Optimo - In Order To Edit

rave music to help heal your old bones. play this coming back from a bar or house party to keep everyone on their toes...for a dicey drive home.

Konrad Black - Watergate 03

i have never been to watergate. i have talked to people that have gone. i am 110 % certain that this was an acrimonious fight between techno and house music. the winner will be chosen by you.

Wighnomy Brothers - Speicher 64

please mix this record into another techno beast, and the crowd will crown you champion of all things party.

Awesome New Republic - Birthday (Dgenetics "Be More" remix)

my buddy, will, is in charge of this. the beat will turn the party out! please get busy to this one time. also check http://dgeneticsmusics.com/

Hot Chip - A Bugged Out Mix

two great mix CDs in one package. disc one = people getting into electronic music. disc two = great rock/pop songs for all to enjoy.

Dark Party - Lightyears

they are the best duo i have ever seen and heard. i know that Dark Party are the freshest barn-burning electro act to hit the streets in two decades. cop this. http://www.myspace.com/drkprty

tip: if you are shopping at amoeba you must have a list!
fresh styles found at apartment # 3 at 4634 hollywood 
http://apartment-3.com/

Mika Miko - We Be Xuxa

Lily Allen - It's Not Me, It's You

Yeah Yeah Yeahs - It's Blitz!

John Wiese - Circle Snare

Tourette - Jardin du sommeil. Chant d'amour sur la nuit grandissante

tip: Support local repertory cinema: New Beverly, Cinefamily, Eqyptian, Aero

Great Northern - Remind Me Where the Light Is

This is the second album from LA-based band Great Northern. Female vocals, swirling & simultaneously rockin' guitars, piano & strings, and generally beautiful songs. The song "Houses" was on repeat on my stereo for a very, very long time.

Silversun Pickups - Swoon

This is the second full-length from one of the more successful bands to come out of Los Angeles recently. A coworker described this album as Smashing Pumpkins without Billy Corgan...That's pretty spot on, actually. Fuzzed out, distorted guitars, male vocals that kind of sound like a woman's, and loud swells that are both beautiful and aggressive. It brings me back to the '90s and, to me, that's not a bad thing.

Phoenix - Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix

The fourth studio album from France's Phoenix is so incredibly catchy and dancey that it's hard not to move when you put it on. Listen to the first two songs. If you don't like those, then this album isn't for you. The songs are poppy, but not disposable. It's melodic, jangly, and fun. This is, by far, my favorite Phoenix album to date. The first two albums had fantastic individual songs, but this album feels more cohesive and consistent from start to finish. My only complaint is that it's only 36 minutes long!!

Passion Pit - Manners

The songs on Manners are catchy, dancey indie pop that fall somewhere between Phoenix, Cut Copy, and MGMT. They combine catchy melodies with singer Michael Angelakos's falsetto and the occasional children's chorus to create fun and joyful-sounding music for some very dark lyrics. You may not even notice what he's saying because it just sounds so good. I heard this in the store for the first time and stopped in my tracks to find out what it was. I love it when that happens!

Older Records I Should've Put In The Last Music We Like Book But Hadn't Listened To Yet

Friendly Fires - Friendly Fires. I love this record!! It's the debut full-length from four lads from England. Dancey indie/disco/rock/pop. Sweet fellows who love to dance.

N.A.S.A. - Spirit of Apollo. A project of two producers who bring together a varied and often surprising combination of guest vocalists. The album features David Byrne, Chuck D, Karen O, MIA, Z-Trip, Spank Rock, and a ton of other folks. My favorite track is "Gifted," featuring Kanye West, Santigold & Lykke Li.

tip: Check out "What's In My Bag" on Amoeba.com - Dave Grohl, Leslie Hall, Ben Stiller, Mos Def and a bunch of other cool people talking about what they found shopping at Amoeba.

The IT Crowd

Richard Ayoade (The Mighty Boosh) is hilarious as a computer repair nerd. Fellow Garth Marenghi's Darkplace comedian Matt Berry appears in 9 episodes.

True Blood

Give this show a chance to get going and you are rewarded with very original rural, swampy Louisiana vampire lore. Vampires come out of the coffin after artificial blood allows some to stop killing for food. Vampire blood has an erotic psychedelic effect on the living. Southern Gothic human characters fall between vampirephobes & blood drained sycophants, or "fang bangers," who go-go dance for the amusement of the undead.

