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Fennesz - Agora
The strongest, and most cohesive, album that Fennesz has released in over a decade»
Lee Gamble - In A Paraventral Scale
This is an artist, and series of releases, to embrace and get excited about»
Irk - Recipes from the Bible
Forty minutes of math/shronk excellence»
Various - Unusual Sounds: The Hidden History of Library Music
A hidden history that lurks just below pop’s shinny surface»
Antarctigo Vespucci - Love in the Time of E-Mail
A fabulous album that perfectly sums up living, and loving, in a digital age.»
The Fangasm: Last Of The Country Gentlemen by Josh T. Pearson
After listening to this, you’ll probably need some quiet time to not only reflect on his stories, but also your own»
Our Girl - Stranger Today
Each track hitting you like a beautiful wave»
Chastity - Death Lust
As the riffs build up and the glorious sing-a-long chorus repeats and repeats you realise that Chasity are your new favourite band.»
Johnny Jewel - Themes for Television
Jewel has crated 21 songs that perfectly evoke and spirit of Twin Peaks»
Onyx Collective - Lower East Suite Part Three
It shows that jazz is loud, vibrant, angry at society and has something to say»
Princess Nokia - A Girl Cried Red
She'll follow a project through to its conclusion because she feels passionate about it»
Josh T Pearson - The Straight Hits!
This could very well be Pearson’s coming out party after years in the wilderness»
Jeff Rosenstock - POST-
POST- is an incredibly fun record»
Amyl & The Sniffers - Big Attraction/Giddy Up
Big Attraction/Giddy Up is a messy ball of fun and it shows»
La Féline - Triomphe
La Féline have kickstarted a silent revolution. Love live the revolution!»
Heathered Pearls - Detroit, MI 1997 - 2001
A producer trying to convey how he feels about buildings, and space, at a certain time in his life»
Alien Stadium - Livin' in Elizabethan Times
Livin' in Elizabethan Times is 28 minutes of big dumb fun»
Wren / Slabdragger - Mothers of Beef and the Magic of Invention
Most importantly this shows that metal does have a fun side»
Kamasi Washington - Harmony of Difference
If The Epic was a very large and rich meal then Harmony of Difference is a palate-cleansing sorbet»
Antibalas - Where the Gods Are In Peace
Yet again Antibalas have managed to sound like the coolest house party band ever»
Portico Quartet - Art in the Age of Automation
Portico Quartet are back to their best»
Nicole Atkins - Goodnight Rhonda Lee
Nicole Atkins returns with her most enjoyable and brutally honest album to date»
Sónar 2017: the DiS review
Europe's premiere dance festival is back for another year»
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis - War Machine
The work of musicians who not only understand how to craft incredible pieces of music, but totally understand the genre they are working with»
Rancid - Trouble Maker
Rancid return with their best album in a decade»
The Great Escape 2017: The DiS Preview
We're off to the seaside to watch some amazing new bands»
College - Shanghai
Underneath all the slow production and slow burning aesthetics there is a great album slowly trying to get out»
Actress - AZD
If you put in the effort this is one of the most rewarding albums of the year so far»