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Dirty Projectors "Live at Other Music" 12-inch |
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Les Rallizes Denudes "Heavier Than a Death" (Phoenix) Two of Japanese psych-rockers Les Rallizes Denudes' best LPs issued on vinyl! Any fan of overdriven bliss-out sounds, from Keiji Haino to Spacemen 3, need these. Buy $32.99 "Heavier Than a Death in the Family " LPx2 Buy $22.99 "Blind Baby Has Its Mother's Eyes" LP |
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Patrick Lundborg "Acid Archives" (Lysergic) Expanded second edition of this essential psych-rock bible, compiled by Acid Archives’ Patrick Lundborg with help from Aaron Milenski & Ron Moor, filled with tons of reviews, photos, and notes on hundreds of rare albums and artists of the psychedelic underground. Buy $43.99 "Acid Archives Second Editions" BK |
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[V.A.] "Total 11" (Kompakt) The 11th installment of Kompakt’s “Total” series, forecasting what’s on the horizon for the incendiary electronic music label, featuring Kompakt veterans and newcomers. Buy $17.99 Various "Total 11" CD Buy $22.99 Various "Total 11" LPx3 |
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Madlib "Medicine Show #8" (MMS) On the heel’s of the “High Jazz” edition of “Medicine Show” series, Madlib digs deep into his crate for #8, “Advanced Jazz,” a deep mix of jazz cuts that have been influential to the producer and his productions. Buy $15.99 Madlib "Medicine Show #8" CD |
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Balam Acab "See Birds" (Tri Angle) Much anticipated debut for both Balam Acab and the Brooklyn-based Tri Angle label. The 19-year-old “drag” producer enshrouds his creeping dubstep beats in a haunting, glo-fi haze, as spectral melodies weave in and out of the shadows. Buy $12.99 Balam Acab "See Birds" 12" |
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S. Carey "All We Grow" (Jagjaguwar)
A stunning debut album from Bon Iver drummer Sean Carey. Gorgeous atmospheric orchestration and soft-plucked guitar ebb and flow around Carey’s whisper-voiced melodies and rich harmonies. Buy $14.99 S. Carey "All We Grow" CD |
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Nite Jewel "Am I Real?" (Gloriette) Exclusive Advance Release! Nite Jewel is back with an excellent 6-song EP that finds Ramona Gonzalez trading in some of the tape hiss for a more crystalline version of her neon, cosmic funk. Her best set yet, highly recommended! Buy $12.99 Nite Jewel "Am I Real?"LP |
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Nite Jewel "T-Shirt" (S/M/L) Also available: Nite Jewel tour tee, 100% cotton, featuring a black and white cover image of her new "Am I Real?" LP. Ducktails' Matthew Mondanile has one, you should too. Buy $14.99 Nite Jewel "T-Shirt" Small Buy $14.99 Nite Jewel "T-Shirt" Medium Buy $14.99 Nite Jewel "T-Shirt" Large |
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Magic Kids "Memphis" (True Panther) Magic Kids' sunny, nostalgic indie-pop is not of this time, filled with Beach Boys-inspired harmonies and Jack Nitzsche-style orchestration. Buy $13.99 Magic Kids "Memphis" CD Buy $15.99 Magic Kids "Memphis" LP+MP3 |
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Walter Gibbons "Jungle Music" (Strut) Essential 2CD comp featuring 14 of this legendary dance music innovator's most important mixes for artists like Arthur Russell, Harlequin Fours, Strafe, Stetsasonic, Bettye Lavette and more. Buy $17.99 Walter Gibbons "Jungle Music" CD |
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "FF»" (Gloriette) Very limited double-LP reissue of Ariel Pink recordings made between late 2000 and early 2001. There's a synthtastic new wave vibe, with loopy, drug-buzz nostalgia giving way to lots of leftfield hooks and stacked vocal madness. Includes a few songwriting collabs with R. Stevie Moore. Buy $19.99 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "FF»" LPx2 |
