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5ive
Hesperus
PS, US Boston's 5ive were a two-piece with no vocalist or bass player long before being instrumental and having an unorthodox band assemblage became "cool". They have a Kyuss style guitar tone without the bad vocals. Their debut full-length was one of Terrorizer magazine's top twenty of 2001. "Ben Carr's guitars are thickly layered without the sound becoming mushy. The distortion he gets out of his amp makes his riffing sound like balls of flame. Charlie Harrold's drumming complements the guitar playing exceptionally; these are two musicians that are well in tune with each other" - Brainwashed.com.
Tortuga
CD
$12.50

Abrahams, Chris + Mike Cooper
Oceanic Feeling-Like
PS, AUSTRALIA "The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out." ~Annie Dillard It's this musical whisper that is amplified on Oceanic Feeling-Like, as Italian based musician Mike Cooper and Australia's Chris Abrahams unite for the first time to create what can only be described as a picturesque horizon of melodic ocean swell. Stretching out horizon-wide, Oceanic Feeling-Like is generously colored with Cooper's unique guitar approaches and Abrahams distinctive piano motions. Both musicians bring with them a wealth of technique and improvised flare that is brought to bear over a series of island like compositions, that eventually form an unusually divergent sound archipelago. Recorded in Sydney at Abrahams' home studio, each of the pieces explores a unique post-marine sound space - that's both reflective and reflexive. Truly a release that ebbs and flows in the best way imaginable. An ocean of sound awaits - sometimes calm and flowing, occasionally choppy and unexpected, but always experiential. Mike Cooper for the past 40 years British guitarist Mike Cooper has traced a path completely his own. An international musical explorer, performing and recording, solo and in a number of inspired groupings and a variety of genres. Initially a folk-blues guitarist and singer songwriter his work has diversified to include improvised and electronic music, live music for silent films, radio art, field recording and sound installations. Chris Abrahams "(His) relentless and steady patterning started to metamorphose the nature of the piano, the upper chords sounding like a distant locomotive hoot, and then an accordion weaving in and out of a shimmering bank of flutes". The Wire, UK 2001.
Room40-420
CD
$15.00

Accidental, The
Knock Knock (Tunng Mix) / Brave New World (Benge Mix)
PS, UK Fripp and Eno, Gainsbourg and Vannier, Kuti and Allen - two's company, and great musicians often travel in pairs. The Accidental is a pairing of Sam Genders (Tunng) and Stephen Cracknell (The Memory Band, Gorodisch, co-founder of Trunk Records). This single is their first outing as well as a forerunner for a debut full-length album, due in Spring 2008. As a founder member of Tunng, Sam Genders is an extraordinary songwriter, melding Lewis Carroll's flights of fancy with all the pathos of a 19th Century Russian novelist - a tragic-comic outlook on life and fascination with both the natural and unnatural, like Gogol with a guitar. With Tunng, his well-drawn tales weave in and out of the bobbing electronics, crafting electro-tinged folk songs which pulse and caress with equal measure, combining an easy melodicism with the band's expansive touch. Stephen Cracknell has a similarly attuned ear for the properties which link the acoustic and pastoral with the synthetic sounds of electronica, managing to conjure an organically simple fusion of elements which is defiantly modern. Under the moniker of the Memory Band, Cracknell's sleight of hand has seen him essay that relationship between the traditional folk lament and the circular, glitchy stylings heard on his electronic output as Gorodisch. This seven-inch release marks the first airing of material by the Accidental, featuring remixes of two of the songs slated for inclusion on their forthcoming debut album. Knock Knock is remixed by fellow Tunng lynchpin Mike Lindsay, the scratchy atmosphere and booming beats lending it a distinctly tribal feel, while bass frequencies lurch and stretch underneath plaintive vocals. On the reverse is the Benge remix of Brave New World - a slice of blissful electronica akin to Four Tet sitting down for tea and scones with Animal Collective, while snaking rhythms rattle alongside cut-up vocals and odd percussive flourishes. Slip on the headphones and drift away. Limited to 500 copies on seven inch wax only. Vinyl comes in a harvest house bag with print.
StaticCaravan-158-7
45
$7.75

Acid Mothers Temple
AMT Fest. Vol. 5
PS, US This is the live footage of the full concert of AMT Fest. vol.5 (Dec. 2006) in Nagoya Japan feat. Mani Neumeier (drums, percussion, voice: Guru Guru), Kuriyama Jun (voice: ex.Ox) as well as Tsuyama Atsushi (monster bass, voice, recorder, guitar), Higashi Hiroshi (synth, guitar, voice), Kawabata Makoto (guitar, voice), Kitagawa Hao (voice), and Tabata Mitsuru (freak out). Region free - limited one time pressing of 1000 copies
Eclipse
DVD
$18.00

Acorn
Glory Hope Mountain
PS, US The ambitious album is an homage to lead singer Rolf Klausener's mother. Recorded over nine months, the album
is intensely personal and heartfelt. Part historical narrative and part surreal fairy tale.
PaperBag-027
CD
$13.75

All Golden In The Afternoon
S-T
PS, US Rachel Goldstar (Experimental Aircraft/Eau Claire/Monster Movie) and Carlos Jackson(ex-Polyphonic Spree/The Shells) present an explosive debut. This Texas duo prove they are a band you are going to want to watch out for in the future. Down the rabbit hole we go... picture Flying Saucer Attack, Mazzy Star, Pram & Seefeel all getting together for a jam session & you might be close. AITGA's fuzzy laid-back guitar driven songs are a breath of fresh air & have a way of making you want to take the day off of work & just float away. This wonderful debut ep features 6 songs that flow together seamlessly & leave you begging for more. Welcome to wonderland Alice! Ltd to 1000 copies, only 600 copies to be distributed.
MindExpansion-2012
CD
$8.25

American Music Club
The Golden Age
PS, US Every AMC record is an effort to experiment and extend the range of their expression. "The Golden Age" is no exception: from the Mariachi horns to the breezy Beach Boys harmonies to the unfolding layers of feedback, this album is full of varied, joyous, and generous pop music.
Merge
CD
$14.00

Antarctica Takes It!
The Penguin League
PS, US Debut album by a four piece, from Santa Cruz, CA, whose joyous folk pop has been compared to Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists and Beirut. A bedroom band put together by 22-year-old Dylan McKeever, Antarctica Takes It! recorded the songs on "The Penguin League" straight onto a friend's laptop, using the computer's internal microphone. No problem if you're a straightforward rock'n'roll band, but Dylan's songs boasted an array of accordions, glockenspiels, cellos, ukuleles, trumpets, harmonicas and pianos. The result should have been extremely lo-fi - and in places it is (you can actually hear the instruments battling for airspace at some points). But, overall, thanks to Dylan's patience and prodigious talent, "The Penguin League" conjures a tiny orchestra out of thin air. From the opening "I'm No Lover", which sees mariachi horns collide with a rattling folk melody, to the magical "Flightless Birds", which transports "Pet Sounds" to the Antarctic wastes, this is a record that sounds like it's anywhere but a suburban bedroom on the American West Coast. In fact, lyrically and spiritually, Antarctica Takes It! reside, as their names suggests, slightly further south. The album's highlight, "Antarctica", sees the band knee deep in a polar expedition, while the photos for the cover and CD booklet were provided by Dr Samuel Silverstein, who headed the 1967 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition. Dr Silverstein also writes about his photos in the booklet, which makes this the first album to be released with sleeve notes by an Antarctic explorer. Press/Radio: Reviews in Uncut, NME, The Guardian, Plan B, Pitchfork, PopMatters, with more TBC.
HowDoesItFeelToBeLoved-003
CD
$16.25

Antietam
Opus Mixtum
PS, US First album in their 25 year career that combines the ferocity of their calling card stage show, the quiet acoustic moments of TARA KEY's solo recordings, their pristine pop & sprawling instrumental ambience. Flying just below the radar for more than 20 years, but always making uncompromising music and maintaining a deeply devoted fan base throughout the world, Antietam play raw rock and roll that is nearly impossible to define. Originally, the double-CD, triple-LPOpus Mixtum was supposed to be two separate, distinct releases: one a powerful rock record tracked at the band's new home-away-from-home, Brooklyn's Seaside Lounge, with producer (and now auxiliary live band member) Josh Clark, tracked on two-inch tape in a beautiful live room and finally allowing the band to truly capture the fire of their live performances; and the other a sprawling, loopy and diverse instrumental album constructed piece by piece in Tara and Tim's digital home studio. Somewhere along the way the albums became tangled together. The title Opus Mixtum comes from a method of laying brick in ancient Rome that combined rectangular and diagonal patterns, but the band uses it to connote the mix of three styles -- Antietam rock, the acoustic pop of Tara Key solo releases, and the instrumental soundtracks of their lives. Piece in Mark Howell's horns, Katie Gentile's (Run On, Special Pillow) violins, and Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day) on stunt guitar and the album flows effortlessly through its varying moods-- instrumental passages disappear into hooky pop, Tara's defining guitar is enveloped by Hammond organ or a lush string passage, and then the pounding rock and roll of the classic trio punches through. So you get pop with "Turn It on Me," rock with "Pennants and Flags," and just pure melody with "March Echo" and "Steel G." As they say in Louisville, if you don't like the weather, wait ten minutes.
CarrotTop-041
DCD
$12.00

Apes, The
Ghost Games
PS, US POPMATTERS: "Forgoing lead guitar for shambling, sinister organ licks, DC post-punk outfit the Apes strike a strange middle-ground between minimalism and maximalism. Lacking guitar accompaniment, Jeff Schmid's drums and and Erick Jackson's bass tend operate in spare cages of plunging rhythms and blurting stabs, and when the keys afford them some space, the whole feels crisply open. However, just as often as organist Amanda Bynes allows herself to be constrained by the others' rhythms, she surges past and breaks free, letting her organ swell to fill every gap with psychedelic squeal."
GypsyEyes
CD
$15.00

Architect
I Went Out Shopping To Get Some Noise
PS, GERMANY Reissue. Ever prolific, Haujobb's Daniel Myer returns for a second album as architect, I went out shopping to get some noise. Myer's previous architect album, 1998's galactic supermarket, leant toward the darker threads of technoid drum'n'bass (panacea, tarmvred, etc). For I went out shopping to get some noise, Myer reigns in the breaks to toss down thirteen mind-bendingly tight electro-acid-industrial-techno cuts, each bearing Myer's signature dark flair and impeccable production. Comparisons range from afx and caustic window on 'track 7' to emotive digital synthpop like early attaché on 'track 5.' not to be outdone by other sample-aholics, Myer ensnares the ultimate - Beethoven's moonlight sonata - and contorts it into a neoromantic opus on 'track 6.' if this is what Myer means by noise, the rest of the musical world has a lot of catching up to do to touch architect.
Hymen-737
CD
$15.50

Baker, Aiden
Scalpel
PS, US EXTREMELY LIMITED. As a solo artist, Baker explores the deconstructive sonic possibilities of the electric guitar as a primary sound source, creating music that ranges from experimental to post-rock to contemporary classical. Latest release is more stripped down than previous efforts & what Aiden himself calls his "folk "record. What you get is nearly 50 minutes of sparse guitars, ebbing & flowing intertwined w/ ghostly vocals creating an ambient gem.
Kora-008
CD
$12.75

Balmorhea
Rivers Arms
PS, US Mirroring the vast Texas skies, the soulful collection of songs on "Rivers Arms" is imbued with a visceral weight and endless space. BALMORHEA'S shows have included dates with The Drift, Bexar Bexar, One AM Radio, Caspian, and more. They're currently planning a Spring tour to coincide with this release and working on a Summer tour with their Italian friends Port-Royal. The track "Baleen Morning" will be featured on an upcoming documentary about the company "Toms Shoes", which will premier the 2008 Sundance Film Festival.
WesternVinyl-051
CD
$11.50

Bardot, Brigitte
Sings
PS, US By the time this album was released in the US, the 'princess of pout' had already had men flocking to her films for than a decade, hoping for a glimpse of BB in a bikini. This is her 1963 vocal debut.
Lilith-146
CD
$18.00

Beat Circus
Dreamland
PS, US This second full length album is a uniquely fierce and magical record composed by singer/songwriter Brian Carpenter, who delivers dark narrative songs of Deadwood saloons, gangsters from The Bowery, Coney Island sideshows, and the Santa Fe Railway. Loosely based on historical events associated with turn of the century New York, Dreamland is the culmination of a two-year effort by Beat Circus and marks the first installment of Brian Carpenter's Weird American Gothictrilogy. Brian leads a 9-piece band with a unique & exciting instrumentation: pump organ, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, accordion, jawharp, tuba, trombone, banjo, mandolin, saxophones drums and percussion. Dreamland was engineered and produced by legendary NY producer Martin Bisi (SONIC YOUTH, FOETUS, DRESDEN DOLLS, BARBEZ).
Cuneiform
CD
$14.25

Belong
Colorloss Record
PS, US While BELONG still considers these cover songs, what we are presented with are shells, the ghosts of what we think we know about such a fleeting medium as music in the first place. And like the title implies, the music sounds weathered, a faded version of some original we might only imagine. As a record of covers, it sounds like the sonic palimpsest that it is exactly. On "Colorloss", one finds a humble treatment of the hierarchy of sounds. It is the equal attention given to each sound and its place in the mix that makes this a true musical democracy where each element shines in its own way, while propping up the others in a puzzle that would charm Archimedes. A wash of fuzz finds itself meandering thru a track holding hands with the vocals, the space between a breathe before the next submergence. What we have as a result is work of such staggering beauty and melodic thoughtfulness to stop KEVIN SHIELDS in his tracks at the wonder of it. And while the instrumentation and means might be different, this is a music that has as much in common with late 20th-century composition in the vein of JOHN CALE or TONY CONRAD as it does with the soundscapes of WILLIAM BASINSKI or MY BLOODY VALENTINE.
St.Ives-017
LP
$11.50

Big Fresh
B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever)
PS, US New album from Lexington, KY avant-garde superheroes Big Fresh, featuring members of The Apples In Stereo and Ullysses. Crystalline pop rainbows beamed through a prism. An ambitious tapestry of danceable hits, bubbling soundscapes, electric light harmonies, and synthetic orchestrations from Lexington, Kentucky's avant-garde heroes (including members of The Apples in stereo and Ulysses). Produced by Big Fresh in their home laboratory over a seven-year period, and mastered by Robert Schneider (The Apples in stereo, Elephant 6), the shining sounds of this album will transport you to another world. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEDGER: "For more than a decade, the band has mixed summery soul, pop, dance grooves and more into a bright sound all its own. Within B.F.F.'s grooves...you sense a spring thaw is at hand." OPTICAL ATLAS: "B.F.F. plays like a great lost prog-rock album, as though Brian Wilson had tried to revisit Smile in the 70's with help from ELO."
GardenGate
CD
$12.00

Big Sleep
Sleep Forever
PS, US Tighter, more focused & heavier than before, w/o losing any of the energy. It's guitar rock w/ a heavy dose of noise, & a big focus on rhythm. It's loud because the music needs to be felt.
FrenchKiss
CD
$13.25

Bjork
Declare Independence (12"/CD/DVD)
PS, US NEW SINGLE from her latest album "Volta". A muscular & militant rallying cry, this song sees her at her most passionate & inventive. Tracks include Ghostigital 12". Mark Stent Mix, Matthew Herbert 12" & Mark Stent Instrumental
OneLittleIndian
LP
$36.00

Black Hollies
Casting Shadows
PS, US After wide acclaim from their debut album and a practice regiment that has left their jaw-dropping live shows tighter than a pegged pant leg, they've reached a little further into space, introduced a wonderfully psychedelic element to their sound & come out on the other side with Casting Shadows, a powerful rock album full of unforgettable nuggets. Member of RYE COALITION. "A mash up of British Invasion blues, guitar heroics & psychedelia that would bring a smile to Brian Jones' face" -Rolling Stone.
ErnestJenning-036
CD
$11.50

Blood On The Wall
Liferz
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!! "Liferz" is a portrait of a band at the top of their game - somehow they have managed to get even more "awesomer".
TheSocialRegistry-060
LP
$10.25

Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Jagjaguwar
LP
$11.50

Bon Iver
For Emma, Forever Ago
PS, US This debut is centered around a particular aesthetic; Justin Vernon, the primary force behind Bon Iver, moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter, alone for three months. This solitary time fed a bold, uninhibited new musical focus. All his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss, and guilt that had been stockpiled over the past six years was suddenly purged into song. The NY Times called this record "irresistible", and it was given a "Recommeded" rating by Pitchfork. RIYL: Iron & Wine, M. Ward, and Elliott Smith.
Jagjaguwar
CD
$11.50

Booka Shade
Movements Tour Edition (CD/DVD)
PS, US This incl. the original dance classic Movements album in its entirety, & a new live DVD which includes a full recording of their incredible live performance at Belgium's Pukkelpop Festival, as well as a tour documentary, bonus remixes, a visual discography, & more. RECOMMENDED!
Get Physical
CD/DVD
$19.50

Bow Street Runners
S-T
PS, US 1996 reissue. "Flushed from Fayetteville, North Carolina -- where they thought they could remain comfortably obscure -- by our release of their only album, the Runners have recently re-surfaced. Issued in ultra-limited quantity by B.T. Puppy in 1970 -- and now changing hands for sums more familiar to NASDAQ -- this is an otherworldly blend of sweet female blotter acid harmonies, hypnotic Farfisa and high-octane fuzz guitar histrionics."
Sundazed
CD
$13.25

British Sea Power
Do You Like Rock Music?
PS, US New album! ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The band has crafted a wintry, nuanced, and bold collection of epic songs that integrate the sweeping theatricality of Arcade Fire-era indie rock without all of the insularity. This is music made for people, not a person. The sound effects, choral vocals, strings, and feedback that populate DYLRM feel organic and necessary rather than just pasted in for drama's sake. There has always been a sort of rough-hewn sepia-tone unity to BSP songs, and that odd, inclusive wartime fervor permeates each track." FOUR 1/2 STARS!
RoughTrade
CD
$15.25

British Sea Power
Do You Like Rock Music?
PS, US Vinyl version.
RoughTrade
LP
$16.00

Brotzmann, Peter & Uuskyla
Born Broke
PS, US PETER BROTZMANN (tenor sax/clarinet) & PEETER UUSKYLA (drums) have once again joined forces & spirits picking up where their trio w/ Peter Friis-Nielsen left off & whose only known competition in the field is Vandermark & Nilssen-Love's Dual Pleasure implosion unit. A fresh double dose of soul purge from free men.
Atavistic-185
DCD
$17.25

C.A. Quintet
Trip Thru Hell
PS, US 2 LP version, deluxe gatefold packaging, 1996 reissue; originally released 1968. "Something very, very strange was afoot in the Midwest during the '60s, and we're not talking about David Letterman's stint as a local TV weatherman. While L.A. was tiptoeing through the tulips, New York was groovin' and London was electrifying bananas, these brainiacs were booking a journey to Hades. Get your contact high from a safe distance with this intense, fuzz-ridden passel of ones and zeros. Our package contains the entire mind-bent original album plus bonus cuts, and a gatefold sleeve jammed with rare photos and notes, and more!"
Sundazed
DLP
$19.75

Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band
Dust Sucker
PS, UK Previously on CD, now on vinyl for the first time. "The new Ozit vinyl sets are all deluxe in terms of packaging, gatefold sleeves with PVC protective covers and all 180 gram vinyl based on the Simply Vinyl type of special vinyl re-issues. These sets are limited to 1000 copies only worldwide and will not be around for too long. This 2LP set includes the 12 tracks from the Captain's own tape of the original Bat Chain Puller album (you will never have heard these tracks in this quality). When Mojo did a feature recently on classic lost albums, this was one of the main albums featured. There are a further 7 extra tracks, including 5 live recordings of tracks from 'Bat Chain Puller,' plus a version of 'Well Well Well' featuring Rockette Morton and a live festival performance of 'My Human Gets Me Blues.'
Ozit
DLP
$25.00

Cardopusher
Down To The Wire
PS, US Luis Garban of Venezuela has released heaps of records these past couple years for labels such as Ad Noiseam, Peace-off, Intellectual Violence, Mirex, Cock Rock Disco & Wrong Music, but for Terminal Dusk he reveals his passion for dubstep. 'Down To The Wire' contains high energy levels, sick low bass and brilliantly selected reggae samples. This album is executed perfectly and includes remixes from two fellow dubstep heads: Atki2 & Starkey. Side A kicks off with 'Maybe Next Time' dropping the warbly and brutal bass and some hot B-boy samples. Give in to the head nod effect. Next up is 'Keep On Truckin' with a wall of low end synth leads & Bollywood style atmospheres. Rounding off the A side is 'Knock Yuh Out' and it's a badman, turning up the energy. Flip for the B side and 'Everything Is A New Surprise' kicks in with an ultra disgusting bassline & pitched up bongos, massive! Next are the remixes, Starkey starts it off with his remix of 'Knock Yuh Out' which takes the original to another level, slows it down a bit, and offers some proper dubstep swagger. Atki2 finishes the record with his rendition of 'Keep On Truckin', bringing the Bristol styles, a classic remix.
TerminalDusk-007
12
$10.50

Carrots
Anthology
PS, JAPAN An anthology of the best songs of genius Spanish psychedelic pop band, Carrots, who designed soundscapes full of colored fantasy and baroque flavor. They wear their influences--the Beatles and the Beach Boys--on their sleeves, bridging genres and generations with tinges of funk, rock, and (gasp) country. Much to our regret, they have broken up, so you can regard the stamp sheet artwork as a bittersweet souvenir. We love Carrots!!! Jangling electric and acoustic guitars, breezy vocals and even breezier harmonies (we're talking 'Breakfast In America'), eyelash-fluttering synths and piano, the good vibes flowing from the speakers are intoxicating! How is it that one band can sound like Squeeze and Stereolab and Supergrass and The Beach Boys and The Buggles and The Byrds, at the same time? Heck, we' ve already tagged them with some respectable names, yet still feel compelled name-drop a few more, the likes of Sloan, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bikeride, Supertramp, Primal Scream, Kevin Ayers, The Posies' happiest songs, they all figure in here, with mucho gusto! Carrots is dead, long live Carrots!
Quince-032
CD
$13.50

Cashmore, Michael
Snow Abides
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DurtroJnana
LP
$17.00

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
David Horovitz Picture Disc
PS, US Casiotone for the Painfully Alone will join an already amazing list of artists (Xiu Xiu, Lucky Dragons) who have already contributed the series of picture disc 7"s featuring the photography of David Horovitz. Both tracks are exclusive to a one time pressing of 500 copies. These will go fast since these singles are already becoming collectors items.
Aagoo
45
$10.00

Cherry Orchard, The
The Start of Our Affair
PS, JAPAN The debut album from UK-based boy/girl indie-pop duo, Jason and Sara. CD features melodies of Trash Can Sinatras (or Prefab Sprout), arrangements a la early Eggstone, sweet vocals, and a sophisticated sound. This is a genuine 90s pop masterpiece.
Quince-9005
CD
$13.50

Collett, Jason
Here's To Being Here
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Arts&Crafts
LP
$15.75

Company
Old Baby
PS, US "Old Baby" is the latest record from COMPANY, a songwriting collective and rock band rooted in folk, punk, country, and psychedelic traditions. Evocative guitars, dynamic rhythms, uplifting harmonies, and lyrics by turns incisive and insightful interweave to create a homespun sound that is as striking as it is familiar. In these songs, simplicity shimmers, dreams pack the punch of hard facts, and the human heart is laid bare, weird, defiant, and lovely.
BrahRecords/JagJaguwar-012
CD
$11.50

Conn, Bobby
On The Farm
PS, US 2 brand new, never released before tracks, representing his latest invention, Eco-Disco. What is Eco Disco?? It is a passionate, yet groovy, call to move out of the cities and into rural communes to lead a more responsible and down to earth existence, while at the same time making good music.
Bec-Rec
45
$6.75

Contents Are, The
Through You
PS, GERMANY The Contents Are: Dave Neumann (guitar, vocals); Paul Staack (drums, vocals); Larry Smith (bass, vocals); and Craig Hute (lead guitar, vocals) from Iowa. The Contents Are were one of many '60s bands from the Quad City's fertile garage music scene. With labels/studios like Fredlo and IGL, it was a very healthy regional area for bands with an unusually high per capita for record releases. Up until the recent discovery of an original copy a couple years ago, it was only rumored to exist and remained an enigma with hardcore record collectors. In most cases, The Contents Are were only known by astute collectors for their two excellent 45 releases (non-LP). Well the mystery is over, and here's your chance to hear one of the most rare and greatest garage records ever recorded. Here's the story about the record: four high school seniors from Iowa decide to release an album of all original tunes, exclusively sold at their live shows. Originally released on the Rok label (a subsidiary of the already obscure Fredlo label) in 1967 with only 100 copies pressed. These guys were not your typical garage band - talented players, professional grade vocalists and no cover songs! Their music is a nice blend of garage rock with hints of hipster folk and early psychedelic influences. As good if not better as other similar top-shelf rarities like Mystery Meat and the Bachs, but without a major quantity release, making original copies of their recordings ten times rarer. Get it or miss it! CD jewel case with 8-page booklet, plus 4 bonus non-LP tracks from singles.
Shadoks-090
CD
$16.25

Crom
Hot Sumerian Nights
PS, US Thundering metal from these underground Gods. Featuring members of -16- & 400 Blows, these maniacs have picked up where The Cocaine Wars left off w/ plenty of obscure & in your face metal samples w/ a refined sound. This album will melt your face off.
Underdogma
CD
$11.00

Cryptacize
Dig That Treasure
PS, US Every song on "Dig That Treasure" is a miniature journey, a free fantasia, a dreamy habitat built out of the minimum of material. Sudden rhythmic gestures and frequent key changes will leave you feeling pleasantly disorientated in a song. But trust your tour-guides! You might feel as if you've come across a small tribe that speaks an unstudied language, and miraculously, find that you can speak it too! "Dig That Treasure" is humbly inspired by the larger-than-life emotions of West Side Story, the joyfully percussive guitar gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Wizard of Oz's bittersweet escapism, the other-world sentimentality of Sun Ra's Spaceship Lullaby, and Henry Cowell's ethereal piano string strumming.
AsthmaticKitty-38
CD
$11.50

Crystal Skulls
Blocked Numbers
PS, US Debut from Seattle's darlings presents a wholly satisfying batch of songs undeniably refreshing yet immediately familiar. Pulling from hidden gems of crooners, power-pop underdogs & intergrating those impulses w/ winnin g aspects of heavy-hitter favorites both obscure & exploded, past & present .
No.3Records
LP
$13.50

Dabrye
Get Dirty
PS, US He's been in the shadows, creating the next wave of beats to unleash upon the wIonrtledr, nbautti noonta blefore unleashing a few more nuggets to keep the fans fed. This is from the "Two/Three" sessions, a club-style banger that feat. the characteristic brag of his legendary gritty, parping bass sound has been modernized, or "Blade Runner'd" into a mutant squelch for this choice cut. Also feat. FLYING LOTUS & KODE 9 remixes, flip side all instrumentals.
Ghostly
12
$8.75

Danava
UnonoU
PS, US VINYL!!!
Kemado
DLP
$21.75

Davies, Ray
Working Man's Cafe
PS, US Very enjoyable new solo album from Kinks frontman.
NewWest
CD
$17.25

Dead Raven Choir
My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind
PS, US Awesome fancy "art edition" vinyl version.
AuroraBorealis
LP
$17.00

Dead Science
Tomlab Alphabet Series: V
PS, US The "V" single, and the two songs contained therein, will be a sort of satellite of THE DEAD SCIENCE'S next album, "Villainaire", a record dealing with a very specific period of time in singer Sam Mickens' life and, more generally, in the embrace of personal nihilism and the potential psychic luxury of amorality. The A-Side, "Make Mine Marvel (Remix)" will be, in the style of R. Kelly's remix work, a completely new song, with completely new melodic and lyrical content, built on components of the original "make Mine Marvel" which will appear on "Villainaire". The B-Side, "White Mane," was a song initially intended and recorded for the album, but which will be exclusively here instead. "White Mane" is, in fragmentary and impressionistic fashion, about the American film actor Robert Blake, both in his own recent life and in terms of his relationship to certain past roles.
Tomlab-104V
45
$5.40

Denny, Sandy
S-T
PS, US Perhaps the greatest British folk singer of all time, she first came to prominence in the quintessential British folk band, the Fairport Convention. Her singing and songwriting took the band to unimaginable heights and proved her to be a true talent of the last century. After leaving Fairport in 1970, she continued to produce solo work. Sandy, released in 1972, is her second post-Fairport release and her pre-eminent solo effort. Featuring two bonus tracks from the soundtrack of the movie Pass Of Arms." 180 gram virgin vinyl.
VinylLovers
LP
$28.00

Differnet
Collapsing Universe
PS, SWEDEN "Differnet's 2007 album finds the Swedish quartet again grappling with compositions that don't quite comfortably fit into any obvious form of popular music-crackling sounds of insects and general everyday noise meshes with slow cascades of synth strings and an extremely slow, deliberate rhythm before suddenly breaking into a vocal and drums break that could be a nervous soundtrack to a car chase. And this is all on the first song "Pattern of Parklands," which still doesn't describe everything in the piece-without specifically pushing sonic boundaries Differnet here again demonstrate more of the possibilities to be found in flowing collages of styles that reincorporate familiar rock, dance and other moves into a more modern approach." - Ned Raggett, All Music Guide. "They're almost like a Friendly Noise version of the Knife, but more personal. Includes a killer cover of Eurhythmics' 'Savage!'" - Other Music, NYC Influences: Throbbing Gristle, Franz Schubert, Cocteau Twins, Oval, Pet Shop Boys, Bernard Parmegiani, Einstuerzende Neubauten, New Order, Wire, Pierre Henry, Propaganda, Durutti Column... TRACK LIST: 1. Patterns of Parklands 2. Caring Arms 3. Savage 4. Prediction and Event 5. Survival Kit 6. Electricity (is Not What it Used to Be) 7. Stadium 8. A Fairy Tale
FriendlyNoise-050
CD
$13.50

Dirtbombs, The
We Have You Surrounded
PS, US
InTheRed
CD
$14.25

DJ Donna Summer
Panther Tracks
PS, UK He's back! It's been 2 years since Jason Forrest released his last full-length album, and 5 years since he's released as Donna Summer. So now he's back, this time with the slightly different moniker (DJ Donna Summer) and his first release for his own Cock Rock Disco label. Just as "Shamelessly Exciting" was a record that mixed different genres into a new mash of sampled sounds, "Panther Tracks" is a record comprised of different styles of dance music made solely with the intention to get people moving! From Booty to Breakcore, Happy Hardcore to Hardstyle, Techno to B'more Club Music, Forrest has it in there! Initially begun as a sort of remix record, "Panther Tracks" builds heavily on a variety of sampled heroes. One can hear Dj Chip and Dj Technics form the skeleton of more booty oriented tracks like "Peepers" and "Boomshakalaka". While some live recordings (on cassette) of old-school Uk Breakbeat Rave festivals by DJ Slipmat, Ratpack, and Ellis D are reconstructed to make new Breakcore styled dance tracks. Traces of Hardstyle, Techno and a whole lot of Breakcore yield such gems as "Party People", "Get Down" and "Rock Rock Rock". No style too hard or too cheesy to learn from, "Panther Tracks" is like the ultimate Rave; it's fun, slightly crazy, and will keep you dancing all night long.
CockRockDisco-018
CD
$17.75

Dominique A
Sur Nos Forces Motrices
PS, SPAIN Four concerts were recorded and trawled through to pick out the best of the best: those moments when the group played perfectly, captivated by and focused on the music; when it played at its best without sacrificing the level of energy that simply makes a concert; when they struck that perfect balance between the brutal, wild side, when the group really puts its foot down, and the subtlety of, at times sophisticated, arrangements, accompanied by brass and keyboards. Yes, but is it a "greatest hit" or not? Let's say it sounds like one massively, but Dominique clearly isn't making it a question of principle. For Dominique, a live version must enhance or surpass the original version. In that respect, we can be reassured. Dominique and his group have come up with a bunch of new ideas. Meaning that this album sweeps through the guy's entire career. No album is forgotten - some songs even sprout new limbs, like L'Amour, squarely presented as an overture. The pillars of his work are all here. Le courage des oiseaux, so often reinvented, has been turned here into rock-funk; La mémoire neuve, Pour la peau, Antonia are al included. The nostalgic side of Dominique A, which he could hardly convey through silence, comes out in Tout sera comme avant and Music hall. Less well known, Le commerce de l'eau and the very rare Empty white blues captivate. Lastly, as a bonus free gift, two unpublished titles have been concocted: Revoir les choses and the highly literary and deeply moving Marina. So there you have it, a new disc from Dominique A boasting no fewer than fifteen titles. A fully rounded disc that should appeal beyond his audience of fans, so much does he go beyond the famous distinction of new "chanson française" to serve up a platter of songs that are simply superb, with singing that is at times soothing and absorbing, rustled up by a top-flight quartet of musicians. It's the precise moment and the ideal way to discover or rediscover the artist that is Dominique A.
GreenUFOs-033
CD
$17.25

Envy
Compiled Fragments 1997-2003
PS, US Celebrating the release of their incendiary new EP, "Abyssal", and in conjunction with their forthcoming North American tour, TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED is proud to re-introduce the lion's share of ENVY'S colossal back catalog. Along with their second and third albums - "All the Footprints You've Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead" and "A Dead Sinking Story", respectively - we are happy to finally bring you "Compiled Fragments 1997-2003". This collection of singles, rare tracks and unreleased gems maps Envy's storied transformation from pioneering spastic hardcore to masters of exquisite, triumphant doom. Originally released in 2003 on the group's own SONZAI RECORDS in Japan, this album has never been available in North America, and has never been previously released on vinyl.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-130
CD
$9.00

Erickson, Roky & the Explosives
Halloween: Live 1979-1981
PS, US Live stuff from a key period for this Texan psych guitar great.
Steadyboy
CD
$15.75

Exillon
It's Ok To Dance
PS, GERMANY Exillon brings acid to IDM, speeds things up several notch, and bombs the dance floor with a high energy album of catchy twisted club tunes. Tapping on his high production skills, "It's OK to Dance" brings back life to twisted beats and complex rhythms and does it all with a smile. It's OK to take the acid test, and certainly impossible to resist. In 2006, Exillon had helped bear the grief of IDM with "The Keening Dithers", an album which brilliantly closed chapters both for this musician and for the kind of music he had been known for. Two years later, the keening has dithered for good, and Jay Fields (Exillon) has taken his art from the moody, glitchy and modest waters of his past electronica to more daring, club-oriented and uplifting ones. It might have to do with Jay Field's relocation to San Francisco, with a more energetic, dance floor-friendly trend in electronic music or just with the evolution of an artist per se; "It's OK To Dance" is a CD in which the clear, sharp and flowing sounds that Exillon has been using since his Debut in the early 200os get mixed and mashed in a lively, bouncy way. A party album for raving robots, this album is the meeting point of Exillon's hi-fi sounds and production and a deliciously retro, 90's acid sensibility. Not satisfied with just reviving the acid sound (something which has been done by many, without much soul or innovation), Exillon makes this sound his, and draws from his experience as a beat & tone trickster to bake a whole new recipe altogether. Mixing the best of both worlds, Jay Fields reclaims the dance floor, and manages to entertain his audience without insulting the brain (something which over the year has almost become an Ad Noiseam motto). Good trip guaranteed and yes, it is really OK to dance.
AdNoiseam-086
CD
$15.50

Eyeless In Gaza
Photographs As Memories
PS, UK The first album on Cherry Red from the esteemed Eyeless In Gaza, one of Mike Always first signings and indeed a fine way to kick of the 30th year Anniversary celebrations. Seven Years / Fixation / Looking Daggers / From A To B / Clear Cut Apparently / Speech Rapid Fire / John Of Patmos / Knives Replace Air / Faceless / In Your Painting / A Keepsake/ Whitewash/ No Noise / Bonus Tracks- Invisibility / Three Kittens / Plague Of Years / Others / Jane Dancing / Ever Present / Avenue With Trees
CherryRed-166
CD
$15.50

Eyeless In Gaza
Drumming the Beating Heart / Pale Hands I Loved So Well
PS, UK Martyn Bates and Peter Becker had been recording together for two years when Pale Hands I Loved so Well and Drumming the Beating Heart, respectively the 3rd and 4th Eyeless in Gaza albums, was released. Both albums have a magic that has endured and Pale Hands is especially wondrous, witnessing the maturation of EIG's gift for evocative improvisational impressionism. Drumming The Beating Heart- Transience Blues / Ill-Wind Blows / One By One / Picture The Day / Dreaming At Rain / Two / Veil Like Calm / Throw A Shadow / Pencil Sketch / At Arms Length / Lights Of April / Before You Go Pale Hands I Loved So Well Tall And White Nettles / Warm Breath, Soft And Slow / Blue Distance / Sheer Cliffs / Falling Leaf-Fading Flower / Goodbye To Summer / Lies Of Love / To Ellen / Pale Saints / Letters To She / Light Sliding / Big Clipper Ship
CherryRed-127
CD
$15.50

Eyeless In Gaza
Caught In Flux / The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers
PS, UK With animated gestures of disdain Eyeless In Gaza can answer detractors who dismissed their debut LP, 'Photographs As Memories', as a precious exercise in the art of self-indulgence. 'Caught In Flux', the bands second offering of the year, is a measure of progress, and though there's still room for growth some mark of maturity has undoubtedly been forged. Caught In Flux- Sixth Sense / Point You / Voice From The Tracks / Scale Amiss / The Decoration / Continual / Soul On Thin Ice / Rose Petal Knot / Skeletal Framework / See Red / Half-Light / Every Which Way The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers- The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers / Still Air / Out From The Day-To-Day / True Colour / Keynote Inertia
CherryRed-145
CD
$15.50

Eyeless In Gaza
Back From The Rains
PS, UK As part of Cherry Red's 30th anniversary commemorations - we shall be re-visiting many key artists' releases where we shall be re-mastering, repressing and re-promoting. What better then than to kick-start proceedings with one of Mike Always' first signings - the esteemed band Eyeless In Gaza. Between These Dreams / Twilight / Back From The Rains / Lie Still, Sleep Long / Catch Me / Evening Music / She Moves Thru The Fair / Sweet Life Longer / New Love Here / Welcome Wow / Your Rich Sky /Flight Of Swallows / My Last, Lost Melody / New Risen / Bright Play Of Eyes / Scent Of Evening Air / Drumming The Beating Heart
CherryRed-069
CD
$15.50

Felix Kubin Und Das Mineral Orchester
Music for Theatre and Radio Play
PS, GERMANY We are extremely excited to announce the 1st collaboration between the Dekorder label and our old friend, local conspirator and private hair gardener Felix Kubin. Kubin has achieved worldwide reputation by releasing post-dadaist, futuristic NDW-influenced Organ&Korg smash hits on his own Gagarin label, on A-Musik, Ski-pp, Meeuw, Diskono et al. He has collaborated with People Like Us, Coolhaven, Mark Boombastik, Asmus Tietchens, ensemble Intégrales, David Fenech, Ergo Phizmiz, Boris D. Hegenbart, Wojtek Kucharczyk and many others. His first recordings date back to his teenage years in the early 1980's, followed by his electro acoustic noise duo Klangkrieg and the pseudo-communist Liedertafel Margot Honecker. Right from the start Felix Kubin has written and recorded music for films (hence the title of his first album) by the likes of Mariola Brillowska and Anke Feuchtenberger and continues the German tradition of "Hörspiel" (radio play) with works such as "Territerrortorium", "Nachtspeicher", "Orpheus' Psykotron" and "Syndikat für Gegenlärm" (with guest appearances by Matmos, DAT Politics and Wolfgang Müller of Die Tödliche Doris). Some of Kubin's most gorgeous and adventurous works are his contributions to "The Raft" (a radio play by the mysterious Xentos Bentos of The Homosexuals, directed by Lukas Simonis of Coolhaven, Trespassers W, Dull Schicksal) and his soundtracks for theatre plays by Branko Simic ("Zufall", based on a short story by Vladimir Nabokov) and the notorious Schorsch Kamerun. The latter (known in Germany as a member of Goldene Zitronen) directed "Hollywood Elegien" based on a song cycle by Bert Brecht and Hanns Eisler. Now the best parts of these works are for the first time available on LP and CD, simply (and aptly) titled "Music for Theatre and Radio Play". While the musical spectrum on this release covers a variety of styles and moods it's still almost immediately recognizable as a typically Kubin-ist work featuring the main ingredients his records and body-and-mind-boggling live shows are famous for. Twisted rhythms & playfully clever arrangements that could have been created by a mutated reincarnation of the legendary Juan Esquivel; hauntingly ethereal tracks sounding like a narcoleptic John Carpenter playing Angelo Badalamenti arrangements; contorted Big Band music, pre-war Schlager and Vaudeville sent through a malfunctioning pre-digital time machine; Ennio Morricone cloned as a Russian male choir; instrumental workers' songs Hanns Eisler might have imagined in a feverish nightmare - it's all there, and more!
Dekorder-022
LP
$17.00

