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Episode 120

2011-12-07T10:24:00.000-08:00

Apache Dropout "Radiation" Radiation 7" (Mexican Summer) 2011
Nothing People "Cathode Ray Tube-Gut Wind" Smells Like Metal LP (Captcha) 2011
Frank Alpine "Through Your Window" s/t LP (Wierd) 2011
Byetone "Helix" Symeta LP (Raster-Noton) 2011
Pinch & Shackleton "Cracks In The Pleasuredome" s/t LP (Honest Jon's) 2011
Peaking Lights "Tiger Eyes (Laid Back)-Adrian Sherwood remix" 936 Remixed LP (Weird World) 2012
Raime "Told & Collapsed" Hennail 12" (Blackest Ever Black) 2011
The Passenger "Entitled One" \_| LP (self released) 2011
Hookworms "Medicine Cabinet/Teen Dreams" s/t LP (Faux DiscX/Gringo) 2011, originally released on cassette via Sun Ark
Magneticring "Nothing's Outside" The City CS (Gift Tapes) 2011
Secret Colors "Seafoam" Confusion Control CD (Debacle) 2011
Pete Swanson "Self-Help" Man With Garbage CD (Type) 2011

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Episode 119

2011-11-30T10:09:00.000-08:00

Blues Control & Laraaji "City Of Love" Frkwys Vol. 8 LP (RVNG) 2011
Heatsick "Taxi Zum No" Intersex LP (Pan) 2011
Teebs "Jahara" Collections 01 LP (Brainfeeder) 2011
Opium & Cherry Cola "untitled" Magnified Palette Remixed CS (NNA) 2011
Dean Blunt "Side A" Jill Scott Herring OST CS (TTT) 2011
Weyes Blood "Seven Of Wands" split w/Angels In America CS (Northern Spy) 2011
Ensemble Economique "To Feel The Night As It Really Is" Crossing The Path, By Torchlight LP (Dekorder) 2011
Bruce Hart "Fascinating Heritage Stone" Music For Drawing CS (Not Not Fun) 2011
Quicksails "Soft Loft" split w/Floating Gardens CS (Field Studies) 2011
Panabrite "Eternal Council" Wind Rider CS (Tranquility) 2011
Dolphins Into The Future "Riesengebirge" Two Romantic Landscapes CS (Bennifer Editions) 2011
Alex Cobb "Anamnesis" split w/Aquarelle LP (Low Point) 2011
Blanck Mass "Chernobyl" s/t LP (Rock Action) 2011

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Episode 118

2011-11-23T10:55:00.000-08:00

Dirty Cupcakes "I Want It (Your Love)" s/t 7" (Fuzz City) 2011
Household "Our Song" Items LP (Dull Knife) 2011
White Mystery "Good Girl" Blood & Venom LP (White Mystery) 2011
Wounded Lion "Going Into The Unknown" IVXLCDM LP (In The Red) 2011
Ty Segall "Cherry Red" Spiders 7" (Drag City) 2011
Pheromoans "Men In Black Satin" Bar-Rock 12" (Monofonus Press) 2011
Purling Hiss "Millions Of Colors" Dizzy Polizzy CS (self released) 2011
Video "Prison" Leather Leather LP (Play Pinball!) 2011
Yuppies "Sunglasses" split w/Bitches LP (Palmist) 2011
Bitches "Wallet" split w/Yuppies LP (Palmist) 2011
Pink Playground "Stationary" Destination Ecstasy LP (Mexican Summer) 2011
Frank Alpine "No Exit" s/t LP (Wierd) 2011
Byetone "Black Peace" Symeta LP (Raster-Noton)
Patten "Blush Mosaic" Glaqjo Xaacsso LP (No Pain In Pop) 2011
Pete Swanson "Face The Music" Man With Potential LP (Type) 2011
Liz Harris "untitled" Magnified Palette remix CS (NNA) 2011
Daniel Padden "Various Saints" Ship Chop LP (Dekorder) 2011
Ensemble Economique "Heat Waves" Crossing The Path, By Torchlight LP (Dekorder) 2011

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Episode 117

2011-11-16T10:30:00.000-08:00

Piper Spray "excerpt (Side A)" Omnicron Girls CS (Orange Milk) 2011
Teebs "Cook, Clean, Pay The Rent (New House Version)" Collections 01 LP (Brainfeeder) 2011
Ekoplekz "Temporal Drift" Fountain Square 12" (Mordant Music) 2011
Heatsick "Tertiary" Intersex LP (PAN) 2011
Astral Social Club "Churl" Generator Breaker LP (Dekorder) 2011
Patten "Out The Coast" Glaqjo Xaacsso LP (No Pain In Pop) 2011
Sun Drips "excerpt (Side A)" 100 Hints CS (Orange Milk) 2011
Driphouse "Smily" Spectrum 008 LP (Spectrum Spools) 2011
Tomutonttu "Untitled" s/t 1-Sided LP (Bennifer Editions) 2011
Colored Mushroom And The Medicine Rocks "excerpt (Side A)" s/t CS (?) 2011
Leyland Kirby "We Just Might Lose This One" Intrigue & Stuff Vol. 3 LP (History Always Favours The Winners) 2011
Leif Hall "Memoirs" Vocapella Series Vol. 1 CS (Isolated Now Waves) 2011

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Episode 116

2011-11-09T10:04:00.000-08:00

Fat History Month "Heart Takes A Beating" A Gorilla 7" (Sweaters & Pearls) 2011
Boomgates "Nothing" Layman's Terms 7" (Smart Guy) 2011
Eddy Current Suppresion Ring "I Admit My Faults" Walking In Unison 12" (Captcha) 2011
Rank/Xerox "Cave Dweller" s/t LP (Make A Mess) 2011
Rayon Beach "Death Rides A Horse" s/t 7" (Plastic Spoon) 2011
Hot & Cold "Uighur Pop" Conclusion/Introduction CS (Night People) 2011
The Spits "Tomorrow's Children" V LP (In The Red) 2011
Total Control "For Lease" split w/Thee Oh Sees 12" (Castleface) 2011
Balaclavas "Down & Loose" Snake People LP (Dull Knife) 2011
Mordecai "Boulder" s/t LP (Killertree) 2011
Woollen Kits "Out Of Town" Maths 7" (RIP Society) 2011
Heavy Times "Future City" Jacker LP (Hozac) 2011
Pop. 1280 "Thirteen Steps" s/t 7" (Blind Prophet) 2011
Men At Adventure "Ballad" s/t 7" (Storyboard) 2011
Acid Baby Jesus "Android Robot" s/t LP (Slovenly) 2011
Psychic Blood "Strain" s/t digital 7" (self released) 2011
J.C. Satan "Heil Mary" Death Samba LP (Slovenly) 2011
Metz "Wet Blanket" demo, mp3 (bandcamp) 2011
Mouthbreathers "Anxiety" s/t 7" (In The Red) 2011
Cop Warmth "Venus Fly Snatch" s/t 7" (In The Red) 2011
Shoppers "VII" Silver Year LP (Feeble Minds) 2011
Thee Oh Sees "Robber Barons" Carrion/The Crawler LP (In The Red) 2011
US Girls "Friendlies, Pamela, GG" US Girls On Kraak LP (Kraak) 2011

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Episode 115

2011-10-26T10:10:00.000-07:00

Ducktails "Couch Surfer" Killin' The Vibe 12" (New Images) 2011
White Rainbow "Captain Sandwich Patrol" Lays Down The Boogie, mp3 (self released)
Astral Social Club "Wishaw" Generator Breaker LP (Dekorder) 2011
Driphouse "Dots" Spectrum 008 LP (Spectrum Spools) 2011
Tuusanuuskat "Tippa 1" Naaksaa Naa Mun Kyyneleet LP (Fonal) 2011
High Wolf "Raagini" Atlas Nation LP (Holy Mountain) 2011
Innercity "Side II (excerpt)" Boy In Forest Trying to Hotwire the Earth CS (Not Not Fun) 2011
Rambutan "Unknown Companion" 4-way split w/Lee Noble, Hobo Cubes and Derek Rogers CS (Deep Tapes) 2011
Hobo Cubes "Untitled II" HC HV VHS VHS (Hooker Vision) 2011
Lee Noble "Indian Princess" Horrorism LP (Bathetic) 2011
Father "Invisible Cindy" The Return of Father CS (Root Strata) 2011
Isabelle Ducasse "Waxed Taciturn of Temper" s/t LP (Blackest Rainbow) 2011
Radiant Husk "side 1 excerpt" Optics CS (Brunch Groupe) 2011
Angels In America "Follow Me Out" Narrow Road to the Interior LP (Ehse) 2011
Nate Young "Come Unbidden" Stay Asleep (Sleep Regression Vol 2) LP (NNA) 2011
Christine Vantzou "Small Choir" No. 1 LP (Kranky) 2011

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Episode 114

2011-10-19T10:13:00.000-07:00

Fat History Month "Free As A Cat" Fucking Despair LP (Sophomore Lounge) 2011
Sic Alps "Cambridge Vagina" Battery Townsley 7"(Drag City) 2011
Sic Alps "Breadhead" Breadhead 7" (Drag City) 2011
Thee Oh Sees "Ugly Man" s/t 7" (Edition Fieber) 2011
Psandwich "Ceiling" Northern Psych LP (Columbus Discount) 2011
Hungry Gayze "Pins and Needles" s/t 7" (Florida's Dying) 2011
OBN III's "No Enemies" The One and Only LP (Tic Tac Totally) 2011
Watery Love "Die With Dignity" s/t 7" (Siltbreeze) 2011
Condominium "Teeth" Warm Home LP (self released)
Bad Drugs "Master" Raw Powder LP (Rotted Tooth) 2011
Bestial Mouths "Small Prey" Hissing Veil LP (Dais) 2011
Neon Blud "Neon Nites" split w/Diet Cokeheads 7" (West Palm Beotch) 2011
Sex Church "Bleed Me" Growing Over LP (Load) 2011
Far-Out Fangtooth "White Valley" Pure and Disinterested LP (Siltbreeze) 2011
Vex Ruffin "I'm Creative" Crash Course 12" (Stones Throw) 2011
Swiftumz "It's Beautiful" Don't Trip LP (Holy Mountain) 2011
Moon Duo "Sickener" Horror Tour 12" (Souterrain Transmissions) 2011
Angels in America "My Lucky Day" Narrow Road to the Interior LP (Ehse) 2011
Mattin "Against The Reproduction of Stereotypes" Exquisite Corpse LP (Azul Discografica) 2011

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Episode 113

2011-10-12T10:15:00.000-07:00

Maria Minerva "Kyrie Eleison" Sacred & Prophane 12" (Not Not Fun) 2011
Blue Daisy "Shadow Assassins" The Sunday Gift LP (Black Acre) 2011
Ras G & The Alkebulan Space Program "Mush Mouth (I Can't Feel My Face)" Space Base Is The Place LP (Poobah)
Andy Stott "Bad Wires" We Stay Together 2x12" (Modern Love) 2011
Regis "Blinding Horses" In A Syrian Tongue 12" (Blackest Ever Black) 2011
Water Borders "Bad Ethos" Harbored Mantras LP (Tri Angle) 2011
Rxry "Evaporated" Alpha LP (Sweat Lodge Guru) 2011
Rangers "John Is The Last Of A Dying Breed" Pan Am Stories 2xLP (Not Not Fun) 2011
Vinyl Williams "Higher Worlds" Lemniscate mp3 (self released) 2011
Lee Noble "Your Privilege" Horrorism LP (Bathetic) 2011
Grouper "Water People" Water People 7" (yellowelectric) 2011
Steve Hauschildt "Peroxide" Tragedy & Geometry LP (Kranky) 2011
Outer Space "Side A (excerpt)" Last Vacuum Demos Vol 1 LP (Wagon Limited) 2011
Mark McGuire "Get Lost" Get Lost LP (Editions Mego) 2011
Hobo Cubes "Waiting To Return" 4 Way split w/Lee Noble, Derek Rogers & Rambutan Cs (Deep Tapes) 2011
A Winged Victory For The Sullen "We Played Some Open Chords" s/t LP (Kranky/Erased Tapes) 2011

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Episode 112

2011-10-05T10:18:00.000-07:00

The Babies "Here Comes Trouble" s/t 7" (Teenage Teardrops) 2011
Omma Cobba "Up & Run" s/t CS (Craft Singles) 2011
Sic Alps "Battery Townsley" Battery Townsley 7" (Drag City) 2011
Sic Alps "Can't You See" Breadhead 7" (Drag City) 2011
Hank IV "Cold Equation" s/t 7" (S-S) 2011
Random Cuts "The Sleepwalker" V/A-Nite Prison comp LP (Nite Prison) 2011
Nu Sensae "Dubai For Now (party version)" V/A-Nite Prison comp LP (Nite Prison) 2011
Defektors "Black September" V/A-Nite Prison comp LP (Nite Prison) 2011
Juvenile Hall "California Cutoffs" V/A-Nite Prison comp LP (Nite Prison) 2011
Modern Creatures "Radiating Lust" V/A-Nite Prison comp LP (Nite Prison) 2011
Phonecalls "Muddy Waters" V/A-Nite Prison comp LP (Nite Prison) 2011
Twin Crystals "Criminal" V/A-Nite Prison comp LP (Nite Prison) 2011
Sex Church "Waking Up" Growing Over LP (Load) 2011
Rubble "Cigarette Rabbit" The Farewell Drugs LP (Latino Bugger Veil) 2011
Cave "W U J" Neverendless LP (Drag City) 2011
Wooden Shjips "Lights Out (Peaking Lights remix)" s/t 7" (Thrill Jockey) 2011
Robert Anton Pizza "Cave Runners" The Final Lap mp3 download (self released) 2011
Leyland Kirby "Ruined Vision" Intrigue & Stuff Vol. 1 LP (History Always Favors The Winners) 2011
Leyland Kirby "No Longer Distance Than Death" Eager To Tear Apart The Stars LP (History Always Favors The Winners) 2011
The Haxan Cloak "Observatory" Observatory 12" (Aurora Borealis) 2011

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Episode 111

2011-09-28T10:44:00.000-07:00

The Fresh & Onlys "Strangers" s/t 7" (Sexbeat) 2011
Ceiling Stares "A Tunnel Through The Air" split w/Super Vacations 7" (Velocity Of Sound/Sweaters & Pearls) 2011
Dirty Beaches "God Speed" split w/Ela Orleans LP (Night People) 2011
Nothing People "Pride" split w/ Mondo Phase Band 7" (Captcha) 2011
Hank IV "Bellyful of Slugs" s/t 7" (S-S) 2011
Kitchen's Floor "116" Look Forward To Nothing LP (Siltbreeze) 2011
Alps "A Wailing and Gnashing Of Teeth" Alps Of New South Wails LP (Self released) 2011
Royal Headache "Never Again" s/t LP (RIP Society) 2011
Wavepool Abortion" Buried Alive" s/t CS (DZ) 2011
Nude Sunrise "Fruit Snacks" s/t CS (Spooky Town) 2011
Plums "Clamorous" The White LP (self released) 2011
Cellophane Spill "Ekit" s/t CS (Night People) 2011
Lorelle Meets The Obsolete "This Plain City" On Welfare LP (Captcha) 2011
Cankun "Plans For The Sun" Ethiopian Dreams CD (Hands In The Dark) 2011
Co La "Vanity Plate" Daydream Repeater (Avant Masters) LP (NNA) 2011
John Micah Rapp "Pop Dr(((O)))nes" Catharsis 2xCS (Already Dead) 2011
Container "Application" s/t LP (Spectrum Spools) 2011
Temporal Marauder "Temporal Shift Reaction" Temporal Marauder Makes You Feel LP (Spectrum Spools) 2011
Bee Mask "Deducted From Your Share" Elegy For Beach Friday LP (Spectrum Spools) 2011

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Episode 110

2011-09-14T10:18:00.000-07:00

The Fresh & Onlys "I Would Not Know The Devil" s/t 7" (Sexbeat) 2011
New Lines "Off Axis" split w/Still Corners 7" (The Great Pop Supplement) 2011
Psychic Ills "I'll Follow You Through The Floor" Hazed Dream LP (Sacred Bones) 2011
Omma Cobba "Policeman" s/t CS (Craft Singles) 2011
Mikal Cronin "Green And Blue" s/t LP (Trouble In Mind) 2011
Weekend "Your Own Nothing" Red 12" (Slumberland) 2011
Bad Fate "Lung" s/t 7" (The Broadway To Boundary) 2011
Otro Mundo "Midnight Oil Burner" Jellied CS (Ascetic House) 2011
Grand Trine "Euthanize Me" s/t CS (Craft Singles) 2011
Tunnels "How I Hate You" The Blackout LP (Thrill Jockey) 2011
Rene Hell "Melody For Arkham" The Canon (Agents Of Chaos) CS
Sleep Over "Stickers" Forever LP (Hippos In Tanks) 2011
Clams Casino "All I Need" Instrumentals 2LP (Type) 2011
Hype Williams "Badmind" Kelly Price W8 Gain Vol. II 12" (Hyperdub) 2011
HTRK "Eat Yr Heart" Work (Work, Work) (Ghostly International) 2011
Sir Stephen "NY Boogie" By Design 12" (100% Silk) 2011
Tomutonttu "Luominen Jai Kesken" Elavana Planeetalla LP (New Images) 2011
Heat Wave "Hennessy & Chronic" Hennessy & Chronic CDr (Deep Tapes) 2011

