Week #15- April 13 2010 New Releases & Some Recent Ratings

APRIL 13

1. THE ALARM-“DIRECT ACTION” (4/13)

2. ALVA NOTO-“FOR 2” (4/13)

3. OREN AMBARCHI, JIM O’ROURKE & KEIJI HAINO-“TIMA FORMOSA” (4/13)

4. SAM AMIDON-“I SEE THE SIGN” (4/13)

5. THE CANDLES-“BETWEEN THE SOUNDS” (4/13) (JAMES IHA IS ON IT)

6. CLARA MOTO-“POLYAMOUR” (4/13)

7. THE NELS CLINE SINGERS-“INITITATE” (2-CD 1 STUDIO 1 LIVE) (4/13)

8. THE CONTRAST-“GOD OF MALFUNCTION” (4/13)

9. AMY COOK-“LET THE LIGHT IN” (4/13)

10. DEVO-“DUTY NOW FOR THE FUTURE” (REMASTERED W/ BONUS TRAX) (4/17)

11. DISAPPEARS-“LUX” (ON KRANKY) (4/13)

12. DOSH-“TOMMY” (4/13)

13. 800BELOVED-“EVERYTHING PURPLE” (4/13)

14. F-“ENERGY DISTORTION” (4/13)

15. FREELANCE WHALES-“WEATHERVANES” (4/13)

16. FUCK BUTTONS-“OLYMPIANS” [EP] (4/13)

17. MATTHEW HAWTIN-“ONCE AGAIN, AGAIN” (A CLASSIC AMBIENT MIX) (4/13)

18. HIGH ON FIRE-“SNAKES FOR THE DIVINE” (2/23)

19. IGGY & THE STOOGES-“RAW POWER” (2-CD LEGACY EDITION) (4/13)

20. SARAH JAFFE-“SUBURBAN NATURE” (4/13)

21. JAPANDROIDS-“ARTS CZARS B/W RACER-X” (2-TRACK SINGLE) (4/13)

22. JASON & THE SCORCHERS-“HALCYON TIMES” (4/13)

23. JOHAN JOHANNSSON-“& IN THE ENDLESS PAUSE THERE CAME SOUND OF BEES” (4/13)

24. (VINYL ONLY?) JUCIFER-“THRONED IN BLOOD” (VINYL) (4/13)

25. KAKI KING-“JUNIOR” (DELUXE EDITION HAS A BONUS DVD W/ 2008 LIVE PERFORMANCE) (4/13)

26. LADYTRON-“VELOCIFERO (REMIXED AND RARE)” (4/13)

27. MATT POND PA-“THE DARK LEAVES” (4/13)

28. NATALIE MERCHANT-“LEAVE YOUR SLEEP” (2-CD) (4/13)

29. MGMT-“CONGRATULATIONS” (4/13)

30. MURDER BY DEATH-“GOOD MORNING, MAGPIE” (4/6)

31. NOISIA-“MACHINE GUN” [EP] (3/8) + “SPLIT THE ATOM” (4/5)

32. RAFTER-“ANIMAL FEELINGS” (4/13)

33. REVOLTING COCKS-“GOT COCK?” (4/13)

34. CARRIE RODRIGUEZ-“LOVE AND CIRCUMSTANCE” (4/13)

35. SAINT ETIENNE-“TIGER BAY” (DELUXE EDITION) (4/13) + “FINISTERRE” (DELUXE EDITION) (4/13)

36. SIGHTINGS-“CITY OF STRAW” (4/12)

37. THE SPILL CANVAS-“REALITIES” [EP] (4/13)

38. THE TALLEST MAN ON EARTH-“WILD HUNT” (4/13)

39. PRINS THOMAS-“PRINS THOMAS” (4/13)

40. TO ROCOCO ROT-“SPECULATION” IMPORT (4/13)

41. TWO DOOR CINEMA CLUB-“TOURIST HISTORY” (4/13)

42. ULTRAVOX-“RETURN TO EDEN: LIVE AT THE ROUNDHOUSE’ (IMPORT) (4/13)

HERE ARE SOME RECENT ALBUMS I'VE LISTENED TO AND I'M GIVING RATINGS THIS TIME USING ***** 1 BEING THE LOWEST, 5 THE HIGHEST.

1. HOQUIAM-"HOQUIAM" (2010) THIS CONSISTS OF DAMIEN & DRAKE JURADO **** (PICK)

2. MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND-"SHARK REMIXES: VOL. 1: ALFRED BROWN, VOL. 2: SON LUX, VOL 3: ROBERTO CARLOS LANGE, VOL 4: DM STITH" ***

3. SHOUT OUT LOUDS-"WORK" (2010). ****1/2 (THIS IS A TOP PICK!)

4. HOLLY MIRANDA-"THE MAGICIAN'S PRIVATE LIBRARY" (2010) **** (PICK)

5. SAMBASSADEUR-"EUROPEAN" (2010) ****1/2 (PICK)

6. QUASI-"AMERICAN GONG" (2010) ***1/2

7. UNCUT MAGAZINE PRESENTS: HEART & SOUL (A JAGJAGUWAR LABEL COMPILATION) (MARCH 2010 MAGAZINE ISSUE) ****

8. MOJO MAGAZINE PRESENTS: A TRIBUTE TO SYD BARRETT: THE MADCAP LAUGHS AGAIN (MARCH 2010 MAGAZINE ISSUE) **1/2

9. JOE PUG-"MESSENGER" (2010) ****1/2 (PICK)

10. DIOS-"WE ARE DIOS" (2010) ***

11. THE GO FIND-"EVERYBODY KNOWS IT'S GONNA HAPPEN ONLY NOT TONIGHT" (2010) **** (PICK)

12. NITZER EBB-"INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX" (2010) ***

13. CLEM SNIDE-"THE MEAT OF LIFE" (2010) ****1/2 (PICK)

14.PARENTHETICAL GIRLS - "PRIVILEGE, PT. 1: ON DEATH & ENDEARMENTS" [EP] (2010) **** (PICK)

15.THESE NEW PURITANS - "HIDDEN" (2010) ****1/2 (PICK)

16.BLESSURE GRAVE - "JUDGED BY TWELVE, CARRIED BY SIX" (2010) ***

17. DEADSTRING BROTHERS-"SAO PAULO" (2010) **** (PICK)

18. WILL KIMBROUGH-"WINGS" (2010) **** (PICK)

19. PAST LIVES-"TAPESTRY OF WEBS" (2010) ***

20. VINDICATRIX-ALTEN BOSEN LIEDER" (2010) * (UGH!!!!!)