Fern Knight
Music For Witches & Alchemists
PS, US This is a dark & beguiling collection of neo-psychedelic songs. Beautifully recorded at Hexham Head by ESPERS' Greg Weeks, the songs are cast in rich, detailed arrangements feat. Alec K. Redfearn, GREG WEEKS, JESSE SPARHAWK on harp, Otto Hauser (Espers, Devendra Banhart, Vetiver) & other Philadelphia-area luminaries contributing to the sweeping sound. Numbered edition of 800 copies - beautifully screenprinted jackets.
Eclipse
DLP
$18.25

Flowers Forever
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove
LP
$14.00

Flowers Forever
S-T
PS, US This is a project Derek Pressnall started in early 2007 after having a mental breakdown / woke up bored / saw the future / turned off the lights / lost faith in humanity / went dancing / fell in love / buried some friends / watched the news / gave up. Inspired by late 80's / early 90's punk, the B-52's, David Hockney, Lou Reed, dumb conversations, bike rides, & all other normal things, he wrote a bunch of songs.
TeamLove
CD
$12.50

Gate 9
Moon Ranger Gone Evil
PS, US Slow & low cosmic doom from Norway for fans of Spirit Caravan & Sons Of Otis. The power trio's demo received great reviews from StonerRock.com & Daredevil Magazine. This debut full-length will further their reputation in the world of doom.
Underdogma
CD
$10.00

Genghis Tron
Board Up The House
PS, US This enigmatic trio weave an ocean-sized orchestra from just a few instruments & machines. Giant riffs & frenetic beats make perfect sense next to haunting vocal melodies & moments of subtle beauty.
Relapse
CD
$13.25

Goldfrapp
A&E
PS, US 1st single from the long-awaited follow up to "Supernature".
Mute
CD5
$4.75

Goldstoned
I Was A Teenage Pop Addict
PS, JAPAN I Was a Teenaged Pop Addict is a perfect name for this 60's soul/80's disco/upbeat bossa-nova album by Goldstoned. On LP3, a compilation of previous recordings on Quince, there were just a few songs with an upbeat pop content, but Pop Addict features 100% of songs that will make you happy and dance! The references here are: The Style Council, Elvis Costello, Edwin Moses and Orange Juice.
Quince-10
CD
$13.50

Goldstoned
Ready Steady Goldstoned
PS, JAPAN A compilation album from Berlin-based Goldstoned, featuring new and previously unreleased songs, and a 4-song EP (Firestation Records). Released exclusively on Quince, Ready Steady Goldstoned reveals influences of 70's rock and soul, mod, retro-film soundtrack, psychedelic, lounge, and boss nova, with traces of Beatles, Beach Boys, and Style Council.
Quince-03
CD
$13.50

Gone
Epic Trilogy
PS, US This is the band's 10th album in more than 20 yrs. It hits the ground running in true GREG GINN fashion, blending heavy guitar w/ funky, jazz infused chords & an edgy, surfer punk vibe. The driving repetition is almost hypnotic, but then, dramatically, it cuts to a groove that puts the FU in funk. Feat. HR on vocals.
SST
CD
$16.00

Gown
For the Maples
PS, US Gown (aka Andrew MacGregor & 1/2 of the BARK HAZE w/Thurston Moore) went into the studio w/the SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN gang to melt some audio consoles. This represents a portion of that recorded output & believe us, it's some massive stuff. Sunburned's thick funk presents the perfect background for Gown's shredding guitar play. Extremely hot stuff. LIMITED TO 639 w/a limited CD.
ThreeLobedRecordings
LP
$22.00

Grand Archives
S-T
PS, US While Seattle is famous for many things, sunlight isn't one of them. Yet illumination and warmth suffuse the self-titled debut from this Emerald City quintet. Dark times do not necessarily call for dark music. While singer/ guitarist Mat Brooke's previous ensembles (Band Of Horses, Carissa's Wierd) often shied away from light, he's changed direction with this band. Like the timeless classics of The Mamas & The Papas or The Turtles, it responds to the turbulent times of its genesis with hope, high spirits, and a sense of camaraderie.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

Grand Archives
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50

Grey Daturas
Owly Claw Hammer
PS, US You can hear this trio feeling each other a year ago, as these A & B sides spin in '08 in your living room: a triad w/ cleared heads & no preconception, speaking to each other w/ demonic waves, while not once looking at the other's eyes or hands nor saying a word. Maybe something should be said about what it sounds like. Shit. "Having a half-hour orgasm right before a natural disaster's about to kill you, while an early Celtic Frost instrumental 7-inch plays at 16rpm?"
EmperorJones-080
LP
$16.00

Grimund, Dominique
Les Quatres Directions
PS, US He's a hidden treasure of france's psych, free rock, electronic & jazz improv scenes. As a founding member of the legendary psych / krautrock inspired french act Camizole (1970-78) to his equally celebrated no wave/new wave duo Video-Aventures (1978) whose groundbreaking music has been viewed as a precursor to the sound of Stereolab. Here he reemerges w/ a whirlwind mind altering long form microgroove composition of grand proportions that hearkens back to the expanded audio visoneering & spiritualism of 60s electronic music luminaries from Stockhausen to Ramon Sender. LIMITED!
Locust
CD
$13.00

Growing
Lateral
PS, US "Lateral'" finds the band reflecting on their past two (may we add highly underrated) albums while gazing to the future with newfound rhythmic motifs and otherworldly heights to their sound sculptures. The textures are warm and inviting, tempting the listener to focus on stunning minimalist changes within GROWING'S dense aural fog.
TheSocialRegistry-064
12
$10.25

Harmony Rockets
Paralyzed Mind of the Archangel Void [re-issue]
PS, US Re-issue of Mercury Rev side-project's 1995 debut. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The brain-searing Paralyzed Mind of the Archangel Void is a trip into the furthest reaches of sound, a complete immersion into space noise and melodic chaos. Comprised of a single, 42-minute live performance piece, the Harmony Rockets' guise allows Mercury Rev the opportunity to push their music to its breaking point; instead of the ear-splitting avant freak-out one might have expected, however, the disc seems to exist in slow motion, characterized by ominous waves of sound. Guitars drone, trumpets throb, and Jonathan Donahue's vocals float in and out of the mix like random messages intercepted from another galaxy; the cumulative effect is an amazing distortion of the time-space continuum, a shape-shifting aural world almost alien in its dementia."
ExcelsiorMelodies
CD
$19.00

Headlights
Some Racing, Some Stopping
PS, US Their sophomore follow-up to "Kill Them With Kindness". Based around acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, drums, and other instrumentation, this record combines the pop sensibilities of previous efforts with a more restrained approach to songcraft that results in a clearer, concise musical vision. Original artwork by Parasol Pal Elzie Sexton (New Ruins).
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.00

Headlights
Some Racing, Some Stopping
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.00

Higgs, Daniel
Plays the Mirror of the Apocalypse and Other Songs
PS, US CD version of a previously released limited cassette. Lengthy droning ragas, that drift hypnotically from deconstructed
Appalachia to John Cale like slow-shifting skree (joined on those tracks by violin), to moody melancholy crawls, to thick serpentine swirls of snake charmer melody & reverberating steel string shimmer. Raw & lo-fi for sure, but so darkly emotional, & dreamily hypnotic.
OpenMouth
CD
$11.50

Hitchcock, Robin
Shadow Cat
PS, UK Robyn Hitchcock has taken time out from working with The Venus 3 (which features various members of REM) and John Paul Jones (who has been busy with his former band Led Zeppelin lately...) to compile an exclusive album, Shadow Cat, for London's premier oddball label Sartorial Records. This collection of previously unreleased material from the Hitchcock vaults dates from 1993-99, providing the missing link between The Egyptians on A&M and the Warner Bros years. Shadow Cat itself features Moris Tepper, mainstay of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, on lead acoustic guitar, and all tracks are Hitchcock originals, but for the Hendrix cover "The Wind Cries Mary" (on which Sartorial boss Terry Edwards plays Hammond organ). Aside from Edwards making a further appearance on "Never Have To See You Again", Robyn performs all instruments & vocals. From the concise opening cut, For Debbie Reynolds, to the concluding title track, the quality of the songwriting & performance shines through - "out-take" albums are all too often cobbled together from unreleased (unrealizable!) material. Not so here. These 14 tracks were whittled down from around 30 contenders, carefully edited & remastered to create a cohesive album - even to the point of sequencing the songs as two sides, despite it not being manufactured on vinyl. Essential for those who have followed Robyn from his early days in The Soft Boys (with Kimberley Rew, Morris Windsor and Andy Metcalfe) to his work with film director Jonathan Demme and beyond, this release also serves as a fine introduction to the work of one of Englands most treasured songwriters. Enjoy! Track listing SIDE 1: 1 For Debbie Reynolds, 2 Never Have To See You Again, 3 Love Affair, 4 The Wind Cries Mary, 5 High On Yourself, 6 Because You're Over, 7 The Cat Walks Her Kind Of Line. SIDE 2: 8 Statue With A Walkman, 9 The Green Boy, 10 Real Dot, 11 Nothing But Time, 12 Beautiful Shock, 13 Baby-Doll, 14 Shadow Cat.
Satorial-030
CD
$17.75

Instant Orange
S-T
PS, GERMANY Besides home to the Hell's Angels, farmers and citrus grooves, San Bernardino, California was also where Instant Orange lived and released their first single in 1968. Terry Walters, Randy Lanier and Lynn McCurdy are Instant Orange with the help of Joe Bianchi and Bob Lautz. The band forged ahead and released another single (1973), album (1973) and two 10" EPs (1974 and 1975). All of their releases were small pressings of 100 copies and to this day, Instant Orange remains virtually unknown. Their homemade sound is a refreshing reflection of the West Coast folk-rock influences that were so prevalent during the '60s and early '70s. All original tracks with inspiration from bands like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Love, Sandy Bull and others. Songs full of electric and acoustic guitars with nice doses of McGuinnesque 12-string riffing as well as many unexpected surprises (antiquated electronic effects, rambling rural explorations, long jams, experimental moves, stoner banter and other weirdness between songs, caveman fuzz, etc.). A solid listen with enough original imagination to keep it interesting without the band creating an identity crisis by trying too hard to be something other than themselves. Grab this before it becomes elusive like some of San Bernardino's motorcycle riding inhabitants.
Shadoks-091
CD
$16.25

Jennifer Gentle & Makoto Kawabata
Wrong Cage
PS, ITALY ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Besides leading his main band, Acid Mothers Temple, and plenty of other side projects, Makoto Kawabata has carried out a number of collaborations over the years; this one, taken from a live show in Italy in May 2002, finds him with the young psych act Jennifer Gentle. In many ways it's very much Jennifer Gentle's show -- of the three songs on the short release, the two that take up the most time are extended versions of tracks from their first two albums. "Bring Them," originally from I Am You Are, makes for a full-on neo-stoner masterpiece."
ASIlentPlace
CD
$16.75

Joy Division
Let The Movie Begin
PS, US Deluxe packaging, gatefold sleeves w/ pvc protective covers & 180gm vinyl. Ltd. to 1000 copies worldwide & contains extremely rare audio interviews w/ all members of Joy Division,some of which have never seen the light of day, plus spoken word contribution on 1 number from Martin Hannett along w/ superb & very rare live performance.
Ozit
DLP
$25.00

Kula Shaker
Strangefolk [expanded]
PS, US New album from British psych-o-nauts, aging gracefully.
CookingVinyl
CD
$15.75

Laven & MSO
Reach
PS, GERMANY Laven & MSO, the two producers from Frankfurt, put so much pop appeal into the vocal mix of "Reach" (feat. Malte) that colleagues like Fischerspooner should prepare themselves: the whole gorgeous ten minutes of this track have enough power to atomize every nightclub into dust. On the flip is a killer old school acid instrumental.
KlangElektronik
12
$9.50

Le Mans
Rebel Action
PS, SPAIN New album from Spanish dream-poppers.
Locomotive
CD
$16.25

Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch
When Good Things Happen To Bad Pianos
PS, US She returns, fresh from the success of Songs From the Coalmine Canary, w/ a more introspective album of cover versions. They have recorded a batch of their favorite songs, rearranged in a duo setting.
DurtroJnana
CD
$16.00

L'Ocelle Mare
S-T
PS, US The solo project from Thomas Bonvalet, guitarist from CHEVAL DE FRISE. His musical approach reminds us of John Fahey and/or David Grubbs. Recorded in different deserted French places in July 2006, you can hear the silence in a ruined stable and bats in obscurity.
Sickroom-048
CD
$12.50

Louis XIV
Slick Dogs and Ponies [Bonus CD]
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ATL
LP
$14.50

Louris, Gary
Vagabonds
PS, US Through his two-decade stint as singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of The Jayhawks and as a member of alt-supergroup Golden Smog, Gary Louris has built a deeply compelling body of music whose artistry and integrity has earned him a loyal audience and the respect of critics and his peers. With his solo debut, Vagabonds, Louris steps out to deliver some of his most evocative and personal music yet with the aid of Black Crowes frontman and longtime fan, Chris Robinson, who produced the album's organically soulful performances.
Rykodisc
CD
$16.00

Lowe, Nick
Jesus of Cool [Bonus Tracks] (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US Reissue of his classic first solo record. Pop record making at it's finest. A must own!
YepRocRecords
CD
$15.50

Magnet
#78
PS, US AGAINST ME! on cover, interviewed by indie darling BEN LEE. 2007 The Year in Music: top 20 albums and 10 best records you didn't hear, features on Black Mountain, Mark Lanegan, Helio Sequence & more!
ZINE
$3.00

Martha & The Vandellas
Dance Party
PS, US One of the top "girl groups" of all time, they dominated the female side of Motown of the mid 60s & made top ten hits into creations like "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave", "Nowhere To Run", "Honey Chile" & their anthem "Dancing In The Street". This classic '65 release is one of their best full lengths; not only does it feat. the hits, it's also packed w/ Motown dance standards of the day like "Mickey's Monkey", "Hitch Hike" & "The Jerk."
Lilith
LP
$21.50

Martial Canterel
Refuge Underneath
PS, US Martial Canterel's first full-length CD release entitled 'Refuge Underneath', a compilation of the artist's first two long-deleted self-released cassette tapes as well as 5 previously unreleased tracks, all digitally re-mastered. Martial Canterel records and performs using only vintage analogue synthesizers and sequencers, producing a highly-crafted, complex, and idiosyncratic form of electronic music that is simultaneously romantically melancholic and affirmatively aggressive. Inspired both by the first wave of relatively unknown minimal electronic bands in Northern Europe and the seminal industrial noise bands such as Throbbing Gristle, SPK, and Cabaret Voltaire.
Weird-003
CD
$10.00

Maus, John
Love Is Real
PS, US Better known as a collaborator with ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S PANDA BEAR and ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI, Maus is an idiosyncratic pop genius.
UpsettheRhythm-015
CD
$14.25

May or May Not
Kaledioscope of Egos
PS, US A significant evolution from their first album, skipping around genres like a furious record collector (or digital music pirate, yarr!). Whether it's the psychedelic reminiscing sing-along "Do The Disaster" or the winding, prog-tinged anthem "Lavender Shell" the band's confidence to mine from the past is clear, but all with a fresh outlook for the future. First single "Boots" rides Aaron Brink's atmospheric guitar hooks & the thunderous, double-time drumming of Mike Brunette all the way through the assured singing of Amelia Styer, who shares vocals throughout Kaleidoscope with Maxwell & Reidell.
TwoThumbsDown-023
CD
$8.50

Megafaun
Bury the Square
PS, US From the vibrant Southern quasi-capital of Durham emerge MEGAFAUN, wearing earnestness across the chest and abstraction along the sleeves. They pour forth dulcet harmonies, as seeking vocals tug banjo lines up the Appalachian mountains; redemptive noise soaks everything, like thick air wafting from the Atlantic. Clawhammer banjo and strummed acoustics lock and roll with electric guitars and electronic textures. They realize that folk implies deep, personal, intense expression, whether the instrument is a parlor piano with the lid thrown back or a distortion pedal with the case cracked loose. In this band, orthodoxy and unorthodoxy flow together as one.
TableoftheElements-815
CD
$13.00

Metric
Live at Metropolis
PS, CANADA Canadian synth-rock superstars live in Montreal in 2006 on their "Live It Out" tour plus videos for 3 singles. Emily Haines and the entire Metric posse are releasing a new concert DVD from their Live It Out tour. The DVD captures the band jamming out at their Fall 2006 Montreal stop on their Live It Out Tour. Live at the Metropolis also includes the videos for three Live It Out singles: "Monster Hospital", "Poster of a Girl", and "Empty".
LastGang
DVD
$14.50

Mexico 70
Thirty Five Whirlpools
PS, US "Thirty Five Whirlpools Below Sound" Latest from long-running, rugged Britpop shining stars. Ranges from pop gems reminiscent of Elvis Costello to more philosophical fare including trademark jangly, Byrdsy guitar & witty, imaginitive lyrics.
ToucanCove
CD
$14.50

Moffat, Aiden John
I Can Hear Your Heart
PS, UK New solo album from Arab Strap frontman, warning: explicit content! AVERSION: "t should come as no surprise that the onetime Arab Strap singer's first solo album, a spoken-word poetry/prose affair that's usually accompanied by incidental music or other sound effects, is laden in tales of cheating lovers, sexual experimentation and soaked in booze. It might come as a surprise, though, to find out Moffat was holding back with Arab Strap, avoiding the stickiest situations, the dirtiest references and the most damning confessions that come forth in this semi-autobiographical audio tome."
ChemikalUnderground
CD
$15.75

Mojack
Under the Willow Tree
PS, US Greg Ginn's latest release w/ his funk rock band is full of twists & turns. 10 yrs in the waiting, this picks up where Home Brew left it hanging.
SST
CD
$14.00

Mojo
#172 (March 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00

Monade
Monstre Cosmique
PS, UK New album from Stereolab chantuese Laetitia Sadier's Monade! PITCHFORK: "Stereolab singer/lyricist Laetitia Sadier here takes a slightly more elegant take on her day job's search to find the pop in the avant-garde."
TooPure/Beggars
CD
$15.00

Mould, Bob
District Line
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anti
LP
$15.50

Mould, Bob
District Line
PS, US Guitarist/singer/songwriter Mould returns to form as a solo artist on his Anti debut. "District Line" combines the fire of his earliest work in Husker Du, the accessibility of his alternative rock, genre-defining trio Sugar, and the introspection found in his solo releases. He describes it as "stories of my simple life in a complicated town", that being his adopted city of Washington, DC. Working with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, Mould has returned to the live band sound of Husker Du and Sugar to kick out ten songs that sound as youthful, energized, and immediate as anything he has ever recorded.
Anti
CD
$15.50

Mountain Goats
Heretic Pride
PS, US The Mountain Goats have recorded four fine albums that have established them as a genuine cult phenomenon and confirmed John Darnielle's status as one of the finest lyricists of his generation. "Heretic Pride" is a suite of songs about mythical creatures, imaginary cults, slasher films, and pulp fiction novelists. Here, Darnielle has also come up with some of the most anthemic, impassioned, and downright catchy songs of his career. "It's rare to come across such specific and purposeful prose in modern pop. But, alongside Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and the Decemberists' Colin Meloy, John Darnielle is helping bring fine lyric writing back to life" - NY Daily News.
4AD
CD
$13.25

Mountain Goats
Heretic Pride
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
4AD
LP
$14.00

Mountain High
Wicked Wanderer
PS, US They fit somewhere on the continuum between groups like Amon Duul II, the Pink Fairies & Tony McPhee's Grounhogs. Sort of proto-punk & grittier than most psych, & somewhat blues-rooted, though altogether their own thing, w/ mini-anthems & non-sequitor tributes to Punky Brewster & Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre. M.H. seem to really not care much about current musical trends, what's hot & so forth, rather they just lay down some of the sweatiest grooves happening. Prepare to have this stuck on your headphones for a month straight .
HotDogCity-018
CD
$9.00

Mr. Thing
Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing
PS, US World champion DJ Mr. Thing mixes a collection of vintage 60's & 70's funk. The collection features a connoisseur's selection of extremely rare breaks mixed w/ style & precision. Rare & sought after never before compiled tracks spanning from soul, disco, jazz, funk, folk & soft rock.
BBE-096
DCD
$16.75

Mt. St. Helens
Of Others
PS, US A more refined & concise version of their compelling, guitar driven sound. Of Others draws from influences as diverse as Unwound, Shudder to Think, Ride and Boards of Canada but the result is far from derivative. Guitar player Michael Sprague has constructed a cadre of masterfully spare guitar leads that are at once striking & hypnotic. Guitarist/vocalist Quinn Goodwillie's (also of acclaimed local group Sleep Out) voice has increased in range & fortitude and is greatly bolstered by the stalwart rhythm section of Jason Sprague (bass) & Ben Geier (drums).
TwoThumbsDown-022
CD
$8.50

Mudhoney
Live Mud
PS, US REPRESSED!! LIMITED! Recorded in Mexico City on Pearl Jam's mobile recording unit in 2005, this is a very limited live LP capturing the Godfathers of Fudge playing their classics, old & new-ish. Incl. a coupon to download all the tracks in a glorious bitrate of 192! FOR FREE! Get 'em while they're hot gang.
Subpop
LP
$12.00

Mumlers
Thickets & Stitches
PS, US This is a portrait of a young band in love w/ music, exploring the various textures of the rock genre & creating something satisfyingly original. There are crowdpleasing mid-tempo rockers, mesmerizing ballads, call-and-response soul stompers & songs that defy easy categorization.
Galaxia-029
CD
$14.25

Neptune
Gong Lake
PS, US Behold: NEPTUNE, the most harrowingly original band on this planet - or the next. Its three members are, in turn, musicians, sculptors, scientists, blacksmiths, electricians, and industrial machinists; relentlessly inventive, possibly sane. Together, they construct all of their instruments, forging guitars and drums out of circular saw blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings, and miscellany from the trash. Electronics, and even cords, are homemade as well. The combined effect is a bizarre, post-apocalyptic mélange of steel, iron, wire, rust, rivet, knob, and cable; it's lunacy, arc-welded for maximum destruction. Concerts are seizures of motion. Wearing 40-pound guitars assembled entirely from scrap metal, the members don't play their instruments - they battle them, like mechanized golems. But make no mistake, this is not simply art with sharp edges and serious customs issues. Neptune rocks. Hard. Recalling the slapdash angularity of The Fall, the rhythmic ack-ack blasts of This Heat, and the sheer proto-clangor of Einstuerzende Neubauten, they count as one of the best experimental rock bands of any era. Their dynamic, expertly wrought songs and skilled improvisations don't start; they explode. "Gong Lake" is the band's first unlimited CD release, and with it the world will discover what fans of their live shows have known for years: Neptune is otherworldly.
TableoftheElements-811
LP
$14.25

No Depression
#74
PS, US STRING THEORY, today's neo-traditionalists redefine their music. A new generation of string bands explores the past, present, & future of American music. Plus features on Daniel Lanois, Gary Louris, Kathleen Edwards, Jim White, & more. Plus all the other usual great stuff you've come to expect from No Depression.
ZINE
$5.00

No Kids
Come Into My House
PS, US "Come Into My House" is the first release by Vancouver, Canada trio NO KIDS, which is comprised of three-quarters of the critically revered pop band P:ANO. "Come Into My House" achieves an unexpected cohesiveness despite the wide range of musical styles over its 12 tracks. Golden era Hollywood musicals, Jam & Lewis-inspired production techniques, the icy displacement of contemporary R'n'B, and the breadth of Arthur Russell's, disco, pop, and avant garde compositional work are referenced and married together by novelistic narrative strains, a lush instrumental palette, and a cinematic atmosphere.
Tomlab-108
CD
$12.25

Notorious Hi-Fi Killers
Which Side Are You On?
PS, UK Rocket Recordings are proud to announce the release of Which Side Are You On?, the debut album by Southeast London 3-piece The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers. Which Side Are You On? presents the trio's distinctive take on loud, throttling noise rock blended with manic psychedelia, taking the listener on a journey through ferocious 4-track blasts, analog tape space rock and intuitive heavy blues. This is the sound of a primal rock and roll band at their most uncompromising and dirtiest. From the one and a half minute biker-punk anthem of 'Queen O' Fuck' through the fuzzed-up blues of the Freddie King classic 'Going Down' to the 18 minutes of psychedelic bliss of 'Near The Final Destination' which crumbles into a mantra of noise, drones and horns, with the added assistance of Alexander Tucker, Duke Garwood and members of Part Chimp. The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers have been a common sight on the stages in their hometown of London and various dimly-lit warehouses across the country, playing alongside bands like The Heads, Lords, Parts and Labour, Shit & Shine and White Hills.
RocketRecordings
CD
$17.00

Paint It Black
New Lexicon
PS, US This marks their 1st recording w/new drummer Jared Shavelson (Hope Conspiracy, None More Black) & boasts guest vocals from Jeff Pezatti (NAKED RAYGUN). Still, many of the best surprises occur behind the scenes. Rather than straining to re-create "lo-fi" in a studio, this rings in an aggressive clarity.
JadeTree
CD
$13.25

Panther
14 Kt. God
PS, US Two-headed effort of Charlie Salas-Humara (THE PLANET THE) on vocals, cello, guitar, & keys & Joe Kelly (31 KNOTS) on drums. Think Ian Curtis' convulsive intensity & James Browns spastic swagger & you still won't have PANTHER, but a sense of what-the-fuckness that all of them seem to call up.
KillRockStars
CD
$13.00

Park, Patrick
Everyone's in Everyone (Digipak Packaging)
PS, US The previous albums by Colorado-born, Los Angeles-based neo-folkie singer/songwriter Patrick Park have been promising but spotty, but coming nearly four years after 2003's Loneliness Knows My Name, the far more self-assured Everyone's in Everyone is a big step forward. Opening with the immediately engaging solo voice and guitar tune "Life Is a Song," Everyone's in Everyone moves from strength to strength. Highlights include the genuinely great "Here We Are," a propulsive country-rocker in the vintage '70s Laurel Canyon style that features a strong, memorable chorus, and the moodier, mysterious "Saint with a Fever," which mines territory closer to vintage Richard Thompson. There isn't a single duff track on this concise 11-song album, which seems destined to put Park alongside Josh Ritter and Josh Rouse in the top tier of American folk-rock singer/songwriters. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide
Curb Appeal CRBA5.2
CD
$13.65

Parsons, Gram
Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US Awesomeness. You should own this DVD just to be graced by Hillman's superb 'Tache.
Rhino
DVD
$17.50

Peculiar, Vinny
Goodbye My Angry Friend
PS, UK There are times you can hear Nick Cave and Johnny Cash in these power pop meets kitchen sink drama songs but a better comparison might be Stephen Duffy for the romance-against-the-odds, me-against-the-world, railing-against-the-dying-of-the-light feeling of this record." Manchester song-writing maverick, performance poet and Smiths associate Vinny Peculiar has cultivated an alternative music career spanning the past 10 years collaborating with a diverse range of artists from Bill Drummond to Bonehead. 'Goodbye My Angry Friend', his 7th studio album, is an ambitious, vengeful, tuneful and intriguing collection of songs. Produced by sonic magpie Tim Browne it fuses influences that are, to many a pop music connoisseur, poles apart...from Nick Cave to The Darkness...from Johnny Cash to Queen. Here is a record that, for better or worse, plays by its own rules. The opening salvo reflects upon the death of the Vinny Peculiar alter ego whilst 'Kiss Me [I'm a Social Worker]' reeks of abuse and mistrust. 'Seasonal Affective Disorder' is a tenderly affecting paean of mood disorder and melody. 'Lazy Bohemians' portrays and gently dismembers a world of would be revolutionary misfits...a world in which Vinny stars as idler in chief. From garage band symphonies to rock and roll nursery rhymes here is a record of audacious musicality from an artist not simply content to sit on the edge. Vinny Peculiar is prepared to jump.
Pronoia-007
CD
$17.75

Pegasuses-XL
Antiphon
PS, US Mark Dale (Disband), Jeff Tobias (We Versus the Shark, Dark Meat), Joel Hatstat (Cinemechanica) & Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb the Music Industry, Arrogant Sons of Bitches) join forces based on their mutual admiration of bikes, coffee & books. Here they make music with whatever instruments they felt were appropriate, which is pretty much what you get when you mix those bands together anyway. Mostly keyboards & synths, the Antiphon is their response to questioning themselves. The music is everything they've ever done in life, crumpled up into 38 minutes of experimental/electronica/rock .
ErnestJenning-037
CD
$11.00

Planeta Imaginario
Biomasa
PS, US Planeta Imaginario are a creative and extraordinary 8 piece jazz-rock band that have emerged from the Catalan region of Spain. Founded in 1999 by keyboardist and leader Marc Capel, Planeta Imaginario originally performed psychedelic rock music but over time evolved into their present-day sound as the band grew in size and added musicians who added jazz and jazz-rock elements. Biomasa is their second album and with this release the band have a chance to have their music heard on a much wider basis. For fans of: Chick Corea's Spanish-tinged fusion works, Deus ex Machina, Gilgamesh, Pat Metheny, Soft Machine, Weather Report and Frank Zappa.
Cuneiform
CD
$14.25

Racer, Kris
Has A Banner Year
PS, US As former frontman for Ohio pop-punkers Tagline, Kris Racer came to Chicago & left the rest of the band behind, opting to unplug & become an acoustic, solo act. But staying true to his punkier roots, Kris Racer is more Mike Ness than open mic. Racer's new EP continues to explore the themes of adolescence redux he covered on his debut. It's that time you reach in your mid-20s when you're still not sure what you're exactly supposed to do with your life; it's that stage in the game when you're caught thinking about whether jobs should turn into careers or if girlfriends should become wives.
TwoThumbsDown-018
CD5
$5.00

Raveonettes, The
Lust Lust Lust
PS, US New album from Danish duo, can't wait! Coasting is the easy option. Having the balls to recognize that things aren't right and doing something about them is much harder. It may have taken The Raveonettes' Sune and Sharin a little while but they made the right decision in the end- both personally and creatively- and 'Lust, Lust, Lust' is where the two worlds collide. The songs cover the toughest decisions, the fondest of memories, the scariest of fears and the most tempting of desires all from the most personal viewpoint yet captured in The Raveonettes back-catalogue.
Vice
CD
$14.00

Record Collector
#346 (February 2008)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00

Rites of Spring
All Through A Life
PS, US Reissue on heavy-weight vinyl. A must have and now you can.
Dischord
45
$4.00

School of Language
Sea From Shore
PS, US This is a new project from David Brewis (FIELD MUSIC) & can, in some ways, be seen as a companion piece to FIELD MUSIC's "Tones of Town" but where that record was preoccupied w/ the choices resulting from questions of time & place, here time is tied to people - often because of their absence, but at other times because their closeness is what rejuvenates us. Feat. Barry Hyde of THE FUTUREHEADS.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.00

Shitmat/DJ Scotch Egg (Scotchy & Shitty)
Rave Like A Headless Chicken 12"
PS, UK This 12" is the second in Wrong Music's 'Rave like a..." series which pay homage too the uk rave sound. Volume one featured 4 hardcore classics from Oen_flux and, Planet Mu's, Chevron. This time it's the infamous DJ Scotch Egg and Shitmat's turn to Bring the Hardcore! DJ Scotch Egg opens his side with a DJ Friendly (over 3mins long!) gameboy cover of 'Bonkers' star Hixxy's Happy hardcore Benchmark track 'Toytown'. In fact it's less of a cover when it gets going, feeling like a pumping 8 bit techno party. The ep progresses with another 3 tracks each one with a catchy melody as the next. On the last choon we get a heartfelt emo pop/hh banger, sounding like Bach using a gameboy instead of a piano. This could be Egg's most dancefloor release too date. After the massive success of 2006's 'HANG THE DJ' and 2007's 'GROOVERIDER' albums Shitmat combines both their styles for his side of the vinyl. The first track 'Nuff Respect' merges pounding Remarc_esque jungle beats, ragga vocals and a few cheeky pop samples to make another post jungle classic whilst gabber/hardcore tracks 'Loveheart Trilogy' and 'Happy Ending' take Shitmat's mashed up sense of humour to a euphoric crescendo.
WrongMusic-17
12
$14.00

Sian Alice Group
59.59
PS, US THE SOCIAL REGISTRY is pleased to announce the debut full-length album from London-based band, SIAN ALICE GROUP, "59.59". The band is already on the rise in its native England having opened a string of shows for Spiritualized and received a flurry of attention in the press. "59.59" is a fully realized and album that moves through traditional pop songwriting and instrumental composition while tempering it with studio improvisation. It is an epic record that showcases the talent and range and of this young group, taking in elements of various genres and making them their own. At a time when the musical landscape seems inundated with derivative retrogressive guitar bands, or acts reliant on sequenced beats and oscillator knobs, Sian Alice Group's more classical inclinations show their willingness to tread their own path. 59.59 features guest appearances from DOUGLAS HART (Jesus & Mary Chain), JOHN COXON (Spiritualized, Spring Heel Jack) and BRIAN DEGRAW (Gang Gang Dance).
TheSocialRegistry-062
CD
$11.50

Simon, John
John Simon's Album
PS, US
Water
CD
$15.50

Sleep Out
I Was Your Shroud
PS, US Having taken their brand of indie-rock to the masses through demos, shows, and radio appearances whilst receiving nary a death threat, Chicago quintet Sleep Out recorded their debut album I Was Your Shroud over the later months of 2005 through the earlier months of 2006. The result: eleven diverse compositions that toe the line between roadhouse donnybrooks & delicate lullabies. One canse sense the longing in "Cat or a Horse," or feel the whip cracking & taste the whiskey spitting while listening to "Stay of Execution." And batting clean up are bash brothers "It Wasn't Darkness" & "Old Mare.
TwoThumbsDown
CD
$8.50

Slips, The
Girls at the Back Up
PS, US David Treahearn & Rob Haggett worked w/everyone from Madonna & Gwen Stefani to Bjork, Massive Attack & Fischer Spooner, before breaking out to form The Slips in the summer of '07. Their electronic jams have been described as pulsating glitch disco & UK Digitalism.
IamsoundRecords-007
45
$8.25

Smiths, The
Inside The Smiths
PS, US ANDY ROURKE and MIKE JOYCE were the legendary rhythm section behind The SMITHS. For the first time on film they tell the story of what it was like being in one of the World's most celebrated and groundbreaking bands, what it was like working with MORRISSEY and JOHNNY MARR, their unique song writing process & the relationships they formed in the five years they were together. W/ contributions from PETER HOOK (JOY DIVISION / NEW ORDER), BUZZCOCKS, MARK E SMITH (THE FALL) KAISER CHIEFS, MATT OSMAN (SUEDE) and many more.
TIBStreetFilm
DVD
$15.50

Somatic Responses
Digital Darkness
PS, GERMANY A new sign of life from Wales - John and Paul Healy, well-known as somatic responses produced a new fulltime masterpiece of electronic sound wizardry. Almost two years have passed since Giauzar and it seems the brothers used their time not only for the explorations of new tonal and atonal scapes, they also went for a re-analysis of their roots. The digital darkness described here is a dry, drawn out universe of distorted chromatic basses, straightened heavy beats and swirling filter pulses, establishing ties from the times when the tb-303 took over technoid music up to the nineties where speed increased and rhythms became dodgier. Stylistic classifications were never somatic responses' aim, nevertheless, digital darkness might be rated as one of their most straight-lined works since years - f.e. you never heard S.R. as speedy as they are on the title track or 'reset the world'. Their typical ingredients like unique strings usage are still present ('stranded'), the enrichment with some blasts from the past makes digital darkness a mixture that will kick your eardrums in.
Hymen-764
CD
$15.50

Stone, Carl
Woo Lae Oak
PS, US First ever CD of Carl Stone's debut album, originally released on Joan La Barbara's Wizard Records in 1983. "Woo Lae Oak" is a 54 minute tape piece based around minimal samples of strings and wind which layer, deconstruct and reform into an expansive, shimmering whole. Remastered for CD, with complete original artwork and new accompanying notes by Phill Niblock.
UnseenWorlds-03
CD
$13.00

Sun Ra & His Arkestra
Some Blues But Not The Kind Thats Blue
PS, US "The third deluxe Ra reissue in the new O-Card format from the UMS, released in conjunction with El Saturn Records is here: a superb reissue of a delicious, seldom heard Saturn Records document from '70 - replete with two alternate takes of a previously unissued classic AND an 'Untitled' piece from the original '77 sessions... all available for the first time on CD!" ." -John Corbett, Chicago, October, 2007
Atavistic-265
CD
$15.00

Sunny Day Sets Fire
Strange: Remix
PS, US SDSF's music reflects their shared loves of 60s psych, the Beach Boys, classic Sun Rock and Roll. This EP features the first single off of the upcoming album, "Stranger," as well as remixes of SDSF songs by CSS, THE COOL KIDS, XXXCHANGE, MAD DECENT / DIPLO, THE SLIPS AND BARON
VON LUXXURY.
IamsoundRecords
CD
$5.00

Tad
Busting Circuits and Ringing Ears
PS, US Live show from 90s grunge-rock behemoths (in ore ways than one).
TAD
DVD
$14.50

The Way We Live
A Candle For Judith
PS, UK "The new Ozit vinyl sets are all deluxe in terms of packaging, gatefold sleeves with PVC protective covers and all 180 gram vinyl based on the Simply Vinyl type of special vinyl re-issues. These sets are limited to 1000 copies only worldwide and will not be around for too long. The classic 1971 album by UK band Tractor, appearing under a different name. Originally issued on Dandelion, the album is now expanded and remastered with extra tracks. A truly beautiful progressive/space rock album, it mixes the epic quality of Led Zep with a spacey Pink Floyd feel and the mushroom weirdness of The Pink Fairies and Hawkwind. 'Willow' is a masterpiece of UK underground rock and it's easy to see why John Peel signed this band way back in the early '70s."
Ozit
LP
$25.00

This Will Destroy You
S-T
PS, US This is their 2nd album, clocking in a 7 tracks & 52 min. It is a stunning & worthy follow-up to "Young Mountain." Darker & seamlessly more dynamic & emotionally gripping than its predecessor, this is primed & ready to push their entire genre forward & continue to win the band hearts & minds across the planet.
MagicBullet
CD
$13.50

Thompson, Mayo
Corky's Debt To His Father (LP + 7")
PS, US A fast 14 yrs later, it's our pleasure to bring this classic of 2-sided entertainment back to the table (the turntable, that is) w/ a special LIMITED-edition pressing. Wrapped in a jacket that recalls the halcyon days of solid LP dominance, this new pressing comes with a 7'' feat. the instrumental "Woof," which was recorded at the same sessions but not released until The Red Krayola's 2004 compilation CD Singles. The b-side is a neverbefore heard take on John Cage's "4'33''" played by fellow traveller Sergei McUgly.
DragCity
LP
$18.25

