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L.A. buzz band Shadow Shadow Shade‘s debut album Shadow Shadow Shade jumps out the gate with “Is This A Tempest In The Shape Of A Bell,” which sounds like Brian Eno fronting early Pink Floyd.

It’s no wonder that this seven-piece band see themselves as a big art project more than a rock group. The members include a producer, an opera singer (you can’t miss her) and various other art type folks. The vocal arrangements are quite startling in their complexity and tonal quality.

The thing that really gets us going about this group is the depth of the music and the vision put into the entire project. From the cover art to individual notes, you can tell they give a shit. They conjure bands like the Mamas and the Papas, Queen, Roxy Music and the already mentioned Pink Floyd. This album will keep you wondering where these guys have been hiding all these years.

RECORD EXCHANGE ’10 PICKS: MICHAEL

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2010 Staff Picks!

Take a gander at Michael‘s list:

THE BLACK KEYS Brothers
BOB DYLAN The Witmark Demos
RYAN BINGHAM AND THE DEAD HORSES Junky Star
THE BUDOS BAND The Budos Band III
RAY LAMONTAGNE God Willin’ and the Creek Don’t Rise
LLOYD MILLER AND THE HELIOCENTRICS Lloyd Miller and the Heliocentrics
DAVID HIDALGO AND LOUIE PEREZ The Long Goodbye
RICHARD THOMPSON Dream Attic
LOS LOBOS Tin Can Trust
THE ELECTRONIC ANTHOLOGY PROJECT The Electronic Anthology Project

RECORD EXCHANGE ’10 PICKS: SPECIAL GUEST TIM JOHNSTONE FROM THE RIVER

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2010 Staff Picks!

Take a gander at Tim Johnstone‘s list:

MARK RONSON AND THE BUSINESS INTL Record Collection
BROKEN BELLS Broken Bells
BRYAN FERRY Olympia
ARCADE FIRE The Suburbs
ROBYN Body Talk Pts. 1-3
SHOUT OUT LOUDS Work
LCD SOUNDSYSTEM This Is Happening
THE NATIONAL High Violet
JOSH RITTER So Runs the World Away
GOLDFRAPP Head First

RECORD EXCHANGE ’10 PICKS: HANNAH

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2010 Staff Picks!

Take a gander at Hannah‘s list:

BLACK VEIL BRIDES We Stitch These Wounds
ALESANA The Emptiness
SLEEPING WITH SIRENS With Ears to See and Eyes to Hear
NEW MEDICINE Race You to the Bottom
MISS MAY I Monument
AVENGED SEVENFOLD Nightmare
THE WORD ALIVE Deceiver
BLESSTHEFALL Witness
BURY TOMORROW Portraits
FOR ALL THOSE SLEEPING Cross Your Fingers

RECORD EXCHANGE ’10 PICKS: ABI

Tis the season for year-end best-of lists, and The Record Exchange is pleased to bring you our 2010 Staff Picks!

Take a gander at Abi‘s list:

DEERHUNTER Halcyon Digest
BEACH HOUSE Teen Dream
TIMBER TIMBRE Timber Timbre
ALOE BLACC Good Things
SHARON JONES AND THE DAP-KINGS I Learned the Hard Way
TY SEGALL Melted
THE FEELIES Crazy Rhythms
ROLLING STONES Beggars Banquet
STINGRAY SAM Original Soundtrack
JONATHAN RICHMAN Back in Your Life