))
Domestic Bliss
Heat Waves
((Home Movie: Shoes On))
Helium
Review: Now happily back in business following drummer Joe Seward's long recovery from a near-fatal accident in 2018, Oxford four-piece Glass Animals return with what could be their most colourful, vibrant and ear-catching album to date. Musically, it's all effervescent, synthesizer-driven production, dreamy vocal arrangements, neon-lit R&B sounds and hip-hop inspired beats, yet the songs are deeply personal, with front man Dave Bayley (assisted on standout "Tokyo Drifting" by rapper Denzel Curry) offering autobiographical lyrics for the very first time. It's a great combination, all told, and one that makes "Dreamland" really sparkle.
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Everything Harmony
Cat: CT 358CD. Rel: 04 May 23
 
Indie/Alternative
When Winter Comes Around
In My Head
Corner Of My Eye
Any Time Of Day
What You Were Doing
I Don't Belong To Me
Every Day Is The Worst Day Of My Life
What Happens To A Heart
Still It's Not Enough
Born To Be Lonely
Ghost Run Free
Everything Harmony
New To Me
Review: Long Island outfit The Lemon Twigs frequently leave critics confounded and confused, in part because their shape-shifting style tends towards the over-the-top and grandiose. Rooted in a love of 70s glam, the theatrical rock pomp of Queen and a tongue-in-cheek love of overblown rock operas, they seem to delight regular listeners while rubbing reviewers up the wrong way. On Everything Harmony, their new album, they've re-set their influences once more, delivering a blend of folk-rock, Simon & Garfunkel style folk revivalism, prime Beatles and the close harmony bliss of the Beach Boys, with a dash of fuzzy garage rock and giddy psychedelia thrown in. It's well-crafted and expertly executed stuff that's hugely easy-going and enjoyable, whatever sniffy critics may say,
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Mountainhead
Cat: 405053 8996050. Rel: 29 Feb 24
 
Indie/Alternative
Wild Guess
The End Of The Contender
Cold Reactor
Buddy, Come Over
R U Happy?
The Mad Stone
Tv Dog
Canary
Don't Ask Me To Beg
Enter The Mirror
Your Money, My Summer
Dagger's Edge
City Song
The Witness
Review: A triumphant return for modern synth-pop chart-toppers Everything Everything, Mountainhead is an album-length analogy for our present condition, and an oozing forth of slick, joyous music at that. "Making a mountain out of a molehill" is certainly lent a positive spin when considered in light of "starting from nothing", i.e. music career-making; Everything Everything did just that in the mid 2010s when they charmed their burgeoning audience with their sophisti-synth prowess, and this is a sophistication that can only be continually reinforced hereon. For their latest concept album Mountainhead, all of society is imagined as working towards the creation of a manmade mountain; at the top is rumoured to be a huge mirror that reflects endlessly recurring images of the self, and at the bottom of the pit is a giant golden snake; the primal fear of all believers. Everything Everything make joyous work of the dreaded maxim, "the taller the mountain, the deeper the hole", delivering glitzing, falsetto'ing gems in the form of 'Cold Reactor' and 'R U Happy?', both of which transcend their initial synthpop reveries to become more than their constituent sum.
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Be The Cowboy
Cat: DOC 150CD. Rel: 17 Aug 18
 
Indie/Alternative
Geyser
Why Didn't You Stop Me
Old Friend
Pearl
Lonesome Love
Remember My Name
Me & My Husband
Come Into The Water
Nobody
Pink In The Night
A Horse Called Cold Air
Washing Machine Heart
Blue Light
Two Slow Dancers
Review: Japanese-American indie-rocker Mitski was once a cult favourite, but in recent times her audience has grown exponentially, helped by the critical praise heaped on her fourth album, 2016's Puberty 2. Two years on, Be The Cowboy arrives amongst a blizzard of publicity and many more positive reviews. It's certainly a hugely impressive set, with each of the 14 songs dealing with romantic and interpersonal relationships in some way. There's much heartache, of course, expressed both lyrically and in Mitski's distinctive, emotion-rich vocal delivery. Musically, the album never sits still, either, darting between grandiose slabs of poignant moodiness and the kind of jaunty, disco-tinged goodtime grooves that belie their melancholic inspirations.
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Tim Burgess & Bob Stanley Present Tim Peaks: Songs For A Late Night Diner
VARIOUS
Cat: CDCHD 1555. Rel: 29 Nov 19
 
