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Monday, December 16, 2013

2013




2013 was the year of the comeback.  Mazzy Star, My Bloody Valentine, Throwing Muses, Boards of Canada, Beck, Cibo Matto, Daft Punk, Kathleen Hanna, Kim Gordon, and countless others I can't remember at this moment all released new music after years of silence.  The pictures above reference the two great shows I saw this year: Speedy Ortiz and Body/Head.  I loved many things this year, but here are 30 records that I'll still be playing next year.



1. Akkord - Akkord (Houndstooth)
2. Autechre - Exai (Warp)
3. Basic House - Oats (Alter)
4. Beyoncé - BEYONCÉ (Capitol)
5. Boards Of Canada - Tomorrow's Harvest (Warp)
6. Body/Head - Coming Apart (Matador)
7.The Focus Group - The Elektrik Karousel (Ghost Box)
8. Graham Lambkin & Jason Lescalleet - Photographs (Erstwhile)
9. Inc. - No World (4AD)
10. IVVVO - All Shades White (Opal Tapes)
11. Julia Holter - Loud City Song
12. The Julie Ruin - Run Fast (The Julie Ruin)
13. Kim Free - Nevermind The Blue Skies (LA's Fine)
14. Kit Grill - Mirror Image (Get Me!)
15. Kurt Vile - Wakin On A Pretty Daze (Matador)
16. Laurel Halo - Chance Of Rain (Hyperdub)
17. The Magik Markers - Surrender To The Fantasy (Drag City)
18. My Bloody Valentine - MBV (MBV)
19. Oneohtrix Point Never - R Plus Seven (Warp)
20. Ovlov - Am (Exploding In Sound)
21. Perfume Advert - Tulpa (1080p)
22. Phoenix - Bankrupt (Glassnote)
23. Phono Ghosts - Chrome Position (Skam)
24. Polvo - Siberia (Merge)
25. Special Request - Soul Music (Houndstooth)
26. Speedy Ortiz - Major Arcana (Carpark)
27. Synkro - Acceptance (Apollo)
28. Throwing Muses - Purgatory / Paradise (The Friday Project)
29. Tim Hecker - Virgins (Kranky)
30. Two Inch Astronaut - Bad Brother (Exploding In Sound)

Sunday, December 8, 2013

Breaks




































1. Forbidden - SPECIAL REQUEST
2. Shadows Breaking Over My Head - THE LEFT BANKE
3. Ar II - BASIC HOUSE
4. Black Refraction - TIM HECKER
5. New Grass - TALK TALK
6. To A Flame - ASTRUD GILBERTO & STANLEY TURRENTINE
7. Disappear - SYNKRO
8. Aerial Boundaries - MICHAEL HEDGES
9. Sand Worm - PERFUME ADVERT
10. The Dance Of Cupid And Psyche - LIAM SINGER
11. We Have Been Here For Too Long - KIM BROWN
12. Freezing - PHILIP GLASS
13. Blackpool Late Eighties - HOLDEN
14. The Cool, Cool River - PAUL SIMON
15. Insight - CUPP CAVE
16. On Your Shore - ENYA
17. Night Flight - LOGOS
18. I'll Be Waiting - ARCHER PREWITT

Monday, October 7, 2013

Area Login




























1. Global Lunch - JAMES FERRARO
2. Visiting - WILLIAM ACKERMAN
3. The Sky - OTOMO YOSHIHIDE
4. After Thought - BASSNECTAR
5. Les Traces D'Un Pont - BENJAMIN LEW
6. One Day - SKINNY PUPPY
7. The Lesson - PAUL LANSKY
8. From A Harmonic Algorithm - LAURIE SPIEGEL
9. Unicorn - FOUR TET
10. Pleocene - HARUOMI HOSONO
11. Momo No Hana - YASUAKI SHIMIZU
12. Autumn Breeze - TERJE RYPDAL
13. Involuntary Song #2 - SCOTT JOHNSON
14. Souvenir Glace - TESTPATTERN
15. Circular Breathing - SOFT VERDICT
16. One White Whale - LAURIE ANDERSON
17. Clusters 2 - MEREDITH MONK
18. Chrome Country - ONEOHTRIX POINT NEVER
19. In The Blue Distance - MARK ISHAM
20. Timeless - INTERIOR

Tuesday, July 23, 2013

Rattled By The Rush
































1. Ka-Pow! - SPEEDY ORTIZ
2. Safari - THE BREEDERS
3. Sea Song - FARAQUET
4. Natural Disasters - UNWOUND
5. Somebody's Something - GRASS IS GREEN
6. JC - SONIC YOUTH
7. Memory - REPLIKANTS
8. Winona - DROP NINETEENS
9. What A Life - JULIANA HATFIELD
10. In This Life - POLVO
11. Check The Yard - TWO INCH ASTRONAUT
12. No Surprise - FUGAZI
13. Kid's Alright - BETTIE SERVEERT
14. Grounded - PAVEMENT
15. Love Goes Blank - SMART WENT CRAZY
16. Shadow Pugilist - JUNE OF 44
17. Honeycomb - HELIUM
18. So Hard - PILE

Monday, July 8, 2013

Diamond Head





























1. Quasars - BEARNS & DEXTER
2. Circular Breathing - SOFT VERDICT
3. Locked Eyes - THREE LEGGED RACE
4. Land Of Mists - RON GEESIN
5. Illiaster - AXOLOTL
6. Synopsis - WILLIAM ACKERMAN
7. The Doppelgänger - MICHAEL ROTHER
8. Epilogue - MAUVE SIDESHOW
9. Diamond Head - PHIL MANZANERA
10. Half Moon Bay - WILLIAM AURA
11. On The Threshold Of Liberty - MARK ISHAM
12. View From My Window - HIROSHI YOSHIMURA
13. Pluto The Planet - MARY LATTIMORE
14. Nachsaison - LILIENTAL