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Essential Albums

Holy Other: <i>Held</i>
Holy Other: Held
27th August 2012 • 
Available on: Tri Angle Records Witnessing the development of an artist is a tense moment for all interested parties, and is especially true where albums are concerned. When working as a produc [...]
Micachu & The Shapes: <i>Never</I>
Micachu & The Shapes: Never
26th July 2012 • 
Available on: Rough Trade LP Skiffle-grime? skree-pop? Beefheart meets The Raincoats via Jurassic Park? No catch-all descriptor was adequate when it came to categorising Micachu And The Shapes' [...]
Frank Ocean: <I>Channel Orange</i>
Frank Ocean: Channel Orange
13th July 2012 • 
Available on: Def Jam LP So he likes a little Richard with his Judy. Big woop. In the "shit that really matters" periodic table it's down there with “Did Han Solo or that green thing shoot fi [...]
Fiona Apple: <i>The Idler Wheel…</i>
Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel…
13th July 2012 • 
Available on: Epic LP Reading the press response to Fiona Apple's fourth studio album, her first in seven years, one would be forgiven for imagining the singer to be on the edge of a breakdow [...]
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28th June 2012 • 
Available on: Invada LP Though electronic krautrock is no longer modern, as in contemporary, it'll forever be the sound of modernity; synonymous with progress, utopian cities and Europe's rites [...]
Cooly G: <i>Playin Me</i>
Cooly G: Playin Me
18th June 2012 • 
Available on: Hyperdub LP “Welcome to my world…” sings Cooly G, seductively, within the early moments of her debut album Playin’ Me, before murmuring something subtle but inaudible. And [...]
Jam City: <i>Classical Curves</i>
Jam City: Classical Curves
12th June 2012 • 
Available on: Night Slugs LP In a recent interview with Little White Earbuds, despite only being offered some half-baked email questions, Night Slugs label owner Bok Bok made some interesting p [...]
I:Cube: <i>“M” Megamix</i>
I:Cube: “M” Megamix
30th May 2012 • 
Available on: Versatile LP The eternal question of how to make a great dance album. It's plagued great singles artists for years, and often, has been bypassed by simply not making a dance album [...]
Bigg Jus: <I>Machines That Make Civilisation Fun</i>
Bigg Jus: Machines That Make Civilisation Fun
25th May 2012 • 
Available on: Laitdbac / Mush LP It’s funny how things work out. If you’d told me a few years ago that El-P, a man that, let’s face it, despite his ground breaking work both solo and [...]
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