JUST IN! 'Kalvarie' by CHVE

Amenra's Colin H. Van Eeckhout revives his drone, dark ambient, experimental rock, and industrial melding solo project.

AMENRA (official)
Relapse Records
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PRE-ORDER: 'It's Inside You' by Candy

Candy turn their ultra-heavy metalcore/hardcore on its head, this time upping the industrial metal elements hinted at in their prior two records.

Expecting something along the lines of Vein.fm here.

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PRE-ORDER: 'II' by Kiasmos

Influences and approaches on 'II' are wide-ranging, with Balinese percussion, field recordings, choppy breakbeats, and higher BPMs burrowing into the Kiasmos sound.

Ólafur Arnalds
Kiasmos
Erased Tapes
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SHIPS NEXT WEEK: 'Minecraft Volume Alpha' by C418

Our limited-edition reissue of the widely acclaimed, minimalist ambient score to the popular video game is released next Friday.

Daniel
Ghostly International
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PRE-ORDER: 'Vows' by Hot Water Music

Long-running gruff hardcore punks Hot Water Music announce their tenth album.

Thrice, Dallas Green, and Turnstile's Brendan Yates guest.

Hot Water Music
End Hits Records
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TODAY’S BEST RELEASES:

New Album of the Day: Splitterzelle - 'Drumhard Sessions Vol. 1'

Best Pre-Order: Hakushi Hasegawa 長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa - ‘Mahōgakkō’ BRAINFEEDER

Best Reissue: Manic Street Preachers - ‘Lifeblood: 20th Anniversary’

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PRE-ORDER: 'A Pawn Surrender' by Rose Hotel (Signed LP Copies)

Jordan Reynolds and co. return with their psych, dream pop, and 80s jangle pop influenced indie.

rose hotel
Strolling Bones Records
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PRE-ORDER: 'Most, but Potentially All (composed by Jim O'Rourke)' by Eivind Lønning, Jim O'Rourke

Cool jazz trumpeting meets experimental electronic technique on this limited LP collaboration.

Eivind Lønning
Smalltown Supersound
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RSD 2024: 'L'arcangelo (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' by Piero Umiliani

The Italian film soundtrack composer and library musician's score to Giorgio Capitani's obscure-ish 1969 black comedy crime caper drops as a limited RSD release.

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PRE-ORDER: 'Rite Here Rite Now (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)' by Ghost

Ghost emerge from the shadows to announce the soundtrack to their soon-to-be-released part live concert film, part narrative horror flick.

Loma Vista Recordings
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PRE-ORDER: ‘Sung Tongs’ & ‘Sung Tongs Live at the Theatre at Ace Hotel’ by Animal Collective

Animal Collective are celebrating 20 years of the classic psychedelic folk album ‘Sung Tongs’ with a colour vinyl reissue and a new live release.

Domino Recording Co
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JUST IN! 'Sunday At The Village Vanguard' by Bill Evans Trio

A simply sublime live album from the jazz pianist plus a backing from Scott LaFaro and Paul Motian.

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JUST IN! 'Drumhard Sessions Vol. 1' by Splitterzelle

On the first of their collaborative jam-based projects, motorik space-psych rockers Splitterzelle recruit Rouven Bienert and Jonas Heheman of TV Strange.

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JUST IN! 'Relics Of Our Life' by Bobby Would

Bobby Would of Berlin garage punks Heavy Metal flies solo with his fifth LP, a work which bridges lo-fi songwriting with shades-on NYC art rock.

Limited LP on Digital Regress.

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JUST IN! 'Omni' by Douglas Dare

Art pop musician Douglas Dare steps away from acoustic instruments and embraces synths and drum machines on a cinematic electronic work inspired by club culture.

Douglas Dare
Erased Tapes
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RSD 2024: 'Mellow & Colly' by Dub Syndicate

The Scientist-produced 1998 album from the cult UK dub and roots reggae outfit made up of Style Scott and Adrian Sherwood is treated to a new reissue.

Also includes a CD with five bonus tracks.

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WEEKLY PLAYLIST:

Ft. Laibach, Arab Strap, Myriam Gendron, Amen Dunes, Dehd, Keeley Forsyth, DJ Polo, Tuta Ta, and more…

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PRE-ORDER: 'Mahōgakkō' by Hakushi Hasegawa

Frantic percussive pop meets fluid electronic jazz on the third from the Japanese producer and multi-instrumentalist.

Translucent rosé pink vinyl LP on Brainfeeder.

長谷川白紙 Hakushi Hasegawa
BRAINFEEDER
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JUST IN! 'Buddha Machine SE 2024' by FM3

Got a couple of the metallic editions of the legendary portable ambient loop players in, complete with enhanced features plus all of the original lo-fi, 8-bit loops created by FM3.

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BACK IN STOCK / DINKED 280: 'Here In The Pitch' by Jessica Pratt

We've managed to land a couple more of the Dinked Edition variant of the songwriter's latest, which won last week's Album of the Week.

Revisit our review below.

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