Apifera – Gnome Poems
Portrait: Ben Kirschenbaum A nice twist on a single release from Stones Throw crew Apifera – Gnome Poems was created
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Natalie Slade – Control: A Performance by Shaun Ross
A special interpretation of the title track from Natalie’s excellent debut album on Eglo Records, Control. Shaun loved the LP
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Bob James – Nautilus on Gold 7″
Limited to 500 copies from Fat Beats, this is a gorgeous tribute to the heavily sampled and mesmerising-as-ever Nautilus, its
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Matthew Halsall enters a new phase with Salute To The Sun
Renowned trumpeter and songwriter Matthew Halsall has dropped his latest album, Salute To The Sun. It’s a next phase of
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New music on Gondwana Records from Paradise Cinema – Jack Wyllie, Khadim Mbaye and Tons Sambe
Paradise Cinema by Paradise Cinema Paradise Cinema is a new project from Portico Quartet’s Jack Wyllie with percussionists Khadim Mbaye
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Sun Ra Arkestra – Swirling
Bandleader Marshall Allen and the mighty Sun Ra Arkestra release their first studio LP in 20 years on the illustrious
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Nubya Garcia announces debut LP Source
The long awaited debut LP from the multi-award winning Nubya Garcia, on the Concord Jazz imprint – and look at
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Mammal Hands announce new LP with single Chaser
Portrait: Alex Kozobolis It’s going to be hard to top the phenomenally immense Shadow Work, but Mammal Hands are going
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Mansur Brown – Tesuto
Sublime new music from Mansur Brown, with his debut release on Soulection Records. It’s a three track project, an ‘an
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Leon Thomas – Waiting On Justin
Leron, fresh from writing, recording and performing with Iggy Pop a lot, has edited a new video for a track
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Jamael Dean – Oblivion
Jamael Dean’s second release for Stones Throw follows up the stupendous Black Space Tapes – with a soul belying his
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Video: Tom Misch & Yussef Dayes – Nightrider (feat. Freddie Gibbs)
Well, this was a nice surprise. Tom and Yussef drop another track off the forthcoming What Kinda Music album, due
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Thundercat: It Is What It Is
Thundercat’s first LP drop as a bonafide star is one of his best. Where his breakout moment was is debatable
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Ratgrave: Rock
The fourth LP on Black Focus sees Max Graef and Julius Conrad recombine as Ratgrave, for their second album. Jazz-rock,
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Golden Mean: Through Walls
Tom Driessler (Yussef Kamal) amd Luke Wunter (Nubiyan Twist) join forces for a trippy, beautifully woven 5 track EP. Download
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Moonchild tour Europe
The LA-based trio tour their latest LP, Little Ghost, following their Tiny Desk session, which you can enjoy below. Buy
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In Pictures: The Midnight Hour in Manchester by Akse
This weekend, Manchester hosted the final date of a long tour for Adrian Younge, Ali Shaheed Muhammad and The Midnight
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Vinyl Me, Please launches anthology series with The Story of Blue Note Records
Just in case you were saving all your money for Record Store Day, VMP have come along to spoil your
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Albert’s Favourites: Our Lives Are Shaped By What We Love, Vol 1
In line with the inspiration behind the label’s name (label co-founder Adam Scrimshire’s grandad Albert made summer mixtapes),
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On Wax / Vinyl release for Yussef Dayes, Alfa Mist and Mansur Brown’s Love Is The Message
Love Is The Message is a track I’ve come back to again and again over the past few months. An
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