Reaper In Sicily - Islands
This one points towards something positive, we reckon...
Neil Gardner
Erlen Meyer - Erlen Meyer
French loudness. Great stuff.
Battles - Gloss Drop
Battles' dizzying electro-prog is more focused this time around...
Atmosphere - The Family Sign
Minnesota’s premier hip-hop duo return with another intricate widescreen production...
Liturgy - Aesthethica
Blurring musical boundaries between hardcore, punk and extreme metal, this effort is pretty full-on...
Akron/Family - S/T II: The Cosmic Birth And Journey Of Shinju Tnt
They haven’t forgotten how to write a decent tune.
Grails - Deep Politics
Churning synths to starkly impressive effect. Stunning.
Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light: I
‘Angels Of Darkness...’ has an innate warmth that defies its morbid track titles
Earth - Angels Of Darkness, Demons Of Light: 1
Earth continue to trudge into beatific wilderness...
The Young Gods - Everybody Knows
Full of restless inventiveness
Sheep On Drugs - Medication Time
Cheap and tawdry fun
The Black Heart Procession - Blood Bunny / Black Rabbit
Firmly back into murkier waters
Killing Joke - Absolute Dissent
Still angry and still vital
Swans - My Father Will Guide Me Up A Rope To The Sky
After a 13-year hiatus Swans prove they've still got it
Autechre - Oversteps
Old dogs can learn new tricks...
Massive Attack - Heligoland
Massive Attack feel like a living, breathing vital force once again...
Sophia - ‘There Are No Goodbyes’
Sophia continues his obsession with darkly confessional string-laden acoustic ballads...
SUNN O))) - ‘MONOLITHS AND DIMENSIONS’
An album destined to confound expectations...
Bonnie ‘Prince’ Billy - Beware
Hot on the heels of 08s well-received ‘Lie Down In The Light’, Kentucky’s mordant country troubadour returns with perhaps his most majestic album to date.
Nina Nastasia & Jim White - You Follow Me
Bittersweet and melancholy, but never sombre and leavened by the darkest humour, it's a minimalist marvel.