New Releases

A Camp
Colonia
PS, US
Nettwerk
CD
$16.50

Acid Mothers Temple
Are We Experimental
PS, US Japan's prolific psychedelic warriors blast out 11 more tracks of sonic mayhem. Think Sun Ra on acid playing classic prog rock in space.
Prophase
CD
$16.25

Acid Mothers Temple
Glorify Astrological Martyrdom
PS, US Limited to 1,000
Important
LP
$15.00

Acid Mothers Temple
Lord of the Underground
PS, US New studio recordings capture the band in fantastic form. Turkish psych meets Krautrock. Both CD and the LP are limited.
Alien8
CD
$13.50

Acid Mothers Temple
Lord of the Underground
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Alien8
LP
$17.00

AFCGT
S/T
PS, CANADA 180 gm white vinyl. Limited to 550. AFCGT = 3 parts A-Frames + 2 parts Climax Golden Twins. This is a vinyl release of their self release CDr that was limited to about 75 copies. Those lucky enough to have heard that CDr, along with those who have caught one of this beast live in the past year know just what to expect. Not quite as robotic and structured as the A-Frames, not quite as loose nor remotely as mellow as the Twins ever are. This is a not perfect marriage between two great Seattle bands, this is a raw, noisy, dirty, steamy affair. This record is in the red all the way through, and by the end your speakers should be nearly as blown out as the amps used to record these tracks. Pressed in an edition of 550 on 180 gram white vinyl. Packaged in a Tip-on style gatefold jacket with silkscreened art.
UzuAudio-005
LP
$25.00

Alasehir
Torment of the Metals
PS, US Guitar out-crunch hailing from the BARDO POND axis. Grounded stoner heavy Zen, & the 2nd in Important Records 4 part related vinyl set. This continues their sonic exploration of dense, languorous, free expansion. Limited to 500
Important
LP
$18.25

Alcorn, Susan
And I Await The Resurrection Of The Pedal Steel Guitar
PS, US 5th solo offering by the Houston based pedal steel sorceress. Each note is stretched out & floats like a spirit on the wind in a graveyard
OldeEnglish
LP
$20.25

Almost Charlie
The Plural of Yes
PS, US Signposts: The Beatles, Elliott Smith, Belle and Sebastian, Nick Drake, Kings of Convenience. WORDS ON MUSIC presents THE PLURAL OF YES, the North American debut release by Berlin, Germany's ALMOST CHARLIE. The records 13 compositions, a cunning blend of gifted melodies and chamber pop atmospherics, are the inimitable offspring of a transatlantic songwriting duo who, to this day, have never met. Berlin-based singer-guitarist Dirk Homuth answered an Internet ad in early summer 2003 from New York City lyricist Charlie Mason, who was searching for a composer. ALMOST CHARLIE was born and with it a strict division of lyricist and composer that brings to mind classic songwriting teams like BURT BACHRACH/HAL DAVID. THE PLURAL OF YES reveals Homuth to be a connoisseur of timeless pop craftsmanship - distilling the heady years of AM-radio splendor, from BACHRACH to THE BEATLES, into 13 addicting indie-pop coated pills. The chilling strings that escort the coda of the album's deceptively dark opening track, "Everyone Deserves to Love," gently foreshadow ALMOST CHARLIE's love affair with smart, sweeping orchestration. This orchestration is put on full display in the subsequent piano-led track, "Love Condensed," an elegant 3/4-metered ballad that deftly demonstrates the warmth and charm of Homuth's voice. Homuth allows his mid-60s BEATLES influences to shine on upbeat tracks such as "Leaving Is Easy," with its chopping quarter-note guitar chords and cooing backing vocals. Traces of JOHN LENNON percolate throughout the record, such as on the 6/8-metered ballad "For the Both of Us." On quieter, acoustic affairs, Homuth flirts with KINGS OF CONVENIENCE ("Beyond and Above"), early BELLE AND SEBASTIAN ("So Far and Yet So Near"), and ELLIOTT SMITH ("Formerly Smilin' Jack"). The album-closing title track is a string-laden acoustic composition in the spirit of BRYTER LAYTER-era NICK DRAKE. Underscoring such fragility and self-doubt, ALMOST CHARLIE puts its stamp on one of 2009's essential works in indie-pop. In an era characterized by self-involved personalities with dubious abilities, rare has so much authenticity and talent been packed into such a digestible musical souvenir.
WordsOnMusic-26
CD
$11.50

Alumbrados
Monochord
PS, US Limited to 500. 3rd in 4 pt BARDO POND related vinyl set. "Deep in the forest ethno-drones, drenched in buzz & shimmer. Sitar, guitar, cumbas & all sorts of percussion create exquisite layers psych drone nirvana that will transport you to another dimension. Strangely peaceful, the music we hear in our heads when we lay in grass at night staring at the stars" - Aquarius
Important
LP
$18.25

Alvin, Dave & Various Artists
Chris Gaffney Tribute: The Man of Somebody's Dreams
PS, US A founding member of the Hacienda Brothers and a renowned west coast country-soul singer/songwriter, Chris Gaffney moved people as much with his smile as with his trademark croon. Gaffney passed away in 2008 after a courageous battle with liver cancer and is survived by his family and the litany of musical heroes he called friends and collaborators. Upon learning of his diagnosis, Chris' close friend and musical compatriot Dave Alvin set forth reaching out to roots music's finest players to put together an album of Gaffney's songs to raise money for his mounting medical bills. Unfortunately, the project became a posthumous tribute after Gaffney's passing, but that only gives more meaning to these interpretations of Chris' songs from some of American music's most influential artists. The track list reads like a who's who of country, rock and americana, with heavyweight friends like Alvin, Joe Ely, Los Lobos, Calexico, Alejandro Escovedo, Tom Russell, James McMurtry, fellow Hacienda Brother Dave Gonzalez and more, all weighing in with their versions of Gaffney's classic country tunes. Dave Alvin's Yep Roc label mates, Peter Case, Jim Lauderdale, The Iguanas, John Doe, Big Sandy w/ Los Straitjackets and Robbie Fulks also contribute tracks that, much like the man, range from fiercely rocking to hair-raisingly poignant. All proceeds from this album will benefit the non-profit group Hungry for Music and the surviving members of Chris' family.
YepRoc-2198
CD
$13.75

Alvin, Dave and The Guilty Women
Dave Alvin and The Guilty Women
PS, US Grammy winner, Dave Alvin, has been roaming the highways of American music for over a quarter century. During those decades he's busted speakers with roots rock kick-starters, The Blasters, as well as mined the depths of country, folk and blues with his solo projects. A mainstay during much of this journey has been Alvin's electrifying band The Guilty Men. Following the recent death of Dave's best friend and Guilty Men accordionist Chris Gaffney in early 2008, Alvin decided to move in an exciting new musical direction. In October 2008 he stepped onto the stage of the Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival with an all-star, all-female group. Since dubbed The Guilty Women, the group consists of Americana scene vets Cindy Cashdollar, Nina Gerber, Laurie Lewis, Sarah Brown, Amy Farris, Christy McWilson and Lisa Pankrantz. Special guests include Marcia Ball and Susie Thompson. The self-titled debut from this unique assemblage of players, led by Alvin, is a spirited collection of thoughtful yet dynamic tunes featuring world-class musicianship worthy of his now legendary pedigree.
YepRoc-2155
CD
$15.50

Amor, Naim
Soundtracks Vol III
PS,US Original instrumental tracks composed by NAIM AMOR (AMOR BELHOM DUO, AMOR). Not a soundtrack to a specific film, rather, dream-like music reminiscent from film noir to TV series sico beats, from Martin Denny to la Nouvelle Vague. Naim has recorded with Devotchka, Marie Frank, Howe Gelb, Calexico, Pieta Brown, Neko Case, John Convertino and others
Amormusic
CD
$12.00

Anathallo
Canopy Glow
PS,US Vinyl version
Anticon
LP
$16.00

Anduin & Jasper TX
Bending of Light
PS, US These 6 tracks, titled w/ quotes from Carl Sagan about the formation of a black hole, are monstrous vacuums of darkness broken apart by rays of light. The deep
guitar tones & wavering synthesizers layered over waves of textured sound creates electronica that's totally subtle yet strikingly beautiful
SMTGLimited
CD
$9.50

Anduin & Jasper TX
Bending Of Light
PS, US LP version is limited to 300 copies in silkscreened jackets w/ both the vinyl & the CD inside
SMTGLimited
LP
$18.00

Animal Collective
Feels
PS, US
FatCat-9011
DLP
$12.25

Antiguo AutomataMexicano
Chez Nobody EP
PS,US An analogous mixture of kraut, minimalist tech & free jazz. An extensive EP that also features remixes from Latinsizer, Cubenx, & LOD
StaticDiscos
MCD
$8.25

Apostle of Hustle
Eats Darkness
PS,US Group consists of Andrew Whiteman (BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE) on guitars, bassist Julian Brown (FEIST), & Dean Stone on drums. Based on the notion that the greatest art is often drawn from the darkest of experiences (consuming darkness to expel light), the band delivers an unconventional & truly original body of work that will continue to satisfy loyal fans & attract new listeners
Arts&Crafts
CD
$15.25

Aqueduct
I Sold Gold
PS, US Debut full-length release from the master of bedroom pop, crammed full of blown-out drum sounds, blip pop synths, pianos, and a sense of both seriousness and humor that continues to draw comparisons to the Flaming Lips, Frank Black, Grandaddy, and Mates of State. Eleven songs: the suggestion box / hardcore days and softcore nights / MP3 growing up with gnr / heart design / five star day / tension / the unspeakable / frantic (roman polanski version) / laundry baskets / gameover: thanks for playing / the tulsa trap
Barsuk-042
CD
$11.00

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Can't Hear My Eyes [limited repress]
PS, US *** LIMITED REPRESS, DIFFERENT COVER ART, LESS THAN 10 IN STOCK...DON'T SLEEP! What better way to ring in the holidays than with two new cuts from Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti. This new material constitutes the FIRST studio recordings with the full band. This 7" is limited to 500 copies, so act quick! The band features keyboardist Kenny Gilmore (Lilys), bassist Tim Koh (White Magic, All Night Radio), drummer Aaron Sperske (Beachwood Sparks, Lilys), and guitarist Cole M. Greif-Neill (The Samps).
MexicanSummer
45
$4.25

Assemble Head In Sunburst Sound
When Sweet Sleep Returned
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Teepee
LP
$14.50

Assemble Head in Sunburst Sound
Ekranoplan
PS, US
TeePee
CD
$14.00

Asunder/Graves at Sea
Split
PS, US Much-requested repress of the long-out-of-print landmark split LP. GRAVES AT SEA offers some of the best, heaviest doom tracks ever recorded, full of treacherous, monolithic riffs & banshee screams. Highlighting influences like early Peaceville Records doom & covering it in the filth that only Oakland can harness, ASUNDER's "Whited Sepulcher" is approximately 20 minutes of funereal doom that churns the bowls & empties the tear ducts all at once
20BuckSpin
LP
$16.00

Au Revoir Simone
Still Night, Still Light
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "On their third album, Still Night, Still Light, the dreamy trio Au Revoir Simone don't do anything too differently than they did on their previous release, Bird of Music. The basic structure of the sound (vintage synths/keyboards and drum machines) and voices (winsome leads and rich harmonies) is firmly in place. The palpable feeling of introspection and melancholy is still there, the gentleness of the melodies and sweetness of tone is present also. What has changed is that they seem to crank the melancholy and sadness up just a touch; there are no songs as bright and lovestruck as "Stars" here... That's not to say the album itself is bleak by any means. The warmth that the group wrings out of its keyboards is enough to dry up the tears, and the fuzzy blanket of sound producer Thom Monahan wraps their sound in gives you a strangely peaceful feeling that makes the sadness seem OK... Thanks to Monahan and the strength of the songs the trio wrote for the album, this stands as Au Revoir Simone's best work so far."
OurSecret
CD
$13.75

AUN
Motorsleep
PS, US The ambient doom project of Montreal's MARTIN DUMAIS, who describes his take on outsider metal meets shoegaze as 'blight metal'. He has been a crutial
contributor to the Montreal music scene for years. This release is broken down into seven movements, all of them blending into one another almost seamlessly.
The intensity slowly picks up over the course of the first few movements & reaches full power during the third & fourth pieces.
Alien8
CD
$13.50

Bachelorette
My Electric Family
PS, US Bachelorette's music beams to us through a universe of unconquered pop music. She stands in the cradle of modern songwriting, that of psychedelic pop music. The psych vibe shimmers in an acousto-synthetic haze, not really overt, so completely are those long-ago verses absorbed in her DNA. Her impulses are fed into a format that rhymes couplets over dancing beats, voices, keyboards, and a variety of guitars & percussions to create the melodic constructs
we know so well, and delight in, and sing along with, and imagine to.
DragCity
CD
$13.25

Bachelorette
My Electric Family
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.50

Bardo Pond
Gazing At Shilla
PS, US Limited to 1,000. "Eight-Thousanders" & "Kali" are both entirely improvised pieces w/ no overdubs. Slide blissfully into a smoky heaven & then forget your mind in a lower world of strange tones on side A. If you're still able to flip the record when the needle hits the runoff groove, you'll find yourself exposed to the Goddess Kali's naked blackness
Important
LP
$16.75

Bazan, David
American Flags (7" Single)
PS, US Two-song single available digitally starting Election Day, November 4th, 2008, and on 7" vinyl (with a free download code) Inauguration Day, January 20th, 2009. The first song, american flags, was recorded by Bazan during the sessions for his new album - TW Walsh mixed and mastered the song, so you know it sounds good. Please, baby, please was recorded for the David Bazan DVD alone at the microphone.
Barsuk-081
45
$4.50

Beck
One Foot In The Grave
PS, US Beck's first album featured in this 15th anniversary expanded edition w/ 16 bonus trakcs. 2LP 180-gram gatefold sleeve w/ booklet.
K
DLP
$27.50

Bell X1
Blue Lights On The Runway
PS, US
YepRoc-2175
LP
$15.50

Bellini
The Precious Prize of Gravity
PS, US It's been exactly four years since we last heard from Bellini. Four years is a long time, but when you're husband-and-wife punk rock power couple Giovanna Cacciola and Agostino Tilotta, it can seem like a long holiday in the face of their nearly 25-year career of collaboration. Coming back from holiday, the two reunite with bassist Matthew Taylor and drummer Alexis Fleisig (also of Girls Against Boys) to unleash their third and most thunderous album, The Precious Prize of Gravity. Recorded as always with long-time collaborator Steve Albini, Precious Prize is Bellini's most accomplished production yet. Tilotta wraps a hundred notes per minute around the towering, sturdy rhythm section while Cacciola's poetic lyrics and smoky melodies alternately recall Grace Slick and PJ Harvey. With no less than four songs centering around the deaths of loved ones (including the heart-wrenching "The Thin Line," featuring the surviving members of Silkworm), Precious Prize is lyrically Bellini's darkest album yet. Never wanting to repeat themselves, the songs are more complex and progressive than the comparatively stark Small Stones, with a driving, X-inspired cowpunk vibe throughout. No doubt the spirits of fallen friends and loved ones informs Precious Prize, but it's Bellini's restless
creativity and determination to pay tribute to the past by dragging it into the present that is the real honor here.
TemporaryResidence-155
LP/CD
$12.25

Below The Sea
The Loss of Our Winter
PS, CANADA Below the Sea's first album also acts as Where Are My Records's first signature. Tons of demos had been recorded before The loss of our winter was released, which let's you know how much hard work has been put on the shelves. You could say it's ambient, post-rock, and experimental or something else you might like to call it. Let's just say it's soft, intelligent, sad and beautiful! For fans of: Godspeed you black emperor, Labradford, Slowdive
WhereAreMyRecords-007
CD
$11.75

Berman, Josh
Old Idea
PS,US For a decade jazz cornetist BERMAN has been a mainstay of the post-Vandermark generation of Chicago improvisers, a wide circle of ambitious musos who meet up in varied ad hoc or fixed settings. This is his debut as leader, and feat. KEEFE JACKSON, JASON ADASIEWICZ, ANTON HATWICH, & NORI TANAKA
Delmark
CD
$13.25

Big Ned
Big Ned
PS, US Big Ned are two twisted Glaswegians: D. James Clark and John Murray, with a penchant for dark and twisted tales and tones. Imagine David Lynch gets stuck in a barrel of booze with a big crooning cowboy. Tales of dark liaisons, women trouble and spiritual prowess are finely blended with an array of dark melodies, terror noises and warped guitars. This is an album with dysfunctional-America coursing through its veins and oozing from every pore. This concoction of sleaze, fuzz and death is difficult to categorize. Who cares? Obvious influences are David Lynch, Angelo Badalementi, Smog, Nick Cave, Elvis, Swans, Cash, Chris Isaaks' Wicked Game, Carl Denver and the Gun Club, and most likely Satan. Thrown into this electric soup is Charles Bukowski, Repo Man, Gummo, Lost Highway, Clint Eastwood, the Bible, the Devil, Glasgow City Barbers' window display, Casper the Friendly Ghost, and every impressive boxer who ever entered the ring. Lux Interior will be smiling up from Hell. For Big Ned, this is the soundtrack to drag racing, zombies, drinking, shop lifting, dancing like a maniac, arm wrestling, fucking, smoking and Lee Marvin putting the boot in. One hand raised in the air with a stiff middle finger, the other raised with a glass of whiskey saluting those with charm and machismo that make music a delight. The debut LP from Big Ned will follow later this spring...live shows will also ensue. Expect mayhem, chaos and maybe even death.
Optimo Music-003
CD
$14.00

Big Star
Radio City
PS, US
Ardent-1501
LP
$13.25

Big Star
#1 Record
PS, US
Ardent-2803
LP
$13.25

Bingham, Ryan & The Dead Horses
Roadhouse Sun
PS,US Produced by Marc Ford (BLACK CROWES).
LostHighway
LP
$14.00

Bingham, Ryan & The Dead Horses
Roadhouse Sun
PS, US New one from Ryan Bingham. Produced by Marc Ford (BLACK CROWES)
LostHighway-12739
CD
$15.00

Bishop, Sir Richard
Freak of Araby
PS, US A new direction for our distinguished gentleman, Sir RickÕs had it up to here with solo acoustic guitar records! The Freak of Araby is the debut of Bishop & his Freak of Araby Ensemble, a talented quartet of players getting deep into the Middle Eastern mystic with hand drums, percussion, bass, drums, electric guitars & a heavy dose of Moroccan chanters, all of it captured with depth, detail & sympathy for the eternal enigma.
DragCity
CD
$13.25

Bishop, Sir Richard
Feak of Araby
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.75

Bixby, Dave
Ode To Quetzalcoatl
PS, US This legendary album from 1969 is considered by all serious record collectors as the king in the loner/downer-folk genre. Recorded in a living room using an echo-laden 4-track machine, the sound is lo-fi & sparse: just acoustic guitars & some occasional harmonica & flute, added to his haunting, emotional vocals. Never again has an acoustic folk album sounded as intense as this
Guerssen
LP
$25.25

Bjork
Volta
PS,US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Selma Songs
PS,US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
LP
$35.25

Bjork
Debut
PS, US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Joga
PS, US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Medulla
PS,US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Vespertine
PS,US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Telegram
PS,US NEW LOWER PRICE! SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. IMPORT VINYL! Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Post
PS, US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Greatest Hits
PS,US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Drawing Restraint 9
PS,US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Gling-Glo
PS,US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Bjork
Homogenic
PS,US Mastered direct from the original master tapes & pressed on 45rpm heavy weight 200g virgin vinyl audiophile discs.
OneLittleIndian
DLP
$40.50

Black Crowes, The
Southern Harmony & Musical Companion (DELAYED: SALEABLE JUNE 30TH)
PS, US The best record from the 90s best interpreters of classic rock sounds. With a Faces & Stones-like soulful swagger, Chris Robinson & Co. blaze through 9 originals & one cover on their 2nd full length. The best southern rock record since "Eat A Peach" & Lynyrd Skynyrd's classic debut. Reissued on 180 gram vinyl
Plain
LP
$16.75

Black Lips
We Did Not Know the Forest Spirit Made the Flowers Grow
PS, US Garage masterpiece by Georgia's favorite depraved sons! THE BLACK LIPS are one coagulated, drunken orgy of electric squawking and irresponsible, violent, existential jokes. They have tapped into that elusive vein in rock and roll that so many others can't seem to find: totally depraved mayhem which many forget rock and roll is supposed to be about. Banned from the 40 Watt in Athens, GA, trashing their own equipment and setting the drums on fire, to rumble with high school punks and gutter punk squatter skunks, they toured the East Coast leaving a wake of chaos, destruction and Burger King wrappers, raging out their van and everything they own, consuming copious amounts of beer, beer, and more beer.
Bomp
LP
$15.75

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Eating Us
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Graveface
LP
$21.75

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Eating Us
PS, US The first fully hi-fi BMSR record adds space & dimension to the band's sticky, off-kilter melodies. Dense layers of lushly complex orchestration, instensely rhythmic drumming from a live, human drummer, vocoder vocals that are anything but robotic & thick, undulation bass tones. Limited edition, full deluxe CD version comes with a16 page art booklet
Graveface
CD
$13.00

Black Swans/Alina Simone
Split
PS,US Split 7" hand screen printed and individually numbered. BLACK SWANS A: "Country Cookie # 3." Columbus duo have been the bedrock of an uncanny slow-motion folk that has recieved praise of Pitchfork, Spin and Dusted. ALINA SIMONE A: "Snowfall and Starlight." Ukraine born Simone's "...powerful, poignant vocas at the forefront, burns through a collection os songs by Siberian punk-fok singer Yanka Dygileva w/ cathartic fervor. Though the lyrics are in Russian, the emotions are raw and easily felt." -NPR
SunkenTreasure
45
$4.50

Blackout Beach
Skin of Evil
PS,US Vinyl! Limited to 500. ALL COPIES HAVE SLIGHTLY DINGED CORNERS. THESE ARE THE ONLY COPIES AVAILABLE
SoftAbuse
LP
$13.50

Blackshaw, James
Glass Bead Game
PS, US Another gem from UK 12-string guitar prodigy/virtuoso. Soulful & kaleidoscopic, ever-shifting mantra cycles of incredible beauty. Just his guitar by itself, w/ its swirling overtones, cascading notes, & a thousand points of light, resembles an orchestra, but w/ further orchestration - piano, strings, wind, & vocals - the music is positively cinematic & mesmerizing
YoungGod
CD
$16.00

Blank Dogs
Under and Under
PS, US DLP version
IntheRed
DLP
$17.25

Blank Dogs
Under and Under
PS, US The sound is Joy Division vocal lines w/ the Cure's synth & guitar melodies filtered through ancient, submerged keyboards & eroded recording equipment. And that voice? All the feedback in the world can't hide his knack for melody. This shows off his pop chops to a greater extent than any of his previous releases & includes contributions from members of CRYSTAL STILTS & VIVIAN GIRLS, though the sound remains as dusted & strange as anything he has done before
IntheRed
CD
$14.25

Blue Ribbon Glee Club
A Cappella Uber Alles
PS, US "These locals tip the scales at around 30 members, culled from the lineups of other Chicago groups, but you can't blame that on the Polyphonic Sufjan mega-band trend-
they're a bona fide glee club. Their sound is so wobbly, so amateur & informal, that calling them a choir would be a bit grandiose, and they plunge into the songs they've chosen-
mostly punk & indie-rock standards. They ooh & aah & bomp-bomp-baah their way through Fugazi's "Waiting Room" & the Clash's "Spanish Bombs," bringing out the
songs' latent whimsy. Performances are entirely a cappella, save for some sparse drumming or tambourine shaking-they even sing the riffs & solos." CHICAGO READER
Whistler
45
$3.50

Brainticket
Alchemic Universe
PS,US Available for the 1st time in the US, the newest full length release from the krautrock pioneers! Features a mind-expanding mix of avante-garde jazz melodies & electro DJ beats as heard on the 12 minute epic "Relics N' Roll" plus the luscious atmospheres on the opening track "Life's Mirror"
Cleopatra
CD+DVD
$15.75

Brian Jonestown Massacre
Smoking Acid
PS, US Double 12 inch EP consists of 5 new tracks & double sided etched disc by Jon Saemundur Auoarson. Limited to 1,000
Arecords
2X12
$24.50

Brian Jonestown Massacre
Smoking Acid
PS, US Collaboration between Anton Newcombe & Icelandic artist Jon Saemundur Auoarson. 5 track EP
Arecords
CD
$9.00

British Expeditionary
Force - Ch. 1: Long Way From Home
PS, US Ethereal soundscapes, sonorous guitars, beautifully fragile vocal & vocoder work, Justin Lockey's now-trademark sensitivity to drum sounds & Aid Burrows inclement lyrics combined together to form something akin to My Bloody Valentine filtered through the best of Brian Eno w/ a smattering of the sonic vistas of Sigur Ros
ErasedTapes
CD
$16.25

Buckley, Jeff
Grace: Live Around the World [deluxe edition]
PS, US Deluxe edition adds a documentary DVD to the package.
SonyLegacy
CD/2DVD
$34.00

Buckley, Jeff
Grace: Live Around the World
PS, US Nearly fifteen years ago, the world was introduced to a young singer/songwriter from New York named Jeff Buckley. His debut album Grace became one of the most acclaimed and influential albums of his generation. To promote the album, Jeff and his band embarked a seemingly un-ending tour - taking them all over the globe from 1994 to 1996. Because the album had no "hit single", Jeff was constantly tinkering with his setlists - both on stage and on TV. He therefore performed almost every track from Grace at least once in his many appearances on local broadcasts around the globe. Now, for the fi rst time, the very best of those performances have been tracked down and compiled into the definitive audio/visual document of the Grace world tour.
SonyLegacy
CD/DVD
$20.50

Budd, Harold & Clive Wright
Candylion
PS, US A new collaborative effort from Harold Budd and Clive Wright. Candylion contrasts previous work, A Songs for Lost Blossoms, in that it is more thoughtful and structured. Still, it constantly surprises the listener with a fresh collage of aural landscapes and moods. Sometimes it evokes the feeling of a traditional Japanese piece, or the mood of a gentile, 60s, British film, or a Renaissance cathedral with cloisters reverberating a choral ensemble. Harold Budd and Clive Wright use new colors to paint Canylion's soundscapes: Harp, strings and even drums. If A Song for Lost Blossoms reminds listeners familiar with Harold Budd's previous works of his collaboration with Brian Eno, then Candylion may serve as a continuation of the spirit of Avalon Sutra; warm, glistening, meditative and alive. Art beautiful Art! Candylion was recorded and mixed at Clive Wright's Desert Sky Studio, Joshua Tree, CA. during the last quarter of 2008. Harold Budd is recognized as "The Godfather of Ambient Music". His works are the cornerstones of the modern minimal and ambient canon. Clive Wright is a founding member of the platinum selling pop/rock band Cock Robin and has worked as writer, producer and guitarist with Human Drama, Tears for Fears members, Montell Jordan, The Black Eyed Peas and Peter Gabriel. Cover art painting RF 2000 by Billy Al Bengston. PERSONNEL: Harold Budd: Piano, keyboards. Clive Wright: Guitars, Slide, Guitar Synth, Ebo; String arrangements on "Eaux D'Artifice" and "She Slipped Through The Door". Choral arrangement on "In the Midst of Life". Engineering and Production: Additional Engineering on "Beautiful Intruder" by Brendan McGuire. Harp on "Beautiful Intruder and "Ships that Sail Away" by Patti Hood. Drums on "Sunday After the War" by George Zelenz. Drums on "Beautiful Intruder" by Ray Wood. Thanks to Marcus Thirtle additional sound design contribution for the track "Candylion". ALSO AVAILABLE: Harold Budd & Clive Wright -A Song for Lost Blossoms (Darla: DRL198) CD. TRACKS: 1. Sunday After The War (3.55) 2. Exit Plan (Perfume) (3.19) 3. On Ships That Sail Away (3.40) 4. Eaux d'Artifice (6.18) 7. Ribbons Everywhere (3.18) 5. Beautiful Intruder (4.56) 6. Candylion 8. The Bells (4.50) 9. She Slipped Through The Door (5.00) 10. Mlle. Ice (4.34) 12. Orange Portals (3.30) 11. In The Midst Of Life (2.08)
Darla-221
CD
$12.25

Budos Band
Budos Band EP
PS,US Collection of unreleased tracks, recorded after the Budos Band I sessions but before those for the 2nd album
Daptone
12
$14.00

Burning Image
Fantasma
PS, US 1st new album in more than 20 years from these deathrock originators
AlternativeTentacle
CD
$14.25

Bust
#57
PS, US KATHY GRIFFIN uncensored. Thurston Moore interviews the Yeah, Yeah, Yeahs. Angry in pink: India's Vigilante Women. Peaches, Diego Luna, vagina dialogues & the usual Bust fare
ZINE
$4.75

Busta Rhymes
Back On My B.S.
PS,US
UniversalMotown
LP
$17.00

Butcher Boy
React Or Die
PS, US "Inspired by monochrome movies and bleak winters, these cello-and-viola-flecked songs transcend their Smiths, Tindersticks and Felt influences. Regret, giro-funded couplets, sensual ambiguity - it's all here, resurrecting a great British genre." -Uncut This second album by the acclaimed indie pop octet from Glasgow features the single, "Carve A Pattern." This track was the Record Of The Week on the Radcliffe and Maconie Show on Radio 2 and played on XFM in London and Manchester, Radio 1 in Scotland and BBC Scotland. The album has already been praised by Belle & Sebastian's Stuart Murdoch, who called it: "A great listen, a real classy record from start to finish" in his online diary. In addition, Butcher Boy was tipped at the start of 2009 by Stereogum. Butcher Boy's debut album, Profit In Your Poetry (2007), received widespread critical acclaim. The Guardian praised the band's "swooning strings and keening melodies." Mail on Sunday approved of the band's "literate, bohemian music nourished by the darker strains of Sixties chart pop," while Drowned In Sound declared: "It's an album of immense subtlety and depth, the kind of record you can listen to fifty times and still discover hidden treasures on that fifty first spin."
HowDoesItFeelToBeLoved
CD
$14.00

Butthole Surfers
Brown Reason To Live
PS, US Finally back in print! Their 1st classic slab, still as crazed & lysergic as ever
AlternativeTentacle
12
$9.75

Callisto
Providence
PS, US Not willing to stagnate or become repetitive, Callisto have taken a bold creative step away from their earlier, more instrumental material and composed their first vocal record. The songs on Providence are built upon layers of melodies, but still far from the conventions of pop music. This is progressive music in its truest form. The band colors their aural approach with mellotrons, prog rock overtones, some jazz and a litany of other stylish influences drawn from the seventies. Providence is produced, engineered and mixed by Jonas Olsson and mastered by Svante Forsbäck. The artwork is contributed by Martin Kvamme of Unit Delta Plus (Fantomas, Satyricon, Turbonegro).
FullsteamRecords/PaperTiger
CD
$9.25

Campbell, Eddie C.
Tear This World Up
PS, US CAMPBELL brings his unmistakably individual, engaging, & memorable verve & variety & his command of the Chicago blues tradition to this, his most fully realized chapter in a highly regarded discography. Wide-ranging vocals, creative songwriting, & the trademark reverb-drenched sound of his vintage metallic purple Fender Jazzmaster guitar
Delmark
CD
$13.25

Casper & The Cookies
Modern Silence
PS, US Beginning life as Jason NeSmith's cassette four-track project with an ever-changing name, Casper & The Cookies grew into a live band in 1998. Kay Stanton is the only one left from these early line-ups. Kay and Jason recorded 2004's Oh! and 2006's The Optimist's Club with a revolving cast of musicians. The Cookies took a back seat in 2004 when NeSmith joined of Montreal, but he left in early 2005 to work on The Optimist's Club. Jim Hix and Joe Rowe (the Glands) were recruited in time for the Cookies to play upwards of 120 shows in 2006-7, including two tours opening for the Apples in Stereo. Joe left in early 2009 after the Cookies second tour of Japan. Modern Silence will be released May 12, 2009 via Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records (CDs) and People In A Position To Know (Vinyl.) Fun Facts: - Jason NeSmith has also played with Visitations, The Late B.P. Helium, Kenny Howes & the Yeah!, The Sunshine Fix and Of Montreal. Kay plays in Pylon member Vanessa Briscoe Hay's other band, Supercluster, with members of Sound Houses and Olivia Tremor Control. - "I Am Gone," the final track on Modern Silence, features thirty-five musicians, including Bryan Poole (of Montreal), Robert Schneider (the Apples in Stereo), Vanessa Briscoe Hay (Pylon), and an African Grey parrot. No members of Casper & the Cookies appear on the track.
HHBTM-109
CD
$11.50

Cats On Fire
Our Temperance Movement
PS, US 2nd album from fashionable Finnish pop foursome that has earned favorable comparisons to indie legends The Smiths, Felt, Orange Juice, Pulp, & Belle & Sebastian. This album expands upon the traditional guitar, bass, & drums w/ liberal bursts of piano, organ, clarinet, banjo, glockenspiel & other percussion which help to showcase the extraordinary style of singer Mattias Bjorkas & his poetic, sardonic, & rather eccentric take on the world.
Matinee-052
CD
$12.25

Cave
Psychic Psummer
PS, US
Important
LP
$15.00

Cave
Made In Malasia
PS, US Single off of "Psychic Psummer." The B-side, "Boneyard," was pulled from the same recording sessions but is exclusive to this 7 inch. Limited to 500
Important
45
$7.25

Cave
Psychic Psummer
PS, US Major momentum, expertly crafted & embracing maximum minimalism, repetition, Can-cloud-bounce, & full on heavy chant
Important
CD
$13.25

Charlie & The Moonhearts
Drop In Drop Out
PS, US This band recalls 80's sounds of OC punk experimenting, and then colors it in with the fuzzed-up guitars and scuzzy but melody-driven stylistic tendencies of 60's
garage rock writing
TicTacTotally
45
$5.75

