Baby D's Bagels
$20 Worth of Food and Drink for Only $10
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Mr. Sunshine

Marc Adams
SELF-RELEASED
Life isn’t like kindergarten. One doesn’t get high marks just for “satisfactory”; it’s sink or swim.
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Shark Week

VOLP
MIXED NATION
Why is his album called Shark Week, you ask? Because he’s the “Great White Hope.” Oy. Excuse me while I shake my head on the branding alone.
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The Filthy Fifteen

Filthy Rich
SELF-RELEASED
Producer, bassist and beatmaker Richard Herrell worked his contacts list to put together his first “producer album” with some of the city’s nastiest emcees.
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Red Parole

Seluah
KARATE BODY
A Spiderland for a new generation, Seluah’s long-gestating first full-length album is nothing short of a masterpiece.
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Heavens to Murk-A-Troid

Murk-A-Troid
KILL NOISE COLLECTIVE/GRIMEY RHYME REGIME

Crash DDZ has been a staple in the Louisville hip-hop scene for more years than he’d probably like to admit. From the 502Headz to The DareDevilz, the guy’s CV is Teflon.

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Oh, the Blood Did Fall

Bandoleer Prison
HAMMER & SAW

If Jack Fry’s salmon was served navy blue, would it still be the best plate of food in the city?

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Dissent

Johnny Spanish
SELF-RELEASED
After dropping his smoke-filled, ahem, joint EP with T-Razor earlier this year, Dissent comes as a full about-face, a politic-filled project that doesn’t come off as overly c
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Fade

Yo La Tengo
MATADOR
The trio of Yo La Tengo are professors in exploring the range of indie rock.
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Oddfellows

Tomahawk
IPECAC
With three albums of unorthodox rock under their belts, Tomahawk (vocalist Mike Patton, guitarist Duane Denison, bassist Trevor Dunn and drummer John Stanier) let Oddfellows expand
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RNBW MZK

CPHR DVN
SELF-RELEASED
Reviews of locals should never take budget into account; when a Jalin Roze can create major-label quality on a day-job budget, excuses are unacceptable. Rnbw Mzk is bad.