New Releases
+/- (Plus/Minus) vs.
Bloodthristy Butchers
Split
PS, US +/- specializes in dynamic, loud, Radiohead-ish indie-rock
& simultaneously laptop-pop. Experimentation with interesting
time signatures & negative space within a hooky hard pop structure.
Here, they take on three Bloodthirsty Butchers songs & make them
their own. BB was formed in Sapporo, Hokkaido, Japan in 1987. With
their ultra loud almost emo, heavy alterna-rock, transparent &
melodious sounds, they are now one of the best band that Japan can
boast to the world. The two bands became fast friends while touring
Japan & decided to record this split EP. Each band covers three
of the others songs. Artwork by famous Japanese illustrator Yoshitomo
Nara. Enhanced with live video footage of both bands on stage in Japan.
Teenbeat-383
CD5
$8.25
60 Watt Kid
Time Change
PS, US Kevin Litrow left the racket dance sounds of Dance Disaster
Movement for a psychedelic acoustic collage which he dubbed as 60
Watt Kid. This EP captures the most beautiful moments of the now out
of print full length with the addition of 3 unreleased tracks. Intergalactic
pop with plenty of acoustics & electronics. This EP is stripped
down yet incredibly epic!
Oedipus-009
CD
$8.25
Aqueduct
Or Give Me Death
PS, US If you're familiar w/ Aqueduct you'll be happy to hear that
David Terry's love of the pop hook has only gotten stronger w /time.
However, unlike" I Sold Gold's" huge blown out drum sounds
& blip-pop synths, "Or Give Me Death" finds him broadening
his tonal horizons to encompass mariachi horns, Gershwin-esque strings,
looped & layered vocals, & grand piano. There's also quite
a lot more electric guitar, & it contains the best song about
The Princess Bride EVER! Super cool cover art includes interactive
acetate skull layer.
Barsuk-063
CD
$11.75
Arab Strap
Ten Years of Tears
PS, SCOTLAND Recently disbanded Scot's swan song compilation of singles,
rarities, demos and live recordings. Includes 2 bonus songs (hidden?)
at the end: a 1995 demo by Aidan called 'Bon Voyage' and a cover of
'It's A Heartache' recorded in 2006. Official tracklist: 01 Preface:
Set The Scene / 02 Islands (demo) / 03 The First Big Weekend / 04
Gilded (live) / 05 I Saw You / 06 The Clearing / 07 Packs Of Three
(2006) / 08 (Afternoon) Soaps / 09 Rocket Take Your Turn / 10 To All
A Good Night / 11 Turbulence (Bis remix) / 12 The Shy Retirer / 13
Blood (live) / 14 (If There's) No Hope For Us (Rogue version) / 15
Where We've Left Our Love / 16 The Girl I Loved Before I Fucked (with
full band) / 17 Oxytocin (demo) / 18 There Is No Ending
ChemikalUnderground
CD
$15.50
Arkansaw Man
S/T
PS, US Here is the unlikely CD debut of ARKANSAW MAN, a wildly obscure
San Francisco art-punk band that flickered to life all so briefly
in 1981. 25 minutes of music, 25 years ago and sayonara. Still, the
best things in life - in the life of music, anyway - often are tucked
away where they are hard to find. With a brilliant economy of means
and sparseness reminiscent of dub, the band got an amazing jump start
on post-Rock. It revels in terse and choppy guitar, the languid, sour
leakage of keyboards and horns, and occasional lyrics sung as ironic
disclaimer, while the spare yet vaguely ominous bass lines recall
the Gang of Four played back at 4 RPM. A quarter of a century ago,
the spindly funk machinery and discordant scraping guitars of Arkansaw
Man failed to give the world much to latch onto, so its music got
lost, abandoned in a locker at pop culture's bus depot, the key left
floating in a gutter somewhere one day to be scavenged. There's no
better place to find a glimmer of artistic gold.
TableOfTheElements-805
CD5
$9.00
Audionom
Retrospectiv [domestic version]
PS, US Formed from the ashes of punk/experimental legends Apparat
(not the German Apparat, the Swedish one) and PVC in the late 90's,
Audionom is a Stockholm supergroup that quickly became a popular live
act known for its abrasive shows that also integrated the films of
member Martin Malm. The band's hypnotic pummeling sound took inspiration
from their love for such early experimental visionaries as Hawkwind,
Brian Eno, and Neu! Nowhere is this more evident then on their full
length debut Retrospektiv, which is comprised of material taken from
various recordings and incarnations spanning 1999-2002. Repetition
is definitely a reoccurring theme on Retrospektiv. Whether it's the
punishing monotonous sound in opener "Ljusets Krigare",
the electronically-keyed "Kristall," or avant Joy Division-esque
"And You Said I Was The Only One," the merging of electronic
and punk rock is repeated throughout the entire record.
Kemado-028
CD
$13.00
Baikal
Baikal
PS, US Baikal is a new burner from Bardo Pond brothers John &
Michael Gibbons along with fellow Bardo Pond members Clint Takeda
and Jason Kourkonis. This time they ventured down the route of heavy
free-improvisation and a Last Exit style hard rock approach coupled
with a hard psych bend. With two tracks each weighing in at over 30
minutes in length it's clear that Baikal is a deep voyage under seas
with yet another mind-blowing Bardo Pond side project featuring Bardo
brothers John & Michael Gibbons as your tour guide - and it's
a heavy trip indeed. Dive in.
Important-19
CD
$12.00
Banksy
Wall & Piece
PS, US Artistic genius, political activist, painter & decorator,
mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work is unmistakable,
except may be when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan
Museum. Witty & subversive, his stencils show monkeys w/ weapons
of mass destruction, policeman w/ smiley faces, rats w/ drills, &
umbrellas. His identity remains unknown, but his work is prolific.
This feat. old & new work in a fully illustrated color volume.
TrafalgarSquare-7872
BOOK
$19.00
Bark Haze, The
Untitled
PS, US This exclusive CD release is entirely different from the LP
release on Important, which is also untitled. The Bark Haze is primarily
a guitar duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston
Moore (Sonic Youth, etc). Auxiliary members have been know to include
Pete Nolan (Magik Markers, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Cops et al).
Their name came from a mishearing of the radical early 70s R+B group
the Bar-Kays and from that moment the concept of mishearing and allegiance
to presenting the mishearing as some open-ended musical course became
The Bark Haze's identity. So far all concerts have taken place in
Western Massachusetts and once in the confines of Cambridge, MA's
Twisted Village record emporium. They anxiously await their debut
gig in the UK at the Nightmare Before Christmas event curated by Moore.
As the heroic and potentially bonkers Carpenters refrained We've Only
Just Begun. Damn straight.
Important-127
CD
$12.00
Barn Burning
Werner Ghost Truck
PS, US Darker & more diverse landscape than their first album.
Second release is a journey through soundscapes, moods & stark
images- filled with the sounds of empty rooms, cold stairwells &
shortwave radio frequencies. Whispered, quiet finger-picking exploding
into loud guitars & distorted violins then dying back down again
into whispers & piano pieces: Alt-folk/Dark Indie Country.
Tarnished
CD
$10.00
Barr
Summary
PS, US His most musical BARR record to date, Brendan explores more
of a pop sensibility (w/out ever becoming poppy) w/ a new means of
lyrical narrative & execution. The collection of works spans 5
tumultuous months of triumphs, failures, loss & growth & evokes
a spectrum of raw emotion, as would a novel, a movie, a sonnet, or
a classical concerto.
5RueChristine-065
CD
$13.25
Barr/This Song Is A Mess
Split
PS, US An amazing effort by two of Los Angeles' most innovative artists.
Electronic L.A. posterchildTSIAM contributes an apocolyptic dance
revolution while Kill Rock Stars recording artistBarr dares to ask
the question "remember how we all liked modest mouse?" Limited
to 550 copies and comes with an exclusive pictureby Xiu Xiu tour manager
David Horovitz
Oedipus-005
45
$5.50
Beauty Shop
Crisis Helpline
PS, US Their edgy lo-fi country noir sound owes as much to J Mascis
as it does to Johnny Cash. Beautiful. Essential. They turn acoustic
punk rock down to 9 1/2 instead of up to 11, with a little taste of
alt.country thrown in for good measure.
Snapper-943
CD
$15.75
Bermon, Victor
Arriving At Night
PS, US Where did the quiet romantic composers working within electronic
music's own folk form go? We need them back, which is maybe why Victor
Bermon seems like a rebel whose cause is already lost in the slipped-stream
of popular opinion. Tracks glide on backbeats that hearken back to
crate-dug jazz records, warm wide chords & layers of melodic counterpoint.
Acoustic guitars strum in the background, or pick their way through
the fore, but they always welcome the dawn.
Hefty-060
CD
$11.25
Besnard Lakes, The
The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
PS, US Rich with BEACH BOYS style harmonies, ROY ORBISON reverbs and
orchestra, PINK FLOYD's pacing and FREDDY MERCURY's falsetto, "The
Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse" is a luxurious foray into sound
and music. This is the second record by THE BESNARD LAKES, Montrealers
by way of Western Canada. Their independently released previous record,
"Volume I", came out in 2004, and it was noticed by critics
but was largely overlooked by the public at large. On both records,
The Besnard Lakes have shown that they are masters of finely-honed
experimental pop songs that invoke the eerie Lynchian setting as aided
and abetted by the music of Julee Cruise. But, on "The Besnard
Lakes Are The Dark Horse", the band throws into the mix a mad
dash of FLEETWOOD MAC proportioned swagger and ambition. Not so incidentally,
The Besnard Lakes have created a masterpiece that will resonate within
all quarters, amongst critics, casual and not-so-casual rock listeners,
garden variety pop fans and headphone junkies.
Jagjagwar-106
LP
$10.25
Besnard Lakes, The
The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse
PS, US Rich with BEACH BOYS style harmonies, ROY ORBISON reverbs and
orchestra, PINK FLOYD's pacing and FREDDY MERCURY's falsetto, "The
Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse" is a luxurious foray into sound
and music. This is the second record by THE BESNARD LAKES, Montrealers
by way of Western Canada. Their independently released previous record,
"Volume I", came out in 2004, and it was noticed by critics
but was largely overlooked by the public at large. On both records,
The Besnard Lakes have shown that they are masters of finely-honed
experimental pop songs that invoke the eerie Lynchian setting as aided
and abetted by the music of Julee Cruise. But, on "The Besnard
Lakes Are The Dark Horse", the band throws into the mix a mad
dash of FLEETWOOD MAC proportioned swagger and ambition. Not so incidentally,
The Besnard Lakes have created a masterpiece that will resonate within
all quarters, amongst critics, casual and not-so-casual rock listeners,
garden variety pop fans and headphone junkies.
Jagjagwar-106
CD
$11.50
Bethany & Rufus
900 Miles
PS, US The duo comprised of BETHANY YARROW (daughter of Peter Yarrow)
& RUFUS CAPPADOCIA, refine their vast influences through the minimalist
combo of voice & cello, while focusing their attn on traditional
songs from America's gritty folk past.
Hyena
CD
$16.25
Black Lips
Los Valientes Del Mundo Nuevo
PS, US Now 22 years old, The Black Lips are grizzled veterans and
kings of the psychedelic garage rock underground and legends in the
scene. Playing the self-coined "flower punk" in the vein
of Nuggets-faves The Seeds and The 13th Floor Elevators, live or on
record it's hard to hide the fun these boys have and impossible to
describe their unpredictable live show and how uninhibited the audiences
are. This record is an amazing primer of Black Lips greatest hits.
Contains new versions of tracks taken from their three previous albums
and multiple singles. The music is every bit as deceptively sweet
and dangerous as the city they recorded in - Tijuana
Vice
CD
$10.75
Black Rose Band
Hot Box/Hoochie Poochie
PS, US 500 Black Vinyl. 2 tracks . King Louie's post-disaster outfit,
with other NOLA citizens including the guitar player from The Detonations
& members of the Scrips & Kondor. Both songs really have a
hot & sweaty Southern rock vibe w/ a devil-may-care 'tude. A must
have for any Harahan Fats fan & includes lyrics on the back sleeve.
Contaminated-011
45
$5.00
Black Velvet
Is It Me You Really Love
PS, US Another in the hidden gems series from Blacktop Records. This
one's taken from the master tapes which have been remixed & remastered
w/ instrumental versions of the 2 tracks now included. Teenage female
vocal trio sing about the blurry lines between love & sex. A slow
jam w/hard hitting drums on a CLASSIC. Flip is more conventional funk
w/extra Jersey "crack" that sets it apart.
LatinExpress-014
12
$6.25
Bob & Gene
If This World Were Mine
PS, US Presented in its entirety for the first time. Bob & Gene's
full length album. Some of the deepest & sweetest Soul sides ever
carved into wax. Features recordings only previously available on
rare 45's in the hands of a few collectors, as well as unreleased
material.
Daptone-010
LP
$14.50
Bunny Rabbit
Lovers & Crypts
PS, US A record of midnight freestyle nursey rhymes bred through the
martyrs of hip hop, punk & folk. The essential delivery of nightmarish
prophecies, hallucinogenic dark beats, seductive sweet melodies &
raunchy raps are said to arouse feelings of "deep seeded shame
& inexorable ass shaking." She's also produced tracks &
toured w/ CocoRosie.
VE-004CD
CD
$13.25
Burning Star Core
Blood Lightning 2007
PS, US Full of creeping drones, strange mutilated vocal incursions,
and compositions full of unidentifiable sounds both acoustic and electronic.
Another classic in organized sound and idea from the mind of Mr. C.
Spencer Yeh. Blood Lightning is the third in a series of very particular
BxC works in theme and scope, beginning with "Three Sisters Who
Share an Eye" (No Fun limited LP series), and then "Everyday
World of Bodies" LP (Ultra Eczema.) Ideas of drone, 'minimalism,'
and human themes are heavily a concern, and unlike other recent and
upcoming major works, BxC on these albums is kept intimate, primarily
operated by C. Spencer Yeh. Instrumentation includes the current BxC
trinity of voice, violin and electronics, surrounded by a whole host
of other methods. In recent years the BxC line-up both live and in-studio
has included Robert Beatty and Trevor Tremaine (of Kentucky/Michigan-based
maniacs Hair Police) and solo sound artist Mike Shiflet- Who all appear
on the last track of this release. Burning Star Core began in 1993
in Cincinnati, Ohio where it currently resides with primary member
C. Spencer Yeh. It is considered a project and not a pseudonym. Not
married to any traditional line-up, method or sound, Yeh's eclecticism
separates him from his peers. BxC will be appearing live throughout
the first half of 2007, including a tour of US and Canada with Carlos
Giffoni and Prurient, a weekend of festivals in Germany, a collaborative
appearance with Zaimph at No Fun Fest 2007, and other individual events.
NoFunProductions-12
CD
$12.25
Call Me Lightning
Soft Skeletons
PS, US Milwaukee trio create frenetic post-punk informed by Talking
Heads' quirky pop & Jesus Lizards' rambunctious absurdism. Follow
up to 2004 debut, Soft Skeletons is an 11 song blast of youthful energy,
wicked riffery & unapologetic fun.
FrenchKiss-029
CD
$14.50
Calla
Strength In Numbers
PS, US Calla's sophomore effort encompasses their signature experimental
raw sound. Written and recorded while on tour abroad and in their
hometowns, the band had a chance to focus on their collections of
field recordings for this release. They've created their own identity,
while at the same time have been compared to Nick Cave and Low. "Burrowing
into dark corners of new wave's shiny, happy side, the band Calla
finds something more than brooding and vintage black couture"
- NY Times. "Calla prove that emotional savagery can be a beautiful
thing" - Rolling Stone.
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$13.25
Calla
Strength In Numbers
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BeggarsBanquet
LP
$10.75
Campbell, Glen
Best of The Glen Campbell Music Show
PS, UK The best of 3 performances in the early 70's - the peak of
Campbell's career. This DVD represents the best performances from
a string of concerts filmed by Ember in the early 70s - the peak of
Campbell's career. The first was a recording of a show at The Talk
Of The Town in '72, then through '75 Campbell six TV shows broadcast
by the BBC. Backed by his then regular band and the BBC Concert Orchestra,
Campbell performed live his greatest hits plus other favorite songs
of his choosing. The performances are brilliant, the backing very
tight, the sound recording excellent, and all filmed in gloriously
gaudy 1970s color schemes. This includes his best known hits and interesting
covers. Song Titles: Dream Baby, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Mary
In The Morning, Try A Little Kindness, Gentle On My Mind, Ocean In
His Eyes, Time In A Bottle, The Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife,
Help Me Make It Through The Night, Wichita Lineman, Galveston, Country
Boy, Oklahoma Sunday Morning, It Must Be A Sin When You Love Somebody,
The Moons A Harsh Mistress, Aint No Sunshine, Oh Happy Day
RPM-2
DVD
$12.75
Chance, James & Contortions
Buy
PS, US 1979 Buy traces the coordinates for the new New York artsy
music/multi-performing scene alongside underground artists like Lydia
Lunch, Mars et al. Wrapped in a free jazz crust, served on a hot plate
of punk-funk experimentation, this seminal project still catches the
ear of the curious listener despite its almost 30th anniversary. Available
on picture disc for the first time.
Ze-008
LP
$15.25
Chapstik
Barnburner
PS, US Miracle Vocalist Leighton Mann brings his art-damaged mind
& sarcastic wit, this time in a collision course w/ the demons
of doom metal. A three guitar sonic attack paired with heavy bass
& an explosion of chaotic energy seem to be channeled from the
Gods of heavy rock. "If youre a fan of hard hitting riff rock,
this one delivers... fine purveyors of the heavy take notice. It's
called Barnburner for a reason."John Pegoraro-StonerRock.com
Unfortunate-031
CD
$10.00
Chelsea
Faster, Cheaper & Better Looking
PS, US Brand new album from veterans of the original U.K. Punk movement!
First studio album in over a decade & the first time the trio
of James Stevenson (ALARM, CULT, GENERATION X), Chris Bashford &
Gene October have played on a record together since 1979! The boys
are joined by Tony Barber of the BUZZCOCKS on this tour de force of
a comeback album. Great `77 style Punk Rock- melodic but fast &
with great, poignant lyrics.
TKO-164
CD
$12.75
Chrysler, The
Cold War Classic [U.S. Edition] (ON SALE)
PS, US Domestic release for The Chrysler's second album, with 5 bonus
tracks. 'Cold War Classic' is the second full-length release from
mysterious Swedish folk-pop band The Chrysler, recorded in a little
cabin outside Katrineholm, Sweden; an album filled with hope, agony,
and clarinets. The band's debut album 'Failures And Sparks' was well-received
by music writers, who have compared The Chrysler's enigmatic, bonfire
folk and baroque, jangling pop to The Byrds, Neil Young, Simon &
Garfunkel, Nick Drake, The Band, Belle & Sebastian, The Velvet
Underground, Lambchop, and Norway's Kings Of Convenience. Guest appearances
by Laakso vocalist Martin Krunnegard and Swedish songstress Britta
Person. As with their debut album 'Failures And Sparks', released
in late-2005 by Galaxy Gramophone/PLG, the U.S. edition of 'Cold War
Classic' will be augmented with five bonus tracks, the songs from
their Blue Gold and First Blood EPs, including their cover of Bob
Dylan's "Changing of the Guards".
GalaxyGramophone-002
CD
$9.00
Circle
Tower
PS, US Although still bearing the moniker 'New wave of Finnish heavy
metal', this one definitely bares more relationship to In a Silent
Way than Aces High. No sign of vocals at all, just chilled-out grooves
that still have Prospekt at their core (though perhaps their exterior
is more like a heavily sedated Soft Machine?). The line-up is the
current core of Circle + Mika Rintala (Verde) so he is listed here
as special guest super-star
LastVisibleDog-112
CD
$11.75
Coach & Four
The Great Escape
PS, US Memphis quartet bring mix of mathematical calculation &
melodic articulation on new EP. This is the follow up to 2004's successful
debut Unlimited Symmetry, which received continuous airplay on XM
Radio. "A refreshing jolt of blues, garage-free Memphis rock.