Indie/Alternative
Young Marble Giants - "Choci Loni"
The Chills - "House With A Hundred Rooms"
Durutti Column - "Lips That Would Kiss (Form Prayers To Broken Stone)"
The Gist - "Yanks"
Gwenno - "Hunros (A Dream)"
The Clientele - "I Had To Say This"
The Royal Family & The Poor - "I Love You (Restrained In A Moment)"
Isan - "Betty's Lament"
Jane Weaver - "Slow Motion"
Echo & The Bunnymen - "Fuel"
Galaxie 500 - "Flowers"
Gnac - "The Broken Fall"
Birdie - "Blue Dress"
El Perro Del Mar - "Dog"
Stockholm Monsters - "Fairy Tales" (demo version)
Chastity Belt - "Different Now"
Blue Orchids - "A Year With No Head"
Bracken - "Ten Years"
The Fates - "Sheila - She Beats In My Heart"
Dean McPhee - "Sky Burial"
Review: And the award for most apt compilation title of the year goes to... While on face value it may seem like the USA's Pacific North West and UK's English North West have very little in common, this collection of tracks confirm there are similarities. And they go further than the damp conditions both regions often have to endure. Cheshire-born Burgess and West Coast native Stanley have been friends for 30 years, and their respective homelands collide here. Tim Peaks Diner, established by the former as a festival pop up, apparently owes much of its stylings to "Twin Peaks", and that series-cum-movie-cum-legend has inspired much of the soundtrack to said eatery. New Wave (The Chills), opiate folk (Gwenno), psychedelic country (Blue Orchids) and plenty more help capture the mood of a fantastical waypoint on some fictional road trip.
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Ur Fun
Ur Fun (CD)
Cat: PRC 349CD. Rel: 23 Jan 20
 
Indie/Alternative
Peace To All Freaks
Polyaneurism
Get God's Attention By Being An Atheist
Gypsy That Remains
You've Had Me Everywhere
Carmillas Of Love
Don't Let Me Die In America
St Sebastian
Deliberate Self Harm Ha Ha
20th Century Schizofriendic Revengoid Man
Review: It's fair to say that "Ur Fun", the first album in years recorded by of Montreal frontman Kevin Barnes on his own, is less an album-proper and more a collection of very, very strong singles. Each vying for attention against some intimidating competition elsewhere on the track list, it's important to make clear that while all are individuals, the LP doesn't feel disjointed or cluttered. It's just a whole lot of, fun. "You've Had A Good Time" seems to summon the spirit of the Pet Shop Boys circa 1989. "Deliberate Self Harm Ha Ha" might remind some of Kasabian, and '"Gypsy That Remains" is a dreamy, deep-but-direct synth workout wearing heart firmly on sleeve. Sonically diverse, it's impossible to deny that to pull off something like this you really need a master songwriter and instrumental crafts-person.
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Magdalene
Cat: YT191 CD. Rel: 08 Nov 19
 
Experimental/Electronic
Thousand Eyes
Home With You
Sad Day
Holy Terrain
Mary Magdalene
Fallen Alien
Mirrored Heart
Daybed
Cellophane
Review: It has taken five years for FKA Twigs to follow up her astonishing first album, "LP1". With that kind of timeframe, you can't help but have high expectations for the finished product, expectations "Magdalene" more than meets from the off. An artist in the truest sense - with every step and stage in the recording process controlled by her - it's an accomplished comeback for a woman who in the last half decade has experienced both personal loss and major physical challenges. Don't expect more of the same, then, but instead a talent finding new purpose and new confidence following difficult times. With the ever-impressive Nicolas Jaar giving a helping hand, the result is a raw, honest record that's deeply personal, full of self-reflection and, ultimately, accepting and positive. Not to mention destined to be on repeat. Her position as one of the UK's most vital and compelling acts re-confirmed.
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Making A Door Less Open
Cat: OLE 1571CD. Rel: 01 May 20
 
