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February 25 New Releases

St.-VincentSt. Vincent, “St. Vincent”

Bob Mould, “Workbook” (25th anniversary edition)

Bleeding Rainbow, “Interrupt”

Death Vessel, “Island Intervals”

Hamell On Trial, “The Happiest Man In The World”

Grateful Dead, “Birth Of The Dead Volume Two-The Live Sides” (180 Gram Audiophile Vinyl/Limited Edition)

Lemon Nash, “Papa Lemon: New Orleans Ukelele Maestro & Tent Show Troubadour”

Little Feat, “Complete Warner Bros. Years 1971-1990” (13-CD set)

Morrissey, “Your Arsenal” (CD, DVD, Vinyl deluxe reissues)

The Notwist, “Close To The Glass”

Superchunk, “Indoor Living” (CD/LP reissue)

Tacocat, “NVM”

Beck, “Morning Phase”

Greg Ashley, “Another Generation Of Slaves”

Mike Gordon, “Overstep”

 

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February 18 New Releases

LL-digital.v1Lydia Loveless, “Somewhere Else”

Suburban Mutilation, “Opera Ain’t Over Til The Fat Lady Sings” collection

Guided By Voices, “Motivational Jumpsuit”

Suzanne Vega, “Tales From The Realm Of The Queen Of The Queen Of Pentacles”

Kevin Seconds, “Off Stockton”

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February 4 New Releases

ojOrange Juice, “Rip It Up,” “You Can’t Hide Your Love Forever,” “Texas Fever” (CD and LP deluxe reissues)

The Haden Triplets, s/t

Broken Bells, “After The Disco”

Les Claypool’s Duo de Twang, “Four Foot Shack”

Jeremy Messersmith, “Heart Murmurs”

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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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November 19 New Releases

bottlerocketsThe Bottle Rockets, “The Bottle Rockets” and “The Brooklyn Side” (reissues, remastered with bonus tracks)

Jake Bugg, “Shangri-la”

Reggie And The Full Effect, “No Country For Old Musicians”

Boards Of Canada, “In A Beautiful Place In The Country” (Vinyl reissue)

A Perfect Circle, “Three Sixty”

Eric Clapton, “Crossroads Guitar Festival 2013” (2 CD, 2 DVDs)

Kurt Vile, “It’s A Big World Out There (And I Am Scared)” (12″ single)

Yo La Tengo, “Super Kiwi” (7″)

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