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belako

You can hear many good things on Belako’s first disk. It’s hard work to start listening to it but, after hearing the songs again and again, you realise how strong they are. “Vandalism” sounds a bit like Sonic Youth and “False step”, which reminds you of Trans Am, are the best songs. There are many different emotions on the disk.

monkey minds in the devil’s time double

steve mason

Steve Mason’s chosen a title full of meaning for his third solo disk. This musician, who used to play in The Beta Band, has forged an important solo career, and combines folk, electronic, rock and trip hop on this latest disk. There are backdrops here which are as profound as they are elegant: he criticises the current world situation in the song “From hate we hope”, and he writes great songs like that.

holy fire

foals

Foals have used easy structures to make their third disk with its intense basis. There are lively changes of rhythm on “Inhaler” and “My number” is great for dancing. But there are some other songs that go even further: “Milk & Black Spider” and “Late night” give the disk its own, special sound.

here´s willy moon

willy moon

This musician from New Zealand is backed by Jack White. After bringing out a lot of EPs, this is his full long disk. There’s a lot of class in the way he brings together rock ‘n’ roll, soul and hip hop, and you can hear this on songs such as “Railroad Track”, “Yeah Yeah” and “My Girl”. If you like substantial disks, you shouldn’t miss this.

regions of light and sound of god

jim james

The former leader of My Morning Jacket’s great solo disk is a must on the shelves in any house. With Lynd Warden’s graphic novel God´s Man as its starting point, James plays all the instruments on the disk. He fills songs such as “New life” and “State Of The Art (A.E.I.O.U) with the character he has developed throughout his career.

diary

the D.O.T.

Rob Harvey (The Music) and Mike Skinner (The Streets) are the force behind The D.O.T. project. Five years ago they published And That, their first disk, and now they’ve given us their second disk with its twelve songs. Mixing the newest tendencies in electronic and commercial pop, they have written important songs such as “How we all lie”.