If you like Jim O'Rourke, early Sea and Cake, poppier Sonic Youth
and I guess whatever has made great indie rock great, then listen
up."- Memphis Flyer
Makeshift-016
CD
$9.75
Conn, Bobby
King For A Day
PS, US "Its about my desperate attempt to lose myself in a candy-colored
fantasyland of freaks & fairies. Its an urge that I think lots
of us share, especially these days as the real world is getting increasingly
grim. The album starts w/ an 8-min epic w/ strings, a choir singing
in Latin, a blinding, atonal guitar solo & birds singing before
the dawn. There are psychedelic interludes & instrumental passages
between more conventional 'pop' songs & the album ends w/ a triumphant/tragic
piano ballad," says Bobby. Feat. The Glass Gypsies & members
of The Detholz! & Mahjonng & 3 bonus videos
ThrillJockey-177
CD
$13.25
Daniels, David Karsten
Sharp Teeth
PS, US A compelling exploration of moral ambiguity & perhaps-unavoidable
human disconnection, suggesting modern American folk music in the
Southern tradition: often deathly slow, like life in the South, and
haunted by religion- but unable to find answers in its Bible. The
sounds of the South appear as well; Nashville's slide guitars, nods
to Dixieland Jazz, drums, horns, choirs & epic string arrangements
take their places in songs that, despite their grand scale, manage
to be concise & immediate, conveying a
distinct love of pop music.
FatCat-051
CD
$13.25
Dash Rip Rock
Hee Haw Hell
PS, US The undisputed kings of Southern country punk. This blows any
stereotypes about Red staters, punks, & country rockers out of
the water w/ the genius of its conceit: it's a country punk opera
based on...Dante's Inferno! With spoken parts & good ol' rock-n-roll,
they tell the story of Donkey's tour of Hell (populated by ghosts
of Lynrd Skynrd and hippie jam bands) with Ol' Virg. Guest stars MOJO
NIXON & JELLO BIAFRA among others.
Virus-372
CD
$13.50
Davis, Ben/Des Ark
Battle of the Beards
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Lovitt-053
LP
$11.00
Davis, Ben/Des Ark
Battle of the Beards
PS, US The slow builds & soft confessionals of AIMEE ARGOTE's
(DES ARK) tracks play perfect counterpoint to DAVIS' pulsing songcraft.
Themes weave in & out of infidelity, botched love affairs, &
late night rolls in the hay. She belts wherein he whispers, a single
piano or acoustic guitar is butted up against a lush orchestra, &
by the last note of these 12 tracks you begin to realize the potential
of alliance & the unspoken compliments of friendship.
Lovitt-053
CD
$11.00
Dean & Britta
Back Numbers
PS, US New album from rock's coolest couple DEAN WAREHAM & BRITTA
PHILLIPS! As if a pedigree that includes LUNA & GALAXY 500 wasn't
enough, they're now releasing their second duo album w/famed producer
TONY VISCONTI (DAVID BOWIE, T. REX). The spotlight remains on their
vocal interplay but also includes covers of 60's gems "Our Love
Will Still Be There" by The Troggs & Lee Hazlewood's 'You
Turned My Head Around."
Zoë
CD
$16.00
Deerhunter
Deerhunter
PS, US
Stick-018
CD
$10.00
Diagram Brothers
Some Marvels of Modern Science + Singles
PS, UK 24 tracks. Digitally remastered from the original studio tapes,
Some Marvels of Modern Science + Singles features 24 tracks and runs
for 74 minutes. In addition to all 14 tracks from their 1981 album
on the New Hormones label (founded by Buzzcocks), the CD also features
ten bonus tracks from all four singles released between 1980 and 1982,
including the cult favourites Bricks and Discordo, as well as the
ultra-rare Diagram Brothers German EP. Often compared to XTC, Gang
of Four and Fire Engines in their day, The Diagram Brothers invented
and defined their sound 'discordo' as follows: "The music was
made to a strict formula, or set of rules. All the guitar chords were
based on discordant notes, all the beats were very simple rock or
disco, and all the words very straightforward and down to earth."
Some Marvels Of Modern Science drew warm reviews on release in 1981:
"The Diagram Brothers play an extraordinary, quirky, jerky brand
of speedo funk, as if some Pavlovian behaviourist has got hold of
The Gang of Four and started to do tricky experiments on them... Science
before sentience, the didactic before the ecstatic seems to be the
unusual anti-rock n' roll idea... This is an album of observations
which are never dull, and of music which - in spite of being clinical
- is never cold. I quite warm to this kind of off-beat fun and to
the proof that the English eccentric spirit needn't necessarily take
twee grown-up public schoolboy forms." (NME). The CD booklet
features a deluxe 16 pages booklet featuring facsimile artwork and
detailed liner notes.
LTM-2480
CD
$15.00
Distance
My Demons
PS, US Debut album from Bromley, England's top dubstep producer. A
resident DJ on influential UK radio station Rinse 100.3 FM, he rose
to prominence w/ Sting Records tracks. This new album is another leap
into uncharted dubstep territory. It collects all the dubs the artist's
been working on over the past year incl. the haunting "Mistral,"
the booming breaks of "Weigh Down" & the long-awaited
"Night Vision".
PlanetMu-170
CD
$15.00
Distance
My Demons
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PlanetMu-170
DLP
$18.75
DJ Hidden
The Later After
PS, GERMANY After 25 releases on vinyl over the course of seven years
(not counting the ones of his Outside Agency and Semiomime monikers),
for such labels as Ruff Teck, Outbreak, Killing Sheep or Sub/Version,
here comes finally the first full length album by DJ Hidden. "The
Later After" presents a hour long of new material ranging from
the hardest and most twisted drum'n'bass to more downtempo, atmospheric
tracks. At the same time a long due crowning for this musician and
a perfect introduction for people who have been missing out, "The
Later After" is the most accomplished and unequalled achievement
by this impudently skilful producer. Active since the mid-90s, Noel
Wessels has over the years become an essential actor of the Dutch
electronic music scene. Best known for his productions and shows under
the DJ Hidden moniker as well as founding member of the gabber unit
The Outside Agency, this untiring producer has been active in all
genres of electronic musics, signing records and CDs of countless
side-projects (along which the very remarked, laid back Semiomine
one). "The Later After" is a wide-ranging display of the
various styles that this musician has touched over the years, combined
in twelve tracks written specially for this release. "The Later
After" could finally not be a DJ Hidden release if there wasn't
anything hidden in it. From the complex artwork (designed by DJ Hidden
himself) to the flawless and intricate audio productions, this album
might turn into a treasure-hunt, are many details, messages and surprises
lay there for the attentive listener to find.
AdNoiseam-73
CD
$13.50
DJ Hidden
After Before
PS, GERMANY VINYL VERSION!!!
AdNoiseam-074
12
$9.50
Do Make Say Think
You, You're a History In Rust
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation-045
LP
$15.50
Do Make Say Think
You, You're a History In Rust
PS, US The fifth album from one of the most consistently inventive
instrumental rock bands of the past decade. Creative, thoughtful and
challenging. CD is in a deluxe 6 panel cardstock jacket.
Constellation-045
CD
$14.50
Dobson, Bonnie
Good Morning Rain
PS, UK After the acclaimed issue of Bonnie Dobson's first, self-titled
RCA album...here we are with her second one! Again, a collection of
outstanding songs written by herself and others, great well arranged
folk-rock which has caught the attention of DJs and movers everywhere....Bonnie
will be playing shows this February in the UK for the first time in
far too long....to miss them would be sheer foolishness! I'll wager
she'll also be doing a fair few interviews and so on....you know it
makes sense.
Rev-Ola-194
CD
$13.00
Dolorean
You Can't Win
PS, US Another collection of melancholy & stunningly beautiful
folk pop songs. Singer Al James completed the eleven new songs here
after Dolorean's 2005 European tour & before long, the band performed
the set live at two gigs within two weeks at one bar in their hometown
of Portland, OR. After these two brief outings, James & cohorts
promptly went into the studio & recorded all the basic tracks
in one weekend. Cinematic & haunting in their imagery, the songs
on- from the spooky opening percussion on the title track to the closing
notes of "My Still Life"
YepRoc-2109
CD
$14.50
Dolorean
You Can't Win
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YepRoc-2109
LP
$14.50
Dora Flood
We Live Now
PS, US Over the course of their five LPs and one EP, Dora Flood has
produced some of the most notable shoegazing dream pop to come out
of the United States. Their brand new effort, We Live Now, is perhaps
the acclaimed San Francisco group's heaviest sounding release to date
with nods to late '60s and early '70s interstellar boogie rock spliced
into the heady mix. With praise coming from discerning music magazines
like The Big Takeover, Skyscraper, Losing Today and Ptolemaic Terrascope,
it is no wonder that audiences leave Dora Flood's shows feeling that
they witnessed something of a secret, psychedelic phenomenon. These
live close encounters, as well as their classic studio work, leave
listeners with bold memories of pounding grooves, lush orchestration,
and melodies so timeless that they take up residence in the heads
of those fortunate enough to cross their path.
ElephantStone-1016
CD
$11.00
Dr. Dog
We All Belong
PS, US Recorded on a 24-track, 2-inch tape machine as opposed to their
previous releases, the method introduced new possibilities as well
as new challenges. They managed to make an album that captures the
organic spirit so important to the band while introducing new layers
of vocal harmonies & textured instrumentation the band had only
been able to imagine prior. "Loaded w/ three-part harmonies,
orchestral strings, heavy reverb & fuzzy guitars." -Rolling
Stone
ParktheVan-012
CD
$13.25
Eats Tapes
Dos Mutantes
PS, US Here they triumphantly return w/ 10 relentless brain smashers!
Feat. a battery of hardware sequencers, synths, modified drum machines,
cassette players & a midi Nintendo. They specialize in noisy,
spazzy techno bangers w/ irresistible hooks. Fusing a variety of influences,
they comfortably straddle the San Francisco Bay Area's myriad club,
psychedelic noise, & art-rock scenes.
Tigerbeat6
CD
$15.00
Echoboy
Elekrik Soul Psymphonie
PS, US First new album in nearly 4 years follows '03's "Giraffe"
(Mute). A new leftfield instrumental electronic masterpiece. "Faust
via Stereolab."-Tme Out London
TheFirstTime-019
CD
$13.75
Elastik Band, The
S/T
PS, US Known almost exclusively for their extremely politically incorrect
1967 Nuggets cult favorite "Spazz" (track #2), the Elastik
Band was actually a highly talented group that could play just about
any popular style in vogue during the mid-to-late 60s, much like the
Knickerbockers. Thus, at times they sound like the Byrds with vibraphone
("Mixed Emotions," #3), the Mamas & the Papas ("All
I Need," #10), the Syndicate of Sound ("Lose Yourself,"
19), and even what sounds like a parody of the Zombies ("Fire
and Desire," #9). But the group excelled at the 12-string guitar
and multipart harmonies of groups like the Byrds and Beau Brummels,
as many tracks on the disc attest. They also had a few curiosities
besides "Spazz": "Popcorn" (#7) being the closest,
though "Mrs. Pig" (#17) would also qualify. The last track
is from an Australian radio broadcast in 1968 in which the DJ begins
playing the song "Spazz" but cuts it off before completion
and calls it "offensive." This disc, released on lead singer
David Cortopassi's private label, represents the band's complete output
of their own compositions (they also recorded a Jimmy Webb tune at
one point), some never before released. Hopefully the release, though
belated, will show that the Elastik Band was far more than a novelty
one-hit wonder.
Digital Cellars-EBCD-10
CD
$13.50
Eleh
Floating Frequencies/Intuitive Synthesis Volume 1
PS, US Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental
minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane
Radigue, Pauline Oliveros and Charlemagne Palestine. This record is
pressed in a deluxe edition of 400 on audiophile quality 180 gram
vinyl mastered and pressed at RTI with letter pressed jackets done
by Manifesto Letterpress. Eleh creates highly minimal and deeply spiritual
pure analog drone music with emphasis on the physical ultra-low end.
Incorporating tones as low as .05 hz (well below the range of human
hearing) Eleh is as much of a physical experience as it is an audio
one. To be heard and felt correctly the listener must be sitting with
ears at speaker height at least 7 feet away. Noise canceling headphone
use is also recommended for the optimum listening experience.
Important-125
LP
$12.50
Eluvium
Copia
PS, US Following a string of increasingly remarkable albums, ELUVIUM's
MATTHEW COOPER set out to broaden his instrumental palette, while
maintaining the uncanny emotional resonance that has become his trademark.
The result is "Copia", an hour-long epic that applies Eluvium's
heartache-inducing ether to a symphony of strings, brass, keyboards
and piano. Noticeably absent but hardly missed are the washes of guitars
that color most of Eluvium's previous material. The deliberate exclusion
of traditional rock instrumentation serves as sufficient proof that
the instrument is not Eluvium's driving force. At best it is a catalyst,
a vehicle to that netherworld in the back of your head, where your
life starts to uncontrollably reevaluate itself.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-110
CD
$11.50
Erasure
On the Road to Nashville (CD/DVD)
PS, US
Mute
CD/DVD
$17.50
Explosions In The Sky
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
PS, US Thirty seconds is all you'll need to believe in the tragedy-turned-majesty
of "All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone," EXPLOSIONS IN THE
SKY's long-awaited, very eagerly anticipated fourth album. The hands-over-your-face,
drop-to-your-knees opening track is only the beginning of the dominating
brilliance of this record. Recorded by JOHN CONGLETON (THE ROOTS,
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS) at Pachyderm Studios in rural Minnesota, the album
is a massive leap forward, showcasing a broader instrumental range
and their most focused, efficient songwriting. It's also within arm's
length of matching the overwhelming glory of their legendary live
shows, trading in the crystalline production of "The Earth Is
Not a Cold Dead Place" for a paint-peeling intensity that blurs
the lines between studio and live performance.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-099
DLP
$14.25
Explosions In The Sky
All of a Sudden I Miss Everyone
PS, US (Limited number of special edition w/ bonus disc). Thirty seconds
is all you'll need to believe in the tragedy-turned-majesty of "All
of a Sudden I Miss Everyone," EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY's long-awaited,
very eagerly anticipated fourth album. The hands-over-your-face, drop-to-your-knees
opening track is only the beginning of the dominating brilliance of
this record. Recorded by JOHN CONGLETON (THE ROOTS, THE MOUNTAIN GOATS)
at Pachyderm Studios in rural Minnesota, the album is a massive leap
forward, showcasing a broader instrumental range and their most focused,
efficient songwriting. It's also within arm's length of matching the
overwhelming glory of their legendary live shows, trading in the crystalline
production of "The Earth Is Not a Cold Dead Place" for a
paint-peeling intensity that blurs the lines between studio and live
performance.
TemporaryResidenceLtd-099
CD
$11.50
Eyehategod
Preaching the End Time Message
PS, US Collection of their hard to find singles including the ever
classic 'Sabbath Jam' & nihilstic versions of songs from previous
compilations plus two live tracks! Not for the faint of heart
Emetic-015
CD
$13.25
Fane, Julian
Our New Quarters
PS, US His new pieces are grounded in live percussion, great swaths
of strings, indecipherable high-pitched vocals & lush, sweeping
synth effects. These elements, along w/ a strengthened vocal presence,
give the music a powerful emotional core. The album wallows deliciously
in vast, guitar-laden melancholy, & certain tracks achieve a pristine
beauty almost classical in tone.
PlanetMu-161
CD
$15.00
Feelers
Just Can't Get Enough
PS, US 200 color vinyl. Original press was July 2006 - 500 black vinyl.
The vocals sound rougher & the guitars form a solid wall-of-punk
sound that can't really be fucked with. The title track is their trademark
schizophrenic-punk taken up a notch, definitely the "hit".
On the B side things back up, slow 'em down a little again, &
just clamp down hard & get into some serious business.
Contaminated-010
45
$5.00
Frames
The Cost
PS, US One of Ireland's most successful bands, known for their sell-out
performances to 20,000 fans in their homeland, as well as their relentless
touring schedule across the globe. With their sixth studio album,
they've returned to an earlier, simpler mode of recording, in order
to finally capture the intensity and ecstasy of their live performances.
Retaining the signature Frames feel and texture but with more space
and warmth, "The Cost" is, in leader Glen Hansard's words,
"our 70's folk record¿Gordon Lightfoot, early Elton John,
that kind of feel." With their catchiest songs to date and the
intimate feel of their lauded live performances, "The Cost"
will lift The Frames alongside bands like Coldplay to inspire and
exhilarate us.
ANTI
CD
$14.75
Frith, Fred
Impur
PS, US In 1996, Fred organized an event at Lecole Nationale de Musique
de Villeurbanne in France involving students grouped according to
their departments & separated, each playing musical material Fred
had prepared for them. In order to co-ordinate all the groups, everyone
followed a precise time-score prepared by Fred. The entire event was
recorded on 4 A-DAT machines, & this CD is the result: a lurching,
complex & capricious beast w/ many heads: an orchestra tuning
up; a salute to Sonny Blount; a roiling chaotic mass of sound splitting
into layers, colliding back together, pullulating, ululating, roaring
& sometimes mewing like a kitten.
ReR
CD
$16.00
Frith, Fred
The Happy End Problem
PS, US Consists of two, related, small-ensemble works for 6 &
7 musicians respectively - mostly strings, with percussion, flute,
clarinet & electronics. FRED, violinist CARLA KILSTEHT & percussionist
WILLIE WYNANT play throughout as the music constantly unfolds into
new textures & dialects, never hesitating & never marking
time. The necessity & simplicity of these pieces conceals a catalogue
of experimental techniques and novel ideas - there are those whod
have squeezed a score of albums from this material.
ReR-005
CD
$16.00
Frivolous
Midnight Black Indulgence
PS, US This marks a watershed in DANIEL GARDNERr's career. For the
first time, influences & inspirations are clearly discernible.
Moments of pure dance ecstasy are followed by string interludes or
appear next to jazz ballads. The connections he makes are of a convincing,
almost compelling logic, & derive from his many yrs in the mid-'90s,
peddling the new European minimalist sound as a club DJ in Vancouver.
Scape-043
CD
$16.00
F-Space
Preliminary Impact Report
PS, US Powerful, unparalleled musical project by San Francisco artists
ETHAN PORT (SAVAGE REPUBLIC) & Scott Jenerik also featuring CHROME
drummer Aleph Kali & sometimes MAN IS THE BASTARD DRUMMER Joel
Connell. While referencing traditionial rock, punk & ethnic melodies,
they also bring in metal, springs, strings & other hardware, often
immersing the band in 15 foot fire balls! An apocalyptic giant is
born! Played 8 DIY Hit & Run performances from the back of a van
at Burning Man last year
Mobilization-501
CD
$13.25
Fu Manchu
We Must Obey
PS, US
CenturyMedia
CD
$16.00
Fulton Lights
Fulton Lights
PS, US Fulton Lights' s/t debut is a product of Andrew Spencer Goldman's
trademark quiet/lovely sensibility, built on beds of noise, boom bap
beats, upright bass, vibraphone, piano and organ, guitars, and lush
strings. Featuring musicians affiliated with Wilco, The Walkmen, Tony
Conrad, Sisterhood of Convoluted Thinkers, Christmas Decorations,
dalek, and others. RIYD: John Cale, Massive Attack, Grizzly Bear,
Low.
