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	April 2, 2008


	FEATURED NEW RELEASES Eleanoora Rosenholm Es James Blackshaw Bollywood Steel Guitar (Various) Jennifer Cardini (Kompakt mix) Edwards Hand Boredoms Sebastien Tellier Jade Stone and Luv Rod Modell Mombasa Yelle Nigeria Disco Funk Special (Various) Sun Kil Moon		Psychedelic Jumble (Various) Los Campesinos! FEATURED DIGITAL DOWNLOADS Dark Meat (FREE SONG DOWNLOAD) Barry Adamson Darkstar Popol Vuh (Mika Vainio and Haswell & Hecker Remixes) Mapstation / Paul Wirkus

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WIN TICKETS TO THA GET UP! WITH MARICE FULTON
This Friday, April 4th, Maurice Fulton lands in the basement of APT for his first New York appearance since he played here over a year ago, dropping a set that is not just reflective of his productions but also inclusive of them -- he's known to play his own unreleased gems that will blow your mind, and have you pushing yourself off the bar and into the air. Duane Harriott, who had an amazing party last month with Theo Parrish, rounds out the night. We've got two pairs of tickets to give away, so enter right now by emailing giveaway@othermusic.com. The two winners will be notified on Thursday, April 3rd.

FRIDAY, APRIL 4
APT: 419 West 13th Street NYC
$10 tickets available at the door

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Antipop Consortium

UPCOMING OTHER MUSIC IN-STORES

YA HO WA 13 (Poster/Book and Record Signing): April 8 @ 6:30PM
Members of Father Yod's Source Family will be stopping by Other Music to sign records and copies of the book The Source: The Untold Story of Father Yod, and to share some food made from the family's original recipes before their performance at the Knitting Factory later that night. Surely, to be one of the most unique psychedelic cult bizarro shows of the year!

THE DIRTBOMBS: APRIL 7 @ 8PM
Back with their first album in five years, Mick Collins and his Dirtbombs are one of rock 'n' roll's best live bands -- fuzzy, ragged and loud!

ANTIPOP CONSORTIUM: APRIL 21 @ 8PM
Reunited and it feels so good! Legendary experimental hip-hop group Antipop Consortium are back together performing at Other Music!

OTHER MUSIC: 15 East 4th Street NYC
Free admission / Limited Capacity

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WIN TICKETS TO NINA NASTASIA & JIM WHITE, PHOSPHORESCENT, & GARY HIGGINS
There are a lot of great rock shows in this town, but it's rare to see a triple bill quite as enticing from start to finish as this coming Monday's gig at the Bowery Ballroom. First up you have the legendary Gary Higgins, whose early-'70s lost psych-folk classic Red Hash was resurrected by Drag City a few years back, and his performances are always a treat. Next, a Brooklyn band who were simply stunning at Other Music's recent SXSW party, Phosphorescent. And then the headliner, Nina Nastasia and Jim White, whose wonderful collaboration from last year, You Follow Me, is a haunting album that should positively shimmer live on stage. We are happy to offer three pairs of tickets to this great event. To enter, email tickets@othermusic.com. The winners will be notified on Friday, April 4th.

MONDAY, APRIL 7
BOWERY BALLROOM: 6 Delancey Street NYC
$14 advance tickets (available at Other Music)
18+ with ID / Doors at 7:30 P.M.


