STAFF PICKS Kimber – Wire reissues Lindsay – Ty Segall & White Fence Dario – Ty Segall & White Fence, Mulatu Astatke reissues Paula – Pedro The Lion reissue THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Mulatu Astatke – Afro-Latin Soul CD (Strut) Mulatu Astatke – Afro-Latin Soul [Volume 1] LP (Strut) Mulatu Astatke – Afro-Latin Soul [Volume […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Luluc Lindsay – Lera Lynn, Jayhawks, Cowboy Junkies Dario – Disques Debs International Vol 1 Paula – Dirty Projectors THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Rayland Baxter – Wide Awake CD/LP (ATO) Rayland Baxter’s new album is a dream realized. Since he first started writing music, this roving rock ‘n’ roll philosopher dreamed […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Prefuse 73 Lindsay – Disques Debs International Vol 1 Dario – Disques Debs International Vol 1 Paula – Vince Guaraldi THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Adele – 19 [Reissue/2008] CD/LP (XL Recordings) CD and vinyl reissue of Adele’s debut album. Following Adele’s graduation from the BRIT School for Performing Arts & Technology […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Swervedriver reissue Lindsay – Crooked Fingers reissue Dario – John Coltrane Paula – The Milk Carton Kids THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Dave Alvin – King Of California [Reissue/1994] CD (Craft Recordings) CD reissue of the best-selling critically acclaimed solo album from Dave Alvin of The Blasters. David Bowie – Welcome To […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Dawes Lindsay – T. Hardy Morris, Binker + Moses Dario – Gang Gang Dance Paula – Princess Nokia THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES The 4th Movement – 4th Movement [Reissue/1980] CD/LP/Cassette (Drag City) Death’s For the Whole World To See was a revelation of early punk music from the mid- ‘70s that […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Protomartyr Lindsay – Tangents, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever Dario – Marissa Anderson, Buck Meek Paula – Melody’s Echo Chamber, Steve Reich THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Marissa Anderson – Cloud Corner CD/LP+MP3 (Thrill Jockey) On her Thrill Jockey debut, acclaimed guitarist Marisa Anderson’s music is boundless. Anderson is undeniably a master of […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Tom Waits reissue Lindsay – Shannon Shaw Dario – Colin Stetson Paula – Kadhja Bonet THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Lily Allen – No Shame CD/LP (WB) English singer-songwriter Lilly Allen returns with her fourth album, No Shame. Working with collaborators Fryars, Mark Ronson, Vampire Weekend’s Ezra Koenig, Burna Boy, P2J and […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Neko Case Lindsay – Neko Case, Oneohtrix Point Never Dario – Lump Paula – Father John Misty THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Dave Alvin and Jimmie Dale Gilmore – Downey To Lubbock CD/LP+MP3 (Yep Roc) A collection that takes on a diverse range of American music spanning nearly one hundred years. Along […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Snow Patrol Lindsay – Wooden Shjips, Tracyanne + Danny Dario – Wooden Shjips Paula – Jo Passed, Tracyanne + Danny THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Chvrches – Love Is Dead CD/LP (Glassnote) Love Is Dead is an album about growing up and “coming to terms with the fact that there are great things […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Bombino Lindsay – Ryley Walker, Parquet Courts Dario – Bombino, Ryley Walker Paula – Matt Costa, Michael Rault THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Ash – Islands CD/LP (Liberator Music/Infectious Music) Islands is Ash’s seventh studio album since their inception in 1992. The title of the album alludes to the unique environments in which […]