 | Freedom Wind by The Explorers Club
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $9.25 A sweet summer wind from the past. The Beach Boys is the main influence.
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 | From The Valley To The Stars by El Perro del Mar
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $4.94 As the title suggests, the fragile singer songwriter turns off the waterworks for a collection of tender psalms, romantic doo-wop, and the breeziest summer pop. Love & Hope! Sample "Somebody's Baby."
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 | Thing of the Past by Vetiver
Love letter to the North American folk music of the late 1960s and early 1970s
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 | The Age of the Understatement by The Last Shadow Puppets
Buy used from: $18.15 Arctic Monkeys sideproject explodes with a lean, mean 21st century homage to the work of Scott Walker and Ennio Morricone.
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 | Me and My Arrow EP
Buy new: $6.99 What might happen if The Beach Boys and Harry Nilsson collaborated on Sesame Street.
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 | The Last Tycoon by Peter Morén
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $3.65 folk pop with strings, synths, vibraphones, percussion, a musical saw, drum machine.
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 | Honeysuckle Weeks by The Submarines
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $6.50 10 tracks of beautifully arranged boy-girl pop heaven. Songs perfect for a summer of driving with the windows down and the breeze in your face.
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 | Volume One by She & Him
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $10.95 Indie troubador & Indie actress join forces with a nice collection of alt country pop. Nods to Dusty, Emylou, Ronstandt, the Zombies, & Phil Spector. "Sweet Darlin'"
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 | Pacific Ocean Blue by Dennis Wilson
Buy used from: $24.75 Rerelease of the overlooked late '70s solo effort that allows the truest Beach Boy to shine.
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 | Falling Off the Lavender Bridge by Lightspeed Champion
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $4.90 Chamber folk pop delight!
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 | The Imagination Stage by Eric Matthews
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.85 Chamber pop master Eric Matthews returns with a full length release that matches the beauty of his first two releases of the mid 90s. Recalls the work of both Zombies and Scott Walker.
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 | Pretty. Odd. by Panic at the Disco
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $7.00 A delightful surprise. 60's inspired pop brings out the band's mature side.
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 | In a Cave by Elf Power
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.65 E6 lives on with more psychedelic paisley pop.
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 | Sun Giant EP by Fleet Foxes
Buy new: $4.99 / Used from: $2.99 Harmonic, 70s inspired folk-rock with many twists and turns.
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 | Vampire Weekend by Vampire Weekend
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $7.49 Deserving of all the love and hype. Indie pop with violin and a dash of Afro, reggae in the mix. tALKING hEADS fans should check out these youngsters.
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 | Electronic Projects for Musicians by The Apples in Stereo
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $4.49 Fighting the lo-fi sunshine indie battle since 1995. Nice collection of B-sides and rarities.
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 | Trouble in Dreams by Destroyer
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.54 I've been looking forward to this one. The gravity defying pretzel logic sound returns. A unique voice that recalls both T-Rex and Bob Dylan. "Leopard of Honor."
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 | Sea Lion by The Ruby Suns
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $7.70 Welcome to a music movement called "nu world." The amount of instruments and effects give 'Sea Lion' an ocean of sound. Musical travels include Africa, Thailand, and Psychedelic America. Madly beautiful.
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 | Come into My House by No Kids
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $3.29 Lush strings, flute riffs, horns and an example of barbershop.
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 | Seventh Tree (Deluxe Edition) by Goldfrapp
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $13.82 Ditching the decadence and glamour for the summer of love, Goldfrapp embraces brass, autoharps, and mellotron nostalgia.
"Little Bird," "Happiness," "Cologne."
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 | Sixes & Sevens by Adam Green
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.49 Bulked up sound from the lo-fi Moldy Peach. Everything from Lou Reedesque art pop to blue-eyed Phili soul and even a little Leon Redbone flavor.
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 | Distortion by Magnetic Fields
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $6.55 Distorted drums,guitars, violins, and more. Jesus & Mary Chain, Big Star, and Brian Wilson influences heard here. Check out "California Girls"
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 | Jukebox - Deluxe Edition by Cat Power
Buy new: $14.99 / Used from: $8.49 Good collection of covers. Check out the gritty, sultry version of Old Blue Eyes' "New York."
