STAFF PICKS DARIO – Héctor Lavoe reissue ASH – Quincy Jones reissues JAKE – Alex G and Sun Ra KIMBER – Lord Huron MARY – Héctor Lavoe reissue and Lord Huron ZACH – Alex G DREW – Sun Ra LORD HURON – Cosmic Selector Vol 1 CD/LP (Mercury) Lord Huron – the project of Los Angeles-based songwriter, […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Willie Colón and Rubén Blades reissue ASH – Lee Scratch Perry JAKE – Fuubutsushi and Gelli Haha KIMBER – Sun City Girls MARY – Wet Leg and Television ZACH – Anthony Green, 81355, and Wet Leg DREW – WET LEG – Moisturizer LP/CD/CASS (Domino)   Moisturizer is the bold, second album […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Jim O’Rourke ASH – John Dwyer JAKE – Chat Pile KIMBER – Durand Jones & The Indications MARY – White Stripes and Kaytranada ZACH – Greet Death, Juan Wauters DREW – Chat Pile and Playboy Carti  ADRIAN QUESADA – Boleros Psicodelicos II CD/LP (ATO Records)   Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated artist Adrian […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Max Knouse, Tropical Fuck Storm and U.S. Girls ASH – Edna Martinez Presents Picó comp JAKE – Matmos, Jeremiah Chiu, and Gilla Band KIMBER – Cafe Tacvba reissue MARY – Life Aquatic soundtrack ZACH – Suzzallo and U.S. Girls DREW – Tropical Fuck Storm U.S. GIRLS – Scratch It LP (4AD)   When Meg […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Mary Halvorson ASH – Witch JAKE – Sault KIMBER – Budos Band MARY – Roland Kirk Reissue ZACH – Bug Club DREW – Master Wilburn Burchette Reissue CURE – Mixes Of A Lost World CD/LP (Capitol) Conceived and compiled by Robert Smith, new remix collection from 2024 album Songs Of A […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Ben LeMar Gay ASH – Little Simz JAKE – Lifeguard and Hayden Pedigo KIMBER – Hayden Pedigo MARY – Mary and Joe Henderson reissue ZACH – McKinley Dixon and Little Simz TURNSTILE – Never Enough CD/LP(Roadrunner Records)   Recorded between Los Angeles and their homes in Baltimore, Never Enough is produced by Turnstile’s Brendan […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Nina Nastasia reissues, Faun Fables, and Rachel’s reissue ASH – Willie Colón and Héctor Lavoe reissue JAKE – Caroline, MIKE, Yeule, and Alan Sparhawk KIMBER – Alan Sparhawk MARY – Foxwarren and Bill Evans reissue ZACH – Caroline and Moonrisers  FOXWARREN – 2 CD/LP (ANTI-) Foxwarren, the Canadian indie collective fronted by Andy Shauf, […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Resavoir & Matt Gold and Emahoy Tsege Mariam Gebru ASH – Moskito JAKE – Florry, Thelonious Monk and Sophie reissues KIMBER – Marc Ribot, Stereolab, and Finback reissue MARY – Dandy Warhols and Thelonious Monk Reissues ZACH – Home is Where, Pachyman, and Stereolab STEREOLAB – Instant Holograms On Metal Film […]

STAFF PICKS  DARIO – Michael Hurley reissues  ASH – Coke reissue  JAKE – Michael Hurley reissues  KIMBER – Slowdive reissues  MARY – Quelle Chris and Jean Grae  ZACH – Grails and Surprise Chef TUNE-YARDS – Better Dreaming CD/LP (4AD)   The songs of Better Dreaming came to Garbus and Brenner with unusual ease. They asked themselves what […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Devo ASH – Sly and The Family Stone JAKE – Mark Pritchard and Thom Yorke, Jeffrey Lewis and Shel Silverstein KIMBER – Freedom Affair MARY – Sharon Jones reissue and INXS reissue ZACH – Jeffrey Lewis  MARK PRITCHARD / THOM YORKE – Tall Tales CD/LP (Warp Records) Also available as deluxe […]