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MIMIR, "3"

The third album from post-rock post-kraut post-goth supergroup Mimir features members Christoph Heemann and Andreas Martin of HNAS, Edward Ka-Spel and The Silverman of Legendary Pink Dots with seminal guitarist/producer/noise artist/Spice Girls fan Jim O'Rourke.
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V/VM PRESENTS FALCO & KID 606

Two brand swanking new 7" single releases are available now on vinyl from v/vm Test Recordings.
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WILL OLDHAM, "GUARAPERO - LOST BLUES 2"

This collection of Oldhamtunes pulls a ton of stuff (16 tracks to be exact) from four trackdemos, home recordings, live stuff, peel sessions and other bits andpieces hanging around from the last seven years.
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IN THE NURSERY, "GROUNDLOOP"

With ITN moreso than Coiland Greater Than One, I'm mildly aggrivated when I mention them tosomebody and get a response like, "oh are they still around?"
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RECOIL, "LIQUID"

One album which shouldmost definitely have been instrumental is the fourth full-lengther fromformer Depeche Mode electro wizard, Alan Wilder.
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COH, "VOX TINNITUS"

This excellentraster-noton release is really worth getting. It's a strange andintelligent little EP, with a nice balance between tightly controlledminimalism and playful goofiness. Very impressive!
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Swans, "Filth / Body To Body, Job To Job"

 Since Swans demise in 1997, Michael Gira has meticulously re-packaged exactly what he wants to preserve of Swans 15 year legacy via double cd re-issues, this being the fourth and final one. This set couples the long out print 1983 debut album Filth and the 1982-85 studio out takes and live recording collection Body to Body, Job to Job. In addition is a previously unreleased 25 minute live show in NYC from 1982/3 and a 9 minute live version of "Raping a Slave" from 1984. Noticeably missing are the four songs from the debut s/t EP from 1982.
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OL' DIRTY BASTARD, "NIGGA PLEASE"

One of the most foul-mouthed, sleazy, perverse, sexist and nasty records I've ever heard.
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CRANK, "HEFTIBAG"

Glitch music is quickly becoming the new jungle: a newborn style that artists, both old and new, look to for inspiration.
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D'ANGELO, "VOODOO"

Soul music, just like any good genre, needs an album to redraw its blueprint every now and then.
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YO LA TENGO, "AND THEN NOTHING TURNED ITSELF INSIDE-OUT"

This release marks the10th full-length original studio record of that lovable NY trio thatdoesn't seem to have an enemy in the music press. Rightfully so, too.
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JACKIE-O MOTHERFUCKER, "FIG. 5"

Don't let the nameof the group fool you, this is hardly something to overlook.
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The Tied & Tickled Trio, "EA1 EA2"

The return of the Tied + Tickled Trio marks the second album as this side project from Germany's The Notwist.

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PSYCHIC TV, "WERE YOU BULLIED AT SCHOOL?"

Now I remember why I avoided all those Psychic TV live albums all these years. Yuck.
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RICHIE HAWTIN, "DECKS, EFX & 909"

Richie Hawtin has beenDJing, playing and recording Detroit and minimalist techno for a decadenow under his own name and as Plastikman, F.U.S.E., etc.
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THE MIRROR REVEALS, "FRAMES OF TEKNICOLOR"

Kate Messick, vocalistfrom Unto Ashes, appears with composer/lyricist James Babbo on thisalbum, and her full upfront vocals seem flatter and less textured thanon Moon Oppose Moon.
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UNTO ASHES, "MOON OPPOSE MOON"

Featuring a wide array ofexotic old and world instruments, fused with modern electronics andvocals in three different languages, Unto Ashes blends the renaissancefolk goth genres into a melange of pathos.
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VOLCANO THE BEAR, "THE INHAZER DECLINE"

From the first few notesof this CD, it is evident as to why Volcano the Bear is one of StevenStapleton's favorite new groups.
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DAVID COULTER, "INTERVENTION"

David Coulter is a multiinstrumentalist who was a contributing member of the Pogues and TestDept., has played with Peter Hammill, The Kronos Quartet, Marc Ribot,Talvin Singh and Roger Eno among others and currently lectures atStratford-upon-Avon College. "INterVENTION" is his solo debut viaMichael Gira's (SWANS, The Angels of Light) Young God Records.
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FATCAT SERIES 1-8

Oh yeah, here's anotherfuckup from Fat Cat on CD. This is pointless! If you're going torelease a CD compilation of some of the 12" only releases, then compilethe whole damned series, not just highlights and charge a full pricefor this shit.
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