New Releases
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Myth Takes
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! ON DOUBLE LP!!! PITCHFORK RECOMMENDS! The
funkiest, catchiest & most unconventional album you're likely
to hear from an American band.
Warp
DLP
$18.50
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Myth Takes
PS, US New album.
Warp
CD
$12.50
+/- (Plus/Minus) vs. Bloodthristy Butchers
Split
PS, US +/- specializes in dynamic, loud, Radiohead-ish indie-rock
& simultaneously laptop-pop. Experimentation with interesting
time signatures & negative space within a hooky hard pop structure.
Here, they take on three Bloodthirsty Butchers songs & make them
their own. BB was formed in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan in 1987. With
their ultra loud almost emo, heavy alterna-rock, transparent &
melodious sounds, they are now one of the best band that Japan can
boast to the world. The two bands became fast friends while touring
Japan & decided to record this split EP. Each band covers three
of the others songs. Artwork by famous Japanese illustrator Yoshitomo
Nara. Enhanced with live video footage of both bands on stage in Japan.
Teenbeat-383
CD5
$8.25
31Knots
The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere
PS, US The best music is always truly indefinable. Words can't truly
describe Tom Waits'caterwaul the same way they can't explain what
it feels like to experience thedeafening volume of a J. Mascis guitar
solo. Portland, Oregon's prolific 31Knots have described their sound
as "post-apocalyptic Vaudevillian punk," and whilethat's
an apt description, it doesn't begin to express the level of demented-popbrilliance
on the band's latest full-length, The Days and Nights of EverythingAnywhere.Thanks
to an expert mixing job by Deerhoof's Greg Saunier and engineering
byJay Pellicci (Deerhoof engineer), 31Knots have transformed their
musical landscape into a skewed fantasy world located somewhere between
Alice In Wonderlandand Cursive's Happy Hollow.
Polyvinyl
CD
$11.50
31Knots
The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$11.50
69 Eyes
Angels
PS, US The kings of Finnish goth-metal return w/ their most darkly
compelling release yet. Filled w/ pulsepounding riffs, evocative melodies
& dramatic arrangements. Taking their inimitable mix of sleaze
inspired crunch & glam-goth imagery to new levels of power &
glory.
Caroline
CD
$14.50
Air
Pocket Symphony
PS, US New Album!!!
Astralwerks
CD
$17.25
Alabama Thunder Pussy
Open Fire
PS, US These veteran metal warriors return to the internattional arena
armed w/ new vocalist KYLE THOMAS (EXHORDER, FLOODGATE) & this
devastating 11 song charge sees them hones into a leaner, meaner &
wholly more metallic killing machine.
Relapse-7192
CD
$13.00
Alabama Thunder Pussy
Open Fire
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Relapse-7192
LP
$18.00
Albert Hammond, Jr.
Yours to Keep [Us] (Enhanced)
PS, US This is the solo debut from The Strokes' guitarist. Featured
artists include Julian Casablancas, Sean Lennon, Ben Kweller, and
many others. The core trio is Albert on guitars and vocals, joined
by Matt Romano on drums and Josh Lattanzi on bass.
NewLineRecords
CD
$13.50
Anorak
Synthetic Pop Covers from the European Space Agency
PS, SPAIN
Rhonda/HoustonParty-09
CD
$14.25
Antibalas
Security
PS, US Building from the revolutionary blueprint of afrobeat, the
dozen-strong members of Brooklyn's Antibalas weave Latin, jazz, funk,
and horn-laden soul into a blend that's both polyrhythmic and political,
independent and infectious. Produced by John McEntire (Stereolab,
Tortoise, Sea and Cake, Tom Ze) who has upped the harmonic density
in the band's sound, creating a rich tapestry of harmelodic color
that owes as much to Mingus and Coltrane and Can as it does to Fela
Kuti.
Anti
CD
$14.50
Apostle of Hustle
National Anthem of Nowhere
PS, CANADA Andrew Whiteman (BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE) describes the album
as follows: Its a long Hitchcockian zoom-in, the omniscient clouds
part, the sleazy waterfront scene is set... Everyone who feels theys
they have no voice or cant be heard, they are suddenly united. They
meet strangers in nowhere places & will never forget those meetings.
They wander out into the suburban, in-between zones & there are
welcomed.
Arts&Crafts-021
CD
$15.75
Apostle of Hustle
National Anthem of Nowhere
PS, CANADA VINYL VERSION!!!
Arts&Crafts-021
LP
$15.75
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
PS, US This eagerly anticipated 2nd album exceeds all expectations...written,
produced, arranged, performed, recorded throughout 2006 in Quebec,
New York, Budapest, & London w/ recording help from Markus Dravs
(Bjork, Brian Eno) & Scott Colburn (Animal Collective, Sun City
Girls). W/ string & orchestral arrangements by the band's own
OWEN PALLET (FINAL FANTASY) & Regine Chassagne, it's full of both
half-assed punk rock mistakes & meticulously orchestrated woodwinds.
Processed strings & mandolin. Quiet & loud rumbles.
Merge-285
CD
$11.75
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible (Deluxe Version)
PS, US Deluxe version LIMITED & packaged in a paperboard clamshell
box with a lenticular (3-D) cover. It incl. two 33 image flip books
designed by the band.
Merge-285
CD
$17.50
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge-285
DLP
$17.50
Baikal
S/T
PS, US New burner from BARDO POND brothers John & Michael Gibbons
along with fellow members Clint Takeda & Jason Kourkonis. This
time they ventured down the route of heavy free-improvisation &
a Last Exit style hard rock approach coupled with a hard psych bend.
With two tracks each weighing in at over 30 minutes in length it's
clear that Baikal is a deep voyage underseas with yet another mindblowing
side project.
Important-119
CD
$12.00
Banksy
Wall & Piece
PS, US Artistic genius, political activist, painter & decorator,
mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work is unmistakable,
except may be when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan
Museum. Witty & subversive, his stencils show monkeys w/ weapons
of mass destruction, policeman w/ smiley faces, rats w/ drills, &
umbrellas. His identity remains unknown, but his work is prolific.
This feat. old & new work in a fully illustrated color volume.
TrafalgarSquare-7872
BOOK
$19.00
Bark Haze, The
Total Joke Era
PS, US This exclusive CD release is entirely different from the LP
release on Important, which is also untitled. The Bark Haze is primarily
a guitar duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston
Moore (Sonic Youth, etc). Auxiliary members have been know to include
Pete Nolan (Magik Markers, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Cops et al).
Their name came from a mishearing of the radical early 70s R+B group
the Bar-Kays and from that moment the concept of mishearing and allegiance
to presenting the mishearing as some open-ended musical course became
The Bark Haze's identity. So far all concerts have taken place in
Western Massachusetts and once in the confines of Cambridge, MA's
Twisted Village record emporium. They anxiously await their debut
gig in the UK at the Nightmare Before Christmas event curated by Moore.
As the heroic and potentially bonkers Carpenters refrained We've Only
Just Begun. Damn straight.
Important-127
CD
$12.00
Beaulieau, Emil
Moonlight In Vermont
PS, US Nom de plume of Ron Lessard, long regarded as the most significant
arbiter of American noise music. His performances are legendary. W/
bizarre turntable machinations, a sweater-vest, tie & table-lamp
his live show is a possessed demon dance to the relationship of normality
& not-rightness. This has long been considered one of his most
masterful documents. The details are ridiculous in retrospect but
his original cover concept of a minimal white lettering on black jacket
got skabibbled & resulted in him creating hand-made cut n' paste
collage covers. Every LP is it's own work of art & each is stunning.
EcstaticPeace-085
LP
$11.25
Big Business
Here Come The Waterworks
PS, US Big Business feature members of The Melvins. This is their
second full-length and it's harder, faster, and catchier than the
first, unfurling all the mammoth riffs, furious vocals, and blazing
drum work you've come to expect from this LA band. "Some of the
most relentless, unyielding, and profound music in heavy metal today"
- Thrasher Magazine. "These guys manage to deconstruct, reinvent,
and then rebuild the typical noise rock formula" - Chord.
HydraHead
CD
$12.50
Bright Eyes
Four Winds
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek-101
12
$10.50
Bright Eyes
Four Winds
PS, US This is presented here along w/ 5 exclusive B-sides. Retaining
the simmering glow of its predecessors, this is full of the magic
that brought Bright Eyes to international attention. Carefully played,
deftly poetic & quietly enchanting, the release has a wandering
country charm & all of the story-telling seductiveness of earlier
work.
SaddleCreek-101
CD5
$4.75
Brokaw, Chris
Forestry
PS, US The legendary Boston guitarist and drummer for Come, Codeine,
Pullman, Consonant, Kahoots, and then some, offers up his first solo
7-inch. Coming on the heels of two critically acclaimed solo records,
"Incredible Love" and "Red Cities", this EP showcases
another side of Chris's work. It features three instrumental outtakes
from his score to Leslie McCleave's feature film "Road",
as well as a drum-heavy dub mix from a Kahoots recording session.
Gorgeous glossy cover images photographed by Brokaw himself and ultra
high-quality transparent green vinyl make this a package worthy of
wall display.
I&EarRecords
CD5
$4.75
Burning Star Core
Blood Lightning 2007
PS, US Full of creeping drones, strange mutilated vocal incursions,
and compositions full of unidentifiable sounds both acoustic and electronic.
Another classic in organized sound and idea from the mind of Mr. C.
