
Blimey this is odd. Odd and gorgeous, but really still very odd indeed. It's gorgeous in two ways. Firstly, the image on your right is a picture of the actual vinyl: a single-sided record, with a red design (contrary to the picture) screen-printed on one side of it. They are only making a couple of hundred of these, so I recommend you get shifting and buy one here . Secondly, the music might be just a little demented, but it's still really good. I am always a little wary of kidding myself that I like [...]

If 2012 is really the apocalypse, we'll at least be serenaded by lots of great music as our world goes up in flames. Yes, it's another great week of new releases filled with KEXP favorites, new and old. In fact, we've long been fans of Nada Surf , who return with their sixth album this week, which according to our Music Director, Don Yates, "finds them injecting some welcome additional energy and aggression into their melodic pop-rock sound via quicker tempos and some bristling electric guitar lines." Fans needn't fear that the New York band is trying to recapture [...]