Not only is this Gina X Performance’s iconic “Nice Mover” album, you get the less-hyped but firmly fantastic “Voyeur” with it. Groovy, queer, and pressed on clear and green vinyl. A goddamn treat from the vinyl gods.
One of the clearest examples of an album that crafts a strange and beautiful world not quite like any other is Rocketship's 1996 full-length debut "A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness."
Released in 2001 on avant-garde icon John Zorn's Tzadik label, Under The Pipal Tree showcased a young Japanese quartet whose range of influences - most notably Sonic Youth, Mogwai, The Velvet Underground, and Neil Young- were on ambitious display.
Cauthen's fifth album, Book of Paul, takes him further down his path of utterly authentic country music; fearless, proud, and with two middle fingers in the air.