Spencer Yeh. Blood Lightning is the third in a series of very particular
BxC works in theme and scope, beginning with "Three Sisters Who
Share an Eye" (No Fun limited LP series), and then "Everyday
World of Bodies" LP (Ultra Eczema.) Ideas of drone, 'minimalism,'
and human themes are heavily a concern, and unlike other recent and
upcoming major works, BxC on these albums is kept intimate, primarily
operated by C. Spencer Yeh. Instrumentation includes the current BxC
trinity of voice, violin and electronics, surrounded by a whole host
of other methods. In recent years the BxC line-up both live and in-studio
has included Robert Beatty and Trevor Tremaine (of Kentucky/Michigan-based
maniacs Hair Police) and solo sound artist Mike Shiflet- Who all appear
on the last track of this release. Burning Star Core began in 1993
in Cincinnati, Ohio where it currently resides with primary member
C. Spencer Yeh. It is considered a project and not a pseudonym. Not
married to any traditional line-up, method or sound, Yeh's eclecticism
separates him from his peers. BxC will be appearing live throughout
the first half of 2007, including a tour of US and Canada with Carlos
Giffoni and Prurient, a weekend of festivals in Germany, a collaborative
appearance with Zaimph at No Fun Fest 2007, and other individual events.
NoFunProductions-12
CD
$12.25
Car vs. Driver
The Completeist
PS, US This DCD compiles 39 tracks of everything recorded that the
band deemed fit for the complete discography. Included are 3 live
versions of songs from their 2nd lp - "out of a silent sky"
- as well as 4 songs that were captured live. Both of the full length
records are present on this 2xcd as well as the 4 7" tracks,
the 2 tracks from the split 7" with Spirit Assembly and the 5
tracks which were available only on compilations until now. They were
a product of their times, definitely influenced by Rites of Spring,
Embrace, Rain, One Last Wish as well as their contemporaries: Hoover,
Spirit Assembly, Fugazi, Jawbox, Lungfish, Shudder to Think, Current
and others.
Stickfigure
DCD
$11.75
Cashmore, Michael
Snow Abides
PS, US A new solo mini-album from this longtime CURRENT 93 guitarist
& contributor. Comprised of 5 thematically linked songs, w/ texts
composed by DAVID TIBET (Current 93) & vocals by ANTONY (Antony
& The Johnsons). Presented in an elegant, full-color digipak,
this is his most accomplished & poignant work to date, solo or
otherwise
DurtroJnana-002
CD
$10.00
Castanets/Dirty Projectors
Unusual Animals, Vol. 2
PS, US Volume 2 of ASTHMATIC KITTY's Unusual Animals limited edition
vinyl series finds Brooklyn residents CASTANETS and DIRTY PROJECTORS
splitting sides. Castanets offer up "BlackWater," a bloody
and muddy dubbed-out blues track, penned while on their epic and catastrophic
sailboat tour with Jana Hunter and Peter & the Wolf in the Summer
of 2006, and recorded upon the first day of final harbor. After a
deep idiosyncratic investigation of electronic music and classical
orchestration on "The Getty Address" and the "New Attitude"
EP, Dirty Projector's DAVE LONGSTRETH turns to the live band as his
compositional tool with the nine-minute epic "Silence in the
Lands."
AsthmaticKitty-402
10
$9.00
Chance, James & Contortions
Buy
PS, US 1979 Buy traces the coordinates for the new New York artsy
music/multi-performing scene alongside underground artists like Lydia
Lunch, Mars et al. Wrapped in a free jazz crust, served on a hot plate
of punk-funk experimentation, this seminal project still catches the
ear of the curious listener despite its almost 30th anniversary. Available
on picture disc for the first time.
Ze-008
LP
$15.25
Chapstik
Barnburner
PS, US Miracle Vocalist Leighton Mann brings his art-damaged mind
& sarcastic wit, this time in a collision course w/ the demons
of doom metal. A three guitar sonic attack paired with heavy bass
& an explosion of chaotic energy seem to be channeled from the
Gods of heavy rock. "If youre a fan of hard hitting riff rock,
this one delivers... fine purveyors of the heavy take notice. It's
called Barnburner for a reason."John Pegoraro-StonerRock.com
Unfortunate-031
CD
$10.00
Coach & Four
The Great Escape
PS, US Memphis quartet bring mix of mathematical calculation &
melodic articulation on new EP. This is the follow up to 2004's successful
debut Unlimited Symmetry, which received continuous airplay on XM
Radio. "A refreshing jolt of blues, garage-free Memphis rock.
If you like Jim O'Rourke, early Sea and Cake, poppier Sonic Youth
and I guess whatever has made great indie rock great, then listen
up."- Memphis Flyer
Makeshift-016
CD
$9.75
Coltrane, John
Giant Steps (Deluxe Edition)
PS, US Personnel: John Coltrane (tenor saxophone); Tommy Flanagan,
Wynton Kelly, Cedar Walton (piano); Paul Chambers (bass); Art Taylor,
Lex Humphries, Jimmy Cobb (drums). Recorded at Atlantic Studios, New
York, New York on April 1, May 4 and December 2, 1959. Includes liner
notes by Nat Hentoff. John Coltrane's maiden voyage for Atlantic Records
was the fulfillment of all the potential he'd demonstrated with Miles,
Monk and on his own Prestige recordings. Recorded in May 1959 (one
month after completing Davis' KIND OF BLUE), GIANT STEPS is Coltrane's
first recital to feature nothing but his own original compositions,
and is the culmination of his obsessive foray into harmony. By taking
all of the notes in a chord--and trying to find every possible inversion
and relevant substitution--the saxophonist was forced to develop a
complex new form of melodic phrasing that enabled him to rhythmically
crowd every permutation into a single phrase. The effect is not only
technically impressive, but an emotional marvel as well. On equestrian
events such as the up-tempo title tune and "Countdown,"
Coltrane blazes through the changes with a torrential effusion of
ideas, each phrase connected to the next with unerring logic and a
sublime sense of symmetry. Every note in the lower, middle and upper
register of his horn is articulated with power, precision and a variety
of expressive timbres. His manipulation of overtones and multiphonics
imparts a hair-raising vocal immediacy to his cry, and each solo culminates
in a stirring emotional catharsis. This is bebop to the tenth power.
But the joy of Coltrane's art is not predicated on its intellectual
dexterity. The charming stop-time cadences of "Syeeda's Song
Flute" depict an upbeat, child-like disposition, inspiring a
particularly celebratory Coltrane solo. The vamping figures of "Cousin
Mary" and "Mr. P.C." lead to solos permeated with blues
fervor. And of course, there's "Naima" (written for John's
first wife), one of the saxophonist's tenderest, most enduring themes,
with a melody that floats above Tommy Flanagan's serene chordal colors
like a solitary cloud at dusk.
Rhino
CD
$17.25
Dash Rip Rock
Hee Haw Hell
PS, US The undisputed kings of Southern country punk. This blows any
stereotypes about Red staters, punks, & country rockers out of
the water w/ the genius of its conceit: it's a country punk opera
based on...Dante's Inferno! With spoken parts & good ol' rock-n-roll,
they tell the story of Donkey's tour of Hell (populated by ghosts
of Lynrd Skynrd and hippie jam bands) with Ol' Virg. Guest stars MOJO
NIXON & JELLO BIAFRA among others.
Virus-372
CD
$13.50
Davis, Ben/Des Ark
Battle of the Beards
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Lovitt-053
LP
$11.00
Davis, Ben/Des Ark
Battle of the Beards
PS, US The slow builds & soft confessionals of AIMEE ARGOTE's
(DES ARK) tracks play perfect counterpoint to DAVIS' pulsing songcraft.
Themes weave in & out of infidelity, botched love affairs, &
late night rolls in the hay. She belts wherein he whispers, a single
piano or acoustic guitar is butted up against a lush orchestra, &
by the last note of these 12 tracks you begin to realize the potential
of alliance & the unspoken compliments of friendship.
Lovitt-053
CD
$11.00
Dawn of Man
In the Bronze Age
PS, US Brian Clancy (BLUETIP) has been grinding his teeth on his fretboard
since the old Balt./DC basement punk days where he met producer David
Sitek (TVOTR). Sitek uses the pounding drums & overdriving bass
to produce a backbeat that's an inseparable part of each song's emotional
substance. The melodic pop heart of the EP are keys & layered
feedback with guitar riffs, along with the confrontational & intimate
vocals.
Postfact-008
CD
$6.00
Dean & Britta
Back Numbers
PS, US New album from rock's coolest couple DEAN WAREHAM & BRITTA
PHILLIPS! As if a pedigree that includes LUNA & GALAXY 500 wasn't
enough, they're now releasing their second duo album w/famed producer
TONY VISCONTI (DAVID BOWIE, T. REX). The spotlight remains on their
vocal interplay but also includes covers of 60's gems "Our Love
Will Still Be There" by The Troggs & Lee Hazlewood's 'You
Turned My Head Around."
Zoë
CD
$16.00
Denver Gentlemen
Introducing
PS, US Incl. members of 16 HORSEPOWER, SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB, DEVOTCHKA,
MUNLY & THE LEE LEWIS HARLOTS, WOVEN HAND & TARANTELLA. Although
heavily influenced by traditional roots music, they tone down the
twang, opting for a gothic-cabaret sound full of piano, accordion,
& glockenspiel. In 2001, they reassembled to celebrate the belated
release of the group's 1rst album recorded back in '95.
Smooch-016
CD
$10.00
Denzel & Huhn
Paraport
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
CityCentreOffices-036
LP
$15.50
Denzel & Huhn
Paraport
PS, US This continues to push their work into more complex avenues
where shattered compositions are recast as lush & emotive sonic
diktats. Originally playing music as part of a loose collective that
included members of TO ROCOCO ROT & TARWATER, they're encompassing
a spectrum of styles which invites comparisons w/ everyone from Jan
Jelinek & Johann Johannsson, through to Pole & Fennesz.
CityCentreOffices-036
CD
$15.50
Deshannon, Jackie
Laurel Canyon [Bonus Tracks]
PS, UK Again memorabilia and photos come from Jackie's own archive,
and Capitols tape vaults have been raided for original masters. Bonus
tracks from contemporary singles have also been added, including Put
A Little Love In Your Heart, written by Jackie and covered by many.
