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Do You Have the Force? Jon Savage’s Alternate History of Electronic Music, 1978–82
Various Artists

A compilation of space age prog and disco novelties curated by Jon Savage recalls an era when the future was still something to look forward to

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Arovane
Wirkung

Arovane draws sublime ambient electronics from the forest murmurs, finds David Burke

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Carmen Villain
Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita

Carmen Villain's excellent Perlita feels effortless, natural, and inevitable, says Bernie Brooks

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The Weather Station
Ignorance

From the end of the affair to the end of the world, The Weather Station's fifth album is rich and full, finds Zara Hedderman

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Kìzis
Tidibàbide/Turn

From Algonquin folk songs to electro bangers, the epic new album by Kìzis certainly packs a lot in, finds Nick Roseblade

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Lost Highway: Nick Cave And Warren Ellis’ ‘Carnage’ Reviewed

Nick Cave and Warren Ellis' lockdown album, 'Carnage', is full of vast swings of emotion, strange shifts in reality, endless twists, and frustrating failures of momentum – an accurate reflection of the last year. Patrick Clarke reviews an often remarkable but occasionally exasperating new record

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Mush
Lines Redacted

Leeds post-punks Mush have returned. And they have brought the riffs. Hayley Scott smells a potential future classic

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Melvins
Working With God

Melvins return with their 24th full-length studio album and they still don't give a damn what you think about it, finds Tom Coles

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Brijean
Feelings

The follow up to 2019's *Walkie Talkie* sees Brijean take more lyrical risks with their dreamy take on disco pop, finds Nick Roseblade

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Howie Reeve & Kumio Kurachi
Double Rainbow

In Fukuoka native Kumio Kurachi, Glasgow's Howie Reeve may finally have found his soul mate, suggest Richard Foster

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Mogwai
As The Love Continues

With their tenth album, Scottish post-rockers Mogwai are still finding little corners to experiment with, finds Tom Coles

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Buke and Gase and So Percussion
A Record Of

Hudson instrument builders Buke and Gase team up with Brooklyn quartet Sō Percussion for an album rich with the energy of cross-fertilisation

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Jim Ghedi
In the Furrows of Commonplace

Jim Ghedi's new album is raw and visceral stuff – and that may be exactly what we need right now, finds Johny Lamb

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Mariel Roberts
Armament

The cello playing of Mariel Roberts is as confounding as it is beautiful, finds Nick Roseblade

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Octo Octa
She’s Calling EP

Octo Octa's new EP tackles the thorny question of how to make club music for a time without clubs, finds Chiara Wilkinson

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Anna B Savage
A Common Turn

The London singer-songwriter offers up a vulnerable voyage exploring mental health, sexuality, and self-growth

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William Parker
Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World (Volumes 1–10)

A ten disc set from the prolific former Cecil Taylor collaborator shows the richness and breadth of Parker's sonic worlds, finds Angus Batey

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Slowthai
TYRON

A new double album (albeit, a remarkably brief one) shows Northampton's slowthai getting personal, finds Rob Hakimian

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The Besnard Lakes
Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

Originally conceived as one long suite of music, the new Besnard Lakes may just be a career high for the Quebecois psych rockers, finds Julian Marszalek

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Femi & Made Kuti
Legacy +

A double album, with a disc each by father and son Femi and Made Kuti shores up a vital heritage, but may have lost a little of that original spark in the process, finds Kareem Ghezawi

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Thirty Pounds of Bone
whence, the

As densely layered as its predecessor was sparse, the new album by Thirty Pounds of Bone may be a pandemic album without meaning to be, finds Tom Bolton

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Reymour
Leviosa

Knekelhuis Records’ latest release is a testament to the unfettered cool of synthpop, finds Hannah Pezzack

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Yu Su
Yellow River Blue

The rising star producer has travel on her mind. Will Salmon explores her intriguing debut LP

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John Carpenter
Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

