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Mike Adams at His Honest Weight – Best of Boiler Room Classics (2014)
When he’s not singing woozy pop songs about the worries of parenthood and the trials of adulthood, Mike Adams hosts a talk show in Bloomington, Indiana. It began in what looks like somebody’s basement,...
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Sleeping Bag – Deep Sleep (2014)
On their third LP, Deep Sleep, Dave Segedy (the Sleeping Bag‘s drummer, songwriter and primary vocalist) has taken the band into heavier, more epic territory. The sunny jangling guitars and fun whistle...
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Kishi Bashi – Lighght [Deluxe Version] (2014)
Jupiter One co-founder and frequent Of Montreal merrymaker K Ishibashi’s second go-around under the Kishi Bashi moniker is as lavish and fanciful an affair as its flamboyant cover art would suggest,...
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Memory Map – The Sky as Well as Space (2014)
Memory Map are a constellation of Bloomington, Indiana all-stars. Guitarist Matt Tobey has another life as folk-punk character and Kimya Dawson collaborator Matty Pop Chart, as well as a staple of...
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Reptar – Lurid Glow (2015)
With Lurid Glow, Reptar follow up their spirited, shimmering first LP, Body Faucet, with a still more crackling version of the debut’s exuberance. Punchier with more percussion and brass, they’ve built...
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Stranger Cat – In the Wilderness (2015)
Born in the claustrophobic chaos of Brooklyn, NY, Stranger Cat — an electronic pop project from Cat Martino and co-producer/multi-instrumentalist Sven Britt — came to be through a dark time and a...
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Surfer Blood – 1000 Palms (2015)
Surfer Blood will return with a new album, 1000 Palms, on May 12th. Due out via new indie label home Joyful Noise, the LP is meant to be a “return to Surfer Blood’s DIY ethos,” following the major...
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Lou Barlow – Brace the Wave (2015)
In 1989, 23-year-old Lou Barlow was making homemade recordings in his living room during his downtime from playing bass in Dinosaur Jr. 26 years later, it’s remarkable how little has changed — Barlow...
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Helvetia – Dromomania (2015)
As with the rest of Helvetia‘s many albums, there’s something more than a little bit off about Dromomania, but in a delightful way. While sticking to a standard guitar/bass/drums/vocals lineup, the...
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Half Japanese – Bingo Ringo EP (2015)
Having released over two dozen EPs, LPs, and live albums between 1977 and 2001, Half Japanese returned in 2014 with their first release in thirteen years: the uncharacteristically accessible Overjoyed,...
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Kishi Bashi – String Quartet Live! (2015)
Kishi Bashi is known for bringing violin playing to a pop realm, and now he’s upping his classical game by releasing a live album with an entire string quartet. String Quartet Live! is made up of...
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Margot & The Nuclear So and So’s – The Bride on the Boxcar: A Decade of...
Marking the 11th anniversary of the band, Joyful Noise Recordings presents an expansive five-LP collection of previously unreleased songs, demos, and alternate takes by songwriter Richard Edwards’...
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Yonatan Gat – Director (2015)
Between 2005 and 2011, Israeli trio Monotonix played over a thousand live shows, almost all of which were spectacular displays of high-energy mayhem and explosive antics, gaining them a reputation as a...
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Victor Villarreal – Sleep Talk (2015)
While Victor Villarreal reunited with Owls last year to deliver their long-awaited Two LP, the indie rock guitar hero will flex his mind-bendingly nimble finger work on his own record in 2015. Sleep...
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Sound of Ceres – Nostalgia for Infinity (2016)
After releasing three albums with their band Candy Claws, Karen and Ryan Hover have evolved into Sound of Ceres. Joined by Robert Schneider, Ben Phelan and John Ferguson of the Apples In Stereo and...
View ArticleSaqqara Mastabas – Libras (2016)
Under the name Saqqara Mastabas, Fiery Furnaces’ Matthew Friedberger has teamed up with Sebadoh’s Bob D’Amico to create music that encapsulates a specific sense of noisy and manic joy. With...
View ArticlePsychic Temple – Plays Music for Airports (2016)
Psychic Temple, led by band/cult leader Chris Schlarb and featuring Mike Watt (Minutemen), Sheridan Riley (Avi Buffalo), Paul Masvidal (Cynic, Death), jazz trumpeter Kris Tiner and more, has reimagined...
View ArticleThe Unspeakable Practices – The Unspeakable Practices (2015)
The Unspeakable Practices is a new project spear- headed by Kid Millions (Oneida, People of the North, Soldiers of Fortune, ex-Spiritualized) and celebrated writer Rick Moody, a founding member of The...
View ArticleBig Business – Command Your Weather (2016)
The fifth studio long-player from the Seattle-based duo, Command Your Weather emits a masterful blast of minimalist, mostly upbeat anthemic post- metal that lays to rest any notion that Big Business is...
View ArticleSugar Candy Mountain – 666 (2016)
Joshua Tree, California’s Sugar Candy Mountain make sunshine psych that seems to pull equally from ’60s acts like The Free Design and modern purveyors like Tame Impala and The Flaming Lips. Their...
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