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22 Pistepirkko
(Well You Know) Stuff Is Like We Yeah! [regular version] (ON SALE)
PS, FINLAND New 2008 album from Finnish psych-pop phenoms! The fab three, back with guitar-based spaced-out bohemian blues-rock and proto-garage-psychedelia, produced by Kramer (Galaxie 500, Daniel Johnston, Ween, Bongwater). Recorded in just 10 days at the band's own Altai studios 22-Pistepirkko step forward with their idea of impressive simplicity, lively trio-playing and good melodies. After periods of heavy experiments in electronic production work, their current concept of keeping things simple was already their approach for the Drops+Kicks (2005) album sessions. Now, with the new album one can hear it in full bloom. P-K Keränen's vocals and guitar playing have gathered depth that one doesn't hear too often. Additionally, drummer Espe Haverinen simplified his playing to a great effect and sings more touching songs then on any other album. Asko Keränen's sonic bass, weird organs and effects add a room with a view, so specific 22pp and just right for producer Kramer to play with those bits and pieces in a most gentle and subtle way. Chris Bailey of The Saints heard it and wrote: "From the first bars of the opening track you know you are in for a treat, this record is MAGIC. Each song has its own personality and reference point which should defy inclusion on the same album yet all combine to create an astonishing journey through all that is glorious about pop music. ...a stupendous piece of work!"
BareBonesBusinessOy!
CD
$15.00

22 Pistepirkko
(Well You Know) Stuff Is Like We Yeah! [limited DCD w/book]
PS, FINLAND Limited edition DCD version of their new 2008 full-length packaged in a book-style digipak. Bonus CDEP features "Suburban Ladyland", "Close" (exclusive), the yummy Macchiato Bubble Mix of "Coffee Girl" and, most compellingly, the English-language version of a 390 page book about 22P in PDF form!
BareBonesBusinessOy!
DCD
$18.00

Acid King
III
PS, US Legendary bay area doom band. Finally on vinyl! Produced with the help of San Fransico's legendary engineer Billy Ander-son, this is the album that Lori & Co. were born to make. Filled with thundering low end & fat ass riffs AK-III will redefine the definition of the word heavy for years to come. It?s thick & viscous, pooling together in a meaty muck. AK-III?s one of those albums that re-fuses to let go of your subconscious.
Kreation-003
LP
$13.25

Acid King
Busse Woods
PS, US Legendary bay area doom band. Finally on vinyl!
Kreation
LP
$15.50

Adamson, Barry
Back To the Cat
PS, US New album from composer/genius and former Magazine and Bad Seeds bassist. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "A most delightfully sleazy, lounge-sodden blend of jazz, pop, rock, and spy movie/noir thriller film themes with this collection of songs and interludes, which make for the most dramatically enjoyable recording of his career thus far."
CentralControl
CD
$15.75

Air
Moon Safari: 10th Anniversary Deluxe Edition [re-issue]
PS, US PREFIX MAG: "I don't remember getting the royal treatment when I turned ten. But nowadays, whenever a landmark album reaches its tenth anniversary, it gets the deluxe re-issue fete. Up this week: Air's gorgeous, neo-disco masterpiece, Moon Safari. The package includes two CDs and a DVD. Disc one contains the entire original album. The second disc contains rarities, live tracks, and remixes by the likes of Beck and the Moog Cookbook. The DVD features the Mike Mills documentary Eating, Sleeping, Waiting and Playing, which chronicles Air's first tour, as well as videos and new graphics by Mills. It all adds up to three times the sexiness. Seriously, put this album on next time you have that special someone over for a romantic evening."
Astralwerks
DCD/DVD
$26.50

Arc Lab
The Goodbye Radio
PS, US Medard Fischer returns with his rather cryptically-titled third album, "The Goodbye Radio". Representing a large step forward for Fischer's Arc Lab project, the album is structured as a musical reinterpretation of the sonnet form in which field recordings, organic instrumentation, radio noise, candid male vocals and snippets of old public domain recordings meet with the FM synthesis, female vocals and signature beatwork that made previous Arc Lab efforts so special. Thematic reference points include the Russian space program, relativity, female serial killers, and being separated from a soulmate. This diverse collection of influences gives the album a more personal feel than previous efforts as there are now human stories attached to Fischer's Arc Lab scheme. Genre specific sign-posts or "this-meets-that" descriptors are really of little use in describing "The Goodbye Radio" as Fischer has now taken Arc Lab to places where the synthetic only aid him in the preservation of great music and ideas. But, as the title may allude to, this may be Fischer's final offering. Let's hope not. An artist capable of such alchemy would be a significant loss for all of us. Let's hope the Arc Lab radio stays on and at its full volume.
n5MD-157
CD
$12.00

Arthur And Martha
Autovia
PS, UK Featuring Adam of SALOON. "Gilbert & George, disguised as The Carpenters, steal the hits of Kraftwerk and bash them out on an old moog in the style of Section 25" Zoot Magazine Arthur and Martha are stage names. Arthur and Martha are Adam Cresswell and Alice Hubley. Adam was the founding member of beard-stroking folkatronica indie-band, Saloon. They played lots of gigs, made some records, shot to number 1 in John Peel's festive chart and then fell off the side of the world. Alice was in party-girl band The Duloks (she was the one who played the music) but wanting to wear something onstage other than a PE kit or slutty nun's outfit, one night she jumped ship and also fell off the side of the world. They met, picked themselves up and on the side of a European autovia somewhere were born again as Arthur and Martha. By bringing together their rag-tag collection of moogs, melodicas and an antique drum-machine, they penned the songs on this disc for you now. 'Autovia' is a foot to the floor 4/4 driving song; like something Tom Petty would pen were he possessed by the brain of Kraftwerk and the soul of a maladjusted robot. 'Japanese Kiss' is the soundtrack to a messy break-up and inevitable argument over custody of the Pet Shop Boys CD's. 'Squarewave to Heaven' is the song that Led Zep would have made had Jimmy Page been influenced by Morton Subotnick rather than Muddy Waters.
HappyRobots-01
45
$7.75

Bragg, Billy
Mr. Love & Justice [deluxe edition]
PS, US Bonus disc features Billy's solo versions of all the songs.
Anti
DCD
$25.75

Bragg, Billy
Mr. Love & Justice
PS, US New album from Bragg and The Blokes. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Mr. Love & Justice is...easily Bragg's best and most consistent solo effort since Don't Try This at Home, and finds him coming to terms with maturity and the changing face of the world, two bugaboos that have been dogging his muse for some time. Mr. Love & Justice lacks a portion of the piss and vinegar of Bragg's earliest sides, but on these recordings he's learned to communicate with a soulful conviction that merges passion with a simple and unforced sincerity, and while Bragg has sung with greater force, he's rarely communicated as well in the studio as he does here. Bragg also sounds more comfortable with his backing band than he has since working with Wilco; having recorded and toured with the Blokes for several years, the musicians have had the opportunity to gain a rapport with one another, and the give and take between Bragg and his partners is warm and easy, and gives the material just the right lift... The scope of Mr. Love & Justice is often modest, but it speaks with grace, wisdom, and heart, and finds Billy Bragg a bit older, a bit wiser, and still committed to fighting the good fight; it's a return to form, a step forward, and a potent reminder of why Bragg's music still matters."
Anti
CD
$17.75

Burdon, Eric & The Animals
Winds Of Change
PS, UK In these more cynical times, it is easy to see this seminal album in a somewhat ambivalent light...everybody's favorite Geordie hell-raiser, Eric Burdon caught on the cusp between being Britain's Blues-meister supreme and being Hitler out of the producers?! Yet there is so much more here, two international hit singles, garage blues and psychedelic jams to match anyone. Produced by bizarrely unsung Dylan/Zappa/Velvets producer Tom Wilson. This is as amazing a forgotten gem as the 2 albums them made on tower around the same time! Tracklist: Winds Of Change / Poem By The Sea / Paint It Black / Black Plague / Yes I'mExperienced / San Franciscan Nights / Man Woman / Hotel Hell / Good Times / Anything / It S All Meat- Bonus Tracks - Good Times (Mono Version) / Ain't That So (Mono Version) / San Franciscan Nights (Mono Version) / Gratefully Dead (Mono Version)
Rev-ola-246
CD
$15.50

Chapterhouse
Blood Music
PS, UK Expanded version of the long deleted second Chapterhouse album Blood Music. This is a new version of the album mixed especially for this release. Original album now includes all 4 tracks from the Mesmerise EP, along with 2 additional songs from the We Are The Beautiful single. New booklet features liner notes from Electronica/Ambient DJ/artist Ulrich Schnauss, along with image of related artwork, photos and memorabilia from the bands personal archive, plus lyrics in full. Produced by Ralph Jezzard [Wildhearts/EMF/Terrorvision], Pascal Gabriel [New Order/Kylie Minogue/Dido] and Paul Rabinger. Tracklist: Mesmerise / Precious One / Summer Chill / Then We'll Rise / Frost / Age / Don't Look Now / There's Still Life / We Are The Beautiful / Summer's Gone / Everytime Deli / On The Way To Fly / She's A Vision /Greater Power / Confusion Trip / Love Forever.
CherryRed-347
CD
$15.50