Horror master John Carpenter creates a thrilling cinema for the ears on the third volume of his Lost Themes series – his best yet, finds Kareem Ghezawi

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Gary Lucas
The Essential

A new compilation on Knitting Factory Records proves Lucas was always more than just a capable sideman to the likes of Captain Beefheart and Jeff Buckley, finds Sean Kitching

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TripleGo

Mixing reggaeton, synth pop, drill, and rai, French rap duo TripleGo produce a sound that is wholly their own, finds David McKenna

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Fredo
Money Can’t Buy Happiness

Amidst all the bragging, there's a rich, cinematic grandeur to British rapper Fredo's second album, finds James Butterworth

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Blood Music
Go Off, M8

Blood Music brings the drums to center stage, leaving everything else in the wings to fine effect

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Rats on Rafts
Excerpts From Chapter 3 - The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths

Rotterdam's Rats On Rafts return in a new form, stil restless

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Regis
Let The Night Return

A recorded live performance by Karl 'Regis' O'Connor makes for a unique and delightfully daft visual album, finds Luke Turner

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Myles Manley
Cometh The Softies

Sligo's Myles Manley produces his strongest body of work to date, finds Zara Hedderman

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Urban Village
Udondolo

Soweto quartet fuses traditional Zulu sounds with influences from jazz, swing, and hip hop with exhilarating effect, finds Nick Roseblade

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Do You Have the Force? Jon Savage’s Alternate History of Electronic Music, 1978–82 Various Artists

Arovane Wirkung

Carmen Villain Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita

The Weather Station Ignorance

Kìzis Tidibàbide/Turn

Lost Highway: Nick Cave And Warren Ellis’ ‘Carnage’ Reviewed

Mush Lines Redacted

Melvins Working With God

Brijean Feelings

Howie Reeve & Kumio Kurachi Double Rainbow

Mogwai As The Love Continues

Buke and Gase and So Percussion A Record Of

Jim Ghedi In the Furrows of Commonplace

Mariel Roberts Armament

Octo Octa She’s Calling EP

Anna B Savage A Common Turn

William Parker Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World (Volumes 1–10)

Slowthai TYRON

The Besnard Lakes Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

Femi & Made Kuti Legacy +

Thirty Pounds of Bone whence, the

Reymour Leviosa

Yu Su Yellow River Blue

John Carpenter Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

Gary Lucas The Essential

TripleGo

Fredo Money Can’t Buy Happiness

Blood Music Go Off, M8

Rats on Rafts Excerpts From Chapter 3 - The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths

Regis Let The Night Return

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Do You Have the Force? Jon Savage’s Alternate History of Electronic Music, 1978–82
Various Artists

Arovane
Wirkung

Carmen Villain
Sketch for Winter IX: Perlita

The Weather Station
Ignorance

Kìzis
Tidibàbide/Turn

Mush
Lines Redacted

Melvins
Working With God

Brijean
Feelings

Howie Reeve & Kumio Kurachi
Double Rainbow

Mogwai
As The Love Continues

Buke and Gase and So Percussion
A Record Of

Jim Ghedi
In the Furrows of Commonplace

Mariel Roberts
Armament

Octo Octa
She’s Calling EP

Anna B Savage
A Common Turn

William Parker
Migration Of Silence Into And Out Of The Tone World (Volumes 1–10)

Slowthai
TYRON

The Besnard Lakes
Are The Last of the Great Thunderstorm Warnings

Femi & Made Kuti
Legacy +

Thirty Pounds of Bone
whence, the

Reymour
Leviosa

Yu Su
Yellow River Blue

John Carpenter
Lost Themes III: Alive After Death

Gary Lucas
The Essential

Fredo
Money Can’t Buy Happiness

Blood Music
Go Off, M8

Rats on Rafts
Excerpts From Chapter 3 - The Mind Runs A Net Of Rabbit Paths

Regis
Let The Night Return

Myles Manley
Cometh The Softies

Urban Village
Udondolo