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New Releases
Prices listed herein reflect Parasol's standard prices,
however, all items are available at a 15% discount for
one week after their initial arrival at Parasol HQ. For
more information, please see details below ... and start
saving some of your hard earned money!!
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16 Horsepower
Hoarse
PS, US Previously very hard to find, this contains live
tracks from Denver 1998 first intended as a bootleg, then
released briefly. Here are 8 original favorites, plus 3
unique takes on songs by Joy Division, CCR & Gun Club.
AlternativeTentacle-346
CD
$13.75
Adams, Ryan
29
PS, US Vinyl Version
Lost-Highway-5872-01
LP
$11.75
Bjork
Drawing Restraint 9
PS, UK
1LittleIndian-459
LP
$23.50
Bjork
Drawing Restraint 9
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
1LittleIndian-459
LP
$20.00
Black Market Baby
Coulda. Shoulda. Woulda: ...the Black Market Baby Collection
PS, US Before there was a "scene" in DC, they
were there to help forge the way for bands like Minor Threat,
SOA, Gov't Issue, etc. this documents their place in DC
history with 26 punk rock anthems, many recorded at the
famous Inner Ear Studios, produced by Ian MacKaye. Liner
notes by John Stabb & never before seen photos.
Dr.Strange-104
CD
$13.00
Bloody Hollies
If Footmen Tire You...
PS, US NOW ON COLORED VINYL!!! Stripped down & basic
sound, but with an even greater array of guitar hooks,
songwriting, & signature vocals that comprise the band's
unique brand of rock'n'roll. Their ability to shift gears
not wear their white shirts & skinny black ties is
what separates them from the crowded field of garage-punk
contenders.
Alive-0063
LP
$10.00
Bobby Birdman
Victory At Sea
PS, US The Fryk Beat debut from pop tradition breaker BOBBY
BIRDMAN (aka ROB KIESWETTER). A bombastic mix of infectious
and charismatic anti-pop, pushed with huge drop bass, heartfelt
melodies, and Birdman's crooning vox. Includes the track "Victory
At Sea," along with a "Victory" remix by
E*ROCK, and the songs "I'm Not You (LUCKY DRAGONS
remix)" and "I Will Come Again (YACHT remix)."
FrykBeat-02
LP
$7.75
Burning Star Core
Very Heart Of The World
PS, US "On The Very Heart of the World", BURNING
STAR CORE (BXC) has created an incredibly heavy record,
built on dense, layered drones, pulses, splintered vocals,
and deep rhythms that euphorically build to total overload.
With a lineup including the HAIR POLICE front line and
other luminaries from across the exploding Midwestern psych/noise/folk
underground, BXC's C. SPENCER YEH has assembled a group
that seamlessly shifts through epic movements and pushes
pure electronic/concrete/physical/rock energy to undeniable,
massive sound. Expanding on what was hinted at on the collaboration
LP with Comets on Fire earlier this year, The Very Heart
of the World is a definitive statement of the evolving
Burning Star Core sound."
ThinWrist
CD
$13.75
Childish, Billy
Heavens Journey
PS, US Although playing and recording blues for over a
quarter of a century, this is the first album BILLY CHILDISH
(HEADCOATS, MILKSHAKES, BUF MEDWAYS, etc.) has made in
the genre in for several years. As well as featuring great
tunes, Heavens Journey also serves as a showcase for many
new poems that have been recorded by this legendary painter,
writer and musician. Features backing from the CHATHAM
SINGERS-JULIE, WOLF, and "BLUDY" JIM.
DamagedGoods-225
CD
$15.50
Childish, Billy
Heavens Journey
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DamagedGoods-255
LP
$14.75
Chung/Melt Banana
Quick Quick Slow Death
PS, US A super-limited, incredibly packaged 10-inch split
between two spastic rock heavy-hitters. MELT BANANA smashes
heads and swings asses on three badass tracks, while CHUNG
unleash a four-song barrage of new wave, noise-rock, and
garage action. The covers feature Animated Lenticular Images-a
2D motion sequence of four images that change in smooth
motion when tilted. Limited edition of 2,000 copies, with
only 700 copies available for North America and Australia.
SoundsofSubterrania-059
10
$34.00
Crisis
Holocaust Hymns
PS, US A reissue of the late 1970s post-punk project featuring
DOUGLAS P. (DEATH IN JUNE), TONY WAKEFORD (SOL INVICTUS),
LUKE RENDALL (THEATER OF HATE), and LESTER JONES (SEX GANG
CHILDREN). Twenty-three tracks that take the youthful,
raw energy of punk and lock it down with restrained lyrical
phrasing and strict rhythms, resulting in a somewhat harsh
poeticism of violent urgency not unlike Warsaw or Gang
Of Four. Taken from the band's first three 7-inches, their
Hymns of Faith mini-LP, some demo recordings, and assorted
live tapes. All tracks recorded between 1978 and 1980.
Apop-013
CD
$20.00
DC Snipers
Missle Sunset
PS, US Vinyl Version.
DeadBeat-62
LP
$9.50
DC Snipers
Missle Sunset
PS, US They bring something different to the table with
each of the 11 tracks on this album; & its hard to
do that & actually end up with a record thats good!
They prove its not impossible. Taking cues from other musical
pioneers like the Screamers, Gang of Four, Urinals & the
Electric Eels; they forge into their own fragmented, audience-less
sector & begin to build a following based on songs
that are undeniably catchy without sticking to a musical
script.
DeadBeat-62
CD
$13.00
Dntel
Jukeboxseries 100-10
PS, US First output since 2001. Dntel shares some of his
most beautiful sounds ever. He dives further into electronic
tones to tug heartstrings and make sad boomboxes bling.
Jimmy is joined by the magic voice of MIA DOI TODD and
the glowing guitar art of PAUL LARSON. These frequently
collaborators combine talents to perfectly conjure the
melancholy wonder of Dntels world.
AimRecords-10010
45
$6.00
El Perro Del Mar
Lookl! It's El Perro Del Mar!
PS, SWEDEN El Perro del Mar was founded in December 2003
in Gothenburg by the sole member of El Perro Del Mar, Sarah.
In November 2004 El Perro Del Mar released the three-track
ep "What's New? El perro del mar" which included
the songs 'This Loneliness, 'It's all good' and 'I can't
talk about it'. She also worked together with Swedish Jens
Lekman and together they released a split vinyl single
on which Sarah contributed the song 'Shake it off'. The
single was available in Sweden and in the U.S via Jens'
label Secretly Canadian - but it was quickly sold out.
El Perro Del Mar also went on a short tour in Sweden accompanying
Jens around this time. In Spring 2005 a compilation of
all the earlier released tracks, 'Look it's El Perro Del
Mar', was released, once again for Hybris. Sounds like
The Concretes in bedroom-recording mode, Jens Lekman's
lofi orchestrations, Phil Spector girlgroup wall-of-sound
60s pop...
Hybris-012
CD
$13.50
El Perro Del Mar
You Gotta Give To Get EP
PS, SWEDEN New EP from Jens Lekman cohort Sarah AKA El
Perro Del Mar includes three new songs: "(God Knows)
You Gotta Give To Get" (harmony laden 60s girlgroup
shimmy), "Do The Dog" and "Say".
Hybris-021
CD5
$5.50
Enduser
The End
PS, US Hot on the heels of CALLING THE VULTURES comes an
explosive monster of a release teaming violent drum'n'bass
anthems & sinister atmosphere guaranteed to be a smasher
on the club floor! Featuring remixes by veteran beat meddlers
RICHARD DEVINE, DATACH'I, THE PANACEA & SUBMERGED.
Must have for any fan of dark pounding beats & breaks.
Sublight-903
CD
$14.50
Gris Gris
For The Season
PS, US A companion EP to GREG ASHLEY and company's For
The Season full length featuring a special acoustic version
of the song "Pick Up Your Raygun," along with
three exclusive tracks not available elsewhere.
