Z was telling me this morning that he didn’t like any of the music he heard on my year-end list for the best albums of 2009. He asked why none of it…

Found while perusing the incredible blog The Thing On The Doorstep. Excellent Christmas-themed 7″ record featuring some great, great bands. “A nice compliation EP around the central theme Christmas. X-Ray Pop: a…

Written and produced by Albert Brooks and Harry Shearer, this one-sided 7″ record from 1974 should help you find your Christmas spirit! I remember giggling like a little girl the first time…

While I was scouring the CDs I brought with me to Los Angeles two years ago, I came across an unmarked disc on one of the last pages of my shitty storage…

A brief note on the 2nd Annual Swan Fungus Holiday Contestâ„¢: Today Nicci and I spent the afternoon making 20 new t-shirts. If any of you want to take part in the…

Next week Sony (via ATP Records and 101 Distribution) will be shipping a newly remastered edition of the Spiritualized album Ladies And Gentlemen We Are Floating In Space. There will be three…

I’m not really sure there is much to say about this download, other than it’s Flipper (so it’s fucking awesome)and the title sums up the contents of the tape. So instead, I’ll…

I love Stars Of The Lid. Do you know who else loved Stars of the Lid? John Peel. “It’s very very quiet indeed. You may very well think there’s something wrong with…

Images courtesy of Root Strata Ian introduced me to Charalambides many years ago. I never got into their seemingly endless supply of CD-r releases, but I fell for their Siltbreeze and Kranky…

Question: Who says women can rock without sucking? Answer: People who listen to Sleater-Kinney. Wrong. Women who rock almost always suck. Yes, even Sleater-Kinney sucks. The Raincoats, on the other hand, never…