Archers of Loaf - Reason In Decline - White Red & Purple SwirlReason in Decline, Archers of Loaf's first studio album since the 1998 release of White Trash Heroes, is no nostalgic, low impact reboot. When they emerged from North Carolina's '90s indie punk incubator, the Archers' hurtling, sly, gloriously dissonant roar was a mythologized touchstone of slacker era refusal. But this new LP is an entirely different noise. In fact, it's a startling revelation. Guitarists Eric Bachmann and Eric Johnson, once

Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me

Nils Schweckendiek and his Helsinki Chamber Choir guide us through some 80 years of Finnish music for choir

and 'Pen Pal' and will be followed by a North American tour and stops at SXSW and Treefort Music Festival

besides granting power and wealth to whoever possesses it

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After a cruel twist of fate Mike finds himself without his beloved job as a childrens' clown and starts slipping deeper into the abyss unleashing a psychopath so insane that even John Wayne Gacy would be shocked

in the early seventies

This is not a personal record

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The first two concerts recorded in Nottingham in November 1976 and Washington in April 1977 feature the legendary line-up of Edgar Froese

Minor Threat went into Inner Ear Studio for the first time as a five-piece (Brian Baker had moved from bass to second guitar and Steve Hansgen was now playing bass)

but his music sounds as great now as it did when he first recorded it more than 70 years ago