Chester French
Love The Future
PS US 180 gram vinyl
Interscope
LP
$14.00

Children
Hard Times Hangin at the End of the World
PS,US Tradition meets stamina head on throughout the album's 6 massive long playing tracks. With intricate, narrative dual guitar work & a frenzied wired demeanor they bring it all together: thrash advancements, serious girth, familiar passage crosscut w/ relentless speed, a formidable edge & self-proclaimed "spiritual conspiracy party riffs"
Kemado
CD
$13.50

Children
Hard Times Hangin at the End of the World
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Kemado
LP
$14.25

Church, The
Untitled #23
PS, US Limited to 600 copies! It's a double LP, has three extra tracks that are NOT on the CD, a completely different sequence from the CD
SecondMotion-012
DLP
$21.75

City Center
S/T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Type
LP
$19.75

City Center
S/T
PS, US Taking cues from the skewed pop music of Arthur Russell on one side, & the most warped moments of Brian Wilson by way of Panda Bear on the other, Fred Thomas (SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME, FLASHPAPR) has channeled an outsider pop masterwork. Thick waves of decomposing electronics & processed instruments crash & fizz beneath his multi-tracked echo/reverb-heavy vocals. Exulant, far-away harmonies are buried under thick blankets of fuzz guitar, hand-bells, ambient hums & gentle acoustic guitar, & it all pulses w/ an animal warmth that grabs you & won't let go
Type
CD
$15.50

Clues
S-T
PS, US vinyl version, 180 gram
Constellation
LP
$18.00

Clues
S-T
PS, US Debut record from the main songwriter of the UNICORNS (Alden Penner) and Brendan Reed of ARCADE FIRE fame, yields one undeniable tune after another. Forged from postpunk, no wave & psych influences, Clues compose a rare breed of complex pop anthems.
Constellation
CD
$16.25

Cluster
Grosses Wasser
PS, US LP version. Originally released in 1979, this is CLUSTER's last great album. Combining the ambient space rock of early albums on some songs w/ a more updated, beat-driven, dare I say space-disco? sound on others, it at times sounds like the best of both worlds. They were probably the most influential & groundbreaking group to come out of Germany in the '70s (no small feat) & every one of their records is pure trailblazing musical history.
BureauB
LP
$18.00

Cocker, Jarvis
Further Complications
PS, US Pulp frontman produced by Steve Albini. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Right from the start with the thumping "Angela," Jarvis has flesh on the mind, just as he did during the days of His 'n' Hers with its songs about sisters, virginity, and fetishes, but where those songs were underscored by the vague melancholy of somebody who has only glimpsed his fantasy and frets that he will never see it again, the songs here pulsate with perversion, a middle-aged man making damn sure that he's going to get with a tight 23-year-old body yet again; it's the sound of a fetishist turned sexual omnivore. Fittingly, the sound of the record is completely changed, with only the closing "You're in My Eyes (Discosong)" echoing back to the louche, languid urban fantasies of "Deep Fried in Kelvin." The rest is all gnarled, ugly hard rock, dredging up ghosts of the Stooges and the Spiders from Mars, dressing them in stylish second-hand clothes that are razored to ribbons by Steve Albini's typically unflinching production. Under his cold glare, all the madness of Further Complications is pushed right to the surface -- all the stuttering, slashing guitars, Steve Mackey's wailing sax, Jarvis' obsessive, compulsive carnality. If he has any regrets leaving the settled bohemian pop professor of Jarvis behind... overshadowed by the hedonistic riot of Further Complications at large, a record that does its best to live up to Cocker's "never said I was deep, but I am profoundly shallow" proclamation. He's denied his id for too long, so the dam bursts here and it's impossible not to happily wallow in the flood of filth unleashed by Further Complications."
RoughTradeUS
CD
$15.00

Coltrane, John
Coltrane
PS,US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series. Modern jazz classics remastered by their original engineer. 24-bit remastering. Each CD includes original and new liner notes. With Johnny Splawn, Sahib Shihab, Red Garland, Mai Waldron, Paul Chambers and Albert "Tootie" Heath.
Prestige
CD
$11.75

Comet Gain
Broken Record Players
PS, US Deluxe issue Double LP in a gate-fold Stoughton jacket.
WhatsYourRupture
DLP
$20.50

Connelly, Chris
Pentland Firth Howl
PS, US Very little from this refined affair (besides the emotion) resembles the industrial-disco of his past: MINISTRY, PIGFACE, REVOLTING COCKS, etc.
So quiet, so austere. His Scottish accent flicks the end of each line, alveolar trills elongated into soothing vibratos. The incessantly rhythmic acoustic guitar that
has driven the latter half of his career is still present & continues to shade his nocturnal vocal tone with a monochromatically shimmering shadow.
AddendaRecords
LP
$15.50

Coral Sea, The
Firelight
PS, US Something beautiful is going on in the west coast, but not the sunsets or the beaches or even the Pacific Ocean, I'm talking about The Coral Sea. Like the vast and colorful vibe the name evokes, The Coral Sea's music, full of depth and harmony, with such a genuine quality that it could only have been inspired by quiet moments alone in the car. The five-piece was formed in 2005 by the lead singer and songwriter Rey Villalobos. Their self-produced first album "Volcano and Heart," was released in 2006. After their debut, they toured the US and the UK, sharing bills with artists such as The Walkmen, St. Vincent, Sea Wolf, The Silversun Pickups, and Frank Black. They have also been in rotation on numerous radio shows, including KCRW Morning Becomes Eclectic. Tracks from the album also caught the attention of ABC TV and were featured on two episodes of Grey's Anatomy. Over this past year, the band has focused on creating this new album. Villalobos makes sure to always carry his acoustic guitar with him everywhere he goes, just in case inspiration strikes. One of such places was his car, where the rudiments of the majority of the new album were composed. The band has created a sound that is emotional and vulnerable, as well as structured, layered with atmospheric ambiance. They have blended gorgeous orchestral arrangements with indie rock for a warm, dreamlike quality. Think Yo La Tengo or Sigur Ros coupled with David Bowie. In describing The Coral Sea's debut album, Relative Theory Records said, "Very few times do you see a band come out of the gates with such emotion and amazing structure as The Coral Sea. I can only hope that this is not their peak, and that The Coral Sea continues to provide us with wonderful albums in the future.
RedClover-003
CD
$10.00

Cornershop
The Roll Off Characteristics (Of History In The Making)
PS, UK Etched Vinyl. "In 1974, in his State address to Congress, Gurkhal Surjan, Patwallia Dist., stated that the world will be tested by Texas Instruments, and English diction." These are the anti-war, pro-people words from the Cornershop new single "The Roll Off Characteristics (Of History In The Making) "on the ample play label. Musically it's different, from the trombone/sitar get-go, right down to its funk outro, with country piano added for good measure. Different but typically Cornershop, which is why it is already getting many watts of support from UK and foreign radio. Nihal from Radio 1 immediately declared it "the perfect soundtrack to festival season" Nigel of The Rough Trade Shop, has said it has all the markings of classic Cornershop MTV's Nusrat Durrani responded it has everything I love about Cornershop in a nutshell The B. side is an etch by NYC's Jeffrey Lewis depicting the super dooper Jaganath, whom can circumference the earth in 5 steps. Cornershop recently played Wireless, Hyde Park, and came back to the live arena with what they call form, to a rapturous audience. It was their first staged show since they were asked to appear at Jarvis Cocker's Meltdown event last summer. Forthcoming summer dates have now been scheduled. The new Longplayer is complete and as ever, combines a constantly changing instrumentation, absorbing fresh ideas and new musical elements. Cornershop are said to be overwhelmed with the unrelenting support of Radio stations & get-togethers in all four corners of the world.
AmplePlay-001
45
$6.50

Corridor
S/T
PS, US Eight tracks of lush noise drenched stories of passion, loss & coming of age in the modern world. Multi-instrumentalist Michael Quinn is in his early 20s but is already considered a seasoned player in the post-hardcore scenes in Boston & Seattle. Once he transplanted to LA, Quinn wasted no time getting key slots on shows with Ariel Pink, Xu Xu Fang, Winter Flowers, etc. Taking his influences from 70s kraut-rock, Michael Gira's Swans & Django Reinhardt, he makes sounds that only few dare to categorize.
ManimalVinyl-011
CD
$9.75

Costello, Elvis
Secret, Profane and Sugarcane
PS, US
HearMusic
CD
$17.75

Cotton Jones
Paranoid Cocoon
PS, US VINYL VERSION!
SuicideSqueeze-079
LP
$12.25

Crenshaw, Marshall
Jaggedland
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: " Jaggedland, Crenshaw's tenth studio album and his first in six years, is the moodiest and most downbeat set he's released to date, and while it's not without humor (as well as the expected great songs and fine guitar work), it's still a more challenging listen than one might expect... Maybe the guy who sang "Someday Someway" is gone for good, but the edgier artist who has taken his place has made a compelling and powerful album, and if Jaggedland isn't always a barrel of laughs, it's the most impressive work Crenshaw has delivered in over a decade."
429
CD
$17.75

Crosby, Stills & Nash
Demos
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "As part of their ongoing reissue of the Crosby, Stills & Nash catalog, Rhino put out Demos, a collection of early home recordings of staples from the CSN catalog, demos recorded both alone and together between the years of 1968 and 1971. Apart from "Long Time Gone," recorded by Crosby and Stills before Nash joined the group and bearing a full electric arrangement, everything here is simple and spare, recorded with just acoustic guitars and pianos, often lacking harmonies. All this makes the songs themselves the focal point -- and it makes the handful of tracks with some combination of the group stand out, particularly "Music Is Love" with Crosby, Nash, and Neil Young -- and it's easy to appreciate their construction when they're heard stripped down to their bare bones as they are here. Ultimately, what Demos winds up doing is offering a newfound appreciation for what Crosby, Stills & Nash bring to each other, for as good as these demos are -- and there's not a bad cut here -- none of it sounds as complete as when the three harmonize together."
Rhino
CD
$16.25

Curious Mystery
Rotting Slowly
PS, US A junkyard band with a heart of dirt, smoke, and wires; The Curious Mystery blends Sixties-style psychedelia with American country-blues and garage experimentalism. Cool night air, slow burning heaviness, impregnation by blackberry, Captain Beefheart, late night crawlers, native fowl, dinner, river blindness; these are some of the things The Curious Mystery bides its time thinking about. A stranger in a new town, Rotting Slowly [KLP206] is their debut album. The Curious Mystery place an emphasis on dense sonic texture and unorthodox song structures. The band began in 2005 in Seattle where Shana Cleveland, a Midwestern daughter of Blues and Country rock musicians met Nicolas Gonzalez, an experimental instrumentalist from Texas. Today the band features Nicolas on guitar, vocals, and homemade instruments; Shana on vocals, banjo, guitar, and autoharp; as well as Faustine B. Hudson on drums, gong, dinner bell, plastic tube; and Bradford Button on the bass guitar. Rotting Slowly has a vast implied distance and textural tension, canvassing canyons and turning tight corners. Cleveland and Gonzalez split vocal duties; hers is silky, his familiar and they wind around each other in an organic swirl of skeletal percussion, tangled guitars, Eastern drones and multiple tempos. "Black Sand" is forward-driven, clamoring for release; "Go Forth and Gather" is a mosaic obscura; the instrumental "Nicaragua" creates a thick, uncertain haze; "Strong Swimmers" has a playful springboard guitar-plucking; and "It's Tough" is a diseased-themed doo-wop that fades into a deservedly soothingly distant Morricone porch chant. The Curious Mystery are planning a tour for the summer of 2009. "The Curious Mystery traverses oceans and nations with its intoxicating psychedelia, ... completely engrossing." - Seattle Weekly
Krecords-206
LP
$11.50

Curious Mystery
Rotting Slowly
PS, US Blends '60s-style psychedelia w/ American country-blues & garage experimentalism. The split vocal duties wind around each other in an organic swirl of skeletal percussion, tangled guitars, Eastern drones & multiple tempos.
Krecords-206
CD
$11.50

Current 93
Alpeh at Hallucinatory Mountain
PS, US Spinning around epic series of verses written by founder David Tibet, the new album features a 1972-style supergroup including JAMES BLACKSHAW, WILLIAM BREEZE, BABY DEE, Andrew Liles (NURSE WITH WOUND), Keith Wood (HUSH ARBORS), RICKIE LEE JONES, OSSIAN BROWN, MATT SWEENEY & ALEX NEILSON.
Coptic
CD
$16.00

Das Boton
Soda Drip
PS,US Bill Dolan is most known for his guitar work in 5IVE STYLE & HEROIC DOSE (Sub Pop Records). He has been a huge influence to a generation of artists with his explosive 1960s New Orleans, afrobeat guitar work. With his roots intact, this record is heavily influenced by post-punk & early NY new-wave. Joined by his former band mate, Ryan "euphone" Rapsys and Karl "babybird" Ropp for Das Boton's debut album
Sixgunlover
CD
$11.00

Datsun, The
Head Stunts
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "New Zealand hard rockers the Datsuns deliver more bare-bones, high-energy rawk on the band's fourth studio effort, Head Stunts. Having stuck to their L.A.-style guns over the years, the Datsuns don't really change anything up here. In fact, Head Stunts features pretty much the same blend of raucous '70s influenced boogie, blues, and blood that the band has pumped out since its 2002 debut. That said, the band has developed a better sense of rock & roll drama over the years and the album climbs and drops with the pleasing rollercoaster rhythm of a live show. Cuts like the driving, punky, minor-tuned anthem "Human Error" and the brooding Ennio Morricone-esque uptempo ballad "Ready, Set, Go!" should please longtime fans of the band and bring to mind a more skittish and poppy version of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds. And although the general point of all this is to keep the van 'a rockin', there are a few tracks of dark atmosphere and prog rock menace amongst the cock rock rave-ups that helps push the overall proceedings out of the garage and onto the stage. To these ends, the Pink Floyd inspired mid-album epic, "Eye of the Needle," is a moody and cinematic laser show of a rock song and probably the heaviest thing the band has ever recorded."
RedInk
CD
$14.25

Davis, Miles
New Miles Davis Quartet
PS,US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series. Modern jazz classics remastered by their original engineer. 24-bit remastering. Each CD includes original and new liner notes. With John Coltrane, Red Garland, Paul Chambers, Philly Joe Jones.
Prestige
CD
$11.75

Deastro
Moondagger
PS, US Vinyl with bonus CD of Keepers album. Moondagger expands upon the positive electro-pop of Keepers, Deastro's home-recorded opus from 2008, with the addition of a full band. Thankfully, the mercurial, prolific Randolph Chabot still seems blissfully unaware of his music's genreless-ness. Thick, atmospheric production obscures bright, starry-eyed melodies; ecstatic synth squiggles dance around new-wave beats on songs about Nordics, toxic crusaders & geometric shapes; arrangement ideas bounce off one another within ambitious song structures that swerve left, then right, then left again. And yet underneath all of their seeming irreverence, Deastro's songs are breathtakingly down-to-earth-melodic slices of synth-led experimental pop whose energy builds with each iteration of the chorus, hitting emotional peak after emotional peak until they collapse in a heap.
GhostlyInternational
LP
$12.75

Deastro
Moondagger
PS, US Moondagger expands upon the positive electro-pop of Keepers, Deastro's home-recorded opus from 2008, with the addition of a full band. Thankfully, the mercurial, prolific Randolph Chabot still seems blissfully unaware of his music's genreless-ness. Thick, atmospheric production obscures bright, starry-eyed melodies; ecstatic synth squiggles dance around new-wave beats on songs about Nordics, toxic crusaders & geometric shapes; arrangement ideas bounce off one another within ambitious song structures that swerve left, then right, then left again. And yet underneath all of their seeming irreverence, Deastro's songs are breathtakingly down-to-earth-melodic slices of synth-led experimental pop whose energy builds with each iteration of the chorus, hitting emotional peak after emotional peak until they collapse in a heap.
GhostlyInternational-085
DCD
$11.00

Desolation Wilderness
No Tomorrow b/w Pacific Palisades
PS,US "No Tomorrow" is a tribute to summer days well spent, living in the moment, never growing old. "Pacific Palisades" is a slow burner - the soundtrack of a California beach under a long dusk. These songs are a preview of the group's 2nd full length, "New Universe," which will be released by K in August 2009
Krecords-123
45
$4.00

DJ Kaos
Love the Nite Away
PS, US Disco/rock hybrid reminiscent of Daniele Baldelli w/ its rough male vocal sound & "I Feel Love"-style disco acid bassline. On the flip is a Balearic version of the original supplied by the Swedish band Tiedye
Rong/DFA
12
$8.00

DJ Shadow
4-Track Era Collection
PS, US 3CD set includes "Best of the Original Productions (1990-1992)," "Best of the KMEL Mixes (1991)" & "Best of the Remixes & Megamixes (1990-1992)"
Reconstruction
3XCD
$26.50

DJ Shadow
Diminishing Return [deluxe edition]
PS, US Legendary 2CD set, originally released in 2003, repackaged in a gatefold digipak. Disc 1 a Hip Hop adventure, veering
from Crunk to Old School to Electro to UK First-Wave to Breaks & Beats. Disc 2 is psych rock, & includes an exclusive & previously unreleased original "War is Hell"
Reconstruction
DCD
$25.00

Dolphy, Eric
At The Five Spot
PS,US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series. Modern jazz classics remastered by their original engineer. 24-bit remastering. Each CD includes original and new liner notes. With Booker Litte, Mai Waldron, Richard Davis, Ed Blackwell.
Prestige
CD
$11.75

Dougall, Rose Elinor
Start/Stop/Synchro
PS, US Who hasn't jumped around like a lunatic, in their room or on the dance floor, with songs as incredibly addictive and fun as "Judy, I Like A Boy in Uniform", "Your Kisses Are Wasted on Me", "Pull Shapes" or "Tell Me What You Want" Yes, THE PIPETTES are doubtlessly some of the biggest news of the last decade, for those of us who are fans of the girl-groups, and they're one of the bands responsible for recovering that sound for millions of people who didn't know how fresh, how nervy and self-confident, and how exciting the sound could be. Rose Elinor Dougall was one of the three voices that gave us all that energy and vitality. And we say "was" because last year she decided to dedicate herself to a solo career that, in the few months that she's had it up and running, has only put out hits and brought fame for her surprising personality and her delicate and elegant pop. After her first single, "Another Version of Pop Song", which was released last December, completely sold out, and after recording a session for Huw Stephens' program on the BBC (Radio 1), it is a pleasure to announce that Elefant Records is going to release, on white vinyl, her second single, "Start/Stop/Synchro", just a few months before the release of her debut album, "Without Why", which is still in post-production. The single shows a cautious jump from the British toward an exercise in style, full of elegance and excitement, solid, but delicate at the same time, surprising and tremendously catchy. The A-side, with the title track, is an incredible, on the mark pop song that moves between the elegance and solidness of Jarvis Cocker and the evanescence and excitement of bands like BROADCAST or COCTEAU TWINS; it is a song like we haven't heard in years. On the other side, "Static Saturday" is full of sweet naivety, evocative in its recreated ambiance of casiotone and whispered lyrics, between bossa and pop, made to narrate hours spent locked inside your bedroom. Produced by Lee "Muddy" Baker (remember that "Bone" that he wrote with Tim Booth from JAMES), there is no doubt that "Start/Stop/Synchro" will, at the very least, be as successful as her first single (single of the week in The Guardian, Metro and the U.S. magazine Wears the Trousers, as well as one of the fixations of Under the Radar), and will be an advance of what is, without a doubt, going to be on of the biggest items in music news this season: the discovery of the beauty of Rose Elinor Dougall's compositions and voice.
Elefant-271
45
$7.75

Ducktails
S-T
PS, US Masterpiece after blasterpiece of shimmering, smoke-&-mirrors exotic fantasia, rainbow psych-pop muzak for imaginary helicopter rides over crystal lagoons & lost waterfalls. Lazy island percussion loops under blissed horizons of hovering synth colors, warm jangly wah-wah guitars lap like waves alongside casual hammock-chilling vocals. Limited to 600
NotNotFun
LP
$15.25

Dungen
Satt Att Se [Mexican Summer U.S. Edition w/download]
PS. SWEDEN Please note: Mexican Summer's version is pressed on high quality virgin vinyl and comes with download card. Dungen presents a brand new 12" that extends the acclaimed Swedish outfit's sound even further. Beats surging forth, stirring orchestration with cinematic undertones and atmospheric changes that highlight their trademark evolutionary sound. This lush pop portrait laced with orange sunshine guitar flash stands as one of the most fully-realized moments of Dungen's career.
MexicanSummer
12
$14.25

Earth Crisis
To The Death
PS,US Ltd LP edition. Pioneers of the hardcore, straight edge movement
CenturyMedia
LP
$18.75

Eels
Hombre Lobo: 12 Songs Of Desire
PS, US Mark Oiver Everett a.k.a E, is back with his first studio album in over four years.
Vagrant
CD
$13.75

Elfin Saddle
Ringing the Bell For The Begin Again
PS, US The musical project co-founded by Jordan McKenzie & Emi Honda. The music is gently mystical, calmly wide-eyed, & consistently guided by crystalline melodies deployed over the group's building blocks of accordion & junkyard persucssion. A truly unique hybrid folk music
Constellation
CD
$16.25

Elfin Saddle
Ringing the Bell For The Begin Again
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation
LP
$18.00

Elizabeth & the Catapult
Taller Children
PS,US Debut album from the Brooklyn based band featuring a unique blend of pop, playfulness and adult introspection. Produced by Mike Mogus (BRIGHT EYES, M. WARD, RILO KILEY)
Verve
LP
$14.00

Erik B & Rakim
Follow the Leader (DELAYED: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US 2nd LP from this hip-hop duo is also their 2nd out & out classic record. Following the same formula as their debut, this features ERIC B.'s innovative, minimalist production style & RAKIM's blisteringly brilliant braggadocio. The golden age of hip-hop certainly has a surplus of fantastic LPs but this one deserves to be right up there near, if not at, the top. 180 gram vinyl reissue
4MenWithBeards
LP
$16.75

Eyes, The
Arrival Of the Eyes: Complete Recordings
PS, US The band's finest cuts, w/their blend of innovative guitar feedback/distortion & anthemic songwriting, are equal in stature to rock classics of the era. Contains all the band's output, released & unreleased, incl. demo versions, alternates, & the entire Pupils Tribute To The Rolling Stones exploitation album from '66 as a bonus. Fat 24 pg bk packed w/zippy notes on the band, photos, & pgs from the band's own fan club pamphlet.
LionProducitons-1008
CD
$20.50

Fall, The
Northern Cream, The Fall DVD That Fights
PS, US Northern Cream is a showcase of newly discovered footage of The Fall from 1981 and includes the only known film featuring the band with clarinet player Dave Tucker. The DVD includes unreleased 1981 concert footage, unreleased in-depth documentary, an interview from Mark E. Smith, audio outtakes, and the full Leeds University 1981 concert.
OZIT-08
DVD
$29.75

Faust
So Far (DELAYED)
PS,US Originally released in 1972, this is the 2nd album from the legendary krautrock group. More song oriented than the 1st record, this is an absolute stone classic of outsider pop music reissued here in its original deluxe packaging, including reproductions of all 10 inserts. 180 gram vinyl
4MenWithBeards
LP
$21.25

Faux Hoax
Your Friends Will Carry You Home
PS,US Members of MENOMENA, GANG OF FOUR, TRACKER & 31KNOTS. Limited to 1000 copies
Polyvinyl
45
$4.00

Fields, Lee & The Expressions
My World
PS,US Brand new album of beat-heavy, deep soul ballads
Truth&Soul
LP
$18.25

Flower/Corsano Duo
Four Aims
PS, US VINYL VERSION!
VHF
DLP
$19.25

FNU Ronnies
S-T
PS, US 1 sided 12 inch (silkscreened PICTURE DISC). This 12 inch contains the same material as the recent cassette/CD on Denmark's Skrot Up label. A weird almost indescribable mix of fucked up hardcore propulsion, industrial heaviness, electronics thrashing, & punked out cyborg nihilism. Aesthetic themes elude to psychedelic nightmares, Middle Earth monsters, & generally dark times.
NightPeople
12
$13.50

Folklords, The
Release The Sunshine
PS, US Fourteen perfect examples of dreamy, sunshine-infused pop psychedelia with a folk bent, originally released by independent Canadian label Allied Records in 1968. When we first issued this terrific album on CD many years ago, our booklet featured the few scraps of information on the band we could find. We challenged 'anyone out there' to find some information on this elusive and intriguing band. Well, we're pleased to say that someone took us up on that offer, and that someone was band leader Tom Waschkowski (credited on the album as Tom Martin). He graciously offered us a band history, lyrics, some terrific photos and best of all, a rare pre-album single that the trio had self-released. This allows us to offer up as perfect a reissue of this album as humanly possible. The Folklords Release the Sunshine is a captivating album, a notion shared by the many collectors world-wide who fight for original copies, which are few and far between. Strange thing is, if someone were to say to us that the Folklords album was released by Creation Records in 1987, it would be difficult to argue. Why?, you well may ask. Our answer: the chiming guitars, the rattle of tambourine, the dreaminess, and the meandering harmony vocals of Martha Johnson place the Folklords closer to Biff Bang Pow, the Jesus and Mary Chain, the Revolving Paint Dream or even My Bloody Valentine's debut, Ecstasy and Wine (granted, at a much slower speed, and without the rampant fuzz guitar). Glorious remastered sound, as the twelve LP tracks were taken directly from the master-tapes; the two bonus tracks come from the rare, privately issued non-LP single, which features haunting, drum-less versions of 'Forty Second River' and 'Unspoken Love,' both of which were re-recorded for the original Allied album. A 16-page booklet includes a band history lyrics, and comments on the songs by Tom Martin.
LionProductions
CD
$15.25

Folklords, The
Release The Sunshine
PS, US When we first issued this terrific album -- twelve perfect examples of dreamy sunshine pop/folk psych released by independent Canadian label Allied Records in 1968 -- on CD some time ago, our booklet featured the few scraps of information on the band we could find. We challenged 'anyone out there' to find some information on this elusive and intriguing band, with the offer of a reward that would be 'something very Folklordish.' Well, we're pleased to say that someone took us up on that offer, and that someone was band leader Tom Waschkowski. He very graciously offered for this LP package a band history, lyrics, some terrific photos, and best of all, a rare pre-album single that the band had self-released. This allows us to offer up as perfect a reissue of this album as humanly possible. The Folklords Release The Sunshine is a captivating album, a notion shared by the many collectors worldwide who fight for original copies, which are few and far between. Glorious sound, as the reissue taken directly from the master-tapes. Bonus single is an exact replica of the rare, privately issued non-LP single, which features haunting, drum-less versions of 'Forty Second River' and 'Unspoken Love,' both of which were re-recorded for the original Allied release. Now, on to the presentation -- the highest quality mastering and pressing (done at Acoustech Mastering/RTI in California, the same plant that presses every title that audiophile label Classic Records makes); the resulting LP is housed in a poly-lined sleeve, inside an ultra-heavy 1960s style gatefold jacket, which is housed in a loose-fitting plastic sleeve. The LP labels are replicas of the original Allied silver and blue labels. A top of the line pressing all the way. Limited edition of exactly 700 copies.
LionProductions
LP/45
$27.25

Franz Ferdinand
Blood
PS,US Originally comprised of 8 radical dub experiments of the group's 3rd album, this new standalone version includes a bonus track, "Be Afraid"
Domino
LP
$18.25

Franz Ferdinand
Blood
PS, US Upon completion of Tonight: Franz Ferdinand, the album's co-producer, Dan Carey, began to conduct a dub experiment with the tracks. Carey's own experience had included an apprenticeship of sorts with legendary south London dub specialist The Mad Professor, owner of Ariwa Sounds, one of the UK's premier reggae labels. And thusly, BLOOD was born. Comprised of eight radical revisions from Franz Ferdinand's acclaimed third album, this stand alone version includes a bonus ninth track as well, "Be Afraid."
Epic
CD
$13.75

Fully Celebrated
Drunk On the Blood Of The Holy Ones
PS, US Long one of Boston's musical gems, FULLY CELEBRATED have always been JIM HOBBS (alto sax), TIMO SHANKO (bass), & DJANGO CARRANZA (drums). "The band's core instincts involve bold, expressionistic playing, & drumming with emphatic glee. Indian raga, freeform swing, waltz, ballad, Latin, & funk rythms were employed before the climactic rave." - Boston Globe
AUMFidelity
CD
$12.75

Funckarma
Psar Dymog
PS, US Those that follow the Dutch brother duo of Don and Roel Funcken's various musical muses know that they are most known for their precisely crafted, glitch mangled beat work and their disjointed and bubbly bass, be it sub frequencies or other wise. Psar Dymog finds the brother's doing something that may seem out of left field for their main Funckarma project by removing such signature elements. The album is their take on (primarily) beatless ambient. There is a surprising amount of forward movement in these 16 tracks. If there were ever a Bladerunner sequel this could very easily trump Vangelis' future-world soundtrack of it's prequel. One could think of this as a darker more intense (dare we say better) Future Sound of London or really what it truly is... Funckarma changing the landscape of their own aural future.
SymbolicInteraction-016
CD
$12.25

Gainsbourg, Serge
Bonnie & Clyde (DELAYED: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US Featuring a couple of duets, some BARDOT-sung, GAINSBOURG-penned numbers, & a number of Serge-only tunes, this is not, technically, a completely collaborative record. It is, however, one of Gainsbourg's finest releases featuring a wide range of styles from moody, funky French-pop ("Bonnie & Clyde"), to barroom piano jazz ("Bubble Gum"), to Afro-Caribbean rhythms ("Pauvre Lola" & "Baudelaire"), to the swinging 60s pop he was most known for at the time ("Docteur Jeckyll et Monsieur Hyde"). A classic from these 2 French heroes, originally released in 1968, reissued here on 180 gram vinyl
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Gay Beast
Second Wave
PS, US Vinyl version. A careening groove between the prickly corners of tunefulness & musical density, danceability & controlled chaos. The trio lets fly w/ utopian visions of 2nd-wave feminism, exposing a mood-swinging musical reach heretofore unheard
SkinGraft
LP
$16.50

Gay Beast
Second Wave
PS, US A careening groove between the prickly corners of tunefulness & musical density, danceability & controlled chaos. The trio lets fly w/ utopian visions of 2nd-wave feminism, exposing a mood-swinging musical reach heretofore unheard
SkinGraft
CD
$16.50

Georgia's Horse
Shepherd EP
PS, US During spring every year, the world's music press descends on the SXSW conference held across Austin, Texas. Wearing box-fresh cowboy boots, critics swarm along the blues bars and juke joints of 6th and Congress looking for the next big thing and BBQ ribs. But what they are searching for is further afield. What they want to hear is out of town, past the city limits, past the huge boneyards containing the ghosts of the Civil War dead, along carrion encrusted highways, past farm shacks and Mexican settlements, out into the real heart of the Lone Star State. This is where you can find the haunted Americana of Georgia's Horse. Their new EP, Shepherd, is redolent of the sun-baked vacant lots of Wim Wenders' Paris, Texas, the gentle (ex pat) Americana of The New Pornographers, a light dusting of the folk-psychedelia of Smog and the torrid and threatening country death songs of PJ Harvey's To Bring You My Love. This five track EP features the skewed and magnetic vision of singer/songwriter Teresa Maldonado. Her brittle and skeletal songs are fleshed out by multi-instrumentalist Tiziano Hernandez (bass/guitars), Brad Thomason (drums) and Melly Rose (cello). But that's not to say that this recording sounds like it was handled by some kind of your-mother's-your-brother-lives-in-a-barn hillbilly. Their recent collaboration with hotly tipped Pitchfork favorites and electronic/dub step pioneers Various Productions ('As It Stops Raining', Fire Records) has certainly influenced the group. Both the title track and Snake & Sparrow creak and echo as if recorded in a haunted house, on haunted equipment. From the most basic of set ups, a deeply affecting and subtle beauty is achieved. Shepherd trails the much anticipated debut album by Georgia's Horse, The Mammoth Sessions which will be released through Fire Records on June 9th.
FireRecords-171
CD5
$10.25

Giallorenzo, Paul
Get In To Go Out
PS, US This high-voltage aggregate feat. GIALLORENZO'S alternately fiery & contemplative pianism in the company of saxophonist DAVE REMPIS, cornetist JOSH BERMAN, bassist ANTON HATWICH, & FRANK ROSALY on drums. "GITGO" presents controlled fire music born of an homage to experimental jazz of the late 50's & blazing trails into territory illuminated by the music's pioneers.
482Music
CD
$11.75

Giant Robot
#59
PS, US Asian pop culture & beyond. This issue: Kiyoshi Kurosawa, Departures, Chocolate Tokyo Tales, Sichuan Sweat, Seventies Smut, Cute Bento, Mafia Man,
Masakatsu Sashie
ZINE
$4.75

Girl In Coma
Both Before I'm Gone
PS, US
BlackheartRecords-
CD
$12.00

Go-Betweens, The
Oceans Apart
PS, US Vinyl Version!
YepRoc-2105
LP
$11.25

Good Stuff House
Endless Bummer
PS, US First proper CD of this on-going collaboration between Matt Christensen/Mike Weis of ZELIENOPLE & SCOTT TUMA of SOULED AMERICAN & BOXHEAD ENSEMBLE. Given that background, it should come as no surprise how far-off sounding & echo drenched this disc is. Incorporating a wide range of acoustic & electric instruments, both live & from tapes of previous performances, the group fully indulge their wanderlust, floating on the back of massive plates of soft focus hiss & falling head first into deep reverb canyons. Vocals sometimes wisp by, as do blasted edges of percussion & Tuma's lovely guitar nocturnes, but it's all desperately distant, more like a distorted memory of a band playing many years after the show has ended. Edition of 300
RootStrata
CD
$13.25

