STAFF PICKS kimber – 50 foot wave lindsay – summer cannibals, quasi reissues dario – sonny & the sunsets, summer cannibals jeff – holy fuck THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES 50 Foot Wave– Bath White CDEP/12” (Happy Happy Birthday To Me) 50 Foot Wave is a side-project to Throwing Muses, created in 2003 to satisfy the noisy, mathy side […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – mercury program lindsay – marissa nadler dario – marissa nadler, mutual benefit jeff – mrs magician THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES Adult Jazz – Earrings Off! CD/LP (Tri Angle) “The Leeds-based band Adult Jazz released one of 2014’s most surprising records, an ear-candy mix of warped sounds, disjointed melodies and fractured beats. Now […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – made of oak lindsay – tracey thorn dario – magnetic fields jeff – courtney barnett   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   9th Wonder & Talib Kweli – Indie 500 CD/2xLP (It’s Wonderful A World Music Group) 9th Wonder has established himself as hip-hop’s top educator, working as a professor at Harvard, Duke […]

STAFF PICKS kimber – lou barlow lindsay – unwound, uncle acid & the deadbeats, widowspeak dario – widowspeak jeff – widowspeak   THIS WEEK’S NEW RELEASES   The Arcs – Yours, Dreamily CD/LP (Nonesuch) The Arcs is a new band led by The Black Keys frontman Dan Auerbach. The band’s aesthetic isn’t too far removed from the Black Keys’ […]