AndroidEatsRecords-03
CD
$12.25
Future Pilot Aka
Secrets From The Clockwise
PS, UK Featuring collaborations & appearances from members of
The Go-Betweens/Sonic Youth/Belle & Sebastion/Can /Stooges/Fire
Engines/Concerto Caledonia/Unkle Bob/ Karine Polwart & Alasdair
Gray. Some highlights - "TERY BINA (NOTHING WITHOUT YOU)"
Kicking off with a cyclic rendition of the classic Nusrat Fateh Ali
Khan track featuring vocals contributions from Pilot family members
Vinita Dade and 4 year old Anurudh (pilot in training) singing over
a shimmering dulcimer led track. "EYES OF LOVE" Recording
very much with the spirit of Two-Tone in mind and the energy of early
Kinks, this uplifting summer groover is sung by Belle & Sebastian's
Stuart Murdoch & Sarah Martin. "IT'S IN THE HEART OF EVERYONE"
Simple mathematics with former Lydia Lunch /Swans/Current 93 collaborator
Joe Budenholzer with harmonies from Karine Polwart -minus 4 equals
7 indeed. "BOOMERANG" Slight return-the second coming of
our man Joseph Budenholzer. "THE CITY OF LIGHT" The Go-Betweens
Robert Forster & Grant McLennan do a 'reading' of this miniscule
pop gem, 58 seconds of undiluted Pop to spring clean your mind! "NUCLEAR
WAR" Members of Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore/Kim Gordon), The
Fire Engines (Davy Henderson) and Stooges/Minutemen bass legend (Mike
Watt) pay homage to the spirit of jazz giant Sun Ra ,on this one of
his minimalist compositions from the 70's.This track also features
a rare recording of the 'fu-horn' performed by iconic radio producer
Stewart Cruickshank. "SHENANDOAH" This haunting folk song
features chilling vocals and waterfall piano by Karine Polwart alongside
young Glasgow improv percussionist Alex Neilson on loan from Scatter/Glasgow
Improviser's Orchestra. "FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS" This historic
track documents a genuine piece of 'instant composing' featuring a
live jam across the telephone exchange, Sushil K Dade performs on
acoustic guitar in Glasgow whilst Damo Suzuki (Can) listens to the
chords 'down the line' from his Cologne HQ and responds with his hauntingly
poignant, crackly telephone vocals.
CreepingBent-091
CD
$17.00
Giant Robot
#46
PS, US Ura-Harajuku Godfather, Gong Li, Towa Tei, Bons Brigade, Thai
Cowboys, and Gloomy Bear!
ZINE
$4.75
Great Lake Swimmers
Hands in the Dirty Ground
PS, US Limited edition, hand numbered out of 500, 6 song LP. Includes
exclusive tracks, alternative versions, live recordings: with a version
of Tom Wait's 'Innocent When you Dream'
MagWheel-040
LP
$16.00
Group Doueh
Guitar Music From the Western Sahara
PS, US This Saharan sand-blizzard of fine-crushed glass will grind
your face to a bloody pulp. They play raw & unfiltered Saharawi
music from the former colonial Spanish outpost of the Western Sahara.
The sound is distorted, loud & unhinged w/ an impressive display
of virtuosity & style only known in this part of the world. Pressed
on 180 gram vinyl & comes in a gatefold full color jacket stocked
w/ great photos of the musicians & liner notes. LIMITED TO 1000.
Sublime
LP
$21.00
Grubbs, David & Susan Howe
Souls of the Labadie Tract
PS, US This takes as its starting point a substantial new poem by
HOWE that will appear in a collection bearing the same title, to be
published in 2007 by New Directions. The Labadists were a Utopian
Quietest sect that moved from the Netherlands to Cecil County, Maryland
in 1684. The community dissolved in 1722. This sustains a sound world
of buzzing reeds & electronics.
BlueChopsticks-017
CD
$13.50
Gypsy Kiss
S-T
PS, US Detroit area musician Peter Litvin provides a sweet mess of
psychedelic eastern sounds blended with space rock, graced with transient
rays of pop sensibility. You may find yourself nodding out as you
drift into the textured environments that refuse to limit themselves.RIYL
Beck, Flaming Lips, & Massive Attack
Unfortunate-036
CD
$10.00
Hardin, Tim
2
PS, US "Distinctively original acoustic guitar-based folk rock,
2 is mid '60s East Coast blues/folkster Tim Hardin's best single album,
originally released on Verve in 1967. Includes 'Lady Came From Baltimore'
and 'If I Were A Carpenter,' covered famously by Bobby Darin."
180 gram virgin vinyl.
Lillith-107
LP
$18.50
Harmonia
Deluxe
PS, US Formed in the early 70s by Hans-Joachim Roedelius & Dieter
Moebius of CLUSTER w/ Michael Rother of NEU!. Although this Kraut
rock supergroup produced only two albums, their minimalist sound laid
the groundwork for ambient & motorik rock for decades to come.
This featured more structured songs, along w/ a sparse spattering
of vocals, & the guest appearance of Mani Neumeier of GURU GURU
on a few tracks
Lilith-123
LP
$16.50
Harmonia
Deluxe
PS, US
Lilith-123
CD
$16.50
Harp
March/April 2007
PS, US IGGY & THE STOOGES Cover. TED LEO, ARCADE FIRE, JESSE MALIN,
AIR, SON VOLT, ALBERT HAMMON JR., LOW, CHARLIE LOUVIN, YOKO ONO, VIETNAM
& 100 reviews!
ZINE
$4.00
Harry Roche Constellation
Spiral / Sometimes
PS, UK The last great psychedelic album, 'Spiral' and it's successor
'Sometimes' are restored to the catalogue (together here) for the
first time in over thirty years. Completely overlooked when it was
first released and quickly deleted, original copies of 'Spiral' have
long been the holy grail for collectors, changing hands for ridiculous
money. This album crosses over onto the jazz-lounge scene where 'Spiral'
is right up there with Roy Budd's 'Get Carter' score. The famous title
track features the vocals of Claire Torrey who contributed to Pink
Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon'.
El-100
CD
$13.00
Hauschka
Room To Expand
PS, US The alias of Dusseldorf-based pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann,
whose work is based upon an exploration of the possibilities of the
"prepared" piano. Volker explores & influences the outcome
of his playing by getting right down inside the instrument- clamping
wedges of leather, felt or rubber between the strings; preparing the
hammers with aluminium paper or rough films; or weaving guitar strings
around the piano's guts. The resulting tracks are composed both originally
& charmingly, forming vivid, unconventional pieces made through
what Volker terms a playful "research-enthusiasm," much
informed by modern electronica or Indonesian gamelan as it is by any
classical cannon.
FatCat-1306
CD
$13.25
Hawg Jaw
Don't Trust Nobody
PS, US Purely heavy, New Orleans sludgecore w/ Black Flag attitude
feat. Gary Mader (EYEHATEGOD) dissipates, then destroys w/ raw, unrelenting
power & violence. Similar to being pushed down a flight of stairs.
Emetic-023
CD
$11.75
Haysi Fantayzee
Battle Hymns for Children Singing: The Best of Haysi Fantayzee
PS, UK Haysi Fantayzee were formed in 1981 by fashion photographer
Kate Garner, former Animal Magnet member Paul Caplin and Jeremy Healy,
a well known face on London's club scene. Together they set about
injecting a sense of fun and adventure into the music scene, wearing
outlandish, self designed costumes and dreadlocks, and writing songs
that married sexual subversion with deliberately disposable and cocksure
dayglo pop. Their 'Dickensian Rasta' look was an immediate hit and
saw their debut single 'John Wayne Is Big Leggy' rise to number 11
in the national charts. In their brief career they would also enjoy
chart success with 'Holy Joe' and 'Shiny Shiny'. All three hits are
reprised on this CD, as is their sole album, Battle Hymns For Children
Singing. The package also features a host of bonus tracks, remixes,
and sleevenotes written with the co-operation of both Healy and Garner.
The former went on to become one of the UK's most successful DJs,
while the latter is an accomplished and in-demand photographer for
artists including Sinead O'Connor, Bjork, David Bowie and others.
CherryPop-3
CD
$13.00
Hazard County Girls
Divine Armor
PS, US The group started as a duo w/ drummer Sharon Heather &
guitarist Christy Kane.
Crustacean-067
CD
$9.25
Hidden Hand
Resurrection of Whiskey Foot
PS, US Lyrically the band has evolved from their previous politically
charged content also incorporating historical story based lyricism.
Musically there is a subtle southern or classic rock vibe (ala killer
slide playing from WINO & even some Harp by MICHAEL ANTONY MILLER)
that creeps into the foundation of their brand of dark, heavy, progressive
rock. Only a lineup consisting of the capable ""rock-veterans""
can properly pull off an album of this magnitude.
SouthernLord-070
CD
$14.00
High Llamas
Can Cladders
PS, US They're back & rolling out their sounds w/ soul & bounce
hitherto unheard in their halcyon days. The acoustic flavor of "Beet,
Maize & Corn" remains present here: a string quartet lays
the harmonic bed of the material, joined there by a quartet of female
vocalists. All of which lends the gospel truth to the Llamas traditional
group profile of piano, bass & drums w/ vibes, organ & a bit
of gut-string acoustic for good measure. After all the planning &
arrangements, it's a happy record, as happy as we are today.
DragCity-317
CD
$13.50
High Llamas
Can Cladders
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-317
LP
$13.50
Hot Cross
Risk Revival (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US
EqualVision
CD
$13.00
Hubcap City
Superlocalhellfreakride
PS, US BILL TAFT and WILL FRATESI are luminaries of Atlanta's indie
rock avant-garde - Taft's legacy as a key player in SMOKE and Fratesi's
tenure as the rickety percussionist behind such lonely and urbane
Southern specters as CAT POWER and TENEMENT HALLS culminates in HUBCAP
CITY with slow, serpentine miasma. "Superlocalhellfreakride"
is a guided tour through Atlanta's underbelly; a survey of the acoustics
found in its burned-out buildings, graveyards and long-abandoned mills.
The humid ghosts of Hubcap City's ancestors, including Smoke, the
Jody Grind and Atlanta's seminal Destroy All Music Festivals in the
1980s all echo in these folkish dirges of melody and noise. With each
lazy and uplifting honk of the horn over a clatter of strings and
metal the group pushes the old weird Atlanta into deeper and higher
levels of beautiful imprisonment, and the only way out is through.
TableOfTheElements-112
CD
$13.00
Indecision Alarm, The
S-T
PS, US The new & long-awaited incarnation of the former Swedish
melodic hardcore band "Adhesive". They layer hard rock writing
styles over their hardcore/punk undercoat, & the music rests under
a wooly blanket of honest, socially conscious vocals. Sounds like
Adhesive, Propaganhi, Husker Du, Face to Face, Minor Threat
TicTacTotally-004
CD
$5.50
Innerise
Western Sky Music CDR
PS, UK Limited CDR only release. Over the last four years, Make Mine
Music - a collective of musicians and independent label - has established
a name for itself for its catalogue of beguiling and varied music,
from the wistful nostalgia of July Skies and Epic45 to the ambient
dreamscapes of Yellow6 and Portal. The next release for the label
is the debut album by Innerise, "Western Sky Music". Innerise
has been existence since the mid-1990s in various incarnations, based
around composer and multi-instrumentalist Tarl Broad-Ashman. Debuting
in 2002 on the split EP with Schengen and Portal, with later tracks
appearing on the Make Mine Music compilation "Flow", Innerise
established themselves with a sound uniting elements of pop, ambient,
electronica and dub. Recorded in 2004 and 2005, Innerise's debut album
is long awaited. "Western Sky Music" sees Tarl joined on
several tracks by singer Katherine Cobley, who adds her beautiful
vocals and honest, heart-on-sleeve lyrics. If you're after reference
points, imagine a cross between Saint Etienne, The Orb and the Cocteau
Twins and you'd be somewhere close. The stunning artwork for this
release was done by Ben Curzon, whose credits include Luke Vibert,
Venetian Snares and Mu-ziq.In keeping with other recent Make Mine
Music releases by the likes of August Stars, Millimetrik and All Sides
(all now sold out), the Innerise album is being made available in
limited quantities, so be quick.
MakeMineMusic-026
CDR
$11.00
Jawbone
S/T
PS, UK Jawbone was born from the ashes of The Mirage and Turquoise,
two of the UK's greatest cult pop-psych bands (and both recently anthologized
on RPM and Rev-Ola respectively) and their lone 1970 album rounds
off their stories perfectly. They were thrown together after guitarist
Ray Glynn and drummer Dave Hynes decided to re-form The Mirage after
a short stint in The Spencer Davis Group came to an end in 1969 (they
appear on the excellent "Short Change" single and ill-fated
Funky album). Vocalist Pete Hynes and former bassist Dee Murray was
swiftly poached for Elton John's band so they recruited keyboard player
and former Mirage sidekick/songwriter Kirk Duncan who called up another
former colleague, Jeff "Gus" Peters of the recently defunct
Turquoise to handle bass duties. Dave Hynes secured the band a deal
with Merv Cohn's newly minted Carnaby label and they changed their
name to The Portebello (sic) Explosion for a single coupling the dreamy,
Beatlesque pop-sike of "We Can Fly" and a tough, hard-edged
cover of Bubble Puppy's minor US hit "Hot Smoke And Sassafras".
The single went nowhere but album sessions began regardless in late
1969 with the re-recording of three old Mirage tunes - "How's
Ya Pa?", "Chicago Cottage" and "Jeremiah Dreams"
(mis-titled "Jeremiah's Dream" on the eventual album), a
suitably demented re-working of their unreleased 1967 psychedelic
opus "Ebeneezer Beaver". When "How's Ya Pa?" was
released as a single in early 1970, it was credited to yet another
new moniker, Jawbone. Typically for this period, Dave Hynes had become
obsessed by The Band and set about remodeling the group in their image.
Consequently, titles like "Honeysuckle Redwood Cabin", "Homestead"
and "Mister Custer" came thick and fast, bearing the distinct
influences of The Band and The Byrds.
Rev-Ola-195
CD
$13.00
Jesu
Conqueror
PS, US J.K. Broadrick's second full-length is packed with eight gorgeously
hypnotic tracks. "Conqueror" exhales a dreamlike mist of
weighty celestial ambience, underwater phantasms, and slow-rolling
nebulae, fomenting the kind of kaleidoscopic rapture - brimming with
lush electronics, dulcet guitar textures, massive riffs, and lavish
atmospheric hues - that makes us swear we're on drugs.
HydraHead
CD
$13.50
Joakim
Monsters & Silly Songs
PS, US Multi-talented artist, DJ, & producer has returned with
a new musical vision. Heavily influenced by artists like John Carpenter,
Aphex Twin & Arthur Russel, M&SS focuses on live instrumentation
& performance with a healthy dash of pop melody.
K7
CD
$17.00
Komomaznuk
For Real/Love
PS, GERMANY Excellent two tracker by this young dubstep wonder from
Bristol, UK. Brought to you by Terminal Dusk, who had already released
the amazing "Dirty Deeds" 12" by Mathhead.
AdNoiseam/TerminalDusk-012
12
$9.50
London, Julie
Lonely Girl
PS, UK Yes the girl who single handedly launched the Torch Singer
genre...and opened the door for every imperfect but sexy vocalist
since..... The most remarkable thing about Julie London is remarkable
indeed: that she used her erotic persona not so much to interpret
songs as to change the nature of them to become something other than
when sung by anyone else. She used her breathy, sexy, sultry voice
not to sing a version of a song that could compete with someone else's
on a scale of good to better to best, but to change it's meaning.
This, her second album, carries on from where her first left off...soft
eroticism and single entendre...songs of yearning and loneliness in
Julie's own bedroom whisper...just try to resist! The acclaim and
success enjoyed by our issue of her first album legendary "Julie
Is Her Name" tells you all you need to know....what a woman,
what a record...I'll go and lie down now... One of the most erotic
albums of all time.
Rev-Ola-197
CD
$13.00
Louvin, Charlie
S/T
PS, US A true living legend -- hello LOUVIN BROTHERS -- who has influenced
everybody from Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons & the Byrds to Uncle
Tupelo & the Handsome Family, is joined by an amalgam of hip guests
incl. JEFF TWEEDY (WILCO), WILL OLDHAM (PALACE), GEORGE JONES, BOBBY
BARE SR, TIFT MERRITT, DAVID KILGOUR, TOM T. HALL & MARTY STUART
along w/members of BRIGHT EYES, LAMBCHOP, SUPERCHUNK, BLANCH &
CLEM SNIDE. Goodness! Incl. several Louvin Bros. classics plus country
classics popularizeed by Jimmie Rodgers, Delmore Brothers, Carter
Family & Monroe Brothers along w/a moving tribute to his late
brother Ira.
TompkinsSquare-1042
CD
$14.75
Lunch, Thomas
Diagrams Without Instructions
PS, US Debut from Washington, DC native who "has seemingly come
out of nowhere with...an indie/electro offering that will have yer
ass shaking by song two."-thetripwire.com. Digipak.
TompkinsSquare-101
CD
$14.75
Luscious Jackson
Greatest Hits
PS, US
Capitol
CD
$17.25
M. Ward
To Go Home
PS, US The first single from his recent masterpiece "Post-War"
is an instant pop classic written by the inimitable DAN-IEL
JOHNSTON. With 3 non album tracks incl. the epic JIMMIE DALE GILMORE
penned "Headed For A Fall," feat. special guests NEKO CASE
(who also lends backing vocals to "To Go Home"), NELS CLINE,
MIKE MOGIS & JIM JAMES.
Merge-288
CD5
$4.00
Makes Nice
Candy Wrapper & Twelve Other Songs
PS, US THE MAKES NICE explode with music-think freakbeat, Nuggets
2, Les Fleurs de Lys, Creation, Small Faces, Pretty Things, The Who,
Cindermen, Light, Tomorrow, Idle Race, Powder, etc. Psychedelic pop
with soaring, Wilson-esque vocal harmonies, bashing drums, and giant
fuzz shred solos. Features current and former members of THE FUCKING
CHAMPS, HAROLD RAY LIVE IN CONCERT, and THE MOTHBALLS.
Frenetic-025
CD
$13.25
Meat Beat Manifesto
In Dub 5.1 Surround
PS, US An electronic audio experience with visuals created specifically
for the beats. This is a 5.1 Surround Sound DVD. Ideally, it is meant
to be played on a 5.1 Surround Sound home theater system but it will
also play on regular DVD stereo systems and sound exactly as the artist
has intended. To hear the music in optimum fidelity, please follow
the menu instructions for your setup. This DVD is primarily an audio
experience with specially created visual accompaniments to the music
of Meat Beat Manifesto. Featuring DJ Collage on the mike & Lynn
Farmer on drums & percussion. Tracks: Introduction Dub, Echo In
Spave Dub, Spining Round Dub, Fromage Dub, Intermission Dub, Super
Soul Dub, Caramel Dub, Happiness Supreme Dub, Retrograde Dub, Radiation
Dub, This Is A Test. Song Titles: Introduction Dub, Echo In Space
Dub, Spinning Round Dub, Fromage Dub, Intermission Dub, Super Soul
Dub, Caramel Dub, Happiness Supreme Dub, Retrograde Dub, Radiation
Dub, This Is A Test, Deep Field Recording #3
MVD-33791
DVD
$9.00
Medicine Head
New Bottles, Old Medicine
PS, UK When, in early 1970, legendary Radio 1 DJ John Peel ventured
up to Wolverhampton's Lafayette club to do a gig, he came upon two
guys who called themselves Medicine Head, the uniquely configured
duo of John Fiddler and Peter Hope-Evans. So impressed was Peel that
he signed Medicine Head to his label, Dandelion Records and later
that year released "New Bottles, Old Medicine" the 1st of
three studio albums that Medicine Head would release on the revered
label. The walrus-mustached Fiddler would simultaneously sing, play
guitar and operate a bass drum and hi-hat cymbal with his foot, augmented
by the equally hirsute Hope-Evans on harmonica, jaws harp, mouth bow
and strange concoctions of percussion. More art school than rock'n'roll,
Medicine Head wrote poetic, spiritual, thoughtful, folk-rock tunes
that have stood the test of time. Now the band's debut album can be
enjoyed again as Cherry Red Records continues it's program of re-releasing
classic albums from the Dandelion catalogue. "New Bottles, Old
Medicine" follows hot on the heels of re-issues by Dandelion
artists Bridget St John; Clifford T Ward; Principal Edwards Magic
Theatre and also the acclaimed compilation box-set "Life Too,
Has Surface Noise.
