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Diamond Eyepatch – Bill Baird

Though few analogue fetishists would likely admit it, a large part of tape-recorded garage-psych’s appeal lies in the safety of totally expected reference points and

THRU. U – White Rainbow

The cover art for White Rainbow’s THRU.U is a hand holding a head. The hand is positioned to look like it’s coming from the viewer,

It’s A Girl! – Childbirth

With a sigh and a roll of the eyes, It’s a Girl!, the debut album by Seattle three­piece Childbirth, traffics in disillusionment with heroes, the

Held In Splendor – Quilt

Massachusetts art-kid trio Quilt have graduated from the 60s-inflected pop of their debut to an even trippier sophomore album, Held in Splendor. In their first

Habibi – Habibi

Gleaning influence from a wide variety of diverse locales, like the breezy surf of California, the gritty grime of Detroit, and the faraway sands of

The Age of Fracture – CYMBALS

One of the unique features of this late stage of Obama's America has been the emergence of the prefacing phrase, “Let me be clear”. Almost

Deleted/Fool EP – Jerome LOL

After a fortuitous meeting on a message board in 2010, producer duo LOL Boys, aka Markus Garcia and Jerome Potter, honed their eclectic tastes in

Warpaint – Warpaint

Four years after The Fool, Los Angeles quartet Warpaint’s Flood-produced, eponymous sophomore album crafts complicated, unearthly jams far heavier than the cotton candy fluff of

Schizo-Tech – Black Kaspar

Louisville-based free improv group Black Kaspar aim to shred your skull with Schizo-Tech, the latest crazed masterpiece to ooze forth from the tape label known