Pufnstuf

Sid & Marty Krofft's creepy, psychedelic kids show freaks out the silver screen. Living Island is abuzz with the annual Witches' Convention featuring Boss Witch (Martha Raye), Witchiepoo (Billie Hayes) and Witch Hazel (Mama Cass Elliot). Jimmy & his magic flute, Freddie, are helped by H.R. Pufnstuf, the dragon mayor, to escape from evil trees, oddball puppets, kooky songs & the witches' henchmen.

tip: Buy now or pay later. Living in poverty my whole life prepared me for the not so great depression. Depression prepared me to have my hopes squashed at every turn. No credit cards, no cell phone and the greedy have assured I'll be one of 1 million homeless scrapping for aluminum cans in your garbage sooner than expected. I call upon the great and powerful Obama and click my heels together...."There's no place like a home."

Mos Def - The Estatic

Mos Def drops his latest on the 10th anniversary of his classic, Black on Both Sides. Great production by Madlib, Oh No, Dilla, and Kanye West.

Lee Fields - My World

WOW! Lee Fields knocks us out with some great songs. The album's production has an amazing sound, but it's Mr. Field's vocals that make it all worth it. GO PUT SOME SOUL IN YO' LIFE...GET THE LEE FIELDS NOW!!!!

tip: If you love to dance you need to check out ANDA! Every 1st Saturday of the month @ Mals Bar.
The dj's there spin Salsa, Cumbia, Afrobeat, Samba, and even Latin House!
Plus a live band every night!

Mals Bar
2331 S. Hill St.
LA,CA 90007
www.myspace.com/andacumbiasalsa

Jon Hassell - Last Night The Moon Came Dropping Its Clothes In The Street

Jon's cosmic-bedouin trumpet weaves within and without his enticing, fascinating soundworld, absolutely his, with violin loops, laptop coaction, and dub-y bass reciprocity. A Mood Supreme.

Francois de Roubaix - Le Monde Electronique Volume 2

French home-studio soundtrack master's second disc of film work, 1961-1975. Exotic, electro-analog synth/drum/instrumental overdub style gems of compositional convincingness. Scenic journeys gelling gorgeously and groovy.

Jim Beard - Revolutions

Sinewy big-band bombs basking in joy, harmony and dissonance. Lovely and loud jazz knowledge, contemporary caress and whoot-whoot. New York sophisticated, Euro-eclairs.

Ambrose Field/John Potter - Being Dufay

Processed electronically, then re-composed recordings of Guillaume Dufay, 15th century vocal monster, THEN topped off with big-toned tenor John Potter's vocalizations. Captivating, engaging modern sound from way-off. Delivers the goods.

Rolf Lislevand - La Belle Homicide

Seductive 17th century string sex from this great Norwegian Baroque lute virtuoso. Aural amyl nitrite for the head and soul. Nice reverb-y room sound, too. Gothic charm, anyone?

Ron Altbach - Beach Boys Suite

Exquisite, touching re-work of about 60 of the Boys' songs, re-conceived and medley-ized by Ron. That Wilson guy wrote nice stuff, and Ron knows it.

Tod Dockstader/David Lee Myers - Bijou

"Organized Sound" Tod calls it. "Bijou"...like cinema. Penetrating, reflective Musique Concrete. Fleeting memories, sound events fading, receded emotion surging again. Drone going, shapes turning, happenstance before our ears.

Valentin Silvestrov - Bagatellen und Serenaden

Docile, gentle piano sketches give way to weighty, cavernous orchestral monuments. Dramatic, harmonic Ukrainian life-moments of the past contacting the now. Heavy shit on a doily.

Sandy Nelson - Cheetah Beat

Teenage white sock funkrock from the Cheetah klub kulture with no ice, circa '67. Mom says it's ok to go, but don't smoke anything, or she'll smell it when we get home. Drummer's pretty good...bitchin bass work. Sounds like songs I've heard before. I'm kinda' dizzy.

Ryuichi Sakamoto - Out Of Noise

Sizable bound package with lots of pictures and a CD. Sakatmoto-san does his thing, 2009 style. Moody piano dubs, backwashes of hazy ambience, viols and underwater recordings. Outpour of the Earth's core, sky symphony drawing lonely birds, cloud cover. Baked Beauty.

