STAFF PICKS kimber – lambchop lindsay – lee fields, hope sandoval dario – hope sandoval jeff – strfkr, toro y moi THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES American Wrestlers – Goodbye Terrible Youth CD/LP (Fat Possum) “American Wrestlers’ self-titled debut was a true diamond in the rough, a lo-fi collection of timelessly hazy pop songs that practically glowed with homespun warmth. Since […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – nada surf lindsay – olympians, marching church dario – the rachel’s reissue jeff – the olympians THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Lou Barlow – Apocalypse Fetish CDEP (Joyful Noise) The Dinosaur Jr. bassist and all-around alt rock icon releases an all-ukulele EP. [Vinyl edition due November 11.] The Brian Jonestown Massacre – Third World Pyramid […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – jimmy eat world lindsay – leonard cohen, john prine dario – nico muhly/teitur lassen jeff – american football THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES American Football – American Football (LP2) CD/LP+MP3/Cassette (Polyvinyl) Not long after Polyvinyl Records released American Football’s self-titled debut album in 1999, the band called it quits, having only played a smattering of Champaign-Urbana […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – fela kuti reissues lindsay – califone reissue dario – califone reissue jeff – nicolas jaar THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Terry Allen – Lubbock (On Everything) [Reissue/1978]2xCD/2xLP+MP3 (Paradise Of Bachelors) Legendary Texan artist Terry Allen occupies a unique position straddling the frontiers of country music and visual art; he has worked with everyone from Guy […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – hiss golden messenger lindsay – goat, hiss golden messenger dario – xylouris white jeff – goat THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Apoptygma Berzerk – Exit Popularity Contest CD (The End) On Exit Popularity Contest, APOP founder Stephan Groth distills the essence of carefully selected pioneers to construct a classic yet refreshingly contemporary sound. […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – low, blonde redhead lindsay – justin peter kinkel-schuster, jenny hval, blonde redhead, itasca, low dario – yann tierson, eztv jeff – sam evian, eztv THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Banks – The Altar CD/LP (Harvest) Goth R&B artist Banks follows up 2013’s brooding Goddess with her sophomore effort. Big Jesus – Oneiric CD/LP (Mascot) […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – billy bragg & joe henry lindsay – true widow dario – devendra banhart, kronos quartet reissue jeff – lvl up THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Devendra Banhart – Ape In Pink Marble CD/LP (Nonesuch) “In the three years since he released Mala, more and more artists have found space for themselves in the surrealist, freak-folk […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – hamilton leithauser & rostam lindsay – handsome family, woven hand dario – hamilton leithauser & rostam, wreckmeister harmonies jeff – preoccupations THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Against Me! – Shape Shift With Me CD/2xLP+MP3 (Total Treble) Seventh full-length studio album from punk rock band, dropping right before lead singer Laura Jane Grace’s memoir titled Tranny: Confessions […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – local natives lindsay – nick cave, okkervil river dario – wilco, okkervil river jeff – st paul and the broken bones THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Allah-Las – Calico Review CD/LP (Mexican Summer) On Calico Review, Allah-Las weave their dreamy version of west coast psychedelia with advanced songwriting and exquisite production detail. “Calico Review […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – nels cline lindsay – the frightnrs dario – patrick watson jeff – angel olsen, goblin cock THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES BIBIO – Serious EP (Warp) Bibio is the folk-meets-electronica project of self-taught producer/multi-instrumentalist Stephen Wilkinson, from England’s Black Country (aka the West Midlands). As a student of sonic arts at London’s […]