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5/4/2008 - 5/10/2008

Notable collaborations this week include Andrew Liles w/ Fovea Hex and Keiji Haino w/ Masami Akita. Other new releases are due from Terry Riley, Russian Circles, 16 Horsepower, EPs from Four Tet and Animal Collective, and of course we can't overlook Matmos' new full-length. Reissues include several albums each from Polvo, Spoon, and Ornette Coleman.
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4/27/2008 - 5/3/2008

The shift from April to May finds us with a pair of notable new releases from Jandek and Bobby & Blumm. Reissues include a disc comprised of the until now out-of-print debut release and early singles from space-age pop master Juan Garcia Esquivel, a nice looking disc of comedian Bill Cosby's far-out soul/psych-funk meanderings with his group the Bunions Bradford Band, and a compilation of unreleased radio work from Orson Welles' Mercury radio theatre company.
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4/20/2008 - 4/26/2008

Some great releases this week including new material from Grouper, Billy Bragg, Atmosphere, Pyramids, and Secret Chiefs 3. Reissues available include several each from Kluster, The Coup, and Parliament, as well as individual re-releases from Silver Apples, Acid Mothers Temple and Whitehouse. Also of of note is a brand-new live DVD from Pan Sonic.
 

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4/13/2008 - 4/19/2008

Notable new releases this this week from Windy Weber, M83, the Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ellen Allien, and Joseph Arthur. On the reissue side of things, you'll find a whole slew which include titles from Stars of the Lid, Elliot Sharp, Sun Ra, the Mekons, Air, and singer-songwriter turned children's book author, Shel Silverstein.
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4/6/2008 - 4/12/2008

New releases out this week from Death In June, Man Man, Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, Meat Beat Manifesto, and more. Meanwhile, The Microphones' "The Glow Pt. 2" get the deluxe reissue treatment, Robert AA Lowe collaborates with Rose Laz on a book and 3" CD, and a John Cage DVD is released on Microcinema.
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3/30/2008 - 4/05/2008

New releases this week from Diamanda Galás, Nadja, Buckethead, and the Apples in Stereo, as well as a split from Wolf Eyes and Sickness and a pair of Sublime Frequencies compilations. Reissues include titles by Silver Apples, John Cage, and Giles, Giles, & Fripp.
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3/23/2008 - 3/29/2008

New full lengths are available this week from the Silver Mt. Zion, Soltero, and Excepter, as well as a new  Merzbow/Band of Pain split picture vinyl, and a collaboration between Fabrizio Palumbo (of Larsen) and Ernesto Tomasini (known for his work with Andrew Liles). Notable reissues include Coil's The Ape of Naples (with a full disc of alternate versions from the aborted Backwards release.)

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3/16/2008 - 3/22/2008

Notable new releases out this week from Adam Green, Diebold (feat. members of Silver Mt. Zion), Charalambides, Evangelista (aka Carla Bozulich), John Zorn, Oren Ambarchi & Z'EV, the Kills, Fuck Buttons, and Sven Väth. Reissues include several each from Moondog, Dead Boys, and Mission of Burma.
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3/2/2008 - 3/15/2008

Two weeks of new releases include new stuff from Fuck Buttons, Bauhaus, B. Fleischmann, and Tarwater and vault material from Tied & Tickled Trio, Dungen, Sun City Girls, and Country Funk.
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2/24/2008 - 3/01/2008

New releases this week include full lengths by Earth, Son Lux, Guapo, Goldfrapp, and Del tha Funky Homosapien.
Reissues include multiple titles from Scott Walker, Betty Davis, Kimya Dawson, and The Apples in Stereo, as well as
some classic soundtracks brought back to life on Dagored. 

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2/17/2008 - 2/23/2008

New releases this week include full lengths from American Music Club, Hayaino Daisuki, Atlas Sound, Monade, The
Mountain Goats, Marc Ribot, and a split LP from Irr.App.(Ext.) and Panicsville. Reissues include LPs from Captain
Beefheart, David Axelrod, Silver Apples, and a mess of CD remasters from Eyeless in Gaza. Also of particular note is a
great looking set from Roland Auzet which includes three CDs, a DVD, and a 500 page book by French musicologist
Pierre-Albert Castanet on the history of percussion music.
 