RPM
CD
$17.25
Destroy All Dreamers
Glare/Halo EP
PS, US 180g BLACK VINYL 12". Destroyalldreamers captivated us
to no end with their gorgeous debut album in 2004 (the year's best
shoegaze record, handsdown!) We were ecstatic to have them record
a special limited record just for us, and we are quite excited to
present it to you. LIMITED to 100 red vinyl copies (mailorder-direct
only), and 200 black vinyl copies, all pressed on heavy audiophile-quality
180-gram virgin vinyl. Housed in a gorgeous die-cut jacket in the
Claire's Echo series by Aaron Winters, with a slip-in full color heavy
card cover image, backed with a beautiful close-up shot of a guitar
in b&w. Destroyalldreamers does destroy indeed, with their beautiful
and intense sonic landscapes. The instrumental outfit from Montreal
keeps you on the edge of your seat as they weave through tapestries
of billowing, effected guitars to create massive layers of beauty
and noise. Fans of Slowdive, Explosions in the Sky, Paik, etc. definitely
fall in love with Destroyalldreamers the moment they hear them. The
EP is kicked off with the incredible "Her Brother Played the
Riot" - a monumental side-long track eclipsing 20 minutes that
had to broken into 3-parts on the forthcoming album. Here it appears
on vinyl exclusively. On the flip, we are treated to three shorter
but equally powerful tracks: Dead on Arrival (100% exclusive to this
release), A Summer Without You (another taster from the forthcoming
album on WAMR), and A La Guerre Comme A La Mer (another 100% exclusive
track that will not appear elsewhere).
ClairesEcho
12
$12.25
Die Princess Die
Lions Eat Lions
PS, US LP of the GSL release. Rich in layered atmosphere, hot but
cold, loose but tight, raw but sophisticated, all at the same time.
A band w/stage presence to burn in a scene that could use more of
it, DPD is a wildfire waiting to happen. Stand back. No, come closer.
Rococo-022
LP
$13.25
DJ Hidden
After Before
PS, GERMANY The vinyl companion to the CD "The Later After"
(adn73), DJ Hidden's "After Before" gathers on a 12"
two of the most club-oriented tracks from the album. A deadly tool
for any DJ and a sign of many packed dancefloors, these two loud,
slowly building, insidious and agile tracks demonstrate DJ Hidden's
ability at twisting the very roots of drum'n'bass and fusing them
with his own high-fi production and melodic skills. Active since the
mid-90s, Noel Wessels has over the years become an essential actor
of the Dutch electronic music scene. Best known for his productions
and shows under the DJ Hidden moniker as well as founding member of
the gabber unit The Outside Agency, this untiring producer has been
active in all genres of electronic musics, signing records and CDs
of countless side-projects (along which the very remarked, laid back
Semiomine one). Starting in 2000, Noel Wessels's DJ Hidden drum'n'bass-focused
act has been taking this scene by storm. A pioneer of the current
mixture of hard, dark drum'n'bass and sudden break(core), his records
for Outbreak, Evol Intent, Ruff-Teck or Killing Sheep (among others)
have quickly become classics for DJ and fans. "After Before"
is the vinyl pendant to "The Later After", the long awaited
first full length album by DJ Hidden, coming out on Ad Noiseam at
the same time as this records. It contains slightly reworked version
of two of the album tracks, edited and mastered with DJ and clubs'
PA in mind. The two tracks on this well cut, loud 12" are among
both the most club-friendly and the hardest of the material written
by DJ Hidden, and sees his productions and recording skills take yet
one more step forward.
AdNoiseam-074
12
$9.50
DJ Hidden
The Later After
PS, GERMANY After 25 releases on vinyl over the course of seven years
(not counting the ones of his Outside Agency and Semiomime monikers),
for such labels as Ruff Teck, Outbreak, Killing Sheep or Sub/Version,
here comes finally the first full length album by DJ Hidden. "The
Later After" presents a hour long of new material ranging from
the hardest and most twisted drum'n'bass to more downtempo, atmospheric
tracks. At the same time a long due crowning for this musician and
a perfect introduction for people who have been missing out, "The
Later After" is the most accomplished and unequalled achievement
by this impudently skilful producer. Active since the mid-90s, Noel
Wessels has over the years become an essential actor of the Dutch
electronic music scene. Best known for his productions and shows under
the DJ Hidden moniker as well as founding member of the gabber unit
The Outside Agency, this untiring producer has been active in all
genres of electronic musics, signing records and CDs of countless
side-projects (along which the very remarked, laid back Semiomine
one). "The Later After" is a wide-ranging display of the
various styles that this musician has touched over the years, combined
in twelve tracks written specially for this release. "The Later
After" could finally not be a DJ Hidden release if there wasn't
anything hidden in it. From the complex artwork (designed by DJ Hidden
himself) to the flawless and intricate audio productions, this album
might turn into a treasure-hunt, are many details, messages and surprises
lay there for the attentive listener to find.
AdNoiseam-73
CD
$13.50
Do Make Say Think
You, You're a History In Rust
PS, US The fifth album from one of the most consistently inventive
instrumental rock bands of the past decade. Creative, thoughtful and
challenging. CD is in a deluxe 6 panel cardstock jacket.
Constellation-045
CD
$14.50
Do Make Say Think
You, You're a History In Rust
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation-045
LP
$15.50
Dobson, Bonnie
Good Morning Rain
PS, UK After the acclaimed issue of Bonnie Dobson's first, self-titled
RCA album...here we are with her second one! Again, a collection of
outstanding songs written by herself and others, great well arranged
folk-rock which has caught the attention of DJs and movers everywhere....Bonnie
will be playing shows this February in the UK for the first time in
far too long....to miss them would be sheer foolishness! I'll wager
she'll also be doing a fair few interviews and so on....you know it
makes sense.
Rev-Ola-194
CD
$13.00
Downbeat 5
Smoke & Mirrors
PS, US Formed in 2003 by lead guitarist JJ Rasler ( DMZ & The
Queers) and singer/rhythm guitarist Jen D'Angora (ex-The Dents). Drawing
on British Invasion bands like the Yardbirds & Animals, The Downbeat
5 spikes the brew with the toughest female vocals this side of a woman's
prison riot & tops it all off with decades worth of aggression,
attitude & volume. First live CD brings12 adrenaline-fueled shots
of pure, real, raw rock & roll that grab you by the ears &
cut straight to the bone.
SteelCage-061
CD
$11.75
Dr. Dog
We All Belong
PS, US Recorded on a 24-track, 2-inch tape machine as opposed to their
previous releases, the method introduced new possibilities as well
as new challenges. They managed to make an album that captures the
organic spirit so important to the band while introducing new layers
of vocal harmonies & textured instrumentation the band had only
been able to imagine prior. "Loaded w/ three-part harmonies,
orchestral strings, heavy reverb & fuzzy guitars." -Rolling
Stone
ParktheVan-012
CD
$13.25
Dream Magazine
#7
PS, US A wonderful archival interview wiht the late great IVOR CUTLER
conducted by John Cavanagh(Phosphen/BBC), Mats Gustafsson talked to
LANTERNS & MILTON of PSEUDOARCANA. Steve Sawada interviewed the
legendary LINDA PERHACS, Lee Jackson wrote about and chatted with
JOSEPHINE FOSTER, Ned Raggett covered YELLOW 6. Also interviews with
HENRY FLYNT, LOREN CONNORS, MAYO THOMPSON, BERT JANSCH, P.G. SIX SHARRON
KRAUS & so much more. The complimentary cd features previously
UNRELEASED music by FUNCTION, LUMENY, TOR LUNDAVALL, ADRIAN CROWLEY,
SHARRON KRAUS, YELLOW 6, ABLSALOM & more. 96 pages
ZINE
$7.25
Dying Fetus
War of Attrition
PS, US Masterminded by guitarist/vocalist John Gallagher & his
hand picked kill team, this advances the band's devastating assault
& destroys everything in its path. From opening to closing, the
patented Fetus combination of punishing slam riffs, frenzied guitar
work & utterly savage dual vocal assault overpowers the listener.
Relapse-7042
CD
$13.00
Earth
Hibernaculum (CD/DVD)
PS, US The audio material consists of 3 classics redone in a different,
stark & clean tone (akin to the "Hex"material) plus
the track "A Plague of Angels" which was previously available
on a rare tour only split (w/ sunn 0)))) 12". The lineup assembled
by Dylan for this album compliments the aesthetic & direction
perfectly. The video material on the 2nd disc is an Earth documentary
filmed by Seldon Hunt.
SouthernLord-074
DCD
$17.00
Echoboy
Elekrik Soul Psymphonie
PS, US First new album in nearly 4 years follows '03's "Giraffe"
(Mute). A new leftfield instrumental electronic masterpiece. "Faust
via Stereolab."-Tme Out London
TheFirstTime-019
CD
$13.75
Elastik Band, The
S/T
PS, US Known almost exclusively for their extremely politically incorrect
1967 Nuggets cult favorite "Spazz" (track #2), the Elastik
Band was actually a highly talented group that could play just about
any popular style in vogue during the mid-to-late 60s, much like the
Knickerbockers. Thus, at times they sound like the Byrds with vibraphone
("Mixed Emotions," #3), the Mamas & the Papas ("All
I Need," #10), the Syndicate of Sound ("Lose Yourself,"
19), and even what sounds like a parody of the Zombies ("Fire
and Desire," #9). But the group excelled at the 12-string guitar
and multipart harmonies of groups like the Byrds and Beau Brummels,
as many tracks on the disc attest. They also had a few curiosities
besides "Spazz": "Popcorn" (#7) being the closest,
though "Mrs. Pig" (#17) would also qualify. The last track
is from an Australian radio broadcast in 1968 in which the DJ begins
playing the song "Spazz" but cuts it off before completion
and calls it "offensive." This disc, released on lead singer
David Cortopassi's private label, represents the band's complete output
of their own compositions (they also recorded a Jimmy Webb tune at
one point), some never before released. Hopefully the release, though
belated, will show that the Elastik Band was far more than a novelty
one-hit wonder.