Birdman-085
45
$4.25
Iggy & the
Stooges
California Bleeding
PS, US 180 gram LIMITED edition of the classic Bomp release
feat. a selection of the best from the band's five day
1973 stint at the Whisky a Go Go in LA. The cover is a
live shot from Rodney's English Disco, showing Iggy, knife
in hand, blood oozing from multiple chest wounds.
BOMP-4069
LP
$12.50
Kayo Dot
Dowsing Anemone With
PS, US...Copper Tongue. This is the Boston 8 piece "avant-metal" oufit's
follow up to their much heralded 2003 debut (Tzadik). This
spans 60+ minutes & delves into the myriad depths that
heavy music can attain, but reach far beyond into the vast
realms of ambience. Calling upon elements of jazz, metal & noise
to guide you through haunting sonic landscapes & picaresque
movements.
RoboticEmpire-058
CD
$13.00
Kelly, Eugene
You're Having My Sex
PS, UK Formerly of the VASELINES, CAPTAIN AMERICA & EUGENIUS.
A-Side from teh new album, B-Side exclusive to this release.
SympathyForTheR ecordIndustry-767
45
$4.25
Knaughty Knights
Self-Titled
PS, US The name stolen from a bar in New Orleans, the sound
is crunchy garage rock thrown out by 2 cage vetrans of
the Memphis scene. Jack Yarber has played with the COMPULSIVE
GAMBLERS & OBLIVIANS. Rich Crook has drummed for LOST
SOUNDS. These 2 have certainly built a strong underground
name in Chicago & Memphis.
GonerRecords-020
45
$4.50
Laakso
My Gods
PS, US New full-length album from Swedish/Finnish folk-rock
elementalists. Not quite as elemental or viscerally folky
as their acclaimed releases for Adrian Records (also available),
but the band's popsense is certainly thriving. Still in
league with longtime producer Jari Haapalainen (Bear Quartet,
Concretes, many more) for their V2 EP debut Laakso explore
some glossier higher-fi-er textures while still whipping
up a a truly cathartic frenzy.
V2Scandinavia
CD
$15.00
Lamb
Remixed
PS, US Stunning 2CD package collects remixes across the
center of one of Manchester's most cutting edge
electronica bands. Incl. rare & sought after remixes
incl. the AUTECHRE remix of "Gold", JOHN BELPAESE's
wonderful interpretation of "Sweet" & the
Mezzowave mix of "Please". Also mixes by PHOTEK,
K+D, ANDY VOTEL, GLOBAL COMM, GUY CALLED GERALD, MR. SCRUFF,
WAGON CHRIST, KLUTE, SI BEGG, FUNKSTORUNG, tons more.
Mercury-9829214
DCD
$15.00
Legends
Hide Away
PS, US The second single from the critically acclaimed
album "Public Radio" is arena rock transformed
to gothic twee. Offers four new, non album tracks. Echoes
of the early 80's & sounds futuristic at the same time.
They mix influences from bands like New Order, Felt, Feelies & The
Cure with their own pop aesthetics & turn it into something
utterly wonderful & new.
Labrador-086
CD5
$11.00
Love Drunks
Self-Titled
PS, US It sounds like what would happen if Jerry Lee Lewis
played guitar. A rootsy take on snotty punk, a roaring
tidal wave of old-timey blues & rockabilly poured through
the filter of Stooges garage punk. Rickenbackers, upright
bass, swinging drum beats & the moaning & groaning
of a blues punk singer.
Alive-0065
CD
$13.75
Love Is All
Used Goods
PS, US Two songs of noise & joy for 2006. First single
from their anticipated forthcoming Nine Times That Same
Song CD. Finished w/ hand stamped track listing & spray
painted sleeve.
WhatsYrRupture-305
45
$5.75
Lubelski, Samara
Spectacular of Passages
PS, US "There is certainly nothing wrong with chanteuses
- we are quite lucky to now have a fair few in our aural
midst as some of the young'uns seem to take off - but neu-folk
composer Samara Lubelski is absolutely not a chanteuse
by nature. In truth to her pedigree in Metabolismus, Tower
Recordings, Hall of Fame, the Sonora Pine, Pacer, Matt
Valentine et al., she's a master of atmospheric textures
at both juggernaut tempi and languorous sonic canvasses,
her part as one of whole. Samara, with dew-flecked voice
and slippery strung chords, makes that languor a tour of
both honeyed breakfast plate and the midday crackle of
dried grass. Third as bandleader, ten new classics of deliciously
effusive songcraft, Passages joins Lubelski with The Clean's
Hamish Kilgour and otherworldly luminaries Matt Heyner
(NNCK), Christian Frederickson (Rachel's), and Cynthia
Nelson."
DESTIJL-054
LP
$18.50
Mardie, Montt
Drama
PS, SWEDEN Montt Mardié is the brilliant voice of
David Pagmar from Stockholm, Sweden. "Drama" is
a breathtaking collection of extremely soulful pop. Fans
of Acid House Kings' latest will find much to love here,
but really Montt's quite a bit sexier, like fellow Swedish
act Moneybrother. Excellent music blog Swedesplease said "equal
parts Duran Duran and Motown soul" but we're leaning
more towards the classic sounds of Style Council and The
Colourfield, and even, occasionally, some of George Michael's
biggest hits. Yes, even Wham! at times. With a hint a camp
Montt Mardie is one of Sweden's brightest new pop hopes.
Hybris-022
CD
$13.50
Mass
Labour Of Love
PS, US Labour Of Love by Mass finally gets a CD release
by 4AD. Both this and the Wolfgang Press CD's are the last
two 4AD albums to make it onto CD, from our extensive backcatalogue.
They are Mail Order only, although there will be limited
stock available in stores in the US. Mass : Labour of Love
Possibly the real legacy of Punk ('76 version) is the impression
it made on other beginner musicians of no fixed talent
but great imagination. Possibly it made them braver. Certainly
the post facist-3-chord-wonders landscape was a fertile
ground for experimentation.
4AD
CD
$12.25
Merzbow
Senmaida
PS, US Blossoming Noise charges into the MERZBOW release
game with the release of Senmaida. A cacophony of high
tension frequencies and blasting rhythms packaged in digipaks
with artwork by VAL DENHAM (Throbbing Gristle, Coil, Black
Sun, Marc Almond, et al.).
BlossomingNoise
CD
$13.50
Mojo
#147 (February 2006)
PS, UK The Who Cover. In this issue: Death. Arrests. Revenge!
The Rebirth of The Who. New Sounds 2006: The Strokes, Radiohead,
Morrissey, Portishead, and more! CD of 15 Who songs covered
by The Jam, Flaming Lips, Richard Thompson, The Greenhornes,
and more.