Ry Cooder - End Of Violence (Score)

Film score of abstacted requisite. Shadowy, mysterious expression of urban sprawl and dysfunction. Soused trap-drum stanchions, piano/trumpet raffles, greasy guitars behind the curtain, ample mood. Timeless classic.

tip: -Pick up some of the recent Milestone label reissues by Azymuth. Brasilian stony funk cheek-to-jowl with righteous Rhodes piano, and nearby Arp synth arias. Apply liberally.

-Check out www.hawaiianrainbow.com, for non-stop Island ambrosia (or iTunes radio under World ). Then browse our Hawaiian section for the full-on, 16-bit copy for your hale.

-My eternal memory of Ali Akbar Khan, a colassal inspiration and influence on my early musical directions, who will always live through his many wondrous, golden recordings.

Jacaszek - Treny

Michael Jacaszek doesn't use any samples on this subtle, heart-stoppingly beautiful, ambient/20th century classical record, full of cello, violin, harp, piano and haunting voices with faint electronic manipulations. Essential if you like Max Richter, Marsen Jules, Arvo Part, Deaf Center.

Moderat - Moderat

German electrons, Modeselektor and Apparat collide and make a baby called Moderat. Epic, dancehall-influenced electronic with incredibly dense and laborious production channeled through one vintage EMI console.

Tim Hecker - An Imaginary Country

Chaos vs. serenity. Noise vs. ambient. I don't need to tell you why. Just get this. NOW.

Last Step - 1961

This is schizo party musik by Aaron Funk, a.k.a Venetian Snares. Fractured acid lines, reorganized drum machine patterns, odd vocal samples, and enough chopped live drums to satisfy your IDM sweet-sawtooth. For fans of Analord, Vibert, Squarepusher or Paradinas. This is a sexy overbite with suspenders. Embrace its funky awkwardness and keep rollin'.

Pan American - White Bird Release

Mark Nelson creates minimal, somber, electroacoustic specialness with guitars, electronics and breath.

Odd Nosdam - T.I.M.E. Soundtrack

Sk8 to the death! Dave Madson (1/3 of cloudDEAD and Anticon in-haus beatsmith) produces a collection of instrumentals for Element. Mid-tempo, ambient, noise explorations over grainy, shoe-gangsta beats, rainbow-rolling on da concrete.

Solanaceae - Solanaceae

3 songs with themes of magick, woods and mysteries. Kim Larsen (:Of The Wand And The Moon:) and friends play acoustic guitar, recorder, bodhran, bells and bowls, Appalachian dulcimer and glockenspiel under a full nite moon. Prophetic, haunted, renaissance folk. Fingerpicked whisper-doom. Essential quietude.

Gregg Kowalsky - Tape Chants

All analog psychoacoustic phenomena created with cassette tapes and Sony TCM 200DV cassette recorders. File under brain massage.

Fever Ray - Fever Ray

Self titled debut solo record from The Knife's Karin Dreijer Andersson. Massive heart-on for her voice (especially the obtrusive overuse of pitch-shifting to make her sound like a dude). What is it with Scandinavians and their incredible musical talent? It's like in their DNA to shit bangers.

The Sight Below - Glider

File under forest disco

Marching Dynamics - The Workers Party of Haiti

Disciples of sub-bass and intricate beat-editing, genuflect here! Mental programming shaman, Shane Talada, creates dark, psychotropic, demon-exorcising IDM/abstract electronic/dubstep. Moody, atmospheric & rhythmically intense. Tracks 4, 7 and 11 made me look.

Telepathe - Dance Mother

Haunted synth soprano witch choir. "I can feel the real bang-bang, I can do the real thang-thang..." Saw these girls at The Smell and they blew my witch hat off with their synthetic beats and metallic sequinned cape hoods. Weird femmes + pretty voices + dirty bangin beats = me likey. They ought to rename this, "Dance Mother F*ckazz."

Wavves - Wavves

Bombastic singalong bongwater fun. This record has enough crusty overdrive to make you wanna play at the beach all day and not wash the sand outta yer hair. Do It!

Hildur Gudnadóttir - Without Sinking

Immaculate heart of bowed cello, hallowed be thy name. This album is a cloud symphony. Expansive, ever-changing, sublime cello-loops by Hildur G. You can be baptized AND buried to her music.

tip: if u like authentic spicy-as-fork Southern Thai, eat at JITLADA in East Hollywood. Highly recommended: spicy shrimp flambe, southern curry or dry curry. HOT HOTT HAAWWT!

The Mayyors - Deads E.P.