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Prettiest Eyes - Pools

We have a new record today that we're spinning pretty hard (it came out digitally in November, but the CD/vinyl just landed) via the inimitable Castle Face label. Pools from Prettiest Eyes...

Hiroshi Yoshimura - Music For Nine Postcards

Record of the week is the stunningly beautiful Music For Nine Postcards from Hiroshi Yoshimura. Although fairly well known (and much celebrated in the ambient scene) in Japan, he remains...

Open Mike Eagle - Brick Body Kids Still Daydream

Open Mike Eagle's (could be fifth, sixth or seventh depending on who you ask) LP Brick Body Kids Still Daydream was released back in September and (amongst many other fine reviews) hit an 8.1...

Bonnie "Prince" Billy - Wolf of the Cosmos

Thrilled are we this week to have a new Bonnie "Prince" Billy album for you all. Wolf of the Cosmos is a full album of covers, interpretations of Susanna's (Norwegian singer Susanna Karolina...

Hater - Red Blinders

Record of the Week is an EP, it is also running late on CD, but it is so bloody good we have no choice but to make it ROTW. Red...

OCS - Memory Of A Cut Off Head

Record of the Week is the irrepressible John Dwyer in the form of OCS. Memory Of A Cut Off Head is OCS, now formally Thee Oh Sees, Oh Sees, The...

Sharon Jones & The Dap-Kings - Soul of a Woman

Record of the Week is an immaculate goodbye to the wonderful Miss Sharon Jones. Soul of a Woman is a lush, orchestral masterpiece. A true testament to the life and career...

Hüsker Dü - Savage Young Dü

We very rarely run reissues as our Record of the Week, but today's release of Hüsker Dü's Savage Young Dü is absolutely essential and we are more than a bit obsessed.Crate...

Lost Horizons - Ojalá

Record of the Week is the debut Lost Horizons LP on Bella Union, a project lead by Simon Raymonde and Richie Thomas with an utterly wild roster of guest vocal contributors.Besides founding...

Baxter Dury - Prince of Tears

Record of the Week is Baxter Dury's lush fifth studio album Prince of Tears. Big moments of orchestral pop, pounding baselines, the slickest pop production and Baxter sounds SO INTENSE. His...

William Eggleston - Musik

Musik is the debut LP from 78 year old William Eggleston.Eggleston is of course well known as one of the pioneers of modern day photography ("the Pioneer of Color Photography" - NY...

St. Vincent - MASSEDUCTION

Record of the Week is MASSEDUCTION, the new studio LP from Annie Clark as St. Vincent. Man she is a smart cookie. For our money, we don't think anyone is...