	$19.99 CD $9.99 MP3		ELEANOORA ROSENHOLM Vainajan Muotokuva (Fonal) "Rein Rauss" "Spielhur" Those who come to Eleanoora Rosenholm's Vainajan Muotokuva expecting more of the same winsome, ramshackle folk and homespun, warmly melodic drone for which the Fonal Records camp have become known over the past couple of years are in for a bit of a surprise here. Ostensibly telling the tale of a 1950s woman of dubious moral fiber, Eleanoora Rosenholm (a band featuring the wafting vocals of Noora Tommila and conceived in part by Circle's Mika Rättö) traffics in moody pop that balances out the ethereality of Fonal's folk set with a hefty dose of the oddball pop genius of some of its lesser known acts. Though united throughout by Tommila's powerful vocals, each track on Vainajan Muotokuva establishes its own distinct tone and style. "Japanilainen Puutarha" focuses on a keen rhythmic intensity and twinkling keys, while later tracks like "Kiltti Vai Tuhma" downplay earlier waifish goth atmospherics in favor of a pretty earnest stab at low-fi, up-beat Euro-disco. Elsewhere, "Puutarhakatu 36" traffics in a delicately plotted, gauzy ambience, while the mid-tempo ballad "Kapiokissa" slowly picks its way towards a woozily melodic climax. Easily one of the most pleasantly unpredictable records to emerge from Fonal, Eleanoora Rosenholm's debut packs more twists and turns into its nine brief songs than most bands manage in a lifetime. [MC]


	$21.99 CDx2 $9.99 MP3		ES Sateenkaarisuudelma (Fonal) "Harmonia, Rakkautta" "Maailmankaari I" Originally released in 2005 as a double LP on the esteemed, but hard to come by in these parts, (K-RAA-K)3 label out of Belgium, Sateenkaarisuudelma was then, and is still now, one of my favorite new records to come out in years. The fourth album by Fonal Records label head Sami Sänpäkkilä (a/k/a Es) and his band of co-conspirators (the album includes contributions from members of Lau Nau, Black Forest/Black Sea amongst many other of Finland's finest) stands apart as a refreshingly natural blend of psychedelia and minimalism. Recorded between 2002 and 2005, and consisting of three sections -- Sateenkaarisuudelma, Maailmankaari and Pianokaari -- the album focuses on subtle layering that shifts the listener's attention inwards as the details slowly make themselves more apparent then gradually morph into abstraction. An obvious reference would be Terry Riley's '60s time-lag accumulator experiments but Sänpäkkilä's approach is, for the most part, more delicate and focused, creating a listening environment that's both meditative and ecstatic. While Sateenkaarisuudelma concentrates mostly on loop-based composition, Sänpäkkilä's carefully calibrated range of sounds (piano, electric guitar, voice, cello, synth, electronics, bells, field recordings) and off-kilter sense of timing keep things consistently engaging and shows a concern for both melody and texture. Es records have always had an affinity for astute layering of various musical and sundry elements but with Sateenkaarisuudelma, Sänpäkkilä has reached a new level of sublime cosmic splendor that has as much to do with expression as it does with form. Each track unfolds itself, and each element reveals just a little bit more of the picture. This is an album that deserves repeated listening, best get started now. Two-disc set includes lavish reproduction of the original LP artwork by Juri Puhakka. [KH]


