Various Artists ‘Head In The Clouds’ (Fruits De Mer)
Given an infinite field to run wild in by the UK’s foremost psychedelic independent, two different CDs and…
Thurston Moore ‘By The Fire’ (The Daydream Library Series)
This year started with Sonic Youth co-founder Thurston Moore opening a record shop in his adopted home of…
The Night Monitor ‘Spacemen Mystery Of The Terror Triangle’ (Fonolith)
With titles that read like lost episodes of ‘Arthur C Clarke’s Mysterious World’, ‘Spacemen Mystery Of The Terror…
Télépopmusik ‘Everybody Breaks The Line’ (Warm Music)
Named after an old TV repair shop on Paris’ Avenue Jean-Jaurès that’s still operational, Télépopmusik’s re-emergence some 15…
Sun Ra Arkestra ‘Swirling’ (Strut)
Now 96, Marshall Allen leads the late Sun Ra’s Arkestra on a rich celebration of catalogue-straddling classics. Tara…
Polypores ‘Terrain’ (Frequency Domain)
In which Polypores gets completely pixelated. It’s hard to imagine the prolific Stephen James Buckley ever kicking back…
Marie Davidson & L’œil Nu ‘Renegade Breakdown’ (Ninja Tune)
For many years, obscured from Anglocentric audiences due to recording predominantly in her native Quebecoise French, Montreal’s Marie…
Machinedrum ‘A View Of U’ (Ninja Tune)
LA producer Travis Stewart’s ninth solo album spans underground flavours from both sides of the Atlantic, from hip…
Lumiere ‘Phases’ (Bandcamp)
Former guitar pop type Thanos Christodoulou switched to making modern classical music in 2015, releasing his first album…
Acid Pauli ‘MOD’ (Ouïe)
Germany’s Martin Gretschmann, aka Acid Pauli, might be best known for his club-geared techno, but he’s always been…