ZINE
$10.00
Monott, Sugar
The Roots Lover: 1978-1983 (2 x CD
PS, The Roots Lover 1978 - 1983 is the first collection
of Sugar Minott's best maxi-singles with extended versions
(plus two additional intros). Lincoln "Sugar" Minott
played a major role in the story of Jamaican music as a
singer, songwriter, producer, label man and sound system
instigator. His singing voice was as sweet as honey (hence
the nickname) and graced both roots and lover's rock compositions
in equal measure. Born Lincoln Barrington Minott in 1956
in West Kingston, Jamaica, his career actually began as
part of the vocal trio African Brothers in 1970. After
departing with the group in 1976, Sugar signed a solo contract
with Studio One, and Sugar set about writing his own lyrics
over the classic riddims of Jamaica's most famous label,
as well as penning his own songs. Sugar's way of working
on covers laid down the foundations for the later coming
dancehall movement, and his debut album Live Loving can
lay claim to being the very first dancehall album, with
Roots Radics or
the Revolutionaries, top class musicians in their own right,
accompanying Sugar on many of his songs. His uniquely sweet,
almost hushed vocal style became
his trademark. Bob Marley loved it and declared Sugar to be one of his favourite
singers in Jamaica. Three albums (Live Loving, Showcase, More Sugar) and a
number of singles later, he set up his own Black Roots Production and Youth
Promotion Company labels in 1978, along with the Youth Promotion Soundsystem,
which was a springboard for ghetto kids to get to work in the studio. In 1980
he moved to London, where the UK was under the spell of lover's rock, which
Minott took full advantage of whilst masking the fact that he was equally at
home in Jamaican roots. Sugar would later go back to his roots in Jamaica scoring
a hit with the ganja hymn "Herbsman Hustling" - one of the founding
elements of rootical dancehall. In 1988 he turned increasingly political and
his African Soldier album (1988) is dedicated to the freedom fighters i
n South Africa opposing Apartheid. Throughout much of the rest of his career,
he drew attention to Africa's rich history, its culture and perception of Ethiopia
as the promised land of Zion. Venturing away from conventional reggae into
crossover territory in the '90s, he started to address themes of love and cultural
awareness, showing himself to be a singer who moved easily between the poles
of roots reality and the poetry of love. Here is the ultimate roots reggae
collection, chock full of unearthed extended versions to round off a portrait
of Sugar Minott which confirms him as the greatest Jamaican protagonist of
roots and lover's rock, captured at the most important moments of his musical
story.
MOLL-014
CD
$19.25
Motorhead
Stage Fright (2XDVD)
PS, US Louder, harder, meaner & leaner than ever before,
these rock n roll legends are captured on this blistering
live DVD. Filmed in front of a packed house at the Philipshalle
in Dusseldorf, Germany, this cranium crunching collection
sees them in the form of their lives as they storm through
the classics. Add some rarer materials & new favorites,
a retina wrecking light show, bonus feat. stuffed DVD/DVD-ROM
+ an earbleeding 5.1 mix, it's undoubtedly the most complete
live release yet. Region 0.
SPV-99287
DVD
$23.25
Nobody
Jukeboxseries 100-09
PS, US Nobody is the 27-year old somebody named Elvin Estela,
an LA vinyl junkie hypnotized by analog waves and creates
albums mirroring phases of his stereo obsessions. His first
two albums on Ubiquity Records were a hip-hop/cosmic jazz
statement springing from early studio days & back alley
freestyle sessions. Estela is also part of SAVATH & SAVALAS
(PREFUSE 73). Two psychedelic hip-hop tracks called "Tilijems
Castle" & "Tilijems Forest." Both are
instrumentals
AimRecords-10009
45
$6.00
Paddington DC
The Sun is Down and the Sky is Grey
PS, SWEDEN New full-length effort from Paddington Distortion
Combo, led Bear Quartet keyboardist Calle Olsson. Like
The Bear Quartet's latest synth opus, "Saturday Night",
Calle's caffeinated vintage keyboard orchestrations are
equal parts Wreckless Eric-era pop-minimalism, soulful
Sarah Records indie-gush maximalism, and a Tubeway Army-issue
antidote for both... Notwithstanding the opening Krautpop
salvo, an 18-minute bit of synth-epicry, the balance of
the songs on this record are relatively short and sweet,
especially album closer "Something To Say". Special
CDR pressing in a nifty full-color poster sleeve. REVIEW: "Which
leads me finally to Paddington DC, and the wonderfully
titled "I Am Having A Sad Evening" track from
their The Sun Is Down And The Sky Is Grey set on Lowlife.
I first became aware of this band when a copy of their
eight minute 'Little Variations' landed in my lap all the
way back in April of 2003. Then a year later the monumental
18 minute 'Put Things' appeare
d in my post box, and I swear I couldn't shift that from
the stereo for ages. Like some wayward sibling of Flowered
Up's classic 'Weekender', 'Put Things' in fact opens this
set, but it's this nearly eight minute gem that has most
captured my imagination this time. Largely instrumental,
but punctuated with a breath of disembodied vocals that
sound as though they are being buried alive, this is hypnotic,
mesmerising, and eerily reminiscent of The Wake at their
most pared back and fragile. Utterly compelling and haunting." (Tangents
UK)
Lowlife-004
CD
$12.00
Painting Petals On Plant Ghost
Self-Titled
PS, IT Debut recording from Italy's OPALIO brothers (MY
CAT IS AN ALIEN) and RAMONA PONZINI. An esoteric and mesmerizing
trip through space, minimalism, and emotion. Each track
recorded at a different mystical location in the Western
Alps, and centered around Ramona's beautiful vocals, all
of which are sung in traditional Japanese. MAURIZIO and
ROBERTO add sparse accompaniment by means of toy piano,
alien keyboard tones, antique accordion, percussion, tape
effects, and some particularly evocative acoustic guitar.
The whole thing comes off alternately as deeply meditative
or chillingly haunted, depending on your attention and
mood. Silence, space and ritual are hugely important here,
with notes and words hovering frozen in time. While the
My Cat Is An Alien moniker might leave some folks scratching
their heads, here PAINTING PETALS ON PLANT GHOST nail it.
Fragile, beautiful, cosmically isolationist, and totally
spooked. Pressed on 180-gram virgin vinyl, and lushly packaged
with let
terpress printed cover & insert. Printed with copper
ink on exquisite & massively thick handmade ivory art
paper, each sheet cast one at a time & air dried. Hand
numbered edition of 560 copies.
TimeLag-030
LP
$31.25
Pekler, Andrew
Jukeboxseries 100-08
PS, US 4 exclusive tracks. All are fictious B-Movies themes.
Everything remains in place, preserved in wax, hidden,
but not gone, just like the subconscious. Should we call
this electronica? Or jazz, after all?Just released his
new album on Scape
AimRecords-10008
45
$6.00
Picks & Lighters
Self-Titled
PS, US Picks and Lighters existed in a bubble in the late
90's in Knoxville. The released an LP and a few CD, CDR's
and tapes to little or no attention, until a magical box
arrived at BullTongue headquarters. All the tonguers were
blown away by the Royal Trux like bleed produced by P&L
and we jumped at the chance to reissue this monster for
wider consumption. Around 70 minutes long and plays like
about 10, seemlessly switching and turning sometimes I
wonder just what I put on. The chance to hear this, put
it out and be involved has been one of the highlights of
a seriously massive year. Andrew MacGregor '05.
EcstaticPeace-95
CD
$12.75
Pink Razors
Waiting To Wash Up
PS, US Rebuilding pop punk from the ground up is no easy
task, but they have boiled down the genre into its purest
elements & improved upon it by leaps & bounds.
With no song longer than 2 minutes, each track is packed
with memorable melodies & powerhouse rhythms. RIYL
Toys That Kill, Dillinger Four.
RoboticEmpire-057
CD
$13.00
Randy
Randy The Band
PS, US The latest from Euro pop punk heavyweights and Fat
Mike favorites RANDY. Fifteen tracks of super-melodic,
sing-along goodtimes, rocked with tongue-in-cheek lyrics,
a touch of romance, and just enough aggression to push
it over the edge.
FatWreckChords-704
CD
$12.50
Reigning Sound
Live at Goner Records
PS, US They blaze through a brilliant mix of rn'r, coutnry & garage
rock. Feat. unreleased hits by Tennessee based rockers
including Sam the Sham's "Black Sheep" & Carl
Perkins' "Tennessee". It's a live album recorded
at the Memphis Goner Records Store
GonerRecords-014
LP
$9.75
Rema Rema
Wheel In The Roses (DELAYED)
PS, US 25 years after this record launched 4AD as a label
under Ivo's exclusive guidance, REMA-REMA's 'Wheel In The
Roses' is being re-issued in a strictly limited edition
of 1000 CD's. While the early Axis label singles had served
an important research and development function, the arrival
of Rema-Rema provided Ivo with something more important:
a reason for continuing. Returning to the shop one afternoon
to find five people about to play Peter their demo tape,
Ivo was immediately struck by the post-punk quintet's music,
later saying, "It was the first point I knew that
we were actually doing something serious." The band
consisted of Gary Asquith (guitar/vocals), Marco Pirroni
(guitar), Mick Allen (bass/vocals), Mark Cox (keyboards)
and Max (drums). Their sole EP, Wheel In The Roses, featured
one side of studio recordings and another of live material.
