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Saddle Creek Essentials

Featured Selections

Andrew Bird, Noble Beast (12)

Andrew Bird continues to veer further away from his swing jazz roots with the Bowl of Fire while continuing to produce consistently pleasing pop/folk concoctions, with trademark violin, whistling, and lyrical flourishes to challenge The Decemberists’ Colin Meloy.

Client, Heartland (12)
-, Untitled Remix (12)
-, Xerox Machine (6)

Not as immediately infectious as preceding albums Client and City, Heartland takes a few listens to gell, but ultimately still delivers the retro synthpop with a bit more Gary Glitter stamp and stomp, particularly the Alice Cooper-esque “Lights Go Out” and their cover of Adam Ant’s “Xerox Machine.” The Untitled Remix includes primarily mixes from Heartland plus collaborations with Douglas McCarthy and fellow synthetes Replica.

Stoa, Silmand (13)

More silky-swoopy neoclassical darkwave from ex-Hyperium act Stoa.

Maria Taylor, Lynn Tweeter Flower (11)

Both Taylor and fellow Azure Ray bandmate Orenda Fink get several older solo releases added (below), while Lynn Tweeter Flower represents the latest output of AR’s more straightforward half.



See Also

AFX, Analogue Bubblebath (4)

Duplicate.

Antony and the Johnsons, The Crying Light (10)

Apples in Stereo, Fun Trick Noisemaker (13)

Attrition, Kill the Buddha! (11)

Azure Ray, Hold On Love
-, November (6)
-, The Drinks We Drank Last Night (3)
-, New Resolution (3)

Big Country, Rarities IV (12)
-, Rarities VI (16)

Bola, Mauver (4)

Bon Iver, Blood Bank (4)

Boomkat, A Million Trillion Stars (14)

Bright Eyes, Letting Off the Happiness (10)
-, Easy/Lucky/Free (5)
-, Four Winds (6)
-, When the President Talks to God (1)

Bunnygrunt, Action Pants! (8)
-, Jen-Fi (16)

Crystal Method, Bones Theme – Remixes (3)

Cut Off Your Hands, You & I (12)

Cyberaktif, Nothing Stays (4)
-, Temper (3)

Dälek, Gutter Tactics (11)

Eden, Return to Innocence (12)

Excessive Force, Gentle Death (13)
-, Conquer Your World (12)

The Faint, Danse Macabre (9)

Orenda Fink, Invisible Ones (10)
-, Bloodline (3)

One half of Azure Ray.

Gravity Kills, Gravity Kills (11)
-, Guilty (11)

Gus Gus, Lust/Porn (2)

Hilt, Journey to the Center of the Bowl (16)

Hood, Compilations 1995-2002 (20)
-, Structured Disasters (18)

Icon of Coil, Machines Are Us (14)
-, The Soul Is In The Software (10)
-, Uploadedandremixed (14)
-, Serenity is the Devil (10)

Cevin Key, The Ghost of Each Room (10)
-, The Dragon Experience (11)

Kristeen Young, That’s What It Takes Dear (1)

Love Is Colder Than Death, Oxeia (14)
-, Teignmouth (13)

Modern English, Beautiful People (6)

Mogwai, The Hawk Is Howling (10)

Repost?

Mos Def, Audio 3 (24)

My Brightest Diamond, Shark Remixes Vol 2 (4)

Gary Numan, Jagged (12)

Of Montreal, Jon Brion Remixes EP (5)
-, Mad Decent Remixes (3)

The Pica Beats, All Mysteries Solves Themselves (12)

Planet P Project, Planet P Project (16)

Psykosonik, Unlearn (10)
-, Silicon Jesus (6)
-, Welcome To My Mind (7)

Jorge Reyes, Tomani (8)

Rilo Kiley, The Execution of All Things (3)

Sister Machine Gun, Addiction (5)
-, Not My God (5)
-, Wired/Lung (5)

Maria Taylor, 11:11 (10)
-, Time Lapse Lifeline (1)

Other half of Azure Ray.

The Timelords (KLF), Doctorin’ the TARDIS (5)

Toyko Police Club, Elephant Shell Remixes (5)

X Marks the Pedwalk, Drawback (12)
-, Retrospective 1988-1999 (14)
-, Freaks+ (14)

Xorcist, Insects & Angels (12)

The Watson Twins, Southern Manners (8)

Wildbirds & Peacedrums, Heartcore (12)

Free

Mars Laser, Free Music from Mars (10)

various, Builder Vol 1 (4)
-, Relay the Fallback (9)
-, Supraphon Selections (14)

Spoken Word

F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2)

Anais Nin, Henry & June (4)

Ayn Rand, Anthem (12)

Tribute Corner

Amonn-v2, New Year’s Day (1)

Vitamin String Quartet, String in the New Year (12)
-, Performs the Hits of Rock Band (12)