Indie/Alternative
Weightlifters
Can't Cool Me Down
Hollywood
Martin
Hymn (remix)
There Must Be More Than Blood
Deadlines
What's With You Lately
Life Worth Missing
Famous
Deadlines (alternate acoustic)
Hollywood (acoustic)
Review: This might be the eleventh album from Car Seat Headrest, or the third. It all depends on how you judge things. Either way, 'Making A Door Less Open" is a confident return for the outfit, who haven't released any new material since 2016, and something of a bold technological achievement. Without getting too bogged down in details, the record was created in a three stage process; songs laid down with guitars, drums and bass, then re-recorded in a MIDI environment before the two versions were combined to emphasise different elements on different tracks. Hence the beautifully compressed beats, heart-warming and stomach-rumbling low ends, and overall sense of depth and sonic scope. Stylistically, it's a cunning mixture of box-fresh garage pop-rock and lo-fi electronica, packed with funk, fraught emotion and polished details.
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We've Been Going About This All Wrong
Cat: JAG 395CD. Rel: 06 May 22
 
Indie/Alternative
Darkness Fades
Home To Me
I'll Try
Anything
Born
Headspace
Come Back
Darkish
Mistakes
Far Away
Review: Sharon Van Etten is in a philosophical mood on her sixth album, We've Been Going About This All Wrong, offering up a series of songs concerned with considering "how we feel, mourn and reclaim our agency when we think the world may be falling apart". While her lyrical inspirations may be weighty, the American singer-songwriter has a knack of cloaking her deeply personal words - delivered emotively, as you'd expect - in beautiful arrangements. Some of these bristle with her trademark "dark drums" and breath-takingly poignant synth sounds, while others are sparse and stripped-back, with just an acoustic guitar backing Van Etten's voice. She's kept the album under wraps - refusing, surprisingly, to release any teaser singles - but it's definitely been worth the wait.
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Liferz
Liferz (CD)
Cat: 656605 756028. Rel: 19 Jan 08
 
Indie/Alternative
Hibernation
The Ditch
Liferz
Lightning Song
Junkeee Julieee
Gogogo
Rize
Sorry Sorry Sarah
The X
Turnaround & Shut Up
Acid Fight
Review: Social Registry brings you Blood On The Wall's new album 'Liferz'. Having gone from hometown heroes to national fan favourites and critical darlings, the band has earned its reputation as top of the rock heap.
Putting out raucously fun records, this is a portrait of a band at the top of their game - somehow they have managed to get even more awesome.
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Freakout/Release
Cat: WIGCD 481. Rel: 18 Aug 22
 
Indie/Alternative
Down
Eleanor
Freakout/Release
Broken
Not Alone
Hard To Be Funky (feat Lou Hayter)
Time
Miss The Blues
The Evil That Men Do (feat Cadence Weapon)
Guilty
Out Of My Depth
Review: A warm welcome back to perennial genre-benders Hot Chip, who return to stores after three long years with their eighth album, some 21 years after making their debut. Freakout/Release is no dramatic change in direction, but instead a further distillation of what has always made the band so appealing - a trademark fusion of synth-pop, loved-up house sounds, lilting and sometimes melancholic lead vocals, loose-limbed organic drums, nods to Prince and an ability to craft killer hooks. There are highlights aplenty, from the gravelly live hip-hop funk of 'The Evil That Men Do' (where rapper Cadence Weapon delivers a star turn) and the subtly post-punk influenced, saucer-eyed brilliance of 'Hard To Be Funky' (featuring Lou Hayter), to the classic Hot Chip sing-along flex of 'Time' and the krautrock-tinged 'Out of My Depth'.
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Come Around
Cat: KALLISTACD 002. Rel: 03 Nov 22
 