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2/10/2008 - 2/16/2008

New releases this week include material from Tuxedomoon, Pauline Oliveros, and Lowfish, and reissues from Michael Cashmore, Frontline Assembly, John Cale, Erkin Goray, and Astrud Gilberto. Also of note are two landmark out-of-print reference books being made available once more: the psych tome, "Fuzz, Acid and Flowers" by Vernon Joynson (in deluxe faux-leather hardback), and the classic krautrock encyclopedia "The Crack in the Cosmic Egg" by Steven and Alan Freeman, now in CD-ROM form and packed with extras. 

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2/3/2008 - 2/9/2008

New releases this week include compilations from Soundway, Finders Keepers, and Psychic Circle, full lengths from Acid Mothers Temple, Iannis Xenakis, Bob Mould, Hot Chip, and Principles of Geometry, and a host of reisssues including material from Killing Joke, Zoviet France, Rainbow, Dinosaur Jr., and Boyd Rice w/ Death In June.
 

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1/27/2008 - 2/2/2008

January winds down with new titles from Jon Mueller, Ida, Xiu Xiu, Robert Pollard, Beat Circus, and the Vandermark 5. Reissues this week include material from Destroy All Monsters, Sun Ra, Xasthur, Don Cherry, and Múm. Also out is a new 7" from Fennesz and a concert DVD from The Ex.
 

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1/20/2008 - 1/26/2008

Releases of note this week include new material from Sam Shalabi, Diplo, John Zorn, Baby Dee, Mahjongg, and Tau Emerald, and reissues from the Feelies and Envy. Also out this week is the Hydra Head audiobook release of "Fight" by Oxbow's Eugene Robinson (as read by the man himself), as well as the fifth volume in Sub Rosa's "Anthology of Noise & Electronic Music" series.
 

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1/13/2008 - 1/19/2008

Notable releases this week include a NWW reissue plus new titles from Susumu Yokota, Elsa Ambrogio (of the Magik Markers), Anthony Coleman, and Magnetic Fields. Reissues include some tasty '70s prog from Metamorfosi, and the Ghost, as well as a pair of psych comps from Crazy Apple Botique available on vinyl for the first time.
 

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1/6/2008 - 1/12/2008

Amongst the releases this week are a couple new discs from Billy Childish, a huge swathe of Triumph reissues, and individual re-releases from Arthur Lee, Albert Hammond, and B.B. King. New compilations this week come courtesy of Asian Man, Arc, and Ace UK.
 

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12/16/2007 - 12/22/2007

New releases this week from Chriss Sutherland, Carter Tutti, Text of Light, Steve Bug and Afrirampo. On the seven-inch side of things we've got one each from Plastikman and Matt Valentine, three from Morr Music's "Numbers of Small Things" imprint, and this month's installment of Robert Pollard's 7" subscription series. Reissues include albums from Bohren & Der Club of Gore, The Hitmen, Ananda Shankar, and 3/3.
 

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12/9/2007 - 12/15/2007

New releases this week include Dominik Eulberg, Buckethead, Food, Sven Vath, and Pole; reissues and compilations include Sun Ra, Moby Grape, the Slits, Blind Willie Johnson, and Guru Guru; 7" singles are out from the Klaxons, the United States of America, and Justice; and finally Nick Drake and Magik Markers are among the folks to get the LP treatment this week for titles previously released only on CD.
 

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12/02/2007 - 12/08/2007

December kicks off with new titles from Cex, Isis, Paul van Dyk, Marduk, 4 Bonjour's Parties, Chuck Prophet, and Jonathan Kane, a best-of from the Libertines, and a reissue from Beenie Man. Also among the fresh out are some collections of score from the films of Dario Argento and Bernardo Bertolucci (which also come with retrospective books—in Italian!) and a couple of nice looking comps from Greensleeves and B-Music, respectively.
 

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