artist title label		Search Results Page 1   !!! Strange Weather, Isn't It (Warp) CD - $13 2LP - $21     Following in the footsteps of artists like David Bowie, Iggy Pop, and Depeche Mode, who have flocked to Berlin in order to mainline the city's legendary dark energy, !!! traveled to the German capital to produce a record that is simultaneously brooding and somehow their poppiest, most immediate record yet.     Antony and The Johnsons Thank You For Your Love (Secretly Canadian) CDEP - $8     Advance EP supporting the upcoming full-length Swanlights (due 10/12). Two original tracks as well as covers of Bob Dylan's "Pressing On" and John Lennon's "Imagine" in collaboration with avant-garde composer William Basinski.     Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti FF (Cooler Cat) 2LP - $25     The third installment in the Haunted Graffiti series of home-recorded material, recorded in 2000-2001 and originally issued in various CD & cassette forms as a companion album to Scared Famous, FF is now available for the first time ever on (double) vinyl and includes classics such as "Beefbud," "Are You Gonna Look After My Boys?," and "Howling At The Moon,"-the latter being one of three tracks on the LP co-written by mentor R. STEVIE MOORE.     Autolux Transit Transit (TBD) CD - $11     There is a notable sonic progression throughout Transit Transit: vintage synthesizers and manipulated ambience glue central song components together. Several tracks are built around piano, with all three members taking turns with lead vocals.     Balmorhea All is Wild, All is Silent (Western Vinyl) CD - $12     Austin's Balmorhea has always made beautiful music, but that pulchritude has often belied the underlying sensuality that makes their music so inviting. The band takes a giant leap forward, embracing that sensuality, on their bold and variegated new album. Now a six-piece with drums and upright bass, the band known for understated simplicity and restraint has produced a album that is joyous, haunting, and even a little sexy. Throughout the album you can almost hear hearts pounding in the sun as the music swells and aches. Some of the most surprising moments manage to be both subdued and antagonistic, acting as a balm for the frazzled soul and as an impetus for revisiting (and reevaluating) some of the most magical and painful times of the past. Part of the band's metamorphosis was inevitable, with the addition of drums, upright bass, and the frequent use of wordless vocals provided by both band members and special guest Jesy Fortino of Tiny Vipers (Sub Pop). The way they incorporate these new elements is remarkable, but even more impressive is the growth and maturity of their songwriting skills.     Best Coast Crazy For You (Mexican Summer) CD - $13 LP - $17     Beach blanket lo-fi pop from Bethany Cosentino, (ex-Pocahaunted.) Inspired by Bethany’s longing for Los Angeles while spending her days in NY attending Eugene Lang College, Best Coast sprung forth during her first days back in California. She says we can expect “songs about summer and the sun and the ocean and being a lazy creep,” with “drums, beach boys bass lines, and other amazing things” added by her friend Bobb Bruno.     Black Crowes Croweology (Silver Arrow) CD - $15     Acoustic versions of over 20 songs from their 20-year history.     Blackshaw, James All Is Falling (Young God) CD - $13     Comprised of one slowly evolving, shifting piece of music in eight parts, replete with swirling string cycles and wind instruments augmenting his extended pointillist flurries with clouds of sound, sometimes adding delicate counter-melodies but just as often feeding the implicit waves of overtones until they cascade in an all-enveloping onslaught.     Bobby Bare Jr A Storm A Tree (Thirty Tigers) CD - $13     For this record, Bobby Bare, Jr. again enlisted the help of Tom Blankenship, Patrick Hallahan and Carl Broemel (all of My Morning Jacket). After much rehearsal, the entire album was recorded in two days. “I figured after doing my last record in one day, that if I spent two days on this record, it's gonna sound twice as good, right?” says Bare.     Boris & Ian Astbury BXI (Southern Lord) CDEP - $10     Southern Lord proudly announces an incredible collaboration between label artists Boris and Ian Astbury (The Cult). This finely crafted four song release, simply entitled BXI, shows that Astbury's iconic rock vocals are a perfect match for Boris's straightforward, raw and imaginative songwriting.   Search Results Page 1
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