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Best re-issues 2019

Posted on January 3, 2020 by mc07

Kankyo Ongaku / Japanese Ambient, Environmental & New Age Music 1980-1990 By “environmental” they must mean early analog-electro blissful simplicity.  Play around the house, and watch the mood of everything and everybody change.  This is off-world music that makes my … Continue reading →

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Best new music 2019

Posted on January 3, 2020 by mc07

Deerhunter/Why  Hasn’t  Everything Already  Disappeared? Ah, dearest Deerhunter…every few years (or other album) really strikes me repeatedly and differently.  Avant-garde tendencies couched in baroque, intricate melodies, this is lush and deep.  In my bizarro world of pop: “Element” is the … Continue reading →

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Best Re-issue (not new) Music 2018

Posted on December 21, 2018 by mc07

  Various Artists / Basement Beehive My jones for the Numero label soul compilations is well-documented here.  However, this set is a step above: 2 discs of private-press girl groups.  Garage rock, soul divas, big-haired songs about romantic gloom.  It’s … Continue reading →

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Best New Music 2018

Posted on December 21, 2018 by mc07

  Julia Holter / Aviary Honestly, I haven’t even processed all this record yet.  One of the most ambitious things I’ve ever heard.  Ever.  Headphones, time, and patience are required, but the rewards seem endless.     Cardi B / … Continue reading →

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Best Reissues 2017

Posted on January 2, 2018 by mc07

  Neil Young / Hitchhiker Stoned, 70’s-prime Neil just blowing off 10 songs into a recorder.  As an animal this is Neil’s natural habitat, and the ease at which he rattles off classics and unheard songs is incredible.   Can … Continue reading →

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Best new music 2017

Posted on January 2, 2018 by mc07

Julie Byrne / Not Even Happiness These songs contain the perfect combination of elements to slowly floor me every single time I hear them.  This music sounds woody, aged and resonant.  Probably the album I listened to the most this … Continue reading →

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Best Reissues 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by mc07

Big Star / Complete Third More mythos undone.  Three versions of everything: demo, rough, finished.  This album has always been portrayed as a sort-of-flung-together album, but hearing these songs in earlier forms really showcases the strength of Chilton’s songwriting.  Does … Continue reading →

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Best new music 2016

Posted on December 29, 2016 by mc07

A Tribe Called Quest / We Got it From Here What a way to go out!  Rap often has the benefit (sometimes hinderance) of currency, but i can’t remember a record that hit so perfectly at the exact right time. … Continue reading →

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Best New Music 2015

Posted on December 23, 2015 by mc07

(No real order, but most of these were played far more than plenty…) Moon Duo / Shadow of the Sun Moon Duo kinda just do one particular thing, but they do it sooooo good. Tame Impala / Currents Gone are … Continue reading →

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Best Reissues 2015

Posted on December 23, 2015 by mc07

(older stuff where they’ve turned the bass up and charged me twice…) Punk 45 / Burn Rubber City, Burn! Man this series is fun!  Half of this stuff you might know and other half is ultra-obscure wackiness.  Micro-blasts that remind … Continue reading →

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