Kutiman
6am [ CD - released 1/Jul/2016 ] Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, orchestra leader, digital mixologist, and filmmaker: Kutiman's job description changes by the day. He has been dubbed the prestigious title of being a "psychedelic funk architect" -- A title Kutiman... |
Kutiman
6am (LP) [ Siyal Music LP / LP - released 1/Jul/2016 ] Songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, producer, orchestra leader, digital mixologist, and filmmaker: Kutiman's job description changes by the day. He has been dubbed the prestigious title of being a "psychedelic funk architect" -- A title Kutiman... |
Lagartijeando
El Gran Poder (LP) [ Wonderwheel Recordings LP / LP - released 21/Jul/2017 ] "Each listen brings about a new feeling, sometimes evoking a mellow nostalgia and other times a celebratory rapture. But above all, it guarantees one thing for sure: the need to get up and dance." - The Fader Lagartijeando has been releasing music... |
Laraaji
Sun Piano (LP) [ All Saints Records / LP - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Spiritual piano improvisations by Laraaji - one of the artists vital to the emergence of ambient music - recorded in a Brooklyn Church in December 2018 by Jeff Zeigler (Mary Lattimore, The War On Drugs, Kurt Vile). Sun Piano finds Laraaji... |
Laura Marling
Semper Femina (LP) [ More Alarming / LP - released 10/Mar/2017 ] There is a line from Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid that nearly a decade ago Laura Marling decided to have tattooed on her leg: "Varium et mutabile semper femina" it runs, translating roughly as "A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing."... |
Laura Marling
Song For Our Daughter (LP) [ Partisan / LP - released 7/Aug/2020 ] Laura Marling's exquisite seventh album 'Song For Our Daughter' arrives almost without preamble or warning in the midst of uncharted global chaos, and yet instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity and calm. As a balm for the soul,... |
Lee Hazlewood
Trouble Is A Lonesome Town [ Light In The Attic / CD - released 5/Apr/2013 ] Lee Hazlewood is the famed producer best known for his work with Duane Eddy and Nancy Sinatra (Some Velvet Morning, Summer Wine). Re-mastered from the original tapes, this is the first time Trouble Is a Lonesome Town has been available in its... |
Lee Scratch Perry
Rainford [ On U Sound / CD - released 31/May/2019 ] The Mighty Upsetter returns to On-U Sound with nine brand new tracks recorded in Brazil, Jamaica and London with long-time friend and collaborator Adrian Sherwood at the controls. Lee Perry's friendship with Adrian Sherwood stretches back to the... |
HECTOR BERLIOZ
Berlioz: Symphonie fantastique / Les Francs-juges Overture, Op. 3 Les Siècles, François-Xavier Roth [ Harmonia Mundi / CD - released 7/Feb/2020 ] "Roth seems to have an emotional hotline to Berlioz, alive to every twist and turn of the composer's fevered passions." Gramophone Awards 2020 Short List - Orchestral |
Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas (Limited Edition LP) [ Warner UK / LP - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Mint coloured vinyl. Lianne's third album and her first in five years is an album of startling beauty and insight. Working on writing and exploring her own identity, La Havas spent a lot of time moving back and forth between the UK and the States.... |
The Liminanas
Malamore [ Because / CD - released 27/May/2016 ] The Limiñanas, a duo from the home town of Perpignan composed of Marie (drums) & Lionel (guitars, voice), is doubtlessly one of the beautiful musical stories of the moment. "Malamore" is the 4th album of The Limiñanas, rooted in garage-punk but with... |
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie
Lindsey Buckingham & Christine McVie (LP) [ East West Music LP / LP - released 9/Jun/2017 ] Longtime members of Fleetwood Mac, Lindsey Buckingham and Christine McVie have joined together to record their first-ever album as a duo. The collaboration began three years ago, when McVie rejoined Fleetwood Mac for the group's "On With The Show"... |
Lord Huron
Strange Trails [ Liberation / CD - released 18/Mar/2016 ] Strange Trails is the follow-up to Lord Huron's debut Lonesome Dreams, which gained widespread critical acclaim and acknowledgment in the year end 'best ofs' in 2012. The record was written and produced by frontman Ben Schneider and recorded at... |
Lord Huron
Vide Noir [ Inertia / CD - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Unburdened by contractual obligations and working at their studio and informal clubhouse Whispering Pines in Los Angeles, Lord Huron found the freedom and comfort to pursue their vision without compromise. The result is Vide Noir: a sonically bold,... |
Lord Huron
Vide Noir (LP) [ Inertia / 2 LP - released 27/Apr/2018 ] Unburdened by contractual obligations and working at their studio and informal clubhouse Whispering Pines in Los Angeles, Lord Huron found the freedom and comfort to pursue their vision without compromise. The result is Vide Noir: a sonically bold,... |
Lorenzo Senni
Scacco Matto [ Warp / CD - released 24/Apr/2020 ] 'Scacco Matto' is a continuation of Senni's distinctive "pointillistic" style - where gated, taut sounds are arranged relentlessly as drumless rhythms and melody, which this time come in more song based structures. On this bold sonic... |
Lorenzo Senni
Scacco Matto (LP) [ Warp / LP - released 24/Apr/2020 ] 'Scacco Matto' is a continuation of Senni's distinctive "pointillistic" style - where gated, taut sounds are arranged relentlessly as drumless rhythms and melody, which this time come in more song based structures. On this bold sonic... |
Lou Doillon
Lay Low [ Cartell Music CD / CD - released 2/Jun/2017 ] Lou Doillon's follow-up to 2012′s Places finds her in largely the same territory as that sultry record: elegant, undemonstrative, slightly gothic songs defined by her lovely voice. Part Beth Orton, part Keren Ann, it is a deep, confident groan, so... |
Low
Double Negative [ Sub Pop / CD - released 14/Sep/2018 ] In 2018, Low will turn twenty-five. But Low will not commemorate its first quarter-century with mawkish nostalgia or safe runs through songbook favourites. Instead, in faithfully defiant fashion, Low will release its most brazen, abrasive (and,... |
The Lumineers
Cleopatra [ Decca / CD - released 8/Apr/2016 ] The Lumineers took the world by storm with the release of their first album in 2012, which propelled them from appearing in small venues as relative unknowns, to playing sold-out nights at Brixton Academy and headlining the 10,400 capacity Alexandra... |