Amen Dunes - Freedom
Freedom is the new long player from Amen Dunes. The band is led by singer-songwriter and musician Damon McMahon and this new collection is a deeply personal set of songs,...
Preoccupations - New Material
Preoccupations are a band we have a long history of being obsessed with. New album New Material, as ever, is potent and the mood from song to song is so intense. The...
Yo La Tengo - There’s A Riot Going On
Rejoice!!! it's the return of Hoboken's finest... Yo La Tengo!!! New studio album (15th full-length) today called There’s A Riot Going On released on Matador and it is magnificent! Over the years...
Nap Eyes - I'm Bad Now
Record of the Week is I'm Bad Now, the third album from Nova Scotia's Nap Eyes.We bleated on about their first two albums via Paradise of Bachelors (naturally), but this third LP...
Soccer Mommy - Clean
Clean, the debut album proper from Nashville-based, 20 year-old Sophie Allison who records under the name Soccer Mommy. It follows on from the critically acclaimed Collection that you'll remember as one of...
Insecure Men - Insecure Men
Insecure Men is the self titled debut album from Saul Ademczewski and Ben Romans-Hopcraft. It's billed somewhere between a super group and a side project, but it's best enjoyed on...
The Orielles - Silver Dollar Moment
My god we love The Orielles... and so will you! Sidonie Hand Halford, her younger sister Esme and their friend Henry Wade have been a big part of our last...
Ezra Furman - Transangelic Exodus
Transangelic Exodus from Ezra Furman is a big, smart and chest poundingly joyous album. It's his eighth album (with various backing bands) in the last decade and carries on his evolution as...
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The Bug Club - On The Intricate Inner Workings Of The System
We have been preaching feverishly at The Bug Club altar for quite some time now, so it’ll come as little surprise to anyone that their Sub Pop debut is very...
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Gene Clark - No Other
Originally released in September 1974, No Other is an absolutely extraordinary album of Country-steeped rock and roll balladeering from The Byrds founding member, Gene Clark. An LP of huge innovation...
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Curtis Mayfield - Curtis
Released in September 1970, Curtis is the eponymous solo debut from Curtis Mayfield, an album soothing soul and biting social commentary.