Graham, Rodney
Why Look For Good Times?
PS, CANADA This brand new Rodney Graham album continues his elevated brand of Smog meets Leonard Cohen smart but not too smart songwriter pop. The band this time featuring New Pornographer John Collins, Evaporator Dave Carswell, Kevin Beesley Hammond (Smugglers), and Pete Bourne (Copyright). Dan Bejar (Destroyer, Swan Lake, New Pornographers)) guests on vocals, as does Lois Maffeo (Lois, Courtney Love-the band, not the skank). "Singer-songwriter Rodney Graham, like many other musicians, has a day job. When not making music, he produces art. In fact, he is a highly regarded, internationally recognized visual artist, working across a variety of media, including print-based work, sculpture and painting, but especially photography, film and video. Music often plays a part in his art as well, both as subject matter and content. But Graham's interest in music isn't secondary to his art. Instead, it often seems that he would rather talk about, listen to and actually make music than almost anything else. As a guitarist and songwriter for the U-J3RK5 (pronounced "you jerks"), which included other now-famous artists Jeff Wall and Ian Wallace along other Vancouver notables, he was an active member of the Vancouver post-punk and new wave music scene of the 1970s. Breaking to become established as an artist, he returned to music in the 1990s as a guitarist for the pop-punk "super group" Volumizer with other early Vancouver punk and new wave peers Bill Napier-Hemy of the Pointed Sticks and Jade Blade of the Dishrags. He has been steadily making music since, releasing many singles, EPs and full-length recordings, both self-produced and in conjunction with various galleries internationally, as well as playing to support these releases, often as a guest of the same galleries. Yet, as appreciative as Graham's art-world audiences are, and as much as he appreciates them in return, they are a small community, sharing certain values and preferences. Significantly, to them he is an artist who also makes music, the one before the other. Such can be the weird paradox of a thriving art career: all production is received first and foremost in terms of the art-world. When it comes to Graham's music, which stands beyond such expectations, this is less wrong than simply not enough: it needs somewhat different ears. But there are important points of comparison. Like his visual art, his music combines accessibility with studiousness. Full of ideas, it is effective on multiple levels, as outwardly enjoyable as inwardly compelling. And the same is true in terms of craftsmanship: he puts as much thoughtful care into his music as he does his art. Attentive to the details as much as the whole of songs, everything is considered, everything works. More than anything, though, Graham makes music for people, like him, who love music deeply. His sincere enjoyment and encyclopedic-like interest is audible in the music he makes. In terms of sound and feel, his primary horizon as a songwriter is defined by the creative meeting of rock and country in the 60s and 70s pop middle-ground, where skilled, mature song-craft ultimately rules over genre or style. While informed by many luminaries from this prodigious time, the songwriters as much as the players, arrangers, producers and even key studios, Graham makes new, synthetic music, not nostalgically retrospective, akin to present Will Oldham or Bill Callahan, for instance, as much as past Bob Dylan or Neil Young. In the end, Graham is a dedicated contemporary musician, making music that is relevant now, but that will play right any time.
Loudhailer-004
CD
$13.50

Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest (ON SALE)
PS, US New album of wanton freaxotica... There is an unbelievable clarity of sound and vision to Veckatimest: vocals (a duty shared by all band members) are sharper and more complex, arrangements are tighter, production is more venturous and lyrics more affecting. Having opened the creative dialogue at such an early stage, Grizzly Bear was able to realize these 12 songs together as a band, making it their most collaboratively compositional album to date. This yielded an unexpected mix of material that feels more confident, mature, focused and most of all, dynamic. From songs like 'Dory' (a gracefully psychedelic, ever-evolving work),'Ready Able' (a synth-y opus, and one of four songs that boasts string arrangements by composer Nico Muhly) and 'Foreground' (a plaintive, vocal-driven send-off, and one of two songs to feature choral arrangements also by Muhly) to more resounding pop songs like 'Two Weeks' (an other-worldly doo wop featuring backing vocals from Beach House s Victoria LeGrand) and 'While You Wait For the Others' (a triumphant and melodically cacophonous pop masterpiece), Veckatimest is an album of the highest highs and lowest lows an unbelievably diverse collection of songs that celebrates the strength of each band member, and the power of the whole. It was well worth the wait.
Warp-0182
CD
$12.25

Grizzly Bear
Two Weeks
PS,US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY! IMPORT VINYL!
Warp-9262
12
$8.75

Grizzly Bear
Live on KCRW
PS, US A1. "While You Wait For The Others" (Live on KCRW)
B1. "He Hit Me" (Live on KCRW)
Warp-9274
45
$4.25

Grizzly Bear
Veckatimest
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Warp-0182
DLP
$17.25

Group Doueh
Treeg Salaam
PS, US Compiled from their personal archives, these 5 tracks are as brain-shifting in their ecstatic brilliance as any music ever heard. From the wahstroked lead-off track to the blazing dexterity of "Ragsa Jaguar," the whole of the 1st side is an entrance to the lip-puckering tea den of Saharan trance heaven. One-time pressing of 1,500 copies on 180 gram vinyl
SublimeFrequencies
LP
$22.00

Grush, Abigail
The Phantom Beat
PS, US Cabaret music from the seedier bohemian neighborhoods of the Lunar Colony. Grush and her spectral Beat tangle with a menagerie of instruments, from plain-old guitars to fiddles to bodhran drums to jawharps.
Barsuk-008
CD
$11.00

Gun Outfit
Dim Light
PS, US
PostPresent -021
LP
$9.50

Gun Outfit
Dim Light
PS, US
PostPresent-021
CD
$9.00

Harbinger
Second Coming
PS, US 2nd album by loner/downer folk legend DAVE BIXBY. Includes MP3 download code
Guerssen
LP
$25.25

Hatakeyama, Chihei
Saunter
PS, US "Saunter"; To walk at a leisurely pace; stroll. Tokyo based musician and composer Chihei Hatakeyama has been in a state of transit. Moving to a new home in recent months, he has found a heightened awareness of his surroundings. The clarity of new encounters with unfamiliar spaces and the sharpness of experience that follows, has become the musical starting point for his latest long player Saunter. Saunter is in some ways an auditory interpretation of the monochromatic Chinese painting style "Sansui-Ga". An approach concerned with the themes of landscape, "Sansui-Ga" seeks to express a sense of philosophical consideration for the form and shape.Saunter follows this approach, casting out lush layers of texture that seem to sound out the edges of landscape. The sounds dynamic fluctuations suggesting structures, trees, fields and other aspects dotting the landscape in which Hatakeyama finds himself. Focused particularly on the transition from Fall to Winter, this record is a graceful and considered work. Elegantly crafted with an attention to subtle melodic variation and harmonic richness Saunter is a "visionary" collection from one of Japans finest composers.
Room40-432
CD
$15.00

Hauschka
Snowflakes and Carwrecks
PS, US This is the companion piece to "Ferndorf". "With "Snowflakes And Carwrecks", Hauschka further explores "Ferndorf's" themes of nostalgia and rootedness, bolstering his delightful, percussive piano melodies with strings and appealing sonic textures."
FatCat-0075
12
$11.50

Hauschka
Ferndorf
PS, US Originally released on CD on 10/07/08 we now have a limited amount of vinyl for this title.
FatCat-1308
LP
$12.25

Hawk and a Hacksaw
Delivrance
PS, US Forges deeper into the culture of the old East & comes back w/ a suite of euphoric melodies for times of revelry. Recorded in Budapest around the core of a Hungarian folk group, this is by far their most vivid, intense, & confident work to date
Leaf
CD
$16.00

Hawk and a Hacksaw
Delivrance
PS, US Vinyl version
Leaf
LP
$17.25

Headdress
Lunes
PS, US Second album by Texas psych duo CALEB COY (guitar) & ETHAN COOK (organ), written in the desert, yet recorded during an endless NYC winter. A cold, expansive sound made ripe for these turbulent times: it's drone rooted deep in the American tradition. RIYL: Earth, Growing, Brightblack Morning Light.
NoQuarter
CD
$12.25

Headlights
Remixes
PS,US VINYL VERSION! After their critically acclaimed sophomore album "Some Racing, Some Stopping" came out in early 2008, the band started calling on all of their friends from the road to remix their songs. This limited-edition LP features remixes from THE ALBUM LEAF, CASIOTONE FOR THE PAINFULLY ALONE, SON LUX, as well as CALE PARKS, & T.J LIPPLE (ALOHA)
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.50

Hecuba
Paradise
PS, US Long awaited full length album from Los Angeles electronic duo whom have toured w/ Devenda Banhart & Lucky Dragons & will hit the road in '09 w/ Bat For Lashes. 10 experimental avante-pop songs that brings to mind the Eurythmics, Laurie Anderson, Arthur Russell & Outkast.
ManimalVinyl-014
CD
$11.50

Hecuba
Paradise
PS, US Vinyl with download code. Long awaited full length album from Los Angeles electronic duo whom have toured w/ Devenda Banhart & Lucky Dragons & will hit the road in '09 w/ Bat For Lashes. 10 experimental avante-pop songs that brings to mind the Eurythmics, Laurie Anderson, Arthur Russell & Outkast.
ManimalVinyl-014
LP
$15.75

Hexlove
Your Love of Music Will Be An Important Part of Your Life
PS,US 2CD set. One disk is filled w/ spacious sounds & reverberated vocalse while the 2nd is filled w/ frantic drumming & angular compositions
Porter
DCD
$16.00

Hole Class, The
S-T
PS, US The Hole Class is Rob Enbom (Eat Skull) and Beth Murphy (Times New Viking). These songs were recorded in "Columbus-Fi" over the past few years in Columbus, Ohio and Portland, Oregon and are a great addition to the fine body of work that both have created with their other "real" bands. If you dig them then you NEED this.
MedsRecords
LP
$14.00

Holy Sons
Drifters Sympathy
PS, US Listeners will recognize Emil Amos' signature hallucinatory LSD-inspired mixing style, heard on records like GRAILS' "Black Tar Prophecies." This draws from the instrumental moods of Grails, creating a densely paranoid atmosphere that evenly balances sonic experimentation w/ refined folk/blues song forms. "Utilizing a vast array of rhythms & textures, from dub-like echoes to hip-hop drum pulses to Krautrockian avant-folk drones, he has created a wholly unique spin on modern underground psyche-rock that will appeal to fans of Red House Painters & Growing alike" - Pop Matters
Important-225
CD
$13.25

Illinois
We Were Wrong b/w Life Takes a Week
PS, US
AceFu-051
45
$2.75

Intelligence
Fake Surfers
PS, US Lars Finberg (A-FRAMES) introduces a whole new spectrum of sonic awareness cleverly buried under little piles of dirt, w/ glimmering specks of brilliance poking through. Experimental post-punk rock weighted down by paranoia
IntheRed
CD
$14.25

Intelligence
Fake Surfers
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
IntheRed
LP
$10.50

It Ain't Over: Delmark
Celebrates 55 Years of Blues
PS,US Delmark's 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy's Legends in March 2008 feat. most of their local blues roster, a Delmark Day proclamation from Mayer Daley, & a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for the groundbreaking "Hoodoo Man Blues" album. Live performances by LURRIE BELL, TAIL DRAGGER, ZORA YOUNG, JIMMY JOHNSON W/ DAVE SPECTER, & many more. DVD contains 14 tracks, 80 minutes Stereo, Dolby, & DTS 5.1 audio
Delmark
DVD
$21.00

It Ain't Over: Delmark
Celebrates 55 Years of Blues
PS,US Delmark's 55th anniversary blues bash at Buddy Guy's Legends in March 2008 feat. most of their local blues roster, a Delmark Day proclamation from Mayer Daley, & a Grammy Hall of Fame Award for the groundbreaking "Hoodoo Man Blues" album. Live performances by LURRIE BELL, TAIL DRAGGER, ZORA YOUNG, JIMMY JOHNSON W/ DAVE SPECTER, & many more
Delmark
CD
$13.25

IUD
The Proper Sex
PS, US
TheSocialRegistry-069
LP
$14.25

J Dilla
Jay Stay Paid
PS,US unreleased tracks mixed by legendary DJ, Pete Rock. Features vocal appearances from Black Thought (THE ROOTS), MF DOOM, & M.O.P.
NatureSounds
LP
$17.50

Jack Beauregard
Everyone Is Having Fun
PS, GERMANY This is the debut full-length by Berlin-based Jack Beauregard, the musical duo of Daniel Schaub (vocals, guitar) and Pär Lammers (keyboards, electronics). Both met as students at the Music Conservatorium in Amsterdam and named themselves after a world-weary Spaghetti-Western hero played by Henry Fonda. However, instead of sharp-shooting, they shoot soft, but with a nonchalance that should suit every old gunslinger. Naturally, the combination of folk and indietronics isn't the newest thing in this age of laptop productions, but the sleek and slinky way these guys pull it off is just amazing. Everyone Is Having Fun features 12 finely-crafted confections thinly coated with a harsh glaze. For, despite all their balladry and sweetness, every song holds a certain twist, a sarcastic-ironic bit, a second, opposing dimension. With synthy, beat-driven pop hooks, acoustic ruminations matched with electro hand-claps, piano runs and bell-chimes, Jack Beauregard sound as if José González, having just left Take That, had hooked up with early Kraftwerk. Perfectly-honed indie-pop songwriting meshed with well-planned beats.
Tapete
CD
$16.25

Jackie-O Motherfucker
Blood of Life
PS, US Vinyl Version!
Fire-117
LP
$15.50

Jane's Addiction
Three Days Starring
PS, US
Sanctuary
DVD
$15.25

Jardine
Look in the Window
PS, US Both strange & sinister, w/ moments of fragile beauty. There are some very pretty songs here (haunting melodies abound), but there is no escaping the dark side of life, songs perhaps more akin to the band Comus than to anything else we have encountered from the psychedelic era. There are also heavy guitar solos, churning organ, flute, & flowing sitar, for good measure. A lost jewel of late-196's UK psychedelia, from a short-lived but charismatic band
LionProductions
CD
$15.00

Jookabox/Dosh
Unusual Animals Vol. 5
PS,US 5th in a series of vinyl-only releases. The series, pairs Asthmatic Kitty roster artists & friends & sometimes-unlikely bedfellows. Each record includes a beautiful rendering of 1 of Mother Nature's stranger inhabitants by illustrator Jared Chapman. This limited-edition series expands the Asthmatic Kitty family to include some unexpected folks. This vol. includes JOOKABOX's "Dead Zone Boys," & DOSH's "Lifestyle Insurance"
AsthmaticKitty-410
45
$4.00

Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart b/w Transmission
PS,US Limited 7 inch of rare studio outtakes from the 1980 Martin Hannett sessions
Cleopatra
45
$7.25

Kane, Jonathan
Jet Ear Party
PS, US Kane's (SWANS, La Monte Young, Rhys Chatham) 2nd full-length is a masterpiece of raw, ass-thumping Americana. He lunges at breakneck boogies & tom-driven swamp stomps w/ equal abandon. In a radical departure, he tones down his mojo long enough to accomodate female vocals for a breathlessly sexy, overtone drenched soul ballad. He even pilots hardcore R&B a la Wilson Pickett into the Creedence bayou for a sweat-soaked cover of Sly Stone's "Thank You Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin"
TableofElements
CD
$13.00

Kane, Jonathan
Jet Ear Party
PS, US Kane's (SWANS, La Monte Young, Rhys Chatham) 2nd full-length is a masterpiece of raw, ass-thumping Americana. He lunges at breakneck boogies & tom-driven swamp stomps w/ equal abandon. In a radical departure, he tones down his mojo long enough to accomodate female vocals for a breathlessly sexy, overtone drenched soul ballad. He even pilots hardcore R&B a la Wilson Pickett into the Creedence bayou for a sweat-soaked cover of Sly Stone's "Thank You Fallettinme Be Mice Elf Agin"
TableofTheElements-816
DLP
$18.25

Kap Bambino
Dead Lazers
PS,US Latest from the ED BANGER sub-label finds remixes coming from MATON, WARSAW ORCHESTRA, BIRDY NAM NAM, and CANDIE HANK. It's hipster-tastic!
Because
12
$11.50

Kettel
Myam James 2
PS, NETHERLANDS "Good things come in two, right?" It was our philosophy when we launched Kettel's (aka Reimer Eising) Myam James album series a year ago. Today we are sure that our philosophy has become true. We present the astonishing sequel and final part of the series: Myam James 2! The first part of the Myam James series was the ultimate score for one of Kettel's specialties: melodic 303/acid madness, poured over with melancholia. We consider it as a milestone in Kettel's electronic affairs. Myam James 1 is a specialization course; one that you may love, hate or feel indifferent about. Either way, it set an expectation for the second part. Myam James 2 is a far cry from the first part. MJ2 is mournful, intriguing and it unfolds new musical sides of Kettel. Some of you will compare MJ2 with the few movies that became a bigger success than their prequels. Another analogy with motion pictures is that a number of tracks from MJ2 could be taken from a cinematographic score. But it's just one side of MJ2; songs in the vein of previous Kettel albums My Dogan slash Volleyed Iron plus Whisper Me Whishes make their appearance - the collab with cellist Sietse-Jan Weijenberg in "Pers Partys" is a pure bliss. Track titles "Verkens in Londen", "Kingscourt Imp" and "Boekebaas" evolve from MJ1 and nuance the album's desolate soul. Myam James 2 echoes Kettel's broad fan base with an even broader palette of tastes. This album serves them all without making any sacrifices. Last but not least, we are grateful to Jeroen Advocaat who did a cracking job matching the art to the mood of the album. We cannot imagine a better way to celebrate the landmark of Sending Orbs' tenth release.
TRACKS:
01 Kingscourt Imp 05:27
02 Shinjuku Inn 03:10
03 Michael Space Airlines 04:00
04 Cherie 02:01
05 Pers Patrys 03:38
06 Boekebaas 04:29
07 You Understand This Night? 02:37
08 Nicola 04:14
09 Sentiment 03:49
10 Song From Toverpeeks 02:40
11 Begging For A Herring 04:00
12 Hymnuh 01:27
13 Verkens In Londen 04:39
15 Sauce 01:25
16 Kitana 05:17
17 Memory Steps 04:58
18 Fish Creek 06:02
SendingOrbs-010
CD
$16.00

Khanate
Clean Hands Go Foul
PS, US Clean Hands Go Foul represents the final nail in the Khanate coffin, and a more fitting ending could not have been devised. Having left hordes of imitators in their wake, there will only ever be one Khanate. Clean Hands Go Foul is the most interesting material from Khanate and is telepathic in its cohesion. In past albums the emotional current only went from hate to anger to overt violence, but the new album has a resigned and tender sadness to it; it really resonates with its listeners.
HydraHead-173
CD
$12.00

Kodama
Turning Leaf Migrations
PS, US Ongoing recording project of 2 well-known visual & sound artists - HITOSHI KOJO & MICHAEL NORTHAM. There is a decidedly more improvisational feel & crisp psychedelic aura to these recordings when compared to their other work & one can hear the influence of Ghedalia Tazartes in how the various recordings were stitched together.
OldeEnglish
LP
$18.50

Lackthereof
Your Anchor LP
PS, US VINYL VERSION!
Barsuk-76
LP
$14.00

Lacrosse
Bandages For The Heart
PS, GERMANY This is the second full-length release by Sweden's Lacrosse. Their debut album This New Year Will Be For You and Me had the critics using words like "euphoric," "perky" and "sunshine pop." On the follow-up, the six-piece pop combo teamed up with acclaimed Swedish producer Jari Haapalainen (The Concretes, Ed Harcourt, Moneybrother, The International Noise Conspiracy, etc.) to create an opus with no less euphoria, but a lot more edge. "Lacrosse's music sounds as if it's being performed by children, but written for adults who stumble their way through life," explains Haapalainen. Recorded at the legendary Studio Gröndal in Stockholm, Bandages For The Heart reveals a heavier and darker side of Lacrosse. With traces of disco, punk, flamenco, synth-pop and Krautrock, the album will have you bouncing on the brightest lit dancefloor and crying in the darkest corner, all in the span of 37 minutes. During their extensive European tour in 2008, Lacrosse also gained a reputation for being an explosive live act. This is no less apparent on tracks such as "It's Always Sunday Around Here," "Come Back Song #1," and the upcoming single "We Are Kids." Sounding very much at times like a Swedish Arcade Fire, theirs is a thoroughly modern sound with an enthusiastic, infectious, boy-girl pop vibe that will have you snapping gum and lighting fires.
Tapete
CD
$16.25

Landslide
Two Sided Fantasy
PS, US Exact repro reissue, originally released on Capitol in 1972. "Thought to have been a New York bunch, they don't appear to have released any 45s for Capitol, but their album is an undiscovered gem. Kicking off with 'Do What I Want' which featured slick rhythms and fine guitar, a high standard is set and equalled by 'Creepy Feeling' and the Johnny Winter-influenced 'Everybody Knowns (Slippin),' with its gruff vocals and fine guitar interplay. 'Dream Novel' rounds off side one with some simply exquisite guitar work. Perhaps the album's finest moment is 'Happy,' the closing track, which builds into an amazing climax. Recommended." -- Fuzz, Acid & Flowers
Capitol
LP
$11.00

Lava Children
Four Spells
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Graveface
LP
$12.00

Lava Children
Four Spells
PS, US Pysch pop masters create eerie masterpieces. For fans of Sun Ra, 13th Floor Elevators, BMSR, The Knife
Graveface
CD
$10.00

Lenguas Largas
I Feel
PS, US Debut 45 from Lenguas Largas. Through the bleak haze of herbal therapies, alcohol, and obsession with darkness comes three homemade alchemical solutions.
This great new post-punk debut shakes around everything in the kitchen sink to gather it's friction and to warm these cold, dark tunes up for human consumption.
500 pressed
TicTacTotally
45
$5.75

Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
II
PS,US Highly-anticipated 2nd full-length by Oslo's cosmic-disco kings. Featuring elements of Italo, Krautrock, & disco-influenced productions, alongside the production spark genius that defined those halcyon releases of the post disco/punk era, they provide us w/ yet more lush bass lines, sublime melodies & rolling rhythms bursting w/ pure emotion
Eskimo
CD
$18.00

Lindstrom & Prins Thomas
II
PS,US 4LP version
Eskimo
4XLP
$33.50

Little Champions
Pillow
PS, US "Little Champions write songs that verge on making all other music excruciatingly boring. This is a standard-setting album." (Spank Fanzine)
Barsuk-007
CD
$10.50

Little Champions
Transactions + Replications
PS, US "Intelligent pop for math rock fans, showtunes for imaginary epic productions, liquid rock that sticks in your brain." (Epitonic)
Barsuk-016
CD
$10.50

Little Girls
Thrills
PS, US Includes download card! Totally rockin' lo-fi mindbending (think Wavves) from The Great White North. Limited wax comes with download card. It all started when Josh McIntyre, multi-instrumentalist and drummer for Toronto's garage/psych duo Pirate/Rock, recorded a few songs in his home studio as an experiment in early 2009. Anonymously posting the songs as "Little Girls" on the internet, he was soon talked up not only by his (then oblivious) peers, but also by tastemakers Gorilla vs. Bear, and within days the music was getting hundreds of plays, and positive feedback from sources big and small, from The Walrus to No Pain in Pop to Pitchfork and beyond. Little Girls' sound is driven by youth and nostalgia, sonically and stoically combining lo-fi post-punk with layers of fuzz to create murky, haunting, and melodic walls of sound. Influenced primarily by 80's no-wave like Mars and DNA as well as the golden era of rap and hip hop. Equally influential are the works of Can, Joy Division, J Dilla, Wire and the Clean. What it adds up to is minimal music filling every inch of the recording space, and a sound like no other.
MexicanSummer-013
12
$14.25

Lodger, The
I Think I Need You
PS, SPAIN There are groups that believe that a song is still the greatest form of musical expression, and they reinforce this by releasing singles, like it was done in the 50's. Nowadays, though, it's an act of rebellion, but bands like THE CLIENTELE have successfully converted their collections of small vinyls into a myth in and of themselves, a precious object of desire of collectionists and pop lovers. THE LODGER are the biggest news in pop in recent years. With two incredible albums that already light up our shelves and that have made them a center of attention of both critics and the public, the quartet from Leeds led by Ben Siddall also made a place for themselves in the scene with three incredible singles (obviously impossible to find today), each released on a different independent label. "I Think I Need You" will be the fifth 7" of their career, the first with Elefant (of course, in a precious green color) and a new demonstration of their incredible ability to make beautiful pop melodies that are simultaneously full of happiness and timeless, and that has an attention grabbing trumpet presence. "We realized that we'd never released a "slow" single before, so we decided that it was the perfect time to fix that and here we have this mid-tempo rectification that is "I Think I Need You" and its fantastic and crystalline guitar arrangements. And for those who enjoy LODGER's love of THE SMITHS, "I Can't Stop" is one of those songs that you will beg on your knees for the DJ to play to brighten a Saturday night. "This Is Good Fortune" has one of those choruses that you need to remember every morning before getting on the bus that takes you to your daily routine, just to have a bit of sunshine every day, while "That Guy" is, as they themselves admit, the shortest song they've ever written, an explosive crescendo that barely takes a minute to blast. At Elefant we are deeply proud to collaborate in increasing the size of that object of desire we mentioned before, and that some of LODGER's incredible compositions are now part of our catalog.
Elefant-272
45
$7.75

London, Frank & Lorin Skramberg
Tsuker-Zis
PS,US This 3rd installment of their Nigunim projects focuses on Hasidic holiday songs. Features guitarist Knox Chandler (PSYCHEDELIC FURS), legendary oud player ARA DINKJIAN & Indian percussion virtuoso DEEP SINGH
Tzadik
CD
$15.25

Los Natas
Nuevo Orden De La Libertad
PS,US Thick, heavy, psychedelic swirlings combine the best of the band's 2 worlds: 1 foot firmly set in the heyday of 1960s rock fury, the other planted squarely in their South American roots
SmallStone
CD
$13.25

Love Live Life + One
Love Will Make A Better You
PS, SWEDEN "Number six on the Japrocksampler Top 50, available again for the first time in over a decade!" "Commencing with singer Akira Fuse's goggle-eyed one-day-old-baby innocence, Love Live Life + 1's album opener 'The Question Mark' escorts us through an eighteen-minute free-rock R&B adventure like nothing before or since. Clanking harsher than even the title track of Funkadelic's Free Your Mind & Your Ass Will Follow, and twice as long; cosmic as the Cosmic Joker's Galactic Supermarket, and gnarly as John McLaughlin's out-there-a-minute axe excursions on Miles's 'Right Off'' or his own Devotion solo LP, do these guys fight for their right to party! The mellower second side includes the insanely brilliant eight-minute epic 'Shadows Of My Mind,' in which Akira Fuse sings like some drunken Italian baritone, while atonal swooping strings and crazy brass support/undermine him; then it's off into a juggernaut bass-heavy clatterthon with duel-axe outrage of the highest level. And how about that title track whose catchy bastard licks unashamedly rip Sly's 'I Want To Take You Higher,' but still have you singing along with Fuse? The record closes brilliantly with the demented 'Facts About It All,' which opens like Fuse laying a grunting 6/8 James Brown/Eric Burdon ballad on us. But no, this miniature R&B opera says in 2 minutes and 56 seconds what prog bands took a whole side to say. All hail visionary genius Ikuzo Orita for uniting his fave guitarist Kimio Mizutani with the errant free-jazz Gibson 335 of Takao Naoi, whose brittle spittle pops permanent wheelies around these slippery rhythm tracks. Also hail Orita for recognizing the genius of these songs of sax player Kei Ichihara, for trusting Akira Fuse's professionalism and open-mindedness, and for seeing this 33-minute-long classic to its unlikely conclusion." -- Japrocksampler
DroneSyndicate
CD
$17.00

Loves, The
Three
PS, UK Sixties obsessives' third and finest album - eleven tracks of bubblegum pop, Nuggets garage and mini-rock operas about synaethesia, coca-cola and girls. For Fans Of: The Monkees, The Velvet Underground, Nuggets, Bubblegum pop. The Loves' third LP (cleverly titled) "Three" sees the group embrace their bubblegum pop roots with more of the multi-coloured 60s influenced pop music that's earned them four Peel sessions, two BBC 6music sessions, 29 band members and a Sunday Times Album Of The Week. The main influences this time are The Who, Boyce & Hart, The Flaming Lips & Primal Scream. It was recorded over 18 months at 3 locations - East London, Brooklyn & Cardiff & features guest performers such as Darren Hayman & The Voluntary Butler Scheme. Formed in Cardiff in 2000, The Loves released their debut single on Radio One DJ Huw Stephen Boobytrap Singles Club in 2001, followed by several singles and an LP on the Track And Field label. They recorded four Peel Sessions in two years (one broadcast live from Peel Acres on Valentine's Day 2002) and played with the likes of The Yeah Yeah Yeahs, The Rapture, Bearsuit and Apples In Stereo. Since beginning The Loves have had approximately 29 members come and go, making band leader Simon Love the Welsh Mark E Smith. The current line up of the band is Simon on lead voice and guitar, DC on bass, Johnny on drums, Jenna on lead voice and percussion and Ed on keyboards/guitar. Their last album "Technicolour" (2006) was Sunday Times Album of the Week and they've had plays on BBC Radio One (Huw Stephens), BBC Radio Two (Marc Radcliffe) and BBC 6Music (Marc Riley). The band have also recorded sessions for BBC Radio One, 6Music and Resonance FM. Live : Currently on UK tour with Pocketbooks. Recent shows have included Tate Liverpool's 25th Anniversary and London's Blow Up club.
FortunaPop-81
CD
$15.00

Lytle, Jason
Yours Truly, The Commuter
PS, US New solo album from Grandaddy guy.
Anti
CD
$16.25

Lytle, Jason
Yours Truly, The Commuter
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Anti
DLP
$17.75

Marshmallow Coast
Phreak Phantasy
PS, US Marshmallow Coast flew out of the trash of Denver like a phoenix in the pre-apocalyptic year of 1996. Andy From Denver (aka Andy Gonzales, Gonzalez, Andy Sailboat, A.G. Forrester) began his career on 4-track, with a love for French impressionistic classical and a jazz back ground. With each successive release has been a quest for refinement of the pure pop number. Underlying his many production growth spurts through each album is his quirky take on human existence. Though the lyrics may seem deep and mysterious, those that know Andy realize that he is generally trying to deliver dead pan comedy. Recently, he has devoted much time to drum machine programming and honing his unique guitar playing, which is at times jazzy and other times blisteringly on fire. The band currently consists of Andy, his internal monologue (ala Wonder Years), and Sara Kirkpatrick doing triple duty on Flute, Keyboards, and Dj'ing. He has been quoted on the street ranting, "All those blessed walk through the fire below an ancient monument, skin melting and bones raised towards the sky in a grand toast to man-kinds greed". HISTORY The band began as a solo recording project of singer/songwriter Andy Gonzales, who first recorded as Marshmallow Coast in 1996 with a self-released cassette, which featured contributions from Joel Richardson of The Minders. After a split single release, Gonzales met up with old friend and Neutral Milk Hotel member Julian Koster to record Timesquare. While it was recorded in 1997, it did not get released until 2000 due to various label disputes. Gonzales, after releasing some more singles, dropped the Marshmallow Coast project temporarily to tour with Music Tapes, Koster's side project, and relocate to Athens, GA in 1997. In Athens, Gonzales met with Kevin Barnes and Derek Almstead, singer/songwriter and bassist/ engineer, respectively, of the relatively new Of Montreal. With Barnes, Gonzales recorded Marshmallow Coast's second album, 1999's Seniors & Juniors, and became a member of Of Montreal himself. The other members of the band became his backing and for a couple singles including the split with Of Montreal and with My First Keyboard. 2000 brought the Derek Almstead produced Marshmallow Coasting, and a tour with Of Montreal. Gonzales then began a website-based project where he recorded songs for paying customers and gave them sole ownership. Derek and Andy's second collaboration Ride the Lightning was released in 2001 with another Of Montreal tour. Antistar released in 2003 without Derek or any other Of Montrealers and with the addition of Sara Kirkpatrick on flute, was produced by Jason NeSmith of Casper & the Cookies. In late 2005, Gonzales announced that the project would show some changes, songwriting duties now being shared between Gonzales and Almstead. With the additions of Emily Growden on keys/vocal and Carlton Owens on drums, a full band was formed and the name changed to M Coast. A new album entitled Say It in Slang was released on Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records in October 2006. In November 2007 it was announced that M Coast had parted ways. Andy will going by Marshmallow Coast again, while Derek, Emily, and Carlton are working on a new band called Faster Circuits.
HappyHappyBirthdaytoMe-108
CD
$11.50

Marshmallow Coast
Phreak Phantasy
PS, US LIMITED to 100 copies
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe
LP
$16.50

Master Musicians of Bukkake
Totem One
PS, US Features members of SUNN O))), EARTH, GRAILS, & BURNING WITCH, & vocals by Alan Bishop (SUN CITY GIRLS). Like a reverse dark side of the new age sound, the group perform ritualistic electric excursions into the outer & inner reaches. Outerspace Gamelan, dusty fuzz rock, meditations of a deranged Krishna, & blurry acoustic guitar majesty all reveal themselves in epic form
Conspiracy
CD
$16.75

Master Musicians of Bukkake
Totem One
PS, US Viny version. Features members of SUNN O))), EARTH, GRAILS, & BURNING WITCH, & vocals by Alan Bishop (SUN CITY GIRLS). Like a reverse dark side of the new age sound, the group perform ritualistic electric excursions into the outer & inner reaches. Outerspace Gamelan, dusty fuzz rock, meditations of a deranged Krishna, & blurry acoustic guitar majesty all reveal themselves in epic form
Conspiracy
LP
$16.75

