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Parquet Courts
Sympathy For Life (Limited Green Vinyl LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 22/Oct/2021 ] Parquet Courts' thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. Sympathy For Life finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their... |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof [ Warner UK / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
Troy Kingi
Black Sea Golden Ladder (LP) [ Triple A Records / LP - released 18/Jun/2021 ] A collaboration with award winning Ōtautahi singer-songwriter and producer Delaney Davidson - who also plays a variety of instruments on the record, Black Sea Golden Ladder was written and recorded as part of Troy Kingi's Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist... |
Vijay Iyer, Linda May Han Oh, Tyshawn Sorey
Uneasy (LP) [ ECM / 2 LP - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Vijay Iyer presents a powerful new trio, in which he is joined by two key figures in creative music, Tyshawn Sorey and Linda May Han Oh. "We have an energy together that is very distinct. It has a different kind of propulsion, a different impulse and... |
Anthonie Tonnon
Leave Love Out Of This [ Slow Time Records / CD - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Anthonie Tonnon produced Leave Love Out Of This with long-time collaborator, and The Beths' guitarist and producer, Jonathan Pearce. Tonnon wrote the bulk of the songs during an extensive period of touring after the release of Successor - a period... |
Anthonie Tonnon
Leave Love Out Of This (LP) [ Slow Time Records / LP - released 16/Jul/2021 ] Anthonie Tonnon produced Leave Love Out Of This with long-time collaborator, and The Beths' guitarist and producer, Jonathan Pearce. Tonnon wrote the bulk of the songs during an extensive period of touring after the release of Successor - a period... |
Arlo Parks
Collapsed In Sunbeams (Limited Edition Red Vinyl LP) [ Transgressive / LP - released 29/Jan/2021 ] Highly anticipated debut from 2020 breakthrough artist, musician and poet Arlo Parks. Speaking about her LP, Arlo says "My album is a series of vignettes and intimate portraits surrounding my adolescence and the people that shaped it. It is rooted... |
black midi
Cavalcade (LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 28/May/2021 ] The groundwork for Cavalcade was laid in 2019 - musical sketches that had been brewing since the release of Schlagenheim began muscling their way into black midi set lists and finally became individual entities. But with this album, there was a... |
Courtney Barnett
Things Take Time, Take Time [ Milk! / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] This album signals an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers and it sees her consolidating her place in the storied global lineage of ground-breaking and influential female singer-songwriters. Over the... |
Courtney Barnett
Things Take Time, Take Time (Limited Edition LP) [ Milk! / LP - released 12/Nov/2021 ] All Eyes on the Pavement Blue coloured vinyl. This album signals an exciting new chapter for a musician who is operating at the very peak of her powers and it sees her consolidating her place in the storied global lineage of ground-breaking and... |
Dry Cleaning
New Long Leg (LP) [ 4AD / LP - released 2/Apr/2021 ] New Long Leg is the debut album from Dry Cleaning, the South London group of Nick Buxton (drums), Tom Dowse (guitar), Lewis Maynard (bass) and Florence Shaw (vocals). The 10-track long-player, which includes 'Strong Feelings' and last year's... |
Faye Webster
I Know I'm Funny haha (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 2/Jul/2021 ] The latest full length from Faye Webster, including "Better Distractions" (which landed on Barack Obama's 2020 end of year playlist) I Know I'm Funny haha is Webster's most realized manifestation yet of this emotional and musical alchemy.... |
Floating Points, Pharaoh Sanders & The London Symphony Orchestra
Promises (LP) [ Inertia / LP - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Not strictly classical, jazz or ambient electronica, this one-track, nine-movement album embodies the highest, most etiolated aspects of all three disciplines. British artist Sam "Floating Points" Shepherd is the anchor here, an electronic free... |
Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