CherryRed-314
CD
$13.00
Milenasong
Seven Sisters
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Monika-053
LP
$14.75
Milenasong
Seven Sisters
PS, US Berlin-based Sabrina Milena. The songs unravel as if written
by a delicate hand on rice paper, stories which border between dream
& realty. The vocal melodies flicker like eyelids in REM sleep
& her unusual voice is a whole choir in itself. Her music weaves
together Norwegian folklore, English folk-rock, forgotten memories
& poetry. Her sound is related to such artists as His Name Is
Alive, Sandy Denny, This Mortal Coil, Roy Harper & Vashti Bunyan.
Monika-053
CD
$15.50
Minsk
The Ritual Fires of Abandonment
PS, US
Relapse
CD
$14.50
Minus The Bear
Interpretaciones Del Oso
PS, US Their 1st remix record! And while this act can frequently reek
of self-indulgence w/ most bands, the resulting record here offers
a fresh & varied look into a band that has sadly been reduced
to the more pop corners of the earth. They have much more in common
w/ chronic noise masters in Dalek than you might think: their records
are frequently steeped in atmospherics & peppered w/ some serious
prog-rock tendencies. Feat. remixes by TYONDAI BRAXTON, OKTOPUS, ALIAS
& many others
SuicideSqueeze-062
CD
$13.25
Minus The Bear
Interpretaciones Del Oso
PS, US Minus The Bear's records are frequently steeped in atmospherics
and peppered with some serious prog-rock tendencies. Their most recent
full-length,
"Menos El Oso", was heavy on samples and their live set
finds guitarist David Knudson playing his pedals more frequently than
his guitar, hunkered over the side of the stage, syncopated and spastic.
As the band transforms, this record achieves that rare remix goal
of presenting an already esteemed record in an entirely new light.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$13.50
Money Mark
Brand New By Tomorrow
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Brushfire
LP
$10.75
Money Mark
Brand New By Tomorrow
PS, US The Great Leap Forward into real songwriting w/11 finely wrought
& buoyantly tuneful songs wrung from heartbreak.
Brushfire
CD
$15.00
Monsters From Mars
Surfing Through a Creepy Castle
PS, US 4 surf & garage tracks including a cover of Joe Meek's
Telstar & a unique version of Brittany Spears "Toxic".
Instrumental surf quartet from San Diego, CA. A lovely but crusty
experiment in bouncy, foamy horror. Sounds like The Mummies. Dick
Dale, Murder City Devils, Man...or Astro-Man?
TicTacTotally-001
45
$3.50
Morricone, Ennio
Arena Concerto
Ps, CANADA Morricone's first DVD release in the U.S., something long
out of print elsewhere. Includes a rare interview with him talking
about his process for writing music for films. 130 mins.
1.8SecRecords-18005
DVD
$18.00
Mueller, Jon/M. Tellinga
Bowl, Helicopter
PS, US Latest in series of Korm Plastics' curated "Brombron"
series sees Jon Mueller (COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES, PELE) collaborating
w/Dutch electroacoustic artist Martijn Tellinga to explore the musical
dialogue between the instrumentalist & the realtime computer-performer.
They experimented w/a system of live sampling & processing of
JM's playing on top of a layer of prerecorded sound materials, with
the sample triggers being caused by the performance as it happaned.
This resulted in a ensemble that is partly responsive & partly
autonomous.
KormPlastics-3028
CD5
$10.75
My Teenage Stride
Ears Like Golden Bats
PS, UK "Ears Like Golden Bats" is the third album by Brooklyn-based
My Teenage Stride and the follow-up to 2005's "Major Major"
(Becalmed KLECD 103). The heart of My Teenage Stride is multi-instrumentalist,
singer and songwriter Jedediah Smith. Jed grew up in Massachusetts
and at age 14 started playing guitar, soon adding bass, piano and
drums to the mix. As soon as he could steal his older brother's Tascam
4-track, he was writing and recording songs as a one-man band, and
by age 18 he had compiled several boxes of tapes and had already written
400 songs. Just over a decade later, he's written hundreds more, with
no signs of slowing down. Although previous releases were mainly the
work of Jed alone in the studio, many tracks on "Ears Like Golden
Bats" have been recorded with the help of a stable band. The
current My Teenage Stride line-up is Jedediah Smith instruments, vocals),
Jenny Logan (bass), Brett Whitmoyer (drums) and Dakkan Abbe (guitar).
At just under 40 minutes, "Ears" gathers a collection of
captivating guitar pop gems that manage to combine fatalism with not-yetdefeated
hope, which seems to be an inherent quality of many of Smith's compositions.
The references to Phil Spector, the Jesus & Mary Chain and Television
Personalities are still present in well-crafted and immediate tracks
like 'We'll Meet At Emily's', 'That Should Stand For Something' and
'Terror Bends'. They're hookladen songs that will have you humming
all day long - you might clap your hands or snap your fingers too.
Titles such as 'Reversal' or 'Genie Of New Jersey' and 'To Live And
Die In The Airport Lounge' expand on those influences, sounding more
atmospheric, reminiscent of the Chills and the pop side of John Cale
and Brian Eno. They are catchy in a non-obvious way, loose recordings
that let space for moods and ideas to bleed through the album, like
the apparent dark tone that seems to permeate 'Reception', the jangly
'Heartless & Cruel' or 'Depression Kicks'.
Becalmed-104
CD
$16.25
Nico
All Tomorrow's Parties: Nico Live (2 shows on one double album)
PS, UK One of the most fascinating figures of rock's fringes, Nico
hobnobbed, worked, and was romantically linked with an incredible
assortment of the most legendary entertainers of the '60s. Nico first
rose to fame as a European supermodel, also landing a bit part in
Fellini's La Dolce Vita film. In the mid- 1960's she moved to New
York, where Andy Warhol installed her as a vestigial presence and
occasional lead singer for the Velvet Underground. The band never
really accepted her as a bona fide member and she departed in 1967,
but not before contributing unforgettable deadpan vocals to three
of the songs on their classic 1967 debut album. Nico embarked on a
solo career, recording folk-rock-flavored songs for her debut Chelsea
Girl album with assistance from Jackson Browne, Lou Reed, and John
Cale. Her 1969 follow-up, The Marble Index, was a dramatic departure
that unveiled her doomladen, gothic persona, produced by Cale and
prominently featuring her deep vocals, impenetrable lyrics, and ghostly
harmonium. Her subsequent '70s albums explored much the same territory,
with assistance from Cale and influential art rockers like Brian Eno.
She fought a constant struggle with a massive drug habit and tangled
personal life and eventually died of a cerebral hemorrhage in Ibiza
in 1988. The original goth rocker, Nico's albums are demanding and
bleak, but map a unique and starkly powerful vision that has become
more influential with age. - A brand new, previously unreleased double-album
featuring 2 shows from one of the great all-time rock music icons
- Nico. - All Tomorrow's Parties" features extremely rare material
from two shows Nico played in the UK in the early 1980's.
CherryRed-25
DCD
$13.00
No Depression
#68
PS, US SHINS on the cover!!! Features on them, Ry Cooder, Joe Ely,
Frames, Carlene Carter, James Brown, & tons more! Plus all the
other great alt-country news you get from this fine, fine zine.
ZINE
$4.25
Noriko, Tujiko
Solo
PS, US While still maintaining her trademark version of experimental
Japanese pop, here the edges have been polished w/ some of her most
accomplished works. In part due to the mixing skills of Gerhard Potuznik
& Tyme (from Mas). One could even say a work of great maturity.
EditionsMego-078
CD
$16.25
Normanoak
A Double Gift of Tongues
PS, US CHRIS BARTH re-emerges with "A Double Gift Of Tongues"
to share once again NORMANOAK's mysterious fibrillation of heart and
lung. Unbound from his share of duties with THE IMPOSSIBLE SHAPES,
Barth chronicles a world "of acorns, blood, and sacrifice; of
the holy hexagram of intertwined triangles; of the holy books writ
in the sands of madness; Of the language behind language and the seeds
of the unspeakable." Barth's ability to chew up, unbuckle, and
alternate between sanguine sanctity and life's whimsical playfulness
has never shown itself in a purer light than throughout the 14 song
landscape of this limited vinyl release. Fans of the inwardly mobile
mysticism of DONOVAN or the soul damaged guitar skree of GEORGE BRIGMAN's
"Jungle Rot" in its most minimal state should book their
ticket to "A Double Gift Of Tongues" immediately.
SecretlyCanadian-124
LP
$11.50
Obscurus Advocam
Verbia Daemonicus
PS, US Feat. members of already acclaimed black metal outfits GLORIOR
BELLI, TEMPLE OF BAAL & WOLFE, this band already has its nails
clawed deep w/in the underground in terms of what kind of quality
you can expect fromthese guys. This fuses styles found w/in great
bands like Deathspeel Omega while harking back to the days of Judas
Iscariot & Burzum.
SouthernLord-067
CD
$14.00
Olvis
Bravado
PS, UK Third album from Icelandic maverick Orlygur Thor Orlygsson,
following last year's much-adored second full length "The Blue
Sound" and the previous year's eponymous debut. Continuing the
linear progression evident from first album to second, "Bravado"
raises the bar further, with an equal split between lush instrumentals
and hypnotic full vocal tracks (in his native tongue). With comparisons
and appeal across the board, from chillout to Richard Hawley, Olvis'
music defies classification, but ultimately has a heartwarming, relaxing,
all-encompassing feel that renders pigeonholing unnecessary. As with
"The Blue Sound", "Bravado" features the A-list
of Reykjavik musicians as a supporting cast within its fourteen tracks:
SIGUR ROS drummer Orri Dyrason plays drums on four tracks, with fellow
SIGUR ROS member Georg Holm playing bass on two tracks, along with
percussion and drums on three tracks from APPARAT ORGAN QUARTET's
Arnar Geir Omarsson and violin from Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir
from AMINA (Sigur Ros' string quartet) on one track. The whole album
was written and produced by Orlygsson himself, and was recorded mainly
at Sigur Ros' Sundlaugin studio during the fall of 2005, and lyrically
touches upon Orlygur's disillusionment with global capitalism and
US hegemony - not that you'd know it, unless you speak Icelandic.
Resonant-021
CD
$13.50
One AM Radio
This Too Will Pass (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US
Dangerbird
CD
$12.50
One Ensemble
Wayward the Fourth
PS, US Feat. DANIEL PADDEN (VOLCANO THE BEAR), CHRIS HLADOWSKI &
AMY VULLIAMY (NALLE). The heir apparant to Moondog & Zoltán
Kodály, they blend European folk, narrative, popular &
chamber forms to create modern compositions that provide attention-grabbing
hooks & thought-provoking challenges. At times formal & at
others improvisational, it is difficult to pin down their sound. Influences
range from the classic pop-psychedelia of Robert Wyatt to the deep
experimental drone of Third Ear Band.
SecretEye-032
CD
$12.50
Orthodox
Gran Poder
PS, US An amazing debut that is just the first stone of the sonic
monolith they're going to build step by step. In this first recording,
their musical influences (Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Melvins, Earth,
Sleep) get mixed w/ their peculiar perception of the south-spanish
religious folklore. The result is a lethargic music with obsesive
repetitions, minimalism, feedback, distortion and end-less drones
creating a primitive trance inducing atmosphere. Feat. one exclusive
bonus track- cover of Venoms' classic "Genocide."
SouthernLord-069
CD
$14.00
P.G. Six
Slightly Sorry
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-305
LP
$13.50
P.G. Six
Slightly Sorry
PS, US In addition to the Anglo-Irish quasi-folk influences, you get
some Garth Hudson attempts, some Roger McGuinn-izations, the odd Crazy
Horse-ism & a pretty nifty cover of a song by Youngbloods pal
Jeffrey Cain. After all influences have been calculated, the roots-informed,
detail-obsessed, defiantly handspun sound & the transcendantly
glossy results of such alchemy, make the truth about P.G. Six. Feat.
SUE GARNER (RUN ON), MEGAN REILLY, ROBERT DENNIS, BOB BANNISTER, DEBBY
SCHWARTZ (AQUANETTAS), HELEN RUSH & others.
DragCity-305
CD
$13.50
Pagoda
S/T
PS, US Pagoda spent a solid month in Luca Amendolaras studio to record
most of what has become this premier CD. Over 40 songs were recorded
as well as a handful more back in his hometown of Brooklyn. By the
end of '04 the tracks had been whittled down to songs which exist
on this 1st disc. The current line up is a blazing trio w/ Reese Carr
on drums & Willy Paredes on bass.
EcstaticPeace-058
CD
$9.25
Panda Bear
Bro's
PS, US Exhibits the classic traits of Noah Lennox's musical personality-
a fluidity & functional rhythmic accessibility stemming from a
deep love of DJ culture; a delight in texture & depth; a playful
use of samples & electronic processing; plus a foregrounding of
sweet, poppy hooks in the vocal & instrumental melodies. B-side
features an exclusive remix of "Bros" from Terrestrial Tones.
A somewhat slower, slightly darker versioning of the original. Vinyl
only release.
FatCat-059
12
$7.75
Peanut Butter Wolf
666 Mix
PS, US Self-released mix by STONES THROW CEO recorded on June 6, 2006
(6/6/6), revisiting his stoner & headbanger adolescence w/ this
6-set collection of industrial & metal grinders. Opening up w/a
double-up on BLACK SABBATH "Who Are You", following that
w/ select joints by DEATH, GUTTED, SLAYER, SEPULTURA, CANNIBAL CORPSE,
MORBID ANGEL, QUEENSRYCHE, then there are the FRONT 242, NITZER EBB,
REVOLTING COCKS, CLOCK DVA & SKINNY PUPPY sets, & not to be
forgotten the important-yet-dismissed MOTLEY CRUE, LED ZEPPELIN &
VENOM. Welll-mixed & selected by a true DJ.
PBW
CD
$14.75
Perfect Rat
Endangered Languages
PS, US GREG GINN from BLACK FLAG w/ GARY ACRE, BILL STINSON &
JACK BREWER (SACHARINE TRUST).
Alone-016
CD
$13.75
Pink Mountaintops
Single Life/My Best Friend
PS, US So we asked STEPHEN McBEAN to help us out with the description
of this 7-inch slice of vinyl heaven he created. We got the following
key phrases out of him: "European car ads" and "4 am
dancing shoes". The first song called "Single Life"
is yet another in a long line of great fuzzed out Velvet-styled gems
by Pink Mountaintops, sped up ever so slightly to be in synch with
the minds of akathisiacs everywhere. And the reverse side, "My
Best Friend", is the more affecting and spiritual of the two,
perhaps McBean's most beautifully crafted song to date.
JagJagWar-109
45
$3.75
Quellet, Israel
Oppressum
PS, US This music is not really outsider sound art, but it shares
strong similarities w/ it. It explores a debarred universe almost
impossible to escape. It's a minute, albeit exploration of sound (particularly
through saturation), mystical discourse & excesses. Sound materials
come from a number of sources: the local church's organ, rented or
borrowed percussion instruments, various objects being struck, pipes,
faucets, telephone touch pads, power tools, sound-producing toys,
voice, mouth sounds, throat sounds, & wheelbarrows.
SubRosa-244
CD
$14.00
Radio Moscow
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Alive-077
LP
$15.50
Radio Moscow
S-T
PS, US A psychedelic blues rock trio from Ames, Iowa, led by guitarist/drummer/singer/songwriter
PARKER GRIGGS- produced & engineered by BLACK KEYS guitarist/singer
DAN AUERBACH. This sound, although heavily influenced by 60s garage
music, is also channeled through the blues, w/ experimental breakdowns,
unpredictable tempo changes, crazy rave-ups & fuzzed out psychedelic
guitar work; the result is an exciting & truly distinctive sound.
Alive
CD
$13.50
Rakes
Remixes
PS, US Anything that sounds good will be nicked & used in their
music. Lyrically, the 1st album was a mix of regular personal diary
like notes of 1st person events to more abstract/conceptual songs.
This feat. remixes from "Capture/Release" w/ UNCLE BUCK,
LOVING HANDS, STATIK, FLITHY DUKES SOCIETY & WEIRD SCIENCE.
DimMak-104
CD5
$6.25
Rameses III
Honey Rose
PS, US Rameses III are architects of the most beautiful swathes of
blissful ambience whose releases have previously found homes on labels
like Celebrate Psi Phenomenon, Music Fellowship, Scarcelight, MYMWLY,
Barl Fire and Type. On "Honey Rose", the group's first release
for Important, the South London trio builds a bucolic soundtrack to
Jon Spira's mysterious short film "Suityman". Whilst the
influence of Bruce Langhorne, Boxhead Ensemble and much of the 4AD
roster can be keenly felt on this six song EP, so too can the wondrous
drone narratives that are such a feature of Rameses III's previous
works. More structured and melodious then much of their output, "Honey
Rose" is the perfect place for a newcomer to begin exploring
the music of one of the finest purveyors of ambient drone operating
in music today.
Important-121
CD5
$8.25
Rare Bird
Epic Forest
PS, UK Though it made little commercial impact on its release in 1972,
Rare Bird's 'Epic Forest' has since been widely acclaimed as a classic
of the pre-punk era: a unique album that fuses the emotional reach
of classical music with the harmonies of Sixties pop. This album is
somewhere between Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and West Coast Psychedelia,
and 'Epic Forest' is one of the masterpieces of progressive rock (file
under prog and sunshine pop). We are restoring it to the catalogue
in its classic form with three superb additional tracks that were
given away as a 33rpm 7" with the first edition of the original
album.
El-99
CD
$13.00
Religious Knives
Remains
PS, US A psychedelic epic, completely beautiful, dark and overtaking.
Remains is Religious Knives first full length CD and is full of beautiful
synth melodies, atonal guitar, twisted percussion and haunting vocals.
Definitely one of those mythical releases dedicated to all believers
of infinity. Religious Knives is Mike, Maya (both members of Double
Leopards) and Nate Nelson (Mouthus.) Remains is a collection of completely
out of print and long gone material that was released on small vinyl
and CD-R pressings, all re-mastered by James Plotkin for maximum audio
quality. The first two tracks Bind Them and Electricity and Air, are
from their No Fun Productions LP which was limited to 300 and completely
sold out in 2 weeks. Their Heavy Tapes 7" Blackbird (which was
limited to 200) is also included in its entirety, and finally The
Train -from a tour only CD-R limited to 100 copies which was re-mixed
for the occasion closes the epic that is Remains. An essential audio
document of the beginnings of a young band already commanding cult
status, and that this year already plans to be releasing material
on a variety of important labels including Troubleman Unlimited and
Ecstatic Peace, touring Europe and participating in No Fun Fest.
NoFunProductions-013
CD
$12.25
Residents, The
Kettles of Fish on the Outskirts of Town 4XDVD
PS, US This box set collection of live performances includes 1 DVD
and 3 CD's. Disc 1 (DVD) features television and live performances
from The Mole Show, The 13th Anniversary Show, Cube E: History Of
American Music in 3 EZ Pieces, and Wormwood, spanning the years 1983-1999.
Disc 2 (CD) includes portions of The Mole Show, The 13th Anniversary
Show, and Cube E. Disc 3 (CD) includes live performances from Disfigured
Night, Wormwood, and Icky Flix. The bonus CD (disc 4) entitled One
Night Stands features miscellaneous live performances from one-off
shows spanning from 1971 to 1998. Running Time: 242 mins.
