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When pop seems played out, this is the dawning of the age of Aquarius Records, featuring
Armenian blues, Oakland warehouse-party bands, and rare Japanese releases since 1970.
Recent staff favorites include
Sounds of North American Frogs
, groovy '60s Brazilian
tropicalia from Os Mutantes, Mauritanian Muslim funk band compilations and SF's own
Prizehog, enthusiastically described as 'dirgey doom pop slowcore!'
(
415-647-2272;
www.aquariusrecords.org
;
1055 Valencia St;
11am-8pm Sun-Wed, to 9pm Thu & Fri, 10am-10pm Sat;
14, 48,
49,
16th St Mission)