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 | Circular Sounds by Kelley Stoltz
Buy new: $13.98 / Used from: $2.55 Fans of the last Panda Bear release may dig this neopsychedelic nugget. Influences: Syd Barrett & Brian Wilson.
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 | The Golden Age by American Music Club
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $6.97 One of the most influential indie bands of the late '80s & early '90s. Rich, slow, confident, and mature. A Calexican feel to it. "Welcome to San Francisco" is the beauty that leaps out during the first listen.
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 | Heretic Pride by The Mountain Goats
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $7.50 Folk pop delivered troubador style. Strong release with mystical themes.
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 | A Mad and Faithful Telling by DeVotchKa
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $8.00 Denver indie rock with a love for Eastern European traditional music. Waves of violin, brass, acoustic guitar, and a lonely croon expresses the longing for joy and mystery. Excellent!
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 | Unfamiliar Faces by Matt Costa
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $8.01 Campfire sing-alongs & AM radio delights. Think Donovan & Mongo Jerry. Sample "Mr. Pitiful."
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 | Brighter Than Creation's Dark by Drive-By Truckers
Buy new: $12.97 / Used from: $8.49 Alt Country lives. Don't let the goofy band name scare you. This is no novelty band. Southern Gothic musical tales in the tradition of Flannery OConnor and Ronnie Van Zant. Sample "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife."
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 | Monstre Cosmic by Monade
Buy new: $13.99 / Used from: $5.50 Stereolab sideproject. Breezy guitar pop, airy strings, gentle girlish voice, and psych-lite freakouts. "Etoile."
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 | Hey Venus! by Super Furry Animals
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.98 The worlds of Indie Rock, Beatles, XTC, and Prog in a big boiling pot. They are at their best when they take it slow and make it pretty. "Gift That Keeps Giving."
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 | The Portrait Is Finished & I Have Failed to Capture Your Beauty... by Hello Blue Roses
Buy new: $15.98 / Used from: $8.99 The sweetheart duo of Dan Bejar (Destroyer, New Pornographers) and visual artist/former Toronto Children's Choir girl Sydney Vermont. Infectious indie folk pop and singer-songwriter rock.
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 | Devotion by Beach House
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $9.49 Beach House sets the mood for a cozy hideaway in a sleepy, off-season resort town. Hushed voice, reverb organ, slide guitar, spindly harpsichord.
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 | Gossamer Days by Crushed Stars
Buy new: $13.95 / Used from: $4.78 Smart, polished indie pop with carefully crafted baroque arrangements. Sample the title track.
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 | For Emma, Forever Ago by Bon Iver
Buy new: $11.99 / Used from: $9.50 Mixture of TV on the Radio and Iron & Wine. Written alone in a cabin during 4 snowy months. Double tracked voice makes songs truly mesmerizing. Intoxicating trip into a Walden-like melancholia.
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 | Lust Lust Lust by The Raveonettes
Buy new: $12.99 / Used from: $7.49 Buddy Holly's "Rave On" + Phil Spector's "Ronnettes." Heavily distorted 50s/early 60s rock 'n roll. Jesus & Mary Chain is an easy comparison. Dangerous, yet sweet - the way they sing "Candy" you almost think the duo is talking about the Willy Wonka kind.
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 | Oracular Spectacular by MGMT
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $6.73 Electronic duo with soul beyond their years. "The Youth" may be the top anthem of the baby year. "4th Dimension" is "Pipers at the Gates of Dawn" with a 21st century sound. "Electric Feel" is a cool, discocentric funk.
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 | Visiter by The Dodos
Buy new: $9.97 / Used from: $8.00 New primitivist band. Imagine Animal Collective staying closer to the shore. Sample "Fools."
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 | Consolers Of The Lonely
Buy new: $9.99 / Used from: $7.99 Beefed up White Stripes plus 70's Album Rock polish. Surprise: a track with hoedown fiddle.
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 | Phylactery Factory by White Hinterland
Buy new: $14.98 / Used from: $3.99 Heavy worded Jazz pop with breezy piano.
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