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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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Whatever The Weather
s/t

A new ambient project(ish) project from Loraine James is filled with roily delights and alien concoctions, finds Will Ainsley

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Syd
Broken Hearts Club

The Odd Future alum matches raw emotion with buzzy synths and 80s sophisti-pop, finds Nathan Evans

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Under the Bridge
Various Artists

A veritable Where Are They now for the Sarah Records generation, Under the Bridge features new music from the likes of Boyracer, Amelia Fletcher and Blueboy's Paul Stewart

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Let’s Eat Grandma
Two Ribbons

Let's Eat Grandma's latest may be less out there, but it's the songs that shine through, finds Austin Nguyen

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Tomáš Niesner
Bečvou

Tomáš Niesner sets out to heal a poisoned river with the power of fingerpicked guitar and ambient electronics

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Croatian Amor
Remember Rainbow Bridge

The new album by Croatian Amor is a slick, slick machine with a nostalgic core, finds Zhenzhen Yu

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Soon
s/t

Dutch underground stalwarts Liú Mottes and Jochem van Tol come up with one of the finer records out of the Netherlands so far this year, finds Richard Foster

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Destroyer
Labyrinthitis

Dan Bejar's thirteenth outing as Destroyer finds him pestering Italian renaissance artists and tipping his cap to Mark E. Smith, finds Mick Middles

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Loop
Sonancy

It's been thirty-two years since the last Loop record. The new one may well be their best yet, finds Julian Marszalek

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Mark Stewart
Vs

The former Pop Group frontman continues to rail against the world – this time aided and abetted by Mike Watt, Eric Random, Front 242, Stephen Mallinder, and others

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Raw Poetic
Laminated Skies

Aided by co-producer Damu the Fudgemunk and members of Irreversible Entanglements, North Virginia hip hop artist Raw Poetic builds up plenty of cosmic vibes on sixth album *Laminated Skies*, finds Skye Butchard

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NOBRO
Live Your Truth Shred Some Gnar

Montreal four-piece deliver an exhilarating ride of several punky spoken-word feminist teachings. Words by Laviea Thomas

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Johnny Heartbreaker
Cult Aesthetic

Don’t be confused by the name, Johnny Heartbreaker are more industrial teethgrinding paranoia than rock’n’roll romance, finds Jared Dix

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Locked In, Locked Out: Gifted By Koffee

Rising reggae star Koffee follows up a string of dazzling singles with a debut album that doesn't quite live up to the promise, finds Jennifer Lucy Allan

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Yukihiro Takahashi
What, Me Worry? / Tomorrow’s Just Another Day

Two re-issues of classic albums by Yellow Magic Orchestra's Yukihiro Takahashi deserve all your attention, finds Jeremy Allen

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Duncan Marquiss
Wires Turned Sideways in Time

The Phantom Band's Duncan Marquiss takes up his acoustic guitar and starts picking to uncanny effect, finds Tom Bolton

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Kate Carr
Fake Creek

Sound artist Kate Carr offers up a field recording of her own imagining

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Rosalía
MOTOMAMI

Spanish singer-songwriter Rosalía's third album gets devious with reggaeton bangers, piano ballads, and no shortage of bright ideas

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Natasha Barrett
Heterotopia

Acousmatic composer Natasha Barrette makes musique concrète feel like a thrilling adventure film, finds Agata Kik

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Vendredi Sur Mer
MÉTAMORPHOSE

Charline Mignot's second Vendredi Dur Mer album provides a sultry, sumptuous feast of sleazy synths and sad pianos, finds Austin Nguyen

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Jenny Hval
Classic Objects

Jenny Hval's eighth album may be her most personal and light-hearted yet, finds Miloš Hroch

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Midlake
For The Sake of Bethel Woods

Midlake make an unexpected return, but have they arrived too late for the party? asks Zara Hedderman

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Fly Anakin
Frank

The solo debut from Richmond VA's Fly Anakin may be the one of the most important hip hop records of the year, finds Skye Butchard

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Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz
Desert Equations: Azax Attra

Originally released in 1986, this Fourth World-ish collaboration between Iranian born Sussan Deyhim and itinerant American Richard Horowitz still sounds ahead of its time, finds Jeremy Allen

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Maylee Todd
Maloo

Beneath the futurist shimmer, Maylee Todd's first album for Stones Throw has a heart of soul, finds Nathan Evans

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Eight Bells
Legacy Of Ruin

The new Eight Bells record may not exactly be cheery, but it's a strange and powerful beast, finds Alex Deller

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Carmen Villain
Only Love From Now On

Carmen Villain continues a run of near-perfect releases by refining what came before and offering the listener a measure of hope, says Bernie Brooks

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Stromae
Multitude

Eight years after Racine Carrée, Stromae returns with an album even more beguiling than its predecessor

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Adela Mede
Szabadság

A brilliant debut from Slovakian producer Adela Mede hums with a haunting sense of displacement, finds Miloš Hroc

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Melt Yourself Down
Pray For Me I Don’t Fit In

The new Melt Yourself Down might not be as wild and crazy as it think it is, but it's still a heck of a ride, finds CJ Thorpe-Tracey

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Spiritualized
Everything Was Beautiful

The rudiments of *Everything Was Beautiful* were originally intended as the second half of a 2018 double album, but the new Spiritualized album is far from an assemblage of outtakes and demos, finds Mick Middles

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Tomáš Niesner Bečvou

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Raw Poetic Laminated Skies

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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

Yukihiro Takahashi
What, Me Worry? / Tomorrow’s Just Another Day

Duncan Marquiss
Wires Turned Sideways in Time

Kate Carr
Fake Creek

Rosalía
MOTOMAMI

Natasha Barrett
Heterotopia

Vendredi Sur Mer
MÉTAMORPHOSE

Jenny Hval
Classic Objects

Midlake
For The Sake of Bethel Woods

Fly Anakin
Frank

Sussan Deyhim & Richard Horowitz
Desert Equations: Azax Attra

Maylee Todd
Maloo

Eight Bells
Legacy Of Ruin

Carmen Villain
Only Love From Now On

Stromae
Multitude

Adela Mede
Szabadság

Melt Yourself Down
Pray For Me I Don’t Fit In

Spiritualized
Everything Was Beautiful