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Eldritch Infinity War: Energy Is Forever By UKAEA

A collaborative feast, UKAEA's *Energy Is Forever* is a thriller full of wild aesthetic undulations, says Bernie Brooks

A Little Bungle Grind: The Return Of The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny Demo

Thirty-five years after it was originally recorded by a bunch of teenagers in small town California, Mr Bungle's debut The Raging Wrath Of The Easter Bunny has now been re-recorded – this time with added Scott Ian and Dave Lombardo

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Angels & Demons At Play: Swirling By The Sun Ra Arkestra

The first new album in decades from the legendary Sun Ra Arkestra is a welcome addition to the group’s legacy, finds Peter Margasak

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The World, The Flesh, And The Dancefloor: Karma And Desire By Actress

A welcome addition to Actress’s spiralling discography brings a newfound bodily urgency to the work of the Wolverhampton-born producer, finds Kashif Sharma-Patel

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Human Music: SIGN By Autechre Reviewed

The new album by Autechre proves surprisingly chill, finds Charlie Frame

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Raags Against The Machine: Pakistan Is For The Peaceful By Ustad Saami

Microtonal Sufi mystic musical master returns with second album of surti music, of which he is the last living practitioner

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Break It Down: Rian Treanor’s File Under UK Metaplasm

With his second full-length album, File Under UK Metaplasm, Rian Treanor continues to claw at the edges of club culture with exhilarating results, finds Hannah Pezzack

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Tender Cyborg: Bid Farewell To The Flesh With Róisín Machine

Róisín Murphy returns with an album of dancefloor utopias and more-than-human bodies, finds Diva Harris

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The Mysteries Of The Organ: Sarah Davachi’s Cantus, Descant

On her new album, 'Cantus, Descant', Sarah Davachi explores the history and materiality of the organ

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The Emperor’s New Briefs: IDLES’ Ultra Mono Reviewed

IDLES have been touted as the voice of a generation, but they may be better suited to novelty pop-up cafés, finds JR Moores

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Ad Cor, Ad Culus: The Passion Of Special Interest

Punk and rave combine to form a heady brew in the latest release by New Orleans' Special Interest, finds Noel Gardner

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Triplet Rhythms & Occultist Hardcore: Lila Tirando A Violeta’s Limerencia Reviewed

Veering towards abrasive discord, Lila Tirando a Violeta inflects electronic futurism with the folk rhythms of traditional Latin music.

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Full Force: Secret Machines’ Awake In The Brain Chamber

Despite a fraught and fragmented 12 year wait, Secret Machines' new LP 'Awake In The Brain Chamber' achieves something transcendent. Stream the album in full ahead of release exclusively via tQ alongside our review

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Hearts Of Glass: Still House Plants’ Fast Edit

The new album by Still House Plants is a fractured, fractious thing, twinkling like glass in the light

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Coastal Explorations: Visitations 0202 By Rachel Aggs

Prolific post-punk guitarist Rachel Aggs goes it alone on her debut solo record and discovers beauty in an inward-looking sound, finds Stephanie Phillips

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Tape Echoes: Couldn’t Wait To Tell You… By Liv.e

Liv.e embraces dislocations of time and space on debut album, *Couldn’t Wait To Tell You…*

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Downs, But Not Out: Heart’s Ease By Shirley Collins

Heart's Ease, the new album by Shirley Collins shows a masterful grasp of tradition, but its best moments are the new songs

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Rebel Alliance: Pain Olympics By Crack Cloud

With a shared history of trauma and an open-door policy at the studio, Crack Cloud's debut album is a remarkably focused affair, finds Zara Hedderman

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Volcanic Super-Eruptions: Sly & The Family Drone’s Walk It Dry

Sly & The Family Drone's latest LP, Walk It Dry, is a rolling disaster in the very best way, says Bernie Brooks

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Alien Materials: Lamin Fofana’s Blues

Taking inspiration from Amiri Baraka's seminal text *Blues People*, Lamin Fofana creates ethereal soundscapes channeling diasporic Black experience, finds Kashif Sharma-Patel

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Pick ‘N’ Mix: Luke Vibert Presents… Amen Andrews, Modern Rave, & Rave Hop

Rephlex alum Luke Vibert relives his youth on a career-spanning trilogy of new releases through Hypercolour records

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For The Other An Other: Nadine Shah’s Kitchen Sink

On her new album Kitchen Sink, Nadine Shah cuts loose and makes the record she's always wanted to, finds Danijela Bočev

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Open Heart Surgery: Hidden In This Is The Light That You Miss By Regis

Karl O'Connor's first proper Regis LP in 19 years is an emotionally holistic tour de force, says Bernie Brooks

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Real Estate Rock: Amnesia Scanner Seem Bored With Their Own Future

Tearless, the new album by Berlin's Amnesia Scanner, is just awful

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Orcadian Rhythms: Erland Cooper’s Hether Blether

Orkney's Erland Cooper offers up an imagined idyll for days indoors, finds Jeremy Allen

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Everything Has An End: Aksak Maboul Sum Up With Figures

Synthesising the finer points of their three groundbreaking albums from the late 70s and early 80s, Rock In Opposition affiliates Aksak Maboul return with what could be their finest work to date, finds Sean Kitching

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Blazing Saddles: Perfume Genius Sets Our Hearts On Fire Immediately

Slipping between almost industrial-like rhythms and carefree pop songs, Perfume Genius produces his finest body of work to date, Finds Zara Hedderman

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Dangerous Visions: Type II By Sex Swing

The new Sex Swing album may be punishing and disquieting, but there is a point to all the sickness and gore, finds Adam Lehrer

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Mass Effects: On The New Soft Pink Truth Album

Drew Daniel's latest LP as The Soft Pink Truth, Shall We Go On Sinning So That Grace May Increase, is a stunner that revels in communitas while flirting with house music and ambient tropes, says Bernie Brooks

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Supertoys Last All Summer Long: Lorenzo Senni’s Scacco Matto

Scacco Matto, Lorenzo Senni's first album for Warp Records, is like a superfast hypercar – but what would James May think about it? ponders Ryan Diduck

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Be Inside Your Mind: Shabazz Palaces’ The Don of Diamond Dreams

Three years on from their last studio release, Adam Quarshie finds warmth, optimism, and full-blown weirdness in Shabazz Palaces’ new album

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Where Is The Love? The Strokes’ The New Abnormal Reviewed

Live by nostalgia, die by nostalgia... Even with super-producer/exhumer Rick Rubin on board and a handful of catchy tunes, it seems The Strokes still can't quite sum up the necessary enthusiasm, finds JR Moores

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