	Celeste $13.99 CD $9.99 MP3 Sunshrine $13.99 CD $9.99 MP3 Lost Prayers... $13.99 CD $9.99 MP3		JAMES BLACKSHAW Celeste (Tompkins Square) "Celeste Pt. 1" JAMES BLACKSHAW Sunshrine (Tompkins Square) "Sunshrine" JAMES BLACKSHAW Lost Prayers and Motionless Dances (Tompkins Square) "Lost Prayers and Motionless Dances" The young James Blackshaw, it seems, was born with a 12-string in his hand. He has been an accomplished player and composer since the dark days of the mid-2000s (and his early 20s), recording spare acoustic albums of intricate, circular, hypnotic, finger-picked raga guitar in a small studio in Hullbridge, UK, releasing ultra-limited CD-Rs in quantities that would have been impossible to find even if you knew that you were searching. Blackshaw draws on classic artists like John Fahey, Charlemagne Palestine and Arvo Part, and the past few years have seen a broadening interest in this brand of guitar hypnosis, bringing him to the forefront of an international scene that includes players like Sir Richard Bishop, Jack Rose and Glenn Jones. Tompkins Square, for whom Blackshaw now records, has done the fans a great service by giving these three early albums a proper release, and they are all well worth a listen. Blackshaw's debut, Celeste, was recorded in late 2003 and saw a limited release of 80 CD-Rs the following year on the Birchville Cat Motel-associated Celebrate Psi Phenomenon label. The album features a two-part meditation on a similar theme, and even on this early debut, his fluid 12-string playing is mesmerizing. There are subtle touches of Farfisa organ and cymbal, but Blackshaw's guitar work is so intricate it often sounds like a symphony, and he wisely leaves it largely unadorned here. 2005's Sunshrine is perhaps the most complex and varied of the three, and it has also been the easiest to find, having been released in an edition of 1000 actual factory-made CDs on Digitalis Industries. Blackshaw brings both 12- and six-string into play here, and again lays the groundwork with harmonium, bells and bowed cymbals, as well as sarod (a classical North Indian stringed instrument). The 26-minute title track opens with some lovely clattering bells, cleansing the palate even before the first strum, which shifts the mood instantly to a melancholy pace that slowly builds back up to a dense wall of sound, and a heavy bell and harmonium coda, followed by another palate-cleanser, the three-minute jaunty guitar-only piece, "Skylark Herald's Dawn." The album-long Lost Prayers and Motionless Dances was recorded and released about a year after the debut (200 CD-Rs on Digitalis Industries), and it adds some lovely drone elements into the mix. Opening with a breathy harmonium, Blackshaw overdubs subtle touches of bells, radio noise and assorted percussion as an undercurrent to his lilting 12-string, and where the debut hints at a raga influence, this one more overtly takes some cues from East Indian trance sounds. [JM]


	$15.99 CD		VARIOUS ARTISTS Bollywood Steel Guitar (Sublime Frequencies) "Jan Pahechan Ho" Van Shipley "Mafe Karo" Kazi Aniruddha Sub Freq nails it yet again with this out-and-out mindbending collection of Bollywood songs from 1962-86, organized chronologically and all featuring the steel guitar. Indian musician Van Shipley invented an eight-string slide guitar in order to capture, as the liner notes state, a specific drone he heard in his head. What followed is pure musical mayhem, the product of complete cultural miscegenation ... you'd swear it was a Mexican conjunto band going Hawaiian surf crazy and delving into Japanese "group sounds" on the collection's earlier offerings, to full-on freak fuzz grooves by the time 1973's "Manja Re," by Charanjit Singh, passes by. Two bonkers discofied synth numbers close out the collection, upping the insanity levels exponentially. You've no doubt gone through a few Indian soundtrack collections focusing on breaks and bad-ass vibes before, but very few that have dealt with a specific instrument in play, let alone any as infectiously mental as this one. So highly recommended. [DM]


	$14.99 CD		JENNIFER CARDINI Feeling Strange (Kompakt) "Fed on Youth" False "Arcadia (Video Edit)" Apparat Jennifer Cardini is one of France's most acclaimed female DJs right now, attributed to revitalizing the Parisian club scene -- alongside Chloe and Fany of Kill the DJs fame -- during her residencies at the Rex, Pulp and Nitsa. Her first mix in three years finds a home on Kompakt, which incidentally is their first release from a woman(?!), and sure enough, Cardini's set has a different feel than what we normally associate coming from the German label. While minimal is still the name of the game, Cardini's selection is deeper than you'd expect, and spans across a wider range of styles than most other Kompakt mixes. Feeling Strange kicks off with Robert Lippok's lovely remix of Static's "Sometimes I'm Sad for a Few Seconds" and then blends into the Chloe mix of Rework's "Love Love Love Yeah," the detached, slight paranoia of the two tracks perfectly mirroring the compilation title. From there, Cardini starts going deeper, soon landing in Basic Channel territory with Maurizio's classic "M-04" and then into a Daniel Stefanik remix of Lawrence's "Place to Be," before turning a little more blissful with the dubby tech-house of Jamie Lloyd's "May I!?" (Quarion remix). A few tracks later, she picks up the pace connecting the Hacker and Eric Borgo's dark, pulsing "Zone" into Mike Dunn's seminal "So Let It Be House," followed by some Belgian electro-house (Compuphonic & Kolombo's "Emotion"), and then takes a dark, skittering detour via Matthew Dear's False alias ("Fed on Youth") and Alex Smoke's "Blackbody." Soon after, Cardini mixes "Missing Billie" from Reinhard Voigt into the '80s-inspired electro of Principles of Geometry's "A Mountain for President" (featuring guest vocals from Sebastien Tellier) and then finally closes her set with "Push" from Lusine into Apparat's Radiohead inspired "Arcadia" (Video Edit). It's great to see Kompakt breaking up the boys club with the addition of Cardini to the roster, her presence bringing some new personality to a label with one of the most defined sounds in electronic music. [GH]


