New album: A gorgeous album that received an initial release last year but now on a deluxe double LP, this is a conceptualised soundtrack album for an imaginary film by the Japanese singer-songwriter that floats and ripples with delicate instrumentation and her beautifully gentle voice
Read moreNew albums: Thom Yorke, Julia Holter, Ty Segall, Pill, Soap&Skin, Value Void, Gypsyfingers
Otherworldly is recurring theme in this week’s releases, including Thom Yorke’s soundrack to the Suspiria remake, Julia Holter and Soap&Skin, plus pithy postpunk from Pill, and reinterpretations by Ty Segall
Read moreNew albums: The The, John Carpenter, Wu-Tang Clan, Destroyer, Lucinda Williams, The White Stripes, The Smiths
Something of a throwback week of new and old: releases from The The, Destroyer and Wu-Tang Clan, plus compilations and box sets of The White Stripes John Peel sessions, John Carpenter film music and a Smiths classic
Read moreNew Albums: Oh Sees, DJ Shadow, Everything Everything, Ghostpoet, Grizzly Bear, Paul Draper
An indie-pop assortment of intelligence characterises this week's releases, with altered-name Oh Sees, DJ Shadow, Everything Everything, Ghostpoet, Grizzly Bear, and ex-Mansun's Paul Draper
Read moreNew releases: Arcade Fire, OMD, Michael Chapman, Everything soundtrack
This week's selection highlights the album of release by Arcade Fire, OMD's return to their early electronica sound, Michael Chapman channelling early Bowie and music from the game Everything
Read moreNew releases: Lana Del Rey, Clint Mansell, Poliça & Stargaze, Declan McKenna
Our latest selection includes some collaborations from the pop noir singer, some innovative Steve Reich inspiration from Berlin artists, Black Mirror soundtrack music, and an impressive 18-year-old's debut
Read moreNew releases: Baby Driver soundtrack, Big Star, Waxahatchee, Lucy Rose, Last Night From Glasgow
A pick of recent releases and other oddments includes the rip-roaring Baby Driver film soundtrack, a Big Star compilation, Waxahatchee, Lucy Rose, and independent label Last Night From Glasgow
Read moreNew album releases for week beginning 15 May 2017
This week's selection includess !!! (Chk Chk Chk), the Mountain Goats, Record Store Day specials extended by Thelonius Monk and The Wedding Present, plus a compilation featuring Chris Cornell, Soundgarden, Alice in Chains, Mother Love Bone, Mudhoney and Pearl Jam
Read moreNew album releases for week beginning 8 May 2017
This week's selection dips into Paul Weller's latest solo experiment, Perfume Genius, Animal Collective and Steve Wickham
Read moreNew album releases for week beginning 10 April 2017
No genre stone is unturned with this week's eclectic selection, including Kendrick Lamar, Barry Adamson, Jah Wobble, John Power's Cast, plus -M-, Toumani Diabate, Sidiki Diabaté, and Fatoumata Diawara
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