Indie/Alternative
Side By Side
Come Around
The Garden Of Earthly Delights
Stay Awake
Autumn
Mind Your On
Slumber (feat Thomas Bush)
Deep Sleep
Caution
Review: In her solo work, cult Melbourne musician Carla Del Forno has previously shown an aptitude for blurring the boundaries between slow-motion new wave, lo-fi immersive pop, outsider indie haziness, "dub damaged" dreaminess, trippy ambient soundscapes and the kind of krautrock-influenced bliss once perfected by Broadcast. Now based in the Australian bush, Del Forno has built on this distinctive, hard-to-pigeonhole sound on her latest album, which also mines the more laidback end of post-punk pop for inspiration. It's a tricky album to accurately describe, all told, but one blessed with a distinctive feel and sound - one reflective of her relative isolation, love of insomnia-fuelled late night recording sessions and the uniquely sweet but weary sonics of her voice. Like her previous albums, 'Come Around' is a triumph.
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Waiting Game
Cat: SLANG 50431. Rel: 27 Oct 22
 
Coldwave/Synth
Must Be All The Wrong Things
Night Walk
It Never Occurred To Me
Thinking About You Calms Me Down
Yes II
Dum Audio
Fidget
Samba On Sama
Waiting Game
Review: Fans of luxurious, bittersweet, grown-up synth-pop rejoice - Junior Boys are back with their first album in six years! The Canadian twosome's music has lost none of its depth and sparkle, with Waiting Game containing the same key ingredients as its predecessors - namely dreamy, warming chords, soft-focus drum machine rhythms, melancholic melodies, occasional guitars and the distinctive, evocative vocals of front man Jeremy Greenspan. It's a formula that rarely fails if truth be told, so it's no surprise to find that Waiting Game is a genuinely strong set. Our picks of a very strong bunch include the simmering, sunset-friendly warmth of the CD-closing title track and the hushed, ultra-deep shuffle of 'Night Walk', where bubbly electronics, woozy pads and lo-fi electronic drums catch the ear.

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Cracker Island
Cat: 505419 7213212. Rel: 23 Feb 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Cracker Island (feat Thundercat)
Oil (feat Stevie Nicks)
The Tired Influencer
Silent Running (feat Adeleye Omotayo)
New Gold (feat Tame Impala & Bootie Brown)
Baby Queen
Tarantula
Tormenta (feat Bad Bunny)
Skinny Ape
Possession Island (feat Beck)
Review: Everyone's favourite "virtual band" returns with its eighth studio album, the Damon Albarn and Jamie Hewlett-helmed project's first for three years. In keeping with the project's loose, collective concept, the ever-present Albarn - whose voice provides the focal point on the majority of tracks - there's an impressive cast-list of guest musicians present, with Thundercat wielding the bass on the purple funk-influenced title track, Stevie Nicks handling lead vocals on 'Oil', Beck providing a standout turn on 'Possession Island' and Bootie Brown and Tame Impala excelling on album highlight 'New Gold'. As usual, this is hooky, well-made pop that proudly dips its toe in all manner of styles and sub-genres, while sneakily avoiding the pitfalls of shamelessly radio-friendly music. Fans will love it.
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The Essential Foo Fighters
Cat: 196587 37752. Rel: 27 Oct 22
 
Indie/Alternative
Everlong
Making A Fire
Times Like These
Rope
Monkey Wrench
My Hero
Cold Day In The Sun
Big Me
Long Road To Ruin
Shame Shame
Best Of You
All My Life
The Pretender
This Is A Call
Walk
Learn To Fly
The Sky Is A Neighborhood
These Days
Everlong (acoustic version)
Review: Remarkably, the last Foo Fighters retrospective dropped way back in 2009, so this career-spanning 'best of' is undoubtedly well overdue. As a starting point for exploring their catalogue - or, for confirmed fans, having all the band's best bits in one place - The Essential Foo Fighters does an excellent job. There are naturally plenty of grungy, high-energy, guitar-laden alternative rock smashers present - 'Rope', 'Monkey Wrench' and so on - but also nods towards the more classic rock-orientated end of their work ('Cold Day In The Sun', the Beatles-esque 'Big Me'), punky and funky indie club anthems ('All My Life') and a smattering of acoustic and semi-acoustic gems ('Waiting On a War' and a wonderfully sparse, folksy take on 'Everlong'). Like Ronseal products, it does exactly what it says on the tin.

