Angelo De Augustine Angel in Plainclothes
Sufjan Stevens collaborator whose latest is full of heartfelt elegies, powerful melodies, and captivating songcraft – but its scope is far broader, his use of dynamics more intriguing and panoptic. He created it using a vast array of largely antique musical instruments, including such oddities as a Marxophone, a bowed Aquarion, and a bowed Psaltery, alongside train whistles, electric guitars, off kilter blown out drums.
The Reds, Pinks & Purples Acknowledge Kindness
“This album is probably about learning to live with your ghosts and trying to be alive in the present,” says Glenn Donaldson. ”There’s a certain kind of big-sounding record I aspire to make, like California by American Music Club or 16 Lover’s Lane by The Go-Betweens, works that steer into the pain but become a transportational device for the listener.”
Maxwell Farrington & Le SuperHomard Window Tax
With a shared admiration for Lee Hazlewood, Scott Walker and Sean O’Hagan’s The High Llamas, the pair have landed on a formula that owes as much to music’s rich history as it does to contemporary sounds.
White Fence Orange
They produce a clean and uncrowded space to mount up all the rock ‘n balladry, playing with genre throughout the album like a space-age Kinks.
White Denim 13
An incandescent, groove-heavy alchemy of rock, funk, dub, soul and down-dirty blues.
OOIOO & Lightning Bolt The Horizon Spirals / The Horizon Viral
OOIOO serves as a core outlet for melding freeform experimentalism with hypnotic rock pulses, defying boundaries with her acrobatic voice, electronics, trumpet and gamelan. Lightning Bolt’s Brian Chippendale and Brian Gibson have remained unparalleled in their ability to transmute frenetic whirls of percussion, gargantuan fuzz and dizzying melody into monolithic vistas.
Various Something For The Longing: Scottish Independent Pop 1985-1999
3CD set travelling from the noise-pop of The Jesus And Mary Chain and the effortless retro cool of Primal Scream, through the kawaii stylings of Bis and the sophisticated pop of Belle And Sebastian, to the dour post rock of Arab Strap and the melting pot eclecticism of The Beta Band.
Kristen Gallerneaux Life Day
Across music and academia, KG has formed her own voice, carved out a space for her particular “hospital ambient” and “backwoods industrial.”
Pearl Love and Grief
Baltimore punk four-piece known for an energetic and bass heavy sound.
Brontës Brontës
Debut from a 4-piece rock/pop band influenced by generations of classic pop music such as Sabrina Carpenter, Blondie and The Ronettes.
Black Brunswicker Dreams of a Sunflower River
It sonically reflects their early releases, drone-heavy and an emphasis on guitar finger-picking… drifting blissfully through a dreamlike expanse, unanchored, weightless, and quietly luminous.
HighWay Last Call For Rock’n’Roll
French hard rock band’s sixth album features 12 brand-new tracks that blend power, melody, and emotion.
Setting Setting
Their intricate interplay of synthesizers, cassette loops, banjo, keyboards, electronics, zithers, and a litany of percussive instruments form a tactile amalgam of celestial transcendence and terrestrial rhythm, a loamy pulse fluidly guiding every minute fluctuation in feel.
Jesus Christ Taxi Driver Taxi The Rich
Taking cues from garage punk, funk, surf rock, twang and even power pop, Jesus Christ Taxi Driver assembles an unlikely thematic cast of characters on Taxi The Rich including serial killers, Lana Del Rey, Jeffrey Epstein and more.
Jody Glenham Still Here EP
Moving beyond the immediacy and mood of her past work, the collection emphasizes patience and presence, weaving hazy guitars, door-chime synths, and dreamy vocals into a cohesive, timeless set of songs.
Miss Grit Under My Umbrella
An album that is as expansive as it is intimate, channelling the nourish atmosphere of classic trip-hop bands, while adding a hefty dose of maximalism and dream-pop sensibility.
Kneecap Fenian
According to the band, “It’s a more sinister sound…because these are sinister times. But also defiant and triumphant.”
Mildred Fenceline
Debut from band described as “Pavement went Americana.”
Friko Something Worth Waiting For
Their second album sees them exploring everything from noise-rock to avant-garde classical to ’70s-era symphonic balladry.
Various All You Good People – Britpop and Beyond 1995-1999
4CD 83 track compilation includes Pulp, Elastica, Supergrass, Radiohead, Paul Weller, The Charlatans, Primal Scream, Ocean Colour Scene, Black Grape, McAlmont & Butler, Stereophonics, Cornershop, Embrace, Gomez and Doves.
