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6/1/2008 - 6/7/2008

June kicks off with new releases from Fridge's Adem, Shearwater, Ladytron, Harvey Milk, and The Accidental as well as 12" singles from Animal Collective and Justice. Also of note are DVDs from Jandek and Low, a Steinski two-disc retrospective, and an OvO remix album.

6/3/2008

A Mountain of One, "Collected Works" (Mountain Records/10 Worlds) CD
Luke Abbot, "Tuesday EP" (Border Community) 12"
The Accidental, “There Were Wolves” (Thrill Jockey) CD/LP
Adem, “Takes” (Domino) CD
*Lorez Alexandria, "For Swingers Only" (Dusty Groove) CD
*The Amboy Dukes, "Journey to the Center of the Mind" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
Animal Collective, “Water Curses EP” (Domino) 12”
Annihilation Time, “Tales of the Ancient Age” (Tee Pee) LP
Arcade Lovers, "Fantasy Lines" (Tirk) 12"
Architeq, "Birds of Prey EP" (Tirk) 12"
*The Art of Lovin', "S/T" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
Marc Ashken, "Root Rot" (Leftroom) 12"
*John Berberian, "Expressions East" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
*John Berberian, "Oud Artistry" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
B12, "Last Days of Silence" (B12) 2xCD
*The Byrds, "Live At Royal Albert Hall 1971" (Sundazed) CD/2xLP
*The Byrds, "Live In Holland 1971" (Sundazed) 7"
Car Commercials, "Judy's Dust" (Cenotaph Audio) LP
Centro-Matic/South San Gabriel, “Dual Hawks” (Misra) CD/LP
*Gene Clark, "Only Columbe/The French Girl" (Sundazed) 7"
Alan Courtis, "Unstringed Guitar & Cymbals" (Blossoming Noise) CD
Criss AKA The Rain, "Mortecerta" (Claque Musique) 12"
*The Deep, "Psychedelic Moods" (Fallout) 2xLP
DSL, "Invaders" (Ed Banger Records) 12"
Electric President, "Sleep Well" (Morr Music) LP+7"
Emptyset, "Doxa EP" (Caravan) 12"
Feadz, "Happy Meal" (Ed Banger Records) 12"
Fleet Foxes, “S/T” (Sub Pop) CD/LP
*Freeport, "S/T" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
Gebrüder Teichmann, "The Number of the Beat" (Disko-B) CD
Jean Grae & 9th Wonder, “Jeanius” (Blacksmith) CD
*Herbie Hancock/Ron Carter/Thad Jones/Jerome Richardson/Jonathan Klein/Grady Tate, "Hear, O Israel: A Prayer Ceremony In Jazz" (Trunk) LP
Jeff Hanson, "Madam Owl" (Kill Rock Stars) CD
Heckmann, "Silverscreen" (Afu Laboratory) 12"
Heckmann & Kauffelt, "Mosquito" (Afu Laboratory) 12"
Harvey Milk, “Life…the Best Game it Town” (Hydrahead) CD
*Henry Tree, "Electric Holy Man" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
Hexlove/Faulouah, "Free Jazz From Slavery" (Weird Forest) 2xLP
Koen Holtkamp, "Make Haste/Free Birds" (LP
Horrorpops, “Kiss Kiss Kill Kill” (Hellcat) LP
*International Submarine Band, "Blue Eyes/Luxury Liner" (Sundazed) 7"
Islands, “Arm’s Way” (ANTI-) LP
Jaguar Love, “S/T” (Matador) CD-EP/7”
Jandek, "Manhattan Tuesday" (Corwood Industries) DVD
Chaz Jankel, "Get Yourself Together" (Tirk) 12"
Jjak Hogan, "Jjak Hogan EP" (Rekids) 12"
*Josefus, "S/T" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
Justice, "DVNO" (Because Music) 12"
Kaden/Maxim/Mathias Butane, "Overview EP 2/4" (Lessizmore) 12"
Zbigniew Karkowski & Damion Romero, "9 Before 9" (Blossoming Noise) CD
