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Noon Garden
Beulah Spa

Flamingods' Charles Prest balances psychedelic wimsy with a hint of the dark stuff, finds Ed Power

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
Ghosted

A collaboration between guitarist Oren Ambarchi, drummer Andreas Werliin, and bassist Johan Berthling proves mind-expanding for Daryl Worthington

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Congotronics International
Where's The One?

The cooperation between Deerhoof, Kasai Allstars, Konono no 1, Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Juana Molina and Matt Mehlan of Skeletons shows their potential to create danceable and pulsating melodies as Congotronics International

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Dana Gavanski
When It Comes

A reversed retrospective, joining the dots between the present and past. When It Comes is the second album by the London-based songwriter Dana Gavanski

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Real Lies
Lad Ash

Real Lies' second album may be the first great London record of the year, finds Luke Turner

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Mall Girl
Superstar

A lockdown album from the Oslo-based alt.rock four-piece hits all the right notes for Amanda Farah

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Vox Populi!
Psyko Tropix

Sean Kitching is delighted to discover the work of the cult French and Iranian group via an album of largely unreleased tracks from an archive that, if this is anything to go by, has much more fascinating and unclassifiable music still up its sleeve

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Kathryn Joseph
for you who are the wronged

This third solo album leaves the Scottish singer-songwriter stripped down, more exposed than ever – and all the more powerful for it, finds CJ Thorpe-Tracey

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Nyokabi Kariuki
peace places: kenyan memories

The Kenyan musician and composer explores the resonance of place via manipulated vocals and acoustic instruments

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Claire Rousay
Everything Perfect is already Here

Field recordings and traditional orchestral instruments combine in broad brushstrokes with uniquely affecting results, find Vanessa Ague

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Sault
Air

Producer Inflo and his merry band add lush orchestration to their heady mix of funk and soul, finds Nathan Evans

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50 Foot Wave
Black Pearl

Nearly twenty-five albums in and Kristin Hersh is still delivering rock-solid gold, finds Sean Kitching

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David Friend & Jerome Begin
Post-

New Yorkers David Friend and Jerome Begin finds new ways of approaching the solo piano album

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Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver
Moten/López/Cleaver

From New York's Reading Group, a thrilling improvisation between Brandon López (double bass), and Gerald Cleaver (drums) with the voice of poet and cultural theorist Fred Moten, recorded in the immediate aftermath of the death of George Floyd

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Horace Andy
Midnight Rocker

Legend recognises legend as Horace Andy and Adrian Sherwood unite for the first time on an imperfect yet incredibly compelling LP, says Bernie Brooks

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Wet Leg
s/t

Wet Leg may be lugging around a big sack of buzz right now, but don't let that spoil the fun, says Ed Power

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Colpitts
Music From the Accident

Oneida / Man Forever's John Colpitts draws triumph from the most catastrophic adversity, finds Daryl Worthington

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Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra
The Unfolding

Hannah Peel's collaboration with an ensemble of disabled and non-disabled musicians playing analogue, digital and assistive instruments proves spellbinding for Zara Hedderman

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Pere Ubu
Nuke the Whales 2006–2014

David Thomas continues Pere Ubu’s vinyl box set reissue programme, remixing and remastering four albums from 2006–2014 with considerable improvements all round, including a stand-out *Lady From Shanghai*, and a revitalised *Long Live Pere Ubu*, finds Sean Kitching

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Noon Garden
Beulah Spa

Oren Ambarchi / Johan Berthling / Andreas Werliin
Ghosted

Congotronics International
Where's The One?

Dana Gavanski
When It Comes

Real Lies
Lad Ash

Mall Girl
Superstar

Vox Populi!
Psyko Tropix

Kathryn Joseph
for you who are the wronged

Nyokabi Kariuki
peace places: kenyan memories

Claire Rousay
Everything Perfect is already Here

Sault
Air

50 Foot Wave
Black Pearl

David Friend & Jerome Begin
Post-

Fred Moten / Brandon López / Gerald Cleaver
Moten/López/Cleaver

Horace Andy
Midnight Rocker

Wet Leg
s/t

Colpitts
Music From the Accident

Hannah Peel & Paraorchestra
The Unfolding

Pere Ubu
Nuke the Whales 2006–2014

Whatever The Weather
s/t

Syd
Broken Hearts Club

Under the Bridge
Various Artists

Let’s Eat Grandma
Two Ribbons

Tomáš Niesner
Bečvou

Croatian Amor
Remember Rainbow Bridge

Soon
s/t

Destroyer
Labyrinthitis

Loop
Sonancy

Mark Stewart
Vs

Raw Poetic
Laminated Skies

NOBRO
Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar

Johnny Heartbreaker
Cult Aesthetic