Jupiter is Starfucker’s second album, a mini-LP (or mega-EP) full of smooth, playful, dancy electropop with new wave vibes. Their first album was similar in many ways, but for this album they’ve apparently added a fourth member and given their sound an extra coat of glossy production. This allows them to incorporate playful parts into a few of their songs without disrupting the song’s exterior, and this playfulness (and their decision to cover Cyndi Lauper) sets them apart from the pack. Jupiter can most easily be compared to Chromeo or Passion Pit, but feels more like a combination of Crystal Castles and Fujiya & Miyagi, or Dan Deacon and Alex Mack.

-Fleet Admiral Zipper

Blanketship, AKA, turntable-list Jared Blum of San Francisco, has (gracefully) spit out his fourth album, ‘The Sound of Fun Surrounds You/Klangwunder’. Beware of the bizarre alien sounds in KLANGWUNDER! Blanketship’s conduction takes us on a ride through a collage of old-school underground beats and clips, and proceeds to take us up and out of this world. The collages are slightly subtler than pop collagists like Girl Talk. Meshed together: the song of pinball machinery and other video games, Simon and Garfunky folk sounds, loony ominous xmas tunes, crackly kaleidoscopic sounds of the non-western, tropical, a 50s British housewife robot, tribal chants, and horror. See also: J Dilla, RJD2, Girl Talk

-SNICK

ALBUM: You Don’t Know - Ninja Cuts
ARTIST: Various Artists
LABEL: Ninja Tune

Ninja Tune Records gives you 49 of its best releases from the past two years, pulling from all genres (hip hop, electronica, indie/underground, loud rock). Everyone’s sure to find something they like on the compilation, no matter what musical taste you’re into, which is why it’s no surprise that this week’s #1 album is also the #1 hip hop album for the week and the #1 electronic album for the week. Ninja Tune RULES!

This is KSPC’s #1 album for the week of November 24, 2008.
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