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Episode 109

2011-09-07T10:14:00.000-07:00

Young Governor "I Wanna Girl From Wawa" V/A-Bloodstains Across Ontario 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co) 2011
Bare Wires "Right Time" V/A-Group Flex 4xflexi 7" (Castle Face) 2011
Total Control "One More Tonight" Henge Beat LP (Iron Lung) 2011
Bed Wettin' Bad Boys "Help" s/t 7" (R.I.P. Society) 2011
Cerebral Ballzy "You're Idle" s/t LP (Williams St) 2011
Speculator "Colleen" Nice LP (Underwater Peoples) 2011
Hype Williams "Farthing Wood Dub" Kelly Price W8 Gain Vol. II 12" (Hyperdub) 2011
Oneohtrix Point Never "Sleep Dealer" Replica LP (Software) 2011
Sean McCann "Broken Replicator" Open Resolve LP (Orange Milk) 2011
Ekin Fil "Can't" Language CS (Root Strata) 2011
Miles "Lustre" Facets 12" (Modern Love) 2011
Diamond Catalog "Ancestral Comprehensions & Acrid Predictions" Magnified Pallette LP (NNA) 2011
Charlatan "Svetlana" Voyagers CS (Overland Shark) 2011
Le Revelateur "Age Maze" Fictions LP (Gneiss Things) 2011
Caboladies "Counterfeit Reflection" Renewable Destination LP (Students Of Decay) 2011

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Episode 108

2011-08-31T10:04:00.000-07:00

Kurt Vile "In/Out Blues" split w/Woods 7" (Woodsist) 2011

Widowspeak "Harsh Realm" s/t LP (Captured Tracks) 2011

Veronica Falls "Right Side Of My Brain" s/t LP (Slumberland) 2011

Naomi Punk "The Spell" bandcamp mp3, 2011

The Super Vacations "Hexing" split w/The Ceiling Stares 7" (Velocity Of City/Sweaters & Pearls) 2011

Total Control "See More Glass" Henge Beat LP (Iron Lung) 2011

Speculator "Century Select" Nice LP (Underwater Peoples) 2011

KVB "Hide & Wait" Into The Night 10" (Downwards) 2011

Peace "Quite Frankly" My Face LP (Pop Echo) 2011

Pygmy Shrews "Snake Eyes" You People Can All Go Straight To Hell LP (Jack Shack) 2011

The Men "Night Landing" Leave Home LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

Stare Case "Don't Get Caught" Lose Today LP (De Stijl) 2011

Radio People "A Vague Year" Hazel LP (Mexican Summer) 2011

Stag Hare "Lavender Ravens Tears" Spirit Canoes LP (Inner Islands) 2011

Wooden Shjips "Rising" West (Thrill Jockey) 2011

Sun Araw "Impulvium" Ancient Romans 2xLP (Sun Ark) 2011

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Episode 107

2011-08-24T10:29:00.000-07:00

The Native Cats "Eyes Of The Gang" Process Praise LP (Ride The Snake) 2011

Blasted Canyons "Death And A Half" s/t LP (Castle Face) 2011

The Fresh & Onlys "When Are You Gonna Grow Up" V/A Group Flex 5xflexi & book (Castle Face) 2011

Grass Widow "Time Keeps Time" Milo Minute 7" (HLR) 2011

Brain Idea "Suspended In Bliss" Cosmos Factory LP (Mexican Summer) 2011

Total Control "The Hammer" The Henge Beat LP (Iron Lung) 2011

The Dreams "Milk By Myself" Morbido LP (Kill Shaman) 2011

Rubble "Tom Of Midland" The Farewell Drugs LP (Latino Buggerveil) 2011

Robedoor "Afterburners" Too Down To Die LP (Not Not Fun) 2011

Hot Guts "Small Brass Cage" Small Brass Cage CS (Linear B) 2011

Cut Hands "Rain Washes The Chaff" Afro Noise 1 CD (Susan Lawly) 2011

Case Studies "Secrets" The World Is Just A Shape To Fill The Night LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

Amen Dunes "Lower Mind" Through Donkey Jaw LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

Pillars & Tongues "Thank You, Oaky" The Pass & Crossings LP (Empty Cellar) 2011

Terrors "Soft Proliferating Light" Lagan Qord LP (Weird Forest) 2011

Sun Araw "At Delphi" Ancient Romans 2LP (Sun Ark) 2011

Expo 70 "Hypnotic Brain Cloud Float" Inaudible Bicoastal Trajectory LP (Aguirre) 2011

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Episode 106

2011-08-17T09:55:00.000-07:00

Outer Minds "Always In My Head" s/t 7" (Goodbye Boozy) 2011

Constant Mongrel "Four Legs" Everything Goes Wrong 12" (80/81) 2011

Blasted Canyons "Ice Cream Man" s/t LP (Castle Face) 2011

The Dreams "Seis Seis Seis Condor" Morbido LP (Kill Shaman) 2011

Rape Faction "Future Brain" Future Brain CS (Campaign For Infinity) 2011

Thee Oh Sees "Burning Spear" v/a Group Flex 5x flexi 7" (Castle Face) 2011

Sun Araw "Trireme" Ancient Romans 2xLP (Sun Ark) 2011

Righteous Acid "Casa Zimbabwe" Mellow Doses CS (Sun Ark) 2011

Faceplant "Ride The Ether" split w/Bitchin Bajas LP (Bathetic) 2011

Maria Minerva "Laulan Paikse Kaes" Cabaret Cixous LP (Not Not Fun) 2011

Laurel Halo "Strength In Free Space" Hour Logic 12" (Hippos In Tanks) 2011

Radio People "Walls In Motion" Hazel LP (Mexican Summer) 2011

Sam Goldberg "Races" Having Had Forgot LP (Arbor) 2011

Stitched Vision "Observation Deck" Fold CS (Eternal Solitude) 2011

Cloudland Ballroom "Time-Flight" Illusion Circles CS (Aguirre) 2011

Expo 70 "Prisms Adrift" Awakening LP (Sonic Meditations) 2011

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Episode 105

2011-08-10T10:14:00.000-07:00

Ganglians "Jungle" Still Living LP (Souterrain Transmissions) 2011
The Liminanas "AF3458" s/t 7" (SDZ) 2011
Cosmonauts "He Never Hit Me" s/t 7" (Goodbye Boozy) 2011
The Dreams "South African Youth Of Africa" Morbido LP (Kill Shaman) 2011
Bed Wettin' Bad Boys "Nobody Else" s/t 7" (R.I.P. Society) 2011
Tropic Of Cancer "A Color" The Sorrow Of Two Blooms 12" (Blackest Ever Black) 2011
DVA Damas "Brand New Head" s/t 10" (Downwards) 2010
Pink Playground "Come Find" s/t 10" (Downwards) 2011
KVB "Into The Night" Into The Night 10" (Downwards) 2011
Tropic Of Cancer "Be Brave" Be Brave 10" (Downwards) 2011
Bitchin Bajas "Consciousness 2" split w/Faceplant 12" (Bathetic) 2011
Amazing Births "Whelm" Younger Moon LP (Cylindrical Habitat Modules) 2011
Diamond Catalog "Valveneration" Magnified Pallette LP (NNA) 2011
Sam Goldberg "Atom" Having Had Forgot LP (Arbor) 2011

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Episode 104

2011-07-27T10:25:00.000-07:00

Oneohtrix Point Never "Trauma 2010" Re-Synthesist CD (RVNG Intl.) 2011

Pulse Emitter "Moonlit Valley" Spiritual Vistas LP (Cylindrical Habitat Modules) 2011

The Amazing Births "P.K. Ripper" Younger Moon LP (Cylindrical Habitat Modules) 2011

Imaginary Softwoods "Eye Color (The Forest Of Light)" The Path Of Spectrolite LP (Amethyst Sunset) 2011

Black Unicorn "Squid" Squid And Whale CS (RCN Recordings) 2011

Barn Owl "Shadowland" Shadowland 12" (Thrill Jockey) 2011

Jon Porras "Seascape" Undercurrent LP (Root Strata) 2011

Elm "Three Rings Drawn In Sand" Nemacatacoa LP (Sweat Lodge Guru) 2011 *re-issue of Digitalis CD, 2009

Evan Caminiti "The Obsidian Curtain" When California Falls Into The Sea LP (Handmade Birds) 2011
Barn Owl "Turiya" Lost In The Glare LP (Thrill Jockey) 2011
Secret Pyramid "Come Down Gently" The Silent March CS (Nice Up Intl) 2011

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Episoe 103

2011-07-20T10:23:00.000-07:00

Mode Moderne "Undiscovered Country" s/t 7" (Light Organ) 2011

Cuffs "Privilege" s/t 7" (Ride The Snake) 2011

The Mantles "A Million Mile Away" V/A Under The Covers Vol. 2 (Nerves Tribute) LP (Volar) 2011

Brain Idea "Signals" Cosmo's Factory 12" (Mexican Summer) 2011

Lenguas Largas "7 Pacificos" Ese Culito 12" (Volar) 2011

Apache Dropout "Shot Down" s/t 7" (Trouble In Mind) 2011

Divorce "Nothing To Do" Separation Anxiety LP (Untapped Resource) 2011

Wax Museums "Nothing To Do...With The 60s" Eyetimes LP (Trouble In Mind) 2011

Red Mass "Drink My Blood" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2011

Ale Mania "1 Second Yields 1k Of Thought" A, Who Sings That Beat? LP (Volar) 2011

LA Hell Gang "Left Or Right" Just What Is Real? LP (Blow Your Mind Records) 2011

Ty Segall "2+2=" 4-way split 7" (Trouble In Mind) 2011

Modern Convenience "Vaporized" s/t 7" (80/81) 2011

Korean Gut "Gingold" s/t 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011

Wooden Shjips "Looking Out" West LP (Thrill Jockey) 2011

Tomutonttu "Kuka On Mukana" Elvana Planeetalla LP (New Images) 2011

Cruise Family "side A excerpt" Orbital Express CS (Not Not Fun) 2011

Cough Cool "Acid Classics" Clausen CS (Not Not Fun) 2011

Borden, Ferraro, Godin, Halo & Lopatin "Just A Little Pollution" FRKWYS Vol. 7 (RVNG) 2011

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Episode 102

2011-07-13T10:20:00.001-07:00

Estrogen Highs "For All I Know" For All I Know EP 7" (Southpaw) 2011

Beaters "Dreampunk" s/t LP (Volar) 2011

Pygmy Shrews "AM Breakout" You People Can All Go Straight To Hell LP (Jack Shack) 2011

Alps "Calling God On The Telephone" Alps Of New South Wails LP (self released) 2011

White Hills "The Condition Of Nothing" H-p1 LP (Thrill Jockey) 2011

Sun Araw & Eternal Tapestry "Night Gallery I" Night Gallery LP (Thrill Jockey) 2011

The Oscillation "Future Echo" Veils 2LP (All Time Low) 2011

Motion Sickness Of Time Travel "Ascendant" Luminaries & Synastry LP (Digitalis) 2011

Weyes Blood And Her Dark Juices "Romneydale" The Outside Room LP (Not Not Fun) 2011

United Waters "Spires II" Your First Ever River LP (Arbitrary Signs) 2011

Hertta Lussu And Assa "Juicy Bones" s/t LP (De Stijl) 2011

Circuit Des Yeux "I'm On Fire" Portrait LP (De Stijl) 2011

Noveller "Ends" Glacial Glow LP (Weird Forest) 2011

KWJAZ Lite "Word Of Phase" split w/Rangers CS (Brunche Group) 2011

Secret Pyramid "Outside" The Silent March CS (Nice Up Intl) 2011

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Episode 101

2011-07-06T10:08:00.001-07:00

Love Cuts "I Will Kiss Anyone" s/t 7" (Nominal) 2011

Hygiene "TSG" Public Sector LP (La Vida Es Un Mus) 2011

Charles Albright "I Am The Counter Culture" s/t 7" (Permanent) 2011

Purling Hiss "Voices" Lounge Lizards (Mexican Summer) 2011

Cop City/Chill Pillars "Egyptians" Held Hostage On Planet Chill LP (Florida's Dying) 2011

Human Eye "Brain Zip (Kickin' Back In The Electric Chair)" They Came From The Sky LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

The Spits "Kill The Kool" Kill The Kool LP (In The Red/Thriftstore) 2011

Diet Cokeheads "Number To Call" split w/Neon Blud 7" (West Palm Beotch/Lower Me Into My Coffin) 2011

La Race "Stephen Eicher Dot Mourir" s/t 12"

Shearing Pinx "Anl Jesus" Rituals LP (Isolated Now Waves) 2011

Shearing Pinx "Play Nice" Night Danger LP (Divorce) 2011

Black Pus "The Wicked West" Primordial Pus LP (Load) 2011

Heavy Chains "Crying Demons" A Very Real Hell 12" (Broadway To Boundary) 2011

Nu Sensae "Gumbo" s/t 7" (Fast Weapons) 2011

Cankun "Lichens Beat" Jaguar Dance CS (Not Not Fun) 2011

Araignee "Silvia" split w/Femminieli 7" (Fixture) 2011

Adrian Dziewanski "Orbital Decay (excerpt)" Orbital Decay CD (Vacant Tapes) 2011

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Episode 100

2011-06-15T10:31:00.000-07:00

Love Cuts "Lone Wolf" s/t 7" (Nominal) 2011

Grass Widow "Time Keeps Time" s/t 7" (HLR) 2011

Art Museums "Feel Like Time" s/t 7" (dulc-i-tone) 2011

Twerps "Mercurial Julia" s/t 7" (Group Tightener) 2011

Night Beats "A Night With Nefertiti" split w/UFO Club 10" (Reverberation Appreciation Society) 2011

Paperhead "He's Mirrored" s/t LP (Trouble In Mind) 2011

The Mediums "My, My, My" Shiny Void Blues (E.V.P / I.T.C Recordings) LP

Dope Body "Enemy Outta Me" Nupping LP (Hoss) 2011

Golden Staph "Dr. Tony" s/t LP (RIP Society) 2011

Neon Blud "Neon Nites" split w/Diet Cokeheads 7" (West Palm Beotch Recordings) 2011

Naked On The Vague "Abstract Figures" s/t 7" (RIP Society) 2011

Cola Freaks "Kniven" s/t LP (Douchemaster) 2011

Human Eye "Junkyard Heart" They Came From The Sky LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

Cop City/Chill Pillars "Nobody Likes You" Held Hostage On Planet Chill LP (Florida's Dying) 2011

Womankind "Five" s/t 12" (Nominal) 2011

The Men "()" Leave Home LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

Heavy Chains "Tommy Toucher" A Very Real Hell 12" (The Broadway To Boundary) 2011

La Race "File-Moi 20 Boules" s/t 12" (213/Label Brique/Piou Piou, Et Mon Cul C'Est Du Tofu/Pouet! Schallplatten) 2011

Shearing Pinx "Rituals Of Life" Rituals LP (Isolated Now Waves) 2011

Shearing Pinx "Trip Gamma" Night Danger LP (Divorce) 2011

Basketball "Andika" Maw LP (Broadway To Boundary) 2011

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Episode 99

2011-06-08T10:36:00.000-07:00

Grass Widow "Milo Minute" s/t 7" (HLR) 2011

Twerps "Anything New" s/t 7" (Group Tightener) 2011

Art Museums "S.H.O.P.P.I.N.G." s/t 7" (Dulc-i-tone) 2011

X-Ray Eyeballs "Po' Jam" Not Nothing LP (Hozac) 2011

The Whines "Shootinhead" s/t 7" (Mt. St. Mtn) 2011

Ty Segall "Falling Hair" s/t 7" (Drag City) 2011

Real Numbers "Pinckney St." s/t 7" (Florida's Dying) 2011

Korean Gut "If You Want" s/t 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011

Nu Sensae "Eat Your Mind" split w/White Lung 7" (Nominal/Deranged) 2011

Ultrathin "Don't Mess" s/t 7" (Badmaster) 2011

The Men "Think" Leave Home LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

Black Pus "Butterfly Cave" Primordial Pus LP (Load) 2011

Naked On The Vague "Reflections Of Strangeness" s/t 7" (RIP Society) 2011

Hygiene "A Desirable Place To Live" Public Sector LP (La Vida Es Un Mus) 2011

Wet Hair "Radiant Lines" s/t 7" w/art booklet (Not Not Fun) 2011

Umberto "Put An APB On Those Bastards" Freeze! 7" (Not Not Fun)

Xander Harris "Hunting" Urban Gothic LP (Not Not Fun) 2011

Ford & Lopatin "Surrender" Channel Pressure LP (Mexican Summer) 2011

High Wolf "Free Your Energy Field" A Guide To Healing 7" (Bathetic) 2011

La Big Vic "Heyo (Silver Morning)" Actually LP (Underwater Peoples) 2011

Mark McGuire & Trouble Books "Floating Through Summer" s/t LP (Bark & Hiss/Wagon) 2011

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Episode 98: Music Waste Edition

2011-06-01T10:44:00.001-07:00

Same as last year, Pop Drones presents an entire episode dedicated to the Music Waste Festival. A lot of these tracks here are demos that have never been released on a physical format and have been taken from Soundclouds, Bandcamps and Myspaces, so be prepared for some of them to be on the rougher side.

