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So Stressed – The Unlawful Trade of Greco-Roman Art (2015)
Some punk singers rant, some speechify, some growl, some hector, but if you’re looking for someone who throws a full-on temper tantrum whenever he steps up to the vocal mike, your new hero is Morgan...
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Ricked Wicky – King Heavy Metal (2015)
King Heavy Metal, the second release from Robert Pollard’s self-described “supergroup” (tongue practically piercing his cheek with self-deprecating irony), is a hitherto undiscovered species of...
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Stump – Does the Fish Have Chips: Early and Late Works 1986-1989 (2014)
June 1987: Husker Dü, Sonic Youth and Stump perform at L’Élysée Montmartre in Paris. Stump have just signed to Phonogram subsidiary Ensign, a record label with an unusual speciality in securing hits...
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Henry Blacker – Hungry Dogs Will Eat Dirty Puddings (2014)
Henry Blacker feature two blokes from arty-metal collective Hey Colossus along with another bloke who’s related to one of ’em. Hungry Dogs Will Eat Dirty Puddings was written in a Somerset barn and...
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Hans Joachim Irmler & Jaki Liebezeit – Flut (2014)
The act of creation in art is fascinating in the way you can potentially go from nothing to something of value in a very short space of time. In the field of improvised music, it’s easy to just make a...
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Archers of Loaf – Curse of the Loaf (2015)
Archers of Loaf fans got a rare treat in 2011 when the band re-formed to play a series of shows that accompanied the reissues of their albums. Now that two-night stand at the Cat’s Cradle in Carrboro,...
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Chelsea Wolfe – Abyss (2015)
Chelsea Wolfe returns with a new album, Abyss, on August 7th via Sargent House. The 11-track effort follows Pain is Beauty, one of 2013’s best albums of the year, and was recorded with producer John...
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Alien Sex Fiend – Classic Albums and BBC Sessions Collection (2015)
Alien Sex Fiend reared out of anarchic Soho hothouse The Batcave, the fabulously depraved early ’80s club night started by The Specimen and credited with kick-starting the movement that became diluted...
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Yo La Tengo – Stuff Like That There (2015)
Yo La Tengo will celebrate their 30th anniversary – and the 25th birthday of their 1990 breakout LP Fakebook – with a new album featuring original songs, covers and a handful of reinterpreted Yo La...
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The Lemonheads – Bored on the Fourth of July: The BBC Session EP (2015)
April 2015 sees Boston’s influential 90s pop-punk legends the Lemonheads release their one and only BBC Session; “Bored On The Fourth Of July’” making it commercially available for the first time...
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Deaf Wish – Pain (2015)
When Deaf Wish found themselves in a room together for the very first time, they agreed on a guiding philosophy: “Let’s not make anything that’s going to last. If we’re together for just two shows,...
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Sweet Cobra – Earth (2015)
Sweet Cobra have spent the past decade, plus change, doing two things: pumping out noise, and pissing off genre purists. Steeped in Illinois’ mid-’90s alternative rock boom—Local H, the Jesus Lizard,...
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Weezer – Weezer (1994, MFSL 2014)
Even if you lived through it, it’s hard to fathom exactly why Weezer were disliked, even loathed, when they released their debut album in the spring of 1994. If you grew up in the years after the...
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Pavement – Secret History vol. 1 (2015)
The Secret History, Vol 1 is a pretty strange rerelease, even by Pavement standards. Comprising a string of outtakes from the indie icons’ debut album, plus a couple of Peel sessions and a live set...
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The Jesus and Mary Chain – Barrowlands Live [Deluxe Edition] (2015)
There was no template for the Jesus and Mary Chain to follow. Pitting the melodicism of California’s Beach Boys against the grit of New York’s Velvet Underground and the Ramones, the Scottish brothers...
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Natural Snow Buildings – Terror’s Horns + The Ladder (2015)
After a string of Natural Snow Buildings reissues, each more elaborate then the last, Ba Da Bing presents our first ever release of new material from the band. For a group known for its use of horror...
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Lycia – A Line That Connects (2015)
A Line That Connects is a brand new album from darkwave pioneers Lycia following 2013’s return album Quiet Moments (their first album in 8 years). The album features the classic mid ’90s Lycia lineup...
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The Lemonheads – The 90’s Studio Album Collection (2015)
The Lemonheads’ evolution from post-Hüsker Dü hardcore punk rockers to teenage heartthrobs is one of the strangest sagas in alternative music. Initially, the group was a punk-pop trio formed by three...
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Destruction Unit – Negative Feedback Resistor (2015)
There is a cult that lingers around certain bands, something so ravenous that you feel the pull to be involved in everything they touch. In 2015, Destruction Unit is one of those bands. Originally...
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John Zorn – The True Discoveries of Witches and Demons (2015)
The most extreme organ trio ever, Simulacrum is yet another wild new direction from John Zorn, who continues to explore new worlds and new ensembles into his sixth decade. Passionately performed by the...
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