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Big Thief
Two Hands [ 4AD / CD - released 11/Oct/2019 ] Big Thief had only just finished work on their 3rd album, U.F.O.F. - "the celestial twin" - days before in a cabin studio in the woods of Washington State. Now it was time to birth U.F.O.F.'s sister album - "the earth twin" - Two Hands. |
Big Thief
Two Hands (LP) [ 4AD / LP - released 11/Oct/2019 ] Big Thief had only just finished work on their 3rd album, U.F.O.F. - "the celestial twin" - days before in a cabin studio in the woods of Washington State. Now it was time to birth U.F.O.F.'s sister album - "the earth twin" - Two Hands. 30 miles... |
black midi
schlagenheim (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Since forming just over a year ago, black midi have quickly cemented their reputation as one of the hottest new underground bands, following a string of sold-out UK live dates and surprise shows punctuated by constantly shifting sets and blistering... |
Scott Mannion
Loving Echoes [ Lil' Chief / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] 'Loving Echoes' is the first solo album by Scott Mannion, co-founder of Lil' Chief Records (Jonathan Bree, Princess Chelsea, the Ruby Suns). A cult figure in the New Zealand alternative music canon, Loving Echoes is his first release in 15... |
Sharon Van Etten
Remind Me Tomorrow (LP) [ Jagjaguwar / LP - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Sharon Van Etten's Remind Me Tomorrow comes four years after Are We There, and reckons with the life that gets lived when you put off the small and inevitable maintenance in favor of something more present. Throughout Remind Me Tomorrow, Sharon Van... |
Aldous Harding
Designer [ Flying Nun / CD - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
Aldous Harding
Designer (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 26/Apr/2019 ] Aldous Harding's third album Designer is finally released as a fully formed body of work. The songs in this collection were all written on the road by Harding last year during a 200-date tour. Reuniting with John Parish, producer of Party, Harding... |
Cate Le Bon
Reward (LP) [ Mexican Summer / LP - released 24/May/2019 ] It was on a mountainside in Cumbria that the first whispers of Cate Le Bon's fifth studio album poked their buds above the earth. "There's a strange romanticism to going a little bit crazy and playing the piano to yourself and singing into the... |
David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights
Bobbie's A Girl [ Merge / CD - released 20/Sep/2019 ] David Kilgour's 11th solo album, Bobbie's a girl is a quieter affair than fans may associate with the pioneer of New Zealand indie rock. "I tended to shy away from too much guitar playing for a point of difference and to mix things up for myself a... |
The Flaming Lips
King's Mouth: Music And Songs (LP) [ Rhino / Warner / LP - released 26/Jul/2019 ] King's Mouth sees the iconoclastic outfit once again tread uncharted territory. These 12 new originals are threaded together by cinematic narration courtesy of The Clash's Mick Jones. Additionally, the music parallels front man Wayne Coyne's... |
Joshua Redman & Brooklyn Rider
Sun On Sand [ Nonesuch / Warner / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Sun On Sand comprises eight compositions from a suite by composer Patrick Zimmerli. Each piece in the suite, which premiered at London's Wigmore Hall in 2014, represents a different expression of light. Bassist Scott Colley and drummer Satoshi... |
Angel Olsen
All Mirrors [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Olsen's bold and unexpected All Mirrors comes over three years after the release of My Woman, a top 10 critically praised album of 2016. On her vulnerable new album, All Mirrors, Olsen takes an introspective deep dive towards internal destinations... |
