Feb 2023
Waka/Wazooo (CD)
Frank Zappa
Frank Zappa inhabits many musical guises. My favorite has always been the horny fusion of the early/ mid seventies. Accordingly, this is the archival release I have been waiting 30 years for.
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Natural Brown Prom Queen (LP)
Sudan Archives
a beautiful mix of orchestral r&b and slinky hip hop.
favorite track: “ChevyS10”
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Chronophage (LP)
Chronophage
haunting beautiful tender lovely. a must hear.
favorite track: “Old City Back Again”
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Malebox (LP)
Patrick Cowley
previously unreleased tracks unearthed by dark entries. funky groovy stuff!
favorite track: “Love & Passion”
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Windowpane EP (LP)
Aluminum
bay area indie rock. members of wild moth, torrey marbled eye and nothing natural. a real super group!
favorite track: “Windowpane”
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Pick Of The Pops (Vol. 1) (LP)
The Hit Parade
all the quintessential tracks from london's number one pop group!
favorite track: “Huevos Mexicana”
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Cheater (LP)
Pom Poko
Norwegian Post-punk that i have been infatuated with with since hearing Andrew
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Hollywood Park (Book)
Mikel Jollett
A fantastic read from the lead singer of The Airborne Toxic Event chronicling his tumultuous childhood through the creation of the band.
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Sand & Snow (CD)
A Silent Film
Danny, Dakota & the Wishing Well highlights this indie rock staple
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Wounded Rhymes (10th Anniversary Reissue) (LP)
Lykke Li
Awesome reissue of her breakout album complete with bonus LP containing the The Lost Sessions and remixes
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The Thousand Eyes (Book)
A.K. Larkwood
This is the second book in a really interesting fantasy series called "The Serpent Gates. "The world Larkwood has created is truly unique; with the portals and air-ships, there is a lot of sci-fi thrown in with the fantasy. The characters are all non-human creatures with well developed personalities. The first book, "The Unspoken Name,' has a better story, but I recommend this one too.
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Things In Jars (Book)
Jess Kidd
This is an elegantly written mystery with supernatural elements, set in London in the 1800s. It centers around a kidnapped child who may be a mythical creature, and it deftly combines humor with darkness. My two favorite characters are Ruby, the ghost and Cora, the seven-foot-tall maid.
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I Don't Want To Be Too Cool (Expanded Edition) (CD)
Kate Fagan
A year or two ago, I read a great book called "Skaboom!: An American Ska & Reggae Oral History" by Marc Wasserman and learned about Heavy Manners, a Chicago ska band fronted by Kate Fagan. I didn't know about her solo career as a New Wave artist, so it was fun to discover this expanded reissue. Quirky, upbeat, early New Wave with great vocals, FTW.
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Back To The Woodlands & Where The Woods Begin (CD)
Ernest Hood
Naturalist Hood's two unreleased albums made between 1972 and 1982 using guitar zither synth and field recordings. Lovely perfect Garden Core(thanks Steve Whitwill). If Thoreau made music, or the music of stuff growing.
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Houses Of The Wind (CD)
John Luther Adams
Transposed layered aeolian harp recordings sculpted into droning meditative pieces, dark and peaceful. Also, check out his "Become Ocean".
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