Chikinki
Lick Your Ticket
PS, UK Not content with pillaging the past for inspiration, this record see the band take the ambitious step of plugging into the mains and trying to blast themselves into the future. They bleep, bluster and blister on this release, which successfully manages to combine their love for electro-scuzz, hooky melodies and occasionally delicate guitars. Drum kits are replaced by sensor pads and skittering electronica loops, guitars are run through code-crunching banks of effects, and it seems as if only the vocals tether the band down into conventional rock territory: bounding between a stargazing croon ('Drink') or a Mick Jagger yelp ('To Sacrifice a Child'), depending on whether the band are luxuriating in warm keyboard textures or hurtling along at a rate of electro-rock knots. 'Assassinator 13', is a rollicking opener with a rib-vibrating bassline, destined to send a sticky crowd into convulsions. 'Ether Radio' sounds like Zoot Woman having fey fisticuffs with The Coopers, but with more testosterone, whereas 'Hate TV', is a darkly romantic electro-glam stomp of majestically wasted beauty. But, among the album's twisted sexual traumas, soundclash confessionals and beat _mashing party anthems, 'Scissors Paper Stone' stands out as an expansive rock epic inspired by Chikinki's stadium-sized self-belief during their early wilderness years. 'They steam through their rock-solid wall of future hits with a rare, magnetic natural stage charisma' NME. 'Incendiary sonic-assault shows, professorial keyboard genius and a singer who dares to be Mick Jagger'. The Face. 'Smells like the future of rock 'n' roll' The Fly.
UrbanCow-006
CD
$17.00

Child Readers
Music Heard Far Off
PS, US The Child Readers tread the implied ground that lies somewhere between music heard far off & music finally pulled together. They present the seemingly disparate dualities of metaphysical improvisation & meticulous composition in their otherworldly collaboration, an adventurous take on songwriting unheard since the heyday of Cherry Red & 4AD (imagine Eyeless in Gaza or Durutti Column nicking from the Richard Youngs songbook). Presenting music bathed in the beauty of everyday things, The Child Readers offer sonic prayers to country, wastes of sea, songs, drawings, particular times of day & different furs.
SoftAbuse-021
CD
$12.25

City Center
Gold Girls
PS, US The first physical release from new Brooklyn-based shoegaze/spiritual fuzz unit City Center. The project emerged in the form of a massively productive blog (www.citycenternyc.blogspot.com) composed of free downloads of bedroom loop experiments & random photos/videos. Now touring & working towards a debut LP, this 7" is two washy dreampop jams, dipping My Bloody Valentine in a bucket of liquid gold, but fuzzed out to a different dimension. Footnotes are called out to Brian Eno's
direct guitars, Panda Bear's found sound samples & warped Tyrannosaurus Rex percussion, all mixed in a dub style. Warm & reaching layers of gentle noise. Limited to 300 copies on white vinyl & with handmade covers lovingly put together by FRED THOMAS.
InvisibleFriend
45
$6.75

Cloudland Canyon
Lie in Light
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Kranky
LP
$12.25

Cloudland Canyon
Lie in Light
PS, US It appears there is a 2nd "kosmische musik" period in full bloom around the world at the moment, not so much "kosmische" as in "krautrock" but instead "cosmic". This is anything but one-dimensional, as they traverse a wide swath of territory. From the lock down groove of the opening track, to a dense buzz, through some pastoral pscyh & on to the gentle wash of the closer, they've created an eclectic & rewarding listen.
Kranky
CD
$12.25

Coffins
Mortuary of Darkness
PS, US Old-school death/doom metal from Japan. Guaranteed to bring back memories of the classic best by pioneers Autopsy, Hellhammer, & Winter! Double LP gatefold w/ two bonus tracks.
Kreation
DLP
$19.00

Conrad Ford
Secret Army
PS, US Referred to as "outcast country", these songs are a collection of stories detailing battles for hope & companionship.
Woven from the perspectives of lone travelers, felons, family men & mountain climbers- their execution sways from folk-ish, Townes Van Sant-like ballads to the more fuller Flying Burrito Brothers-inspired, laid-back country rock.
Tarnished
CD
$11.00

Crow Tongue
Red Hand Mark
PS, US The Red Hand Mark closely mirrors the Crow Tongue live sound. The bones of this sound are guimbri-banjo (a bass banjo
based on a Morroccan lute), hand-drums & vocals. Their live sound has been called everything from "a more tribal Neurosis" to "Appalachian Doom." Crow Tongue worships the groove, plowing out raw and primitive, dark tribal earth & spirit songs. Featuring members of Stone Breath.
Hand/Eye
CD
$11.75

Cure, The
Seventeen Seconds
PS, US Released in 1980 as the follow up to their debut album & feat. a new line-up that incl. Simon Gallup & Mathieu Hartley, this gave the band their first hit & also began to solidify the brooding atmospheric sound that would soon make these grandfathers of goth international pop icons.
VinylLovers
DLP
$35.00

Daniels, David Karsten
Fear of Flying
PS, US While more consistent than his previous work, Fear Of Flying goes much further into uncomfortable lyrical territory, exploring the heady questions that arise when death & love meet. Daniels also expands his sonic pallette with new instrumentation & influences. As he explains, "[it's] both more of a pop record and more of a noise record. I set out to make a classic rock album, and I'm not sure where I ended up, but I don't think it's in the 70s.
FatCat
CD
$13.25

Death Set
Worldwide
PS, US This boasts the noise of unrefined creation. They exploits consonance & dissonance to the fullest. The band hails originally from the Gold Coast of Australia. Drawn to each other's reckless care for music, the duo united to write, record, & get hellbent on touring. Their secret charm is in their denial of the nihilism in punk rock. Breakneck fuzz atop lo-fi electronics, searing vocals overscored by a lift of positivity.
Counter
CD
$16.00

Dirtbombs
Play Sparks
PS, US On this brand new 7'' single the band pays homage to label-mates Sparks. Side A is "Sherlock Holmes." Side B, available exclusively on this single, is "Nothing To Do," a song originally released on the 1975 Big Beat LP. Comes in a handsome color picture sleeve, which also pays tribute to Sparks' record covers.
IntheRed
45
$5.25

DJ Shadow
Endtroducing
PS, US Classic!!!
FontanaIsland
DLP
$12.25

Does It Offend You, Yeah?
You Have No Idea What You're Getting Yourself Into
PS, US Does It Offend You, Yeah? have taken the dance music blueprint laid down by Justice, The Neptunes, and DFA 1979 and have given it a complete fuckover. They sound dance. They act rock. DIOY,Y? have loaded up on Prodigy, Daft Punk, and Devo records, pulled an all nighter with some broken gear and turned out the dirtiest clean dancefloor track "Lets Make Out" since Gary Numan made stoned Brit teens get all sweet and sour to "My Shadow in Vain". Underground clubs have been pummeled by tracks from Does It Offend You, Yeah since 2006. Rob Bloomfield, Morgan Quaintance, Dan Coop and James Rushent of DIOY,Y? have remixed Bloc Party, The Raconteurs and Muse. Equal parts Breakfast Club and Live Aid concert DIOY,Y? have turned the screws on the Cure, Bowie and Talking Heads influences and wrap the 80's package in a 00's plastic bag. "We Are Rock Stars" and "Feels Good Being Bad" deliver huge choruses that incite moshpits, screaming and stage smashing (UK term for destroying property) during their live show which has been described as "amazing" and "insanely dangerous". Does It Offend You, Yeah? are not your typical skinny, subway tanned scenesters but regular kids interested in kicking your ass with synths and Marshall stacks.
AlmostGold
CD
$13.00

El Perro Del Mar
From The Valley To The Stars
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TheControlGroup
LP
$14.50

El Perro Del Mar
From The Valley To The Stars (ON SALE)
PS, US El Perro Del Mar is the alter ego of Sarah Assbring. Her second album is an opus, chock full of non-traditional folk songs that explore the world at large. She's joined at times on the record by members of the Gothenburg Symphony Orchestra and the Gothenburg Symphonic Choir. Her 2006 debut garnered high profile raves from Rolling Stone to Pitchfork to NPR to The NY Times. "A minimal Phil Spector sound. Unique and magical" - The London Times.
TheControlGroup
CD
$13.00

ErikM
Steme
PS, AUSTRALIA Between his reputation as swift shifting improviser, concrete composer and turntable deconstructionist, Marseilles based artist ERIKM has earned himself an enviable position in the European music community. With Stéme, his most ambitious and fully realised compositional work to date, he devolves and re-contextualizes the boundaries between sound source and sound media. In essence, Stème originates from a selection of ten one minute long sound pieces burned on a CD that was deliberately damaged. These media (music on modified media or field recording) formed the basis of multiple improvised session including multiple stages of construction and destruction of these acoustic matters using my different electronic real time live music systems (3k-pad8system & MD or CD-dj and electronics). The resulting sounds are truly distinctive - filigree like sonic details are brought into sharp focus, tuning the ears with their paced spatial movements. Occasional grabs of the source sound material appear and are erased equally as quickly. A genuinely powerful statement of compositional intent. ERIKM has instinctively followed a relatively unusual, even risky, career path. Stemming from his interest in visual arts and his first musical experience as a rock guitarist, he has for some years now become steadily more and more renowned for his virtuoso turntabling and his use of electronic instruments and tools in an integrated scenic set-up eRikm has followed up musical collaborations with Voice Crack, Christian Marclay, Luc Ferrari, among others. He is certainly one of the better-equipped artists of the new generation to actually demonstrate a relationship between rock music (in its widest sense) and contemporary music ; hiding behind neither cultural camouflage nor an easy pandering to his audience.
Room40-426
CD
$15.00

