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Pylon
Chomp More

reissued version of classic new wave LP

DFA made legions of New Wave fans happy back in 2007 when they reissued Pylon's seminal Gyrate, and now they've done it again, this time with the group's sophomore album, Chomp. The reissued edition features four new bonus tracks, including alternate versions of "Yo-Yo," "Gyrate," "Crazy" and the previously unreleased track "Four Minutes." That makes it 16 tracks all together, tons of listening material for all the new wave heads out there.
reviewed by Hires

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Matt & Kim
Matt & Kim Digi-LP

bare bones indie pop

Our homies at IHEARTCOMIX have been getting much buzz of late for their dance-y tendencies (Toxic Avenger's Superheroes EP, the Heartsrevolution remix 12") but this rambunctious little pop / indie / new wave album from 2006 remains their most loved release. Matt & Kim, in case you missed the 8 million blog posts about them, are a drums 'n' guitar/keys duo from Brooklyn who make bare bones, catchy sing-along songs for the kids to bounce around to. They've been compared to other boy/girl duos like Mates of State, and other emo-y bands with synths like The Anniversary and Hot Hot Heat, but Matt & Kim outshine all of them in terms of pure fun. Just check any of the following: "No More Long Years," "Yea Yeah," "5k," "It's A Fact," "Frank," "Lightspeed." 11 tracks; 29 minutes(!). Recommended.
reviewed by Chris Lemon-Red

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Chromeo
I Can't Tell You Why (DJ-KICKS) Digi-12

smooth cover of the Eagles' hit

Exclusive track from Chromeo's DJ-Kicks album with !K7. Everyone that grew up riding to school in their mom's station wagon, radio set to the local light rock station, is gonna know this one. The Canadian duo tackle on of the Eagles smoothest hits, and do it justice by sticking to the mellow vibe of the original, adding just enough vocoder to push it into funky territory. Also features a dub version with some nice synths.
reviewed by Hires

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Yacht
Psychic City Digi-EP

indie dance with disco-centric remixes

Jona Bechtolt and Claire Evans are YACHT and they're here to make you dance you cares away in that sort of ironic, indie kinda way. This EP features a few stand-out tracks from the See Mystery Lights full length, and a fistful of extra dancey remixes to make you shake your thing. The original version of "Psychic City" was a hip summer anthem as-is (water drop snare in full effect!), but the Classixx boys give it a slo-mo disco make-over complete with semi-sleazy low slung bass and glitzy disco accoutrements. Check Joe Goddard's mix which strips it down to the bare bones and rebuilds it up in a dreamy cosmic kinda way. For the funkier side of things, it's Rory Phillips that takes it there. Entrancing arpeggios set the pace for funked out bass and breakbeats. Also includes the big, ballsy electro disco of Hedford Vachal's remix of "Waste Of Time" with its big swanky guitars and squiggl synths and "B Side Suicide" with the craziest lyrics to a dance track this reviewer has ever heard ("Blow your brains out do the Kurt Cobain").
reviewed by snackmaster

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