NEW RELEASES 2014 WEEK # 39 SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014 (WEEK #39)

1.    ALT-J-“THIS IS ALL YOURS” (9/23) 

2.    ANJOU-“ANJOU” (9/16) (2014 release from the synth-based side project from Labradford's Mark Nelson and Robert Donne, and virtuoso percussionist Steven Hess. All three names should be familiar with anyone who's spent any time leafing through the Kranky back catalogue. Hess and Nelson worked together on the crucial Pan American recordings, and Donne recorded as Aix Em Klemm with Stars of the Lid's Adam Wiltzie, as well as recording crucial work as Cristal. Now the three have joined forces to create a refined record of digital and analog synth processing, accented by Steven Hess's percussive backbone. "The culmination of four years writing and editing, Anjou marks the ?rst collaboration between Labradford's Robert Donne and Mark Nelson since the release of that group's ?xed:context LP. Combining modular synthesis, Max/MSP programming and live instrumentation, Anjou deftly weaves noise with gentle ambience and melody with texture. Guitar, bass and Steven Hess' (Locrian, Fennesz, Pan American) live percussion give the eight pieces an immediacy and create a framework for the more abstract sounds of digital and analog synth programming. The product of twenty plus years of friendship, Anjou is re?ned and challenging. An extension of the Labradford sound-world but no mere victory lap, Anjou represents Donne and Nelson stepping out and forward, their eyes ?rmly focusing on the future.")

3.    APHEX TWIN-“SYRO” (9/23) 

4.    THE ASTEROIDS GALAXY TOUR-“BRING US TOGETHER” (9/23) 

5.    BEAK-“LET TIME BEGIN” (9/23) 

6.    BONNIE PRINCE BILLY-“SINGER’S GRAVE A SEA OF TONGUES” (9/23)

7.    JULIAN CASABLANCAS AND THE VOIDZ-“TYRANNY” (9/23)

8.    GARY CLARK JR-“LIVE” (9/23) 

9.    DAN’L BOONE-“DAN’L BOONE” (9/23) (DAN'L BOONE is CHARLES BALLAS (FORMANT), NEIL HAGERTY (ROYAL TRUX, HOWLING HEX, etc.), NATE YOUNG (WOLF EYES, REGRESSION, etc.), and ALEX MOSKOS (DRAINOLITH).  The crew convened in Denver, CO to work on the forthcoming Drainolith record and decided to make another record at the same time. Everyone involved seemed pretty dedicated to experimentation and pushing the music forward. Neil and Nate really ran things at the sessions at Uneven Studios. There were lots of electronics that Young would set up and Hagerty would give some direction. Hagerty had various lyric sheets and scores that the group worked with but once the record started to take shape Young became very involved in plotting out the flow of the record.)

10. DNTEL-“HUMAN VOICE” (9/23) 

11. THE DRUMS-“ENCYCLOPEDIA” (9/23) 

12. ELEPHANT STONE-“THREE POISONS” (9/23) 

13. THE FUTURE SOUND OF LONDON-“ENVIRONMENT FIVE” (9/23) 

14. GOAT-“COMMUNE” (9/23) 

15. THE GROWLERS-“CHINESE FOUNTAIN” (9/23) 

16. JP HARRIS & THE TOUGH CHOICES-“HOME IS WHERE THE HURT IS” (9/23) 

17. HOLY SONS-“THE FACT FACER” (9/23) ("Holy Sons is Emil Amos, a musician whose chameleonic tendencies and technical versatility has lead to him becoming an in demand multi-instrumentalist as a founding member of Grails and Lilacs & Champagne, as well as a member of Om and a hired gun for Jandek, to name a few. Holy Sons is at the center of his many musical personalities and is his longest standing project, acting as an outlet for some of his most personal and direct songs. In Holy Sons, Amos puts his restless imagination to work using a variety of inventive home recording methods to turn melodic slow-burners into multi-layered, atmospheric missives. While his methods and prolificacy provide a kinship with Sebadoh, Ariel Pink and other musicians who have offered countless transmissions from their bedroom floor, Holy Sons comes from the mind of someone who has internalized the minutia of 70s rock music and eschews the stereotypical lo-fi sound for a much deeper and more varied palate. The Fact Facer, his Thrill Jockey debut, bathes Amos' thoughtful, and even at times philosophical, songs in technicolor darkness, and reinforces Holy Sons as his musical centerpiece. ")

