Tracey Thorn/Tinsel & Lights/Merge I know, I know! It is too early for Holiday music, but the "Everything But The Girl" girl does a masterful job mixing it up with tunes for AnyTime!
Empresarios?El Sonido Magico/Fort Knox The Dance Floor Kings from DC blend Salsa, Dub, Reggae & Cumbia to create an authentic "Tropicaliente" beat.
Karthala 72 / Diable Du Fue! Gritty world beats dragged out of a dirty tie-dyed magic bag.
Goldenboy / Blue Swan Orchestra An '02 reissue, Blue Swan Orchestra has the crystal feel of a Wes Anderson movie, with the whispery blues of Bell and Sebastian. These are familiar, but sweet sounds.
Day Joy / Got To Sleep, Mess Fleet Foxes sweetness with Dinosaur Feathers silliness, Day Joy is pretty, young folk out of Brooklyn.
Menahan Street Band / The Crossing
Thomas Brenneck of the Menahan Street Band says it best, "The Crossing is music to an unreleased Sergio Leone western starring the Wu Tang set in 1992."
Ty Segal / Twins
In the malevolence of Segall's album onslaught (this is #3 for 2012), Twins is the most organized, like a less-severe natural disaster.
Frankenweenie Unleashed!
An indie-pop packed soundtrack for the black & white stop motion remake by Tim Burton of his '84 short film of the same name. It's cute & expected, but with a few tracks not to miss.
