All India Radio – Echo Other (Inevitable Records/MGM)
Don’ you think it’s lovely to have waking dreams whilst listening to music that inspires…
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Various Artists – Touch 25 (Touch/Fuse)
UK label Touch is one of the long serving experimental music labels that has managed…
Joseph Leonard – Weather Vane Woman (Heavy)
Even when Joseph Leonard builds up speed he still sounds relaxed. Maybe it’s his baritone…
Balun – Something Comes Our Way (Brilliante)
For a band based in Puerto Rico, Balun are a world apart from the popular…
Jane – Coconuts (Psych-o-path)
Jane is Noah Lennox (Panda Bear) of Animal Collective fame and his friend Scott Mou,…
Triosk – The Headlight Serenade (Leaf/Inertia)
Sydney group Triosk’s third album The Headlight Serenade is far more charged and directed than…
Seaworthy – Distant Hills Burn Bright (Black Lodge Audio)
A highly refined sense of texture is partly what makes Seaworthy such a striking ensemble.…
Wasteland – All Versus All (Transparent Records)
The seriousness of a child at play – this album from the New York duo…
Senor Coconut and his Orchestra – Yellow Fever (Essay/Creative Vibes)
If you’ve ever trawled through op shop record bins and bought something because the cover…
Boards Of Canada – Trans Canada Highway (Warp/Inertia)
Not everyone was pleased with Boards of Canada’ third album Campfire Headphase released in late…
DJ Olive – Sleep (Room40)
It’s rare that you’ll come across music explicitly designed not to be listened to. Yet…
Root 70 – Heaps Dub (Nonplace/Inertia)
New Zealand-born jazz musician Hayden Chisholm has played as part of Burnt Friedman’s live formations…
Various Artists – The Painfree Found Sound Institute Volumes 1 & 2 (Drop Name Records)
Greeted by a color cut’n’paste (hand-cut actually!) extravaganza of the usual break-core ‘put popular culture…
Leafcutter John – The Forest and The Sea (Staubgold/Fuse)
Anyone familiar with Leafcutter John’s astounding previous album The Housebound Spirit (Planet µ) will realise…
Various Artists – History is Bunk Parts 1 & 2 (Hefty/Inertia)
Hefty Records are spending much of this year celebrating their 10th birthday, and these two…