	$22.99 CD		EDWARDS HAND Stranded (Lightning Tree) "Sheriff Myras Lincoln" "Stranded" Stranded was the second album by the duo of British singer-songwriters Rod Edwards and Roger Hand, or the third if you count The Huge World of Emily Small by their great psychedelic pop group Piccadilly Line. Released in 1970, the LP was their second project with Beatles producer George Martin. Parts of Stranded are stripped down, with little more than acoustic guitar and piano accompanying the vocals. But as you might expect, Martin also does the "kitchen sink" production thing on a few of the tracks, throwing in string sections, horns, funky Sly Stone-esque fuzz guitar, and even some pretty amazing synth stuff that sounds like it could've come straight off a John Carpenter soundtrack. The collage-style sequencing of the album, with a few of the first songs reprising later as interludes and some tracks cut-and-pasted together from what must originally have been individual compositions, is reminiscent of Martin's work on the later Beatles records, particularly Abbey Road. But Edwards and Hand's upper-register vocal harmonies give the songs much more of an early Bee Gees feel. They also sound uncannily like Ian Matthews from time to time. Many of the tracks have a strong country/folk influence and wouldn't feel out of place on a Matthews' Southern Comfort LP or even on one of Matthews' recently reissued Vertigo solo albums. The first half of Stranded was conceived as a loose concept album about Edwards' and Hand's perceptions of America. Over the course of a five-song cycle they come across as disillusioned with the United States' legacy of militarism and racial strife, but still in awe of America itself and hopeful -- albeit cynically -- that it can someday live up to its symbolic potential. I'd imagine many of us, both in the States and abroad, can still acutely relate to their sentiments. [RH]


	$14.99 CD		BOREDOMS Super Roots 9 (Thrill Jockey) Super Roots 9 Super Roots 9 This really great, latest Super Roots installment from the Boredoms is a 40-minute, live scored performance, partially inspired by Rhys Chatham's Die Donnergotter (The Thundergods) and Jon Gibson's Cycles, that uses three drum sets, two CD-Js, one turntable and, get this, a 24-member choir. There are plenty of great Super Roots releases but I have to say, this is one of my favorites so far. Celestial and fantastic, number 9 is as much of a remarkable example of human endurance as it is an epic experience. The first five minutes of heralding angel-like voice blasts and cymbal rides is enough to rate this one. It just goes from there, thundering, climbing and blasting with intense positivity, like an army of angels. At times, it's hard to believe that the choir is not sampled and triggered electronically; it's that tight and relentless. The drum trio follows suit with the same precision and endurance -- everyone ate their Wheaties that night. Sure wish I coulda been there. You can check out photos of Monday night's Boredoms in-store on Other Music Digital's News Section and on flickr.com/photos/othermusic. [SM]


