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Melvin Gibbs
Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2

When visual artist Arthur Jafa suggested Melvin Gibbs assemble a band to riff off Bitches Brew-era Miles Davis, it could easily have turned into an exercise in nostalgia. But Gibbs had other ideas, taking the grooves and rhythmic experiments of electric Miles into weird and wonderful new terrains

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Bar Italia
Some Like It Hot

The Dean Blunt-approved London three-piece arrive with all the fanfare and art world cachet a band could dream of, but do they have the tunes?

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Sir Richard Bishop
Hillbilly Ragas

Sir Richard Bishop’s latest solo LP for Drag City finds the former Sun City Girl in fine, rambunctious form, says Bernie Brooks

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Kinlaw & Franco Franco
Faith Elsewhere

The Bristol-based, Avon Terror Corps-affiliated duo of Kinlaw and Italian MC Franco Franco bend time and space into terrifying new shapes

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DJ Babatr
Root Echoes

Dancefloor relics alongside new interpretations of his era-defining sound from the inventor of Raptor House

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Dun-Dun Band
Pita Parka, Pt. II: Nim Egduf

Balearic bliss and free jazz skronk collide on the second album from Craig Dunsmuir's Toronto-based big band

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Rosa Anschütz
Sabbatical

The Berlin-based sound artist makes dark gothy magic from everyday conversations between women

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The Utopia Strong
Doperider

The British trio's fourth album suggests equal parts journey into space and a scrabbling around in the undergrowth, finds Richard Foster

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Jerskin Fendrix
Once Upon A Time… In Shropshire

On his second full-length album, the acclaimed film composer turns to writing soundtracks to his own West Midlands youth

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Pulse Emitter
Tide Pools

Daryl Groetsch submerges the listener in warm pads and playful jazz harmonies, music that ebbs and flows and washes over you in appropriately satisfying waves

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Yasmine Hamdan
I remember I forget

A new album from the pioneer of alternative Arab music tempers pain and disappointment with the experimental grooviness she’s known for

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Mark Fell
Psychic Resynthesis

Tones drift apart, come together, converse and collide, on Mark Fell's collaboration with Explore Ensemble

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The Dwarfs of East Agouza
Sasquatch Landslide

The Cairo trio of Maurice Louca, Sam Shalabi and Alan Bishop leave the maps behind, heading off into an uncharted sonic territory between post-improvisation, contemporary folk and electronica

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Richard Ashcroft
Lovin’ You

The Verve singer returns, but he's treading water and long out of ideas, finds J.R. Moores

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Robin Richards
Taproots

The Dutch Uncles frontman finds new shoots from old roots, finds Mary Chiney

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The Plan
Mountain View

Ten years on from their acclaimed debut, the Southend-on-Sea post-punk quintet sound spookier than ever, finds Zara Hedderman

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Marta Forsberg
Archaeology of Intimacy

A quiet but often surprising suite of songs from the Berlin-based singer demand your close attention, finds Richard Foster

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Cerys Hafana
Angel

Cerys Hafana reinvigorates traditional Welsh melodies on the triple harp, with the help of Amie Huckstep on saxophone, Ursula Harrison on double bass and Lisa Martin on percussion

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C.A.R.
Dance at Oscar’s

Formerly of Battant, Chloé Raunet re-positions herself between machine-funk delirium and pure pop abandon, finds Mary Chiney

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Agriculture
The Spiritual Sound

For their second album, the Californian four-piece broaden their scope, but the thrilling bursts of black metal remain the group's ecstatic core

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Palooka 5
MetroKino

From Rochester, a new soundtrack for Fritz Lang's Metropolis amps up the surf guitar and go-go beats

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Rochelle Jordan
Through The Wall

The British-Canadian singer may not be the future of R'n'B, but her sound is her own – and it's far richer and more elegant than the work of many better known and more celebrated contemporaries, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones

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Sam Prekop
Open Close

The Sea and Cake singer-songwriter slowly transitions into the synthfluencer era with a languid suite of ambient tones

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Ani Glass
Phantasmagoria

The Welsh-Cornish singer-producer broadens her palette and enriches her production style on her follow-up to 2020's Mirores

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James K
Friend

James K charms listeners with angelic soundscapes and dream-pop, embracing the listener in a warm, auditory hug

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Human Leather
Here Comes The Mind, There Goes The Body

Amée Chanter and Thomas Close still sound like Lightning Bolt crossed with Electric Wizard but with a surprising new knack for melody, finds Jon Buckland

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Kieran Hebden + William Tyler
41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s

Dudes from Four Tet and Lambchop pick up their acoustic guitars and take a look at America

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Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin
Ghosted III

The third hook-up between the Australian guitarist and the Swedish rhythm section feels relaxed and nimble – and more ghostly than ever

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Lamin Fofana
Works In Metal

The Sierra Leonean artist welds and solders his sonic materials on an album inspired by the writings of activist and Surrealist Suzanne Césaire

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Microcorps
Clear Vortex Chamber

Accompanied by pals Elvin Brandhi, Phew, Justin K Broadrick, Karl D’Silva, and Karl O’Connor, the latest from Alexander Tucker merges the digital with the tangible, the futuristic with the ancient, ritual with freedom

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Ganser
Animal Hospital

Produced by Angus from Liars, the latest from the slimmed down Chicago trio has its share of curveballs, still plenty rockin’

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Galya Bisengalieva
Polygon Reflections

Remixes by The Bug, KMRU, Lucy Liyou and others transform the Kazakh violinist's 2024 album of relections on the Soviet Semipalatinsk Test Site

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NEW YORK
Push

The duo of artists Gretchen Lawrence and Coumba Samba captures the peculiar numbness of the present, finds Hayley Scott

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Richard Ashcroft Lovin’ You

Robin Richards Taproots

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Melvin Gibbs
Amasia: Anamibia Sessions 2

Bar Italia
Some Like It Hot

Sir Richard Bishop
Hillbilly Ragas

Kinlaw & Franco Franco
Faith Elsewhere

DJ Babatr
Root Echoes

Dun-Dun Band
Pita Parka, Pt. II: Nim Egduf

Rosa Anschütz
Sabbatical

The Utopia Strong
Doperider

Jerskin Fendrix
Once Upon A Time… In Shropshire

Pulse Emitter
Tide Pools

Yasmine Hamdan
I remember I forget

Mark Fell
Psychic Resynthesis

The Dwarfs of East Agouza
Sasquatch Landslide

Richard Ashcroft
Lovin’ You

Robin Richards
Taproots

The Plan
Mountain View

Marta Forsberg
Archaeology of Intimacy

Cerys Hafana
Angel

C.A.R.
Dance at Oscar’s

Agriculture
The Spiritual Sound

Palooka 5
MetroKino

Rochelle Jordan
Through The Wall

Sam Prekop
Open Close

Ani Glass
Phantasmagoria

James K
Friend

Human Leather
Here Comes The Mind, There Goes The Body

Kieran Hebden + William Tyler
41 Longfield Street Late ‘80s

Oren Ambarchi, Johan Berthling and Andreas Werliin
Ghosted III

Lamin Fofana
Works In Metal

Microcorps
Clear Vortex Chamber

Ganser
Animal Hospital

Galya Bisengalieva
Polygon Reflections

NEW YORK
Push

Richard Ashcroft
Lovin’ You

The Utopia Strong
Doperider