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Spindrift

Classic Soundtracks: Vol. 1

(Xemu)   www.xemu.com   Like an unholy teaming of Wall of Voodoo and Calexico (with hints of the Doors in their mix), California's psychedelic spaghetti western avatars Spindrift hav more...

Memory Tapes

Player Piano

(Carpark)   www.carparkrecords.com   Dayve Hawks' Memory Tapes project is a one-man excursion into psychedelic, electronic, blissed-out pop music, something we've seen a bit of as o more...

ANT-BEE

Electronic Church Muzik

(Barking Moon Dog)   www.barkingmoondog.com   Jimi Hendrix was famously quoted as saying, about his work, "We call it ‘Electric Church Music' because to us music is a religion." more...

Jackie-O Motherfucker

Earth Sound System

(Fire)   www.firerecords.com   The aggregation known as Jackie-O Motherfucker doesn't want to limit themselves to an easily described set of music, so they do complete turnabouts wit more...

Various Artists

Rave On Buddy Holly

(Fantasy)   www.concordmusicgroup.com   The advance buzz on tribute album Rave On Buddy Holly (Fantasy Records) is all about Paul McCartney's contribution, in which the 69-year-old ex more...

Tim Easton

Beat the Band + Since 1966/Volume 1

(Campfire Propaganda)   www.TimEaston.com   Although he's been a prolific artist throughout his career, Tim Easton has remained modest in his ambitions but still varied in his approa more...

Heroes Of The Open End

This Is Right Now EP

(self-released)   www.heroesoftheopenend.com   Straight outta Jersey and proud of it - they've even got a bandanna-clad drummer - is Heroes Of The Open End, comprising vocalist/guitar more...

Blackie and the Rodeo Kings

Kings and Queens

(FU:M)   www.fileundermusic.com   It's hard to get noticed in this age when it seems every day one hears the name of a dozen or more bands or performers previously unheard. In Canada more...

Oneida

Absolute II

(Jagjaguwar)   www.jagjaguwar.com   Even long-time Oneida fans, trained over multiple albums to expect the unexpected, may balk at the radical minimalism of this album.  Put it more...

Esmerine

La Lechuza

(Constellation)   www.ctrecords.com   With its elegiac third full-length, Montreal's Esmerine makes the leap from intriguing offshoot to compelling full-time entity. La Lechuza, the more...


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