Everybody Out
S-T
PS, US Twelve thought prevoking anthems that punk fans of all ages will appreciate. Features Boston legend Rick Barton (DROPKICK MURPHYS, OUTLETS), the infamous Scottish born punk poet Sweeny Todd (DEAD PETS) and Billy Close (THE FREEZE).
Taang
CD
$13.00

Festival
Come, Arrow, Come
PS, US Sisters. We love them. We dream about them. They hold some mystical fascination for us, and with good reason. This is tribal drone, backwoods spiritual, basement psychedelia, hilltop roots romp...whatever element they touch upon filters through the genetics of sisterly song & descends on eager ears like a misty rain. But hey, if you're at all in doubt, ask them to do their rendition of the song from The Jerk.
LanguageofStone
CD
$13.25

Fireroom
Broken Music
PS, US A tempest of e-jazz-noise erupts on the Atavistic debut from FIREROOM, a new project between longtime collaborators KEN VANDERMARK, LASSE MARHAUG & PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE. As core members of the initial lineup of (((POWERHOUSE SOUND)))- as well as an array of other adventurous small & large groups- these cats know each other well. The telepathic vibe necessary to make free music really work is tested & expanded upon throughout "Broken Music" - amplified literally AND figuratively by Marhaug's penchant for darker -yet still explosive- forays on an gamut of of electronic gear. Users are currently invited to investigate the outer reaches of both jazz & electronic frontiers simultaneously with Fireroom.
Atavistic
CD
$14.00

Flied Egg
Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine
PS, JAPAN Part of a new Universal Japan 70s rock reissue series, called Naked Line. Legit issues, from masters, midline pricing. Reissue of the first Flied Egg album, originally issued by Japanese Vertigo in 1972. An offshoot of the short-lived Strawberry Path, Flied Egg were a trio of Shigeru Narumo (guitar, keyboards), Hiro Tsunoda (drums, vocals) and Masayoshi Takanaka (bass). They played a hogwash of progressive hard rock with pop-like flourishes all featuring English vocals. Semi namby at times, but the album have a very nice psuedo Dali-cover painting. And what band to ever appear on the Vertigo roster had a better name than Flied Egg?
Universal
CD
$19.00

Flied Egg
Good Bye
PS, JAPAN Part of a new Universal Japan 70s rock reissue series, called Naked Line. Legit issues, from masters, midline pricing. The 2nd and last album from Flied Egg, also originally released in 1972 on Japanese Vertigo. It's a theoretical live album, with a miraculously heavier "rockin" sound than Dr. Siegel's Fried Egg Shooting Machine. Number of tracks with the word "woman" in the title? A mere one. But don't let that lessen the sensational experience of your your brain cells slowly killing themselves off one by one as this stoner-magnet spins in your player.
Universal
CD
$19.00

Flight of the Conchords
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$14.00

Flight of the Conchords
S-T
PS, US This acclaimed Kiwi novelty band follow the release of their six-track Grammy Award-winning CD EP "The Distant Future" with their full-length debut. Features fully fleshed-out and professionally recorded versions of the duo's concerts and TV favorites. Bret McKenzie and Jemaine Clement's trademark acoustic guitars lead the blitz, backed by a diverse array of instrumentation and production technique. If amazing, delightful, and hilarious is your idea of funny, then prepare for undisappointment. These fifteen songs pay homage to Pet Shop Boys, censorship, Marvin Gaye, sexism, Shabba Ranks, and backhanded compliments.
Subpop
CD
$14.00

Food Brain
Social Gathering
PS, JAPAN Part of a new Universal Japan 70s rock reissue series, called Naked Line. Legit issues, from masters, midline pricing. Legendary Japanese underground rock item, first released by Polydor Japan in 1970. Has been reissued a couple times before, including on P-vine. Social Gathering is the lone album by the quartet of Shinki Chen (pre-Speed, Glue & Shinki), Luis Kabe (ex-Golden Cups), Hiro Yanagida (ex-April Fool, pre-Love Live Life +1) & Hiro Tsunoda (ex-Jacks, pre-Strawberry Path). Musically they were an instrumental quartet led by the guitar histrionics of Shinki Chen and the organ swoosh of Hiro Yanagida, gusting forth with a sub-bass low-ball thunder. Progressive-psych jamming with a similar enthusiasm for the attributes of "heavy" as their contemporaries, Guru Guru. There also some free-form excursions and unexpected insanity at the end. People's expectations are always a bit out of whack on this kind of stuff, but this is a very nice period piece and a powerful document. "The drugs must have been pumping fast and furious. This is a heavy over the top psychedelic extravaganza." --Ken Golden, The Laser's Edge.
Universal
CD
$19.00

Grey Daturas
Return to Disruption
PS, US This spanned a lengthy 18 months on 24-track/two-inch tape. The band once again teamed up w/ Melbourne-based recording engineer Neil Thomason to track & mix drums, guitars, bass, & various other sounds & objects such as contact microphone feedback, scrap metal, hardware materials & tools, violin, saxophone, & electronics. From their nihilistic, sheer-noise-based beginnings 6+ yrs ago improvising soundtracks to silent horror classics & '60s physics animations, they've morphed into a surreal auditory nightmare.
Neurot
CD
$16.00

Hamburger, Neil
Sings Country Winners
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$13.25

Hamburger, Neil
Sings Country Winners
PS, US originals & 3 obscure covers pack in a maximum of storytelling & pathos in the tradition of the late great Porter Wagoner. Here he's backed up by a "too good for Neil Hamburger" band who ensure that the sound is vintage country rather than unwanted novelty. Feat. Prairie Prince (The Tubes); Atom Ellis (Dieselhed, Link Wray, The New Cars); Rachel Haden,(The Rentals, Weezer) & others.
DragCity
CD
$13.25

Harrison, Noel
S-T
PS, UK Noel Harrison was many things, actor, singer, director, composer, carpenter, Son of Rex and star of the Girl From Uncle opposite the delectable Stefanie Powers (purrr ). He sang the Oscar-winning the Windmills Of Your Mind, the theme tune to the 1967 smash movie The Thomas Crown Affair, and released a string of albums in the 1960s and 70s before landing his own TV show, Take Time. What is probably less known is that his self-titled 1966 sophomore long-player is virtually a tribute to Bob Dylan. so enamored was Harrison of the him, that he cut no less than four Dylan tunes and casually interspersed them with the obligatory-forthe- day Beatles. His take on It's All Over Now, Baby Blue actually fared quite well when lifted as a single. So here is the album. A snapshot of an innocent time when be-suited pop stars acted and polo neck-clad TV stars recorded Dylan songs in an almost outmoded school big band style. Tracklist: It's All Over Now / God Bless The Child / She S A Woman / Love Minus Zero / Nothing But A Fool / Mr Tambourine Man / Young Girl (Of Sixteen) / To Ramona / Much As I Love You / Like Strangers / All Blues / Tomorrow Is My Turn.
Rev-Ola-247
CD
$15.50

HECQ
Night Falls
PS, GERMANY Those who are familiar with Ben Lukas Boysen's 5 year catalog of work will notice an important change while listening to this album. His former creations can be seen as explorations of different sound facets transforming Boysen's feelings into music. it took time for this artist to subordinate the innumerable technical possibilities to become implements of his inner self, and he already began to walk this new path with '0000'. Now, Boysen qualifies 'night falls' as a turning point in HECQ's personal and musical history, and also as a conclusion of what HECQ stood for until now. Artistic expressions of personal experiences are often difficult because these experiences often block the artist's creativity. In exceptional cases it is possible to do, one of these cases is 'night falls'. The predominant mood of the twelve tracks which were recorded as one continuous opus ranges from teariness and melancholy up to beauty and puissance, unleashed by discontent, the assurance to need a change, or even a stroke of fate. Never before has HECQ's music implied such melodic and compositional richness. Comparing the music on 'night falls' with romantic classical music seems imaginable; majestic strings interact with electronic soundscapes to bring sentiments into being. This is a manifestation of a person who is aware that changes happen, and that changes have to be made. As Boysen says: the sixth HECQ album will be much more different - this fifth one is the first of many new steps to follow.
Hymen-767
CD
$17.00

Hello Lovers
Gone With The Wind
PS, US Hello Lovers has been producing a unique sound described as "southern gothic" baroque pop in a chamber group incarnation. The group itself has been referenced as a "String Chamber Group With Vocals". Lead by John King who writes & directs most of the arrangements & sings, the group features Masha Poloskova (Conservatory of Moscow) on violin, Molly Fischer (Conservatory of Kansas) on cello & Andy Hadaway (Spank Dance Co) on piano. Guest performers include members of ...Trail of Dead, Windsor for the Derby, Polyphonic Spree & others.
Sixgunlover-015
CD
$12.25

Id, The
The Inner Sounds of the Id
PS, GERMANY The Inner Sounds of the Id album features rock music with Oriental influences, played in various time signatures like 17/8, 20/8, and 7/4 time, as well as straight-ahead blues/rock in 4/4 time. You will hear the rock and roll roots drifting into garage, beat, psychedelic and progressive sounds -- powerful and unique -- far ahead of its time. The title track, longer than 10 minutes, you will never forget. It is an excursion, introducing the upcoming hypnotic beat and psychedelic sound. A cosmic sitar and meditative vocals intensify the mystical and floating vibrations of music, coming from the Id's inner space. The Beatles with Sgt. Pepper, and also the Rolling Stones with Their Satanic Majesties Request went, little later than The Id, into similar directions. This well-produced stereo 2LP set contains extended musician information, (a second LP) contains 10 bonus tracks with outtakes from the album recording sessions. This is an ultimately rewarding listening experience on the highest level of creativity and musicianship.
WorldInSound
DLP
$28.00

