Roots Manuva ‘Bleeds’ (Big Dada)
Rodney Smith returns with album number six. Any good? Let’s not ask silly questions, eh?
Public Enemy ‘Live From Metropolis Studios’ (Universal0
An intimate live recording from the undisputed champions of hip hop
Naytronix ‘Mister Divine’ (City Slang)
Life on the road provides the inspiration for Nate Brenner’s restless second album
Merz ‘Thinking Like A Mountain’ (Accidental)
Mauled by the music industry in the 90s, Conrad Lambert serves up impressive sixth album
Luke Vibert ‘Bizarster’ (Planet Mu)
Multi-faceted electronica pioneer once again sets aside the pseudonyms
Luke Haines ‘British Nuclear Bunkers’ (Cherry Red)
Unhinged maverick returns with a Dadaist hauntology riff on the Kling Klang sound
Levantis ‘Romantic Psychology 1’ (Technicolour)
Actress iconoclast Darren J Cunningham gives shadowy alter ego whole album
John Foxx/Harold Budd/Ruben Garcia ‘Nighthawks’John Foxx & Harold Budd ‘Translucence/Drift Music’(Metamatic)
Selected reissues of ambient collaborations from the House of Foxx
Irmler & Einheit ‘Bestandteil’ (Klangbad)
Series of Faustian pacts between the organ experimentalist and assorted percussionists continues
Floating Points ‘Elaenia’ (Pluto)
A ridiculously accomplished debut album named after a bird you’ve never heard of