18. MARKETA IRGLOVA-“MUNA” (9/23) 

19. JESSE RUINS-“FRACTURED HOLY SYMMETRY” (9/23) 

20. KING TUFF-“BLACK MOON SPELL” (9/23) 

21. LENNY KRAVITZ-“STRUT” (9/23) 

22. SONDRE LERCHE-“PLEASE” (9/23) 

23. THE LIFE AND TIMES-“LOST BEES” (9/23)

24. LOWELL-“WE LOVED HER DEARLY” (9/16) 

25. LOWER PLENTY-“LIFE/THRILLS” (9/23) 

26. JOHN MELLENCAMP-“PLAIN SPOKEN” (9/23)

27. MELTED TOYS-“MELTED TOYS” (9/16) 

28. NADA SURF-“B-SIDES” (9/23) 

29. PERFUME GENIUS-“TOO BRIGHT” (9/23) 

30. CHUCK PROPHET-“NIGHT SURFER” (9/23) 

31. PURLING HISS-“WEIRDON” (9/23)

32. LAETITIA SADIER-“SOMETHING SHINES” (9/23) (2014 solo album from the former Stereolab vocalist. Alternating between a riveting caress and an invigorating shake, the songs of SOMETHING SHINES start from the Earth and tilt up towards the sky, before coming back down to the planet again. Taking it all in, SOMETHING SHINES is also an exploration through Debord's La Soci‚t‚ du Spectacle, and how it is still up to us to guide and shape our fate, individually and collectively. Laetitia examines several relevant questions. These thoughts are communicated with delicately textured production, twinkling and shifting with the subtlety of nature. Often sounding like the world outside, whooshing and chirping and clicking in time, placing these concerns in the place where we live, SOMETHING SHINES reflects the lives hanging in the balance between issues, lives that are often too small to see yet contribute to the world as a whole. Even in the face of realities that continue to cripple so many in the name of so few, SOMETHING SHINES consistently elevates itself with lyrical confidence, intimacy, and an arcing musicality that allows it to go to the hearts and minds of every listener.)

