Brian Howe

K Records reissues Phil Elvrum’s quiet masterpiece, a record of intuitive music and esoteric flights of the imagination. The set also features bonus material recorded in 2007 specifically to accompany this release.

Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor offes a low-key solo album á la Thom Yorke’s The Eraser-- in this case, a refreshingly simple collection of tender ballads and quirky set pieces.

Bill Callahan’s second post-Smog album feels unusually intimate and contains some of the most varied arrangements of his career.

The Brooklyn dream-pop veterans recruit the Antibalas horns, Jeff Buckley drummer Matt Johnson, and members of Bon Iver and Antony and the Johnsons.

This 16-minute EP of leftovers comes from the same sessions as Drums Between the Bells, Eno’s earlier collaboration with the spoken-word artist, and once again it feels more geared toward Eno completists and poetry fans.

Thirteen years and five LPs into !!!’s output, the mostly well-turned but low-impact Thr!!!er has all the hallmarks of the Brooklyn punk-funk band-- wiry, kinked guitars, ropy bass lines, popping handclaps, chanting choruses, and falsetto outbursts-- minus a crucial one: abandon.

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