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Ninja Tune
Sam Shepherd focuses on his club side with a marvelous album of tightly engineered yet exploratory and psychedelic dance tracks.
- Paul Simpson
Yep Roc
A little bit more rocking and a little bit less croony, the album features the legendary singer/songwriter in lively collaboration with Los Straitjackets.
- Tim Sendra
Polydor / Republic
The Scottish group's eighth set and another late-era treasure trove that highlights emotional catharsis and introspection.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Sub Pop
A dramatic, double-length sophomore LP that puts the musician/actress in the company of artists like Lana Del Rey and Angel Olsen.
- Marcy Donelson
City Slang
The band add tightly wound soul music influences to their well-established mix, sounding as dramatic and emotionally impactful as ever.
- Tim Sendra
Ministry of Sound / Orchard / Sin
The fourth album from the English electronic pop trio sets deep heartbreak into some of their most gorgeous songs yet.
- Neil Z. Yeung
Ninja Tune
Cutting down on collaborators but retaining an artful palette, the songwriter/producer's third album is an alluringly intimate and enigmatic outing.
- Marcy Donelson
Ghostly International
Cameron Lew's eclectic art-funk-city pop project stages a concept LP about a TV music supervisor in 1987 for his most ebullient effort to date.
- Marcy Donelson
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August 8, 2006
Aside from a handful of singles and split releases, The Over-The-Phone Lie Detector Test Live With Jesus Christ is the only full-length LP from Detroit’s This Robot Kills. The album serves as a snapshot of a band that felt either 20 years too late or 10 years too early, depending on who you asked. Released at the tail end of the band’s existence, TRK’s abrasive post-punk and damaged electronics excited some and alienated others within Michigan’s DIY community. This Robot Kills never really fit in and probably wouldn’t have had it any other way.
- Ryan Cady