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        Relapse Releases Tribute Record For Longtime Sales Director, Featuring Baroness, Mastodon and More

        The 'Patlapse' compilation

        The 'Patlapse' compilation

        By Andrew Parks, eMusic Contributor

        While we usually prefer to keep industry talk off 17 Dots, the underground metal scene was dealt a serious blow on Monday as Pat Egan — the longtime Director of Retail Sales at Relapse Records — passed away from pneumonia complications. The label released a 20-track compilation of Egan's favorite artists in his honor yesterday. Entitled Patlapse, it includes everyone from heavy-hitters like Mastodon, the Dillinger Escape Plan and Baroness to fringe favorites like Death, Exhumed and Brutal Truth. All of the artists involved have waived their royalty fees for the set, ensuring that 100-percent of the proceeds from the digital LP go directly towards the college fund of Egan's young daughter Katie.

        Patlapse can be purchased here, and streamed in full below...   more »

        Tags: Baroness, Mastodon, Pig Destroyer, Relapse Records, The Dillinger Escape Plan, news, stream
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        eMusic’s Best Albums of 2012

        Cold Specks

        By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorEvery year, when eMusic's editorial staff compiles our annual best-of list, the goal is never to come to some kind of academic determination of the year's best records via a series of complicated formulas and… more »

        Tags: Ab-Soul, Actress, Alabama Shakes, Alice Russell, Allo Darlin', Amit Friedman, Anais Mitchell, Angel Olsen, Animal Collective, Baroness, Bat For Lashes, Beach House, Best of 2012, Bill Fay, Bowerbirds, Chris Cohen, Christian Mistress, Christian Scott, Cloud Nothings, Cold Specks, Death Grips, Donny McCaslin, Dum Dum Girls, El-P, eMusic Selects, ERAAS, Esperanza Spalding, Eternal Summers, Family Band, Fiona Apple, First Aid Kit, Flying Lotus, Frank Ocean, Frankie Rose, Fresh & Onlys, Gentleman Jesse, Glen Hansard, godspeed you! black emperor, Gonjasufi, Grizzly Bear, How to Dress Well, Hundred Waters, Japandroids, Jeremy Siskind Trio, Jessie Ware, Jimmy Cliff, John Talabot, Julia Holter, Kathleen Edwards, Kendrick Lamar, Killer Mike, Laurel Halo, Laurent Coq, Lianne La Havas, Liars, Lilacs & Champagne, Lotus Plaza, M. Geddes Gengras, Mac Demarco, Maria Minerva, Marina and the Diamonds, Matthew Dear, Matthew E. White, METZ, Miguel, Miguel Zenon, Miguel Zenon & Laurent Coq, Mirel Wagner, Mount Eerie, Neurosis, Orrin Evans, Parquet Courts, Passion Pit, PAWS, Peaking Lights, Phil Elverum, Pig Destroyer, Pilgrim, Pop Zeus, Pop. 1280, Quantic, Ravi Coltrane, Robert Glasper, Roomful of Teeth, Royal Headache, Screaming Females, Sea of Bees, Sharon Van Etten, Spiritualized, Standard Fare, Sun Araw, Swans, Tame Impala, The Flaming Lips, The Men, The Twilight Sad, The Walkmen, THEESatisfaction, Ty Segall Band, Vijay Iyer, Vijay Iyer Trio, White Lung, Woods, Wymond Miles, Yellow Ostrich, Collection, List