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Animal Collective "ODDSAC" (Plexifilm) The full-length DVD release of Animal Collective and Danny Perez's collaboration is here! The music is more simliar to the band's earlier free-form recordings, while Perez's arresting visuals are creepy, psychedelic, and even haunting at times. Truly captivating. Buy $24.99 Animal Collective "ODDSAC" DVD |
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Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" (Merge) Eschewing most of the bombast and epic arrangements of their last record, Arcade Fire offer their most nuanced and passionate set to date. On Sale $14.99 Arcade on Fire "Suburbs" CD Buy $26.99 Arcade on Fire "Suburbs" LPx2+MP3 |
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Tristan Perich "1-Bit Symphony" (Cantaloupe) A follow-up to Perich's 1-Bit Music, the tech-wiz and avant composer builds tiny circuits into a clear jewel case, with a headphone jack and on/off switch inviting the listener to enjoy the truly fascinating 1-bit symphony, in five movements, the circuitry plays live for you. Buy $29.99 Tristan Perich "1-Bit Symphony" SB |
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Pearl Harbor "Puro Instinct" (Gloriette) Great vinyl EP from ths Cali duo whose four songs fuse the Euro detachment of Les Disques Du Crepuscule's chanteuses like Isabelle Antena with a bit of early-4AD dream weaving, sunburned girl-group sentimentality, and a heavy dose of hazy, AM-Gold pop collusion. Buy $11.99 Pearl Harbor "Puro Instinct" LP |
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The Budos Band "III" (Daptone) The Budos Band bring some decidely ethnic grooves to their "Afro-soul," sporting influences like Mulatu Astatke and elements of Middle Eastern jazz and Turkish pop in their searing, cinematic funk. Buy $14.99 The Budos Band "III" CD |
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Antony/Fennesz "Returnal" (Editions Mego) New single featuring Antony and Fennesz each reworking the title track off of Oneohtrix Point Never's "Returnal" album. Antony turns the song into a funereal ballad, while Fennesz wraps the track in lovely digital gauze. Recommended! Buy $10.99 Antony/Fennesz "Returnal" 45 |
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Parasites of the Western World "s/t" (De Stijl) Superb reissue of this Portland duo's private press LP from 1978. The mood ranges from intergalactic paranoia to psychedelic alienation but it's never dull or overtly bleak, which kinda make Parasites of the Western World the lost brethren of Chrome. Buy $17.99 Parasites of the Western World LP |
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Mount Kimbie "Crooks and Lovers" (Hotflush) Mount Kimbie craft gorgeous experimental electronic-pop out of hypnotic loops and rhythms, vocals and live instrumentation. Think early Morr Music in a post-dubstep world. Buy $16.99 Mount Kimbie "Crooks and Lovers" CD |
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Best Coast "Crazy for You" (Mexican Summer) Best Coast deliver the perfect summer record filled with dreamy, reverb-drenched, girl-group-influenced sounds. Buy $12.99 Best Coast "Crazy for You" CD Buy $16.99 Best Coast "Crazy for You" LP |
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Dustin Wong "Let It Go" (WTR CLR) Cassette release from Dustin Wong (Ponytail, Ecstaic Sunshine) to hold us over until his 3-disc set on Thrill Jockey. A transfixing exploration of psychedelic, pop, noise and world music. Buy $7.99 Dustin Wong "Let It Go" Cassette |
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Cut Chemist "Sound of the Police" (Stable Sound) We can't keep this amazing mix of African and South American jams in stock! Recorded during Cut Chemist's set before Mulatu Astatke's LA concert (also documented on Mochilla's Timeless DVD boxset). Buy $16.99 Cut Chemist "Sound of the Police" CD |
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Madlib "Medicine Show #7: High Jazz" (MMS) For his seventh “Medicine Show” installment, Madlib sorts through his catalog and picks the finest unreleased missives from his jazz explorations with Yesterdays Universe. Buy $15.99 Madlib "Medicine Show #7" CD |
