Faves of 2014: SEAN'S FAVES

1. Budos Band - Burnt Offering 7"
2. MOTHXR - Easy 7"
3. Real Estate - Talking Backwards 7"
4. Amason - Duvan 7"
5. Julia Holter - Don't Make Me Over 7"
6. SOAK - B a noBody 7"
7. Ryan Adams - 1984 7"
8. LA Font - Teen Bazooka 7"
9. Hooray For Earth - Keys 7"
10. Kelley Stoltz - Cross Your Mind 7"

1. Slint - Spiderland
2. Flake Music - When You Land Here, It's Time To Return
3. Can Discography
4. The Clientele - Suburban Light
5. Cocteau Twins - Blue Bell Knoll
6. Unwound - No Energy box set
7. Scott Walker - Til The Band Comes In
8. OST - Once Upon A Time In The West
9. The Clean - Anthology
10. Bedhead - Transaction De Novo

1. Bouquet - Still The River
2. Fever The Ghost - Crab In Honey
3. Dub Thompson - 9 Songs
4. White Fence - For The Recently Found Innocent
5. James Supercave - The Afternoon EP
6. Rodrigo Amarante - Cavalo
7. Warpaint - S/T
8. Morgan Delt - S/T
9. Wand - Ganglion Reef
10. LAPD - S/T

And of course...

1. Timber Timbre - Hot Dreams
2. Courtney Barnett - The Double EP: A Sea of Split Peas
3. Iceage - Plowing Into The Field Of Love
4. Bill Callahan - Have Fun With God
5. Little Dragon - Nabuma Rubberband
6. Caribou - Our Love
7. The Horrors - Luminous
8. Last Ex - S/T
9. Ultimate Painting - S/T
10. Scott Walker & Sunn O))) - Soused

Origami's Favorite Albums, 7"s, Best Local, and Reissues of 2011!

It's that time of year where we celebrate our FAVES of 2011! Check out what we loved and click the links to watch a video from each album.

ALBUMS
1. Bill Callahan "Apocalypse" (Drag City) - Video // OV Review
2. PJ Harvey "Let England Shake" (Vagrant) - Video
3. Tune Yards "Whokill" (4AD) - Video
4. Charles Bradley "No Time For Dreaming" (Daptone) - Video // OV Review
5. Anika "S/T" (Stones Throw) - Video
6. Unknown Mortal Orchestra "S/T" (Fat Possum) - Video
7. The Antlers "Burst Apart" (French Kiss) - Video
8. M83 "Hurry Up, We're Dreaming" (Mute) - Video
9. Youth Lagoon "Year of Hibernation" (Fat Possum) - Video // OV Review
10. Brute Heart "Lonely Hunter" (Soft Abuse) - Video // OV Review

7 INCHES
1. The Allah-Lah's "Catamaran/Long Journey" (Pres) - MP3
2. Pylon "Cover + Remix" (DFA) - MP3
3. Anika "No One's There" (Stone's Throw) - MP3
4. Thee Cormans "Down Mit Der Fuz" (In The Red) - MP3
5. Fidlar "DIYDUI" (White Iris) - MP3
6. Batwings Catwings "Radio" (Gravy) - Video
7. Superhumanoids "Mikelah" (White Iris) - Video
8. Blouse "Into Black" 7" (Captured Tracks) - Video
9. Crystal Stilts "Shake the Shackles" (Slumberland) - Video
10. Dante Vs. Zombies "Yes, I'm Stalking You" (Albino Crow) - Video

BEST LOCAL
1. Spindrift "Classic Soundtracks Vol. 1" (Xemu) - Video
2. Allah-Lah's "Catamaran/Long Journey" 7" (Pres) - MP3
3. Papa "A Good Woman Is Hard To Find" (Hit City/Psychedelic Judaism) - MP3
4. V/A "Under The Covers Vol. 2 (Nerves Tribute)" (Volar/I Hate Rock 'N Roll) - Video
5. Frank Fairfield "Out On The Open West" (Tompkins Square) - Video
6. Fidlar "DIYDUI" 7" (White Iris) - MP3
7. Batwings Catwings "Radio" 7" (Gravy) - Video
8. Chelsea Wolfe "Apokalypsis" (Pendu Sound) - Video
9. Superhumanoids "Mikelah" 7" (White Iris) - Video
10. Dante Vs. Zombies "Yes, I'm Stalking You" 7" (Albino Crow) - Video

BEST REISSUES
1. Social Climbers "S/T" (Drag City) - Video
2. Ride "Nowhere" (Rhino) - Video
3. Menomena "Friend and Foe" (Barsuk) - Video
4. V/A "The Hidden Tapes: A Compilation of Minimal Wave From Around The World '79-'85" (Minimal Waves) - Video
5. Fred McDowell "The Alan Lomax Recordings" (Mississippi) - Video
6. Reatards "Teenage Hate" (Goner) - Video
7. The Radio Dept. "Passive Aggressive: Singles 2002-2010" (Labrador) - Video
8. Michael Chapman "Fully Qualified Survivor" (Light In The Attic) - Video
9. Queens of the Stone Age "S/T" (Ipecac) - Video
10. Blind Willie Johnson "Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground" (Mississippi) - Video

