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Actress Jena Malone Records Social Registry 7"

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El-P Reveals LP Tracklist, Single With Trent Reznor

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Lil Wayne and Young Jeezy Team Up for Tour

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Mew to Tour North America This Spring

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Deerhunter:
Cryptograms

This Atlanta five-piece's shimmering Kranky debut is alternately murky and ethereal, drawing equal influence from classic shoegaze, early Factory Records LPs, and the enigmatic ambient recordings with which it shares a label. Sequenced into two distinct halves-- the first an intensely gorgeous, blissed-out paean to Sonic Youth guitar squall, Spacemen 3's blissful hymns, and Harold Budd's collaborations with Brian Eno, the second a lush exploration of focused, crystalline dream-pop-- Cryptograms shifts between impressionistic, reverb-saturated reverie and psych-heavy pop gems. [Marc Hogan]

Fri: 02-16-07:
Various Artists
Ultimate Breaks & Beats: The Complete Collection

Street Beat offers all 174 tracks from the crucial Ultimate Breaks & Beats-- originally released in 25 volumes between 1986-91-- on two mp3 CDs, a collection that serves as a roadmap for the history and evolution of sample-era hip-hop. [Nate Patrin]

Fri: 02-16-07:
Tim Hecker
Radio Amor

Originally released on Mille Plateaux, the experimental electronic producer's second full-length under his own name and his coldest and most piercing work to date has been reissued by Alien 8. [Mark Richardson]

The Trees Community: The Christ Tree
Four-disc set collects the seldom heard and weirdly beautiful early-70s work of this freethinking Christian group, which imbued traditional liturgical pieces and original songs with imaginative arrangements using instruments from around the globe. [Liz Colville]

Imitation Electric Piano: Blow it Up, Burn it Down, Kick it 'Til it Bleeds
Project helmed by Stereolab bassist Simon Johns adds Mary Hampton on vocals and cranks up the rock, as the group leaves the mother band's orbit and creates its best record to date.
[Joe Tangari]

The Berg Sans Nipple: Along the Quai
This avant-pop duo's full-length debut-- issued by Conor Oberst's Team Love-- hints at pan-culturalism and is carried by raw, rhythmic propulsion. [Stuart Berman]

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Fri: 02-16-07:
Guest List: The Blow
The Blow's Jona Bechtolt provides an insider's scoop on some new Portland bands, discusses the mystery of Texas' "Marfa Lights", and encourages you to avoid the kids flick Cats and Dogs at all costs. [Interview: Tyler Grisham] [Jona Bechtolt]

Thu: 02-15-07:
Guest List: Panda Bear
Panda Bear's Noah Lennox gives us the dish on the hottest kids shows on YouTube, explains the differences between American and Brazilian soap operas, and fondly recalls his Animal Collective days stupefying the sound guys at Mercury Lounge. [Interview: Tyler Grisham]
[Noah Lennox]

Wed: 02-14-07:
The Month In: Grime/Dubstep
Exclusivity deals and Beezy's My Construction Site are shaping dubstep and DMZ nights. [Martin Clark]

Tue: 02-13-07:
The Month In: Out Music #2
Embracing the cold with Anders Ilar and Treje Isungset and escaping it at the Tape Music Festival, featuring a live performance of Hymnen by Karlheinz Stockhausen. [Dominique Leone]

Mon: 02-12-07:
Interview: Yoko Ono
Just ahead of the release of her pleasantly surprising remix album Yes, I'm a Witch, we spoke to the legendary and oft-misunderstood singer, artist, and activist. [Mark Richardson]

Fri: 02-09-07:
Column: Get That Out Of Your Mouth #32

Does the internet know more about Star Wars than about the continent of Africa?

[Chris Dahlen]

Thu: 02-08-07:
Guest List: Deerhunter
Deerhunter's Bradford Cox recalls his sixth-grade passion for the Breeders, discusses the joys of thrift shopping in the south, and assures us that he's not on heroin. [Interview: Tyler Grisham] [Bradford Cox]

Wed: 02-07-07:
Live: Bloc Party
Kele Okereke brings his big, spacious songs-- angular guitar riffs, hyper-kinetic drums, and soaring emo choruses-- to a spacious London theatre. [Bret Gladstone]