Ralph-370
DVD
$40.25
Robins, Marty
Rockin' Robins
PS, UK Marty Robbins was a wildly popular and innovative Arizona-born
country singer and guitarist who dominated the Billboard Country charts
for 30 years between 1953 and 1983, scoring such chart-topping hits
as "Singing The Blues", "A White Sport Coat",
"Don't Worry", "Devil Woman" and the epic "El
Paso". Robbins even outdid in some ways even Johnny Cash, producing
the acclaimed 'concept' albums of Gunfighter Ballads for which he
is best remembered. Marty Robbins Joined The Grand Ole Opry in 1953
and hosted his own TV show in the 1970s before dying prematurely in
1982 (aged 57). This compilation concentrates on the brief period
between 1954 and 1957 when he took on Elvis and the early rockabillies
with some sparkling country rockers which graced a fistful of cool
US Columbia 45s and an iconic 10" LP. Tracks include his country
covers of Elvis' "That's All Right" (#7 1955), Chuck's "Maybelline"
(#9 1955) and his peerless originals of "Singing The Blues"
(#1 1956), "I Can't Quit" (#7 1956) and "Knee Deep
In The Blues" (#3 1957). And a slew of live outbursts of Rockin'
mania you won't believe! As one might expect of a man who not only
prefigured Nick Cave but introduced the fuzztone guitar to the pop
world (in 1961!) this is seriously rocking stuff....a new discovery
for some, and bound to garner some serious column inches!
Rev-OlaBandstand-012
CD
$13.00
Samamidon
But This Chicken Proved
PS, US Collaboration between Sam Amidon (STARS LIKE FLEAS, DOVEMAN,
NICO MUHLY) & Thomas Bartlett (DOVEMAN, CHOCOLATE GENIUS, ELYSIAN
FIELDS) is a wonderful modern folk statement, simultaneously channeling
& transcending the past. Filled with obscure songs from the American
roots canon, the duo have injected their own lives into these songs
and found a voice that is all theirs. Includes cover of Tears for
Fears "Head Over Heels"
PlugResearch-079
CD
$14.50
Sandoz Lab Technicians
Western Lands
PS, US They've finally given birth to their 6th album in 13 yrs. The
Lab Techs are particularly excited about this one, as it feat. as
it's centerpiece (& title track) the bands first truly hi-fi DDD
recording. It's an aural journey through a constantly shifting miasmic
landscape of sinister beauty & the band hereby challenges even
the most recalcitrant reviewer to toss the 'lo-fi' tag at this one
(okay, 2 of their last 5 albums WERE recorded entirely on Sony Walkman...)
LastVisibleDog-063
CD
$11.75
Saturday Looks Good To Me
Money In The Afterlife
PS, US Fred Thomas and Co. return with 2 brand new hits including
the first single from their late 2007 full-length. The band is in
their most rock and roll mode to date, with two raved up guitar based
track, both of which feature our hero Fred on lead vocals. Limited
1000
ErnestJenning-027
45
$4.50
Scary, Bryan
Shedding Tears
PS, US Abounding with hooks, stories, dynamic arrangements & strangely
infectious lyrics. Shedding Tears has rightfully garnered comparison
to late-period Beatles, Queen, Pink Floyd & XTC. 15-track concept
album veers from 60s psychedelia to glam rock to chamber pop to prog
rock to musical theatre, all smashed together into a uniquely "scary"
vision of pop music's potential.
Black&Greene-004
CD
$12.75
Shapiro, Sally
Disco Romance
PS, NETHERLANDS Vinyl Version!
Dickokaine-007
LP
$17.50
Shining
Grindstone
PS, US Multi-instrumentalist, writer & mainman Jørgen Munkeby
is from a young generation of Norwegian musicians, not content w/
sticking to one genre but listening to & drawing inspiration from
several places, something that is as evident here. Just witness how
they move between complex riffing, filmic soundscapes, jazz, &
classical & modern composition, all on the turn of a dime. Orchestral,
confusing, thrilling.
RuneGrammofon-2060
CD
$16.25
Six By Seven
4
PS, US Fourth LP from Limeys now incl. ex-SPIRITUALIZED & JULIAN
COPE members creating beautifully elegant soundscapes, w/earnest,
untouchable melodies & a touch of electronics. Space rock fans
rejoice! "Their visceral art-rock retains the kind of sonic power
most bands couldn't make with a vanload of plastic explosives."-NME
TheFirstTime-016
CD
$13.75
Snowglobe
Me and You
PS, US Memphis's SNOWGLOBE plays an entrancing blend of cosmic American
music that owes as much to pioneering psychedelic country/pop legends
like THE BYRDS and GRAM PARSONS as it does to modern-day fellow travelers
like THE FLAMING LIPS. Having played together since high school, the
members of Snowglobe have a unique ability to create complex songs
with a rich pallet of sounds in a seemingly nonchalant way. The Memphis-based
band continues the long lasting tradition of playing honest music
for the right reasons. Many comparisons to NEUTRAL MILK HOTEL, and
ELEPHANT 6 recording company have been made to Snowglobe, and as natural
as the comparison seems, it seems to be an easy way out; Snowglobe
has advanced far beyond this. Snowglobe sounds like MERCURY REV, the
piano balladry of TIM HARDIN, early '70s BEACH BOYS, and THE KINKS.
Snowglobe is a band that takes form past genres and pushes those influences
a step or two forward. This is a very song-oriented band. The noises
and kitchen sink extremities aren't thrown in nonchalantly; they are
precise and subtle flourishes that add texture.
SaintIves-015
LP
$11.50
Sonic Youth
Destroyed Room: B-Sides
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Goofin-012
DLP
$16.00
Souleyman, Omar
Highway to Hassake: Folk & Pop Sounds of Syria
PS, US Since 1994, he & his musicians have emerged as a staple
of folk-pop throughout Syria, but until now they have remained little
known outside of the country. The music often has an overdriven sound
consisting of phase-shifted Arabic keyboard solos & frantic rhythms.
At breakneck speeds, these shrill Syrian electronics play out like
forbidden Morse-code, but the moods swing from coarse & urgent
to dirgy & contemplative in the rugged anthems that comprise Souleyman's
repertoir.
SublimeFrequencies-031
DCD
$16.25
Southern Culture on the Skids
Countrypoltian Favorites
PS, US Southern Culture on the Skids are giving us a glimpse into
their private record collections by compiling 15 one of a kind covers,
recorded at singer Rick Miller's Kudzu Ranch recording studio. From
Mary Huff's sultry take on "Funnel of Love" (made famous
by Wanda Jackson), to Miller's version of the Don Gibson classic,
"Oh Lonesome Me," and their swingers-on-the-rocks duet,
"Let's Invite Them Over" (an Onie Wheeler original), SCOTS
have recorded what might be the definitive countrypolitan soundtrack
to
a life lived on the skids.
YepRoc-2124
CD
$14.50
Souvenir
64
PS, SPAIN "64" is the fourth album by Spanish band Souvenir
and it has already been described as their most adventurous yet. Nevertheless,
their new record is coherent with their approach to music throughout
their career. Again, Patricia de la Fuente and Jaime Cristóbal
show their skill for adapting a variety of influences and creating
something brilliant. This time, their surprising new stylistic twist
has taken them straight onto the dancefloor. "64" is basically
a dance music album. "64" integrates elements from the past
30 years of electronic and dance music (techno-pop, new wave, 80's
dance music) and combines them with the band's very personal language.
The result is a collection of dance hits packed with memorable melodies
which are brilliantly guided by Patricia's beautiful vocals and Jaime's
surf guitars. As usual, the record's basic premise is interspersed
with eclectic elements from various sources. Souvenir are anything
but purists, therefore their vision of dance music is an unorthodox
one. For instance, it seems ironic that their most techno-pop record
features so much guitar playing, ranging from crunchy rock to surf.
The result of this combination (synths and
drumboxes with 60's guitars) is an exciting and original collection
of songs, and Souvenir's most passionate record so far, with echoes
of the sound of classic synthesizer such as the Prophet 5, Moog, Korg
Poly-Six. "64" is also Souvenir's return to pop, as it features
their most catchy, immediate tunes in years, in the tradition of The
Human League, Blondie, Etienne Daho, Visage, Pet Shop Boys or Mylène
Farmer, but also with a more contemporary resonance that links the
band to artists like Ladytron, The Raveonettes, Vive la Fête,
or Saint Etienne.
Jabalina-2037
CD
$16.75
Starchild
Born Into Eternity
PS, US A psychedelic, musical landscape retaining doom roots &
laced w/ Soundgarden vs. St. Vitus riffs. Melody & songwriting
take priority over sheer volume and heaviness here, but still deliver
like a "million pound shithammer."- Hellridemusic.com
TwinEarthRecords-004
CD
$10.00
Stern, Marnie
In Advance of the Broken Arm
PS, US In this debut, her music is culled from songs written by herself
in her bedroom over a 2 yr period, w/ production & drum work by
HELLA's ZACH HILL. Her songs are of the earth, birthed in an organic
process where the finished product is much more striking than the
individual parts. The most vibrant, original, empowering & groundbreaking
record released in a long time.
KillRockStars-446
CD
$13.25
Stooges
Weirdness
PS, US Recorded in Chicago in October '06 w/ the esteemed producer
Steve Albini (Nirvana, Pixies), this reunited the 3 original members
w/ MIKE WATT filling in on bass. One of the most eagerly anticipated
albums of 2007, it's destined to be as inspiring, unpredictable, &
undeniable as the 3 records that preceded it over 3 decades ago. The
release of the album will be followed by a full world tour that will
clearly display the energy, vitality & freshness of one of rock
& rolls greatest stories.
Virgin
CD
$13.25
Subjects
With The Ease Grace Precision & Cleverness of Human Beings
PS, US Like many prog-rock bands, they met in high school video production
class. Unlike many bands, two of the members were students & two
were teachers. They rehearsed secretly & managed to keep things
under wraps until graduation. Recorded soon after, their self-produced,
self-released EP received notable recognition in SPIN, Punk Planet,
Music for Robots, CMJ & others. Their new full-length moves from
well-crafted, high-energy moments to quiet the experience of age.
PrettyActivity-008
CD
$12.25
Subtract By Two
Agoniser Ecrire
PS, US Dark... that is the best way to describe Subtract By Two's
Agoniser Ecrire. Meaning "close to death" Agoniser Ecrire
features Kyle Bobby Dunn and James Hill creating vivid soundscapes
complimeted by violin, piano, field recordings, and more. A must for
fans of early Album Leaf, Stars of Lid, and Godspeed! You Black Emperor.
ThisGenerationTapes-011
CD5
$7.50
Swarm of the Lotus
Sirens of Silence
PS, US Teeters between claustrophobia and wide-open passages, with
a devastating mixture of boulder cracking riffs & subtle musical
soundscapes. Originally released on Abacus. Massive!
Emetic
LP
$11.75
Swift, Richard
Dressed Up For The Letdown
PS, US RICHARD SWIFT has confidently composed yet another original
masterpiece; employing an archaic attitude of tempered restraint on
a fresh collection of ten songs, without appearing shamelessly retro
or kitschy. Playing a vast majority of the instruments on "Dressed
Up" himself, by virtue Swift has created something that is characteristically
his. And considering his rough-around-the-edges exterior, one could
rightly assume that Swift desires the listener to accept him as an
ordinary honest man with some honest songs -- unmasked blemishes and
all. Yet when one engages with Swift on this narrow-road-less-traveled,
one immediately ignores the subtle imperfections shadowed by the all-consuming
white light of well-crafted pop songs in an analog heaven. In effect
he's saying, "Just listen to my songs... the riffraff in the
background is inconsequential." Sure Swift... whatever you say.
SecretlyCanadian-133
LP
$10.25
Swift, Richard
Dressed Up For the Letdown
PS, US RICHARD SWIFT has confidently composed yet another original
masterpiece; employing an archaic attitude of tempered restraint on
a fresh collection of ten songs, without appearing shamelessly retro
or kitschy. Playing a vast majority of the instruments on "Dressed
Up" himself, by virtue Swift has created something that is characteristically
his. And considering his rough-around-the-edges exterior, one could
rightly assume that Swift desires the listener to accept him as an
ordinary honest man with some honest songs -- unmasked blemishes and
all. Yet when one engages with Swift on this narrow-road-less-traveled,
one immediately ignores the subtle imperfections shadowed by the all-consuming
white light of well-crafted pop songs in an analog heaven. In effect
he's saying, "Just listen to my songs... the riffraff in the
background is inconsequential." Sure Swift... whatever you say.
SecretlyCanadian-133
CD
$11.50
Television Personalities
Are We Nearly There Yet?
PS, US 13 track CD only
Overground
CD
$10.75
Tidwell, Cortney
Don't Let Stars Keep Us
PS, US An undeniably stunning full-length debut, tinged with euphoria
& melancholy. Tidwells spectacular vocals swoop & soar with
comparisons ranging from Liz Fraser (Cocteau Twins) to Sinead O'Connor
& Bjork. Opening for Andrew Bird on April tour.
Ever-003
CD
$15.00
Tokens, The
Intercourse
PS, UK From the depths of the legendary BT Puppy vaults...the very
Daddies of Softpop! Though the Tokens are best remembered for their
international smash hit "The Lion Sleeps Tonight", recently
revived in "The Lion King", they did much more...producers,
writers, publishers and label owners, they had a long string of hits
in all those roles..."Intercourse" is a full on Softpop
song cycle, inexplicably turned down by their then-label Warner Brothers,
and released in an edition of 200 copies on their own BT Puppy label
for contractual reasons, The Tokens delivered an album pitched somewhere
between Pet Sounds and Sergeant Pepper, with all the production and
arrangement tricks that implies...no wonder Warners were dumbfounded!
Rev-Ola-037
CD
$13.50
Trans Am
Sex Change
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey-182
LP
$11.00
Trans Am
Sex Change
PS, US With 2 yrs of separation fueling them, the band began in June
2006 on a program of sporadic rendezvous, reconvening briefly on several
continents to work on what would become the most joyous & upbeat
rock album of their chronicle. Perhaps the bands geographical liberation
was the inspiration for the creation of this, their most international
& exhilarating album to date. Whatever the reason may be, it's
a welcome & forceful return by a band that has been a consistent
innovator & touring machine for over a decade.
ThrillJockey-182
CD
$13.25
Triffids, The
In The Pines [re-issue]
PS, US IN THE PINES is the 1991 reissue of Australian folk rockers
The Triffids featuring "Suntrapper," "In the Pines,"
"Kathy Knows," and "Love And Affection."
DominoRecordingCo.
CD
$12.50
Triffids, The
Calenture [re-issue]
PS, US The campaign to re-issue their entire catalog continues, two
decades after their original releases. A deluxe double CD package
with slipcase and 24-page booklet. Disc one includes the complete
album and all the b-sides from various singles at the time. Disc two
is a mythical "Calenture" from a parallel universe assembled
from studio and rehearsal recordings.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD
$14.00
U2
Achtung Baby: Classic Album Under Review
PS, US This DVD contains the ultimate review and critical analysis
of U2's most pivotal album. It offers a previously unobtainable level
of insight into the band during the recording of their most dynamic
and well-respected album. Via the use of live footage, long forgotten
videos and the review, criticism and insight of a panel of highly
opinionated experts, this package delivers the finest documentary
film yet to emerge on Dublins favorite sons. Achtung Baby was the
album that fired U2 into the 90s when the four-piece dramatically
overhauled their traditional approach to songwriting.
SexyIntellectual-515
DVD
$16.25
Utah Carol
Rodeo Queen
PS, US Third full length from Chicago duo Grant Birkenbeuel &
Jinja Davis. Described by Mojo Magazine as "an addictive blend
of bittersweet Americana & art-pop, sounding like a hillbilly
fairground taken over by a couple of kids on mushrooms." Under
the boy-girl harmonies, guitars & bass, you'll hear foot stomping,
horn instruments, vintage organs & synthesizers, loops, slide,
bells & tamborine. The March 07 issue of Mojo Magazine says "Gently
strummed psych-folk redolent of Neutral Milk Hotel'.
StompingGround
CD
$9.25
Vanishing Voice
Stone Tablet
PS, US Total Can-style audacity from Brooklyn drone stew Edward Goreyian
broken house wanderers the Vanishing Voice. The Vanishing Voice head
down from the mountain for another dip in a lake of elephant seals.
A misty warbling leads down a twisted path where molten earth and
crust collide. This is the beginning of the end of the beginning.
A lot has been said bout these Brooklyn teen idles: "They're
chasing rainbows!" "They're graveyard sponge heads!"
"A pregnant poo-bah frolicking in the forest!" No dice...
Important-122
CD
$12.00
Vanishing Voice
Nordic Visions
PS, US Nordic Visions was originally released in a tiny vinyl edition
of 525 copies which sold out immediately. Here it is by demand, resurrected
as a digital tiki for the original vinyl release. While Wooden Wand
and Satya Sai jammed with the Sky High Band in beautiful California,
the Vanishing Voice dug in deep in the frozen northeast. Snowed in
with utopian texts and mounting paranoia, Steven The Harvester, Heidi
White Diamond Diehl, and Pete Wolfy Nolan joined Nonhorse in an abandoned
textile factory, boiling out these ballads of suspended disbelief
and hope for the better world.
Important-132
CD
$12.00
Various
Raga for Peter Walker (Digipack Packaging)
PS, US
TompkinsSquare
CD
$14.00
Various
High School Reunion: A TRIBUTE TO THOSE GREAT 80'S FILMS!
PS, US 20 song tribute to important 80s films that spoke to us as
teenagers. Favorite indie artists covering songs from popular teen
films (Pretty In Pink, Sixteen Candles, The Breakfast Club, Say Anything,
etc). Includes tracks from Matthew Sweet, Frank Black, Lori McKenna,
Dresden Dolls, Dipsomaniacs, Caulfied Sisters, & more.
FaceDown/AmericanLaundromat-413
CD
$9.75
Various
Diamond Joe A Treasure Chest Of Rarities & CD
PS, UK As the infamous Tea Chest tapes continue to remain an enigma,
we open up our own box of masters to discover some hitherto un-issued
Meek produced recordings, plus other recordings long since unavailable.
With release timed to coincide with the general notice being given
to the 40th Anniversary of Meeks death (February 1967), this collection
will suit those looking for something new to extend their Meek collection.
The collection brings with it great examples of the Meek production
sound. From Glenda Collins, Meeks best known female artist, is an
unreleased version of her apocalyptic single recorded in Stereo. Two
of the Ray Dexter tracks are also in Stereo, a rare format in the
early 60's when these were made. Ray Dexter, a singer songwriter who
was busy right through the 60's with singles released on many labels,
is included with four of his songs released for the first time. Backing
is by the Tornados, and include his demo of You Took My Love For Granted,
a song he wrote and Meek recorded with John Leyton as the b-side of
the international hit 'Wild Wind'. We also have the four John Carter
and Ken Lewis recordings Meek produced which have been unavailable
for a long time, plus real rarities from Joy and Dave, the Moontrekkers
and complete unknowns Johnny Garfield, The Ramblers and Dauphine Street
Six. - As it says on the tin, extremely rare and collectable Joe Meek
recordings. - Includes previously unreleased, such as Ray Dexter (&
the Tornados). - Includes John Carter and Ray Dexter personal insights
of working with Meek. TRACK LISTING: 1/ TWO TIMING BABY - CARTER LEWIS
& THE SOUTHERNERS 2/ ATLANTIC TWIST - RAY DEXTER 3/ DIAMOND JOE
- JOY AND DAVE 4/ CAN'T MAKE UP MY MIND - RAY DEXTER* 5/ TELL ME -
CARTER LEWIS & THE SOUTHERNERS 6/ DREAM LOVER - RAY DEXTER* 7/
TAKE IT AWAY - THE RAMBLERS 8/ PARADE OF TIN SOLDIERS - THE SAINTS
9/ FICKLE HEART - JOHNNY GARFIELD 10/ IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE IT (UNRELEASED
STEREO VERSION) - GLENDA COLLINS* 11/ RESCUE ME - RICKY WAYNE 12/
YOU TOOK MY LOVE FOR GRANTED - RAY DEXTER* 13/ THEY TELLS US NOT TO
LOVE - JOY AND DAVE 14/ WILL IT HAPPEN TO ME - CARTER LEWIS &
THE SOUTHERNERS 15/ MY BROKEN HEART - CARTER LEWIS & THE SOUTHERNERS
16/ JUST LIKE YOU - RAY DEXTER 17/ I GOT - RAY DEXTER* 18/ HAPPY TALK
- THE SAINTS 19/ JOHN BROWNS BODY - THE MOONTREKKERS 20/ GRANDFATHER
CLOCK - THE MOONTREKKERS 21/ ON A HILLSIDE - THE DAUPHINE STREET SIX
* PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
RPM-325
CD
$14.00
Various
Psychedelic Phinland
PS, FINLAND Subtitled: Finnish Hippie & Underground Music 1967-1974.