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The Books "The Way Out" (Temporary Residence) A welcome return from the Books, the duo mixing intricate performances and tweaked instrumental samples with found voices in only the way they know how. Buy $14.99 The Books "The Way Out" CD |
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Buffalo "Dead Forever" (Repertoire) Along with the Coloured Balls and Blackfeather, Australia’s Buffalo are one of the nastiest of the hard/rock and proto-metal bands. Buy $22.99 Buffalo "Dead Forever" CD |
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Yama & the Karma Dusters "Up from the..." (Lion) This late-'60s, inter-racial folk-group emerged out of an urbane Chicago commune, their lone LP seemingly bridging the gap between Bob Dylan and Lou Reed. Buy $14.99 Yama & the Karma Dusters "...Sewers" CD |
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Autechre "Move of Ten" (Warp) With "Move of Ten," Autechre are once again fully plugged in! Their most inspired release in years, IDM beats are a-flutter and accompanied by melodic ambient passages. Buy $10.99 Autechre "Move of Ten" CD |
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Danger Mouse/Sparklehorse "Dark Night..." (Capitol) This long delayed collaboration is a powerful send-off to the late Mark Linkous, with a great list of guest vocalists including Wayne Coyne, Vic Chesnutt, Suzanne Vega, James Mercer and more. Buy $17.99 "Dark Night of the Soul" CD |
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Charanjit Singh "Ten Ragas to a Disco Beat" A fun and forward-thinking album which languished in obscurity for decades, this Bollywood composer cross-pollinates Indian music with squelching bass and trance-inducing beats. Buy $17.99 Charanjit Singh "Ten Ragas..." CD |
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Terror Danjah "Power Grid" (Planet Mu) Grime producer extraordinaire Terror Danjah is back on Planet Mu with this new eight-track EP, filled with beefy beats, thick synths, power chords and his trademark gremlin squeals. Buy $14.99 Terror Danjah "Power Grid" CD |
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Gaslamp Killer "Akuma No Chi..." (L.E.T.) Originally released for Low End Theory's 2009 Japan tour, this awesome mix from Gaslamp Killer sees the Cali beat freak delivering a wide array of music ranging from dubstep and hip-hop to psych-rock and more. Buy $15.99 Gaslamp Killer "...Ga Odoru" CD |
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[V.A.] "Solid Gold" (Italians Do It Better) Italians Do It Better compile many of their long-out-of print 12”s on this limited CD, from names like Tiedye, Bottin, Solange, Invisible Congo People, Twisted Wires, and more. Buy $12.99 Various "Solid Gold" CD |
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Julian Lynch "Mare" (Olde English Spelling Bee) This Ridgewood, NJ native crafts intimate, organic psychedelia from acoustic guitars, clarinets, and defanged synths, all blanketed by the sound of an unspooling cassette. Recommended! Buy $17.99 Julian Lynch "Mare" LP |
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Hamper McBee "The Good Old..." (Twos & Fews) One of the most hilarious, moving, profane, and fascinating releases of the year, from Monteagle, TN’s Hamper McBee, a hard drinking, carnival barker, ballad singer, tall-tale teller and general raconteur. Buy $13.99 Hamper McBee "...Fashioned Way" CD |
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LA Vampires & Zola Jesus "s/t" (Not Not Fun) A great collab between LA Vampires and Zola Jesus, includes dark, offbeat take on Dawn Penn's classic reggae track, "No No No," which must have been the inspiration for the great cover art/style of the sleeve. Buy $14.99 LA Vampires & Zola Jesus "s/t" LP |
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M.I.A. "/\/\/\Y/\" (Interscope) M.I.A. delivers her most provacative, politcally-charged set of party anthems yet, a dense, abrasive mix of dancehall, crunk, dubstep, chip tune, and future ghetto beats. Buy $11.99 M.I.A. "/\/\/\Y/\" CD |