33. SMASHING PUMPKINS-“ADORE” (SUPER DELUXE EDITION 6CD/1DVD) (9/23)

34. TWEEDY-“SUKIERAE” (9/23) 

35. VATICAN SHADOW & FUNCTION-“GAMES HAVE RULES” (9/22) 

36. WHIRR-“SWAY” (9/23) (Last year, Whirr headlined a tour with the Philadelphia group and fellow admirers of heaviness and harmony, Nothing. Not only did the crews become fast friends, but their respective founders Whirr's Nick Bassett and Nothing's Dominic Palermo decided to start a group of their own, Death of Lovers. When the shared tour was finished, Bassett headed to Philadelphia for a month of writing and recording. He never really left. He calls Philadelphia home now, so Whirr has become a bi-coastal band. In Philadelphia, Bassett worked on Death of Lovers debut for Deathwish Inc., toured as the bassist for Nothing and steadily composed new material for the next Whirr album, their first full-length for Graveface. Back in Oakland, the rest of Whirr had committed to the project full-time, too, so the West Coast contingent wrote and rehearsed new material without Bassett. Joey Bautista took the lead on two songs, Loren Rivera on three. Indeed, against most odds, Bassett's move made for a more democratic Whirr. In their salad days, Bassett had written most of the material and built the bulk of the arrangements, too, using the support only to enrich and enliven them. After a slew of splits and singles and EPs, ''Sway'' is the second Whirr LP, but it is only the first to be rendered by a fully functional rock band, having shaped the songs slowly and over some distance. Before the quintet entered Oakland's Atomic Garden to work with longtime producer and collaborator Jack Shirley, they reworked the contributions of all three writers, massaging the material into a cohesive dynamo. Rivera, for instance, rewrote the words for Bassett's material, folding his songs into the album's presiding sense of dusky melancholy. ''It's not conceptual, entirely, but it's intended to ebb and flow in a certain way--one song being aggressive, then dropping out and being pretty but devastating,'' Bassett says. ''We tried to create an atmosphere, where you listen and get vibed into one tone.'' That rhythm presides over ''Sway,'' tying its distinct parts into a seamless unit. The restless ''Heavy'' churns somewhere between Godflesh and ''Gish,'' its lumbering beat and foreboding guitar buoyed by a melody that feels like a secret hymn for which you've long searched. Gorgeous and sprawling, ''Sway'' floats through luxuriating guitars and pillowed vocals, offering an impressionistic but intoxicating inversion of Whirr's typical propulsion. Even here, during the record's prettiest moment, Whirr maintains a righteous minimalism, emblematic of members who met one another as skateboarding high-school kids. ''The aesthetic of the band is more aimed at mature punk, rather than alternative rock,'' Bassett confirms. ''There are these more aggressive punk elements--noisy feedback, a snare roll roll that just goes into super-punchy, driving songs.'' ''Clear'' brilliantly paints its lyrical quest for lucid communication-- ''I want words/to understand you,'' runs one plaintive, surging bit in music that takes up the same challenge. Whirr pushes past a pastel instrumental haze into a hangdog march, with near-whispered vocals bruised by Devin Nunes drums and Eddie Saldago's orotund bass line. But as the end approaches, the band builds together, the riffs and the rhythm colliding into one triumphant, redemptive crest. And that's the victory of ''Sway,'' too, an album written by five people on two coasts but executed with the force and splendor of, at last, a fully unified Whirr.)

NEW RELEASES 2014 WEEK # 38 SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014 (WEEK #38)

1.    RYAN ADAMS-“1984” [EP] (9/16) 

2.    ALLAH-LAS-“WORSHIP THE SUN” (9/16) 

3.    ELLEN ALLIEN-“FREAK” [EP] (9/16) 

4.    BFC (FORMERLY SPC ECO)-“THE ART OF POP” (9/16) (Music pioneer Dean Garcia has been very busy since his days in Curve. Over the last few years, he teamed up with his daughter Rose Berlin with the SPC ECO project. This was very well received by the Strangeways Radio community as we welcomed the fresh voice of Rose while enjoying some of the similarities to Curve. Now the father/daughter team has went in a new direction with their brand new band called BOFC. The debut album from BOFC is called Art Of Pop, and it has more of an electronic sound to it. The vocals remind us of a more sultry version of Goldfrapp while the music would fit nicely on the Drive soundtrack. Stand out tracks on the album include Ray Of Sun, Burn It Down, and Hear Me Now.)

5.    PETER BUCK-“OPIUM DRIVEL” (7” SINGLE) (9/16) (An extend play 33 RPM 7" EP. PETER BUCK brings us four songs on this one. Side A features two rockers--one being "Portrait Of A Sorry Man," in which Peter asks for forgiveness for all his sins and one being the classic rock thumper, "If This Is Love Give Me My Money Back." The other B side (did we mention this is a double B side?) is two raw stripped down demos played simply and beautifully by Peter and SCOTT MCCAUGHEY. A nice little record.)