Mostly amazing collection of underground Finnish music, presented
in definitive fashion by the original Love Records label (there's
a schmaltz/theatrical element on Disc 1 just to keep you on your toes).
Great booklet of English notes and photos, Love Records does it again!
Features Sperm, Baby Grandmothers, Suomen Talvisota, Pekka Airaksinen,
J.O. Mallander, and a bunch of others. From the liner notes: "CD1
opens with some topical commentaries on drugs and the hippie lifestyle,
as well as with early Finnish psych-rock, followed by more agitatory
and provocatory stuff like Suomen Talvisofta who hilariously combined
anarchist ideas with psychedelic imagery. After the heyday of he Underground
movement, the more mystic legacy of hippiedome was preserved by the
esoteric balladry of Pekka Streng, Hector and others. CD2 presents
more experimental Underground, avant-garde and laternative music,
most of it for the fist time on CD or previously not issued. Love
Records and the small Eteenpain! (Forward), Finland's counterpart
to ESP Records, were the main labels for the kind of music heard on
both CDs."
LoveRecords
DCD
$23.00
Various
CD86 : 48 Tracks From The Birth Of Indie Pop
PS, UK St Etienne star Bob Stanley has compiled this definitive anthology
of a time and a place in British rock history. It started out as a
NME freebie cassette called C86 and turned into a new era of indie
music, with the accent on emotion and excitement rather than technical
expertise. CD86 is a time-capsule back to a more innocent age, stuffed
full of period classics that sound just as good twenty years on.
Castle-1420
DCD
$28.50
Various
Somethings #1
PS, US 3rd installment of this avant-garde/free-improv/difficult listening
series. Compilation of unreleased & new, challenging music assembled
by Ilya Monosov. Also feat. Chie Mukai, Sarah Peebles, Masayoshi Urabe,
Nick Castro, Preston Swirnoff, Andrew Deutsch/Joe McPhee & of
course Ilya Monosov himself. This collection stresses an ill-defined
region between composed music & improvisation, where both elements
come into play.
LastVisibleDog
CD
$11.75
Various
Laughin' At The Blues
PS, UK A hilarious and scurrilous collection of R&B and comedy
like you've never heard!
Rev-OlaBandstand-011
CD
$12.00
Various
Halleluwah #1
PS, US EXTREMELY LIMITED EDITION LP compiled for the first ever music/art/film
oriented fest held this past Labor Day in Portland, OR at Disjecta.
Features 12 EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED tracks by fest performers DEERHOOF,
MICHAEL HURLEY, TARA JANE O'NEIL, SIR RICHARD BISHOP, YACHT, ALELA
DIANE, VALET & more, plus a nonexclusive track by festival headliner
VASHTI BUNYAN. Stunning artwork printed on mylar boards which function
as the covers. Pressed on thick vinyl & mastered by some dude
in Brooklyn.
Yeti
LP
$13.25
Velcro Stars, The
Hiroshima's Revenge
PS, US I can hardly wipe the smile off my face as I listen to The
Velcro Stars. Their mid-90's Chapel Hill, NC-esque sound is enveloping
my person as I type this. It's certainly one of the most exciting
things going on in the revitalized (and...pssssssst.....quite "hip")
Murfreesboro/Nashville, TN independent music scene along with How
I Became The Bomb, Ghostfinger, and The Turncoats. Initially comprised
of Shane Spresser (guitar/vocals) and Keith Pratt (guitar/vocals),
they began writing songs together after high school. They were joined
in 2001 by Rebekah Kidd (keyboards/vocals). Danial Norman was a high
school acquaintance and joined them as their bassist in 2001. After
going through several drummers, Andy Spore filled the position and
began playing with them in 2005. "The Velcro Stars are one of
the most interesting, original, and level-headed bands to come out
of Murfreesboro in a long time. Their songs are simplistic and well
arranged, and bring with them hints of Pavement, Blake Babies, and
Superchunk." (nashvillezine.com) Enter Grand Palace Records.
Grand Palace is an independent record store in Murfreesboro, TN. It's
also a loft space that houses a recording studio and screen-printing
shop. Owned and operated by Murfreesboro music scene luminaries, they
decided to capitalize on the revitalized scene by recording some of
their favorites (Velcros included). Thus, Grand Palace Records (the
label) began. "Hiroshima's Revenge" is the first full-length
to be released on Grand Palace Records (a joint co-release with much
help and support from Athens, GA's Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records,
who became smitten with the band after their show-stopping performance
at the 2006 Athens Popfest). With the recording of "Hiroshima's
Revenge", the Velcros finally make good on the promise of the
"Heart Disease / Shock and Awe" Demo as well as their self-titled
7-track EP from 2005. This album is a pleasant reminder of the pure
joy, immediacy, and lack of pretension that's at the heart of all
great three-chord rock and roll. Songs such as "Brand New"
and "B-Side of Love" will make you scream with pure delight
as you dance around your living room to the pop-tastic codas contained
within. "Ninety-nine percent of pop I hate", says Shane
Spresser, "but that one percent is my favorite music in the world".
Welcome to that one percent... RIYL: Pavement, Superchunk, Bunnygrunt.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-082
CD
$10.25
Venus
#31
PS, US FEIST on cover. Yoko Ono, Lily Allen, Deerhoof, Blonde Redhead,
Cocorosie, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah, Top 25 Albums for Spring, Punk
Rock Yoga and more!
ZINE
$4.25
Vitiello, Stephen
Listening to Donald Judd
PS, US He is an established name in electroacoustic sound experimentation,
having collaborated w/ artists, musicians & choreographers incl.Pauline
Oliveros, Nam June Paik, Eder Santos, Scanner, etc. This piece is
a work in progress evolving from the numerous recordings made of the
sculptures of American artist Donald Judd (1928-1994) in Marfa, TX.
High-precision microphones are placed directly on the surface of Judd's
"specific objects," which capture a subtle combination of
sounds resonating through the artwork, as well as ambient sounds.
SubRosa-245
CD
$14.00
White Barons
Up All The Night With The White Barons
PS, US Feat. the eye-popping psychobilly singer Eva Von Slut, they
play a blend of punk & rock n' roll infused w/ infectious backing
"whoa" style vocals reminiscent of The Misfits in their
heyday. Fueled by an unholy mixture of booze, drugs, & rock n'
roll fury, the Bay Area band formed less than a yr ago & are already
generating repeat requests for live appearances up & down the
West Coast.
Gearhead-075
CD
$11.50
White Barons
Up All The Night With The White Barons
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Gearhead-075
LP
$8.25
White Flight
S-T
PS, US First solo project from JUSTIN ORELOFS, former songwriter of
THE ANNIVERSARY. Exploding w/ rhythmic & melodic ideas, this is
a boundary blurring collage of pop hooks, staccato beats & dense,
organic instrumentation. The result of a summer spent in South America,
which culminated in drinking in the psychedelic potion ayahuasca deep
in the rainforest of Peru.
RangeLife-001
CD
$12.50
Wold
Screech Owl
PS, US "Gaining a reputation as one of the most unique and bizarre
black metal enigmas today, Canada's WOLD are an entity like no other.
By combining the very elements of raw black metal, noise, ambient,
and power electronics, this mysterious cult from the barren prairies
of Saskatchewan are an artistically surreal act that the extreme music
scene in Canada has never encountered...ever."
ProfoundLore-021
CD
$11.50
Young, Neil
Under Review 1966-1975
PS, US This documentary film reviews the music and career of one of
rocks true giants during his formative and most creative years. It
features obscure footage, rare interviews and rarely seen photographs
of and with Neil Young. Throughout the film, live and studio recordings
of Young classics are reappraised by a panel of contributors. Also
included are reviews, comments, criticism and insights from John Einarson
(Young's biography author), Robert Christgau (Village Voice), Barney
Hoskins (author, critic), Nigel Williamson (Uncut), Dave Zimmer (ex-editor
of BAM magazine), Bruce Tergesen (house engineer on Mr. Soul), Johnny
Rogan (CSNY biographer)and many others.
SexyIntellectual-503
DVD
$16.25
Forthcoming
Releases
31Knots
The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$11.50
31Knots
The Days and Nights of Everything Anywhere (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
6TH)
PS, US The best music is always truly indefinable. Words can't truly
describe Tom Waits'caterwaul the same way they can't explain what it
feels like to experience thedeafening volume of a J. Mascis guitar solo.
Portland, Oregon's prolific 31Knots have described their sound as "post-apocalyptic
Vaudevillian punk," and whilethat's an apt description, it doesn't
begin to express the level of demented-popbrilliance on the band's latest
full-length, The Days and Nights of EverythingAnywhere.Thanks to an
expert mixing job by Deerhoof's Greg Saunier and engineering byJay Pellicci
(Deerhoof engineer), 31Knots have transformed their musical landscape
into a skewed fantasy world located somewhere between Alice In Wonderlandand
Cursive's Happy Hollow.
Polyvinyl
CD
$11.50
Adult.
Why Bother? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey-185
LP
$14.00
Adult.
Why Bother? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US Uneasy listening music for uneasy times. A time to contextualize
"folk" for our intent & advocate the importance of being
folk. Folklore defines a distinctive culture, the common people, real
people. Uncomfortable, restless, disturbed, perturbed, awkward &
anxious. This hopes to spread the word of weird... Abnormal motivations,
ready & willing. This album, of all their albums, they feel is the
most accurate culmination of our disordered hysteria
ThrillJockey-185
CD
$14.25
Alsace Lorraine
Dark One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 5TH )(ON SALE)
PS, US Alsace Lorraine is the delicately delicious and unique electronic/guitar
pop creation of seminary professor Paul Francke. We're pleased to announce
that our favorite singer on Earth, Argentinean Singer/Artist Isol has
joined Alsace Lorraine to sing on four of the album's 14 tracks too.
Isol sings here in English for the first time! Isol left her band Entre
Rios (Elefant {Spain}/Darla {US}) when the group signed with EMI Latin
America because the deal demanded too much time away from her profession
as an Artist/Illustrator. Caitlin Brice sings backing vocals on two
tracks. Jane Francke (Paul's sister) sings one track. The sophomore
Alsace album Dark One, though not literally very "Dark", was
recorded and mixed by Paul at Paul's home studio in Chicago. Isol's
warm, exotic, sensual vocals were recorded in Isol's bedroom studio
in Buenos Aires. Paul's unique bedroom uber-pop soundtrack provides
the perfect music bed to Isol's vocal. The result is a unique blend
of Astrud Gilberto, Wolfgang Press, Eurythmics, Pale Saints, St. Etienne,
Magnetic Fields, Hope Sandoval, as well as The Wake, Section 25 and
other Factory-esque influences. Hopefully, Paul and Isol will make more
beautiful music together. Alsace Lorraine sounds romantic; thoughtful,
sensuous and smart. Comment from Paul Francke: I began the album begun
during college on the south side of Chicago and completed it while working
in Campbeltown, on the end of the Kintyre Peninsula, the most remote
part of mainland Britain. Between those points I worked on the record
in an Episcopalian seminary dormitory in Alexandria, Virginia, while
training to be a seminary professor. It couldn't have been done without
my brilliant, non-religious friends: Isol sings four of the best songs
on the album, but she also made important suggestions for changes to
the lyrics and music. We share a lot of beliefs regarding art and beyond,
and it has been fascinating to work with her. Her friend Nico recorded
her vocals in a studio in Buenos Aires. Caitlin Brice, the lead singer
from the previous album, sings excellent backup on two songs here. Joe
Moore plays guitar on one song, and my younger sister Jane sings on
one song as well.
Darla-178
CD
$12.25
Andrews, Ken
Secrets of the Lost Satellite (Digipack Packaging) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MARCH 13TH)
PS, US
DinosaurFight
CD
$14.00
Anorak
Synthetic Pop Covers from the European Space Agency (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MARCH 6TH)
PS, SPAIN
Rhonda/HoustonParty-09
CD
$14.25
Antibalas
Security (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Building from the revolutionary blueprint of afrobeat, the dozen-strong
members of Brooklyn's Antibalas weave Latin, jazz, funk, and horn-laden
soul into a blend that's both polyrhythmic and political, independent
and infectious. Produced by John McEntire (Stereolab, Tortoise, Sea
and Cake, Tom Ze) who has upped the harmonic density in the band's sound,
creating a rich tapestry of harmelodic color that owes as much to Mingus
and Coltrane and Can as it does to Fela Kuti.
Anti
CD
$14.50
Antiguo Automata Mexicano
Kraut Slut (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, MEXICO Angel Sánchez Borges, the man behind AAM (Antiguo
Automata Mexicano) takes techno to the next level with his second album
and first release with Static Discos. Previously AAM released the infamous
Microhate album on Germany's Background label. Inspired by German kraut
and space rock, minimal techno and screwed up digital antics, AAM's
Kraut Slut is the stuff of wicked dance dreams. Angel Sánchez
Borges also records as Seekers Who Are Lovers on the Soundsister label.
In a recent interview on URB Magazine, Borges says his secret to the
AAM sound is his love for "My Bloody Valentine, a gentle way of
dealing with strange layers of sounds. I want people to dance to these
noisy grooves". Pitchformedia recently described his music in "the
glitch/dub/minimal techno vein, with carefully constructed rips and
blips stretched across a wide, white sonic canvas".
StaticDiscos-019
CD
$12.25
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible (Deluxe Version) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Deluxe version LIMITED & packaged in a paperboard clamshell
box with a lenticular (3-D) cover. It incl. two 33 image flip books
designed by the band.
Merge-285
CD
$17.50
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge-285
DLP
$17.50
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US This eagerly anticipated 2nd album exceeds all expectations...written,
produced, arranged, performed, recorded throughout 2006 in Quebec, New
York, Budapest, & London w/ recording help from Markus Dravs (Bjork,
Brian Eno) & Scott Colburn (Animal Collective, Sun City Girls).
W/ string & orchestral arrangements by the band's own OWEN PALLET
(FINAL FANTASY) & Regine Chassagne, it's full of both half-assed
punk rock mistakes & meticulously orchestrated woodwinds. Processed
strings & mandolin. Quiet & loud rumbles.
Merge-285
CD
$11.75
Autumn Shade
Ezra Moon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US The nom de plume of Jes Lenee', a stunning young songstress brimming
with unbridled talent. A classically trained piano prodigy, ultimately
seduced by the craft of songwriting, AS is a marriage of her piano prowess
& folk-inspired guitar strumming, imbued in a heady ambiance &
enveloped in some of the most heavenly, intimate vocals to have come
down the pike in some time. Unique sepia-toned microcosm, one that intertwines
folk, chamber music, psychedelia, avant-rock & indie singer/songwriter.
Colored by additional instrumentation of violin, hammer dulcimer &
percussion, and a healthy penchant for sonic experimentation.
StrangeAttractors-049
CD
$12.50
Axolotl
Memory Theater (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 1ST)
PS, US Memory Theater is an absolutely essential collection of the best
of Axolotl's out of print cdrs and vinyl only releases. Karl Bauer spent
quite a bit of time collaborating with Black Dice, Mouthus, Double Leopards
and various other acclaimed members of the noise underground before
heading off on his own as Axolotl. In the last couple of years Axolotl
have released numerous cd, cdr and vinyl releases many of which quickly
went out of print and started demanding some serious coin on ebay. Memory
Theater collects the best of these out of print releases into one convenient
package designed by Karl Bauer. Axolotl has collaborated with the likes
of the Skaters, Magik Markers, Yellow Swans, Inca Ore, Skygreen Leopards,
Religious Knives, and Mouthus. Axolotl has toured Europe and the United
States and shared the stage with the likes of Animal Collective, Black
Dice, Boris, Charlambides, Chris Corsano, Double Leopards, Excepter,
Sightings, the Skaters, Terrestrial Tones, Tomutonttu, and Yellow Swans.
Important-120
CD
$12.00
Big Business
Here Come The Waterworks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Big Business feature members of The Melvins. This is their second
full-length and it's harder, faster, and catchier than the first, unfurling
all the mammoth riffs, furious vocals, and blazing drum work you've
come to expect from this LA band. "Some of the most relentless,
unyielding, and profound music in heavy metal today" - Thrasher
Magazine. "These guys manage to deconstruct, reinvent, and then
rebuild the typical noise rock formula" - Chord.
HydraHead
CD
$12.50
Black Hollies/Dansettes
SPLIT (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US The Black Hollies return on side A with a brilliant cover of
the Joe South by way of Deep Purple classic "Hush," featuring
backing vocals & Hammond accompaniment from THE DANSETTES. On the
flip, The Dansettes step to the front w/their sultry, soulful vocals
tearing the roof off of the brand new Motown-infused "40 Days."
A classic pairing of bands joined together in perfect harmony.
ErnestJenning-029
45
$5.00
Bright Eyes
Four Winds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek-101
12
$10.50
Bright Eyes
Four Winds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US This is presented here along w/ 5 exclusive B-sides. Retaining
the simmering glow of its predecessors, this is full of the magic that
brought Bright Eyes to international attention. Carefully played, deftly
poetic & quietly enchanting, the release has a wandering country
charm & all of the story-telling seductiveness of earlier work.
SaddleCreek-101
CD5
$4.75
Brokaw, Chris
Forestry (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US The legendary Boston guitarist and drummer for Come, Codeine,
Pullman, Consonant, Kahoots, and then some, offers up his first solo
7-inch. Coming on the heels of two critically acclaimed solo records,
"Incredible Love" and "Red Cities", this EP showcases
another side of Chris's work. It features three instrumental outtakes
from his score to Leslie McCleave's feature film "Road", as
well as a drum-heavy dub mix from a Kahoots recording session. Gorgeous
glossy cover images photographed by Brokaw himself and ultra high-quality
transparent green vinyl make this a package worthy of wall display.
I&EarRecords
CD5
$4.75
Cadence Weapon
Breaking Kayfabe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Upperclass-010
LP
$16.50
Cadence Weapon
Breaking Kayfabe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Every now & again, a hip-hop artist emerges & threatens
to take the music from its growing commercial context back to its essence.
Enter this 20-year-old rapper/producer, hailing from Edmonton, Alberta,
Canada, son of a Brooklyn DJ, nephew of a funk musician, & child
of fresh music. Rollie Pemberton returns w/ a more focused sound w/
clever songwriting & impressive rhymes paired w/ the electrotones
of UK grime & West Coast hip-hop.
Upperclass-010
CD
$15.00
Cashmore, Michael
Snow Abides (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US A new solo mini-album from this longtime CURRENT 93 guitarist
& contributor. Comprised of 5 thematically linked songs, w/ texts
composed by DAVID TIBET (Current 93) & vocals by ANTONY (Antony
& The Johnsons). Presented in an elegant, full-color digipak, this
is his most accomplished & poignant work to date, solo or otherwise
DurtroJnana-002
CD
$10.00
Castanets/Dirty Projectors
Unusual Animals, Vol. 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Volume 2 of ASTHMATIC KITTY's Unusual Animals limited edition
vinyl series finds Brooklyn residents CASTANETS and DIRTY PROJECTORS
splitting sides. Castanets offer up "BlackWater," a bloody
and muddy dubbed-out blues track, penned while on their epic and catastrophic
sailboat tour with Jana Hunter and Peter & the Wolf in the Summer
of 2006, and recorded upon the first day of final harbor. After a deep
idiosyncratic investigation of electronic music and classical orchestration
on "The Getty Address" and the "New Attitude" EP,
Dirty Projector's DAVE LONGSTRETH turns to the live band as his compositional
tool with the nine-minute epic "Silence in the Lands."
