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Pavement "Brighten the Corners" Pre-order Pavement's "Brighten the Corners: Nicene Creedence Edition" and you will become part of Matador's Buy Early Get Now promotion, which includes bonus tracks, a free live LP, and more. Full details on our News Page. Pre-order $24.99 "Brighten the Corners: Nicene..." CDx2 |
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Fennesz "Black Sea" (Touch) A measured, masterful work, “Black Sea” is softer in execution and sounds a bit more classical than Fennesz's past releases, while still retaining the dense, ebb and flow and his patented wall of sound. Buy $15.99 Fennesz "Black Sea" CD |
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FM3 Buddha Machine 2 These immensely popular compact loop machines are here with eight fresh, new ambient drones, and a pitch-shift dial. The perfect stocking stuffer for any noise nerd. Buy $24.99 Grey Soundbox Buy $24.99 Brown Soundbox Buy $24.99 Burgundy Soundbox |
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J Spaceman & Matthew Ship "Spaceshipp" The collabo between Jason Pierce and Matthew Shipp consists of two beautiful drone pieces in the tradition of classic La Monte Young/Dream Syndicate, and features Shipp on the harmonium. Buy $17.99 Spaceman/Shipp "Spaceshipp" CD |
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Alexis Taylor "Rubbed Out" (Treader) For his first solo recording Hot Chip vocalist Alexis Taylor eschews the indie-disco of his band, impressively stretching out with forays into folk-rock, lo-fi ‘70s pop, electro-funk and drone. Buy $17.99 Alexis Taylor "Rubbed Out" CD |
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Susanna "Flower of Evil" (Rune-Grammofon) Susanna, sans her Magical Orchestra, returns with another album of stellar, moody covers of songs from artists ranging from Thin Lizzy to Sandy Denny, and includes two duets with Bonnie Prince Billy. Buy $17.99 Susanna "Flower of Evil" CD |
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Sacros "s/t" (Shadoks) An excellent reissue of a beautiful yet extremely rare Chilean psych-rock record from 1973 that fans of El Kinto, Congreso, late-Byrds and the second wave of Tropicalia will want to add to their collection. Buy $17.99 Sacros "s/t" CD |
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[V.A.] "Dancehall" (Soul Jazz) An excellent two-CD set documenting many musical highlights of the golden age of dancehall music ('77-'93). Includes classics from Tenor Saw and Sister Nancy as well as lesser-knowns like Toyan. Buy $24.99 Various "Dancehall" CDx2 |
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Surf City "s/t" (Morr Music) New Zealand produces yet another great new band whose exceptional debut EP is a solid collection of classic, jangly indie guitar pop with a touch of that chanty Animal Collective stomp. Buy $14.99 Surf City "s/t" CD-EP |
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Arthur Russell "Wild Combination" (Plexifilm) Director Matt Wolf’s poignant, critically acclaimed documentary on the life and tragic death of Arthur Russell is here. Wolf incorporates rare archival footage of family, friends and collaborators to tell the story of this seminal avant-garde composer, cellist, singer-songwriter and disco producer. Buy $23.99 Arthur Russell "Wild Combination" DVD |
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Belle and Sebastian "BBC Sessions" (Matador) A collection of Belle and Sebastian BBC radio highlights recorded between 1996 and 2001, limited deluxe version of the CD includes a bonus disc of an entire BBC broadcast. Buy $13.99 Belle and Sebastian "BBC Sessions" CD Buy $17.99 Belle and Sebastian "BBC Sessions" Lmtd CDx2 Buy $22.99 Belle and Sebastian "BBC Sessions" 180g LPx2 |
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Jonas Reinhardt "s/t" (Kranky) A surefooted all-synth debut from this West Coast musician who updates the spacious, motorik groove of classic Krautrock, and fuses it with the slo-mo melodies coming out of Norway as of late. Buy $13.99 Jonas Reinhardt "s/t" CD |
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The Wire
