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Record of the Month: Sarathy Korwar - KALAK
A rich and celebratory album focused on South Asian culture. This truly is an ambitious and evocative return from Sarathy Korwar and his collaborators. One of the most compelling voices in the...
Record of the Month: Aoife Nessa Frances - Protector
An instant classic, an album that sounds both timeless and strangely modern. A really wonderful voice. In spring of 2020, Aoife Nessa Frances moved out of the city for the...
Record of the Month: Jockstrap - I Love You Jennifer B
One of the year's most-hyped debut albums and one that absolutely warrants it. An experimental waltz through timbres and tones. I Love You Jennifer B is the debut LP from London-based...
Record of the Month: The Lounge Society - Tired of Liberty
Another of the young leading lights from the bustling Hebden Bridge scene, August's Record of the Month is 'Tired of Liberty', the superb debut LP from The Lounge Society. Following the release of...
Record of the Month: Viagra Boys - Cave World
Hold onto something. Anything. Cave World is the thunderous return of Stockholm post-punks Viagra Boys and our July Record of the Month. Cave World is absolutely brimming with life, a rich spectrum of laughs...
Record of the Month: Vintage Crop - Kibitzer
Our first proper summer banger is Kibitzer, the brittle, frenetic and rollocking fourth album from Geelong punks, Vintage Crop. Upset The Rhythm are one of those labels who get our full attention with...
Record of the Month: Kevin Morby - This Is A Photograph
One of our most favourite voices in absolutely glorious form. In a career already full of special moments, these might well be some of his finest. There's always a sense...
Record of the Month: Daniel Rossen - You Belong There
You Belong There is the exceptional solo debut LP from Daniel Rossen, co-frontman and multi-instrumentalist of the magnificent Grizzly Bear. Everything about this magnificent record swoons. Rich and opulent instrumentation is beautifully built...
Record of the Month: Huerco S. - Plonk
Plonk is the first album in six years from Kansas-based producer Brian Leeds under the name Huerco S. and is our March 2022 Record of the Month.It really is a pensive and strangely beautiful set,...
Record of the Month: Cate Le Bon - Pompeii
Pompeii is the hypnotic and pop-tinged sixth, full-length studio album from Cate Le Bon. Pompeii is the excellent followup to 2019’s Mercury-nominated Reward and finds Le Bon playing every instrument (except drums and...
Record of the Month: Silverbacks - Archive Material
Archive Material is the second studio LP from (mostly) Dublin-based art-rock quintet Silverbacks, and it's a bloody corker. Silverbacks are brothers Kilian O'Kelly (guitar), Daniel O'Kelly (vocals and another guitar), bassist and vocalist...
Discover slightly longer reads with an anthology of our favourite ‘Sunday Classic’ albums.
NOVEMBER
Kim Deal - Nobody Loves You More
Our November Record of the Month is Nobody Loves You More, the first full-length album from cult musician and legit cultural icon, Kim Deal.
FEATURE
The La’s - The La’s
One of the best eponymous albums ever. One of the finest debut albums ever. One of the most genuinely timeless albums ever.
SEPTEMBER
Kit Sebastian - New Internationale
The sound of early Autumn 2024 is very much the swirling and evocative combination of Anatolian rock and vintage global grooves…
FEATURE
A Tribe Called Quest - The Low End Theory
The iconic second LP from A Tribe Called Quest. An absolute classic of murky beats, hazy samples and bubbling lyrical flows.