Digital Cellars-EBCD-10
CD
$13.50
Eleh
Floating Frequencies/Intuitive Synthesis Volume 1
PS, US Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental
minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane
Radigue, Pauline Oliveros and Charlemagne Palestine. This record is
pressed in a deluxe edition of 400 on audiophile quality 180 gram
vinyl mastered and pressed at RTI with letter pressed jackets done
by Manifesto Letterpress. Eleh creates highly minimal and deeply spiritual
pure analog drone music with emphasis on the physical ultra-low end.
Incorporating tones as low as .05 hz (well below the range of human
hearing) Eleh is as much of a physical experience as it is an audio
one. To be heard and felt correctly the listener must be sitting with
ears at speaker height at least 7 feet away. Noise canceling headphone
use is also recommended for the optimum listening experience.
Important-125
LP
$12.50
Eyehategod
Preaching the End Time Message
PS, US Collection of their hard to find singles including the ever
classic 'Sabbath Jam' & nihilstic versions of songs from previous
compilations plus two live tracks! Not for the faint of heart
Emetic-015
CD
$13.25
First Class, The
Summer Sound Sensations
PS, UK Bob Stanley writes: Beach Baby was possibly the fullest flowering
of the John Carter Sound - constantly shape shifting, the harmonies,
the strings, and more hooks than any four minute pop single should
have by rights. John Peel raved about it in 'Sounds' and it was no.4
in the US in the summer of '74. In Britain it stalled at 11 but felt
much bigger- it's been a radio staple since. This studio group, including
luminaries such as Tony Burrows, Chas Mills, Spencer James (from the
Searchers), and Clare Torry (of Pink Floyd fame), released two LP's
and recorded tracks for a third that remained unreleased. All continued
in the vein described above of hook laden /harmony driven /string
backed perfectly produced pop. All recorded 1974 -1977, plus a bonus
track from 1985 when Carter recorded a throw back single for possible
release in Holland when Beach Baby became a reissued hit, that totally
captures the Beach Baby excitement and gives it the hi-production
wall of sound.
RPM
CD
$19.00
Flamingo 50
Tear It Up
PS, US Second long-player from Liverpool's girl fronted indie-punk
trio Flamingo 50. Ripping 3 chord no-nonsense Brit punk rock like
the good old days. Many of these tracks have already become live favourites
on the grueling F50 tour schedule, taking in gigs through the UK,
France and the USA, performing with many of the bands who've influenced
them incl. Damned, Undertones J-Church, Le Tigre, UK Subs, Melt Banana,
Pretty Girls Make Graves and countless others. SEVERELY LIMITED, NOT
SHRINK WRAPED.
ErnestJenning-019
CD
$11.75
Free Zen Society
Free Zen
PS, US Here SHIPP/PARKER/ PARKINS embark on a project where nothingness
is everythingness. Fire & brimstone are replaced by passion &
expression. Melodies are sprinkled the air with effortless waves of
expression. It is within the willingness to cease being us, we become
one.
ThirstyEar
CD
$13.25
Frost, Lily
Cine-Magique
PS, US Taking a page from 50s crooner Julie London, 30s style jazz,
and the 60s chanteuse tradition, Lily Frost is a rare bird from Canada's
musical woods. Cine- her fourth solo offering is emotional & enchanting.
Produced by her husband Jose Miguel Contreras (By Divine Right), Cine-Magique
takes a minimalist direction, with flourishes of musical magic realism
& cinematic dimensions. Song featured on Grey's Anatomy!
Aporia-025
CD
$12.75
Fulton Lights
Fulton Lights
PS, US Fulton Lights' s/t debut is a product of Andrew Spencer Goldman's
trademark quiet/lovely sensibility, built on beds of noise, boom bap
beats, upright bass, vibraphone, piano and organ, guitars, and lush
strings. Featuring musicians affiliated with Wilco, The Walkmen, Tony
Conrad, Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers, Christmas Decorations,
dalek, and others. RIYD: John Cale, Massive Attack, Grizzly Bear,
Low.
AndroidEatsRecords-03
CD
$12.25
Future Pilot Aka
Secrets From The Clockwise
PS, UK Featuring collaborations & appearances from members of
The Go-Betweens/Sonic Youth/Belle & Sebastion/Can /Stooges/Fire
Engines/Concerto Caledonia/Unkle Bob/ Karine Polwart & Alasdair
Gray. Some highlights - "TERY BINA (NOTHING WITHOUT YOU)"
Kicking off with a cyclic rendition of the classic Nusrat Fateh Ali
Khan track featuring vocals contributions from Pilot family members
Vinita Dade and 4 year old Anurudh (pilot in training) singing over
a shimmering dulcimer led track. "EYES OF LOVE" Recording
very much with the spirit of Two-Tone in mind and the energy of early
Kinks, this uplifting summer groover is sung by Belle & Sebastian's
Stuart Murdoch & Sarah Martin. "IT'S IN THE HEART OF EVERYONE"
Simple mathematics with former Lydia Lunch /Swans/Current 93 collaborator
Joe Budenholzer with harmonies from Karine Polwart -minus 4 equals
7 indeed. "BOOMERANG" Slight return-the second coming of
our man Joseph Budenholzer. "THE CITY OF LIGHT" The Go-Betweens
Robert Forster & Grant McLennan do a 'reading' of this miniscule
pop gem, 58 seconds of undiluted Pop to spring clean your mind! "NUCLEAR
WAR" Members of Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore/Kim Gordon), The
Fire Engines (Davy Henderson) and Stooges/Minutemen bass legend (Mike
Watt) pay homage to the spirit of jazz giant Sun Ra ,on this one of
his minimalist compositions from the 70's.This track also features
a rare recording of the 'fu-horn' performed by iconic radio producer
Stewart Cruickshank. "SHENANDOAH" This haunting folk song
features chilling vocals and waterfall piano by Karine Polwart alongside
young Glasgow improv percussionist Alex Neilson on loan from Scatter/Glasgow
Improviser's Orchestra. "FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS" This historic
track documents a genuine piece of 'instant composing' featuring a
live jam across the telephone exchange, Sushil K Dade performs on
acoustic guitar in Glasgow whilst Damo Suzuki (Can) listens to the
chords 'down the line' from his Cologne HQ and responds with his hauntingly
poignant, crackly telephone vocals.
CreepingBent-091
CD
$17.00
Gants
I Wonder
PS, UK A band from Mississippi who weren't Delta Bluesmen but a white
frat-rock group who developed, through the writing of their own leader
Sid Herring, into a stirring US pop/rock band. They lasted from 1963-1967
recording 3 albums and 7 singles for Liberty, and "I Wonder"
presents the definitive collection from across that catalogue. The
band toured the US with The Animals and Dave Clark, then played with
homegrown outfits such as Sam The Sham and the Swinging Medallions.
They recorded at Muscle Shoals and Nashville, the music beginning
with American Mersey Beat and progressing to the kind of harmony pop/rock
that was a blend of Paul Revere and the Beatles "Rubber Soul".
RPM
CD
$17.25
Great Lake Swimmers
Hands in the Dirty Ground
PS, US Limited edition, hand numbered out of 500, 6 song LP. Includes
exclusive tracks, alternative versions, live recordings: with a version
of Tom Wait's 'Innocent When you Dream'
MagWheel-040
LP
$16.00
Gypsy Kiss
S-T
PS, US Detroit area musician Peter Litvin provides a sweet mess of
psychedelic eastern sounds blended with space rock, graced with transient
rays of pop sensibility. You may find yourself nodding out as you
drift into the textured environments that refuse to limit themselves.RIYL
Beck, Flaming Lips, & Massive Attack
Unfortunate-036
CD
$10.00
Hardin, Tim
2
PS, US "Distinctively original acoustic guitar-based folk rock,
2 is mid '60s East Coast blues/folkster Tim Hardin's best single album,
originally released on Verve in 1967. Includes 'Lady Came From Baltimore'
and 'If I Were A Carpenter,' covered famously by Bobby Darin."
180 gram virgin vinyl.
Lillith-107
LP
$18.50
Harmonia
Deluxe
PS, US Formed in the early 70s by Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Dieter
Moebius of CLUSTER w/ Michael Rother of NEU!. Although this Kraut
rock supergroup produced only two albums, their minimalist sound laid
the groundwork for ambient & motorik rock for decades to come.
This featured more structured songs, along w/ a sparse spattering
of vocals, & the guest appearance of Mani Neumeier of GURU GURU
on a few tracks
Lilith-123
LP
$16.50
Harmonia
Deluxe
PS, US
Lilith-123
CD
$16.50
Harp
March/April 2007
PS, US IGGY & THE STOOGES Cover. TED LEO, ARCADE FIRE, JESSE MALIN,
AIR, SON VOLT, ALBERT HAMMON JR., LOW, CHARLIE LOUVIN, YOKO ONO, VIETNAM
& 100 reviews!
ZINE
$4.00
Hawg Jaw
Don't Trust Nobody
PS, US Purely heavy, New Orleans sludgecore w/ Black Flag attitude
feat. Gary Mader (EYEHATEGOD) dissipates, then destroys w/ raw, unrelenting
power & violence. Similar to being pushed down a flight of stairs.
Emetic-023
CD
$11.75
Hearts Of Black Science
Empty City Lights
PS, UK
ClubAC30-3025
CD5
$6.75
Horns Of Happiness, The
What Spills Like Thread
PS, US HORNS OF HAPPINESS provide the two sides to the second half
of their newnew sound with "What Spills Like Thread". With
the follow-up 12" to last year's "Would I Find Your Psychic
Guideline", they're now navigating the waters of hypnotic, organ-driven
thump rock. On this record, the HoH have expanded into a trio, with
new member ELAINA MORGAN providing the bottom end to the disjointed
fuzz of AARON DEER and SHELLY HARRISON'S organ/drum combo. Played
out in two extended jams, side A evokes ESG on the dance floor with
Can at an absinthe-fueled afterparty, while side B is a woozy pop-drone
undulation.