Their songs "Fond Affections" and "Rema-Rema" were
later covered by This Mortal Coil and Big Black respectively.
Rema-Rema split u
p shortly after the EP's release in April 1980. Pirroni
later hit the big time with Adam And The Ants. Asquith,
Allen and Cox formed the short-lived Mass with Danny Briottet.
Asquith then moved on to Renegade Soundwave, while Cox
and Allen stayed with 4AD as part of The Wolfgang Press.
4AD
CD5
$7.00
Satelliters, The
The Satelliters
PS, Far more than Germany's answer to the HIves, they care
less about the pose than the sound: perfect doses of fuzzztone
guitar, just-so stabs of Farfisa organ & snaky hand
percussion to fill all the songs
Dionysus-233125
CD5
$7.75
Sole
Man's Best Friend Pt. 3
PS, US The third installment in the Man's Best Friend series
from Anticon mainman and underground dope pilot SOLE. You
get sixteen tracks of afterhours hip hop groovecraft from
a known master. First two in the series were runaway successes.
SoleRecords-3
CD
$13.25
Strokes
First Impressions Of Earth
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RCA
LP
$14.50
Strokes
First Impressions Of Earth
PS, US "3rd album w/ 14 songs that form an extremely
persuasive argument that they are no longer just the most
important band of their generation, but also well on their
way to becoming one of the world's biggest bands, period."
RCA
CD
$17.25
This Heat
Self-Titled
PS, US CD version has been out of print for 14 years. Re-mastered & repackaged.
Known as the most left field, & at the same time most
hard edged, band in all of England, their concerts attracted
Experimental, Punk & New Wave audiences alike. Over
time it has also proved itself prescient; there are musical
innovations here that anticipate genres that would take
another 15 years to reappear. The recordings hammeringly
intense & the sound deep, radical, & rich. This
was music stripped back to the bone but never simplified & it
hasn't aged.
ReR-1
CD
$16.25
Tucker, Mark
Batstew
PS, US "America is a great country when one realizes
its roadside stops offer artistic haven for all brands
of perverts, bloodletters and musical cut-ups. More than
mere concréte audio-collage, Batstew is both a respite
from and an antidote for the sottish Reykjavik-borne revues
polluting our national collegiate airwaves, and when the
rare song-icons of folk-rock rise up from the maelstrom,
one wants to offer both a firm handshake and a slingshot
to the eye. I've followed Merce Cunningham's lead and pasted
a photo of Hilary Duff on the jacket of my copy, letting
the excrement seep outward at its whim. something else,
again, that I suppose you can file next to your Tweddle,
Trimble and Grudzien LPs. This is Tucker's first LP, the
second being in the sack, a rec which goosed Jim O'Rourke
into gasping, 'that's the greatest record ever made!' Batstew
was pressed twice, with a stop at the mental institution
in between. And with that thing passing around for not
much less than 5 bones,
this reish is priced for the people. Sweet, innocent and
totally wrecked DIY vibes, evoking the Desperate Bicycles,
Department Store Santas, et al. Batstew may not make it
into the freezer bag of bejeweled sonic artifacts for the
next century, but for now, let it help eradicate realizations
of what will."
Destijl-037
LP
$15.00
UK Subs
Complete Riot
PS, US This reissue comes shortly before their 30th anniversary,
but was recorded for their 20th ann. & reunion of the
classic line-up. All the songs for both original ablums
(Quintessentials & Riot originally on different labels)
were written & recorded & mixed in 3 weeks in San
Francisco.
NewRedArchives-099
CD
$13.00
Uncut
#105 (February 2006)
PS, UK 1966 was rock's first great year - and for many,
it remains the greatest year in rock history. Dylan released
Blonde On Blonde, The Beatles issued Revolver, The Beach
Boys peaked early with Pet Sounds, and everyone from The
Rolling Stones, The Kinks, The Small Faces and The Who
to Otis Redding, The Mamas & The Papas and Simon & Garfunkel
hit their creative stride. In this 40th anniversary celebration
of rock's annus mirabilis, we celebrate the incredible
music, unearth rare interviews with the giants of the era
and meet the stars of '66, including members of The Kinks,
The Small Faces, even Jimmy Savile and Lulu! Elsewhere,
we look at the groundbreaking movies and TV of '66 and
investigate the changing nature of '66 clubs, drugs and
fashion.
ZINE
$10.00
Various
Children of Nuggets: Original Artyfacts from the Second
Psychedelic Era - 1976-1995
(Remastered, Boxed Set)
PS, US
Rhino
4XCD
$65.00
Various
Alright, This Time Just: The Girls Volume 2
PS, US Maxed out & clocking in at 80 min., it contains
30 tracks. This has served as an introduction to many talented & unsung
female artists, which is the sole intention of the series.
Culled form the Sympathy catalog, there will be a couple
tracks exclusive to this release. Feat. DETROIT COBRAS,
WANDA JACKSON, MR AIRPLANE MAN, CANDYPANTS, MATSON JONES,
HOLLY GOLIGHTLY, THE MUFFS, THE 5,6,7,8'S, SCARLING, & more.
Verb heavy, thrashy, infectious pop & dreamy sweet
confections.
SympathyForTheR ecordIndustry-718
CD
$13.75
Various
Candle Records 10th Birthday Concert
First ever Candle Records DVD featuring over 4 hours of
live footage & interviews w/ The Lucksmiths, Darren
Hanlon, Jodi Phillis, Ruck Rover, The Guild League, The
Small Knives & Anthony Atkinson. Recorded in Brisbane
to celebrate the labels 10th birthday & features 55
songs in total.
Candle-2456
DVD
$30.75
Various
Alright, This Time Just: The Girls Volume 2
PS, US Double Gatefold LP.
SympathyForTheR ecordIndustry-718
DLP
$17.75
We Are Scientists
With Love and Squalor
PS, US
Virgin
CD
$13.00
Wolfgang Press
The Burden Of Mules
PS, US One of 4AD's longest serving acts, The Wolfgang
Press were formed by Michael Allen (vocals, bass) and Mark
Cox (keyboards) in 1983. The pair had previously played
alongside future Adam And The Ants guitarist Marco Pirroni
in Rema-Rema, who cut one EP for the label in 1980. They
then briefly reunited in Mass, who managed a single and
an album before disbanding (Mass colleagues Gary Asquith
and Danny Briottet went on to form Renegade Soundwave).
The Wolfgang Press' debut album, The Burden Of Mules, ploughed
a similar post-punk furrow to Rema-Rema and Mass. It featured
guest contributions from fellow 4AD signings Richard Thomas
(Dif Juz) and David Steiner (In Camera), plus, crucially,
guitarist Andrew Gray. The latter soon joined the group
full-time.
4AD
CD
$12.25
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Abba
Complete Recordings Box (9x CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
24TH)
PS, US PRE/SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. Nine CD, 2 DVD box set compiles
every piece of studio recorded music ever recorded, 133
tracks! All 8 original studio albums, remastered w/bonus
tracks & replica sleeves. Rarities cd. Live DVD & Documentary
DVD. 108pp lyric & 48pp timeline book.
UMeImports-9872327-2
CD
$162.75
Advantage
Elf Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This follow-up to their 2004 self-titled debut is
an 8-bit instrumental Nintendo cover record, recorded in
big fat analog. The Advantage are serious dudes who rock
with good intentions.
