Arctic Monkeys Tranquility Base Hotel & CasinoIt was inevitable that Alex Turner would incorporate the loungey swagger of his busman's holiday the Last Shadow Puppets into his main gig of the Arctic Monkeys, yet the soft louche touch of Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino comes as something of a shock. Chalk it up, perhaps, to the fact that Turner was a mere 32 years old when he unleashed Tranquility Base Hotel + Casino onto the world, a young age that seems older because Arctic Monkeys released

Niggaz Nature

whereas Tomorrow's Modern Boxes warms up the icy exteriors of Eraser

and while it never turns sappy

Released: 9/4/12

" While less impressive

Czukay was constantly experimenting with tapes and with non-traditional musical implements like radios and Dictaphones

as happened later

Arriving at its destination by coupling pure '60's guitar-pop with the hyperkinetic pace of hardcore

one of the most celebrated jazz trio albums of all time

Angel Olsen

especially on some of the gentler tracks like opener "Beauty in the Ugliest of Days" or the wistful "Completely

with many of the parts having been improvised on tape and most of the songs recorded live in the studio