STAFF PICKS kimber – sherwood at the controls comp lindsay – stephen steinbrink, hannah georgas dario – stephen steinbrink, jeff parker jeff – stephen steinbrink, dj shadow THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Augustines – This Is Your Life CD (PIAS America) “Despite our constant collective quest for The New, we’ll always return to those musicians who imbue […]
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 – 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 – cheatahs lindsay – video, martin courtney, sharon jones dario – sun city girls jeff – sun club, beach slang, ugly casanova THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Alberta Cross – Alberta Cross CD/LP (Dine Alone) “For the better part of a decade, Alberta Cross was the creative outlet for friends Petter […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – beirut lindsay – dungen, protomartyr dario – dungen jeff – alex g, el ten eleven THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Alex G. – Beach Music CD/LP+MP3 (Domino) “Alex Giannascoli, more commonly known as Alex G, is a lo-fi bedroom pop artist from Pennsylvania. Although he has tons of albums currently on Bandcamp, Beach […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – editors lindsay – helvetia dario – helvetia jeff – helvetia, kamasi washington THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Bixiga 70 – III CD/LP (Glitterbeat) There is no doubt that Bixiga 70 is one of the guiding voices of Brazil’s contemporary instrumental music scene and their new album III clearly demonstrates why. Blitzen Trapper – All […]
STAFF PICKS kimber – la luz lindsay – iris dement, la luz dario – heather woods broderick jeff – mac demarco, mewithoutyou THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Deaf Wish – Pain CD/LP+MP3 (Sub Pop) Pain is a miraculously dissonant, wonderfully immediate display of Deaf Wish at their mightiest, alive with the same wild chemistry and […]