Chains Of Love "You Got It"

The Godspot "At War In Pieces"

Peace "Quite Frankly"

Koban "Solid Gold"

Juvenile Hall "Loser"

Phonecalls "Tell Her No"

Yung Mums "Thru With U"

Korean Gut "Your Misery Our Benefit"

Bertha Cool "Sex Witch"

Womankind "Fang Fang"

Cowards "Together To Stop The Cake"

The New Values "Be Your Boy"

Chef Wigwam "CTC 101"

Harsh Words "Everything's Such A Mess"

Enjoy "Enjoying The Day"

Fuji Hakayito "Syliva Plath Pool Party"

Blanche Devereaux "Ramona"

Babysitter "Nineteen Sixty Nineties"

Bad Fate "Strathcona"

Keep Tidy "Kill Whitey"

Sutures "I Think You're Being Fucked By A Ghost"

Zoo "Bathhouse"

Cloudface "Wyre"

Tassels "Alternating Current Direct Current"

Robert Anton Pizza "Sleep Over"

Ghibli "Hollywood Snow"

Mass Marriage "So What"

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Episode 97

2011-05-25T10:28:00.000-07:00

Comet Gain "Working Circle Explosive" split w/Crystal Stilts (Fortuna Pop/Slumberland) 2011

Golden Staph "Sweaty Search" s/t LP (R.I.P. Society) 2011

Pink Reason "I Just Leave" Shit In The Garden LP (Siltbreeze) 2011

Religious Knives "Private Air" Smokescreen LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

Student Teacher "Dejame" s/t CS (Geographing) 2011

Thee Oh Sees "The Horse Was Lost" Castlemania 2LP (In The Red) 2011

Paperhead "Can't Keep My Eyes Open" s/t LP (Trouble In Mind) 2011

Woods "Out of the Eye" Sun & Shade LP (Woodsist) 2011

Circle Pit "Slave" s/t 7" (Hardly Art) 2011

United Waters "No End To Eyes" Your First Ever River LP (Arbitrary Signs) 2011

Dylan Ettinger "Lion Of Judah" Lion Of Judah 7" (Not Not Fun) 2011

Forma "Forma 237B" s/t LP (Spectrum Spools) 2011

Sand Circles "Sun Circles" Midnight Crimes CS (Not Not Fun) 2011

Cruise Family "Side A (excerpt)" s/t CS (SF Broadcasts) 2011

Expo 70 "Building Celestial Tapestries" Death Voyage CS (Sweat Lodge Guru) 2011

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Episode 96

2011-05-18T10:07:00.000-07:00

Thee Oh Sees "Stinking Cloud" Castlemania 2xLP (In The Red) 2011

Psychedelic Horseshit "Laced" Laced LP (Fat Cat) 2011

Pink Reason "Cranes Are Flying" Shit In The Garden LP (Siltbreeze) 2011

Ty Segall "My Head Explodes" Goodbye Bread LP (Drag City) 2011

B-Lines "Hastings Strut" s/t 12" (Nominal/Deranged) 2011

Ultrathin "Glass City" s/t 7" (Badmaster) 2011

Tonstartssbandht "Orange Miss You" Now I Am Become 12" (Arbutus) 2011

Useless Eaters "Take Advantage Of Me" Daily Commute LP (Tic Tac Totally) 2011

Womankind "Miami Tan" s/t 12" (Nominal) 2011

Sightings "The Knotted House" Future Accidents LP (Our Mouth) 2011

Myty Konkeror "'sus Envy" I Miss The Future LP (Twin Lakes) 2010

Religious Knives "Chill Haze" Smokescreen LP (Sacred Bones) 2011

Mist "Twin Lanes" House 2xLP (Spectrum Spools) 2011

Forma "Forma 233B" s/t LP (Spectrum Spools) 2011

Mountains "January 17" Air Museum LP (Thrill Jockey) 2011

Sand Circles "Infinity Pool" Midnite Crimes CS (Not Not Fun) 2011

Sadistic Candle "Dead Ones Cry No More" s/t CS (Sun Ark) 2011

Hubble "Hubble Linger (excerpt)" s/t CS (NNA) 2011

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Episode 95

2011-05-17T17:35:00.000-07:00

Ty Segall "Salamand Palaganda" Ty Rex 12" (Goner) 2011
Circle Pit "Honey" s/t 7" (Hardly Art) 2011
The Cakekitchen "Poor Bi-Cameral Mind" Kangaroos In My Top Paddock LP (Violet Times) 2011
MV & EE "The Crash Palace At Records" Country Stash LP (Three Lobed) 2011
Religious Knives "Private Air" Smokescreen LP (Sacred Bones) 2011
Crystal Stilts "Half A Moon" In Love With Oblivion LP (Slumberland) 2011
Psychedelic Horseshit "Tropical Vision" Laced LP (Fat Cat) 2011
Weyes Blood and The Dark Juices "Storms That Breed" Outside Room LP (Not Not Fun) 2011
United Waters "Statuary" Your First Ever River LP (Arbitrary Signs) 2011
Sun Araw "Bump Up" s/t 7" (Monofonus Press) 2011
High Wolf "Amazon Love Call Part I-IV" split w/Annapurna Illusion LP (Group Tightener) 2011
Dylan Ettinger "Baptism" Lion Of Judah 7" (Not Not Fun) 2011
Mist "Mist House" House 2xLP (Spectrum Spools) 2011
Mountains "1000 Square" Air Museum LP (Thrill Jockey) 2011
Alps "Spray" Easy Action LP (Mexican Summer) 2011

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Episode 94

2011-05-04T10:32:00.000-07:00

Crystal Stilts "Invisible City" In Love With Oblivion LP (Slumberland) 2011

MV+EE "Foxy One" Country Stash LP (Three Lobed) 2011
Mantles "Roman Hat" Raspberry Thighs 7" (SDZ) 2011
Fungi Girls "Velvet Days" Some Easy Magic LP (Hozac) 2011
Andy Human "Center Of Gravity" Toy Magic 7" (Tic Tac Totally) 2011
Wet Hair "Echo Lady" In Vogue Spirit LP (De Stijl) 2011
Broken Water "Kansas" Peripheral Star 12" (Perennial) 2011
Naked On The Vague "Clock Of 12s" Twelve Dark Noons 12" (Sacred Bones) 2011
The Shrapnelles "Desert Furs" Asscalibur 7" (Hozac) 2011
B-Lines "Houseplants" s/t 12" (Nominal/Deranged) 2011
Keep Tidy "Plate Glass" Basement Mold EP CS (self released) 2011
Hills "Rise Again" Master Sleeps LP (Intergalactic Tactics) 2011
Moon Duo "Run Around (Organ Desert Remix by Cave)" Mazes Remixed CD (Sacred Bones) 2011
The People's Temple "Never Really (Saw Me Comin' Round)" Sons Of Stone LP (Hozac) 2011
Apache Dropout "God Bless You Johan Kugelberg" s/t LP (Family Vineyard) 2011
Sun Araw "December" Houston Abstros 7" (Monofonus Press) 2011
Radio People "Avalon" Avalon CS (Centre) 2011
KWJAZ "Once In Babylon (excerpt)" s/t CS (Brunch Groupe) 2011

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Episode 93

2011-04-30T13:48:00.000-07:00

Terrorbird "Dumb Sick" Human Culture LP (Night People) 2011
EMA "Butterfly Knife" Past Life Martyred Saints LP (Souterrain Transmissions) 2011
Gun Outfit "Ring A Bell" High Places 12" (Make A Mess) 2011
Broken Water "Peripheral Star" Peripheral Star 12" (Perennial) 2011
Graeme Jefferies "I Just Want To Take You Higher" Kangaroos In The Paddock LP (Violet Times) 2011
Primitive Motion "A Straight Line" Certain Materials 7" (Soft Abuse) 2011
Twerps "Self Assured" s/t 7" (Underwater Peoples) 2011
Chris Forsyth "New Pharmacist Boogie (For Jack)" Paranoid Cat LP (Family Vineyard) 2011
Ty Segall "Fist Heart Mighty Dawn Dart" Ty Rex 12" (Goner) 2011
Nu Sensae "Tea Swamp Park" Bloodstains Across BC 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Role Mach "Sun Yat Sen" Bloodstains Across BC 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
White Lung "Deadbeat Sun" Bloodstains Across BC 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Shearing Pinx "Golden Spruce" Bloodstains Across BC 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
AHNA "Old Ones" Bloodstains Across BC 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Shipyards "Kool Treat, Cool Treet" Bloodstains Across BC 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Needles//Pins "My Politics" Bloodstains Across BC 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Moon Duo "In The Sun (Purling Hiss Remix)" Mazes Remixed CD (Sacred Bones) 2011
Hunters Palace "KRT" s/t 10" (self released) 2011
Grouper "Soul Eraser" A I A: Dream Loss LP (self released) 2011
Grouper "She Loves Me That Way (Second Heart Tone)" A I A: Alien Observer LP (self released) 2011
Annapurna Illusion "Blood Dive" split w/High Wolf 12" (Group Tightener) 2011

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Episode 92

2011-04-20T10:18:00.000-07:00

Jaw dropping new cassette by San Francisco's Peter Berends as KWJAZ, just issued as the first release on Brunch Groupe, run by Joe Knight from Rangers. Two side-long tracks that ooze from one piece to the next, morphing from cosmic lounge music to slowed down cool jazz loops to warbled alien-like bossa nova excursions, all of it stitched together seamlessly across the cassette's forty-five minute run time. Initial batch of just over 100 copies sold out pretty fast, though Not Not Fun will be stepping up and putting it to wax sometime in the summer.

Daily Life "My Time" s/t 7" square flexi-lathe (Glass Coffin) 2011

Student Teacher "Faulty Stance" s/t CS (Geographing) 2011
Real Numbers "Tear It In Two" s/t 7" (Florida's Dying) 2011
Pheromoans "Newsagent Hop" My Mind Is On The Anti-Climb Paint 12" (Onec) 2011
The Feeling Of Love "We Are Out Of Tune" Dissolve Me LP (Born Bad)2011
Lenguas Largas "I Feel" s/t LP (Tic Tac Totally) 2011
Apache Dropout "Run Peacock Run" s/t LP (Family Vineyard) 2011
TV Ghost "The Inheritors" Mass Dream LP (In The Red) 2011
Holy Cobras "Night Fighter Part 1" Forever LP (Telephone Explosion) 2011
Predator "You" s/t LP (Douchemaster) 2011
B-Lines "In The Red" s/t 12" (Nominal/Deranged) 2011
Magic Jake & The Power Crystals "Brains Of Rats" s/t CS (Burger) 2011
Brain Flannel "So Dim" s/t 7" (Grave Mistake) 2011
Women In Prison "Births Of Rot" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2011
Iceage "Never Return" New Brigade LP (Dais) 2011
Homostupids "R Companion" Strawberry Orange Peach Banana 12" (Fashionable Idiots) 2011
Puffy Areolas "My Hell" split w/Purling Hiss 12" (Permanent) 2011
Providien "Followed By A Wraith" Followed By A Wraith LP (Amethyst Sunset) 2011
Ken Seeno "Driving Into Light Blustery Day" Invisible Surfers On Invisible Waves CS (NNA) 2011
Radio People "Sanctuary" Avalon CS (Centre) 2011
KWJAZ "Frighteous Wane (excerpt)" s/t CS (Brunch Groupe) 2011

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Episode 91

2011-04-13T10:07:00.001-07:00

Mandlebrot & Skyy "TT Races" OD-Axis LP (Digitalis) 2011

Rene Hell "Lighthouse Marvel" The Terminal Symphony LP (Type) 2011

Ken Seeno "Figs" Open Window CS (Watercolor) 2010

Dylan Ettinger "Endeavor" Botany Bay CS (NNA) 2011

Wet Hair "Fade Til Morning" In Vogue Spirit LP (De Stijl) 2011 *due May 7 2011

Zomes "Spiraling" Earth Grid LP (Thrill Jockey) 2011

Bitchin Bajas "Water 4" Water Wrickets CS (self released) 2011

Three Legged Race "Raining Order" Raining Order CS (NNA) 2011

Motion Sickness Of Time Travel "Telepathy" Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious LP (Digitalis) 2011

Grouper "Alien Observer" AIA: Alien Observer LP (Yellow Electric) 2011

Niggas With Guitars "Milky White" Ethnic Frenzy LP (Digitalis) 2011

Neon Sea "Compressing Light" split w/Krister Bergman CS (Michelle Remembers) 2010
Nervous Operator "Antiverse" split w/Mongst CS (Isolated Now Waves) 2010

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Episode 90

2011-04-07T20:18:00.000-07:00

Ooooh boy, received a doozy of a surprise this week with the self released ten inch by London/Brussels shadow dwellers, Hunter's Palace. A few weeks had gone by after the band had solicited a promo of their debut, so unwrapping the record last week was met with head scratching after trying to read the words on the front of it. Out slipped the promo sheet with a write up that muddied things even further. Apparently the band's name was translated to Maltese for the cover, then the sheet went on to inform me of strange laws in Malta. No description of the band, well, outside of "formed in 2003, disbanded in 2014". Well, proof's in the puddin', so they say. Side A,"Tal-Metall", begins with a disorienting guitar line that reminded me of later period Don Caballero, before the song eventually erupts into well-timed guitar howls and smoked out riffs. Meanwhile, the vocalist is singing in a language I cannot place. Maltese? Eventually it all settles down, though some great tension is created by some whirling electronics and eerie guitars. Soon the riffs are back and the vocals grow urgent this time, yet still indiscernible. The song fades out and soon it's over. What just happened there? No easy reference points here so I bring the needle back to the beginning. Again. And again. I guess it sounds a bit like a thuggish offshoot of one of the many bands from Metz, France (think of a more monlothic Anals or A.H. Kraken...maybe). That's the best I got. The flip is a lot more chaotic but very controlled and calculated. More yelping in Maltese coupled with a beefy wall of feedbacking guitars, droning keyboards and cavernous guitars. Intense listening to say the least. Easily one of my favorite releases so far this year, and it blindsided me, as so many great records do. I highly recommend you grab this one direct from the source because it doesn't seem like too many shops or distros will be picking up on this anytime soon.

Also just watched this video for Tal-Metall, which hasn't really cleared much up.
*note: not for the squeamish

The Sandwitches "Over The Moon" Mrs. Jones Cookies LP (Empty Cellar) 2011
Terrorbird "We Were Monsters" Human Culture LP (Night People) 2011
Circuit Des Yeux "Barrel Down" s/t 7" (De Stijl) 2011
The Fresh & Onlys "Keep Telling Everyone Lies" Secret Walls 12" (Sacred Bones) *due April 26
Girls Names "Lawrence" Dead To Me LP (Captured Tracks) 2011
Vacant Lots "Cadillac" s/t 7" (Mexican Summer) 2011
True Widow "Skull Eyes" As High As The Highest Heavens And From The Center To The Circumference Of The Earth LP (Kemado) 2011
Broken Water "Heartstrings" Peripheral Star 12" (Perennial) 2011
Jerusalem & The Starbaskets "Brighter The Light" DOST LP (De Stijl) 2011 *due May 7
Jeans Wilder "Don't Want To Live Forever" Nice Trash LP (Atelier Ciseaux/La Station Radar) 2011
Dirty Beaches "A Hundred Highways" Badlands LP (Zoo Music) 2011
Krang "Spirit Animal" s/t 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Hunter's Palace "Tal-Metall" Il Palazz-Tal Kaccatur 10" (self released) 2011
Norman Neubauer "Background" unreleased mp3, 2011
Hobo Cubes "There Are No Corners In This Dimension" Perceptive Pulses CS (Orange Milk) 2011
Giant Claw "Big Heat" Midnight Murder CS (Orange Milk) 2011

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Episode 89

2011-04-06T17:50:00.000-07:00

After creating some of the harshest noise assaults under his Burning Star Core moniker, CS Yeh steps out from behind his violin and processed electronics for a shot at pop. The A side, "In The Blink Of An Eye", starts out with an early 00's bass thump (think early DFA singles) and is followed by some obtuse and muted guitar work. Then his voice (noise fans will have heard this only in the form of Yoko Ono-like vocal workouts) jumps in. Doubled up, we first hear a flat and almost unemotional voice, a bit reminiscent of Jim O'Rourke's, and is coupled with a backup that awkwardly tries to hit the higher notes. May not sound that appealing on paper but it balances out quite well alongside the upbeat music, all of which grows in sonic density as the song progresses. It's all pretty head scratching at first but much like his more experimental work, it grows on you. The flip is a piano-led ballad that is a bit more stark and haunting than the A. Both songs are expertly produced and reveal a side of the musician that I'm sure most would never have even thought possible. Hopefully this is just a taste of things to come from. Great packaging on this too; silkscreened covers on nice textured paper. Sure to be out of print soon. Snatch it here.