Throw Me The Statue
Moonbeams
PS, US Making waves throughout the latter half of 2007, we're super pleased to deliver Seattle's THROW ME THE STATUE'S debut album, "Moonbeams". Conceived and fronted by SCOTT REITHERMAN, "Moonbeams", was constructed with the help of CASEY FOUBERT (Sufjan Stevens, Pedro The Lion) to create a wondrous concoction of fuzzed out synths, brass ensembles and epic vocal melodies that have been noticeably absent since In the Aeroplane, Over The Sea first saw the light of day. At the album's core is a sharp sense of melody, a cutting lyrical honesty, and a bludgeoning beat that brings to mind the whimsy of Magnetic Fields, the lyrical expanse of The Microphones, and the lo-fi bliss of Eric's Trip. While the front of the album is nothing short of the next evolution of skewed Northwest bombast with "Lolita," "Yucatan Gold" and "About To Walk", the second half displays an unexpected maturity in young Reitherman. The title track oozes down tempo vulnerability while the closer, "The Happiest Man On This Plane" combines the best of Reitherman's predecessors Phil Elverum and Dave Bazan.
SecretlyCanadian-168
CD
$11.50

Throw Me The Statue
Moonbeams
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SecretlyCanadian-168
LP
$11.50

Tiger Lou
The Loyal
PS, US Domestic release for Tiger Lou's latest. A Spring 2008 tour is in the works as well! Meet Rasmus Kellerman. This is the guy behind Tiger Lou. It's a band; for all intents and purposes, he's the band. He writes the songs, plays and produces them. For now. Kellerman will tell you not to look too close at "just an indie band, like many other indie bands, with a big heart." But not listening closely to Tiger Lou would be to sell it short. The Loyal, the band's second album, is on the surface, just music. A bunch of songs written by some guy from Oxelösund, Sweden. Only these tunes breathe, they're dynamic, alive. Straight from the heart of some guy now living in Stockholm. And he wouldn't say the band had heart if, to some extent, he wanted you to know the music was sincere. Thirteen atmospheric, incorporeal (but alive) tracks that, if you put them under a microscope, would reveal a molecular pattern (and movement) identical to Kellerman's. Maybe that's why he'd like you to look plainly upon his work: he's already seen himself at such a high magnification, a potentially painful zoom into who and what he is, and where he came from.
Eyeball-077
CD
$9.50

Time Constant
Silent Phone Calls In The Fall
PS, US This journey into psychedelia, bringing mellow moods, and uplifting melodies sculpts an appreciation for the most beautiful and most difficult moments.... an emotional plateau! YOUR FRONTAL LOBE IS RESONATING! Heavily influenced heavily by the Milwaukee music scene, Board of Canada, Coil, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Autechre, Time Constant's music changed as he became increasingly exposed to nature and spiritual consciousness, the land, and the Universe. Comes with a print of an oil painting by Time Constant.
Macrometasomakosmos-001
LP
$6.75

Tractor
S-T
PS, UK "The new Ozit vinyl sets are all deluxe in terms of packaging, gatefold sleeves with PVC protective covers and all 180 gram vinyl based on the Simply Vinyl type of special vinyl re-issues. These sets are limited to 1000 copies only worldwide and will not be around for too long. Great 30th anniversary edition reissue of one of John Peel's Dandelion Records' more successful bands. Tractor, two lads from Rochdale who managed to sound like a complete band, recorded this album in 1972. A classic of progressive rock (that at times sounds like The Pink Fairies' debut and Hawkwind), this remains a creation of rare beauty and inventiveness."
Ozit
LP
$25.00

Various
Local Anesthetic
PS, US In 1981, Wax Trax Records co-owner Duane Davis formed the in-store label Local Anesthetic & released the debut single by Denver band Gluons feat. part-time Colorado resident Allen Ginsberg on vocals. This collection compiles all the 7'' singles released by the label, along w/ 3 other CO punk 7'' gems released prior to their creation. Feat. FRANTIX, WHITE TRASH, YOUNG WEASELS, BUM KON, JERI ROSSI, ROK TOTS, DEFEX, & NAILS.
Smooch-018
CD
$16.00

Various
Soiree Du Coeur A Barbe: Festival Paris Dada
PS, UK A groundbreaking anthology of piano music directly linked to the Dada avant-garde art movement in Paris between 1920 and 1923. Soirée du Coeur à Barbe: Festival Dada Paris is based on the piano repertoire performed at two landmark Dada events in Paris, namely the Festival Dada on 26 May 1920, and the infamous Soirée du Coeur à Barbe on 6 July 1923, an event disrupted by violent confrontation between Tristan Tzara's Dada faction and Surrealists lead by Andre Breton. Music from the 1920 event includes two pieces by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes as well as The American Nurse by Francis Picabia, the latter described as 'three notes repeated to infinity'. Pieces performed at the riotous 1923 soirée include two fox-trots by Georges Auric and Darius Milhaud (both members of the celebrated group Les Six), the four-hand Trois Morceaux en forme de poire by Erik Satie (performed in person by the composer on the night), and Three Easy Pieces by Igor Stravinsky. The CD also includes other pieces such as Satie's bizarre playlet Le Piège de Méduse (premiered in Paris in May 1921), Drie composities voor Klavier by the Belgian-born Dada/Surrealist E.L.T. Mesens, and a piano rendering of Marcel Duchamp's short vocal Musical Erratum of 1913. The CD closes with an historic archive Stravinsky recording from 1925 by Marcelle Meyer, the pianist who performed at both Dada events in 1920 and 1923. Always described in detail in texts on the history of Dada and Surrealism, the music performed at these events is rarely heard, and remarkably this CD marks the first ever recordings of these compositions by Ribemont-Dessaignes, Picabia and Mesens. All were researched and performed for the project by virtuoso Dutch pianist Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen. The booklet includes detailed liner notes by James Hayward, as well as archive images.
LTM-2513
CD
$16.00

Various
Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity
PS, US Tanya Donelly, Britta Phillips, Lori McKenna, Jill Sobule with John Doe, Elk City, Veruca Salt, Kristin Hersh, Josie Cotton, The Watson Twins, and Julie Peel are just some of the outstanding artists covering Neil Young's most popular songs for charity on this 21 track Double CD. All proceeds from this benefit record go to Casting for Recovery. Casting For Recovery is a national nonprofit support and educational program for women who have or have had breast cancer. Casting for Recovery provides an opportunity for women whose lives have been profoundly affected by the disease to gather in a beautiful, natural setting and learn fly-fishing, "a sport for life." The weekend retreats incorporate counseling, educational services and the sport of fly-fishing to promote mental and physical healing. Track Listing: Disk 1: 1. TANYA DONELLY "Heart Of Gold" 2. BRITTA PHILLIPS "I Am A Child" 3. KATE YORK "Comes A Time" 4. LORI MCKENNA "The Needle And The Damage Done" 5. JILL SOBULE with JOHN DOE "Down By The River" 6. VERUCA SALT "Burned" 7. JOSIE COTTON "Cowgirl In The Sand" 8. DALA "A Man Needs A Maid" 9. DARCIE MINER " Ohio " 10. CARMEN TOWNSEND "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" Disk 2: 1. EURO-TRASH GIRL "Cinnamon Girl" 2. JULIE PEEL "I Believe In You" 3. LUFF "Tell Me Why" 4. DALA " Ohio " 5. ELK CITY "Helpless" 6. AMILIA K. SPICER "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" 7. LOUISE POST " Sugar Mountain " 8. THE WATSON TWINS "Powderfinger" 9. KRISTIN HERSH "Like A Hurricane" 10. CINDY WHEELER (CAULFIELD SISTERS) "Old Man" 11. HEIDI GLUCK (SOME GIRLS) "Walk On".
AmericanLaundromat-012
CD
$13.75

Various
Obsession
PS, CANADA Hotly tipped obscure psych compilation from the Canadian Bully label. "All songs were compiled by Mike Davis, owner of Academy Records in NY. Ranging from 1967 to 1973, and from countries such as Turkey, Uruguay and Peru, these are some of his rarest acquisitions over decades of record collecting. Includes some information about each band, even though some of it was practically impossible to track down." Artists include: Atomic Forest, Quarteto Nova Era, Arif Sag, Sonara Casino, Flavio Kurt, Erkin Koray, Novos Bahianos, Los Chikichaka, Arnaud Rodriguez, Ovni 87, Suely E Os Kantikus, Jean Paul 'El Troglodita', Ersen and La Barra De Chocolate.
Bully
CD
$13.75

Venus
Spring 2008
PS, US Juliette Lewis on cover with a feature on Style Idols. Special issue featuring a list of the best female guitarists of all time! Kid Sister, Kate Nash, Kazu Makino, The Lady Tigre & more.
ZINE
$4.25

We're All Gonna Die
Kiss the Ground, Curse the Sky
PS, US The follow up to The Wreck Of The Minot finds these Boston bruisers keeping on & branching out. Jase from LAMONT fills in on bass on this groove & stomp into the ground rock n' roll bar brawl. Look for the band on the road in 2008.
Underdogma-025
CD
$11.00

Wild Swans
Bringing Home the Ashes [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Songs about war and religious faith were not exclusive to U2 in the '80s. Liverpool, England's the Wild Swans ventured into U2 territory on their 1988 debut album, Bringing Home the Ashes, while sustaining their distinctive sound. The haunting voice of Paul Simpson injects every track with emotional weight; whether he is trying to convey joy or sorrow, his icy baritone chills to the bone. His vocals combine Scott Walker's lonely croon with the brooding angst of Ian McNabb from fellow Liverpudlians the Icicle Works... As enthralling as U2 were in the '80s, they never sounded as gorgeous as the Wild Swans do on Bringing Home the Ashes... Simpson's sparkling voice and Kelly's ethereal guitars provide the album with an undeniably romantic feel. Every track is suffused with radiant pop hooks."
WoundedBird
CD
$16.75

Willits, Christopher + Ryuichi Sakamoto
Ocean Fire
PS, US Christopher Willits and Ryuichi Sakamoto's new release, Ocean Fire, is a sublime soundtrack for the ocean. It is an intense and stirring wash of cascading tones and textured harmony. Willits + Sakamoto surprise with rare form in this collaboration, creating a sound world unlike anything they have produced previously. Sakamoto's gorgeous processed piano sound reflects Willits' beautiful shimmering clusters of notes, a new aspect of Willits' pioneering guitar/computer approach. Together, their sounds merge effortlessly, creating deep and seamless swells of gigantic melodic waves.
12K-1046
CD
$12.25

Wipers
Youth of America
PS, US Deluxe reissue of their 2nd LP, from '81. Mastered from the original tapes by Greg Sage himself. One of the most passionate & influential punk records ever. Broken up into 6 long songs, "Youth of America" is a much colder, harrowing experience than the teen angst of their debut.
Jackpot
LP
$18.00

Wolfmangler
Dwelling in a Dead Raven for the Glory of Crucified Wolves
PS, US Vinyl version of the first ever full length from cult/kvlt underground legends. Features D. Smolken, Slavic mastermind of Dead Raven Choir.
AuroraBorealis
LP
$20.00

Yellow Moon Band, The
Maybach EP
PS, UK Recorded in a clay studio with a Fiat Punto, a doll of Lindsay Buckingham, at the home of Steve Hackett in a Vicarage in Mexico City. Three tracks, all killers!! The band will play a pair of release shows. Firstly on Sat 9th Feb at the Gladstone - London, followed be a guest slot with MV+EE in Bristol on Feb 13th. Limited to 500 copies on seven inch wax only. Vinyl comes in a facsimile harvest house bag.
StaticCaravan-155
45
$7.75

Forthcoming Releases

Adorable
Footnotes: Best Of (92-94) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH)
PS, UK First compilation of songs from former Creation Records artists Adorable. Contains tracks from both their albums on Creation released in the early 1990's, along with non-album singles and B-sides -- all seven singles released by the band. Also included is a new edit of 'Glorious' from the debut 'Against Perfection', which is exclusive to this release. All tracks included have been deleted & unavailable for several years. Includes a 20-page booklet with exclusive new extensive liner notes from all four band members - especially written for this release - along with photos, classic sleeve images & items from their personal archives.
CherryRed-327
CD
$15.50

Atlas Sound
Let the Blind Lead Those (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 18TH)
PS, US One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop-based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote. The result is 14 Songs of melancholy & mania.
Kranky-114
CD
$11.00

Autistic Daughters
Uneasy Flowers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US This intercontinental trio of Dean Roberts (guitar, vocals), Martin Brandlmayr (percussion, computer) & Werner Dafeldecker (guitar, bass). It's also the 4th in a series of records in which Roberts, having begun in more abstract territory in New Zealand's mid-1990s 'free noise' ferment, has embraced song, lyric & voice as vessels for topographic & psychoanalytic tracings of the impacts of territory & nomadism on the subject. Feat. Chris Abrahams of THE NECKS, Martin Siewert & Valerio Tricoli - as part of both cast & crew, foley artists behind the trio's complex, worm-turning arrangements.
Kranky-115
CD
$12.25

Baldwin, Matt
Paths of Ignition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US Unlike many of his peers, he looks beyond the traditions of Fahey (whom he calls "a teacher" not a god), bringing portentous & progressive elements into his music, alongside a dreamy country lilt. He covers Krautrock legends Neu! ("Weissensee") & metal Vikings Judas Priest ("Winter"), & culls inspiration from prog heroes Yes on the closing epic "Rainbow." His music comes on like a creeping moss, verdant but threatening, comforting yet unsettling.
AmericanDust
CD
$16.00

Baldwin, Matt
Paths of Ignition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AmericanDust
LP
$16.00

Beach House
Devotion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US The familiar organs, slide guitars & reverb are intact but they offer some new directions here. Having developed their craft exponentially since last year's debut, their new record is a crisp recording that showcases a set of fuller & richer songs, with the band taking the pop duo format to the limit.
Carpark
CD
$15.00

Beach House
Devotion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Carpark
LP
$17.00

Beequeen
Sandancing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US After the by now usual gap of some two years, Beequeen is ready to present their latest album, further maturing their sound from 'The Bodyshop' (also on Important Records). More song based, this album features new vocals by Olga Wallis solely (with some backing by Freek Kinkelaar). Well-rounded popsongs in some places, but Beequeen never forgets to put in some strange element, without leaping in the dark alley of pointless experiment. Orchestral in 'The Illogical Song', collage like in 'The Edie Three Step' or a simple rhythm machine in 'The Honeythief'. Beequeen does all, and with great care and seemingly ease. This album features also the help of Barry Gray, former (and first) guitarist of The Legendary Pink Dots, and would not have been the album that is without the invaluable production skills of Erik Drost.
Important-177
CD
$12.25

Beequeen
Sandancing Demos (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 300 copies in heavy duty screen printed jackets by Monoroid. The Sandancing Demos 10", as it's title suggests, contains the original ideas that birthed Beequeen's wonderful new album Sandancing. Original versions, rough mixes & home demos plus an unreleased track.
Important-186
10
$14.75

Bitcrush
Epilogue in Waves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US '"Epilogue in Waves" is the third album from n5MD main-man Mike Cadoo's ever evolving Bitcrush moniker. The album is the soundtrack to a story which begins with a sense of hope, but whose undercurrents pull you to the end you feared. Epilogue in Waves marks the end of Cadoo's "wading in the ocean" thematic metaphor for lost time that constituted the backbone of his previous album, "In Distance." As his self-described "rock record," the album eschews some of Cadoo's previous electronic methodologies for a more stripped-down songwriting style which utilizes only guitars, basses and drums. This experiment in the basics has led to a sonically rich release that still contains those warm musical crevices to find solace in. Epilogue in Waves will please fans of previous works by Bitcrush as well as neophytes to Cadoo's brand of emotional and sometimes epic songwriting.
n5MD-156
CD
$12.00

Black Fortress of Opium
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH)
PS, US Inspired by the lore surrounding a little town in Turkey , Afyonkarahisar, which translates into "Black Fortress of Opium." Their self-titled debut album was recorded in Brooklyn, NY by Martin Bisi (IGGY POP, SONIC YOUTH, DRESDEN DOLLS) over the course of seven months in 2007. The 10 original tracks are often reminiscent of Middle or Near Eastern sounds channeled through American folk instrumentation (mandolin, banjo) as well as e-bowed electric guitars, with female vocals that alternate between powerful and soulful to soft and mournful.
Afyonkarahisar
CD
$10.00

Blau, Karl
AM (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH)
PS, US Karl Blau is a talented, busy guy. A member of the MICROPHONES, one third of D+ w/ Phil Elvrum & Bret Lunsford (BEAT HAPPENING), & most recently the bassist for LAURA VIERS' back up band. The landmark album of his career carried by up & coming Chicago label Whistler, AM is his psych-folk ode to author A.A. Milne. The music may evoke early Byrds, Syd Barrett & Skylarking-era XTC but its is unmistakably Karl Blau.
Whistler
CD
$10.00

Boeoes Kaelstigen
Pan European (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN "The music is sharp-edged, a suggestive hybrid of minimal, luxurious Giorgio Moroder Italo and melodramatic black and white air busses. Boeoes Kaelstigen's beats and desolate keyboard lines makes you long for a future in the sign of modernity."
Adrian-12
12
$10.50

Borko
Celebrating Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 1ST)
PS, GERMANY Celebrating Life is the first full-length release from Icelandic artist Björn Kristiansson and reflects a life in music full of experiences. The oldest of these eight tracks are up to six years old, and Morr label-head Thomas Morr has been their eager and attentive listener. How does a punch in the belly sound? Kristiansson has written a song about it called "Spoonstabber," where you'll hear an elegiac Tetris, encapsulated by delaying beats, tumbling samples, guitars, trumpets and a melody that goes on for an eternity. Borko - who also works as a musician for film and theater as well as a music teacher at a primary school in Reykjavik - expresses melancholy and nostalgia through rhythm-machines. His songs can reach dramatic heights with climbing melodies, as well as play up the stoicism of repetition and modulation. His work at the laptop and mixing desk live on stage have helped fuel his inspiration as well as childhood prog rock LPs, Jim O'Rourke's ear and electronica's warmth.
Morr-080
CD
$15.00

Borko
Celebrating Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 1ST)
PS, GERMANY VINYL VERSION!!!
Morr-080
LP
$15.00

Boy Omega
Hope On The Horizon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SPAIN On "Hope on the Horizon", Boy Omega (Swedish genius Martin Henrik Gustafsson) follows up his critically acclaimed 2006-albums "The Black Tango" and "The Grey Rainbow", with yet another impressive collection of songs that showcase the growth of his songwriting. As always when you hear a new Boy Omega-record, there's something new going on. This time it's a lot less electronic than before. This is something warm and analog, featuring big walls of strings, horns, acoustic pianos etc. It sounds melancholic and drenched with the bitter beauty of life. Besides from recording "Hope...", releasing two albums, a tour-cd (feat. 15 rare tracks and covers), two singles, the split CD "If we were oceans" and appearing on the Magnetic Fields tribute CD "Our love is meaningless", Boy Omega also managed to play more than 60 shows in 2006. Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and the UK were frequently visited. In the summer they played the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, The End of the road festival in the UK along with artists such as Ryan Adams, Ed Harcourt and Badly Drawn Boy. They also did shows together with Isobel Campbell, Akron/Family, The Hidden Cameras and Jason Collett. "Fans of Sufjan Stevens and Elliott Smith will feel a kinship to these allusive tunes ... A fascinating series of snapshots, both disarming and engaging ... something incredibly fragile and perfectly crafted." - UNCUT "Sad songs and little-boy-lost vocals recall Bright Eyes, but his settings are all his own, mixing lo-fi sensibilities with gnarly electronics, warm cellos, lustrous violins, banjo and sax to lush effect ... One to watch." - THE INDEPENDENT "Naked and bare but still powerful, and not self-pitiful as so many others in the same genre." - GROOVE
Acuarela-1079
CD
$13.50

Braxton, Anthony
Quartet (GTM) 2006 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH)
PS, US Four-disc box set contains four Ghost Trance compositions recorded with Braxton playing reeds, Carl Testa on bass, Aaron Siegal on percussion & Max Heath on piano. The box also contains a definitive essay by Braxton on his Ghost Trance compositions.
Important-184
CD-BOX
$26.50

Cash, Brent
How Will I Know If I'm Awake (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, GERMANY The Marina label presents the debut release from Athens, GA-based Brent Cash. Sounding like a lost sunshine pop classic from the '60s, How Will I Know If I'm Awake is overflowing with hook-laden choruses, multi-layered vocal harmonies and lush, sophisticated arrangements. It's the sound of endless summers and good vibrations. From the start, multi-instrumentalist Cash decided to record his songs like "they did it back then," hiring the best musicians in town and assembling a mini-orchestra featuring strings, brass and even a harp. The results are simply stunning. From the opening chords of "Everything That's Grey," we enter melody wonderland, a place where major 7 chords rule and beautiful vocal harmonies dazzle your mind. "Digging The Fault Line" is full of Byrds guitar jangle, sounding like the perfect soundtrack to cruise into golden California sunsets (with a great Wes Montgomery-like guitar solo along the way). "Only Time" explodes with 100 % fat-free youthful euphoria -- Roger Nichols meets The 5th Dimension. While deeply rooted in '60s songwriting -- influenced by Bacharach, Wilson, McCartney, and yes, The Monkees -- Cash certainly has his own unique signature style. Just listen to "And Had We Ever?" and "I Think I'm Falling In Love" -- with its complex, enchanting textures, ignoring conventional song structures. "Love Is Burning Down Tonight" -- a striking duet between Brent and Amanda Kapousouz -- is a special highlight of the album, while "Good Morning Sunshine" could be the theme song to the best TV series in the world -- the harpsichord-driven piece is chock-full of amazing twists and turns of melodic beauty. "This Sea, These Waves" moves us into bossa nova territory -- starting off in a classic Getz/Gilberto mould, the song soon morphs into heavenly orchestrated Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 elegance. "More Than Everything," clocking in at over six minutes, ends this beautiful song circle with a great final statement about overcoming heartbreak, delivered with the sincerity of a Carpenters record. Music made the way it was meant to be heard.
Marina
CD
$16.25

Chatham, Rhys & His Guitar Trio All-Stars
Guitar Trio Is My Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US Utilizing multiple electric guitars and a single chord, 1977's "Guitar Trio" is composer RHYS CHATHAM'S signature work, and a euphoric, minimal-punk classic. Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Guitar Trio" on an epic scale, Chatham musters an all-star guitar army for the 3xCD set, "GUITAR TRIO IS MY LIFE!" The sprawling collection FEATURES MEMBERS OF SONIC YOUTH, SWANS, TORTOISE, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, HÜSKER DÜ, MODERN LOVERS, SILVER MT. ZION, TOWN AND COUNTRY, DIE KREUTZEN, 90-DAY MEN, COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES, and many more; even TONY CONRAD gets in on the act. Together these artists celebrate Chatham's wordless anthem, with its minimalist origins, rock & roll rhythm, ecstatic whorl of harmonics, and ever-evolving, ever-expanding nature. So, take a listen, and hear what one man can do with hundreds of guitars, 30 years, one chord, and a skyscraper of amps set to Liquefy. "Guitar Trio" endures.
TableoftheElements-813
3XCD
$21.00

Club 8
Spring Came, Rain Fell + 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to announce the third of four CD album re-issues by Sweden's kings & queens of happysad indie pop. Club 8s third album "Spring came, rain fell" is released with original artwork and five (5) bonus tracks. "Spring came, rain fell" was the start of a whole new era for Club 8. They had just bought their own recording equipment and started the now famous Summersound Studio together with fellow band Acid House Kings and from this a whole new level of creativity emerged. You can tell Club 8 enjoyed their newly found freedom with a studio of thier own. "Spring came, rain fell" is sparkling of experimental lust. Without ever losing their touch for seductive pop melodies Club 8 here produces songs and sounds ranging from dub and electronica to smokey trip hop and folky and acoustic pop. They did everything just because they could do it and because they loved doing. "Club 8 use the studio to bring the best out in every song ... shafts of melodica shine a light through Komstedt's dewy fatalism. It may be bleak, but you can't stop returning." - MOJO "As summer slips away, wallow in some Scandinavian sadness with this Swedish duo's wonderfully soothing (UK) début." - TIME OUT (London)
Labrador
CD
$13.50

Club 8
Strangely Beautiful + 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to present the fourth of four CD album re-issues by one of Sweden's most influential indie pop bands. Club 8s fifth album "Strangely beautiful" is released with original artwork and nothing less than five (5) bonus tracks. "Strangely beautiful" was the last of three albums in Club 8's productive peak between 2001 and 2003. Within a time frame of less than two years the band managed to release three full-length albums and two Eps without ever losing on quality. Quite the opposite, "Strangely beautiful" was by many considered their best album to date. "Strangely Beautiful is Club 8's best and most varied record to date...on this album, the band's trademark blend of soft indie pop guitars, perky dance beats, melancholy synthesizers, and sweet and innocent vocals remains intact, but Johan Angergard, the chief architect of Club 8's sound, seems to have spent some effort trying to expand their sound a little. The work pays off handsomely and the album sounds full of life and energy." ALL MUSIC Their previous album "Spring came, rain fell" had been a very diverse history ranging from electronica and dub to acoustic pop. Therefor it came natural for Club 8 to move in the opposite direction on their next album and make a more homogeneous album. "Strangely beautiful" mostly revolved around guitar based and melancholic pop music. But there was, as always, tracks that stood out as completely different from the rest. And in typical Club 8 manner this track, "Saturday night engine", was chosen to be the single. This noisy and Northern Soul-inspired track was a clear forerunner to The Legends "Up against the Legends". But that's another story.
Labrador
CD
$13.50

Club 8
The Friend I Once Had + 6 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN Reissue. With a glittery mix of jangly guitars, bossa nova and sophisticated, melancholic pop melodies, "The Friend I Once Had" was a big step forwards for Club 8. Their debut album "Nouvelle" may be regarded, as a twee pop classic by some but the band would happily rather bury most the songs under a rock. This is the album they wish was their debut. "All bubble-pop, break beats, and xylophones, Friend I Once Had was a step forward from the fey gestures Club 8 had once been known for." ALL MUSIC GUIDE "...showcases lusher, bouncier songs suitable for both easy listening and sophisticated grooving .... music that you will immediately cherish..." CMJ "It is absolutely essential to own at least one Lp by this group. I'd probably suggest this one as the place to start, but you really can't go wrong." 10 + INDIESPINZONE "The friend I once had" was not only a first step towards the band's characteristically elegant, yet melancholic, "Club 8 - sound"; it was a step towards a much bigger (and possibly wider) audience. The album gained critical success and reached thousands of new listeners in the US, Europe and Japan and they even had a minor hit with the single "Missing you". Ironically, this is the only song from the album parts of the band can no longer stand. "The Friend I Once Had" celebrates 10 years and remains a minor Swedish pop classic. A must have for just about anyone genuinely interested in quality POP.
Labrador
CD
$13.50

Club 8
Club 8 + 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to present the second of four CD album re-issues by Sweden's melancholic pop heroes. Club 8s self-titled third is released with original artwork and two (2) bonus tracks. It took three years from the previous album "The friend I once had" to the release of "Club 8" and listening to the albums after one and another it's obvious how much they'd changed in absence. This album definitely moved the band in a new direction. And you can tell directly from the first song on "Club 8". "Love in december" is breathtaking, soulful pop imbued by dark Scandinavian winter atmosphere and bittersweet melancholy. "If a lover's arms were as soft and sultry as the music on Club 8, returning to them again and again would pose little conflict, and the same goes for slipping into Club 8." ROLLING STONE
Labrador
CD
$13.50

Coniglio, Enrico
'dyanMU (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, IRELAND Dark Ambient/Piano works. Enrico Coniglio presents his second album on Irish label Psychonavigation Records. A slight change of style from the Italian producers critically acclaimed previous work 'Areavirus Topofonie Volume 1'. This time around in between Coniglio's abstract ambient soundscapes were greeted by short piano pieces from the talented musician Elisa Marzorati. A delicate and minimal contemporary Ambient work partly based on the piano preludes of Claude Debussy. The album also boasts a sample from the legendary producer Robert Fripp. The guitarist kindly granted Enrico the right to use a sample from his 'The Gates Of Paradise' album.
Psychonavigation-022
CD
$15.50

Corsano, Chris
The Young Cricketer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th)
PS, US "The Young Cricketer" is CHRIS CORSANO'S debut of Frankenstein/gamelan skin detail. It's a monster and a babe all wrapped under the guise of "The Solo Drum Album". Corsano's flea-market kit of cast-iron pot lids, super-bouncy-balls on sticks, butter knives, and even a sax mouthpiece jammed-in-a-hose conjures a part rhythmic maelstrom, like a Milford Graves drip painting, and the sweet metallic ice drones of Tony Conrad and Keiji Haino rubbing sticks together until end days. Globally known for a dozen scorched/power jazz sessions with sax blower Paul Flaherty and a cadre of collaborators and groups (Jandek, Bjork, Jim O'Rourke, Dream/Aktion Unit, Vampire Belt, Michael Flower, Dredd Foole, etc.), Corsano's drumming has leapt from post-hardcore explorations into outrageous, primeval and outright futuristic depth during his past 10 years of recorded documentation. This LP is a field recording of wire, skin, metal and soul -- not tunes for yr neighbor's bongo party. Originally issued on Corsano's own Hot Cars Warp label as a CDR, this LP IS REMASTERED AND ISSUED IN A 600 EDITION.
FamilyVineyard-51
LP
$12.25

Country Funk
S-T [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, UK Few artist names or album titles have ever been so misleading as this band's. Though there are certainly elements of funk and country in the mix, their beautifully crafted songs and harmonies (to say nothing of some biting electric guitar) are far closer in feel to the West Coast psychedelia of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Originally released in 1970 on Polydor, the album is a long-lost gem that is sure to please fans of U.S. West Coast rock -- it certainly appealed to Beck, who sampled one of its tracks on his Odelay album.
Fallout
CD
$16.25

Creteens
4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA)
PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover & a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl.
Contaminated-009
45
$6.00

Crow Tongue
Ghost Eye Seeker (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH)
PS, US Crow Tongue's first full length finds them summoning distant howls from the fog of night. Fingerpicked strings & Eastern
instruments recall CT's musical heritage (the acid-folk of Stone Breath), but here they are layered with primitive homemade instruments, circuit-bent electronics & mantric drones. "Ghost Eye Gaze" opens the album with a 5-part drone-raga, improvised to back a shamanic chant, pushing from free-folk to free-noise & back again. "Seeker" follows in 2 parts with bass dulcimer & tablas leading into an electric swarmandal excursion. The album closes with "Candle, Corpse, and Bell" where Crow Tongue shows their dub influence with guimbri & tabla-machine slowly spinning through the echochamber.
Hand/Eye-034
CD
$11.75

Crystal Castles
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH)
PS, US Highly anticipated debut full length release from Toronto-based electro duo. Following a huge word-of-mouth
fan base, the duo has recieved substantial support on PITCHFORK, and have remixed songs for BLOC PARTY and KLAXONS.
LastGang
CD
$14.25

Dear, Matthew
Asa Breed Black Edition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US It's not often an album containing bluesy guitar & brooding folk reaches #20 on Billboard's electronic charts. Now, w/ this release, critics & audiences will be able to re-discover one of 2007's most unique releases re-packaged to incl. remixes & re-envisionings from FOUR TET, M.A.N.D.Y., DJ KOZE & HOT SHIP! Also incl. "Don & Sherri" video!
GhostlyInternational
CD
$10.25

DeVotchKa
Mad and Faithful Telling (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH)
PS, US The times have finally caught up with acclaimed Denver quartet DeVotchKa. Not long ago when the band unloaded their instruments - a violin, a tuba and an accordion, among others - into a rock club, they were told they must be in the wrong place. They created music that was Grammy nominated (DeVotchKa created the soundtrack for the indie smash Oscar winning film Little Miss Sunshine) without the benefit of a huge promotion team or runaway budget, instead relying only on their own efforts by self-releasing their records. And they crafted gems of songs by mixing a beautiful blend of Eastern European bohemia, American prairie rock and distinctive indie and called it pop, rather than world, music. Now, the band is au courant, poised to shine on with their Anti- Records debut A Mad and Faithful Telling. From the cinematic richness of "Transliterator" to the modern pop experiment of "The Clockwise Witness," to the soaring and wrenching "Undone," DeVotchKa have produced a career-defining record and the world is listening. THE ONION: "DeVotchkA gets pegged with all kinds of farfetched descriptions - but despite all their trappings, which include admittedly exotic elements, Nick Urata and company concoct impeccable pop songs, the kind that fuse memory and memorability with swaying darkness and glittering soul."
Anti
CD
$14.75

Diebold
Listen To My Heartbeast (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US Duo featuring Ian Ilvansky from A SILVER MT. ZION and Sofia Trudeau from GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR.
Bangor
CD
$14.25

Dirtbombs
We Have You Surrounded (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Jam-packed w/ more of their soulful, Detroit-style, fuzztone fueled garage-punkpop- rock 'n' roll that has made them a popular favorite w/ club-goers around the globe. This record carries on the tradition w/ fantastic takes on songs by comic artist Alan Moore, stalwarts Dead Moon, & labelmates Sparks. That said, the originals here are what you really want to write home about. From the Stooge-oid "Ever Lovin' Man" to the finger-poppin' "Indivisible" to the extendo free-form psych jam of "Race To The Bottom" to the Euro-pop of "La Fin Du Monde"
IntheRed
CD
$14.25

Dixon, Andy
Mice of Mt. Career (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US This billows w/ a concentration of thick pop, live instrumentation, & multi-cultural musical references. It runs the gamut of emotion, from bitter sweet hooks to murky, claustrophobic dirges. His voice, guitar playing, & songwriting burst w/ a fresh, vibrant energy. Andy Dixon is in SECRET MOMMY.
Ache-036
CD
$12.00

Doleful Lions
7 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2008)
PS, US After clearing the vaults with their previous album, Song Cyclops Volume Two, Doleful Lions return with a new lineup, direction, and wisdom. 7 represents the next step in the evolution of Doleful Lions, marrying their keen pop sensibilities with a new adventurous sound... The usual folk guitar strummings of their previous releases have been replaced with an eclectic mix of electronically-informed, epic song structures and a focused lyrical intensity. They have used 7 to explore other sonic horizons. 7 is a truly adventurous album in all regards; an album that has ventured further beyond any music created by the Doleful Lions in the past.
Parasol-CD-108
CD
$9.00

Dot Tape Dot
Tomavistas: (Selected Rarities 2002-2007) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Daniel Romero is a multi-faceted musician based in Asturias, north of Spain. In a very short time he has molded a very personal discourse based on constructing low-budget electronic pop with lo-fi, toy instruments, combined with stunning homemade visuals. "Tomavistas" is something like an old video camera - literally taking in and recording the landscapes of contemplative, visual sound. It is a collection of Daniel Romero's rarities and personal favorites recorded as dot tape dot, spanning the years 2002 - 2007. "Tomavistas" is born of love of the domestic flavor of the "underground" and the pleasure derived spending time making music for this scene. Considering the difficulty for listeners to find these tracks, it became time to compile them along with other, little known pieces and clears out space for a new personal stockpile to be built. These 12 tracks are taken from limited edition compilations, vinyl only releases and "unofficial" albums, from labels in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Mexico, UK and Canada. This collection is intended to serve as a retrospective for fans, highlighting different musical stages, or a perfect introduction for new listeners, revealing a background upon which to consider future output. 1. Come to me 2. Df fragment 3. Rosa Luxemburger 4. Slow Birds For Mayo T 5. Miracolo a Milano 6. A Russian Poet 7. Pal Talk 2 (morning) 8. Rounded Tree 9. Ventano 10. Disaster 11. Making Waves 12. With Paul (Bluehouse Edit)
OtherElectricites-012
CD
$12.25

Doubtful Guest
Acid Sauna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PlanetMu
3XLP
$18.75

Doubtful Guest
Acid Sauna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US This debut ushers in a new era of acid. Gone are the electro party jams, gone is the funky squiggle. This dark, suffocating stuff is full of nightmares & claustrophobic details that send shivers up one's spine. Not afraid to show her classical upbringing (she trained as an opera singer) & jazz heritage (granddaughter of J.B. Floyd), Libby Floyd infuses the rave sound w/ doom & dread.
PlanetMu
CD
$16.00

Dreamers, The
Day For Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN The Dreamers are an Anglo/Swedish duo featuring Sarah Nyberg Pergament (Action Biker) and Kevin Wright (Always and Mr. Wright, on él, Le Grand Magistery and Siesta). After meeting at a Swedish music festival in 2004, the pair began making music together via London, Stockholm and Helsinki, and fusing jazz pop, bossanova, and soundtrack music. With "Day for Night" the Dreamers have made--to paraphrase Michel Legrand on Tom Jobim- the sad music that makes the world a better place. Influences: Stan Tracey, Caetano Veloso, Colleen, Francoise Hardy, Kryzystof Komeda, Matching Mole, Anna Karina, Bill Evans, Monica Zetterlund, Nara Leao, Bernard Herrmann, Nico... "[A] male/female duo with the vocal texture and cadence of Broadcast's Trish Keenan, but with its own musicality, personality and atmosphere set in a breeze-blown, sun-drenched pasture, the record is really charming and full of self-assured confidence - light on its feet in that Brazilian way and positive in that modern indie way, but solid and thoughtfully written. The Dreamers are very easy to like but definitely not just another guilty pleasure." - Other Music, NYC
FriendlyNoise-055
CD
$13.50

Earth
Bee Made Honey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US This finds Dylan Carlson & the band growing into a harder, more rock, american Gospel & impovisitory direction framed by truly psychedelic production & blazing guitar sounds. They show their affinity w/ a nod to the best elements of the more adventurous San Francisco bands of the late 60's & 70's, & the more spiritually aware & exciting forms of Jazz-Rock from the same era. This is no nostalgia trip but a thoroughly inspired & original metamorphosis. Feat. BILL FRISELL doing some of his most fuzzed out playing in years!
SouthernLord
CD
$14.00

Earth, Roots & Water
Innocent Youths (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1977. First reissue of this now-extinct material featuring contributions from reggae greats Johnny Osbourne, Carl Dawkins, Adrian "Homer" Miller & Bunny Brown from The Chosen Few. Heavy bass, drums, reverb, echo, roots vocals, keys, guitar, percussion & Brown's wild style behind the controls.
LightInTheAttic
CD
$12.50

Earth, Roots & Water
Innocent Youths (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LightInTheAttic
LP
$14.25

Eleh & Sun Circle
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH)
PS, US Essential limited edition 180-gram vinyl release pressed in an edition of 500 copies. Eleh's pure analog drones are a perfect complement to Sun Circle's ecstatic high-volume compositions. Eleh's track is a slight departure from the sub-sonic bass-heavy drones of their first two records. This time around there is more emphasis on a glistening shimmer. Sun Circle's Important debut is psychoacoustic minimalism meets psychedelic maximalism: ecstatic high-volume drones, long-form trance musics & peace noise performed with bowed strings, voices, organs, percussion & world instruments.
Important
LP
$15.00

Enduser
Left (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US END.USER is one of the cornerstones of the modern eclectic electronic music. Support from BBC Radio's Mary Anne Hobbs and a list of DJs too long to fit on a one sheet, from many different genres, and releases across many platforms have built him into a juggernaut. A usually prolific artist, having recorded for Hymen, Ad Noiseam, Sublight, Cargo, and many others, he took 2007 off, working on something very special - his debut album on Ohm Resistance. Having relocated to San Francisco, a new lease on his creative power is demonstrated adroitly over the entire album. Album: left shows the most range of END.USER's album making career. Intensely personal, intensely musical, and just plain INTENSE at points, the album showcases a spectacular array of skills across the board. From radio play material ("black light") with Aussie vocalist Sol Thomas, to collaborations with and remixes by influential electronic acts SCORN and COUNTERSTRIKE, to absolutely stunning, no boundaries drum n bass, the album is diverse and full of powerful compositions. Compelling from start to finish, left is the culmination of more than a year's work. Label: Ohm Resistance is Brooklyn's premier experimental electronic label. Loaded with power, from Scorn, to Bill Laswell's Method of Defiance, to Enduser and Submerged, the label has transformed from drum n bass 12" powerhouse to cutting edge electronic project pioneer.
OhmResistance-07
CD
$12.25

English, Lawrence/Ai Yamamoto
Plateau (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Over the past three years Ai Yamamoto and Lawrence English have been exploring the ideas and linkages between field recordings, texture and minimal electronics. Occasionally crossing paths around Australia and sharing the odd live performance together, the duo realized they shared a strong interest in the character of sound and the creation of sonic works that carry a strong sense of suggested narrative and memory (both invented and real). On Plateau, they create evocative and generously textured passages of sound that mask gentle field recordings collected across the globe including Yamamoto's home prefecture of Nara, Japan where English also spent time. Considered In worldwide as the "Bible" of modern, cutting edge and new music and in publication now for over 20 years is the U.K. monthly magazine, The Wire, here is what they had to say upon review of "Plateau" in the February 2006 edition: A man of many collaborations, Lawrence English joins fellow Australian sound artist Ai Yamamoto for Plateau, a somber album of impressionist fragments connected more by mood and ambience than by movement and composition. As in his previous work with Tujiko Noriko DJ Olive and Philip Samartzis, English applies a considerable amount of DSP-distilled polish to the ensuing sounds, whether they are textured field recordings, rasping tam-tams or post-Eno dronescapes. Considering that Plateau jumps from tonefloat shimmer to wintry Durutti Column guitar flourishes to a music box palindrome and back to a bout of ominous minimalism, English's production serves to encase the entire album with a consistent aura. Plateau's numerous stylistic transitions and melodic interludes never veer far from a compelling if fragile melancholy.
Phonostatique-007
CD
$15.00

Envy
A Dead Sinking Story (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-131
DLP
$14.25

Envy
A Dead Sinking Story (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US Originally released in 2003 ON LEVEL PLANE RECORDS, the album expanded ENVY'S American audience, and marked the first time the band toured North America. The original vinyl pressing sold out immediately, and not surprisingly now fetches over $100 on eBay. Here, finally, both CD and LP formats are repackaged and re-released along with the lion's share of their seminal back catalog. The vinyl has been remastered, sounding better than ever. Along with their now-legendary second album, "All the Footprints That You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead" (also reissued recently by TEMPORARY RESIDENCE), "A Dead Sinking Story" is widely regarded as an innovative high-water mark for hardcore. These two albums are justifiably viewed as modern hardcore classics whose monumental footsteps created an unending ripple.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-131
CD
$9.00

Eprhyme
Punklezmerap (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US Enter EPRHYME: a rapper with more on his mind than his money; a Jew with issues other than his mother. A cultural nomad with roots in seemingly contradictory cultural contexts, Eprhyme approaches both Judaism and Hip Hop with a profound respect for tradition, balanced by creative freedom and poetic license. Not afraid to experiment or cross boundaries of content and style, Eprhyme blends and juxtaposes seemingly divergent sounds and ideas into a swirling and seamless whole.
Krecords-114
45
$3.75

Evangelista
Hello, Voyager (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US New band featuring CARLA BOZLICH. Raw, beautifully ravaged, semi-improvised soundscapes featuring Carla's incantatroy sung and spoken lyrics on the opening & closing tracks, with the rest of the record more overtly composed.
Constellation-050
CD
$14.25

Evangelista
Hello, Voyager (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation-050
LP
$16.25

Experimental Aircraft
Third Transmission (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US This Austin band has been described as lush, ethereal, soothing and beautiful, thanks to front woman/guitarist Rachel Staggs' gorgeous, breathy-yetapocalyptic
vocals and heavily distorted instruments.
Graveface-023
CD
$11.50

Fahey, John
Mill Pond (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH)
PS, US Originally released on vinyl only. Limited edition CD reissue includes the first-ever collection of Fahey's paintings in the accompanying booklet. His music has been called folk, blues, bluegrass, noise, and even (gasp!) new age. On this EP, Fahey uses heavy reverb, electric slide & feedback to create an eerie mood. The Mill Pond is all over the place stylistically, so it should confuse those who try to pigeonhole Fahey into any one category. It further proves that there is only one category into which he fits: truly innovative guitar genius.
Important-183
CD
$12.50

Few Nolder
No Mo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US This follows this year's current trend for druggy wonk w/ a simple techno groove w/some floor-fuelling synthline progressions to make your head feel like it's getting smaller. "Brenn," on the flip, is a little more refined, attempting a more streamlined Kompakt or Traum style.
PlanetMu
12
$7.25

Fine Arts Showcase, The
Sings Rough Bunnies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN RESTOCKING THIS TITLE BY LATE-JAN, EARLY-FEB! Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase, and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant. The short version: TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi duo The Rough Bunnies. The bonus, on top of it all, twist to the album is that it is mastered by the legendary Mr Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub!

