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Recommended New Releases for 9/2/16

THIS WEEK’S RECOMMENDED RELEASES!

Angel Olsen “My Woman”
  $12.99 CD / $19.99 LP ~ MORE INFO

De La Soul “And The Anonymous Nobody”
  $12.99 CD / $28.99 LP ~ MORE INFO

Mekons/Robbie Fulks “Jura”
  $11.99 CD / LP tba ~ MORE INFO

Lindsey Sterling “Brave Enough”
  $10.99 CD / LP available 9/6 ~ MORE INFO

Thee Oh Sees “A Weird Exits”
  $12.99 CD / $25.99 2xLP ~ MORE INFO

The Minus 5 “Of Monkees & Men”
  $12.99 CD / $21.99 LP ~ MORE INFO

Atmosphere “Fishing Blues”
  $12.99 CD / $28.99 LP ~ MORE INFO

Russian Circles “Guidence”
  $12.99 CD / $22.99 LP ~ MORE INFO

Lydia Loveless “Real”
  $12.99 CD / $19.99 LP ~ MORE INFO

Dinosaur Jr. “Give A Glimpse Of What Yer Not”
  $11.99 CD / $20.99 LP ~ MORE INFO

Betty Davis “Columbia Years”
  $14.99 CD / $26.99 LP ~ MORE INFO

Blood Orange “Freetown Sound”

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MadCity Music Welcomes the Official Film of RSD 2016!

The Smart Studios Story is the OFFICIAL FILM of RECORD STORE DAY 2016.

…And, MadCity Music Exchange is proud to welcome Butch Vig and Steve Marker to celebrate on Record Store Day, April 16! Butch and Steve will be hanging out in the afternoon and giving away a promotional cassette created just for Record Store Day.  The cassette, a collaboration with Dogfish Head Craft Brewery, captures over a dozen early, independent songs recorded at Smart Studios in the 1980s.  MadCity will be one of only two stores in the country where Butch and Steve will be personally handing out the cassettes! Available while they last, but they won’t last long!

Additional information about the film is right here:  www.smartstudiosdocumentary.com

More local coverage here!

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Suggestions and favorites from the crew (and pals) of MadCity Music Exchange for 2015!

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In no particular order…
JD MCPherson, Let The Good Times Roll (Rounder) – excellent 50s/early 60s influenced rock’n’roll, not retro

Chasity Belt, Time To Go Home (Hardly Art) – bare bones shoegaze that rocks

Peter Case, Hwy 62 (Omnivore) an excellent storyteller and songwriter who can comment on political/social problems with hushed, soulful acoustic songs that paint a picture of people’s lives

La Luz, Weirdo Shrine (Hardly Art) – psychedelic surf drone!

The Sonics, This Is The Sonics (Re:Vox USA) – still vicious after all these years

Death, N.E.W (Tryangle Records) – Don’t call it a comeback

Kendrick Lammar, To Pimp A Butterfly (Interscope Records) – when one of the biggest albums in hip hop is this weird and experimental we all win

Jim O’Rourke, Simple Songs (Drag City) – all of his albums are gems waiting to be found

Best Coast, California Nights (Harvest) – guitar heavy power pop, from California, glamours and hip

Tommy Keene, Laughing In the Dark (Second Motion) – guitar heavy power pop, from Maryland, veteran new waver

Sweet Talk, Double Perfect (12XU) – guitar heavy power pop, from Austin, dudes

Reissues/Archival Releases:
Slim Dunlap, Old New Me/Times Like

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MadCity Music’s 2014 Staff Picks

DAVE ZERO – Vinyl Baron

Real Estate – “Atlas” – Galaxie 500 meets The Feelies and it’s wonderful.

Bob Mould – “Beauty & Ruin” – Age means nothing, still a lot of rock to Du!

The Roots – “And Then You Shoot Your Cousin…” – A surprisingly, dark, dense and weird album from a band that refuses to take it easy.

Reigning Sound – “Shattered” – Always soulful kings of garage get mod, a little mellow, and add strings

Death – “III” – A charming collection of demos & outtakes that shows what this band could have been

J Mascis – “Tied To A Star” – As stunning quiet as he is loud

King Tuff – “Black Moon Spell” – Marc Bolan is smiling up on his cloud because of this album

Brimstone Howl – “Magic Hour” – Tom Verlaine/Television inspired, reverb soaked garage stompers

Ex Hex – “Rips” – All lady band that delivers a great blast of cool, 70s inspired glam
rock & power pop

Honorable Mentions:
Ian McLagan – “United States”
Paul Collins – “Feel The Noise”
Black Keys – “Turn

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MadCity’s Staff Choices For Best Of 2013

DAVE ZERO

Sweet Talk – “Pickup Lines”
Dual guitar, garage power pop from TX.

Endless Boogie – “Long Island”
Cosmic Psychos + Canned Heat + Neu!

Uncle Acid & The Deadbeats – “Mind Control”
Psychedelic-Sabbath w/ Robin Zander sound a-like on vocals.

David Bowie – “The Next Day”
Almost every song sounds like a single.

Human Eye – “4: Into The Unknown”
Mudhoney on really good acid.

Oblivians  – “Desperation”
When else has a band retunited to make their best album?

The Thermals – “Desperate Ground”
Still throwing a power pop punch in heart after 10 years.

Brittany Howard/Ruby Amanfu – “I Wonder” 7″
In a perfect world this would have been the biggest hit of the year.

John Paul Keith – “Memphis Circa 3 AM”
Bar room/honky tonk version of Marshal Crenshaw.

Elvis Costello & The Roots – “Wise Up Ghost”
Not sure why, but it works.

The Dirtbombs – “Ooey Gooey Chewy Ka-Blooey!”
Detroit garage kings go bubblegum.

The Hussy – “Pagan Hiss”
Local duo’s strongest release yet.

REISSUES:
Devo – “Hardcore Vol. 1 & 2”
King Tuff – “Was Dead”

HONORABLE MENTIONS:
Mavis

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