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Kevin Morby
This Is A Photograph [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 13/May/2022 ] This Is A Photograph, Morby's 7th album, finds him making an Americana paean, a visceral life and death, blood on the canvas outpouring. The creatively invigorated songwriter has managed to align his finest songs, his best vocal performances, his... |
Khruangbin
Con Todo El Mundo (LP) [ Night Time Stories / LP - released 26/Jan/2018 ] Formed of Laura Lee on bass, Mark Speer on guitar, and Donald "DJ" Johnson on drums; globetrotting Texan trio Khruangbin present their second album 'Con Todo El Mundo', set for release on 26th January 2018. Whereas their 2015 debut album 'The... |
Khruangbin
Mordechai [ Dead Oceans / CD - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Khruangbin has always been multilingual, weaving far-flung musical languages like East Asian surf-rock, Persian funk, and Jamaican dub into mellifluous harmony. But on its third album, it's finally speaking out loud. Mordechai features vocals... |
Khruangbin
Mordechai (LP) [ Dead Oceans / LP - released 26/Jun/2020 ] Khruangbin has always been multilingual, weaving far-flung musical languages like East Asian surf-rock, Persian funk, and Jamaican dub into mellifluous harmony. But on its third album, it's finally speaking out loud. Mordechai features vocals... |
Khruangbin
The Universe Smiles Upon You [ Late Night Tales / CD - released 11/Dec/2015 ] Khruangbin are a largely instrumental Houston trio that take elements of '60s and '70s Thai funk, soul, psych, R&B, surf, and jazz and pull it all into the same spacious but distinct sonic universe. |
Kit Sebastian
Mantra Moderne (LP) [ Mr Bongo / LP - released 19/Jul/2019 ] 'Mantra Moderne' is a stunning, contemporary masterpiece that fuses Anatolian Psychedelia, Brazilian Tropicalia, 60's European pop and American jazz. A must for fans of Khruangbin, Portishead, Arthur Verocai, Goat, Caetano Veloso, Tom Zé, Os... |
The Lahaar
The Lahaar EP (12") [ Soundway / 12in - released 31/Mar/2023 ] Drawing inspiration from the depths of late 70's NYC proto-rap disco instrumentals, Nigerian boogie, Jamaican dub and modern jazzy house - The Lahaar is a Trans-Tasman collaboration between Julien Dyne, Horatio Luna and Surprise Chef's Lachlan... |
Lana Del Rey
NFR aka Norman Fucking Rockwell [ Polydor / CD - released 30/Aug/2019 ] NFR was mainly produced and co-written with Jack Antonoff and includes 'Venice Bitch,' 'Mariners Apartment Complex,' 'hope is a dangerous thing for a woman like me to have - but I have it,' and a cover of Sublime's 'Doin' Time'. |
Laura Marling
Semper Femina [ More Alarming / CD - released 10/Mar/2017 ] There is a line from Virgil's epic poem The Aeneid that nearly a decade ago Laura Marling decided to have tattooed on her leg: "Varium et mutabile semper femina" it runs, translating roughly as "A woman is an ever fickle and changeable thing."... |
Laura Marling
Song For Our Daughter [ Partisan / CD - released 14/Aug/2020 ] Laura Marling's exquisite seventh album 'Song For Our Daughter' arrives almost without preamble or warning in the midst of uncharted global chaos, and yet instantly and tenderly offers a sense of purpose, clarity and calm. As a balm for the soul,... |
Lee Hazlewood
The Lee Hazlewood Story 1955-1962 - Fools, Rebel Rousers & Girls on Death Row [ Jasmine / CD - released 1/Dec/2018 ] The late LEE HAZLEWOOD is one of R&R and Pop's most iconic cult figures, with a huge reputation as a producer, songwriter and singer. This 35-track compilation presents an eclectic selection of rarities, juxtaposed alongside a handful of his early... |
Leyla McCalla
A Day For the Hunter, A Day For the Prey [ Jazz Village / CD - released 25/Nov/2016 ] A Day for the Hunter, A Day for the Prey, the follow up to Leyla McCalla's critically acclaimed Vari-Colored Songs, is a musical exploration of two cultural identities, one sprouted in the United States and the other firmly planted in... |
Lianne La Havas
Lianne La Havas (LP) [ Warner UK / LP - released 17/Jul/2020 ] Lianne's third album and her first in five years is an album of startling beauty and insight. Working on writing and exploring her own identity, La Havas spent a lot of time moving back and forth between the UK and the States. As a result, 'Lianne... |
Lido Pimienta
Miss Colombia (LP) [ Anti / LP - released 19/Jun/2020 ] Miss Colombia is Lido Pimienta's follow-up to 'La Papessa', which was awarded the Polaris Music Prize in 2017. The Colombian-born, Toronto-based global beats trailblazer recorded the album in her home studio, with some additional recording done in... |
Little Dragon
Slugs Of Love [ Ninja Tune / CD - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The iconic Swedish 4-piece Little Dragon - spearheaded by vocalist Yukimi Nagano - return with a new and utterly beguiling blend of avant pop on their album Slugs of Love out on Ninja Tune, inviting outright legend Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur) and... |
Little Dragon
Slugs Of Love (Translucent Blue Vinyl LP) [ Ninja Tune / LP - released 7/Jul/2023 ] The iconic Swedish 4-piece Little Dragon - spearheaded by vocalist Yukimi Nagano - return with a new and utterly beguiling blend of avant pop on their album Slugs of Love out on Ninja Tune, inviting outright legend Damon Albarn (Gorillaz, Blur) and... |
Little Simz
NO THANK YOU [ Forever Living Originals / CD - released 16/Jun/2023 ] If 2021's "Sometimes I Might Be Introvert" catapulted Simz into the big leagues, crashing into the top 5 of the albums charts, collecting Mercury Music Prize, Mobo, Ivor Novello and Brit Award wins and earning her the biggest live audiences yet in... |
Little Simz
NO THANK YOU (Clear Vinyl LP) [ Forever Living Originals / 2 LP - released 16/Jun/2023 ] If 2021's "Sometimes I Might Be Introvert" catapulted Simz into the big leagues, crashing into the top 5 of the albums charts, collecting Mercury Music Prize, Mobo, Ivor Novello and Brit Award wins and earning her the biggest live audiences yet in... |
Loyle Carner
Hugo [ EMI / CD - released 21/Oct/2022 ] In hugo, there's a central question that Loyle Carner keeps coming back to: "I'm young, Black, successful and have a platform - but where do I go next?" The answer is explored in this epic scream of a third album. With urgent delivery and... |
Loyle Carner
Hugo (Gatefold LP) [ EMI / LP - released 21/Oct/2022 ] In hugo, there's a central question that Loyle Carner keeps coming back to: "I'm young, Black, successful and have a platform - but where do I go next?" The answer is explored in this epic scream of a third album. With urgent delivery and... |
