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Stainless Style
Neon Neon
A gift from the indie/electro heavens – a multi-layered concept album about car magnate John DeLorean that’s full of suitably metallic, zoomy synths and future classic songs.
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Midnight Boom
The Kills
The Kills subtly and organically fuse pop, glam, blues, art-punk and hip hop, in a manner that flits between light and dark, funny and morbid, experimental and cute.
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After Party Babies
Cadence Weapon
Surely Canada’s most vital hip-hop export returns with his second album. Future rap sits atop warped keys taking their cues from 8-bit consolecore, trance and tech house.
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Devotion
Beach House
The wonderfully floaty second album from Beach House layers Cocteau Twins etherealness over low-lying organs and slowed-down, fairgroundy rhythms.
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Fancy Footwork
Chromeo
Gleaming, 80s-style, plastic electro-funk-pop by two guys from Montreal, Canada, who want to make catchy songs but, above all, have a hell of a lot of fun.
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Yes Yes Vindictive
Operator Please
A delinquent cracker, with unbridled energy as much a part of the running theme as the spiky guitars and lyrics that suggest a level of experience their average age might belie.
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Good Nature
Youthmovies
Proving discord can be pleasant, this Oxford-based, former post-hardcore band, have appeared out of the same scene as math-pop rising stars Foals.
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None Shall Pass
Aesop Rock
A departure from the skittering beats and blast-off rhyming of previous albums, offering up noticeably more soundscaping from long-term producers Blockhead and El-P.
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Moi et Mon Camion
Merz
Merz (aka Conrad Lambert) is back - his latest is a mixture of beautiful balladeering, heartfelt tunes, intricate production and a display of his multi-instrumental talents.
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