Magazine (December, 2008) On The Cover: Antony & The Johnsons: Alan Licht uncovers the singer’s interest in paradise and Japanese Butoh dance. Plus Florian Hecker, Radio Ballads, West African psychedelia, The Band Of Holy Joy's Invisible Jukebox, Graveyards, Noodles, Bettina Köster, Jonny Trunk and more. Buy $9.00 The Wire MG (December, 2008) |
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The Nerves "One Way Ticket" (Alive) The hard to find music from this way underrated West Coast power-pop trio is finally available again! “One Way Ticket” includes the Nerves' highly influential four-song EP from '76, plus demos, previously unreleased live recordings and more. Buy $17.99 The Nerves "One Way Ticket" CD |
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Love Is All "A Hundred Things..." (WYR?) Love Is All are back with a great new album and it's another danceable, lo-fi barrage of chaotic guitars and saxophone, post-punk rhythms and singer Josephine Olausson's distinctive wails. Buy $9.99 Love Is All "A Hundred Things..." CD |
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Bullwackies All Stars "Black World" What can we say? A spankin’ new Wackies reissue is always an event around these parts. This instrumental dub album contains some of the deepest, heaviest roots rhythms that we’ve heard in a while. Buy $17.99 Bullwackies All Stars "Black World" CD |
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Shop Assistants "Will Anything Happen" With a resurgence of the late ‘80s buzzsaw indie pop sound, the timing couldn't be better for a proper reissue of the stellar Shop Assistants debut from '86. Fans of Vivian Girls and Crystal Stilts should consider this required listening. Buy $17.99 Shop Assistants "Will Anything..." CD |
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[V.A.] "Young Disciples" (Numero) Numero's outsider soul series continues with another comp of diamonds in the rough, "Young Disciples" focusing on the late ‘60s teenage soul of the St. Louis-based collective. If you loved the "kid soul" collection, you'll flip over this! Buy $18.99 Various "Young Disciples" CD |
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Koen Holtkamp "Field Rituals" (Type) A beautiful slow-burner of an album from Mountains' Koen Holtkamp that rejuvenates the drone genre. His ear for details and composition is brilliant, as he constructs mini-symphonies using guitar, electronics, and field recordings. Buy $14.99 Koen Holtkamp "Field Rituals" CD |
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Mountains "s/t" (Catsup Plate) Speaking of Mountains, the duo brings us a nice LP-only release, compiling the little heard 3" tour CD from '05, plus a slew of unreleased recordings that are a bit more dissonant than one might expect from their other work, but stunning nonetheless. Buy $13.99 Mountains "s/t" LP |
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The Muslims "s/t" (1928 Recordings) The Muslims’ agitated indie-pop bristles with the same hyper-energy of groups like the Velvets and the Modern Lovers, while making it all their own. Seven-song 12” includes a CD version with bonus tracks. Buy $10.99 The Muslims "s/t" LP w/CD |
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Arthur Russell "Love Is Overtaking Me" Audika's latest in their series of Arthur Russell releases, "Love Is Overtaking Me" collects previously unreleased tracks highlighting Russell's singer-songwriter side, as he ventures into folk, pop and country. Sale $12.99 Arthur Russell "Love Is Overtaking Me" CD |
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Deerhunter "Microcastle" (Kranky) Deerhunter's new record includes the original, "web-leaked" album plus a bonus disc of non-leaked new songs, some the band's most beautiful, hook-filled music yet. Sale $12.99 Deerhunter "Microcastle" CDx2 |
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Crystal Stilts "Alight of Night" (Slumberland) Crystal Stilts' new album, "Alight of Night," is a masterpiece filled with minimal post-punk rhythms, C-86 melodies, distorted feedback and jangling guitars, and a distant vocal delivery. Sale $9.99 Crystal Stilts "Alight of Night" CD |
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caUSE co-MOTION! "It's Time" (Slumberland) The long-awaited singles collection from Brooklyn's caUSE co-MOTION! A stunning foray into frantic, lo-fi power pop, not one song comes close to the two minute mark, and that's just fine with us. Sale $6.99 caUSE co-MOTION! "It's Time" CD |