AsthmaticKitty-402
10
$9.00
Celestial
Dream On (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US You may have heard some of these songs on Music is My Girlfriend
or Lost Music eps - these are completely new recordings and sound amazing.
Andreas Hagman returned to his native Örebro, Sweden in 2000, where
he began recording dreamy pop, jangly guitar and vocals that reflect
a tender, soul-baring honesty.
"Precious songs, in the Sarah Records vein,
between a super romantic dreampop and a dreamy and tender melodies jangle
pop" - Mira El Péndulo
"stay true to their roots and produce a
completely wonderful indie, drenched in effects... nostalgia knows no
limits." - 4 Lighthouses
"wanders from shoegaze via Field Mice to
JAMC in five songs" - Groove
SkippingStones-009
CD
$9.50
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
Dalek
Abandoned Language (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US After two long years, their masterpiece is finally unveiled,
an album the band have described as their "Dark Side of the Moon"
or "Pet Sounds" a la Dälek. Still as layered as their
previous work but complex enough for fans of avant noise while being
accessible enough for mainstream hip hop audiences. Packed w/avant hip
hop guests incl. ROB SWIFT (X-MEN). Incl. 16pp booklet w/art by Paul
Romano (MASTODON).
ErnestJenning-031
DLP
$18.25
Dawn of Man
In the Bronze Age (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Brian Clancy (BLUETIP) has been grinding his teeth on his fretboard
since the old Balt./DC basement punk days where he met producer David
Sitek (TVOTR). Sitek uses the pounding drums & overdriving bass
to produce a backbeat that's an inseparable part of each song's emotional
substance. The melodic pop heart of the EP are keys & layered feedback
with guitar riffs, along with the confrontational & intimate vocals.
Postfact-008
CD
$6.00
Decemberists
Practical Handbook (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US Feat. a live recording on Nov. 4, 2005 in Portland, OR @ the
Roseland Theatre, 5 videos for songs off "Picaresque" &
"Her Majesty", as well as a documentary shot during the recording
of "The Crane Wife". Also filled w/ quirky details that fans
love, like outtakes.
KillRockStars-434
DVD
$14.50
Dengue
Fever Escape From Dragon House (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Fronted by Cambodian pop star Chhom Nimol, who sings in Khmer,
Los Angeles sextet Dengue Fever blends the rhythms of sixties Cambodian
pop-heavily influenced by American surf, rock & early psychedelic
garage bands-with their own eclectic mix of American & international
styles. There are echoes of Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian soul, American
R&B, Cambodian folk, Spaghetti Western weirdness & girl-group
angst in the mix, but the resulting concoction is the bands own.
M80
CD
$16.75
Dengue Fever
Escape From Dragon House (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Fronted by Cambodian pop star Chhom Nimol, who sings in Khmer,
Los Angeles sextet Dengue Fever blends the rhythms of sixties Cambodian
pop-heavily influenced by American surf, rock & early psychedelic
garage bands-with their own eclectic mix of American & international
styles. There are echoes of Bollywood soundtracks, Ethiopian soul, American
R&B, Cambodian folk, Spaghetti Western weirdness & girl-group
angst in the mix, but the resulting concoction is the bands own
M80-100
CD
$16.75
Denver Gentlemen
Introducing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Incl. members of 16 HORSEPOWER, SLIM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB, DEVOTCHKA,
MUNLY & THE LEE LEWIS HARLOTS, WOVEN HAND & TARANTELLA. Although
heavily influenced by traditional roots music, they tone down the twang,
opting for a gothic-cabaret sound full of piano, accordion, & glockenspiel.
In 2001, they reassembled to celebrate the belated release of the group's
1rst album recorded back in '95.
Smooch-016
CD
$10.00
Downbeat 5
Smoke & Mirrors (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Formed in 2003 by lead guitarist JJ Rasler ( DMZ & The Queers)
and singer/rhythm guitarist Jen D'Angora (ex-The Dents). Drawing on
British Invasion bands like the Yardbirds & Animals, The Downbeat
5 spikes the brew with the toughest female vocals this side of a woman's
prison riot & tops it all off with decades worth of aggression,
attitude & volume. First live CD brings12 adrenaline-fueled shots
of pure, real, raw rock & roll that grab you by the ears & cut
straight to the bone.
SteelCage-061
CD
$11.75
Draper, Linda
Keepsake (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US Linda Draper's much anticipated fifth studio long player, "Keepsake"
brings you along for 10 beautifully crafted songs - it continues where
her last LP, 2005's "One Two Three Four" (produced by Kramer)
left off. The album marks her first self-produced effort, along with
co-producer Major Matt Mason (Adam Green, Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey Lewis
etc.) and was recorded at Olive Juice Music Studios in New York City.
The CD presents Linda in an intimate setting accompanied throughout
by stand-up bass, piano, violin, cello, slide guitar, touches of percussion
and xylophone - the focus always being the pure beauty of Draper's vocal
performance. "A shining light of excellence...a delightful voice
that immediately enchants." (Tasty, UK)
PlantingSeeds-048
CD
$12.25
Einsturzende Neubauten
Palast Der Republik (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US This performance was filmed on November 4, 2004 at the Palast
der Republik in Berlin, the former Parliament building and symbol of
the no longer extant DDR (East Germany). The Neubauten found the steel
skeleton of the ruins of the Palast a congenial location for their architectural-musical
fantasies and field studies. Accompanied by a 100 member choir, recruited
from the supporters of the www.neubauten.org Internet project, they
played in and with the building in their inimitable, almost literally
building-collapsing fashion. Contains previously unreleased songs, band
commentary and more. Song Titles: Haus Der Luege, Armenia, Weilweilweil,
Youme & Meyou, Perpetuum Mobile, Dead Friends (Around the Corner),
Grundstueck, GS:1, GS:2, Unseasonable Weather, GS:3, Vox Populi, Was
Ist Ist, Ein leichtes leises Saeuseln, Sabrina, Alles. Plus: Encore
performances of Die Befindlichkeit des Landes and Redukt.
MVD-4564
DVD
$17.00
Elope
9 Distilled Dreams (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2007)
PS, SWEDEN COMING SOON! Perhaps Elope's finest album to date...and that's
saying something consideing how brilliant 'The No Name Record' and '3WD'
are... It is also their very mellowest. '9 Distilled Dreams' is the
mainly acoustic companion piece to the rocking '3WD' released earlier
this year. Check out Jim's Pick page for a sound sample.
Gravitation-026
CD
$10.50
Entwistle, John
Smash Your Head Against The Wall (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 14TH)
PS, US One of the most influential & talented bassists in the history
of rock music. As a member of The WHO, his outstanding bass work brought
the lowly bass man into the forefront of rock'n'roll. This debut solo
album took his playing off in new directions although the overall sound
is a Who at their heaviest.
Earmark-42084
LP
$16.75
Frazer, Paula
Now It's Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Birdman-095
LP
$15.00
Frazer, Paula
Now It's Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US This is a heartbreaking, beautiful testament to love & loss,
w/ a touch of redemption at the end. Like classic Tarnation, Frazer
blends alternative country roots w/ dark, psychedelic tones & warm
instrumental accompaniments that perfectly frame her ethereal voice.
This is a return to form for those who miss Tarnation, & an incredible
starter for beginners.
Birdman-095
CD
$15.00
Future Conditional
We Don't Just Disappear (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 3RD)
PS, UK Future Conditional is the all-new electro-pop project from Piano
Magic mainstays Glen Johnson and Cedric Pin. Drawing inspiration from
classic analog synth-pop by the likes of New Order, Kraftwerk, OMD and
Section 25, the album We Don't Just Disappear updates the retro-futurist
mix with a stellar selection of guest vocalists, including Melanie Pain
(Nouvelle Vague), Bobby Wratten (Field Mice/Trembling Blue Stars), Angele
David-Guillou (Klima/Piano Magic), Carolyn Allen (The Wake) and Dan
Matz (Windsor for the Derby). The 10-track album was produced by Glen
and Cedric in 2006. Standout tracks include Switchboard Girl (sung by
Melanie), Broken Robots (sung by Angele) and the title track, featuring
Bobby. "Future Conditional isn't just an exercise in nostalgia.
We are, in some way paying homage to the groups we love and inspire
us, but we're also experimenting with the glacial electro/human emotional
interface. The future is a robot with a human heart." (Glen Johnson).
Piano Magic will release their new album Part-Monster in May 2007, and
featured vocalist Angele will release an album as Klima on Peacefrog
in March. Windsor for the Derby contributed to the soundtrack of the
latest Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette, and Trembling Blue Stars
also release a new album in spring 2007. Busy people!
LTM-2478
CD
$16.25
Gang Font & Interloper
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Musical combustion is about to take place. Feat. GREG NORTON
(HUSKER DU) & DAVE KING (BAD PLUS). Rife w/ intricate & ingenious
instrumental interplay, this is a recording that is as bombastic as
it is intricate, weaving thumping bass & murderous drums w/ schizophrenic
guitars & otherworldly keboards creating a frantic vitality that
is rarely heard elsewhere.
ThirstyEar
CD
$13.25
Giant Skyflower Band
Blood of the Sunworm During (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US During a sabbatical from regular duties in THE SKYGREEN LEOPARDS,
Glenn Donaldson (never one to rest) dreamt of Giant Skyflower Band,
an exotic, flowery and crumbling new recording project with nods to
fruity new age, psych, prog, folk, and pop songwriting. Donaldson quickly
invited multi-instrumentalist Shayde Sartin to "smoke marijuana
& make up strange pop songs," and thus the band was born. With
Gong's seminal "Magick Brother" as a starting point and a
sitar close at hand, the duo created a dark, peregrine pop transmission
from their shoddy analog recording studio in San Francisco. The duos
debut offering examines in detail the idiom of Bummer Psych; the strain
of damaged Anglo-pop music pioneered by Syd Barrett that arguably reached
its apex with The Television Personalities "Painted Word"
LP in the mid-80s, but found new life in Japan via the genius of Tori
Kudo and like- minded acts such as Nagisa Ni Te and Tenniscoats. Indeed,
"Blood of the Sunworm" consists of depressing pop songs and
damaged instrumentals - teeth bared and falling apart as they are cobbled
together - on a hazy, cryptic journey through a busted kaleidoscope,
behind a dusty mirror & up through the rafters.
SoftAbuse-019
CD
$11.50
Gomez, Robert
Brand New Towns (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US He's a troubadour of the darkest cloth, crafting atmospheres
as vast as the midnight Texas sky. Payingno mind to simple genres on
this debut, he explores the textures of mood, often finding his voice
in the seemingly saddest spots.
BellaUnion-413
CD
$14.50
Health
Where You From (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Greensboro, NC local heroes led by Jonathan Moore (also of Tigerbearwolf)
unleash their backwoods Americana slacker anthems and call to mind a
woozy night around the hookah listening to Pavement, The Velvet Underground,
and The Flying Burrito Brothers. Unforgettable songwriting, quietly
unique passages of instrumentation, and unexpectedly big hooks. Addicitve.
ErnestJenning
CD
$12.25
Horns Of Happiness, The
What Spills Like Thread (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US HORNS OF HAPPINESS provide the two sides to the second half of
their newnew sound with "What Spills Like Thread". With the
follow-up 12" to last year's "Would I Find Your Psychic Guideline",
they're now navigating the waters of hypnotic, organ-driven thump rock.
On this record, the HoH have expanded into a trio, with new member ELAINA
MORGAN providing the bottom end to the disjointed fuzz of AARON DEER
and SHELLY HARRISON'S organ/drum combo. Played out in two extended jams,
side A evokes ESG on the dance floor with Can at an absinthe-fueled
afterparty, while side B is a woozy pop-drone undulation.
SecretlyCanadian-122
12
$7.50
Hume, Kevin
The Truth About Ants and Aphids (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US An 11-track, four-part song cycle; sounds like indie pop/folk
with classical elements, songs centered around vocal, guitar, bass,
keyboards, etc, but also prominently features strings, brass and woodwinds,
performed by some of the finest musicians in New Mexico (no lie); lead
single "Towns Where We Live" was featured several times on
KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Kevin Hume previously released 2 albums
on cdr label Asaurus under the name Black Spartacus, The Seven Dreams
of the Leviathan and Andromeda. Seven Dreams received modest but very
positive critical reaction.
PremiumFantasy-001
CD
$9.75
I Am Robot And Proud
The Catch & Spring Summer Autumn Winter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
6TH)
PS, US Reissue. The Catch is I AM ROBOT AND PROUD's debut full length
CD. It was originally released in 2001 by Catmobile Records (UK). Spring
Summer Autumn Winter was an EP released in 2002 by Mira Records (Germany).
Darla Records is pleased to offer a reissue comprising both these out-of-print
indie electronic pop music classics. Revamped cover art by Shaw-han
Liem aka I AM ROBOT AND PROUD.
Darla-181
CD
$12.00
I'm From Barcelona
Let Me Introduce My Friends [expanded domestic version] (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US PRICE TO BE ANNOUNCED! WILL BE OFFERED ON SALE FOR INITIAL ORDERS.
Mute's U.S. version comes with two bonus tracks: "Glasses"
and "The Painter".
Mute
CD
PRICE TO BE ANNOUNCED!
Innocence Mission
We Walked In Song (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Badman
LP
$15.00
Innocence Mission
We Walked In Song (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US With 11 new, memorable & genuinely moving songs, this is
the kind of intimate recording where each note seems essential. From
the socially conscious opening track, to the longful closing lines,
Peris's hauntingly beautiful voice communicates w/ immediacy. The tracks
are further lit by gentle lines of melodic piano, upright bass and baritone
acoustic guitar.
Badman
CD
$15.00
Jatun
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Jatun is Alan Grosvenor (guitar, keys, bass, loops) and Scott
Worley (vocals, keys, guitars, laptop). Alan and Scott met in Portland,OR
circa '04, and started writing the songs that would slowly form into
the mish-mash of cables, circuits, ivory and alcohol known as Jatun.
They began recording their self-titled debut album in September 2005,
and it's been engineered/mixed by Scott & Alan and mastered by Carl
Saff. The first recorded Jatun song was "Ion Crush," which
was featured in a Nike SB promo video for the Zoom Tre shoe and is also
featured on the Signal Snowboards webpage. The songs "Ghost and
Grey", and "The Temptation of Joy" have been used by
Norwegian company Helly Hansen, accompanying snowboard and ski team
imagery on two videos. Additionaly the video clips are being used on
the Helly Hansen website as a part of their HHTV program. Influenced
by an expansive range of artists, genres and styles, Alan and Scott
have learned to interpret and appreciate sound from a broad perspective.
Such open ears have facilitated an understanding of sonic interplay,
and acute attention to arrangement and detail. Armed to the teeth with
an arsenal of quality, vintage gear and a penchant for capturing the
resultant noises, they craft music thoroughly and thoughtfully. Lush,
enveloping and hyper-textured, Jatun's songs blanket themselves around
your ears and saturate your head with warm and intoxicating, Orange-tinged
tones. For Fans Of: Morr Music, 4AD, Warp, Anticon, Temporary Residence
Limited.
OtherElectricites-004
CD
$12.25
Jones, Glenn
Against Which The Sea Continually Beats (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Glenn Jones has led Bostons "avant -garage" instrumental
rock band CUL DE SAC, whose musical adventures are documented on nine
albums to date. Here he brings an indisputable triumph of acoustic guitar
composition, a reverential & innovative melding of sound & form.
Eleven tunes travel from Delta to Appalachia, from classical to a cinematic
sort of folk sound in a language that is purely imbued in the artists'
own dialect.
StrangeAttractors-046
CD
$12.50
Lewis, Wyndham
The Enemy Speaks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2ND)
PS, UK The first CD audiobook of readings by Percy Wyndham Lewis (1882-1957),
the influential British modernist writer, artist and self-styled 'Enemy'
feted both by T.S. Eliot and Mark E. Smith. Lewis is best known as the
founder in 1914 of the celebrated Vorticist art movement, an English
variant of Italian Futurism. Publication of their journal Blast was
interrupted by WW1, after which Lewis the artist pursued a parallel
career as a writer of fiction, satire and criticism. Lewis spent the
war years 1939-45 in penniless exile in America , yet carried on writing
even after going blind in 1951. His many books include Tarr (1918),
The Apes of God (1930), Blasting & Bombardiering (1937), The Revenge
for Love (1937) and the trilogy The Human Age. His artworks include
Workshop (1913), A Battery Shelled (1919), Tyro (1920) Red Portrait
(1937), The Surrender of Barcelona (1937) and Portrait of T.S. Eliot
(1938), and are regularly exhibited by galleries including the Tate,
Hayward, Imperial War Museum and others. The Enemy Speaks gathers together
rare broadcast recordings made by Lewis in 1938, 1947 and 1951 on various
subjects in art and politics, as well as readings of three poems from
One-Way Song, recorded at Harvard in 1940. The CD also features a dramatized
extract from his Bloomsbury-baiting satire The Apes of God, recorded
in 1951 with an introduction by the critic V.S. Pritchett. The CD closes
with the recording of Sympathy that so vexed Lieutenant Lewis in his
dug-out near Ypres in 1917. The CD features a deluxe booklet featuring
archive Lewis images as well as historical notes by James Hayward. The
CD has been prepared with the full co-operation of the Wyndham Lewis
Memorial Trust.
LTM-2411
CD
$15.25
Lindt, Virna
Play/Record (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, UK The first release on CD of 'Play/Record', the second album by
Swedish pop sophisticate Virna Lindt, originally released by The Compact
Organization in 1985. Written and produced by Virna Lindt during a three-week
holiday in London, Play/Record tackles girls who cannot stand the colour
red, the numbing effect of the new media, and subterfuge and skulduggery
in her adopted home town (the single My Home Town). The album has been
digitally remastered by close collaborator Tot Taylor, and now sounds
even more immaculate than before. Unfortunately Virna abandoned music
forever after creating Play/Record, leaving the world a poorer place.
Contemporary reviews for Play/Record: "Ms Lindt deftly conveys
a sense of breezy, delirious Sixties camp. Arch instrumentals such as
the title track and Add It Up are nothing short of wondrous, and the
album is a delightful and accurate evocation of a period when music
was allowed to be fun" (Melody Maker); "A uniquely crafted
voiceover masterpiece, the diverse tempo moves from the sunny waft of
single My Home Town to the more sombre tones of Any Colour But Red"
(Sounds); "Lush, intelligent and very, very sexy" (Underground).
The CD also features a deluxe 12 page booklet featuring original artwork
and liner/recording notes.
LTM-2489
CD
$16.25
Lindt,Virna
Shiver (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, UKAn extended CD reissue of 'Shiver', the debut album by Swedish
pop sophisticate Virna Lindt, originally released by The Compact Organisation
in 1983. Written and produced by Virna Lindt and Tot Taylor, the acclaimed
Shiver album offers 12 slices of chic, Cold War pop informed by 1960s
spy thriller soundtracks and musique concrete, including the singles
Attention Stockholm and I Experienced Love. The album has been digitally
remixed and re-modelled from the original mastertapes, and now sounds
even more immaculate than before. The new edition of Shiver also features
bonus track The Windmills of Your Mind, a rare Michel Legrand cover
version from The Thomas Crown Affair originally recorded for the Crepuscule
movie compilation Moving Soundtracks. Contemporary reviews for Shiver:"Intrepid
undercover agent disguised as a top international fashion model sets
out on a secret mission behind the Iron Curtain, armed only with a firm
sense of fair play and a gadget-filled powder compact" (NME); "Euro-eccentric.
