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University

McCartney, It’ll be OK

Noisy youths make thrilling racket, charting a unique and rather startling course through the choppy waters of post-punk, post-hardcore and math-rock
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Me Lost Me

This Material Moment

Backed by clarinets, bass and drums (the latter courtesy of Ewan Mackenzie or Pigsx7), Jayne Dent's latest channels random processes into her most personal material to date
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Holden & Zimpel

The Universe Will Take Care Of You

Collaborators James and Waclaw create vast oceanc feelings using walnuts and teacups
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Backxwash

Only Dust Remains

The latest album finds the Zambian-Canadian rapper in reflective mode, bathed in warm synths and more melodic percussion to balance the darkness
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Califone

The Villager’s Companion

American oddballs search for the mythic in the everyday, finds Jared Dix
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UKAEA

Anarcho​-​Animist Frontline Weapons

Material from January's Birds Catching Fire In The Sky gets revamped into something altogether more furious and more feral
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Sly & The Family Drone

Moon Is Doom Backwards

The ghosts of sleepy rivers haunt a subtler, less overloaded Sly & The Family Drone, finds Jared Dix
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Buñuel

Mansuetude

After his announced departure from Oxbow earlier this year, Eugene Robinson still has plenty of deep, dark stories to tell, finds Jared Dix
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PlayThatBoiZay

VIP

South Florida rapper goes hard on no-holds-barred debut longplayer
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2K88

Shame

Polish producer (Strata, Syny, Etamski) bends and twists old school Polish hip hop into strange new shapes, finds Jared Dix
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Shackleton & Six Organs Of Admittance

Jinxed By Being

Deep bass rumble meets ritual folk on an album filled with post-apocalyptic dread
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Avalanche Kaito

Talitakum

Urban griot Kaito Winse acts as conduit and hypeman for Belgian trio making a joyful noise, finds Jared Dix
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A Lily

Saru I-Qamar

Tapes letters home from Maltese émigrés form the hauntological core of this electronic project from James Vella
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Nout

Live Album

A noisey French trio of flute, drums, and harp pushed well into the red (with occasional guest spots from Mats Gustafsson) prove a breath of fresh air for Jared Dix
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Cuntroaches

Cuntroaches

Nearly four years on from their split with Guttersnipe, the debut album from the noisome Berlin trio is weirder, uglier, bigger, nastier, finds Jared Dix
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Serpente

Cornos

You could call Serpente's music percussive, psychedelic, or minimal, but these are merely launchpads towards something far stranger – and more compelling, finds Jared Dix
Baker's Dozen

Redemption Songs: Reverend Kristin Michael Hayter’s Baker’s Dozen

As she releases new album Saved!, Reverend Kristin Hayter ministers to Jared Dix on the power of song, sharing inspirations for her new record and the versatility of the human voice through thirteen favourite records

Album of the Week

Floating In Space: Teeth Of The Sea Take Off With New Album Hive

Whether they're soundtracking the moon shot or whipping out pop bangers, their latest album finds Teeth of the Sea's ambitions expaning in all directions, finds Jared Dix
Album of the Week

Everything, Everywhere: Perfect Saviors By The Armed

The Detroit collective’s approach to widescreen rock proves as singular and explosive as everything else they do, finds Jared Dix
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Me Lost Me

RPG

From Newcastle, via Upset the Rhythm, Jayne Dent explores folk art and futurism to spellbinding effect, finds Jared Dix
Reissue of the Week

Compilation Of The Week: House Of God – Brum As Fuck

Jared Dix ponders 30 years of legendary Birmingham 'techno' club, House Of God, on the release of a celebratory box set, Brum As Fuck
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Stick in the Wheel

Endurance Soundly Caged

A new collection from the 'medieval Kraftwerk' captures the roisterous energy of the band's live shows, finds Jared Dix
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All Structures Align

Distance and Departure

A second release for the brother Ineson on Joe Thompson's Wrong Speed Records proves knottier and more mysterious than it first seems, for Jared Dix
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Otoboke Beaver

Super Champon

Chaos reigns on the new Otoboke Beaver record, finds Jared Dix
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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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Buñuel

Killers Like Us

Featuring the vocals of Eugene S. Robinson (OXBOW) with Xabier Iriondo (Afterhours), Andrea Lombardini, and Francesco Valente (Il Teatro Degli Orrori, Snare Drum Exorcism, and Lume), Buñuel make old school noise rock with real teeth, finds Jared Dix
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Stick In The Wheel

Tonebeds for Poetry

Glitches and electronic soundscapes provide a new ground for folk melodies for this London duo
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Big Lad

Power Tools

Out now on Hominid Sounds, the new Big Lad record is a sweaty, high octane rush, finds Jared Dix
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Moritz Von Oswald Trio

Dissent

Now backed by Laurel Halo and drummer Heinrich Köbberling, the new record from Moritz von Oswald's Trio evokes broad vistas for Jared Dix
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c / a

THE ONLY WAY WE KNOW TO HAVE FUN

The new album by c / a is a wild conceptronic ride but one that pays off in giddy acid squiggles and a healthy dose of 'horse riding ambient', finds Jared Dix
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Front & Follow & The Gated Canal Community

You Can Never Leave

Despite the label's official retirement, Front & Follow records is back with a compilation inspired by an estate agents' video
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Kevin Richard Martin

Return To Solaris

The Bug's Kevin Martin re-scores Solaris with haunting effect, finds Jared Dix

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