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Happy Ending
Cat: FAKE 129CD. Rel: 02 Feb 23
 
Soul
Happy Ending
The Fever
Beautiful
Hurricanes
All In The World
Diamond Dust
The Skin I'm In
Maybe
Transatlantic
Real Thoughts In Real Time
Otherwise
Aurora (part 1 & 2)
Review: Almost seven years have now passed since Sean Dickson delivered his debut album under the now familiar Hifi Sean alias, the colourful blend of house, disco and downtempo sounds that is 'Ft'. On his belated sophomore set, Dickson has decided to aim higher, not only joining forces with long-serving British soul singer-songwriter David McAlmont, but also by opting for an expansive sound that makes greater use of sinewy strings and organic instrumentation. The results are undeniably impressive, with McAlmont's honeyed voice rising above backing tracks that fit between post trip-hop British soul and dancefloor-baiting takes on Dickson's beloved house. Highlights include synth-house hit 'All In The World', the crackling, subtly P-funk influenced 'Maybe', and the 'Unfinished Symphony' style loveliness of 'Beautiful'.
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Fuse
Fuse (CD)
Cat: EBTG 015CD. Rel: 20 Apr 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Nothing Left To Lose
Run A Red Light
Caution To The Wind
When You Mess Up
Time & Time Again
No One Knows We're Dancing
Lost
Forever
Interior Space
Karaoke
Review: Astonishingly, almost 14 years have passed since the release of Everything But The Girl's previous - and many assumed final - album, 'Temperamental'. Since then, husband-and-wife team Ben Watt and Tracey Thorn have delivered plenty of solo music rooted in deep house, nu-disco and contemporary synth-pop, and it is those sounds - along with nods to their acoustic past - that dominate Fuse, their surprise new album. While the set undoubtedly feels fresh and contemporary, the key ingredients that made their music so alluring - not least Thorn's distinctive, world-weary lead vocals and introspective lyrics - remain front and centre. The results are uniformly impressive, with highlights including the slow-motion, piano-laden r&b-pop of 'Run a Red Light', the sub-heavy, garage-influenced brilliance of 'Nothing Left To Lose' and the glossy IDM-pop shimmer of 'No One Knows We're Dancing'.
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With A Hammer
Cat: XL 1291CD. Rel: 06 Apr 23
 
Hip Hop/R&B
Submerge FM
For Granted
Fever
Passed Me By
With A Hammer
I'll Remember For Me, I'll Remember For You
Done (Let's Get It)
Ready Or Not
Michin
Away X5
Happy
1 Thing To Smash
Be Alone In This
Review: Two years on from the release of her acclaimed mixtape-style full length debut, What We Draw, Kathy Yaeji Lee returns to XL Recordings with her debut studio album With a Hammer. Conceived (lyrically at least) as an examination of the singer-songwriter-producer's relationship with anger, the album sees Lee expand on her house/hyper-pop-influenced trademark sound via nods to trip-hop, rock, drum & bass and more, with the addition of - for the first time in her career - live instrumentation. Of course, amongst the musical tweaks and collaborations (Lorraine James, Nourished By Time, K Wata and Enganet all feature), there are still plenty of nods to her pop-leaning productions of old, not least bi-lingual vocals (she often sings in Korean as well as English) and a sense of sonic style that has always been one of the aural hallmarks of Lee's work.

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Diversions Vol 4: The Songs & Poems Of Molly Drake
Cat: RRM 016. Rel: 30 Jan 23
 
