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WHAT'S THE NEW DEAL?

So I call Greg Clow inToronto because this Toronto group (The New Deal) happens to be intown: somebody else suggested I check the show out but I figured ifanybody knows my music taste -and- this band, it's got to be Clow.
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MEOW MIX! (THREE NEW CDS FROM TIGEBEAT6)

First up is the releasefrom Dat Politics titled 'Tracto Flirt' which uses glitches, pulses andbeats as the tools to bring the rather anthemic melodies across.
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LAIKA, "GOOD LOOKING BLUES"

Alas, finally out in the USA, Laika's third full-length release and one of my favorite full-lengthers of the year.
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THE DAMAGE MANUAL

This is the debut selftitled album by The Damage Manual, following up the debut "1" EP fromthis past April, due out September 5th.
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SPRING HEEL JACK, "DISAPPEARED"

Spring Heel Jack push forward with their fourth release of this year.
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MARC GARTMAN, "THE HORRIBLE COCOANUT GROVE DISASTER"

Two CDs this week I've pulled from the home-made bin as I think these folks are moving in the right direction.
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WILKES LAND, "DERECORDED"

Second home-made release this week comes from Tulsa, OK?
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FUTURE BIBLE HEROES, "I'M LONELY (AND I LOVE IT)"

This is the 80's synthpop side of Stephin Merritt - another excellent project by the gloomysourpuss that everyone now knows and loves.
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CURD DURCA, "ELEVATOR 3"

This is the 4th album byVienna based artist Curd Duca for electronic label Mille Plateaux, 3rdin the "Elevator" series of 'digitalanalog mood music' and my personalfirst.
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SONOVAC, "HIGH-ON-TECH" EP

You ever hear a name so much that you really should indeed check them out?
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SONIC YOUTH?, "MUSICAL PERSPECTIVES 5"

Well, maybe it's not really Sonic Youth, but it does follow along the whole theme of the Musical Perspectives series.
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"INVISIBLE SOUNDTRACKS 3"

The latest in Invisible Soundtracks collections, volume 3, features Rothko, 310, Bass Communion, Bob Ellis and many many others.
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"L'AGE D'OR (THE GOLDEN AGE)"

Eleven years of German rock comes together for this medium priced sampler from label L'Age D'or.
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DRUMS & TUBA "WATER DAMAGE RE-ISSUES"

Two brand spanking new reissues from My Pal God are the rereleases of Drums & Tuba.
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BRIGHT, "FULL NEGATIVE (OR) BREAKS"

Fans who love to drone onand on and on will love what they'll get from the new Bright record.Bright, formerly (currently?) based in Boston had a release in Darla's"Bliss Out" series a couple years back.
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FRED GIANNELLI, "TELEPATHIC ROMANCE"

From Sahko in Finland comes this excellent priced CD from that guy who simply goes by Fred.
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LIVE HUMAN, "ELEFISH JELLYPHANT"

I figure I should get to this release as it's been staring me in the face since June.
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KIM CASCONE, "PARASITES"

Kim Cascone, formerly of Silent Records, has founded the new label Anechoic and this is the debut release.
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FOREIGN TERRAIN, "LP1"

Foreign Terrain is AndrewDiey of Manchester, UK. "LP 1" was originally a very limited cd-rrelease but now it is the readily available debut for SoleilmoonRecordings.
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Rediscovering Chris & Cosey

Four discs have been reissued this round, all of which were originally out on Rough Trade, subsequently released by Play It Again, Sam, WaxTrax! and/or Nettwerk. These four releases are scatterings across the growth curve—represented by 1981's 'Heartbeat', 1988's 'Songs of Love and Lust', and two releases from 1990: 'Trance' and 'Techno Primitiv.'
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