As we count down to the launch of our new issue – more details on that tomorrow – here’s some of the music we’ve enjoyed while putting it together.
Boards Of Canada’s comeback seems to have prised opened some kind of portal for heady, sci-fi sounds: witness the return of The Field, Horse Lords, Pye Corner Audio – featuring crime writer Ian Rankin! – Cornelius, John Carpenter and Tyondai Braxton. Even new Americana discoveries like Styrofoam Winos and Biita Houdei are tilted in a faintly cosmic direction.
There’s also new stuff from The Strokes, Laura Veirs, Modest Mouse and Tricky, while David Byrne gets a Mexican makeover. Set the controls!
BOARDS OF CANADA
“Introit / Prophecy At 1420 MHz”
(Warp)
DAVID BYRNE
“¿Cuál Es La Razón?” featuring Natalia Lafourcade & Mexican Institute Of Sound
(Matador)
STYROFOAM WINOS
“Pearls”
(Dear Life)
THE STROKES
“Falling Out Of Love” (Live on The Late Show)
(Cult Records/RCA)
RODNEY CROWELL
“If I Could Speak To Leonard”
(New West)
BIITA HOUDEI
“Life Inside The Hour Glass”
(Basin Rock)
LAURA VEIRS
“Flying Into Darkness”
(Raven Marching Band Records)
CORNELIUS
“Yumenemi”
(Eat Your Own Ears)
SHEARWATER
“Daydream Unbeliever”
(Polyborus)
MODEST MOUSE
“Third Side Of The Moon”
(Glacial Pace Recordings / Virgin Music Group)
ZOH AMBA
“Eyes Full”
(Matador)
GRAHAM COXON
“Alright”
(Transgressive)
AKUSMI
“Anima”
(Tonal Union)
TRICKY
“Because I Don’t Know” featuring Mitch Sanders
(False Idols)
THE FIELD
“In Our Dreams”
(Studio Barnhus)
PYE CORNER AUDIO
“The Breath Of Now” featuring Ian Rankin
(Sonic Cathedral)
HORSE LORDS
“First Galactic Utopia”
(RVNG Intl)
JOHN CARPENTER
“Lord Of The Underground”
(Sacred Bones)
TYONDAI BRAXTON
“UnFS”
(Erased Tapes)