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With no great departure from his previous efforts. Vile delivers eleven songs that could have only been made my someone from the other side of the Atlantic.

An album like Overgrown will need repeated listens before all the details come out and its cohesive whole album nature can be appreciated.

This is an album of profound beauty. It creates an atmosphere that runs throughout and takes the listener inside a finely crafted space

The songs do contain obscure chords, a few challenging rhythms and some extremely unlikely instruments.

The Invisible Way is not a leap forward for Low, rather a confirmation that where they are standing is exactly where they should be.

The second dip into the lagoon is deeper, warmer, clearer – you'll want to stay submerged until your skin goes all weird and pruney.

As the title suggests, ‘Songs for Imaginative People’ takes a more thoughtful and considered direction to its predecessor.

The messily distorted, razor-sharp riffs and almost inaudible vocals are still there but they’re not quite so rough around the edges.

Bundick’s third album Anything In Return seems like a new beginning for an electronic producer who’s music here seems like that missing link he’s been looking for all along.

Here is a list of all the albums that were recommended here on The Wheel’s Still In Spin this year. Adios Amigo – Dos [EP]Download “Chicken” Alabama Shakes – Boys & Girls Allo Darlin’ – Europe Bad Veins – The...

• Beasts of the Southern Wild - Once There Was a Hushpuppy

Although there isn't much variety on the album, Mac DeMarco sticks to a genre that fits him like a glove  

Lord Huron is the indie folk project of Michigan native Ben Schneider. It started off as a solo project in early 2010 but soon expanded into a five piece band. While I’ve been vaguely aware of these guys, Lord Huron really caught my attention with their debut album Lonesome Dreams which was released just last week in the US. The album as a whole has a lush, earthy, laidback feel that one can easily get lost in and it just gets better and better on repeated listens. [...]

Total Loss is one of them albums that will pull at your heartstrings and maybe toss up a few old memories whilst it's playing as well.

Whilst making their last album there were still a few gems that the band felt needed to be aired rather than hidden for a box set for the band’s 20 th anniversary.

On this new endeavor, he has teamed up with fellow New York heavyweight St. Vincent (a.k.a. Annie Clark) to create a remarkably exceptional new album

This is arguably the band’s best work in well over a decade and one of 2012’s best rock albums.

Although Emily Haines fronted Metric has been around for close to 15 years, their well-crafted and immensely listenable 2012 album Synthetica has been my introduction to the band. Synthetica is full of brilliant, easy listening singles that come together to make a coherent and memorable whole. My favourite songs on the album are Clone, Lost Kitten, Breathing Underwater and the Lou Reed collaboration Wanderlust . Check these songs out below and if you [...]

A dark and haunting force which you shouldn't be too scared to embrace.

Swing Lo Magellan is surely Dirty Projectors most outstanding and focused record to date

Rarely has a soul artist successfully married his own genre with electronic music, so for a 68-year-old soul artist to do it with his comeback effort is remarkable.