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Mdou Moctar
Afrique Victime (Limited Edition LP) [ Matador / LP - released 21/May/2021 ] Limited edition purple vinyl. With Afrique Victime the prodigious Tuareg guitarist and songwriter rips a new hole in the sky ¬- boldly reforging contemporary Saharan music and "rock music" by melding guitar pyrotechnics, full-blast noise, and field... |
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... |
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... |
Sufjan Stevens & Angelo De Augustine
A Beginner's Mind (LP) [ Asthmatic Kitty / LP - 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... |
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... |
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... |
Squid
Bright Green Field (Green LP) [ Warp / 2 LP - released 7/May/2021 ] Latest stars from the burgeoning Brixton Windmill scene Squid release one of 2021's most highly anticipated albums - their debut album Bright Green Field on Warp. |
Nick Cave & Warren Ellis
Carnage (LP) [ AWAL / LP - released 18/Jun/2021 ] Carnage is a new album by Nick Cave & Warren Ellis, recorded over a period of weeks during lockdown. Although the pair have composed & recorded many soundtracks together, and Ellis is a long-term member of The Bad Seeds, this is the first time they... |
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... |
Will Stratton
The Changing Wilderness (LP) [ Bella Union / LP - released 11/Jun/2021 ] Will Stratton's rich catalogue is proof that the Hudson Valley folk musician thrives on exploration and reflection. Chart his trajectory over his previous six albums and you'll find a songwriter not content to stay comfortable or do the same thing... |
Arlo Parks
Collapsed In Sunbeams [ Transgressive / CD - 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... |
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... |
Arlo Parks
Collapsed In Sunbeams (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... |
Ryley Walker
Course In Fable (LP) [ Husky Pants Records / LP - released 21/May/2021 ] Ryley Walker currently resides in New York City. But his latest LP is a Chicago record in spirit. The masterful Course In Fable, the songwriter's fifth solo effort, draws from the deep well of that city's fertile 1990s scene, when bands like... |
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... |
St Vincent
Daddy's Home (Gatefold LP) [ Universal / LP - released 21/May/2021 ] Daddy's Home, the sixth album from Annie Clark a/k/a St. Vincent, is the latest facet of an ever-evolving artist regarded by many as the most consistently innovative and intriguing presence in modern music. Annie Clark made her recorded debut as St.... |
serpentwithfeet
Deacon (LP) [ Secretly Canadian / LP - released 26/Mar/2021 ] serpentwithfeet is not only imagining but exploring a world wherein Black love is paramount. His new album, DEACON, is "a study rather than a story," delving into Black, gay love and the tenderness present in the best companionships, romantic or... |
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... |
Gojira
Fortitude (LP) [ Roadrunner / Warner / LP - released 30/Apr/2021 ] Fortitude is Gojira's first album in five years and the follow-up to 2016's Grammy nominated LP Magma. As if shedding skin and baring armour in its place, first single "Born For One Thing" represents a natural evolution for the acclaimed French... |
Sofia Kourtesis
Fresia Magdalena (EP) [ 12in - released 9/Apr/2021 ] Peruvian-born, Berlin-based DJ and producer Sofia Kourtesis release her new EP, Fresia Magdalena, on Ninja Tune's Technicolour imprint. Fresia Magdalena is more rooted in Kourtesis' native Peru than ever. On one of her regular extended trips home,... |
