 | Just a Souvenir by Squarepusher
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.96 These are the electronic results of a wild and trippy dream about a surreal 'ultragig.' The results do not disappoint, nor do Squarepusher's phenomenal string bass skills.
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 | Skeletal Lamping by Of Montreal
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.48 Kevin Barnes' stumbles into uncharted territory as he melds his trademark psych-pop and electro-pop with his deranged alter-ego of a middle aged, transsexual, black funk singer. The disturbing thing is it works really well. The music changes often, so hold on tight.
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 | Microcastle by Deerhunter
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.79 Deerhunter takes their hazy guitarscapes and blends them well with 60's AM pop sensibilities. It's like being stuck between two amazing radio stations.
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 | That Lucky Old Sun by Brian Wilson
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $3.75 Brian Wilson may never again scale the heights of "Pet Sounds" again, but at age 66 he has managed to make music that matches the Beach Boys' 1965 pop prime, and that's more than good enough.
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 | Let the Blind Lead Those Who Can See But Cannot Fe by Atlas Sound
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $11.25 Brandon Cox (of Deerhunter) shifted his main band's guitar driven atmospherics into the world of electronics and managed to create the trippiest album that showed up this year.
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 | High Places by High Places
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.29 With plunking production and cute-in-a-good-way female vocals, High Places' debut LP comes across as island music transmitted from Neptune.
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 | Preteen Weaponry by Oneida
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $2.98 These in-your-face walls of mostly instrumental sound produces an intensity that no one else quite matched this year. Bury your mind under these sheets of guitar and pounding percussion.
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 | Smile (Amazon Exclusive w/download card) by Boris
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $8.47 Boris continues to be the best current metal band out there, and the psychedelic accents, especially on the tracks with Ghost's guitarist Michio Kurihara, really make this the thinking man's metallic noise.
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 | Real Emotional Trash by Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $5.16 Am I the only fellow out there who prefers Stephen Malkmus labyrinthean solo work to his achievements with Pavement?
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 | Alegranza by El Guincho
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $4.80 With Panda Bear's already classic "Person Pitch" as a starting point, El Guincho turns psychedelic atmospherics into a wild, percussive party in the pulsing heart of Barcelona.
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 | In the Future by Black Mountain
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.88 Black Mountain creates what basically amounts to 'stoner rock,' but I'd say they're currently the best band out there milking that particular genre.
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 | Hercules and Love Affair by Hercules and Love Affair
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.49 Almost 30 years after the fact, Hercules and Love Affair presents us with the album that turns disco into an art form. Perfect for your next hipster party.
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