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Polvo |
Dream Residue/Work |
In Prism |
Merge |
First song to kick off a night of Polvo..... |
*new arrival
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Polvo |
Selections from 'Today's Active Lifestyles" |
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Polvo >>>> |
interview >>>>>> |
with the >>>>> |
iconic >>>>> |
Ash Bowie! |
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5 |
Polvo |
Lucia |
In Prism |
Merge |
Ash Bowie's possible favourite from the album.... |
*request *new arrival
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Electro Group |
Green Machine |
Lifter 7" |
Omnibus |
This record label, based in Davis, put out some cool stuff in the late 1990s, including ( I think ) 3 7"'s by The Electro Group, who were from Sacramento. |
*from home
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Maria |
Love is Something I Know Nothing About |
Love Is.... 7" |
Yay! |
Brand new on Yay! records from Oxnard, CA, in fact, this is Yay10. Happy, fun, but meaningful pop. |
*from home
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5 |
Postmarks, The |
Watercolors |
s/t |
Unfiltered |
The Miami (?) based Postmarks had this great self-titled album out in 2007, then followed it up with an even better covers album. Maybe they will top themselves again with their third release? We can dream... |
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Frozen Cloak |
Devil Falcon |
Frozen Cloak |
Self-Released |
Wow! Rad new psych by these Bellignham, England dudes. Ok, so Frozen Cloak is sort of a lame name for a band, but I'll forgive that because this is lo-fi psych pushed to the edge. It definitely doesn't need vocals. |
*from home
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Loscil |
Conductivity |
Triple Point |
Kranky |
Loscil's first album is better than Submers in some areas, deficient in others. It is, however, an unmistakably Loscil-like album, with the soft, warm treatments on computer files that mark all except his most recent material |
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Hisato Higuchi |
A Hundred Signs of Light |
Butterfly Horse Street |
Family Vineyard |
Higuchi's masterpiece relies on basic guitar lines, slight atmospheric effects and the human voice, all with such clarity and warmth that it sounds like they are surrounding you. Incredible, enveloping music; the rest of the album is just as solid. |
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Wet Hair |
Ordinary Lives/Radio Machines |
Dream |
Not Not Fun |
The B-side of Wet Hair's best album on NNF is an incredible trip through lands of percussion, droning synths, creepy, piped-in vocals and a general sense of confusion. It doesn't get any better than this. |
*from home
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Kato Hideki |
Double-Dream |
Hope & Despair |
Extreme |
Japanese noise experimentalist Hideki recorded this album in NYC in 1996, but the release was delayed by the Australian label. Anyway, it is probably his masterwork, merging minimalism with precise experimentation. |
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Stone Baby |
Swelling Cumulus |
Fully Render(ed) /cloud/s |
Carbon Records |
Improv Noise from Rochester NY's Cory and Jen. They have had three CD-Rs so far, this being the most recent and most audacious. It is very lo-fi, but the recording accomplishes what it sets out to do. |
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