5 May - 30 May

The Orb - Pomme Fritz (1994) - "The first hint that the Orb might have taken their work a bit too far"

Anna von Hausswolff - Dead Magic (2018) - "the listener will encounter sustained moments of darkness and experience immersion in tense, enigmatic, and unnerving sonic environments that evoke the kind of distressing emotions hinted at by the album's overall aesthetic presentation"

Jon Hopkins - Singularity (2018) - "Pitched between heat-seeking acid house and ambient bliss"

Lusine - Sensorimotor (2017) - "chopped up vocal tunes and [his] minimalistic house tracks"

Wreckless Eric - The Donovan of Trash (2014) - "determinedly lo-fi, and frequently swings back and forth between the witty and the caustic"

Shame - Songs of Praise (2018) - "tightly wound, ready to explode, and packed with lyrics dripping in a heady cocktail of venom and sarcasm"

Grouper - Grid Of Points (2018) - "Aside from piano, reverb and her own voice, Harris includes extended periods of complete stillness and atmospheric silence"

Can - Out of Reach (1978) - "finds them going deep into Latin disco rock territory"

Can - Rite Time (1989) - "Instead of melodies and hooks, Can meander in drawn out, tuneless improvisational sections"

Cave - Hunt Like Devil/ Jamz (2006) -" shifting metrics of gunky synths, repetitive basslines and overall astral-gazing"

Yo La Tengo - There's a Riot Going On (2018) - "... capture the feeling of post-traumatic calm on their latest album"

King Curtis - Soul Serenade (1964) - "the last of the great R&B tenor sax giants"

Forest Swords - Engravings (2013) - "A well-crafted synthesis of psych rock and thematic beat-making"

Eleanor Friedberger - Rebound (2018) - "a diverse set of arrangements and melodies - sometimes subtly funky, others dreamier, austere, or jazzier"

Anna von Hausswolff - The Miraculous (2015) - "Massive, mysterious gloom led by an enormous church organ"

Goat Girl - Goat Girl (2018) - "ragged, jagged music that’s at once spookily ominous and utterly exhilarating"

Courtney Barnett - Tell Me How You Really Feel (2018) - "full of incessantly catchy guitar riffs; a keen, driving rhythm section; and the unparalleled witty lyrics with which Barnett made her name"

Wild Billy Childish & CTMF ‎– In The Devil’s Focus (2017) - "raucous garage rock"

Mark Kozelek - Mark Kozelek (2018) - "It’s a dreary record, with 11 songs that meander aimlessly through the minutiae of what sounds like a banal existence"

Aidan Moffat & RM Hubbert - Here Lies The Body (2018) -  "grizzled words artfully interlacing revealing monologues, deadpan deliveries and dramatic soliloquies with a gruff ease around the delicate, spidery guitar work"

Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks - Sparkle Hard (2018) - "his sonic palette extends from cosmic and country rock to sun-drenched neo-psychedelia and prog-pop"

11 Apr - 4 May

Neil Young + Promise of the Real - Paradox (Original Music From the Film) (2018) - "soundtrack to largely incoherent film achieves a shaky sense of grace thanks to the dusty music"

Mystic Moods Orchestra - Touch (1978) - "Comes in gatefold sleeve."

MV + EE - Liberty Rose (2010) - "this new album reaches slowly inward and outward at the same time, connecting distant echoes with our own utterances and creeping notes with our own synapses."

Sir Richard Bishop - Tangier Sessions (2015) - "Rick Bishop picked up a new guitar in Switzerland, and by the time he got to Tangier, these songs fell out!"

Sir Richard Bishop - The Freak of Araby (2009) - "includes covers of several songs written by Egyptian guitarist/composer Omar Khorshid"

Lusine - The Waiting Room (2013) - "demonstrates his prowess across melodic techno, deep house, and even the indie-electronic realm."

Edith Frost - Telescopic (1998) - "almost psychedelic at times, with layers of guitars and keyboards"

OM - God is Good (2009) - "What was once an implied spirituality, drawn out through trance-like repetition, has become spoon-fed."

Fucking Am - Gold (2004) - "Indie rock for metalheads, Gold is intellectual and immediately satisfying"

Dope Body - Natural History (2012) - "juxtaposing tighter musicianship and a sleeker ear for melody while retaining the intensity that’s made them an archetype for sweaty-basement fuzz."

Tycho - Awake (Deluxe Version) (2016) - "a compelling gallery of electronic minimalism whose emotional depth requires a rich listen."

Nosaj Thing - No Reality (2016) - "Startling synths, hand claps, looping pianos, a constantly fluctuating background, just some of his inherent placemats set here"

Freddie Hubbard - Straight Life (1971) - "soul/funk influenced jazz album recorded in 1970"

Klein - Tommy EP (2017) - "the London electronic musician slathers on processed vocals in thick, inky layers"

Bitchin Bajas - Transporteur (2015) - "mostly based on synths that have been used to build warm, dusty, and comforting sound through looping melodic patterns that are layered over top of a foundation of gentle drones."

