Omar Rodriguez Lopez – Cizaña de Los Amores [2010]

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Cizaña de los Amores is the seventeenth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López as a solo artist. The album will be released October 18, 2010 on CD and vinyl by Rodriguez-Lopez Productions on Koncurrent in Europe, then November 18 through the US hello merch store. It is the first collaboration between Omar and vocalist Lisa Papineau, who had previously worked with The Mars Volta bandmate Juan Alderete in their band Big Sir. This record features the song “Victimas del Cielo” in studio form, having first been released on the live album Los Sueños de un Hígado.

Phase II – Afterglow [2010]

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It has been a little over thirty years since the inception and all-too-brief life span of Phase II, the progressive-folk band founded by Mark Andrews (Blue Grass) and Nicholas Tesluk (Changes).
Since that time, only the five selections on their self-titled, blue vinyl, extended-play record (and a handful of songs featured in recent anthology appearances) have found an audience outside of the venues where the group performed live during their original three-year tenure, that is about to change!

As the pièce de résistance of Phase II’s artistic career to date, the band’s new album Afterglow has arrived, introducing modern listeners to their unique and timeless mixture of varied musical stylings.

Phantom Payn Days – Phantom Payn Daze [2010]

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While in the widely neglected 39 Clocks, he made records that never sold and played gigs that few ever saw, Juergen Gleue has arguably been the most important exponent of electrified German sound since the late 1970s. Phantom Payn Daze was made in the mid to late 90s and has never been released. It’s his final LP and is overflowing with all the elements that romanticized, loner / stoner music claims, an encoded expression of highly private feelings, an ambiguous, emotional quotient, and a dark, murkily melodic vibe. It’s a record that first and foremost lives and breathes with an endless stream of great songs. But perhaps it’s most curious component is it’s amazingly prescient sound, a precursor to so many of today’s lo fi acts, all wrapped up in their San Francisco hair.

Deep In Thought – Dreamscapes [2010]

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“Deep In Thought is a instrumental project started to express thoughts and feelings I can’t describe by words. Over the past years I wrote and recorded a lot of songs and evolved my style of music to somewhere between post-rock, progessive rock and metal. With the release of my first album Dreamscapes I want to share the result of this process.” – Lucas Keller

Brian Beyke – Four Seasons [ep] [2010]

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Writing intimate and emotion-filled instrumental music since 2006; Brian Beyke has been recording and playing shows in and around the Cincinnati, Ohio area.  While also lead guitarist in the Cincinnati-native post-rock act Still Pioneers, Brian’s solo act stands on its own.  Drawing aural elements from the likes of Sigur Ros, Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Brian Eno, and a live performance comparable to acts such as Eluvium, Martin Dosh, and Owen.

Maika Makovski – Maika Makovski [2010]

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Maika Makovski has led a nomadic lifestyle. Equal parts Mallorcan, Andaluz and Macedonian, Maika settled briefly in New York, recorded her new album in Bristol, lives part-time in Barcelona and is making friends all over the world. Her debut international album, the self titled “Maika Makovski”, was produced by John Parish (PJ Harvey, Eels). Reviews are ecstatic, live shows buzzing and electric. Catch her on tour.

Kelpie – Live [2010]

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