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And the Mountains Echoed, Khaled Hosseini, Riverhead Hardcover
The Redeemer, Jo Nesbo, Random House
Golden Boy, Abigail Tarttelin, Simon & Schuster
The Fall of Arthur, J.R.R. Tolkien, Harper Collins
The Unwinding, George Packer, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Sight Reading, Daphne Kalotay, Harper Collins
Yes, Chef, Marcus Samuelsson and Veronica Chambers, Random House
My Father’s Ghost is Climbing in the Rain, Patricio Pron, translated by Mara Faye Lethem, Random House
Love Lust Faith + Dreams, 30 Seconds to Mars, Virgin/Polydor/Universal
A is for Alpine, Alpine, Ivy League/Votive
Random Access Memories, Daft Punk, Columbia
Dead Gaze, Dead Gaze, Palmist
Excuse My French, French Montana, Bad Boy/Interscope
Eat Like Lisa Act Like Bart, Japanther, Recess Records
Impersonator, Majical Cloudz, Matador/Crystal Math/Mythryl
It’s Up To Emma, Scout Niblett, Drag City
Namesake, Ten Kens
Trouble Will Find Me, The National, 4AD
The Way Things Fall, Adult., Ghostly International
Silver Wilkinson, Bibio, Warp
Dungeonesse, Dungeonesse, Secretly Canadian
Lip Lock, Eve, Eleven Seven/From The Rib Music
Beyond Wilderness, Gold & Youth, Arts & Crafts
Pale Green Ghosts, John Grant, Bella Union/Partisan/Novato Records
Kids in L.A. , Kisses, Cascine
Limits of Desire, Small Black, Jagjaguwar
If The River Was Whiskey, Spin Doctors, Ruf Records/Japanese Import
Fandango, The Phoenix Foundation, Memphis Industrial/Memphis Industries
The Greatest Generation, The Wonder Years, Hopeless/Hopeless Record
Modern Vampires Of The City, Vampire Weekend, XL/Sony Japan
No One Dances Quite Like My Brothers, Vår, Sacred Bones
Curiosity, Wampire, Polyvinyl
Americanah, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Knopf
My Struggle, Karl Knausgaard, Don Bartlett, Archipelago Books
Inferno, Dan Brown, Knopf Doubleday
Make Good Art, Neil Gaiman, William Morrow & Company
Modern Vampires of the City, Vampire Weekend, XL
Volume 3, She & Him, Merge/Double Six
MCII, Mikal Cronin, Merge
Monomania, Deerhunter, 4AD
Prisoner of Conscious, Talib Kweli, Blacksmith Records
Strange Pleasures, Still Corners, SubPop
La Musique Numerique, AM & Shawn Lee, Park the Van
More Than Just A Dream, Fitz & The Tantrums, Elektra
Magnetic, Goo Goo Dolls, Warner Bros.
Takes Time, Jim Guthrie, Static Clang
Nocturnes, Little Boots, On Repeat Records/Vinyl Factory
American Kid, Patty Griffin
Time, Rod Stewart, Capitol Records
Dossier K, Imre Kertész, Melville House
A Delicate Truth, John le Carré, Viking
Red Moon, Benjamin Percy, Grand Central Publishing
The 5th Wave, Rick Yancey, Putnam Juvenile
A Constellation of Vital Phenomena, Anthony Marra, Hogarth
Forty-one False Starts: Essays on Artists and Writers, Janet Malcolm, Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Long Live The King, Fay Weldon, St. Martin’s Press
Miss Julie, Neil LaBute (Adapter), Overlook TP
Love Is Power, or Something Like That, A. Igoni Barrett, Graywolf Press
Darkness Sticks to Everything, Tom Hennen, Copper Canyon Press
Pacific, Tom Drury, Grove Press
Black Aperture, Matt Rasmussen, Louisiana State University Press
Joie De Vivre: Selected Poems 1992-2012, Lisa Jarnot, City Lights Publishers
Thresherphobe, Mark Halliday, University of Chicago Press
The Woman Upstairs, Claire Messud, Knopf
A Guide to Being Born, Ramona Ausubel, Riverhead Books
The Blue Fox, Sjón (Translated by Victoria Cribb), Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Whispering Muse, Sjón (Translated by Victoria Cribb), Farrar, Straus and Giroux
From the Mouth of the Whale, Sjón (Translated by Victoria Cribb), Farrar, Straus and Giroux
The Blind Man’s Garden, Nadeem Aslam, Knopf
The End of the World in Breslau, Marek Krajewski, Random Hosue
The Tudor Plot, Steve Berry, Random House
NOS4A2, Joe Hill, William Morrow
12th of Never, James Patterson, Cornerstone Digital
A Guide to Being Born, Ramona Ausubel, Riverhead Books
The Morels, Christopher Hacker, Soho Press
THR!!!ER, !!!, Warp
