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Ohmme - Fantasize Your Ghost

Ohmme
Fantasize Your Ghost

Chicago duo aim to break out the indie underground on excellent sophomore effort

Sebastian Tellier Domesticated

Sébastien Tellier
Domesticated

Playful to the point of parody, Frenchman’s seventh album lacks finesse

Bleed From Within Fracture

Bleed From Within
Fracture

Glaswegian metallers swing for the big leagues on epic fifth LP

Starless - Earthbound

Starless
Earthbound

Former Friends Again member Paul McGeechan delivers an ambitious and impressive follow-up to his 2016 debut

Nicole Atkins Italian Ice

Nicole Atkins
Italian Ice

Nashville-based singer-songwriter excels on splendid fifth album

Kevin P Gilday Pure Concrete

Kevin P. Gilday & The Glasgow Cross
Pure Concrete

A boozy, eloquent ode to Glasgow

Dogstar Theatre [via Vimeo]

Circling A Fox [ONLINE]

Gripping documentary about one man’s remarkable life

Dance, Girl, Dance

Backstage romance from pioneering female director

Husbands

A slightly flawed study of all the facets of toxic masculinity

Dream Demon

Understandably forgotten but competently made Elm Street-inspired knock-off

Patrick Baker
The Unremembered Places

Baker’s writing transcends time as he travels to some of Scotland’s forgotten places

Mark Haddon
The Porpoise

Genre experiment from popular author loses any initial engagement

Wales Millennium Centre [via Vimeo]

Only The Brave [ONLINE]

Rousing wartime musical celebrates human spirit

Sparks A Steady Drip Drip Drip

Sparks
A Steady Drip, Drip, Drip

More inspired stuff from the much-admired Maels

Romy Hausmann
Dear Child

Completely absorbing, gripping read sure to be the premier thriller of the year

The Final Wish

If you’re craving a demonic horror, be careful what you wish for

The 1975 Notes On A Conditional Form

The 1975
Notes on a Conditional Form

English pop rock quartet throw everything into their latest album, quite literally

Spuds

A Play, A Pie, and A Pint [via YouTube]

Spuds [ONLINE]

Daft chippy-based comedy musical serves up a treat

Woods Strange to Explain

Woods
Strange to Explain

Another pleasing, if formulaic set of songs from the psych-folk troubadours

Banfi Colour Waits In The Dark

Banfi
Colour Waits in the Dark

Interesting mix of genres from well travelled British artist