Staff Picks Kimber – Budos Band, The Doves Lindsay  – Budos Band, Metz, The Doves Dario – Metz Eric – Metz, Budos Band The Budos Band – Long In The Tooth CD/LP+MP3 (Daptone Records) 15 years after the release of their debut album, Daptone’s Royal Court from Staten Island deliver a truly epic collection of […]

Staff Picks Kimber – Sufjan Stevens Lindsay – Jónsi, Brent Cobb Dario – Death Valley Girls Eric  – Death Valley Girls Dawes – Good Luck With Whatever CD/LP (Rounder) Far from apathetic, Good Luck With Whatever is Dawes at their most unapologetic. It’s sympathetic and magnetic, 50% genetic and highly kinetic. Songs like “Didn’t Fix Me” […]

Staff Picks Kimber – Sylvan Esso Lindsay – Bill Callahan, Idles Dario – Idles, Makaya Mccraven Eric – Idles, Prince Deftones – Ohms CD/LP (WB) Multiplatinum, Grammy Award-winning alternative rockers Deftones are back with their ninth studio album. Ohms is an other-worldly body of work meticulously crafted by the five-piece band. It is a magnificent […]

Staff Picks Kimber – Mirah Lindsay – Run The Jewels, Osees Dario – Valium Aggelien  Eric – Osees Run The Jewels – RTJ4 CD/2xLP (BMG) Run The Jewels, the lauded duo of El-P and Killer Mike, return with their feverishly anticipated new album, Run The Jewels 4. The eleven song, 40 minute powerhouse is their […]

Staff Picks Kimber – Sam Prekop Dario – Sam Prekop Lindsay – PJ Harvey Eric – Bent Arcana PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love: Demos CD/LP (Island) PJ Harvey – To Bring You My Love [Reissue/1995] LP (Island) PJ Harvey’s third album To Bring You My Love, which celebrates its 25th anniversary in 2020, receives a heavyweight vinyl […]

Staff Picks Kimber – Throwing Muses Lindsay – All Them Witches, Yo La Tengo (reissue), Blonde Redhead (reissue) Dario – Dirty Projectors, Thor & Friends Eric – All Them Witches All Them Witches – Nothing As The Ideal CD/LP (New West) All Them Witches have built a career out of playing music that cannot be […]

Staff Picks Kimber – Elliott Smith Lindsay – Elliott Smith, Colter Wall, Widowspeak Dario – Angel Olsen Eric – Colter Wall, Widowspeak Elliott Smith – Elliott Smith [Expanded 25th Anniversary Edition] 2xCD/2xLP (Kill Rock Stars) When Elliott Smith’s self-titled second album came out in 1995, it was ignored by the press but championed by artists from the […]

Staff Picks  Kimber – Elliott Smith pre-order, PJ Harvey reissues Lindsay – The Dears, Elliott Smith Fundraiser Pre-order Dario –  The Sneaks, Dirty Projectors Eric – The Killers Bright Eyes – Down In The Weeds, Where The World Once Was CD/2xLP (Dead Oceans) As a title, as a thesis, Down In The Weeds, Where The […]

Staff Picks Kimber – Kathleen Edwards Lindsay – Kathleen Edwards Dario – Jonathan Richman Eric – King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard King Buzzo – Gift Of Sacrifice CD/LP (Ipecac) Gift Of Sacrifice is the second solo acoustic album from legendary grunge progenitor King Buzzo aka Buzz Osborne, frontman for the legendary Melvins. Buzz is […]

Staff Picks Kimber- Washed Out Lindsay- Jason Molina, Laura Marling, X Dario- Jason Molina, Laura marling  Eric- The Stooges, X Laura Marling – Songs For Our Daughter CD/LP (Chrysalis/Partisan) Laura Marling’s exquisite seventh album Song For Our Daughter arrives almost without pre-amble or warning amidst uncharted global chaos, and yet instantly and tenderly offers a […]