The long version: This is an album of many stories. Gustaf Kjellvander and his friends in The Fine Arts Showcase have made a covers album, entirely based on songs from the Swedish, rather unknown, jangly, lo-fi band Rough Bunnies. Why is that? Let's make Gustaf himself explain: "I was first introduced to Anna Vermina and her cousin Frida, the founding members of Rough Bunnies and Inside Riot, through mutual friends. Frida gave me a CD-R just days before they were about to move to Berlin. About six months later I was looking for someone to rent my spare room. I bumped into Frida by chance, who told me she had moved back from Berlin to Malmö and needed a place to stay - so she moved in. I was already smitten by Inside Riot at this time, and when Frida played me the songs they had recorded in Berlin, along with the Rough Bunnies record C-sides, it blew me away. I played it to everyone who came over to my house. They became an obsession that carries on to this day. I knew I wanted the Fine Arts Showcase to cover their songs. The problem was that with a catalogue of songs as amazing as theirs it was hard to pick just one, so I came up with the idea that we should do an entire record instead (in the Merle Haggard sings Jimmy Rodgers tradition). And here it is: a musical love letter to two of my favorite songwriters, a celebration of the pop geniuses of the Vermina family. Rough Bunnies (and their twin group Inside Riot) have inspired me more than any other band this side of the millennium and this record is my way of thanking them. Rough Bunnies Saved My Life" -Gustaf Kjellvander

WIRELESS BOLLINGER REVIEW: "But the hook that makes this album fun isn't just the fact that most of the tales told in each song are full of girly sweetness. Rather it's the Fine Arts Showcase sound itself - and in particular, Kjellvander's sensationally produced voice, mixing with the aforementioned feminie splendour of Rough Bunnies' original words, that make it work so well. Instead of coming across as simply a cute, slightly cheeky female pop record, what we've got here is an album by a man who's lovingly singing through diary entries, discovering her fascinations, disappointments, sexuality, crushes - the works. This grown male's perspective on adolescent female territory delivers a fresh-sounding positive romanticism to Sings Rough Bunnies; and it's bloody infectious."
Adrian-051
CD
$14.00

Gazelle
Sunblown (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008)
PS, US Debut album from local scene super-duo parlaying overcast electro-rock dreamscapes. Features Jeff Dimpsey (Hum, National Skyline, Honcho Overload, Poster Children, etc) and Adam Fein (Absinthe Blind). Features a guest appearance from Adam's sister Erin, vocalist for Headlights.
AHiddenAgendaRecord-090
CD
$9.00

Glorytellers
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Southern
LP
$13.50

Glorytellers
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US First release for this new project featuring Geoff Farina, frontman for KARATE & SECRET STARS. Abstract harmonies, urgent vocal style, pristine pre -WWII guitar & drum sounds, bass lines thumb-picked on an acoustic guitar , and 50 year old cymbals make this one hell of an interesting American songbook.
Southern
CD
$13.50

Goldfrapp
Seventh Tree (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US This is written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory & was recorded at their own studio deep in the English countryside. It shimmers & shines w/ the warmth of a hazy summer, an electric whirlpool of sound over which singer Alison Goldfrapp's glistening voice soars.
Mute
CD
$16.00

Goldfrapp
Seventh Tree (DELUXE) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Deluxe Edition features a DVD of behind the scenes footage, videos & interviews, as well as a pull-out poster, postcards and exquisite packaging.
Mute
CD/DVD
$21.00

Guapo
Elixirs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US The album transcends any musical antecedents for which they've been acknowledged in the past. Instead, the music here explores the outermost regions of psychedelic composition. Flickers of Popol Vuh, This Heat, Magma, Third Ear Band, Moondog, & early-70s Miles Davis are present, as the dense orchestration & finespun virtuosity create a richness previously hinted at but until now never fully realized.
Neurot-052
CD
$14.25

Higgins, Gary
Red Hash (LP+7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US This is your chance to grab at a letter perfect reproduction of a folk rock classic from the early 1970s. Don't space!
DragCity
LP
$18.00

Howlin' Rain
Magnificent Fiend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US Feat. members of THE CUTS, DRUNK HORSE & COMETS ON FIRE. By turns pummeling & pastoral, this oscillates between roaring, all-stops-out, Hammond organ-driven tracks & delicate electric piano passages, topped by harmonized, often dissonant guitar lines. Toss in counter-melodic bass, sometimes quirky breaks, & extended instrumental sequences that ascend to the heavens or cascade softly, softly from the skies in sparkling showers of gunpowder & smoke.
Birdman
LP
$16.00

Judys, The
Washarama [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008)
PS, US The original 'Washarama' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! With six bonus tracks from "The Wonderful World of Applainces" EP. The Judy's first full-length and most popular recording, Washarama was a watershed event in the Texas new wave scene and solidified the band's status as the state's most original and daring musical provocateurs. The album perfectly captures the band's quirky sensibility and their signature minimalist sound. The twelve-song, 35-minute album includes some of The Judy's most popular songs including "Her Wave", "Man on a Window Ledge", and the legendary "Guyana Punch". This was the first time that the band had spent an extensive (for them) amount of time on a recording project including a total remix of the album after its initial completion. The album was officially released in 1981 at a record release party at Houston's Agora Ballroom and literally became a top seller overnight. Sales were later bolstered by Wasted Talent securing distribution from a major regional distributor. Despite it's age, Washarama still holds its own as the classic Texas new wave album.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00

Judys, The
Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008)
PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic" EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony, well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month of live performances across the state which included giant cereal boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered, The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00

Judys, The
Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008)
PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public.
WastedTalent
CD
$15.00

Julie Mittens
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US A Dutch power trio who specialize in extended improvisation at extreme volume. Inspired by John Coltrane's The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording & the knowledge that Fushitsusha has more to do w/ Thelonius Monk than Blue Cheer, they consistently wreak havoc w/ lavish, textural, peakerblowing meltdown jams.
HolyMountain
CD
$14.25

Kid Kishore
The Social Club Nº 9 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th)
PS, US Copenhagen native of Indian descent KID KISHORE strikes a balance between old and new, blending the sounds of India with the electronic music that permeates Denmark. Self-described as anything from "Danish ghetto-tech" to "golden age Bollywood," his beat-heavy sound is a scattershot mix of musical styles from all over the sonic landscape.
TheSocialRegistry-057
45
$5.50

Koenjihyakkei
Hundred Sights of Koenji (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US Legendary debut album, the original Japanese issue went largely unheard, Hundred Sights of Koenji returns to print in a deluxe remastered edition. Originally released in 1994, it includes the full RUINS line-up of Yoshida Tatsuya, Masuda Ryuichi, Kubota Aki & Kuwahara Shigekazu for a futuristic journey to those hallowed fields of yore.
SkinGraft-090
CD
$14.25

Kraus, Sharron
Fox's Wedding (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH)
PS, US She is like the roving storyteller, bringing tales of terror, sadness & joy to a stranger's hearth on a dark & stormy night. This stunning new album offers 11 original songs & a cover of "Trice Toss These Oaken Ashes" written by Thomas Campion.
DurtroJnana
CD
$16.00

Ladyhawk
Shots (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th)
PS, US LADYHAWK'S kiss-of-death evokes the devilish sounds of "Goats Head Soup" guitars, the honey-slides and howling of Neil Young in his darkest hours, and the phantoms that haunted Roky Erickson at the Holiday Inn. Recorded over a period of two weeks in an abandoned farmhouse behind the shopping mall in the band's childhood hometown of Kelowna, British Columbia, "Shots" is an album filled with the cold creaking and ghostly echoes of the old house in the dead of winter. Like a party for the last house standing in a sea of strip malls and condos, surely near the end of its time.
Jagjaguwar-117
CD
$11.50

Ladyhawk
Shots (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US LADYHAWK'S kiss-of-death evokes the devilish sounds of "Goats Head Soup" guitars, the honey-slides and howling of Neil Young in his darkest hours, and the phantoms that haunted Roky Erickson at the Holiday Inn. Recorded over a period of two weeks in an abandoned farmhouse behind the shopping mall in the band's childhood hometown of Kelowna, British Columbia, "Shots" is an album filled with the cold creaking and ghostly echoes of the old house in the dead of winter. Like a party for the last house standing in a sea of strip malls and condos, surely near the end of its time.
Jagjaguwar-117
LP
$11.50

Maclean, Juan
Happy House (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US This single is a dance tourist's window into the state of downtown clubbing in what has always historically been the worldwide capital for boogie. It is no longer as paranoid, as cold, as robotic. W/ remixes by PRINCE LANGUAGE & LEE DOUGLAS.
DFA
12
$8.00

Malkmus, Stephen & The Jicks
Real Emotional Trash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US His first record in three years. Malkmus' genius is that he knows exactly when to fetter. These songs may sprawl like the Central Valley (told you), they may spread out like a jet's flame, but when they reach that last tract house they gracefully spread their wings and head for the unclaimed land beyond. Indeed, although Malkmus makes the Pacific Northwest his home, this feels like a "California" album. Check out how "Real Emotional Trash" begins as a modern-day "Tonight's the Night," before evolving into a road trip from the Mexican border to Marin, in the tradition of Pavement's "Unfair." And dig those Allman Bros. leads (really!).
Matador
CD
$13.50

Malkmus, Stephen & The Jicks
Real Emotional Trash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$13.50

Menche, Daniel
Body Melt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Body Melt is limited to 500 copies only on LP. This is the companion release to the Glass Forest CD being released on Important simultaneously. Both releases are housed in staggeringly unique artwork by Emily. Recorded in the Summer of 2007. Body Melt is a molting and simmering display of furious Hammond Organs & Native American Drums. Daniel Menche manages to merge together the powerfully fuzzed out organ drones along with hypnotically crushing and frenzied drums in a manor that is distinctly the graceful music style of Daniel Menche. Call it trance music for carnivores or ambient music for cannibals. Body Melt sits perfectly thronged on this limited vinyl LP release.
Important-175
LP
$14.75

Menche, Daniel
Glass Forest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Glass Forest is a highly listenable starting point for any newcomers curious about Daniel Menche's vast discography. It is also, according to Menche, the last cd he will release. From now on he'll be releasing his music on LP only or on DVD to accompany films he's been working on. Glass Forest is also the companion release to Body Melt which is being released simultaneously on Important on LP only. Recorded in the winter of 2005, Daniel Menches Glass Forest displays a glistening sound world that finely textured with the most delicate of raw organic sound and chaotic electronic noise. Not at all extreme as with Menches previous work but rather a more subtle presence can be heard here on Glass Forest. Subsonic bass drums crawling underneath a massive sheets of glass-like sound layering infinitely into a thick and dense forest of delicate noise. For fans of Daniel Menche's ambient work and also his loud violent work, Glass Forest fits exactly right in the middle of these two polarities.
Important-176
CD
$12.25

Miss Massive Snowflake
Queen's Headache (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Miss Massive Snowflake is Shane de Leon, who has been extremely active in a multitude of media throughout America and Europe for over 15 years. He has recorded with SOLEX, OVO and RONIN and collaborated with the BLACK HEART PROCESSION. The music is lush and orchestrated with an abundance of horns, percussion and electronics featuring two vocalists who are under ten. The feel is somewhere between an atheistic Danielson, and anarchistic Prince and a less technical Zappa. MMS will be touring in Europe this spring.
NorthPole
CD
$10.00

Monkeywrench
Gabriel's Horn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Celebrating 17 yrs of a great idea, they return w/ a new studio album. Feat. members of MUDHONEY, BIG BOYS, GASHUFFER & LUBRICATED GOAT, this is nothing less than a punk/grunge supergroup. The band kicks out the same glorious, fuzz-laden mess. There is a Texas roots taste spread through the tracks & the rhythm section lays down a fast & furious groove while dueling guitars engage in a race to the finish line.
Birdman-104
CD
$16.00

Moonbabies, The
Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008)
PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover".
Startracks/Hidden Agenda
CD5
$2.00

Motorpsycho
Little Lucid Moments (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 1ST)
PS, NORWAY NEW 2008 ALBUM! PRICE TO BE CONFIRMED. Norwegian psych-rock-pop-prog juggernaut Motorpsycho is back, with new drummer Kenneth Kapstad, and we couldn't be happier. The follow-up to last year's double-album guitar-rock epic Black Hole/Blank Canvas, this new album is reported to be comprised of "long and delightful songs", exploring the outer reaches of each song's planetary system we reckon...and we couldn't be happier. Plus it will be readily available at what we like to call a very decent price...and we couldn't be happier!
RuneGrammofon
CD
$15.00

Murder By Death
Red of Tooth and Claw (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US Fourth and most accomplished release recorded by Grammy-winning producer Trina Shoemaker (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, IGGY POP)
Vagrant
CD
$13.75

Neotropic
Whiter Rabbits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Whiter Rabbits is a deluxe re-release of the long out of print "White Rabbits" originally released on Mush Records which recieved a 7.7 on PITCHFORK. Featuring a bonus disc full of remixes by the artist, also including remixes by 10 SUI, GEORGE DEMURE, GRIM LIFE, and more "Riz Maslen (Neotropic) has become the female equivalent of Brian Eno" - IGN.
SquidsEye-006
DCD
$14.00

Numbers
Tomlab Alphabet Series - W - (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th)
PS, US NUMBERS emerges from the dusk of last year's full-length, "Now You Are This", with a pair of rollicking jams that refuse to let the summer set from our hearts and minds. "Is That Really True?" takes on the heavy question of real knowledge with a fuzz bass and drone organ before turning to an irresistible hum-along chorus. And prevailing question remains: "What can we know?" On the þip, the TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS classic "Crimson and Clover" experiences a fuzz rock reawakening shot through by pointedly triumphant guitars and dirty synth. All builds to an end with a brilliant reenactment of the tremolo chant "Crimson and Clover - over and over..." Summer may go, but it won't be gone forever. "Now Now You Are This' fuzzy guitar riffs and distorted synth melodies aren't just burning and propulsive, they're also strangely emotive. We like strangely emotive." - XLR8R
Tomlab-106-W
45
$5.50

Orwell
Le Génie Humain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, FRANCE A feast of an album from Jérôme Didelot aka Orwell. Pop par excellence, "Le génie humain" is packed with orchestral maneuvers, soaring synths, and silky, buzzy goodness that bring Eggstone, Louis Philippe and the space bossa moments of Testbild! to mind. With influences running from the early 60s through the early 80s, Jerome's songs have a folk-like delicacy, but sail on intricate arrangements featuring strings, voices, woodwinds and keyboards galore. "Le genie humain" features collaborations with Médéric Gontier (Tahiti 80), Alexander von Mehren, JP Nataf, Ruth Minnikin (Heavy Blinkers), Miss Aprilia Sari (White Shoes and the Couples Company) and Julien Lonchamp (Jack and the'), among others. Recommended for fans of all of the above, plus Julien Ribot, Fugu and High Llamas.
TwinFizzRecords-707
CD
$14.00

Our Sleepless Forest
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, UK Absolutely stunning debut album of ambient electronic space rock from a frighteningly young three-piece from South London - their first full release, having had an early version of album track 'The Tinderbox' included on the Type Records 'Free The Future' compilation. Having met at school, Sam Purcell, Josh Rothberger and Karl Jawara started experimenting with various musical instruments and sounds using software and basic recording equipment, inspired by the music they were into and with the aim of creating their own wall of sound. After 14 months they emerged with something they were sufficiently happy with to allow it to be heard by others, and ultimately that brings us to the present day - an eight-track, 45-minute debut. Our Sleepless Forest's music is multi-layered, complex and dense, yet dedication and attention are rewarded as the intricate slow-build melodies are revealed beneath the feedback, crackle and hiss. Reminiscent at times of the likes of Loscil or even Radiohead's more out-there moments but on the whole avoiding the predictable comparisons associated with music of this genre, this is an album that simply has to be heard. Press to follow; opening track 'Nomads' was played by Mary Anne Hobbs a couple of months back, and influential Manchester-based website Angry Ape have lined up an interview with the band. TRACKLISTING: 1. Nomads 2. The Tinderbox 3. Doors In Limbo 4. White Bird 5. Aircastles 6. Afraid of You 7. The Clarion 8. Haze.
Resonant-028
CD
$15.00

Power Pill Fist
Kongmanivong (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US The bassist from BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW's solo album, all of the music was produced on a circuit bent Atari 2600. Dark and intense. For fans of Melt Banana, Autechre, Pan Sonic.
Graveface-021
CD
$11.50

Printer
Can You Take More? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN Printer is a band that knows how to write heart aching pop songs but tired of staring down un empty glass they rise their arms and dance trough there sorrows. On recent works the band has taken a more dirty and danceable; say techno, approach, although still maintaining the emotional and intellectual focus. It's music to be moved by whether it'll be on the dance floor or in your sofa. It's electronic pop music at its best. And it's got power and depth. Add to that an interest for design and a live show of drinking-beer-energy and you'll get the perfect soundtrack for long volatile night.
Adrian-058
CD
$13.50

Psycho & the Birds
We've Moved (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US They are filled w/ undeniable likeability & pop goodness. A perfect combo of playful lyrics & flawless arrangement makes it hard to imagine that one entire half of the song was recorded on an $27 boombox. ROBERT POLLARD even pulls out some lyrics in "She Tears Out," first written, he says, as a kid.
HappyJack-016
CD
$14.25

Rocket from the Crypt
R.I.P. (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US Their final live performance, fittingly on Halloween, at San Diego's Westin Hotel Ballroom. DVD incl. songs not on CD!
Vagrant
CD
$16.00

Sekkutsu Jean + Kawabata Makoto
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US YOSHIDA TATSUYA (drums,vocal), SATO KENJI (bass,vocal), KAWABATA MAKOTO (guitar). Recorded live at EARTHDOM (Tokyo 23rd October 2007), HELLUVA LOUNGE (Kobe 5th October 2007). For fans of Acid Mothers Temple, Ruins, Musica Transonic, Buckethead and Primus!
Vivo-2008034
CD
$15.00

Skyphone
Avellaneda (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH)
PS, NORWAY This is the second full-length release by Danish trio Skyphone for the Rune Grammofon label. Having played in various rock outfits during most of the '90s, childhood friends Keld Dam Schmidt, Thomas Holst and Mads Bødker slowly moved towards the electronica scene and the German dub scene before starting Skyphone in 1999. Since then, they have steadily developed their own style, combining traditional rock instruments with electronics; scratching and carefully damaging the surface of the digital sounds, creating melodic pop songs without singing, leaving it to the listener to infer what the songs actually could have been and what is lurking virtually beneath the constrained, deliberately ambiguous surface of the song. With Avellaneda, they have further developed these ideas into a seamless blend of acoustic and electronic elements, rich in detail and sonic refinement, with the occasional touch of Scandinavian folk music providing a strong melodic base.
RuneGrammofon
CD
$16.25

Stargazer Assistant
The Otherside of the Island (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US The soundtrack to David J Smith's (GUAPO) sculptural works collected under the same name. A strange work comprising of layered vocals, percussion, electronics & prepared strings.
AuroraBorealis-018
CD
$14.25

subtractiveLAD
Apparatus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US 'Apparatus,' SubtractiveLAD's fourth album, finds Stephen Hummel elaborating upon previous granular motifs. Those familiar with his progression will notice that Hummel's sound has matured and become grounded in an honest and open place. As such musical growth would imply, Apparatus is the album in which Hummel appears to be most comfortable with his ideas and usage of sound. It is this comfort, which allows Apparatus to envelop the listener in a profoundly personal way. Lofty classic ambient refrains, shoegaze splendor and muted broken beat trickery are all stylistic fair game. Comparisons can be made to a wide rage of artists such as Ben Frost, Eno, Namlook, and even label mate Bitcrush. As each SubtractieLAD album seems to top the previous, the anticipation is building for what is to come from this bright talent in electronic music.
n5MD-155
CD
$12.00

Suishou No Fune
Prayer for Chibi (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US This might be their ultimate album; w/ 2 disks & more than 2 hrs of music, the group finally stretches out & lets their music flow like it never has before. Much about them has had to do w/ volume, but this new set of duets adds forays into starker songwriting & a languid serenity.
HolyMountain
DCD
$17.25

Takeovers
Little Green Onion Man (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US This freaky little beast is a nice mini-movie comprised of 4 songs (3 of which are unreleased ROBERT POLLARD compositions) that warmly straddle the loosey-goosey psych-pop sounds of their 1st album as well as the white-knuckled rock pomp of their 2nd. Feat. John Moen of Stephen Malkmus/The Decemberists, Sam Coomes of Quasi/Blues Goblins & Brian Berg of 44 Long.
Off
CD5
$7.25

Tammar
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th)
PS, US Working out the kernels of their corn-fried haze, TAMMAR is an exercise in balancing minimalist riffs with maximalist peaks & valleys. While the usual rise-fall theory of rock is tired, with Tammar there's a focus on the jam rather then cold hard numbers. On stage they are always a bit different - moments are stretched and condensed at will, and on record its no different. Minimal keyboards and drums bring to mind early Suicide while tripping guitars and theatrical accented vocals bring to mind the more paisley moments of Felt and U2, respectively. This four-piece from just north of Louisville, KY recorded these songs primarily live off the cement floor of the basement of Grotto Home Studios by the deft hands of Daniel Burton. Bending the materials of the world until the band itself is a conduit for feelings hot and wet and primal as sex. But that's not all. Tammar tastes the psychedelic aether, visiting the realms above as well as below, transmitting those good vibrations. Turn down the lights, turn up your stereo and rock these five hits of ecstasy.
St.Ives-31
LP
$11.50

Testbild!
Une Teinte Intense (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, SWEDEN "Une teinte intense" is a tribute to one of Testbild!'s greatest heroes: Isabelle Eberhardt, an explorer and writer who traveled the Sahara disguised as a man before dying in a flash flood in 1904 at the age of 27. Excerpts from her travel diaries float in a dreamy sound environment of Bedouin drums, echoing muezzin calls, and warm winds blowing in the distance, while pop melodies flow like spring water in the irrigation canals. Light as a mirage, this album bridges pop, jazz and exotica in the sun-bleached deserts of North Africa. Testbild! welcome the following influences into their Moorish tent: Louis Philippe, Gil Evans, Ludus, Edward Gorey, Eric Satie, the Hepburns, Jacques Cousteau, and Andrei Tarkovskij. "Excellent production qualities showcase a variety of modern, trans-continental pop, thanks to old-fashioned songwriting, and decorated with sampled bits and field recordings. What results sounds like the United Nations of Antena: a little dubby indie tropicalia here, a little Arabian ambient pop there, a little mod-pop Free Design/indielounge à la Sea and Cake there; but Testbild! maintain a skilled balance of sweet and mature throughout." - Other Music, NYC "Graceful, daring, inventive, full of charm and elegance." - Louis Philippe
FriendlyNoise-52
CD
$13.50

Tides/Giant
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US Tides write gorgeously lush soundtracks to movies not yet made, filled w/ emotive guitar work, dynamic drumming, & huge production. Giant's sole track on this record weaves its way through both the heaviest of distortions & hauntingly euphoric passages. RIYL: Neurosis, Isis, Pelican, Rosetta.
LevelPlane
CD
$9.00

Valet
Naked Acid (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US 2nd solo release from Portland artist Valet, aka HONEY OWENS. She states: "These songs were Inspired by the Pacific Northwest landscape, semi-conscious dream states & the idea of one's dna code being accessed as eternal memory. I started off w/ the idea to make a 'songs' record but it really didn't turn out that way. Instead the record became it's own story. Track one is a static beach journey duet w/ ADRIAN ORANGE & tracks 3, 4 & 5 are collaborations w/ MARK EVAN BURDEN (Silentist) on drums."
Kranky-116
CD
$12.25

Various
Living Bridge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, US A collection of ALL NEW & UNRELEASED songs (except for one) by bands who have previously recorded at the Rare Book Room Studio in Brooklyn, NY. All songs but one were recorded exclusively for this collection and flow in one continuous track. Featuring The Silver Jews, Deerhunter, Enon, Black Dice, Fischerspooner, Rings, Doldrums, Samara Lubelski, Tara Jane O'Neil, Palms, Avey Tare of Animal Collective, Blood On The Wall, and many more.
RareBookRoom-001
DCD
$13.00

Various
Phantom Guitars: A Cool Collection of Twangin' Guitar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH)
PS, UK Instrumentals from the UK 1961-1964. For a short period in the UK, guitar-led instrumental groups took control. In the three year span between rock & roll and the full flush of beat, there was no bigger band than The Shadows. Their magical brand of twanging melody incorporated elements of Duane Eddy and The Ventures, but was something entirely British. And, as always, when someone comes up with a winning formula, everybody else suddenly leaps on board. So, in contrast to the clean-cut crooners, coffee bars, dancehalls and fairgrounds reverberated to the sound of Binson echo units and primitive Bigsby-esque tremelo arms. This CD ventures back in time a little further than previous Psychic Circle releases to round up a string-bending selection of some the finest examples of this genre.
PsychicCircle
CD
$16.25

Various
Encyclopedia Asthmatica Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th)
PS, US Nearly all of the ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS' roster, and many of their friends, make an appearance somewhere on this DVD: from the playful choreography of the Think Dance Collective frolicking in shoes made of bread to the music of HALF-HANDED CLOUD, to the lovely abstraction of SUFJAN STEVENS' projectionist, DEBORAH JOHNSON; from the haunting and raw post-apocalypse video fuzz of live CASTANETS, to the crisp color footage of MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND at Northsix, there are visual pieces that hopscotch the chasm between the professionalism of a music-visual DVD to the rabid eccentricity of a five-copy, underground video-zine.
AsthmaticKitty-40
DVD
$12.25

Various
The Rubble Collection #2 Volumes 11-20 [10CD boxset] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2008)
PS, UK Numbered, limited repressing of the legendary Rubble Collection Volumes 11-20 10xCD boxed set. Amongst the first and best psych compilations ever put together, each and every volume is a mind-blowing treasure trove of acid rock and pop from the late 1960s, and comes housed inside a slipcase card replica of the original LP artwork. Featuring famous names alongside a myriad of lesser-known acts and compiled and sequenced by leading collectors, the series has long been a byword for the best in psychedelia. It's presented here complete with a fully-revised and overhauled color booklet featuring updated band histories, rare photographs and full discographies (incorporating a mass of information not included in previous editions), making this the most comprehensive and authoritative psych boxed set ever assembled. Please note that only 1000 numbered copies are being pressed.
Fallout
CD-BOX
$88.00

Voyager One
Afterhours in the Afterlife (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH)
PS, US This Seattle band has been creating sonic groove-oriented psychedelia for over eight years. Over this time, the band has released several albums, with each chargting on KEXP's Northwest top ten list.
Loveless-027
CD
$11.50

Whiskeytown
Strangers Almanac: Deluxe Edition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US Expanded 2-disc re-issue of this 1997 album featuring a pre-Ryan Adams Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary (Tres Chicas) and Phil Wandscher (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter). PITCHFORK: "The first disc features the original album bolstered by five previously unreleased radio performances. The second disc is a veritable treasure trove: all but two of its 21 tracks are previously unreleased recordings from early sessions for the LP, known by bootleggin' fans as the "Barn's on Fire Sessions". "Kiss & Make-Up", "Indian Gown", "Barn's on Fire", "Streets of Sirens", "Breathe", "Nurse With the Pills", and "10 Seconds" all appear for the first time on any official Whiskeytown release. Acoustic demos of album tracks "16 Days", "Avenues", and "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart", covers of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams", Gram Parsons' "Luxury Liner", Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone", and the True Believers' "The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over" round out the set."
Mood Food/Outpost/Geffen/Ume
DCD
$28.50

Whisper in the Noise
Dry Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US Self described "orchestral garage rock'" band from Hanska, Minnesota give an extremely humble & personal touch to gorgeous, string-laden rock music. Pretty, melancholic, sad & charming. for fans of Low, Arcade Fire, Guided by Voices.
ExileOnMainstream-030
CD
$13.50

White Hinterland
Phylactery Factory (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH)
PS, US Whereas 2006's Wind-Up Canary was short stories, little Salinger vignettes, "Phylactery Factory" is filled with dreams, memories, warnings. Dienel's voice is more hidden, crouching amid swish, drone and the wildflower jazz of her friends - and this second LP is released under a new moniker. It's an album full of reminders. Reminders of the likes of Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, John Cage, Alice Coltrane, M. Ward. Reminders of winter. But mostly reminders to oneself. This is what a phylactery is: the tefillin worn by devout Jews upon head and arm; a prayer in a box and then knotted into place; the reminder of a one and only.
DeadOceans-009
CD
$11.50

Wraiths
Oriflamme (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH)
PS, US Remastered vinyl edition, previously available as a limited cdr. Recorded live under ritual conditions. Blackened death-ambient drone meets howling, metallic noise.
AuroraBorealis
LP
$17.00

Zdzislaw Piernik/Piotr Zabrodski
Namanga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH)
PS, POLAND Unusual Polish Contemporary Music performed by tuba genius Zdzislaw Piernik! Additional musicians: Piotr Zabrodzki (piano, electric piano, doublebass, bass guitar, organ), Hubert Zemler ( percussion, vibraphone), Wojciech Kondrat (violin). All tracks composed by Piotr Zabrodzki - extremely talented artist, member of Blast Muzungu and Tatsuya Yoshida's (Ruins, Magaibutsu) cooperator.
Vivo-035
CD
$15.00

Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders

All Golden In The Afternoon “S-T” CD $8.25

Bell, The “Make Some Quiet” CD $13.75

Biirdie “Catherine Avenue” CD $11.00

Black Hollies “Casting Shadows” CD $11.50

Black Lips/Subsonics “Split” 45 $5.25

Bonnie "Prince" Billy “Wilding in the West” CD $16.25

Box “Studio 1” LP $19.50

Box “Studio 1” CD $18.00

Carroll, Barton “Lost One” CD $15.00

Chessie “Manifest” CD $11.50

Costa, Matt “Unfamiliar Faces [re-issue]” CD $15.00

Dengue Fever “Venus On Earth” CD $16.25

Destroy All Monsters “Live In Tokyo” CD $14.50

Drag the River “You Can't Live This Way” CD $11.00

Finn, Liam “I'll Be Lightning” LP $18.25

Folk Spectre, The “The Blackest Medicine” LP $14.00

Food “Molecular Gastronomy” CD $17.00

Helio Sequence “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” CD $12.00

Helio Sequence “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” LP $13.00

Holland, Michael “Simple Truths and Pleasures” CD $15.00

Human Bell “S-T” CD $14.00

Japancakes “The Sleepy Strange” CD $12.25

Japancakes “If I Could See Dallas” CD $12.25

Japancakes “Down The Elements” CD $9.00

Kessler, Matt “The National Science Fair Of Amazing New Discoveries” BOOK $7.00

Lightspeed Champion “Falling Off The Lavender Bridge” CD $13.00

Lungfish “Rainbows from Atoms” CD $10.25

Mangion, Suzy “The Other Side of the Mountain” CD $17.75

McCombs, Cass “Dropping The Writ” LP $13.25

Owens, Buck “Live in Scandinavia” CD $18.75

Radar Brothers “Auditorium” CD $13.00

Sneaky Pete Kleinow “Anthology” CD $18.75

Sons and Daughters “This Gift” CD $13.00

Team Robespierre “Everything's Perfect” CD $10.00

Teamforest “Leave” CD $13.50

Van Zandt, Townes “Rear View Mirror” CD $15.50

Various “Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity” CD $13.75

Various “Black Mirror: Reflections In Global Music” CD $15.50

Warlocks “Heavy Deavy Skull Lover” LP $15.00

Whitest Boy Alive “Dreams” LP $22.00

Parasol New Arrivals • February 19, 2008
Howdy folks! We’re really excited that our pals the Headlights’ new album called “Some Racing, Some Stopping” was released today. And let us tell you, it’s pretty darned amazing right down to the artwork, which was done by our multi-talented partner in crime Elzie Sexton. Other than that, we’re going to keep you extremely busy with all of the new goodies that were added into the catalog this week. So, put on your reading specs and have at it. End transmission, Roy & Paul
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	C.A. Quintet "Trip Thru Hell" DLP $19.75 DLP version, deluxe gatefold packaging, 1996 reissue; originally released 1968. Something very, very strange was afoot in the Midwest during the '60s, and we're not talking about David Letterman's stint as a local TV weatherman. While L.A. was tiptoeing through the tulips, New York was groovin' and London was electrifying bananas, these brainiacs were booking a journey to Hades. Get your contact high from a safe distance with this intense, fuzz-ridden passel of ones and zeros. Our package contains the entire mind-bent original album plus bonus cuts, and a gatefold sleeve jammed with rare photos and notes, and more!.
New Releases 5ive Hesperus PS, US Boston's 5ive were a two-piece with no vocalist or bass player long before being instrumental and having an unorthodox band assemblage became "cool". They have a Kyuss style guitar tone without the bad vocals. Their debut full-length was one of Terrorizer magazine's top twenty of 2001. "Ben Carr's guitars are thickly layered without the sound becoming mushy. The distortion he gets out of his amp makes his riffing sound like balls of flame. Charlie Harrold's drumming complements the guitar playing exceptionally; these are two musicians that are well in tune with each other" - Brainwashed.com. Tortuga CD $12.50 Abrahams, Chris + Mike Cooper Oceanic Feeling-Like PS, AUSTRALIA "The sea pronounces something, over and over, in a hoarse whisper; I cannot quite make it out." ~Annie Dillard It's this musical whisper that is amplified on Oceanic Feeling-Like, as Italian based musician Mike Cooper and Australia's Chris Abrahams unite for the first time to create what can only be described as a picturesque horizon of melodic ocean swell. Stretching out horizon-wide, Oceanic Feeling-Like is generously colored with Cooper's unique guitar approaches and Abrahams distinctive piano motions. Both musicians bring with them a wealth of technique and improvised flare that is brought to bear over a series of island like compositions, that eventually form an unusually divergent sound archipelago. Recorded in Sydney at Abrahams' home studio, each of the pieces explores a unique post-marine sound space - that's both reflective and reflexive. Truly a release that ebbs and flows in the best way imaginable. An ocean of sound awaits - sometimes calm and flowing, occasionally choppy and unexpected, but always experiential. Mike Cooper for the past 40 years British guitarist Mike Cooper has traced a path completely his own. An international musical explorer, performing and recording, solo and in a number of inspired groupings and a variety of genres. Initially a folk-blues guitarist and singer songwriter his work has diversified to include improvised and electronic music, live music for silent films, radio art, field recording and sound installations. Chris Abrahams "(His) relentless and steady patterning started to metamorphose the nature of the piano, the upper chords sounding like a distant locomotive hoot, and then an accordion weaving in and out of a shimmering bank of flutes". The Wire, UK 2001. Room40-420 CD $15.00 Accidental, The Knock Knock (Tunng Mix) / Brave New World (Benge Mix) PS, UK Fripp and Eno, Gainsbourg and Vannier, Kuti and Allen - two's company, and great musicians often travel in pairs. The Accidental is a pairing of Sam Genders (Tunng) and Stephen Cracknell (The Memory Band, Gorodisch, co-founder of Trunk Records). This single is their first outing as well as a forerunner for a debut full-length album, due in Spring 2008. As a founder member of Tunng, Sam Genders is an extraordinary songwriter, melding Lewis Carroll's flights of fancy with all the pathos of a 19th Century Russian novelist - a tragic-comic outlook on life and fascination with both the natural and unnatural, like Gogol with a guitar. With Tunng, his well-drawn tales weave in and out of the bobbing electronics, crafting electro-tinged folk songs which pulse and caress with equal measure, combining an easy melodicism with the band's expansive touch. Stephen Cracknell has a similarly attuned ear for the properties which link the acoustic and pastoral with the synthetic sounds of electronica, managing to conjure an organically simple fusion of elements which is defiantly modern. Under the moniker of the Memory Band, Cracknell's sleight of hand has seen him essay that relationship between the traditional folk lament and the circular, glitchy stylings heard on his electronic output as Gorodisch. This seven-inch release marks the first airing of material by the Accidental, featuring remixes of two of the songs slated for inclusion on their forthcoming debut album. Knock Knock is remixed by fellow Tunng lynchpin Mike Lindsay, the scratchy atmosphere and booming beats lending it a distinctly tribal feel, while bass frequencies lurch and stretch underneath plaintive vocals. On the reverse is the Benge remix of Brave New World - a slice of blissful electronica akin to Four Tet sitting down for tea and scones with Animal Collective, while snaking rhythms rattle alongside cut-up vocals and odd percussive flourishes. Slip on the headphones and drift away. Limited to 500 copies on seven inch wax only. Vinyl comes in a harvest house bag with print. StaticCaravan-158-7 45 $7.75 Acid Mothers Temple AMT Fest. Vol. 5 PS, US This is the live footage of the full concert of AMT Fest. vol.5 (Dec. 2006) in Nagoya Japan feat. Mani Neumeier (drums, percussion, voice: Guru Guru), Kuriyama Jun (voice: ex.Ox) as well as Tsuyama Atsushi (monster bass, voice, recorder, guitar), Higashi Hiroshi (synth, guitar, voice), Kawabata Makoto (guitar, voice), Kitagawa Hao (voice), and Tabata Mitsuru (freak out). Region free - limited one time pressing of 1000 copies Eclipse DVD $18.00 Acorn Glory Hope Mountain PS, US The ambitious album is an homage to lead singer Rolf Klausener's mother. Recorded over nine months, the album is intensely personal and heartfelt. Part historical narrative and part surreal fairy tale. PaperBag-027 CD $13.75 All Golden In The Afternoon S-T PS, US Rachel Goldstar (Experimental Aircraft/Eau Claire/Monster Movie) and Carlos Jackson(ex-Polyphonic Spree/The Shells) present an explosive debut. This Texas duo prove they are a band you are going to want to watch out for in the future. Down the rabbit hole we go... picture Flying Saucer Attack, Mazzy Star, Pram & Seefeel all getting together for a jam session & you might be close. AITGA's fuzzy laid-back guitar driven songs are a breath of fresh air & have a way of making you want to take the day off of work & just float away. This wonderful debut ep features 6 songs that flow together seamlessly & leave you begging for more. Welcome to wonderland Alice! Ltd to 1000 copies, only 600 copies to be distributed. MindExpansion-2012 CD $8.25 American Music Club The Golden Age PS, US Every AMC record is an effort to experiment and extend the range of their expression. "The Golden Age" is no exception: from the Mariachi horns to the breezy Beach Boys harmonies to the unfolding layers of feedback, this album is full of varied, joyous, and generous pop music. Merge CD $14.00 Antarctica Takes It! The Penguin League PS, US Debut album by a four piece, from Santa Cruz, CA, whose joyous folk pop has been compared to Sufjan Stevens, The Decemberists and Beirut. A bedroom band put together by 22-year-old Dylan McKeever, Antarctica Takes It! recorded the songs on "The Penguin League" straight onto a friend's laptop, using the computer's internal microphone. No problem if you're a straightforward rock'n'roll band, but Dylan's songs boasted an array of accordions, glockenspiels, cellos, ukuleles, trumpets, harmonicas and pianos. The result should have been extremely lo-fi - and in places it is (you can actually hear the instruments battling for airspace at some points). But, overall, thanks to Dylan's patience and prodigious talent, "The Penguin League" conjures a tiny orchestra out of thin air. From the opening "I'm No Lover", which sees mariachi horns collide with a rattling folk melody, to the magical "Flightless Birds", which transports "Pet Sounds" to the Antarctic wastes, this is a record that sounds like it's anywhere but a suburban bedroom on the American West Coast. In fact, lyrically and spiritually, Antarctica Takes It! reside, as their names suggests, slightly further south. The album's highlight, "Antarctica", sees the band knee deep in a polar expedition, while the photos for the cover and CD booklet were provided by Dr Samuel Silverstein, who headed the 1967 American Antarctic Mountaineering Expedition. Dr Silverstein also writes about his photos in the booklet, which makes this the first album to be released with sleeve notes by an Antarctic explorer. Press/Radio: Reviews in Uncut, NME, The Guardian, Plan B, Pitchfork, PopMatters, with more TBC. HowDoesItFeelToBeLoved-003 CD $16.25 Antietam Opus Mixtum PS, US First album in their 25 year career that combines the ferocity of their calling card stage show, the quiet acoustic moments of TARA KEY's solo recordings, their pristine pop & sprawling instrumental ambience. Flying just below the radar for more than 20 years, but always making uncompromising music and maintaining a deeply devoted fan base throughout the world, Antietam play raw rock and roll that is nearly impossible to define. Originally, the double-CD, triple-LPOpus Mixtum was supposed to be two separate, distinct releases: one a powerful rock record tracked at the band's new home-away-from-home, Brooklyn's Seaside Lounge, with producer (and now auxiliary live band member) Josh Clark, tracked on two-inch tape in a beautiful live room and finally allowing the band to truly capture the fire of their live performances; and the other a sprawling, loopy and diverse instrumental album constructed piece by piece in Tara and Tim's digital home studio. Somewhere along the way the albums became tangled together. The title Opus Mixtum comes from a method of laying brick in ancient Rome that combined rectangular and diagonal patterns, but the band uses it to connote the mix of three styles -- Antietam rock, the acoustic pop of Tara Key solo releases, and the instrumental soundtracks of their lives. Piece in Mark Howell's horns, Katie Gentile's (Run On, Special Pillow) violins, and Rick Rizzo (Eleventh Dream Day) on stunt guitar and the album flows effortlessly through its varying moods-- instrumental passages disappear into hooky pop, Tara's defining guitar is enveloped by Hammond organ or a lush string passage, and then the pounding rock and roll of the classic trio punches through. So you get pop with "Turn It on Me," rock with "Pennants and Flags," and just pure melody with "March Echo" and "Steel G." As they say in Louisville, if you don't like the weather, wait ten minutes. CarrotTop-041 DCD $12.00 Apes, The Ghost Games PS, US POPMATTERS: "Forgoing lead guitar for shambling, sinister organ licks, DC post-punk outfit the Apes strike a strange middle-ground between minimalism and maximalism. Lacking guitar accompaniment, Jeff Schmid's drums and and Erick Jackson's bass tend operate in spare cages of plunging rhythms and blurting stabs, and when the keys afford them some space, the whole feels crisply open. However, just as often as organist Amanda Bynes allows herself to be constrained by the others' rhythms, she surges past and breaks free, letting her organ swell to fill every gap with psychedelic squeal." GypsyEyes CD $15.00 Architect I Went Out Shopping To Get Some Noise PS, GERMANY Reissue. Ever prolific, Haujobb's Daniel Myer returns for a second album as architect, I went out shopping to get some noise. Myer's previous architect album, 1998's galactic supermarket, leant toward the darker threads of technoid drum'n'bass (panacea, tarmvred, etc). For I went out shopping to get some noise, Myer reigns in the breaks to toss down thirteen mind-bendingly tight electro-acid-industrial-techno cuts, each bearing Myer's signature dark flair and impeccable production. Comparisons range from afx and caustic window on 'track 7' to emotive digital synthpop like early attaché on 'track 5.' not to be outdone by other sample-aholics, Myer ensnares the ultimate - Beethoven's moonlight sonata - and contorts it into a neoromantic opus on 'track 6.' if this is what Myer means by noise, the rest of the musical world has a lot of catching up to do to touch architect. Hymen-737 CD $15.50 Baker, Aiden Scalpel PS, US EXTREMELY LIMITED. As a solo artist, Baker explores the deconstructive sonic possibilities of the electric guitar as a primary sound source, creating music that ranges from experimental to post-rock to contemporary classical. Latest release is more stripped down than previous efforts & what Aiden himself calls his "folk "record. What you get is nearly 50 minutes of sparse guitars, ebbing & flowing intertwined w/ ghostly vocals creating an ambient gem. Kora-008 CD $12.75 Balmorhea Rivers Arms PS, US Mirroring the vast Texas skies, the soulful collection of songs on "Rivers Arms" is imbued with a visceral weight and endless space. BALMORHEA'S shows have included dates with The Drift, Bexar Bexar, One AM Radio, Caspian, and more. They're currently planning a Spring tour to coincide with this release and working on a Summer tour with their Italian friends Port-Royal. The track "Baleen Morning" will be featured on an upcoming documentary about the company "Toms Shoes", which will premier the 2008 Sundance Film Festival. WesternVinyl-051 CD $11.50 Bardot, Brigitte Sings PS, US By the time this album was released in the US, the 'princess of pout' had already had men flocking to her films for than a decade, hoping for a glimpse of BB in a bikini. This is her 1963 vocal debut. Lilith-146 CD $18.00 Beat Circus Dreamland PS, US This second full length album is a uniquely fierce and magical record composed by singer/songwriter Brian Carpenter, who delivers dark narrative songs of Deadwood saloons, gangsters from The Bowery, Coney Island sideshows, and the Santa Fe Railway. Loosely based on historical events associated with turn of the century New York, Dreamland is the culmination of a two-year effort by Beat Circus and marks the first installment of Brian Carpenter's Weird American Gothictrilogy. Brian leads a 9-piece band with a unique & exciting instrumentation: pump organ, trumpet, violin, viola, cello, accordion, jawharp, tuba, trombone, banjo, mandolin, saxophones drums and percussion. Dreamland was engineered and produced by legendary NY producer Martin Bisi (SONIC YOUTH, FOETUS, DRESDEN DOLLS, BARBEZ). Cuneiform CD $14.25 Belong Colorloss Record PS, US While BELONG still considers these cover songs, what we are presented with are shells, the ghosts of what we think we know about such a fleeting medium as music in the first place. And like the title implies, the music sounds weathered, a faded version of some original we might only imagine. As a record of covers, it sounds like the sonic palimpsest that it is exactly. On "Colorloss", one finds a humble treatment of the hierarchy of sounds. It is the equal attention given to each sound and its place in the mix that makes this a true musical democracy where each element shines in its own way, while propping up the others in a puzzle that would charm Archimedes. A wash of fuzz finds itself meandering thru a track holding hands with the vocals, the space between a breathe before the next submergence. What we have as a result is work of such staggering beauty and melodic thoughtfulness to stop KEVIN SHIELDS in his tracks at the wonder of it. And while the instrumentation and means might be different, this is a music that has as much in common with late 20th-century composition in the vein of JOHN CALE or TONY CONRAD as it does with the soundscapes of WILLIAM BASINSKI or MY BLOODY VALENTINE. St.Ives-017 LP $11.50 Big Fresh B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever) PS, US New album from Lexington, KY avant-garde superheroes Big Fresh, featuring members of The Apples In Stereo and Ullysses. Crystalline pop rainbows beamed through a prism. An ambitious tapestry of danceable hits, bubbling soundscapes, electric light harmonies, and synthetic orchestrations from Lexington, Kentucky's avant-garde heroes (including members of The Apples in stereo and Ulysses). Produced by Big Fresh in their home laboratory over a seven-year period, and mastered by Robert Schneider (The Apples in stereo, Elephant 6), the shining sounds of this album will transport you to another world. LEXINGTON HERALD-LEDGER: "For more than a decade, the band has mixed summery soul, pop, dance grooves and more into a bright sound all its own. Within B.F.F.'s grooves...you sense a spring thaw is at hand." OPTICAL ATLAS: "B.F.F. plays like a great lost prog-rock album, as though Brian Wilson had tried to revisit Smile in the 70's with help from ELO." GardenGate CD $12.00 Big Sleep Sleep Forever PS, US Tighter, more focused & heavier than before, w/o losing any of the energy. It's guitar rock w/ a heavy dose of noise, & a big focus on rhythm. It's loud because the music needs to be felt. FrenchKiss CD $13.25 Bjork Declare Independence (12"/CD/DVD) PS, US NEW SINGLE from her latest album "Volta". A muscular & militant rallying cry, this song sees her at her most passionate & inventive. Tracks include Ghostigital 12". Mark Stent Mix, Matthew Herbert 12" & Mark Stent Instrumental OneLittleIndian LP $36.00 Black Hollies Casting Shadows PS, US After wide acclaim from their debut album and a practice regiment that has left their jaw-dropping live shows tighter than a pegged pant leg, they've reached a little further into space, introduced a wonderfully psychedelic element to their sound & come out on the other side with Casting Shadows, a powerful rock album full of unforgettable nuggets. Member of RYE COALITION. "A mash up of British Invasion blues, guitar heroics & psychedelia that would bring a smile to Brian Jones' face" -Rolling Stone. ErnestJenning-036 CD $11.50 Blood On The Wall Liferz PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!! "Liferz" is a portrait of a band at the top of their game - somehow they have managed to get even more "awesomer". TheSocialRegistry-060 LP $10.25 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Jagjaguwar LP $11.50 Bon Iver For Emma, Forever Ago PS, US This debut is centered around a particular aesthetic; Justin Vernon, the primary force behind Bon Iver, moved to a remote cabin in the woods of Northwestern Wisconsin at the onset of winter, alone for three months. This solitary time fed a bold, uninhibited new musical focus. All his personal trouble, lack of perspective, heartache, longing, love, loss, and guilt that had been stockpiled over the past six years was suddenly purged into song. The NY Times called this record "irresistible", and it was given a "Recommeded" rating by Pitchfork. RIYL: Iron & Wine, M. Ward, and Elliott Smith. Jagjaguwar CD $11.50 Booka Shade Movements Tour Edition (CD/DVD) PS, US This incl. the original dance classic Movements album in its entirety, & a new live DVD which includes a full recording of their incredible live performance at Belgium's Pukkelpop Festival, as well as a tour documentary, bonus remixes, a visual discography, & more. RECOMMENDED! Get Physical CD/DVD $19.50 Bow Street Runners S-T PS, US 1996 reissue. "Flushed from Fayetteville, North Carolina -- where they thought they could remain comfortably obscure -- by our release of their only album, the Runners have recently re-surfaced. Issued in ultra-limited quantity by B.T. Puppy in 1970 -- and now changing hands for sums more familiar to NASDAQ -- this is an otherworldly blend of sweet female blotter acid harmonies, hypnotic Farfisa and high-octane fuzz guitar histrionics." Sundazed CD $13.25 British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? PS, US New album! ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The band has crafted a wintry, nuanced, and bold collection of epic songs that integrate the sweeping theatricality of Arcade Fire-era indie rock without all of the insularity. This is music made for people, not a person. The sound effects, choral vocals, strings, and feedback that populate DYLRM feel organic and necessary rather than just pasted in for drama's sake. There has always been a sort of rough-hewn sepia-tone unity to BSP songs, and that odd, inclusive wartime fervor permeates each track." FOUR 1/2 STARS! RoughTrade CD $15.25 British Sea Power Do You Like Rock Music? PS, US Vinyl version. RoughTrade LP $16.00 Brotzmann, Peter & Uuskyla Born Broke PS, US PETER BROTZMANN (tenor sax/clarinet) & PEETER UUSKYLA (drums) have once again joined forces & spirits picking up where their trio w/ Peter Friis-Nielsen left off & whose only known competition in the field is Vandermark & Nilssen-Love's Dual Pleasure implosion unit. A fresh double dose of soul purge from free men. Atavistic-185 DCD $17.25 C.A. Quintet Trip Thru Hell PS, US 2 LP version, deluxe gatefold packaging, 1996 reissue; originally released 1968. "Something very, very strange was afoot in the Midwest during the '60s, and we're not talking about David Letterman's stint as a local TV weatherman. While L.A. was tiptoeing through the tulips, New York was groovin' and London was electrifying bananas, these brainiacs were booking a journey to Hades. Get your contact high from a safe distance with this intense, fuzz-ridden passel of ones and zeros. Our package contains the entire mind-bent original album plus bonus cuts, and a gatefold sleeve jammed with rare photos and notes, and more!" Sundazed DLP $19.75 Captain Beefheart & His Magic Band Dust Sucker PS, UK Previously on CD, now on vinyl for the first time. "The new Ozit vinyl sets are all deluxe in terms of packaging, gatefold sleeves with PVC protective covers and all 180 gram vinyl based on the Simply Vinyl type of special vinyl re-issues. These sets are limited to 1000 copies only worldwide and will not be around for too long. This 2LP set includes the 12 tracks from the Captain's own tape of the original Bat Chain Puller album (you will never have heard these tracks in this quality). When Mojo did a feature recently on classic lost albums, this was one of the main albums featured. There are a further 7 extra tracks, including 5 live recordings of tracks from 'Bat Chain Puller,' plus a version of 'Well Well Well' featuring Rockette Morton and a live festival performance of 'My Human Gets Me Blues.' Ozit DLP $25.00 Cardopusher Down To The Wire PS, US Luis Garban of Venezuela has released heaps of records these past couple years for labels such as Ad Noiseam, Peace-off, Intellectual Violence, Mirex, Cock Rock Disco & Wrong Music, but for Terminal Dusk he reveals his passion for dubstep. 'Down To The Wire' contains high energy levels, sick low bass and brilliantly selected reggae samples. This album is executed perfectly and includes remixes from two fellow dubstep heads: Atki2 & Starkey. Side A kicks off with 'Maybe Next Time' dropping the warbly and brutal bass and some hot B-boy samples. Give in to the head nod effect. Next up is 'Keep On Truckin' with a wall of low end synth leads & Bollywood style atmospheres. Rounding off the A side is 'Knock Yuh Out' and it's a badman, turning up the energy. Flip for the B side and 'Everything Is A New Surprise' kicks in with an ultra disgusting bassline & pitched up bongos, massive! Next are the remixes, Starkey starts it off with his remix of 'Knock Yuh Out' which takes the original to another level, slows it down a bit, and offers some proper dubstep swagger. Atki2 finishes the record with his rendition of 'Keep On Truckin', bringing the Bristol styles, a classic remix. TerminalDusk-007 12 $10.50 Carrots Anthology PS, JAPAN An anthology of the best songs of genius Spanish psychedelic pop band, Carrots, who designed soundscapes full of colored fantasy and baroque flavor. They wear their influences--the Beatles and the Beach Boys--on their sleeves, bridging genres and generations with tinges of funk, rock, and (gasp) country. Much to our regret, they have broken up, so you can regard the stamp sheet artwork as a bittersweet souvenir. We love Carrots!!! Jangling electric and acoustic guitars, breezy vocals and even breezier harmonies (we're talking 'Breakfast In America'), eyelash-fluttering synths and piano, the good vibes flowing from the speakers are intoxicating! How is it that one band can sound like Squeeze and Stereolab and Supergrass and The Beach Boys and The Buggles and The Byrds, at the same time? Heck, we' ve already tagged them with some respectable names, yet still feel compelled name-drop a few more, the likes of Sloan, Paul McCartney, Elton John, Bikeride, Supertramp, Primal Scream, Kevin Ayers, The Posies' happiest songs, they all figure in here, with mucho gusto! Carrots is dead, long live Carrots! Quince-032 CD $13.50 Cashmore, Michael Snow Abides PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DurtroJnana LP $17.00 Casiotone For The Painfully Alone David Horovitz Picture Disc PS, US Casiotone for the Painfully Alone will join an already amazing list of artists (Xiu Xiu, Lucky Dragons) who have already contributed the series of picture disc 7"s featuring the photography of David Horovitz. Both tracks are exclusive to a one time pressing of 500 copies. These will go fast since these singles are already becoming collectors items. Aagoo 45 $10.00 Cherry Orchard, The The Start of Our Affair PS, JAPAN The debut album from UK-based boy/girl indie-pop duo, Jason and Sara. CD features melodies of Trash Can Sinatras (or Prefab Sprout), arrangements a la early Eggstone, sweet vocals, and a sophisticated sound. This is a genuine 90s pop masterpiece. Quince-9005 CD $13.50 Collett, Jason Here's To Being Here PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Arts&Crafts LP $15.75 Company Old Baby PS, US "Old Baby" is the latest record from COMPANY, a songwriting collective and rock band rooted in folk, punk, country, and psychedelic traditions. Evocative guitars, dynamic rhythms, uplifting harmonies, and lyrics by turns incisive and insightful interweave to create a homespun sound that is as striking as it is familiar. In these songs, simplicity shimmers, dreams pack the punch of hard facts, and the human heart is laid bare, weird, defiant, and lovely. BrahRecords/JagJaguwar-012 CD $11.50 Conn, Bobby On The Farm PS, US 2 brand new, never released before tracks, representing his latest invention, Eco-Disco. What is Eco Disco?? It is a passionate, yet groovy, call to move out of the cities and into rural communes to lead a more responsible and down to earth existence, while at the same time making good music. Bec-Rec 45 $6.75 Contents Are, The Through You PS, GERMANY The Contents Are: Dave Neumann (guitar, vocals); Paul Staack (drums, vocals); Larry Smith (bass, vocals); and Craig Hute (lead guitar, vocals) from Iowa. The Contents Are were one of many '60s bands from the Quad City's fertile garage music scene. With labels/studios like Fredlo and IGL, it was a very healthy regional area for bands with an unusually high per capita for record releases. Up until the recent discovery of an original copy a couple years ago, it was only rumored to exist and remained an enigma with hardcore record collectors. In most cases, The Contents Are were only known by astute collectors for their two excellent 45 releases (non-LP). Well the mystery is over, and here's your chance to hear one of the most rare and greatest garage records ever recorded. Here's the story about the record: four high school seniors from Iowa decide to release an album of all original tunes, exclusively sold at their live shows. Originally released on the Rok label (a subsidiary of the already obscure Fredlo label) in 1967 with only 100 copies pressed. These guys were not your typical garage band - talented players, professional grade vocalists and no cover songs! Their music is a nice blend of garage rock with hints of hipster folk and early psychedelic influences. As good if not better as other similar top-shelf rarities like Mystery Meat and the Bachs, but without a major quantity release, making original copies of their recordings ten times rarer. Get it or miss it! CD jewel case with 8-page booklet, plus 4 bonus non-LP tracks from singles. Shadoks-090 CD $16.25 Crom Hot Sumerian Nights PS, US Thundering metal from these underground Gods. Featuring members of -16- & 400 Blows, these maniacs have picked up where The Cocaine Wars left off w/ plenty of obscure & in your face metal samples w/ a refined sound. This album will melt your face off. Underdogma CD $11.00 Cryptacize Dig That Treasure PS, US Every song on "Dig That Treasure" is a miniature journey, a free fantasia, a dreamy habitat built out of the minimum of material. Sudden rhythmic gestures and frequent key changes will leave you feeling pleasantly disorientated in a song. But trust your tour-guides! You might feel as if you've come across a small tribe that speaks an unstudied language, and miraculously, find that you can speak it too! "Dig That Treasure" is humbly inspired by the larger-than-life emotions of West Side Story, the joyfully percussive guitar gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Wizard of Oz's bittersweet escapism, the other-world sentimentality of Sun Ra's Spaceship Lullaby, and Henry Cowell's ethereal piano string strumming. AsthmaticKitty-38 CD $11.50 Cryptacize Dig That Treasure PS, US Every song on "Dig That Treasure" is a miniature journey, a free fantasia, a dreamy habitat built out of the minimum of material. Sudden rhythmic gestures and frequent key changes will leave you feeling pleasantly disorientated in a song. But trust your tour-guides! You might feel as if you've come across a small tribe that speaks an unstudied language, and miraculously, find that you can speak it too! "Dig That Treasure" is humbly inspired by the larger-than-life emotions of West Side Story, the joyfully percussive guitar gospel of Sister Rosetta Tharpe, The Wizard of Oz's bittersweet escapism, the other-world sentimentality of Sun Ra's Spaceship Lullaby, and Henry Cowell's ethereal piano string strumming. AsthmaticKitty-38 LP $10.25 Crystal Skulls Blocked Numbers PS, US Debut from Seattle's darlings presents a wholly satisfying batch of songs undeniably refreshing yet immediately familiar. Pulling from hidden gems of crooners, power-pop underdogs & intergrating those impulses w/ winnin g aspects of heavy-hitter favorites both obscure & exploded, past & present . No.3Records LP $13.50 Dabrye Get Dirty PS, US He's been in the shadows, creating the next wave of beats to unleash upon the wIonrtledr, nbautti noonta blefore unleashing a few more nuggets to keep the fans fed. This is from the "Two/Three" sessions, a club-style banger that feat. the characteristic brag of his legendary gritty, parping bass sound has been modernized, or "Blade Runner'd" into a mutant squelch for this choice cut. Also feat. FLYING LOTUS & KODE 9 remixes, flip side all instrumentals. Ghostly 12 $8.75 Danava UnonoU PS, US VINYL!!! Kemado DLP $21.75 Davies, Ray Working Man's Cafe PS, US Very enjoyable new solo album from Kinks frontman. NewWest CD $17.25 Dead Raven Choir My Firstborn Will Surely Be Blind PS, US Awesome fancy "art edition" vinyl version. AuroraBorealis LP $17.00 Dead Science Tomlab Alphabet Series: V PS, US The "V" single, and the two songs contained therein, will be a sort of satellite of THE DEAD SCIENCE'S next album, "Villainaire", a record dealing with a very specific period of time in singer Sam Mickens' life and, more generally, in the embrace of personal nihilism and the potential psychic luxury of amorality. The A-Side, "Make Mine Marvel (Remix)" will be, in the style of R. Kelly's remix work, a completely new song, with completely new melodic and lyrical content, built on components of the original "make Mine Marvel" which will appear on "Villainaire". The B-Side, "White Mane," was a song initially intended and recorded for the album, but which will be exclusively here instead. "White Mane" is, in fragmentary and impressionistic fashion, about the American film actor Robert Blake, both in his own recent life and in terms of his relationship to certain past roles. Tomlab-104V 45 $5.40 Denny, Sandy S-T PS, US Perhaps the greatest British folk singer of all time, she first came to prominence in the quintessential British folk band, the Fairport Convention. Her singing and songwriting took the band to unimaginable heights and proved her to be a true talent of the last century. After leaving Fairport in 1970, she continued to produce solo work. Sandy, released in 1972, is her second post-Fairport release and her pre-eminent solo effort. Featuring two bonus tracks from the soundtrack of the movie Pass Of Arms." 180 gram virgin vinyl. VinylLovers LP $28.00 Differnet Collapsing Universe PS, SWEDEN "Differnet's 2007 album finds the Swedish quartet again grappling with compositions that don't quite comfortably fit into any obvious form of popular music-crackling sounds of insects and general everyday noise meshes with slow cascades of synth strings and an extremely slow, deliberate rhythm before suddenly breaking into a vocal and drums break that could be a nervous soundtrack to a car chase. And this is all on the first song "Pattern of Parklands," which still doesn't describe everything in the piece-without specifically pushing sonic boundaries Differnet here again demonstrate more of the possibilities to be found in flowing collages of styles that reincorporate familiar rock, dance and other moves into a more modern approach." - Ned Raggett, All Music Guide. "They're almost like a Friendly Noise version of the Knife, but more personal. Includes a killer cover of Eurhythmics' 'Savage!'" - Other Music, NYC Influences: Throbbing Gristle, Franz Schubert, Cocteau Twins, Oval, Pet Shop Boys, Bernard Parmegiani, Einstuerzende Neubauten, New Order, Wire, Pierre Henry, Propaganda, Durutti Column... TRACK LIST: 1. Patterns of Parklands 2. Caring Arms 3. Savage 4. Prediction and Event 5. Survival Kit 6. Electricity (is Not What it Used to Be) 7. Stadium 8. A Fairy Tale FriendlyNoise-050 CD $13.50 Dirtbombs, The We Have You Surrounded PS, US InTheRed CD $14.25 DJ Donna Summer Panther Tracks PS, UK He's back! It's been 2 years since Jason Forrest released his last full-length album, and 5 years since he's released as Donna Summer. So now he's back, this time with the slightly different moniker (DJ Donna Summer) and his first release for his own Cock Rock Disco label. Just as "Shamelessly Exciting" was a record that mixed different genres into a new mash of sampled sounds, "Panther Tracks" is a record comprised of different styles of dance music made solely with the intention to get people moving! From Booty to Breakcore, Happy Hardcore to Hardstyle, Techno to B'more Club Music, Forrest has it in there! Initially begun as a sort of remix record, "Panther Tracks" builds heavily on a variety of sampled heroes. One can hear Dj Chip and Dj Technics form the skeleton of more booty oriented tracks like "Peepers" and "Boomshakalaka". While some live recordings (on cassette) of old-school Uk Breakbeat Rave festivals by DJ Slipmat, Ratpack, and Ellis D are reconstructed to make new Breakcore styled dance tracks. Traces of Hardstyle, Techno and a whole lot of Breakcore yield such gems as "Party People", "Get Down" and "Rock Rock Rock". No style too hard or too cheesy to learn from, "Panther Tracks" is like the ultimate Rave; it's fun, slightly crazy, and will keep you dancing all night long. CockRockDisco-018 CD $17.75 Dominique A Sur Nos Forces Motrices PS, SPAIN Four concerts were recorded and trawled through to pick out the best of the best: those moments when the group played perfectly, captivated by and focused on the music; when it played at its best without sacrificing the level of energy that simply makes a concert; when they struck that perfect balance between the brutal, wild side, when the group really puts its foot down, and the subtlety of, at times sophisticated, arrangements, accompanied by brass and keyboards. Yes, but is it a "greatest hit" or not? Let's say it sounds like one massively, but Dominique clearly isn't making it a question of principle. For Dominique, a live version must enhance or surpass the original version. In that respect, we can be reassured. Dominique and his group have come up with a bunch of new ideas. Meaning that this album sweeps through the guy's entire career. No album is forgotten - some songs even sprout new limbs, like L'Amour, squarely presented as an overture. The pillars of his work are all here. Le courage des oiseaux, so often reinvented, has been turned here into rock-funk; La mémoire neuve, Pour la peau, Antonia are al included. The nostalgic side of Dominique A, which he could hardly convey through silence, comes out in Tout sera comme avant and Music hall. Less well known, Le commerce de l'eau and the very rare Empty white blues captivate. Lastly, as a bonus free gift, two unpublished titles have been concocted: Revoir les choses and the highly literary and deeply moving Marina. So there you have it, a new disc from Dominique A boasting no fewer than fifteen titles. A fully rounded disc that should appeal beyond his audience of fans, so much does he go beyond the famous distinction of new "chanson française" to serve up a platter of songs that are simply superb, with singing that is at times soothing and absorbing, rustled up by a top-flight quartet of musicians. It's the precise moment and the ideal way to discover or rediscover the artist that is Dominique A. GreenUFOs-033 CD $17.25 Envy Compiled Fragments 1997-2003 PS, US Celebrating the release of their incendiary new EP, "Abyssal", and in conjunction with their forthcoming North American tour, TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED is proud to re-introduce the lion's share of ENVY'S colossal back catalog. Along with their second and third albums - "All the Footprints You've Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead" and "A Dead Sinking Story", respectively - we are happy to finally bring you "Compiled Fragments 1997-2003". This collection of singles, rare tracks and unreleased gems maps Envy's storied transformation from pioneering spastic hardcore to masters of exquisite, triumphant doom. Originally released in 2003 on the group's own SONZAI RECORDS in Japan, this album has never been available in North America, and has never been previously released on vinyl. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-130 CD $9.00 Envy Compiled Fragments 1997-2003 PS, US Celebrating the release of their incendiary new EP, "Abyssal", and in conjunction with their forthcoming North American tour, TEMPORARY RESIDENCE LIMITED is proud to re-introduce the lion's share of ENVY'S colossal back catalog. Along with their second and third albums - "All the Footprints You've Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead" and "A Dead Sinking Story", respectively - we are happy to finally bring you "Compiled Fragments 1997-2003". This collection of singles, rare tracks and unreleased gems maps Envy's storied transformation from pioneering spastic hardcore to masters of exquisite, triumphant doom. Originally released in 2003 on the group's own SONZAI RECORDS in Japan, this album has never been available in North America, and has never been previously released on vinyl. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-130 DLP $14.25 Erickson, Roky & the Explosives Halloween: Live 1979-1981 PS, US Live stuff from a key period for this Texan psych guitar great. Steadyboy CD $15.75 Exillon It's Ok To Dance PS, GERMANY Exillon brings acid to IDM, speeds things up several notch, and bombs the dance floor with a high energy album of catchy twisted club tunes. Tapping on his high production skills, "It's OK to Dance" brings back life to twisted beats and complex rhythms and does it all with a smile. It's OK to take the acid test, and certainly impossible to resist. In 2006, Exillon had helped bear the grief of IDM with "The Keening Dithers", an album which brilliantly closed chapters both for this musician and for the kind of music he had been known for. Two years later, the keening has dithered for good, and Jay Fields (Exillon) has taken his art from the moody, glitchy and modest waters of his past electronica to more daring, club-oriented and uplifting ones. It might have to do with Jay Field's relocation to San Francisco, with a more energetic, dance floor-friendly trend in electronic music or just with the evolution of an artist per se; "It's OK To Dance" is a CD in which the clear, sharp and flowing sounds that Exillon has been using since his Debut in the early 200os get mixed and mashed in a lively, bouncy way. A party album for raving robots, this album is the meeting point of Exillon's hi-fi sounds and production and a deliciously retro, 90's acid sensibility. Not satisfied with just reviving the acid sound (something which has been done by many, without much soul or innovation), Exillon makes this sound his, and draws from his experience as a beat & tone trickster to bake a whole new recipe altogether. Mixing the best of both worlds, Jay Fields reclaims the dance floor, and manages to entertain his audience without insulting the brain (something which over the year has almost become an Ad Noiseam motto). Good trip guaranteed and yes, it is really OK to dance. AdNoiseam-086 CD $15.50 Eyeless In Gaza Photographs As Memories PS, UK The first album on Cherry Red from the esteemed Eyeless In Gaza, one of Mike Always first signings and indeed a fine way to kick of the 30th year Anniversary celebrations. Seven Years / Fixation / Looking Daggers / From A To B / Clear Cut Apparently / Speech Rapid Fire / John Of Patmos / Knives Replace Air / Faceless / In Your Painting / A Keepsake/ Whitewash/ No Noise / Bonus Tracks- Invisibility / Three Kittens / Plague Of Years / Others / Jane Dancing / Ever Present / Avenue With Trees CherryRed-166 CD $15.50 Eyeless In Gaza Drumming the Beating Heart / Pale Hands I Loved So Well PS, UK Martyn Bates and Peter Becker had been recording together for two years when Pale Hands I Loved so Well and Drumming the Beating Heart, respectively the 3rd and 4th Eyeless in Gaza albums, was released. Both albums have a magic that has endured and Pale Hands is especially wondrous, witnessing the maturation of EIG's gift for evocative improvisational impressionism. Drumming The Beating Heart- Transience Blues / Ill-Wind Blows / One By One / Picture The Day / Dreaming At Rain / Two / Veil Like Calm / Throw A Shadow / Pencil Sketch / At Arms Length / Lights Of April / Before You Go Pale Hands I Loved So Well Tall And White Nettles / Warm Breath, Soft And Slow / Blue Distance / Sheer Cliffs / Falling Leaf-Fading Flower / Goodbye To Summer / Lies Of Love / To Ellen / Pale Saints / Letters To She / Light Sliding / Big Clipper Ship CherryRed-127 CD $15.50 Eyeless In Gaza Caught In Flux / The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers PS, UK With animated gestures of disdain Eyeless In Gaza can answer detractors who dismissed their debut LP, 'Photographs As Memories', as a precious exercise in the art of self-indulgence. 