Jam, The
This is the Modern World
PS, US Released in '77. Despite generally bad reviews from critics at the time, this does have its shining moments ("Life From a Window" & "The Modern World" for example). But it is also an interesting as a piece of history for its lyrical content, it's a snapshot of a day in the life of the declining British Empire during the late 70s. Contains 8 bonus tracks from the BBC sessions.
VinylLovers
LP
$25.00

Kettel
Myam James Part 1
PS, NETHERLANDS Myam James is maximal electronic music. Kettel manages to squeeze uplifting, warm, cheerful and enjoyable music out of his kettle and pottery factory, which is sad, melancholic and sensitive at the same time. See here the paradoxical twist in much of his work. Beauty lies in the melancholy. Add to this Kettel's profound knowledge of composition and we guarantee you'll be chained to your speakers or earphones for the next months. Probably even longer, because Myam James part II, the sequel, will also be out by then. The album series is in the vain of his very successful earlier work here on Sending Orbs, where Kettel lays claim to the title of Duke of Melody and Count of Charisle, staying surprisingly, but refreshingly true to the roots of the Warp sound from the 90's. For the Kettel newbies who wonder how electronic music like this is possible, some background information comes in handy. Little Kettel was classically schooled on the piano to exploit his early-discovered musical talent. He loved to listen to classical music, especially Bach. Pianist Glenn Gould was his first idol. Because of his brother Kettel joined the electronic music fanbase in the mid-1990s. A few years before the millennium Reimer started producing electronic music himself and within no time he put out releases on pretty labels as Planet Mu and DuB. He also managed to explore different sub genres of electronic music and to produce remarkable crossovers. His ambient album Volleyed Iron (2004, U-Cover) became an instant ambient classic and the Whisper Me Wishes album (2007, Dub) was critically acclaimed for a fantastic crossover of jazz, classical music and electronic music. Remixes for artists as Depeche Mode and Dash Berlin and a Japanese Kettel tour in 2007 are some examples of his growing recognition and popularity. The Myam James series on Sending Orbs denotes the next and absolutely greatest highlight on his discography. Myam James part I is 9 tracks of Kettel ecstasy, a brilliant "My Dogan" (title track of the My Dogan 2006 album) remix by early influencers Phoenecia (Schematic/Warp), as icing on the cake, 7 minutes of remix synthesizer-madness by Secede (putting on his Vangelis-clothes once again), and as Eising on the icing an immensely surprising digipack artwork by Jeroen Advocaat inspired by Kettel's current mental condition.
SendingOrbs-009
CD
$17.50

King, Carol
Tapestry: Legacy Edition [expanded re-issue]
PS, US The original classic plus a bonus disc featuring piano/voice versions of the songs.
SonyLegacy
DCD
$20.50

Kluster
Vulcano - Live 1971
PS, US Packaged in a limited edition deluxe heavy-duty gatefold jacket with 4 panel embossing. Vulcano is sourced from original master recordings discovered by Kluster member, and Tangerine Dream engineer, Klaus Freudigmann. Along with Admira, also being released at the same time on Important, Vulcano is presented here for the first time in this deluxe package. These intense sessions were made with Schnitzler at the helm, as always, after the departure of Mobius and Roedelius from the group. Conrad Schnitzler founded Kluster in 1969 along with Roedelius, Mobius and often Klaus Freudigmann who had multiple roles within the group as a player, engineer and instrument inventor. Eventually Roedelius and Mobius left Kluster and continued on as Cluster while Schnitzler and Freudigmann continued as Kluster often exploring the communal aspects of music by bringing new people into the group. Vulcano is limited to 1000 copies and is packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket made to emulate the original die stamped puffy packaging for Kluster's album Klopfzeichen. Very deluxe.
Important-180
CD
$13.00

Kluster
Admira 1971
PS, US Limited edition. Packaged in a deluxe 4 panel embossed heavy duty gatefold jacket. Admira is sourced from original master recordings discovered by Kluster member, and Tangerine Dream engineer, Klaus Freudigmann. Along with Vulcano, also being released at the same time on Important, Admira is presented here for the first time in this deluxe package. These intense sessions were made with Schnitzler at the helm, as always, after the departure of Mobius and Roedelius from the group. Conrad Schnitzler founded Kluster in 1969 along with Roedelius, Mobius and often Klaus Freudigmann who had multiple roles within the group as a player, engineer and instrument inventor. Eventually Roedelius and Mobius left Kluster and continued on as Cluster while Schnitzler and Freudigmann continued as Kluster often exploring the communal aspects of music by bringing new people into the group. Admira is limited to 1000 copies and is packaged in a deluxe gatefold jacket made to emulate the original die stamped puffy packaging for Kluster's album Klopfzeichen. Very deluxe.
Important-179
CD
$13.00

Lights
S-T
PS, US Here, for every virginal vocal harmony a vampiric riff lies in wait, each dulcet tone risks transformation into snarling beast, & ghost-like apparitions infest the rafters, unseen but duly felt. They embody the mixture of pop beauty & psychedelic horror that has compelled millions to shiver in fright & ecstasy. Join us.
LanguageofStone
CD
$13.25

Love
Forever Changes [collector's edition]
PS, US The original 11-song classic album remastered and repackaged with a bonus CD featuring !25! bonus tracks: alternate mixes, outtakes, demos, mono mixes, singles mixes, etc. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "It wasn't a hit, but Forever Changes continues to regularly appear on critics' lists of the top ten rock albums of all time, and it had an enormously far-reaching and durable influence that went way beyond chart listings. The best fusion of folk-rock and psychedelia, it features Arthur Lee's trembling vocals, beautiful melodies, haunting orchestral arrangements, and inscrutable but poetic lyrics, all of which sound nearly as fresh and intriguing upon repeated plays. One of rock's most organic, flowing masterpieces, every song has a lingering, shimmering beauty, including the two penned by the band's other talented songwriter/guitarist/singer, Bryan MacLean."
Rhino
DCD
$26.00

Lowbrow Reader
#6
PS, US This issue includes articles & drawings about Gene Wilder; a long piece on obscure comedy films by Magic Whistle artist/writer Sam Henderson; a short story by Royal Trux's Neil Hagerty; and an illustrated survey about CEOs feat. writings from Randy Newman, George Saunders, John Waters, Patton Oswalt , & Kiki & Herb's Justin Bond.
ZINE
$3.00

Magnetic Fields
The Charm Of The Highway Strip
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.00

Maybe It's Reno
S-T
PS, US Joining Bridget Cross (UNREST/AIR MIAMI) in Maybe It's Reno are her Unrest bandmates MARK ROBINSON & PHIL KRAUTH; it's almost like an Unrest reunion album. These ten songs mix that old Unrest pop sound & update it for the 21st century.
Teenbeat-434
CD
$12.25

Mekons
The Mekons Story 1977-1982 [re-issue]
PS, US Originally released in 1982, also known as 'It Falleth like the Gentle Rain from Heaven'. 'The Mekons Story' is a collection of rare and unobtainable tracks from the UK punk legends Jon Langford describes as 'our revenge on the world.' This 20 track CD includes brilliant outtakes, unreleased tracks, alternate versions, B-sides, as well as a handful of live radio sessions recorded between 1977 and 1982 during the first Mekons incarnation. With a drunken sounding David Spencer providing a between cuts 'history' of the band, this, more than any other Mekons recording, shows their crucial and comic post-punk development. From cacophonic punk, primitive disco, agitated funk and new wave, and synth pop, the consistent thread in this material is the sheer brilliance of the Mekons' literacy in songwriting.
BuriedTreasure
CD
$13.00

Merzbow/Band Of Pain
Reptile/Insect
PS, UK After over a year in preparation, we are delighted to announce the new split Merzbow/Band Of Pain full length picture disc LP. Ltd worldwide to 1000 copies, this beautiful picture disc vinyl LP features a side by each of these artists. Merzbow, well established as THE pioneer of the Japanese noise/avant-garde scene and Band Of Pain, leaders in a slightly darker experimental world, who were once described by Terroriser magazine as being 'what Wagner would be doing if he was alive today!' The full color picture disc is pressed on heavyweight vinyl and cut by the finest mastering studio to give the best possible reproduction for its powerful and intoxicating layers of sound.
Dirter
LP
$21.75

Meters
Very Best of the Meters
PS, US Acclaimed 1997 collection from essential and influential R&B legends.
Rhino
CD
$12.25

Mills, Chris
Living in the Aftermath
PS, US The latest collection from one of America's most wandering-est of wandering troubadours. After almost a decade of rave
reviews & countless shows in stadiums & shoeboxes (the past 2 yrs alone have seen him touring alongside Ben Folds, Bishop Allen, Lucero & many more). Harvesting music & lyrics from headlines, horror movies, four-color ash-can adventures, and the black & white reflections of late night re-reruns, Mills returns with a raw & ready collection of true rock n' roll numbers, each one peppered with knowing asides & unencumbered poignancy.
ErnestJenning
CD
$11.00

Monotonix
Body Language
PS, US This is a punk trio from Tel Aviv, feat. guitar (Yonatan), drums (Ran) & vocals (Ami). They formed in Nov.r 2005, set up on the floor of the club w/ the audience & the party began. You don't end up quite as out of breath when listening to this but you do get a ton of excitement anyway, courtesy of a killer guitar sound, precision power drumming & lusty lead vocals. The hard work has paid off - it twists & grooves w/ all the fun & fervor of great rock & roll.
DragCity
CD5
$11.00

