STAFF PICKS DARIO – Pharoah Sanders ASH – Nilüfer Yanya JAKE – Snooper KIMBER – S. Carey MARY – Phantogram ZACH – Upchuck and Sound of Animals Fighting DREW – George Harrison  AFI – Silver Bleeds Black Sun CD/LP/CASS (Run For Cover)   For more than three decades, AFI has been in a nearly constant […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Tom Skinner and Cate Le Bon ASH – Automatic JAKE – Tom Skinner  KIMBER – Neko Case and Sam Prekop MARY – Neko Case  ZACH – Geckos, Lady Wray  DREW – Karol G and Haruomi Hosono NEKO CASE – Neon Grey Midnight Green CD/LP/IEX (ANTI-)  As if cosmically enacted, Neko Case […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Jeremiah Chiu and Marta Sofia Honer ASH – Devendra Banhart reissue JAKE –  Jeremiah Chiu, Devendra Banhart reissue, and Kassa Overall KIMBER – Stereolab and Jens Lekman MARY – Jens Lekman and King Princess ZACH – Michael Hurley and La Lom DREW – Angel Bat Dawid reissue and Kassa Overall FRUIT […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Jason Molina tribute comp ASH – Sister Nancy Reissue JAKE – Shame KIMBER – David Byrne and Big Thief MARY – Big Thief and Don Cherry reissue ZACH – El Michels Affair and Big Thief DREW – David Byrne  BIG THIEF – Double Infinity CD/LP (4AD)  It was winter in Manhattan. […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Zoh Amba ASH – Miles Davis Box Set JAKE – Squanderers KIMBER – Duster reissue  MARY – Kenny Burrell Reissue ZACH – Water From Your Eyes and Nourished By Time  DREW – Smashing Pumpkins reissue DEFTONES – private music CD/LP/CASS (Reprise) [Available on indie exclusive colored vinyl with alternative artwork] Deftones […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Alick Nkhata and Chicago Underground ASH – Cass McCombs JAKE –  Chicago Underground and Pile KIMBER – Steve Gunn MARY – Cass McCombs and the Cranberries reissue ZACH – Shaki Tavi, Pile, and Mae Powell DREW – Negative Approach CASS MCCOMBS – Interior Live Oak CD/LP (Domino)   Interior Live Oak […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Songs: Ohia ASH – Osees JAKE – Teethe and Osees KIMBER – Galaxie 500 MARY – Magdalena Bay ZACH – Ada Lea and Teethe DREW – Osees ETHEL CAIN – Willoughby Tucker I’ll Always Love You CD/LP/CASS (Daughter of Cain) Florida-born multimedia artist Ethel Cain returns with her sophomore album Willoughby Tucker, […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Héctor Lavoe reissue ASH – Quincy Jones reissues JAKE – Alex G and Sun Ra KIMBER – Lord Huron MARY – Héctor Lavoe reissue and Lord Huron ZACH – Alex G DREW – Sun Ra LORD HURON – Cosmic Selector Vol 1 CD/LP (Mercury) Lord Huron – the project of Los Angeles-based songwriter, […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Willie Colón and Rubén Blades reissue ASH – Lee Scratch Perry JAKE – Fuubutsushi and Gelli Haha KIMBER – Sun City Girls MARY – Wet Leg and Television ZACH – Anthony Green, 81355, and Wet Leg DREW – WET LEG – Moisturizer LP/CD/CASS (Domino)   Moisturizer is the bold, second album […]

STAFF PICKS DARIO – Jim O’Rourke ASH – John Dwyer JAKE – Chat Pile KIMBER – Durand Jones & The Indications MARY – White Stripes and Kaytranada ZACH – Greet Death, Juan Wauters DREW – Chat Pile and Playboy Carti  ADRIAN QUESADA – Boleros Psicodelicos II CD/LP (ATO Records)   Grammy-winning and Oscar-nominated artist Adrian […]