Scout Niblett - The Calcination of Scout Niblett (2010) - "Her music has always been lonely, introverted, and anguished, but the stakes seem much higher on this album, like it's a do-or-die scenario."

Bitchin’ Bajas - Bajas Fresh (2017) - "a dynamic set of patterned tones, docile drones and burbling dervishes that prove there is real momentum to be found in meditative music"

Alan Licht & Loren MazzaCane Connors - Hoffman Estates (1998) - "a psychedelic brew of fuzzed-out free jazz and howling blues"

Cave - Threace (2013) - "Cave’s heart still beats to the motorik pulse, but they’ve broadened out their repertoire to include some of the other groovy, stoney sounds of the 70s."

Cave - Neverendless (2011) - "Thicker, denser, warbling and crunching in time — a motorik masterwork!"

Sir Richard Bishop - Polytheistic Fragments (2007) - "Here we get fast-picked folk, Django Reinhardt-worthy gypsy tunes, Chet Atkins-style ditties, Hindi-influenced melodies, and a lode of other, less classifiable stuff."

TransChamps - Double Exposure (2001) - "darting from dark, driving, electronics- and percussion-led pieces to energetic, triumphant stoner riffage"

Nathan Fake - Providence (2017) - "a rain-soaked exercise in dance floor dystopia"

Dope Body ‎– Nupping (2011) - "mixes nasty hooks and razor-sharp melodies into the greasy barrage alongside with tropes snatched from throughout pop music's history books"

17 Mar - 10 Apr

Car Seat Headrest - Twin Fantasy (Face to Face) (2018) - "the eleventh studio album by indie rock band ...  is a complete re-recording and reworking of the band's sixth studio album"

U.S. Girls - In a Poem Unlimited (2018) -  "the music shape shifts from ... G-funk to delicately dreamy atmospherics  or swaggering electro-disco via an array of sax-blasting pop-dance songs"

Screaming Females - All at Once (2018) -  "the aggression of punk and the flair of 80s power-rock collide"

Jimi Hendrix - Both Sides of the Sky (2018) - "the third release in a trilogy of posthumously released "archival recordings" compilation albums highlighted as intended for a follow-up to Electric Ladyland"

Meadow House - This Should Not Be Happening (2017) - "... contains catharsis, cries for help, requests for relief/employment, and much much more.. The LP is almost entirely produced using instruments and materials found in bins"

Black Panther The Album (Music From And Inspired By) (2018) - "The references to the film on this project are few and far between, with Kendrick and TDE instead choosing to echo the spirit of the movie without directly assimilating the plot into the music."

Metronomy: LateNightTales (2012) -  "If you need new material for lonesome rides home in the subway, a walk through the dark streets in the middle of night but also for wonderful hours together with the ones you love than we highly recommend you checking out this beautiful selection of music, sounds and atmosphere."

David Crosby - Sky Trails (2017) - "caressing vocals, a melancholic chord progression and lyrics that manage to be both esoteric and evocative."

Bill Ryder-Jones ‎– West Kirby County Primary (2015) - "Themes of bereavement, illness and struggling love are covered but make no mistake, this is far from a miserabilist work or in any way a depressing listen."

Pell Mell - Flow (1991) - "these tracks showcase the bands undeniably good skill in making jam sessions into well executed bursts of creativity, with everything from punk pace to slow acoustics, mostly surf rock, southwestern prog."
             
The Kinks - Something Else (1967) - "The listener is amused and confused, enchanted and entertained, and always questioning."

Tycho - Epoch (2016) - "the fourth studio album by the ambient music project Tycho"

Tycho - Sunrise Projector (2004) -  "Is there any way to describe the music of Tycho other than ‘shimmering’?"

Pell Mell - For Years We Stood Clearly as One Thing (1985) - "Pell Mell was an instrumental rock combo, formed in 1980 in Portland, Oregon."

Kyle Dixon & Michael Stein - Stranger Things, Vol. 1 (2016) - "The score is ultimately more than a mood. It’s a world unto itself."

Steve Reich - Sextet: Six Marimbas (1986) - "'Six Marimbas' is actually one of his best minor works. Although basically a re-scored version of 'Six Pianos', the lighter texture dramatically improves the piece. Almost funky in places, it's a delight."

Guided by Voices - Space Gun (2018) - "the guitars clang and jangle, the rhythm section goes "boom" and the lyrics are the usual charming gibberish"

Brian Eno - Ambient 1: Music for Airports (1978) - "a willfully perverse musical statement, one of unlimited contradictions and no small genius."

Decemberists - I'll Be Your Girl (2018) - "While they haven't lost their taste for repointing American and European folk, there's a brash, stadium-rock dazzle to these songs..."