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Of the Sign... (LP)
Spirit Possession
The gruesome twosome does it again! Probably the best black metal band in the US are back with another masterclass in spellbinding riff-fests that expertly weave together the past, present and future of the extended black metal multiverse. I know, I've spent the last four reviews praising bands for not trying to reinvent the wheel, but if you're gonna tack that course, this is the way to do it. By remaining steeped in the tradition of the old school, but pushing the boundaries in all the right ways (i.e. song structure, chord voicing, drum patterns) Spirit Possession manage to pull off something which is at once immediately recognizable as black metal, but has neither peer nor equal, neither sonically nor compositionally, within that sphere. Absolutely necessary listening.
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Heavenly Persona (LP)
Shizuka
A great lost album brought back by LA's Black Editions with some truly above and beyond packaging. Shizuka bridged a nonexistent gap between Les Rallizes Denudes' endless squall and the moodier sounds of English shoegaze and goth rock. It's a singular document (and their sole studio album) and not an easy listen, but immensely cathartic.
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Astral Traveling (LP)
Lonnie Liston Smith and the
Real Gone Music could stand to tout themselves a bit more. The Ohio reissue label has affordably and legally revived some of America's great lost spiritual jazz, with their massive Black Jazz reissue campaign of the past few years and this utterly necessary re-up of living legend Lonnie Liston Smith's debut album. Great job, y'all!
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w/ love (LP)
Infinite Bisous
An excellent and intimate collection of whispery sex-synth I purchased in Paris this spring. Music for sharing a bottle of wine or two (or three...) and sundown with that special someone.
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Bar Mediterraneo (LP)
Nu Genea
One of the easiest records in ages to love. Nu Genea's debut album "Nuova Napoli" was all killer, no filler, but almost painfully so as it clocked in at just over 20 minutes. Luckily they've contributed much more music with this follow-up with no loss of quality. For fans of Daft Punk, Italo disco, or being too broke to go to Bar Part Time...
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1992-2001 (LP)
Acetone
Every song on this has the vibe of Modest Mouse's "Sleepwalkin'," which may be the single greatest 90s indie rock vibe of all time: being hungover as shit on a hot and sunny day with nothing to do. Beautiful clean guitars, mellow drums, and falsetto vocals - just a picture perfect yin yang of then-dominant grunge.
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Placebo Years (LP)
Marc Moulin
Marc Moulin of Placebo (the Belgian band) had a neurotically heady take on 70s jazz-funk with some of the coolest synth sounds of all time. Their material has been long out of print until recently, but this Music On Vinyl comp will do for the budget conscious among us.
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Gaia: Selected Ambient & Downtempo Works (1996-2003) (CD)
Dream Dolphin
Dream Dolphin's sole track on Music from Memory's 2021 comp "Heisei no Oto" mesmerized me, so I was very stoked to see this comp of the enigmatic Noriko's ambient material. My experience with her music has been that, besides her completely insane album art, she buried 90s ambient gold next to some of the worst techno/trance I've ever heard in my life. So this comp that trims the fat is very, very much appreciated. Also available on LP.
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Heavy Rocks (LP)
Boris
All hail Boris, one of the loudest bands to ever exist. This upcoming LP/CD reissue of their 2002 "Heavy Rocks" courtesy of Third Man Records fills one of the last gaps in their discography, as it has been woefully out of print since its initial CD-only run in Japan. This album is Boris at their most stoner rock, with lead guitarist Wata turning in terrifyingly nimble fretwork in particular. 20 years later and Boris are still crushing it, but this may be one of their mightiest masterpieces.
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All About Lily Chou-Chou (BLU)
Shunji Iwai
Shunji Iwai nailed the next 20+ years of teenage alienation to a disturbing degree in 2001's "All About Lily Chou-Chou." We watch a group of teenagers, already hurting from the world around them, turn to the solitude of an anonymous message board of their favorite pop star. Eventually their internet and real lives come together in tragedy in this very, very dark coming of age film.
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Young Loud and Snotty (LP)
Dead Boys
An essential record, re-issued on the cheap by Jackpot Records, an amazing Label/Store always worthy of your support.
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Live at the Cub Azteca 1978 (LP)
The Weirdos
An official bootleg of the entire show, which has a place in punk lore.
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Plague Soundscapes (LP)
The Locust
Small batch, wacky color re-issues on Three One G Records.
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Enter The Video Store: Empire Of Screams (BLU)
Excellent box set of “genre” films from the Empire International Pictures vault. Growing up renting many of these titles from video stores [Thank you Foss Drugs and Golden Video], it is great to see these fun filled flicks get the royal treatment by Arrow Video. Included in this set are the movies: “The Dungeonmaster”, “Dolls”, “Celler Dweller”, “Arena” and “Robot Jox”.
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Renfield (BLU)
Nicolas Cage brings it! His Dracula character is super creepy, scary and brings it to the next level so it almost makes it comedic. With that being said, there is definitely both a blend comedy and horror going on with this one. I would recommend this one for fans of films like Evil Dead 2, Ginger Snaps, or Fright Night.
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After Hours (BLU)
I have to admit the first time I saw this I didn’t get it, it didn’t make me laugh and I was like WTF? But I thought about what I saw, and before long I realized just how genius this movie is. Scorsese captured a very specific time and place of a New York that just does not exist anymore which is one reason to watch this film but the other is simply a great story that will keep you thinking about what you saw, what happened and just how funny life is, once the film ends. I do not want to spoil anything for those of you whom have not seen it, but this is one of those films that should be required viewing. As usual Criterion does an excellent restoration and representation of the film and worth the upgrade from the older dvd version.
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Good Living Is Coming For You (LP)
Sweeping Promises
No-fi 80's punk for the modern era with vocals that sound like Kate Pierson singing from the beyond.
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Western Cum (LP)
Cory Hanson
Wand's Cory Hanson solo project. Country western with a psychedelic spin and wild guitars.
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Satisfaction (LP)
Spy
Hardcore from the Bay Area. Ten fast and loud tracks meant for many many re-listens.
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