'Caught In Flux', the bands second offering of the year, is a measure of progress, and though there's still room for growth some mark of maturity has undoubtedly been forged. Caught In Flux- Sixth Sense / Point You / Voice From The Tracks / Scale Amiss / The Decoration / Continual / Soul On Thin Ice / Rose Petal Knot / Skeletal Framework / See Red / Half-Light / Every Which Way The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers- The Eyes Of Beautiful Losers / Still Air / Out From The Day-To-Day / True Colour / Keynote Inertia CherryRed-145 CD $15.50 Eyeless In Gaza Back From The Rains PS, UK As part of Cherry Red's 30th anniversary commemorations - we shall be re-visiting many key artists' releases where we shall be re-mastering, repressing and re-promoting. What better then than to kick-start proceedings with one of Mike Always' first signings - the esteemed band Eyeless In Gaza. Between These Dreams / Twilight / Back From The Rains / Lie Still, Sleep Long / Catch Me / Evening Music / She Moves Thru The Fair / Sweet Life Longer / New Love Here / Welcome Wow / Your Rich Sky /Flight Of Swallows / My Last, Lost Melody / New Risen / Bright Play Of Eyes / Scent Of Evening Air / Drumming The Beating Heart CherryRed-069 CD $15.50 Felix Kubin Und Das Mineral Orchester Music for Theatre and Radio Play PS, GERMANY We are extremely excited to announce the 1st collaboration between the Dekorder label and our old friend, local conspirator and private hair gardener Felix Kubin. Kubin has achieved worldwide reputation by releasing post-dadaist, futuristic NDW-influenced Organ&Korg smash hits on his own Gagarin label, on A-Musik, Ski-pp, Meeuw, Diskono et al. He has collaborated with People Like Us, Coolhaven, Mark Boombastik, Asmus Tietchens, ensemble Intégrales, David Fenech, Ergo Phizmiz, Boris D. Hegenbart, Wojtek Kucharczyk and many others. His first recordings date back to his teenage years in the early 1980's, followed by his electro acoustic noise duo Klangkrieg and the pseudo-communist Liedertafel Margot Honecker. Right from the start Felix Kubin has written and recorded music for films (hence the title of his first album) by the likes of Mariola Brillowska and Anke Feuchtenberger and continues the German tradition of "Hörspiel" (radio play) with works such as "Territerrortorium", "Nachtspeicher", "Orpheus' Psykotron" and "Syndikat für Gegenlärm" (with guest appearances by Matmos, DAT Politics and Wolfgang Müller of Die Tödliche Doris). Some of Kubin's most gorgeous and adventurous works are his contributions to "The Raft" (a radio play by the mysterious Xentos Bentos of The Homosexuals, directed by Lukas Simonis of Coolhaven, Trespassers W, Dull Schicksal) and his soundtracks for theatre plays by Branko Simic ("Zufall", based on a short story by Vladimir Nabokov) and the notorious Schorsch Kamerun. The latter (known in Germany as a member of Goldene Zitronen) directed "Hollywood Elegien" based on a song cycle by Bert Brecht and Hanns Eisler. Now the best parts of these works are for the first time available on LP and CD, simply (and aptly) titled "Music for Theatre and Radio Play". While the musical spectrum on this release covers a variety of styles and moods it's still almost immediately recognizable as a typically Kubin-ist work featuring the main ingredients his records and body-and-mind-boggling live shows are famous for. Twisted rhythms & playfully clever arrangements that could have been created by a mutated reincarnation of the legendary Juan Esquivel; hauntingly ethereal tracks sounding like a narcoleptic John Carpenter playing Angelo Badalamenti arrangements; contorted Big Band music, pre-war Schlager and Vaudeville sent through a malfunctioning pre-digital time machine; Ennio Morricone cloned as a Russian male choir; instrumental workers' songs Hanns Eisler might have imagined in a feverish nightmare - it's all there, and more! Dekorder-022 LP $17.00 Felix Kubin Und Das Mineral Orchester Music for Theatre and Radio Play PS, GERMANY We are extremely excited to announce the 1st collaboration between the Dekorder label and our old friend, local conspirator and private hair gardener Felix Kubin. Kubin has achieved worldwide reputation by releasing post-dadaist, futuristic NDW-influenced Organ&Korg smash hits on his own Gagarin label, on A-Musik, Ski-pp, Meeuw, Diskono et al. He has collaborated with People Like Us, Coolhaven, Mark Boombastik, Asmus Tietchens, ensemble Intégrales, David Fenech, Ergo Phizmiz, Boris D. Hegenbart, Wojtek Kucharczyk and many others. His first recordings date back to his teenage years in the early 1980's, followed by his electro acoustic noise duo Klangkrieg and the pseudo-communist Liedertafel Margot Honecker. Right from the start Felix Kubin has written and recorded music for films (hence the title of his first album) by the likes of Mariola Brillowska and Anke Feuchtenberger and continues the German tradition of "Hörspiel" (radio play) with works such as "Territerrortorium", "Nachtspeicher", "Orpheus' Psykotron" and "Syndikat für Gegenlärm" (with guest appearances by Matmos, DAT Politics and Wolfgang Müller of Die Tödliche Doris). Some of Kubin's most gorgeous and adventurous works are his contributions to "The Raft" (a radio play by the mysterious Xentos Bentos of The Homosexuals, directed by Lukas Simonis of Coolhaven, Trespassers W, Dull Schicksal) and his soundtracks for theatre plays by Branko Simic ("Zufall", based on a short story by Vladimir Nabokov) and the notorious Schorsch Kamerun. The latter (known in Germany as a member of Goldene Zitronen) directed "Hollywood Elegien" based on a song cycle by Bert Brecht and Hanns Eisler. Now the best parts of these works are for the first time available on LP and CD, simply (and aptly) titled "Music for Theatre and Radio Play". While the musical spectrum on this release covers a variety of styles and moods it's still almost immediately recognizable as a typically Kubin-ist work featuring the main ingredients his records and body-and-mind-boggling live shows are famous for. Twisted rhythms & playfully clever arrangements that could have been created by a mutated reincarnation of the legendary Juan Esquivel; hauntingly ethereal tracks sounding like a narcoleptic John Carpenter playing Angelo Badalamenti arrangements; contorted Big Band music, pre-war Schlager and Vaudeville sent through a malfunctioning pre-digital time machine; Ennio Morricone cloned as a Russian male choir; instrumental workers' songs Hanns Eisler might have imagined in a feverish nightmare - it's all there, and more! Dekorder-022 CD $15.00 Fern Knight Music For Witches & Alchemists PS, US This is a dark & beguiling collection of neo-psychedelic songs. Beautifully recorded at Hexham Head by ESPERS' Greg Weeks, the songs are cast in rich, detailed arrangements feat. Alec K. Redfearn, GREG WEEKS, JESSE SPARHAWK on harp, Otto Hauser (Espers, Devendra Banhart, Vetiver) & other Philadelphia-area luminaries contributing to the sweeping sound. Numbered edition of 800 copies - beautifully screenprinted jackets. Eclipse DLP $18.25 Flowers Forever S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! TeamLove LP $14.00 Flowers Forever S-T PS, US This is a project Derek Pressnall started in early 2007 after having a mental breakdown / woke up bored / saw the future / turned off the lights / lost faith in humanity / went dancing / fell in love / buried some friends / watched the news / gave up. Inspired by late 80's / early 90's punk, the B-52's, David Hockney, Lou Reed, dumb conversations, bike rides, & all other normal things, he wrote a bunch of songs. TeamLove CD $12.50 Gate 9 Moon Ranger Gone Evil PS, US Slow & low cosmic doom from Norway for fans of Spirit Caravan & Sons Of Otis. The power trio's demo received great reviews from StonerRock.com & Daredevil Magazine. This debut full-length will further their reputation in the world of doom. Underdogma CD $10.00 Genghis Tron Board Up The House PS, US This enigmatic trio weave an ocean-sized orchestra from just a few instruments & machines. Giant riffs & frenetic beats make perfect sense next to haunting vocal melodies & moments of subtle beauty. Relapse CD $13.25 Goldfrapp A&E PS, US 1st single from the long-awaited follow up to "Supernature". Mute CD5 $4.75 Goldstoned I Was A Teenage Pop Addict PS, JAPAN I Was a Teenaged Pop Addict is a perfect name for this 60's soul/80's disco/upbeat bossa-nova album by Goldstoned. On LP3, a compilation of previous recordings on Quince, there were just a few songs with an upbeat pop content, but Pop Addict features 100% of songs that will make you happy and dance! The references here are: The Style Council, Elvis Costello, Edwin Moses and Orange Juice. Quince-10 CD $13.50 Goldstoned Ready Steady Goldstoned PS, JAPAN A compilation album from Berlin-based Goldstoned, featuring new and previously unreleased songs, and a 4-song EP (Firestation Records). Released exclusively on Quince, Ready Steady Goldstoned reveals influences of 70's rock and soul, mod, retro-film soundtrack, psychedelic, lounge, and boss nova, with traces of Beatles, Beach Boys, and Style Council. Quince-03 CD $13.50 Gone Epic Trilogy PS, US This is the band's 10th album in more than 20 yrs. It hits the ground running in true GREG GINN fashion, blending heavy guitar w/ funky, jazz infused chords & an edgy, surfer punk vibe. The driving repetition is almost hypnotic, but then, dramatically, it cuts to a groove that puts the FU in funk. Feat. HR on vocals. SST CD $16.00 Gown For the Maples PS, US Gown (aka Andrew MacGregor & 1/2 of the BARK HAZE w/Thurston Moore) went into the studio w/the SUNBURNED HAND OF THE MAN gang to melt some audio consoles. This represents a portion of that recorded output & believe us, it's some massive stuff. Sunburned's thick funk presents the perfect background for Gown's shredding guitar play. Extremely hot stuff. LIMITED TO 639 w/a limited CD. ThreeLobedRecordings LP $22.00 Grand Archives S-T PS, US While Seattle is famous for many things, sunlight isn't one of them. Yet illumination and warmth suffuse the self-titled debut from this Emerald City quintet. Dark times do not necessarily call for dark music. While singer/ guitarist Mat Brooke's previous ensembles (Band Of Horses, Carissa's Wierd) often shied away from light, he's changed direction with this band. Like the timeless classics of The Mamas & The Papas or The Turtles, it responds to the turbulent times of its genesis with hope, high spirits, and a sense of camaraderie. Subpop CD $12.50 Grand Archives S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Subpop LP $12.50 Grey Daturas Owly Claw Hammer PS, US You can hear this trio feeling each other a year ago, as these A & B sides spin in '08 in your living room: a triad w/ cleared heads & no preconception, speaking to each other w/ demonic waves, while not once looking at the other's eyes or hands nor saying a word. Maybe something should be said about what it sounds like. Shit. "Having a half-hour orgasm right before a natural disaster's about to kill you, while an early Celtic Frost instrumental 7-inch plays at 16rpm?" EmperorJones-080 LP $16.00 Grimund, Dominique Les Quatres Directions PS, US He's a hidden treasure of france's psych, free rock, electronic & jazz improv scenes. As a founding member of the legendary psych / krautrock inspired french act Camizole (1970-78) to his equally celebrated no wave/new wave duo Video-Aventures (1978) whose groundbreaking music has been viewed as a precursor to the sound of Stereolab. Here he reemerges w/ a whirlwind mind altering long form microgroove composition of grand proportions that hearkens back to the expanded audio visoneering & spiritualism of 60s electronic music luminaries from Stockhausen to Ramon Sender. LIMITED! Locust CD $13.00 Growing Lateral PS, US "Lateral'" finds the band reflecting on their past two (may we add highly underrated) albums while gazing to the future with newfound rhythmic motifs and otherworldly heights to their sound sculptures. The textures are warm and inviting, tempting the listener to focus on stunning minimalist changes within GROWING'S dense aural fog. TheSocialRegistry-064 12 $10.25 Growing Lateral PS, US "Lateral'" finds the band reflecting on their past two (may we add highly underrated) albums while gazing to the future with newfound rhythmic motifs and otherworldly heights to their sound sculptures. The textures are warm and inviting, tempting the listener to focus on stunning minimalist changes within GROWING'S dense aural fog. TheSocialRegistry-064 CD5 $7.50 Harmony Rockets Paralyzed Mind of the Archangel Void [re-issue] PS, US Re-issue of Mercury Rev side-project's 1995 debut. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The brain-searing Paralyzed Mind of the Archangel Void is a trip into the furthest reaches of sound, a complete immersion into space noise and melodic chaos. Comprised of a single, 42-minute live performance piece, the Harmony Rockets' guise allows Mercury Rev the opportunity to push their music to its breaking point; instead of the ear-splitting avant freak-out one might have expected, however, the disc seems to exist in slow motion, characterized by ominous waves of sound. Guitars drone, trumpets throb, and Jonathan Donahue's vocals float in and out of the mix like random messages intercepted from another galaxy; the cumulative effect is an amazing distortion of the time-space continuum, a shape-shifting aural world almost alien in its dementia." ExcelsiorMelodies CD $19.00 Headlights Some Racing, Some Stopping PS, US Their sophomore follow-up to "Kill Them With Kindness". Based around acoustic and electric guitars, keyboards, drums, and other instrumentation, this record combines the pop sensibilities of previous efforts with a more restrained approach to songcraft that results in a clearer, concise musical vision. Original artwork by Parasol Pal Elzie Sexton (New Ruins). Polyvinyl CD $12.00 Headlights Some Racing, Some Stopping PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Polyvinyl LP $12.00 Higgs, Daniel Plays the Mirror of the Apocalypse and Other Songs PS, US CD version of a previously released limited cassette. Lengthy droning ragas, that drift hypnotically from deconstructed Appalachia to John Cale like slow-shifting skree (joined on those tracks by violin), to moody melancholy crawls, to thick serpentine swirls of snake charmer melody & reverberating steel string shimmer. Raw & lo-fi for sure, but so darkly emotional, & dreamily hypnotic. OpenMouth CD $11.50 Hitchcock, Robin Shadow Cat PS, UK Robyn Hitchcock has taken time out from working with The Venus 3 (which features various members of REM) and John Paul Jones (who has been busy with his former band Led Zeppelin lately...) to compile an exclusive album, Shadow Cat, for London's premier oddball label Sartorial Records. This collection of previously unreleased material from the Hitchcock vaults dates from 1993-99, providing the missing link between The Egyptians on A&M and the Warner Bros years. Shadow Cat itself features Moris Tepper, mainstay of Captain Beefheart's Magic Band, on lead acoustic guitar, and all tracks are Hitchcock originals, but for the Hendrix cover "The Wind Cries Mary" (on which Sartorial boss Terry Edwards plays Hammond organ). Aside from Edwards making a further appearance on "Never Have To See You Again", Robyn performs all instruments & vocals. From the concise opening cut, For Debbie Reynolds, to the concluding title track, the quality of the songwriting & performance shines through - "out-take" albums are all too often cobbled together from unreleased (unrealizable!) material. Not so here. These 14 tracks were whittled down from around 30 contenders, carefully edited & remastered to create a cohesive album - even to the point of sequencing the songs as two sides, despite it not being manufactured on vinyl. Essential for those who have followed Robyn from his early days in The Soft Boys (with Kimberley Rew, Morris Windsor and Andy Metcalfe) to his work with film director Jonathan Demme and beyond, this release also serves as a fine introduction to the work of one of Englands most treasured songwriters. Enjoy! Track listing SIDE 1: 1 For Debbie Reynolds, 2 Never Have To See You Again, 3 Love Affair, 4 The Wind Cries Mary, 5 High On Yourself, 6 Because You're Over, 7 The Cat Walks Her Kind Of Line. SIDE 2: 8 Statue With A Walkman, 9 The Green Boy, 10 Real Dot, 11 Nothing But Time, 12 Beautiful Shock, 13 Baby-Doll, 14 Shadow Cat. Satorial-030 CD $17.75 Instant Orange S-T PS, GERMANY Besides home to the Hell's Angels, farmers and citrus grooves, San Bernardino, California was also where Instant Orange lived and released their first single in 1968. Terry Walters, Randy Lanier and Lynn McCurdy are Instant Orange with the help of Joe Bianchi and Bob Lautz. The band forged ahead and released another single (1973), album (1973) and two 10" EPs (1974 and 1975). All of their releases were small pressings of 100 copies and to this day, Instant Orange remains virtually unknown. Their homemade sound is a refreshing reflection of the West Coast folk-rock influences that were so prevalent during the '60s and early '70s. All original tracks with inspiration from bands like The Byrds, Buffalo Springfield, Love, Sandy Bull and others. Songs full of electric and acoustic guitars with nice doses of McGuinnesque 12-string riffing as well as many unexpected surprises (antiquated electronic effects, rambling rural explorations, long jams, experimental moves, stoner banter and other weirdness between songs, caveman fuzz, etc.). A solid listen with enough original imagination to keep it interesting without the band creating an identity crisis by trying too hard to be something other than themselves. Grab this before it becomes elusive like some of San Bernardino's motorcycle riding inhabitants. Shadoks-091 CD $16.25 Jennifer Gentle & Makoto Kawabata Wrong Cage PS, ITALY ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Besides leading his main band, Acid Mothers Temple, and plenty of other side projects, Makoto Kawabata has carried out a number of collaborations over the years; this one, taken from a live show in Italy in May 2002, finds him with the young psych act Jennifer Gentle. In many ways it's very much Jennifer Gentle's show -- of the three songs on the short release, the two that take up the most time are extended versions of tracks from their first two albums. "Bring Them," originally from I Am You Are, makes for a full-on neo-stoner masterpiece." ASIlentPlace CD $16.75 Joy Division Let The Movie Begin PS, US Deluxe packaging, gatefold sleeves w/ pvc protective covers & 180gm vinyl. Ltd. to 1000 copies worldwide & contains extremely rare audio interviews w/ all members of Joy Division,some of which have never seen the light of day, plus spoken word contribution on 1 number from Martin Hannett along w/ superb & very rare live performance. Ozit DLP $25.00 Kula Shaker Strangefolk [expanded] PS, US New album from British psych-o-nauts, aging gracefully. CookingVinyl CD $15.75 Laven & MSO Reach PS, GERMANY Laven & MSO, the two producers from Frankfurt, put so much pop appeal into the vocal mix of "Reach" (feat. Malte) that colleagues like Fischerspooner should prepare themselves: the whole gorgeous ten minutes of this track have enough power to atomize every nightclub into dust. On the flip is a killer old school acid instrumental. KlangElektronik 12 $9.50 Le Mans Rebel Action PS, SPAIN New album from Spanish dream-poppers. Locomotive CD $16.25 Little Annie & Paul Wallfisch When Good Things Happen To Bad Pianos PS, US She returns, fresh from the success of Songs From the Coalmine Canary, w/ a more introspective album of cover versions. They have recorded a batch of their favorite songs, rearranged in a duo setting. DurtroJnana CD $16.00 L'Ocelle Mare S-T PS, US The solo project from Thomas Bonvalet, guitarist from CHEVAL DE FRISE. His musical approach reminds us of John Fahey and/or David Grubbs. Recorded in different deserted French places in July 2006, you can hear the silence in a ruined stable and bats in obscurity. Sickroom-048 CD $12.50 Louis XIV Slick Dogs and Ponies [Bonus CD] PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! ATL LP $14.50 Louris, Gary Vagabonds PS, US Through his two-decade stint as singer, guitarist and principal songwriter of The Jayhawks and as a member of alt-supergroup Golden Smog, Gary Louris has built a deeply compelling body of music whose artistry and integrity has earned him a loyal audience and the respect of critics and his peers. With his solo debut, Vagabonds, Louris steps out to deliver some of his most evocative and personal music yet with the aid of Black Crowes frontman and longtime fan, Chris Robinson, who produced the album's organically soulful performances. Rykodisc CD $16.00 Lowe, Nick Jesus of Cool [Bonus Tracks] (Digipack Packaging) PS, US Reissue of his classic first solo record. Pop record making at it's finest. A must own! YepRocRecords CD $15.50 Magnet #78 PS, US AGAINST ME! on cover, interviewed by indie darling BEN LEE. 2007 The Year in Music: top 20 albums and 10 best records you didn't hear, features on Black Mountain, Mark Lanegan, Helio Sequence & more! ZINE $3.00 Martha & The Vandellas Dance Party PS, US One of the top "girl groups" of all time, they dominated the female side of Motown of the mid 60s & made top ten hits into creations like "(Love Is Like A) Heat Wave", "Nowhere To Run", "Honey Chile" & their anthem "Dancing In The Street". This classic '65 release is one of their best full lengths; not only does it feat. the hits, it's also packed w/ Motown dance standards of the day like "Mickey's Monkey", "Hitch Hike" & "The Jerk." Lilith LP $21.50 Martial Canterel Refuge Underneath PS, US Martial Canterel's first full-length CD release entitled 'Refuge Underneath', a compilation of the artist's first two long-deleted self-released cassette tapes as well as 5 previously unreleased tracks, all digitally re-mastered. Martial Canterel records and performs using only vintage analogue synthesizers and sequencers, producing a highly-crafted, complex, and idiosyncratic form of electronic music that is simultaneously romantically melancholic and affirmatively aggressive. Inspired both by the first wave of relatively unknown minimal electronic bands in Northern Europe and the seminal industrial noise bands such as Throbbing Gristle, SPK, and Cabaret Voltaire. Weird-003 CD $10.00 Maus, John Love Is Real PS, US Better known as a collaborator with ANIMAL COLLECTIVE'S PANDA BEAR and ARIEL PINK'S HAUNTED GRAFFITI, Maus is an idiosyncratic pop genius. UpsettheRhythm-015 CD $14.25 May or May Not Kaledioscope of Egos PS, US A significant evolution from their first album, skipping around genres like a furious record collector (or digital music pirate, yarr!). Whether it's the psychedelic reminiscing sing-along "Do The Disaster" or the winding, prog-tinged anthem "Lavender Shell" the band's confidence to mine from the past is clear, but all with a fresh outlook for the future. First single "Boots" rides Aaron Brink's atmospheric guitar hooks & the thunderous, double-time drumming of Mike Brunette all the way through the assured singing of Amelia Styer, who shares vocals throughout Kaleidoscope with Maxwell & Reidell. TwoThumbsDown-023 CD $8.50 Megafaun Bury the Square PS, US From the vibrant Southern quasi-capital of Durham emerge MEGAFAUN, wearing earnestness across the chest and abstraction along the sleeves. They pour forth dulcet harmonies, as seeking vocals tug banjo lines up the Appalachian mountains; redemptive noise soaks everything, like thick air wafting from the Atlantic. Clawhammer banjo and strummed acoustics lock and roll with electric guitars and electronic textures. They realize that folk implies deep, personal, intense expression, whether the instrument is a parlor piano with the lid thrown back or a distortion pedal with the case cracked loose. In this band, orthodoxy and unorthodoxy flow together as one. TableoftheElements-815 CD $13.00 Metric Live at Metropolis PS, CANADA Canadian synth-rock superstars live in Montreal in 2006 on their "Live It Out" tour plus videos for 3 singles. Emily Haines and the entire Metric posse are releasing a new concert DVD from their Live It Out tour. The DVD captures the band jamming out at their Fall 2006 Montreal stop on their Live It Out Tour. Live at the Metropolis also includes the videos for three Live It Out singles: "Monster Hospital", "Poster of a Girl", and "Empty". LastGang DVD $14.50 Mexico 70 Thirty Five Whirlpools PS, US "Thirty Five Whirlpools Below Sound" Latest from long-running, rugged Britpop shining stars. Ranges from pop gems reminiscent of Elvis Costello to more philosophical fare including trademark jangly, Byrdsy guitar & witty, imaginitive lyrics. ToucanCove CD $14.50 Moffat, Aiden John I Can Hear Your Heart PS, UK New solo album from Arab Strap frontman, warning: explicit content! AVERSION: "t should come as no surprise that the onetime Arab Strap singer's first solo album, a spoken-word poetry/prose affair that's usually accompanied by incidental music or other sound effects, is laden in tales of cheating lovers, sexual experimentation and soaked in booze. It might come as a surprise, though, to find out Moffat was holding back with Arab Strap, avoiding the stickiest situations, the dirtiest references and the most damning confessions that come forth in this semi-autobiographical audio tome." ChemikalUnderground CD $15.75 Mojack Under the Willow Tree PS, US Greg Ginn's latest release w/ his funk rock band is full of twists & turns. 10 yrs in the waiting, this picks up where Home Brew left it hanging. SST CD $14.00 Mojo #172 (March 2008) [Magazine + CD] PS, UK ZINE $10.00 Monade Monstre Cosmique PS, UK New album from Stereolab chantuese Laetitia Sadier's Monade! PITCHFORK: "Stereolab singer/lyricist Laetitia Sadier here takes a slightly more elegant take on her day job's search to find the pop in the avant-garde." TooPure/Beggars CD $15.00 Mould, Bob District Line PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Anti LP $15.50 Mould, Bob District Line PS, US Guitarist/singer/songwriter Mould returns to form as a solo artist on his Anti debut. "District Line" combines the fire of his earliest work in Husker Du, the accessibility of his alternative rock, genre-defining trio Sugar, and the introspection found in his solo releases. He describes it as "stories of my simple life in a complicated town", that being his adopted city of Washington, DC. Working with Fugazi drummer Brendan Canty, Mould has returned to the live band sound of Husker Du and Sugar to kick out ten songs that sound as youthful, energized, and immediate as anything he has ever recorded. Anti CD $15.50 Mountain Goats Heretic Pride PS, US The Mountain Goats have recorded four fine albums that have established them as a genuine cult phenomenon and confirmed John Darnielle's status as one of the finest lyricists of his generation. "Heretic Pride" is a suite of songs about mythical creatures, imaginary cults, slasher films, and pulp fiction novelists. Here, Darnielle has also come up with some of the most anthemic, impassioned, and downright catchy songs of his career. "It's rare to come across such specific and purposeful prose in modern pop. But, alongside Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and the Decemberists' Colin Meloy, John Darnielle is helping bring fine lyric writing back to life" - NY Daily News. 4AD CD $13.25 Mountain Goats Heretic Pride PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! 4AD LP $14.00 Mountain High Wicked Wanderer PS, US They fit somewhere on the continuum between groups like Amon Duul II, the Pink Fairies & Tony McPhee's Grounhogs. Sort of proto-punk & grittier than most psych, & somewhat blues-rooted, though altogether their own thing, w/ mini-anthems & non-sequitor tributes to Punky Brewster & Yankee pitcher Mel Stottlemyre. M.H. seem to really not care much about current musical trends, what's hot & so forth, rather they just lay down some of the sweatiest grooves happening. Prepare to have this stuck on your headphones for a month straight . HotDogCity-018 CD $9.00 Mr. Thing Strange Breaks & Mr. Thing PS, US World champion DJ Mr. Thing mixes a collection of vintage 60's & 70's funk. The collection features a connoisseur's selection of extremely rare breaks mixed w/ style & precision. Rare & sought after never before compiled tracks spanning from soul, disco, jazz, funk, folk & soft rock. BBE-096 DCD $16.75 Mt. St. Helens Of Others PS, US A more refined & concise version of their compelling, guitar driven sound. Of Others draws from influences as diverse as Unwound, Shudder to Think, Ride and Boards of Canada but the result is far from derivative. Guitar player Michael Sprague has constructed a cadre of masterfully spare guitar leads that are at once striking & hypnotic. Guitarist/vocalist Quinn Goodwillie's (also of acclaimed local group Sleep Out) voice has increased in range & fortitude and is greatly bolstered by the stalwart rhythm section of Jason Sprague (bass) & Ben Geier (drums). TwoThumbsDown-022 CD $8.50 Mudhoney Live Mud PS, US REPRESSED!! LIMITED! Recorded in Mexico City on Pearl Jam's mobile recording unit in 2005, this is a very limited live LP capturing the Godfathers of Fudge playing their classics, old & new-ish. Incl. a coupon to download all the tracks in a glorious bitrate of 192! FOR FREE! Get 'em while they're hot gang. Subpop LP $12.00 Mumlers Thickets & Stitches PS, US This is a portrait of a young band in love w/ music, exploring the various textures of the rock genre & creating something satisfyingly original. There are crowdpleasing mid-tempo rockers, mesmerizing ballads, call-and-response soul stompers & songs that defy easy categorization. Galaxia-029 CD $14.25 Neptune Gong Lake PS, US Behold: NEPTUNE, the most harrowingly original band on this planet - or the next. Its three members are, in turn, musicians, sculptors, scientists, blacksmiths, electricians, and industrial machinists; relentlessly inventive, possibly sane. Together, they construct all of their instruments, forging guitars and drums out of circular saw blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings, and miscellany from the trash. Electronics, and even cords, are homemade as well. The combined effect is a bizarre, post-apocalyptic mélange of steel, iron, wire, rust, rivet, knob, and cable; it's lunacy, arc-welded for maximum destruction. Concerts are seizures of motion. Wearing 40-pound guitars assembled entirely from scrap metal, the members don't play their instruments - they battle them, like mechanized golems. But make no mistake, this is not simply art with sharp edges and serious customs issues. Neptune rocks. Hard. Recalling the slapdash angularity of The Fall, the rhythmic ack-ack blasts of This Heat, and the sheer proto-clangor of Einstuerzende Neubauten, they count as one of the best experimental rock bands of any era. Their dynamic, expertly wrought songs and skilled improvisations don't start; they explode. "Gong Lake" is the band's first unlimited CD release, and with it the world will discover what fans of their live shows have known for years: Neptune is otherworldly. TableoftheElements-811 LP $14.25 Neptune Gong Lake PS, US Behold: NEPTUNE, the most harrowingly original band on this planet - or the next. Its three members are, in turn, musicians, sculptors, scientists, blacksmiths, electricians, and industrial machinists; relentlessly inventive, possibly sane. Together, they construct all of their instruments, forging guitars and drums out of circular saw blades, gas tanks, oil drums, bike parts, VCR casings, and miscellany from the trash. Electronics, and even cords, are homemade as well. The combined effect is a bizarre, post-apocalyptic mélange of steel, iron, wire, rust, rivet, knob, and cable; it's lunacy, arc-welded for maximum destruction. Concerts are seizures of motion. Wearing 40-pound guitars assembled entirely from scrap metal, the members don't play their instruments - they battle them, like mechanized golems. But make no mistake, this is not simply art with sharp edges and serious customs issues. Neptune rocks. Hard. Recalling the slapdash angularity of The Fall, the rhythmic ack-ack blasts of This Heat, and the sheer proto-clangor of Einstuerzende Neubauten, they count as one of the best experimental rock bands of any era. Their dynamic, expertly wrought songs and skilled improvisations don't start; they explode. "Gong Lake" is the band's first unlimited CD release, and with it the world will discover what fans of their live shows have known for years: Neptune is otherworldly. TableoftheElements-811 CD $13.00 No Depression #74 PS, US STRING THEORY, today's neo-traditionalists redefine their music. A new generation of string bands explores the past, present, & future of American music. Plus features on Daniel Lanois, Gary Louris, Kathleen Edwards, Jim White, & more. Plus all the other usual great stuff you've come to expect from No Depression. ZINE $5.00 No Kids Come Into My House PS, US "Come Into My House" is the first release by Vancouver, Canada trio NO KIDS, which is comprised of three-quarters of the critically revered pop band P:ANO. "Come Into My House" achieves an unexpected cohesiveness despite the wide range of musical styles over its 12 tracks. Golden era Hollywood musicals, Jam & Lewis-inspired production techniques, the icy displacement of contemporary R'n'B, and the breadth of Arthur Russell's, disco, pop, and avant garde compositional work are referenced and married together by novelistic narrative strains, a lush instrumental palette, and a cinematic atmosphere. Tomlab-108 CD $12.25 Notorious Hi-Fi Killers Which Side Are You On? PS, UK Rocket Recordings are proud to announce the release of Which Side Are You On?, the debut album by Southeast London 3-piece The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers. Which Side Are You On? presents the trio's distinctive take on loud, throttling noise rock blended with manic psychedelia, taking the listener on a journey through ferocious 4-track blasts, analog tape space rock and intuitive heavy blues. This is the sound of a primal rock and roll band at their most uncompromising and dirtiest. From the one and a half minute biker-punk anthem of 'Queen O' Fuck' through the fuzzed-up blues of the Freddie King classic 'Going Down' to the 18 minutes of psychedelic bliss of 'Near The Final Destination' which crumbles into a mantra of noise, drones and horns, with the added assistance of Alexander Tucker, Duke Garwood and members of Part Chimp. The Notorious Hi-Fi Killers have been a common sight on the stages in their hometown of London and various dimly-lit warehouses across the country, playing alongside bands like The Heads, Lords, Parts and Labour, Shit & Shine and White Hills. RocketRecordings CD $17.00 Paint It Black New Lexicon PS, US This marks their 1st recording w/new drummer Jared Shavelson (Hope Conspiracy, None More Black) & boasts guest vocals from Jeff Pezatti (NAKED RAYGUN). Still, many of the best surprises occur behind the scenes. Rather than straining to re-create "lo-fi" in a studio, this rings in an aggressive clarity. JadeTree CD $13.25 Panther 14 Kt. God PS, US Two-headed effort of Charlie Salas-Humara (THE PLANET THE) on vocals, cello, guitar, & keys & Joe Kelly (31 KNOTS) on drums. Think Ian Curtis' convulsive intensity & James Browns spastic swagger & you still won't have PANTHER, but a sense of what-the-fuckness that all of them seem to call up. KillRockStars CD $13.00 Park, Patrick Everyone's in Everyone (Digipak Packaging) PS, US The previous albums by Colorado-born, Los Angeles-based neo-folkie singer/songwriter Patrick Park have been promising but spotty, but coming nearly four years after 2003's Loneliness Knows My Name, the far more self-assured Everyone's in Everyone is a big step forward. Opening with the immediately engaging solo voice and guitar tune "Life Is a Song," Everyone's in Everyone moves from strength to strength. Highlights include the genuinely great "Here We Are," a propulsive country-rocker in the vintage '70s Laurel Canyon style that features a strong, memorable chorus, and the moodier, mysterious "Saint with a Fever," which mines territory closer to vintage Richard Thompson. There isn't a single duff track on this concise 11-song album, which seems destined to put Park alongside Josh Ritter and Josh Rouse in the top tier of American folk-rock singer/songwriters. ~ Stewart Mason, All Music Guide Curb Appeal CRBA5.2 CD $13.65 Parsons, Gram Gram Parsons: Fallen Angel (Digipack Packaging) PS, US Awesomeness. You should own this DVD just to be graced by Hillman's superb 'Tache. Rhino DVD $17.50 Peculiar, Vinny Goodbye My Angry Friend PS, UK There are times you can hear Nick Cave and Johnny Cash in these power pop meets kitchen sink drama songs but a better comparison might be Stephen Duffy for the romance-against-the-odds, me-against-the-world, railing-against-the-dying-of-the-light feeling of this record." Manchester song-writing maverick, performance poet and Smiths associate Vinny Peculiar has cultivated an alternative music career spanning the past 10 years collaborating with a diverse range of artists from Bill Drummond to Bonehead. 'Goodbye My Angry Friend', his 7th studio album, is an ambitious, vengeful, tuneful and intriguing collection of songs. Produced by sonic magpie Tim Browne it fuses influences that are, to many a pop music connoisseur, poles apart...from Nick Cave to The Darkness...from Johnny Cash to Queen. Here is a record that, for better or worse, plays by its own rules. The opening salvo reflects upon the death of the Vinny Peculiar alter ego whilst 'Kiss Me [I'm a Social Worker]' reeks of abuse and mistrust. 'Seasonal Affective Disorder' is a tenderly affecting paean of mood disorder and melody. 'Lazy Bohemians' portrays and gently dismembers a world of would be revolutionary misfits...a world in which Vinny stars as idler in chief. From garage band symphonies to rock and roll nursery rhymes here is a record of audacious musicality from an artist not simply content to sit on the edge. Vinny Peculiar is prepared to jump. Pronoia-007 CD $17.75 Pegasuses-XL Antiphon PS, US Mark Dale (Disband), Jeff Tobias (We Versus the Shark, Dark Meat), Joel Hatstat (Cinemechanica) & Jeff Rosenstock (Bomb the Music Industry, Arrogant Sons of Bitches) join forces based on their mutual admiration of bikes, coffee & books. Here they make music with whatever instruments they felt were appropriate, which is pretty much what you get when you mix those bands together anyway. Mostly keyboards & synths, the Antiphon is their response to questioning themselves. The music is everything they've ever done in life, crumpled up into 38 minutes of experimental/electronica/rock . ErnestJenning-037 CD $11.00 Planeta Imaginario Biomasa PS, US Planeta Imaginario are a creative and extraordinary 8 piece jazz-rock band that have emerged from the Catalan region of Spain. Founded in 1999 by keyboardist and leader Marc Capel, Planeta Imaginario originally performed psychedelic rock music but over time evolved into their present-day sound as the band grew in size and added musicians who added jazz and jazz-rock elements. Biomasa is their second album and with this release the band have a chance to have their music heard on a much wider basis. For fans of: Chick Corea's Spanish-tinged fusion works, Deus ex Machina, Gilgamesh, Pat Metheny, Soft Machine, Weather Report and Frank Zappa. Cuneiform CD $14.25 Racer, Kris Has A Banner Year PS, US As former frontman for Ohio pop-punkers Tagline, Kris Racer came to Chicago & left the rest of the band behind, opting to unplug & become an acoustic, solo act. But staying true to his punkier roots, Kris Racer is more Mike Ness than open mic. Racer's new EP continues to explore the themes of adolescence redux he covered on his debut. It's that time you reach in your mid-20s when you're still not sure what you're exactly supposed to do with your life; it's that stage in the game when you're caught thinking about whether jobs should turn into careers or if girlfriends should become wives. TwoThumbsDown-018 CD5 $5.00 Raveonettes, The Lust Lust Lust PS, US New album from Danish duo, can't wait! Coasting is the easy option. Having the balls to recognize that things aren't right and doing something about them is much harder. It may have taken The Raveonettes' Sune and Sharin a little while but they made the right decision in the end- both personally and creatively- and 'Lust, Lust, Lust' is where the two worlds collide. The songs cover the toughest decisions, the fondest of memories, the scariest of fears and the most tempting of desires all from the most personal viewpoint yet captured in The Raveonettes back-catalogue. Vice CD $14.00 Record Collector #346 (February 2008) PS, UK ZINE $10.00 Rites of Spring All Through A Life PS, US Reissue on heavy-weight vinyl. A must have and now you can. Dischord 45 $4.00 School of Language Sea From Shore PS, US This is a new project from David Brewis (FIELD MUSIC) & can, in some ways, be seen as a companion piece to FIELD MUSIC's "Tones of Town" but where that record was preoccupied w/ the choices resulting from questions of time & place, here time is tied to people - often because of their absence, but at other times because their closeness is what rejuvenates us. Feat. Barry Hyde of THE FUTUREHEADS. ThrillJockey CD $14.00 Shitmat/DJ Scotch Egg (Scotchy & Shitty) Rave Like A Headless Chicken 12" PS, UK This 12" is the second in Wrong Music's 'Rave like a..." series which pay homage too the uk rave sound. Volume one featured 4 hardcore classics from Oen_flux and, Planet Mu's, Chevron. This time it's the infamous DJ Scotch Egg and Shitmat's turn to Bring the Hardcore! DJ Scotch Egg opens his side with a DJ Friendly (over 3mins long!) gameboy cover of 'Bonkers' star Hixxy's Happy hardcore Benchmark track 'Toytown'. In fact it's less of a cover when it gets going, feeling like a pumping 8 bit techno party. The ep progresses with another 3 tracks each one with a catchy melody as the next. On the last choon we get a heartfelt emo pop/hh banger, sounding like Bach using a gameboy instead of a piano. This could be Egg's most dancefloor release too date. After the massive success of 2006's 'HANG THE DJ' and 2007's 'GROOVERIDER' albums Shitmat combines both their styles for his side of the vinyl. The first track 'Nuff Respect' merges pounding Remarc_esque jungle beats, ragga vocals and a few cheeky pop samples to make another post jungle classic whilst gabber/hardcore tracks 'Loveheart Trilogy' and 'Happy Ending' take Shitmat's mashed up sense of humour to a euphoric crescendo. WrongMusic-17 12 $14.00 Sian Alice Group 59.59 PS, US THE SOCIAL REGISTRY is pleased to announce the debut full-length album from London-based band, SIAN ALICE GROUP, "59.59". The band is already on the rise in its native England having opened a string of shows for Spiritualized and received a flurry of attention in the press. "59.59" is a fully realized and album that moves through traditional pop songwriting and instrumental composition while tempering it with studio improvisation. It is an epic record that showcases the talent and range and of this young group, taking in elements of various genres and making them their own. At a time when the musical landscape seems inundated with derivative retrogressive guitar bands, or acts reliant on sequenced beats and oscillator knobs, Sian Alice Group's more classical inclinations show their willingness to tread their own path. 59.59 features guest appearances from DOUGLAS HART (Jesus & Mary Chain), JOHN COXON (Spiritualized, Spring Heel Jack) and BRIAN DEGRAW (Gang Gang Dance). TheSocialRegistry-062 CD $11.50 Sian Alice Group 59.59 PS, US THE SOCIAL REGISTRY is pleased to announce the debut full-length album from London-based band, SIAN ALICE GROUP, "59.59". The band is already on the rise in its native England having opened a string of shows for Spiritualized and received a flurry of attention in the press. "59.59" is a fully realized and album that moves through traditional pop songwriting and instrumental composition while tempering it with studio improvisation. It is an epic record that showcases the talent and range and of this young group, taking in elements of various genres and making them their own. At a time when the musical landscape seems inundated with derivative retrogressive guitar bands, or acts reliant on sequenced beats and oscillator knobs, Sian Alice Group's more classical inclinations show their willingness to tread their own path. 59.59 features guest appearances from DOUGLAS HART (Jesus & Mary Chain), JOHN COXON (Spiritualized, Spring Heel Jack) and BRIAN DEGRAW (Gang Gang Dance). TheSocialRegistry-062 DLP $14.25 Simon, John John Simon's Album PS, US Water CD $15.50 Sleep Out I Was Your Shroud PS, US Having taken their brand of indie-rock to the masses through demos, shows, and radio appearances whilst receiving nary a death threat, Chicago quintet Sleep Out recorded their debut album I Was Your Shroud over the later months of 2005 through the earlier months of 2006. The result: eleven diverse compositions that toe the line between roadhouse donnybrooks & delicate lullabies. One canse sense the longing in "Cat or a Horse," or feel the whip cracking & taste the whiskey spitting while listening to "Stay of Execution." And batting clean up are bash brothers "It Wasn't Darkness" & "Old Mare. TwoThumbsDown CD $8.50 Slips, The Girls at the Back Up PS, US David Treahearn & Rob Haggett worked w/everyone from Madonna & Gwen Stefani to Bjork, Massive Attack & Fischer Spooner, before breaking out to form The Slips in the summer of '07. Their electronic jams have been described as pulsating glitch disco & UK Digitalism. IamsoundRecords-007 45 $8.25 Smiths, The Inside The Smiths PS, US ANDY ROURKE and MIKE JOYCE were the legendary rhythm section behind The SMITHS. For the first time on film they tell the story of what it was like being in one of the World's most celebrated and groundbreaking bands, what it was like working with MORRISSEY and JOHNNY MARR, their unique song writing process & the relationships they formed in the five years they were together. W/ contributions from PETER HOOK (JOY DIVISION / NEW ORDER), BUZZCOCKS, MARK E SMITH (THE FALL) KAISER CHIEFS, MATT OSMAN (SUEDE) and many more. TIBStreetFilm DVD $15.50 Somatic Responses Digital Darkness PS, GERMANY A new sign of life from Wales - John and Paul Healy, well-known as somatic responses produced a new fulltime masterpiece of electronic sound wizardry. Almost two years have passed since Giauzar and it seems the brothers used their time not only for the explorations of new tonal and atonal scapes, they also went for a re-analysis of their roots. The digital darkness described here is a dry, drawn out universe of distorted chromatic basses, straightened heavy beats and swirling filter pulses, establishing ties from the times when the tb-303 took over technoid music up to the nineties where speed increased and rhythms became dodgier. Stylistic classifications were never somatic responses' aim, nevertheless, digital darkness might be rated as one of their most straight-lined works since years - f.e. you never heard S.R. as speedy as they are on the title track or 'reset the world'. Their typical ingredients like unique strings usage are still present ('stranded'), the enrichment with some blasts from the past makes digital darkness a mixture that will kick your eardrums in. Hymen-764 CD $15.50 Stone, Carl Woo Lae Oak PS, US First ever CD of Carl Stone's debut album, originally released on Joan La Barbara's Wizard Records in 1983. "Woo Lae Oak" is a 54 minute tape piece based around minimal samples of strings and wind which layer, deconstruct and reform into an expansive, shimmering whole. Remastered for CD, with complete original artwork and new accompanying notes by Phill Niblock. UnseenWorlds-03 CD $13.00 Sun Ra & His Arkestra Some Blues But Not The Kind Thats Blue PS, US "The third deluxe Ra reissue in the new O-Card format from the UMS, released in conjunction with El Saturn Records is here: a superb reissue of a delicious, seldom heard Saturn Records document from '70 - replete with two alternate takes of a previously unissued classic AND an 'Untitled' piece from the original '77 sessions... all available for the first time on CD!" ." -John Corbett, Chicago, October, 2007 Atavistic-265 CD $15.00 Sunny Day Sets Fire Strange: Remix PS, US SDSF's music reflects their shared loves of 60s psych, the Beach Boys, classic Sun Rock and Roll. This EP features the first single off of the upcoming album, "Stranger," as well as remixes of SDSF songs by CSS, THE COOL KIDS, XXXCHANGE, MAD DECENT / DIPLO, THE SLIPS AND BARON VON LUXXURY. IamsoundRecords CD $5.00 Tad Busting Circuits and Ringing Ears PS, US Live show from 90s grunge-rock behemoths (in ore ways than one). TAD DVD $14.50 The Way We Live A Candle For Judith PS, UK "The new Ozit vinyl sets are all deluxe in terms of packaging, gatefold sleeves with PVC protective covers and all 180 gram vinyl based on the Simply Vinyl type of special vinyl re-issues. These sets are limited to 1000 copies only worldwide and will not be around for too long. The classic 1971 album by UK band Tractor, appearing under a different name. Originally issued on Dandelion, the album is now expanded and remastered with extra tracks. A truly beautiful progressive/space rock album, it mixes the epic quality of Led Zep with a spacey Pink Floyd feel and the mushroom weirdness of The Pink Fairies and Hawkwind. 