We’ve decided to do things a little differently this year. Instead of each of us writing our 5 Favorites, we had a discussion about what the best “Shop Favorites” are. You could break these up into three different categories: Most, are the albums that got a lot of play in the shop. We like to […]

STAFF PICKS Kimber – Soul Of A Nation comp Lindsay – War On Drugs, Together Pangea Dario – Oh Sees THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Alex Chilton – A Man Called Destruction [Reissue/1995] CD/2xLP+MP3 (Omnivore) As lead singer of The Box Tops and co-founder of Big Star, Alex Chilton already had a place in rock history. But […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – tinariwen lindsay – neko case, beat happening dario – shye ben tzur, jonny greenwood and the rajasthan express jeff – six organs of admittance   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   Adele – 25 CD/LP (XL/Columbia) “‘Hello’ doesn’t just introduce 25; in many ways, it sums up the album. On 25, the rage and […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – beirut lindsay – low, petite noir dario – beirut jeff – petite noir, empress of   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   Beirut – No No No CD (4AD) “Finding a new love sparked the creativity and songwriting that went into the making of No No No. Condon and his bandmates, bassist Paul […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – wilco, gardens & villa lindsay – gardens & villa, holy sons dario – jessie jones, sextile jeff – dangerdoom, afx   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES AFX – Orphaned Deejay Selek 2006-2008 CD/LP+MP3 (Warp) For the first time since the Analord series released through 2003-2005 on his own Rephlex Records imprint, Richard D. James […]