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The Cramps – Fiends Of Dope Island

Godfathers of psychobilly mark 25 years with ghoulishly good comeback

Bed – Spacebox

Adventurous second album from Belgian soundscape-jazzers

Richard Youngs – Airs Of The Ear

Delicate, multi-layered esoterica from UK improv innovator

Sunn O))) – White1

Titanic ambient metal, featuring a declamatory Julian Cope

FortDax – Folly

This full length debut of music box chimes ("Both Mirror And Armour"), sampled Japanese folk songs ("Sakura", "Takeda") and proggy Vangelis-inspired electronics (everything else) has a neo-pastoral charm which, at face value, would align it closely with the output of labels like Memphis Industries and Tummy Touch.

Jaga Jazzist – The Stix

Futurist jazz 10-piece from Norway

Broadcast – Pendulum

Mini album from Birmingham avant-rockers

Wire – Send

First new album in 12 years from post-punk legends

Tindersticks – Waiting For The Moon

The image of a band waltzing on the spot seems to accompany every Tindersticks album. Perhaps it's the curse of a band fortunate to work out a distinctive and effective sound at their inception. Whatever, Waiting For The Moon is the usual impeccably crafted artefact, though it's questionable whether anyone who owns their first two albums needs it in their lives. The aspirations to soul that marked out 2001's Can Our Love...

Numbers – Death

Glitchcore's hip elite remix Oakland's spiky robotniks
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