STAFF PICKS Kimber – Godspeed You! Black Emperor Lindsay – Metz, Hiss Golden Messenger Dario – Phoebe Bridgers, Godspeed You! Black Emperor Dominic – Moses Sumney, Jon Langford THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Amadou & Mariam – La Confusion CD (Because Music) Eighth full-length album from acclaimed Malian musical duo. [Vinyl edition due October 6.] Phoebe Bridgers – Stranger […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis Lindsay – LCD Soundsystem, Penny Sparrow Dario – Nick Cave & Warren Ellis THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES The Babe Rainbow – The Babe Rainbow CD/LP+MP3 (30th Century/Columbia) Australia’s The Babe Rainbow have signed to 30th Century Records, the label spearheaded by Danger Mouse, for the release of their debut […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Soul Of A Nation comp Lindsay – War On Drugs, Together Pangea Dario – Oh Sees THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Alex Chilton – A Man Called Destruction [Reissue/1995] CD/2xLP+MP3 (Omnivore) As lead singer of The Box Tops and co-founder of Big Star, Alex Chilton already had a place in rock history. But […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – diiv lindsay – lucinda williams, diiv dario – nap eyes jeff – porches, diiv THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Beacon – Escapements CD/LP+MP3 (Ghostly Int’l) “Our very own 2011 Band To Watch honorees Beacon tinker with beat-driven, addictive electro-pop goodness that works just as well on the dance floor or in headphones, and their […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – wilco, gardens & villa lindsay – gardens & villa, holy sons dario – jessie jones, sextile jeff – dangerdoom, afx   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES AFX – Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-2008 CD/LP+MP3 (Warp) For the first time since the Analord series released through 2003-2005 on his own Rephlex Records imprint, Richard D. James […]