2007 & fifth (if you count "Music for Earthworms") album from bizarro MC AESOP ROCK. If you're expecting grim street tales or obvious personal lyrics, you're in the wrong place. AESOP's lyrics could be dissected forever, as they make little sense on the surface, but work well within his spacey, weird choices for production. Speaking of production, this album features beats from AESOP ROCK, EL-P, BLOCKHEAD, & ROB SONIC. Guest spots come from CAGE, BREEZE BREWIN, & JOHN DARNIELLE from the MOUNTAIN GOATS. Check this out if you're looking to change up your hip-hop diet, or if you're already familar with ACE RIZZLE, this 2007 album will take care of you just fine. RECOMMENDED!!!

Layne Staley apparently did the vocal recordings for this album in a fort made of baffles so no one could see him sing. Inside of his baffle fort was a dead dog fetus in a jar and a lit candle. Neat.

WITH THE SAME LINEUP AS BROTHERS & SISTERS, CONTAINS THE EPIC JAM HIGH FALLS!

"Taking the boom and glitch of British bass culture and allying it to the slick sweetness of classic American SWV or Destiny's Child-style R&B, the only thing that is already clear about AlunaGeorge (singer Aluna Francis and producer George Reid) is that they can't be neatly tucked away into any one box. Managing to take the soulfulness of American R&B while remaining utterly futuristic, left field and still totally, instantly classic British pop." Tri Angle Records

AMATO & ADRIANI is the new project MICHEL AMATO (aka THE HACKER) and MANNQUIN head ALESSANDRO ADRIANI, sharing the duos love for electro, EBM, post-punk and more.

part KING CRIMSON, part NEUROSIS & part PINK FLOYD, ANCESTORS' two-song, 40-miute opus features contributions from DAVID SCOTT STONE (MELVINS, UNWOUND, SLUG) SERA TIMMS (BLACK MATH HORSEMEN) & cellist RAMIRO ZAPATA. Truly epic in nature!!

2010 album from noted "downtown" composer/artist LAURIE ANDERSON after a too-long absence from the musical landscape she helped shape. Her usual dry wit and electro-robotic musings are ever-present, as are her ethereal strings and blissed-out ambient minimalisms, but buffered with a wide variety of guest stars (KIERAN HEBDEN, ANTONY, JOHN ZORN, LOU REED). Politically fierce and musically captivating, this is HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!