STAFF PICKS kimber – damien jurado lindsay – wayfaring strangers dario – bitchin bajas/bonny prince billy, damien jurado jeff – damien jurado THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Bitchin Bajas and Bonny Prince Billy – Epic Jammers And Fortunate Little Ditties CD/LP/Cassette (Drag City) Epic Jammers And Fortunate Little Ditties contains moments of tranquility and trance, with the […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – the feelies lindsay – lnzndrf dario – sunwatchers jeff – gza THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Bent Shapes – Wolves Of Want CD/LP+MP3 (Slumberland) Boston band Bent Shapes churn out earnest, expertly-crafted pop and post-punk laced with “some of the tightest punk poetry around’” (Liz Pelly). Wolves of Want” is an album full […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – nada surf lindsay – thao and the get down stay down dario – heron oblivion jeff – rob crow’s gloomy place, THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES The Coral – Distance In Between CD/LP (Ignition) After a five-year hiatus The Coral return with their eighth studio album. Recorded at Liverpool’s Parr Street Studio with co-producer Richard Turvey, Distance […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – sin ropas lindsay – death index, quilt, sin ropas dario – quilt jeff – school of seven bells THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES The 1975 – I Like It When You Sleep, For You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware Of It CD/2xLP (Interscope) “When Manchester quartet The 1975 broke out in 2013 […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – matmos lindsay – michael nau, marlon williams dario – the shivas, why the mountains are black jeff – cavern of anti-matter, thundercat THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Animal Collective – Painting With CD/LP+MP3 (Domino) “Animal Collective’s tenth album, Painting With, reunites the Merriweather lineup of Lennox, Portner, and Weitz, with Josh Dibb (a.k.a. Deakin) sitting […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – the residents reissue lindsay – donkeys, james supercave dario – steve reich reissue, radiation city jeff – steve reich reissue THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Basia Bulat – Good Advice CD/LP (Secret City) Good Advice is the fizzing, phosphorescing new pop LP by songwriter Basia Bulat. Captured and produced by My Morning Jacket leader Jim James […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – diiv lindsay – lucinda williams, diiv dario – nap eyes jeff – porches, diiv THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Beacon – Escapements CD/LP+MP3 (Ghostly Int’l) “Our very own 2011 Band To Watch honorees Beacon tinker with beat-driven, addictive electro-pop goodness that works just as well on the dance floor or in headphones, and their […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – bloc party lindsay – crooked fingers reissues dario – night beats jeff – basement THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Basement – Promise Everything CD/LP+MP3/Cassette (Run For Cover) “Ipswich band Basement went on indefinite hiatus in 2013, just after releasing their second recordColourmeinkindness. Accruing a dedicated posthumous following, the band came back […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – bonnie prince billy lindsay – shearwater, ty segall dario – tortoise, bonnie prince billy jeff – tortoise THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Badly Drawn Boy – The Hour Of The Bewilderbeast [Reissue/2000] 2xCD/2xLP/3xLP (XL) When The Hour Of Bewilderbeast was originally released in 2000, it was met with critical acclaim and won […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – el vy lindsay – all them witches dario – sonny smith jeff – all them witches THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES EL VY – Return To The Moon LP (4AD) Finally available on LP. El Vy (pronounced like a plural of Elvis; rhymes with ‘hell pie’) is the musical collaboration between Matt Berninger, vocalist […]