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Various Artists, Burger Recor…
Sean Borhman and Lee Rickard founded Burger Records in 2007 as a way to r… more »
Various Artists, ATO Records …
Alabama Shakes broke out as one of 2012′s most exhilarating acts; s… more »
Various Artists, Don Giovanni…
For the past decade, Don Giovanni Records has been the voice of the under… more »
Dirty Beaches, Drifters / Lov…
Sometime in the winter of 2012, while traveling between Berlin and his ho… more »
Nancy Elizabeth, Dancing…
Recorded at night and at home amid a comforting tangle of instruments, Na… more »
Dead Gaze, Dead Gaze
Thick, candied fuzz cloaks the songs Cole Furlow makes as Dead Gaze, but … more »
Shannon and the Clams, Dreams…
On Dreams In the Rat House, Oakland’s fiercest contemporary purveyo… more »
Daft Punk, Random Access Memo…
Imagine you are Daft Punk, perhaps the only musical act in history whose … more »
The Dillinger Escape Plan, On…
As a live act, the musically volatile Dillinger Escape Plan are one of th… more »
Bibio, Silver Wilkinson…
The English musician Stephen Wilkinson, who records as Bibio, has blazed … more »
Small Black, Limits of Desire…
Once a star pupil of the chillwave class of ’09-10, (which also fea… more »
MS MR, Secondhand Rapture…
When MS MR surfaced in 2012, they were shrouded in mystery. At least init… more »
Brother JT, The Svelteness of…
T. Rex goes P-Funk — or maybe Ween goes Bevis Frond — through… more »
Mark Lanegan & Duke Garw…
Former Screaming Trees frontman Mark Lanegan needs no introduction but Du… more »
Dungeonesse, Dungeonesse…
In Jenn Wasner’s other duo, Wye Oak, she creates diaphanous indie-r… more »
The Phoenix Foundation, Fanda…
If there’s any embarrassment about the notions of excess attached t… more »
Fitz and the Tantrums, More T…
The least authentic period-faithful of the recent soul revivalists … more »
Fitz and the Tantrums, More T…
The least authentic period-faithful of the recent soul revivalists … more »
Public Service Broadcasting, …
Bumping the idea of “retro” away from the over-mined ’6… more »
!!!, Thr!!!er
Considering all the factors working against !!! over the past 15 years … more »
Howl, Bloodlines
Doom metal is a cathartic outlet for depression and loneliness and, yeah,… more »
Colin Stetson, New History Wa…
Avant-garde saxophonist Colin Stetson’s credits as a collaborator i… more »
Hanni El Khatib, Head in the …
Tracked entirely at Dan Auerbach’s Easy Eye studio in Nashville, Ha… more »
Akron/Family, Sub Verses…
A cabin on the side of an active volcano is a captivating image. There, p… more »