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DNA "DNA on DNA" (No More) The most comprehensive collection of this short-lived, yet highly influential no-wave trio is finally available on vinyl and has bonus tracks to boot! Their blitzkrieg, mutant take on rock compositions never fails to inspire! Buy $21.99 DNA "DNA on DNA" LP |
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[V.A.] "Sprigs of Time" (Honest Jon's) The result of a two year dig into EMI’s massive catalog of 78s, Honest Jon’s brings us “Sprigs of Time,” a 30 track compilation that runs the gamut with early recordings of Calypso, Gamelan, Cuban rumba, early war tunes and more. Buy $17.99 Various "Sprigs of Time" CD |
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MF Doom "Operation Doomsday" (Metal Face) The spectacular debut album that introduced the world to the metal faced hip-hop super villain has been criminally unavailable for over eight years, until now. Buy $16.99 MF Doom "Operation Doomsday" CD Buy $17.99 MF Doom "Operation Doomsday" LP |
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Gang Gang Dance "Saint Dymphna" Gang Gang Dance expand their ethno-world percussive palette, adding UK grime emcees, Bollywood melodies, dubstep rhythms and an embrace of all things shifty and danceable to their otherworldly, experimental post-punk. Buy $14.99 Gang Gang Dance "Saint Dymphna" CD |
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[V.A.] "Highlife Time" (Vampisoul) Vampisoul issues this outstanding 2CD comp of highlife music from Nigeria & Ghana. Chock full of rarities, it's a great document of the sound that dominated the region before Afrobeat took hold. Buy $29.99 Various "Highlife Time" CDxw |
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Sea and Cake "Car Alarm" (Thrill Jockey) Once again the Sea and Cake have created a tightly-produced pop album that transcends the sum of its members' many influences. Another solid record filled with warm guitars, sweetly harmonic vocals, and breezy synths. Buy $14.99 Sea and Cake "Car Alarm" CD |
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Of Montreal "Skeletal Lamping " (Polyvinyl) Of Montreal's 9th(!) studio album continues that new wave/glam-pop overhaul that Kevin Barnes’ introduced on "Hissing Fauna," only here Barnes adds elements of soul and prog-rock to this infectious set. Buy $14.99 Of Montreal "Skeletal Lamping" CD |
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Benoit Pioulard "Temper" (Kranky) Benoit Pioulard's follow-up to "Precis" should not disappoint fans of his hazy, acoustic electro-drone pieces. This time around, the arrangements are more expansive and incorporate a wider variety of instrumentation. Buy $13.99 Benoit Pioulard "Temper" CD |
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Eleanoora Rosenholm "Älä kysy..." (Fonal) You may not expect dark, gothy Euro disco from the traditionally folky Fonal label, but that's what this Finnish collective deliver with their second album. Fans of the Knife and early Ministry take note. Buy $17.99 "Älä kysy kuolleilta, he sanoivat" CD |
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[V.A.] "Algerian Proto-Rai Underground" Sublime Frequencies does it again! This limited LP-only comp documents the modern roots of Algerian "rai" music, compiling the oft-banned, rare regional 45s of this infectious, protest folk music that has since become massively popular. Buy $24.99 "Algerian Proto-Rai Underground" LP |
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Headhunter "Nomad" (Tempa) A well regarded dubstep debut from Headhunter, another young prodigy out of the UK. There is a lot more of a direct reggae and '90s Bristol influence pervading throughout and fans of Skream and Burial will be mighty impressed. Buy $17.99 Headhunter "Nomad" CD |
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Fennesz "Plus Forty Seven Degrees..." Back in print! Ten years since its release, Fennesz's "Plus Forty Seven Degrees 56' 37 Minus Sixteen Degrees 51'08'" still stands as an electro-acoustic masterpiece, having paved the way for many of today's folktronica artists. Buy $15.99 Fennesz "Plus Forty Seven..." CD |