This Is A Mindfulness Drill (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 25/Jun/2021 ] A reimagining of Richard Youngs' "Sapphie", with instrumentals from Hypnotic Brass Ensemble and vocal contributions from Moses Sumney, Perfume Genius, and Sharon Van Etten. Very limited opaque black & white explosion vinyl. |
Iceage
Seek Shelter (Indies Only Transparent Orange LP) [ Mexican Summer / LP - released 7/May/2021 ] Iceage barrelled into the pit on their 2011 debut, New Brigade, like a band disgusted with the idea of creation itself, as embodied by a death-staring frontman-Elias Rønnenfelt-who delivered his manifestos as if spitting out the last remnants of puke... |
Idles
Crawler (Eco Mix LP) [ Universal / LP - released 12/Nov/2021 ] No one weaponises passion quite like Idles. While their arsenal may vary, the mode of attack is always guns blazing. Last year's Ultra Mono was criticised for its simplicity and lack of development, as the West Country quintet reduced and perfected... |
Japanese Breakfast
Jubilee (LP) [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 4/Jun/2021 ] From the moment she began writing her new album, Japanese Breakfast's Michelle Zauner knew that she wanted to call it Jubilee. After all, a jubilee is a celebration of the passage of time-a festival to usher in the hope of a new era in brilliant... |
Jordan Rakei
What We Call Life [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] New Zealand-born, Australia-raised, and London-based artist Jordan Rakei is back with a new album, What We Call Life. His previous albums on Ninja Tune, Origin and Wallflower, cemented his worldwide reputation as a modern... |
Jordan Rakei
What We Call Life (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] New Zealand-born, Australia-raised, and London-based artist Jordan Rakei is back with a new album, What We Call Life. His previous albums on Ninja Tune, Origin and Wallflower, cemented his worldwide reputation as a modern soul icon in the... |
Jordan Rakei
What We Call Life (Indie Exclusive LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 24/Sep/2021 ] Translucent Green Vinyl. New Zealand-born, Australia-raised, and London-based artist Jordan Rakei is back with a new album, What We Call Life. His previous albums on Ninja Tune, Origin and Wallflower, cemented his worldwide reputation as a modern... |
Leon Vynehall
Rare, Forever (LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Leon Vynehall returns with new album 'Rare, Forever' - the follow up to his critically acclaimed debut album 'Nothing Is Still', which garnered widespread praise including appearing in 'Album of the Year' lists from Rough Trade, Mixmag, Esquire... |
Little Simz
Sometimes I Might Be Introvert [ AWAL / CD - released 3/Sep/2021 ] 'Sometimes I Might Be Introvert' is the first full-length from Little Simz since her critically acclaimed, Mercury Prize nominated 'GREY Area'. Over the course of her lush, expansive, defiantly sprawling new album, Simz delivers an undeniable... |
Lorde
Solar Power (Black Vinyl LP) [ Universal / LP - released 20/Aug/2021 ] 'Solar Power' is the highly anticipated third album from Lorde. The album includes 12 tracks and is produced by Jack Antonoff who she collaborated with on her chart-topping last album, Melodrama. |
Lorde
Solar Power (Music Box) [ Universal / Music Box (Discless) - released 20/Aug/2021 ] 'Solar Power' is the highly anticipated third album from Lorde. The album includes 12 tracks and is produced by Jack Antonoff who she collaborated with on her chart-topping last album, Melodrama. |
Lorde
Solar Power (Limited Edition Clear Vinyl LP) [ Universal / LP - released 20/Aug/2021 ] 'Solar Power' is the highly anticipated third album from Lorde. The album includes 12 tracks and is produced by Jack Antonoff who she collaborated with on her chart-topping last album, Melodrama. "The album is a celebration of the natural world,... |
Louisa Nicklin
Louisa Nicklin (LP) [ Louisa Nicklin / LP - released 25/May/2021 ] Just over a year on from her Live at The Wine Cellar EP, Tāmaki Makaurau based Louisa Nicklin's self-titled debut album hits the shelves, and we here at Marbecks couldn't be more chuffed. Performed primarily by Louisa and bandmates Eamon... |
Low