SecretlyCanadian-122
12
$7.50
Human Feel
Galore
PS, US Legendary incubator of 21st century jazz, this team has reunited
to record an indeliable mark on the history of jazz & improvised
music. Combining jazz virtuosity w/ open minded curiosity & adventurousness,
Human Feel has been a pivotal influence on musicians & listeners
for the last 15 yrs. 1 easy way to judge their importance to NY's
scene is how quickly many of the city's greatest gems have hired the
band members. Tim Berne, John Zorn, Dave Douglas, Ellery Eskelin,
Paul Motian & Uri Caine all had bands feat. members of Human Feel
Skirl-006
CD
$13.25
I Am Robot And Proud
The Catch & Spring Summer Autumn Winter
PS, US Reissue. The Catch is I AM ROBOT AND PROUD's debut full length
CD. It was originally released in 2001 by Catmobile Records (UK).
Spring Summer Autumn Winter was an EP released in 2002 by Mira Records
(Germany). Darla Records is pleased to offer a reissue comprising
both these out-of-print indie electronic pop music classics. Revamped
cover art by Shaw-han Liem aka I AM ROBOT AND PROUD.
Darla-181
CD
$12.00
Illinois
What the Hell Do I Know?
PS, US Riding on a tractor of 6 strings, banjo samples & an extended
metaphor, their music conveys the Hopper/Rockwell?esque imagery of
their home, a timeless place of raw emotion, where little league children
still ride their bicycles in the street & the first girl you kissed
is now your wife. Music snobs who care, have put the group in hallowed
company. "The lyrical depth of the Kinks sauteed w/ the musical
overtones of the Flaming Lips & John Spencer Blues Explosion reduction!"
AceFu-046
CD5
$8.75
Indecision Alarm, The
S-T
PS, US The new & long-awaited incarnation of the former Swedish
melodic hardcore band "Adhesive". They layer hard rock writing
styles over their hardcore/punk undercoat, & the music rests under
a wooly blanket of honest, socially conscious vocals. Sounds like
Adhesive, Propaganhi, Husker Du, Face to Face, Minor Threat
TicTacTotally-004
CD
$5.50
Innerise
Western Sky Music CDR
PS, UK Limited CDR only release. Over the last four years, Make Mine
Music - a collective of musicians and independent label - has established
a name for itself for its catalogue of beguiling and varied music,
from the wistful nostalgia of July Skies and Epic45 to the ambient
dreamscapes of Yellow6 and Portal. The next release for the label
is the debut album by Innerise, "Western Sky Music". Innerise
has been existence since the mid-1990s in various incarnations, based
around composer and multi-instrumentalist Tarl Broad-Ashman. Debuting
in 2002 on the split EP with Schengen and Portal, with later tracks
appearing on the Make Mine Music compilation "Flow", Innerise
established themselves with a sound uniting
elements of pop, ambient, electronica and dub. Recorded in 2004 and
2005, Innerise's debut album is long awaited. "Western Sky Music"
sees Tarl joined on several tracks by singer Katherine Cobley, who
adds her beautiful vocals and honest, heart-on-sleeve lyrics. If you're
after reference points, imagine a cross between Saint Etienne, The
Orb and the Cocteau Twins and you'd be somewhere close. The stunning
artwork for this release was done by Ben Curzon, whose credits include
Luke Vibert, Venetian Snares and Mu-ziq.In keeping with other recent
Make Mine Music releases by the likes of August Stars, Millimetrik
and All Sides (all now sold out), the Innerise album is being made
available in limited quantities, so be quick.
MakeMineMusic-026
CDR
$11.00
Jatun
S/T
PS, US Jatun is Alan Grosvenor (guitar, keys, bass, loops) and Scott
Worley (vocals, keys, guitars, laptop). Alan and Scott met in Portland,OR
circa '04, and started writing the songs that would slowly form into
the mish-mash of cables, circuits, ivory and alcohol known as Jatun.
They began recording their self-titled debut album in September 2005,
and it's been engineered/mixed by Scott & Alan and mastered by
Carl Saff. The first recorded Jatun song was "Ion Crush,"
which was featured in a Nike SB promo video for the Zoom Tre shoe
and is also featured on the Signal Snowboards webpage. The songs "Ghost
and Grey", and "The Temptation of Joy" have been used
by Norwegian company Helly Hansen, accompanying snowboard and ski
team imagery on two videos. Additionaly the video clips are being
used on the Helly Hansen website as a part of their HHTV program.
Influenced by an expansive range of artists, genres and styles, Alan
and Scott have learned to interpret and appreciate sound from a broad
perspective. Such open ears have facilitated an understanding of sonic
interplay, and acute attention to arrangement and detail. Armed to
the teeth with an arsenal of quality, vintage gear and a penchant
for capturing the resultant noises, they craft music thoroughly and
thoughtfully. Lush, enveloping and hyper-textured, Jatun's songs blanket
themselves around your ears and saturate your head with warm and intoxicating,
Orange-tinged tones. For Fans Of: Morr Music, 4AD, Warp, Anticon,
Temporary Residence Limited.
OtherElectricites-004
CD
$12.25
Jawbone
S/T
PS, UK Jawbone was born from the ashes of The Mirage and Turquoise,
two of the UK's greatest cult pop-psych bands (and both recently anthologized
on RPM and Rev-Ola respectively) and their lone 1970 album rounds
off their stories perfectly. They were thrown together after guitarist
Ray Glynn and drummer Dave Hynes decided to re-form The Mirage after
a short stint in The Spencer Davis Group came to an end in 1969 (they
appear on the excellent "Short Change" single and ill-fated
Funky album). Vocalist Pete Hynes and former bassist Dee Murray was
swiftly poached for Elton John's band so they recruited keyboard player
and former Mirage sidekick/songwriter Kirk Duncan who called up another
former colleague, Jeff "Gus" Peters of the recently defunct
Turquoise to handle bass duties. Dave Hynes secured the band a deal
with Merv Cohn's newly minted Carnaby label and they changed their
name to The Portebello (sic) Explosion for a single coupling the dreamy,
Beatlesque pop-sike of "We Can Fly" and a tough, hard-edged
cover of Bubble Puppy's minor US hit "Hot Smoke And Sassafras".
The single went nowhere but album sessions began regardless in late
1969 with the re-recording of three old Mirage tunes - "How's
Ya Pa?", "Chicago Cottage" and "Jeremiah Dreams"
(mis-titled "Jeremiah's Dream" on the eventual album), a
suitably demented re-working of their unreleased 1967 psychedelic
opus "Ebeneezer Beaver". When "How's Ya Pa?" was
released as a single in early 1970, it was credited to yet another
new moniker, Jawbone. Typically for this period, Dave Hynes had become
obsessed by The Band and set about remodeling the group in their image.
Consequently, titles like "Honeysuckle Redwood Cabin", "Homestead"
and "Mister Custer" came thick and fast, bearing the distinct
influences of The Band and The Byrds.
Rev-Ola-195
CD
$13.00
Komomaznuk
For Real/Love
PS, GERMANY Excellent two tracker by this young dubstep wonder from
Bristol, UK. Brought to you by Terminal Dusk, who had already released
the amazing "Dirty Deeds" 12" by Mathhead.
AdNoiseam/TerminalDusk-012
12
$9.50
Lambsbread
Stereo Mars
PS, US The stunningly stoned Lambsbread have succeeded, in relatively
short time, to be the most mesmerizing wastoid action/improv trio
of the new century. Direct from the nethervoid of OH these blasting
concept dub-zone visionaries (Zac Davis & Kathy ODell: guitars,
Shane Mackenzie: drums) have toured relentlessly across the USA. Herewith
is their debut 12" wax recorded & mixed one lost day in their
notorious basement in full audio-reefer fidelity.
EcstaticPeace-105
LP
$11.25
Last Town Chorus
Wire Waltz (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US
Hacktone
CD
$13.25
Laswell, Bill
City of Light
PS, US Originally released in 1997 on Sub Rosa, now reissued. He's
the founder of "collision music" - a collaborative concept
that brings together musicians from divergent instrumentations &
backgrounds. This album is about Banaras, a city older than history,
tradition, way beyond legends. It is Shiva's land, founded at the
dawn of creation.
SubRosa-114
CD
$14.00
Library Tapes
Feelings For Something Lost
PS, UK Second album from the Swedish contemporary classical duo, a
year on from their acclaimed debut 'Alone In The Bright Lights Of
A Shattered Life'. Once more, sparse, bleak compositions take centre
stage on "Feelings For Something Lost", with the piano more
prominent and the overall sound more stripped down than was the case
with its predecessor; dark atmospherics echoing the work of Rachels,
Set Fire To Flames, Sylvain Chauveau et al. Once again the album is
the work of David Wenngren and Per Jardsell, with guest appearances
from Cecile Schott (COLLEEN) on the stunning "Leaves Abstract
In A Village Plunged Into Mourning" and Erik Skovdin (DEAF CENTER)
on "Departures (Burning Saints For Your Own Sins)". The
album features twelve tracks, recorded between November 2004 and January
2006, all of which have lengthy titles that convey the feeling of
the music perfectly.
Resonant-020
CD
$14.25
Library Tapes
Alone in the Bright Lights of a Shattered Life
PS, UK Library Tapes are a Swedish dup whose work echoes the likes
of Max Richter, Lunz, Sylvian Chaveau, Rachels and A Silver Mt Zion.
Comprised of piano, acoustic/electric guitars, balalaika and the a
trusty laptop, 'Alone In The Bright Lights...' seems to exist in a
distant tundra, with the listener coaxed into embarking on a hugely
rewarding journey. Whilst the stiff melodies of opening composition
'Broken Piano Pt.2' are draftily satisfying, it is '...in a safe place...somewhere
near your heart...' that really establishes their sound. Not unlike
a William Basinski piece, 'In a safe place...' takes an emotionally
wrought piano and allows it to languidly meander over a stirring landscape
of half-glimpsed sonic sturctures and soundscapes that can't help
but make an emotional impact on this listener. Gorgeous.