ALBUMS
1. Little Dragon "Ritual Union" (Peacefrog Records) - Video // OV Review
2. Bill Callahan "Apocalypse" (Drag City) - Video // OV Review
3. Anika "S/T" (Stones Throw) - Video
4. Chad VanGaalen "Diaper Island" (Sub Pop) - Video
5. British Sea Power "Valhalla Dancefloor" (Rough Trade) - Video
6. Gardens & Villa "S/T" (Secretly Canadian) - Video // OV Review
7. Veronica Falls "S/T" (Slumberland) - Video // OV Review
8. Mogwai "Hardcore Will Never Die...But You Will" (Rock Action/Sub Pop) - Video
9. Metronomy "The English Riviera" (Because Music) - Video
10. Future Islands "On The Water" (Thrill Jockey) - Video

7 INCHES
1. Pylon "Cover + Remix" (DFA) - MP3
2. Crystal Stilts "Shake the Shackles" (Slumberland) - Video
3. Anika "No One's There" (Stone's Throw) - MP3
4. The Allah-Lah's "Catamaran/Long Journey" (Pres) - MP3
5. Purity Ring/Braids "Belispeak/Peach Wedding" (Fat Possum) - Video
6. Superhumanoids "Mikelah" (White Iris) - Video
7. Mezzanine Owls "Obstacle" (Jaxart) - MP3
8. Races "Big Broom" (Frenchkiss) - MP3
9. Oberhofer "Gotta Go" (White Iris) - MP3
10. LA Font "Sharks" (Sister City) - Video

BEST LOCAL
1. Batwings Catwings "Radio" 7" (Gravy) - Video
2. Big Black Delta "BBDLP1" (Coming Home) - Video
3. Mothers Of Gut "Unking" (Family Time) - MP3
4. Sleeping Bags "S/T" (Easter Everywhere) - MP3
5. Emperor X "Western Teleport" (Bar/None) - Video
6. Fidlar "DIYDUI" 7" (White Iris) - MP3
7. Correatown "Pleiades" (Another Room) - Video
8. V/A "Under The Covers Vol. 2 (Nerves Tribute)" (Volar/I Hate Rock 'N Roll) - Video
9. VUM "Night Sun" (Secret Lodge) - MP3
10. Papa "A Good Woman Is Hard To Find" (Hit City/Psychedelic Judaism) - MP3

BEST REISSUES
1. Superchunk "Foolish" (Merge) - Video
2. Social Climbers "S/T" (Drag City) - Video
3. Mercury Rev "Deserter's Songs" (V2/Fontana/Cooperative) - Video
4. Suicide "S/T" (Red Star) - Video
5. Leonard Cohen - Death Of A Ladies' Man (4 Men With Beards) - Video
6. Talk Talk "Laughingstock" (Ba Da Bing) - Video
7. Paul McCartney "McCartney II" (Hear Music/Concord) - Video
8. Olivia Tremor Control "Music From The Unrealized Film Script, Dusk At Cubist Castle" (Chunklet) - Video
9. Afghan Whigs "Gentlemen" (Music On Vinyl) - Video
10. Sparklehorse "Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot" (Plain) - Video

