Meant to tell you guys about this one a little earlier but seeing as how Blackest Rainbow is now shipping out pre-orders with less than 15 copies left in stock I have pretty much failed all of you occult-folk fanatics (of which there are probably also less than 15). To be honest, I was not [...]

This one kind of came out of nowhere for me, but I’m always excited to hear a new Murder by Death album.  If you haven’t heard their brand of punk-flavored Americana yet, check the tune below, you just might get hooked.  “Good Morning, Magpie” is available in two editions:  Simple (200 gram orange LP, edition [...]

Here’s another insane record from La Societe Expeditionnaire, the label behind the mind-blowing Dragon Turtle album.  I’m really starting to trust their curatorial abilities, so it’s no surprise that Mako Sica’s “Dual Horizon” is a sweeping psychedelic masterpiece.  The Chicago trio (featuring two ex-members of Rope) play loose psych with an improvisational feel and a [...]

A freshly baked new vinyl EP from LA’s Warpaint, also known as your new favorite band. Seriously. This group is so immediately loveable, you are really going to break my heart if you don’t at least have a listen. Produced by John Frusciante and released on Manimal Vinyl, these are some sultry and blown-out psychedelic [...]

We’ve never been shy to champion the work of Richard Skelton around here, and his partnership with the Type imprint has been very welcome – mainly because it means more vinyl editions of his excellent and singular albums. I’m not really sure how to describe his music without sounding daft, so rather then tell you [...]

The kind souls at Immune Recordings have decided to join in on the holiday sale fun.  For a limited time, you can score two LPs for $22 shipped, or three LPs for $33 shipped.  You can mix and match the three titles they have in stock (Steven R. Smith (this one is particularly amazing), C. [...]

Newest and most proper version of this twice released CD-r now cut to one side of lovely analogue vinyl. Dangers of Intimacy is the first proper release by Gowns, and is certainly a must have for fans. Newcomers will see it’s as good a place to start as any, you don’t even have to flip [...]

The newest entry in Southern’s Latitudes series is by none other than Phil Elverum, aka Mount Eerie.  By now you should know that if you’re an Elverum fan, you’re gonna like it all, and you’re gonna buy it all.  This record was recorded in 2007, and it’s a mostly acoustic album with a few touches [...]

These may just be the two weirdest records yet from Jack White’s Third Man Records imprint.  The first record is by London’s Smoke Fairies.  Their new “Gastown” 7″ was produced by White himself, and is described like this:  “Playing and singing together since their school days in West Sussex, Smoke Fairies (Jessica Davies & Katherine [...]

Holy SHIT this record is good.  This showed up on my doorstep, and I had never even heard of the band before, but it is easily in the same league as anything we’ve talked about or sought out ourselves this year.  Dragon Turtle’s “Almanac” is a huge, beautiful, expansive piece of psychedelic folk music.  Let [...]

It’s not often that a brand new band storms the scene with two new releases at once, but that is exactly what Real Estate are doing.  This New Jersey trio most notably includes Matthew Mondanile of Ducktails and Predator Vision fame.  In fact, his music is a good place to start for reference, as Real [...]

Our friends at Hardly Art, a wonderful subsidiary of Sub Pop, are back with another great release.  “Sunset / Sunrise” is the sophomore album from Seattle’s The Dutchess & The Duke.  Building on the stark, melodic, acoustic sound from the first album, this new one finds them a bit more musically expanded, thanks in part [...]

Hey late night Friday readers. Figured I better get this one in before the weekend, because these Eleh LPs might not make it until Monday. The mysterious purveyor of Pure Analogue Drone is back with two vinyl albums on Important Records. The two-fer special edition (with bonus photograph pouch) is already sold out, but you [...]

Immune is back with a new vinyl release, which means this is some high-quality shit.  C Joynes is a renowned British guitar player that has released some CD-Rs and ultra-limited vinyl.  “Revenants, Prodigies, and The Restless Dead” is his first widely-available vinyl release, thank goodness for Immune.  The music is rooted in traditional folk fingerpicking, [...]

This record is so amazingly great, yet so hard to describe in words.  Both of us have been eagerly anticipating Animal Hospital’s “Memory” being released on vinyl.  In fact, I can’t think of an album I’ve anticipated MORE in recent months.  Barge Recordings is out of Brooklyn, while Animal Hospital is the work of Kevin [...]