HEY WHAT (LP) [ Sub Pop / LP - released 10/Sep/2021 ] Focusing on their craft, staying out of the fray, and holding fast their faith to find new ways to express the discord and delight of being alive, to turn the duality of existence into hymns we can share, Low present HEY WHAT. These ten pieces -... |
Lucy Dacus
Home Video (LP) [ Matador / LP - released 25/Jun/2021 ] This new gift from Lucy Dacus was built on an interrogation of her coming-of-age years in Richmond, VA. Many songs start the way a memoir might - "In the summer of '07 I was sure I'd go to heaven, but I was hedging my bets at VBS" - and all of them... |
박혜진 Park Hye Jin
Before I Die [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 10/Sep/2021 ] South Korean-born, now Los Angeles-based 박혜진 Park Hye Jin quickly gained a reputation for dreamlike, minimal electronic, house and techno productions, with her flawless DJ sets winning her fans across the globe and spawning a burgeoning touring... |
Parquet Courts
Sympathy For Life (Special Edition First Pressing Deluxe LP) [ Rough Trade / LP - released 22/Oct/2021 ] Parquet Courts' thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. Sympathy For Life finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning their bewitching, psychedelic storytelling into fresh territory, yet maintaining their... |
Reb Fountain
Iris [ Flying Nun / CD - released 1/Oct/2021 ] The perfect extension of her 2020 self-titled record, IRIS elevates Reb Fountain's music to new heights. Reb effortlessly combines pop elements with her trademark noir folk-punk sound; weaving authentic and anthemic tunes that create an instant and... |
Reb Fountain
Iris (Limited Edition Turquoise Vinyl LP) [ Flying Nun / LP - released 1/Oct/2021 ] The perfect extension of her 2020 self-titled record, IRIS elevates Reb Fountain's music to new heights. Reb effortlessly combines pop elements with her trademark noir folk-punk sound; weaving authentic and anthemic tunes that create an instant and... |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof (Deluxe CD) [ Warner UK / CD - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss
Raise The Roof (LP) [ Warner UK / 2 LP - released 19/Nov/2021 ] Raise The Roof finds Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Plant and 27-time Grammy-winner Krauss reunited after some fourteen years, following the historic success of their first collaboration 'Raising Sand' (2007), which generated multi-platinum sales and... |
Silk Sonic (Bruno Mars & Anderson .Paak)
An Evening With Silk Sonic [ Atlantic / Warner / CD - released 12/Nov/2021 ] Featuring the singles 'Leave The Door Open' and 'Skate,' this is the highly anticipated joint release from two of the world's best music makers. The seeds of the collaboration were planted in 2017 when Anderson .Paak and Bruno Mars toured together... |
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
A Beginner's Mind [ Asthmatic Kitty / CD - released 24/Sep/2021 ] It's been said that writing about music is like dancing about architecture (impossible and absurd). But what about singing about movies? Sufjan Stevens and Angelo De Augustine have paired up for a collaborative project that does just that. A... |
Team Dynamite
Respect The Process (LP) [ Years Gone By / LP - released 5/Mar/2021 ] Tāmaki Makaurau rap geniuses Team Dynamite make an explosive return with their new record Respect the Process - their first long player since 2014's Shepherd's Delight - released on Tom Scott's label Years Gone By. Team Dynamite formed in the late... |
TEEKS
Something To Feel [ Sony Music NZ / CD - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Award-winning New Zealand-Māori singer-songwriter TEEKS announces the release of his highly anticipated debut album 'Something To Feel' featuring the stunning single 'Remember Me' set for release on March 26th. Named by Vogue US as "New Zealand's... |
TEEKS
Something To Feel (LP) [ Sony Music NZ / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] Award-winning New Zealand-Māori singer-songwriter TEEKS announces the release of his highly anticipated debut album 'Something To Feel' featuring the stunning single 'Remember Me' set for release on March 26th. |
Troy Kingi
Black Sea Golden Ladder [ Triple A Records / CD - released 18/Jun/2021 ] A collaboration with award winning Ōtautahi singer-songwriter and producer Delaney Davidson - who also plays a variety of instruments on the record, Black Sea Golden Ladder was written and recorded as part of Troy Kingi's Matairangi Mahi Toi Artist... |