CS Yeh "In The Blink Of An Eye" s/t 7" (De Stijl) 2011
Koban "Turn Him On" s/t 7" (Broadway To Boundary) 2011
Sharp Ends "Vacant City" s/t 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Dan Melchior "The Grassy Knoll" The King Of Sheep CS (Scotch Tapes) 2011
Dan Melchior "Atomizer" Assemblage Blues LP (Siltbreeze) 2011
Slug Guts "Town Tied" Howlin' Gang LP (Sacred Bones) 2011
K-Holes "Native Tongues" s/t LP (Hozac) 2011
Primitive Motion "Circle Of Light" Certain Materials 7" (Soft Abuse) 2011
Tyvek "Outer Limits" Third Man Live LP (Third Man) 2011
Strange Attractor "Just Lookin'" Strange Attractor CS (Scotch Tapes) 2011
Lenguas Largas "Endless Sands" s/t LP (Tic Tac Totally) 2011
Women In Prison "Births Of Rot" Strange Waves 7" (Hozac) 2011
Cosmonauts "Dorothy" s/t LP (Permanent) 2011
Purling Hiss "Walking Down The Street" split w/Puffy Areolas 12" (Permanent) 2011 *due April 16
Psychic Paramount "DDB" II LP (No Quarter) 2011
Total Control "Pyre Island" Pyre Island 7" (Hustle Muscle) 2011
Black Zone Myth Chant "Sleeping With The TV On" Straight CS (Winged Sun) 2011
High Wolf "Dream Is Good" Etoile 3030 CS (Not Not Fun) 2011

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Episode 88

2011-03-24T18:48:00.000-07:00

Topless Mongoes "Rowena" s/t 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Sharp Ends "Broadview Pressure Test" s/t 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
B-Lines "It Rains" Bloodstains Across B.C. 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Manic Attracts "Dead City" Bloodstains Across B.C. 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Indian Wars "Get To The Point" Bloodstains Across B.C. 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Yung Mums "BC Budz" Bloodstains Across B.C. 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Timecopz "Laptop DJs" Bloodstains Across B.C. 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Student Teacher "Eco-Babes" Bloodstains Across B.C. 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
UV Race "Low" Homo LP (In The Red) 2011
Vivian Girls "Lake House" Share The Joy LP (Polyvinyl) 2011 *due April 12
Crystal Stilts "Precarious Stair" In Love With Oblivion LP (Slumberland) 2011 *due April 12
Crystal Swells "Waco, Wasilla, Waikiki" Goethe Head Soup CS (self released) 2011
The Vacant Lots "Confusion" s/t 7" (Mexican Summer) 2011
onYou "Sight/Seen" White Waste one-sided 12" (Captcha) 2010
Krang "Speed Of Tent" Speed Of Tent 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2011
Circuit Des Yeux "Self Satisfaction" Ode To Fidelity 7" (De Stijl) 2011
Motion Sickness Of Time Travel "Auto Suggestion" Seeping Through The Veil Of The Unconscious LP (Digitalis) 2011
Belong "Come See" Common Era LP (Kranky) 2011
Higuma "Pacific Temple" Pacific Fog Dream LP (Root Strata) 2011
Mandlebrott and Skyy "System R" OD-Axis LP (Digitalis) 2011

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Episode 87

2011-03-17T20:21:00.000-07:00

Fungi Girls "Glare #2" s/t 7" (Group Tightener) 2011
Bitch Prefect "Holiday In America" s/t 7" (RIP Society) 2011
Dan Melchior "Stairway To Croydon" Assemblage Blues LP (Siltbreeze) 2011
K-Holes "Gutter" s/t LP (Hozac) 2011
Crystal Swells "Patent Trolls" Goethe Head Soup CS (self released) 2011
Iceage "Never Return" New Brigade LP (Dais) 2011
Psychic Paramount "N6" II LP (No Quarter) 2011
Lumerians "Burning Mirrors" Transmalinnia LP (Knitting Factory) 2011
Follakzoid "Now" s/t 12" (Sacred Bones) 2011
Holydrug Couple "Arabic Hash" Ancient Lands 12" (Sacred Bones) 2011
Gypsy Treasures "Strawdogs Of Wroclaw" Buried Goods CS (Not Not Fun) 2011
High Wolf "Flowers Of Congo" Etoile 3030 CS (Not Not Fun) 2011
Peaking Lights "Hey Sparrow" 936 LP (Not Not Fun) 2011
Hype Williams "William, Shotgun Sprayer" One Nation 12" (Hippos In Tanks) 2011
Tonetta "Big Rig" Vol. 2 LP (Black Tent Press) 2011

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 86

2011-03-10T19:46:00.000-08:00

Hozac has hooked up a couple great LPs so far this year, with the most addictive being the new K-Holes full length (album cover above). Made up of a few members of Golden Triangle-- amongst a numerous other bands I can't gather much info on--the band combine thunderous, tribal drumming more than one drummer?), some voodoo sax wails and a bent take on surf rock. Moments of Golden Triangle's high energy pop up here and there, but this is certainly not the party music that their day job have become known for. Dirge-y, ritualistic and swampy blues that bring to mind The Birthday Party, Scratch Acid or, more recently, Australia's Slug Guts. Highly recommended stuff. Also make sure you check out the hammering thug-punk of France's Subtle Turnhips on their third album and first for Hozac.

Spotlight this week on the Not Not Fun affiliated 100% Silk label. It seems as if there is more than enough mutant disco, haunted R&B and chopped and screwed midnight soul for there to be an entire label dedicated to these hazy, late night dancefloor riddims. You can get these from most decent suppliers on the cheap (they're all 45rpm 12 inches that are housed in the exact same sleeve) and come highly recommended if you like what Amanda Brown, the head honcho of the label, does under her LA Vampires guise.

Fungi Girls "Owsley Knows" s/t 7" (Group Tightener) 2011
Kurt Vile "Jesus Fever" Smoke Ring For My Halo LP (Matador) 2011
Bitch Prefect "Marilyn Monroe" s/t 7" (RIP Society) 2011
Koban "Turn Him On" s/t 7" (Broadway To Boundary) 2011
K-Holes "Short Zippers" s/t LP (Hozac) 2011
Dizzy Eyes "Ay" Let's Break Up The Band 7" (Hardly Art) 2011
The Sticks "Under Pressure" Scrapes EP 7" (M'Ladys) 2011
Davilla 666 "Obsesiano" Tan Bajo LP (In The Red) 2011
Duchess Of Saigon "Zero Song" s/t LP (S-S) 2011
Los Llamarada "A Current" Restless Night 7" (S-S) 2011
Subtle Turnhips "Two Two" Terd Album LP (Hozac) 2011
Folded Shirt "Always Born That Way" F/S LP (Fashionable Idiots) 2011
Unholy Two "Sick Fuck" $kum Of The Earth (Columbus Discount) 2010
Metal Mountains "Orange Yellow" Golden Trees LP (Amish) 2011
Psychic Reality "Expla" Vibrant New Age LP (Not Not Fun) 2011
Samantha Glass "Sky Tricks" Celestial Night Queen CS (Not Not Fun) 2011
Tonetta "Get It Going" s/t 7" (Black Tent Press) 2011
Ital "Queens" s/t 12" (100% Silk) 2011
Cuticle "Towel" s/t 12" (100% Silk) 2011
Maria Minerva "Hagasuxzzavol" s/t 12" (100% Silk) 2011
The Deeep "Muddy Tracks" s/t 12" (100% Silk) 2011

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 85

2011-03-02T17:34:00.000-08:00

Plenty of great local action to report on this week. First up is the long awaited (at least around these parts) seven inch by the two-piece Koban. The duo combine Joy Division-esque guitar lines of misery with thumping bass and super simple drum machine beats. Sam's vocals are at the right level of buried and distorted, just enough to mask them but clear enough to hear the lyrics. He usually sounds like he's singing from the back of the room, while Brittany's vocals are up front, very clear and act as an excellent counterpoint. The band have really come into their own as a live act since forming in 2008 as Manta Ray Gun and are surprisingly entertaining to watch live, which is kinda rare for a duo with their minimalist tendencies. You can catch them live twice this weekend--Friday will see them at the Lion's Den for their seven inch release party and they'll be opening up for NYC's Silk Flowers at the Anza Club on Saturday.

Vancouver's Dizzy Eyes also have a new seven inch out this week, released on the new-ish Sub Pop subsidiary Hardly Art. Three breezy tracks of urgent pop garage that verges on the anthemic and brings to my mind late era Pixies. Absolutely addictive stuff. Two of the three songs here have been cleaned up from their original and long sold out appearance on a split cassette with Mode Moderne. An LP is apparently in the works for Hardly Art later this year, though, outside of an appearance at SXSW later this month, the band will be on hiatus for a good chunk of 2011. Snatch that limited single up here or grab it from yr local grocer.

Dizzy Eyes "Let's Break Up The Band" Let's Break Up The Band 7" (Hardly Art) 2011
Beach Fossils "Out In The Way (Feat. Jack Tatum)" What A Pleasure 12" (Captured Tracks) 2011
Tim Cohen "New House In Heaven" Magic Trick LP (Captured Tracks) 2011
The Sandwitches "In The Garden" Mrs. Jones Cookies LP (Empty Cellar) 2011
Julian Lynch "Canopy" Terra LP (Underwater Peoples) 2011
Trophy Wife "Light Socket" s/t 7" (Private Leisure Industries) 2011
Peaking Lights "Amazing And Wonderful" 936 LP (Not Not Fun) 2011
Sonny Smith "Broke Artist At The Turn Of The Century" 100 Records Vol. 2 5x7" (Turn Up) 2011
Dirty Beaches "Horses" Badlands LP (Zoo Music) 2011
Koban "Solid Gold" Solid Gold 7" (Broadway To Boundary) 2011
Julianna Barwick "Prizewinning" The Magic Place LP (Asthmatic Kitty) 2011
Factums "Slow Run" Gilding The Lilies CS (Night People) 2010
Bad Indians "Come Down" Don't Hang That (On Me) CS (On The Make Music) 2010
Pheromoans "Trusthouse Blues" It Still Rankles LP (Convulsive) 2011
Cheveu "Charlie Sheen" 1000 LP (Kill Shaman) 2011
Folded Shirt "Hello Telephone Pole" s/t LP (Fashionable Idiots) 2011
Los Llamarada "Restless Light (Was Made Flesh In Me)" Restless Light 7" (S-S) 2011
Pas Chic Chic "Premier Souffle" s/t 12" (Semprini) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 84

2011-02-24T17:26:00.000-08:00

Apologies for the lack of posts, listeners. Just got settled into a new home and I'm finally hooked back up to the internet. You'll see updates of the last previous 4 episodes below this post. Unfortunately, a few of the shows have been lost in the digital ether. Things should be getting back to normal 'round here, so do some catching up.

This week's episode features an interview with a few friends who are putting on a video installation/live show at W2. Local favorites like Channels 3 & 4 and Magneticring are playing, among a few others. There will also be some DJs and, of course, video projections from local artists. Should be an immersive experience. Check more on that here, or listen to the episode and get some first hand info.

Weed "Release Party" Down In The Valley EP CS (Orchid Tapes) 2011
Jeans Wilder "Blanket Mountain" Nice Trash LP (Atelier Ciseaux/La Station Radar) 2011
Dirty Beaches "Lord Knows Best" Badlands (Zoo Music) 2011
Pheromoans "Cruel Humans" It Still Rankles LP (Convulsive) 2011
Channels 3 & 4 "Input Select" Christianity LP (Gilgongo) 2010
Deaf Wish "Elementary" Mercy LP (Radio) 2010
Deaf Wish "VHS And Cheese" Mercy LP (Radio) 2010
The Sticks "Come Back" Scrapes EP 7" (M'Lady's) 2010
N. 213 "Future Hair" Faggotry CS (Islolated Now Waves) 2011
Teenage Panzerkops "Hooks On The Sky" Kauf Nicht Von CS (Campaign For Infinity) 2011
Butcher Cover "Modfucker" s/t LP (Rotted Tooth) 2011
Baby Tears "She Sells Eggs" Hot Lettuce CS (Doom Town) 2011
Timecopz "Get Away" split w/Fist City 7" (Geographing) 2011
AV Murder "Caveman Disco" Missile Command EP 7" (Dusty Medical Records) 2008
Robe & Allied "side A" Yes Less Good Past Vol. 1 CS (Modern Arrangements) 2011
Haunted Beard "Prehistoric Breakthrough" Deathbed Video CD (Unit Structure) 2011 *forthcoming
Giant Claw "I Know" Midnight Murder CS (Orange Milk Recordings) 2011

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 83

2011-02-22T21:16:00.000-08:00

Estrogen Highs "The Mild Delusion" Cycles 12" (Safety Meeting) 2011
The Rebel "Keen Air For Chasseur John" The Race Against Time Hots Up LP (Junior Aspirin) 2010
Primitive Calculators "Pumping Ugly Muscle" split w/Slug Guts 7" (Sweet Rot) 2011
Slug Guts "Hangin' In The Pisser" Howlin' Gang LP (Sacred Bones) 2011
Circle Pit "Sewercide" Sewercide 7" (Sweet Rot) 2011
Puerto Rico Flowers "3 Sisters" 7 LP (Fan Death) 2011
Meercaz "Hide" Space Hate 12" (Tic Tac Totally) 2010
Neon Blud "Untitled 2" B Girls LP (Drugged Conscience) 2010
Fist City "Iggy Pup" split w/Timecopz 7" (Geographing) 2011
The Holydrug Couple "Ancient Land" Ancient Land 12" (Sacred Bones) 2011
Föllakzoid "IV" s/t 12" (Sacred Bones) 2011
Peaking Lights "All The Sun That Shines" 936 LP (Not Not Fun) 2011
Monopoly Child Star Searchers "Waterfalls Introduction" Bamboo For Two LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010
Mist "Mist Refrain" Glowing Net EP 12" (Amethyst Sunset) 2010
Broken Water "Peripheral Star" unreleased mp3

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 82

2011-02-22T20:34:00.000-08:00

UV Race "Acid Trip" s/t 7" (Sweet Rot) 2011
The Zoltars "Voodoo" s/t 7" (Sundae) 2010
Slug Guts "Pumping Ugly Muscle" split w/Primitive Calculators 7" (Sweet Rot) 2011
Circle Pit "RWTP" Sewercide 7" (Sweet Rot) 2011
Dead Ghosts "Detroit Jerry" s/t LP (Florida's Dying) 2011
Plague Rats Throughout History "Plague Rats Throughout History", "Interspecies Predatory" & "Head Prolapse Elegy" Comorbid 7" (Primitive Air Raid) 2010
Shaved Women "Everyday Life" s/t LP (Rotted Tooth) 2011
Sharp Ends "Hybernation" s/t 12" (Kill Shaman) 2010
Jeans Wilder "Blonde Beach" Nice Trash LP (Atelier Ciseuax/La Station Radar) 2011
Wet Hair "Vagrant Dawn" split w/Naked On The Vague LP (Night People) 2010
Peaking Lights "Tiger Eyes (Laid Back)" 936 LP (Not Not Fun) 2011
Puro Instinct "California Shakedown" Headbangers In Ecstasy LP (Mexican Summer) 2011
The Deeep "Mudd (Guy Dallas Remix)" Muddy Tracks 12" (100% Silk) 2011
Seefeel "Rip-Run" s/t LP (Warp) 2011
Metal Mountains "Structures In The Sun" Golden Trees LP (Amish) 2011
Natural Snow Buildings "The Waves Of The Random Sea" The Waves Of The Random Sea 2LP (Blackest Rainbow) 2011
No UFOs "MC 3" Mind Control CS (Dub Ditch Picnic) 2011

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 81

2011-02-02T19:07:00.000-08:00

The Liminanas "Down Underground" s/t LP (Trouble In Mind) 2010

Estrogen Highs "Kings Run Errands (For Me)" Cycles 12" (Safety Meeting) 2011

Mrs. Magician "I'm Gonna Hang Out With The Lesbians Next Door And Drop Acid" s/t 7" (Thrill Me!) 2010

Timecopz "Shit City" split w/Fist City 7" (Geographing) 2011

Sic Alps "May Ltd" Napa Asylum 2LP (Drag City) 2011

Dan Melchior Und Das Menace "Spectral Birds" s/t CS (Night People) 2010

Whatever Brains "Love Tap" Nesting 7" (Funny/Not Funny) 2010

The Beets "Dead" Stay Home LP (Captured Tracks) 2011

We Shave "Street Life" In The Flesh CS (Night People) 2010

Edgar Wappenhalter "Cyclone" On The Beach LP (Morc) 2010

Umberto "Widow Of The Web" Prophecy Of The Black Widow LP (Not Not Fun) 2010

Ensemble Economique "Hail" Psychical LP (Not Not Fun) 2010

Kohn "u c i m" 4-way split 7" (KRAAK) 2010

Coppertone "Query Refinement" The Best Of The First 6 Months CS (Night People) 2010

Mist "Soaring "Yellow/Glowing Net" Glowing Net 12" (Amethyst Sunset) 2010

Caboladies "Aquarium Railroad" s/t LP (DNT) 2010

Concern "Discrete Memorial" Caesarean LP (Arbor) 2010

Barn Owl And The Infinite Strings Ensemble "Condensation" Headlands LP (Important) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 80

2011-01-26T15:53:00.000-08:00

Dead Farmers "Bad Time" Go Home LP (RIP Society) 2010

Deaf Wish "D.E.A.F." Mercy LP (Radio) 2010

Sharp Ends "Live Action" s/t 12" (Kill Shaman) 2010

Red Mass "Blackeye" Jesus 12" (Florida's Dying) 2010

Estrogen Highs "Irresponsibility" Friends & Relatives LP (Gramery) 2010

Sic Alps "Meter Man" Napa Asylum 2LP (Drag City) 2011

Sharp Ends "Equalizer" s/t 12" (Kill Shaman) 2010

Meercaz "Hide" Space Hate 12" (Tic Tac Totally) 2010

Meercaz "Drag Street" Rough Around The Edges CS (Night People) 2010

Cheveu "Stagioni" 1000 LP (Kill Shaman) 2011

Deathly Fighter "Facing Mecca" Competely Dusted LP (Columbus Discount) 2010

White Woods "Sea Sickened" Bellplay CS (Night People) 2010

Circuit Des Yeux "City Life" Degrees Of Separation CS (Night People) 2010

James Ferraro "Runaway" Night Dolls With Hairspray LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010

Outer Limits Recordings "Julie" Julie 7" (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010

Outer Limits Recordings "I Need My TV" I Need My TV 7" (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010

Dolphins Into The Future "Ho'okena Halawai" Ke Ala Ke Kua LP (KRAAK) 2010

Daughters Of The Sun "Hexagram" Ghost With Chains LP (Not Not Fun) 2011

Sun Araw "Side A (excerpt)" Live Phreaxxx CS (Leaving)

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 79

2011-01-12T14:45:00.000-08:00

Reading Rainbow "Over It" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Mannequin Men "See/Saw" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Estrogen Highs "Willie The Inventor" Friends And Relatives LP (Gramery) 2010
Sharp Ends "Goodbye To Berlin" s/t 12" (Kill Shaman) 2010
Meercaz "Moving At The Speed Of Sound" Space Hate 12" (Tic Tac Totally) 2010
King Blood "Black Money" Eyewash Silver LP (Ignorant Gore) 2010
The Bad Trips "Location Four" The Open LP (Rocketship Records) 2010
Deathly Fighter "Depth Charge" Completely Dusted LP (Columbus Discount) 2010
High Wolf "untitled 3" japanese tour CD (Winged Sun) 2010
Monopoly Child Star Searchers "Bouganvillea's Shallow Lobe (Premier Desire)" Bamboo For Two LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010
Sun Araw "Major Grotto" Major Grotto CS (Hustle Muscle) 2010
Peaking Lights "Creatures Of Day Creatures At Night" 4-way split 7" (Kraak) 2010
Ducktails "side a (excerpt)" Lost CS (Fuck It Tapes) 2010
Hype Williams "Blue Dream" Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite And Start Getting Reel LP (De Stijl) 2010
White Rainbow And Stag Hare "Shooopeey Shoop Mega Tough House Remix" s/t LP (Marriage) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 78

2011-01-12T14:08:00.000-08:00

As expected, great records released near the end of 2010 have been popping up like crazy. Had I heard it in time, The Estrogen Highs newest LP would surely have made the 2010 shortlist for the year ender. Full of clear-eyed and upbeat garage strummers, Friends And Relatives keep the songs here short and simple, lead by the singer's Thurston Moore-like delivery. Think Early 90s GBV and Sebadoh mixed with an overdose of contagious Kiwi-pop and yr getting close. One of the band member's did a mix for a blog from their hometown of New Haven, Connecticut, so you can check out their recent listening habits and influences. As luck would have it, Estrogen Highs will be hitting Vancouver on January 19th and will be playing alongside Manic Attracts and Timecopz, the latter of which will be in support of their new split seven inch with Fist City released on Geographing. Make sure to head down to this one and snatch up some fresh merch. I'll also be giving away a pair of tickets to the show on the morning of the 19th, so tune in to CITR 101.9FM between 10am-1130am for a chance at them.