Mates of State
All Day
PS,US Following a move to the east coast & 2003's triumphant "Team Boo," the group reinvented themselves w/ this EP. 180 gram vinyl at 45 RPM. Includes MP3 code.
Polyvinyl
LP
$10.00

Meat Puppets
Sewn Together
PS, US New 2009 album from Kirkwood Bros, approaching a triumphant return to form! ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Sewn Together sounds and feels pleasurably baked, and the mood makes even the grandest conceits on this album sound at once modest and as spacious as the desert. For all the demons that haunted them following their brief flirtation with fame, Sewn Together suggests that the Meat Puppets are following their bliss again, and if it's not quite up to the standards of their classic material, there's no question that it reconnects with the qualities that made them so special. It's a fine thing to have the Meat Puppets back in fighting shape again."
Megaforce
CD
$15.00

Merzbow
13 Japanese Birds Volume 4
PS, US Merzbow's 13 Japanese Birds is a 13 month series of releases inspired by Olivier Messaien's Catalogue D'Oiseaux. Beginning in January 2009 one volume of 13 Japanese Birds will be released each month. The 13th and final volume will be released January 2010. Each volume will be a one time pressing of 1000 copies. Available from Important Records is a deluxe hand made numbered bamboo box to hold the 13 cd collection. Cover art by Jenny Akita. Author, activist, painter and sound artist Masami Akita had been at the foreground of experimental music for over 25 years. Inspired by psycedelic rock, free jazz, early electronic composition as well the physical arts, especial Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau, Masami Akita has created a musical language all his own.
Important-241
CD
$13.00

Merzbow
13 Japanese Birds Vol. 5
PS, US Volume 5 of the 13 Japanese Birds series, limited to 1000
Important
CD
$13.25

Metric
Fantasies
PS, US Now on Vinyl! A densely textured modern mix of psychedelia, electro & rock, this album's dream like quality stays true to the band's aesthetic while venturing into more accessible musical territory
MetricMusic-80019
LP
$18.00

Metric
Help I'm Alive (7" Picture Disc)
PS, US
MetricMusic-80018
45
$6.25

Minsk
With Echoes in the Movement of Stone
PS,US Burns slow through twisted, psychedelic post-rock w/ equal parts bombast & deliberation. Songs unfold like the cosmos before collapsing inward under the crushing weight of their signature wall-of-sound
Relapse
CD
$13.25

Mitchell, Nicole Black Earth Strings
Renegades
PS,US BES rides at the forefront of jazz, new music, & creative improvisation & MITCHELL's "rough & edgy" aesthetic rebels from the flowery sweet flute & string stereotype that runs rampant in jazz. Compositions bring African rhythms, contemporary sounds, & swinging improvisation to a chamber music setting. Feat. JOSH ABRAMS, RENEE BAKER, TOMEKA REID, & SHIRAZETTE TINNIN
Delmark
CD
$13.25

Modular
Fantasias De Un Robot Psicodelico
PS, SPAIN MODULAR is an Argentine duo formed in 2000 by Mariana Badaracco and Pablo Dahy. The group is a strange bird in and of itself in the Buenos Aires scene; their affinity for analog synthesizers (the famous Moog Modular gave them their name), the B-series and 60s science-fiction esthetic, the pop and lounge, as well as their imaginary mix of melancholic psychedelia and spatial fantasy have made them stand out as unique in a scene accustomed to more rock-oriented and less sophisticated options. Four demos released on CD-Rs and distributed via the web, collaborations on various compilations in countries as diverse as Germany or Brazil, a collection of truly unique compositions these have been the things that have generated a plethora of fans who have compared the group to the likes of STEREOLAB, OS MUTANTES, BROADCAST, John Barry, THE HIGH LLAMAS, URSULA 1000, Giorgio Moroder, George Gershwin and many more. Maybe the closest comparison is Laetitia Sadier and Tim Ganes group, as both share a passion for analog, for bossanova harmonies, for circular melodies and the elegance of great orchestral arrangements. But MODULAR brings a special colorful, sunnier version than the pop universe, a special passion for majestic and amazing orchestral arrangements, as well as precious phrasing and Marianas sweetly peculiar voice (which has carried her to collaborate on Norways Alexander Von Mehrens new work, with Pete Aves of THE HIGH LLAMAS) and a deep-seated, contagious optimism that swells between spatial waves and frequency filters, as if they were vindicating space pops Latin roots and as if they were setting themselves up as the indubitable successors of Juan Garcia Esquivel.
Elefant-1138
CD
$15.50

Mojo
#188 (July 2009) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Monks, The
The Early Years 1964-1965
PS, US Collection of The Monks' singles anmd extraneous genius, lavishly packaged, lovingly remastered. The Monks were American G.I.s based in Germany who created batshit-primal garage-punk and dressed accordingly. Details, release date and price TBC.
LightInTheAttic
CD
$15.25

Monks, The
Black Monk Time [re-issue]
PS, US Rerelease of The Monks' notorious 1966 album, their one and only, lavishly packaged, lovingly remastered. The Monks were American G.I.s based in Germany who created batshit-primal garage-punk and dressed accordingly. Details, release date and price TBC.
LightInTheAttic
CD
$15.25

Moon Phantoms
S/T
PS, US Limited to 500. Collaboration of BARDO POND, ALESEHIR, & SUISHOU NO FUNE, & the 4th release in Important Records 4-part Bardo Pond related vinyl set
Important
LP
$18.25

Moraites, Eleni
Everything You Missed
PS, US Eleni is back with 12 new songs about life, love, and loss...still playing out her singer/songwriter folk roots but rocken a little harder this time around with a full band.
Feat. Ryan Groff and Angie Heaton on background vocals on a few of these gems!
RestStop-003
CD
$10.00

Morgion
Among Majestic Ruin
PS, US
Kreation-026
LP
$15.50

Mori, Ikue
Class Insecta
PS,US One of the pioneers of laptop electronics, Ikeu (formerly of the landmark No Wave band DNA) has been breaking new ground on the musical frontier for 3 decades. This newest solo CD features her idiosyncratic take on contemporary dance rhythms & electronica. Fascinating ambient textures, detailed improvisations & pulsing hypnotic rhythms clash & combine in this complex & charismatic electronic masterpiece
Tzadik
CD
$15.25

Mount Eerie
Live in Copenhagen
PS, US Five sides contain 34 live tracks from a two-set solo performance is Copenhagen in 2003. including several MICROPHONES songs, as-yet-unreleased Mt. Eerie
songs and a couple of covers. Triple gatefold jacket w/ LP-sized booklet that includes hand written lyrics in both English and Danish - all illustrated by PHIL ELVERUM.
BurntToast
3XLP
$23.25

Mouthus/Cousins Of Reggae
Split
PS, US A side each of fertile noise-rot from COUSINS OF REGGAE & MOUTHUS
OldeEnglish
LP
$17.00

Mt. Erie
Live in Copenhagen (3XLP)
PS, US Mt. Eeries Live in Copenhagen is our most ambitious vinyl release ever: three LPs in a triple gatefold jacket with LP-sized booklet that includes hand-written lyrics in both English and Danish, all beautifully illustrated by Phil Elverum. Five sides contain 34 live tracks from a two-set solo performance in Copenhagen from 5 April 2003. The sixth side features an etching by Genevieve Elverum (Phils wife) and a bonus track, 'The Boom,' recorded in a Copenhagen apartment.
BurntToastVinyl
3XLP
$25.00

Murder By Death/Amanda Palmer
Split
PS, US LIMITED ONE TIME PRESSING! This is the third in a series of 7"" featuring Murder By Death collaborating w/ other well known indie rock artists. Side A: Murder By Death
performing AMANDA PALMER's "Another Year". Side B: Amanda Palmer performing MBD's "3 Men Hanging"
MurderByDeath
45
$8.50

Nada Surf
Weight Is A Gift, The
PS, US Here it is. Barsuk is proud to bring you the weight is a gift, Nada Surf's sharp, compact, and brilliant follow-up to their acclaimed 2003 masterpiece let go. After two years of touring the world, our heroes Matthew, Daniel and Ira returned to the studio with producer Chris Walla (Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, The Thermals) and, after some additional time working at home in NYC, have delivered a perfect pop album sure to alleviate the growing breathless anticipation among both longterm fans and recent converts.
Barsuk-046
LP
$14.75

Nada Surf
Let Go
PS, US "Like their peers Weezer, Nada Surf have matured without all the negative aspects that might imply: flitting between driving power-pop, blue-skies post-grunge and acoustic rock balladry, Let Go is an enchanting and subtle album that consigns the band's curmudgeonly, satirical edge to the dumpster. It's often beautifully simple: the curious "Blonde on Blonde" finds frontman Matthew Caws singing of listening to Bob Dylan on his headphones as he strolls in the rain, while "Happy Kid" is a wide-eyed rollercoaster ride that boasts not a single cynical bone in its rosy, plump frame. Add this to the fact that there's some wry-but-muscular rock songs here that could take Rivers Cuomo on at his own game (see the fluorescent punk-pop rush of "The Way You Wear Your Head") and it suddenly becomes clear that Nada Surf are far more than "Popular"--they're a smart, alluring, attractive 21st century rock band that are so over high school it hurts." (Amazon.com)
Barsuk-029
LP
$14.75

Neokarma Jooklo Trio
Time's Vibes
PS, US A wildflower in the Italian music scene, using cosmic improvisation & meditation techniques that gently hoover into musical religion. With up-tempo tribal percussion & trance-inducing Middle Eastern & Asian Gamelan influences, the group summons the ancient spirits of nature. Ethereal drones are woven into a magical flying carpet, then drenched in reverb & delay to dig deep in an emotional visionary barrel. RIYL: Yahowa 13, Kawabata Makoto, Master Musicians of Bukkake, Guru Guru
Conspiracy
LP
$16.75

Neon Pearl
1967 Recordings
PS, UK First time on CD for these incredible sessions from the year of psychedelia's apex. Top notch floating underground psych with organ and harmonium -- features members of Please and The Flies who were later in legendary band T2 (the sleevenotes try to make the convoluted band history clear). This edition is taken from the master tapes, and comes complete with two bonus tracks not on the limited LP edition.
Acme/Lion
CD
$15.25

Nero's Day At Disneyland
From Rotting Fantasylands
PS, UK Nero's Day At Disneyland is a triumphant and bombastic art techno project orchestrated by Brock Bousfield from Oakland, California. Blending haunted 15th century sacred music with a tangled mess of burnt out electronic noise with a crushingly huge sense of scope. Nero's Day At Disneyland seems to cram together the entire musical history of the last 2009 years. "From Rotting Fantasylands" is his opus and each of the 15 tracks contained have enough Sturm und drang to power an entire city. But it's not just the speed of the music (although many of the songs go well above 200BPM) that is so exciting, rather Bousfield's ability to layer his music with ideas, and melodies galore, and complex musical structures that deliver their impact on the listener. We promise you'll be blown away!
CockRockDisco-022
CD
$15.25

Nether Dawn
Well Song
PS, US ANTONY MILTON is one of New Zealand's leading figures of new experimental drone & folk music. This was recorded in the dim light of an underground abandoned bunker
Porter
CD
$14.75

Ocean
Pantheon of the Lesser
PS, US WHITE VERSION w/ unique D-side track - a cover of Swans' "You're Not Real, Girl." Vinyl version is double 200-gram vinyl, packaged in deluxe letter-pressed covers & limited to 500 copies
Important
DLP
$23.25

Oceansize
Frames [U.S. Version w/DVD]
PS, US One of the UK's true innovators, Oceansize have carved a unique place for themselves in the music scene. Previous albums EFFLORESCE and EVERYONE INTO POSITION have been hugely critically acclaimed. This acclaim is in part recognition that Oceansize look to do things differently to the mainstream. The sound is progressive but never forgets the importance of good songs. FRAMES is an album that takes the band to the next level. Eight tracks weighing in at 67 minutes, this is not an album of the instant - but ultimately forgettable - single . The band weaves layers of instrumentation and vocals to create a unique sound and feel. From the hypnotic weave of 'Commemorative T-Shirt' to the skewed rock riffs of 'Sleeping Dogs and Dead Lions', from the epic sweeping orchestration of 'Savant' to the broodingly minimal instrumental 'An Old Friend Of The Christies', this is Oceansize's darkest, most adventurous and most accomplished album to date. The N. American Bonus DVD contains the full album played by Oceansize in live video versions!
Superball
CD/DVD
$16.25

Olive Grain
Olive Grain
PS, US
AceFu-013
CD
$13.00

Om
Live Conference
PS, US Deluxe limited edition vinyl-only release. On this night the group performed the seminal album "Conference of the Birds" live in its entirety. Newly invoked energy resonates in the sound of the band
Important
LP
$16.75

OOIOO
OOIOO
PS, US
KillRockStars-317
CD
$13.00

Otis, Shuggie
Freedom Flight
PS, US 180 gram vinyl exact repro reissue of Shuggie's 1971 album for Epic. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Shuggie wrote four of the album's seven tunes, did all the arrangements and helped Johnny with production suggestions. The senior Otis produced the set and allowed all of Shuggie's 'weird' ideas full-reign in production, and he was joined by a host of musicians from the first album, along with George Duke, Aynsley Dunbar and the backing chorus of Clydie King, Venetta Field and Shirley Matthews, among others. Shuggie plays a slew of instruments on the set. Its centerpiece is 'Strawberry Letter 23' that filled out Inspiration Information's reissue, but there are no weak cuts here. Sample the guitars on 'Sweet Thang,' 'Purple,' and 'Freedom Flight,' the latter displays two extended jamming exercises with lots of wondrously magical production touches; the former is a visionary bottleneck number that is warm and oozes soul. The bassline on 'Me And My Woman' prefigures that distorted keyboard bass P-Funk trademarked earlier, by two years."
Epic
LP
$14.25

Panicks, The
The Complete Recordings
PS, US The great Ohio garage band that was featured on Psychedelic States Ohio In The 60's. Eight previously unreleased studio recording plus their two great 45s and a great live version of 'You're My Baby.
GearFab
CD
$12.50

Paper Chase, The
Someday This Could All Be Yours Vol. 1
PS, US On Someday This Could All Be Yours Vol. 1, The Paper Chase sounds even more unlike any other band in modern music. As a band, The Paper Chase has matured but hasn't lightened up, leaving open spaces and allowing melodies to fully develop; the group presents its most powerful work to date. Utilizing a newfound dynamic command with drummer Jason Garner making his recorded debut with the group, these songs are able to breathe--subtly building feelings of anticipation, yet erupting into violence and chaos as crisis becomes inevitable. With each track representing a different natural disaster, The Paper Chase leader John Congleton crafts his most startling account of humanity, exploring the existential crisis inherent within a universe seemingly fated to exterminate its population. While the narrative voices obsess over the batteries in their smoke alarms, the dams along the river and their desperate prayers for health and prosperity, these songs expose the utter frailty of the human condition.
KillRockStars-502
CD
$13.75

Passion Pit
Manners
PS,US An irresistible, filler-free glimpse into the mind of a man who'd like to unleash his very own Pet Sounds someday. Check the carefully-sculpted songwriting on display: the speaker-panning synths & slightly sinister children's chorus (straight outta P.S. 22 in NYC) of "Little Secrets" & "The Reeling," the lead dulcimer loops & melancholic melodies of "Moth's Wings"
FrenchKiss
CD
$13.25

Peaking Lights
Imaginary Falcons
PS, US Drift-pop duo that levitate lofty organic magic from their unique analog electronics mainframe. Seven strung-out sing-song serenades of Suicide-style drum machinery, groovy lost ghost candle crooning, dubby keyboard echoes, gentle guitar gestures, & narcotic harmonica, woven into an expertly sequenced lucid dream you never want to wake up from. Pro-dubbed cassettes limited to 150
NotNotFun
CASS
$8.50

Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
GlassNote
LP
$19.00

Phoenix
Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix
PS, US New album from Phrench modern pop kingpins. A career-defining album, filled w/ the band's signature melding of synthetics & organics, sharp, danceable rhythms, infectious choruses w/ a considerable dose of aural panache, & candy-colored pop sensibilities.
GlassNote
CD
$12.25

Pictureplane
Trance Doll
PS, US
LovePumpUnited-022
45
$4.25

Pink Martini
Discover the World: Live
PS,US Filmed in the ensemble's hometown of Portland at the historic Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, this DVD presents a thrilling full-length concert film (seen nationwide on PBS television) in pristine stereo sound, featuring some previously unrecorded rarities. The DVD also contains never-before-seen bonus films & features that present stories & photos from the band's vibrant history
Heinz
DVD
$20.25

Pink Noise, The
Alpha
PS, US It makes perfect sense that "Out of place, out of time." would be the first lyrics of the new Pink Noise LP. Although everyone and their mother seems to have a weird punk, bedroom recording project these days very few of them can bring it like this guy (s). Drum machines, synths and other junk shop electronics combined with some of the most Chrome damaged guitar in a long while.
AlmostReady
LP
$15.00

Pisces
A Lovely Sight
PS,US On "A Lovely Sight," Jefferson Airplane's swirled, lysergic Haight St. utopia melds with the urban narcosis of VU's East Village. But PISCES hailed from another ghost town altogether: Rockford, IL, where rusted endless plains bear close resemblance to a bummer acid trip or a junkie's rock bottom. This unsettling, unissued LP combines homespun psych vision & secondhand studio trickery with naive readings of the rock sound of the day, resulting in a diverse, haunted headspace few coastal bands ever flew through
Numero
CD
$13.25

Ponies In The Surf
Ponies On Fire
PS, US The debut full-length from the already beloved Ponies in the Surf. Camille & Alexander have always thought their songs are best suited for 3 AM or early afternoon, since those are often the moods they're trying to recapture in sound. You know, like when you have an epiphany while washing dishes late at night after all your friends have gone home? These 14 songs form the perfect record for the winter months, even though you'll find it suits the summertime just as well.
Asaurus-049
CD
$4.25

Pop, Iggy
Preliminaires
PS,US Focuses more on jazz arrangements & the distinctive, rich baritone heard on classics like "Nightclubbing" & his duet w/ French legend Francoise Hardy on the song "I'll Be Seeing You"
Astralwerks
CD
$16.75

Portland Bike Ensemble
Live In Japan
PS, US
OldeEnglish
LP
$18.50

Post Honeymoon
S-T
PS, US Newlywed band of vocalist/keyboardist Rachel Shindelman & drummer/bassist/vocalist Nick Kraska played together in popular synth-punk outfits BANG! BANG! & NEW BLACK. Following the demise of those bands & their ensuing marriage, Nick & Rachel began winning over Windy City audiences with their stripped-down & dark, churning rock. Echos the sultry & urgent sounds of Siouxsie & The Banshees, Motels, Suicide, & Love & Rockets. LIMITED VINYL INCL. FREE DIGITAL VERSION W/ EXCLUSIVE REMIX
TwoThumbsDown
LP
$12.00

Primus
Pork Soda (DELAYED: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1993, this is the group's 2nd major label release. Punk, funk, noise, rock, blues, & novelty pop all combine into the crazy stew that is Primus, & this is one of the finest efforts of their illustrious career. Reissued on 180 gram 2LP
Plain
DLP
$22.50

Proem
Till There's No Breath
PS, US Proem delivers his 8th album and first for the newly awakened Nonreponse imprint. This time out Richard Bailey revisits themes that made his "darker still" ep one of Enpeg Digital's most popular releases. "Till there's no breath" is somewhere between dream and nightmare and is clearly an album where Bailey takes an honest and emotionally unsettling stab at his take on dark ambient. Somewhere between the undefined washes of Lustmord and the ebb and flow of Eno "Till there's no breath" is a much welcomed addition to Proem's body of work.
Nonresponse-006
CD
$12.25

Prom, The
Saloon Song + 2
PS, US "Guys with pianos are the new guys with guitars. Billy Joel and Elton John kicked a rather large chunk of ass in their heydays, so why can't indie-rock kids do the same now? They can, and the Prom does." (Magnet)
Barsuk-018
45
$5.25

Psycedelic Horseshit
Shitgaze Anthems
PS,US After a 2-year absence, what has happened since we last peeked in on these "shitgaze" innovators? Well, that famous "distorto-lo-fi-sound" has been popping up in quite open spaces: No Age has become the new Brittany Spears, Wavves crashed in outta nowhere like a mid-90s grunge signing, and Vivian Girls are playing on the speakers in Target stores nationwide. Expect better production, poppier songs with druggier references, and elements as disparate as dub & emo combining to form a revionistic classic sound that is at once new & strangely familiar
Woodsist
LP
$13.50

Pulp
This Is Hardcore
PS, US Super deluxe 180gm 2LP vinyl in gatefold sleeve! Originally released in 1998, this was at once the artistic pinnacle of 90s Brit-pop, & the genre's comedown record, marking the end of an era w/ its ruminations on growing old (JARVIS COCKER wrote & recorded the album at the age of 33, which may also explain the album's Jesus fixation), fearful, & bitter. Drawing influence from Bowie & Roxy Music, rather than the Stones & Beatles, here he crafted one of the darkest yet anthemic albums of all time. An absolute
masterpiece
Plain
DLP
$27.00

Pumajaw
Favourites
PS, US Retrospective of the 1st 4 albums. These 14 gems were handpicked by the group. A duo that weave multi-octave voice w/ looped guitar, mandolin, samples, concertina & hypnotic rhythms. They have their own seductive sound that defies categorization & stretches from psychedelic pop through sultry folk songs to eerie, cacophonous, trance-inducing laments
Fire-130
CD
$14.50

Pumice/Grouper
NZ Tour Single
PS, US Limited to 500! Few available. Tour-only single with new, exclusive songs.
SoftAbuse
45
$5.75

Ra Ra Riot
The Rhumb Line LP
PS, US VINYL VERSION!
Barsuk-077
LP
$14.00

Radiators, The
The Lost Southlake Sessions
PS, US Recorded in the early 90's during one of the most creative periods in the band's long history. The sessions were discovered while researching tracks for last years 30th Anniversary Compilation, Wild & Free. Six of the fourteen tracks have never been previously released.
RadzRecords-2222
CD
$10.50

Radin, Joshua
Simple Times
PS, US
Mom&PopMusic
CD
$14.25

Real Estate
Fake Blues
PS, US
Woodsist
45
$6.00

Record Collector
#363 (June 2009)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Robinson, Perry & Burton Greene
Two Voices In The Desert
PS,US Two of the most infamous & legendary pioneers of free jazz & the downtown scene. One of the greatest modern jazz clarinetists in the world meets virtuoso pianist in this historic new installment to Radical Jewish Culture
Tzadik
CD
$15.25

Rodriguez
Coming From Reality
PS, US Back in 1971, Coming From Reality was Rodriguez's last gasp, the follow-up to Cold Fact and the final album he was allowed to record for the Sussex label. Unearthed, once again by Light In The Attic Records, it's another treat for fans new and old, designed - at the time - as Rodriguez's vision of a perfect pop album. Coming From Reality found Rodriguez decamping from Detroit to London's Lansdowne Studios, where the album was recorded with some of the UK's top talent including Chris Spedding (Harry Nilsson, Sex Pistols, Dusty Springfield) and producer Steve Rowland (The Pretty Things, PJ Proby and the man who discovered The Cure), who recalls Coming From Reality as his all time favorite recording project. Highlights include the super-poppy To Whom It May Concern, the Rocky Raccoon-inspired A Most Disgusting Song and period piece Heikki's Suburbia Bus Tour. The reissue also includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks recorded in Detroit in 1972 with Cold Fact collaborators Mike Theodore & Dennis Coffey, representing the last thing the trio ever did together. Meanwhile, the Rodriguez story keeps gathering pace. A Swedish film company is working on a feature length documentary about the enigmatic performer's music and life. Rodriguez is planning to bring his live show to the UK and Europe come Spring/Summer 2009, along with further North American touring.
LightInTheAttic-038-1
LP
$26.00

Rodriguez, Roberto
Timba Talmud
PS,US Imaginative Cuban-Jewish fusion from this composer/percussionist. Performed by a tight band of musical all-stars, Son Montuno & Guaracha meet the Jewish tradition in the beautiful & sensitive collection of Latin Klezmer
Tzadik
CD
$15.25

Russell, Arthur
Is It All Over My Face
PS, US SLIGHTLY BENT CORNER. B side contains "Home Away From Home," "This Is How We Walk On The Moon," & "See Through Love." Tracks on side B taken from the album "Another Thought." Compiled by Paul Nickerson & Francis Englehardt for Slow To Speak
SlowToSpeak
12
$15.75

Satoh, Masahiko & Soundbreakers
Amalgamation
PS, SWEDEN "Number seven on the Japrocksampler Top 50, available again for the first time in over a decade!" "This preposterous piece of psychedelic avant-jazz sounds like the work of aliens, each with only one foot in our universe. Propelled by cacophonous brassy blasts, volleys of machine-gunning, ecstatically 'Light Fantastic' rhythms and moments of Teo Macero-style 'Mixing Concrète' (during which the whole track becomes consumed by waves of new sound); the result is the most singular mash-up of inappropriate sounds any listener is ever likely to hear. Over two side-long tracks, shaman Masahiko Satoh sends us through a sonic mind-field, baffling our senses and our sense of gravity. Located at the centre of Amalgamation's giddy sessions was the frantic Detroit drumming of hard-bop legend Louis Hayes, whose role it was to play the bubbling ever unfolding fundament on which Masahiko Satoh's whole trip proceeded, as though the rhythm section were a magic carpet magically pulled out from under the feet of the other performers. Over this rhythmic shaking, Satoh scattered Hammond organ around and ring-modulated his Fender Rhodes piano solos (Roland built three especially for the record), added lead guitar from 'super session' legend Kimio Mizutani, trumpets and sax from Mototeru Takagi, scat singing from Kayoko Itoh, and strings from the Wehnne Strings Consort." -- Japrocksampler
DroneSyndicate
CD
$17.00

Saturation Point
Mechanisma
PS, US Saturation Point has taken a change in direction. They have ditched the post-rock instrumental soundscapes that have seemed to dominate the underground rock scene and taken on a motorik vibe. The guitars have melted into the background and the kraut-synth, early keyboard sounds have been dragged to the fore. John Langley (The Mekons/Blue Aeroplanes) has swapped his "swing" for "machine" on the drums. If you need a new fix of German machine rock, wrap your ears around this baby! Think Neu!, Amon Dull II, Organization, Cluster Harmonia, Guru Guru, Cosmic Jokers, Plank Production. "Genre Defining" -Venue Magazine "Mile-high amp debauchery...a new must-have album" -Clash Magazine "An enjoyably dirty brand of post rock" -NME "Captivating and engaging" -The Fly "Saturation Point have made a record that stands tall amongst its many peers" -Line of Best Fit "A stunning listen" -Subba Culthcha "Their music is a calling card from a band who wants to come 'round to your place, redesign your furniture, paint the walls green and then blow your windows out." -Penny Black
Invada-061
CD
$13.75

Savath & Savalas
La Llama
PS, US Guillermo Scott Herren (PREFUSE 73), w/ Eva Puyuleo Muns & a new addition to the band, Roberto Carlos Lange, were inspired by a shared love for South-African psychedelic music & the early 70s independent music scene that had briefly flourished in Recife, Brazil.
StonesThrow
CD
$16.00

Say Hi
oohs & Aahs LP
PS, US VINYL VERSION!
Barsuk-080
LP
$14.00

School of Seven Bells
My Cabal
PS, US Third single from "Alphinsisms" Pronounced "my cable." The song "My Cabal" reflects that strange conflation of technology & the supernatural, spinning a drum-machine throb, a few chiming guitars, and a My Bloody Valentine-style atmospheric "whoosh" into a sophisticated dream-pop anthem. The "My Cabal" single's B-side component is particularly stacked, beginning with the melancholy instrumental track "My Camarilla," a gentle "response" from Cabal, the song's protagonist, to Camarilla, his lady love. A half-time remix of Alpinism's vocoder-laden "Chain" by UK ambient legends Seefeel follows. Finally, Jesu's Justin Broadrick re-imagines "Face to Face on High Places" as an overdriven fever dream, saturating the song with melting- lm guitar tones and
hard-edged electronic percussion. For all of Jesu's added sturm und drang, though, the song ends up somehow even sweeter.
GhostlyInternational
12
$11.00

Secret Mommy Quintet / Basketball
Split
PS, CANADA Limited to 300! On off-white vinyl! Number eight in the div/orce series features Vancouverites exclusively. How fitting then that The Secret Mommy Quintet's song tributes the spirit of their hometown during a few months in the summer where the stars seemed to be aligned for musical creativity. To Live in Vancouver in the Summer of 2008 marks the first recording that Andy and company have recorded as a quintet (as opposed to the last album by Secret Mommy, Plays, which listed all the players as guests), and it is a departure from previous work. First off, there is Andy's voice, unprocessed and relatively "conventional", and then there is the pop sensibility and overall catchiness to the track. It is clear that Andy is further merging his experience in song writing and composition with his love for playful electronics. The result is a pop song straddling the border of experimentation. On the other side we have the recording debut of Basketball; a three piece of heavy percussion, vocals and bent electronics. They were certainly one of the catalysts for the above-mentioned spurt of artistic energy in Vancouver (perhaps Secret Mommy's track is an ode to their record-mates?). But instead of focusing so directly on their own hometown, they broadened their focus to an almost worldwide scope. They pluck from the world countless geographical influences, from Tome's vocals in his native tongue, Croatian, to the Iranian scales, to the gypsy-esque spirit. Basketball exists amongst a history of music played on street corners and at celebrations around the world. While it was mentioned above and, more specifically, in Secret Mommy's song title that the summer months marked something grand amongst a small community of people in Vancouver, this should not imply that such energy is dwindling. On the contrary, Vancouver is a hungry city culturally, and this 7" is a testament to a city pining for fun and harboring the energy to do something about it.
Ache-039
45
$6.75

Section 25
Always Now
PS, US ESSENTIAL!!! 70 minute re-release of the cult, spacey 1981 debut album originally released as Fact 45, produced by Martin Hannett at Pink Floyd's Britannia Row studio. This remastered CD includes 9 bonus tracks, including all tracks from the Girls Don't Count (Fac 18) and Haunted (FBN 3) singles as well as rare compilation tracks and album outtake Human Puppets. The newly re-modelled artwork faithfully reproduces the original Peter Saville sleeve design and contains facsimilie memorabilia and detailed sleevenotes. 19 tracks in total. "Their most complete statement - several complementary shades of gloomy (Q Magazine, 11/91); "A modern redevelopment of psychedelia" (Melody Maker, 1/1992)
LTM-2308-2
CD
$15.00

Section 25
From the Hip
PS, UK ESSENTIAL!!! New deluxe digital remaster of classic 1984 vintage electronica produced by BERNARD SUMNER of NEW ORDER, including both 12" remixes of the durable US club hit Looking From a Hilltop (FAC 108), together with previously unreleased 12" mixes of Beating Heart and Back to Wonder (FAC 68). Also features two mixes of Dirty Disco II. 74 minutes, 15 tracks. Original Peter Savile artwork. "Lovingly repackaged... Unveils the band as a spiked synthetic pop unit of considerable merit" (Melody Maker, 1/1992); "Interesting forays into ambient textures and also an instant club classic in Hilltop" (Record Collector, 11/98); "Beautifully pale and wan" (Q Magazine, 8/1999).
LTM-2314-2
CD
$15.00

Shangri-Las
S-T
PS,US The Shangri-Las stormed stages across the USA in tight pants & leather biker boots, singing about motorcycles & runaways. They were the voice of teens living on the margins of society, the original bad girls, & according to legend, they lived up to their status off stage as well as on. This extensive retrospective brings back the essential work of these proto-riot grrrls, including all their superb hits. 2LP set.
Lilith
DLP
$40.00

Shelton, Naomi & The Gospel Queens
What Have You Done, My Brother?
PS, US
Daptone
LP
$15.75

Shitmat
One Foot in the Rave
PS,US VINYL VERSION!!!
PlanetMu
DLP
$19.25

Shitmat
One Foot in the Rave
PS, US With throwback albums all the rage, SHITMAT joins the likes of Zomby & Glowstyx w/ a nostalgic album of '92-'94 jungle breaks & Amen killers. Reminiscent of DJ Seduction, Foul Play, & early Remarc w/ a tip of the hat to the old school masters of the break.
PlanetMu
CD
$16.00

Shrag
Shrag
PS, US With admirable economy of purpose Shrag have released 10 songs of precise pop over five 7" singles release by Where It's At Is Where You Are. These songs signaled their intention to shimmy, stagger and storm balconies everywhere. Shrag by Shrag is a collection of those 7" singles plus some extras. Twelve everyday stories collated from the scribbles of a diary. Tales of school bullies, "90's crushes" and creepy scenesters; diatribes against obsessive friendships; people who talk too much during sex, and pop songs ruined by wrecked relationships.
WhereIt'sAt-016
CD
$13.75

SIngle
Mr. Shoji
PS, SPAIN There is no other group like SINGLE. Simply put, they have no equal. It is a group that is capable of constantly reinventing itself without losing its absolutely recognizable personality. This is a musical project that has no limits other than its own curiosity, concern and excitement about finding new paths. Sometimes intimate and beautiful, other times - like this song here - fun and danceable. "Mr Shoji" is the new song from SINGLE after three EP's and an album that has placed Teresa Iturrioz and Ibon Errazin's project in the sights of fans of the most innovative pop. In this new song, which is already a crowd favorite in their concerts, SINGLE come riding in on a contagious new synthetic rhythm that brings Jamaica together with Chicago. The ragamuffin and the blues unite in an incredibly natural way that is made stronger by the pop spirit that always fills their productions. In the best Jamaican tradition, the B-side of this vinyl single (the original pop format, which gives privilege to the songs and pays homage to the sound systems) is a dub version of the title track, in which Ibon Errazkin's genius is even more noticeable. This is live, advanced and tremendously modern pop. Different from everything else, but without losing its familiarity. We also want to separately mention the new and fabulous work of Javier Aramburu on the cover of this 7". Aramburu, still new to album illustration work, keeps giving us the best of his paintbrush in his designs for SINGLE. This time it's not a photograph of Teresa on the cover but, as it was on the album, a perfectly executed drawing, fun and beautiful at the same time. Like SINGLE's music, really.
Elefant-270
45
$7.75