5RueChristine
CD
$14.50
Ahleuchatistas
What You Will (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Third album from this amazing avant-technical, post-Beefheart,
improv-core, math-metal, art-damage, punk-rock, power trio
formed in February, 2003, Ahleuchatistas are a guitar/bass/drums
trio from Asheville, NC whose music is a cutting cultural
critique and a joyous musical experience. Their sound is
as stripped down as it can be - they use no effects whatsoever
- and they combine elements of punk rock, post-electronic,
progressive rock mathrock, fusion, and minimalism. They
have released two acclaimed records, but What You Will
is their first release with significant distribution. They
have gained a significant reputation very quickly for their
powerful and precise live shows. 3 QuickTime movies of
the band in concert, playable on your Mac or PC, which
captures a taste of their staggering live performances!
For fans of: Captain Beefheart, Don Caballero, Fantomas,
Hella, Minutemen, Ruins.
Cuneiform-221
CD
$13.75
Akimbo
Forging Steel & Laying Stone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AlternativeTentacle-344
LP
$10.00
Akimbo
Forging Steel & Laying Stone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
24TH)
PS, US s They have built layers upon layers to their fortress
of rock, buttressed by a string of releases, culminating
in their 5th album. Former members of TIGHT BROS FROM WAY
BACK WHEN & HOMO ERADICUS. It's a 12 song epic that
expands the reach of their dominance over Northwest rock/hardcore.
AlternativeTentacle-344
CD
$13.75
Andrew WK
Who Knows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Enigmatic AWK at the peak of the hedonistic hysteria.
Incl. bonus material interviews, tour footage, fan tribute,
outtakes, antics.
MVD-4478
DVD
$14.75
Antony And The Johnsons
You Are My Sister (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS breakthrough album "I
Am A Bird Now" has certainly touched fans and critics
alike. His second full-length - released in February -
stands as one of the most globally acclaimed albums of
2005. The album's latest single is the anthemic and heart-rending "You
Are My Sister", presented as a duet between Antony
and BOY GEORGE. Together these two vocalists climb to the
highest peak of emotional vulnerability providing for the
listener one of the most touching and uncanny duets of
the past decade. It's heartbreaking when Antony sings, "You
are my sister / we were born / so innocent, so full of
need / there were times we were friends / but times I was
so cruel / at night I'd asked for to watch me as I sleep".
With soaring and world-weary intensity, Boy George utterly
commands the refrain: "You are my sister / and I love
you / may all of your dreams come true." In "You
Are My Sister," the pair sing from the depths of their
hearts for the world. This extended si
ngle also includes three new, unreleased songs recorded
during the "I Am A Bird Now" sessions.
SecretlyCanadian-130
12
$8.25
Apparitions
As This is Futuristic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Described as "The Pixies on ecstacy" -City
Beat Cincinnati, OH & "manic, feverish, and damn
near irresistible" -Splendid -Chicago, IL. Two distinct
lead vocalists & a three-guitar sonic assault that
is dynamic, angular & full of wiry tension. Featured
on MTV, charted on CMJ, shared bills w/ notable groups
such as The Features, Cat Power, The Standard & Califone.
Engaging lyrics & jangle-hooked melodies. Unique brand
of golden pop rock, wrapping dystopian riddles,
whimsical stories & spastic social commentary in sugary
melodies & swampy harmonic bliss.
Machine-751
CD
$13.75
Ariel Pink
House Arrest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PawTracks-008
LP
$12.00
Ariel Pink
House Arrest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Hit after hit sorta like if you listened to your
friend's boombox mix tape from Top 40 radio from 1985.
Appetizer for new album summer '06
PawTracks-008
CD
$16.00
Atomic Rooster
Devil's Answer (6x CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK The first five UK singles by the Roosters (1970-1972)
plus a 1973 Crane/Farlowe collaboration.
Earmark-41052
CD
$41.50
Atomic Rooster
Devil's Answer (6x 7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
31ST)
PS, UK Vinyl version.
Earmark-41052
45
$41.50
AV Club
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Debut release is in words, a true kick in the ass.
A collection of immediately accessible, totally raw & highly
focused rock & roll. Phony frills & posturing have
been left at the door, replaced by raw energy & a glimmer
of hope that rock music is still a powerful force. Songs
fall under the almost forgotten category of timeless, well-crafted,
American rock & roll. They combine all the elements
missing from modern music, producing earnest, soulful, & catchy
songs.
Insubordination-048
CD
$12.75
Beatings
Holding On To Hand Grenades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
24TH)
PS, US Intelligent, guitar-driven art-rock, hailing back
to the 80's/90's heyday of college music. Neither punk
nor alternative. Melancholic lyrics, scream-sung counterpoint
harmonies & hair-raising guitar leads front a pummeling,
thunderous rhythm section that swings unexpected shifts
in tempo & turns songs on a dime. Compared to Hüsker
Dü,Mission of Burma and the Pixies for their erratic
guitar work & abrasive vocal stylings.
Midriff-007
CD
$12.75
Black Hollies
Tell Me What You Want (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16TH)
PS, US Debut 45 from new Psych/Blues/Mod project featuring
members of RYE COALITION. Only 500 pressed on white vinyl. "The
best band currently making the rounds in NYC. "What
You Want," (is) the only song in recent memory that
wouldn't stick out like a sore, indie-rock thumb on Nuggets."-L
Magazine.
Ernest Jenning-020
45
$5.25
Black Widow
Come To The Sabbat (5 x cd) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
31ST)
PS, US This luxury box set contains the history of the
band's singles. Featuring their only three 45s as the much
rumored and acclaimed devilish prog hard rock combo, Black
Widow, plus the beginning of it all, their only single
as Pesky Gee! (the band from whose ashes BW were originated
in 1970) and the theatrical Rocky Horror-esque end of the
legacy, here represented in the only single by Agony Bag,
recorded in 1976 by former BW flutist/saxophonist Clive
Jones and drummer Clive Box.
Earmark-41053
CD
$39.50
Black Widow
Come To The Sabbat (5 x 7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
31ST)
PS, US Vinyl version
Earmark-41053
45
$39.50
Blau, Karl
Beneath the Waves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US While KARL BLAU's presence has been heard for years
on numerous K RECORDS releases by THE MICROPHONES, LITTLE
WINGS, WOLF COLONEL, D+, and on the INVISIBLE SHIELD compilation; "Beneath
Waves" is his first full-length solo album for K.
The past few years have found Karl recording and touring
in Europe and North America with Nonesuch artist LAURA
VEIRS, both as a band member and opening act. Meanwhile,
Blau has toured solo, started his Kelp Monthly label and
organized What the Heck fest in Anacortes, WA. Four years
ago Karl Blau's critically acclaimed "Clothes Your
I's" (Knw-yr-Own) ranked #2 on RICHIE UNTERBERGER's "Rolling
Stone" top ten and received extensive college radio
airplay. Now resurfacing as bandleader with "Beneath
Waves," Blau's inner artist can no longer remain in
the shadows. "Beneath Waves" is his most powerful
work to date and he's ready to take the world by storm
all on his own; KARL BLAU! Karl Blau is a gifted vocalist,
multi-instrumentalist and producer/v
isionary who collaborates brilliantly with artists both
inside and outside of himself. Constant touring, insanely
prolific recording and his monthly outpouring of handmade
music in idiosyncratic packages (KELP! Monthly) is evidence
of his HUGE work ethic. "Beneath Waves" was recorded
at The Department of Safety in Anacortes by DAVE MATTHIES
(THE GIFT MACHINE) and produced by Karl Blau himself. Laura
Veirs appears on a number of tracks, as does Karl's brother
Eddy, Nate Ashley and Dave Matthies.
Krecords-174
LP
$11.25
Blau, Karl
Beneath the Waves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US While KARL BLAU's presence has been heard for years
on numerous K RECORDS releases by THE MICROPHONES, LITTLE
WINGS, WOLF COLONEL, D+, and on the INVISIBLE SHIELD compilation; "Beneath
Waves" is his first full-length solo album for K.