ALBUMS

1. Crooked Fingers "Breaks In The Armor" (Merge) - Video

2. Okkervil River "I Am Very Far" (Jagjaguwar) - Video

3. Mogwai "Hardcore Will Never Die...But You Will" (Rock Action/Sub Pop) - Video

4. Charles Bradley "No Time For Dreaming" (Daptone) - Video // OV Review

5. Veronica Falls "S/T" (Slumberland) - Video // OV Review

6. Bill Callahan "Apocalypse" (Drag City) - Video // OV Review

7. Richard Swift "Walt Wolfman" (Secretly Canadian) - Video

8. Kurt Vile "Smoke Ring For My Halo" (Matador) - Video

9. Cults "S/T" (Columbia) - Video

10. Cerebral Ballzy "S/T" (Williams Street) - Video // OV Review

BEST LOCAL

1. Wreck of the Zephyr "For Helen" (Pass The Fist) - Video

2. Mothers Of Gut "Unking" (Family Time) - MP3

3. Appetite "Scattered, Smothered, Covered" (Crossbill) - Video

4. Thee Cormans "Halloween Record" (In The Red) - Video

5. Sleeping Bags "S/T" (Easter Everywhere) - MP3

6. NO "Don't Worry, You'll Be Here Forever" (Origami Vinyl) - MP3

7. Emperor X "Western Teleport" (Bar/None) - Video

8. LA Vampires "Goes Ital" (Not Not Fun) - Video

9. The Allah-Lah's "Catamaran/Long Journey" (Pres) - MP3

10. Fidlar "DIYDUI" 7" (White Iris) - MP3

BEST REISSUES

1. A Band of Bees (The Bees) "Every Step's A Yes" (Fiction) - Video

2. Superchunk "Foolish" (Merge) - Video

3. Dinosaur Jr. "You're Living All Over Me" (Baked Goods) - Video

4. Fred McDowell "The Alan Lomax Recordings" (Mississippi) - Video

5. Blind Willie Johnson "Dark Was The Night Cold Was The Ground" (Mississippi) - Video

6. Sebadoh "Bakesale" (Domino) - Video

7. Question Mark & The Mysterians "96 Tears" (London) - Video

8. Dead Moon "In The Graveyard" (Mississippi) - Video

9. V/A "Last Time Around" (Mississippi) - MP3

10. Minutemen/Saccharine Trust "Split" 7" (Water Under The Bridge) - Video

Also, our intern Alyssa wants to throw her 2¢ in...she doesn't have a picture though cuz she's real shy :)

INTERN ALYSSA'S FAVE

ALBUMS

1. Unknown Mortal Orchestra "S/T" (Fat Possum) - Video

2. Ty Segall "Goodbye Bread" (Drag City) - Video

3. Delicate Steve "Wondervisions" (Luaka Bop) - Video

4. Ducktails "III: Arcade Dynamics" (Woodsist) - Video

5. WU LYF "Go Tell Fire To The Mountain" (L Y F) - Video // OV Review

6. Jeff the Brotherhood "On The Water" (Infinity Cat) - Video

7. Future Islands "On The Water" (Thrill Jockey) - Video

8. Wet Illustrated "S/T" (True Panther) - Video

9. Mikal Cronin "S/T" (Trouble In Mind) - Video

10. Amen Dunes "Through Donkey Jaw" (Sacred Bones) - Video

7 INCHES

1. Fidlar "DIYDUI" (White Iris) - MP3

2. White Fence "Harness" (After Life) - Video

3. Sic Alps "Breadhead" (Drag City) - Video

4. Woods/Kurt Vile "Split" (Woodsist) - Video

5. RTX/Heavy Cream "Split" (Volcom) - MP3

6. Jeffertitti's Nile/Dahga Bloom "Split" (Volcom) - Video

7. Bleached "Think Of You" (Art Fag) - Video

8. Thee Cormans "Down Mit Der Fuz" (In The Red) - MP3

9. Eric Copeland "Whorehouse Blues" (PPM) - MP3

10. The Allah-Lah's "Catamaran/Long Journey" (Pres) - MP3

BEST LOCAL

1. Fidlar "DIYDUI" (White Iris) 7" - MP3

2. White Fence "Harness" (After Life) 7" - Video

3. Papa "A Good Woman Is Hard To Find" (Hit City/Psychedelic Judaism) - MP3

4. Thee Cormans "Halloween Record" (In The Red) - Video

5. Jeffertitti's Nile/Dahga Bloom "Split" (Volcom) - Video

6. Bleached "Think Of You" (Art Fag) - Video

7. Crystal Antlers "Two-Way Mirror"

8. The Allah-Lah's "Catamaran/Long Journey" (Pres) - MP3

9. Mothers Of Gut "Unking" (Family Time) - MP3

10. Batwings Catwings "Radio" 7" (Gravy) - Video

BEST REISSUES

1. Mr. Gasser & the Weirds "Surfink" (Sundazed) - Video

2. Ty Segall "Singles 2007-2010" (Goner) - Video

3. Simon & Garfunkel "Bridge Over Trouble Water" (Sony) - Video

4. Michael Chapman "Fully Qualified Survivor" (Light In The Attic) - Video

5. Arthur Russell "Let's Go Swimming" (Audika) - Video

6. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti "The Doldrums" (Paw Tracks) - Video

7. Vagrants "I Can't Make A Friend 1965-1968" (Light In The Attic) - Video

8. Sebadoh "Bakesale" (Domino) - Video

9. Charles "Packy" Axton "Late Late Party 1965-1967" (Light In The Attic) - Video

10. Olivia Tremor Control "Music From The Unrealized Film Script, Dusk At Cubist Castle" (Chunklet) - Video

Sean picks!

You've read the reviews from all the Origami staff and intern but something was missing, wasn't it? That something is Sean. Fondly referred to as "DJ Tentz," Sean is the teddy bear and music encyclopedia of the store. He gives great high fives and even better hugs when he's feeling really friendly. Here is his review...and a mental picture of him dancing in his apartment. Do we share too much?

Little Dragon - Ritual Union

Little Dragon have made another big step forward in their sound with the sweetly sinister Ritual Union. Dance music for the non-dancer. Intelligent pop music filled to the brim with mind-bending metaphor. It's minimal, yet tasteful and never lacking - a perfect practice in restraint. Every song pulses and bubbles over itself, subtly layering upon singer Yukimi Nagano's incredible voice until you find yourself caught up in their alluring juju web. Throw it on, grab a bottle of something & soon you'll find yourself dancing around in your tighty whities.. just make sure you close your blinds. Your neighbors might not want to see that...