New album: A welcome, and brilliantly dream-like, mesmeric return, by the British experimental electronica artist Elizabeth Bernholz, whose twilight world is extraordinary, innovative and otherworldly inspired by childhood visions of dark, bedside canine vision
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Favourite albums of 2021, part 1: Another difficult year for everyone, but from soul and jazz, electro-pop the experimental and avant-garde, an outstanding one for music releases, perhaps in part because out of diversity comes great art. Also feel free to explore Part 2, which is now available to view here.
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Album review: An extraordinary reworking of one of the most brilliantly evocative albums of recent times, Elizabeth Bernholz’s 2018 LP Pastoral is re-animated with electronic drone choir NYX to create equally profound and disturbing versions of seven songs and a new title track
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The second part of our roundup of outstanding albums of 2018, in alphabetical order by title, marked by a number of great debuts from young bands, as well as more established artists releasing their best work to date
Read moreNew albums: Suede, Prince, Christine and the Queens, Gazelle Twin, Beak>, Dizzee Rascal, Cash Savage and the Last Drinks, Black Honey, Sauna Youth, Sobrenadar
The towering talent of Prince on piano, rural idylls exploded by Suede and the otherworldly Gazelle Twin, peerless pop from Christine as Chris, and the brilliant Beak> are among this week’s massive roundup
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