Monotonix
Body Language
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
12
$11.00

New York Dolls
S-T
PS, US The year: 1973.Coming on stage looking like a bunch of doped up drag queens & sounding like a train wreck, they split rock & roll wide open & suddenly there was something new. The deranged son of rock & roll: punk rock. And kids all around the globe went, "oh yeah!," & picked up an electric guitar & a feather boa.
VinylLovers
LP
$25.00

Object
Asobi
PS, AUSTRALIA From an observer's perspective, 'Asobi' is a brilliantly succinct album that appears inspired by sounds made and/or manipulated by a laptop computer in the tradition of Christian Fennesz, Oval's 'Diskont94', Jan Jelinek, and even My Bloody Valentine's seething 'Loveless'. 'Asobi' (which is a Japanese word meaning 'play') is reminiscent of the warm digital clicks'n'cuts of the mid-to-late 'Nineties when the only brazenness left in contemporary music was coming out of Austria and Germany in the form of Mouse On Mars, Oval, Pita, Fennesz, and later Jan Jelinek and Radian.
SensoryProjects-052
CD
$15.00

Ortmann, Andy
Octagonist
PS, US Follow up album to Ortmann's critically acclaimed Nightmania album. In 7.1 Surround Sound DVD format. The sounds range from old school analog electronic music, electro-acoustic, musique-concrete and noise. Octagonist is NOT compatible with compact disc technology and must be played through a DVD player or DTS decoder for proper surround sound playback. A stereo mix is also on the disc for normal setup. Featuring special guests Raglani (KRANKY), and John Wiese (TROUBLEMAN, HELICOPTER)
Nihilist
DVD
$15.75

Os Mutantes
A Divina Comedia Ou Ando Meio Desligado
PS, US Released in 1970.This album, further testimony to their limitless creativity, & considered by many to be their best, was
recorded during the height of the Brazilian military regime's crack down on artists, & fellow members of the Tropicalia movement, Caetano Veloso & Gilberto Gil had already been sent into exile in the UK
VinylLovers
LP
$25.00

Parsons, Gram
Another Side Of This Life: The Lost Recordings
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Sundazed
LP
$19.00

Pyramids
S-T
PS, US Swarming, swirling guitars, drums like a churning steam press, a chorus of celestial voices. Instruments collude and collide in a roiling shoal and then dissipate, leaving a cavernous hole, a ghost town, the vestiges and echoes of a brief terrestrial existence. Pyramids conjure the cacophonies of the great unknown, one song at a time.
HydraHead
CD
$13.00

Quarter After, The
Too Much to Think About
PS, US Limited to 1,000 copies on light blue vinyl
CommitteetoKeepMusicEvil
45
$6.50

Replacements, The
Hootenanny [remaster, expanded re-issue]
PS, US The Replacements' sophomore album, "Hootenanny", arrived in April 1983, further cementing its status as one of the most exciting new rock bands in America on the strength of songs such as "Within Your Reach" and "Color Me Impressed". Rhino's new edition boasts seven bonus tracks, six previously unreleased, including a demo of "Bad Worker" and an alternate take of "Treatment Bound". Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Let It Be.
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
Sorry Ma, Forgot to Take Out the Trash [remaster, expanded re-issue]
PS, US The Replacements' debut, 1981's "Sorry Ma, Forgot To Take Out the Trash", introduced its lovably shambling rock style via tracks like "Shiftless When Idle", "Takin a Ride" and "Johnny's Gonna Die". 11 tracks of bonus material includes frontman Paul Westerberg's original four-song demo from 1980, several outtakes and the B-side "If Only You Were Lonely". Also similarly re-issued: Stink, Hootenanny, Let It Be.
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Replacements, The
Stink [remaster, expanded re-issue]
PS, US The EP "Stink" was released in 1982, tearing through eight songs in 15 minutes. The four bonus tracks on the new edition are all previously unreleased: the outtakes "Staples in Her Stomach", "Hey, Good Lookin'" and "(We're Gonna) Rock Around the Clock", plus a Westerberg home demo of "You're Getting Married". Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Hootenanny, Let It Be.
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$12.25

Replacements, The
Let It Be [remaster, expanded re-issue]
PS, US Rhino's final reissue in this batch, "Let It Be", is regarded by many as the Replacements' best album. The 1984 release boasts indelible tracks such as "Unsatisfied", "I Will Dare" and "Androgynous"; it is here bolstered by six bonus tracks including an alternate version of "Sixteen Blue", the home demo for "Answering Machine" and covers of the Grass Roots' "Temptation Eyes" and T. Rex's "20th Century Boy". Also similarly re-issued: Sorry Ma..., Stink, Hootenanny.
Rhino/Ryko
CD
$17.75

Retribution Gospel Choir
S-T (DELAYED)
PS, US LOW's visionary ALAN SPARHAWK cranks the amps for a radical stylistic departure. Crude, mangy guitars collide w/ trudging stoner-rock rhythms some catchy melodies - for modern-day spirituals that defy all preconceptions. Produced by Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon's MARK KOZELEK. Individually numbered limited edition of 1,500 in a deluxe gatefold sleeve.
AuralExploits
LP
$17.00

Richman, Jonathan
Because Her Beauty Is Raw and Wild
PS, US New album!
Vapor
CD
$17.00

Rorschach Garden, The
Transfer
PS, GERMANY Never before has a TRG album been as self-contained as 'transfer'. Compared to their previous albums one will notice a significant wave influence and a turning towards contemporary songwriting; here, the Bielefeld based trio present a mixture between state-of-the-art electro pop and instrumental tracks which are a perfect invitation to listen deeply and to 'lift-off' as well. The opener 'move myself' already points out the direction: catchy melodies, P. Münch's unmistakable vocals, driving beats and moods perfectly balanced between joy and melancholy - once again TRG present the perfect connection between vogue and sophistication - a trademark they are well-known for since 'state protection'. Contemporary, inspiring electronic songs, a guaranteed aural pleasure - which also explains the verve of the 'Japanese friends' from Korg who dedicated an extra website to TRG. Mission accomplished - transfer complete!
BazookaJoe-12
CD
$17.75

Rose, Jack
Kensington Blues
PS, US Available now for the first time on vinyl, this is his 4th full-length release & most diverse outing by far. An inspired mix of styles & sounds, w/ straight ragtime, heavy 12-string, & that sweet, sweet Weissenborn lap guitar all checking in.
VHF
LP
$16.00

Shoot It Up
7"
PS, US Seriously drug-addled youths rattling off real deal punk rock tuneage. Non-stop hack & slash guitar work that seems surprisingly (or accidentally) skilled at times, fucked vox from some kid who is probably a legit menace to society & drums that just keep rolling & rolling until the song stops. This thing reeks of weed, pills & booze of the cheap variety.
CriminalIQ
45
$5.25

Sonic Youth
J'Accuse Ted Hughes
PS, US The seventh installment of Sonic Youth's series of experimental + sometimes instrumental releases in a vinyl-only edition self-released on the band's own SYR label. The A-side, 'J'accuse Ted Hughes', is a previously unreleased 22 minute drone-piece recorded by Sonic Youth at the All Tomorrows Parties Festival in the UK April 2001. At ATP the band previewed instrumental and early versions of songs from the then soon-to-be recorded 'NYC Ghosts and Flowers' and performed this premiere + exclusive performance of 'J'accuse Ted Hughes'. The B-side, 'Agnes B Musique', is a soundtrack-style piece recorded at the band's own Murray Street Studio in 2001 for a never-to-be realized collaboration with French clothing designer Agnes B. This 18 minute long musical piece was recorded with a 5-piece version of SY, the 4 members of SY being joined by Jim O'Rourke who also mixed 'Agnes B Musique'.
SonicYouth
12
$9.50

Spaceman, J./Sun City Girls
Mister Lonely
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$16.50

Spaceman, J./Sun City Girls
Mister Lonely
PS, US "Music From a Film By Harmony Korine". The soundtrack is deceptively minimal, a guitar or piano line that blinks past repetition & blushes into something grander; a motif reappearing under new auspices; link pieces that become spotlight moments, densely worked-out, stars in their own right.
DragCity
CD
$13.25

Sparks
Kimono My House [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Remaster and re-release of 1974 album by one of the greatest art-pop bands of all time. Includes 3 bonus tracks. AMG: "Arguably one of Sparks' best albums, 1974's Kimono My House finds the brothers Mael (Ron wrote most the songs and played keyboards, while Russell was the singing frontman) ingeniously playing their guitar- and keyboard-heavy pop mix on 12 consistently fine tracks. Adding a touch of bubblegum, and even some of Zappa's own song-centric experimentalism to the menu, the Maels spruce up a sleazy Sunset Strip with a bevy of Broadway-worthy performances here: as the band expertly revs up the glam rock-meets-Andrew Lloyd Webber backdrops, Russell sends things into space with his operatic vocals and ever-clever lyrics. And besides two of their breakthrough hits (the English chart-toppers "This Town Ain't Big Enough for Both of Us" and "Amateur Hour"), the album features one of their often-overlooked stunners, "Here in Heaven". Essential."
Fontana/Island
CD
$17.75