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Deux "Decadence" (Minimal Wave) Minimal Wave unearth another fantastic synth-pop artifact from 1981, this male/female duo combining Kraftwerk precision and coldwave coolness and adding a pop vibe, a la Serge Gainsbourg and Francoise Hardy. Recommended! Buy $21.99 Deux "Decadence" LP |
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Philip Cohran "Armageddon" (Katalyst) Archival release of a blistering ensemble session, live in Chicago circa 1968. Further proof that Cohran deserves a place among the countercultural jazz legends of the '60s. Buy $12.99 Philip Cohran "Armageddon" CD |
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Robert Hood "Omega" (M-Plant) Minimal techno originator Robert Hood returns with "Omega," and again stakes his claim as one of the best and most forward-thinking producers in the genre. Buy $17.99 Robert Hood "Omega" CD |
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Ayobaness: Sound of South African House (Out Here) Killer comp of South African house music! From the opening tribal thump of L'vovo Derrango's "Resista" to the closing Afro-deepness of Shana's "Iyo'Londaba," the sounds here are big, percussive and geared for maximum dancefloor effect. Buy $15.99 Various "Ayobaness" CD |
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Lo Borges "s/t" (Water) Released in '72, about the same time as "Clube da Esquina" (Lo Borges' collaboration with Milton Nascimento), Borges' self-titled LP is one of the most essential Brazilian pop albums ever made. Buy $15.99 Lo Borges "s/t" CD |
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Wolf Parade "Expo 86" (Sub Pop) Continuing to pull from art rock (Roxy Music/Bowie) and classic rock (Springsteen/Petty), Wolf Parade have never sounded better. Buy $13.99 Wolf Parade "Expo 86" CD Buy $19.99 Wolf Parade "Expo 86" LP+MP3 |
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Oneohtrix Point Never "Returnal" (Editions Mego) With his new album, Oneohtrix Point Never takes his Kosmische-inspired synthscapes in new gorgeous and even sinister directions. Buy $15.99 Oneohtrix Point Never "Returnal" CD Buy $19.99 Oneohtrix Point Never "Returnal" LP |
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Mandre "4" (Rush Hour) Mandre’s rare and highly collectible fourth album from the early ‘80s (original copies go for hundreds on eBAY) finally sees a proper reissue. Fans of Dam-Funk and future soul need this. Buy $17.99 Mandre "4" CD |
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Ariel Pink's Haunted Grafitti "Before Today" Now on 4AD with an actual recording budget, Ariel Pink’s ‘80s-idolizing, twisted pop genius comes through loud and clear. Buy $13.99 Ariel Pink "Before Today" CD Buy $14.99 Ariel Pink "Before Today" LP+MP3 |
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Koes Plus "Dheg Dheg" (Sublime Frequencies) Sublime Frequencies reissues the extremely rare first two albums from “Indonesia’s Beatles.” Like the fab four, Koes Plus cover lots of ground, moving from lovely ballads to psychedelic freak-outs. Buy $16.99 Koes Plus "Dheg Dheg" CD |
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My Friend Rain (Sublime Frequencies) Filmed throughout Southeast Asia between 2002 and 2004 by Climax Golden Twins' Robert Millis, who captures a stunning, abstract collage of sights and sounds. Includes CD featuring traditional and pop music heard in the film. Buy $19.99 My Friend Rain DVD/CD |
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Sleigh Bells "Treats" (Mom & Pop) Derek Miller’s high-octane riffs and blown-out samples and beats, and Alexis Krauss’ Lolita-pop vocals equal the noisiest, most infectious electro-pop you’ll hear this year. Buye $12.99 Sleigh Bells "Treats" CD |
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LCD Soundsystem "This Is Happening" (DFA) LCD's new album finds James and his gang doing what they do best, connecting disco, punk, new wave, et al. into a great album that we'll be gettin' down to way beyond summer. On Sale $13.99 LCD Soundsystem "This Is Happening" CD |
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