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Los Angeles

Flying Lotus
(WARP)

Flying Lotus is the nom de plume of Steven Ellison, a name you don’t know, although you know his music.

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Young. Poor. Black. Artistic.

Lee Da Rhymin' Master
(SELF-RELEASED)

Lee loves hip-hop. It’s apparent in every syllable of his debut album.

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Break Up the Concrete

The Pretenders
SHANGRI-LA MUSIC

Chrissie Hynde and her latest lineup have taken a career turn remarkably similar to R.E.M.

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Squeeze-bot

Squeeze-bot
SELF-RELEASED

Even if you are as tired as I am of that overworked lineup of accordion, tuba, banjo and drums, you still need to see why Squeeze-bot stands head and shoulders above its competitors.

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Pure Goodness

Bloom Street
SELF-RELEASED

For those who enjoy frolicking guitar riffs, lengthy instrumental solos, rhythmic, bouncy melodies and soulful vocals with a side of pleasant harmonies, look no further.

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Fuck All Y’all Motherfuckers

Lords
(BLACK MARKET ACTIVITIES)

Punk metal billy goats return with a new album full of sunshine and lollipops.

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My Darling Asleep

My Darling Asleep
(SELF RELEASED)

The average person’s knowledge of traditional Celtic and Irish music doesn’t extend too far beyond Riverdance and The Pogues.

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Byrne and Eno describe the (so far) online-only Everything That Happens Will Happen Today as “electronic gospel.” It couldn’t sound more different than My Life in the Bu

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The Inevitable Continuing 

Broadfield Marchers
(RAINBOW QUARTZ)

To hear Louisville trio Broadfield Marchers’ (Dustin Zdobylak, Mark Zdobylak, and Justin Carter) latest album is to hear the echoes of other great lo-fi acts Guided by Voices, The Who’s

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Talk of Spring EP

Talk of Spring
SELF RELEASED

Goddammit. I wish “emo” would have had the sense to die a dignified death sometime around the late-’90s.