STAFF PICKS kimber – 50 foot wave lindsay – summer cannibals, quasi reissues dario – sonny & the sunsets, summer cannibals jeff – holy fuck THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES 50 Foot Wave– Bath White CDEP/12” (Happy Happy Birthday To Me) 50 Foot Wave is a side-project to Throwing Muses, created in 2003 to satisfy the noisy, mathy side […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – mercury program lindsay – marissa nadler dario – marissa nadler, mutual benefit jeff – mrs magician THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Adult Jazz – Earrings Off! CD/LP (Tri Angle) “The Leeds-based band Adult Jazz released one of 2014’s most surprising records, an ear-candy mix of warped sounds, disjointed melodies and fractured beats. Now […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – fruit bats lindsay – fruit bats dario – mark pritchard jeff – david bazan THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES David Bazan – Blanco CD/LP/Cassette (Barsuk) Blanco is made up of songs that were previously available in a very limited edition 7″ vinyl series called Bazan Monthly, Volume 1 and Volume 2. David picked ten […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – destroyer lindsay – chris cohen, psychic temple, anohni dario – joanna brouke, psychic temple jeff – chris cohen, anohni THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Ryan Adams – Heartbreaker [Reissue/2000] 2xCD+DVD/4xLP+DVD (Pax Americana) Deluxe reissue of Ryan Adams’ first solo album, expanded with unreleased outtakes, pre-album demos, exclusive photos, and a DVD of a solo acoustic […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – rogue wave, plants and animals lindsay – plants and animals dario – konono no 1 jeff – plants and animals, pity sex THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Aesop Rock – The Impossible Kid CD/2xLP+MP3 (Rhymesayers) On his first new album since 2012’s Skelethon, Aesop continues finding new ways to improve on the skills that have made […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – wavves/cloud nothings split lindsay – higher authorities dario – higher authorities jeff – higher authorities, greys THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Dälek – Asphalt For Eden CD (Profound Lore) The first new album since 2009’s Gutter Tactics marks the return of the cult hip-hop/noise originators after a long hiatus.Vinyl edition due May 6. Nicolas […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – pj harvey lindsay – suuns, ashley shadow dario – kevin morby jeff – suuns THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Sam Beam/Jesca Hoop – Love Letter For Fire CD/LP+MP3 (Sub Pop) Iron & Wine’s Sam Beam spent much of 2015 working the studio with other artists. He and Band Of Horses’ Ben Bridwell […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – frightened rabbit lindsay – parquet courts, frightened rabbit dario – woods, kings of convenience reissues jeff – kings of convenience reissues THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Daniel Ash – Stripped CD (Main Man) Released on vinyl for RSD 2015 — now available on CD. For over 35 years, he has been one of the seminal […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – bibio lindsay – andrew bird, black mountain, charles bradley dario – bombino jeff – tim kinsella, rob crow’s gloomy place THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Audacity – Hyper Vessels CD/LP+MP3 (Suicide Squeeze) From the opening bedlam of barnburner “Counting The Days,” Audacity demonstrate that while their songwriting has become more nuanced, their […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – eric bachmann lindsay – eric bachmann, joy formidable dario – eric bachmann jeff – white denim, radical face THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Eric Bachmann – Eric Bachmann CD/LP+MP3 (Merge) Twenty-five years after Archers Of Loaf broke onto Chapel Hill, North Carolina’s vital indie scene, frontman Eric Bachmann is recording the rawest, most honest work […]