	$25.99 CD		SEBASTIEN TELLIER Sexuality (Lucky Number) "Elle" "Pomme" For Sébastien Tellier's appropriately titled new album, he has enlisted the talents of another, much better known member of the French new wave, Daft Punk's Guy-Manuel de Homem-Cristo. The pairing makes sense; de Homem-Cristo 's love of vintage synths and keyboards perfectly enhance the easy listening, pop-disco-new wave sound of Sexuality. Over the course of four albums, Tellier has developed his music into an almost flawless parody of this particular brand of '70s/'80s synth-pop, and as the sole vocalist -- with the exception of a few female background pre-orgasm moaners -- he's got that sensitive, love-lost, French romantic thing down. Full of warm oscillating beats and feel-good singing and crooning, tracks like "Mandy" actually wouldn't sound out of place on Serge Gainsbourg's "Je T'Aime Moi Non Plus." I'm not entirely sure if Tellier is trying to be ironic or not but after several listens I've realized that it doesn't matter. Tellier has staked his claim somewhere between a '70s softcore soundtrack and an '80s Giorgio Moroder production, also think Depeche Mode, Talk Talk, the Blow Monkeys, et al. And while you can check off his inspirations like a laundry list, it is executed with such weightless effort that it doesn't matter. An album heavily influenced by the aforementioned? Sure. But when crafted so effortless, does it matter? Sexy sleaze like you know you want it. [GA]


	$17.99 CD $9.99 MP3		JADE STONE AND LUV Mosaics, Pieces of Stone (Subliminal Sounds) "Grab Hold" "Man (Live)" Here's one that straddles the line between lounge lizard and lot lizard, and the handful of pills that would get you from the former to the latter. You'll be stunned by the blinding light of reality and avocado-brown mash of colorsound offered up by Jade Stone & Debbie Luv, two Nashville-based compadres that were gonna get famous one way or another, the musical svengali with the handlebar mustache and the hot pants-clad woman by his side. Fame likely eluded them entirely, as they likely toured extensively in hotel lounges and roadhouses throughout the Smoky Mountains, but their sole album Mosaics, Pieces of Stone somehow endured the past 30 years, and has fallen into serious favor with psych and "real people" collectors alike. Imagine Jefferson Starship's Red Octopus on a diet of Ground Round and sloe gin, wearing too much foundation and weathering too many nights' sleep on a sofa bed, and you're close to the poetic fumes emanating from this. Jade's voice is OK, but it's his conviction that carries this effort far and away past anything you've heard, possibly ever. Tons of bendy notes from a likely assortment of country music session men, pro-studio arrangements and string simulators, a truckload of fuzz-wah lead guitar, and the smell of Aqua Net and pleather make for a heady and undeniably sincere combination of post-hippie capitalism, right before the '80s hit and the dream truly died. Fans of Bobby Conn, Ween, the National Trust, and yacht rock, your ship has just come in. For real. [DM]


	$17.99 CD		ROD MODELL Incense and Black Light (Plop) "Hotel Chez Moi" "Temple" Rod Modell has been making tracks as Detroit's DeepChord for a minute now. For brevity's sake, we like to think of DC as the American variant on Basic Channel, plumbing dubbed out tracks of profound, well, depth. Gritty, cement-heavy, neon-lit, these have been attributes of Modell's productions since the start. Curiously enough, in the years before making techno, he dabbled in field recordings, musique concrete, and industrial soundscapes, traits that come through on his solo debut. Ambient and downtempo, he keeps at the deep end of the pool, creating an inert though mesmeric set of Blade Runner-friendly tracks. Eerie noises lullaby, the beats echo infinitely down the back alleys, and Modell keeps the head nodding throughout. For your next night drive. [AB]


	$21.99 CD		MOMBASA African Rhythms and Blues 2 (Sonorama) "Shango II" "Yenyeri" Led by trombone master Lou Blackburn, Mombasa's second album from 1976 -- recorded in Germany, the birthplace of Afrobeat, obviously -- is a steaming witches brew of African sounds. Blackburn's incredible playing defines the tracks, as does the heavy focus on bass and drums (the production is killer!), which makes for a record that combines the spiritual Black Jazz/Strata East sound with hard-hitting funk, and soulful, jammy passages that wouldn't feel out of place on Demon Fuzz's Afreaka!. And "African Hustle" and "Shango II" were made for the discerning dancefloor, or in my case, the living room. Amidst an avalanche of African/funk reissues this shines like a beacon in the Black Forest. Get it! [AK]


