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Love Of Diagrams - Nowhere Forever

Unstable Ape/Remote Control

Illustrating the musical precision and subtlety that has distinguished the band’s celebrated career, this latest collection of songs from Melbourne band Love Of Diagrams is a wholly satisfying musical experience filled with distorted guitars, grainy sonic textures, and crafty hooks. Throughout the album a strong reverence and appreciation for noisy shoegaze and 90s indie-rock clearly emerges, although the end result, with its sonic echos from the last decade, is much greater than the sum of its influences.

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Dappled Cities - Zounds

Speak N Spell/Inertia

Sydney’s Dappled Cities continue their dedication to emotionally expansive and spiritually uplifting pop on their third studio album ‘Zounds’. Incorporating a greater range of synthesized sounds and rhythmic structures, the album also showcases Dappled Cities continuing commitment to studio experimentation and sonic innovation.

Diafrix - Concrete Jungle

Illusive / Liberation

The debut album from this acclaimed Melbourne crew is a brilliantly varied and accomplished collection of soulful beats and mindful rhymes. Comprising the two frontmen Momo and Azmarino who met in Footscray after settling in Melbourne from Comoros Islands and Eritrea, Diafrix represents a unique and vital force in Australian hip hop. Don't miss the rich musical landscape of Concrete Jungle!

Black Cab - Call Signs

Laughing Outlaw Records/Remote Control

The third album from Melbourne’s Black Cab, ‘Call Signs’ incorporates an original blend of 70s rock, 80s postpunk, proto electronic dance beats. With shades of Cold War tension and undertones of political intrigue, the album possesses an anxious and exciting energy that holds you captive from start to finish.

El Michels Affair - Enter The 37th Chamber

Fat Beats/Fuse

An integral part of New Yorks funk and soul scene, El Michels Affair (along with the associated outfits The Daptones, The Budos Band and Menahan Street Band,) present a deeply cinematic style of soul with strong hip-hop foundations, Enter The 37th Chamber is the culmination of the band's relationship with the seminal New York hip-hop collective Wu-Tang Clan, and follows from a series of commissioned live performances between the muscial allies. Noir jazz and soul breaks abound on this collection of instrumental Wu-Tang cover versions.

Dinosaur Jr. - Farm

Liberator/Mushroom Group Promotions

Formed in 1984, Dinosaur Jr. are acclaimed for their distinctive style of heavy punk- pop rock music, characterised by high volumes and extensive use of feedback and distortion (the European edition of Farm has actually been recalled for being too loud!). Farm is the fifth studio album from the original Donosaur Jr. line-up, and their second since the succesful reunion album Beyond in 2007. Critically acclaimed for the energy and economy of its well-crafted songs, Farm demonstrates that the band remain a vital force in modern rock.

Jen Cloher & The Endless Sea - Hidden Hands

Sandcastle/MGM/Teclo

Following from her 2006 debut, Hidden Hands consolidates Jen Cloher's reputation as one of Australia's premier alt-country, acoustic folk singer songwriters. The album was recorded live over a seven-day period and reveals the strength not only of Jen's written material, but also the deftness of touch lent by the recording and production team which included Laura Jean and Paul McKercher.

Mos Def - The Ecstatic

Downtown / Inertia

The fourth studio album from Mos Def is a consistently strong and rewarding collection of songs that exhibits some of the NY rapper's best work to date. Not only a showcase for Mos Def's insightful, thoughtful, observational lyrics, The Ecstatic also features excellent beats and vocal contributions from J Dilla, Georgia Anne Muldrow, Madlib, Oh No, Talib Kweli and Slick Rick, amongst others.

Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca

Domino / EMI

The experimental music project of Brooklyn's David Longstreth, Dirty Projectors have built a loyal following over the years for their singular art pop approach. Bitte Orca is arguably the band's most accessible and enjoyable album to date, filled with inventive arrangements, unexpected instrumentation and compelling vocal harmonies and melodies.

Bibio - Ambivalence Avenue

Warp/Inertia

British producer Bibio is the latest addition to the Warp Records artist roster, and continues in that label's commitment to experimental, adventurous and challenging music. The solo project of sound artist and musician Stephen Wilkinson, Bibio has released numerous albums and EPs specialising in a distinctive style of detuned psychedlic folk and field recordings. Ambivalence Avenue, Stephen's debut full length for Warp is the culmination of his previous output, showing an ever greater depth of production finesse and diversity of styles, alternately delving into electro-acoustic proto funk, squashed disco and fractured hip hop soul.

Jordie Lane - Sleeping Patterns

Vitamin/Teclo

The debut full-length of Melbourne musician Jordie Lane, Sleeping Patterns is a captivating collection of stories sung in Jordie's arresting style, and drawing upon folk, western and other acoustic traditions. Co-produced by Jeff Lang and Tim Hall and featuring guest appearances from local roots artists Ashley Davies, Jeff Lang, Laura Jean, and Liz Stringer, the album is a beautiful showcase of the immense talent at the heart of the project.

The Horrors - Primary Colours

XL Recordings / Remote Control

The second album from English band The Horrors is an absorbing and accomplished return, encompassing a broader range of sounds and styles under the production guidance of Portishead’s Geoff Barrow.  Abrasive psychedelic sounds and motorik krautrock reveal the band's dedication to delving deeper than the gothic freakbeat of their debut, and while sonic references to The Cure, The Jesus & Mary Chain, Joy Division and The Psychedelic Furs are all in evidence, the whole is indeed greater than the sum of its parts.