6.    CAMERA-“REMEMBER I WAS CARBON DIOXIDE” (9/16) (Yes, you can actually hear it. Respect. There it is, in the very first track on the new Camera album, a little sound signature elegantly woven into the hypnotic maelstrom of the music, contiguous to "From the Outside" -- like a distant echo -- Kraftwerk's revered "Autobahn." Which brings us directly to Krautrock, that perennial badge of hipness. The ultimate honorary title for repetitive music, as played by Camera. In fact, the Berlin band's penchant for playing without permission in underground stations or other public places (in the gents at the Echo Awards ceremony) has seen them dubbed "Krautrock Guerilla." Nevertheless, the Krautrock label remains just that, slapped on to rescue nameless music from limbo, vainly searching for a pigeonhole. Camera are not seeking to emulate the sound of older Krautrock bands, in any case. Nor have they been listening incessantly to NEU! or Can. "Perhaps we just have the same angle of approach," suggests keyboard player Timm Brockmann, "we start playing and simply go with the flow." Motorik-driven, energetic stretches laced with psychedelic overtones rise up from keyboards, drums and guitars, much as they did for the pioneers of German Krautrock some 40 years ago, without any sense of imitation or facsimile. The band does not even imitate itself. That would amount to nothing short of a moratorium, restricting their advancement. When it comes to principles, the principal objective is progression. Their commitment to playing anywhere and everywhere reaches beyond spontaneous concerts on the streets of Berlin. All the world's a stage. On the back of Radiate! (BB 116CD/LP) their debut album from 2012, Camera extended their range to Russia and the USA. While Radiate! was entirely the product of studio improvisation, Remember I Was Carbon Dioxide sees Timm Brockmann and drummer Michael Drummer revisit and revise jams supplemented by various different guitarists and other guest musicians, exploring the possibilities of the studio as a reflection loop without losing sight of their overriding impulse to improvise -- which is, after all, the essence of Camera. One hears a hypnotic beat. A musical drift that sweeps the listener into a trance. Shimmering elegance, forceful bursts of garage rock, a gentle flow, spherical flight. And one can hear it resonate beyond the horizon of this music. Searching, researching, yearning. Camera have the resolve to search and explore -- listen to "Hallraum," for example, the closing track on their new album -- they have an appetite for beauty, to play around with it a little. You can still call it Krautrock, if you must.)

7.    BILLY CHILDS-“MAP TO THE TREASURE: REIMAGINING LAURA NYRO” (9/9) 

8.    DOPPLEREFFEKT-“HYPNAGOGIA” (SINGLE) (9/16) 

9.    THE DRUMS-“MAGIC MOUNTAIN B/W THE RULES OF YOUR LIFE” (SINGLE) (9/16) 

10. ENGINEERS-“ALWAYS RETURNING” (9/16) 

11. FRANZ FERDINAND-“LATE NIGHT TALES” (2-CD) (COMPILATION SERIES) (9/16) 

12. GENERATIONALS-“ALIX” (9/16) 

13. GRMLN-“SOON AWAY” (9/16) 

14. HAVE A NICE LIFE-“DEATHCONCIOUSNESS” (9/16)

15. LIA ICES-“ICES” (9/16)

16. HAMISH KILGOUR-“ALL OF IT & NOTHING” (9/16) (2014 debut solo release from the veteran New Zealand musician. Incredibly, after all his work as a founding member of both The Clean and The Mad Scene, Hamish Kilgour has never released a proper solo album of his own, until now. Fans of his work over the years will no doubt be pleased with ALL OF IT & NOTHING. The album is an ode to the power of jangle, highlighting Kilgour's innate ability to both gleam the melodic cube and let the choogle of a chord progression ride itself to greatness. Written and recorded in collaboration with Gary Olson, who captured the album at his Marlborough Farms studio and accompanies Kilgour on some songs, the album carries a distinct hushed intimacy, full of soft-spoken phrases and light guitar play that belie the power of the music it provides.)

