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Air France:
No Way Down EP

Following last year's "Beach Party", Air France deliver another perfect summertime record. The Swedish group's No Way Down-- currently available either digitally or as a Swedish import-- conjures an idyllic world similar to the one on the Avalanches' dazzlingly great Since I Left You, another record that finds wide-eyed delight in sincerity and beauty. [Marc Hogan]

Lil Wayne:
Tha Carter III

Nine years after his first solo LP, and on the heels of an unprecedented glut of increasingly remarkable mixtape and internet leaks, Lil Wayne produces Tha Carter III, the epic culmination of a lifetime of eccentricities. This is Wayne's moment and he embraces it on his own terms. [Ryan Dombal]

Fri: 06-27-08:
Girl Talk
Feed the Animals

Girl Talk's 2006 LP Night Ripper made him the of-the-moment party starter, and now his first major release as a semi-popular act-- another confluence of shameless thrills and near-overwhelming abundance-- comes off like the ultimate July 4th rooftop soundtrack.
[Recommended] | [Ryan Dombal]

Fri: 06-27-08:
Kleerup
Kleerup

After coming to prominence as the producer of Robyn's UK #1 "With Every Heartbeat", Kleerup unveils his debut LP, with assistance from Lykke Li, Marit Bergman, the Concretes' Lisa Milberg and Neneh Cherry's baby sister, Titiyo. [Marc Hogan]

Bobby Womack: The Best of Bobby Womack: The Soul Years
A solid compilation of Bobby Womack's hits, sequenced for vibe rather than chronology, this record focuses on Womack the singer at the expense of Womack the songwriter. [Douglas Wolk]

Nurse With Wound: Huffin' Rag Blues
Steve Stapleton's Nurse With Wound have spent the past 30 or so years crafting what sounds like indigenous music for household appliances, and here they explore the bizarre and arcane with help from bop and swing music. [Andrew Gaerig]

Pwrfl Power: Pwrfl Power
A seriously strange indie pop record from a Brooklyn-based Japanese expatriate-- his music is currently soundtracking an eSurance ad-- that finds skilled acoustic fingerpicking married to puzzling lyrics. [Robbie Mackey]

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Fri: 06-27-08:
Column: Silent Party #3
On classic rock and classic hits radio, it's not only the songs that have a powerful pull of nostalgia but the medium itself. [Eric Harvey]

Thu: 06-26-08:
Guest List: King Khan
King Khan has been recording some up-and-coming artists in his Berlin studio, selects his favorite song about venereal diseases, and praises one of the world's most amazing kitchen appliances. [Interview: Tyler Grisham] [King Khan]

Wed: 06-25-08:
Column: Show No Mercy
This month: Conversations with Wold, Withered [above], Alleged Satanic Ritual Abuse, Circle, and Gnaw Their Tongues. [Brandon Stosuy]

Tue: 06-24-08:
Interview: Hercules & Love Affair
With his group's outstanding new album-- which our own Philip Sherburne said heralded the arrival of "a compelling new voice in American dance music"-- finally actually out in the U.S., we speak to Hercules & Love Affair's Andy Butler about his relationship with DFA, Antony Hegarty, and the storied histories of disco, Detroit techno, and Chicago house. [Heiko Hoffmann]

Mon: 06-23-08:
Live: My Bloody Valentine
After 15 years...the triumphant return of My Bloody Valentine. [Tom Ewing]

Fri: 06-20-08:
Column: Poptimist #16
Comics have moved from the mainstream to a niche popular culture pursuit and survived-- do they provide any lessons for the music industry? [Tom Ewing]