'Willow' is a masterpiece of UK underground rock and it's easy to see why John Peel signed this band way back in the early '70s." Ozit LP $25.00 This Will Destroy You S-T PS, US This is their 2nd album, clocking in a 7 tracks & 52 min. It is a stunning & worthy follow-up to "Young Mountain." Darker & seamlessly more dynamic & emotionally gripping than its predecessor, this is primed & ready to push their entire genre forward & continue to win the band hearts & minds across the planet. MagicBullet CD $13.50 Thompson, Mayo Corky's Debt To His Father (LP + 7") PS, US A fast 14 yrs later, it's our pleasure to bring this classic of 2-sided entertainment back to the table (the turntable, that is) w/ a special LIMITED-edition pressing. Wrapped in a jacket that recalls the halcyon days of solid LP dominance, this new pressing comes with a 7'' feat. the instrumental "Woof," which was recorded at the same sessions but not released until The Red Krayola's 2004 compilation CD Singles. The b-side is a neverbefore heard take on John Cage's "4'33''" played by fellow traveller Sergei McUgly. DragCity LP $18.25 Throw Me The Statue Moonbeams PS, US Making waves throughout the latter half of 2007, we're super pleased to deliver Seattle's THROW ME THE STATUE'S debut album, "Moonbeams". Conceived and fronted by SCOTT REITHERMAN, "Moonbeams", was constructed with the help of CASEY FOUBERT (Sufjan Stevens, Pedro The Lion) to create a wondrous concoction of fuzzed out synths, brass ensembles and epic vocal melodies that have been noticeably absent since In the Aeroplane, Over The Sea first saw the light of day. At the album's core is a sharp sense of melody, a cutting lyrical honesty, and a bludgeoning beat that brings to mind the whimsy of Magnetic Fields, the lyrical expanse of The Microphones, and the lo-fi bliss of Eric's Trip. While the front of the album is nothing short of the next evolution of skewed Northwest bombast with "Lolita," "Yucatan Gold" and "About To Walk", the second half displays an unexpected maturity in young Reitherman. The title track oozes down tempo vulnerability while the closer, "The Happiest Man On This Plane" combines the best of Reitherman's predecessors Phil Elverum and Dave Bazan. SecretlyCanadian-168 CD $11.50 Throw Me The Statue Moonbeams PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SecretlyCanadian-168 LP $11.50 Tiger Lou The Loyal PS, US Domestic release for Tiger Lou's latest. A Spring 2008 tour is in the works as well! Meet Rasmus Kellerman. This is the guy behind Tiger Lou. It's a band; for all intents and purposes, he's the band. He writes the songs, plays and produces them. For now. Kellerman will tell you not to look too close at "just an indie band, like many other indie bands, with a big heart." But not listening closely to Tiger Lou would be to sell it short. The Loyal, the band's second album, is on the surface, just music. A bunch of songs written by some guy from Oxelösund, Sweden. Only these tunes breathe, they're dynamic, alive. Straight from the heart of some guy now living in Stockholm. And he wouldn't say the band had heart if, to some extent, he wanted you to know the music was sincere. Thirteen atmospheric, incorporeal (but alive) tracks that, if you put them under a microscope, would reveal a molecular pattern (and movement) identical to Kellerman's. Maybe that's why he'd like you to look plainly upon his work: he's already seen himself at such a high magnification, a potentially painful zoom into who and what he is, and where he came from. Eyeball-077 CD $9.50 Time Constant Silent Phone Calls In The Fall PS, US This journey into psychedelia, bringing mellow moods, and uplifting melodies sculpts an appreciation for the most beautiful and most difficult moments.... an emotional plateau! YOUR FRONTAL LOBE IS RESONATING! Heavily influenced heavily by the Milwaukee music scene, Board of Canada, Coil, Meat Beat Manifesto, and Autechre, Time Constant's music changed as he became increasingly exposed to nature and spiritual consciousness, the land, and the Universe. Comes with a print of an oil painting by Time Constant. Macrometasomakosmos-001 LP $6.75 Tractor S-T PS, UK "The new Ozit vinyl sets are all deluxe in terms of packaging, gatefold sleeves with PVC protective covers and all 180 gram vinyl based on the Simply Vinyl type of special vinyl re-issues. These sets are limited to 1000 copies only worldwide and will not be around for too long. Great 30th anniversary edition reissue of one of John Peel's Dandelion Records' more successful bands. Tractor, two lads from Rochdale who managed to sound like a complete band, recorded this album in 1972. A classic of progressive rock (that at times sounds like The Pink Fairies' debut and Hawkwind), this remains a creation of rare beauty and inventiveness." Ozit LP $25.00 Various Local Anesthetic PS, US In 1981, Wax Trax Records co-owner Duane Davis formed the in-store label Local Anesthetic & released the debut single by Denver band Gluons feat. part-time Colorado resident Allen Ginsberg on vocals. This collection compiles all the 7'' singles released by the label, along w/ 3 other CO punk 7'' gems released prior to their creation. Feat. FRANTIX, WHITE TRASH, YOUNG WEASELS, BUM KON, JERI ROSSI, ROK TOTS, DEFEX, & NAILS. Smooch-018 CD $16.00 Various Soiree Du Coeur A Barbe: Festival Paris Dada PS, UK A groundbreaking anthology of piano music directly linked to the Dada avant-garde art movement in Paris between 1920 and 1923. Soirée du Coeur à Barbe: Festival Dada Paris is based on the piano repertoire performed at two landmark Dada events in Paris, namely the Festival Dada on 26 May 1920, and the infamous Soirée du Coeur à Barbe on 6 July 1923, an event disrupted by violent confrontation between Tristan Tzara's Dada faction and Surrealists lead by Andre Breton. Music from the 1920 event includes two pieces by Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes as well as The American Nurse by Francis Picabia, the latter described as 'three notes repeated to infinity'. Pieces performed at the riotous 1923 soirée include two fox-trots by Georges Auric and Darius Milhaud (both members of the celebrated group Les Six), the four-hand Trois Morceaux en forme de poire by Erik Satie (performed in person by the composer on the night), and Three Easy Pieces by Igor Stravinsky. The CD also includes other pieces such as Satie's bizarre playlet Le Piège de Méduse (premiered in Paris in May 1921), Drie composities voor Klavier by the Belgian-born Dada/Surrealist E.L.T. Mesens, and a piano rendering of Marcel Duchamp's short vocal Musical Erratum of 1913. The CD closes with an historic archive Stravinsky recording from 1925 by Marcelle Meyer, the pianist who performed at both Dada events in 1920 and 1923. Always described in detail in texts on the history of Dada and Surrealism, the music performed at these events is rarely heard, and remarkably this CD marks the first ever recordings of these compositions by Ribemont-Dessaignes, Picabia and Mesens. All were researched and performed for the project by virtuoso Dutch pianist Peter Beijersbergen van Henegouwen. The booklet includes detailed liner notes by James Hayward, as well as archive images. LTM-2513 CD $16.00 Various Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity PS, US Tanya Donelly, Britta Phillips, Lori McKenna, Jill Sobule with John Doe, Elk City, Veruca Salt, Kristin Hersh, Josie Cotton, The Watson Twins, and Julie Peel are just some of the outstanding artists covering Neil Young's most popular songs for charity on this 21 track Double CD. All proceeds from this benefit record go to Casting for Recovery. Casting For Recovery is a national nonprofit support and educational program for women who have or have had breast cancer. Casting for Recovery provides an opportunity for women whose lives have been profoundly affected by the disease to gather in a beautiful, natural setting and learn fly-fishing, "a sport for life." The weekend retreats incorporate counseling, educational services and the sport of fly-fishing to promote mental and physical healing. Track Listing: Disk 1: 1. TANYA DONELLY "Heart Of Gold" 2. BRITTA PHILLIPS "I Am A Child" 3. KATE YORK "Comes A Time" 4. LORI MCKENNA "The Needle And The Damage Done" 5. JILL SOBULE with JOHN DOE "Down By The River" 6. VERUCA SALT "Burned" 7. JOSIE COTTON "Cowgirl In The Sand" 8. DALA "A Man Needs A Maid" 9. DARCIE MINER " Ohio " 10. CARMEN TOWNSEND "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere" Disk 2: 1. EURO-TRASH GIRL "Cinnamon Girl" 2. JULIE PEEL "I Believe In You" 3. LUFF "Tell Me Why" 4. DALA " Ohio " 5. ELK CITY "Helpless" 6. AMILIA K. SPICER "Only Love Can Break Your Heart" 7. LOUISE POST " Sugar Mountain " 8. THE WATSON TWINS "Powderfinger" 9. KRISTIN HERSH "Like A Hurricane" 10. CINDY WHEELER (CAULFIELD SISTERS) "Old Man" 11. HEIDI GLUCK (SOME GIRLS) "Walk On". AmericanLaundromat-012 CD $13.75 Various Obsession PS, CANADA Hotly tipped obscure psych compilation from the Canadian Bully label. "All songs were compiled by Mike Davis, owner of Academy Records in NY. Ranging from 1967 to 1973, and from countries such as Turkey, Uruguay and Peru, these are some of his rarest acquisitions over decades of record collecting. Includes some information about each band, even though some of it was practically impossible to track down." Artists include: Atomic Forest, Quarteto Nova Era, Arif Sag, Sonara Casino, Flavio Kurt, Erkin Koray, Novos Bahianos, Los Chikichaka, Arnaud Rodriguez, Ovni 87, Suely E Os Kantikus, Jean Paul 'El Troglodita', Ersen and La Barra De Chocolate. Bully CD $13.75 Venus Spring 2008 PS, US Juliette Lewis on cover with a feature on Style Idols. Special issue featuring a list of the best female guitarists of all time! Kid Sister, Kate Nash, Kazu Makino, The Lady Tigre & more. ZINE $4.25 We're All Gonna Die Kiss the Ground, Curse the Sky PS, US The follow up to The Wreck Of The Minot finds these Boston bruisers keeping on & branching out. Jase from LAMONT fills in on bass on this groove & stomp into the ground rock n' roll bar brawl. Look for the band on the road in 2008. Underdogma-025 CD $11.00 Wild Swans Bringing Home the Ashes [re-issue] PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Songs about war and religious faith were not exclusive to U2 in the '80s. Liverpool, England's the Wild Swans ventured into U2 territory on their 1988 debut album, Bringing Home the Ashes, while sustaining their distinctive sound. The haunting voice of Paul Simpson injects every track with emotional weight; whether he is trying to convey joy or sorrow, his icy baritone chills to the bone. His vocals combine Scott Walker's lonely croon with the brooding angst of Ian McNabb from fellow Liverpudlians the Icicle Works... As enthralling as U2 were in the '80s, they never sounded as gorgeous as the Wild Swans do on Bringing Home the Ashes... Simpson's sparkling voice and Kelly's ethereal guitars provide the album with an undeniably romantic feel. Every track is suffused with radiant pop hooks." WoundedBird CD $16.75 Willits, Christopher + Ryuichi Sakamoto Ocean Fire PS, US Christopher Willits and Ryuichi Sakamoto's new release, Ocean Fire, is a sublime soundtrack for the ocean. It is an intense and stirring wash of cascading tones and textured harmony. Willits + Sakamoto surprise with rare form in this collaboration, creating a sound world unlike anything they have produced previously. Sakamoto's gorgeous processed piano sound reflects Willits' beautiful shimmering clusters of notes, a new aspect of Willits' pioneering guitar/computer approach. Together, their sounds merge effortlessly, creating deep and seamless swells of gigantic melodic waves. 12K-1046 CD $12.25 Wipers Youth of America PS, US Deluxe reissue of their 2nd LP, from '81. Mastered from the original tapes by Greg Sage himself. One of the most passionate & influential punk records ever. Broken up into 6 long songs, "Youth of America" is a much colder, harrowing experience than the teen angst of their debut. Jackpot LP $18.00 Wolfmangler Dwelling in a Dead Raven for the Glory of Crucified Wolves PS, US Vinyl version of the first ever full length from cult/kvlt underground legends. Features D. Smolken, Slavic mastermind of Dead Raven Choir. AuroraBorealis LP $20.00 Yellow Moon Band, The Maybach EP PS, UK Recorded in a clay studio with a Fiat Punto, a doll of Lindsay Buckingham, at the home of Steve Hackett in a Vicarage in Mexico City. Three tracks, all killers!! The band will play a pair of release shows. Firstly on Sat 9th Feb at the Gladstone - London, followed be a guest slot with MV+EE in Bristol on Feb 13th. Limited to 500 copies on seven inch wax only. Vinyl comes in a facsimile harvest house bag. StaticCaravan-155 45 $7.75 Forthcoming Releases Adorable Footnotes: Best Of (92-94) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH) PS, UK First compilation of songs from former Creation Records artists Adorable. Contains tracks from both their albums on Creation released in the early 1990's, along with non-album singles and B-sides -- all seven singles released by the band. Also included is a new edit of 'Glorious' from the debut 'Against Perfection', which is exclusive to this release. All tracks included have been deleted & unavailable for several years. Includes a 20-page booklet with exclusive new extensive liner notes from all four band members - especially written for this release - along with photos, classic sleeve images & items from their personal archives. CherryRed-327 CD $15.50 Atlas Sound Let the Blind Lead Those (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 18TH) PS, US One of the latest "true queer art punks" to emerge from the cracked pavement of southern suburban sprawl, this is the solo moniker of DEERHUNTER frontman/provocateur BRADFORD COX. This is, essentially, a bedroom album, a collage, mixing the garage rock & ambient electronic influences previously explored w/ Deerhunter in a new context, w/ newly explored recording techniques, mainly laptop-based, learned w/ guidance from kranky artist Nudge's Brian Foote. The result is 14 Songs of melancholy & mania. Kranky-114 CD $11.00 Autistic Daughters Uneasy Flowers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US This intercontinental trio of Dean Roberts (guitar, vocals), Martin Brandlmayr (percussion, computer) & Werner Dafeldecker (guitar, bass). It's also the 4th in a series of records in which Roberts, having begun in more abstract territory in New Zealand's mid-1990s 'free noise' ferment, has embraced song, lyric & voice as vessels for topographic & psychoanalytic tracings of the impacts of territory & nomadism on the subject. Feat. Chris Abrahams of THE NECKS, Martin Siewert & Valerio Tricoli - as part of both cast & crew, foley artists behind the trio's complex, worm-turning arrangements. Kranky-115 CD $12.25 Baldwin, Matt Paths of Ignition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US Unlike many of his peers, he looks beyond the traditions of Fahey (whom he calls "a teacher" not a god), bringing portentous & progressive elements into his music, alongside a dreamy country lilt. He covers Krautrock legends Neu! ("Weissensee") & metal Vikings Judas Priest ("Winter"), & culls inspiration from prog heroes Yes on the closing epic "Rainbow." His music comes on like a creeping moss, verdant but threatening, comforting yet unsettling. AmericanDust CD $16.00 Baldwin, Matt Paths of Ignition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! AmericanDust LP $16.00 Beach House Devotion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US The familiar organs, slide guitars & reverb are intact but they offer some new directions here. Having developed their craft exponentially since last year's debut, their new record is a crisp recording that showcases a set of fuller & richer songs, with the band taking the pop duo format to the limit. Carpark CD $15.00 Beach House Devotion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Carpark LP $17.00 Beequeen Sandancing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US After the by now usual gap of some two years, Beequeen is ready to present their latest album, further maturing their sound from 'The Bodyshop' (also on Important Records). More song based, this album features new vocals by Olga Wallis solely (with some backing by Freek Kinkelaar). Well-rounded popsongs in some places, but Beequeen never forgets to put in some strange element, without leaping in the dark alley of pointless experiment. Orchestral in 'The Illogical Song', collage like in 'The Edie Three Step' or a simple rhythm machine in 'The Honeythief'. Beequeen does all, and with great care and seemingly ease. This album features also the help of Barry Gray, former (and first) guitarist of The Legendary Pink Dots, and would not have been the album that is without the invaluable production skills of Erik Drost. Important-177 CD $12.25 Beequeen Sandancing Demos (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Limited edition of 300 copies in heavy duty screen printed jackets by Monoroid. The Sandancing Demos 10", as it's title suggests, contains the original ideas that birthed Beequeen's wonderful new album Sandancing. Original versions, rough mixes & home demos plus an unreleased track. Important-186 10 $14.75 Bitcrush Epilogue in Waves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US '"Epilogue in Waves" is the third album from n5MD main-man Mike Cadoo's ever evolving Bitcrush moniker. The album is the soundtrack to a story which begins with a sense of hope, but whose undercurrents pull you to the end you feared. Epilogue in Waves marks the end of Cadoo's "wading in the ocean" thematic metaphor for lost time that constituted the backbone of his previous album, "In Distance." As his self-described "rock record," the album eschews some of Cadoo's previous electronic methodologies for a more stripped-down songwriting style which utilizes only guitars, basses and drums. This experiment in the basics has led to a sonically rich release that still contains those warm musical crevices to find solace in. Epilogue in Waves will please fans of previous works by Bitcrush as well as neophytes to Cadoo's brand of emotional and sometimes epic songwriting. n5MD-156 CD $12.00 Black Fortress of Opium S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH) PS, US Inspired by the lore surrounding a little town in Turkey , Afyonkarahisar, which translates into "Black Fortress of Opium." Their self-titled debut album was recorded in Brooklyn, NY by Martin Bisi (IGGY POP, SONIC YOUTH, DRESDEN DOLLS) over the course of seven months in 2007. The 10 original tracks are often reminiscent of Middle or Near Eastern sounds channeled through American folk instrumentation (mandolin, banjo) as well as e-bowed electric guitars, with female vocals that alternate between powerful and soulful to soft and mournful. Afyonkarahisar CD $10.00 Blau, Karl AM (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH) PS, US Karl Blau is a talented, busy guy. A member of the MICROPHONES, one third of D+ w/ Phil Elvrum & Bret Lunsford (BEAT HAPPENING), & most recently the bassist for LAURA VIERS' back up band. The landmark album of his career carried by up & coming Chicago label Whistler, AM is his psych-folk ode to author A.A. Milne. The music may evoke early Byrds, Syd Barrett & Skylarking-era XTC but its is unmistakably Karl Blau. Whistler CD $10.00 Boeoes Kaelstigen Pan European (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN "The music is sharp-edged, a suggestive hybrid of minimal, luxurious Giorgio Moroder Italo and melodramatic black and white air busses. Boeoes Kaelstigen's beats and desolate keyboard lines makes you long for a future in the sign of modernity." Adrian-12 12 $10.50 Borko Celebrating Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 1ST) PS, GERMANY Celebrating Life is the first full-length release from Icelandic artist Björn Kristiansson and reflects a life in music full of experiences. The oldest of these eight tracks are up to six years old, and Morr label-head Thomas Morr has been their eager and attentive listener. How does a punch in the belly sound? Kristiansson has written a song about it called "Spoonstabber," where you'll hear an elegiac Tetris, encapsulated by delaying beats, tumbling samples, guitars, trumpets and a melody that goes on for an eternity. Borko - who also works as a musician for film and theater as well as a music teacher at a primary school in Reykjavik - expresses melancholy and nostalgia through rhythm-machines. His songs can reach dramatic heights with climbing melodies, as well as play up the stoicism of repetition and modulation. His work at the laptop and mixing desk live on stage have helped fuel his inspiration as well as childhood prog rock LPs, Jim O'Rourke's ear and electronica's warmth. Morr-080 CD $15.00 Borko Celebrating Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 1ST) PS, GERMANY VINYL VERSION!!! Morr-080 LP $15.00 Boy Omega Hope On The Horizon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SPAIN On "Hope on the Horizon", Boy Omega (Swedish genius Martin Henrik Gustafsson) follows up his critically acclaimed 2006-albums "The Black Tango" and "The Grey Rainbow", with yet another impressive collection of songs that showcase the growth of his songwriting. As always when you hear a new Boy Omega-record, there's something new going on. This time it's a lot less electronic than before. This is something warm and analog, featuring big walls of strings, horns, acoustic pianos etc. It sounds melancholic and drenched with the bitter beauty of life. Besides from recording "Hope...", releasing two albums, a tour-cd (feat. 15 rare tracks and covers), two singles, the split CD "If we were oceans" and appearing on the Magnetic Fields tribute CD "Our love is meaningless", Boy Omega also managed to play more than 60 shows in 2006. Germany, Austria, The Netherlands and the UK were frequently visited. In the summer they played the Reeperbahn Festival in Hamburg, The End of the road festival in the UK along with artists such as Ryan Adams, Ed Harcourt and Badly Drawn Boy. They also did shows together with Isobel Campbell, Akron/Family, The Hidden Cameras and Jason Collett. "Fans of Sufjan Stevens and Elliott Smith will feel a kinship to these allusive tunes ... A fascinating series of snapshots, both disarming and engaging ... something incredibly fragile and perfectly crafted." - UNCUT "Sad songs and little-boy-lost vocals recall Bright Eyes, but his settings are all his own, mixing lo-fi sensibilities with gnarly electronics, warm cellos, lustrous violins, banjo and sax to lush effect ... One to watch." - THE INDEPENDENT "Naked and bare but still powerful, and not self-pitiful as so many others in the same genre." - GROOVE Acuarela-1079 CD $13.50 Braxton, Anthony Quartet (GTM) 2006 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH) PS, US Four-disc box set contains four Ghost Trance compositions recorded with Braxton playing reeds, Carl Testa on bass, Aaron Siegal on percussion & Max Heath on piano. The box also contains a definitive essay by Braxton on his Ghost Trance compositions. Important-184 CD-BOX $26.50 Cash, Brent How Will I Know If I'm Awake (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, GERMANY The Marina label presents the debut release from Athens, GA-based Brent Cash. Sounding like a lost sunshine pop classic from the '60s, How Will I Know If I'm Awake is overflowing with hook-laden choruses, multi-layered vocal harmonies and lush, sophisticated arrangements. It's the sound of endless summers and good vibrations. From the start, multi-instrumentalist Cash decided to record his songs like "they did it back then," hiring the best musicians in town and assembling a mini-orchestra featuring strings, brass and even a harp. The results are simply stunning. From the opening chords of "Everything That's Grey," we enter melody wonderland, a place where major 7 chords rule and beautiful vocal harmonies dazzle your mind. "Digging The Fault Line" is full of Byrds guitar jangle, sounding like the perfect soundtrack to cruise into golden California sunsets (with a great Wes Montgomery-like guitar solo along the way). "Only Time" explodes with 100 % fat-free youthful euphoria -- Roger Nichols meets The 5th Dimension. While deeply rooted in '60s songwriting -- influenced by Bacharach, Wilson, McCartney, and yes, The Monkees -- Cash certainly has his own unique signature style. Just listen to "And Had We Ever?" and "I Think I'm Falling In Love" -- with its complex, enchanting textures, ignoring conventional song structures. "Love Is Burning Down Tonight" -- a striking duet between Brent and Amanda Kapousouz -- is a special highlight of the album, while "Good Morning Sunshine" could be the theme song to the best TV series in the world -- the harpsichord-driven piece is chock-full of amazing twists and turns of melodic beauty. "This Sea, These Waves" moves us into bossa nova territory -- starting off in a classic Getz/Gilberto mould, the song soon morphs into heavenly orchestrated Sergio Mendes & Brasil '66 elegance. "More Than Everything," clocking in at over six minutes, ends this beautiful song circle with a great final statement about overcoming heartbreak, delivered with the sincerity of a Carpenters record. Music made the way it was meant to be heard. Marina CD $16.25 Chatham, Rhys & His Guitar Trio All-Stars Guitar Trio Is My Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Utilizing multiple electric guitars and a single chord, 1977's "Guitar Trio" is composer RHYS CHATHAM'S signature work, and a euphoric, minimal-punk classic. Now, to celebrate the 30th anniversary of "Guitar Trio" on an epic scale, Chatham musters an all-star guitar army for the 3xCD set, "GUITAR TRIO IS MY LIFE!" The sprawling collection FEATURES MEMBERS OF SONIC YOUTH, SWANS, TORTOISE, GODSPEED YOU! BLACK EMPEROR, HÜSKER DÜ, MODERN LOVERS, SILVER MT. ZION, TOWN AND COUNTRY, DIE KREUTZEN, 90-DAY MEN, COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES, and many more; even TONY CONRAD gets in on the act. Together these artists celebrate Chatham's wordless anthem, with its minimalist origins, rock & roll rhythm, ecstatic whorl of harmonics, and ever-evolving, ever-expanding nature. So, take a listen, and hear what one man can do with hundreds of guitars, 30 years, one chord, and a skyscraper of amps set to Liquefy. "Guitar Trio" endures. TableoftheElements-813 3XCD $21.00 Club 8 Spring Came, Rain Fell + 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to announce the third of four CD album re-issues by Sweden's kings & queens of happysad indie pop. Club 8s third album "Spring came, rain fell" is released with original artwork and five (5) bonus tracks. "Spring came, rain fell" was the start of a whole new era for Club 8. They had just bought their own recording equipment and started the now famous Summersound Studio together with fellow band Acid House Kings and from this a whole new level of creativity emerged. You can tell Club 8 enjoyed their newly found freedom with a studio of thier own. "Spring came, rain fell" is sparkling of experimental lust. Without ever losing their touch for seductive pop melodies Club 8 here produces songs and sounds ranging from dub and electronica to smokey trip hop and folky and acoustic pop. They did everything just because they could do it and because they loved doing. "Club 8 use the studio to bring the best out in every song ... shafts of melodica shine a light through Komstedt's dewy fatalism. It may be bleak, but you can't stop returning." - MOJO "As summer slips away, wallow in some Scandinavian sadness with this Swedish duo's wonderfully soothing (UK) début." - TIME OUT (London) Labrador CD $13.50 Club 8 Strangely Beautiful + 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to present the fourth of four CD album re-issues by one of Sweden's most influential indie pop bands. Club 8s fifth album "Strangely beautiful" is released with original artwork and nothing less than five (5) bonus tracks. "Strangely beautiful" was the last of three albums in Club 8's productive peak between 2001 and 2003. Within a time frame of less than two years the band managed to release three full-length albums and two Eps without ever losing on quality. Quite the opposite, "Strangely beautiful" was by many considered their best album to date. "Strangely Beautiful is Club 8's best and most varied record to date...on this album, the band's trademark blend of soft indie pop guitars, perky dance beats, melancholy synthesizers, and sweet and innocent vocals remains intact, but Johan Angergard, the chief architect of Club 8's sound, seems to have spent some effort trying to expand their sound a little. The work pays off handsomely and the album sounds full of life and energy." ALL MUSIC Their previous album "Spring came, rain fell" had been a very diverse history ranging from electronica and dub to acoustic pop. Therefor it came natural for Club 8 to move in the opposite direction on their next album and make a more homogeneous album. "Strangely beautiful" mostly revolved around guitar based and melancholic pop music. But there was, as always, tracks that stood out as completely different from the rest. And in typical Club 8 manner this track, "Saturday night engine", was chosen to be the single. This noisy and Northern Soul-inspired track was a clear forerunner to The Legends "Up against the Legends". But that's another story. Labrador CD $13.50 Club 8 The Friend I Once Had + 6 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN Reissue. With a glittery mix of jangly guitars, bossa nova and sophisticated, melancholic pop melodies, "The Friend I Once Had" was a big step forwards for Club 8. Their debut album "Nouvelle" may be regarded, as a twee pop classic by some but the band would happily rather bury most the songs under a rock. This is the album they wish was their debut. "All bubble-pop, break beats, and xylophones, Friend I Once Had was a step forward from the fey gestures Club 8 had once been known for." ALL MUSIC GUIDE "...showcases lusher, bouncier songs suitable for both easy listening and sophisticated grooving .... music that you will immediately cherish..." CMJ "It is absolutely essential to own at least one Lp by this group. I'd probably suggest this one as the place to start, but you really can't go wrong." 10 + INDIESPINZONE "The friend I once had" was not only a first step towards the band's characteristically elegant, yet melancholic, "Club 8 - sound"; it was a step towards a much bigger (and possibly wider) audience. The album gained critical success and reached thousands of new listeners in the US, Europe and Japan and they even had a minor hit with the single "Missing you". Ironically, this is the only song from the album parts of the band can no longer stand. "The Friend I Once Had" celebrates 10 years and remains a minor Swedish pop classic. A must have for just about anyone genuinely interested in quality POP. Labrador CD $13.50 Club 8 Club 8 + 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN Reissue. Labrador is proud to present the second of four CD album re-issues by Sweden's melancholic pop heroes. Club 8s self-titled third is released with original artwork and two (2) bonus tracks. It took three years from the previous album "The friend I once had" to the release of "Club 8" and listening to the albums after one and another it's obvious how much they'd changed in absence. This album definitely moved the band in a new direction. And you can tell directly from the first song on "Club 8". "Love in december" is breathtaking, soulful pop imbued by dark Scandinavian winter atmosphere and bittersweet melancholy. "If a lover's arms were as soft and sultry as the music on Club 8, returning to them again and again would pose little conflict, and the same goes for slipping into Club 8." ROLLING STONE Labrador CD $13.50 Coniglio, Enrico 'dyanMU (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, IRELAND Dark Ambient/Piano works. Enrico Coniglio presents his second album on Irish label Psychonavigation Records. A slight change of style from the Italian producers critically acclaimed previous work 'Areavirus Topofonie Volume 1'. This time around in between Coniglio's abstract ambient soundscapes were greeted by short piano pieces from the talented musician Elisa Marzorati. A delicate and minimal contemporary Ambient work partly based on the piano preludes of Claude Debussy. The album also boasts a sample from the legendary producer Robert Fripp. The guitarist kindly granted Enrico the right to use a sample from his 'The Gates Of Paradise' album. Psychonavigation-022 CD $15.50 Corsano, Chris The Young Cricketer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th) PS, US "The Young Cricketer" is CHRIS CORSANO'S debut of Frankenstein/gamelan skin detail. It's a monster and a babe all wrapped under the guise of "The Solo Drum Album". Corsano's flea-market kit of cast-iron pot lids, super-bouncy-balls on sticks, butter knives, and even a sax mouthpiece jammed-in-a-hose conjures a part rhythmic maelstrom, like a Milford Graves drip painting, and the sweet metallic ice drones of Tony Conrad and Keiji Haino rubbing sticks together until end days. Globally known for a dozen scorched/power jazz sessions with sax blower Paul Flaherty and a cadre of collaborators and groups (Jandek, Bjork, Jim O'Rourke, Dream/Aktion Unit, Vampire Belt, Michael Flower, Dredd Foole, etc.), Corsano's drumming has leapt from post-hardcore explorations into outrageous, primeval and outright futuristic depth during his past 10 years of recorded documentation. This LP is a field recording of wire, skin, metal and soul -- not tunes for yr neighbor's bongo party. Originally issued on Corsano's own Hot Cars Warp label as a CDR, this LP IS REMASTERED AND ISSUED IN A 600 EDITION. FamilyVineyard-51 LP $12.25 Country Funk S-T [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, UK Few artist names or album titles have ever been so misleading as this band's. Though there are certainly elements of funk and country in the mix, their beautifully crafted songs and harmonies (to say nothing of some biting electric guitar) are far closer in feel to the West Coast psychedelia of Buffalo Springfield and Crosby, Stills & Nash. Originally released in 1970 on Polydor, the album is a long-lost gem that is sure to please fans of U.S. West Coast rock -- it certainly appealed to Beck, who sampled one of its tracks on his Odelay album. Fallout CD $16.25 Creteens 4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA) PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover & a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl. Contaminated-009 45 $6.00 Crow Tongue Ghost Eye Seeker (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH) PS, US Crow Tongue's first full length finds them summoning distant howls from the fog of night. Fingerpicked strings & Eastern instruments recall CT's musical heritage (the acid-folk of Stone Breath), but here they are layered with primitive homemade instruments, circuit-bent electronics & mantric drones. "Ghost Eye Gaze" opens the album with a 5-part drone-raga, improvised to back a shamanic chant, pushing from free-folk to free-noise & back again. "Seeker" follows in 2 parts with bass dulcimer & tablas leading into an electric swarmandal excursion. The album closes with "Candle, Corpse, and Bell" where Crow Tongue shows their dub influence with guimbri & tabla-machine slowly spinning through the echochamber. Hand/Eye-034 CD $11.75 Crystal Castles S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH) PS, US Highly anticipated debut full length release from Toronto-based electro duo. Following a huge word-of-mouth fan base, the duo has recieved substantial support on PITCHFORK, and have remixed songs for BLOC PARTY and KLAXONS. LastGang CD $14.25 Dear, Matthew Asa Breed Black Edition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US It's not often an album containing bluesy guitar & brooding folk reaches #20 on Billboard's electronic charts. Now, w/ this release, critics & audiences will be able to re-discover one of 2007's most unique releases re-packaged to incl. remixes & re-envisionings from FOUR TET, M.A.N.D.Y., DJ KOZE & HOT SHIP! Also incl. "Don & Sherri" video! GhostlyInternational CD $10.25 DeVotchKa Mad and Faithful Telling (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH) PS, US The times have finally caught up with acclaimed Denver quartet DeVotchKa. Not long ago when the band unloaded their instruments - a violin, a tuba and an accordion, among others - into a rock club, they were told they must be in the wrong place. They created music that was Grammy nominated (DeVotchKa created the soundtrack for the indie smash Oscar winning film Little Miss Sunshine) without the benefit of a huge promotion team or runaway budget, instead relying only on their own efforts by self-releasing their records. And they crafted gems of songs by mixing a beautiful blend of Eastern European bohemia, American prairie rock and distinctive indie and called it pop, rather than world, music. Now, the band is au courant, poised to shine on with their Anti- Records debut A Mad and Faithful Telling. From the cinematic richness of "Transliterator" to the modern pop experiment of "The Clockwise Witness," to the soaring and wrenching "Undone," DeVotchKa have produced a career-defining record and the world is listening. THE ONION: "DeVotchkA gets pegged with all kinds of farfetched descriptions - but despite all their trappings, which include admittedly exotic elements, Nick Urata and company concoct impeccable pop songs, the kind that fuse memory and memorability with swaying darkness and glittering soul." Anti CD $14.75 Diebold Listen To My Heartbeast (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US Duo featuring Ian Ilvansky from A SILVER MT. ZION and Sofia Trudeau from GODSPEED YOU BLACK EMPEROR. Bangor CD $14.25 Dirtbombs We Have You Surrounded (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Jam-packed w/ more of their soulful, Detroit-style, fuzztone fueled garage-punkpop- rock 'n' roll that has made them a popular favorite w/ club-goers around the globe. This record carries on the tradition w/ fantastic takes on songs by comic artist Alan Moore, stalwarts Dead Moon, & labelmates Sparks. That said, the originals here are what you really want to write home about. From the Stooge-oid "Ever Lovin' Man" to the finger-poppin' "Indivisible" to the extendo free-form psych jam of "Race To The Bottom" to the Euro-pop of "La Fin Du Monde" IntheRed CD $14.25 Dixon, Andy Mice of Mt. Career (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US This billows w/ a concentration of thick pop, live instrumentation, & multi-cultural musical references. It runs the gamut of emotion, from bitter sweet hooks to murky, claustrophobic dirges. His voice, guitar playing, & songwriting burst w/ a fresh, vibrant energy. Andy Dixon is in SECRET MOMMY. Ache-036 CD $12.00 Doleful Lions 7 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2008) PS, US After clearing the vaults with their previous album, Song Cyclops Volume Two, Doleful Lions return with a new lineup, direction, and wisdom. 7 represents the next step in the evolution of Doleful Lions, marrying their keen pop sensibilities with a new adventurous sound... The usual folk guitar strummings of their previous releases have been replaced with an eclectic mix of electronically-informed, epic song structures and a focused lyrical intensity. They have used 7 to explore other sonic horizons. 7 is a truly adventurous album in all regards; an album that has ventured further beyond any music created by the Doleful Lions in the past. Parasol-CD-108 CD $9.00 Dot Tape Dot Tomavistas: (Selected Rarities 2002-2007) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Daniel Romero is a multi-faceted musician based in Asturias, north of Spain. In a very short time he has molded a very personal discourse based on constructing low-budget electronic pop with lo-fi, toy instruments, combined with stunning homemade visuals. "Tomavistas" is something like an old video camera - literally taking in and recording the landscapes of contemplative, visual sound. It is a collection of Daniel Romero's rarities and personal favorites recorded as dot tape dot, spanning the years 2002 - 2007. "Tomavistas" is born of love of the domestic flavor of the "underground" and the pleasure derived spending time making music for this scene. Considering the difficulty for listeners to find these tracks, it became time to compile them along with other, little known pieces and clears out space for a new personal stockpile to be built. These 12 tracks are taken from limited edition compilations, vinyl only releases and "unofficial" albums, from labels in France, Germany, Spain, Japan, Mexico, UK and Canada. This collection is intended to serve as a retrospective for fans, highlighting different musical stages, or a perfect introduction for new listeners, revealing a background upon which to consider future output. 