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“Fake Lines: Sono Levant” redraws the map by ear. The 36-track compilation refuses the borders that … Review | Various Artists – Fake Lines Sono Levant [Fake Lines]Read more

Seigmen have always treated chronology like a spiral rather than a line, and Dissonans makes that … Review | Seigmen – Dissonans [Indie Recordings]Read more

History tends to flatten the messy paths between post-punk and rave into a neat line, but … Review | Finitribe – The Sheer Action of Fini Tribe 1982-1987 [Shipwrecked Industries / Finiflex]Read more

Sprints’ second album wastes no time making its intentions known. “Abandon” opens like a pressure chamber: … Review | Sprints – All That Is Over [City Slang / Sub Pop]Read more

Ida Maria has never been a subtle writer, but Seven Deadly Sins +3 turns her blunt … Review | Ida Maria – Seven Deadly Sins +3 [Indie Recordings]Read more

For more than two decades, Kalipo has orbited the fault line where club propulsion meets songcraft, … Review | Kalipo – Alles [Iptamenos Discos]Read more

Few cult records feel as improbable—or as quietly radical—as Sister Irene O’Connor’s Fire of God’s Love. … Review | Sister Irene O’Connor – Fire of God’s Love [Re-Release / Freedom To Spend]Read more

The legend says Swell Maps made chaos sound like a plan; The John Peel Sessions—finally gathered … Review | The Swell Maps – The John Peel Sessions [Mute]Read more

Rheintraum open “Radiophysik” like they’re tuning a shortwave at dusk, catching wayward stations of memory and … Review | Rheintraum – Radiophysik [Social Beats]Read more

Those Damn Crows’ latest plays like a travel diary written in riff language—a set of snapshots … Review | Those Damn Crows – God Shaped Hole [Earache Records]Read more