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Deerhoof "Offend Maggie" (KRS) The new album from these ever-evolving indie darlings is arguably their most accomplished release to date. On “Offend Maggie,” Deerhoof apply their stop-start schizophrenics to the three-minute pop format and strike pure gold. Buy $13.99 Deerhoof "Offend Maggie" CD Buy $14.99 Deerhoof "Offend Maggie" LP |
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Department of Eagles "In Ear Park" (4AD) Featuring Grizzly Bear’s Daniel Rossen, DoE deliver a second effort of pastoral electronic tunes with folk flourishes that retains the emotive vocal stylings of Grizzly Bear and takes cues from Van Dyke Parks and Jeff Buckley. Buy $13.99 Department of Eagles "In Ear..." CD |
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Antony & the Johnsons "Another World" Antony gives us a short teaser in anticipation of his new album slated for release in early '09. All five songs are exquisitely written, finding Antony and his Johnsons toying with rock and soul structures. Buy $8.99 Antony & the Johnsons "Another World" CD-EP |
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Jay Reatard "Matador Singles '08" (Matador) Matador Records culls together all of the Jay Reatard Singles Club 45s onto one shiny silver disc. For those of you who missed out on those limited seven-inches, here's your second chance at grabbing a slew of great garage pop tunes. Buy $13.99 Jay Reatard "Matador Singles" CD |
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Women "s/t" (Jagjaguwar) Hailing from the Great White North, these noise-pop virtuosos create a refreshingly lo-fi album that bristles with the kind of claustrophobic tension that made the Swell Maps and early GbV so exciting at first listen. Buy $14.99 Women "s/t" CD |
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Fucked Up "Chemistry of Common Life" Hardcore existentialists Fucked Up deliver a triumphant album that stays rooted in HC tradition in attitude but ups the ante musically by incorporating psychedelic washes of MBV-styled guitar wail and woodwind flourishes to the grind! Buy $13.99 Fucked Up "Chemistry of..." CD |
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Group Inerane "Guitars from Agadez" Sublime Frequencies hits us with more of the mysterious desert blues sound of the Touareg, courtesy of Group Inerane, a contemporary band led by guitarist Bibi Ahmed. Some of the most unlikely and intense psychedelic music ever made. Buy $15.99 Group Inerane "Agadez" CD |
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Vivian Girls "s/t" (In the Red) The official re-release of these Brooklyn ladies' great out-of-print debut album, an infectious blend of primitive UK reverb-heavy jangle stomp and classic Spector-like pop melodies . Buy $13.99 Vivian Girls "s/t" CD |
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African Pearls: Congo 70 (Syllart) A stellar collection of uplifting Congolese "Rhumba Rock," which fused the Afro-Cuban jazz influences of "old" with the "new" ringing high-life vocal and guitar melodies of the early ‘70s. Recommended! Buy $26.99 "African Pearls: Congo 70" CDx2 |
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Dungen "4" (Kemado) Dungen are back with another solid helping of patchouli-scented burners. This time around they flesh out the sound, incorporating piano-led progressive pop colorings to their tunes. Buy $13.99 Dungen "4" CD |
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TV on the Radio "Dear Science" (Interscope) The dense, claustrophobic production of prior TVOTR releases gives way for a more open, sprawling sound, adding live brass, new wave, and dance beats to the mix with instantly satisfying results. A most welcomed return. Buy $14.99 TV on the Radio "Dear Science" CD |
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Diplo & Santogold "Top Ranking" (Mad Decent) Last of the quantity! Like his seminal "Piracy Funds Terrorism" mix for MIA's “Kala,” Diplo applies the same treatment to Santogold's debut album, offering exclusive remixes and mashups next to hipster club bangers. Buy $12.99 Diplo & Santogold "Top Ranking" CD |
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