
Instinct , the full-length debut of Niki and the Dove , now finally available on CD, tops this week's list of new releases. Like fellow Swedish artists The Knife and Lykke Li, the Swedish duo combine '80s synth-pop, dark post-punk and dancy funk on what our Music Director, Don Yates, praises as "well-crafted songs with twinkling, ethereal synths, occasional tribal rhythms and some monster pop hooks." synths, occasional tribal rhythms and some monster pop hooks." Seattle producer/guitarist Erik Blood returns with a titillating concept album about pornography (don't worry, it's still SFW) wrapped in "a varied, atmospheric [...]