	$11.99 CD		YELLE Pop Up (Source) "Ce Jeu" "Jogging" Female French electro-pop sensation Yelle is vying for this year's "Queen of Hipster Dance Music" crown, past recipients having included Annie, Peaches and Miss Kittin. Not necessarily as superficial as the previous statement might lead you to believe, in fact, there's a quite a lot going on throughout the record to keep you both entertained and interested, a brand of bubble gum that doesn't lose its flavor as easily as the rest (fans of Annie, definitely take note). The orchestration of these charming, dancefloor-ready, milkshake thick electro-pop tracks is actually full of ideas which are much more thoughtful and substantial than most American pop producers care to attempt. Though I may not have any idea what Yelle is saying, I have a feeling from her intonation (and from her publicity photos) that these songs likely are paeans to naïve romance, self-righteous break-ups, sly sexuality, and the ups and downs of clubbing. [JW]


	$17.99 CD		VARIOUS ARTISTS Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound of the Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79 (Soundway) "Take Your Soul" The Sahara All-Stars "Some More" Jay-U Experience Coming hot on the heels of the thoroughly excellent Nigeria Special set, Soundway now presents Nigeria Disco Funk Special: The Sound of the Underground Lagos Dancefloor 1974-79, a great, if not unfortunately brief, look at a handful of stompers that dominated the clubs of Lagos in the mid- to late-1970s. While the original Special set traced the evolution of the music that revolved around high-life in the early- to mid-1970s, the nine tracks gathered here are distinctly funkier propositions, documenting a series of fat low-end grooves dotted with echoing horns and swelling keyboard lines that kept the city crowds moving each and every weekend. Lagos' population drew from all over the African continent, including a number of musicians who moved to the city to try their hand at creating music inspired by the American disco and funk tunes that were so popular at the time. Though far from global names, bands like the Asiko Rock Group, represented here with their horn and organ soaked burner "Lagos City," and the Voices of Darkness, who check in with their limber funk workout "Mota Ginya," managed minor hits in their newly adopted hometown. Elsewhere, groups like the SJOB Movement became national sensations based on the strength of "Love Affair" and its glorious polyrhythms and chiming guitar. Ultimately, as a tantalizing glimpse of what 1970s Lagos clublife has to offer, Nigeria Disco Funk Special makes one hope that the folks at Soundway have a few more of these gems tucked away in their vaults. [MC]


	$15.99 CDx2		SUN KIL MOON April (Caldo Verde) "The Light" "Like the River" The third studio album, and second composed of original material, from Mark Kozelek's Sun Kil Moon, the aptly-titled April brings home that sleepy slowcore sound that the San Francisco band (currently a trio) has become famous for. Propelled by Kozelek's trademark back porch croon, the former Red House Painters mastermind continues to explore his affection for lengthy, rugged folktales. "Tonight the Sky" echoes the epic wrestler ballad "Duk Koo Kim" off SKM's 2002 release, albeit with a surprisingly rollicking (for this band, at least) electric sound, while "Heron Blue" is yet another Sun Kil Moon song perfect for driving down dark highways. And if the album's eleven tracks of new material weren't enough for you, the CD comes bundled with a bonus disc loaded with alternate takes of a handful of the new tunes. As could be expected, this tidy record provides a perfect calm but brooding indie-folk soundtrack for all of 2008's upcoming road trips and lazy Sunday mornings. [DS]


	$17.99 CD		VARIOUS ARTISTS Psychedelic Jumble: What's the Rush Time Machine Man? (Rev-Ola) "You Can Run" The Majority "Like the Day Goes" Paradox I find that my heart strings are always tugged by these obscure pop reissues, recorded back when singles were cut but not always released, and when some bands disappeared without their music ever finding a listener outside the major labels who deemed them unworthy of star status. Such is the case for about half of the tracks on What's the Rush Time Machine Man? As you can hear in the low-fi (yet still very listenable) scratchiness of the tracks, many of these are taken from the original acetates, which were hidden away up until now. Despite the recording quality, these songs prove to be real pop-psych diamonds in the rough. Standout tracks include Tintern Abbey's "How Do I Feel Today," which was taken from a demo they recorded for a proposed second album that never saw the light of day; The Penny Peeps' dreamy "Into My Life She Came," another demo-only recording; Opal Butterfly's version of Pete Townsend's "Mary Ann With the Shaky Hand;" and Paradox's "Mary Colinto," written by the Ugly's Dave Morgan and again recorded for a disregarded demo. The collection's title track, "Time Machine Man" by The Majority, also shines despite its acetate state. [AC]