Sparks
Propaganda [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Remaster and re-release of 1974 album by one of the greatest art-pop bands of all time. Bonus tracks include sought-after b-sides to their UK singles and an interview. AMG: "The band's fourth album (and second with producer Muff Winwood) is chock-full of great ideas, including the overseas hits "Something for the Girl with Everything" and "Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth." With Russell Mael delivering the lyrics in his rapid-fire falsetto, the lyric sheet is a necessary compass, as the clever wordplay is a key to discovering what these pranksters are up to. Ron Mael's skewed take on relationships ("At Home at Work at Play," "Don't Leave Me Alone with Her") are nearly upstaged by the hyperactive arrangements, but when the words and the music click, it's pure magic... Though the similarities to Queen are sometimes striking, they eschew that band's seriousness and epic guitar work, favoring hit-or-miss observations that suggest a cross between 10cc and the power pop of the late '70s. Propaganda remains one of Sparks' brightest achievements, brimming with a loopy charm that continued to captivate the open-minded English listeners, if not their close-minded countrymen in the U.S."
Fontana/Island
CD
$17.75

Sparks
Indiscreet [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Remaster and re-release of 1975 album by one of the greatest art-pop bands of all time. Includes 4 bonus tracks. AMG: "Indiscreet, which was the Mael brothers' third album for Island and their fifth album overall, is state-of-the-art Sparks. The power pop melodies are consistently infectious, and the lyrics are as humorous as one expects Sparks lyrics to be -- nutty gems like "Pineapple," "Happy Hunting Ground," "Tits," and "Get in the Swing" will easily appeal to those who like to think of Russell and Ron as the pop/rock equivalent of Monty Python's Flying Circus... Over the years, Sparks has experimented with everything from hard rock to Euro-disco. But power pop is the primary focus of Indiscreet, which went down in history as one of the band's best '70s albums."
Fontana/Island
CD
$17.75

Sparks
Big Beat [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Remaster and re-release of 1976 album by one of the greatest art-pop bands of all time. Includes 6 bonus tracks. AMG: "Most of Big Beat finds Sparks doing what they do best: spewing out clever, mile-a-minute lyrics over solid rocking accompaniment (this time, provided by a superior group of studio musicians). Drummer Hilly Michaels and guitarist Jeffrey Salen lend Ron and Russell Mael's songs considerable rock & roll authority. Standouts include the opening blast "Big Boy" (which was featured in the film Rollercoaster), the propulsive "Fill-Er-Up," and the falsetto-delivered proclamation "I Like Girls," apparently a leftover from their previous album, Indiscreet. Generally, however, they eschew the elaborate arrangements of Indiscreet and go for a powerful, stripped-down sound. As titles such as "Everybody's Stupid" and "Thrown Her Away (And Get a New One)" suggest, the album brims with decidedly politically incorrect (and often hilarious) lyrics."
Fontana/Island
CD
$17.75

Spectrum meets Captain Memphis
Indian Giver
PS, US A once in a lifetime musical meeting between Spectrum (Sonic Boom from Spaceman 3) and legendary producer Jim Dickinson (Big Star, etc...). A few years ago Sonic Boom (Spaceman 3, Spectrum, EAR) traveled to Independence Mississippi to work with legendary producer Jim Dickinson aka Captain Memphis. The result is the record Indian Giver, a true collaboration that finds both artists sharing a stage and sharing their musical visions. Featuring a cover of Mudhoney's "When Tomorrow Hits".
Badman
CD
$15.25

Spoon
Girls Can Tell
PS, US BACK IN PRINT!!!
Merge-195
LP
$15.50

Stained Glass
Crazy Horse Roads
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Fallout
LP
$21.50

Stars Of The Lid
Avec Laudenum [vinyl re-issue]
PS, US This will be the first vinyl release in the U.S. Originally released by Sub Rosa in 1999 & then reissued by kranky in the fall of 2002. A pivotal album in their career, this marked the first time the duo completely stepped away from the more abstract sound pieces of earlier albums & engaged w/ the more symphonic & compositional approach that has become the forte of their more recent recordings. LIMITED TO 1000.
Kranky
LP
$11.50

Taj Mahal Travellers
August 1974
PS, JAPAN Repressed! Double CD reissue of the 2nd Taj Mahal Travellers album, originally issued by Japanese Columbia in 1974 as a 2LP set. Legendary higher-key improv-drone extravaganzas that more than live up to their reputation, the group was led by the infamous Fluxus member Takehisa Kosugi (electric violin, harmonica, voice, etc.) ELECTRONIC
P-Vine-1463/4
DCD
$36.50

Taj Mahal Travellers
Live Stockholm July, 1971
PS, SWEDEN New 2008 repress. "Led by infamous Fluxus member Takehisa Kosugi, Tokyo's Taj Mahal Travellers were one of the prime examples of a band more heard-of than actually heard. Their vinyl legacy (the 1972 LP July 15, 1972 released on CBS/Sony Japan; the 1974 2LP August 1974 released on Columbia Japan and recently reissued by P-Vine as a 2CD; one side of the mythical Oz Days Live 2LP compilation released on Oz in 1973 and recently bootlegged as a single LP) could dig a hole in your wallet deeper than the Grand Canyon. However, the recent reissues have spread the gospel and so here is the chance to hear the young Taj Mahal Travellers live in Stockholm during their 'tour' through Europe in 1971. It's one 2-hour long improvised track. Enough free-floating higher key bliss to keep every grown-up space cadet happy for a lot longer.." From Julian Cope's Japrocksampler: "This album is a discorporated, cerebral dance whose rhythm sounds like six weather Gods emulating the cover of Deep Purple's Fireball by zooming around Silverstone circuit just inches above the track, each urging himself on by making engine noises: 'Eee-oww-urghh-ow!!!!!!!' Opening with Ryo Koike's horizontally played bowed double bass, it's my fave of Taj Mahal Travellers' three releases, better even than the obstinate medication of the first official LP JULY 15, 1972, because there's twice as much of it. Meditatively, it's extremely useful too: at the entrance portals of this live record, Ryo Koike uses his bass to invoke phlegm phantoms and cranny demons from the butt walls of Cronosian caverns; conjuring a sound as Biblical as Conrad Schnitzler's bizarre bowed cello on T. Dream's Electronic Meditation. Gradually, hesitatingly, almost imperceptibly, a violin theme installs itself, establishing over the next quarter of an hour clop-clopping hooves of hollow rhythm that conjure up the image of frustrated pastoralists driving their reluctant donkeys around the highest and most precipitous cliff edges, as their valuable cargoes sway and shudder and threaten to come untied at any moment. Recorded a full year before their first official LP, I think this in concert album is a far better and more confident shamanic statement, for this Stockholm recording melded together all six group members in such a way that no single musician rises from the primal soup long enough to establish his singular muse. The vocal effects are truly stunning, evoking everything from comb-and-paper voices playing Zeus in the sixty-metre deep Dhikhtean Antron to braying cartoon coyotes laughing to their deaths."
DroneSyndicate
DCD
$23.75

Ternheim, Anna
Halfway to Fivepoints
PS, US Anna Ternheim's first official full-length release in the U.S., Halfway to Fivepoints is something of a journey through her already successful international career. A critical darling in her native Sweden--where her debut album, 2004's Something Outside, earned her a Swedish Grammy(r) for Best New Artist--Ternheim has included some of her oldest and newest material on this album. The lone cover song on the disc is an exquisitely strippeddown and slowed cover of Fleetwood Mac's eighties hit "Little Lies." Together, this collection features quickly-written love stories, tales of loneliness, messy lives, stalkers and therapeutic kiss-offs to formers lovers. In tracks like "Lover's Dream," she sought to bring the listener into another realm, one akin to the grainy, black-and-white world found in the memorable 1922 film Nosferatu. It's appropriate, as Ternheim's voice lends a cinematic quality to the disc, at times conjuring Orton's contemplative alt-folk and even the timeless wisdom of Joni Mitchell--sometimes within the same song (as on the album-ending title track). Throughout it all, there's a class to these songs, a beauty to them, and to the transportative quality of Ternheim's sometimes breathy, sometimes sweet voice.
Decca
CD
$15.00

Thank You
Terrible Two
PS, US An athletic rhythm/action unit, made up of 3 free individuals, subsumed into a collective form that spits out dank, skittering tracks filled w/ light & dark. They've been building up a reputation via their live show, which has left audience members joyful, overwhelmed, & ready to spread the word. A seeming telepathy occurs onstage. It's safe to say that beat-diggers & electronic artists will have a rich resource in the recorded output of the band, each track having the potential to be chopped & screwed, looped & loped into new soundtracks & sample beds.
ThrillJockey
LP
$11.50

Three Day Band (John Fahey/Ayal Senior)
Three Day Band
PS, US John Fahey and Ayal Senior layed down the tracks for Three Day Band in a Woodburn Hotel room at some point in 1999. These tracks show an undocumented improvisational side of Fahey. It's certainly not early period Fahey but not TOTE era either. At night after the recording sessions commenced Ayal would record Fahey reading and discussing selected excerpts from his writing. Fifteen tracks of spoken word Fahey are included. From Ayal Senior's liner notes: I think I first met John Fahey at a Vince Martin gig in Manhattan at some point in 1998. He was sitting in the back of CBGB's 'other' space, listening to the gig and painting with fat bright markers in a notebook he carried around with him. It was impossible not to notice this guy. Big, bald, white beard, black sunglasses wearing shorts and wool socks with black basketball shoes in a triple sized red t-shirt. I didn't even know who John Fahey was, but John Allen, who brought Fahey out to the east coast and, who I have always greatly admired, learned me to the game. John Fahey and Vince Martin in the same room. Incredible.
Important-185
CD
$12.25

Tokyo Police Club
Elephant Shell
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$13.00