The Deadmans The Deadmans
They define themselves with off-beat poetics, striking self-made Lynchian visuals full of contradicting forces, and a high concept alt-pop sound.
Tsatsamis Tsycophant
Exposing universal truths about jealousy, desire, hedonism, love and sex, the mixtape showcases Tsatsamis’s skills as an astute chronicler of modern life, delivering his stories via mammoth pop anthems.
Fischer Z Word Paradise – The United Artists Records & Liberty Recordings
A 3CD pack that documents Fischer-Z’s distinctive blend of sharp songwriting, literate lyricism and angular post-punk energy
Failure Location Lost
Their seventh studio album and fourth since reuniting in 2014 after a 17-year-hiatus.
Fer Franco Punto de Inflexión
Drawing from Krautrock, Latin American rock, ambient and psychedelia, the album moves through memory and reflection, carried by warm, synth-led soundscapes that feel both nostalgic and forward-looking.
Pastel Blank Unmade in Minutes
Known for their genre-bending sounds and incisive lyricism, the band has drawn comparisons to the likes of Pavement and Talking Heads.
Widget Classy Hits Vol. 2
Queer disco punks whose funky, scratchy, politically conscious tunes recall the likes of Tom Tom Club, B52s, The Slits and Le Tigre.
Beatrix We Swallowed The Sky
The songs are striking and off-kilter, full of surprising melodic turns or boldly arranged instrumentals, and careening from hushed piano numbers to loud full-band blasts.
The Prestige Isthmos
An album that is deeply introspective, dark, dense, and demanding—both for those who listen to it and for those who created it.
Anenon Dream Temperature
Saxophonist, electronic producer and composer Brian Allen Simon explores darker hues, transposing waking and altered states under his studio veil Anenon.
Crocodylus Limbo, Please Be Good To Me
Australian garage-punk quartet turn away from conventional song structures, limiting bar chords and run through a kaleidoscope of softer, sympathetic cuts.
Bel Cobain Kizzy EP
Spanning six tracks and flowing effortlessly through multifarious sonic references from rock, jazz, R&B, hip hop, folk, breaks.
Ringo Starr Long Long Road
His second album with T Bone Burnett. The 10-songs include collaborations with Billy Strings, Sheryl Crow and St Vincent.
Carla dal Forno Confession
Musically, Confession feels lighter on its feet than its subject matter suggests. Melodic basslines anchor the songs while guitars, harmonies, and gently off-kilter rhythms move around them.
Andy Blade Ain’t That A Shame EP
Paying tribute to The Damned’s Brian James with an EP of songs they co-wrote.
The Milk Carton Kids Lost Cause Lover Fool
Four-time Grammy nominated folk band whose seventh studio album expands on their signature minimalist sound while staying grounded in the intimate songwriting and understated arrangements that define their work.
DFL Fuck It
A blast of raw, high-speed punk energy.
Astraya Atropine
Their music is a blend of dark rock, metal and doom, and is defined by the ethereal, classically influenced vocals of Melina Abele.
Six Feet Under Next To Die
“It started out as an album full of death metal songs with speed and aggression,” says guitarist Jack Owen. “Then [vocalist] Chris [Barnes] had the brilliant idea to keep half of those death metal songs and add some groovier songs in the vein of the early SIX FEET UNDER material.
Since The Death Entangled
Operating somewhere in the volatile space between death metal brutality, thrash velocity, and black metal atmosphere.
Matteo Manusco Route 96
Second album from artist whose debut was a perfect storm of dazzling fingerstyle technique and beautifully crafted compositions.
Sugar Spine Soul Before Spirit EP
Metalcore band push deeper into intensely personal songwriting while maintaining the relentless energy that has defined their sound.
Some Fear Word Eater
Across 8 slow-motion songs, the band matures from their lo-fi roots into a more polished, high-fidelity sound characterized by dense and patient textures.
The Leaving Ultimate Buzz
Debut from a duo comprised of Martin Doherty (CHVRCHES) and Jonny Scott.
Knife Bride sorry about the plague EP
Group that has developed their own immersive sound (coining the term “nu-gothika”), which incorporates a wide range of inky influences including Spiritbox, Kate Bush and Bring Me The Horizon and Karnivool.
Yonah Bird of Miracles
Influenced by artists like Elliott Smith, Adrianne Lenker, Courtney Barnett, and Beck, he blends raw lyricism with an experimental indie edge.
Lasus Conjures
An organic garden of jazz-inflected post-rock, baile funk, ambient weightlessness, and earthen beat programming.
