The Range: Potential
The Range's latest album, Potential, has been out for a minute now, and yet it's still sinking in. It's rare for an artist's sophomore release to be their masterpiece, but an…
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Andy Stott: Too Many Voices
Ever since Andy Stott graduated from the dub techno scene with his 2011 EPs Passed Me By and We Stay Together, it's felt like the Manchester-based producer is capable of anything, and…
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Patrice Bäumel – Balance Presents
With the never ending amount of new musicians, DJs and electronic acts emerging onto the scene, it is getting increasingly difficult to find good music. The few that do stand…
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Kevin Morby – Singing Saw
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Night Moves – Pennied Days
Back in 2012, Night Moves emerged from the shimmering, quickly widening pool of acoustic-psych rock with Colored Emotion, a patchwork breakout that squeezed serious indie-God potential into fuzzy threads of…
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Methyl Ethel – Oh Inhuman Spectacle
In a moment when Australia is riding high via the respective outputs of psych-rockers Tame Impala and idiosyncratic singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett, another group is laying its claim to the Land…
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Mothers – When You Walk A Long Distance You Are Tired
“Most things are born golden/until they start to notice,” former art student Kristine Leschper croons on “Nesting Behavior,” a stunningly unself-conscious parable apt to describe Mothers’ debut work. The Athens…
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Tiga – No Fantasy Required
Tiga is a 21st Century techno icon thanks to the magnitude of successful singles in his discography. The Montreal producer, DJ, and singer keeps his creativity flowing by constantly looking…
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Submotion Orchestra – Colour Theory
Most musicians like to describe themselves as progressive and musically evolving, but very few have as much grounds to claim this as Submotion Orchestra. The UK seven piece band have…
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Star Slinger – Sketchy EP
Revered beatmaker Darren Williams, a.k.a. Star Slinger, is most recognized for his eclecticism in music production and mixing, drawing influence from hip hop beats to house music and a broad array of…
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Dillon Petrillo – Beacons Of Boredom At The Blacklight Ganghouse
You can tell that San Francisco-based Dillon Petrillo is full of imagination. His album Beacons Of Boredom At The Blacklight Ganghouse, which was self-released in Oct 2015, is a 19-track…
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Silicon – Personal Computer
Every now and again, there's an album; a gem that goes completely under the radar. A sleeper, that once heard makes one question "How did I Miss This?" While I…
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