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Willis Earl Beal: Acousmatic Sorcery

Outside the fringes of mainstream and alternative is lo-fi weirdo Willis Earl Beal and his promising but not stunning debut, Acousmatic Sorcery.

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BadBadNotGood: BBNG2

BadBadNotGood’s self-released LP BBNG2 is good, good, not bad, actually.

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Orbital: Wonky

Old school EDM heads Orbital prove that to remain timeless, you need to be stuck in an endless timewarp.

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Chromatics: Kill For Love

Chromatics’ latest album, Kill For Love, proves that Italians really do it better… when it comes to synthy italo disco-infused ’80s pop at least.

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Graham Coxon: A+E

We all thought Graham Coxon would soar high as a solo musician, but it turns out he could only achieve his full potential when writing with former bandmate, Damon Albarn.

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Soul Clap: EFUNK

Soul Clap’s EFUNK is a good balance of the past and the future.

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Busdriver: Beau$Eros

Dada rap meets ominous synth pop on Busdriver’s latest record Beau$Eros.

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Azmyl Yunor & the Sigarettes: Wilayah

Azmyl’s incarnation as Azmyl Yunor & the Sigarettes sees the folk rocker receiving some well-deserved, if not superfluous, studio embellishments from peers in the music industry.

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OJ Law: Yesterday Is A Distant Dream

Yesterday is a Distant Dream kicks off with soulful indie pop ‘Rooftop’, sounding like an amalgam of Patrick Stump pre and post-solo venture. While thematically consistent with the rest of the record, it might just surprise you how much the opening track isn’t representative of OJ Law. What follows would remind you musically of anything […]

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Lana Del Rey: Born to Die

Some dub her as “the plastic queen of manufactured indie.” JUICE thinks there’s nothing wrong with having a pop image.