Consignment "Gone" s/t 7" (Sweet Rot) 2010
Wild Nothing "Vultures Like Lovers" Golden Haze 12" (Captured Tracks) 2010
Happy Jawbone Family Band "At The Hotel Double Tragedy (Take 1)" Hotel Double Tragedy LP (Feeding Tube) 2010
Estrogen Highs "Weed Queen" Friends And Relatives LP (Gramery) 2010
Mrs. Magician "There Is No God" s/t 7" (Thrill Me!) 2010
UV Race "Down Your Street" Homo CS (self released) 2010
Deaf Wish "The Beat Of Nothing's Wrong" Mercy LP (Radio) 2010
Chrome Dome "Topped" s/t CD (Lexicon Devil) 2010
Naked On The Vague "Dust" split w/Wet Hair 12" (Night People) 2010
Anika "Yang Yang" s/t LP (Stones Throw) 2010
Neon Blud "untitled" B Girls 12" (Drugged Conscience) 2010
Hank IV "Noise Of Carpet" III LP (Siltbreeze) 2010
Dead Meat "The King" The King 7" (FSS) 2010
Dan Melchior Und Das Menace "The Forest Of Tin" Catbirds And Cardinals mp3 (Free Music Archive) 2010
Dan Melchior Und Das Menace "Black Dog Barking" Visionary Pangs LP (S-S) 2010
Scorpion Violente "Rome Violente" s/t 12" (Bruit Direct Disques) 2010
Ryan Garbes "Real Sugar" s/t 7" (Arbor) 2010
Savage Young Taterbug "The Nightmare Of Party Children" split w/High Wolf 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010
Wooden Shjips "O Tannenbaum" s/t 12" (Sick Thirst) 2010

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Year End List, Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 77

2011-01-03T17:16:00.000-08:00

I definitely had to restrain myself a bit when making this year's list, so I ranked it by most (approximately) plays at home, work and on the radio show. Plenty of releases of 2010 in the mail or just being digested didn't get a mention here, so this list could never be final. Not much of a trend to be found here, other than half of the list being debut albums.

I hope I was able to open up a few ears over 2010 with the Pop Drones radio show, and I thank everyone who sent out tapes, records and CDs for play on the air. The blog wasn't always updated in a timely matter, in fact, sometimes weeks would go by before I got the chance to post a few shows. in 2011 I plan on updating it within a few days of the show airing, and typing out some hopefully meaningful blurbs about some of the stuff I've had the time to digest.

Looking to fix up the blog a bit, as regular visitors will probably agree that it's long overdue for a revamp. Anyone out there who's interested in designing/drawing/creating a Pop Drones logo for me is urged to send over an email. Also, please get in touch if you're making music that you'd like to hear on the show, but don't bother if you haven't listened to Pop Drones and are just blog hunting and blindly sending out mp3s and filling up my inbox. Anyways, on with the list...

Top 25 LPs of 2010

1. The Whines "Hell To Play" (Meds)
2. Hype Williams "untitled" & "What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, And Start Getting Reel" (Carnivals) & (De Stijl)
3. Kitchen's Floor "Loneliness Is A Dirty Mattress" (Bedroom Suck/R.I.P. Society)
4. Fabulous Diamonds "II" (Siltbreeze)
5. Broken Water "Whet" (Night People)
6. Sex Church "6 Songs" (Convulsive)
7. Naked On The Vague "Heaps Of Nothing" (Siltbreeze)
8. Puffy Areolas "In The Army 1981" (Siltbreeze)
9. Defektors "Bottom Of The City" (Grotesque Modern/Nominal)
10. Brain Idea "Survival Scrolls" (Permanent)
11. Conspiracy Of Owls "s/t" (Burger)
12. High Wolf "Ascension" (Not Not Fun)
13. The Doozer "Great Explorers" (Siltbreeze)
14. Zond "s/t" (R.I.P. Society)
15. Emeralds "Does It Look Like I'm Here" (Editions Mego)
16. The Fresh & Onlys "Play It Strange" (In The Red)
17. Frankie Rose & The Outs "s/t" (Slumberland)
18. Tonetta "777" (Black Tent Press)
19. Gun Outfit "Possession Sound" (PPM)
20. Nerve City "Recordings 2007-2008" (Sweet Rot)
21. Ducktails "split w/Dracula Lewis" (No Fun Productions)
22. Circle Pit "Bruise Constellation" (Siltbreeze)
23. Bitchin Bajas "Tones/Zones" (Important)
24. Ty Segall "Melted" (Goner)
25. Moon Duo "Escape" (Woodsist)

2010's number one spot is owned by the only band on this list that also (supposedly) disbanded this year, which is a little sad considering that this is their debut full length. It's also not an easy one to track down-- Meds doesn't even have a proper website. In fact, I was only able to grab one of these on my last trip to Portland, the hometown of the label and The Whines. If you've been digging the vibes of Little Claw and the last two Magik Markers' LPs, then you'll definitely want to try and source a copy of this one out. This has not left my "new-arrivals-to-be-played" pile since I got it this summer. Absolute highest recommendation is bestowed upon it.

The UK's Hype Williams changed their name from The Paradise Sisters, emerged from a cloud of thick, sticky smoke and delivered a handful of head-scratching seven inches, cassettes, and two even more confounding LPs. Soon after their appearance the rumor mill began to chrun. A side-project of Joss Stone? Doubtful. Doesn't really matter the where or who of Hype Williams, all I know is that they are making some of the most blunted and leftfield music that these ears have come across in recent memory, all while being fairly easy to digest. An oddball mix of cough syrup'd beatwork, hard-to-trace and slowed-down vocal samples and a myriad of found sounds are all worked into these tracks. Easy categorization is not meant for these recordings, and in this internet age of instant-coinage it's very refreshing. First LP is out of print (try fusetron) but the brand new one on De Stijl is still out there.

Australia's 2010, more than any year in recent memory, had an amazing onslaught of great LPs released, with (U.S. based) Siltbreeze taking the lead in turning the rest of the world on to this distant continent. Tom Lax and co. released several full lengths from down under, getting important records on your turntables that would normally have been costly imports. Naked On The Vague went from a duo to a full band and considerably upped the ante on their bleak post-punk, while Fabulous Diamonds kept to the two-piece formula and expanded their ingenious concoction of hypnotic kraut-dub to it's logical conclusion with a pair of spellbinding songs that almost eat up both sides of the LP. Circle Pit also delivered on their debut LP after issuing a fine seven inch the previous year. Lazy pop infused with some gutter glam that certainly rivals the originators, at least to these ears (older, we-heard-it-first-time-around Royal Trux fans seem to be the only ones taking issue with the record). Australia's R.I.P. Society label pressed a great series of LPs on the actual continent, with my favorite release being the Kitchen's Floor debut. Brief tracks wallowing in depression that bring to mind the clatter of the Dead C wrung into song form through Beat Happening's simplistic writing style. UV Race also self released an amazing cassette* of Swell Maps-ian post-punk that they will have reissued on vinyl via Aarght! Records next year. *This is the only item on these lists that I did not have a physical copy of. A download can be found here to satiate listeners until the LP arrives.

The Fresh & Onlys delivered another binge of releases in 2010, with little deviance from the consistent quality heaped on our years since their inception two years back. Upping the production levels on Play It Strange kept the band's sound, errr, fresh, not to mention an excellent run of seven inches that had me doing mailorder from one of the world's least trustworthy postal systems: Italy. The constant touring of the four-piece has also paid off well, forging them into one of the more formidable touring bands going.

Vancouver had an excellent spat of full length releases in 2010, which even turned the head of the forever curmudgeonly Doug Mosurock. Top of my list are the Sex Church and Defektors debut full lengths, both of which caught the ear of plenty of other radio shows, blogs and critics across the globe, and deservedly so. These are finely tuned works of grim punk born out of the grey Northwestern tradition, with the Defektors re-imagining the Wipers as if crawling out of Vancouver's Downtown Eastside, while Sex Church funneled the Cheater Slicks' dark garage through a kraut-punk filter. Nu Sensae, also issuing their debut LP after a few EPs, put out their most refined statement to date, released on this city's most consistent label, Nominal, who also issued the Defektors LP. AHNA made an epic trek across most of Canada this year, playing any and every show they could get out to, all in support of their excellent self-titled drone/doom LP. 2011 should be a good year for Cowards (12" or LP expected), Manic Attracts (LP forthcoming via Deadbeat), Heavy Chains (seven inch due), Flash Palace (following up that Pitchfork hype) and No UFOs (a slew of cassettes and hopefully some vinyl due), most of whom released excellent primers this year via cassette or seven inch.

An unbelievable year of releases for Siltbreeze (five made the list above) and easily the strongest since their resurrection five years back. Cleveland's Puffy Areolas finally dished out a full length of their industrial strength hate-punk after a few years of teasing Termbo nerds with hard to nab releases on smaller formats. Standing polar opposite to the Puffy's was The Doozer, who, after an excellent cassette release on Sloow Tapes and a little heard debut CD, quietly put out an immense record of twisted folk that more than resembles his most infamous fellow Cambridge alumni, Syd Barrett. The Doozer undoubtedly works in enough of his own whimsy and clever lyrics to stand proudly alongside this giant.

After countless releases, Ohio's Emeralds created a stunning double album of visionary synth and guitar based kosmiche which was a huge leap from the mostly drone-driven work of previous releases. Right alongside Does It Look Like I'm Here? was a slew of made-for-vinyl releases and re-issues of early CDRs and cassettes, including the Imaginary Softwoods double LP on Digitalis, a collection of the best tracks by Colored Mushroom And The Medicine Rocks on the group's own Wagon imprint, Mark McGuire's debut LP on Editions Mego and a reissue of three of his classic cassettes courtesy of Weird Forest and Cylindrical Habitat Modules, plus a reissue of Emeralds' What Happened on Editions Mego, and John Elliot's solo guise as Outer Space and his duo with Sam Goldberg as Mist were released by Arbor and Amethyst Sunset respectively. All those plus four seven inches released by the band to coincide with their Editions Mego album, none of which stopped the group from releasing countless cassettes and CDRs across a handful of small labels. Pretty damn tough on the wallet but worth every cent.

Other amazing full lengths by Beach Fossils, Sun Araw, Male Bonding, Oneohtrix Point Never, Big Boi, Clinic (big surprise there), White Fence, Wild Nothing, Twin Stumps, Tyvek, Blank Realm, Big Black Cloud, The Rebel, No Balls, Nice Face and Myelin Sheaths all received a ton of airplay/home play over the year.

Rest of the lists...

Seven Inches/Twelve Inches
1. Shit & Shine "Bass Puppy" 12" (Badmaster)
2. Wet Hair/Peaking Lights split 7" (Not Not Fun)
3. Manic Attracts "Animals b/w You Were The One" 7" (Perpetrator)
4. Grand Trine "Sunglasses" 12" (Divorce)
5. Kurt Vile "Square Shells" 12" (Matador)
6. The Fresh & Onlys "Impending Doom b/w Troubling Vision" 7" (Agitated)
7. Pens "You Only Like Me When I Tell You I'm Wrong b/w Love Rules" (De Stijl)
8. Rayon Beach "Memory Teeth" 12" (Hozac)
9. Sun Araw "Sun Ark" 7" (Not Not Fun)
10. Meercaz "Never Too Late To Learn b/w Brainscanning" 7" (Sweet Rot)
11. No Balls "Problems That Will Solve Themselves" 7" (DF)
12. Holy Cobras "Feed Yr Head b/w May You Be Free To Roam" 7" (Telephone Explosion)
13. Tonstartssbandht "Midnite Cobras" 7" (Psychic Handshake)
14. Broken Water "Normal Never Happened b/w Faux King Vogue" 7" (Fan Death)
15. Rot Shit "Dead I b/w Hipster Grandma and Local Band Forever" 7" (Columbus Discount)

Cassettes
1. No UFOs "Soft Coast" (Nice Up Intl)
2. UV Race "Homo" (self released)
3. El Jesus De Magico "Ragtime Hors" (Goaty)
4. Cowards "s/t" (self released)
5. Constant Mongrel "s/t" (Hidiotic)
6. Sleep Over "s/t" (Night People)
7. The Goslings "Sister And Son + Death Garage" 2xCS (Rotting Chapel)
8. Tassels "The Rosicrucians" (Digitalis)
9. Face Plant "Get High And Listen" (Catholic Tapes)
10. Flash Palace "Some Misinterpreted Sunsets" (Mayan Chorus)

Re-Issues*
1. Chrisma "Chinese Restaurant" (Medical Records)
2. Brainbombs "Singles Vol. 1", "Urge To Kill", "Burning Hell", and "Obey" (Load, Skrammel and Armageddon, respectively)
3. Les Rallizes Denudes "Heavier Than A Death In The Family" and "Blind Baby Has It's Mother's Eyes" (Phoenix)
4. Antena "Camino Del Sol" (Numero Group)
5. Parson Sound "s/t" 3xLP (Subliminal Sounds)\
6. Eddy Detroit "Immortal God's" (Assophon)
7. Lazy Smoke "Corridor Of Faces" (Jackpot)
8. Tommy Jay & Mike Rep "The Grim-O Comix Sequence" (Columbus Discount)
9. Manuel Gottsching "E2-E4" (bootleg)
10. The Endtables "s/t" (Drag City)
*note: these were all vinyl-only reissues. Some may have been issued on CD in the past but most here were new (again) to wax.

