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Liam Inscoe-Jones

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Forest Swords

Bolted

Six years after last album, Compassion, the Wirral’s own Matthew Barnes takes a turn to the dark side, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
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FKA Twigs

CAPRISONGS

A mixtape full of collaborations with The Weeknd, Arca, Jorja Smith, Pa Salieu and Shygirl sees FKA twigs experimenting with different styles, but still sounding unmistakably herself, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
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Nightmares on Wax

Shout Out! To Freedom…

Sliding into middle-age, Nightmares on Wax hits upon a hot streak – aided and abetted by the considerable talents of Greentea Peng, OSHUN, Haile Supreme, and Shabaka Hutchings
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Injury Reserve

By The Time I Get to Phoenix

Following the death of Stepa J. Groggs in 2020, Injury Reserve weave new music from some of the rapper's final verses
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Joy Orbison

Still Slipping Vol. 1

Joy Orbison's first long-player feels like a super hero's origin story, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
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Darkside

The Spiral

Nearly a decade after their last album together, Nicolás Jaar and Dave Harrington have been jamming in the woods and the results are surprising funky – even rather fun, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
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Unsound Intermission

Various

On Covid-enforced hiatus, the brilliant Unsound festival releases a peach of a compilation, feat. Moor Mother, Ben Frost, Tim Hecker and a collaboration between Jlin and SOPHIE
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Andy Stott

Never The Right Time

Manchester's Andy Stott feels more washed out than dubbed out on his latest collection, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
Anniversary

Revelling In Failure: Bruce Springsteen’s Shut The Fuck Up Tour

25 years ago The Boss played Brixton Academy as part of his least successful tour since his first but, says, Liam Inscoe-Jones, while he may have been underperforming catastrophically in financial terms, this was also a time of creative rebirth
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Magnetic Fields

Quickies

Brevity proves to be the soul of wit for the Magnetic Fields on new album Quickies, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
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Caribou

Suddenly

Dan Snaith's latest under the Caribou moniker offers plenty of surprises – and a few disappointments, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
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Doon Kanda

Labyrinth

Doon Kanda's Labyrinth captures the melancholy of isolation in sound, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
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Poppy

I Disagree

Poppy's metal turn is an intriguing twist of the narrative for the blank-faced YouTube alien, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones
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Medhane

Own Pace

Amidst the clamour of New York rap collective sLUms, the voice of Medhane remains unique, finds Liam Inscoe-Jones

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