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Phil Elverum's prolific project has released a handful of must-haves for the music nerd. The Microphones' The Glow Pt. 2 (2001) and his first release as Mount Eerie, No Flashlight: Songs of the Fulfilled Night (2005) are both works of wonder. In recent years, Mount Eerie has continued down the dirgy, lo-fi road it helped pave in the early '00s with a handful of spectacular releases. Last year's Dawn: Winter Journal and its accompanying book were both wonderful, and this year's release is no slouch either. Focusing on familiar themes (nature, home, loneliness and purpose), Wind's Poem mixes gentle whispers with dirty layers of vocals, simple melody with crashing percussion and lots of really incredible-sounding guitar. Elverum's meticulously self-recorded instruments haunt each other's mixes; they all blend, bleed, live and pounce each other in the most beautiful of ways. Highly recommended, especially if you enjoyed Black Wooden Ceiling Opening. Buy the album here.
Ben Chasny is lucky. Either not many people know Six Organs of Admittance began as a side project for Comets on Fire, or no one cares, because he almost never has to bear the dubious (and lazy) comparison critics love to make when one guy in a band starts another band. We've already tip-toed close enough to that here, let's just stop it. Once again, Chasny's talent has exceeded expectations. Luminous Night is edgy, beautiful, epic and -- at times -- just plain weird. "Anesthesia" sounds like a bizarre and haunting monologue, unfolding like a ghostly music box. In fact, all the songs ooze this sort of darkly spiritual feeling. Excellent. Sample the album at Drag City.
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65daysofstatic: Escape from New York
Accused: Curse of Martha Splatterhead
Adam Marsland: Go West
The Antlers: Hospice (reissue) (vinyl)
As Tall As Lions: You Can't Take It With You (vinyl)
Blind Man's Colour: Season's Dreaming
Brendan Benson: My Old, Familiar Friend (vinyl)
Calvin Harris: Ready for the Weekend
The Cave Singers: Welcome Joy (vinyl)
Choir of Young Believers: This Is For The White In Your Eyes
Christopher O'Riley: Out of My Hands
Church: Song Force Crystal
The Cult: Love (Expanded Edition)
Delbert McClinton: Acquired Taste
Depedro: Depedro
Destroyer: Bay of Pigs EP (vinyl)
The Dimes: New England EP
Division Day: Visitation
The Doors: Morrison Hotel (reissue)
The Doors: The Soft Parade (reissue)
Erick Copeland: Alien in a Garbage Dump
Farmer Dave Scher: Flash Forward to the Good Times
Fell: Incoherent Lullabies
Final: Reading All the Right Signals Wrong
The Flaming Lips: The Soft Bulletin (2-LP vinyl reissue with bonus CD)
GWAR: Lust in Space
Helena Espvall & Masaki Batoh: Overloaded Ark
Hidden Cameras: Origin: Orphan
Jack Penate: Everything is New (vinyl)
Jay Reatard: Watch Me Fall
Jeff Merchant: City Makes No Sound
Jeniferever: Choose a Bright Morning (reissue)
Jim Lauderdale: Could We Get Any Closer?
Joe Henry: Blood from Stars
Joey Degraw: Say Something Strong
Kasabian: Where Did All the Love Go?
Ladyhawke: Ladyhawke (vinyl)
Little Dragon: Machine Dreams
Loudon Wainwright III: High Wide & Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project
The Lovely Feathers: Fantasy of the Lot
Lynam: Tragic City Symphony
Mark Mallman: Invincible Criminal
Mew: No More Stories EP (vinyl)
Modest Mouse: No One's First and You're Next EP (vinyl)
Mount Eerie: Wind's Poem
Mungolian Jetset: We Gave It All Away… Now We Are Taking It Back
Muse: Absolution (vinyl reissue)
Muse: Black Holes and Revelations (vinyl reissue)
Muse: Origin of Symmetry (vinyl reissue)
Muse: Showbiz (vinyl reissue)
MUTEMATH: Armistice (vinyl)
Old Crow Medicine Show: Live at the Orange Peel and Tennessee Theatre (dvd)
Pi**ed Jeans: King of Jeans (vinyl)
Ramona Falls: Intuit
Richard Thompson: Walking on a Wire: Richard Thompson (1968-2009) (4-CD box set)
The Rolling Stones: Jump Back: The Best of the Rolling Stones 1971-1993
Sic Alps: A Long Way Around To a Short Cut (vinyl)
Sister Hazel: Release
Six Organs of Admittance: Luminous Night (vinyl)
The Temper Trap: Conditions
Various Artists: Boy Meets Girl
Various Artists: Californication Season 2 - Music From The Showtime Series Californication (soundtrack)
Various Artists: Funky Frauleins: Female Beat, Groove, Disco, Funk in Germany 1968-1978
Various Artists: The History of Rhythm and Blues 1942-1952 (4-CD box set)
Various Artists: Inglourious Basterds (soundtrack)
Various Artists: Kompakt: Total 10 (vinyl)
Various Artists: Mad Men: Music From The Series Vol. 2
Various Artists: Monster Ballads: The Ultimate Set
Various Artists: My Baby Loves...Michael Jackson
Various Artists: New Tales to Tell: A Tribute to Love and Rockets
Various Artists: Stockings By the Fire (reissue)
Various Artists: Woodstock: 3 Days of Peace and Music (5-LP box set)
Wonderwheel: Safe and Sorry
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ZAZA: Cameo
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I hate to nitpick, but I hate not to even more: 6OOA isn't a Comets on Fire side project. it started without Chasny and he joined later, after he was already recording as 6OOA.