Angel Olsen
All Mirrors (Double Gatefold LP) [ Jagjaguwar / 2 LP - released 4/Oct/2019 ] Olsen's bold and unexpected All Mirrors comes over three years after the release of My Woman, a top 10 critically praised album of 2016. On her vulnerable new album, All Mirrors, Olsen takes an introspective deep dive towards internal destinations... |
Beach House
7 (LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 11/May/2018 ] 7 is the 7th full-length record from Baltimore duo Beach House. Featuring the Valentine's Day single 'Lemon Glow', as well as 'Black Car', 'Drunk In LA', 'Dark Spring' and 'Dive', all of the songs on 7 began in Beach House's home studio in... |
black midi
schlagenheim [ Rough Trade / CD - released 21/Jun/2019 ] Since forming just over a year ago, black midi have quickly cemented their reputation as one of the hottest new underground bands, following a string of sold-out UK live dates and surprise shows punctuated by constantly shifting sets and blistering... |
Charli XCX
Charli [ East West / Warner / CD - released 13/Sep/2019 ] Pop futurist Charli XCX returns with her third studio album. Charli is a collection of 15 songs and features the hit singles "1999" (Ft. Troye Sivan) and "Blame It On Your Love" (Ft. Lizzo). |
Danny Brown
uknowhatimsayin¿ (LP) [ Warp Records / LP - released 22/Nov/2019 ] In the nearly ten years since Danny Brown's first album was released, he has permeated both underground and mainstream music culture with an authentic and ever-evolving persona and a sound wholly his own, transcending genres and any parameters the... |
David Kilgour and The Heavy Eights
Bobbie's A Girl (LP) [ Merge / LP - released 20/Sep/2019 ] David Kilgour's 11th solo album, Bobbie's a girl is a quieter affair than fans may associate with the pioneer of New Zealand indie rock. "I tended to shy away from too much guitar playing for a point of difference and to mix things up for myself a... |
Faye Webster
Atlanta Millionaires Club [ Secretly Canadian / CD - released 24/May/2019 ] On Atlanta Millionaires Club, the omnipresence of pedal steel eschews bluegrass trappings, flexible under Faye Webster's genre-bending direction. Webster didn't set out to make her new album sound like any artist in particular - in fact, she says the... |
FKA twigs
Magdalene [ Young Turks / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Magdalene is the follow up to FKA twigs' critically acclaimed Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominated debut LP1 The album was produced by FKA twigs and, as with LP1, the recording process has been directed by her at every stage. It was recorded... |
FKA twigs
Magdalene (LP) [ Young Turks / LP - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Magdalene is the follow up to FKA twigs' critically acclaimed Brit Award and Mercury Prize nominated debut LP1 The album was produced by FKA twigs and, as with LP1, the recording process has been directed by her at every stage. It was recorded... |
Floating Points
Crush [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 18/Oct/2019 ] Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has announced his new album Crush will be released on 18 October on Ninja Tune. Along with the announcement he has shared new track 'Last Bloom' along with accompanying video by Hamill Industries and announced details... |
Floating Points
Crush (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 18/Oct/2019 ] Sam Shepherd aka Floating Points has announced his new album Crush will be released on 18 October on Ninja Tune. Along with the announcement he has shared new track 'Last Bloom' along with accompanying video by Hamill Industries and announced details... |
Fontaines D.C.