Smith, Wadada Leo/Jack DeJohnette
America
PS,US Features 6 new compositions by one of the most consistently brilliant composer/performers out of the legendary AACM, & telepathic interplay by 2 virtuoso instrumentalists who have been pushing the musical envelope since the 1960s
Tzadik
CD
$15.25

Sneakers
Children Into People
PS, US Rex (CAVE's drummer) & Zach (former CAVE bassist). Some of the catchiest weird punk jams you'll ever hear.
Permanent
45
$6.50

Socialist Leisure Party
Tactical POP! for Coffee Cadets
PS,US Super Limited!! Hand assembled, high quality gatefold 7" sleeve with a CD & 7" and an OBI strip that wraps the entire package. Featuring singer-guitarist Andy Hitchcock & bassist Kevin House (both formerly of Sarah Records Action Painting!), plus guitarist Axel Amicabile & drummer Julien Kokot. Hitchcock explains that their name was chosen Òfor its deliberate awkwardness, as an antidote to an atmosphere of smug apathy & marketing subservience in the British music scene. Their intent: to be the anti-Kooks.Ó The eight songs that make up Tactical POP! brim with a relentless vigour that needs no explanation to be understood. The bandÕs briskly strummed guitars & galloping rhythms, and HitchcockÕs eternally youthful voice, combine to make some of the most effortlessly engaging pop in recent, or even long-distant memory. A limited edition pressing of 300 copies.
Shelflife
7"+CD
$18.00

Sonseed
Jesus Is A Friend Of Mine
PS, US Sonseed formed in the late-70s to play a special Mass for the Bishop at a church in Brooklyn, NY. The group of basically strangers realized that Catholics had nowhere to go to hear fun, inspirational music, so they began playing church halls and schools doing "rocked-up" versions of songs pulled from hymnals. Eventually some original stuff was written too.
The group played hundreds of shows over the next 4 years, passing the hat for donations to pay for necessities. It was never about the money; it was all about spreading the Good News and having fun doing it.
ArenaRock-070
CD
$7.00

Soundcarriers
Harmonium
PS,US Psychedelic in the less well-trodden way: jazz-influenced, free-thinking & utterly spaced-out. The closest reference point from the past being the much-loved The Free Design. Surprisingly authentic, true psych, w/ a touch of UK dream-pop & a Stereolab-ish sense of harmony.
Melodic
CD
$16.25

Sounds
Crossing the Rubicon
PS,US Third album from Swedish group. Their synth-pop guitar driven sound still takes center stage, but there's an ambition and sophistication to both the songs and production that reveals new layers of depth to the overall aesthetic.
OriginalSignal
CD
$12.25

Sounds
Crossing the Rubicon
PS, US
OriginalSignal
LP
$17.00

Soviet
Spies In The House Of Love
PS, US I had to get away from the madness," Soviet's Keith Ruggiero explains of his move from NYC to LA. He needed the proverbial clean slate, and unearthed his roots from the East Coast asphalt. The subsequent six year sabbatical became a panacea, allowing music to bubble up to the surface again. Now Spies in the House of Love is "the infamous second record that was never released." It is slated for mid-April 2009 on SoundsRed, a division of his own sound design company. New sophisticated songs depart from strict synthpop toward a new-romantic homage to Roxy Music, Human League, and Howard Jones. At the helm, L.A. producer, Dave Trumfio, (Pulsars, Mates of State, Holiday, OK Go!) polished garden-fresh tracks like "Radio Kursk," "Photograph," and "Waves of Understanding." While Soviet is now entirely solo, Ruggiero initially converged with college comrade, Christopher Otchy. Their first album "We Are Eyes, We Are Builders" fused human emotions with embellished melodies, luscious synths, and austere beats. Soviet took a swing at the most sparkling, and pure remnants of the 80s, and made them its own. Eventually Soviet grew to five, with Otchy, Kenan Gunduz, Greg Kochan and Amanda Lynn, and the over-hyped Electroclash scene finally paid attention. After years of hard work, amiability, and good songs Soviet could finally ride this vehicle to acclaim, only to be burned out by its simultaneous injuries. But after this restorative time in Los Angeles, Soviet will undoubtedly find favor with old fans that will be eager to hear his new work.
Soundsred-001
CD
$9.00

Spacemen 3
DJ Tones
PS, US Stunning 5 track mini album featuring 5 demos (2 of them unreleased) from various points of the Spacemens career.. The vinyl version here follows last year's rapid fire selling of the Space Age CD. The set kicks off with the beautiful, unreleased "These Blues," (before being completely reworked for the second Spiritualized album "Pure Phase"), this is stripped way down and sounds like something from some 3rd album period, Velvet bootleg. ...just stunning gospel / blues...Next up comes a unique, , violin prominent take of the Red Krayola classic "Transparent Radiation", followed by the second of the exclusives on the album, "Modulated Tones", then the fabulous "I Love You Remix" previously available on a 50 copy only 12" white label as b side to "Big City". The set concludes with arguably the finest take yet of "Ecstacy Symphony". Limited to just 1000 copies, don't hang about- this one won't sit around long...
TheGreatPopSupplement-44
LP
$18.25

Spool
Saves the World
PS, US Spool are Jhno & Johnny Ride. Jhno plays in Crater, an improv ambient noise thing that includes Scott Amandola of Charlie Hunter fame & Nels Cline now of Wilco. Jhno has several solo electronic releases. Spool's 1st cd came out in '98 on New Dog/World Domination & garnered good reviews in XLR8TOR & the Chicago Reader. Johnny Ride was in the Aluminum Group from '96 - '01, & records & plays w/ Bobby Conn, Jim O'rourke, Poi Dog, Susan Voelz, & others. For fans of: Seafeel, instrumental Talk Talk, Savath & Savalis, Isotope 217, & smooth jazz radio as filtered thru drug-addled dub.
DelicateEar-007
CD
$13.75

Spoon, Rae
Superioryouareinferior
PS, CANADA Rae Spoon was born on the Canadian prairies of the 80's. In his early twenties he hit the road as one of the world's only transgender country singers and toured Canada, Europe, Australia and the USA. When the obvious dangers and contradictions of this role caught up to him he hid in a small town in Eastern Germany for a winter. There he was inspired to write an album about his darker experiences of Canada and it's highways. superioryouareinferior is Rae's fourth solo album, and his first in over two years. It was co-produced by Lorrie Matheson in his Calgary studio. Lyrically the album is his most revealing to date. His voice walks the highways from the Yukon to Newfoundland singing of whales that have gotten lost, the wolves in our imaginations, the Great Lakes, cabin fever, dancing with grizzlies, the psychology of a haunting ghost and the issues of ongoing colonialism. Musically it traverses new territories from art folk, to indie-rock, to electronic/experimental and noise. Being in Europe influenced him to trade his banjo for a computer and an electric guitar. superioryouareinferior is an album of the times in that it doesn't stick to one genre, but it retains Rae's respect for well-written songs and his folk music roots that keep him connected to his audience.
RaeSpoon-005
CD
$13.00

Squim
Zephyrus
PS, US This blends repeating melodic motifs w/ meticulously collaged noise/dronescapes.
OldeEnglish
LP
$18.50

St. Christopher
Lost at Sea: The Sarah Recordings
PS, PERU Classical pop which even nods towards PREFAB SPROUT on occasion but overall the 18 tracks here (culled from 4 EP's and a mini album in chronological order) are as icily magic and timeless as THE FIELD MICE (a band they shared some sonic boundaries with (gliding, musical bass rhythms and a sensitive male quavering vocal). Includes all ST. CHRISTOPHER's output on the legendary Sarah Records label. 18 songs of pure pop genius!
Plastilina-006
CD
$18.75

Stardeath & White Dwarfs
The Birth
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
WarnerBros
LP
$17.50

Starving Weirdos
Blue Herons
PS, US 2 side-long tracks, both choice selections of their expansive drone/improv sound.
OldeEnglish
LP
$20.25

Stebmo
Stebmo
PS, US Stembo is the momentus debut from multi-instrumentalist, Steve Moore. Moore is onne of today's most respected and hard working musicians. He has recorded and toured with songwriters Laura Veirs and Sufjan Stevens, metal pioneers, Earth and Sunn 0))) as well as Jazz enigma Skerik. Stretching and flexing the jazz tradition, the rhythm section is anchored by the hard hitting drumming of Matt Chamberlain (Tori Amos, Jon Brion, Brad Mehldau) and the low end virtuosity of bassist Todd Sikafoose (Ani Difranco). Strong compositions and the spark of improvisation set the table perfectly for masterful String arrangements by Eyvind Kang (John Zorn, Sun 0))), Secret Chiefs 3), and brooding woodwind treatments from Doug Wieselman (Antony and the Johnsons). Viewed through the sonice landscape painted by Tucker Martine, Stembo takes a truly fresh perspective on instrumental music.
Invada-060
LP
$18.00

Stolen Babies
There Be Squabbles Ahead [RE-ISSUE]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Those Sleepytime Gorilla Museum folks sure are a nutty bunch, as they've seemingly picked up exactly where the late, great Mr. Bungle left off -- making a career out of keeping listeners on their toes. And their pals in Stolen Babies are no different, as evidenced by their 2006 full-length debut, There Be Squabbles Ahead. Singer Dominique Lenore Persi has obviously studied her Mike Patton recordings, as her incredibly varied vocals run the gamut from metal to quirky... And besides the fact that they share the same label (The End Records), there's another reason why Stolen Babies and Sleepytime Gorilla Museum may sound a bit reminiscent of each other -- three Gorillas drop by and lend a hand (Carla Kihlstedt, Michael Mellender, and Dan Rathbun) here. Nifty CD booklet illustrations are included courtesy of Crab Scrambly; they look like Tim Burton doodles. With the majority of rock music in the early 21st century becoming more and more mainstream, Stolen Babies provide a much needed antidote."
Ascendent
CD
$17.75

Subhumans
Day The Country Died
PS, US Remastered from original analog tapes with restored artwork
Bluurg
CD
$15.00

Subhumans
From The Cradle To The Grave
PS, US Remastered from original analog tapes with restored artwork.
Bluurg
LP
$17.00

Subhumans
Day The Country Died
PS,US Reissue!! Remastered from original analog tapes with restored artwork
Bluurg
LP
$17.00

Subhumans
Day The Country Died
PS,US Reissue!! Remastered from original analog tapes with restored artwork
Bluurg
CD
$15.00

Subhumans
Day The Country Died
PS, US Remastered from original analog tapes with restored artwork
Bluurg
LP
$17.00

Subhumans
From The Cradle To The Grave
PS, US Remastered from original analog tapes with restored artwork
Bluurg
CD
$15.00

Sunn0)))
Monoliths & Dimensions
PS, US On this album, Sunn0))) extend their embrace of sonics to integrate acoustic ensemble players but this is not "metal band meets orchestra" material. Their approach concentrates on more of an allusion toward the timbre of feedback & the instruments involved, so the piece is really illusory, beautiful & not entirely linear. Guest performers, OREN AMBARCHI, ATTILA CSIHAR & Dylan Carlson (EARTH) along with an upright bass trio, french & english horns, harp & flute duo, piano, brass, reed & strings ensembles.
SouthernLord
CD
$13.50

Taiga Remains/RV Paintings
Split
PS, US TAIGA REMAINS' "Mengku From Mengsa" opens w/ far off chimes upon chimes that lead to pure bliss dream zones, rather than the more intense material on "Wax Canopy" (Digitalis). RV PAINTINGS track is darker & bleaker than the STARVING WEIRDOS vibe, w/ some awesome free percussion playing central to the piece. This is hard to top in the drone game. Limited to 400
BlackestRainbow
LP
$20.75

Team B
S/T
PS, US Debut from new KELLY PRATT project. Guest musicians include LCD SOUNDSYSTEM, ARCADE FIRE, & BEIRUT personnel
Tonacity
CD
$10.00

Teeth Mountain
Live On
PS, US A 7-piece jam crew comprised of 2-3 odd drum kits, sax, clarinet, mixer drones, electric guitar, a pile of pedals, various voices, & probably other unknown mystery junk, they straddle a fine, fucked up line between carefully orchestrated rhythmic psychedelia & total drum-circle-damaged freeform freaksprawl. 2 all-new sides of artfully interwoven live recordings encompassing all the band's best moods: outsider world scorch, jittery horn ragas, & basement attack trance. Limited to 500
NotNotFun
LP
$17.00

Telescopes
Singles Compilation #2
PS, US Ten mind blowing tracks taken from the extremely ltd ed 7" singles previously released on the UK's Transmat & Hungry Audio labels as well as songs taken from an extremely rare live 10" vinyl single from 2005. Also features songs that were only released on the hand made tour CD's. Prepare to be blown away by these ultra rare mind expanding fuzz filled gems!
MindExpansion-2040
CD
$13.25

Television Personalities
And Don't The Kids Just Love It [re-issue]
PS,US 1st full-length, originally released in 1981. Lo-fi, minimalist, & quirky pop, post-punk, psychedelia, & folk from one of the era's most idiosyncratic songwriters. Featuring such classic tracks as "I Know Where Syd Barrett Lives" & "A Picture of Dorian Gray," this is one of the greatest & strangest debut records ever. 180 gram vinyl reissue.
Fire
LP
$18.00

Television Personalities
Mummy You're Not Watching Me [re-issue]
PS,US 2nd full length, released in 1981. More psychedelic than the 1st, but still w/ plenty of dry & acerbic wit. Featuring the classic title track & acid rock drone of "David Hockney's Diaries," a style & sound that Daniel Treacy would explore further on subsequent records. Eccentric pop-punk & pop from one of UK's most original bands, reissued on 180 gram vinyl.
Fire
LP
$18.00

Thee Oh Sees
Zork's Tape Bruise (LP/CD)
PS, US LP+CD combo package. Vinyl contains home recordings, demos & crazy noise sounds. This is unlike any other Oh Sees you've ever heard. It's biting, noisey & badass. Songs are catchy & dragged through a pile of distortion, tape manipulation & random instrument collisions. CD contains everything they ever released on vinyl only (Intelligence split, Peanut Butter Oven, etc.)"
KillShaman
LP
$18.50

Thee Oh Sees
Thee Hounds Of Foggy Notion
PS, US VINYL VERSION, REPRESS! LIMITED TO 400 ON FOREST GREEN WAX, INCL. DVD FROM FILM MAKER BRIAN LEE HUGHES.
HBSP-2X
LP/DVD
$20.50

Thee Oh Sees
Tidal Wave
PS, US
Woodsist
45
$6.00

Thirteenth Rune
S-T
PS, US KEVIN FINN, now performing under the Thirteenth Rune moniker, continues to reconstruct his art w/ a patchwork of new songs; creating new musical dimensions for voice & guitar. For fans of Mark Kozelek
GhostDance
CD
$10.00

Thirteenth Rune
S/T
PS,US KEVIN FINN, now performing under the Thirteenth Rune moniker, continues to reconstruct his art w/ a patchwork of new songs; creating new musical dimensions for voice & guitar. For fans of Mark Kozelek
GhostDance
CD
$10.00

This Busy Monster
Fireworks
PS, US "Fireworks is an intriguing album; I keep coming back to it. The talent is undeniable, and the songwriting is unique. The band is hard to pigeonhole and that's admirable in today's cluttered and derivative underground scene. Despite a few obvious influences, This Busy Monster retains its individuality on its second album. The experimentation backfires occasionally, but what band doesn't trip when it travels down an obscure path? If at least a handful of these songs don't excite you, I don't know what will." (DrawerB)
Barsuk-013
CD
$12.00

This Busy Monster
The Curious Sofa
PS, US Embossed and stuffed with real satin (gold) or velvet (red), the curious sofa is a mechanical beast of ungodly proportions... have a seat?
"...plays like an exercise in restraint and modesty, all while maintaining an orchestral brilliance." (NWRacket)
Barsuk-010
CD
$7.50

This Busy Monster
Like Icicles
PS, US "With discordant guitars and uneven and unpredictable rhythms, the debut CD from Seattle's This Busy Monster, Like Icicles, is undoubtedly this year's most bizarre local offering at the pop throne. By systematically and maniacally incorporating a huge range of influences (and by huge range, I do mean huge range), This Busy Monster have built a weird musical collage. There's a little bit of Built to Spill-style psychedelia, some indie-rock balladry and even Primus-style funk. It sounds like an improbable combination, but somehow This Busy Monster make it sound as natural as the five notes at the core of Beethoven's Ninth." (The Rocket)
Barsuk-004
CD
$10.50

Those Bastard Souls
Twentieth Century Chemical (+6 bonus tracks)
PS, US Darla is pleased to reissue our 1996 classic by Dave Shouse (The Grifters) with six grade A bonus tracks. Five of these bonus tracks, which are previously unreleased, were recorded during the 2000 Bloodthirsty Lovers sessions for Virgin but didn't make it on that record because Virgin chose to re-record and include a number tracks from this, the first TBS record instead! Most amazing because these five tracks are definitely among the best Dave Shouse has ever written and recorded! The Liner notes, with insightful history, are by the man himself. Those Bastard Souls is Dave Shouse of The Grifters. Doug Easley of Easley Studios Memphis plays bass and did the final production and Grifters drummer, Stan Gallimore, lays down the Bastard beat. TBS don't sound too much like The Grifters and this is no side project. This is high-fidelity American rhythm & blues spiked 100 proof as if Bolan, Bowie, Cale and Lennon had holed up at Stax and made their first record together... Holy Sensemilla! Those Bastard Souls touring band consisted of Grifter Dave Shouse, Red Red Meat bassist Matt Fields, Trenchmouth drummer and future Saturday Night Live star Fred Armisen, longtime friends Joan Wasser of The Dambuilders on violin, The Flaming Lips' multi-instrumentalist and drummer Steven Drozd and Steven Golub on Saxophone. TRACKS: 1) Introducing Those Bastard Souls 2) These Things Will Slay You Every Time 3) Curious State I'm In 4) Subterranean Death Rides Blues 5) The Train From Terminal Boredom 6) !#*#!* (I'm Takin' Off) 7) Dirty Looks 8) Good Luck Split Town Today 9) Remembering Sophie Rhodes 10) What Am I Gonna Do Now 11) The Top Ten Zen Offenders 12) 21st Century Chemical BONUS TRACKS: 13) Spaced Out -previously released on Darla 100 compilation CD (2000). 14) Mercury --previously unreleased 15) The Golden Age of Paranoia --previously unreleased 16) Venus in Rags --previously unreleased 17) All You Get --previously unreleased 18) The Coldwater Freak Show --previously unreleased.
Darla-223
CD
$12.25

Tiny Magnetic Pets
Return Of The Tiny Magnetic Pets
PS, IRELAND Psychonavigation Records next release is from talented musicians Tiny Magnetic Pets. Named after the collectable Japanese toys, Tiny Magnetic Pets are: Paula Gilmer: Vocals, & Synthesizer & Sean Quinn: Synthesizers, Mellotron & Guitar. Vocalist Paula Gilmer honed her energetic live performance as a direct result of sharing the stage with The Prodigy. "Watching Keith Flint ignite the crowds at The Point was an epiphany. This is what fronting a live electronic band is all about and I knew at that moment this is what I wanted to do." A former BMG Records artist, Gilmer had previously been in a band with Mark Sheehan of The Script & her tracks are included on various Ministry of Sound compilations. Sean Quinn was signed to Brian Eno/Roxy Music's label EG Records. While making an album for EG Quinn discovered the Mellotron that had been hired by the studio was none other than the one used by The Beatles on "Strawberry Fields Forever." Thus began his love affair with vintage instruments. He has worked with System 7 main man and Charlatans producer Steve Hillage and was the creative driving force behind Electric Penguins who's album "Goodbye From The Electric Penguins" received critical acclaim the world over particularly in Ireland where the band were nominated for the "FM Hope" Meteor Music Award 2007. This carried through to the US where the album was picked up by various radio stations in particular KCRW where it was played extensively by Nic Harcourt, Chris Douridas & Anne Litt. Sharing a fascination for classic albums of the late 70's / early 80's such as Bowie's "Berlin Trilogy," Gary Numans "Pleasure Principle" & Kraftwerk's "Computer World" the band recorded their debut album "Return Of The Tiny Magnetic Pets" working within the limitations of 70's studio technology - No computers were used just two Moogs, a Mellotron, Vox organ & guitars. The end result is an impressive blend of melodic invention & musicianship - all instruments & vocals were performed live. From the opening "Tempelhof" with it's insistent Krautrock groove to the closer "Geraniums" where Paula's vocal fades into space, ˜Return Of The Tiny Magnetic Pets" is a continuous musical trip which is already gaining comparisons with Air, Stereolab, Pink Floyd, Kraftwerk, Goldfrapp etc. Lyrically, the themes are of losing one's sense of self & longing for a simpler time - emotional time travel. "Girl In A White Dress" in particular deals with a desire to reconnect with one's "carefree self". Tiny Magnetic Pets will be playing live in Ireland over the coming months. Keep an eye out for live gigs & sessions / interviews on radio & TV.
Psychonavigation-030
CD
$13.50

Trad Gras och Stenar
Homeless Cats
PS, SWEDEN Just in time for Träd Gräs och Stenar's ("Trees Grass and Stones") 40-year anniversary, the Swedish psychedelic trance-rock pioneers release a new album, Homeless Cats. The first one in 7 years, and the seventh since they began in 1969. Eleven boundless tracks with organic music for open minds. Back in 1967, the guitarist BoAnders Persson had already started his Terry Riley-inspired underground band Pärson Sound with the bass player Torbjorn Abelli and drummer Thomas Mera Gartz, amongst others. They evolved into International Harvester, then Harvester, finally striking root as Träd Gräs och Stenar. In 1970, they arranged, and performed at, the legendary Swedish Gardes-Festivals that pioneered the Swedish alternative music movement. Today, Träd Gräs och Stenar create their own contemporary music, even if they have been compared to Krautrockers like Can and Faust, internationally. Rhythmic, and heart-pounding for sure -- but at the same time, peculiarly Swedish, with their roots in the mold and soil, and with branches that reach high up into the clear air. Homeless Cats was recorded by the band themselves during the period between 2002-2007, mostly while jamming in the band's rehearsal house and studio in Viksund, Sweden, but also live at gigs. During this period, they also toured Europe, USA, Russia and Japan. In the meaty album booklet, they give us a couple of personal travelogues. Träd Gräs och Stenar have evolved a clear and mature sound with space enough for both suggestive heaviness and mind-expansion. These tracks bubble and seethe, growing forth freely. Sometimes, the mostly instrumental tracks are irresistibly captivating, as in the trance-inducing "Summer Disco," at other times, they are weightless, as on the loop-like "The Most Beautiful Moment Of The Dream," which breathtakingly floats into "Thorns Of Solitude," which could be an earthy, space-rock movie soundtrack. "Wedding Reel" is a slight divergence from traditional Swedish folk music, with rhythms and melodies that are played brutally, like a plow wrenching deep furrows into a field of stone. Homeless Cats makes its mark. Heavy, vertiginous, and, just like Träd Gräs och Stenar themselves, timeless.
SubliminalSounds
CD
$16.25

tUnE-yArDs
BiRd-BrAiNs
PS,US Vinyl debut includes a free download. For fans of avant-folk, tribal rock, world, Beriut, Dirty Projectors, Karl Blau, Animal Collective
Marriage
LP
$16.25

Tyvek
S/T
PS, US Signature art punk sound has added a Velvet Underground/Feelies dimension. Combining an uncanny channeling of The Urinals & early Mekons, they drop jaws to floors w/ solid repetitive punk/pop numbers
Siltbreeze
CD
$14.25

Tyvek
S/T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Siltbreeze
LP
$16.00

Uncut
#146 (July 2009) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Unknown Instructors
Funland
PS, US New enhanced CD from MIKE WATT, GEORGE HURLEY and crew. 12 songs plus video in a green-friendy digipak. "The record may not appeal to the flannel throngs of Minutemen memorialists, but for anyone slightly excited by Pere Ubu, John Coltrane and Albert Ayler, and Saccharine Trust's periphery, this will be welcomed." -Left Of The Dial
SmogVeil
CD
$11.75

Van Etten, Sharon
Because I Was In Love
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LanguageofStone
LP
$14.75

Van Etten, Sharon
Because I Was In Love
PS, US Certain musicians are magic. Their voices prick up the ears of those far afield, melt the hearts of those within earshot & magnetize the attention of those souls fortunate enough to have a clear sightline. Sharon Van Etten is a singer/songwriter who trades in that caliber of mysticism. What her heart bleeds her songs soak in & offer up to those throats in need of slaking. SharonÕs bane may be to feel too deeply, but her raw nerves, open heart & generous soul offer the rest of us a means to ease our own points of suffering. GREG WEEKS guests on electric guitar, organ & wood blocks.
LanguageofStone
CD
$13.25

Vanderslice, John
Romanian Names
PS, US The most noteworthy thing about John Vanderslice's new album is this: Romanian Names is the best record he's made to date. The 12 songs represent a career-defining moment, a pitch-perfect collection written and recorded with the utmost care and attention. Vanderslice is certainly not the first artist to make such a leap several albums into a career - think Guided by Voices on Bee Thousand, Spoon's Kill the Moonlight or Of Montreal's Sunlandic Twins. JV's newest, his first for Dead Oceans, makes that colossal step and separates itself from an already top-notch body of work. Throughout Romanian Names, JV sings with a newfound, unwavering confidence. He gets right at you with the sing-along choruses and punchy hooks of album opener "Tremble and Tear"
and the poppy gem"C&O Canal." The songs know when to patiently step back with subtle gestures and knock-out atmospherics like those on display in "Forest Knolls" and "Summer Stock," and the album is glued together with the stripped-bare title track "Romanian Names" and the gorgeous Arthur Russell-esque album closer "Hard Times." Romanian Names is a symphony of sounds both subtle and lush, and as an album it provides the perfect backdrop for JV's deft and fully-realized songwriting.
DeadOceans-026
CD
$11.50

Vanderslice, John
Romanian Names
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
DeadOceans-026
LP
$11.50

Vanderslice, John
Mass Suicide Occult Figurines
PS, US Much ballyhooed...darkly grand." (San Francisco Examiner) "Music to drink tea to in a late fall day." (dogprint) Eleven songs: confusion boats / MP3 speed lab / MP3 bill gates must die / ambition / josie anderson / interlude / big band stars / / and what did you do today / foothills of my mind / mass suicide occult figurines
Barsuk-014
CD
$8.75

Various
Auteur Labels: Factory Records 1984
PS,US 72 minute remastered CD features several rare edits & tracks from artists such as NEW ORDER, THE WAKE, DURUTTI COLUMN, & THICK PIGEON
LTM
CD
$16.75

Various
Take Me To The Water: Immersion Baptism In Vintage Music & Photography 1890-1950
PS,US Book+CD. Stunning 96-page hardcover book of historic baptism photographs, compiled from the collection of noted folk art collector Jim Linderman, acoompanied by a CD of rare gospel & folk recordings from original 78 RPM records (1924-1940) featuring WASHINGTON PHILLIPS, CARTER FAMILY, & TENNESSEE MOUNTAINEERS
DustToDigital
BK+CD
$33.50

Various
Botpop - Volume 1
PS, UK Happy Robots is a label that seeks to highlight the best in melodic, optimistic, electronic forward-looking *pop* music. This is reflected in the first in a series of download and very limited CD compilations, Botpop vol.1. Filled with exclusive tracks and rarities, it's an album that has brought together artists from around the UK, US and Europe, in the collective endeavour of making the world a little bit of a better place to live in. Michael Jackson would be proud! From the Swedish pop of The Bridal Shop to the dark shoegaze of The Coal Daughters, it's a collection to make you dance, laugh, cry or just grin like the Cheshire Cat.
Tracks:
The Bridal Shop - "Cloudkick"
Katsen - "Constellation"
Arthur and Martha - "Ultra Alliance"
Mike in Mono - "Promare"
Compute - "A Matter of Patience"
Television Keeps Us Apart - "You Know Me by Reputation"
DJ Downfall - "To Bring You Joy"
Monster Bobby - "Say Fuck Me"
Jupiter - "Rollergirl"
Hong Kong in the 60's - "Meet at Vincent Sq."
Elika - "Let Down"
The Coal Daughters - "Panzerkrieg"
HappyRobots-002
CD
$8.25

Various
Not Given Lightly: Tribute To The Giant Golden Book Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene
PS,US 3LP version
MorrMusic
3XLP
$27.50

Various
A Tribute To The Giant Golden Book Of New Zealand's Alternative Music Scene: Not Given Lightly
PS,US CD1 features covers of the Clean, the Chills, & Tall Dwarfs from current Morr Music artists such as TARWATER, BORKO, MARSHA QRELLA & THE GO FIND. CD2 features previously-unreleased tracks by artists such as SEABEAR, SIN FANG BOUS, & SURF CITY
MorrMusic
DCD
$20.75

Various
Little Darla has a Treat for You, Vol. 27: Eternal Spring Edition
PS, US --32 Exclusive tracks. Digipak printed with soy based ink on 100% recycled board with aqueous coating. No oil used! Even the plastic trays are made from 100% recycled material. Packaging made by Ross Ellis, a Forest Service Council certified business. The World's most popular compilation series! Features work by Darla family artists and labels. Package design is made to look like Dr. Bronner's Peppermint Soap. Features 250 quotes by and about music and music people. In support of sustainable musiculture. Ingredients: Almost Charlie, Arborea, Ariel Abshire & Japancakes, Bernard Szajner, Bitcrush, Black Feather, Desario, Detritus, DJ Hidden, Elias And The Whizzkids, Elle Belga, Harold Budd & Clive Wright, Keith Canisius, Let's Go Naked, Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love, Lowlights, Manual, Momus, Montt Mardi, Mothboy, New Radiant Storm King, Photon Band, Project Pale, Raoul Sinier, Robin Guthrie, Rumskib, Spherical Objects, Sweet Trip, Tiny Magnetic Pets, Tujiko Noriko-Lawrence English-John Chantler, Vlor, Yagya.
Disc 1:
1. Almost Charlie "For the Both of Us" (Version) (Words On Music) 3:22
2. Arborea "Shadow and the Wind" (Darla) 9:25
3. Ariel Abshire & Japancakes "Cardboard (Version 1) (Darla) 3:21
4. Bernard Szajner "Welcome to Death Row" (LTM) 6:15
5. Bitcrush "Fathoms" (n5MD) 8:18
6. Black Feather "Lethal Light" (Other Electricities) 4:10
7. Desario "Giant" (Darla) 2:20
8. Detritus "Borderlines" (Adnoiseam) 4:15
9. DJ Hidden "The Traveler" (Edit) (Adnoiseam) 6:40
10. Elias And The Whizzkids "Mr. Right Guy" (Hybris) 3:13
11. Elle Belga "My Rifle, My Pony and Me" (Acuarela) 2:08
12. Harold Budd & Clive Wright "Candylion" (Inpsyda remix) (Darla) 6:27
13. Keith Canisius "Diving Day" (Extended mix) (Darla) 10:44
14. Let's Go Naked "So Many Mysteries" (Egg) 3:51
15. Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love "We Live In The Fog" (Other Electricities) 3:19
Disc 2:
1. Lowlights "Under the Sun" (Darla) 4:17
2. Manual "Miraparque" (Darla) 6:28
3. Momus "Odd Man Out" (American Patchwork) 2:39
4. Montt Mardi "Sometimes" (Hybris) 4:19
5. Mothboy "Extended Movement" (Adnoiseam) 7:36
6. New Radiant Storm King "Refused" (Darla) 3:34
7. Photon Band "Everything Was Funny" (Darla) 4:02
8. Project Pale "Snowed In" (Submerged & Schecter remix) (Ohm Resistance) 3:45
9. Raoul Sinier "Alternative Rush" (Adnoiseam) 4:06
10. Robin Guthrie "The Flight of the Painted Lady" (Darla) 3:25
11. Rumskib "Secrets" (Darla) 4:06
12. Spherical Objects "Walk Away" (LTM) 6:59
13. Sweet Trip "Where the Sunrise Dies, So Does the Echo of Your Voice" (Darla) 5:32
14. Tiny Magnetic Pets "Girl in a White Dress" (Psychonavigation) 3:46
15. Tujiko Noriko, Lawrence English, John Chantler "Heart Ga Kikeoru" (edit) (Room40) 4:42
16. Vlor "Watch Me Bleed" (Morning Mix) (Silber) 2:31
17. Yagya "A Small Offering" (Sending Orbs) 6:31
Darla-225
DCD
$9.50

Various
Auteur Labels: Factory Records 1984
PS, UK LTM present a new volume in the ongoing compilation series Auteur Labels, here profiling releases on legendary Manchester independent Factory Records in 1984. Founded in late 1978, early Factory releases were guided by the five original directors: Tony Wilson, Alan Erasmus, Peter Saville, Martin Hannett and Rob Gretton. By 1984 Hannett had departed, and many Factory singles were produced by all four members of New Order under the generic name Be Music. These reflected the influence of New York dance and electro music, though the label's Hacienda nightclub was not yet a conspicuous success. Meanwhile the artier side of Factory remained evident in records by The Durutti Column and Thick Pigeon, and pop/rock in The Wake, Stockholm Monsters - and New Order themselves. The 72 minute remastered CD features several rare edits and tracks, detailed liner notes by James Nice, and archive images. Full tracklist: 1. MARCEL KING reach for love ( new york remix) 2. NEW ORDER lonesome tonight (7" edit) 3. THE WAKE talk about the past (7" edit) 4. SECTION 25 reflection 5. 52nd STREET can't afford (unorganised mix) 6. QUANDO QUANGO atom rock (7" edit) 7. RED TURNS TO deep sleep 8. SHARK VEGAS pretenders of love 9. THICK PIGEON hank 10. STOCKHOLM MONSTERS terror 11. THE DURUTTI COLUMN duet 12. KALIMA the smiling hour 13. SIMON TOPPING chicas del mundo 14. ABECEDARIANS smiling monarchs 15. STREETLIFE no more silence 16. LAVOLTA LAKOTA a prayer
LTM-2534
CD
$13.50

