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• Vex’d

  Cloud Seed

  Planet Mu

  Vex'd are a legendary duo. Their 2005 album Degenerate was one of the first and most successful dubstep long-players, and remains to this day one of the most respected. By incorporating techstep, jungle, breaks and apocalyptic noir influences into the classic "bass and drums and 140 BPM" format, Degenerate was integral in establishing the template for today's dubstep sound, pushing it beyond its roots in two-step and UK garage.

   

  Available March 23rd, 2010

   

• Jawbreaker

  Unfun

  Blackball

  LP VERSION INCLUDES FREE DOWNLOAD COUPON!!! Blackball Records presents the 20th anniversary edition of Jawbreaker's beloved 1990 debut album Unfun--twelve groundbreaking tracks (sixteen on the CD) that captured the very inception of emo's big band and launched a galaxy of young, earnest bands and the scenes that love them.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Black Tambourine

  S/t

  Slumberland

  They released only a handful of songs their two-year lifetime, but Black Tambourine has been hugely influential in the world of indie music. Conceived as an explicitly pop band pop bands were pretty rare in America, they wore their influences on their sleeves: The Jesus and Mary Chain, of course, but also folks like Phil Spector, Smokey Robinson, Love, The Ramones, Shop Assistants, Pastels, 14 Iced Bears, Orange Juice and the list goes on.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Eddy Current Suppression Ring

  Rush To Relax (Digital Single)

  Goner

  Digital only single, contains the vinyl edit of the track “Rush To Relax”.

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  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Zygadlo, Rudi

  Resealable Friendship

  Planet Mu

  Digital version features 2 exclusive remixes by Raffertie and Doshy!!! Rudi Zygadlo is a musician like no other, taking dubstep in directions as unexpected as they are unique. With a style that draws on influences as wide as Frank Zappa, Eastern European classical music and contemporary American indie, he's tipped for great things in 2010.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Hooded Menace

  Never Cross The Dead

  Profound Lore

  Lasse Pyykkoe is a legend of sorts in Finland's underground death metal scene, first surfacing in the band Phlegethon in the late '80s and more recently doing time in killer acts Claws, Vacant Coffin and Acid Witch. But no band has generated more attention than Hooded Menace, who deliver some of the most vile, sludgy death doom today.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Circus Devils

  Mother Skinny

  Happy Jack Rock

  Following their 2009 all-acoustic release Gringo, Circus Devils are back in form with Mother Skinny. This time, the Devils run the gamut from ham-fisted hard rock thumpers to freak-pop to pretty, ethereal numbers, all weaved together in a seamless song-collage. As always, the band is steadfast in their unpredictability.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Internal Tulips

  Mislead Into A Field By A Deformed Deer

  Planet Mu

  Although Planet Mu is known primarily for cutting-edge material on the fringes of dance music, it has also released consistently interesting electronic pop from the likes of Capitol K, Julian Fane, Leafcutter John, Sunken Foal, and even Patrick Wolf. The Internal Tulips is a new project from two guys with a history in bands such as Medicine and Savage Republic who have separately released abstract electronic music on Planet Mu in the past: Brad Laner of Electric Company and Personal Electronics and Alex Graham, a.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Young Widows

  Live Radio Performance April 6, 2009

  Robotic Empire

  During the height of touring on their Old Wounds album, Young Widows were invited to play an on-air show at the WMUC radio station in Maryland. A handful of people were present to witness them deliver the goods, and the kids at the 88.1 FM station recorded the live transmission. Robotic Empire (traveling with the band) promptly swooped in, stole the lone copy of the session, had it professionally mastered, and this is the end result: A killer live LP capturing a powerful trio in their prime element.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Floor

  Below And Beyond

  Robotic Empire

  South Florida's Floor were around for roughly ten years and recorded well over a dozen times during their on-and-off existence. Nearly 100 tracks are the result of a decade of persistence amid overall underappreciation, and only in the wake of their demise did underground finally take note. Their huge body of work yielded only a few officially released records, and most of what the band recorded just collected dust in the vaults.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Gordon, Peter And The Love Of Life Orchestra

  Another Heartbreak

  Dfa

  DFA Records presents Another Heartbreak--a three-song, two-sided single from Love of Life Orchestra, the forthcoming retrospective album by legendary NYC composer Peter Gordon.  Side one remixes "Another Heartbreak" and "Don't Don't Redux," two vintage cuts that made noise all over again in 2007 when LCD Soundsystem's James Murphy and Pat Mahoney used them to open and close the much-played dance compilation Fabriclive 36.

   

  Available March 30th, 2010

   

• Lodger

  Have A Little Faith In People

  Slumberland

  "Have A Little Faith In People" is the first single to be taken from The Lodger's forthcoming third album, Flashbacks. The digital only release comes with two exclusive new songs, "The Honest Song" and "The Best I Ever Had."  The title track is a two-minute soul-pop blast with horns, female backing vocals, and a lyric seeing the band taking a rare look on the bright side.

   

  Available April 6th, 2010