Dogrel [ Partisan Records / CD - released 12/Apr/2019 ] Debut album from Irish post-punk group Fontaines D.C.! Assembling whilst still at college in Dublin a few years ago, from the ruins of early nowhere bands, and having discovered a shared love of poetry and a common zeal for authentic... |
Hama
Houmeissa [ Sahel Sounds / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Nigerian composer Hama presents a groundbreaking album of traditional electronic desert folk songs, hovering somewhere between early 90s techno and synthwave. Nomadic herding ballads, ancient caravan songs, and ceremonial wedding chants are all... |
Kamaal Williams / Various
DJ-Kicks [ !K7 Records / CD - released 8/Nov/2019 ] Game-changing multi-instrumentalist Kamaal Williams has put together the latest DJ-Kicks mix. Due for release on November 8th, it features four of his own brand new and exclusive tracks and hints at the wide world of influences that have made him one... |
Kit Sebastian
Mantra Moderne [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] 'Mantra Moderne' is a stunning, contemporary masterpiece that fuses Anatolian Psychedelia, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60's European pop and American jazz. A must for fans of Khruangbin, Portishead, Arthur Verocai, Goat, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os... |
Lana Del Rey
Norman Fucking Rockwell (Double Gatefold LP) [ Polydor / 2 LP - released 28/Feb/2020 ] NFR was mainly produced and co-written with Jack Antonoff and includes 'Venice Bitch,' 'Mariners Apartment Complex,' 'hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it,' and the current release, a cover of Sublime's 'Doin' Time'. |
L'Épée
Diabolique [ A Recordings / CD - released 6/Sep/2019 ] This is the debut album release from L'ÉPÉE , the band are Emmanuelle Seigner (Ultra Orange & Emmanuelle), Anton Newcombe (The Brian Jonestown Massacre) & Lionel & Marie Liminana (The Liminanas) . |
Mermaidens
Look Me In The Eye (LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 6/Sep/2019 ] Look Me In The Eye sees Mermaidens scale new territory, fearlessly pushing sonic boundaries and producing a body of work as severe and progressive as it is vibrant and exhilarating. At the heart of the record lies the thematic exploration of female... |
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. |
Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
Ghosteen (LP) [ Kobalt / 2 LP - 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. |
Purple Pilgrims
Perfumed Earth [ Flying Nun / CD - released 9/Aug/2019 ] New Zealand dreamscape artists Purple Pilgrims are set to release their long-awaited, sophomore record Perfumed Earth on August 9 via Flying Nun Records. This release marks their recorded debut with the iconic independent label. To create the... |
Sharon Van Etten
Remind Me Tomorrow [ Jagjaguwar / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Sharon Van Etten's Remind Me Tomorrow comes four years after Are We There, and reckons with the life that gets lived when you put off the small and inevitable maintenance in favor of something more present. Throughout Remind Me Tomorrow, Sharon Van... |
Sourakata Koite
En Hollande [ Awesome Tapes From Africa / CD - released 18/Jan/2019 ] Sourakata Koité was born in 1955 in Malème, Senegal, a Malinke-speaking area. As Sourakata says, "All the Koité are musicians!" He is indeed a member of a family of djéli (or griot in french), the hereditary caste of musician-storyteller-historians... |
Thom Yorke
ANIMA [ XL Recordings / CD - released 19/Jul/2019 ] Thom Yorke's third solo album ANIMA, described by him in an interview as "dystopian", was written and produced in collaboration with Nigel Godrich and will be accompanied by a short film of the same name: a "one-reeler" directed by Yorke and Paul... |
Tom Ludvigson & Trevor Reekie
Roto [ Trip To The Moon / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] The Roto sessions took place on Sundays, a creative routine Ludvigson & Reekie (Trip To The Moon) have been observing for over 20 years. Roto is their 7th album together. The album is a collection of live Electro-Acoustic-Ambient improvisations -... |
Various
The Daisy Age [ Ace Records / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] It wasn't really a movement, barely even a moment, but the Daisy Age was an ethos that permeated pop, R&B, and hip hop at the turn of the 90s. Playfulness and good humour were central to De La Soul's 1989 debut album, "3 Feet High And Rising", which... |
Various Artists
Body Beat: Soca-Dub And Electronic Calypso (1979-98) [ Soundway / 2 CD - released 25/Oct/2019 ] 17 obscure Soca B-side versions, dubs, instrumentals and edits as well as vocal tracks influenced by disco, boogie, house-music, soul and the more conscious lyrics of roots reggae. Owing as much to New York, Toronto and London as to the Caribbean... |
Various Artists
Mr Bongo Record Club Vol 3 [ Mr Bongo / CD - released 7/Jun/2019 ] Volume Three in the Mr Bongo Record club series. Another showcase of recent vinyl finds and favourites from our DJ sets and radio shows. This is an extra special one however, as it lands in 2019, the year that we celebrate 30 years since it all began... |
