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11/10/08

Moggs—Amulat EP

Deerhunter—Microcastle/Weird Era Cont. File this one under bands with an unfair amount of brilliance. Deerhunter's yet-to-be-released new album "Microcastle" leaked last year. Rather than fall into despair, the band just made all new material and released the results as an odd double album. The original album has dreamy, catchy pop songs that sound absolutely effortless. The second disc sounds like sketches of songs not yet fully formed—just enough to let you hear the idea but not enough to be considered "finished." Sometimes a sketch can say more than the completed portrait but here you get both and can decide for yourself which suits you best.

Moggs—Amulat EP This limited edition record and digital download is the second release from Petaluma, CA's Moggs. Moggs are a husband/wife, guitar/drums duo that make dark rock songs that can either be aggressive or restrained, but always meticulous. You'll notice right away that each element of each song seems absolutely necessary and perfectly constructed. For this release they collaborate with different musicians on each track (including members of great little known bands such as Slug and the For Carnation) yet the outside input only enhances the sound without sounding like a detour from Moggs personal vision.

DJ /Rupture—Uproot DJ/Rupture is the type of DJ that can change your perception of music with each of his mixtapes. With his latest release, /rupture creates a post-everything polyglot sound that jumps continents and genres continuously without disrupting his own idiosyncratic narrative. Great DJs take records that are available to everyone else and make them their own merely by putting them next to another record. /rupture draws lines across the globe by pointing out that there are weirdos and experimentalists everywhere. This latest album makes the world seem much smaller, yet completely filled with promising artistic expression.

This limited edition record and digital download is the second release from Petaluma, CA's Moggs. Moggs are a husband/wife, guitar/drums duo that make dark rock songs...