Twin Shadow ‘Eclipse’ (Warner Brothers)
If it’s powerful 80s style synthpop you’re after, George Lewis Jr delivers
Stealing Sheep ‘Not Real’ (Heavenly Recordings)
Liverpool outfit make good on their debut album promise with an inventive follow-up
Squarepusher ‘Damogen Furies’ (Warp)
Album number 14 sees Mr Jenkinson stripping down the kit list and ferociously nailing tracks in one take
Sonnymoon ‘The Courage Of Present Times’ (Glow365)
A third collection of intricate and beautiful music from the innovative New Englanders
Prefuse 73 ‘Rivington Não Rio’ (Temporary Residence Ltd)
Chaotic samples and enveloping beats – Prefuse 73 is at it again
Portico ‘Living Fields’ (Ninja Tune)
From jazz mags to Electronic Sound, it’s been a strange trip for the group formerly known as Portico Quartet
Mono Life ‘Phrenology’ (Advanced)
A dance music memento mori from the self-styled Skull From Hull
Martin Gore ‘MG’ (Mute)
The Depeche Mode man delivers a solo instrumental album from his Santa Barbara home studio
Mark Lanegan Band ‘A Thousand Miles Of Midnight’ (Heavenly Recordings)
Lending tunes from his ‘Phantom Radio’ album to some remixing pals reaps rewards for the ever-inventive stalwart
Marc Houle ‘Restore’ (M-nus)
A-list remixers undertake a makeover of Houle’s minimal classic ‘Restore’ – and it ain’t minimal no more