The past few years have found Karl recording and touring
in Europe and North America with Nonesuch artist LAURA
VEIRS, both as a band member and opening act. Meanwhile,
Blau has toured solo, started his Kelp Monthly label and
organized What the Heck fest in Anacortes, WA. Four years
ago Karl Blau's critically acclaimed "Clothes Your
I's" (Knw-yr-Own) ranked #2 on RICHIE UNTERBERGER's "Rolling
Stone" top ten and received extensive college radio
airplay. Now resurfacing as bandleader with "Beneath
Waves," Blau's inner artist can no longer remain in
the shadows. "Beneath Waves" is his most powerful
work to date and he's ready to take the world by storm
all on his own; KARL BLAU! Karl Blau is a gifted vocalist,
multi-instrumentalist and producer/v
isionary who collaborates brilliantly with artists both
inside and outside of himself. Constant touring, insanely
prolific recording and his monthly outpouring of handmade
music in idiosyncratic packages (KELP! Monthly) is evidence
of his HUGE work ethic. "Beneath Waves" was recorded
at The Department of Safety in Anacortes by DAVE MATTHIES
(THE GIFT MACHINE) and produced by Karl Blau himself. Laura
Veirs appears on a number of tracks, as does Karl's brother
Eddy, Nate Ashley and Dave Matthies.
Krecords-174
CD
$12.75
Blossom Toes
We Are Ever So Clean (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Think back to the 1967 London of Syd Barrett, Twink,
Steve Howe, Tomorrow, Sgt. Pepper, Pete Daltrey's Kaleidescope
and there you will find the Blossom Toes, a quartet led
by guitarist Brian Godding and Jim Cregan and one of the
best kept secrets of the '60s British psych scene. Produced
by none other than Giorgio Gomelski, the Blossom Toes'
debut LP, is one of the most clear and convincing pieces
of British psych pop ever written. Given the overall excellence
of the work, it is impossible to single out the "best" track
but "Look At Me I'm You" and "When The Alarm
Clock Rings" are particularly exceptional. Do not
miss this classic!
Akarma-344
LP
$22.50
Busch, Birdie
The Ways We Try (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Debut from Philly singer/songwriter "has the
warmth, feeling & atmosphere of the best of the classic
records in your collection. Was recorded in reverse from
most albums here the instruments follow the voice & two
guitars lead the rhythm, w/bass & drums chasing off
kilter meters, & piano & organ coloring the lyrics & adding
width & depth to the melodies.
Bar/None-178
CD
$16.50
Byrds
Preflyte (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US In those heady days before they knocked AM radio
for a loop w/their 1965 smash "Mr. Tambourine Man" they
were busy honing their repertoire, cutting early versions
of "You Showed Me," "She Has a Way" & Boston" w/Jim
Dickson. A hypnotic backwards glance at the musical baby
picture of McGuinn, Crosby, Clark & Co.
Sundazed-6234
CD
$14.75
Cage, John
Piano Works 7 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Margaret Leng Tan performs "Chess Pieces," "Sonatas & "Interludes
for Prepared Piano" & Vittorio Rieti performs "Chess
Serenade."
Mode-158
DVD
$26.50
Can
DVD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Reissue of 2004 3 disc box loses the bonus CD but
keeps the classic documentary, plus Can Free Concert, Eno
tribute video, notes, photogallery & 5.1 mixes of Can
tracks
Mute-9311
DVD
$22.00
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Young Shields (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 25TH)
PS, US Owen Ashworth finally jettisons the confines of
lo-fi minimalism for an expanded production palette. A
bite sized intro to his new CFTPA made in conjunction w/
Jherek Bischoff (DEAD SCIENCE, DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE.
A driving, menacing anthem with its cold synths, frantic
drum machines, & pulsing bass undermined by Ashworth's
signature monotone, it is a brilliantly bitter narrative
that stands as the most confident & sinister track
in the Casiotone songbook. The single's b-side is an electro
reworking of of Prince's "When You Were Mine," which
features guest vocals from XIU XIU's Caralee McElroy, & somehow
manages to sound giddy and gloomy at the same time. CD
also features 2 beautifully retrofitted CFTPA classics
from their sold out Alphabet Series 7": "Roberta
C" appears here as a huge, swooning epic with a full
string arrangement and a ridiculous, floor-killing beat,
and "The Subway Home" has been reworked as a
darkly beautiful dirge which pairs Ashworth's raspy baritone
with Bischoff's skeletal contrabass arrangement.
Tomlab-064
CD5
$6.25
Cat Power
The Greatest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This is not a greatest hits album, despite the title.
It contains all-original songs written by Chan Marshall
(professionally known as Cat Power), and features the great
Memphis session musicians Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy
Hodges on bass (Al Green, Hi Rhythm Section), drummer Steve
Potts, and more. The combination of Marshall's superbly
evocative and flexible voice plus some of the greatest
Southern soul players, has produced a masterpiece. These
songs explore themes of Southern loss, longing, and marginality.
Matador
CD
$14.50
Cat Power
The Greatest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$11.75
Catfish Haven
Please Come Back (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US CATFISH HAVEN took its name from the rural trailer
park nestled on the southern tip of Missouri where the
trio's singer and main songwriter, GEORGE HUNTER, spent
his early childhood. His father is a welder and, as with
many trades, you must go where the work is. So the family
packed up and left Catfish Haven for a Chicago suburb.
It was there as a teenager that Hunter met future bandmates
MIGUEL CASTILLO and RYAN FARNHAM. Their friendship was
born out of a mutual love of skateboarding and music. After
a few months and a move into the city, the three-piece
stormed Chicago with a self-financed CD, complete with
handmade beer box covers, to begin spreading the gospel
of "The Haven". Word travels fast in the Windy
City's music scene, and soon Catfish Haven had intrigued
enough people to be invited to play alongside the likes
of MY MORNING JACKET, DANIEL JOHNSTON, KINGS OF LEON and
ZWAN, flooring audiences with the raw intensity of their
live set. Akin to guitarists/vocalists li
ke BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN and JOHN FOGERTY, Hunter, a howling
crooner with gravel in his honey-sweetened voice (a la
SAM COOKE), is known to strike his acoustic while stomping
through each number. Castillo's pounding bass grooves are
heightened when joined by Farnham's forceful, yet tasteful,
drumming. Consider this: howling + pounding = smooth. An
improbable equation that Catfish Haven has managed to make
work. So this is it. The guys in Catfish Haven are who
they are; there's no room for pretension here. They play
their hearts out for anyone who will listen 'cause they've
got a love for music that drives them. And every note they
play is intended to recapture those magical moments back
at Catfish Haven.
SecretlyCanadian-134
CD5
$8.25
Caural
Remembering Today (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 17TH)
PS, US Vinyl version
MUSH-242
LP
$10.25
Chad & Jeremy
I Don't Want to Lose You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US Reissue of their sweeping 1965 second LP weaves
timely folk rock by Dylan & Ochs into their Brit Invasion
style repertoire.
Sundazed-6226
CD
$14.75
Chad & Jeremy
The Ark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Wide-eyed Columbia finale lets it all fly. A hand-wrought
gem studded w/ glittering acid-pop originals.
Sundazed-6227
CD
$14.75
Ciccone Youth
Whitey Album (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US SONIC YOUTH doing all Madonna covers on this reissue
of the Blast First classic. Features the "Burnin'
Up" demo feat. MIKE WATT (MINUTEMEN) & GREGG GINN
(BLACK FLAG).
Goofin-09
LP
$13.50
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
CYHSY-001
LP
$13.75
Clark, Gene
Self -Titled "White Light" (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, "Affectionately known s the 'White Light Album',
this 1971 eponymous solo effort is quite simply the best
solo album ever recorded by the best songwriter THE BYRDS
ever had. Digitally remastered w/5 rare & previously
unrelesed bonus songs." "One of the best singer/songwriter
albums ever made."-AMG
A&M-493209-2
CD
$11.75
Clearlake
Amber (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US 2000's debut, "Lido" sparked a sell-out
UK tour and won plaudits from all sorts of stellar peers
and heroes. 2003's "Cedars" established them
in the US and Canada, along with a two-month visit that
included dates with Stereolab and The Decemberists. This
is the follow-up. From mesmeric to buzzy Byrdsy rush to
Kinksy oomph to countrified lament, it's their wildest,
deepest, most surprising album so far. Produced by Clearlake's
Jason Pegg with Steve Osborne (U2) and Jim Abbiss (DJ Shadow,
Arctic Monkeys).