Folk/Americana
What Can A Song Do To You?
Dream Your Dreams
Martha
How Wild The Wind Blows
Little Weaver Bird
Bird In The Blue
The Road To The Stars
Set Me Free
Woods In May
I Remember
Never Pine For The Old Love
The Shell
Soft Shelled Crabs
Do You Ever Remember?
The First Day
Review: Given their roots as an all-female band helmed by two sisters, it's not surprising that Northumbrian folk stars the Unthanks have used their platform to deliver numerous albums inspired by, or made in tribute to, creative women. Perhaps the most famous of these is 2017's 'Diversions Volume 4: The Songs and Poems of Molly Drake', which first hit stores in 2017. Now reissued, the album sees them deliver interpretations of poems and songs written by Nick Drake's mother, Molly, whose incredible work only came to light following her death in 1993. It's an inspired and evocative collection all told, with sweet renditions of Drake's songs - laid to tape in typical Unthanks fashion, with the Unthank sisters' harmony vocals accompanied by evocative folk instrumentation - accompanied by acapella readings of some of her thoughtful and emotive poems.
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Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume (Or Simply Hot Between Worlds)
Cat: WARPCD 354. Rel: 27 Apr 23
 
Indie/Alternative
God Is A Circle
Lovely Sewer
Meteora Blues
Interlude
Parody
Heaven Surrounds Us Like A Hood
Operator
In Spite Of War
Echolalia
Fear Evil Like Fire
Purified By The Fire
Ebony Eye
Review: Sean Bowie's fifth full-length as Yves Tumor arrives with an epic title (the academically minded will be debating its meaning for years to come), a grandiose electro-rock/post-punk goes-electroclash sound, and a bagful of valedictory reviews. It's basically an extension of Bowie's previous work with a few twists, but that's no bad thing; after all, the artist's distinctive sound and strong songs have always been an impressive calling card. Highlights are plentiful, from the fizzing, 21st century punk-funk of 'Lovely Sewer', and the Prince-does-Nine Inch Nails-flex of 'Parody', to the alternately jangling and sleazy 'Operator', and the post-ESG dancefloor heaviness of 'Fear Evil Like Fire'.
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Now 80s Alternative
VARIOUS
Now 80s Alternative (unmixed 4xCD)
Cat: CDNNNOW 141. Rel: 15 Jun 23
 
Indie/Alternative
New Order - "Thieves Like Us"
Eurythmics, Annie Lennox, Dave Stewart - "Beethoven (I Love To Listen To)"
Joy Division - "Love Will Tear Us Apart"
David Sylvian - "Red Guitar"
The Associates - "Party Fears Two"
Marc Almond - "Stories Of Johnny"
Aztec Camera - "Oblivious"
Pete Wylie & The Mighty WAH! - "Come Back"
The Adventures - "Broken Land"
Iggy Pop - "Shades"
Pretenders - "Talk Of The Town"
REM - "So Central Rain"
Pixies - "Monkey Gone To Heaven"
The Psychedelic Furs - "President Gas"
The B-52's - "Planet Claire"
The Creatures - "Mad Eyed Screamer"
Echo & The Bunnymen - "The Cutter"
The Jam - "That's Entertainment"
Tom Robinson - "Atmospherics: Listen To The Radio"
Robert Wyatt - "Shipbuilding"
Laurie Anderson - "O Superman"
The Passions - "I'm In Love With A German Film Star"
The Stranglers - "European Female"
Electronic - "Getting Away With It"
Propaganda - "Dr Mabuse"
Yello - "Vicious Games"
Scarlet Fantastic - "No Memory"
The Motels - "Suddenly Last Summer"
Naked Eyes - "Always Something There To Remind Me"
Split Enz - "I Got You?"
Our Daughter's Wedding - "Lawnchairs"
DEVO - "Whip It"
Midge Ure & Mick Karn - "After A Fashion"
Japan - "Gentlemen Take Polaroids" (edit)
Sandii & The Sunsetz - "Dream Of Immigrants"
China Crisis - "African & White"
The Lotus Eaters - "The First Picture Of You"
Zaine Griff - "Flowers"
Anne Pigalle - "He! Stranger"
Sisters Of Mercy - "This Corrosion"
Siouxsie & The Banshees - "Peek-A-Boo"
Bauhaus - "Kick In The Eye"
The Cure - "A Forest"
Joy Division - "Atmosphere"
The Sugarcubes - "Birthday?"
David Sylvian - "Pop Song"
Act - "Snobbery & Decay"
Simple Minds - "The American"
Soft Cell - "Down In The Subway"
The Fall - "There's A Ghost In My House"
The Damned - "Grimly Fiendish"
Spear Of Destiny - "Liberator"
Theatre Of Hate - "Do You Believe In The Westworld?"
The Clash - "This Is England"
The Cult - "Edie (Ciao Baby)"
The Mission - "Tower Of Strength"
All About Eve - "Martha's Harbour"
The Darling Buds - "Hit The Ground"
The Go-Go's - "Head Over Heels"
The Waitresses - "I Know What Boys Like"
The Smiths - "Hand In Glove"
The Icicle Works - "Love Is A Wonderful Colour"
It's Immaterial - "Driving Away From Home (Jim's Tune)"
Timbuk 3 - "The Future's So Bright, I Gotta Wear Shades"
Wall Of Voodoo - "Mexican Radio"
XTC - "Senses Working Overtime"
B-Movie - "Remembrance Day"
Kissing The Pink - "The Last Film"
Gang Of Four - "I Love A Man In A Uniform"
After The Fire - "Der Kommissar"
Altered Images - "Dead Pop Stars"
Toyah - "Ieya"
Adam & The Ants - "Car Trouble"
Julian Cope - "World Shut Your Mouth"
The Primitives - "Crash"
Westworld - "Sonic Boom Boy"
Pop Will Eat Itself - "Def Con One"
Big Audio Dynamite - "Medicine Show"
Latin Quarter - "Radio Africa"
Scritti Politti - "The "Sweetest Girl""
Review: Having previously celebrated dance and pop hits of the 1980s, the long-running Now That's What I Call Music series - itself established that decade - has turned its attention to "alternative". It's a catch-all term that basically includes anything with indie roots, meaning a mix of goth, post-punk, indie, new wave, indie-dance and skewed synth-pop that emerged from the underground rather than the A&R departments of major labels. There's plenty of big hits and iconic cuts stretched across the four discs (think The Smiths, Simple Minds, Joy Division, REM, The Jam, New Order, Pixies, Sisters of Mercy etc), alongside lesser-celebrated favourites from the likes of Pop Will Eat Itself, Tom Robinson (the decidedly Balearic 'Atmospherics', which was co-written by Peter Gabriel), Sugacubes, Kissing The Pink and Big Audio Dynamite.
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World Of Hassle
World Of Hassle (limited CD)
Cat: TRANS 714CD. Rel: 14 Sep 23
 