Tokyo Police Club
Elephant Shell
PS, US This is the sound of them delivering on every bit of promise in their rapid-fire barrage of material to date. The opening one-two barely evaporates before they pack innumerable hooks & glimmer into meager 2-min.-&-change frameworks, while first single encapsulates everything great about the manic live experience: soaring guitar signatures & keyboard figures, driving backbeats & irresistible singalongs abound.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.50

Tusk
The Resisting Dreamer
PS, US Feat. 3 members of PELICAN & one member of KAYO DOT. 4 long grind/black/atmospheric metal tracks, a feeding frenzy of eerie power dirges, echo-chamber intrigue & soaring space rock finesse. The last track, the cycle's penultimate phase, is a 16-min. wall of awesome with no vocals.
Tortuga
LP
$20.00

Various
Mioku
PS, BULGARIA Electonica compilation, featuring Esem, Lackluster, Sektor, Polygon Ring, Folder and more.. Far behind you can see is something as real as you can feel and touch. This is what the purple fields dream about. Distant hopes for something clean, big and wide, like the intelligence of electrified people. Mellow and dreamy, the compilation on Controne Records - 'Mioku' is a beautifully crafted harmonic downbeat idm, electronica music from Various Artists - Lackluster, Esem, Polygon Ring, Kliment, Sektor, Folder, Itou, Dtd, Adj and Clio. Starting quietly with 'Inner Kid' from the Bulgarian Adj, passing through the amazing melodic 'Xerie' from Esem, to Itou's downbeat, and filled with warm synth layers 'Strandjha', through the crazy 'Somatus' and the ambient chill-trancey journey from Kliment. Follows some silently mellow sounds form Lackluster, continues with the slightly flying ambient 'Shii' from Clio and synthy downtempo track - 'Lo Kito' from Sektor. Also his excellent remix on Itou's track included! Folder's beaty 'Ribatop' and amazing upbeat remix from Polygon Ring of recently released on Kahvi Collective track 'Sektor - Loki' at the end for the top of the cocktail! tracklist: 1. Adj - Inner Kid 2. Esem - Xerie 3. Itou - Strandjha 4. DTD - Somatus 5. Kliment - Borders Of Reality 6. Lackluster - Goodbyefrenchplace 7. Sektor - Lo Kito 8. Folder - Ribatop 9. Clio - Shii 10. Freqmod - Violet 11. Itou - Shrie (Sektor remix) 12. Sektor - Loki (Shapeshifting by Polygon Ring).
Controne-018
CD
$13.50

Various
Perfect Unpop Peel Show Hits & Long-Lost Lo Fi Favourites Volume 1 1976-1980 CD
PS, UK Perfect Unpop is based on a dangerous assumption: that if you were ever touched by John Peel's enthusiasm for spiky 70s pop, then by now you've probably found yourself a copy of the Undertones Teenage Kicks . The same applies to raw, beautiful singles by the Buzzcocks, Joy Division, the Clash and the first five Fall albums none of which are included here. Instead, here's a collection of Peel favorites a little less likely to be anthologized, eulogized, or to crop up on your iPod. Anyone who ever cuddled up alone at night with Peel will recognize the glee with which he pounced on these devil may- care, slightly broken pop songs. Indie also-rans these bands may have been in the Sting n' Bono scheme of things, but add up all these flashes of underdog genius, and here's a CD to rival any other from the era of the questionable stringy tie. Although we're missing the voice that always seemed to be speaking to us alone, the unearthing of these Nuggets from the play-lists will recreate something of the atmosphere of the Peel Show for his undercover legions, and hopefully some young Johnny-cum-Lately's as well. Make no mistake; we're talking all-time highlights here where six seconds of dead air would be followed by a sheepish, slightly breathless admission that Peel had been off bopping around the studio! Tours Language School / Vibrators Whips And Furs / Subway Sect Ambition / Young Marble Giants Final Day / Kleenex Hedi's Head / The Bears On Me / Wreckless Eric Whole Wide World / Swell Maps Real Shocks / The Out Who Is Innocent / Eater Thinking Of The Usa / Disco Zombies Mary Millington / Mo-Dettes White Mice / The Outcasts Self-Conscious Over You / The Wasps Teenage Treats / The 45s Couldn't Believe A Word / Fatal Microbes Violence Grows / Glaxo Babies This Is Your Life / The Prefects Going Through The Motions / Hollywood Brats Sick On You / Carpettes Radio Wunderbar / The Tights Bad Hearts / The Monochrome Set He's Frank (Slight Return) / Au Pairs It's Obvious / Sinatras Happy Feeling / The Boys Brickfield Nights / Blue Orchids The Flood.
CherryRed-352
CD
$15.50

Various
Ambient Not Not Ambient
PS, US TRACK LISTING: 1. E*Vax "Awl" 2. White Rainbow "See and The Field Feels" 3. Mudboy "Study for a Sleep Album- 2nd Movement." 4. Dania Shapes "Weird Boombox" 5. Bird Show "Less of Everything" 6. Yellow Swans "To Valleys of Beautiful Arson" 7. WZT Hearts "Discuss Winter" 8. Sawako "Nst" 9. Grouper "Quiet Eyes" 10. Nudge "Dayrise" 11. AM/PM "Even as We Here" 12. Smoke & Mirrors "Ocean" 13. E*Rock "Exexpat" 14. Freeform "Ante Meridian" 15. Chris Herbert "Whips & Jingles" 16. Lucky Dragons "Sayles Street Ok Ok" 17. Valet "Tuesday Partly Sunny" This collection was curated by Paul Dickow together with E*Rock as a long term project showcasing some outsider ambient works and blissed-out pop from their hometown in Portland as well as friends across the seas. Emphasis was made to bring together artists from a variety of scenes and different underground bubbles of music producers that remain close to our hearts. Though many of the artists may have never previously bumped shoulders it was important for us in keeping a common thread in the musicality and a conscious flow to the collection.
AudioDregs-069
CD
$5.50

Venna
S-T
PS, US Venna is the sweet-natured brainchild of husband & wife duo, Heather & Marky Hladish (THE FELIX CULPA). The music on their 6 song debut is the sort of music that focuses on the simplicity of life & the fragility of being human.
CommonCloud
CD5
$6.75

Yellow Swans/Devillock
S-T
PS, US Yellow Swans track is over 6 minutes. Devillock track almost 5 minutes, recorded in 2005. Limited pressing of 500, hand screened covers.
ModernRadio-034
45
$5.50

Yolks
Introducing the Yolks
PS, US This nifty Chicago three-piece actually live up to some of their own hyperbole. The opener on this, "I Do What I Do", is one of the most deceptively catchy tunes around right now. Just an amazingly simple jewel of understated no-frills garage rock w/ a pop hook & nonchalant vocals that ends up being more memorable than dozens of KBD-destructos & weird punquers we've heard lately.
CriminalIQ
45
$5.25

Yoro Sidibe
S-T
PS, US "Back when I lived in Bougouni I recall one day seeing a very old man wearing a floppy hat & mudcloth riding by on a bicycle. He was a fairly normal old fellow save the fact that he was barefoot & shouldering what appeared to be a gigantic musket. He wasn't the last old guy I saw riding around on a bicycle w/ a giant musket. One day I asked my friend, What about those old men riding around on their bicycles w/ the big guns? He whispered behind his hand: Donsos. Chausseurs. Hunters. This is their music. It is played before hunts & is meant to both harden the heart & excite it."
YaalaYaala
CD
$13.25

Zombies
Odessey & Oracle
PS, UK
BigBeat
LP
$23.00

Forthcoming Releases

16 Horsepower
Live: March 2001 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US This intoxicating material becomes even more potent on stage, making it a must-have release. Their instrumentation transforms the usually lighthearted banjo & squeezebox into the loneliest choir that accompanies the smoldering voice of David Eugene Edwards. This will surely be welcomed w/ open arms, not w/ snipes about bludgeoning dead equines.
AlternativeTentacles
CD
$17.00

18th Dye
Amorine Queen (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, DENMARK New album, their first in 13 years, from awesome Danish/German outfit who had several amazing albums released by Matador in the 90s. Half the album's up on their myspace page, check it out. With their groundbreaking, catchy and consistently explosive rock 18TH DYE earned great recognition in the international music press during the 90s. They toured all over the US and Europe and left a name, which has inspired a vast number of bands. With Amorine Queen 18TH DYE continue their intensive work during the 90s. 18TH DYE doesn't just thrill the fans from ten years ago, but also carry away a new audience - a fact that's hard to miss at their recent concerts.
CrunchyFrog
CD
$16.25

1900s, The
Everybody's Got A Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2008)
NO PS, US New 7" vinyl phonograph single from Chicago psych-pop troupe, featuring two non-album tracks. White wax, black jacket, real posh.
Parasol-039
45
$3.50

A Flock of Seagulls
Story of a Young Heart [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Remastered re-issue with 7 bonus tracks.
CherryPop
CD
$18.25

A.H. Kraken
S-T (LP/CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Out of Metz, France comes this ugly & brutal noise-punk. Their name is an amalgam of a facist dictator & a sea monster, & their sound is a wild, intense blur of bludgeoning rhythms, industrial clatter, scrapingguitars, & caterwauling vocals. Citing influences as disparate PiL, Motorhead, US Maple, Suicide, Flipper, The Shaggs, & Chrome.
InTheRed
LP
$14.25