17. HEAVEN’S JAIL-“ACE CALLED ZERO” (9/16) (HEAVEN'S JAIL's new album is a raw 10-song set produced by Phosphorescent's MATTHEW HOUCK--the first time he's produced a band other than his own--and engineered by The Men's BEN GREENBERG. "FRANCESCO [FERORELLI, singer] is my favorite kind of songwriter: sensitive but not sappy, smart but not precious," Houck says. "He has the ability to casually sneak complex imagery and metaphor into a deceptively simple package. It's just great songwriting. Simple as that." These are songs for the zeros, for the down-and-out playing their last hand, desperately hoping to pull an ace from their sleeve but coming up empty-handed. Owing as much to Thin Lizzy as it does to Kris Kristofferson, Ace Called Zero draws from band members' earliest influences.)

18. LE BUTCHERETTES-“CRY IS FOR THE FLIES” (9/16) (GUESTS INCLUDE: HENRY ROLLINS AND SHIRLEY MANSON) 

19. JESSE MARCHANT-“JESSE MARCHANT” (9/16) 

20. BLAKE MILLS-“HEIGH HO” (9/16) 

21. MINISTRY-“TWELVE INCH SINGLES 1981-1984” (EXPANDED EDITION 2-CD) (1993/2014) (9/16) 

22. MOONFACE-“CITY WRECKER” (9/16) 

23. MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND-“THIS IS MY HAND” (9/16) 

24. OLD MATE-“IT IS WHAT IT IS” (9/16) (PAT TELFER FROM BITCH PREFECT & MEMBERS OF PEAK TWINS AND WIREHEADS) 

25. NICK OLIVERI’S UNCONTROLLABLE-“LEAVE ME ALONE” (9/16) 

26. THE PINEAPPLE THIEF-“MAGNOLIA” (9/16) (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD) 

27. POLYPHONIC SPREE-“PSYCHPHONIC” (9/16)

28. SCRUFFY THE CAT-“THE GOOD GOODBYE: UNRELEASED RECORDINGS 1986-1988” (2-CD COLLECTION) (9/16) 

29. SET AND SETTING-“A VIVID MEMORY” (9/2) 

30. SHE KEEPS BEES-“EIGHT HOUSES” (9/16) 

31. SHELLAC-“DUDE INCREDIBLE” (9/16)

32. SO COW-“LONG CON” (9/16)

33. TALONS-“NEW TOPOGRAPHICS” (9/16) 

34. THIS WILL DESTROY YOU-“ANOTHER LANGUAGE” (9/16) 

35. RAINER TRUBY-“SLOUSE – FISHING IN SLOWER TERRITORIES” (9/16) (Slo-mo house in its best deep shape, including the rare, sought-after Maurice Fulton remix of Alice Smith's "Love Endeavour." Compiled by Rainer Trueby. We live in hectic, turbulent times. It seems seasonable and reasonable to slow things down a bit. In fact: slow house down to what they're calling now, SLOUSE, implying down-to-earth club music, with a foot tapping under 116 beats per minute. House music and its many sliding genres have ruled the clubs and charts, and a special focus on slo-mo house is well-deserved. Rainer Trueby has become a guarantee for vanguard soulful dance music and club tunes with a special vibe. He has gained approval not only as a DJ but also with successful compilations such as Glucklich, Maiden Voyage on Compost, DJ-Kicks (K7) and compilations for Nuphonic, King Street, Talkin' Loud, and other labels. Rainer Trueby is an artist who spreads love like in the good old days, and he has selected here some of the best tunes on the planet -- some rare and sought-after such as the rare Maurice Fulton remix of Alison Smith's "Love Endeavor," as well as in-demand tunes like S3A's "Deep Mood Act2," or Ron Deacon's "Untitled." There are also amazing discoveries like the Moonstarr tune, and the Laid Back remix by M.ono, as well as a few underrated tracks. All the tunes here are worth the grab and will get played again and again. It's a full palette of slo-mo house flavors and moods as Rainer Trueby takes us on a magical trip into his imagination of Slouse. The result is a future-classic compilation with melodic and groovy masterpieces, made for your home, garden, car, etc. Other artists include: The Blaxploited Orchestra, Good Guy Mikesh & Filburt, Fetsum, Uffe, Paskal & Urban, Sello, Egyptian Nipples, Session Victim, Bambooman, Eckoclick, and Christian Prommer (feat. Adriano Prestel)