Resonant-016
CD
$14.25
London, Julie
Lonely Girl
PS, UK Yes the girl who single handedly launched the Torch Singer
genre...and opened the door for every imperfect but sexy vocalist
since..... The most remarkable thing about Julie London is remarkable
indeed: that she used her erotic persona not so much to interpret
songs as to change the nature of them to become something other than
when sung by anyone else. She used her breathy, sexy, sultry voice
not to sing a version of a song that could compete with someone else's
on a scale of good to better to best, but to change it's meaning.
This, her second album, carries on from where her first left off...soft
eroticism and single entendre...songs of yearning and loneliness in
Julie's own bedroom whisper...just try to resist! The acclaim and
success enjoyed by our issue of her first album legendary "Julie
Is Her Name" tells you all you need to know....what a woman,
what a record...I'll go and lie down now... One of the most erotic
albums of all time.
Rev-Ola-197
CD
$13.00
Love
Forever Changes (Deluxe Edition)
PS, US
Rhino
CD
$17.25
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love
S/T
PS, US Low Low formed in March 2004 when Kelly Dyson met Natalia Brightmore
in the George over a pint, two days after he'd split from his long-time
partner and moved from Carlisle to Buxton with a handful of songs.
The pair clicked and work began on turning Kelly's rough acoustic
songs into rough acoustic songs with a female harmony. The album was
quite a sparse thing for the main part, though Ellis Dyson expanded
a few tracks with drums and electric guitars. The process from there
was pretty quick - the album was polished (to Low Low's standards)
within a few months was released on the *Birds and the Rodents Label
(UK)*. Through their earnest, stripped-down approach to song writing,
Low Low taps into your head and heart before you've even noticed;
and by then it's too late to turn back (not that you'd want to anyway).
The vulnerability and undeniable necessity of love, loss, heartache
and hopefulness abounds in each affected lyric, and is further evoked
by every subtle bend and pull. "As acoustic documents of the
breakdown of a long-term relationships go, this is up there. Recorded
lo-fi style - in a bedroom apparently - this affecting release combines
breathless harmonies and fragile tunes to achieve a strange warmth.
Also makes Belle & Sebastian sound like Motorhead." - The
Crack "Rooted firmly in the world of low/no-fi folk, this is
a charming record that recalls the same juxtaposition of fragility
and strength of character that suffused the early Elliott Smith albums."
- Tangents. For Fans Of: Devendra Banhart, Iron & Wine, Six Organs
of Admittance, Songs of Green Pheasant, Nick Drake.
OtherElectricites-007
CD
$12.25
Lunch, Thomas
Diagrams Without Instructions
PS, US Debut from Washington, DC native who "has seemingly come
out of nowhere with...an indie/electro offering that will have yer
ass shaking by song two."-thetripwire.com. Digipak.
TompkinsSquare-101
CD
$14.75
Lynx and Ram
The System's on And It's Flashing Red
PS, CANADA Lynx And Ram was formed in 2005 by Carli Vierke and Julian
Fane. After an extremely well received debut album for Planet Mu Records,
Fane was looking for a collaborative project while Vierke, a classically
trained vocalist with a background in rythm and blues, wanted to escape
the confines of traditional music to create something she was truly
passionate about. Combining machinegun rock drums with mashed guitars,
blasting synths, and Vierke's full throttle electro punk vocals, Lynx
And Ram create music on the verge of spontaneous combustion. If you
like Le Tigre or chicks on speed your going to really love Lynx and
Ram.
Sublight-3101
CD
$12.25
Mandelbrot Set
All Our Actions Are Constantly Repeated
PS, UK Mandelbrot Set is a loud band. They like their drones and their
converse-gazing, they like to use sample pedals and to change instruments
during sets, but mainly they like to be loud, and they like to do
it differently. Formed by Keung, from the ashes of his previous band,
Hentai, of whom Drowned In Sound remarked "It's a relief to know
that not all angsty teenagers listen to Radiohead and spend the rest
of their adolescence trying to emulate Muse. Some of them stick Boards
Of Canada stickers on their guitars, acquire DD-5 sample pedals and
violin bows, and proceed to work the Mogwai-esque quiet / loud / louder
/ apocalyptic dynamic till their ears bleed." Mandelbrot Set
take their love of all things on the Constellation label, their penchant
for electronics, effects pedals and live sampling, their Shellac-esque
rhythmic aggression, and combine it all into a wall of noise, melody
and epic structure that would make Kevin Shields envious.
HighpointLowlife-021
CD
$17.00
Marsmobil
Minx
PS, US U/S debut of PETER KRUDER (KRUDER & DORFMEISTER) produced
slice of psychedelic space pop inspired by the trashy analog sound
aesthetics of the '60's & '70's, merging Retro & Future, Space-Pop,
& Burt Bacharach-like orchestrations to "the most wonderful
& organic music of the new musical millenium."
Gstone-030
CD
$17.50
Mary Onettes, The
Void
PS, SWEDEN Sweden's finest is back with a three amazing new songs
that makes us remember the days of The Smiths - when every song on
every single was equally important. "Void" sounds somewhat
like a modern version of A-ha dressed in black mixed with early The
Jesus and Mary Chain on an arena. The EP contains two brilliant, exclusive
tracks that will not appear on the album. Inspired by indie bands
from the 80's, a singer sounding like a Swedish relative to Ian McCullough
or Bryan Ferry, and the talent to write the most heartfelt, emotional
pop songs imaginable The Mary Onettes is a dream come true for any
pop lover. Or anyone with the slightest interest in music at all.
Labrador-102
CD5
$6.75
McWilliams, David
The Days of David McWilliams
PS, UK An Irish folk rock artist who in 1967 released three albums
of his own material on the Major Minor label. An amazing period of
productivity matched by the amazing consistency of quality throughout
all the material he wrote and recorded. Musically he backed himself
on 6 and 12 string guitar with further arrangements and orchestration
provided by the then wunderkind producer Mike Leander. The combination
of McWilliams heartfelt lyrics and songstyle with Leanders evocative
arrangements of the simple melodies still sound bewitching today.
'The Days Of Pearly Spencer' was covered by Marc Almond in the early
90's and 'Three O'Clock Flamingo Street' is another radio favourite.
There has only been one other McWilliams compilation, released by
EMI when the Almond single was a hit in 1992. That collection has
long since been deleted and this RPM collection only repeats four
tracks from the EMI set. For McWilliams fans and 60's folk/rock fans
the idea is to follow up this present collection with a Volume two
later in the year. The RPM collection presents a range of subject
matter, some of their time such as Hiroshima and Harlem Lady, others
love songs that transcend time. The English had Donovan, the Americans
had Dylan, the Irish had McWilliams.
RPM
CD
$17.25
Microphones
Don't Smoke/Get Off The Internet
PS, US It has been a while since the last album or concert by "the
MICROPHONES". Lately "MOUNT EERIE" has been taking
up that space. Now we have this new miniature record out of nowhere
(actually out of Anacortes, Washington, the awkward town up on the
edge of Canada where Phil Elverum, the originator of all this music
and hubbub, runs the family record label and publisher). These 2 songs
are a 2007 modifi cation of punk directness. "Do as I say"-style
lyrics and "feel as I feel"-style music. It s quite different
from the introspective metaphorical state park parking-lot songs the
Microphones have become known for. Over moden grunge, these songs
say "There is no God. Deal with yourself. Clean up your mess.
Take responsibility."
P.W.ElverumAndSunLtd.-012
45
$4.75
Ministry of Sound
Midsummer Nights Dreaming/Men from the Ministry
PS, UK Upon its release in 1966, Men from the Ministry received heavy
promotion on pirate radio. Disc jockey Kevin McKew was particularly
fond of the record and played it five times through on his show, declaring
the album "the breakthrough record of 1966." Because McKew
had a 2:00 AM slot his promotion did little to help sales. Inspection
of the back cover of the LP reveals that the disc jockey had a vested
interest in the record; he had written the sleeve note.
RPM
CD
$17.25
Mitchell, Joni
Blue (Deluxe Edition)
PS, US Without a doubt, one of the most important and influential
artists in all of contemporary music, Joni Mitchell is much more than
a legendary icon of the singer-songwriter art form. Since her 1968
debut LP, the five-time Grammy winner has released a long string of
stellar albums as emotionally powerful as they are stylistically diverse.
Rhino
CD
$17.25
Moaners
Blackwing Yalobusha
PS, US North Carolina-based garage-blues duo decided to revisit their
Mississippi roots & record their latest album with former Squirrel
Nut Zippers founder & producer Jimbo Mathus. Amid the thousand-pound
heat the female duo churned out a slow burning collection of songs
that chant & spit their way through the spirit world of the old
south. The songs tell tall tales of barstool black belts & monkey
tongues while tuned-down slide guitar tumbles through the delta landscapes
of Faulkner & O'Connor.
YepRoc-2140
CD
$14.50
Mojo
#161 (April 2007) [MAGAZINE+CD]
PS, UK THE STOOGES: BLOOD, DRUGS, PARANOIA, AND MORE DRUGS! Let the
weirdness unfold....MOJO tracks the remarkable comeback of America's
gnarliest rock 'n' roll band. PLUS...FREE CD! THE STOOGES JUKEBOX
Compiled exclusively for MOJO by Iggy Pop, Iggy and pals present the
mind-boggling music that rocked their sorry souls, from Howlin' Wolf
to the MC5, through to Little Richard and Frank Zappa.
ZINE
$9.50
Money Mark
Brand New By Tomorrow
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Brushfire
LP
$10.75
Money Mark
Brand New By Tomorrow
PS, US The Great Leap Forward into real songwriting w/11 finely wrought
& buoyantly tuneful songs wrung from heartbreak.