Almond, Marc & Michael Cashmore
Gabriel and the Lunatic Lover (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, UK 1st in a series of collaborative releases. The duo sets to music two poems by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock, the extraordinary 19th-century gay writer whose bizarre life of decadence, drug-addiction, alcoholism, & poetry; coupled w/ Satanic, vampiric, & Catholic obsessions; led to his early death at the age of 36 in 1895. Beautiful full-color digipak that contains previously unpublished paintings of Almond by Russian artist Vania Soutavliov, a rare photograph of the enigmatic Count, & the complete texts to both poems.
Durtro/Jnana
CD5
$9.25

Amebix
No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION, BONUS 7".
AlternativeTentacles
LP/45
$14.25

Amebix
No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US These songs are collected officially for the first time. It gathers the soughtafter cult releases No Sanctuary, Who's The Enemy, & Winter. Some of these tunes are undisputed classics in the punk world. Carefully remastered by Jello Biafra & George Horn. Tons of original artwork was resurrected into a beautifully designed package by long-time Alternative Tentacles collaborator and UK native John Yates.
AlternativeTentacles
CD
$15.25

Animal Collective
Water Curses EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Domino
12"
$9.50

Animal Collective
Water Curses EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US Water Curses sees the band's capacity for re-imaging their constituent parts into ever more interesting and saturated shapes go up by a giddy notch. All four tracks have a more stripped down feel than their recent work, opener "Water Curses" takes an unexpected rhythm and throws it up, down and sideways to produce the sound of a smile. A technique that Animal Collective are now in a position to call their own.
Domino
CD5
$7.00

Arca
On Ne Distinguait Plus Les Tetes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 29TH)
PS, FRANCE Arca is a French project initiated by Joan Cambon and Sylvain Chauveau at the beginning of the year 2000. Arca is inspired by music, cinema, literature, photographs, every day life sounds. Arca uses "warm" electronic sounds, mixed with organic instruments, rainy guitars and Sylvain's voice (since the third album) to draw melancholic landscapes not so far from David Sylvian masterpieces. Most of the songs are recorded and mixed at home by Joan Cambon. Sylvain Chauveau made five solo albums: instrumental music based on sweet harmonies of piano and strings. The latest one is "Down to the bone", a record of Depeche Mode covers. He was also part of the former projects Micro:mega and Watermelon Club.
Icid'Ailluurs-038
CD
$17.00

Awesome Color
Electric Aborigines (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 29TH)
PS, US A power trio updated for the 2060's, noise provocateurs & impressionists, ace players w/ punk rock flair, inspired citizens of a small modernist nation of musical, visual, & literary outrage on the outskirts of Brooklyn, or a rainbow amalgam of all of the above at once.
EcstaticPeace
CD
$10.00

Baldwin, Nat
Most Valuable Player (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 29TH)
PS, US Ten tracks of eerie, intense, neo-classical influenced pop magic. Baldwin's third full length features his signature bowed double bass & hallucinatory vocals crowning off-kilter pop epics & sublime tone poems. It's quirky and neo-classically influenced & tips it's hat to free jazz due to some unusual time signatures & song structures but at it's core it's built on strong, powerful melodies & hooks so it's been appealing to people who are normally a little scared off by some of the strangeness of the Dirty Projectors & others of that ilk.
BrokenSparrow
CD
$10.00

Belhom, Thomas
No Border (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 29TH)
PS, FRANCE Today, whereas some dream of always more hermetic borders, Thomas Belhom asserts his musician and world citizen's freedom on a second album recorded between Munich, London, Nashville and Paris. "No border" is the travelogue of a musician who loves encounters and who cannot bear all that prevent them from happening. Thus his tightrope walker's melodies have been enriched with trips and the recordings of numerous musicians and friends' participation. Stuart Stapples (Tinkersticks) - accompanied by Thomas on stage, after he took part to the recording of his second album "Leaving songs" - sings on the magnificent "South over the seven hills". You can also hear Volker Zander (Calexico), who accompanied Amor Belhom Duo on the double bass at the occasion of their last tour and Kim Ohio (Mad River) - met at the time of Witches Valley, who sings along with Thomas Belhom on three titles. One of the two instrumental tracks of the album is even composed and interpreted by Viva Yazon, who is also painter and from now on Thomas Belhom's wife, accompanied by Paul Nihaus (Lambchop) and his so characteristic steel guitar.
Icid'Ailleurs-36
LP
$17.50

Belhom, Thomas
No Border (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 29TH)
PS, FRANCE Today, whereas some dream of always more hermetic borders, Thomas Belhom asserts his musician and world citizen's freedom on a second album recorded between Munich, London, Nashville and Paris. "No border" is the travelogue of a musician who loves encounters and who cannot bear all that prevent them from happening. Thus his tightrope walker's melodies have been enriched with trips and the recordings of numerous musicians and friends' participation. Stuart Stapples (Tinkersticks) - accompanied by Thomas on stage, after he took part to the recording of his second album "Leaving songs" - sings on the magnificent "South over the seven hills". You can also hear Volker Zander (Calexico), who accompanied Amor Belhom Duo on the double bass at the occasion of their last tour and Kim Ohio (Mad River) - met at the time of Witches Valley, who sings along with Thomas Belhom on three titles. One of the two instrumental tracks of the album is even composed and interpreted by Viva Yazon, who is also painter and from now on Thomas Belhom's wife, accompanied by Paul Nihaus (Lambchop) and his so characteristic steel guitar.
Icid'Ailleurs-36
CD
$16.00

Black Angels, The
Directions to See a Ghost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US From deep in the heart of Texas, armed with the home-grown mantra "Turn On, Tune In, Drone Out," The Black Angels ring real and rugged like a crimson full moon-lit night. Their self proclaimed "Native American Drone 'N' Roll" genre has progressed from communal living and the members' eclectic upbringings. This is heavy-duty psychedelic rock with an incessant primitive beat that echoes the spirit of the 13th Floor Elevators and early Stones. "Directions To See A Ghost" is the second full-length album from Austin's darkest droners. With tidal rhythms and rasping epics, "Directions To See A Ghost" is a driving, psychedelic masterpiece that churns through 72 minutes and 11 tracks. This highly anticipated follow-up to the band's 2006 critically acclaimed debut will leave listeners buzzing.
LightInTheAttic
CD
$13.75

Black Taj
Beyonder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Second release by Dave Brylawski and Steve Popson, former members of POLVO. Psychedelic hard rock revival reminicent of the twin guitar attack of Thin Lizzy and the muscular riffing of early ZZ Top. For fans of Awesome Color, Witch, and Dead Meadow.
Amish
CD
$13.25

Boris
Smile (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 29TH)
PS, US One of the most representative themes of this album hails from a distortion-drenched, psychedelic rhythmic barnburner. A distinctly characteristic transformation noted w/ this is the vocal styling, which is more melodic & captivating than ever before. His seamless delivery, knack for harmonies & consonance drive it into innovative horizons w/in the already-extensive Boris catalog.
SouthernLord
CD
$14.00

Brakes
Tale of Two Cities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 6TH)
PS, US New album. Members of BRITISH SEA POWER, ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE & TENDERFOOT. Formed when drinking after a gig with The Lonesome Organist.
Hyena
CD
$12.25

Carrie
1981 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, MEXICO Carrie returns with her second album, 1981. This time around, Carrie's sound is expanded beyond the folkie twee indie-tronica of her first release, Honey Blue Star. Balancing lush and lo-fi sound aesthetics, Carrie's folksy mannerisms go in between The Postal Service and The Radio Dept. universes, landing in an unique and minimal melodic pop. New member Pelvis joins Carrie and contributes sounds and backing vocals to the album. 1981 was produced by Rubén Tamayo (Fax). TRACKLISTING: 1. Take One 2. Feeding Little Dogs 3. Stumble 4. The Wrong Way 5. Road Season 6. Japanese Coffee 7. 1981 8. Instrumental 9. Srita. Cometa 10. Pollock
StaticDiscos-026
CD
$12.25

Cassius Clay
I Am The Greatest! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2ND)
PS, UK Yep, it's no empty boast...as the Sportsman of the last, this, or any other century does his thang in a hilarious and amazing collection of standup, poetry and rapping, just prior to entering the history books by becoming THE GREATEST EVER heavyweight champ of all time! Well on his way to becoming the idol of boxing fans and kids worldwide, and a role model to millions, the brash young Ali is as hilarious, insightful, and wise as ever; a moment of history captured forever! As a bonus, this CD includes the stunning take on Ben E. King's Stand By Me, an idea conceived by the great Sam Cooke, where Ali shows he could have been a contender in the charts too! In the specially prepared stereo remix done exclusively for the RevOla release, it sounds stunning ** A stone RevOla classic available for the first time in a decade! ** Beautifully remastered in true RevOla style and with lovely packaging as usual... ** With notes by Paul Gorman, author of the acclaimed bible of pop style, "THE LOOK" ** A must for Boxing fans, comedy fans, rap fans, poetry fans...and everyone who grew up when Muhammed Ali was KING!
Rev-ola241
CD
$15.50

Chin Chin
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 29TH)
PS, US From the opening to the closing they show their talent to raise the excitement level in the room by several degrees mixing powerful grooves w/ catchy melodies & smart lyrics. They also demonstrate a knack for arrangements & more sophisticated settings.
DefinitiveJux
CD
$13.00

Cloudland Canyon/Lichens
Exterminating Angel (PRE-ORDER SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US This single 30-min. track (split into 2 parts on the LP version) uses voice, guitar, samplers, & ARP synthesizer. Here are the sounds accompanying a spacecraft that's a combination Death Star & Taco Bell from the 70s filled w/ Mayan temples & pyramids populated by large, snappily dressed reptilian beings.
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00