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Crawling Up The Stairs, the beautiful and at times emotionally overwhelming/devastating (see "Never Alone," "Thousand Year Old Child") new LP from Austin's Pure X, is officially out today on the great Acéphale. To mark the occasion, we're psyched to have the band take over the site for the day; you can stay up on all of Pure X's posts throughout the day right here, and listen

Here's another absolutely beautiful track from Pure X's forthcoming LP, which looks like it's shaping up to be something special. Crawling Up The Stairs is out next month on Acephale / Merok:

Brand new track from TX's Pure X, taken from the band's forthcoming LP, Crawling Up the Stairs, out May 14 on Acephale / Merok. Check the tracklist + pre-order on black/white marbled vinyl here.

Up until this morning, this new one from Elite Gymnastics' special Ruin 4 package could only be heard by dialing 1-800-940-5788. "Life/Trap" was recorded during the Ruin 1 & 2 sessions, and the final version has been "updated with new production and mixed by Montreal's CFCF...

Elite Gymnastics follow up one of our favorite releases of 2011 with RUIN 3 & 4: RUIN 3 is the website, featuring downloadable remixes by some of Elite Gz' friends, while the RUIN 4 package (out May 8) includes "a high quality t-shirt (XL only), and a CD compilation featuring remixes of tracks from RUIN as well as unheard originals from the RUIN sessions...

Shouts to Whitney: mp3:

Here's a beautifully unsettling, proper re-introduction to mysterious Italian outfit Estasy, whose debut full-length LOCUS SOLUS drops in early 2012 on Acephale: mp3:

Taken from one of our favorites of 2011, An Album By Korallreven, out November 15th on Acéphale: mp3:

Panda Bear hooked up a rare, swirling/soothing psych rework of one of our favorite songs of the year, Korallreven's "As Young As Yesterday." Taken from the As Young As Yesterday 12", out soon on Acephale. Pick it up on iTunes here: Korallreven :: As Young As Yesterday (Panda Bear remix) ______ previously: mp3: Korallreven :: As Young As Yesterday (feat...