*Katmandu, "S/T" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
Ladytron, “Velocifero” (Rykodisc) CD
*The Last Nikle, "S/T" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
*Lincoln St. Exit, "Drive It" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
Low, “You May Need a Murderer” (In the Fishtank) DVD
Lyrics Born, “Everywhere at Once” (ANTI-) 2xLP
Magnetic Fields, “Distortion” (Nonesuch) LP
Aimee Mann, “@#%&*! Smilers” (Superego) CD
*Maurizio, "M Series" (M) CD
Metalocalypse: Dethklok, “the Dethalbum” (Williams Street) Picture-LP
MGR/Xela, "Shipping Gold/Calling for Vanished Faces" (Barge Recordings) LP
Minus the Bear, "They Make Beer Commercials Sound Like This" (Suicide Squeeze) CD/LP
*Morning Glory, "Two Suns Worth" (Fallout) LP
MRI, "Take Care Not Acid" (Resopal Schallware) 12"
*Fred Neil, "Trav'lin Man: The Early Singles" (Fallout) LP
*Nucleus, "S/T" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
Oppenheimer, “Take the Whole Midrange and Boost It” (Bar/None) CD
OvO, "Remixed by Daniele Brusaschetto" (Blossoming Noise) CD
Pandit Pran Nath, "Raga Cycle" (Sri Moonshine Music) CD
*Johnny Pate, "Outrageous" (Dusty Groove) CD
Pinch, "Chamber Dub" (Soul Jazz Records) 12"
*The Pretty Things, "Singles '64-'68" (Sundazed) 2xLP
Pupkulies & Rebecca, "Save Me" (Normoton) 12"
Radio Slave, "No Sleep (Part Four)" (Rekids) 12"
Radio Slave, "No Sleep (Part Five)" (Rekids) 12"
Rhythm & Sound, "See Mi Yah Remixes" (Burial Mix) CD
Terry Riley with the Paul Dresher Ensemble, "Banana Humberto 2000" (Sri Moonshine Music) CD
*The Savage Resurrection, "S/T" (Mod Lang) CD
*Sebadoh, “Bubble and Scrape (Deluxe)” (Domino) CD
Sebastian, "Motor Momy Army" (Because Music) 12"
She & Him, “Volume One” (Merge) LP
Shearwater, “Rook” (Matador) CD/LP
*Shit and Shine, "Cherry" (Riot Season) CD+DVD
Luke Solomon, "The Difference Engine" (Rekids) CD
Soul Designer, "Evolutionism Part One" (Third Ear Recordings) 12"
*Spectrum, "Milesago" (Aztec Music) 2xCD
*Spirit, "Clear" (Sundazed) LP
*Star Spangled Banner, "S/T" (Aztec Music) CD
Steinski, "What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective" (Illegal Art) 2xCD
*Studio, "West Coast" (Information) CD
Sudden Infant, "Psychotic Einzelkind" (Blossoming Noise) CD
Thank You, "Terrible Two" (Thrill Jockey) CD
Thee Oh Sees, "The Master's Bedroom Is Worth Spending A Night In" (Tomlab) LP
*The 13th Floor Elevators, "The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators" (Sundazed) LP
Stefan Tretau, "Uniz Uz EP" (Leftout) 12"
*The 23s, "Bolivia" (Karaoke Kalk) LP
Two Armadillos, "Patience" (Four:Twenty) 12"
Ricardo Villalobos, "Vasco EP Part 1" (Perlon) 2x12"
Veinte Tres, "Serpiente Cosmica" (Rekids) 2"
Mike Wall, "Loose Changes EP" (Metroline Limited) 12"
*Randy Weston, "African Cookbook" (Atlantic) LP
*The Youngbloods, "Elephant Mountain" (Sundazed) CD
*V/A, "A Pot of Flowers with Love" (Mainstream) Color LP/180g LP
*V/A, "Basic Channel" (Basic Channel) CD
V/A, "Bersa Discos Vol. 2" (Bersa Discos) 12"
V/A, "The Complete Havoc Singles: 1971-1973" (Aztec Music) 2xCD
V/A, "We're All Circling The Stars" (Cosmos Recordings) 2xCD