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Sea Level Records

Favorite record store? In LA, my favorite spot is easily Sea Level Records on Sunset Sea Level Recordsin Echo Park. When I first moved here in 1997 I frequented Aron’s Records on La Brea and Rhino Records on Westwood, but neither of them ever had anything I was looking for. Rhino was better because they would at least have something worth buying and the staff was friendly enough, but Aron’s was such a hole. They had so much room, yet nothing worth buying. The staff was surly and hateful and they only ever played reggae. I used to take a list of about 20 albums that I wanted, but was lucky to find 1 or 2.

Then

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Mouserocket*

One of my favorite albums from last year was the self-titled debut from Mouserocket. The album actually came out in 2004, but it didn't appear on my radar until last year when I followed a link to a track on…

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My Preciousssss (Electric President)

Electric President produces tasty soundscapes with notes of preciousness, like the Notwist fronted by Kermit's nephew Robin. I don't mean precious in any pejorative sense. In fact, I'm naturally inclined to voices such as Ben Cooper's or Alex Kane's (whoever's…

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Going Postal with a Feisty Remix

m3 online's recent post about Feist includes a great Postal Service remix of the song Mushaboom. Love Ben Gibbard's backup vocals on this song. m3 online: New Feist Song & Remix Buy Let It Die from Amazon (via Waxy)

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