Various
Psychedelic Guide to Monsterism Island
PS,US Original compositions from some of the underground's most intrepid musical explorers. Monstrous rock fry-ups, electronic exotica via psychedelic folk & spooky krautrock. Artists include: LUKE VIBERT, WOLF PEOPLE, GRUFF RHYS & MONSTERS AT WORK.
LoRecordings
CD
$16.00

Various
The World's Lousy With Ideas Vol. 8
PS, US The world beating 7" series makes the leap to the 12" format and the results are almost too good to be true. Check out this line up: Vivian Girls, Blank Dogs, Times New Viking, Intelligence, Guinea Worms, Sic Alps, Thee Oh Sees, Tyvek and Pink Reason. All songs exclusive. Seriously one of the best, most listenable comps in forever and a day. Each band designed a cover and we currently have Sic Alps and Thee Oh Sees covers. Mandatory!
AlmostReady
LP
$17.00

Various
Louisville is for Lovers Vol. 9
PS, US Limited edition of 500 copies, features exclusive tracks by BONNIE "PRINCE" BILLY, LUCKY PINEAPPLE, WHISTLE PEAK, & THE FERVOR. 2LP red & white candy swirl vinyl
KarateBody
DLP
$20.25

Various
Well Hung
PS, US 22 stomping selections from the vaults of Eastern Europe's best kept secret, Hungaraton/Qualiton Records. This 1st ever compendium piles heavy psych, jazz, glam & funk onto a heaping spoonful of 60s/70s Hungarian rock
B-Music
CD
$15.50

Various
Omnidance
PS,US Part of the Turbo Studio Sessions series. All new and exclusive material from core artists and long time Turbo collaborators TIGA, BOYS NOIZE, CHROMEO, DIM and more!
LastGang
CD
$14.25

Various
Psychedelic Guide To Monsterism Island
PS, US Original compositions from some of the underground's most intrepid musical explorers. Monstrous rock fry-ups, electronic exotica via psychedelic folk & spooky krautrock. Artists include: LUKE VIBERT, WOLF PEOPLE, GRUFF RHYS & MONSTERS AT WORK.
LoRecordings
CD
$16.00

Various
Eccentric Soul: Smart's Palace
PS,US Smart's Palace was anything but royal, however, between 1963-75 the club held court for the entire Wichita soul scene. At its heart was Dick Smart, bassist, club owner, DJ, record store owner, promoter, & sole proprietor of the Solo label. Housed in Numero's signature slipcase, the 19 track disc feat. THERON & DARRELL, BABY NEAL, CHOCOLATE SNOW, L.T. 7 THE SOULFUL DYNAMICS, FRED WILLIAMS 7 THE JEWELS BAND, & THE HARD ROAD all fully annotated w/ a ransom of pictures, posters, & ephemera fit for a king
Numero
LP
$19.00

Various
The World's Lousy With Ideas Vol. 7
PS, US 7th volume, this time all Aussie bands and it should come as no surprise that it is all killer. Features Super Wild Horses, UV Race, Straight Arrows and Eddy Current Supression Ring.
AlmostReady
45
$6.25

Various Artists
Twenty First Century Twenty First Year
PS, US The Luaka Bop label started in 1988 as David Byrne began making cassettes for his friends of his favorite Brazilian music. Now, 21 years later, this compilation album begins with the first track on Luaka Bop's first album: Unbabrumma by Jorge Ben. Twenty First Century Twenty First Year continues through some of their biggest hits with tracks from artists such as Shuggie Otis, Zap Mama, Geggy Tah, Susana Baca, Los Amigos Invisibles, and Moreno Veloso.
Luaka Bop-5018
CD
$6.75

Various Production
Buds (featuring Pumajaw)
PS, US As part of the Various Production remix series; this 7" features the majestic Buds by Pumajaw. Starting with a wave of mystery, quality and limited vinyl releases, Various Production survived a bidding war (Warp, Leaf, Domino..) in 2006 to release their first full length on XL/Beggars; The World Is Gone. Detailed and highly original scattered beats and dark soundscapes balance out with forgiving female vocals. Their work is enriched visually by the iconic art of 'Bonesy', often featuring strange animals and beautiful women in flowing, neutral, yet somehow emotional forms. An astoundingly productive team, they have recently remixed Ian Brown, Thom Yorke, Cat Power, Dirty Three, Puerto Muerto and Gerry Mitchell amongst others. The relationship with the equally weird and wonderful Fire Records continues in a series of mash-up/remixes taking already original work into new electronic worlds.
FireRecords-45167
45
$8.50

Vast
Me and You
PS, US Vast delivers its sixth studio album Me And You and will embark on a nationwide US tour beginning May 1st. You And Me continues the Vast tradition of deep songwriting and innovative production featuring moving vocals and lush strings.
2BlossomsRecords-003
CD
$9.00

Virgin Forest
South Beach
PS, US Laid back affair from the Phosphorescent backing band. Four songs
including an Angels Of Light cover.
BoydRecordings/ChouetteRecords
45
$4.75

Viva Voce
Rose City
PS, US An angular, immediate record that pulses w/ the palpable urgency of a band yearning for a return to the vagabond life of the working, touring musician - a mode in which they are truly at home.
Barsuk-087
CD
$12.50

Walter Jones
I'll Keep On Loving You
PS, US Staggeringly unique, haunting electronic pop far more reminiscent of New Order or Depeche Mode than the deep house scene w/which he has been associated in the the past
DFA
12
$8.00

Wand
Hard Knox
PS, US New from Wooden Wand savant! Home recordings performed, recorded, and produced by James Jackson Toth. MAGNET: "A Leonard Cohen/'60s Britfolk/angry liberal-arts-dorm-room vibe."
EcstaticPeace
CD
$10.00

Warlocks, The
Mirror Explodes
PS, US NEW CD!
TeePeeRecords
CD
$17.25

Way to Go, Einstein
Pseudonym
PS, US Atmospheric rock with an experimental edge. FOR FANS OF: Radiohead, Muse, Jeff Buckley, Sigur Ros, PJ Harvey, Coldplay, the Decemberists. Way to Go Einstein is a five-piece modern rock band from Vancouver, Canada, which has recently completed its second LP, Pseudonym. This second self-produced album was recorded over a period of eight months at the band's studios in New Westminster, Burnaby, and at The Hive Creative Labs (Black Mountain, Destroyer, etc) The band, originally composed of members Andrew and Kevin, completed its line-up in early 2007. Each member comes from his own separate musical background, making for an eclectic mix of ambient and at times heavy guitars, melodic vocals and piano, synthesizers, hypnotic bass lines, and creative rhythms. In the last few months they have been playing around the Vancouver scene and working on bringing the intensity of the new album to a live setting. Building on the buzz of their first release, Hide and Seek Champion, the second album promises to bring much more attention, stimulated ears, moved souls, and ironic-band-name-loving fans. "Singer Andrew Carter's melodies soar to the heavens, and are backed by lush beds of reverb-treated guitars and synthesizers. It's a gorgeous sound." (the Georgia Straight)
Submerged-004
CD
$11.50

Ween
Chocolate & Cheese
PS, US 2xLP 180 gram. 4th album, originally released in 1994, is perhaps their finest moment, a brilliant mix of twisted humor & pure pop genius. They draw influence
from smooth 70s soul, psych, soft rock, spaghetti westerns, country, funk, indie-rock & more to the point where each song is a spot-on take on a different genre w/
their silliness being the uniting element. An outsider-pop classic reissued!
Plain
DLP
$22.50

Weller, Paul
As Is Now Deluxe Version + DVD
PS, US If 2002's Illumination was a warm, laid-back record, Paul Weller's 2005 sequel, As Is Now -- a likeable but unremarkable covers album, Studio 150, appeared in the interim -- is its flip side, a lean, hard-hitting soulful rock & roll album. Not that Weller is returning to the sound of the Jam: he's still with the same band that he's been with since Wild Wood, anchored by drummer Steve White and featuring Ocean Colour Scene members guitarist Steve Cradock and bassist Damon Minghella, and he's working the same musical territory, grounded in Traffic, Humble Pie, '60s soul, and guitar pop. There may be absolutely no surprises here -- even the change of pace "The Start of Forever" is reminiscent of many of his gentler folky tunes, echoing Illumination's mellow vibe -- but for as familiar as As Is Now is, it never sounds lazy; it's a tighter, better record than most of his late-'90s albums. The closest antecedent to As Is Now in Weller's solo catalog is Heavy Soul. Like that 1997 effort, this is a straightforward, no-frills record, heavy on rockers and with few pretensions, but where that album could drift, this is focused and exciting, boasting a stronger set of songs and livelier performances, plus a greater variety of colors and textures in the production. Those subtle differences wind up making a huge difference in the overall effect of As Is Now -- on the surface, it certainly sounds familiar to what came before, but thanks to Weller's muscular, memorable songs and musicianship, it stands apart as one of his more satisfying solo albums. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
YepRoc-2115
CD/DVD
$22.00

Weller, Paul
Hit Parade DVD
PS, US
YepRoc-2147
DVD
$25.75

Weller, Paul
Two Classic Performances
PS, US
YepRoc-2054
DVD
$21.50

What Made Milwaukee Famous
What Doesn't Kill Us
PS, US What Made Milwaukee Famous may unashamedly wear their pop on their sleeves, but that new-wave sheen is stretched taut over a muscular frame of sweaty rock.
Barsuk-071
CD
$11.00

What's Up?
Content Imagination
PS, US Debut from this instrumental rock group, led by Robby Moncrief, who has played guitar for The Advantage & Zach Hill (Hella), & produced the most recent Dirty Projectors album
ObeyYourBrain
LP
$10.50

White Rabbits
It's Frightening
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
TBD
LP
$16.25

White Rabbits
It's Frightening
PS, US After spending the better part of two years on the road (including festival stops at Lollapallooza, Glastonbury, Sasquatch, Monolith and tours with The Walkmen, Spoon, Richard Swift, The Crips, White Denim and Tokyo Police Club) White Rabbits hunkered down in their Brooklyn practice space to set about re-envisioning the dark pop of their debut Fort Nightly, while adding new sounds and influences to achieve an original work. The result is It's Frightening, their second full-length album.
TBD
CD
$12.25

Who, The
Who Sell Out [Deluxe Edition] (Deluxe Edition, 2PC, Remastered, Digipack Packaging)
PS, US
Geffen
DCD
$29.00

Wild Swans, The
English Electric Lightning
PS, UK Liverpool legends The Wild Swans are set to release a new single after a twenty-year absence. The Coldest Winter For A Hundred Years will mark the third incarnation of the band formed and fronted by Paul Simpson. In 1982 the core Wild Swans trio of Simpson, Ged Quinn (both ex-Teardrop Explodes) and Jerry Kelly set the discerning music world alight with their debut single The Revolutionary Spirit/God Forbid on Liverpool's Zoo label run by future KLF man Bill Drummond, who described it as "...by far the best single we put out..." Two BBC radio sessions stoked the feverish excitement and, with their unique, haunting sound, the band was widely tipped as the next big thing. Alas, the promise remained unfulfilled as they split later that year before a record deal could be signed. Individual chart success followed as Simpson teamed up with Ian Broudie as Care (Flaming Sword) and Quinn and Kelly formed the Lotus Eaters (The First Picture of You). John Peel chose the classic session the band had recorded for his program as one of the first batch of EPs released on Strange Fruit in 1985, sparking renewed interest in the band who decided to reform, signing to Sire Records and releasing an album, Bringing Home The Ashes, again to great critical acclaim. However by the time the psychedelic Space Flower album came out in the USA in 1989, Paul was the only original member, describing it as "...more of a solo album featuring a load of mates", although the list of "mates" reads like a who's-who of the Liverpool music scene, including Ian Broudie (Big In Japan/Original Mirrors/Lightning Seeds), Ian McNabb (Icicle Works) and Chris Sharrock (Icicle Works/La's). However the album did not appear in the UK until 2007 and Paul was so disillusioned that he left the music business, only returning with his instrumental Skyray project in 1996. The Wild Swans have garnered growing cult status and fans across the world since their first performance in 1980 and demand for their work led to two double CDs: Incandescent (Renascent, 2004), compiling the Zoo single, BBC sessions, demos and live material, and Magnitude (Korova, 2007) featuring everything recorded for Sire. The rave reviews for these collections and increasing interest in the band stirred Paul to embark upon the third stage of the Wild Swans adventure, and two new "hymns to the cosmos and electric songs of praise" were recorded in a Liverpool studio in November 2008. The new single features original members Paul Simpson and Ged Quinn along with San Franciscan Ricky Rene Maymi (Brian Jonestown Massacre), Mike Mooney (Julian Cope/Spiritualized) and Steve Beswick. "One of the era's great lost bands... Dizzying, visionary stuff" - Uncut "Lost legends of the scene..." - Record Collector
Occultation-9001
10
$14.50

Wire Magazine
#304
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Wolf Eyes
Always Wrong
PS, US A mantra of severity. Acid drenched industrial noise & dub terror psychedelia. Coming forth from tPhreo pdiulecst ioof ntaspe loops & effects, the bulk of tables reeling w/ electronics have been shed. This clarity never sacrifices intensity as paradoxically this is the most organic of the full-lengths but also the harshest &
most dissonant.
Hospital
CD
$16.50

Wooden Shjips
Contact
PS, US **** LABEL IS PRESSING MORE IN JUNE, GET YOUR ORDER IN AND WELL FILL WHEN AVAIL. Exclusive vinyl-only stuff from dreamy 4-piece psych ride hailing from San Francisco. Limited wax comes with download card. This release is brand a new slab from SF's incomparable Wooden Shjips. They are a modern day answer to space rockers like Hawkwind, F/i, or just the good parts of Van der Graaff Generator. This band helped to kick off the modern small-press vinyl revival with their debut 10" EP (now a sought-after collectors' piece) and eking out limited releases one at a time since 2005. For this release the band has cooked up a two-song EP of colossal proportions. "Contact" is a cover of a Serge Gainsbourg classic, made famous by Brigitte Bardot. The Shjips update with their patented thousand yard psych-cosmos stare, transposing the original's freakbeat tendencies with a Krautrock bassline and a transcendental wander that'll put you in the zone, every time. Once there, chill out even harder to the "EZ Version" of original "I Hear the Vibrations," is slower, grander, heavier, and dreamier, and takes full advantage of the 12" format for better fidelity and a truly blissful listening experience.
MexicanSummer
12
$14.25

Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice
Gipsy Freedon
PS, US Vinyl Version.
5RueChristine-053
LP
$13.00

Wyrd
Ghost Album
PS, US Minimalist & extreme at times, but melodic & ambient most of the time. One of the best Sons Of Burzum out there
Kreation
CD
$12.25

Xasthur
All Reflections Drained
PS, US Another step in his slowly evolving descent into psychic isolation & misanthropic bleak darkness. All of the usual symphonic contempt is present; bordering on blurred misery & solitary beauty. His musical progression is as reclusive & unsettling as the man himself, & thats a good thing. Any attempt to rationalize his extensive catalogue is simply an exercise in dissonance. This music is agony, not entertainment.
HydraHead-176
CD
$13.00

yarn:moor
So, I'll take your hand and..
PS, JAPAN "So, I'll take your hand and..." is the first celebratory album by the trio yarn:moor with sound producer moss, neuma on programming, and vocalist, tao. yarn:moor is a project launched in 2006 by moss and neuma, also known as the joint operators of Tiltloose label. tao, currently the MC of imaginion and former member of ASTRO joined the two artists to form yarn:moor. Sound producer moss is a member of the up-and-coming dub unit, MANTIS, who has received rave reviews from the heavyweight champions of Bristol sound, Smith & Mighty. This past January, moss released his first album along with guest vocal Tikiman, MC of RHYTHM & SOUND. The trio collects sounds of nature such as falling rain and chirping birds, and sounds in our daily lives that can be heard from the bath or kitchen. The comforting and familiar sounds that have been modified through vintage analogue devices and computers are fused with pulsing noise, crisscrossing beats, and tao's flickering voice that is unlike any rhyme, poetry, or song, and take us into a world of "warmth, kindness, and chilliness." Fresh and watery dub. Bouncing ambience. Delicate but dynamic electronica. The music takes on infinite form and yet, it is a wonderous piece of work with a pop element that has no one word to describe exactly how it is. Daringly put, it is a hymn of the universe that elaborately and dynamically depicts the random scenes in our lives as spring goes, summer comes, autumn passes by and winter falls silently upon us. Please take this chance and help yourselves to the rich and inviting "other world" created by yarn:moor. biography: yarn:moor was formed in 2006 by Tiltloose label's moss (sound producer) and neuma (programming.) The duo was joined by vocal tao in December of the same year. Their live performances consist of many vintage analog devices, laptop PC's, vocal, and VJ by Akiyoshi Kitagawa. moss, also a member of dub unit MANTIS released his first album in January 2009 along with guest vocal, Tikiman a.k.a. Pasul St. Hilaire of RYHTHM & SOUND. Meanwhile, tao is a member of imaginion and is also known for his guest appearance in naorunamonai who is the member of Origami.
Noble-1251
CD
$16.25

Yellow Moon Band / Time and Space Machine / Xela / Polaris / Lunadelica / Chimney
Remix
PS, UK Remix 12" on Translucent Green Vinyl. 500 copies only. Side 1: Polaris - 7:30 Join the Chant Mix by Time and Space Machine Side 2 : Lunadelica muddled and spiked by XELA Side 2 : Chimney, a three part 22 min XELA mix.
StaticCaravan-181-12
12
$11.25

Young Widows/Melt-Banana
Split
PS, US 2nd of 4 in a split single series, featuring new unreleased jams from YOUNG WIDOWS, accompanied by a handful of their favorite friends & artists - this edition featuring MELT-BANANA
TemporaryResidence-152
45
$5.25

Young, Neil
Neil Young Archives, Vol. 1: 1963-1972
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Any project in the works for two decades is bound to generate its fair share of myths and so it is with Neil Young's Archives, a series of a multi-disc box sets chronicling Young's history. Originally envisioned in the late '80s as a Decade II, the project quickly mutated into a monster covering every little corner of Neil's career. With its escalation came delays, so many that it sometimes seemed that the project never really existed; it was just a shared fantasy between Neil and his faithful. During that long, long wait, fans held tight to the idea that Archives was a clearinghouse of rarities similar to Bob Dylan's The Bootleg Series, a treasure trove of unreleased songs and epochal live performances that would trump whatever bootleggers had to offer. While rare and unheard music is certainly a key part of Archives, particularly on the first disc covering the pre-history of 1963-1965, viewing this project as merely a CD box set is wildly misleading. Neil Young has designed Archives as nothing less than an immersive multimedia autobiography, an interactive experience where the music, text, video, and pictures feed off each other, creating a virtual journey through Neil's past."
Warner
8CD
$94.75

Youngs, Jenny Owen
Transmitter Failure
PS, US A different sound than fans might be used to from her previous album "Batten the Hatches." The deliciously malleable vocals & her caustic wit remain, but where instrumentals were sparse on "Batten," "Transmitter" is about playing w/ different mediums, layering instruments on top of each other that would otherwise have no business being in the same song together
Nettwerk
CD
$18.00

Ystavat, Kemialliset/Sunset
Split Series #19
PS, US Limited!
FatCat-076
LP
$11.50

Yuill, James
Turning Down Water For Air
PS, US Yuill has a passion for both the emotional songwriting & atmospheres of artists such as Nick Drake, Radiohead & Sufjan Stevens & the visceral beats & dynamic rhythms of Justice, Chemical Brothers & Aphex Twin. He has fused these seemingly disparate influences into a magical sound of his very own, something that hasn't gone unnoticed; he is quickly becoming an influential part of London's popular "folktronica" scene
Nettwerk
CD
$18.00

Zeros
Right Now!
PS, US
Bomp!Records-4074
CD
$13.00

Zopoula, Hermas
Espoir
PS, US Hermas sings in 4 different languages on the album: French, English, Dioula, & Sissali (his mother tongue). The 1st disc presents a refined & practiced Hermas. But the sound on the 2nd disc is the one most Burkinabes know, just him & his guitar in his backyard. Comparisons to singer/song-writer Seu Jorge are inevitable, but listeners will find his voice sweeter & warmer. Other audible influences in his music are Afro-pop pioneer Thomas Mapfumo & Toumani Diabate's Symmetric Orchestra
AsthmaticKitty-52
DCD
$11.50

Zorn, John
Music For Children 10th Anniversary Edition
PS,US The music includes 3 short Torture Garden compositions performed by Zorn w/ the scorching hardcore band Prelapse; a soulful piece of Masada exotica; a virtuosic classical chamber piece for violin, piano & percussion; a poly-rhythmic etude for voice & percussion & a charming nostalgic lullaby for music box
Tzadik
CD
$15.25

Forthcoming Releases

24-Carat Black
Gone: The Promises of Yesterday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS,US "Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth" is seen as 24-Carat Black's first & final chapter, barely a footnote in the well-documented history of Stax. "Gone" is by no means a sequel. Missing are the poignant & bleak sermons, replaced by dusky, sensuous re-workings of love songs DALE WARREN had written as far back as 1965. Wildly divergent in tone, scope, & mission yet tethered by it's singular creator. 150 GRAM LP IN EMBOSSED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
Numero
LP
$17.50

24-Carat Black
Gone: The Promises of Yesterday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS,US "Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth" is seen as 24-Carat Black's first & final chapter, barely a footnote in the well-documented history of Stax. "Gone" is by no means a sequel. Missing are the poignant & bleak sermons, replaced by dusky, sensuous re-workings of love songs DALE WARREN had written as far back as 1965. Wildly divergent in tone, scope, & mission yet tethered by it's singular creator. DELUXE CD INCL. EMBOSSED COVER & 20 PAGE BOOKLET
Numero
CD
$13.25

39 Clocks
Pain It Dark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS,US Reissue of the 1981 debut. Their music can be seen as a futuristic, definitely urban, German form of U.S. '60s garage punk, w/ a referential nod to Suicide & Velvet Underground - sparse & gritty garage chord progressions, hypnotic rhythms & deadpan English lyrics delivered w/ the heaviest of German accents. Contains a previously-unreleased bonus track
BureauB
CD
$18.00

Amber Asylum
Bitter River (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US One of the most influential & respected acts in the neo-classical/dark ambient genre, known for their distinct brand of chilling romantic mire & brooding darkness constructed w/ layers of violin, viola, cello, guitar, bass, percussion, & Kris Force's alluring voice.
ProfoundLore
CD
$14.25

Angell, Theo
Tenebrae (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Theo's 4th long-player and second on Amish records. Includes a variety of regionalist folk-stylings - the mountain music one discovers aong the Appalachian trail, a Southern Gothic lyricism, and northwestern eco-spiritualism. Featuring MATT VALENITNE, PG SIX, TARA JANE O'NEIL, among others. CD comes in a deluxe Japanese mini-LP style gatefold package, with beautiful artwork and full lyric sheet
Amish
CD
$15.00

Arthur and Martha
Navigation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 30TH)
PS, UK 'A British spin on The Postal Service, or Aphex Twin remixing the contents of the seminal C86 album...lovely stuff' NME After three years in the making, Happy Robots are proud to announce the release of 'Navigation' the debut album of Arthur and Martha. Those three years have been tumultuous ones; in which the band battled personal demons driven by the loss of loved ones and broken relationships. Yet the band remained resolute throughout which is reflected in the innocent charm, and upbeat nature, of these 10 new songs. Arthur and Martha are Adam Cresswell and Alice Hubley. Cresswell was founding member of UK folk-a-tronic pop band and John Peel favorites, Saloon who were on Darla until their unexpected break up in 2003. Hubley, despite her years, is also a stalwart of the UK indie scene as a member of kraut-rockers The Exteriors and shouty girl pop band The Duloks. As Arthur and Martha, they employ all manner of kiddie's instruments, moogs and old-school drum machines to build their songs. The album itself ranges from the bleak M83-esque moodiness of the title track to the kraut rock stomp of live favorite 'Squarewave to Heaven'. The album features an extended version of the band's debut single 'Autovia' and forthcoming foamy pop hit 'Music for Hairproducts'. The debut single 'Autovia' received rave reviews from the likes of the NME and Artrocker and multiple Radio 1 plays from Huw Stephens and the band built on this success, gigging with the likes of Lo-Fi Fnk, Grovesnor, Plastic Operator, Sportsday Megaphone and others. The band is flattered to be compared to Kraftwerk, Add N to X, Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell.
HappyRobots-4
CD
$13.50

Au Revoir Simone
Still Night, Still Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US 2x10 inch version. 3rd release from the indie pop darlings. Lush, intricately arranged keyboard sounds create a backdrop for the ladies' beautiful vocal harmonies in a soundscape ranging from the intimately delicate to the powerfully psychedelic. The album is a warm, circuitous current of energy that is gorgeously incandescent & instantly familiar
OurSecretRecordCompany
2X10
$16.75

Audionom
Superior (DELAYED / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL???)
PS, SWEDEN New album from Scandinavian zoomrock motherfuckers, features members of Paper and 1999. Will rock your bones from their sockets.
IdealRecordings
CD
$12.25

Bad Secrets
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Dark, weird, & hypnotic jams from this improv duo, consisting of members from YOUNG WIDOWS & KODAN ARMADA. The lo-fi nature of this 7-track mini-album works to the group's advantage, setting an overall mood of drunken, haunted desperation. This successfully channels the energy & soul of blues, the mesmerizing spirit of shoegazer & psychedelia, & the harsher elements of desert rock. 9 inch vinyl w/ CD
RoboticEmpire
9"+CD
$19.25

Barbieri, Gato
In Search Of Mystery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US This 1967 avant-jazz masterpiece from the Argentine tenor saxophonist shows off his volatile, shrieking sound to full & unrelenting affect, fueled by the twin interweaving strings of cellist Calo Scott & bassist Norris Jones, & Bobby Kapp's impressionistic drum splatter
ESP-Disk'
CD
$12.75

Bats
Don't You Rise (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 2009)
PS, US The Bats are legends of New Zealand music, standing tall alongside contemporaries The Clean and The Chills as linchpins of the Flying Nun label and the Dunedin/Christchurch scene. Over the course of 25 years, 7 albums and 4 world tours, the original line-up of Robert Scott, Malcolm Grant, Paul Kean and Kaye Woodward remains intact and still creating vital pastoral pop gems. Combining Robert's mantric-like guitar pick and strum, bouncing bass with a twist from Paul, melodic hooks from Kaye on guitar and Malcolm's snappy beats, the combination of musical ingredients works perfectly - effortlessly. The band's reputation is sterling; based on legendary albums like Daddy's Highway and Silverbeet and their energetic live shows, The Bats have an enthusiastic world-wide fanbase who treasure the band's continued excellence. The Don't You Rise EP gathers up four tunes from 1998 and 2003, helping to complete the discographical picture leading up to the release of their next album, The Guilty Office, in early 2009. Featuring the electric violin on Alastair Galbraith (who last featured on The Bats' Law of Things), "That's How You'll Find Me" would fit in perfectly on any classic Bats album and mesmerized with it's folk-pop groove. "You Don't Belong" is a moody gem, while "Don't You Rise"'s country-inflected strum is a live favorite. "Face Inside The Sun" rounds out the record in fine form, a mid-tempo sing-along that sounds straight off of Daddy's Highway. A pretty special EP then, and ample evidence that 25 years after forming, The Bats still earn their legendary status. The new and next Bats full-length album, The Guilty Office, will be released by Parasol's Hidden Agenda label in May 2009!
Slumberland
45
$3.75

Beastie Boys
Ill Communication (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US 180 gram 2LP
Capitol
DLP
$27.50

Bergraven
Till Makabert Vasen (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US Par Gustafsson has perfected his already unique rendering of Nordic chants & vehement growls. Though, the real genius is in his ability to give you just enough room to breathe before elegantly knocking the wind right out of you
HydraHead-172
CD
$13.00

Bibio
Ambivalence Avenue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US
Warp-10177
DLP
$17.25

Bibio
Ambivalence Avenue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Focusing on location recording using cassettes, a half-broken sampler, dictaphones, & experimental ways of affecting sounds, he has crafted an unequalled style that is as subtle as it is powerful
Warp-10177
CD
$13.00

Big Tone
Art Of Ink (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US 2LP highlighted by some of today's most notable lyricists including BLU, GUILTY SIMPSON, BREEZE BREWIN, & TA'RAACH
Tres
DLP
$20.00

Black Keys, The
The Big Come Up (Orange Vinyl) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Orange Vinyl Version!
Alive-0444
LP
$13.00

Bosque Brown
Baby (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US Texas group Bosque Brown have been quietly working on their sophomore full-length with producer Chris Flemmons (BAPTIST GENERALS). A dramatic step forward from their debut, Plays Mara Lee Miller, Baby features a fuller sound and more expansive instrumentation. The album benefits from the band's ability to record closer to home, allowing them to take as much time as necessary. Baby's rich musicianship reflects Bosque Brown's increasing stature as a live band. LP version comes with BONUS 7" and mp3 download code
BurntToast
CD
$14.25

Brain Doner
Wasted Fuzz Excessive (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Wasted Fuzz Excessive is the long awaited follow-up to Brian Donor's 2006CE's epic Drain' D Boner, this new album continuing in those dark traditions of declaimed metallic poetry, but extending further into works of epic construction and length. Drive by No Wave Riffs and hoary proto-metal assaults, this Donor record burns at both ends.
BrainDoner-99184
CD
$15.50

Breeders
Last Splash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US 180gm vinyl LP! Following the departure of Tanya Donelly, the breakup of The Pixies, & the return of KELLEY DEAL to the fold, KIM DEAL & THE BREEDERS' hit the alternative big time w/ their 2nd (& last of the decade) record, & its hit singles "Cannonball," "Divine Hammer," & "Saints." The last Breeders album of the '90s, as Kelley suffered & recovered from drug addiction & Kim found a new outlet in The Amps, 'Last Splash' went platinum & brought the massive songwriting talents out from behind the shadow of Black Francis
Plain
LP
$16.75

Breeders
Pod (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US 180gm vinyl LP! Though ostensibly a side project of KIM DEAL (of THE PIXIES) & TANYA DONELLY (of THROWING MUSES), THE BREEDERS' 1990 debut has held up as a classic of late '80s/early '90s off-kilter alternative pop, surpassing the contemporaneous work of their main bands. Though Deal would really hit the big time 3 yrs later w/ the band's follow-up, 'Last Splash,' & Donelly would do the same w/ her next band, Belly, this is the band's finest, most coherent, album & perhaps the high point in both their careers. Engineered by the legendary STEVE ALBINI
Plain
LP
$16.75

Broken Records
Until The Earth Begins To Part (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Scottish seven-piece releases their debut. They've already been tipped for greatness by publications as diverse as NME, Q, and The Word. A series of three singles released in 2008 led NME to call them "an incredible proposition - set to go stellar as soon as they decide on a lucky label to sign to." "They simply astound...epic, swirling, joyfully mysterious music...with a warmth and heart" - The Guardian.
4AD
CD
$13.25

Broken Records
Until The Earth Begins To Part (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
4AD
LP
$14.00

Brosseau, Tom
Posthumous Success (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US 3rd full-length marks a huge stylistic shift away from the spare, acoustic arrangements of his previous releases. He fleshes & clothes his songs' sturdy skeletons, lending them breath, presence, & limb-stretching immediacy. Unchanged, however, are his earnest wit, near-unearthly emotional grasp, & captivating, vibrato-soaked voice. Buoyant, well-crafted, & sprawlingly lovely.
FatCat-081
CD
$11.50

Bryars, Gavin
The Sinking of the Titanic: Live Bourges 12/13.4.1990 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, UK A new CD edition of a celebrated live performance of The Sinking of the Titanic by acclaimed modern British composer Gavin Bryars. Originally released on Les Disques du Crepuscule, this extended 60-minute performance of Bryars' haunting masterpiece was recorded by the Gavin Bryars Ensemble at the French festival Le Printemps de Bourges in April 1990. The performance location was the Chateau D'Eau, a disused water tower on three storeys, in an environment conceived by L'Académie de Muséologue Évocatoire, showing works by French artist Christian Boltanski and also featuring documentation relating to the wreck of the Titanic supplied by divers Taurus International. Featured Ensemble musicians are Dave Smith, Roger Heaton, Martin Allen, Alexander Balanescu, Jon Carney and directed by Bryars himself. Bryars explains: 'The Bourges recording is much longer than earlier versions of Titanic and takes account of the peculiar nature of the performing environment. The six musicians were located in the basement area of the three storey water tower, and the public heard the pieces through a specially designed sound system on the middle floor - although only after the sound had passed through the cavernous top floor, which was used as a massive reverberation chamber. The acoustics of the space, previously an underwater one, conditioned the way in which the music was heard.' This new CD edition also features extensive liner notes by Gavin Bryars, as well as updated artwork.
LTM-2525
CD
$15.00

Busdriver
Jhelli Beam (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Both smart and smartass, theatrical without being pompous, and, as always, funny. BD's breath-defying flow teeters precariously on top of samples of classical music, jazz drumming, and proggy guitar parts, without ever losing sight of the electronic music that helped define his sound. Mindfully engaging and booty shaking at the same time. A wholly unique take on what an underground hip-hop album should be. RIYL: Animal Collective, Beck, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, TV On The Radio.
Anti
CD
$12.50

Busdriver
Jhelli Beam (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Anti
LP
$15.00

