Hey all. We have some really cool stuff in this week, including the brand new album from punk/indie legends Fucked Up. We also have some new music in from Alice Boman, Clipping, and a great Hyperdub compilation of some really cool electronic/house music. Check it all out below.
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DATE ADDED: 5/30/14
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| ARTIST | ALBUM | DESCRIPTION | LABEL |
| Fucked Up (F’d up)* | Glass Boys | Badass melodic punx are back with their signature blend of fierce, shouted voclas and alt/indie rack insts. Check out their other recrods! | Matador |
| Various Artists* | Hyperdub 10.1 | 1st of 4 hyperdub compilations this year. Possibly the most reliable electronic/house music variant label- Chicago foorwork, Detroit House, minimal house and grime/dubstep | Hyperdub |
| Alice Boman* | EP II | Lo-fi piano and drum machine led pop from a swedish songstress. Very much like Beach House with sound. Warm, intimate sound. FCC Clean | The Control Group |
| Clipping. | CLPPNG | Noise rap- harsh, static filled blasts of noise with aggressive rapping. FCC cleaned, minus a “bitch” on #2. Each track is good and intense. #6 is terrible and vapid. RIYL: Death Grips | Subpop |
| Mystic Braves | Desert Island | Fun, organ-driven retro 60s garage pop. All pretty similar but I liked 9 the best. | Self-release |
| R.E.M | Unplugged 1991-2001 | If you like R.E.M you’ll dig this, otherwise probably won’t change your mind. 2001 disc has better song selection and instrumentation IMO. Try 1-5, 2-4, 2-6, 2-13. FCC on 2-7 | Rhino |
| Various Artists | France Rocks | A compilation of French bands ranging from electronic pop and rock and regular indie rock. Very varied. | Bureauexport |
| Dub Thompson | 9 Songs | Raucous, destructive noise rock that has bouts of distortion-gorged rage and almost dance-punk voclas like LCD Soundsystem only totally crumbling soundscapes. Great riffs, unsettline bass. | Dead Oceans |
| Babes | Babes EP | Cool EP of Best-Coast-level songwriting and moody, greay-shied instrumentals like Beach House and Girls- some surf/garage elements. | Harvest |
| Brett | Brett | Dreamy, retro-gorged pop that is still stuck on the “Baywatch” set. Overall pretty mellow synth pop that could soundtrack attractive people. | CSN |
| Eastlink | Eastlink | Snotty, fuzzed out post punk from Australia with monotonous riffs and pushing melodies. Manic, shouted vocals with heavily destroyed guitars. FCC #8 | In The Red Records |
| Kite Party | Come On Wandering | Loud-ish alt rock with vocals that would sounds at home in 2007. Pretty refreshing sound, albeit played out a bit. Strands of emo and hard rock. | Animal Style Recordings |
| Hundreds | Aftermath | A record with a nice variant of sounds, from acoustic singer-songwriter to lowkey, moody electro pop. Some really cool moments on here. RIYL: Young Galaxy, Sylvia Esso, Bjork. | Sinnbus |
| Haunted Hearts | Initiation | Dum Dum Girls + Crocodiles= HH. Woozy, dreamy, jangly rock that follows in suit with the sound of both bands these two come from. Some shoegaze elements, mostly jangle pop. FCC: 2 | Zoo Music |
| Watery Love | Decorative Feeding | Crummy, distorted, fuzzy, destructive garage rock/punk. I can almost feel the BO seeping into my ears from this. FCC: 5,6,8,9 | In The Red Records |
| Clap Your Hands Say Yeah | Only Run | Popular indie rock band circe 2004 is still hanging out- largely synth based instrumentals with signature whiny vocals. Take it or not. 1,4,5,7,3 real good. FCC: 6 | Clap Your Hands |
| Sirens | Blossom Talk | Soul/folk duo from New Orleans. Female vocal harmonies over ukulele tracks. Jazzy melodies. FCC: 5,8 | Community Records |
| Howlign Bells | Heartstrings | Fierce female fronted rock. Some desert rock/wester theme melodies and reverb. RIYL: The Kills, Deep Valley | Birthday Records |
| Throwing Snow | Mosaic | Electronic beats with cold vocals. Dark atmoshphere for the most part, some cool percussion timbred mixed in. Some weak grooves, more about huge sound. | Houndstooth |
| Gospel Gossip | Gospel Gossip | Old, jangly pop rock with deep, reverberating vocals and inst. | Old Blackberry Way |
| American Cream | Nathan | Strange noise rock/drone project with thick swatches of noise colliding with repetitive and tiring vocals. RIYL: Suicide | Old Blackberry Way |
| Jenny Gillespie | Chamma | Electro-ish pop with some organic textures popped in there- some country/blues flavors as well. Acute, experimental album. | Narooma |