STAFF PICKS Lindsay – Loma, Aaron Frazer, Dirty Three, and SML Dario – Dirty Three Kimber – Dirty Three and Local Natives Jake –  Animal Collective reissue, Dirty Three, SML, and Team Sleep reissue Zach – Lupe Fiasco, Omar Apollo, Previous Industries, Felice Brothers, and Amyl and the Sniffers 7″  Ash – Hiatus Kaiyote Aaron […]

STAFF PICKS Lindsay – Bonny Light Horseman, Goat Girl, Colin Stetson reissue Dario – Eric Chenaux Trio and Colin Stetson reissue Kimber – Eccentric Soul comp Jake – Charli XCX and Alice Coltrane reissue Zach – Eric Chenaux Trio, NxWorries and Pedro the Lion Ash – Israel Vibration reissue Bonny Light Horseman – Keep Me On […]

STAFF PICKS Lindsay – DIIV, Vanishing Twin, and Young Jesus Dario – Vanishing Twin, La Luz, and Tom Skinner Kimber – Andrew Bird Jake – DIIV and Tom Skinner Zach – Young Jesus, Gravediggaz reissue, and DIIV Ash – Lonnie Smith DIIV – Frog In Boiling Water CD/LP (Fantasy) Produced by Chris Coady and written […]

STAFF PICKS Lindsay – Chicano Batman Dario – Jim White Kimber – Ride and Jim White Jake – Sea and Cake, Shabazz Palaces, and Ride Zach – Chastity Belt, serpentwithfeet, and Kelly Moran Ride – Interplay CD/2xLP/Cassette (Wichita Recordings) Everything feels like it has been leading to Interplay, Ride’s seventh album, the third since their […]

STAFF PICKS Lindsay – Innocence Mission Dario – The Messthetics and James Brandon Lewis Kimber – Coil reissue Jake – Xiu Xiu reissue Zach – The Messthetics and Cake ressiue Thundercat – Apocalypse (Ten Year Anniversary Edition) LP [Reissue/2014] (Brainfeeder) Award-winning virtuoso bassist & singer Thundercat will release a very special deluxe edition of his […]

STAFF PICKS Lindsay – Molly Lewis, IDLES, Codeine/Bedhead, Grandaddy, El Perro Del Mar Dario – IDLES Kimber – El Perro del Mar and Béla Fleck Jake – Friko Zach – Omni, Laura Jane Grace, Friko, and IDLES IDLES – Tangk CD/LP (Partisan) Tangk is the righteous and vibrant fifth album from madcap truth-seekers, IDLES. Pronounced […]