Aleks And The Ramps - Midnight Believer

Stomp

Melbourne five-piece Aleks and the Ramps offer their second full-length album entitled Midnight Believer, an adventurous and playful combination of indie-rock, and innovative pop. Long-time live scene favourites, Aleks and the Ramps capture the entralling dynamism of their shows across a diverse and entertaining selection of tracks.

Grizzly Bear - Veckatimest

Warp / Inertia

Filled with layered melodies, beautiful vocal harmonies and intricate rhythms, Veckatimest is an album of rich complexity. The third studio album from Brooklyn's Grizzly Bear, Veckatimest (named after an island off the coast of Cape Cod near where the recordings for this LP took place) is a textured work of extraordinary care and detail.

Passion Pit - Manners

French Kiss/Columbia/Sony

Boston group Passion Pit are one of more recent blog-hype success stories, rising to fame on the back of a demo CD written as a Valentines Day gift by lead singer Michael Angelakos. This Chunk of Change EP was the love letter that reached the ears of Columbia Records in the UK, and Manners is the debut full-length that builds upon the band's charming heartfelt electro pop.

Polo Club - 13

Amphead

Melbourne hip hop crew Polo Club have quickly earned a reputation as one of the most exciting, and inventive groups on the scene. The collaborative project of lyricist Urban Monk and producer Camelot the Cameleon, Polo Club's debut album presents an engaging array of experimental club-rap, digital boom bap and glitched-up ghetto-pop.

Peaches - I Feel Cream

XL / Remote Control

For her fourth studio album Peaches retains the signature dirto electro sound from previous outings, but adds a greater range of musical styles through collaborations with cutting-edge producers Simian Mobile Disco and Digitalism amongst others. As energetic and provocative as ever, Peaches' lyrical prowess is supported by a mixture of glam rock, low-swung ghetto-tech, club-hip-hop and electro-pop.

Wagons - The Rise And Fall Of Goodtown

Spunk!/EMI

The Rise And Fall Of Goodtown is the fourth studio album from Melbourne's country specialists Wagons, and a brilliant example of the dark country rock and insightful lyricism that has characterised the rise and rise of Henry Wagon's band. Co-produced by the studio mastermind Cornel Wilczek (Qua), the album is a textured and diverse musical representation of the band's spirit, energy and boundless creativity.

St Helens - Heavy Profession

Dot-Dash/Remote Control

The debut album from Melbourne's St Helens is a beguiling and beautiful musical journey through the quotidian, broken and sublime. Fronted by Jarrod Quarrell, the primary singer and storyteller, St Helens also comprises Hannah Brooks, and other instrumentalists at the vanguard of Melbourne's music-making community. The resulting record frames Quarrell's alternately disaffected and sincere street poetry in a tenebrous vision of hazy rock and sharp-focus blues.

Two Fingers - Two Fingers

Big Dada/Inertia

Two Fingers is the new collaborative project of Amon Tobin and Joe "Doubleclick" Chapman. Applying the experimental and meticulously detailed production techniques of forward-thinking drum n bass and dubstep to a hip hop/RnB framework, the two have created a bold reinvention of urban music that transcends the numerous styles they've referenced. Featuring vocal contributions from world class MCs Cecile, Sway and Ms Jade, Two Fingers' self-titled debut is a brutal and beautiful exploration of the new international underground, taking in the dark dancehall of Jamaica, the grime-and-glitch inflected London scene, and the polyrhythmic sounds of North Africa and Brazil.

Jeremy Jay - Slow Dance

K / Popfrenzy

Jeremy Jay's second album ‘Slow Dance' moves, as the title suggests, at a beautifully glacial pace. A clear evolution in style from last year's A Place Where We Could Go, Slow Dance drifts through minimal new wave and icy disco territory in a land of endless winter. The local release of the LP also features as a bonus the Love Everlasting EP.

Kid Sam - Kid Sam

Two Bright Lakes

Kid Sam is the extremely impressive self-titled debut of Kishore Ryan and his cousin Kieran Ryan. It's an absorbing and enjoyable introduction to the dynamic style and range of the band's work, moving through gentle, affecting acoustic melodies to more menacing percussive displays and thoughtful, heart-felt lyricism. The sparse, spacious guitar and drum arrangements are embellished in parts by keyboards, glockenspiels, accordians and field recordings.

Who Made Who - The Plot

Gomma/Inertia

Specialists in New-Wave Indie-Disco, Advanced Electro-House and Techno-Pop-Punk, Who Made Who are versatile and vibrant purveyors of fun and interesting music. The Plot is the Danish trio's second album, and represents a challenging but immediately accessible cross-section of their production prowess.

The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart - The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart

The Lost & Lonesome Recording Co

Presenting a distinctive blend of noise pop, shoegaze, and upbeat indie-pop, The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart imbue their music with an energy and immediacy that has endeared them to audiences worldwide since forming in 2007. Their self-titled debut is full of fuzzy pop anthems underscored by a wistful melancholic tone that will appeal to listeners of My Bloody Valentine, House of Love, Pale Saints, Rocketship and Shop Assistants.