36. VESSEL-“PUNISH, HONEY” (9/16) 

37. WHITE ARROWS-“IN BARDO” (9/16) 

NEW RELEASES 2014 WEEK # 37 SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014 (WEEK #37)

1.    RYAN ADAMS-“RYAN ADAMS” (9/9) (Ryan Adams' new album is a self-titled affair and the first to be released on the combined Pax Am/Blue Note imprint. Produced by Adams himself at his own Pax Am Studios in Los Angeles, the new record is the NC-born singer/songwriter s first full length since 2011's acclaimed Ashes & Fire. The first single 'Gimme Something Good' has already elicited wide praise with Stereogum exclaiming 'he doesn't seem to have lost a songwriting step. This thing is a total knockout.' The vinyl is available as a single LP 180 gram edition and comes with a download card with for a free 320 kbps mp3 ripped directly from the vinyl.)

2.    HAROLD BUDD-“JANE 12-21” (9/9)

3.    AVI BUFFALO-“AT BEST CUCKOLD” (9/9)

4.    KASEY CHAMBERS-“BITTERSWEET” (9/9)

5.    PAUL COLLINS-“FEEL THE NOISE “(9/9)

6.    DEACON BLUE-“A NEW HOUSE” (9/9) 

7.    DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979-“THE PHYSICAL WORLD” (9/9) 

8.    DELTA SPIRIT-“INTO THE WIDE” (9/9) 

9.    JUSTIN TOWNES EARLE-“SINGLE MOTHERS” (9/9) 

10. ESBEN & THE WITCH-“A NEW NATURE” (9/9) 

11. FLOWERS-“DO WHAT YOU WANT TO, IT’S WHAT YOU SHOULD DO” (9/9)

12. HAMMOCK-“THE SLEEPOVER SERIES VOLUME TWO” (9/2) 

13. HISS GOLDEN MESSENGER-“LATENESS OF DANCERS” (9/9) 

14. WAYNE HUSSEY (FROM THE MISSION AND SISTERS OF MERCY)-“SONGS OF CANDLELIGHT AND RAZORBLADES” (9/9)

15. INTERPOL-“EL PINTOR” (9/9) 

16. ITAL-“ENDGAME” (9/9)

17. VANCE JOY-“DREAM YOUR LIFE AWAY” (9/9)

18. KAREN O-“CRUSH SONGS” (9/9) 

19. JESSE MARCHANT-“JESSE MARCHANT” (9/9)

20. MAZES-“WOODEN AQUARIUM” (9/9)

21. MORRISSEY-“INTRODUCING MORRISSEY” (9/9) (1995/2014 DVD ISSUE)

22. A C NEWMAN-“WHAT IF” (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) (9/9)

23. THE OCEAN BLUE-“WATERWORKS” (9/9)

24. PERE UBU-“CARNIVAL OF SOULS” (9/9)

25. ROBERT PLANT-“LULLABY AND… THE CEASELESS ROAR” (9/9) 

26. PULLED APART BY HORSES-“BLOOD” (9/9) 

27. QUEEN-“LIVE AT THE RAINBOW THEATRE IN LONDON’S FINSBURY PARK 1974” (2-CD) (9/9) 

28. MATTHEW SHIPP-“I’VE BEEN TO MANY PLACES” (9/9)

29. SIMIAN MOBILE DISCO-“WHORL” (9/9) 

30. SLOAN-“COMMONWEALTH” (9/9)

31. TENNIS-“RITUAL IN REPEAT” (9/9)

32. U-ZIQ (MU-ZIQ)-“REDIFFUSION” (9/9)

33. ZAMMUTO-“ZAMMUTO” (9/9)

NEW RELEASES 2014 WEEK # 36 SEPTEMBER 2, 2014

SEPTEMBER 2, 2014 (WEEK #36)

