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This is one dirty album, and wonderfully so at that.

Somehow the recording of the concert has become a classic anyway.

Fans of a slower, instrumental Slowdive, or any floaty, droney should probably check this out.

It’s pretty obvious what kind of sound they’re going for, and it’s not a bad sound.

Trembling Blue Stars becomes a band for every broken heart simply because Wratten will sing everything we would (or could) never say.

This incredibly promising debut is guaranteed to appeal to fans of both the early 4AD and Projekt sounds.

A grand musical road trip that, as meandering as it is sometimes, always promises a surprise around the next bend.

Riddim Warfare features several MCs that freshen up what’s already a texturally diverse, rhythmically complex album.

Synkronized is still as funky, gritty, and groovy as anything you’re likely to hear this year.

This album takes the trip-hop sound and injects a healthy dose of 4AD into it.

Flying Saucer Attack takes elements of traditional shoegazing and turns it into stargazing.

Mirror is at its best when Pearce is content to let the guitars chime.

Releasing a solo album while being affiliated with one of the great pop bands required some guts.

Unfortunately, the best parts of this album are the flourishes.

Throws a wrench into the idea that 4AD will forever be consigned to releasing ethereal female-fronted groups.

African Head Charge seems to specialize in the super-ethereal aspects of dub.

Lamb’s music exudes a sense of playfulness and lustiness no other trip-hop group has.

This is a reissue of two records, Huremics and Vibrating Air, by one of the 4AD record label’s most criminally unheard of bands.

Dance House Children sounds exactly like what you’d expect a pre-Joy Electric project to sound like.

You’ve never heard trip-hop done quite like this, and you want to share it with some friends who are hip to the genre.