Episode 77-Best tracks of 2010

Conspiracy Of Owls "Raving Mad" s/t LP (Burger)
The Fresh & Onlys "Impending Doom" s/t 7" (Agitated)
The Doozer "God Does Not Need Light" Great Explorers LP (Siltbreeze)
The Whines "Here We Sit" Hell To Play LP (Meds)
Pens "You Only Like Me When I Tell You I'm Wrong" s/t 7" (De Stijl)
Broken Water "Dead Light" Whet LP (Night People)
Meercaz "Never Too Late To Learn" s/t 7" (Sweet Rot)
Grand Trine "I Am A Magnet" Sunglasses EP 12" (Divorce)
Black Feelings "Magic Feeling" split w/Grand Trine 7" (Blue Skies Turn Black)
Puffy Areolas "Deathcraze" In The Army 1981 LP (Siltbreeze)
Naked On The Vague "Mysterious Oven" Heaps Of Nothing LP (Siltbreeze)
Constant Mongrel "Goofy" s/t CS (Hidiotic)
UV Race "Burn That Cat" Homo CS (self released)
Kitchen's Floor "Left" Loneliness Is A Dirty Mattress LP (Bedroom Suck/R.I.P. Society)
Fabulous Diamonds "untitled 4" II LP (Siltbreeze)
Manic Attracts "Animals" s/t 7" (Perpetrator)
Sex Church "Ghost" 6 Songs LP (Convulsive)
Defektors "Torn To Pieces" Bottom Of The City (Nominal/Grotesque Modern)
Cowards "Join Together To Stop The Cake" s/t CS (self released)
Wet Hair "Blessed" split w/Peaking Lights 7" (Not Not Fun)
Hype Williams "untitled 7" untitled LP (Carnivals)
Sun Araw "Bump Up (High Step)" Sun Ark 7" (Not Not Fun)
Emeralds "Candy Shoppe" Does It Look Like I'm Here? 2xLP (Editions Mego)
No UFOs "side A (excerpt)" Soft Coast CS (Nice Up Intl)

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 76

2010-12-27T17:43:00.000-08:00

Manic Attracts "Animals" s/t 7" (Perpetrator) 2010
Big Black Cloud "Fancy Fux" Dark Age LP (Stankhouse) 2010
Subtle Turnhips "Rosace" Terd LP (Hozac) 2010
Pluton "Cutting Edge" s/t 12" (Plastic Spoon) 2010
Pop. 1280 "Data Dump" The Grid 12" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Druid Perfume "Lizard Skin Tee-Pee" Tin Boat To Tuna Town LP (self released) 2010
The Rebel "Tyme" The Race Against Time Hots Up LP (Junior Aspirin) 2010
Condominium "Gag" Gag 7" (Deer Healer) 2010
Red Mass "Kinda Funny" Too Many Parties 7" (Wallride) 2010
John Wesley Coleman "Christians Drive Like Shit" Bad Lady Goes To Jail LP (Goner) 2010
Outer Spacist "Frequency Of Souls" s/t CS (Dub Ditch Picnic) 2010
Weekend "Age Class" Sports 2x12" (Slumberland) 2010
Whirl "Blue" Distressor 12" (self released) 2010
No Joy "Heedless" Ghost Blonde LP (Mexican Summer) 2010
Jefre Cantu-Ledesma "Where You End I Begin" Love Is A Stream LP (Type) 2010
The Deeep "Dream" Life Light CS (Not Not Fun) 2010
Angel Eyes "Do Away With" Dire Dish CS (Not Not Fun) 2010
Sex Worker "Rhythm Of The Night" Waving Goodbye LP (Not Not Fun) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 75

2010-12-16T17:22:00.000-08:00

Dirty Beaches "True Blue" s/t 7" (Zoo Music) 2010
Kurt Vile "Sad Ghost" In My Time 7" (Matador) 2010
Purling Hiss "Beautiful Earth Creature" Public Service Announcement LP (Woodsist) 2010
Edgar Wappenhalter "Missing Heights" On The Beach LP (Morc) 2010
The Young "Captive Chains" Voyagers Of Legend LP (Mexican Summer) 2010
Fist City "Debbie Get YR Boa" Hunting You LP (Deadbeat) 2010
Big Black Cloud "Blow Up France" Dark Age LP (Stankhouse) 2010
Subtle Turnhips "Bog" Terd LP (Hozac) 2010
Dads "Banana Twinz" Hats Creek 7" (Katorga Works) 2010
Peaking Lights "Birds Of Paradise" split w/Wet Hair 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010
LA Vampires/Matrix Metals "Berlin Baby" So Unreal LP (Not Not Fun) 2010
Rangers "Bride Of Marin" split w/Ducktails 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010
Sex Worker "Telephone" split w/Psychic Reality 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010
Hype Williams "Rescue Dawn II" Find Out What Happens When People Stop Being Polite, And Start Getting Real LP (De Stijl) 2010
Tassels "The Invisible College Of Autodiactics" The Rosicrucians CS (Digitalis) 2010
No UFOs "MC 1 (excerpt)" Mind Control (Dub Ditch Picnic) 2010
Blank Realm "Crystal Ball" Deja What? LP (Bedroom Suck) 2010
aTelecine "A Cassette Played" A Cassette Tape Culture LP (Pendu Sound Recordings) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 74

2010-12-07T18:40:00.000-08:00

The Fresh & Onlys "Nothing Ever Happens" s/t 7" (Hozac Hookup Klub) 2010
Broken Water "Faux King Vogue" s/t 7" (Fan Death) 2010
Purling Hiss "Run From The City" Public Service Announcement LP (Woodsist) 2010
Autre Ne Veut "Loveline" s/t LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010
White Hills "Don't Touch Me, I'm Bleeding" Stolen Stars Left For No One LP (Thrill Jockey) 2010
Magic Lantern "Long Way Down" split w/Ben Nash LP (Blackest Rainbow) 2010
Garden Sound "Beast Of Burden" Black Summit LP (Digitalis) 2010
Barn Owl "Nights Shrouds" Ancestral Star LP (Thrill Jockey) 2010
Brother Raven "Symbols" VSS-30 LP (Digitalis) 2010
Ducktails "Screen Scene" split w/Dracula Lewis LP (No Fun) 2010
Pas Chic Chic "Allez Vous Faire Influencer" s/t 12" (Semprini) 2010
Brian McBride "Girl Nap" The Effective Disconnect LP (Kranky) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 73

2010-12-07T18:25:00.000-08:00

Here's a show dedicated to my favorite Canadian (outside of Vancouver) tracks of 2010. The show was not recorded properly, so you'll have to follow the links to hear the music.

Tonetta "Still A Slave" 777 LP (Black Tent Press) 2010
Tonstartssbandht "I'm A Welsh Souper" Midnite Cobras 7" (Psychic Handshake) 2010
Wicked Awesomes "Turbo Future" Punk Holograms LP (Psychic Handshake) 2010
Mess Folk "Modern Man" s/t 7" (Plastic Spoon) 2010
Grown Ups "The Mess" s/t 7" (self released) 2010
Holy Cobras "Feed Yr Head" s/t 7" (Telephone Explosion) 2010
Sharp Ends "Crack Trap" s/t (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2010
Myelin Sheaths "Do The Mental Shake" Get On Your Nerves LP (Southpaw) 2010
The Ether "I Need You" Folly CDr (Patente) 2010
Meat Curtains "Dead Dog" split w/Pompoir CS (Isolated Now Waves) 2010
Dead Wife "Gentleman Rapist" s/t (Psychic Handshake) 2010
Vomit Squad "Rapture Gun" Amon Ra Bless America 12" (Psychic Handshake) 2010
Jesuslesfilles "Tes Yeux" Une Belle Table CDr (self released) 2010
Black Feelings "Magic Feeling" split w/Grand Trine 7" (Blue Skies Turn Black) 2010
Brazilian Money "Doing What I Want" Doing What I Want EP 7" (Totally Disconnected) 2010
CFCF "The River" The River LP (RVNG Intl) 2010
Dirty Beaches "16 Coaches Long Akai Tape" split w/US Girls (Sibling Sex) 2010
Church Of The Very Bright Lights "Captains" s/t CDr (self released) 2010
The Famines "Got Lies If You Want 'Em" s/t 7" (Mammoth Cave Recording Co.) 2010

Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 72, Fundrive Edition

2010-11-23T17:36:00.000-08:00

Mode Moderne "Real Goths" split w/Dizzy Eyes CS (Lust Nuevo) 2010
Cosmetics "Soft Skin" s/t 7" (Captured Tracks) 2010
Reflektionss "Untitled 1" split w/N.213 LP (Needs More RAM) 2010
Dead Ghosts "Girl Across The Street" Live one-sided LP (CMR TYZ) 2010
Sex Church "Old Enough" 6 Songs LP (Convulsive) 2010
Cowards "In The Mouths Of 13 Year Olds" s/t CS (self released) 2010
Defektors "Bottom Of The City" Bottom Of The City LP (Nominal) 2010
Nu Sensae "Disappearing Act" TV, Death And The Devil LP (Nominal) 2010
Shearing Pinx "Magnolia's Tomb" Void/White LP (Isolated Now Waves) 2010
AHNA "Handle" s/t LP (Soldier Pumps/Broadway To Boundary) 2010
Flash Palace "Slow Beams" Some Misinterpreted Sunsets CS (Mayan Chorus) 2010
Babe Rainbow "Care" Shaved 12" (Warp) 2010
(80) Sun "Noam (excerpt)" s/t CS (Mayan Chorus) 2010
Mongst "Or Does It Explode?" Kamira CDr (Isolated Now Waves) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 71

2010-11-23T17:35:00.001-08:00

Consignment "Captain" s/t 7" (Sweet Rot) 2010
Pheromoans "Midnight Watchdog" Midnight Watchdog EP 7" (Sweet Rot) 2010
Radar Eyes "Not You Again" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Outer Minds "Until You're Dead" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Super Wild Horses "(Enigma) You Say Go)" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Idle Times "This Month Is A Mission" V/A-Hook Klub Round 1 LP (Hozac) 2010
TEEPEE "Martians" V/A-Hook Klub Round 1 LP (Hozac) 2010
Meercaz "Brainscanning" s/t 7" (Sweet Rot) 2010
Vomit Squad "Felony Murder" Amon Ra Bless America 12" (Psychic Handshake) 2010
Night Control "Glow" Life Control CD (Kill Shaman) 2010
Nerve City "Canaries" Sleepwalker 12" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Pissed Jeans "Sam Kinison Woman" s/t 7" (Sub Pop) 2010
Robedoor "Exploited" Pacific Drift 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010
Scorpion Violente "13 Ans Presque 17" Uberschleiss LP (Avant!) 2010
Seefeel "Crowded" Faults 10" (Warp) 2010
Simon Frank "Nonentity" Unheated Neighbours CS (Goaty) 2010
Death Light "Next Sickness" In The Chamber CS (Goaty) 2010
Baronic Wall "Router" Traditional Appearance CS (Goaty) 2010
Silk Ears "Tonight" Bed Room Water CS (Goaty) 2010
Ian Wyatt "777 E Union" Slowriffs mp3, self released

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 70

2010-11-03T17:29:00.000-07:00

The Flips "1 And 1" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Super Wild Horses "Mess Around" Fifteen LP (Hozac) 2010
Radar Eyes "Shakes" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Outer Minds "Ordinary" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Conspiracy Of Owls "Tower Of Diamonds" s/t LP (Burger) 2010
Black Math "Part Of Me" Phantom Power LP (Permanent) 2010
Minks "Ophelia" s/t 7" (Captured Tracks) 2010
Mess Folk "Damaged Babe" s/t 7" (Plastic Spoon) 2010
Timmy's Organism "Oaefus Clod" Rise Of The Green Gorilla LP (Sacred Bones) 2010
Tyvek "4312" Nothing Fits LP (In The Red) 2010
Constant Mongrel "Billy" s/t CS (Hidiotic) 2010
Pheromoans "Robotic Son" s/t 7" (Sweet Rot) 2010
Meercaz "Never Too Late To Learn" s/t 7" (Sweet Rot) 2010
Idle Times "Do You Hear Those Bells?" s/t LP (Hozac) 2010
Vomit Squad "Rapture Gun" Amon Ra Bless America 12" (Psychic Handshake) 2010
Clockcleaner "Midnight Beach" Auf Wiedersehen LP (Load) 2010
Cowards "Human Smear" s/t CS (self released) 2010
The Confomists "Jesus Was A Shitty Carpenter" None Hundred LP (Sick Room) 2010
Bertha Cool "Die Of Thirst" unreleased mp3, 2010
Mark McGuire "Brain Storm (For Erin)" Living With Yourself LP (Editions Mego) 2010
Raglani "Heart Of Glass" split w/Outer Space LP (Nihilist) 2010
CFCF "Upon The Hill" The River LP (RVNG) 2010
Hobo Cubes "Onde Astrali" Hypnotic Infinitum CDr (Patente) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))jes: Episode 69

2010-10-25T17:26:00.000-07:00

Shockingly great record from the boys that used to be known as The Go. Detroit mainstays who once had the infamous Jack White in their ranks, and also had their still-unreleased second LP, Free Electricity, denied by Sub Pop, prompting the band to leave the record shelved to this day, never to look back. They spent the next few years cultivating a cult audience, issuing LPs and seven inches on small labels run by friends and fans. With this recent release, they've changed their name to Conspiracy Of Owls and have quietly dropped one of 2010's great rock records. With lead singer and guitarist Bobby Harlow once again helming production, the band have delved even further into the lite-psych and 70s AM pop that was only dabbled in with their last LP, 2007's Howl On The Haunted Beat You Ride. Harlow and co. have managed to peel back several decades of easy-going rock, from Brian Wilson-esque odes to childhood to McDonald and Giles prog-folk, and twist it up into their own unique take, one that can be instantly recognized by long-time fans as The Go (errr, Conspiracy Of Owls). Fans of any permutation of what is known simply as rock and roll will have a hard time not finding something great on this record. An initial run of 500 has sold out, including a special edition glow-in-the-dark cover, though Burger Records has graciously pressed another 200. Absolute highest recommendation is bestowed upon this amazing record. Seek out immediately.

Dum Dum Girls "Dream Away Life" s/t 7" (Hell Yes!) 2010
Veronica Falls "Staying Here" s/t 7" (Captured Tracks) 2010
Grass Widow "Shadow" Past Time LP (Kill Rock Stars) 2010
Juan Wauters "Without You" Wandering Wondering CS (Captured Tracks) 2010
The Fresh & Onlys "Impending Doom" s/t 7" (Agitated) 2010
Conspiracy Of Owls "Raving Mad" s/t LP (Burger) 2010
Wheels On Fire "Black Wave" Cherry Bomb 7" (Kind Turkey) 2010
Cumstain "Just A Kid/Vicdumb" s/t CS (Burger) 2010
No Balls "Prove Everything Everyday" Less LP (Who Can You Trust?/Streaks) 2010
Running "Little Fucker" s/t CS (Permanent) 2010
Heater "Dead Bird/Fire Peacock" God And Hair LP (Permanent) 2010
Sun Araw "Midnight Locker" Off Duty 12" (Woodsist) 2010
N.213 "Untitled 7" split w/Reflektionss LP (Needs More RAM) 2010
Colored Mushroom and the Medicine Rocks "Last Chapter (Make Up An Ending)" s/t LP (Wagon) 2010
Raglani "Nothing Is Inevitable" split w/Outer Space LP (Nihilist) 2010
Pete Swanson "Believers" Feelings In America LP (Root Strata) 2010
Roger Mexico "Hallowmas Sabbat" Poisson CS (Vacant) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 68

2010-10-25T16:58:00.000-07:00

Veronica Falls "Beachy Head" s/t 7" (Captured Tracks) 2010
Dum Dum Girls "Stiff Little Fingers" s/t 7" (Hell Yes!) 2010
The Fresh & Onlys "Troubling Vision" s/t 7" (Agitated) 2010
The Doozer "Up And Down" Great Explorers LP (Siltbreeze) 2010
Juan Wuaters "Outta Dust" This Is Uruguay Radio CS (Captured Tracks) 2010
Circle Pit "Beginning And The End" Bruise Constellation LP (Siltbreeze) 2010
Black Math "Storefront" Phantom Power LP (Permanent) 2010
Kitchen's Floor "Downed It" Loneliness Is A Dirty Mattress LP (RIP Society) 2010
Running "Garbage Truck" s/t CS (Permanent) 2010
Zond "Blue Haze" s/t LP (RIP Society) 2010
No Balls "Less" Less LP (Who Can You Trust?/Streaks) 2010
No Balls "Undeveloped" Problems That Will Solve Themselves 7" (self released) 2010
Reflektionss "Untitled 3" split w/N.213 LP (Needs More RAM) 2010
No UFOs "side B" Soft Coast CS (Nice Up Intl.) 2010
N.213 "Untitled 7" split w/Reflektionss LP (Needs More RAM) 2010
High Wolf "Prius" Shangri L.A. CD (MOAMOO) 2010
L'Amazon Arkestra "Equilibrium" A.R.A. CS (Winged Sun) 2010
Blue Sabbath Black Cheer "We Hate You" split w/Griefer LP (self released) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 67

2010-10-06T15:10:00.000-07:00

The Girls At Dawn "The Evil One" Call The Doctor LP (Norton) 2010

The Fresh & Onlys "Be My Hooker" Play It Strange LP (In The Red) 2010

Circle Pit "Hurricane" Bruise Constellation LP (Siltbreeze) 2010

Brain Idea "Plates" Survival Scrolls LP (Permanent) 2010

Cacaw "Ratt Killer" s/t LP (Permanent) 2010

AHNA "Confederation" s/t LP (soldier pumps/Broadway To Boundary) 2010

The Samps "Hyperbolic" s/t 12" (Mexican Summer) 2010

Autre Ne Veut "Soldier" s/t LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010

Walsh "Sweet Draemz" Smoke Weed About It EP (self released download) 2010

Ducktails "Sitting" s/t 7" (Shdwply) 2010

Ducktails "Apple Walk" Mirror Walk 7" (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010

Radio People "The Leap Home Pt II" s/t LP (Digitalis Vinyl) 2010

Colored Mushroom and the Medicine Rocks "Blood Puddle/Sore Subject" s/t LP (Wagon) 2010

Outer Space "Memory Bomb" s/t LP (Arbor) 2010

Emeralds "Summerdata" s/t 7" (Wagon/Gneiss Things) 2010

Mark McGuire "Brothers (For Matt)" Living With Yourself LP (Editions Mego) 2010

Sam Goldberg "Some Time To Burn" split w/Mark McGuire CS (Pizza Wagon) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 66

2010-10-06T14:53:00.000-07:00

After reading about it on Still Single, Weird Canada, 20 Jazz Funk Greats, Wire Magazine and a rave review on Mimaroglu (he apparently bought up a 1/3 of the 100 available cassettes for his site), I finally managed to grip this debut tape by local unknown No UFOs. The name seems to be gripped from a Model 500 song, an early alias of techno legend Juan Atkins (touchstones of the electro-funk track can be heard on the tape). Soft Coast is one of those rare releases that defies easy categorization. Songs switch course just as soon as the get under yr skin, from bouncy Cluster-style kraut riddims to Analord-era Aphex Twin acid to Faust IV sheets of guitar and then drifting into lulling ambience. All of it seamlessly patched together on a 30 minute cassette that'll have a tough time leaving the deck. There's certainly a reason that many cassettes will remain on that format, but Soft Coast is one of those rare tapes that demands a vinyl release. The cassette is long sold out from the source, but looks like the fine folks over at Tomentosa have the last copies. Highest recommendation is bestowed upon this release along with a plea that someone get this to vinyl asap. New releases by Prairie Fire and some possible recordings to be issued by unnamed US labels are being worked on for later this year/early next year. You'll definitely be hearing about those here. Nice Up International, run by Konrad of No UFOs, also have some releases in the works. Keep an eye on the label's website for more.

