This week: Takka Takka, a world-music-inspired Brooklyn band, releases its second album; Neil Halstead, of Slowdive and Mojave 3, releases his second solo album; and James Jackson Toth, of Wooden Wand and the Vanishing Voice and its various incarnations, releases his first album under his own name (listen below).
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A.P.P.A.R.T.: Flamencotronics (Milan)
ABN: It Is What It Is [Chopped & Screwed] (Rap-A-Lot)
Andre Williams: Can You Deal with It? (Bloodshot)
Bronx River Parkway: San Sebastian 152 (Truth & Soul)
The Bug: London Zoo (Ninja Tune)
Engine Down: From Beginning To End (DVD) (Lovitt)
James Jackson Toth: Waiting in Vain (Rykodisc) [Full Album Stream]
Matthew Pryor: Confidence Man (Vagrant)
Mystery Jets: Twenty One (Warner Australia)
Neil Halstead: Oh! Mighty Engine (Brushfire)
Pygmy Lush: Mount Hope (Lovitt)
Sonic Youth: SYR8: Andre Sider At Sonic Youth (Sonic Youth / Syr)
Steve Cropper/Felix Cavaliere: Nudge It Up a Notch (Stax)
Takka Takka: Migration (Ernest Jenning)
Tame One: Da Ol' Jersey Bastard (Amalgam Digital)
Tony Rice: Night Flyer: The Singer Songwriter Collection (Rounder)
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Slow week. But the Sonic Youth/Merzbow album is intense!!