Sweeping The Nation — As explained in the A-J post last time out, by "other" we mean anything not from one of our top 50 albums of the year. The second hundred of our far too large selection runs thus... Kagoule - Monsieur AutomatonKamikaze Girls - DeathcapKatiya Falcone... more info

KEXP Seattle — Portland’s Moon Duo made maybe one of their most surprising moves yet: showing up and playing a set as a trio. Alright, that’s not totally true. They did play with a third member on the KEXP Stage at the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival, but the... more info

KEXP Seattle — Back in the day, before KEXP was on the Seattle Center campus, we would hold annual “secret” intimate performances from the Charlotte Martin Theatre during the Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival. Nowadays, we have a spacious Gathering Space where ... more info

Core News — “Iggy Pop serves up another sonic cocktail to kick the weekend off. This week he has tracks by Moon Duo, Meat Wave, The Lemon Twigs, Booji Boys and Fea. Iggy’s musical legacy has inspired and energised rock and roll’s alternative spirit since t... more info

DrownedInSound — Moon Duo are clearly still on a journey more info

LargeHeartedBoy — Joan Shelley's self-titled album (produced by Jeff Tweedy) is another remarkable effort from one of my favorite singer-songwriters. Bonnie 'Prince' Billy's Prince Troubadour, Jesu and Sun Kil Moon's 30 Seconds to the Decline of Planet Earth, Moon Duo... more info

Powerpopulist — Hard to believe we began this list back in early February. Tuff stuff, though, so we do not carp but, rather, thank the superb bloggers who finessed these songs into downloadability. Toma - Going Nowhere - Fingertips Terror Watts - So Alone - Rollo... more info

Stereogum — Earlier this year, the Portland-based psych band Moon Duo put out an album called Occult Architecture Vol. 1 and in May they will release a new companion LP titled Occult Architecture Vol. 2. We've already heard the album's first single, "Lost In L... more info

The Quietus — The duo share shimmering single 'Sevens' more info

DrownedInSound — Sanae Yamada of Moon Duo revels in the glory of Stereolab's masterpiece more info