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11/04/2014
Janice Headley

November spawned a lot of good releases this week, including the debut release from Les Sins, a side project of Toro Y Moi’s Chaz Bundick. KEXP's Music Director Don Yates notes the album "is a smartly constructed blend of house, techno and hip hop beats with warm synths and repeated vocal hooks."

Mariachi El Bronx share their third release, which "brings a bit more of a modern flavor to their mariachi-inspired music, combining blaring brass, swelling strings, rhythmic acoustic guitars and Latin percussion with subtle electronic textures on a variety of anthemic songs with heartfelt, sometimes politically inspired lyrics." On their 13th release, west coast weirdos Deerhoof bring "a bit more of an energetic, punk-inspired kick to their playful avant-rock, featuring bright angular guitars, shape-shifting rhythms and Satomi Matsuzaki’s sweetly melodic vocals." And Seattle's own Tomo Nakayama (our Morning Show in-studio guest) releases his debut solo album, "a beautifully crafted and somewhat more intimate take on the lush chamber folk-pop he made with his previous band [Grand Hallway]."

Legendary New Zealand artist Robert Scott (also of The Bats and The Clean) shares a new solo album. And local label Light in the Attic release the vinyl version of I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-1970, a comprehensive look at Sly Stone's short-lived label Stone Flower.

  • AJ Davila y Terror Amor - "Media Naranja"
  • from Beibi on Burger Records
  • Ani DiFranco - "Woe Be Gone"
  • from Allergic to Water on Righteous Babe Records
  • Arca - "Thievery"
  • from Xen on Mute
  • The Band / Bob Dylan
  • from The Bootleg Series, Vol. 11: The Basement Tapes - Complete on Columbia
  • Big Star - "The Ballad Of El Goodo"
  • from Live in Memphis on Omnivore
  • Calvin Harris - "Outside ft. Ellie Goulding"
  • from Motion on Columbia Records
  • Clark - "Winter Linn"
  • from Clark on Warp
  • Davila 666 - "Primero Muerta"
  • from Pocos Años, Muchos Daños on Burger Records
  • Dean Blunt - "50 Cent"
  • from Black Metal on Rough Trade
  • Deerhoof - "Exit Only"
  • from La Isla Bonita on Polyvinyl / Upset the Rhythm
  • Deptford Goth - "The Lovers"
  • from Songs on 37 Adventures
  • Dismemberment Plan - "Superpowers"
  • from Change reissue on Partisan
  • Estelle - "Conqueror"
  • from True Romance on BMG
  • Groove Armada
  • from LateNightTales Presents Automatic Soul on Late Night Tales / Night Time Stories
  • Grouper - "Holding"
  • from Ruins on Kranky
  • High Ends - "Intoxicated"
  • from Super Class on Dine Alone Records
  • Korallreven - "Limitless"
  • from Second Comin' on Cascine
  • Lee Bannon - "Enter the Void"
  • from Main/Flex on Babygrande Records / Chillectro
  • Les Sins - "Why Ft. Nate Salman"
  • from Michael on ADA / Company Records
  • Magic Castles - "Sky Sounds"
  • from Sky Sounds on A Recordings
  • Mariachi El Bronx - "New Beat"
  • from Mariachi El Bronx (III) on ATO
  • Mark Kozelek - "O Come All Ye Faithful"
  • from Sings Christmas Carols on Caldo Verde
  • Megafortress - "Live in Grace"
  • from Believer on Driftless Recordings
  • Modest Mouse - "Heart Cooks Brain"
  • from The Lonesome Crowded West reissue on Glacial Pace/Fat Possum
  • Neil Young - "Who's Gonna Stand Up"
  • from Storytone on Reprise
  • Robert Scott - "Vertigo"
  • from The Green House on Flying Nun
  • Sahy Uhns - "Tolerance Training (Part Two)"
  • from Courtship Dances Part One on Proximal
  • Spain - "Love At First Sight"
  • from Sargent Place on Dine Alone Records
  • Sylvester "Sly Stone" Stewart
  • from I'm Just Like You: Sly's Stone Flower 1969-70 on Light in the Attic Records
  • Springtime Carnivore - "Sun Went Black"
  • from Springtime Carnivore on Autumn Tone Records
  • Theophilus London - "Can’t Stop (ft. Kanye West)"
  • from Vibes! on Warner Bros.
  • Tomo Nakayama - "Open Room"
  • from Fog On The Lens on Porchlight Records/Ricebelly Music
  • Virginia Wing - "World Contact"
  • from Measures of Joy on Fire Records
  • Wildbirds & Peacedrums - "Keep Some Hope"
  • from Rhythm on The Leaf Label

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