	$13.99 CD $9.99 MP3		LOS CAMPESINOS! Hold on Now, Youngster (Arts and Crafts) "Drop It Does Eyes" "We Are All Accelerated Readers" The debut album from Cardiff, Wales-based Los Campesinos!, who, like labelmates Broken Social Scene employ a zillion members, is one of the most infectious and simultaneously unpretentious indie pop records to come along in quite a while. All sing-a-long choruses, catchy hooks, and clever, deadpan lyricism (referencing K Records t-shirts, Spiderman, and even the All Tomorrow's Parties festival), Hold On Now, Youngster is a fireworks display of perfect pop informed by Web 2.0. Tracks like the joyously spastic "Broken Heartbeats Sound Like Breakbeats" and "You! Me! Dancing!" employ lots of boy-girl vocals, Pavement-sounding guitar riffs, and everything but the kitchen sink instrumentation (a la glockenspiel, violins and Casio) that twist and turn at sugar-rush tempos. [BC]


	EXCLUSIVE ADVANCE TRACK RELEASE FREE MP3		DARK MEAT - FREE SONG DOWNLOAD Well F*k You Then (Vice Recordings) Advance free song download from Athens, GA's Dark Meat, from their album Universal Indians*, out April 8 on CD and digitally, and as a double LP on April 22, on Vice. The sprawling 17-piece ensemble's mix of blues, psych, punk, free jazz and gospel is some of the most joyously cacophonous music to come out of the South in a while, backed by a live show that's not to be missed -- a psychedelic circus meets a religious tent revival. Their 50 date tour kicks off in NYC on April 7, catch 'em at a town near you.


	$9.99 MP3		BARRY ADAMSON Back to the Cat (Central Control) Another great cinematic offering from Barry Adamson, Back to the Cat is a little more organic than his earlier solo albums, the former Magazine and Bad Seed bassist not exactly playing it straight, but definitely eschewing some of the electronic accoutrements for more live instrumentation. Nonetheless, it's a mysterious pop affair that fans of '60s soundtracks, David Lynch movies, David Holmes and, of course, Mr. Adamson will all love. (Preview songs on Other Music Digital.)


	$1.99 MP3		DARKSTAR Need You /Squeeze My Lime (Hyperdub) With their first release on the Hyperdub label, Darkstar's unique, vocoder-ed dubstep continues to evolve alongside likeminded artists such as Burial. The first track, "Need You," features the haunting echoes and propelled drum and bass that bring the aforementioned comparison to mind, while "Squeeze My Lime" does just that, squeezing a bitcrushed syntethisizer to its limit over a throbbing bass and hi-hat jam. (Preview songs on Other Music Digital.)


	$1.99 MP3		POPOL VUH Mika Vainio / Haswell & Hecker Remixes (Editions Mego) Mika Vainio and Russell Haswell & Florian Hecker re-work two of Popol Vuh's classic soundtrack pieces for director Werner Herzog -- "Nachts: Schnee" (from 1987's Cobra Verde) and "Aguirre I" (from 1972's Aguirre: The Wrath of God). Both contributions are much denser than the originals, as synths run through dizzying delay and evocative choir voices swell and collapse. (Preview song clips on Other Music Digital.)


	$5.99 MP3		MAPSTATION / PAUL WIRKUS Forest Full Of Drums (Staubgold) An elegant, minimal landscape of percussive field recordings, via this collaboration with accomplished musician/producer Paul Wirkus and Mapstation (Stefan Schneider), which features unique and subdued approaches to drumming and a fascination with the world's natural rhythms -- from the sounds of birds chirping, rain falling and other outside ambience to the use of branches, sticks and logs as rhythmic elements. (Preview tracks on Other Music Digital.)


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