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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