Experimental
Death Grips – No Love Deep Web
Bringing a whole new meaning to "difficult third album" No Love Deep Web captures Death Grips at their most abrasive and obtuse.
Chelsea Wolfe – Unknown Rooms: A Collection of Acoustic Songs
Spooky, ethereal, and haunting, Chelsea Wolfe crafts a lucid selection of stripped down and visceral songs.
Animal Collective – Centipede Hz
Taking the tendency toward hooks and poppy songwriting of Merriweather, Centipede Hz exists within a rougher production framework and leans on the hyperactive rock-isms of 2007’s Strawberry Jam.
WHY? – Sod in the Seed EP
Three years on from Eskimo Snow, Yoni Wolf brings his distinguished brand of self-aware indie-hop back with Sod In The Seed. In the last decade Wolf has gone from the surrealist hip-hop experiment cLOUDDEAD to having been ... read more
Great and/or overlooked records from the first half of 2012
More than halfway through 2012 things have seriously picked in terms of album releases. Below are a handful of records we couldn't or otherwise didn't review from earlier this year. Every one is brilliant and would have made the recommended ... read more
Dinowalrus – Best Behaviour
On the one hand, a June release is perfect for a synthy, electrorock album with a chillout vibe worthy of the Summer playlists of any festival-goer. It's a glittery entity, pumping out a psychedelic combination of subtle and in...
Liars @ Ruby Lounge, Manchester 15/06/12
On the back of a brilliant sixth record Liars again prove their ability to make things their own, on the stage as well as in the studio.
Liars – WIXIW
There are so many brilliant moments on WIXIW in calculated subtlety and in flashes of brutality, and the band’s tendency to emphasise atmosphere, mood, tension and experimentation never detracts focus from the songs themselves.
12