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Big Black Delta, Big Black Delta, Master of Bates
If You Leave, Daughter, Glass Note/4AD
English Little League, Guided By Voices, Fire Records/GBV
Head In The Dirt, Hanni El Khatib, Innovative Leisure
Tears on Tape, H.I.M., Razor & Tie/Universal
Bloodlines, Howl, Relapse Records
Ready to Die, Iggy & The Stooges, Fat Possum/Sony
Crooked In My Mind, Koji, Cobraside/Run For Cover Records
Siberia Acoustic, Lights, Last Gang Records/Universal
Authentic, LL Cool J, 429 Records/Savoy/Universal
Everybody Loves Sausages, Melvins, Ipecac
Praxis Makes Perfect, Neon Neon, Lex
Fool Metal Jack, Os Mutantes, Krian Music Group/Varèse Sarabande
Selfhood, Sharks, Rise Records
Supermigration, Solar Bears, Planet Mu
Such Hot Blood, The Airborne Toxic Event, Island
…And It Shook Me, The Postelles, +1 Records
Cooked, Michael Pollan, The Penguin Press HC
Let’s Explore Diabetes with Owls, David Sedaris, Little, Brown and Company
The Humanity Project, Jean Thompson, Blue Rider Press
The Golem and the Jinni, Helene Wecker, Harper
The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope, Rhonda Riley, Ecco
Tape Deck Heart, Frank Turner, Polydor
Bye Bye 17, Har Mar Superstar, Cult Records
Junip, Junip, Mute/City Slang/Universal
The Golden Sun Of The Great East, Juno Reactor, Metropolis/Pwmet
Danish and Blue, Lilacs & Champagne, Kemado/Mexican Summer
To Be Loved, Michael Buble, 143 Records/Reprise
I Love You, The Neighborhood, Columbia Records
Wait to Pleasure, No Joy, Kemado/Mexican Summer
Bankrupt!, Phoenix, Glassnote/Atlantic
Venomous Rat Regeneration Vendor, Rob Zombie, Universal/Zodiac Swan
Blood Speaks, Smoke Fairies, Cooperative/V2/Year Seven Records
Reincarnated, Snoop Lion, RCA/Red Ink
Love has come for you, Steve Martin & Edie Brickell, Rounder
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Time Stays, We Go, The Veils, Pitch Beast Records
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May 22, 2013
Review of Trouble Will Find Me
People seem to either revere or completely reject The National. Although some found the new album impeccable, Noisey dismissed it as “musical ambien,” This review from Pitchfork wades through all the noise and gets to the real point. (via Pitchfork)
May 22, 2013
How much thinking is too much?
Accurately capturing a character’s stream of consciousness was the hallmark of many of literature’s greatest hits (Anna Karenina, Ulysses, etc.) This review of Scottish writer James Kelman’s latest book begs the question, How much insight into the mind is more than any novel can bear? (via The New Yorker)
May 22, 2013
“Celestial Homework”
Learn about Beat literature from someone who knows; here’s Allen Ginsberg’s suggested reading list from his course, “Literary History of the Beats.” (via Explore)
May 22, 2013
Music matters in Mali
About nine months after Islamic militants banned music in Mali, the act remains a model of music’s importance as a social and political tool. (via NYTimes)
May 22, 2013
Happy Birthday
Morrissey
Lancashire, England, 1959. In his solo career and in The Smiths, his expressive crooning and subtle poetry have earned many dedicated fans. Very dedicated fans.
May 22, 2013
Happy Birthday
Arthur Conan Doyle
Edinburgh, Scotland, 1859. A doctor, an avid soccer player, and a writer of many genres, his greatest legacy is in crime fiction. Nearly a century after his death in 1930, the great Sherlock Holmes continues to thrive in the cultural imagination.
May 21, 2013
Nick Allbrook leaves Tame Impala
Allbrook, the former bassist for the band, is leaving to focus on other endeavors. He will be ironically replaced by Cam Avery from the band POND, which is one of Allbrook’s side projects. (via Consequence of Sound)
May 21, 2013
R.I.P., Ray Manzarek
Ray Manzarek died on Monday. As a tribute, here’s a slideshow of photographs of the Doors keyboardist. (via Rolling Stone)
May 21, 2013
World’s best reading rooms
The book-loving list kings at Flavorwire have done it again. Check out this selection of beautiful reading rooms from around the world. (via Flavorwire)