Brushfire
CD
$15.00
Moonbabies
War On Sound [2007, 3-song import single]
PS, SWEDEN Teaser for the upcoming Moonbabies album (their best yet,
linked below), this 3-track EP features the new mix of "War On
Sound", plus an exclusive edit/remix of album track "Weekend
A-Go-Go", and exclusive b-side "Painless". Check out
the 'At The Ballroom' release page for sound samples, bio, photos,
etc.</a>
Startracks
CD5
$2.00
Mouthus
Follow This House
PS, US Perhaps appropriately, Follow This House was recorded following
a European tour in a state of profound limbic haze and completed and
finalized during the unforgettable heat wave of July 2006. These facts
make a whole lot of sense since Follow This House sounds like your
entire record collection melting in the trunks of a hundred junkyard
cars on a hazy, steamy, sweltering hot summer afternoon. Follow This
House by Mouthus is a companion piece to their 2005 full length for
Important titled The Long Salt. Picking up right where The Long Salt
left off, Follow This House is a record chock full of manic bad mood
energy, crunching resin-soaked jams and hundred year old instrumentation
emerging from the soggy mire only to be slowly pushed back in by poison
clouds of delayed-out vocal groan. Mouthus are on a stated mission
to incorporate new sounds and new instrumentation into their recordings.
Never repeating themselves Follow This House is less fractured and
more minimal, embracing the Mouthus sludgefest like a settling foundation.
Important-121
CD
$12.00
Mueller, Jon/M. Tellinga
Bowl, Helicopter
PS, US Latest in series of Korm Plastics' curated "Brombron"
series sees Jon Mueller (COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES, PELE) collaborating
w/Dutch electroacoustic artist Martijn Tellinga to explore the musical
dialogue between the instrumentalist & the realtime computer-performer.
They experimented w/a system of live sampling & processing of
JM's playing on top of a layer of prerecorded sound materials, with
the sample triggers being caused by the performance as it happaned.
This resulted in a ensemble that is partly responsive & partly
autonomous.
KormPlastics-3028
CD5
$10.75
Mutants, The
Forensic Report
PS, US Dirk Dirksen Presents The Mutants: Forensic Report features:
The Mutants "Interview Segment"; The Mutants' performances
from the DNA lounge in 1989, and "The On Broadway" in 1984.
Seeing the Mutants live was like being invited to a secret John Waters
movie about punk colorfully and melodically crashing into New Wave,
with a dysfunctional locomotive designed by Johnnie Cash on angel
dust. Song Titles: Insect Lounge, War Against Girls, True Story, A
Light, Think, Think, Think, The Color of Imagination, Lesson in Time,
Opposite World, Twisted Thing, Give and Take, Love Song, Tribute to
Russ Meyers, Furniture. Running Time: 112 mins.
ImageEntertainment-07004
DVD
$17.75
Mutumbajoy, Santiago
Yagé Pinta! Psychedelic Shaman Songs Of Santiago Mutumbajoy
PS, US "Yage Pinta!" collects nearly 80 minutes of hypnotic,
droning wild microphone field recordings of shamanic ceremonies recorded
in Columbia's Putamayo Basin by celebrated anthropologist MICHAEL
TAUSSIG. Proceeds from the sale of this compact disc will be go to
FUNDACIÓN RENACER, A BOGOTA, COLUMBIA based outreach &
rehabilitation organization for sexually exploited children and adolescents.
LocustMusic-005
CD
$11.50
My Brightest Diamond
Tear It Down
PS, US MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND'S SHARA WORDEN has decided to set loose
her bobby pins and let her hair fly on the ambient dance floor. Her
latest semi-collaboration with 13 different remixers, entitled "Tear
It Down", reworks songs from the highly acclaimed album, "Bring
Me The Workhorse" featuring tracks by ALIAS, LUSINE, MURCOF,
STAKKA and GOLD CHAINS. Oh, it's international too! With diplomatic
representatives from Belgium, France, Mexico, The UK and America (East
and West Coasts baby!), the remixes range from drum-n-bass, to glitchy
ambient, minimalism, and get-your-booty-on-the-dance-floor club music.
AsthmaticKitty-030
CD
$11.50
My Teenage Stride
Ears Like Golden Bats
PS, UK "Ears Like Golden Bats" is the third album by Brooklyn-based
My Teenage Stride and the follow-up to 2005's "Major Major"
(Becalmed KLECD 103). The heart of My Teenage Stride is multi-instrumentalist,
singer and songwriter Jedediah Smith. Jed grew up in Massachusetts
and at age 14 started playing guitar, soon adding bass, piano and
drums to the mix. As soon as he could steal his older brother's Tascam
4-track, he was writing and recording songs as a one-man band, and
by age 18 he had compiled several boxes of tapes and had already written
400 songs. Just over a decade later, he's written hundreds more, with
no signs of slowing down. Although previous releases were mainly the
work of Jed alone in the studio, many tracks on "Ears Like Golden
Bats" have been recorded with the help of a stable band. The
current My Teenage Stride line-up is Jedediah Smith instruments, vocals),
Jenny Logan (bass), Brett Whitmoyer (drums) and Dakkan Abbe (guitar).
At just under 40 minutes, "Ears" gathers a collection of
captivating guitar pop gems that manage to combine fatalism with not-yetdefeated
hope, which seems to be an inherent quality of many of Smith's compositions.
The references to Phil Spector, the Jesus & Mary Chain and Television
Personalities are still present in well-crafted and immediate tracks
like 'We'll Meet At Emily's', 'That Should Stand For Something' and
'Terror Bends'. They're hookladen songs that will have you humming
all day long - you might clap your hands or snap your fingers too.
Titles such as 'Reversal' or 'Genie Of New Jersey' and 'To Live And
Die In The Airport Lounge' expand on those influences, sounding more
atmospheric, reminiscent of the Chills and the pop side of John Cale
and Brian Eno. They are catchy in a non-obvious way, loose recordings
that let space for moods and ideas to bleed through the album, like
the apparent dark tone that seems to permeate 'Reception', the jangly
'Heartless & Cruel' or 'Depression Kicks'.
Becalmed-104
CD
$16.25
No Depression
#68
PS, US SHINS on the cover!!! Features on them, Ry Cooder, Joe Ely,
Frames, Carlene Carter, James Brown, & tons more! Plus all the
other great alt-country news you get from this fine, fine zine.
ZINE
$4.25
Obscurus Advocam
Verbia Daemonicus
PS, US Feat. members of already acclaimed black metal outfits GLORIOR
BELLI, TEMPLE OF BAAL & WOLFE, this band already has its nails
clawed deep w/in the underground in terms of what kind of quality
you can expect fromthese guys. This fuses styles found w/in great
bands like Deathspeel Omega while harking back to the days of Judas
Iscariot & Burzum.
SouthernLord-067
CD
$14.00
Odawas
Raven and the White Night
PS, US Like watching an avalanche crushing a Bavarian cottage or a
man being attacked by a lion, listening to ODAWAS while nestled safely
in your phono-womb is an exercise in tuning into sublime frequencies
from safe carriage. That huge dial has never made your hands so child-like,
that cookie jar so high. Odawas skirt the cliff's edge like JACK NIETZSCHE
hanging Christmas lights on the shark cage, NEIL YOUNG stoking the
campfire in his babylon treefort, or a JANDEK aria in a black armband
march. Odawas' 2005 debut on JAGJAGUWAR, "The Aether Eater,"
was a fiery space oddity detailing the brave, the lost, and the maligned.
The journey was epic. But the obstinate darkness and disastrous side-effects
of space travel are getting lost, and thus turning inward on their
follow-up album "Raven And The White Night." This LP package
ALSO COMES WITH A GRATIS COMPACT DISC VERSION OF THE ALBUM.
Jagjagwar-108
LP+CD
$11.50
Okkervil River
Black Sheep Boy (Definitive Edition)
PS, US This is the definitive double-disc set which brings together
OKKERVIL RIVER's ground-breaking "Black Sheep Boy" project
in its entirety - including the original album, the 7-song "Black
Sheep Boy Appendix" EP, the song "The Next Four Months"
(originally released on the "For Real" CD single), the "For
Real" video as well as a new video of a magical alternate slower
take of "No Key, No Plan". Enjoy this panoramic perspective
of a modern masterpiece and one of the most critically acclaimed albums
of the new millennium. "Black Sheep Boy" is Okkervil River's
most ambitious and cinematic record to date, a love story and adult
fable carved in lacerating rock and roll, desolate late-night country
weepers, and a few shining moments of sheer, shameless pop.
jagjagwar-120
DCD
$11.50
Olvis
S/T
PS, US The debut release from twenty-five-year-old THOR ORLYGSSON,
and the latest leftfield electronic/post-rock export from Iceland.
Inhabiting more easily-defined sounds than many of his countrymen,
Orlygsson concentrates on warm, engaging guitar-based instrumental
pieces-that while being accessible are in no way generic. Eleven tracks
of ear-soothing ambience performed on guitar, keyboards, and piano
with drums from a handful of Reykjavik's finest. For fans of Mogwai,
Stars of the Lid, and My Bloody Valentine.
Resonant-008
CD
$14.25
One Ensemble
Wayward the Fourth
PS, US Feat. DANIEL PADDEN (VOLCANO THE BEAR), CHRIS HLADOWSKI &
AMY VULLIAMY (NALLE). The heir apparant to Moondog & Zoltán
Kodály, they blend European folk, narrative, popular &
chamber forms to create modern compositions that provide attention-grabbing
hooks & thought-provoking challenges. At times formal & at
others improvisational, it is difficult to pin down their sound. Influences
range from the classic pop-psychedelia of Robert Wyatt to the deep
experimental drone of Third Ear Band.