Cake
Motorcade of Generosity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Cake's debut album will be reissued after long absence at retail. The re-mastered album will feature an enhanced compact disc format that includes previously unreleased, rare live performance footage from the band's first headline tour and a special Motorcade decal insert. A vinyl album configuration which includes a limited edition Motorcade poster and a full album digital download card is also available. Motorcade Of Generosity was forged during a specific era of the worldwide music scene. While all the tracks were completely accessible to anyone who was paying attention to the radio, the album was a strong reaction to the surging, heavy-handed guitar rock that listeners were accustomed to hearing during the mid/late nineties. The band will tour their 2-set Evening With Cake show in the US and Europe throughout 2009.
UpbeatRecords-002
CD
$9.25

Cake
Motorcade of Generosity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Cake's debut album will be reissued after long absence at retail. The re-mastered vinyl album configuration includes a limited edition Motorcade poster and a full album digital download card. Motorcade Of Generosity was forged during a specific era of the worldwide music scene. While all the tracks were completely accessible to anyone who was paying attention to the radio, the album was a strong reaction to the surging, heavy-handed guitar rock that listeners were accustomed to hearing during the mid/late nineties. The band will tour their 2-set Evening With Cake show in the US and Europe throughout 2009.
UpbeatRecords-002
LP
$16.25

Cheese, Richard
Viva La Vodka (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US America's loudest lounge singer Richard Cheese performs swingin' Vegas versions of rock, rap, and Top 40 hits, "swankifying" contemporary songs into traditional pop vocal standards. Imagine Sinatra singing Radiohead, and you've got Dick. Cheese has sold more than 155,000 CDs and has played hundreds of sold out concerts from Las Vegas to London. With his snappy Lounge Against the Machine swing band, his tiger-striped tuxedo, and his enormous microphone, Richard Cheese presents the perfect mix of music, martini, and madcap.
Coverage-012
CD
$11.25

Chickenfoot
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US A brand new supergroup comprised of JOE SATRIANI, CHAD SMITH, MICHAEL ANTHONY and SAMMY HAGAR. Oh boy. 180-grm vinyl
Fontana
DLP
$25.50

Chocolat
S/T EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US This debut EP is partly indebted to early Kinks, Brian Jones-era Stones, The Yardbirds, The Seeds, The Pretty Things, & Johnny Cash as well as the Velvet Underground w/ a twist of Jacques Dutronc. The band's refined psycho-sexual boogie, modern psychedelia, classic soul-pop songwriting & raw power hasn't gone unrecognized on recent tours w/ Jay Reatard, Black Lips & King Khan
Semprini
CD
$11.75

Chocolat
S/T EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US ALSO ON LP w/download card
Semprini
LP
$12.50

Circle Jerks
Golden Shower of Hits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS,US Re-mastered 180 gram vinyl. The band's trademark sense of humor is still present, witnessed by numbers like "When the Shit Hits the Fan" & the hilarious medley "Golden Shower of Hits." However, the anger & frustration of tracks like "Coup D'etat" & "Rats of Reality" keep the hardcore edge that fans always expected & reveled in
Porterhouse
LP
$16.50

Cloaks
Versus Grain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS,US Housed within their structures is a destructive impulse that recalls the work of Einsturzende Neubauten as much as it does the dark hooks of Burial. 35 unrelenting minutes of battering beats; layer upon layer of sound, dense walls of screaming sonic dirge, decaying static & brutally metallic beats
3BY3
CD
$15.50

Clubroot
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US We are in the midst of a great change; both of our world, and the way we live in it. As with the seasons, these shifts are gradual, but little by little they become part of the present. The dubstep and bass sound continues to experience a parallel state of flux of this evolution, the forms are many, and widely expressive, but none of the many new voices and styles is quite like Clubroot. A St. Alban's resident, Clubroot cut his teeth in the early part of this decade with material bearing a likeness to the futurist ideals of drum and bass producers like Optical, Ed Rush, and Nico. As dubstep began to develop its own musical language, its emerging low end sonic tropes and freedom from rhythmic clutter acted as the catalyst for Clubroot, the moment when he realized what was upon him and was instinctually galvanized into action. His epic debut album is unlike any other yet released in the wider context of dubstep, eschewing high impact rhythmic constructions and muscular bass dynamics in favour of rolling grandeur and elaborately-realised emotive scenes, as thematically profound and vast in conception as it is uniquely expressive. 140 bpm tempos and lurching club-tooled sequences are not part of the Clubroot modus operandi: instead we encounter massive bass vistas, intricate garage-influenced spiralling beats, evocative melodic narratives that unwind to reveal fascinating bright flowers and surges of liquid color, and a sense of stately beauty rarely encountered in electronic music. Like a map of an undiscovered audio landscape, these 10 tracks illustrate a collection of distinct environments which collectively create a whole set of shared senses, their seemingly otherworldly qualities primed to generate vivid emotional responses to be deeply embedded in the memory. Clubroot's irresistible siren pull is already winning over fans among the few who have already been exposed to his expansive gathering clouds of sound. Mary Anne Hobbs was quick to commission a mix for her world-renowned Radio 1 show, and will include Clubroot on her next Planet Mu compilation. Meanwhile, word spreading like a looming thunderstorm across the forums and blogs has generated huge anticipation among forward thinking bass music fans, clamoring for the release of this view into the future.
Lodubs-09002
CD
$12.75

Coalesce
Ox (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Relapse
LP
$18.00

Coalesce
Ox (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US The Kansas clan lurches uncontrollably, adding just the right touch of bombast & contrast to make the seething agression all the more impactful, wringing vital emotions from every pore without even a trace of melancholy or regret
Relapse
CD
$13.25

Codes in the Clouds
Paper Canyon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Rather than the predictable quiet-loud-quiet formula that most instrumental post-rock ensembles adapt, the group crafts songs that not only swell & recede, they also emotively arc in varied, well-orchestrated passages of sound that feel miticulously composed
ErasedTapes
CD
$18.00

Connors, Loren
The Curse of Midnight Mary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
FamilyVineyard-64
LP
$12.25

Crippled Black Phoenix
200 Tons Of Bad Luck (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Invada-076
LP
$17.75

Crippled Black Phoenix
200 Tons Of Bad Luck (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US After releasing the underground classic -A Love if Shared Disasters- Crippled Black Phoenix have re-grouped and spent the best part of a year recording -200 tons of bad luck-.
Although not strictly a concept recording the thoughts and moods of founding member Justin Greaves re-occur throughout and link the songs in a film like way. Once again CBP have crafted the songs at Geoff Barrows Portishead state of the art studio. The end result will no doubt have folk scrambling for descriptives and in the midst of the relative chaos Crippled Black Phoenix will be oblivious to it all again giving you 200 tons of music that if you let yourself have time to be immersed in you shall be rewarded. Think of these albums like the moment when your life flashes before your eyes just before the inevitable conclusion.
Invada-076
CD
$13.75

Cromagnon
Orgasm (Cave Rock) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US Free 60's underground tribal music rec. '69. Obscure album of wild rock risen from the primordial mud+slime the late 60s
ESP-Disk'
CD
$12.75

Crooked Fingers
Forfeit/Fortune (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Crooked Fingers will release their fifth LP titled Forfeit/Fortune. Forfeit/Fortune features the fullest and most eclectic orchestration on a Crooked Fingers release to date, enlisting an all-star cast of players to perform. Brian Kotzer (Silver Jews) lent his talents to the project in Nashville, while Tom Hagerman (Devotchka) laid down string parts in Denver. Frequent Crooked Fingers touring mate Neko Case sang the brilliant album-closing duet "Your Control" with Bachmann in Tucson. Bachmann, a noted composer in his own right, wrote and arranged the string and horn parts on the record.
ConstantArtists-001
CD
$12.00

Crooked Fingers
Forfeit/Fortune (Deluxe CD+DVD ) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Crooked Fingers will release their fifth LP titled Forfeit/Fortune. Forfeit/Fortune features the fullest and most eclectic orchestration on a Crooked Fingers release to date, enlisting an all-star cast of players to perform. Brian Kotzer (Silver Jews) lent his talents to the project in Nashville, while Tom Hagerman (Devotchka) laid down string parts in Denver. Frequent Crooked Fingers touring mate Neko Case sang the brilliant album-closing duet "Your Control" with Bachmann in Tucson. Bachmann, a noted composer in his own right, wrote and arranged the string and horn parts on the record.
ConstantArtists-002
CD/DVD
$16.25

Danger O's, The
Nineteen Ninety Four (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Emerging from the basements and legion halls of the Philadelphia suburbs, the power trio known as the Danger O's have been delivering sense pleasing rock and roll to all living creatures since 2004. After their first release in 2006, the "Little Machines" EP, the guys took their sonic assault on tour through the northeast the northwest. Their music video for the single, "DDR part II," received rotation on the likes of Havok, Fuse and Comcast on Demand which only spread the spine tingling excitement for the Danger O's across the US. With their new release, the LP "Nineteen Ninety Four," the guys combined the polish of power pop with the intensity of the early nineties and found a rock and roll sound that is both familiar and fresh. So prepare your friends, prepare your enemies, and prepare yourself for "Nineteen Ninety Four".
Creep-009
CD
$9.50

Deer Tick
Born On Flag Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US Vinyl version
Partisan
LP
$23.75

Deer Tick
Born On Flag Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Highly anticipated 2nd full-length. Unlike "War Elephant," the album features the 3 new members that principle songwriter John J. McCauley III recruited to form the current incarnation, & reflects a natural evolution from a singular vision of one songwriter to something greater
Partisan
CD
$14.75

Deerhunter
Rainwater Cassette Exchange (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Kranky
12
$8.25

Deerhunter
Rainwater Cassette Exchange (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Certainly not a group to rest on their laurels (especially difficult when they have new songs burning a hole in their collective
back pockets), Deerhunter delivers five new tracks on this extended play. This is not some stop-gap release between albums, or mere leftovers from their most recent Microcastle album, but an all new session.
Kranky
CD5
$7.50

Dial
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US This austere New Zealand outfit successfully channels the darkest corners of the AmRep catalog, the raw ferocity of classic hardcore, the off-time kilter of math-roc, & the concept that music can actually be dangerous. This focuses more on space & dissonance than technical shreddery - obscenely heavy guitars collide w/ bludgeoning percussion & vicious female vocals
RoboticEmpire
MCD
$6.25

Dinosaur Jr.
Farm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION. Pre-order a copy of the new album and we'll drop you an email you a unique code to download MP3s of the two tracks from the tour-exclusive 7", along with a large 17"x22" poster of the album artwork.
Jagjaguawar-150
LP
$14.25

Dinosaur Jr.
Farm - DELUXE (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US 1st 10,000 copies will be a deluxe limited edition version, including a 2nd disc containing 4 additional songs. Pre-order a copy of the new album and we'll drop you an email you a unique code to download MP3s of the two tracks from the tour-exclusive 7".
Jagjaguwar-151
DCD
$11.50

Dinosuar Jr.
Farm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US 5th full length record by the original line-up. At times wholly 70's guitar-epic, at times perfect for sitting by a babbling brook w/ Joni & Neil, this encompasses their signature palette - soaring & distorted guitar, unshakable hooks, honey-rich melodies - songs that get into your head &, bouncing around happily, stay there. NO EXPORT
Jagjaguwar-150
CD
$11.50

Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US The follow-up to 2007's critically acclaimed and Domino debut "Rise Above". Their fifth release is a big rock album by design. Its idiosyncratic and sincere take on popular music is reminiscent of David Byrne with whom Dirty Projectors collaborated on "Knotty Pine" for the 2009 compilation "Dark Was The Night". In many ways, group leader David Longstreth could be seen as this generation's answer to Byrne, a distinctive torchbearer of labyrinthine song arrangements that go down easy.
DominoRecordingCo
CD
$12.50

Dirty Projectors
Bitte Orca (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
DominoRecordingCo
LP
$16.50

Discovery
LP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Discovery is the recording project of Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend) and Wes Miles (Ra Ra Riot). Guest vocals from Ezra Koening (Vampire Weekend) and Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors). Elements of European electronic dance music skittering in double time over steady R&B. "Cascades of synths that belong on a My Bloody Valentine record and electronic flurries that sound like a flock of robins chirping incessantly on a spring morning" - Pitchfork. "...some scorching lo-fi beats and lyrics" - Paste Magazine.
XL
CD
$13.25

Donnas, The
Greatest Hits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US TRACK LISTING
Single Disc:
1. Get Off
2. Perfect Stranger
3. We Own the Night
4. She's Out of Control
5. Take It Off
6. Fall Behind Me
7. Get You Alone
8. Play My Game
9. You Make Me Hot
10. Get Rid of That Girl
11. Hey I'm Gonna Be Your Girl
12. I Wanna Be With a Girl Like You
13. I Don't Wanna Go To School
14.Teenage Rules
15. I Don't Wanna Break Your Head
16. High School Yum Yum (Rec-recorded)
PurpleFeather-1002
CD
$12.00

Dr. Israel feat. Killah Priest
Gangsta N' Police (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Red vinyl. Limited to 1000. "Gangsta n Police" is a vivid depiction of urban life; a painting illustrated with the brush stroke of reality...Gangstas with knowledge run the streets. Questionable actions and intentions are sometimes a requirement for urban survival, and urban warfare against the corrupt police forces is often times un-avoidable. One does what one must in order to survive...As corporate imperialism manifests itself in a rapidly expanding prison industrial complex, crime is encouraged, security disbanded, and overt police corruption and greed is rewarded every bit as much as it is ignored." - Dr. Israel Dubstep bounces to life in the hands of Dr. Israel and Wu-Tang Clan alumnus Killah Priest, as a gritty street tale unfolds over stomping beats and singularly destructive bass. The single is sure to spring to life on both urban radio and in the modern dubstep craze, with Killah Priest dropping science with a memorable verse. The version utilizes the spacey, classic 70s method of dub technique, and the Submerged remix powers the club floor tailoring in the finer threads of dubstep mastercraft.Tracks:A1) Dr. Israel & Killah Priest - Gangsta N PoliceA2) Dr. Israel & Killah Priest - Gangsta N Police [Version] dubbed out byDr. Israel and Bill LaswellB1) Dr. Israel & Killah Priest - Gangsta N Police [Submerged Remix]B2) Accapella [unlisted]
OhmResistance-01
12
$8.25

Dysrythmia
Psychic Maps (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS,US The band continues to push themselves to new levels of technicality while also adding a healthy dose of melodic songcraft. RIYL: Voivod, Sonic Youth, Hella, Pelican
Relapse
CD
$13.25

Earth
Radio Live (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US Deluxe 180 gram, vinyl-only release comes in a cloth-like textured heavy-weight cardboard sleeve with metallic silver foil printing. Limited to 3000! Comprised of two tracks from a live radio broadcast on KFJC & two tracks from a live performance in Vienna.
SouthernLord
LP
$18.75

Einsturzende Neubauten
Ende Neu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Vinyl version
Potomak
LP
$16.25

Einsturzende Neubauten
Ende Neu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Reissue of the 1996 album, originally released on Mute. The quintessential scientists of the post-avant-garde abstain from focusing on listener disintegration tactics as they did on prior albums, but opt instead to hone their craftmanship in new compositional areas. Dark, focused explosions, w/ theatrical strings & tightly-wound vocal structures
Potomak
CD
$18.00

Elusive Parallelograms
And Everything Changes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Elusive Parallelograms have been called psychedelic rockers heading back into the future. Each member's influences and playing styles are unique and distinct, culminating in a blend of psychedelic, fuzzed-out guitars, and engaging rhythms. Elusive Parallelograms' eclectic arrangements and diverse sounds step away from conventional songwriting and provide a different musical perspective. "Recommended if you like Chester French, the Von Bondies...Who says psychedelia-influenced, shoegazer guitar riffs need to last five minutes a pop? These fellas have a knack for condensing the fuzz." -a Spin pick
RainbowQuartz-158
CD
$13.00

Envy/Jesu
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US CD version. Over 37 minutes of newly recorded music from two forward-looking bands who are entering a new phase. Envy's three songs are even more diverse than previous classics, while Jesu mastermind JUSTIN K. BROADRICK wrote, recorded, mixed, & produced his two tracks at Avalanche from January-May 2008
HydraHead-169
CD
$13.00

Eprhyme
Shomer Salaam b/w My Mouth is a House of Prayer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US
Krecords-124
45
$3.75

Epryhme
Shomer Salaam b/w My Mouth is a House of Prayer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US Moving effortlessly from Middle Eastern melodies to dance-hall & deep-house rhythms, "Shomer Salaam" is multi-cultural & poly-rhythmic. "My Mouth is a House of Prayer" represents soul music in its purest form. And it bumps. Combines a classic marching band drum break w/ an Arabic pop vocal chorus. Their fluctuating cadence & styles float like a stoned butterfly, while the relentlessly hard-hitting beat stings like a spelling bee.
KRecords
7
$4.00

Fabolous
My Time (Feat. Jeremih) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. A Side: "My Time" Clean and Dirty versions. B-Side "Throw It In The Bag" Clean and Dirty versions.
DefJam
12"
$5.75

Falty DL
Human Meadow Remixes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US "Human Meadow" is the stand-out track from the New York garage/2-step/dubstep/hip hop/electronic artist's debut album, & on this remix 12 inch he gets the Planet Mu treatment by some of the biggest names on the label (µ-Ziq, BOXCUTTER, LUKE VIBERT)
PlanetMu
12
$7.25

Features, The
Some Kind of Salvation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US It's been four years since Nashville, TN's best kept secret, The Features, snuck onto our speakers with their critically lauded debut, Exhibit A. The record strengthened their already rabid hometown cult following and won over critics in both the US & UK press while shows with Kings of Leon, the Raconteurs and The Walkmen and sets at Redding & Leeds festivals showed off their brazenly flawless live show. Quite suddenly, The Features disappeared and left us wondering what had happened to the Southern four piece who were bound to become our next favorite band. But now, with trademark pop hooks and stellar songwriting in tow, The Features are returning this spring with an off-kilter masterpiece of a sophomore album, Some Kind of Salvation.
LooseToothRecords-001
CD
$9.00

Fenn, O'Berg
Magic & Return (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US 2CD reissue of this legendary supergroup (CHRISTIAN FENNESZ, JIM O'ROURKE & PETER REHBERG). Contains 2 bonus tracks. Unmatched improvised computer music that simply defined a whole genre
EditionsMego
DCD
$20.50

Fiery Furnaces
I'm Going Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 21ST)
PS,US Eighth FRIEDBERGER album recorded & mixed by JASON LOEWENSTEIN (bass, SEBADOH) in NYC. ELEANOR wrote most of the lyrics; MATT wrote most of the music & also produced. All rock music is a sort of dramatic music. Since the times are tough, it makes sense to have that "drama" be something more like "Taxi" & less like "Titanic." Hopefully this record can be used as theme songs to folks' own personal visions of drama. LP on 180g & limited to 1500, old-style tip-on gatefold jacket, incl. MP3 download coupon
ThrillJockey
LP
$16.25

Fiery Furnaces
I'm Going Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 21ST)
PS,US Eighth FRIEDBERGER album recorded & mixed by JASON LOEWENSTEIN (bass, SEBADOH) in NYC. ELEANOR wrote most of the lyrics; MATT wrote most of the music & also produced. All rock music is a sort of dramatic music. Since the times are tough, it makes sense to have that "drama" be something more like "Taxi" & less like "Titanic." Hopefully this record can be used as theme songs to folks' own personal visions of drama. CD presented in 4 panel mini-LP style jacket
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.00

Foreign Born
Person to Person (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US vinyl.
SecretlyCanadian-182
LP
$11.50

Foreign Born
Person to Person (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US An album of dense pop that justifies the band's place among top songsmithing contemporaries like Cass McCombs & James Mercer. African high-life guitars are countered w/ New Wave wash; the sound of a band daring to keep its pallet open to most any influence -- from U2 to the Feelies. If the Walkmen weren't afraid to go out in Bermuda shorts & flip-flops, you may have a sound close to this... like it could be Phil Spector's mid-70's 'lost recordings' inspired by the depth of second-line drum bands from New Orleans.
SecretlyCanadian-182
CD
$11.50

Foreign Press
Whole Story (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS,US 1st CD release by the cult Manchester post-punk band, active between 1979-1988. Digitally remastered, 32 track 150 minute 2CD set. Features all tracks from all 4 singles, as well as previously unreleased demo & session tracks
LTM
DCD
$18.50

Foreign Press
The Whole Story (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, UK The Whole Story is the first CD release by cult Manchester post-punk band Foreign Press. Manchester group Foreign Press were active between 1979 and 1988. After early gigs at legendary clubs including Rafters, Devilles and the Factory/Russell, the group recruited Joy Division manager Rob Gretton to produce their first single, Downpour, in 1979. After a second single, Climbing, in 1981, Foreign Press elected to pursue a more overtly commercial direction. The result was anthemic electro single The Great Divide, produced by Bernard Sumner (New Order) and Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio), and released through a major label in 1983. Despite management from the team behind Wham! and a second pop single, the group failed to crack the charts, and after later demos for an album (again produced by Donald Johnson) finally split in 1988. However during their decade together Foreign Press recorded a wealth of material, much of it released here for the first time. Digitally remastered, 32 track 150 minute double disc set The Whole Story features all tracks from all four singles, as well as previously unreleased demo and session tracks. The booklet includes archive images and liner notes by singer Ralph Bowe.
LTM-2529
DCD
$15.25

Friese-Greene, Tim
10 Sketches for Piano Trio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, UK Since leaving the ambit of Talk Talk in 1992, Tim has recorded two albums as Heligoland, but 10 Sketches for Piano Trio is the first to be released under his own name. "It didn't seem right for it to be a Heligoland album," he explains. "It is too singular. And so it is. Because the classic featured line-up of drums, acoustic bass and piano is largely familiar to the ear, we might assume the instruments will take up roles normally associated with jazz. But here the playing and attitude subverts this expectation, and delivers something more primitive on a technical level, more rigorous on a formal level, and something more pared-down harmonically. Halfway, the listener begins to pick up on the disparate influences, from Tims early experience engineering Sex Pistols sessions, to later experiments in ambient minimalism with Talk Talk, including the seminal albums Spirit of Eden and Laughing Stock. Recorded in an old malthouse with a piano Tim picked up in a local market, and mixed by Grammy award winner Phill Brown (Eno, Bob Marley, John Martyn) in the valve-heaven of London's Westpoint Studios, 10 Sketches... revels in its contradictions, and defies judgement in relation to anything except absolutes. Tracklist: Sketch 01 , Sketch 02 , Sketch 03 , Sketch 04 , Sketch 05 , Sketch 06 , Sketch 07 , Sketch 08, Sketch 09 , Sketch 10
LTM-2535
CD
$15.00

Gable
I'm Okay (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US The group uses conventional instruments like cello & brass in unconventional ways that complement their usual array of found sounds, squeaks, & samples. DIY pop songs w/ echoes of The Vaselines, Beat Happening, & Lou Barlow's solo endeavors. Limited to 300
Loaf
LP
$17.75

Garneau, Chris
El Radio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US There is still a poignant melancholy and bold sincerity that permeates all of Garneau's music, but those qualities are augmented by a playfulness in his melodies and arrangements. Garneau's extensive cast of characters unavoidably comment on the social and political forces that pull us unpredictably through time while rollicking to the rhythms of an organ grinder. Two previous tracks licensed to "Grey's Anatomy"; one licensed track to "The Practice" and "So You Think You Can Dance". RIYL: Thao Nguyen, Rufus Wainwright, Elliott Smith, Xiu Xiu.
AbsolutelyKosher
CD
$13.25

Garwood, Duke
The Sand That Falls (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Recorded in a vast, deserted house that was as much a building site as abode, it's soon apparent that The Sand That Falls is aptly named. For as Garwood picks his blues and murmurs his songs, time vanishes as he transports you to a world soundtracked by sparse plucking, gentle percussion and his deep, thoughtful vocal. Though steeped in the blues and deeply influenced by his hero Thelonious Monk, Garwood never becomes distracted into reverential homage. There's a fractured, lo-fi feel to what he does; an unconcern with rigid adherence to tradition. In the scattered sounds and meditative feel, the space in which The Sand That Falls was recorded almost becomes audible in the music.
Fire-132
CD
$13.75

Garwood, Duke
He Was A Warlock EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US After Duke's sublime dirge on the Keep Mother Series (10"), it was inevitable that Fire Records were going to sign such a maverick warped bluesman from South London. This first EP release He Was A Warlock captures Duke Garwood in his free blues form. The release serves as a great precursor to his debut album release for Fire Records, The Sand That Falls, due for release in late June.
Fire-173
CD5
$9.50

Garwood, Duke
The Sand That Falls (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US After Duke's sublime dirge on the Keep Mother Series (10"), it was inevitable that Fire Records were going to sign such a maverick warped bluesman from South London. This first EP release He Was A Warlock captures Duke Garwood in his free blues form. The release serves as a great precursor to his debut album release for Fire Records, The Sand That Falls, due for release in late June.
Fire-132
CD
$15.50

Gentleman Losers
Dustland (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS,US A sound that evokes tarnished grandeur - where decay & starry-eyed innocence rub shoulders w/ dusty strings & syrup-drenched instrumentation. Sounds like a ballroom orchestra recorded inside a snow globe. Big songs compressed through a bottleneck of lo-fi genius
CityCentreOffices
CD
$16.25

Gentleman Losers
Dustland (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS,US Vinyl version. A sound that evokes tarnished grandeur - where decay & starry-eyed innocence rub shoulders w/ dusty strings & syrup-drenched instrumentation. Sounds like a ballroom orchestra recorded inside a snow globe. Big songs compressed through a bottleneck of lo-fi genius
CityCentreOffices
LP
$16.25

Georgia's Horse
The Mammoth Sessions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Texas is a graveyard and The Lone Star State is full of ghosts. Once the home of many thousands of military personnel, old bases now stand empty. The only tenants are lizards and snakes. Even the rusted and rotted hulks of planes have been carted off by junk men and souvenir hunters. The roar of the war effort has been replaced by the whisper of the wind. A gentle absence of action. The haunted Americana of Georgia's Horse sounds like it could have come from any of these ghostly deserts. Their debut album, The Mammoth Sessions sounds like an aftermath of some emotionally violent event that has just left stillness and melancholia in its place. These 13 songs are anchored around the skewed and magnetic vision of singer/songwriter Teresa Maldonado and their brittle and skeletal songs are fleshed out by multi-instrumentalist Tiziano Hernandez (bass/guitars), Brad Thomason (drums) and Melly Rose (cello).
FireRecords-128
CD
$14.75

Georgia's Horse
The Mammoth Sessions LP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Texas is a graveyard and The Lone Star State is full of ghosts. Once the home of many thousands of military personnel, old bases now stand empty. The only tenants are lizards and snakes. Even the rusted and rotted hulks of planes have been carted off by junk men and souvenir hunters. The roar of the war effort has been replaced by the whisper of the wind. A gentle absence of action. The haunted Americana of Georgia's Horse sounds like it could have come from any of these ghostly deserts. Their debut album, The Mammoth Sessions sounds like an aftermath of some emotionally violent event that has just left stillness and melancholia in its place. These 13 songs are anchored around the skewed and magnetic vision of singer/songwriter Teresa Maldonado and their brittle and skeletal songs are fleshed out by multi-instrumentalist Tiziano Hernandez (bass/guitars), Brad Thomason (drums) and Melly Rose (cello).
Fire-128
LP
$15.50

Guthrie, Robin
Angel Falls (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US New four song EP by former Cocteau Twins guitarist. Limited to 1000. Digipak. Tracks: 1. Camera Lucida 2. Love Never Dies a Natural Death 3. Red Moon Rising 4. Delicate
Darla-224
CD5
$7.00

Guthrie, Robin
Carousel (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Carousel is the follow up to the critically acclaimed instrumental albums Continental and Imperial. We have a few words to describe Carousel - uplifting, summery, opulent, dreamlike, exquisite, moving - with Guthrie quietly coaxing beauty out of layers of echoes and always-inventive soundscaping. Guthrie has been a massive influence on everyone from My Bloody Valentine through to Antony and the Johnsons, new 4AD Act The Big Pink and M83. In recent years he's worked with School Of Seven Bells, John Foxx (on this year's Mirrorball album, described by Q Magazine as 'full of myriad charms . . . encompassing the best of both artists'), Ulrich Schnauss, Harold Budd (with whom he made two albums in 2007, Before The Day Breaks and After The Night Falls) and Brooklyn's Mahogany and Apollo Heights. Given the quality of Carousel, it's not surprising that as a guitarist and producer, though most people know about his work as the Cocteau Twins principal sound designer, his defining role in the now vogue-ishly fashionable early '90s shoegazing scene with his productions for the likes of Lush and Chapterhouse shouldn't go un-noticed. Guthrie is also developing an impressive reputation as a composer of film soundtracks and in the visual arts. He's scored two movies - Greg Araki's Mysterious Skin and the Dany Saadia directed 3:19 - for both of which he released a soundtrack album, and has performed extensively with Lumire, and its recently premiered successor Galerie, both films that he has created as backdrops for his atmospheric, hypnotic guitar-based instrumental concerts.
Darla-226
CD
$12.25

Harvey, PJ
To Bring You My Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US 180gm vinyl LP! PJs 3rd proper album (not incl. the '4 Track Demos' released after 'Rid Of Me') is her most accomplished & mature album to date. Following the harsh sound & brutal honesty of 'Rid Of Me', this album feels like a step outside of herself, a reflection rather than an outpouring of emotion. Relying heavily on religious imagery & presenting a twisted blues reminiscent of future-beau Nick Cave or Tom Waits, this is quite a departure from the sparseness of Steve Albini's production on 'Rid Of Me.' Another classic PJ HARVEY album back in print finally!
Plain
LP
$16.75

Hasunuma, Shuta
Pop Ooga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US An endless of array of gorgeous & restless rhythms & melodies that seamlessly folds funky bass & synth lines, graceful guitar, & breathy vocal harmonies into a web of glitch-pop-concrete. Literally blending bells & whistles into an infectious, breezy dose of melodic sunshine, expect to be caught in an addictive, vinyl trance. Features vinyl exclusive bonus track. RIYL: Scritti Politti, Cornelius, Four Tet, Prefuse 73.
WesternVinyl-058
DLP
$15.75

Headdress
Lunes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION with download codes.
NoQuarter
LP
$12.25

Hecker, Tim
Harmony in Ultraviolet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US First proper VINYL release for Hecker's breakthrough 2006 album
Kranky
DLP
$16.25

Here We Go Magic
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US
WesternVinyl-057
LP
$12.25

Hermit Thrushes
Slight Fountain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Harsh chords, complex rhythms, strange orchestration and awkward melody interchangeably weave throughout the songs of Hermit Thrushes. With their sophomore album Slight Fountain, this Philadelphia-based five-piece displays touchingly naive bedroom lo-fi juxtaposed with disjointed arrangements, noisy multi-instrumental blasts, and nasty pitch-shifts - offering a thoroughly artful blend of indie rock.
JoyfulNoise-036
CD
$11.25

Hess Is More
Hits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US The music of Hess is More is poppy, quirky, playful and cinematic with a unique melodic catch to it. Nublu Records is proud to introduce Hess is More to this side of the Atlantic with Hits, a solid and unique manifesto from a truly original artist. Hess is More's career began in 2005 in Denmark on the label Music for Dreams. Since then, Mikkel Hess has gained an international following amongst hipsters, artists, musicians, tastemakers and train spotters alike. "Yes Boss" has had nearly half a million Youtube views, "Ssshhhh" has hit top #3 download on iTunes Denmark and his tracks have been featured on countless compilations worldwide.
Nublu-020
CD
$9.00

Higher Giant
The First Five (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US The members of this band have previously player for: Token Entry, Kid Dynamite, Grey Area, Lifetime, Black Train Jack, Paint it Black, None More Black, Good Riddance Warzone, The Arsons, and qutie a few others. Jason and Al are some of those memebers. Depiste popular belief, Ernie was not one of Frankie Valli's Four Seasons.
Creep-110
CD5
$6.00

Higher Giant
The First Five (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US PS, US Colored Vinyl! The members of this band have previously player for: Token Entry, Kid Dynamite, Grey Area, Lifetime, Black Train Jack, Paint it Black, None More Black, Good Riddance Warzone, The Arsons, and qutie a few others. Jason and Al are some of those memebers. Depiste popular belief, Ernie was not one of Frankie Valli's Four Seasons.
Creep-110
45
$5.25

Holsapple, Peter & Chris Stamey
Here And Now (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US The first collaboration in almost two decades by the acclaimed songwriters of The dB's. Holsapple was a touring member of REM, while Stamey played with Alex Chilton. Features legendary saxophonist Branford Marsalis on two tracks, while drummer Jon Wurster (Superchunk, Son Volt, The Mountain Goats), drummer Logan Matheny (Roman Candle, The Rosebuds), and percussionist Gary Greene (Hootie And The Blowfish, Big Head Todd) bring power to other tracks. "With pop this piercingly pure, and Everlys-worthy harmonies to boot, The dB's songwriting team has put together another instant classic" - Blurt.
BarNone
CD
$12.50

Hue, Donny & the Colors
Letter to New Virginia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US A majestic landscape of harmonica laced hoe down folk. A true gem featuring the whimsical nature of the band in a whole new light, from dark psych folk songs to Shins-like beauty, the band has further developed their sound which has been described as "the closest to magical (sur)realism this city has to offer...a layered, wonderfully complex sound that is two parts symphonic chamber pop, one part folkloric with a sprinkling of nursery rhymes in it" -BYT. LIMITED TO 500!
Kora
CD
$11.75

Illinois
The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US The Adventures of Kid Catastrophe is the culmination and first physical component of a series of 6 digital EP's released in 2009. Each one of the 6 EP's released to digital retails included a subsequent video component. After successful review online and praise from a slew of outlets, this Deluxe Edition CD combines all the songs from these releases as well as some bonus tracks, just for good measure. The full-length video with bonus footage will also be available to view online following release.
+1Records-115
CD
$14.50

