Beach House Covers Robert Lester Folsom

Robert Lester Folsom's underground psych-folk/soft rock "Music and Dreams" LP turns 50 this year.  To celebrate, it's getting a special edition release with loads of extra tracks, one of which is a cover of album standout "April Suzanne" by dreampop duo Beach House.  Check the track out below and grab the 7" single here on Anthology Recordings, also featuring the OG version on the B-side.

Karen Black and Cass McCombs

I've been a big fan of Karen Black for years, the actress popping up in literally hundreds of films during her career since the '60s, and i never realized she was also a poet and singer.  The good folks at Anthology Recordings, along with Black's husband and singer/songwriter Cass McCombs have seen fit to comb through old tapes and reels for a compilation of Black's songs.  Included are two tracks written and performed by McCombs and Black before her death in 2013.  It's a really cool collection of Americana, folk, and psych-tinged daydreams.  Check out "I Wish I Knew the Man I Thought You Were" below and get the "Dreaming of You (1971-1976)" LP here.

Unusual Sounds

If anybody's looking to get me an early Christmas present, i've got an idea for you.  Mexican Summer's Anthology Recordings offshoot just released "Unusual Sounds," a collection of obscure library music trading in all kinds of sounds, from rock to jazz to avant garde and beyond.  A companion record to the David Hollander curated book of the same name, this album hits all the notes that make my inner record collector giddy with glee.  Listen to low tempo, motorik krautrock of Klaus Weiss's "Survivor" below and get the album here.

The Nightcrawlers

Mexican Summer via their Anthology Recordings offshoot are set to release a collection of rare and hard-to-find music from Philadelphia ambient electronic act The Nightcrawlers.  "The Biophonic Boombox Recordings" collects material that the trio home-recorded and self-released on 35 cassettes from 1980 to 1991, creeping and oozing through the the ether and drawing from classical music, new age, kosmische, and ambient sound.  There's a cosmic vibe to the whole thing, and it's definitely worth checking out.  Listen to "Luv-Li-Musik" below and pre-order the record here.