APRIL PICKS:

Baroness-RED ALBUM (Relapse)

Various Artists-BASIC REPLAY (Basic Replay)

Los Campesinos!-HOLD ON NOW, YOUNGSTER... (Arts & Crafts)

Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds-DIG, LAZARUS, DIG!!! (Anti-)

Chic-C'EST CHIC (Atlantic '78)

John & Alice Coltrane-INFINITY (Impulse '72)

Cut Copy-IN GHOST COLORS (Modular)

DJ Rekha-BASEMENT BHANGRA (Koch)

Eater-THE ALBUM (Anagram '77)

Portishead-THIRD (Mercury)

R.E.M.-ACCELERATE (Warner Bros.)

Split Enz-DIZRHYTHMIA (Mushroom '77)

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MARCH PICKS:

Autechre-QUARISTICE (Warp)

Benga-DIARY OF AN AFRO WARRIOR (Tempa)

Various Artists-BOLLYWOOD SLIDE GUITAR (Sublime Frequencies '62-'84)

Crystal Castles-s/t (Last Gang)

Toumani Diabaté-THE MANDE SESSIONS (World Circuit/Nonesuch)

Earth-THE BEES MADE HONEY IN THE LION'S SKULL (Southern Lord)

Ersen-s/t (Finders Keepers)

Hercules and Love Affair-s/t (DFA)

Chaka Khan-EPIPHANY: THE BEST OF CHAKA KHAN (Warner Bros.)

Meshuggah-OBZEN (Nuclear Blast)

Various Artists-THE SOUND OF BASSLINE (Ministry of Sound)

Tinchy Stryder-CLOUD 9: THE EP (Stryder)

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FEBRUARY PICKS:

Atlas Sound-LET THE BLIND LEAD THOSE WHO CAN SEE BUT CANNOT FEEL (Kranky)

David Axelrod-SERIOUSLY DEEP (Polydor/Dusty Groove America '75)

Black Mountain-IN THE FUTURE (JagJaguwar)

Dub Trio-ANOTHER SOUND IS DYING (Ipecac)

Joe Gibbs and the Professionals-AFRICAN DUB CHAPTER THREE (VP '78)

Magma-MEKANIK KOMMANDOH (Seventh '73)

Man-RHINOS, WINOS AND LUNATICS (Esoteric '74)/LIVE AT THE PADGET ROOMS, PENARTH (Esoteric '72)

Various Artists-PAPAGAYO (Toytown '67-'73)

Re-up Gang-WE GOT IT 4 CHEAP VOL. 3 ( mixtape )

Sons and Daughters-THIS GIFT (Domino)

Sound Dimension-s/t (Soul Jazz '67-'70)

Vampire Weekend-s/t (XL)

Various Artists-WHAT'S HAPPENING IN PERNAMBUCO? (Luaka Bop)

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JANUARY PICKS:

Cat Power-JUKEBOX (Matador)

Dells-SING DIONNE WARWICK'S GEATEST HITS (Cadet/Dusty Groove America '72)

Various Artists-DISCO NOT DISCO 1974-1986 (Strut)

Gil Evans Orchestra-OUT OF THE COOL (Impulse '61)

Bobby Hutcherson-SAN FRANCISCO (Blue Note '70)

Mike Ladd-NOSTALGIALATOR (Definitive Jux)

Magnetic Fields-DISTORTION (Nonesuch)

Man-DO YOU LIKE IT HERE NOW,  ARE YOU SETTLING IN? (Esoteric '71)

Valentin Silvestrov-BAGATALLEN UND SERENADEN (ECM)

Various Artists-ETHNIC MINORITY MUSIC OF SOUTHERN LAOS (Sublime Frequencies)

Carla Thomas-THE QUEEN ALONE (Stax '69)

Times New Viking-RIP IT OFF (Matador)