Domino
CD
$13.75
Clogs
Lantern (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US
Brassland-010
CD
$13.00
Cluster
Cluster '71 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster
'71 stands as a testament to minimalist "cosmische" music.
The 3 untitled tracks composed and performed by Moebius
and Roedelius are exploratory, ever-changing pieces with
focuses on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails, though
each goes far beyond. This album deserves the many accolades
it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the
history of beatless ambience.
Water-160
CD
$15.25
Coldcut
Man in a Garage (Picture Disc) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
24TH)
PS, US Ultra limited 7" pic disc. ORDER NOW FOR
ANY HOPE OF FILL...
Ninja Tune-7176
45
$8.25
Coldcut
Man in a Garage (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US
Ninja Tune-2176
12
$8.25
Comus
First Utterance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Comus' first album contains an imaginative if elusive
brand of experimental folk-rock, with a tense and sometimes
distressed vibe. Although there are elements of traditional
British folk music, there's an edginess to the songwriting & arrangements
that would be entirely alien in a Fairport Convention or
Pentangle disc. At times, this straddles the border between
folk-rock and the kind of songs you'd expect to be sung
at a witches' brew fest, the haunting supernatural atmosphere
enhanced by bursts of what sound like a theramin-like violin,
hand drums, flute, oboe, ghostly female backup vocals,
and detours into almost tribal rhythms.
Breathless-52002
CD
$17.25
Connors, Loren
Sails (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US To accompany guitarist LOREN CONNORS (nee MAZZACANE)
is to discover a strange and forgotten America, then venture
irreversibly beyond. Connors is frequently pegged as an
avant bluesman, and the blues are never far from the surface
of his art -- but what a shimmering surface it is! The
brevity and lyricism of his improvisations bear the mark
of haiku; the floating, expressionist tones reflect the
influence of MARK ROTHKO; and as he conjures keening Celtic
wails, Connors offers himself as medium to the ghosts of
New York City Past. With "Sails", Connors enters
the third decade of such intimate explorations. In the
course of these two discs, we pass through saturated phrasings,
slowly undulating drones, doldrumic introspection and squalls
of white noise. The penultimate highlight is a duet with
Connors' aesthetic compadre, the late, great JOHN FAHEY.
It's an intuitive and seemingly predestined meeting of
two enlightened fellow-travelers: wily Fahey as the Dr.
Livingstone of ra
w Americana to Connors' indefatigable Stanley. For his
own part, Connors can evoke more clarity and purity in
a short cluster of notes than most of his shred-happy contemporaries
can muster in a lifetime -- and with Fahey's passing, he
may be justifiably considered this country's greatest living
guitarist. Ultimately, Loren Connors path, while not for
the timid, is one of unspeakable treasure: a journey to
the heart of brightness; a quest to penetrate a Terra Incognita
of the soul.
TableoftheElements-089
DCD
$15.50
Conrad, Tony
Fantastic Glissando (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US It's 1969, and TONY CONRAD wants to take you Higher.
Celebrated for the thrilling roar of his amplified violin,
Conrad is a founding father of 'minimalism' and a giant
in the American soundscape. Now Conrad's own Audio ArtKive
imprint presents the first in a series of releases that
reveal the wild breadth of his 40-year career, including
field recordings, piano compositions, film soundtracks
and more. "Fantastic Glissando" (1969) is a series
of (d)evolving electronic compositions created with sine-wave
oscillators. The instrumentation is different, but the
effect is typical Conrad: soaring, aggressively textured
and jet-engine massive. This first-time CD release contains
an extra ten-minute bonus track not included on the original
LP version.
TableoftheElements-082
CD
$14.25
Copy
Mobius Beard (PRE-ORDER: JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Combining dense harmonies, delivered in an 8- bit
baroque electro style somewhere between Yellow Magic Orchestra & Ratatat,
w/ snap-tight digital reminiscent of Dabrye. Fuzzy bass
synths ride syncopated drum patterns, jump-cutting into
ambient spaces & cresting in victorious melodic themes.
The result is a crossover work of electronic pop that will
appeal to both hardcore sound boys, IDM nerds & the
casual listening masses. Get lost in melodic contemplation
or bounce, pump a fist, and strain your neck to the beat.
AudioDregs-061
CD
$14.50
Coven
Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Coven's sound is inspired by the occult, as is immediately
evident from their song titles and lyrics that speak of
demons, witches and satanic rituals. This album, released
in 1970, attracted many fans to the genre, in part because
a track entitled "Black Sabbath" and the presence
of a bassist named "Oz Osbourne" gave the band
an air of mystery. However, this American band is of no
relation to their British counterparts. Coven, nonetheless,
bring us a high quality album, both from a musical and
visual standpoint (thanks to the dramatic cover art).
Akarma-271
CD
$17.25
Delta 5
Singles And Sessions - 1979-81 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
24TH)
PS, US Part of the Leeds/UK art/music scene in the late
'70s that launched The Gang Of Four and The Mekons, Delta
5 was signed to Rough Trade after only a few months in
existence, and released their first single, "Mind
Your Own Business/Now That You've Gone" in 1979. BBC
host and producer John Peel requested the band do a "Sessions" gig
for him and they were officially on their way. Relentless
touring with The Gang Of Four, Echo And The Bunnymen, B52s,
The Specials, The Teardrop Explodes, and U2 put the group
on the map. They continued until various members departed
in 1981, when they recorded one last single and broke up
in 1982. This release contains long unavailable material
as well as the never before released Peel Sessions.
KillRockStars
CD
$14.50
Denny, Sandy
North Star Grassman and the Ravens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 7TH)
Debut solo LP from 1971. 15 seminal, digitally remastered
tracks w/4 previously
unreleased bonus tracks. Shares a dense drone-based tonality
w/her erstwhile FAIRPORT CONVENTION colleague Richard Thompson's "Henry
the Human
Fly."
Island-9828021
CD
$11.75
Denny, Sandy
Sandy + 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Second solo LP for FAIRPORT CONVENTION singer digitally
remastered w/ 5 bonus tracks.
Island-9828022
CD
$11.50
Department of Eagles
Johnny Glaze Christmas Classical Snatches and Samples a
go-go 2003-2005 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US This EP collects assorted Department of Eagles tracks
from the past 2 years incl. remixes by Why? (Clouddead),
Octavius, and Pedro, 2 previously unreleased DOE originals,
and 2 live tracks from a KDVS radio session that remain
the only live
performances ever by the band.
Isota-024
CD
$10.25
Department of Eagles
Why? And Pedro Remixes(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
This 12" contains never before heard remixes by Why?
and Pedro.
Isota-025
12
$8.50
Diskaholics Anonymous
Trio-Weapons of Ass.. (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16TH)
PS, US ...Destruction. Trio consisting of the less than
anonymous THURSTON MOORE (gtr) & JIM O'ROURKE (synth)
(SONIC YOUTH) & Swedish free jazz legend MATS GUSTAFSSON
(sax, electronics). Avant/punk/noise/free jazz. Moore's
guitar will make you think of NY in the 80's and Sonic
Youth around the time of "Bad Moon Rising." O'Rourke's
laptop was last heard on Wilco's monumental "Less
Than You Think" on A Ghost Is Born. Mats Gustafsson
sounds like Albert Ayler playing punk rock. The result
of these three titans clashing together is an intense blow-out.
Raw, grandiose & brutally beautiful. Rec. live in Sweden
in 2002.