1. Come to me 2. Df fragment 3. Rosa Luxemburger 4. Slow Birds For Mayo T 5. Miracolo a Milano 6. A Russian Poet 7. Pal Talk 2 (morning) 8. Rounded Tree 9. Ventano 10. Disaster 11. Making Waves 12. With Paul (Bluehouse Edit) OtherElectricites-012 CD $12.25 Doubtful Guest Acid Sauna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! PlanetMu 3XLP $18.75 Doubtful Guest Acid Sauna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US This debut ushers in a new era of acid. Gone are the electro party jams, gone is the funky squiggle. This dark, suffocating stuff is full of nightmares & claustrophobic details that send shivers up one's spine. Not afraid to show her classical upbringing (she trained as an opera singer) & jazz heritage (granddaughter of J.B. Floyd), Libby Floyd infuses the rave sound w/ doom & dread. PlanetMu CD $16.00 Dreamers, The Day For Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN The Dreamers are an Anglo/Swedish duo featuring Sarah Nyberg Pergament (Action Biker) and Kevin Wright (Always and Mr. Wright, on él, Le Grand Magistery and Siesta). After meeting at a Swedish music festival in 2004, the pair began making music together via London, Stockholm and Helsinki, and fusing jazz pop, bossanova, and soundtrack music. With "Day for Night" the Dreamers have made--to paraphrase Michel Legrand on Tom Jobim- the sad music that makes the world a better place. Influences: Stan Tracey, Caetano Veloso, Colleen, Francoise Hardy, Kryzystof Komeda, Matching Mole, Anna Karina, Bill Evans, Monica Zetterlund, Nara Leao, Bernard Herrmann, Nico... "[A] male/female duo with the vocal texture and cadence of Broadcast's Trish Keenan, but with its own musicality, personality and atmosphere set in a breeze-blown, sun-drenched pasture, the record is really charming and full of self-assured confidence - light on its feet in that Brazilian way and positive in that modern indie way, but solid and thoughtfully written. The Dreamers are very easy to like but definitely not just another guilty pleasure." - Other Music, NYC FriendlyNoise-055 CD $13.50 Earth Bee Made Honey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH) PS, US This finds Dylan Carlson & the band growing into a harder, more rock, american Gospel & impovisitory direction framed by truly psychedelic production & blazing guitar sounds. They show their affinity w/ a nod to the best elements of the more adventurous San Francisco bands of the late 60's & 70's, & the more spiritually aware & exciting forms of Jazz-Rock from the same era. This is no nostalgia trip but a thoroughly inspired & original metamorphosis. Feat. BILL FRISELL doing some of his most fuzzed out playing in years! SouthernLord CD $14.00 Earth, Roots & Water Innocent Youths (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Originally released in 1977. First reissue of this now-extinct material featuring contributions from reggae greats Johnny Osbourne, Carl Dawkins, Adrian "Homer" Miller & Bunny Brown from The Chosen Few. Heavy bass, drums, reverb, echo, roots vocals, keys, guitar, percussion & Brown's wild style behind the controls. LightInTheAttic CD $12.50 Earth, Roots & Water Innocent Youths (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! LightInTheAttic LP $14.25 Eleh & Sun Circle S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH) PS, US Essential limited edition 180-gram vinyl release pressed in an edition of 500 copies. Eleh's pure analog drones are a perfect complement to Sun Circle's ecstatic high-volume compositions. Eleh's track is a slight departure from the sub-sonic bass-heavy drones of their first two records. This time around there is more emphasis on a glistening shimmer. Sun Circle's Important debut is psychoacoustic minimalism meets psychedelic maximalism: ecstatic high-volume drones, long-form trance musics & peace noise performed with bowed strings, voices, organs, percussion & world instruments. Important LP $15.00 Enduser Left (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US END.USER is one of the cornerstones of the modern eclectic electronic music. Support from BBC Radio's Mary Anne Hobbs and a list of DJs too long to fit on a one sheet, from many different genres, and releases across many platforms have built him into a juggernaut. A usually prolific artist, having recorded for Hymen, Ad Noiseam, Sublight, Cargo, and many others, he took 2007 off, working on something very special - his debut album on Ohm Resistance. Having relocated to San Francisco, a new lease on his creative power is demonstrated adroitly over the entire album. Album: left shows the most range of END.USER's album making career. Intensely personal, intensely musical, and just plain INTENSE at points, the album showcases a spectacular array of skills across the board. From radio play material ("black light") with Aussie vocalist Sol Thomas, to collaborations with and remixes by influential electronic acts SCORN and COUNTERSTRIKE, to absolutely stunning, no boundaries drum n bass, the album is diverse and full of powerful compositions. Compelling from start to finish, left is the culmination of more than a year's work. Label: Ohm Resistance is Brooklyn's premier experimental electronic label. Loaded with power, from Scorn, to Bill Laswell's Method of Defiance, to Enduser and Submerged, the label has transformed from drum n bass 12" powerhouse to cutting edge electronic project pioneer. OhmResistance-07 CD $12.25 English, Lawrence/Ai Yamamoto Plateau (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Over the past three years Ai Yamamoto and Lawrence English have been exploring the ideas and linkages between field recordings, texture and minimal electronics. Occasionally crossing paths around Australia and sharing the odd live performance together, the duo realized they shared a strong interest in the character of sound and the creation of sonic works that carry a strong sense of suggested narrative and memory (both invented and real). On Plateau, they create evocative and generously textured passages of sound that mask gentle field recordings collected across the globe including Yamamoto's home prefecture of Nara, Japan where English also spent time. Considered In worldwide as the "Bible" of modern, cutting edge and new music and in publication now for over 20 years is the U.K. monthly magazine, The Wire, here is what they had to say upon review of "Plateau" in the February 2006 edition: A man of many collaborations, Lawrence English joins fellow Australian sound artist Ai Yamamoto for Plateau, a somber album of impressionist fragments connected more by mood and ambience than by movement and composition. As in his previous work with Tujiko Noriko DJ Olive and Philip Samartzis, English applies a considerable amount of DSP-distilled polish to the ensuing sounds, whether they are textured field recordings, rasping tam-tams or post-Eno dronescapes. Considering that Plateau jumps from tonefloat shimmer to wintry Durutti Column guitar flourishes to a music box palindrome and back to a bout of ominous minimalism, English's production serves to encase the entire album with a consistent aura. Plateau's numerous stylistic transitions and melodic interludes never veer far from a compelling if fragile melancholy. Phonostatique-007 CD $15.00 Envy A Dead Sinking Story (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! TemporaryResidenceLtd.-131 DLP $14.25 Envy A Dead Sinking Story (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Originally released in 2003 ON LEVEL PLANE RECORDS, the album expanded ENVY'S American audience, and marked the first time the band toured North America. The original vinyl pressing sold out immediately, and not surprisingly now fetches over $100 on eBay. Here, finally, both CD and LP formats are repackaged and re-released along with the lion's share of their seminal back catalog. The vinyl has been remastered, sounding better than ever. Along with their now-legendary second album, "All the Footprints That You've Ever Left and the Fear Expecting Ahead" (also reissued recently by TEMPORARY RESIDENCE), "A Dead Sinking Story" is widely regarded as an innovative high-water mark for hardcore. These two albums are justifiably viewed as modern hardcore classics whose monumental footsteps created an unending ripple. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-131 CD $9.00 Eprhyme Punklezmerap (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Enter EPRHYME: a rapper with more on his mind than his money; a Jew with issues other than his mother. A cultural nomad with roots in seemingly contradictory cultural contexts, Eprhyme approaches both Judaism and Hip Hop with a profound respect for tradition, balanced by creative freedom and poetic license. Not afraid to experiment or cross boundaries of content and style, Eprhyme blends and juxtaposes seemingly divergent sounds and ideas into a swirling and seamless whole. Krecords-114 45 $3.75 Evangelista Hello, Voyager (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US New band featuring CARLA BOZLICH. Raw, beautifully ravaged, semi-improvised soundscapes featuring Carla's incantatroy sung and spoken lyrics on the opening & closing tracks, with the rest of the record more overtly composed. Constellation-050 CD $14.25 Evangelista Hello, Voyager (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Constellation-050 LP $16.25 Experimental Aircraft Third Transmission (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US This Austin band has been described as lush, ethereal, soothing and beautiful, thanks to front woman/guitarist Rachel Staggs' gorgeous, breathy-yetapocalyptic vocals and heavily distorted instruments. Graveface-023 CD $11.50 Fahey, John Mill Pond (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH) PS, US Originally released on vinyl only. Limited edition CD reissue includes the first-ever collection of Fahey's paintings in the accompanying booklet. His music has been called folk, blues, bluegrass, noise, and even (gasp!) new age. On this EP, Fahey uses heavy reverb, electric slide & feedback to create an eerie mood. The Mill Pond is all over the place stylistically, so it should confuse those who try to pigeonhole Fahey into any one category. It further proves that there is only one category into which he fits: truly innovative guitar genius. Important-183 CD $12.50 Few Nolder No Mo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US This follows this year's current trend for druggy wonk w/ a simple techno groove w/some floor-fuelling synthline progressions to make your head feel like it's getting smaller. "Brenn," on the flip, is a little more refined, attempting a more streamlined Kompakt or Traum style. PlanetMu 12 $7.25 Fine Arts Showcase, The Sings Rough Bunnies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN RESTOCKING THIS TITLE BY LATE-JAN, EARLY-FEB! Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase, and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant. The short version: TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi duo The Rough Bunnies. The bonus, on top of it all, twist to the album is that it is mastered by the legendary Mr Norman Blake of Teenage Fanclub! The long version: This is an album of many stories. Gustaf Kjellvander and his friends in The Fine Arts Showcase have made a covers album, entirely based on songs from the Swedish, rather unknown, jangly, lo-fi band Rough Bunnies. Why is that? Let's make Gustaf himself explain: "I was first introduced to Anna Vermina and her cousin Frida, the founding members of Rough Bunnies and Inside Riot, through mutual friends. Frida gave me a CD-R just days before they were about to move to Berlin. About six months later I was looking for someone to rent my spare room. I bumped into Frida by chance, who told me she had moved back from Berlin to Malmö and needed a place to stay - so she moved in. I was already smitten by Inside Riot at this time, and when Frida played me the songs they had recorded in Berlin, along with the Rough Bunnies record C-sides, it blew me away. I played it to everyone who came over to my house. They became an obsession that carries on to this day. I knew I wanted the Fine Arts Showcase to cover their songs. The problem was that with a catalogue of songs as amazing as theirs it was hard to pick just one, so I came up with the idea that we should do an entire record instead (in the Merle Haggard sings Jimmy Rodgers tradition). And here it is: a musical love letter to two of my favorite songwriters, a celebration of the pop geniuses of the Vermina family. Rough Bunnies (and their twin group Inside Riot) have inspired me more than any other band this side of the millennium and this record is my way of thanking them. Rough Bunnies Saved My Life" -Gustaf Kjellvander WIRELESS BOLLINGER REVIEW: "But the hook that makes this album fun isn't just the fact that most of the tales told in each song are full of girly sweetness. Rather it's the Fine Arts Showcase sound itself - and in particular, Kjellvander's sensationally produced voice, mixing with the aforementioned feminie splendour of Rough Bunnies' original words, that make it work so well. Instead of coming across as simply a cute, slightly cheeky female pop record, what we've got here is an album by a man who's lovingly singing through diary entries, discovering her fascinations, disappointments, sexuality, crushes - the works. This grown male's perspective on adolescent female territory delivers a fresh-sounding positive romanticism to Sings Rough Bunnies; and it's bloody infectious." Adrian-051 CD $14.00 Gazelle Sunblown (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008) PS, US Debut album from local scene super-duo parlaying overcast electro-rock dreamscapes. Features Jeff Dimpsey (Hum, National Skyline, Honcho Overload, Poster Children, etc) and Adam Fein (Absinthe Blind). Features a guest appearance from Adam's sister Erin, vocalist for Headlights. AHiddenAgendaRecord-090 CD $9.00 Glorytellers S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Southern LP $13.50 Glorytellers S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US First release for this new project featuring Geoff Farina, frontman for KARATE & SECRET STARS. Abstract harmonies, urgent vocal style, pristine pre -WWII guitar & drum sounds, bass lines thumb-picked on an acoustic guitar , and 50 year old cymbals make this one hell of an interesting American songbook. Southern CD $13.50 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US This is written by Alison Goldfrapp & Will Gregory & was recorded at their own studio deep in the English countryside. It shimmers & shines w/ the warmth of a hazy summer, an electric whirlpool of sound over which singer Alison Goldfrapp's glistening voice soars. Mute CD $16.00 Goldfrapp Seventh Tree (DELUXE) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Deluxe Edition features a DVD of behind the scenes footage, videos & interviews, as well as a pull-out poster, postcards and exquisite packaging. Mute CD/DVD $21.00 Guapo Elixirs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US The album transcends any musical antecedents for which they've been acknowledged in the past. Instead, the music here explores the outermost regions of psychedelic composition. Flickers of Popol Vuh, This Heat, Magma, Third Ear Band, Moondog, & early-70s Miles Davis are present, as the dense orchestration & finespun virtuosity create a richness previously hinted at but until now never fully realized. Neurot-052 CD $14.25 Higgins, Gary Red Hash (LP+7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US This is your chance to grab at a letter perfect reproduction of a folk rock classic from the early 1970s. Don't space! DragCity LP $18.00 Howlin' Rain Magnificent Fiend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US Feat. members of THE CUTS, DRUNK HORSE & COMETS ON FIRE. By turns pummeling & pastoral, this oscillates between roaring, all-stops-out, Hammond organ-driven tracks & delicate electric piano passages, topped by harmonized, often dissonant guitar lines. Toss in counter-melodic bass, sometimes quirky breaks, & extended instrumental sequences that ascend to the heavens or cascade softly, softly from the skies in sparkling showers of gunpowder & smoke. Birdman LP $16.00 Judys, The Washarama [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008) PS, US The original 'Washarama' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! With six bonus tracks from "The Wonderful World of Applainces" EP. The Judy's first full-length and most popular recording, Washarama was a watershed event in the Texas new wave scene and solidified the band's status as the state's most original and daring musical provocateurs. The album perfectly captures the band's quirky sensibility and their signature minimalist sound. The twelve-song, 35-minute album includes some of The Judy's most popular songs including "Her Wave", "Man on a Window Ledge", and the legendary "Guyana Punch". This was the first time that the band had spent an extensive (for them) amount of time on a recording project including a total remix of the album after its initial completion. The album was officially released in 1981 at a record release party at Houston's Agora Ballroom and literally became a top seller overnight. Sales were later bolstered by Wasted Talent securing distribution from a major regional distributor. Despite it's age, Washarama still holds its own as the classic Texas new wave album. WastedTalent CD $15.00 Judys, The Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008) PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic" EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony, well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month of live performances across the state which included giant cereal boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered, The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music. WastedTalent CD $15.00 Judys, The Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008) PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public. WastedTalent CD $15.00 Julie Mittens S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US A Dutch power trio who specialize in extended improvisation at extreme volume. Inspired by John Coltrane's The Olatunji Concert: The Last Live Recording & the knowledge that Fushitsusha has more to do w/ Thelonius Monk than Blue Cheer, they consistently wreak havoc w/ lavish, textural, peakerblowing meltdown jams. HolyMountain CD $14.25 Kid Kishore The Social Club Nº 9 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th) PS, US Copenhagen native of Indian descent KID KISHORE strikes a balance between old and new, blending the sounds of India with the electronic music that permeates Denmark. Self-described as anything from "Danish ghetto-tech" to "golden age Bollywood," his beat-heavy sound is a scattershot mix of musical styles from all over the sonic landscape. TheSocialRegistry-057 45 $5.50 Koenjihyakkei Hundred Sights of Koenji (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US Legendary debut album, the original Japanese issue went largely unheard, Hundred Sights of Koenji returns to print in a deluxe remastered edition. Originally released in 1994, it includes the full RUINS line-up of Yoshida Tatsuya, Masuda Ryuichi, Kubota Aki & Kuwahara Shigekazu for a futuristic journey to those hallowed fields of yore. SkinGraft-090 CD $14.25 Kraus, Sharron Fox's Wedding (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 11TH) PS, US She is like the roving storyteller, bringing tales of terror, sadness & joy to a stranger's hearth on a dark & stormy night. This stunning new album offers 11 original songs & a cover of "Trice Toss These Oaken Ashes" written by Thomas Campion. DurtroJnana CD $16.00 Ladyhawk Shots (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th) PS, US LADYHAWK'S kiss-of-death evokes the devilish sounds of "Goats Head Soup" guitars, the honey-slides and howling of Neil Young in his darkest hours, and the phantoms that haunted Roky Erickson at the Holiday Inn. Recorded over a period of two weeks in an abandoned farmhouse behind the shopping mall in the band's childhood hometown of Kelowna, British Columbia, "Shots" is an album filled with the cold creaking and ghostly echoes of the old house in the dead of winter. Like a party for the last house standing in a sea of strip malls and condos, surely near the end of its time. Jagjaguwar-117 CD $11.50 Ladyhawk Shots (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US LADYHAWK'S kiss-of-death evokes the devilish sounds of "Goats Head Soup" guitars, the honey-slides and howling of Neil Young in his darkest hours, and the phantoms that haunted Roky Erickson at the Holiday Inn. Recorded over a period of two weeks in an abandoned farmhouse behind the shopping mall in the band's childhood hometown of Kelowna, British Columbia, "Shots" is an album filled with the cold creaking and ghostly echoes of the old house in the dead of winter. Like a party for the last house standing in a sea of strip malls and condos, surely near the end of its time. Jagjaguwar-117 LP $11.50 Maclean, Juan Happy House (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US This single is a dance tourist's window into the state of downtown clubbing in what has always historically been the worldwide capital for boogie. It is no longer as paranoid, as cold, as robotic. W/ remixes by PRINCE LANGUAGE & LEE DOUGLAS. DFA 12 $8.00 Malkmus, Stephen & The Jicks Real Emotional Trash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US His first record in three years. Malkmus' genius is that he knows exactly when to fetter. These songs may sprawl like the Central Valley (told you), they may spread out like a jet's flame, but when they reach that last tract house they gracefully spread their wings and head for the unclaimed land beyond. Indeed, although Malkmus makes the Pacific Northwest his home, this feels like a "California" album. Check out how "Real Emotional Trash" begins as a modern-day "Tonight's the Night," before evolving into a road trip from the Mexican border to Marin, in the tradition of Pavement's "Unfair." And dig those Allman Bros. leads (really!). Matador CD $13.50 Malkmus, Stephen & The Jicks Real Emotional Trash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador LP $13.50 Menche, Daniel Body Melt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Body Melt is limited to 500 copies only on LP. This is the companion release to the Glass Forest CD being released on Important simultaneously. Both releases are housed in staggeringly unique artwork by Emily. Recorded in the Summer of 2007. Body Melt is a molting and simmering display of furious Hammond Organs & Native American Drums. Daniel Menche manages to merge together the powerfully fuzzed out organ drones along with hypnotically crushing and frenzied drums in a manor that is distinctly the graceful music style of Daniel Menche. Call it trance music for carnivores or ambient music for cannibals. Body Melt sits perfectly thronged on this limited vinyl LP release. Important-175 LP $14.75 Menche, Daniel Glass Forest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Glass Forest is a highly listenable starting point for any newcomers curious about Daniel Menche's vast discography. It is also, according to Menche, the last cd he will release. From now on he'll be releasing his music on LP only or on DVD to accompany films he's been working on. Glass Forest is also the companion release to Body Melt which is being released simultaneously on Important on LP only. Recorded in the winter of 2005, Daniel Menches Glass Forest displays a glistening sound world that finely textured with the most delicate of raw organic sound and chaotic electronic noise. Not at all extreme as with Menches previous work but rather a more subtle presence can be heard here on Glass Forest. Subsonic bass drums crawling underneath a massive sheets of glass-like sound layering infinitely into a thick and dense forest of delicate noise. For fans of Daniel Menche's ambient work and also his loud violent work, Glass Forest fits exactly right in the middle of these two polarities. Important-176 CD $12.25 Miss Massive Snowflake Queen's Headache (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Miss Massive Snowflake is Shane de Leon, who has been extremely active in a multitude of media throughout America and Europe for over 15 years. He has recorded with SOLEX, OVO and RONIN and collaborated with the BLACK HEART PROCESSION. The music is lush and orchestrated with an abundance of horns, percussion and electronics featuring two vocalists who are under ten. The feel is somewhere between an atheistic Danielson, and anarchistic Prince and a less technical Zappa. MMS will be touring in Europe this spring. NorthPole CD $10.00 Monkeywrench Gabriel's Horn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Celebrating 17 yrs of a great idea, they return w/ a new studio album. Feat. members of MUDHONEY, BIG BOYS, GASHUFFER & LUBRICATED GOAT, this is nothing less than a punk/grunge supergroup. The band kicks out the same glorious, fuzz-laden mess. There is a Texas roots taste spread through the tracks & the rhythm section lays down a fast & furious groove while dueling guitars engage in a race to the finish line. Birdman-104 CD $16.00 Moonbabies, The Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2008) PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover". Startracks/Hidden Agenda CD5 $2.00 Motorpsycho Little Lucid Moments (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 1ST) PS, NORWAY NEW 2008 ALBUM! PRICE TO BE CONFIRMED. Norwegian psych-rock-pop-prog juggernaut Motorpsycho is back, with new drummer Kenneth Kapstad, and we couldn't be happier. The follow-up to last year's double-album guitar-rock epic Black Hole/Blank Canvas, this new album is reported to be comprised of "long and delightful songs", exploring the outer reaches of each song's planetary system we reckon...and we couldn't be happier. Plus it will be readily available at what we like to call a very decent price...and we couldn't be happier! RuneGrammofon CD $15.00 Murder By Death Red of Tooth and Claw (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Fourth and most accomplished release recorded by Grammy-winning producer Trina Shoemaker (QUEENS OF THE STONE AGE, IGGY POP) Vagrant CD $13.75 Neotropic Whiter Rabbits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Whiter Rabbits is a deluxe re-release of the long out of print "White Rabbits" originally released on Mush Records which recieved a 7.7 on PITCHFORK. Featuring a bonus disc full of remixes by the artist, also including remixes by 10 SUI, GEORGE DEMURE, GRIM LIFE, and more "Riz Maslen (Neotropic) has become the female equivalent of Brian Eno" - IGN. SquidsEye-006 DCD $14.00 Numbers Tomlab Alphabet Series - W - (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th) PS, US NUMBERS emerges from the dusk of last year's full-length, "Now You Are This", with a pair of rollicking jams that refuse to let the summer set from our hearts and minds. "Is That Really True?" takes on the heavy question of real knowledge with a fuzz bass and drone organ before turning to an irresistible hum-along chorus. And prevailing question remains: "What can we know?" On the þip, the TOMMY JAMES AND THE SHONDELLS classic "Crimson and Clover" experiences a fuzz rock reawakening shot through by pointedly triumphant guitars and dirty synth. All builds to an end with a brilliant reenactment of the tremolo chant "Crimson and Clover - over and over..." Summer may go, but it won't be gone forever. "Now Now You Are This' fuzzy guitar riffs and distorted synth melodies aren't just burning and propulsive, they're also strangely emotive. We like strangely emotive." - XLR8R Tomlab-106-W 45 $5.50 Orwell Le Génie Humain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, FRANCE A feast of an album from Jérôme Didelot aka Orwell. Pop par excellence, "Le génie humain" is packed with orchestral maneuvers, soaring synths, and silky, buzzy goodness that bring Eggstone, Louis Philippe and the space bossa moments of Testbild! to mind. With influences running from the early 60s through the early 80s, Jerome's songs have a folk-like delicacy, but sail on intricate arrangements featuring strings, voices, woodwinds and keyboards galore. "Le genie humain" features collaborations with Médéric Gontier (Tahiti 80), Alexander von Mehren, JP Nataf, Ruth Minnikin (Heavy Blinkers), Miss Aprilia Sari (White Shoes and the Couples Company) and Julien Lonchamp (Jack and the'), among others. Recommended for fans of all of the above, plus Julien Ribot, Fugu and High Llamas. TwinFizzRecords-707 CD $14.00 Our Sleepless Forest S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, UK Absolutely stunning debut album of ambient electronic space rock from a frighteningly young three-piece from South London - their first full release, having had an early version of album track 'The Tinderbox' included on the Type Records 'Free The Future' compilation. Having met at school, Sam Purcell, Josh Rothberger and Karl Jawara started experimenting with various musical instruments and sounds using software and basic recording equipment, inspired by the music they were into and with the aim of creating their own wall of sound. After 14 months they emerged with something they were sufficiently happy with to allow it to be heard by others, and ultimately that brings us to the present day - an eight-track, 45-minute debut. Our Sleepless Forest's music is multi-layered, complex and dense, yet dedication and attention are rewarded as the intricate slow-build melodies are revealed beneath the feedback, crackle and hiss. Reminiscent at times of the likes of Loscil or even Radiohead's more out-there moments but on the whole avoiding the predictable comparisons associated with music of this genre, this is an album that simply has to be heard. Press to follow; opening track 'Nomads' was played by Mary Anne Hobbs a couple of months back, and influential Manchester-based website Angry Ape have lined up an interview with the band. TRACKLISTING: 1. Nomads 2. The Tinderbox 3. Doors In Limbo 4. White Bird 5. Aircastles 6. Afraid of You 7. The Clarion 8. Haze. Resonant-028 CD $15.00 Power Pill Fist Kongmanivong (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US The bassist from BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW's solo album, all of the music was produced on a circuit bent Atari 2600. Dark and intense. For fans of Melt Banana, Autechre, Pan Sonic. Graveface-021 CD $11.50 Printer Can You Take More? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN Printer is a band that knows how to write heart aching pop songs but tired of staring down un empty glass they rise their arms and dance trough there sorrows. On recent works the band has taken a more dirty and danceable; say techno, approach, although still maintaining the emotional and intellectual focus. It's music to be moved by whether it'll be on the dance floor or in your sofa. It's electronic pop music at its best. And it's got power and depth. Add to that an interest for design and a live show of drinking-beer-energy and you'll get the perfect soundtrack for long volatile night. Adrian-058 CD $13.50 Psycho & the Birds We've Moved (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US They are filled w/ undeniable likeability & pop goodness. A perfect combo of playful lyrics & flawless arrangement makes it hard to imagine that one entire half of the song was recorded on an $27 boombox. ROBERT POLLARD even pulls out some lyrics in "She Tears Out," first written, he says, as a kid. HappyJack-016 CD $14.25 Rocket from the Crypt R.I.P. (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US Their final live performance, fittingly on Halloween, at San Diego's Westin Hotel Ballroom. DVD incl. songs not on CD! Vagrant CD $16.00 Sekkutsu Jean + Kawabata Makoto S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US YOSHIDA TATSUYA (drums,vocal), SATO KENJI (bass,vocal), KAWABATA MAKOTO (guitar). Recorded live at EARTHDOM (Tokyo 23rd October 2007), HELLUVA LOUNGE (Kobe 5th October 2007). For fans of Acid Mothers Temple, Ruins, Musica Transonic, Buckethead and Primus! Vivo-2008034 CD $15.00 Skyphone Avellaneda (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH) PS, NORWAY This is the second full-length release by Danish trio Skyphone for the Rune Grammofon label. Having played in various rock outfits during most of the '90s, childhood friends Keld Dam Schmidt, Thomas Holst and Mads Bødker slowly moved towards the electronica scene and the German dub scene before starting Skyphone in 1999. Since then, they have steadily developed their own style, combining traditional rock instruments with electronics; scratching and carefully damaging the surface of the digital sounds, creating melodic pop songs without singing, leaving it to the listener to infer what the songs actually could have been and what is lurking virtually beneath the constrained, deliberately ambiguous surface of the song. With Avellaneda, they have further developed these ideas into a seamless blend of acoustic and electronic elements, rich in detail and sonic refinement, with the occasional touch of Scandinavian folk music providing a strong melodic base. RuneGrammofon CD $16.25 Stargazer Assistant The Otherside of the Island (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US The soundtrack to David J Smith's (GUAPO) sculptural works collected under the same name. A strange work comprising of layered vocals, percussion, electronics & prepared strings. AuroraBorealis-018 CD $14.25 subtractiveLAD Apparatus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US 'Apparatus,' SubtractiveLAD's fourth album, finds Stephen Hummel elaborating upon previous granular motifs. Those familiar with his progression will notice that Hummel's sound has matured and become grounded in an honest and open place. As such musical growth would imply, Apparatus is the album in which Hummel appears to be most comfortable with his ideas and usage of sound. It is this comfort, which allows Apparatus to envelop the listener in a profoundly personal way. Lofty classic ambient refrains, shoegaze splendor and muted broken beat trickery are all stylistic fair game. Comparisons can be made to a wide rage of artists such as Ben Frost, Eno, Namlook, and even label mate Bitcrush. As each SubtractieLAD album seems to top the previous, the anticipation is building for what is to come from this bright talent in electronic music. n5MD-155 CD $12.00 Suishou No Fune Prayer for Chibi (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US This might be their ultimate album; w/ 2 disks & more than 2 hrs of music, the group finally stretches out & lets their music flow like it never has before. Much about them has had to do w/ volume, but this new set of duets adds forays into starker songwriting & a languid serenity. HolyMountain DCD $17.25 Takeovers Little Green Onion Man (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US This freaky little beast is a nice mini-movie comprised of 4 songs (3 of which are unreleased ROBERT POLLARD compositions) that warmly straddle the loosey-goosey psych-pop sounds of their 1st album as well as the white-knuckled rock pomp of their 2nd. Feat. John Moen of Stephen Malkmus/The Decemberists, Sam Coomes of Quasi/Blues Goblins & Brian Berg of 44 Long. Off CD5 $7.25 Tammar S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th) PS, US Working out the kernels of their corn-fried haze, TAMMAR is an exercise in balancing minimalist riffs with maximalist peaks & valleys. While the usual rise-fall theory of rock is tired, with Tammar there's a focus on the jam rather then cold hard numbers. On stage they are always a bit different - moments are stretched and condensed at will, and on record its no different. Minimal keyboards and drums bring to mind early Suicide while tripping guitars and theatrical accented vocals bring to mind the more paisley moments of Felt and U2, respectively. This four-piece from just north of Louisville, KY recorded these songs primarily live off the cement floor of the basement of Grotto Home Studios by the deft hands of Daniel Burton. Bending the materials of the world until the band itself is a conduit for feelings hot and wet and primal as sex. But that's not all. Tammar tastes the psychedelic aether, visiting the realms above as well as below, transmitting those good vibrations. Turn down the lights, turn up your stereo and rock these five hits of ecstasy. St.Ives-31 LP $11.50 Testbild! Une Teinte Intense (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, SWEDEN "Une teinte intense" is a tribute to one of Testbild!'s greatest heroes: Isabelle Eberhardt, an explorer and writer who traveled the Sahara disguised as a man before dying in a flash flood in 1904 at the age of 27. Excerpts from her travel diaries float in a dreamy sound environment of Bedouin drums, echoing muezzin calls, and warm winds blowing in the distance, while pop melodies flow like spring water in the irrigation canals. Light as a mirage, this album bridges pop, jazz and exotica in the sun-bleached deserts of North Africa. Testbild! welcome the following influences into their Moorish tent: Louis Philippe, Gil Evans, Ludus, Edward Gorey, Eric Satie, the Hepburns, Jacques Cousteau, and Andrei Tarkovskij. "Excellent production qualities showcase a variety of modern, trans-continental pop, thanks to old-fashioned songwriting, and decorated with sampled bits and field recordings. What results sounds like the United Nations of Antena: a little dubby indie tropicalia here, a little Arabian ambient pop there, a little mod-pop Free Design/indielounge à la Sea and Cake there; but Testbild! maintain a skilled balance of sweet and mature throughout." - Other Music, NYC "Graceful, daring, inventive, full of charm and elegance." - Louis Philippe FriendlyNoise-52 CD $13.50 Tides/Giant Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Tides write gorgeously lush soundtracks to movies not yet made, filled w/ emotive guitar work, dynamic drumming, & huge production. Giant's sole track on this record weaves its way through both the heaviest of distortions & hauntingly euphoric passages. RIYL: Neurosis, Isis, Pelican, Rosetta. LevelPlane CD $9.00 Valet Naked Acid (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US 2nd solo release from Portland artist Valet, aka HONEY OWENS. She states: "These songs were Inspired by the Pacific Northwest landscape, semi-conscious dream states & the idea of one's dna code being accessed as eternal memory. I started off w/ the idea to make a 'songs' record but it really didn't turn out that way. Instead the record became it's own story. Track one is a static beach journey duet w/ ADRIAN ORANGE & tracks 3, 4 & 5 are collaborations w/ MARK EVAN BURDEN (Silentist) on drums." Kranky-116 CD $12.25 Various Living Bridge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, US A collection of ALL NEW & UNRELEASED songs (except for one) by bands who have previously recorded at the Rare Book Room Studio in Brooklyn, NY. All songs but one were recorded exclusively for this collection and flow in one continuous track. Featuring The Silver Jews, Deerhunter, Enon, Black Dice, Fischerspooner, Rings, Doldrums, Samara Lubelski, Tara Jane O'Neil, Palms, Avey Tare of Animal Collective, Blood On The Wall, and many more. RareBookRoom-001 DCD $13.00 Various Phantom Guitars: A Cool Collection of Twangin' Guitar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 18TH) PS, UK Instrumentals from the UK 1961-1964. For a short period in the UK, guitar-led instrumental groups took control. In the three year span between rock & roll and the full flush of beat, there was no bigger band than The Shadows. Their magical brand of twanging melody incorporated elements of Duane Eddy and The Ventures, but was something entirely British. And, as always, when someone comes up with a winning formula, everybody else suddenly leaps on board. So, in contrast to the clean-cut crooners, coffee bars, dancehalls and fairgrounds reverberated to the sound of Binson echo units and primitive Bigsby-esque tremelo arms. This CD ventures back in time a little further than previous Psychic Circle releases to round up a string-bending selection of some the finest examples of this genre. PsychicCircle CD $16.25 Various Encyclopedia Asthmatica Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4th) PS, US Nearly all of the ASTHMATIC KITTY RECORDS' roster, and many of their friends, make an appearance somewhere on this DVD: from the playful choreography of the Think Dance Collective frolicking in shoes made of bread to the music of HALF-HANDED CLOUD, to the lovely abstraction of SUFJAN STEVENS' projectionist, DEBORAH JOHNSON; from the haunting and raw post-apocalypse video fuzz of live CASTANETS, to the crisp color footage of MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND at Northsix, there are visual pieces that hopscotch the chasm between the professionalism of a music-visual DVD to the rabid eccentricity of a five-copy, underground video-zine. AsthmaticKitty-40 DVD $12.25 Various The Rubble Collection #2 Volumes 11-20 [10CD boxset] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2008) PS, UK Numbered, limited repressing of the legendary Rubble Collection Volumes 11-20 10xCD boxed set. Amongst the first and best psych compilations ever put together, each and every volume is a mind-blowing treasure trove of acid rock and pop from the late 1960s, and comes housed inside a slipcase card replica of the original LP artwork. Featuring famous names alongside a myriad of lesser-known acts and compiled and sequenced by leading collectors, the series has long been a byword for the best in psychedelia. It's presented here complete with a fully-revised and overhauled color booklet featuring updated band histories, rare photographs and full discographies (incorporating a mass of information not included in previous editions), making this the most comprehensive and authoritative psych boxed set ever assembled. Please note that only 1000 numbered copies are being pressed. Fallout CD-BOX $88.00 Voyager One Afterhours in the Afterlife (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 25TH) PS, US This Seattle band has been creating sonic groove-oriented psychedelia for over eight years. Over this time, the band has released several albums, with each chargting on KEXP's Northwest top ten list. Loveless-027 CD $11.50 Whiskeytown Strangers Almanac: Deluxe Edition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Expanded 2-disc re-issue of this 1997 album featuring a pre-Ryan Adams Ryan Adams, Caitlin Cary (Tres Chicas) and Phil Wandscher (Jesse Sykes and the Sweet Hereafter). PITCHFORK: "The first disc features the original album bolstered by five previously unreleased radio performances. The second disc is a veritable treasure trove: all but two of its 21 tracks are previously unreleased recordings from early sessions for the LP, known by bootleggin' fans as the "Barn's on Fire Sessions". "Kiss & Make-Up", "Indian Gown", "Barn's on Fire", "Streets of Sirens", "Breathe", "Nurse With the Pills", and "10 Seconds" all appear for the first time on any official Whiskeytown release. Acoustic demos of album tracks "16 Days", "Avenues", and "Excuse Me While I Break My Own Heart", covers of Fleetwood Mac's "Dreams", Gram Parsons' "Luxury Liner", Johnny Cash's "I Still Miss Someone", and the True Believers' "The Rain Won't Help You When It's Over" round out the set." Mood Food/Outpost/Geffen/Ume DCD $28.50 Whisper in the Noise Dry Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US Self described "orchestral garage rock'" band from Hanska, Minnesota give an extremely humble & personal touch to gorgeous, string-laden rock music. Pretty, melancholic, sad & charming. for fans of Low, Arcade Fire, Guided by Voices. ExileOnMainstream-030 CD $13.50 White Hinterland Phylactery Factory (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Whereas 2006's Wind-Up Canary was short stories, little Salinger vignettes, "Phylactery Factory" is filled with dreams, memories, warnings. Dienel's voice is more hidden, crouching amid swish, drone and the wildflower jazz of her friends - and this second LP is released under a new moniker. It's an album full of reminders. Reminders of the likes of Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, John Cage, Alice Coltrane, M. Ward. Reminders of winter. But mostly reminders to oneself. This is what a phylactery is: the tefillin worn by devout Jews upon head and arm; a prayer in a box and then knotted into place; the reminder of a one and only. DeadOceans-009 CD $11.50 White Hinterland Phylactery Factory (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 4TH) PS, US Whereas 2006's Wind-Up Canary was short stories, little Salinger vignettes, "Phylactery Factory" is filled with dreams, memories, warnings. Dienel's voice is more hidden, crouching amid swish, drone and the wildflower jazz of her friends - and this second LP is released under a new moniker. It's an album full of reminders. Reminders of the likes of Laura Nyro, Joni Mitchell, John Cage, Alice Coltrane, M. Ward. Reminders of winter. But mostly reminders to oneself. This is what a phylactery is: the tefillin worn by devout Jews upon head and arm; a prayer in a box and then knotted into place; the reminder of a one and only. DeadOceans-009 LP $11.50 Wraiths Oriflamme (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US Remastered vinyl edition, previously available as a limited cdr. Recorded live under ritual conditions. Blackened death-ambient drone meets howling, metallic noise. AuroraBorealis LP $17.00 Zdzislaw Piernik/Piotr Zabrodski Namanga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 26TH) PS, POLAND Unusual Polish Contemporary Music performed by tuba genius Zdzislaw Piernik! Additional musicians: Piotr Zabrodzki (piano, electric piano, doublebass, bass guitar, organ), Hubert Zemler ( percussion, vibraphone), Wojciech Kondrat (violin). All tracks composed by Piotr Zabrodzki - extremely talented artist, member of Blast Muzungu and Tatsuya Yoshida's (Ruins, Magaibutsu) cooperator. Vivo-035 CD $15.00 Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders All Golden In The Afternoon “S-T” CD $8.25 Bell, The “Make Some Quiet” CD $13.75 Biirdie “Catherine Avenue” CD $11.00 Black Hollies “Casting Shadows” CD $11.50 Black Lips/Subsonics “Split” 45 $5.25 Bonnie "Prince" Billy “Wilding in the West” CD $16.25 Box “Studio 1” LP $19.50 Box “Studio 1” CD $18.00 Carroll, Barton “Lost One” CD $15.00 Chessie “Manifest” CD $11.50 Costa, Matt “Unfamiliar Faces [re-issue]” CD $15.00 Dengue Fever “Venus On Earth” CD $16.25 Destroy All Monsters “Live In Tokyo” CD $14.50 Drag the River “You Can't Live This Way” CD $11.00 Finn, Liam “I'll Be Lightning” LP $18.25 Folk Spectre, The “The Blackest Medicine” LP $14.00 Food “Molecular Gastronomy” CD $17.00 Helio Sequence “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” CD $12.00 Helio Sequence “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” LP $13.00 Holland, Michael “Simple Truths and Pleasures” CD $15.00 Human Bell “S-T” CD $14.00 Japancakes “The Sleepy Strange” CD $12.25 Japancakes “If I Could See Dallas” CD $12.25 Japancakes “Down The Elements” CD $9.00 Kessler, Matt “The National Science Fair Of Amazing New Discoveries” BOOK $7.00 Lightspeed Champion “Falling Off The Lavender Bridge” CD $13.00 Lungfish “Rainbows from Atoms” CD $10.25 Mangion, Suzy “The Other Side of the Mountain” CD $17.75 McCombs, Cass “Dropping The Writ” LP $13.25 Owens, Buck “Live in Scandinavia” CD $18.75 Radar Brothers “Auditorium” CD $13.00 Sneaky Pete Kleinow “Anthology” CD $18.75 Sons and Daughters “This Gift” CD $13.00 Team Robespierre “Everything's Perfect” CD $10.00 Teamforest “Leave” CD $13.50 Van Zandt, Townes “Rear View Mirror” CD $15.50 Various “Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity” CD $13.75 Various “Black Mirror: Reflections In Global Music” CD $15.50 Warlocks “Heavy Deavy Skull Lover” LP $15.00 Whitest Boy Alive “Dreams” LP $22.00