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Little Dragon
Slugs Of Love [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The iconic Swedish 4-piece Little Dragon - spearheaded by vocalist Yukimi Nagano - return with a new and utterly beguiling blend of avant pop on their album Slugs of Love out on Ninja Tune, inviting outright legend Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur) and... |
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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... |
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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,... |
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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,... |
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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... |
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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... |
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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... |
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Loyle Carner
Hugo (Gatefold LP) [ EMI / LP - released 21/Oct/2022 ] In hugo, there's a central question that Loyle Carner keeps coming back to: "I'm young, Black, successful and have a platform - but where do I go next?" The answer is explored in this epic scream of a third album. With urgent delivery and... |
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Makaya McCraven
Universal Beings: E & F Sides (LP) [ International Anthem / LP - released 26/Oct/2018 ] Paris-born, New England-raised, long-time Chicago-residing Makaya McCraven has been at the forefront of genre-redefining movements in jazz since 2015, when he introduced the world to his unique brand of 'organic beat music' on the breakout album In... |
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Mansur Brown
Shiroi [ Black Focus Records / CD - released 28/Sep/2018 ] It's not often Jimi Hendrix and Trap music are mentioned in the same sentence. Or Brixton and George Benson. In this case Mansur Brown embodies all of these. An integral part of the groundbreaking Yussef Kamaal album, he now releases his debut album... |
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Marie Davidson
Working Class Woman [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 12/Oct/2018 ] Marie Davidson arrives on Ninja Tune with her vital new album Working Class Woman, a vividly important document that expresses both her state of mind and acts as a comment on the night after night, nightclub culture of which her music has... |
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Marissa Nadler
For My Crimes [ Bella Union / CD - released 5/Oct/2018 ] The eighth album from Marissa Nadler, For My Crimes, is the sound of turmoil giving way to truth. The songs stare down the dark realization that love may not be enough to keep two people together through distance and differing needs. By asking these... |
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Mark Pritchard
The Four Worlds [ Warp / CD - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Mark Pritchard unveils a brand new eight-track collection, The Four Worlds. Further exploring the sonic worlds first encountered on 2016's opus "Under The Sun" and once again, an extended collaboration with acclaimed visual artist Jonathan... |
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Mark Pritchard
The Four Worlds (LP) [ Warp / LP - released 23/Mar/2018 ] Mark Pritchard unveils a brand new eight-track collection, The Four Worlds. Further exploring the sonic worlds first encountered on 2016's opus "Under The Sun" and once again, an extended collaboration with acclaimed visual artist Jonathan... |
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Mark Pritchard
Under the Sun [ Warp / CD - released 13/May/2016 ] Under the Sun is an amalgamation of Mark Pritchard's musical anthology to date. Each song evokes a different sensibility, the classic Global Communication style space voyaging of "EMS" and "Sad Alron", can sit alongside the dark poetry and vintage... |
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Mary Lattimore
Hundreds of Days (Coloured LP) [ Ghostly / LP - released 18/May/2018 ] "It was the most beautiful summer of my life." Memories - places, vacancies, allusions - are fundamental characters in Mary Lattimore's evocative craft. Inside her music, wordless narratives, indefinite travelogues, and braided events skew into... |
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Matthew E. White
Fresh Blood [ Domino / CD - released 13/Mar/2015 ] The follow up to his celebrated 2012 debut, Big Inner, American soul musician Matthew E. White presents his second album - Fresh Blood. Lead by the triumphant single 'Rock & Roll Is Cold', Fresh Blood was produced by White and Spacebomb partner... |
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The Mauskovic Dance Band
The Mauskovic Dance Band (LP) [ Soundway Records / LP - released 24/May/2019 ] Soundway Records presents the eponymous debut LP from in-demand Amsterdam five piece The Mauskovic Dance Band - fusing no-wave dance punk, Afro-Caribbean rhythms and space disco in a "controlled explosion" (The Quietus). Entirely self-produced,... |
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Melody Gardot
Sunset In The Blue (LP) [ Universal Music / 2 LP - released 27/Nov/2020 ] The story of Grammy Award nominated vocalist, guitarist and pianist Melody Gardot is remarkable; she's persevered against abject adversity throughout her life and is blessed with a beautiful alto voice and grand insight as a songwriter. In April of... |
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Michael Kiwanuka
Kiwanuka [ Universal Music / CD - released 1/Nov/2019 ] Recorded in New York, LA and London, KIWANUKA reflects his "ear for musical adventure". Given the amount of critical and commercial praise that showered his last record, the last two years have found the singer-songwriter questioning his own ability... |