The Fresh & Onlys "Red Light Green Light" Play It Strange LP (In The Red) 2010

Broken Water "Nothing Ever Happened" s/t 7" (Fan Death) 2010

Brain Idea "Days Blown Away" Survival Scrolls LP (Permanent) 2010

Purling Hiss "Passenger Queen" Hissteria LP (Permanent) 2010

The Ether "Siamese" Folly CDR (Patente) 2010

Bitches "Sleepwalk" s/t 7" (self released) 2010

Prince Rama "Thunderdrums" Shadow Temple LP (Paw Tracks) 2010

Wet Hair "Blessed" split w/Peaking Lights 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010

Iibiis Rooge "Coro-Coro" s/t LP (Dekorder) 2010

No UFOs "side A" Soft Coast CS (Nice Up Intl.) 2010

Tassels "The Brethren Of Purity" The Rosicrucians CS (Digitalis) 2010

Evan Caminiti "Glowing Sky" West Winds LP (Three Lobed) 2010

Ossining "Go For Pinks" I Will Be Missed LP (Digitalis) 2010

Xela "Of The Light And Of The Stars" Of The Divine LP (Dekorder) 2010, *reissue of 2009 CS on Digitalis Limited

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 65

2010-10-06T14:31:00.000-07:00

Dizzy Eyes "Break Up The Band" split w/Mode Moderne CS (Lust Nuevo) 2010

Myelin Sheaths "Gloves/Mutations" Get On Your Nerves LP (South-Paw) 2010

Reading Rainbow "Wasting Time" Prism Eyes LP (Hozac) *due Nov 23 2010

Pearl Harbor "I've Got Some Happiness" Puro Instinct 12" (Gloriette) 2010

Altar Eagle "Six Foot Arms" Mechanical Gardens LP (Type) 2010

Black Math "Commando Of Love" Phantom Power LP (Permanent) 2010

Constant Mongrel "Goofy" s/t CS (Hidiotic) 2010

Cacaw "Earth Doesn't Deserve You" s/t LP (Permanent) 2010

Moon Duo "Run Around" V/A-Menagerie #5 LP (Blackest Rainbow) 2010

Mugstar "Ouroboros" Sun, Broken CD (Important) 2010

Games "Everything Is Working" s/t 7" (Hippos In Tanks) 2010

The Samps "Yellowjacket" s/t 12" (Mexican Summer) 2010

Grouper "Sick" Hold/Sick 7" (Room 40) 2010

Outer Space "Scanlon" s/t LP (Arbor) 2010

Roger Mexico "Dragged By A Horse" Poisson CS (Vacant Tapes) 2010

Totally Ripped "Osmosis" Osmosis 7" (Isolated Now Waves) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 64

2010-09-16T11:15:00.000-07:00

Siltbreeze continues along their winning path this year with a re-issue of The Doozer's "Great Explorers". Issued last year on CD via the Pickled Egg label, Great Explorers might have been overlooked if it wasn't for the ear of Tom Lax. Based in Cambridge, England, the Doozer shares more than a striking vocal resemblance to his hometown hero, Syd Barrett. The direction is slightly more folk oriented than Syd's better known work with Pink Floyd, so it resides nicely alongside the bent psych-folk output of his solo career. This is, however, much more than a homage. I'm actually at a loss of words to describe how great this is, so here's a much more in depth look at this amazing LP.

Pearl Harbor "Slivers Of You" Puro Instinct 12" (Gloriette) 2010
Frankie Rose & The Outs "That's What People Told Me" s/t LP (Slumberland) 2010
Altar Eagle "Battlegrounds" Mechanical Gardens LP (Type) 2010
The Doozer "God Does Not Need Light" Great Explorers LP (Siltbreeze) 2010
The Intelligence "Like Like Like Like Like Like Like" Males LP (In The Red) 2010
Manual Zombie "Sledgehammer" Fresh Milk CS (self released) 2010
No Balls "Countdown To Kill" Problems That Will Solve Themselves 7" (Diskad) 2010
Blessure Grave "Dragonaut" s/t 7" (Mishka NYC) 2010
Outer Limits Recordings "L.A. Skyline" Foxy Baby LP (Not Not Fun) 2010
Tomutonttu "Likaiset Pilvet" split w/Oneohtrix Point Never 7" (Alter) 2010
Hype Williams "Untitled 5" Untitled LP (Carnivals) 2010
Twinsistermoon "The Big Sand" Then Fell The Ashes LP (Blackest Rainbow) 2010
Isengrind "Where The Morning Dawns" Modelitewnik LP (Blackest Rainbow) 2010
Natural Snow Buildings "Case, Resurrected" v/a-Menagerie #2 (Blackest Rainbow) 2010
Bitchin Bajas "Zone 4" Tones/Zones LP (Important) 2010
Caboladies "untitled" Live Anywhere (Aguirre) 2010
Rene Hell "Room 7" Club Speed CS (Ekhein) 2010
Bill Orcutt "Way Down South (excerpt)" Way Down South one-sided LP (Palalia)

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 63

2010-09-10T14:46:00.000-07:00

Haven't been this pleasantly miffed by an album like this in some time. Hype Williams, a duo based out of the UK (not the guy responsible for this) who have recent seven inches on De Stijl and Second Layer, plus a cassette on the Pop Drones regular, Goaty Tapes (issued under their Paradise Sisters moniker), have released their thus far defining statement with this new LP on Carnivals Records. Blending samples of exotic instruments with blunted beatwork, warbled keyboards, and the occasional vocal appearance, then smothered in a thick and hazy lo-fi production, Hype Williams have concocted a new strain of hypnagogic pop that, well, pretty much drops the pop out of the equation and ups the hypnagognic end. This looks to be sold out at the source, but Fusetron have a few copies left. If you miss out on this, you certainly won't have to wait long for the next release: a 12" is due on De Stijl in November, followed by another on HIT.

Unnatural Helpers "Useful Things" Cracked Love & Other Drugs LP (Hardly Art) 2010
Kitchen's Floor "Dead Shits" Loneliness Is A Dirty Mattress LP (Bedroom Suck) 2010 *reissue of 2009 CD issued by RIP Society
Big Troubles "Desire For A Certain Thing" s/t LP (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010
Hype Williams "Untitled 7" Untitled LP (Carnivals) 2010
Holy Strays "The Waves" Hyperion CS (Not Not Fun) 2010
Topaz Rags "Crown Center" Crown Center 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010
Swanox "Dawnrunner" Dawnrunner CS (Not Not Fun) 2010
Bitchin Bajas "Zone 3" Tones/Zones Lp (Important) 2010
Guilty Ghosts "Renee" Enigma Variations CS (Words+Dreams) 2010
80 (Sun) "Naom (excerpt)" s/t CS (Mayan Chorus) 2010
Josh Burke "Omni Bay" Prana LP (Aguirre) 2010
Pale Blue Sky "Someday" split w/Cloaked Light 12" (Arbor) 2010
Eleh "Repose" Repose one-sided LP (Important) 2010

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**update** there is no sound for episode 63 or 62 right now, though the issue is being worked on. Check back here later this week.

Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 62

2010-09-07T14:42:00.000-07:00

It seems like every week we have a new band to play from that island Australia. Cassettes and LPs by the likes of the Twerps, Zond, Circle Pit, Fabulous Diamonds, Dead Farmers, Royal Headache, Blank Realm, Deaf Wish, UV Race, and many more have been taking up plenty of shelf space and radio time over the past year or so. Last year RIP Society, which is pretty much the go-to label down there right now, issued a CD by Brisbane band Kitchen's Floor, garnering acclaim in their own region but not much elsewhere. Now, with the LP re-issue on Bedroom Suck, looks like Kitchen's Floor might be getting some much deserved attention. Anyways, lets get to the meat here--these three young fellas make the kind of DIY depressed pop that we just don't get to here often enough around the offices of ETMS/Pop Drones. Gently guided buzzsaw guitars, primitive drums and vocals that sound as if they were recorded immediately after rolling out of bed. Though No Wave keeps popping up in reviews, it's really only part of the equation, as the band use that abrasiveness and apply it to these brash yet catchy songs. 11 tracks in around 20 minutes. Unless you want to cough up a ridiculous amount of cash to have this shipped from Australia, you'll want to head to Permanent Records right now if you live North America. They just got some copies of this and a few others from RIP Society, though I'm sure they won't last. Absolute highest recommendation. Snatch it asap!

Moonhearts "Death Star Pt. II" s/t LP (Tic Tac Totally) 2010
Woven Bones "I've Gotta Get" s/t 7" (Hardly Art) 2010
Pregnant "Safe & Sound" s/t LP (Burn Books) 2010
The Ether "I Need You" Folly CDR (Patente) 2010
Kitchen's Floor "Left" Loneliness Is A Dirty Mattress LP (Bedroom Suck) 2010 *reissue of 2009 CD on RIP Society
Kitchen's Floor "Regrets" s/t 7" (RIP Society) 2010
Rene Hell "Walking In Tune" split w/Pete Swanson LP (self released) 2010
Oneohtrix Point Never "Wayland Lincoln Border" split w/Tomutonttu (Alter) 2010
Josh Burke "Gliding" Prana LP (Aguirre) 2010
Caboladies "untitled 2" Live Anywhere LP (Aguirre) 2010
Ossining "Moons" I Will Be Missed LP (Digitalis) 2010
Mark McGuire "Off In The Distance Pt. 1" Off In The Distance LP (Cylindrical Habitat Modules) 2010
Radio People "Now Where" s/t LP (Digitalis) 2010
Pete Swanson "U.O.B." Where I Was (self released) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 61

2010-08-27T11:43:00.000-07:00

Vancouver's Flash Palace have been kickin' it around the city for close to two years now but have only just issued their debut release, Misinterpreted Sunsets, released on their own Mayan Chorus cassette label. Considering the fact that most of these guys wouldn't have even been in high school at the time, they manage to weld together some of the more innovative sounds that sprung up from the independent underground during the mid-late 90s, namely, post rock, IDM and math rock. Well, at least that's what these ears hear. Skittery electronics, sweeping guitar lines and watery vocals all come rolling out with a mathematical precision that hasn't been heard this side of the border since those early Constellation Records releases. Misinterpreted Sunsets can be purchased at Red Cat here in Vancouver or grabbed from the band via their myspace. The group have been garnering some attention outside of the city and are actually about to start building their own studio. Excited to see where these guys will take things next.

Second release for Chicago natives Brain Idea, but this one is a prelude to their upcoming vinyl debut later this year on Permanent Records. The Clean keep getting thrown their way, but these guys definitely have something a little darker and more cryptic going on. Clanging guitars, anthemic and shout-along vocals, and damn groovy basslines are the foundation of their sound. One of my favorite new bands right now. Get juiced for that vinyl release!

Dead Ghosts "Girl Across The Street" Live Songs one-sided LP (CMR TYZ) 2010
Indian Wars "Pick You Up" split w/Fungi Girls 7" (CMR TYZ) 2010
Paul Cary "On The Rise" Ghost Of A Man LP (Stankhouse) 2010
Here Comes A Big Black Cloud "Black Out" split w/Tiny Knives (Stankhouse) 2010
Frankie Rose & The Outs "Candy" s/t LP (Slumberland) *due Sept 21, 2010
Big Troubles "Drastic & Difficult" Drastic & Difficult 7" (Olde English Spelling Bee) 2010
Terrorbird "Who's Sorry Now?" split w/Certain Breeds 7" (Global Symphonic) 2010
Blessure Grave "Stranger In The House" s/t 7" (MishkaNYC) 2010
Brain Idea "One More Time" The Survival Scrolls CS (Permanent) 2010
Running "#1 Dad" s/t CS (Permanent) 2010
Heater "Black & Gold" God & Hair LP (Permanent) 2010
Puffy Areolas "$200 Jeans" s/t 7" (Die Stasi) 2010
Holy Cobras "May You Be Free To Roam" s/t 7" (Telephone Explosion) 2010
Unnatural Helpers "Earwax" s/t 7" (Dirty Knobby) 2010
San Francisco Water Cooler "August Receipt" II LP (self released) 2010
Prince Rama "Om Mane Padme Hum" Shadow Temple LP (Paw Tracks) 2010
aTelecine "Puget" ...And Six Dark Hours Pass LP (Dais) 2010
Flash Palace "moveice=blueair" Some Misinterpreted Sunsets CS (Mayan Chorus) 2010
I Just Died "Chalk Hearts" Chalk Hearts 8" square lathe (Smoke Filled Casket) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 60

2010-08-20T15:33:00.000-07:00

Seattle's CMR TYZ art/clothing/record label duo have a coupla new releases, and they both revolve around Vancouver bands. Dead Ghosts have a live LP (playing it next week) and Indian Wars have a new split 7" with ETMS faves Fungi Girls. The first batch of the seven inches have hand drawn art on the cover and silkscreened backs. A nice handmade touch! For those that don't know, CMR TYZ have done the artwork for singles by The Radians, Myelin Sheaths, Amber Alerts, and a ton of others. Check out their work here. If you're looking to grab some of CMR TYZ's records then you'll have to hit up some of these bands up directly for copies, as they don't have a proper webstore up yet.

After the excellent seven inch on Trouble In Mind, a split 12" with Teenanger, and a handful of other seven inches and cassettes, The Moonhearts (formerly Charlie and the Moonhearts) deliver a helluva debut LP on Tic Tac Totally. Recorded by best bro Ty Segall, this LP is a total shredder from beginning and almost right up to the end. The boys get a little tender on the final and best track, I Can Go On, which conjures up the spooky garage of their neighbours, The Fresh & Onlys. The rest of the LP is a driving garage-punk affair, with plenty of hooks to spare. Highest recommendation!

NYC's Prince Rama (formerly Prince Rama of Ayodhya) are only a few weeks from unleashing their newest long player, which should prove to be the game changer for them after several lower profile releases. Heavy mantra psych here that would have fit in perfectly on Not Not Fun, though Paw Tracks have stepped up and will release this on Sept 14th (go here to pre-order the special "bejeweled" edition). Think of the extraterrestrial gospel of France's Magma, toss in some thunderous tribal drums and a light touch of majestic synths and you've got one of the best psych records of the year. Make sure to catch Prince Rama live in Vancouver on September 22nd at the Cobalt. Should prove to be an unmissable show. Check this interview with them here.

Electric Bunnies "I Swear I'll Never Let You Go" s/t 7" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Sex Church "Paralyze" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Ty Segall "Girlfriend" Melted LP (Goner) 2010
Fungi Girls "Sun Blues" split w/ Indian Wars 7" (CMR TYZ) 2010
Moonhearts "Can't Find My Way" s/t LP (Tic Tac Totally) 2010
Red Mass "Weird Mess" s/t CD (Semprini) 2010
Tiny Knives "Nothing Was Meant To Last" split w/Here Comes A Big Black Cloud 7" (Stankhouse) 2010
Broken Water "Dead Light" Whet LP (Night People) 2010
Nu Sensae "New Lies" split w/Okie Dokie 7" (Swill Children) 2010
White Drugs "Untitled" Gold Magic LP (Amphetamine Reptile) 2010
Pygmy Shrews "Gimme Hidden" The Egyptian LP (Wantage) 2009
Unnatural Helpers "Brave Dumb Face" Cracked Love & Other Drugs LP (Hardly Art) 2010
Hot Guts "Did You Not Go To The Dance Alone?" s/t 7" (Badmaster) 2010
San Francisco Water Cooler "Reverie" II LP (self released) 2010
Puffy Areolas "Rock N Roll Express" s/t 7" (Die Stasi) 2010
Cosmetics "Sleepwalking" s/t 7" (Captured Tracks) 2010
Dirty Beaches "Sweet 17" True Blue 7" (Zoo Music) 2010
King Kong Ding Dong "Jample" Youth Culture Index LP (Dekorder) 2010
Prince Rama "Lightening Fossil" Shadow Temple LP (Paw Tracks) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 59

2010-08-20T15:09:00.000-07:00

Amphetamine Reptile has resurfaced after over a decade of inactivity, and they've picked one doozy of a record to come swingin' back with. Gold Magic, the second full length from Denton, Texas' White Drugs, would've fit in perfectly alongside records by The Cows, Hammerhead and The Melvins back in AmRep's heyday. It's also the type of record that's gonna fit in snugly between contemporary records by the likes of Puffy Areolas, Twin Stumps or Pfisters. Only 350 records pressed, but you can still grab this one here. Highly recommended.

Excellent compilation of Neil Young covers was recently released to help raise money for a member of Sudden Oak who injured himself after falling three stories from the top of a building in San Francisco. Contributions from bigger names like Ducktails, Julian Lynch, Sun Araw, Metal Rouge, and Sam Goldberg sit alongside up and comers like Swanox and Avocet. These are not yr typical Neil covers, either. Metal Rouge split 'Helpless' wide open and reveal a version so blown out and hazy you'd never suspect it was Neil Young in the first place. Great song selections here as well, including a track taken from the underrated Transformer LP. Limited to 300 copies, silkscreen covers, all exclusive material, and all proceeds go to a good cause. Grab it here asap.

