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Staff Pick: Tsunami - Loud Is As

FFO: 90’s indie rock and knowing far too much about the Teen Beat label

Staff Pick: Tsunami - Loud Is As
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Staff Pick: Bratmobile - Pottymouth + Ladies, ...

The long awaited reissues for Bratmobile’s catalog are finally here!

Staff Pick: Bratmobile - Pottymouth + Ladies, Women and Girls + Girls Get Busy LP Reissues
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Staff Pick: Blood Incantation - Absolute ...

The latest from Blood Incantation has peaked some interest around these parts!

Staff Pick: Blood Incantation - Absolute Elsewhere
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Staff Pick: Dummy - Free Energy

"We all can’t get enough of Dummy’s Free Energy here at ol Sonic Boom! "

Staff Pick: Dummy - Free Energy
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Staff Pick: Susumu Yakota - Acid Mt. Fuji

Remastered and given a deluxe 3 LP treatment, this record will carry you to another place, another time.

Staff Pick: Susumu Yakota - Acid Mt. Fuji

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The cassette crusade continues! The Boom's Top 10 tapes of 2017

The cassette crusade continues! The Boom's Top 10 tapes of 2017

2017 saw yet another uptick in cassette sales according to the number crunching folks at Nielsen Music.  Via The Hollywood Reporter.  Last year, cassette album sales rose by 35 percent to 174,000 copies sold. In 2016, there were 129,000 sold.