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9/7/2008 - 9/13/2008

It's back to school time with new releases available from The New Year, Calexico, Kimya Dawson, Okkervil River, Tricky, and an EP from Mogwai. Old releases include that elusive Human League/The Future archive as well as some vinyl issues from Nick Cave, Die Kreuzen, and Girls Against Boys.

 

9/9/08
Boston Spaceships, "Brown Submarine " (Guided by Voices, Inc.) CD
Bound Stems, "The Family Afloat " (Flameshovel) LP/CD
The Broken West, "Now or Heaven " (Merge) CD
*Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds, "Dig Lazarus Dig!!!" (Mute/Anti) 2xLP
Calexico, "Carried to Dust " (Quarterstick) CD/LP
Don Chambers & Goat, "Zebulon " (Warm) CD
Kimya Dawson, "Alphabutt " (K) CD
Angela Desveaux, "The Mighty Ship " (Thrill Jockey) CD
*Die Kreuzen, "Die Kreuzen" (Touch & Go) LP
*Die Kreuzen, "October File" (Touch & Go) LP
The Donkeys, "Living on the Other Side " (Dead Oceans) CD
Liz Durrett, "Outside Our Gates " (Warm) CD
Michael Franti & Spearhead, "All Rebel Rockers" (Anti) CD/LP
*The Future/The Human League, "Golden Hour of the Future" (BlackMelody) CD
*Girls Against Boys, "Venus Luxure No. 1 Baby" (Touch & Go) LP
Hauschka, "Ferndorf " (FatCat) CD
Horse Feathers, "House With No Home " (Kill Rock Stars) LP/CD
*Killdozer, "Twelve Point Buck" (Touch & Go) LP
La Rocca, "OK Okay " (Dangerbird) CD
LaMontagne "Gossip in the Grain" CD
Joe Maneri & Peter Dolger, "Peace Concert (1964)" (Atavistic) CD
Mogwai, "Batcat" (PIAS/Wall of Sound/Matador) CDEP
The New Year, "The New Year " (Touch and Go) LP/CD
Okkervil River, "The Stand Ins " (Jagjaguwar) CD
Parenthetical Girls, "Entanglements " (Tomlab) CD
*Pegboy, "Strong Reaction" (Quarterstick) LP
Pontiak, "Sun on Sun " (Thrill Jockey) CD " (reissue) CD
The Radio Dept., "Clinging to a Scheme " (Labrador) CD
Rafter, "Sweaty Magic EP " (Asthmatic Kitty) CD
Rahim, "Laughter " (Pretty Activity) CD
The Shaky Hands, "Lunglight " (Kill Rock Stars) LP/CD
Emiliana Torrini, "Me and Armini " (Rough Trade) CD
Tricky, "Knowle West Boy " (Domino) LP/CD
Chad VanGaalen, "Soft Airplane " (Sub Pop) CD
White Savage, "I Prefer Savage" (Flameshovel) 7"
Yo Majesty, "Futuristically Speaking...Never Be Afraid " (Domino) CD
Zilverhill, "Eötvös" (Adeptsound) CD
[V/A], "Of Great and Mortal Men, "43 Songs About 43 U.S. Presidencies " (Standard) CD