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The Hundred in the Hands - The Hundred In The Hands

Fostering one of the most vibrant music scenes on the planet today, Brooklyn, NYC unearths another gem in The Hundred In The Hands aka Eleanore Everdell and Jason Friedman. This eponymous debut rec... Read more

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Black Mountain - Wilderness Heart

Unlike the musical trajectory of many of the influences Black Mountain happily wear on their sleeves, Wilderness Heart finds the Canadian troupe tempering tendencies of psychedelic excess for a re... Read more

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Blonde Redhead - Penny Sparkle

Having instigated an evolution away from their Sonic Youth-aping origins with the release of 2000’s, Melody of Certain Damaged Lemons, Blond Redhead’s latest long-player, Penny Sparkle, perfectly p... Read more

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Gaudi - No Prisoners

Of all the ridiculous utopian political messages, the most magnificent has got to be ‘one nation under a groove’, as No Prisoners reminds us with undeniable panache. Each track boasts an absolute s... Read more

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Losers - Beautiful Losers

This side project by radio DJ Eddy Temple-Morris along with Tom Bellamy from the Cooper Temple Clause attempts to follow the manifesto of Temple-Morris’s Xfm show, “where dance rocks,” to strike th... Read more

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of Montreal - False Priest

Credit the presence of Jon Brion (Kanye West) or cameos by pop singers, but False Priest is easily Of Montreal's most accessible album since 2004's Satanic Panic in the Attic. Squelching claims by ... Read more

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Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky

Having previously shelved his seminal post-punk band back in 1997, Young God Records founder Michael Gira has continued to write under his Angels of Light moniker whilst floating the possibility t... Read more

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Manic Street Preachers - Postcards From A Young Man

This is, according to Nicky Wire, the Manics’ “last chance to attempt to communicate on a mass level” – a peculiar statement, considering it follows the double punch of Send Away the Tigers’ stream... Read more

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Laki Mera - Clutter

Trip-hop may be playing its last down-tempo notes before finally kicking the bucket, but its spirit will live on in the sound of Laki Mera. The panoramic soundscapes that exude from the Glasgow qu... Read more

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Drop the Lime - FabricLive 53

Moving from warm, pulsating house to his trademark 4/4 bass, future garage and dubstep, Drop The Lime’s FabricLive contribution rises above being simply a club mix. This is carnival music, albeit a... Read more

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