1.    APACHE DROPOUT-“HEAVY WINDOW” (9/2) 

2.    BLONDE REDHEAD-“BARRAGAN” (9/2) (2014 release, the ninth studio album from the Alt-Rock band. BARRAGAN is ambitious. Tracks like 'Dripping', 'The One I Love', and 'Defeatist Anthem (Harry And I)' have all the emotional punches of previous high water marks in the band's repertoire - the just feel slightly less calculated, more serendipitous. Formed in 1993, Blonde Redhead have never made records for fame, or for money, or to ape their teenage heroes, or to indulge any of the dumb, ephemeral impulses that clog up the blogosphere with dumb, ephemeral music. They make music, simply, because they have to.)

3.    BLUE SKY BLACK DEATH-“EUPHORIC TAPE III” (9/2) 

4.    COCTEAU TWINS-“HEAVEN OR LAS VEGAS” (LP REISSUED) (9/2)

5.    CODE ORANGE KIDS-“I AM KING” (9/2) 

6.    COUNTING CROWS-“SOMEWHERE UNDER WONDERLAND” (DELUXE EDITION) (9/2) 

7.    ANTHONY D’AMATO-“THE SHIPWRECK FROM THE SHORE” (9/2) 

8.    DARK SKY-“IMAGIN” (9/2) 

9.    THE DEAD LOVERS-“SUPERNORMAL SUPERSTAR” (9/2) 

10. EARTH-“PRIMITIVE AND DEADLY” (9/2) 

11. ELEVEN TWENTY NINE-“A TITHE TO HELL” (9/2) (For its eighth label release, Drawing Room presents the second album from the enigmatic ELEVEN TWENTY-NINE--TOM CARTER and MAC ORLEANS on guitars and MICHAEL EVANS on drums--are masters of incendiary free rock, drawing on lineage that includes but is definitely not limited to CHARALAMBIDES, SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN, and GOD IS MY CO-PILOT. Eleven Twenty-Nine's second full-length album A Tithe To Hell explores far darker and heavier improvisational worlds than their debut. Charting hidden infernos of sounds with ostensibly 'rock' instrumentation, these three gifted musicians spill free-flowing sounds that sweep the listener into hermetic spaces outside of consensual genre boundaries. For lovers of Charalambides, Bardo Pond, Sunburned, and free music of all genres, A Tithe To Hell is an essential listen.)

12. ROMAN FLUGEL-“HAPPINESS IS HAPPENING”” (9/2)

13. LAURA JEAN-“LAURA JEAN” (9/2)

14. THE KOOKS-“LISTEN” (DELUXE EDITION) (9/2) 

15. MOGWAI-“COME ON DIE YOUNG” (DELUXE EDITION 2-CD REISSUE) (1999/2014) (9/2) 

16. MUTUAL BENEFIT-“THE COWBOY’S PRAYER” (9/2)

17. TEENAGE GUITAR-“MORE LIES FROM THE GOOSEBERRY BUSH” (9/2) 

18. TOPS-“PICTURE YOU STARING” (9/2) 

19. TRENTEMOLLER-“LOST RE-WORKS” (9/2)

20. TRICKY-“ADRIAN THAWS” (9/9)

21. THE VINES-“WICKED NATURE” (9/2)

22. CHRISTOPHER WILLITS-“OPENING” (9/2) 

23. JAMES YORKSTON-“THE CELLARDKYE RECORDING AND WASSAILING SOCIETY” (9/2) 

24. ZAMMUTO-“ANCHOR” (9/2) 

25. VARIOUS ARTISTS-“GOD HELP THE GIRL” (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) (9/2)