Buraka Som Sistema - Black Diamond
Lisbon's chief international exponents of the uptempo kuduro sound, Buraka Som Sistema are taking this Angolan dance movement to the world. Their debut album is a rhythmically dynamic and explosive representation of the…
Menahan Street Band - Make The Road By Walking
Make The Road By Walking is the soulful debut album from New York supergroup Menahan Street Band, led by Thomas Brenneck and comprising other members from The Dap-Kings, El Michels Affair, Antibalas and…
Deerhunter - Microcastle
The third studio album from Deerhunter exhibits a noisy, abstracted but nonetheless refined style of songwriting that has characterised the Atlanta band's compelling catalogue of work. From the plaintive arpeggios of album opener…
Brightblack Morning Light - Motion To Rejoin
A mediative and meandering album of psychedelic-infused blues, Motion To Rejoin is an album that encourages the listener to slow right down. Languid, languorous, and otherwise laid-back, this second album from New Mexico…
Amaya Laucirica - Sugar Lights
The debut album from Amaya Laucirica is an ethereally beautiful record of assured songwriting and masterful arrangements. Throughout its ten tracks Sugar Lights constantly impresses the listener with its vibrancy, engaging storytelling and…
Mountains In The Sky + Qua - Electron Suite + Q&A
Electron Suite and Q&A are the two latest albums from Melbourne based musicians and producers Mountains in the Sky and Qua, otherwise known as John Lee and Cornel Wilczek. In contrast to earlier…
TV On The Radio - Dear Science
The fourth studio album from TV On The Radio is a slightly sparser but no less intricate record than their widely acclaimed Return To Cookie Mountain back in 2006. At turns angry, revolutionary…
The Bamboos - Side Stepper
World-renowned masters of soul, funk, and jazz, Melbourne based group The Bamboos offer their third studio album Side Stepper. A brilliant extension of their funk and breaks fuelled sound, Side Stepper showcases the…
The Drones - Havilah
This fifth studio album from The Drones continues the Perth band's commitment to experimentalism and innovation in modern rock. Contrasting shades pervade the record, with the frenetic tone of The Minotaur balancing the…
Chad VanGaalen - Soft Aiplane
Using various analog recording devices, synthesizers, guitars and a collection of his own handmade instruments, Chad continues to craft a unique style of pop song, at once experimental, delicate and immediately endearing. Soft…
Late Of The Pier - Fantasy Black Channel
Fantasy Black Channel is a bold debut that encompasses a broad and ambitious range of musical styles. Produced by Erol Alkon, the album is a bold, experimental and entirely satisfying survey of the…
Clue To Kalo - Lily Perdida
Lily Perdida is the third full-length release from Adelaide's electro-acoustic pop perfectionists Clue To Calo. The work of Mark Mitchell and duet partner Ellen Carey, the folk-infused album combines ten musical perspectives on…
Eddy Current Suppression Ring - Primary Colours
An alternately vicious and victorious tour through the arena of Melbourne's punk rock protagonists, Primary Colours is a deceptively complex album of instant classics. Enjoy in excess.
Cat Power - Jukebox
Cat Power returns with a second album of covers. 'Jukebox' features radically new interpretations of classic songs by a diverse range of artists - from Frank Sinatra to Bob Dylan to Nick Cave…
Vampire Weekend - Vampire Weekend
Debut LP from New York's Vampire Weekend. Already generating a huge buzz in the indie blogosphere, Vampire Weekend deliver an album of abstract pop confections. Major influences include the Afrobeat sounds of Fela…
Baseball - Animal Kingdom
Having toured 18 countries in the past two years and shared the stage with artists like Saul Williams, Black Rebel Motorcycle Club and The Hold Steady, Melbourne band Baseball finally release their debut…
Jay Reatard - Blood Visions
A high casualty rock record from the bloodiest man in punk, Jay Reatard's latest album is brutal but expressive. Filled with jagged guitar, broken lyrics and abrasive production, it's a dangerously good listen.
Various Artists - From L.A. With Love
As the title suggests, this compilation of exclusive tracks shares the love from some of Los Angeles' finest producers and song writers. Featuring new work from Flying Lotus, Madlib, Nobody, Aloe Blacc and…
The Raveonettes - Lust Lust Lust
The third album from Danish pop-noir merchants is an abrasive blend of delicate song-writing and deadly distortion; a noisy paean to the dark side of love with hot blooded lyrics and a cold…
El Guincho - Alegranza
The work of one talented Pablo Díaz-Reixa, Alegranza (which translates as ‘Joy'), is an amalgam of musical influences ranging from Benga (Kenyan traditional music) to Bhangra (Indian folk), Brazilian and Indie sounds. At…