Disco/Nu-Disco
The Wailing Mall
Meutriere (feat Flore Benguigui)
La Madrilena
Nudista Mundial 89 (feat Mac Demarco)
The Return Of Mickey Milan
Stay-At-Home DJ
Club People
Alibi For Petra
Nobody's Woman
Is There Nightlife After Death?
Big Night Of Heartache
The Island Years
Trouble In Mind
Review: Neon Indian main brain Alan Palomo returns under his own name for World Of Hassle, the latest full-length project and exploration of a completely different sound altogether. His first album under his own name, it's something of a departure from his previous synthpop/chillwave oeuvre, homing in on a brighter, kookier disco, funk, and house verve. Thematically, the album is adventurous and playful, having been inspired by Palomo's travels around the world, ups-and-downs in the music industry, and personal relationships.
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O Monolith
Cat: WARPCD 353. Rel: 08 Jun 23
 
Indie/Alternative
Swing (In A Dream)
Devil's Den
Siphon Song
Undergrowth
The Blades
After The Flash
Green Light
If You Had Seen The Bull's Swimming Attempts You Would Have Stayed Away
Review: There's no 'difficult second album' syndrome evidence on Squid's sophomore full-length. While it lacks the forthright, math rock and post-punk-inspired immediacy of the Brighton band's acclaimed full-length debut, the density, inventiveness and experimentation that marks out O Monolith more than makes up for it. For proof, check recent single 'Swing (In a Dream)', a wall of sound affair that builds through approaching waves of instrumentation (first picturesque 16-bit synths and acoustic guitars, then grooves, trumpet solos and finally grizzled guitars), the laidback post-punk-funk of low-slung treat 'Undergrowth', and the skittish, jazz-flecked, layered soundscape that is 'The Blades', where squally horn solos and dense alt-rock guitars catch the ear.
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