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Joakim - Love & Romance & A Special Person
Milky Ways
Sept. 15th on !K7I'm pretty sure Joakim's new record Milky Ways is going to end up as one of my faves of this year. He is the production maestro behind the disco rock deliciousness of Panico and Poni Hoax. Milky Ways is his second LP, and is a tasty mash up of psychedelia, old-school computer music, exotica, electro-pop, blues, new wave and Krautrock. Suffice it to say it is right up my alley, and it has been getting plenty of play. I am a sucker for his style - it is classy yet edgy, sometimes sweet and then abrasive. Recorded with his touring band, the tracks range from funky disco to post punk to noise rock. It takes inspiration from the 80's (sometimes it reminds me of old school Roxy Music), but definitely makes something new from it. Love & Romance & A Special Person is a prefect introduction - it incorporates a groovy beat, Trevor Horn key stabs, goofy Mac talk computer voices, and soaring, dreamy human vocals, all dressed up in shimmering arpeggios. Excellent.

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In The Loop 5
(Anticon/Dublab - Aug.25)
Future Side:
1. The Ruby Suns - Kenya Dig It?
2. Teengirl Fantasy - Portofino
3. Hecuba - Miles Away
4. Zackey Force Funk - Bombs

Roots Side:
5. Lucky Dragons - Are We Alright?
6. Matthewdavid & Oba - Roomthumpr
7. Julia Holter - Moto Perpetuo
8. White Rainbow - Mind Haze Is Clear Delight
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Marmoset - Tea Tornado
Run Away, Teri
Peach Cobbler
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The Dead Weather - Treat Me Like Your Mother

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Spinnerette - Ghetto LoveOne of my current favorites is the new self titled debut album from Spinnerette. This is the new band fronted by former Distiller (and wife of Josh Homme) Brody Dalle. The record has her recording with Alain Johannes, former Red Hot Chili Pepper/Pearl Jam drummer Jack Irons and former Distiller bandmate Tony Bevilaqua. It is a sexy, raunchy, rockin' good time, filled with catchy choruses, and a pile up of grunge, punk, garage and new wave riffs. It is the perfect female companion to the last few QOTSA/Eagles Of Death Metal records, which Dalle, Johannes and Bevilaqua have all been involved in. People will probably be offended by the album cover's rather forward approach, but I am not one of them. (can't. stop. looking.) And ladies, because I believe in equal opportunity sexy, let me point you in the direction of this Twitpic of Lenny Kravitz's bubble butt that he posted a while back.

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Rye Rye - Bang feat.M.I.A.

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Tosca - Rosa

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Radioclit + Esau Mwamwaya = The Very Best.
Listen to "Ntende Uli" from their forthcoming album WARM HEART OF AFRICA. A very satisfying blend of electronic trickery and Afro pop.
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SIART has been listening to a bunch of great music lately. Here are some details...

The Gossip are back with a new album called Music For Men and it is the shit. It is by no means a stylistic reinvention, just a fine tuning of the post-punk+disco formula for maximum pop impact. In other words, it is a lot shinier and slicker than the last one, and it is good. Lots of huge catchy riffs and choruses and loads of disco bass. Beth Ditto has one of the most soulful voices out there, and it is put to very good use here. The album will be avialable digitally on June 23rd but for some absurd reason won't hit stores in the US until October 6th. What the hell? I mean really - the record is done. Why not just put it out already?

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Norwegian duo Datarock's new album Red is a shoo in for one of my favorite records of the year. They take all of the best that the '80s had to offer and mix it into a highly addictive and danceable set of indie dance pop rock tunes. The album is streaming on the band's mehspace. I recommend several tunes; True Stories has lyrics made up almost entirely of Talking Heads song titles and musically is pretty close too. Molly is an ode to Molly Ringwald, forever pretty in pink. Dance! cheekily incorporates a bit of Dire Straits' Money For Nothing. And the first song is The Blog, so you know I'm feeling that! All in all a really fun listen, and my kids love it. Watch Datarock's Fredrik explain RED track by track and read the lyrics here. The album is out now digitally and will be released physically September 1st. Once again, why not just put it out already?

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SIART also recommends these quality items...

• Dangermouse & Sparklehorse - Dark Night Of The Soul
• Wendy & Lisa - White Flags Of Winter Chimneys
• Dirty Projectors - Bitte Orca
• Discovery - LP
• The Emperor Machine - Space Beyond The Egg
• Miike Snow - Miike Snow
• Noisettes - Wild Young Hearts
• Little Boots - Hands
• Mos Def - Ecstatic
• Sonic Youth - The Eternal