Smalltown Superjazzz-091
CD
$16.00
DJ Quick
Trauma-Regular (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US
MadScience-13
LP
$15.25
DJ Quik
Trauma-Instrumental (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Latest from producer of 2Pac, Dr. Dre & Snoop
Dogg feat. B-REAL (CYPRESS HILL), NATE DOGG, THE GAME & AMG,
CHINGY, WYCLEF JEAN, LUDACRIS, JODECI, TI.
MadScience-14
CD
$19.00
DJ Quik
Trauma-Instrumental (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US
Mad Science-15
LP
$15.25
Downey, Mike
Adventure, Bless, and Don't Be Sorry (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US The debut solo album from former WOLFIE, NATIONAL
SPLITS, and NEW CONSTITUTION songwriter MIKE DOWNEY. The
album features twelve acoustically grounded compositions
that dabble in the worlds of cut-and-paste glitch and lone-wolf
crooning, but never lose their focus, heartfelt simplicity
or crafty lyricism.
Recordhead-085
CD
$13.25
Drop The Lime/Syrup Girls
Shotgun Wedding Vol 4 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 17TH)
PS, US The fourth in Tigerbeat 6's Shotgun Wedding Series
finds DROP THE LIME and SYRUP GIRLS exploring a shared
love of grimy parties, fake blood fights, bootleg Vuitton,
hot sauce on gold fronts, eyepatches, mastodons, and yelling
in the streets. DTL's mix is a ride into the sounds that
have inspired and influenced him as a producer. Using three
turntables, he mixes old skool jungle classics screwed
down to 33 over crunk and growling dubstep, 4x4 ghettotech
over hip-hop all-star jams pitched up to 45, and Billie
Holiday acapellas over swooning, melodic soundscapes. Basically,
it's totally insane. SGs drop bullets on the decks and
flames to the floor, making ill bootlegs, nasty 4x4 garage,
Bmore club jams, favela funk and grime sound like they've
always belonged together. If you don't dance to this, your
booty is broken and you need to go home.
ViolentTurd-17
CD
$10.25
Durrett, Liz
Mezzanine, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US In contrast to Liz's previous work, her second release
is a surprisingly hi-fi affair. Gone are the hissing ghosts
and unsure echoes that once haunted and obscured her recordings.
Her voice and guitar are the focus here, and she performs
with more energy, determination, and flat out rawness than
ever before. These eleven songs cover a lot of ground.
Produced by Vic Chesnutt and engineered by Andy Baker (Macha,
Japancakes, Glands).
Warm
CD
$12.50
East River Pipe
What Are You On? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This sixth release (and first new East River Pipe
record since 2003's "Garbageheads On Endless Stun")
is another magical, intimate album, one that continues
to justify Rolling Stone's claim that F.M. Cornog is "one
of our generation's great eccentric songwriters".
Fans of SMOG, Mercury Rev, and My Morning Jacket should
take notice of Cornog's mastery.
Merge
CD
$14.50
Elected
Sun, Sun, Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US The rope-strong, luminous follow-up to their critically
acclaimed 2004 debut, "Me First". Recorded while
singer/songwriter Blake Sennett was on tour with his other
band, Rilo Kiley, the album is propelled by the kind of
unsettled, exploratory impetus that's only native to the
American open road. While portions of the album were recorded
in studios, Sennett recorded and produced the majority
of his creations in environments he was passing through.
The dichotomy between feeling completely at home and at
the same time homeless on the road fuels Sennett's biting,
reflective lyricism and grand, sweeping compositions.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Elected
Sun, Sun, Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$11.75
Electric President
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic-062
LP
$17.00
Electric President
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Ten songs that interpret pop as an ocean of impressions & sensations & surf.
Stripped, immediate & at the same time interwoven w/
euphonic choirs.
MorrMusic-062
CD
$17.00
Ester Drang
Rocinate (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US On their third full-length, Ester Drang catapult
even further into their patented synth-dripped rhythms,
throbbing percussion, rising horns, and post-grazer grandeur,
having as much in common with Brian Eno's mournful drone
as they do The Notwist's passionate textures. A beautiful
ensemble of tracks that prove songs not only have the power
to elevate or to infiltrate, but when properly strung together,
can be as transcendent as they are moving.
JadeTree
CD
$14.50
Everlovely Lightningheart
Cusp (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This collaborative is an entity capable of producing,
perverting, destroying, distributing, stealing, and selling
a vast and sprawling array of existing as well as unheard
of forms of cultural products and concepts. Their performances
range from serene to chaotic. Including anywhere from two
to a dozen performers, each is a truly unique experience.
They've played shows with Isis, These Arms Are Snakes,
Pelican, Bastard Noise, and more. As well as playing the
conventional club circuit, they've also been included as
part of several museum and art collective events. They
document every performance with audio, video, and photography,
creating an extensive library of work. "Cusp" is
beautiful in its chaos and simplicity. It is a humbling
and sad composition, the sort of sadness that tunes the
listener into the physical state of humanity.
HydraHead
CD
$13.75
Excepter
Sunbomber (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This EP serves as a launching pad into the visionary
plane of the modern-day barnstormer. Excepter is a synthetic
protest band engineered to erase cultural distinctions
through polarized confusion. They're damaged where Black
Dice are experimental, and primitive and impulsive where
Animal Collective are whimsical. This is full-fledged ambient
house, maybe calypso but who's counting, unafraid of its
reggae roots, too. A band to watch.
5RueChristine
CD5
$8.75
Excepter
Sunbomber (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
5RueChristine
12
$8.75
Faithfull, Marianne
Come My Way (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US In 1965 Marianne Faithful released 2 debut albums
simultaneously, a self-titled pop album and an album called
Come My Way comprised somewhat unexpectedly of folk tunes.
While the 1st album generally reaffirmed her persona as
she-devil and soulless poster child of that hedonistic
generation, the latter gave listeners a fleeting glimpse
of a hidden darker side, perhaps an unintentional foretelling
of those black days that would soon follow. This reissue,
available briefly in the UK and Japan, feat. 4 bonus tracks:
her classic 1969 single "Sister Morphine," released
prior to the Rolling Stones' version, the 1964 B-side "Blowin'
in the Wind," "Et Maintenant," from a 1965
EP and the 1966 B-side "That's Right Baby."
Lilith-104
CD
$18.00
Film School
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Film School is a band with impressively eclectic
influences (Pink Floyd, The Who, obscure electronica, metal,
drone, alternative '80s), a grandiose collective musical
history, and a healthy bout of critical acclaim. "Wonderfully
off-kilter pop songs" - NME. "As their name implies,
Film School creates sounds with a cinematic eye...This
four-song EP is a compact 23-minute trip that proves this
San Francisco quintet have serious dibs on becoming leaders
if Haight-Ashbury is ever to rise again" - CMJ. Rave
live reviews in the NME and The Fly followed their UK visit
in September 2004, supporting TV On The Radio. The Sunday
Times Culture Magazine hailed them as one of the new bands
that "should be huge", and Music Week included
them in their rundown of the "eleven buzz bands on
the brink of greater things."
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$14.50
Five Americans
Progressions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Third LP from heroic Dallas quintet from 1968 when
they squared off on stages across the south w/The Doors & Jefferson
Airplane.
Sundazed-6225
CD
$14.75
Five Americans
Western Union (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Followed their thumping garage/frat rock classic "I
See the Light" w/their 1967 album fronted by the jangling
chart-topper of the same name.
Sundazed-6224
CD
$14.75
Flamin' Groovies
Bust Out-Sire Years Box (3 x CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US ll three mind-melting Sire LPs "Shake Some
Action," "Now" & "Jumpin' in the
Night"
DBKWorks-601
CD
$50.00
Four Tet
Everything Ecstatic Parts I & II (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Take the mesmerizing aural experience of Four Tet's
acclaimed "Everything Ecstatic" and couple it
with ten new film shorts commissioned specifically for
the ten musical pieces and you get this synapse-fusing
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