Into It Over It
52 Weeks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US After playing in many bands, Evan Thomas Weiss decided to embark on a year long project that would result in his writing, recording, and releasing one new song every week...roughly 52 songs. With some help from a few friends, he launched his own website to showcase and allow people to track his progress. By the end of Weiss' "experiment", his site had received over 300,000 unique downloads...more then he ever anticipated. No Sleep Records approached his about releasing the songs and now here they are: all 52 weeks, two CDs, beautifully packaged, completely remixed and mastered.
NoSleep-017
CD
$12.00

Jackie-O Motherfucker
Ballads Of The Revolution (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Beginning in Portland, Oregon in 1994 as a duo, Tom Greenwood and Nester Bucket began JOMF as a conceptual/musical project exploring the possibilities of combining tape collage, free improvisation, and folk song structures. True to their early imaginings, JOMF became the mutable feast of psychedelic art, far exceeding the visions of either of them. Nester departed from the band and Greenwood carried on with JOMF, now functioning as a collective. Ballads Of The Revolution is the band's 10th studio record, and the culmination of 15 years spent defining their unique take on American music.
Fire-131
CD
$13.75

Jackie-O Motherfucker
Ballads Of The Revolution (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Vinyl Version!
Fire-131
LP
$15.50

Jim Jones Revue, The
The Jim Jones Revue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US The Jim Jones Revue eponymous debut album is described as sounding like a car crash between Little Richard and The MC5. The "Revue play super charged rock n roll inspired by The Killer, The Georgia Peach, and of course The Memphis Flash and the deranged sons of Detroit. The Jim Jones Revue strips rock n roll back to its essential elements and this album is a document of their base alchemy. Recorded live, no overdubs, on four track in one straight 48 hours session, the record is a celebration of no holds barred full on rocking. Former lead singer of Sub Pop garge legends Thee Hypnotics, Jim Jones looks aftter vocals and guitar, Rupert orton plays lead guitar, Elliot Mortimer plays keys, Gavin Jay Plays bass and Nick Jones plays drums. Among an album of hard rocking delights, key tracks to dip into are "Rock n Roll Psychosis" whichsounds like a unholy jam between Jerry Lee Lewis and The Birthday Party. The Revue play homnage to The Killer on another Key track "Meat Man".
PunkRockBlues-002
CD
$13.75

Joan Of Arc
Flowers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US A record that encapsulates the spirit of the group - a mentality that embraces contradictions & tears apart common musical structures, only to rebuild them without a blueprint. They continue to succeed in doing what many strive for with a new album: creating an obscure combination of familiar, obvious ideas while sticking with the notion that "if it feels good, do it"
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50

Joan Of Arc
Flowers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.50

Kilgour, David & Sam Hunt
Falling Debris (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 2009)
PS, US
ArchHill
CD
$23.00

Kowalsky, Gregg
Tape Chants (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9th)
PS, US A series made up of performances & compositions using tapes as the main source material, as well as mono speakers of various cassette players for the piece's amplification. Inspired by experiments with tape loops, cassette players & recorders, analog synths, sine oscillators, mixer feedback, contact mics & various acoustic sound sources. The studio version adds rhythmic textures to the once static drone compositions.
Kranky-131
CD
$12.25

Kreng
L'Autopsie Phenomenale De Dieu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US These sample-based constructions incorporated sounds from free-jazz, new electronic-generated sounds, classical modernism & vintage geographical recordings. Discordant segments of wailing, top-end violins give way to clunking rhythmic passages of metal marimbas & tuned percussion; free-roaming passages of rasping, low-end bass & the shuffle of free-jazz recall the work of Prestige-era Moondog, as well as aspects of Harry Partch's instrumentation via mid- to latter-day period Tom Waits. Atonal ambiance & slow builds, eerie segues into low murk, & a haunting solo soprano voice are all pulled together to make perfect sense, often in terrifying ways. Limited edition GREEN VINYL
Miasmah
LP
$19.50

La Roux
Quicksand (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Featuring original track, plus Mad Decent remix #1 and Instrumental track. B-Side features "In For The Kill" Skream's Let's Get Ravey Remix and instrumental
Interscope
12
$5.75

Lady GaGa
LoveGame (Remixes) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Featuring original track, instrumental and a capella versions. Remixes include "Dave Aude Radio Edit," "Space Cowboy Remix," and "Robots To Mars Remix"
Interscope
12"
$6.75

Leary, Timothy
Turn On, Tune In, Drop Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US 1st ever reissue of the album, originally released in 1966. In this unadorned spoken work recording, he presents his ideas on drugs, current events & cultural phenomena, w/ recollections of earlier experiences & experiments; all delivered in a straight ahead, quiet manner, even though the content is downright subversive & confrontational
ESP-Disk
CD
$12.75

Legends
Over and Over (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US A brilliantly modern mix of white noise, 60's girls pop, indie & krautrock. Hypnotic washes of distorted synthesizers & sweet bouncy melodies echoes under walls of feedback & crushingly loud shimmering guitars. Pure loveliness!
Labrador
CD
$12.50

Legends of Benin
V/A (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Collection of super-rare & highly danceable masterpieces recorded between 1969-1981 by 4 legendary composers from Benin. A thick brew of agbadja, soul, cavacha, funk, Afrobeat, & Afro-Latin sounds all mixed w/ heavy traditional rhythms
AnalogAfrica
CD
$23.50

Lemonheads, The
Varshons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US New covers album from Dando & Co. features tributes to Gram Parsons, Wire, G.G. Allin, Townes Van Zandt, Arling & Cameron, Leonard Cohen, Linda Perry and more. Also features duets with guest stars Liv Tyler and Kate Moss, if I'm reading this right.
TheEnd
CD
$14.25

Liechtenstein
Survival Strategies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Mixes the early-'80s post-punk of the Au Pairs & Kleenex w/ the buzzsaw pop of C-86 bands. RIYL: Love is All, Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Vivian Girls.
Slumberland
CD
$10.00

Liechtenstein
Survival Strategies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Color vinyl 10 inch w/ free digital download code.
Slumberland
10"
$10.00

Little Big Adventure
Hateful Eye (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US Cool & delicately poignant pop melodies mixed w/ hard distorted drums & warped synthesizers
Labrador
CD5
$7.25

Lloyd, Richard
The Jaime Neverts Story (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 2009)
PS, US New album of Hendrix covers. On tour Spring, Summer and Fall.
Parasol-CD-113
CD
$10.00

Loop
World in Your Eyes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Originally a 1987 singles collection, now re-released as a remastered 3CD set. All the band's 12-inches & compilation appearances are in chronological order, w/ some tracks from the very 1st demo, the "16 Dreams" single, Nick Drake & Neil Young songs, the "Prisma Uber Europa" live promo 12-inch, & even the Godflesh cover from their split on Clawfist.
Reactor
3XCD
$20.75

Loop
Gilded Eternity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Their final album, 1st released in 1990. This 2CD set has been remastered from the original analog sources & includes extra material from the relevant timeframe. The original album in its entirety is on 1 disc, w/ bonus tracks, including Peel Session material & unreleased demos, on the 2nd disc.
Reactor
DCD
$17.75

Love Is All
Covers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Limited pressing of 500! The product of drinking & boredom, the members of Love Is All chose their favorite songs & jammed it. Covers include "Kung Fu On The Internet" (Lung Leg), "I Ran" (A Flock Of Seagulls), "So Far Away" (Dire Straits), "Golly Gosh" (Jed Dmochowski), and "Darling Nikki" (Prince).
WhatsYourRupture
12
$9.50

Love Is All
Last Choice EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Sweden's Love Is All are back with the ultimate tale of late night regret. "Last Choice", the stand out track from their release A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night, is backed with five all new recordings. Expect the same fanciful anarcho charm that has defined Love Is All as one of the most exciting bands today.
WhatsYourRupture
CD5
$8.25

Love Is All
Last Choice EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Vinyl. Sweden's Love Is All are back with the ultimate tale of late night regret. "Last Choice", the stand out track from their release A Hundred Things Keep Me Up At Night, is backed with five all new recordings. Expect the same fanciful anarcho charm that has defined Love Is All as one of the most exciting bands today.
WhatsYourRupture
12
$9.50

Low Anthem, The
Oh My God Charlie Darwin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US
Nonesuch
CD
$20.25

Lowlights
Further/Free (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 30TH)
PS, US This time the group is more The Band than The Church & more Gram Parsons than Spiritualized. Still melancholy, rock solid, earthy country-rock
Darla-229
CD
$12.25

Lullatone
Songs That Spin in Circles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Let Lullatone send you to sleep with their newest collection of lullabies. Originally composed for their newborn son, this set of merry-go-round melodies is the perfect bedtime background music for babies and adults alike. Each track is specially composed to loop seamlessly using the repeat one function on your CD or mp3 player, allowing unlimited long listening. Every melody can be enjoyed seamlessly for hours at a time as you drift to dreams, letting the songs spin in circles and the artwork also uses a special die cut cover to allow the music's disc to spin too! The album also features a high level of sound science to ensure ultimate effectiveness in snooze induction. Underwater recordings, heartbeats as drumbeats and tape hiss as ambient white noise are just the beginning of the shuteye science the duo employed to create their most careful concept album to date. Imagine Calder making sound pieces instead of mobile sculptures or a Raymond Scott's "Soothing for Babies", that babies actually enjoyed. Perhaps if Brian Eno had made Music for Airports For Babies it would sound like this. Or Sigur Ros on Nyquil? Beck has said that he played Lullatone songs in the past to his infant son and Momus has dubbed them "the cutest formalists in town." Lullatone is Shawn James Seymour and Yoshimi Seymour from Nagoya, Japan who have been releasing conceptual pop albums since 2002, creating artwork, touring the world, and even hosting a Japanese children's TV program. "Songs That Spin in Circles" is their sixth album.
AudioDregsRecordings-075
CD
$13.00

Lynn, Barbara
Here Is Barbara Lynn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US Originally released on Atlantic in 1968, & featuring many of her Atlantic singles from the time period, this is the deep soul singer at one of the high points of her career. Features the hits "This Is The Thanks I Get" & "You'll Lose A Good Thing"
Water
CD
$14.50

Lynott, Phil
Live In Sweden 1983 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Excellent picture disc featuring the great man himself. Strictly limited to 500 copies.
Mischief-
CD
$19.00

Machine Fabriek & Stephen Vitiello
Box Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired by the concept of "exchange," as a means to cross space and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia. Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together it's a matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical, or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the "assignment" to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken 7" record, etcetera, etcetera. Both musicians made two of their own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started by Stephen. For Rutger/ Machinefabriek this is part of his most delicate work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance collaboration. Machinefabriek: Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches) and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron Martin and Peter Broderick. Stephen Vitiello: Stephen Vitiello is a sound and media artist based in Richmond, VA. CD releases include Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion), Listening to Donald Judd (Sub Rosa) and Untitled/Exchange, a collaborative CD with Michael J. Schumacher (A Question of Re-Entry). Solo exhibitions of Vitiello's sound installations, photographs and drawings have been presented at The Project, NY, Museum 52, London, the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX and Diapason, NYC. Group exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2006 Biennial of Sydney. Over the last 18 years, Stephen has collaborated with numerous musicians and artists including Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch, Julie Mehretu and Tony Oursler.
12K-1048
CD
$12.25

Magnetic Fields
69 Love Songs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US 1st time available on vinyl! Special 10th Anniversary limited edition deluxe 6x10 inch vinyl box. This vinyl reissue is beautifully packaged in a 10 inch slip case box w/ 3 double gatefold sleeves & the original booklet in 10 inch size. Includes an MP3 download coupon for all 69 songs. LIMITED TO 3,000.
Merge
6X10"
$86.50

Margins
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA The group aims to create sound where that illegitimate term "nothingness" becomes something. The 40 minutes of sound on this debut album contains moments of subtlety, joy, intensity, simplicity & intricacy
LowTransitIndustries
CD
$13.50

Mary Onettes
Dare (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US Imagine a Swedish equivalent of The National on a diet of speed & Go-Betweens singles
Labrador
CD5
$6.50

Masada Quintet
Stolas: Book of Angels V12 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US Truly a jazz supergroup, these 5 master musicians explore Zorn's beautiful & exotic tunes w/ profound melodic & harmonic knowledge & a depth of feeling that is a joy to hear
Tzadik
CD
$15.25

McCombs, Cass
Catacombs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US Cass's fourth album and second for Domino evokes a return to his early, simpler sounding works, "A" and "PREfection". It's full of storied songs flush with emotional relevance and accessibility. Each track is cloaked in shiver inducing melodies that lay the perfect foundation for Cass' true source of transcendence - his vocals and lyrics. McCombs carries on transcending fad and fashion to ensure the art of songwriting lives on.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD
$12.50

McCombs, Cass
Catacombs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DominoRecordingCo.
DLP
$17.50

MGMT
Time To Pretend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS,US Reissue of the electro psych group's debut EP, originally released in 2005. Composed of 6 songs, from the youthful exuberance of the title track to the four-on-the-floor dance anthem "Kids" (both later appeared on "Oracular Spectacular") & the space pop whimsy of "Love Always Remains"
Cantora
CD5
$7.25

Miike Snow
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Miike Snow is composed of Swedish duo Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, and American Andrew Wyatt. Karlsson and Winnberg is best known for producing Britney Spears's "Toxic" Here is a collection of cute electronic twinged indie pop.
Dowtown
DLP
$19.00

Miike Snow
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Miike Snow is composed of Swedish duo Christian Karlsson and Pontus Winnberg, and American Andrew Wyatt. Karlsson and Winnberg are best known for producing Britney Spears's "Toxic" This album here is a collection of cute electronic twinged indie pop.
Downtown
CD
$15.75

Minus 5
Killingsworth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US This is another Minus 5 album. Now the eighth LP from the loose creative collective/serious drinking association helmed by wayfarer and musical enabler Scott McCaughey. This one is called Killingsworth. A recording worthy of the murders committed during its genesis? Perhaps. Incoherent yarns mostly told after midnight by highway hobos in and around Portland, Oregon? Surely. Killingsworth features an incarnation of The Minus 5 including apparatus support poles "McOi," Peter Buck and John Moen (Decemberists). Other gypsies in the carnival include The She Bee Gees, further Decemberists Colin Meloy, Jenny Conlee, Chris Funk, Nate Query and many more. Pedal steel belted radials drive throughout the gravelly fern-lined byways of the neighborhood of Killingsworth. Either ride along with the show or get out of the way of its careening wheel man, drunk with liquor and blood. Up to you, friend.
YepRoc-2166
CD
$13.75

Moby
Wait For Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 30TH)
PS,US A radical departure from his recent albums. More experimental, a little more challenging, maybe not as easy to like, but more artistically & creatively satisfying
Mute
LP
$19.75

Modest Mouse
Autumn Beds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US ...b/w Whale Song". Limited edition! Second single "Autumn Beds" off of Modest Mouse's upcoming EP No One's First and You're Next. The new album is a collection of unreleased tracks from Good News for People Who Love Bad News and We Were Dead Before the Ship Even Sank.
Epic
45
$9.50

Monks, The
The Early Years 1964-1965 (PRE-ORDER: APRIL 14TH)
PS, US Limited Edition Vinyl LP features 180 gram wax, gatefold hand-numbered old school tip-on jacket, lyrics, and notes. Tracklist - 1. Monk Time 2. We Do Wie Du 3. Boys Are Boys 4. Pretty Suzanne 5. Higgle-dy Piggle-dy 6. Hushie Pushie 7. Love Came Tumblin' Down 8. Oh, How To Do Now 9. Space Age 10. I Hate You Bonus Tracks: 11. Boys Are Boys 12. There She Walks
LightInTheAttic
LP
$21.75

Moondog
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 21ST)
PS,US Debut album, originally released in 1956. The blind Kansas native showcases his talent for the minimal & avant-garde here, w/ compositions driven by percussion & Japanese-inspired melodies, complimented by street sounds, recitations, & animal noises. Bizarre even for today's standards, it's a wonder this was released over a half-century ago
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Moondog
More Moondog (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 21ST)
PS,US 2nd LP, originally released in 1956. Continues the NYC street performer's exploration of minimalist composition & field recording, mixing percussion & sparse melodies w/ piano solos, street sounds, & monologues. Surprisingly accessible despite it's avant-garde nature, bridging the gap between the familiar & the bizarre. Another all out masterwork from one of 20th century America's most unique minds
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Moondog
Story of Moondog (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 21ST)
PS,US 3rd LP from NYC street performer & avant-garde/minimalist composer, originally released in 1957. Perhaps the least accessible of his early releases, this album is made up of percussive jams, usually on instruments of his own creation, street sounds, poetry, & Far East melodies, despite opening w/ a swinging number that is, oddly, the most bizarre thing on the album
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Mos Def
Estatic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US New album from new solo lp from Mos Def.
Downtown
LP
$19.00

Motel Motel
New Denver (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US From their home bases of Colorado and Brooklyn, Motel Motel has forged a sound uniquely their own while still paying homage to the honky tonkers of the past, culminating in this, their debut full-length. Drawing comparison to Cold War Kids and Wilco, the music is canonical, yet indefinable, a memory of a truck stop jukebox, but one blaring from the bodegas of Spanish Harlem. "'Coffee' is the best Ryan Adams or Cold War Kids song of 2008, complete with raspy Americana mise-en-scene and piano-tinkling cocaine reference" - Spin.
RebelGroup
CD
$12.50

My Bloody Valentine
Loveless [2009 expanded remaster] (DELAYED. PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT 2009)
PS, UK New, expanded, digipak version of MBV's otherworldly 1991 shoegaze classic, digitally remastered by MBV honcho Kevin Shields. Second disc is reported to be a alternate and previously unreleased version of Loveless remastered from original analog tapes.
Sony
DCD
$23.00

My Bloody Valentine
Isn't Anthing [2009 remaster] (DELAYED. PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT 2009)
PS, UK New, 2009 re-issue in a digipak, digitally remastered by Kevn Shields.
SonyBMG
CD
$21.75

Niobe
Blackbird's Echo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD
PS, US
Tomlab-125
CD
$12.25

Niobe
Blackbird's Echo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD
PS, US
Tomlab-125
LP
$14.25

Ocean
Pantheon Of The Lesser (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 11TH)
PS, US 2xLP to follow in about one month. Following their acclaimed breakthrough debut album that caught the ears of critics and fans worldwide, and became Important's highest selling album, Ocean has returned with their forward thinking, brutally heavy and purely minimalist sophomore album Pantheon Of The Lesser. Pantheon Of The Lesser was composed over a period of two years in Ocean's home studio in Portland, Maine. As the seasons passed each track was written, re-written, played and then re-played as layers were slowly stripped away until the true essence of the song was revealed. Once Ocean entered the studio it took another two years to deconstruct Pantheon Of The Lesser until they had found the essence of their writing. This disciplined deconstructionist approach to songwriting is how Pantheon Of The Lesser is how Ocean takes it to the next level of the abyss. The result of this compositional technique is over an hour of strictly bare instrumentation and a kind of natural heaviness that slowly rises and falls in a pure organic fashion. Everything in it's own time. Simply profound. Heavy like Schoenberg. While Ocean continues to explore and expand upon their "less is more" approach of profound musical minimalism and sheer heaviness, Pantheon Of The Lesser is a bit more musical than its predecessor. The Beacon, the opening track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, was played as Ocean's complete set on a recent US tour and on dates with Mono and Boris. Clocking in at 41 minutes on record and over an hour live; The Beacon evolves in 3 distinct movements with fleeting moments of hypnotic melody and earth shaking heavy dirges creating an all-encompassing tone of pure misanthropy. The second and final track on Pantheon Of The Lesser, titled Of The Lesser, carries a similar theme of misery. Written as an ode to distraction, chemical and otherwise, it is Ocean at their most personal: a pure sonic stream of consciousness in slow motion. Packaged in a deluxe foil printed heavy-duty cardboard jacket with art by renowned Maine illustrator Bruce Hutchison. The vinyl version is packaged in double 200 gram vinyl, packaged in deluxe letter pressed covers and limted to 500 copies.
Important-219
CD
$13.00

Of Montreal
For Our Elegant Caste (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US 3rd single from "Skeletal Lamping." Side B is a remix by Depressed Buttons (Todd & Jacob of THE FAINT). Limited to 2,000 on colored vinyl. Includes digital download code w/ songs & bonus video
Polyvinyl
7
$4.25

Ofarim, Esther
In London (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Solo album from legendary Israeli folk/pop chanteuse, on CD for the 1st time. A gently shimmering necklace of poetic pearls, sung by one of the most sweeping, heart-rendingly beautiful voices in folk/pop history. Contains 3 bonus tracks
BureauB
CD
$18.00

Ofarim, Esther
In London (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Vinyl version
BureauB
LP
$18.00

OffonOff
Slap & Tickle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Massimo Pupillo, Terrie Ex & Paal Nilssen-Love recorded this gem live in concert at Kongsberg International Jazzfestival in July 2007. With the two tracks, Slap & Tickle on 32 & 16 minutes, they attack all senses with an exploding riot of free rock. If possible to describe, the music is in the midst of Black Flag, DNA, Pere Ubu, Last Exit, James Blood Ulmer, early Sonic Youth & of course Terrie's very own legendary band The Ex. All free improvised. Total freedom, total rock!
SmalltownSuperjazz
CD
$14.50

Olive, Brian
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US A breakout multicolored affair that takes musical & lyrical cues from the British psychedelic '60s, as well as the soul-pop hit factories of Memphis & wanders through the erstwhile streets of the Ninth Ward
Alive-0095
CD
$13.00

Olive, Brian
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Limited to 800 on GREEN VINYL
Alive-0095
LP
$13.00

Onna
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Reissue of 1983 Japanese psychedelic masterpiece. Includes 2 outtakes from "Katawa," a solo piece from an obscure cassette release, & 4 live tracks from 1983 featuring a young Michio Kurihara (WHITE HEAVEN, GHOST, BORIS)
HolyMountain
CD
$16.00

Other Girls
Perfect Cities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Perfect Cities is the first album by Cleveland, Ohio's Other Girls on Audio Eagle Records. Recommended for fans of Band of Horses, the Walkmen, the National, and Sound Team On songs like "Sleep A Year" and "The Facility," The Other Girls have managed to fuse the real life practicality and bottled romanticism of all great pop rock bands, from The Replacements to The Smiths - bands from cold, matter of fact places where romanticism is a valuable commodity, that when accessed, is more beautiful, poignant, and rarified than any other. It's on songs like "Hey Fella, You Fell" the drifter, couch surfing nostalgia of young fathers who both accept and resist the everydayness of their lives translates into a danceable pop song that makes you want to scream at your fate and embrace your ugly world all at the same time.
AudioEagleRecords-007
CD
$11.75

Owen
The Seaside EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US The Seaside EP is a collection of six Owen (aka Mike Kinsella of American Football, Joan of Arc, Cap'n Jazz) songs previously only available as bonus tracks on Japanese album releases, plus one song previously only available on a 7". The Seaside EP was originally conceived as a digital-only release, but as interest grew, the decision was made to release a CD version as well. CD release is strictly limited to 3000 copies.
Tracks:
1. Heads Will Ache
2. I Woke Up Today
3. In the Morning, Before Work (Live)
4. More Than Words
5. A Fever
6. Stolen Bike
7. I'm Not Seventeen
Polyvinyl-179
CD
$8.75

Owen/Rutabega
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS,US Mike Kinsella (AMERICAN FOOTBALL, CAP'N JAZZ, JOAN OF ARC) & his nom de guerre is joined by the RUTABEGA (aka Josh Hensley). OWEN side features an alternate version of "Poor Souls" which appears on "No Good for No One Now" & also includes a solo version of American Football's "Never Meant." 3 songs from each, now available on vinyl for the 1st time
Polyvinyl
12
$10.00

Paramount Styles
Failure American Style (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US This is the 1st solo outing from Scott McCloud (GIRLS AGAINST BOYS). Feat. Richard Fortus (PSYCHEDELIC FURS/GUNS N' ROSES), Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), & Angela McClusky. The sound of dark forces gathering in a radiant club, at times intimate & at others soaring, slow burns bend & swerve into panoramic lush walls of sound.
Konkurrent
CD
$13.25

Parasites
Solitary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US It's simple - Parasites are one of the longest running and most influential pop punk bands ever. They helped define the genre, and never changed their sound to fit the latest trend. They've released eight albums, 20 singles, and have songs on more compilations than you can count. They've done 16 tours, and played nearly 1000 shows all over the US, Europe and Japan. Pop punk bands from all over the US, Europe, and Japan have recorded covers of Parasites' songs. Parasites have done a lot, however, here are two things Parasites haven't done: sell out or give up. Solitary is their catchiest, rawest record yet and a perfect addition to Parasites amazing catalog.
KidTested-007
CD
$12.00

Pavement
Brighten The Corners: The Nicean Creedence Edition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Vinyl edition of one of the Pavement deluxe re-issues, "Brighten The Corners: Nicene Creedence Ed." from 2008. A rather joyous pop explosion after the complications of "Wowee Zowee", "BTC" received both critical acclaim and commercial success. This four-LP vinyl box set includes eight extra tracks not on the CD, several of which are previously unreleased. Also includes material from the CD version: the re-mastered original twelve song album, ten non-album B-sides, ten outtakes, and fourteen live radio session tracks. Super deluxe M-Pak accordion style box set, 16-page, 12" x 12" full color booklet, MP3 coupon, and huge essay by New Yorker critic Alex Ross. The wealth of extra material testifies to the extraordinary creativity of the band in this period.
Matador
4XLP
$75.00

Peggy Sue
Lover Gone EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US The Lover Gone EP, the third from Brighton UK's Peggy Sue, is a soulful rendition of rainy British love songs voiced by the off-kilter duets of singers/instrumentalists Katy Klaw and Rosa Rex, and set against the creative percussion of drummer Olly Olly Olly. With Lyrics savvy beyond their years and a shambolic kitchen-sink approach to music-making, Peggy Sue is quickly becoming one of Britain's most exciting new musical exports. The Lover Gone EP CD features two bonus tracks and a do-it-yourself shadow puppet theatre. There will only be 100 CDs available in the US! Don't miss your chance to get this amazing collector's item from one of music's most promising young acts!
YepRoc-2205
CD5
$6.00

Pelican
Ephemeral (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Vinyl only release from Chicago heavy-rock instrumental icons. This new material is much heavier, darker & very riff-oriented. Joining Pelican on the Earth cover "The Geometry of Murder" is none other than Dylan Carlson himself!
SouthernLord
LP
$13.50

Pharcyde
Soul Flower (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US This haute cut is taken from last year's frankly impressive Delicious Vinyl "RMXXOLOGY" album
DeliciousGutter
12
$6.75

Phenomenal Handclap Band
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Equal parts anthemic, dancefloor-oriented & orchestral, borrowing elements from progressive rock, disco, electro, & psychedelia
FriendlyFire-013
CD
$12.00

Pisces
A Lovely Sight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US FIRST 1000 COPIES INCL. LIMITED 45.
Numero
LP
$17.50

Placebo
Battle For The Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US Their first studio abum in over three years.
Vagrant
CD
$13.75

Plastic Ono Band
Live Peace In Toronto (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS,US ORDER MUST BE PLACED BY 3/27. SPECIAL ORDER! LTD ED 180gm LP vinyl audiophile pressing. Original spiral bound 1970 calendar w/ photos. NO RETURNS!
Capitol
DLP
$27.50

Plastique De Reve
Lost In The City - Remix (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS,US 2 remixes of "Lost In The City." 40 THIEVES take it into another dimension by dropping the vocal, slowing the track down a notch, & adding a mesmerizing soundscape to the acidic elements of the original. JUAN MACLEAN present an energized, tough cut. Rife w/ stabby synthesizers & clean drum sequences, the intensity erupts into a psychedelic trip backed by a jacking groove
SupersoulRecordings
12
$12.75

Polyamorous Affair
Bolshevik Disco (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 14TH)
PS,US Gatefold LP w/lock groove.
ManimalVinyl
LP
$19.50

Polyamorous Affair
Bolshevik Disco (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 14TH)
PS,US LA based electronic duo, consisting of singer/songwriter/producer Eddie Chacon (CHARLES & EDDIE) and the seductive front-woman Sissy Saint-Maire, churn out 10 electro-pop gems under the concept of "Bolshevik Disco." Together they deliver the inspired dance beats of Giorgio Moroder & the raw sexuality of Serge Gainsbourg. Give that a twist of Marc Bolan-esque hooks & Goldfrapp's technological pagan naturist ways & you get The Polyamorous Affair.
ManimalVinyl
CD
$11.50

Pop, Iggy & James Williamson
Kill City (PINK VINYL reissue) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Released on Bomp in 1977, Kill Ciy captures Iggy Pop in a rare moment of vulnerability and few can argue that in terms of the quality of material and the strength of Iggy's voice, this is an overlooked achievement. The vinyl has been out of print for a couple of years and this new pressing is on pink vinyl, limited to 800 copies.
Bomp!Records-40412
LP
$14.00

Pop, Iggy & James Williamson
Kill City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Released on Bomp in 1977, Kill Ciy captures Iggy Pop in a rare moment of vulnerability and few can argue that in terms of the quality of material and the strength of Iggy's voice, this is an overlooked achievement.
Bomp!Records-4042
CD
$13.00

Porn Sword Tobacco
Everything Is Music To The Ear (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS,US Vinyl version
CityCentreOffices
LP
$15.50

Porn Sword Tobacco
Everything Is Music To The Ear (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS,US A project that takes a decidedly naive & unabashedly nostalgic position, exploring a dreamy escapism that is undiluted & personal. His songs, seemingly field recordings in nightly landscapes of musical sounds, are equally far from ambient & from pop, from retro avant-rock or any other genre. He hones his songs until they work as loops, or long, rhythmic figures w/ the heartbeat of classic & modern deep house & electro
CityCentreOffices
CD
$15.50

Portland Cello Project
The Thao & Justin Power Sessions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Portland Cello Project is a group of cellists from Portland, OR. This album, their first on Kill Rock Star, includes collaboration with Thao Nguyen of Thao With The Get Down Stay Down as well as local musician Justin Power. As would be expected of PCP, the remainder of the album showcases cello sublimity and madness: from a Pantera cover, to a solemn religious piece by John Tavener.
KillRockStars-508
CD
$13.75

Present
Way We Are (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US Touchstones include the music of La Monte Young, Dmitri Shostakovich, Wolfgang Voigt, Cluster, Black Dice, Aphex Twin, Can, Arthur Russell, Boredoms, & Brian Eno.
Loaf
CD
$16.00

Present
Way We Are (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US 2LP version.
Loaf
DLP
$21.50

Push-Pull
Between Noise And The Indians (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US This Bloomington, Indiana band's sound lies somewhere in between high-brow prog and low-brow, PBR-soaked basement punk. With Between Noise and the Indians, it seems the trio have sharpened their wit and crafted their musical skills into something unique and undeniably important. Their triumphant sound is challenging by nature, but never succumbs to prog's esoteric tendencies or masturbatory "time signature stuffing". Using their brains and their balls, Push-Pull manage to effortlessly shuffle time-signatures while displaying an endless supply of hooks behind the walls of aggressive noise and pummeling beats.
JoyfulNoise-033
CD
$11.25

Quest For Fire
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
TeePee
LP
$14.75

Quest For Fire
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 9TH)
PS, US "Toronto's Quest For Fire conjure up the original root of psychedelia with the raunch, muscle, and oscillations of Hawkwind and Comets On Fire, and Pink Floyd's sensory panorama, all resting on a simplistic, plodding Spacemen 3 thump...The band's sound comes across fully realized, they possess a signature sound, something a band usually gets to once they're already a couple of records deep" - Montreal Mirror. "Quest For Fire's debut could be the rallying point to unite aged Hendrix hippies and new-school Dead Meadow bong-loaders alike...proof that whatever fire these dudes are searching for has most definitely been found" - Eye Weekly.
TeePee
CD
$13.00

Quiet Ones, The
Better Walk Than Ride Like That (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US BWTRLT, the third album by Seattle band the Quiet Ones has been described as krautrock, Americana, pop and everthing in between. Recorded in homes and basements while a nomadic John Totten, along with siblings David and Chris, transitioned from the Southeast to the Northwest, BWTRLT stands as a lo-fi yet epic story of love and geography. From the R.E.M. influenced instant classis "Girls & Uniforms" to the Neu! homage "The Summer of Down and Out" to the Beatlesesque "Meet Me In Chicago", BWTRLT never ceases to satiate any rock nerd's thirst for genre bending. BWTRLT has received early praise from KEXP and The Stranger.
InAdvance-05-01
LP
$13.75

Quiet Ones, The
Better Walk Than Ride Like That (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US BWTRLT, the third album by Seattle band the Quiet Ones has been described as krautrock, Americana, pop and everthing in between. Recorded in homes and basements while a nomadic John Totten, along with siblings David and Chris, transitioned from the Southeast to the Northwest, BWTRLT stands as a lo-fi yet epic story of love and geography. From the R.E.M. influenced instant classis "Girls & Uniforms" to the Neu! homage "The Summer of Down and Out" to the Beatlesesque "Meet Me In Chicago", BWTRLT never ceases to satiate any rock nerd's thirst for genre bending. BWTRLT has received early praise from KEXP and The Stranger.
InAdvance-05
CD
$12.25

R.E.M.
Reckoning: 25th Anniversary Edition [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Includes a remastered version of the original album, as well as a bonus disc of a previously unreleased Chicago concert from the group's 1984 "Little America" tour. That performance features eight of the 10 tracks from "Reckoning," along with "Gardening at Night" from 1982's "Chronic Town" EP and "Radio Free Europe," "9-9" and "Sitting Still" from 1983's "Murmur." Two songs from later albums--"Driver 8" from 1985's "Fables of the Reconstruction" and "Hyena" from 1986's "Life's Rich Pageant"--also made the con