SecretEye-032
CD
$12.50
Orb, The
Orbsessions v.1
PS, UK Few artists have created such visionary and influential electronic
music as Alex Paterson and his various incarnations of The Orb. The
Orb's blissed-out music helped define the emerging ambient-techno/house
genres blending natural sounds, spoken-word, dub bass lines and constantly
shifting beats with a sense of humor, rolling rhythms and exhilarating
samples to revolutionise UK dance clubs and '90s rave culture. Now
after the resounding success of the earlier limited edition, Malicious
Damage is proud to re-release this glorious first volume of Orb treasures
from Alex Paterson's spherical archives. Covering fifteen years of
conspiracy and collaboration with some of the biggest names in electronic
music including
Jimmy Cauty, Andy Hughes, Thomas Fehlmann, Nina Walsh, Fil le Gonidec,
Vincent McDonald, Guy Pratt, Dom Beken and Aki Omori. Track Listing
1- Yungle 2-Sail 3-Chromatik [Orbzone] 4-Eurofen 5-Sun Of 6-73.5 feat.
nitraM 7-Steel Horse 8-Something Like 9-Pluto Calling [Twinkle] 10-Angel
3 Dub . The track "Mummy Don't" has been replaced by "angel
3 dub"
MaliciousDamage-603
CD
$15.50
Orthodox
Gran Poder
PS, US An amazing debut that is just the first stone of the sonic
monolith they're going to build step by step. In this first recording,
their musical influences (Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Melvins, Earth,
Sleep) get mixed w/ their peculiar perception of the south-spanish
religious folklore. The result is a lethargic music with obsesive
repetitions, minimalism, feedback, distortion and end-less
drones creating a primitive trance inducing atmosphere. Feat. one
exclusive bonus track- cover of Venoms' classic "Genocide."
SouthernLord-069
CD
$14.00
Ova Looven
Gravity Has Expired
PS, US Back from a three year hiatus, New York's Ova Looven has returned
with a limited edition, 4- Song, 12" of 500. All are hand-letter
pressed and numbered by Licher Art & Design [Independent Project
Records] and printed on black Railroad Board.
Artikal-003
12
$8.00
Pagoda
S/T
PS, US Pagoda spent a solid month in Luca Amendolaras studio to record
most of what has become this premier CD. Over 40 songs were recorded
as well as a handful more back in his hometown of Brooklyn. By the
end of '04 the tracks had been whittled down to songs which exist
on this 1st disc. The current line up is a blazing trio w/ Reese Carr
on drums & Willy Paredes on bass.
EcstaticPeace-058
CD
$9.25
Pantaleimon
Cloudburst
PS, US (Pronounced "Pan-ta-lay-mon") is the adopted moniker
of vocalist & composer ANDRIA DEGENS. Sometimes collaborating
with friends, though often alone, she creates beautifully haunting
and meditative music. This feat. 4 tracks of hypnotic vocal passages
that together form a long conceptual piece, which, she says, "is
symbolic of the journey every human being makes in a lifetime... the
transformation, transfiguration, the state of being, the space between
heaven & Earth."
DurtroJnana-003
CD
$10.00
Parkins, Zeena
Nightmare Alley (reissue)
PS, US Step right up and meet the astounding ZEENA PARKINS, the world's
greatest electric harpist. Forget about angelic choirs; Zeena cites
Jimi Hendrix as a major inspiration, and her harp work is similarly
explosive, often blurring into fuzz-distorted terrain. Parkins is
a lightning bolt of a performer, and a much sought after collaborator;
she works frequently with SONIC YOUTH'S THURSTON MOORE, LEE RANALDO
and JIM O'ROURKE, has performed with COURTNEY LOVE and YOKO ONO, and
has recorded extensively and toured the world several times with Icelanic
avant-pop diva BJÖRK. Recorded in 1992, "Nightmare Alley"
was Zeena's first solo release and the first CD on TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS.
A hypnotic classic, it lures the listener into a parallel world of
sensations, one that is disorienting and surreal, strangely pleasurable
and more than a little dangerous. Step inside if you dare - you won't
believe your ears!
TableOfTheElements-202
CD
$13.00
Peanut Butter Wolf
666 Mix
PS, US Self-released mix by STONES THROW CEO recorded on June 6, 2006
(6/6/6), revisiting his stoner & headbanger adolescence w/ this
6-set collection of industrial & metal grinders. Opening up w/a
double-up on BLACK SABBATH "Who Are You", following that
w/ select joints by DEATH, GUTTED, SLAYER, SEPULTURA, CANNIBAL CORPSE,
MORBID ANGEL, QUEENSRYCHE, then there are the FRONT 242, NITZER EBB,
REVOLTING COCKS, CLOCK DVA & SKINNY PUPPY sets, & not to be
forgotten the important-yet-dismissed MOTLEY CRUE, LED ZEPPELIN &
VENOM. Welll-mixed & selected by a true DJ.
PBW
CD
$14.75
Perfect Rat
Endangered Languages
PS, US GREG GINN from BLACK FLAG w/ GARY ACRE, BILL STINSON &
JACK BREWER (SACHARINE TRUST).
Alone-016
CD
$13.75
Photo Atlas
No, No Me, Never
PS, US Denver emo punk boys who play with precision timing & an
aggressive urgency that is entirely gripping. Jagged guitar lines,
thumping bass, relentless beats & machine gun melodic vocal yelps
marries the energy of classic post punk (Wire, Go4) with the thick
modern aggression of Fugazi & At the Drive In.
StolenTransmissions
CD
$13.75
Port Royal
Flares
PS, UK The Resonant label's quest to unearth new artists continues
with this magnificent, sprawling, widescreen debut from Genoa, Italybased
guitar collective Port-Royal. "Flares" is the result of
more than two years of home recording, and displays scope and ambition
that exudes confidence - almost arrogance - in their own vision and
ability. Although "Flares" has much in common with the likes
of labelmate Stafraenn Hakon, for example, there's no way you could
classify this as simply a post-rock album; Port-Royal utilize understated
electronic beats and subtle spoken vocal samples as well as guitars,
and have created a body of work with no obvious parallels or comparisons.
'Flares pt.3', track 9 from the album is included on the latest Wire
Tapper CD. The Wire Tapper CD is given away free with ALL copies of
Wire magazine issue 256 (June 2005). Also featured alongside port-royal
are Pajo, Kid606, Juana Molina, Picastro, Junkboy, Ariel Pink etc
etc. 20 tracks of new and varied music. Review: "Very much in
the Manual school of grand post-rock, Port Royal seem to have a dizzyingly
expansive remit that will appeal to anyone bewitched by Sigur Ros,
Jonas Munk or even Ulrich Schnauss, fashioning gloriously hued sunset
music which positively bursts with aural paroxysms. Encompassing electronica,
IDM, post rock and any other stravaig movement you like to mention
'Zoboine' combines the kinetic optimism of Mogwai's 'Rock Action'
with Cocteau drums and crackling machine beats into a confection that
is neither too sweet nor too bitter. Its just occurred to me yet again
what a great label Resonant is and this is a simply fabulous release.
Highly Recommended!"
Resonant-012
CD
$14.25
Preston, Billy
Billy's Bag
PS, UK Remember the majestic organ work on The Beatles "Get Back"?
That was Billy. Although probably best known through his association
with The Beatles, "Billy's Bag" is chance to showcase Mr.
Preston as a talent in his own right. Just prior to this release Preston
had already made a name for himself as a very fine Piano and Hammond
organ player on a number of soul/jazz/r&b albums released in the
US . In the UK following tours with Sam Cooke and Little Richard some
of Preston's singles made it to these shores and became turn table
favourites at the Mod clubs, such as 'In The Midnight Hour' and the
self penned title track 'Billy's Bag'.
RPM
CD
$17.00
Prince Valium
Andlaus
PS, UK A debut of sorts on Resonant, from yet another Icelandic artist;
Prince Valium put the 'um' in Sk/um, the duo responsible for the fine
IDM electronica mini-album "I Thagu Fallsins" in early 2003
(RESCD004), alongside Skurken (the 'sk' half). Working both as a partnership
and as individuals since then, "Andlaus" (meaning 'without
breath') is the first material from the Sk/um members to see the light
of day, so to speak, since the Sk/um release. This sees Valium - 30
year old Thorsteinn Olafsson - take a step back from the Plaid-style
playful electronics of old, instead leaning notably towards epic soundscapes
utilising both real instruments (guitar being predominant here) and
his computer, to create what is ultimately an ambient album in essence.
Mostly instrumental - the exception being the breathtaking female
vocal-led second track "Crying Hearts " - "Andlaus"
is stunning, evocative and overwhelming, with widescreen production
that belies its bedroom origins.
Resonant-019
CD
$14.25
Quiet Five, The
When the Morning Sun Dries the Dew
PS, UK The Quiet Five are a mid 60's English Harmony Beat band who
had a UU hit with a cover of Simon and Garfunkels 'Homeward Bound'.
The band included cult pop luminaries Richard Barnes and Kris Ife,
who went on to write with Mr Teenage Opera Mark Wirtz and make an
album as Judd for Larry Page, as well as more behind the scenes production
work.
The Quiet Five were regulars on the Live circuit and in the studio.
They made recordings mostly with producer Ron Richards, plus Alan
Moorhouse on their last single Goodnight,Sleep Tight, a proto-pop-psych
feel and Brill Bldg.-style record in 1967.
RPM
CD
$17.25
Radio Moscow
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Alive-077
LP
$15.50
Radio Moscow
S-T
PS, US A psychedelic blues rock trio from Ames, Iowa, led by guitarist/drummer/singer/songwriter
PARKER GRIGGS- produced & engineered by BLACK KEYS guitarist/singer
DAN AUERBACH. This sound, although heavily influenced by 60s garage
music, is also channeled through the blues, w/ experimental breakdowns,
unpredictable tempo changes, crazy rave-ups & fuzzed out psychedelic
guitar work; the result is an exciting & truly distinctive sound.
Alive
CD
$13.50
Rameses III
Honey Rose
PS, US Rameses III are architects of the most beautiful swathes of
blissful ambience whose releases have previously found homes on labels
like Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Music Fellowship, Scarcelight, MYMWLY,
Barl Fire and Type. On "Honey Rose", the group's first release
for Important, the South London trio builds a bucolic soundtrack to
Jon Spira's mysterious short film "Suityman". Whilst the
influence of Bruce Langhorne, Boxhead Ensemble and much of the 4AD
roster can be keenly felt on this six song EP, so too can the wondrous
drone narratives that are such a feature of Rameses III's previous
works. More structured and melodious then much of their output, "Honey
Rose" is the perfect plac
