Arab Strap, "The Clearing" Arab Strap was a band from the same music scene that produced Mogwai and Belle & Sebastian, but unlike those two bands, they've never done that much for me. This comes from their first album, and it&...
Amon Tobin, "One Shy Morning" Amon Tobin put out two albums in 2019, with this one (Long Stories) being the more ambient, quieter one of the pair. It's well done, and it's a good record, but honestly, I prefer...
The Reindeer Section, "If Everything Fell Quiet" The Reindeer Section is a Scottish supergroup, featuring members of Belle & Sebastian, Snow Patrol, Arab Strap, Mogwai, and others. The resulting album actually sounds a lot more coherent than what you normally expect from a...
Michael Kiwanuka, "Black Man In A White World" Kiwanuka's second album, Love & Hate, is an ambitious album that roams all over the R&B and soul maps, unafraid to stretch out the songs, play with lush arrangements, and challenge...
Primitive Man, "Loathe" Primitive Man is very aptly named, a knuckle-dragging sludge/doom act from Denver, putting out punishing, bleak records that are unsubtle in the extreme. This little ditty comes from Home Is Where The Hatred Is, an EP from 2015 that...
