IDLES TANGK - PARTISAN CD/LP
It really shouldn’t be a surprise that a band who proved themselves good at one thing turn out to be good at other things as well. But Tangk does feel like a surprising album, which perhaps says something about the way one’s expectations have been narrowed in a music world increasingly dominated by tightly curated stay-in-your-lane playlists and algorithms programmed to second-guess your tastes by serving you up more of the same. Or perhaps it says something about underestimating Idles themselves, who in fairness, always seemed as likely to collapse under the weight of the contradictions at their centre as to develop; making muscular, aggressive music about “impotent male rage”, as Talbot put it, is a tough balancing act, liable to tip over, open to misinterpretation. Not everything on Tangk works, but the vast majority of it does, with an urgency that draws you into its message of positivity: reason enough to break out the freudenfreude. - THE GUARDIAN
GRANDADDY BLUE WAVE - DANGERBIRD CD/LP
For this outing, Lytle takes a somewhat surprising turn toward country music, loading up the album with ample pedal steel and synthesizers while also making room for bluegrass waltzes, of all things. Blu Wavisn’t such a radical departure that it could be considered a reinvention of the band. For one thing, the album is also laced with their hallmark lo-fi and psych sounds. But Grandaddy’s ambitious venturing into previously uncharted waters shows there’s plenty of life yet in these peerless musicians. It almost feels like, after tragedy left the band amiss, it was all they could do to see where they could still find solace, if not hope. Granddaddy are, understandably, far more serious this time around. Yet they still find rays of sunshine and, like a tilted mirror, redirect them to shine on an audience that needs comfort of its own during these oh-so-fearful times. - FLOOD
BIG GARDEN TO THE RIND (COLV) LP
FRANK BRETSCHNEIDER CURVE LP
CARETAKER PERSISTENT REPITION LP
JEREMIAH CHIU IN ELECTRIC TIME LP
CHROMEO ADULT CONTEMPORARY LP
CRAWLERS MESS WE SEEM TO MAKE LP
DEADMAU5 4X4=12 (CVNL) (GRN) LP
DIAMANTE AMERICAN DREAM LP
DISHWASHER DISHWASHER LP
EL PERRO DEL MAR BIG ANONYMOUS LP
ELAQUENT REDISCOVERY (ORANGE) LP
ELLIE POP ELLIE POP (CVNL) LP
FRIKO WHERE WE'VE BEEN, WHERE WE GO FROM HERE CD/LP
PHILIP GLASS PHILIP GLASS SOLO LP
GRANDADDY BLU WAV CD/LP
HAPPY END KAZEMACHI ROMAN (COLV) LP
MOTOHIRO HATA KOTONOHA - O.S.T. LP
HEALTH RAT WARS LP
JOE HENDERSON MODE FOR JOE LP
JOHN LEE HOOKER I FEEL GOOD (BLUE) LP
IDLES TANGK CD/LP
TAKESI INOMATA / SOUND LIMITED INNOCENT CANON LP
JELLYBEAN BANDITS JELLYBEAN BANDITS LP
KENNETH JIMENEZ SONNET TO SILENCE LP
NATHALIE JOACHIM KI MOUN OU YE LP
ANNI KIVINIEMI TRIO EIR LP
KNXWLEDGE 1988 LP
KRALLICE CRYSTALLINE EXHAUSTION LP
KRALLICE DEMONIC WEALTH LP
KRALLICE PSYCHAGOGUE LP
KRONOS QUARTET BLACK ANGELS LP
LAKE STREET DIVE BAD SELF PORTRAITS LP
YUSEF LATEEF EASTERN SOUNDS LP
LEVITATION ROOM STRANGE WEATHER LP
LIL PEEP CRYBABY (CVNL) LP
LUBRICATED GOAT GREAT OLD ONES LP
MAYTALS FROM THE ROOTS LP
SARAH MCLACHLAN FUMBLING TOWARDS ECSTASY LP
TATE MCRAE THINK LATER LP
MEGAPTERA NEAR DEATH LP
MIZMOR & THOU MYOPIA (GOLD) LP
LEE MORGAN SEARCH FOR THE NEW LAND LP
LEE MORGAN VOLUME 3 LP
MORTHOND DEATH TIME LP
MOTHER MOTHER GRIEF CHAPTER LP
JALEN NGONDA COME AROUND AND LOVE 7”
OMNI SOUVENIR CD/LP
LUCY RAILTON CORNER DANCER LP
SAN FERMIN ARMS LP
MASAHIKO SATO HOLOGRAPHY LP
SLAYER SHOW NO MERCY (40TH ANNIVERSARY) LP
BRUNO SPOERRI MUSIQUES LEGERES LP
STANCE BROTHERS DUKTUS (COLV) (GRN) LP
EARL SWEATSHIRT & THE ALCHEMIST VOIR DIRE CD/LP/CASSETTE
TECHNO ANIMAL BROTHERHOOD OF THE BOMB CD/LP
WAILIN STORMS SILVER SNAKE UNFOLDS LP
HANS ZIMMER TRUE ROMANCE / O.S.T. LP
LATE ADDTIONS…
AMIGO THE DEVIL YOURS UNTIL THE WAR IS OVER CD
AVENGED SEVENFOLD CITY OF EVIL LP
BRIGITTE BARDOT B.B. LA LEGENDE LP
BROWNOUT EVOLVER 7”
BROWNOUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO FALL 7”
BETTY CARTER THE MODERN SOUND OF BETTY CARTER LP
ERIKA DE CASIER STILL LP
SAM COOKE 60 ESSENTIAL RECORDINGS CD
THE CULT DREAMTIME (RED) LP
DJ SPINNA UNPICKED TREATS LP
FATBACK TONITE'S AN ALL NIGHT PARTY CD
BELA FLECK AS WE SPEAK CD
FUCKED UP THE CHEMISTRY OF COMMON LIFE CD
STAN GETZ & BILL EVANS PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED RECORDINGS LP
ASTRUD GILBERTO LOOK TO THE RAINBOW LP
HEADSTONE BRIGADE VICTORY & DEFEAT LP
HIBUSHIBIRE MAGICAL METAMORPHOSIS LP
JOHN LEE HOOKER THAT'S MY STORY CD
I DON'T KNOW HOW BUT THEY FOUND ME GLOOM DIVISION LP
JAYE JAYLE DONT LET YOUR LOVE LIFE GET YOU DOWN LP
JUNGLE VOLCANO LP
KOOL KEITH MR. CONTROLLER LP
KRAAK & SMAAK TWENTY LP
LIL WAYNE I AM MUSIC LP
LITTLE SIMZ NO THANK YOU LP
MASTA ACE & MARCO POLO RICHMOND HILL LP
JAMES MASTRO DAWN OF A NEW ERROR LP
NAMELESS CHIPS CASSETTE
PALE JAY CELESTIAL SUITE LP
ART PEPPER SMACK UP LP
POOLSIDE HEAT LP
POST MALONE DIAMOND COLLECTION LP
DJANGO REINHARDT MINOR SWING LP
GIL SCOTT-HERON FREE WILL LP
TY SEGALL THREE BELLS LP
SMEGMA INFRINGEMENTS LP
THE STROKES IS THIS IT (COLV) LP
JOZE VAN WISSEM THE NIGHT DWELLS IN THE DAY LP
XL MIDDLETON CHROME SPRINGS CASSETTE