Timmy's Organism "Cold Pizza" s/t 7" (Cass) 2010
Cloud Nothings "Turning On" Turning On LP (Speakertree) 2010
Tim Cohen "A Mind Of Their Own" Laugh Tracks LP (Captured Tracks) 2010
The Bitters "Dark Wide Holes" Have A Nap Hotel EP 12" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Sex Church "209" s/t 7" (Hozac) 2010
Manic Attracts "Animals" unreleased mp3, 2010
Timecopz "In The Morning" unreleased mp3, 2010
Broken Water "Coming True" s/t CS (Night People) 2010
White Drugs "DMT" Gold Magic LP (Amphetamine Reptile) 2010
Hot Guts "Ballad Of Jon Simon" s/t 7" (Badmaster) 2010
The Chickens "Shit City" Chicken Shit 7" (Siltbreeze) 2010
Drunkdriver "Haunting" s/t LP (self released) 2010
Common Eider, King Eider "They Want To Dig For Gold But All They'll Find Is Blood" Worn LP (Root Strata) 2010
Topaz Rags "You Go On" s/t 7" (Not Not Fun) 2010
Sun Araw "Barstool Blues" A Fundamental Experiment comp. (A Fundamental Experiment) 2010
La Revelateur "Costiera Amalfitana" Motion Flares CS (Root Strata) 2010
Shit & Shine "Fuck You Folk Singers" Bass Puppy 12" (Badmaster) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 58

2010-08-09T13:28:00.000-07:00

Amen Dunes "Diane" Murder Dull Mind 12" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Dizzy Eyes "Sugar Cain" split w/Mode Moderne CS (Lust Nuevo) 2010
Electric Bunnies "Pretty Joanna" s/t 7" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Mac Blackout "Don't Let Your Love Die" s/t 7" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Tonetta 777 "Toronto Is Starting To Stink" s/t LP (Black Tent Press) 2010
Timmy's Organism "I'm A Nice Guy Now" s/t 7" (Cass) 2010
Chickens "Drug Life" s/t 7" (Siltbreeze) 2010
Pfisters "Kavachi" Narcicity LP (Fan Death) 2010
Metal Rouge "Helpless" A Fundamental Experiment LP (Semina Tapes) 2010
Common Eider, King Eider "When We Sewed Skins" Worn LP (Root Strata) 2010
Mike Cooper "World Slide" s/t 12" (Ethbo) 2010
Sean McCann "The World He Left Behind" Chances Are Staying LP (DNT) 2010
Western Standards "untitled" Energy Centre LP (Western Standards) 2010
Shit & Shine "Bass Puppy" Bass Puppy 12" (Badmaster) 2010
Billy Bao "side A, excerpt" Urban Disease LP (Pan) 2010
International Hello "8 Seconds" s/t LP (Holy Mountain) 2010

Sorry for the lack of reviews. Been busy. To anyone who sent out records or tapes, reviews will be posted soon. Promise.

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 57

2010-08-06T16:07:00.001-07:00

The Native Cats "The Image Of Annie and Ivan" s/t LP (Ride The Snake) 2010
Amen Dunes "Murder Dull Mind" Murder Dull Mind 12" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Mac Blackout "Sometimes" Don't Let Your Love Die" 7" (Sacred Bones) 2010
Male Bonding "Before It's Gone" Daytrotter CS (Sub Pop) 2010
Holy Cobras "Feed Yr Head" s/t 7" (Telephone Explosion) 2010
Pompoir "side B (excerpt)" split w/Meat Curtains CS (Isolated Now Waves) 2010
Mongst "Or Does It Explode" Kamira CDR (Isolated Now Waves) 2010
Fabulous Diamonds "Untitled 5" II LP (Siltbreeze) 2010
Outer Limits Recordings "Secret Track" Foxy Baby LP (Not Not Fun) 2010
The Savage Young Taterbug "Slumber Lordy" Syrupy Evenings CS (Night People) 2010
Raglani "untitled" split w/Outer Space LP (Nihilist) 2010
Expo 70 "Metensomatosis" Death Voyage CDR (Sonic Meditations) 2010
Secret Pyramid "Milk And Honey" Ghosts CDR (self released) 2010

Due to studio malfunctions, Episode 57 cannot be heard. Tune in live every Wednesday at 10:00am until 11:30am (PST) to hear Pop Drones live. www.citr.ca

Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 56

2010-07-24T11:02:00.000-07:00

The Native Cats "Once and Never Again" Always LP (Ride The Snake) 2010
Moonhearts "I Can Go On" s/t LP (Tic Tac Totally) 2010
Tonetta 777 "Red, White and Blue" s/t LP (Black Tent Press) 2010
Jeans Wilder "Pretty Bird" Relics 2xCS (Bathetic) 2010
The Sandwitches "Stardust" Duck, Duck, Goose 12" (Empty Cellar) 2010
Fabulous Diamonds "Untitled 4" II LP (Siltbreeze) 2010
LA Vampires/Zola Jesus "Searching" LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus 12" (Not Not Fun) 2010
Holy Strays "Black Journey" Hyperion CS (Not Not Fun) 2010
Pop. 1280 "Bedbugs" s/t 7" (self released) 2010
Anita Fix & Bam Bam "Run For Joy" s/t 7" (Ride The Snake) 2010
The Men "Problems/Burning Up" Immaculada LP (self released) 2010
Zond "Stupid Gods" s/t LP (RIP Society) 2010
High Wolf "Meeting of the Three Seas" Ascension LP (Not Not Fun) 2010
Evan Caminiti "Thunder Breaks the Dawn" West Winds LP (Three Lobed) 2010
Metal Rouge "May 1971" Trails LP (Emerald Cocoon) 2010
Isengrind "Strigele Tanze" Modelitewnik LP (Blackest Rainbow) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 55

2010-07-20T12:40:00.000-07:00

High Wolf's debut LP has finally arrived, after about a year of releasing cassettes either through his own label, Winged Sun, or on Not Not Fun. If you haven't caught the minor buzz on this French native yet, then now is no better time. Looped guitar lines intermingle with shamanic percussion and shimmering electronics, cascading in psychotropic(al) crescendos. Fans of Sun Araw take note. Absolute highest recommendation.

Been awhile since we've heard anything from the members of the cult psych legends Monoshock, but, kinda outta the blue, there is now a full length to be had done under the name of one of their songs, International Hello. Picking up where they left off, the newly christened band haven't lost any edge, in fact, the intensity level has been considerably amped up. 4 tracks of aggressive and live wire psych exploration that's bound to bring up comparisons of Comets On Fire. Do not sleep on this one...

Tim Cohen "That's My Baby" Laugh Tracks LP (Captured Tracks) 2010
The Fresh & Onlys "Garbage Collector" August In My Mind (Captured Tracks) 2010
Tonstartssbandht "Midnite Cobras" Midnite Cobras 7" (Psychic Handshake) 2010
LA Vampires/Zola Jesus "Bone Is Bloodstone" LA Vampires Meets Zola Jesus 12" (Not Not Fun) 2010
Edibles "Invader" split w/Duck Dive CS (Stunned) 2010
Sean McCann "County Heirlooms" Chances Are Staying LP (DNT) 2010
Rene Hell "Bored Night Stalker" Baroque Arcade CS (Night People) 2010
Dirty Beaches "Paris" Night City CS (Night People) 2010
Tracey Trance "untitled" Mummy Fingers CS (Not Not Fun) 2010
High Wolf "In My Bones" Ascension LP (Not Not Fun) 2010
International Hello "Someone's Coming" s/t LP (Holy Mountain) 2010
Mark McGuire "The Invisible World" The Invisible World CS (Cylindrical Habitat Modules) 2010

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 54

2010-07-13T16:06:00.000-07:00

Excellent new(ish) full length on the unstoppable Fan Death Records comes courtesy of Baltimore's Pfisters. Heavy Jesus Lizard influence on this one, which mostly comes courtesy of their guitarists' demented, almost country-ish twang combined with clean, melodic guitar lines. Though the singer definitely has a bit of the slurry Yow thing going on too. Narcicity is the kinds of record that barely gives you time to breath, streaming from one end to the next. Sadly, got to this one a little late, as it looks to be sold out from the label, but some fine distros and shops ought to have this one still.

After Vile's disappointing debut LP for Matador (there was something about Childish Prodigy that seemed forced), the Philly songsmith has relaxed a bit and dropped an unexpected EP that drifts along as effortlessly as those early recordings that we fell for in the first place. Square Shells is actually more hazy and dreamy than any of his preceding records. An excellent follow-up to a disappointing full length.

Excellent batch of new material over at Night People. Sleep Over make an eerie, almost goth-like smear of shoegaze electronics. Featured on the excellent Dark As Night comp on Bathetic. The kids have something going here, so stay tuned...

Birthed from Olympia, the same city that brought us Broken Water, the unfortunately monikered Lazer Zeppelin are also grafting some interesting sounds together. Mainly a honky tonk stomp blown out into a heavy psych whirlwind. Can't wait for some higher fidelity recordings.

Rene Hell, who has also released music under the moniker Marble Sky, Secret Abuse, Impregnable and a few more, has two new releases under the moniker and this tape for Night People is the best of the label's new batch. Here's what NP had to say

"Will anyone ever fully catch on, be able to keep track of, or catch up with Jeff Witscher’s mysterious output? like trying to understand alien technology, like feeling space and time itself like a drug, this cassette of new Rene Hell material falls easily amongst Witscher's best offerings and falls like a prelude to his upcoming LP on Type. An intense abyss of ambiguous voices, decaying rhythm tracks, synth ambience, super hi fi production and panning techniques, Baroque Arcade endlessly stretches out from the speakers like some new world being born."

Definitely recommended for fans of the new breed of synth heroes, including Oneohtrix Point Never and Emeralds (both on this week's show). This tape is still available and so is the excellent LP on Type. Snatch 'em up

Kurt Vile "Invisibility: Non-Existent" Square Shells 12" (Matador) 2010
Altar Eagle "Lazy Circles In The Sky" Vintage Cats CS (Digitalis) 2010
Miracles Club "untitled (?)" Light Of Love 12" (self released) 2010
Lazer Zeppelin "Highway Hypnosis" Pyramid Echo CS (Night People) 2010
Sleep Over "Your World Is Night" s/t CS (Night People) 2010
Nu Sensae "Passing The Word" TV, Death and the Devil LP (Nominal) 2010
The Men "Praise The Lord And Pass The Ammunition" LP (self released) 2010
Pfisters "Drag" Narcicity LP (Fan Death) 2010
Psychedelic Horsehit "Modern Daze" Acid Tape CS (Fan Death) 2010
Rene Hell "M. Far" Baroque Arcade CS (Night People) 2010
Rene Hell "IV 18 54" Porcelain Opera LP (Type) 2010
Emeralds "Lake Effect Snow" s/t 7" (Wagon/Gneiss Things) 2010
Emeralds "The Cycle Of Abuse" s/t 7" (Wagon/Gneiss Things) 2010
Oneohtrix Point Never "Where Does Time Go?" Returnal LP (Editions Mego) 2010
Faceplant "untitled" Get High and Listen CS (Catholic Tapes) 2009

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Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 53

2010-07-06T17:16:00.000-07:00

Oh man, lots of music to catch up this week. Apologies for the lack of updates. The summer sun has finally hit Vancouver, resulting in, well, an inability to be able to sit in front of a computer for extended periods.

Anyways, right to the goods...

After a spate of releases when he first appeared, which quickly resulted in his announcement of retirement, Madison Wisconsin's Dead Luke re-appears with a full length LP on Florida's Dying. Quite unlike the warped synth punk/garage heard on his Sweet Rot, Sacred Bones and Sky-Fi releases from 2008, American Haircut is more of a psychedelic blues record with almost gothic overtones that doesn't really sound of this time and era. Sitars, synths, acoustic guitar and hazy vocals intertwine and make for some uneasy summer listening. Limited to 500 copies. Eye popping cover art, too!

New York's The Men have dropped their second vinyl release and topped the previous effort. Immaculada is a puzzling mix of wailing, bending shoegaze guitars, drone and hardcore-style vocals. A head scratching mix if there ever was one, but highly recommended if you like yr disparate genres ....
First press of 300 handmade, self released copies sold out quickly. Looks like a second press is due soon.
Check out this in depth review over at the always amazing Built On A Weak Spot blog.

Speaking of self released records in the hardcore vein, Drunkdriver, after much hullabaloo, have decided to put out their new LP on their own (buy it here). If you picked up the Fire Sale seven inch on Fashionable Idiots or the LP on Parts Unknown, you know what to expect--wrenching feedback, vein-popping vocals and pounding riffage of the AmRep variety. Awesome looking record in a nice tip-on sleeve in a one-time pressing of 1000. Don't sleep on this...

Vancouver's own Nu Sensae have finally released their debut LP. A nice advancement on the Isolated Now Waves one-sided 12" from a few years back, TV, Death And The Devil ups the ante considerably on the fidelity end, while also fine-tuning and honing their vicious bass/drums/scream assault. This record actually does their ear splitting live show justice. Not only a modern punk classic but one of the finest LP releases Vancouver has ever seen. Also comes with a poster about the size of a fridge. Released on the essential Nominal Records, who earlier this year dropped another Vancouver insta-classic, Defektors' Bottom Of The City (snatch those here).

After an impressive cassette on Not Not Fun a few years back, LA's Metal Rouge return with a heavy dose on their own Emerald Cocoon record label. Diverging from the Eastern drone of earlier releases, Metal Rouge have opted for a decidedly more rock-based psych exploration, showcasing the bands muscles which were previously hidden from the listener. LP is limited to 300 copies. Grab that here.

Montreal's Psychic Handshake has been culling some of the oddest and skewed punk/garage bands from across our nation, beginning with the Nymphets, Red Mass and one of my 2010 favorites The Wicked Awesomes LP. The label has recently issued two new seven inches, both Montreal-based bands. Dead Wife make an urgent stab of noisy hardcore and snot garage, while Tonstartssbandht have a blown-out, damaged psych vibe that seems to radiate off the turntable. 'I'm A Welsh Souper' is particularly anthemic and forceful, not to mention addictive. Easily one of the best singles of the year. Tonstartssbandht also have a new cassette of Parson Sounds (!) covers that you can snatch here. Psychic Handshake now have proper distribution across North America, so don't sleep on this limited number. Grab it here if yr local grocer is sleeping. Looks like the band was ready to play Vancouver with Run DMT this July but their myspace is saying otherwise. Anyone in Vancouver have any info on this? Drop a comment, please. Oh, and be sure to grab some of their free tunes from Free Music Archive.

Tonsstartssbandht "I'm A Welsh Souper" Midnite Cobra 7" (Psychic Handshake) 2010
The Mantles "Cascades" Pink Information 12" (Mexican Summer) 2010
Gun Outfit "Dead Broke" Possession LP (PPM) 2010
Dead Luke "Dreaming Pt. 3" American Haircut LP (Florida's Dying) 2010
Broken Water "Feminism" s/t CS (Night People) 2010
Black Feelings "Magic Feeling" split w/Grand Trine 7" (Blue Skies Turn Black) 2010
The Men "Lazarus" Immaculada LP (self released) 2010
Drunkdriver "Half Mast" s/t LP (self released) 2010
Veins "The Thrill Of Utter Defeat" s/t CS 2010
Dead Wife "Gentleman Rapist" DWSYHF 7" (Psychic Handshake) 2010
Nu Sensae "I'm A Body" TV, Death and the Devil LP (Nominal) 2010
Lumerians "Deathray Bradbury" s/t 7" (Rococo) 2010
Moon Duo "Set It On Fire" s/t 7" (Agitated) 2010
Cave "Hot Bricks" Pure Moods LP (Drag City) 2010
Gnod/White Hills "Drop Out" Gnod Drop Out With The White Hills II 2LP (Rocket Recordings) 2010
Metal Rouge "The Sunshine Path" Trails LP (Emerald Cocoon) 2010
Oneohtrix Point Never "Returnal" Returnal LP (Editions Mego)

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Vacation

2010-06-08T14:24:00.001-07:00

Pop Drones is off the air for the rest of the month. Regular podcasts will begin first week of July.

Pop Dr(((O)))nes: Episode 52 (Music Waste Edition)

2010-06-02T13:20:00.000-07:00

Special episode of Pop Drones this week. Managed to gather up a stack of mp3s (thanks to all the bands who got back to me in time) of some of my favorite bands playing the Music Waste fest this year. The quality varies from proper studio recordings to live demos, so keep that in mind while listening. Plenty of talent here, in fact, I could have done three shows worth of Music Waste bands. Anyways, here's a taste of Waste...

Tight Solid "'Ment You Let Me Go"
Boy Voyage "High In The Trees"
Half Chinese "Goodbye, Farewell"
Brazilian Money "Doing What I Want"
Koban "Solid Gold"
Muscles "Brilliance Reverber"
Animal Bodies "Tomb Table Testimonies"
Soft Focus "Let It Go"
Cosmetics "Honey Honey"
Petroleum By-Product "TV Date"
Cat Attack "How I Came"
Phonecalls "My Lullaby"
Needles//Pins "Call It Quits"
Crystal Swells "Trees"
Timecopz "Out Of Sight"
Sex Church "Dead End"
B-Lines "Leaving/Dryer Fire"
Flash Palace "A Double Day"
Natural "Nine"
AHNA "Lost Again"
Fortress "Dead Bird"
Cowards "Magic Swede"
Angel Lust "Plagues"
Joyce Collingwood "untitled"
V. Vecker Ensemble "Movement 1: Red Gate"

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