Virna Lindt casts herself as a mysterious blonde in a loving pastiche
of Continental movie music" (Sounds); "Only the surly amongst
you can fail to acknowledge the splendour of Virna Lindt's new single
I Experienced Love, and the equally thrilling Shiver lp, the epitome
of Compact's sleek, chic Sixties tease" (The Face); "Imagine
a pastiche of all those old Sixties spy series, like Danger Man, The
Avengers and The Man From Uncle. Well, this would be the perfect soundtrack
to go with it" (London Evening Standard). The CD also features
a deluxe 12 page booklet featuring original artwork and detailed dossier
on Virna Lindt. Also available: Virna Lindt: Play/Record (LTMCD 2489),
V/a : A Young Person's Guide to Compact (LTMCD 2488).
LTM-2487
CD
$16.25
Little Heroes
Cinematic Americana (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US The record begins with the steady hum of a cello contrasted with
an off-timed picked acoustic guitar, soon joined by soft, sparse vocals,
the low thump of bass & drums, and eerie piano, building to a beautiful
blistering crescendo. Their strength is in the simple diversity of their
songwriting, switching effortlessly between sweaty noise pop to subtle
soundscapes. A definite must for fans of The Shins, Pete Yorn, &
Red House Painters
Wednesday-1403
CD
$8.50
Loch Lomond
Lament for Children (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Ritchie Youngs solo recording project. EP complies live performances
from 2003-2006, ranging from Young by himself to a ten-person band.
During this time, many different recording sessions took place in various
studios & homes. "The hopeless tone in Ritchie Youngs voice
tells of a terrible life of unfortunate circumstances. Even the old
Scottish folk song from which Loch Lomond takes its name is the story
of a broken heart & the springtime weather that does nothing to
heal it. It works, though, because Youngs voice-with its gloomy, morose
manner-needs the subhuman relief that noise readily provides. Ultimately
it is a record wallowing in its own despair as much as it is a record
that took great, inspired care to make-and its definitely a record to
avoid after a breakup." -Rolling Stone
Hush-069
CD5
$10.50
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love
Ends of June (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 3rd)
PS, US Initially intended as musical outlet for Kelly Dyson, Low Low
Low La La La Love Love Love's full inception came in the form of a sudden,
unplanned collaboration between Kelly and vocalist Natalia Brightmore.
Instant musical chemistry coupled with a brief period of writing &
recording yielded a complete body of bittersweet, forthright folk songs,
self-released on the band's own Birds and Rodents label (UK) in 2004.
Two years later, after randomly stumbling upon some breathtaking Low
Low clips online, Portland, OR label Other Electricities realized there
was something unique brewing overseas. The band with the impossibly
long name occupied space in their ears and repeated listens only further
reinforced the fascination. The two parties eventually got to talking
and came to the conclusion that this music needed to reach a wider audience;
these sounds just couldn't be slept on much longer. Ends of June is
Low Low's second outing and first U.S. release, boasting twelve new,
intimate tracks saturated in the same undeniable warmth and familiarity
offered on their debut. Here, the music's immediacy and accessibility
fails to wane even slightly, building upon the solid groundwork laid
in the first album. Natalia's amicable departure and a change in line-up,
currently featuring Kelly Dyson (guitar, lead vocals), Ellis Dyson (drums,
clarinet, percussion), Chris Robinson (guitar, vocals), Hugo Edwardes
(bass), Nick Guy (vocals, percussion), and Brian Lutchmiah (vocals,
percussion), has filled out Low Low now more of a band then an "acoustic
folk duo". Despite these alterations, no element of overall sound
is compromised as new paths are traversed with regards to instrumentation
and arrangement. Self recorded and produced in Ellis' bedroom studio,
Ends of June showcases Low Low's progressive and deft grasp on songwriting.
From the pensive yet infectious "The Way You Play," to the
fluid lullaby "Happiness at the New Day," it's near-impossible
to deny the resultant intrigue of each composition, and of the record
as a whole. These songs beckon to be taken in again and again... Collectively,
the band members live and work in and around Manchester, England. To
date, they have shared stages with the likes of Regina Spektor and Six
Organs of Admittance. Plans are currently being made for a re-master/reissue
of Low Low's s/t debut, which
should be available in wider release mid-2007. "As acoustic documents
of the breakdown of a long-term relationships go, this is up there.
Recorded lo-fi style - in a bedroom apparently - this affecting release
combines breathless harmonies and fragile tunes to achieve a strange
warmth. Also makes Belle & Sebastian sound like Motorhead."
- The Crack "Rooted firmly in the world of low/no-fi folk, this
is a charming record that recalls the same juxtaposition of fragility
and strength of character that suffused the early Elliott Smith albums."
- Tangents. For Fans Of: Devendra Banhart, Iron & Wine, Six Organs
of Admittance, Nick Drake Songs of Green Pheasant.
OtherElectricites-006
CD
$12.25
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Low Low formed in March 2004 when Kelly Dyson met Natalia Brightmore
in the George over a pint, two days after he'd split from his long-time
partner and moved from Carlisle to Buxton with a handful of songs. The
pair clicked and work began on turning Kelly's rough acoustic songs
into rough acoustic songs with a female harmony. The album was quite
a sparse thing for the main part, though Ellis Dyson expanded a few
tracks with drums and electric guitars. The process from there was pretty
quick - the album was polished (to Low Low's standards) within a few
months was released on the *Birds and the Rodents Label (UK)*. Through
their earnest, stripped-down approach to song writing, Low Low taps
into your head and heart before you've even noticed; and by then it's
too late to turn back (not that you'd want to anyway). The vulnerability
and undeniable necessity of love, loss, heartache and hopefulness abounds
in each affected lyric, and is further evoked by every subtle bend and
pull. "As acoustic documents of the breakdown of a long-term relationships
go, this is up there. Recorded lo-fi style - in a bedroom apparently
- this affecting release combines breathless harmonies and fragile tunes
to achieve a strange warmth. Also makes Belle & Sebastian sound
like Motorhead." - The Crack "Rooted firmly in the world of
low/no-fi folk, this is a charming record that recalls the same juxtaposition
of fragility and strength of character that suffused the early Elliott
Smith albums." - Tangents. For Fans Of: Devendra Banhart, Iron
& Wine, Six Organs of Admittance, Songs of Green Pheasant, Nick
Drake.
OtherElectricites-007
CD
$12.25
Lynx and Ram
The System's on And It's Flashing Red (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, CANADA Lynx And Ram was formed in 2005 by Carli Vierke and Julian
Fane. After an extremely well received debut album for Planet Mu Records,
Fane was looking for a collaborative project while Vierke, a classically
trained vocalist with a background in rythm and blues, wanted to escape
the confines of traditional music to create something she was truly
passionate about. Combining machinegun rock drums with mashed guitars,
blasting synths, and Vierke's full throttle electro punk vocals, Lynx
And Ram create music on the verge of spontaneous combustion. If you
like Le Tigre or chicks on speed your going to really love Lynx and
Ram.
Sublight-3101
CD
$12.25
Major Stars, The
Portable Freak Factory/Can You See Me? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 1ST)
PS, US Limited edition of 500 w/ the first 100 on color vinyl. Two brand
new burners (including a Hendrix cover on the b-side) recorded during
the same sessions for The Major Stars next full length album for Important.
Important-124
45
$6.50
Mandelbrot Set
All Our Actions Are Constantly Repeated (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, UK Mandelbrot Set is a loud band. They like their drones and their
converse-gazing, they like to use sample pedals and to change instruments
during sets, but mainly they like to be loud, and they like to do it
differently. Formed by Keung, from the ashes of his previous band, Hentai,
of whom Drowned In Sound remarked "It's a relief to know that not
all angsty teenagers listen to Radiohead and spend the rest of their
adolescence trying to emulate Muse. Some of them stick Boards Of Canada
stickers on their guitars, acquire DD-5 sample pedals and violin bows,
and proceed to work the Mogwai-esque quiet / loud / louder / apocalyptic
dynamic till their ears bleed." Mandelbrot Set take their love
of all things on the Constellation label, their penchant for electronics,
effects pedals and live sampling, their Shellac-esque rhythmic aggression,
and combine it all into a wall of noise, melody and epic structure that
would make Kevin Shields envious.
HighpointLowlife-021
CD
$17.00
Marsmobil
Minx (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US U/S debut of PETER KRUDER (KRUDER & DORFMEISTER) produced
slice of psychedelic space pop inspired by the trashy analog sound aesthetics
of the '60's & '70's, merging Retro & Future, Space-Pop, &
Burt Bacharach-like orchestrations to "the most wonderful &
organic music of the new musical millenium."
Gstone-030
CD
$17.50
Mason, Willy
If the Ocean Gets Rough (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US This new collection of songs is his strongest material to date.
He's developed his already accomplished songwriting skills w/ more ambition
& instrumentation, joining personal tales w/ socio-cultural commentary,
effortlessly expressing his own experiences while making them our own.
This music is moving beyond words & reaches the listener in a place
that mere songs rarely touch.
Astralwerks
CD
$13.25
McCarthy Trenching
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove-012
LP
$12.50
McCarthy Trenching
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US This album is the distillation of two collections of songs. "Old
Habits" recorded in November of 2003 by Ted Stevens, was a self
released 9 song collection of drinking songs & waltzes. The dipsomaniacal
"ItsGot Nothing to Do with the Drinking" was recorded in the
winter of 2005-06, & had been given to only a handful of family
& friends. Collaborators include Ted Stevens, Ryan Fox, Pat Oakes,
Tim Kasher, Orenda Fink, Adrianne Verhoeven, Steve Bartolomei, Alex
McManus, Bill Hoover,Renee Ledesma Hoover, & Mark Maziarz.
TeamLove-012
CD
$12.50
Merzbow/Carlos Giffoni/Jim O'Rourke
Electric Dress (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 3RD)
PS, US Electric Dress covers the full spectrum of sound color possibility,
from totally brutal walls of destructive noise to beautiful minimal
synthetic interplay, analog drone and shifting alien electronics. A
total mind melting collaboration recorded live in tokyo using synths
and a variety of custom analog equipment, even including Merzbow's classic
spring/junk metal instrument. Warm, varied, and obsessive this is what
industrial music should have been, the sound of infinite machines demolishing
a planet and creating a new structure where live organisms have been
eradicated. Edited and mastered by Jim for maximum sonic annihilation.
Documents one of nowadays very rare Merzbow's all analog live shows,
one of Jim O'Rourke's rare live appearances since his move to Japan
and the culmination of Carlos Giffoni's Japan Synth Destruction Tour.
All this at the same time! 100% Essential! Electric Dress is recommended
for fans of analog period Merzbow, early noise and Industrial Music,
academic electronic and analog synth music-And for those adepts of beautiful
and invigorating evil music.
NoFunProductions-015
CD
$12.25
Microphones
Don't Smoke/Get Off The Internet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US It has been a while since the last album or concert by "the
MICROPHONES". Lately "MOUNT EERIE" has been taking up
that space. Now we have this new miniature record out of nowhere (actually
out of Anacortes, Washington, the awkward town up on the edge of Canada
where Phil Elverum, the originator of all this music and hubbub, runs
the family record label and publisher). These 2 songs are a 2007 modifi
cation of punk directness. "Do as I say"-style lyrics and
"feel as I feel"-style music. It s quite different from the
introspective metaphorical state park parking-lot songs the Microphones
have become known for. Over moden grunge, these songs say "There
is no God. Deal with yourself. Clean up your mess. Take responsibility."
P.W.ElverumAndSunLtd.-012
45
$4.75
Moaners
Blackwing Yalobusha (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US North Carolina-based garage-blues duo decided to revisit their
Mississippi roots & record their latest album with former Squirrel
Nut Zippers founder & producer Jimbo Mathus. Amid the thousand-pound
heat the female duo churned out a slow burning collection of songs that
chant & spit their way through the spirit world of the old south.
The songs tell tall tales of barstool black belts & monkey tongues
while tuned-down slide guitar tumbles through the delta landscapes of
Faulkner & O'Connor.
YepRoc-2140
CD
$14.50
Mouthus
Follow This House (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Perhaps appropriately, Follow This House was recorded following
a European tour in a state of profound limbic haze and completed and
finalized during the unforgettable heat wave of July 2006. These facts
make a whole lot of sense since Follow This House sounds like your entire
record collection melting in the trunks of a hundred junkyard cars on
a hazy, steamy, sweltering hot summer afternoon. Follow This House by
Mouthus is a companion piece to their 2005 full length for Important
titled The Long Salt. Picking up right where The Long Salt left off,
Follow This House is a record chock full of manic bad mood energy, crunching
resin-soaked jams and hundred year old instrumentation emerging from
the soggy mire only to be slowly pushed back in by poison clouds of
delayed-out vocal groan. Mouthus are on a stated mission to incorporate
new sounds and new instrumentation into their recordings. Never repeating
themselves Follow This House is less fractured and more minimal, embracing
the Mouthus sludgefest like a settling foundation.
Important-121
CD
$12.00
MSTRKRFT
Work on You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Ex-DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979er Jesse Keeler & sidekick AHP drop
new single incl. "Album Version," "Radio Edit,"
"Para One Remix" and "Community Revolution in Progress."
LastGang
12
$5.75
Mutumbajoy, Santiago
Yagé Pinta! Psychedelic Shaman Songs Of Santiago Mutumbajoy (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US "Yage Pinta!" collects nearly 80 minutes of hypnotic,
droning wild microphone field recordings of shamanic ceremonies recorded
in Columbia's Putamayo Basin by celebrated anthropologist MICHAEL TAUSSIG.
Proceeds from the sale of this compact disc will be go to FUNDACIÓN
RENACER, A BOGOTA, COLUMBIA based outreach & rehabilitation organization
for sexually exploited children and adolescents.
LocustMusic-005
CD
$11.50
My Brightest Diamond
Tear It Down (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND'S SHARA WORDEN has decided to set loose
her bobby pins and let her hair fly on the ambient dance floor. Her
latest semi-collaboration with 13 different remixers, entitled "Tear
It Down", reworks songs from the highly acclaimed album, "Bring
Me The Workhorse" featuring tracks by ALIAS, LUSINE, MURCOF, STAKKA
and GOLD CHAINS. Oh, it's international too! With diplomatic representatives
from Belgium, France, Mexico, The UK and America (East and West Coasts
baby!), the remixes range from drum-n-bass, to glitchy ambient, minimalism,
and get-your-booty-on-the-dance-floor club music.
AsthmaticKitty-030
CD
$11.50
Nadja
Touched (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Second release by the up & coming ambient doom band. Ambient
music pushed to its' breaking point. Parts of the album feature the
use of clean undistorted vocals, which is rather unique in the genre
and hints at the sound of such bands as Codeine, Swans, & Joe Preston's
Thrones project.
Alien8-077
CD
$12.50
Oasis
Morning Glory: Classic Album Under Review (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
13TH)
PS, US Oasis (What's The Story?) Morning Glory: A Classic Album Under
Review is a documentary film which revisits and re-assesses this powerhouse
of a record. With the use of archive footage, long forgotten videos
and contributions from those around at the time, this program uncovers
why the bands second album is arguably their most satisfying. Features
include live and studio performances of tracks from Morning Glory, reviewed
by a panel of esteemed experts, band interviews, rarely seen photographs
and archive footage. Bonus feature; When Oasis Met Blur the full recording
from the moment the Britpop heavyweights met at the same radio station
in 1995.
SexyIntellectual-516
DVD
$17.00
Odawas
Raven and the White Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Like watching an avalanche crushing a Bavarian cottage or a man
being attacked by a lion, listening to ODAWAS while nestled safely in
your phono-womb is an exercise in tuning into sublime frequencies from
safe carriage. That huge dial has never made your hands so child-like,
that cookie jar so high. Odawas skirt the cliff's edge like JACK NIETZSCHE
hanging Christmas lights on the shark cage, NEIL YOUNG stoking the campfire
in his babylon treefort, or a JANDEK aria in a black armband march.
Odawas' 2005 debut on JAGJAGUWAR, "The Aether Eater," was
a fiery space oddity detailing the brave, the lost, and the maligned.
The journey was epic. But the obstinate darkness and disastrous side-effects
of space travel are getting lost, and thus turning inward on their follow-up
album "Raven And The White Night." This LP package ALSO COMES
WITH A GRATIS COMPACT DISC VERSION OF THE ALBUM.
Jagjagwar-108
LP+CD
$11.50
Okkervil River
Black Sheep Boy (Definitive Edition) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US This is the definitive double-disc set which brings together
OKKERVIL RIVER's ground-breaking "Black Sheep Boy" project
in its entirety - including the original album, the 7-song "Black
Sheep Boy Appendix" EP, the song "The Next Four Months"
(originally released on the "For Real" CD single), the "For
Real" video as well as a new video of a magical alternate slower
take of "No Key, No Plan". Enjoy this panoramic perspective
of a modern masterpiece and one of the most critically acclaimed albums
of the new millennium. "Black Sheep Boy" is Okkervil River's
most ambitious and cinematic record to date, a love story and adult
fable carved in lacerating rock and roll, desolate late-night country
weepers, and a few shining moments of sheer, shameless pop.
jagjagwar-120
DCD
$11.50
Orb, The
Orbsessions v.1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, UK Few artists have created such visionary and influential electronic
music as Alex Paterson and his various incarnations of The Orb. The
Orb's blissed-out music helped define the emerging ambient-techno/house
genres blending natural sounds, spoken-word, dub bass lines and constantly
shifting beats with a sense of humor, rolling rhythms and exhilarating
samples to revolutionise UK dance clubs and '90s rave culture. Now after
the resounding success of the earlier limited edition, Malicious Damage
is proud to re-release this glorious first volume of Orb treasures from
Alex Paterson's spherical archives. Covering fifteen years of conspiracy
and collaboration with some of the biggest names in electronic music
including Jimmy Cauty, Andy Hughes, Thomas Fehlmann, Nina Walsh, Fil
le Gonidec, Vincent McDonald, Guy Pratt, Dom Beken and Aki Omori. Track
Listing 1- Yungle 2-Sail 3-Chromatik [Orbzone] 4-Eurofen 5-Sun Of 6-73.5
feat. nitraM 7-Steel Horse 8-Something Like 9-Pluto Calling [Twinkle]
10-Angel 3 Dub . The track "Mummy Don't" has been replaced
by "angel 3 dub"
MaliciousDamage-603
CD
$15.50
Orchids
Good To Be a Stranger (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, SPAIN The enigmatic five piece band formed in Glasgow have released
some of the finest pop songs of their generation since humble beginnings
in Penilee, a suburb of the city, where the three founder members grew
up and started the band in 1986. Their first six singles and three albums
were met with widespread critical acclaim, much of this from out-with
the UK. They graduated from the gentle lo-fi craft of their first album,
Lyceum, in 1989 ("A minor classic - don't let is pass you by"
said NME) through to the ground breaking and progressive sounds of their
third, aptly titled, Striving For The Lazy Perfection ("lithe,
evocative and memorable music" - M M) in 1994 with "sixth
member" Ian Carmichael of One Dove at the studio controls. In the
intervening years they released Unholy Soul in 1991 ("Sarah Records
answer to the Beach Boys Pet Sounds") and some truly original singles
& EPs that, in keeping with a stance sometimes perceived as awkward
and single minded, were always kept apart from album projects. The ethos
was always more about value for money for their fans than genuine stubbornness,
however. The singles included what many believe to be the high point
of their career to date, Something For The Longing as well as final
single Thaumaturgy in 1993. Reformed in 2004 after a break of Paddy
McAloon proportions they are now ready to take another swipe at the
tedious world of the music business with an album that takes them back
to their musical roots. Recorded at Riverside Studios, home to other
better known homegrown acts such as Travis, Teenage Fanclub and Trash
Can Sinatras, their new record Good To Be A Stranger is a fabulous collection
of new songs that will feed the hungry appetite of the fan base that
has grown over the intervening years. Ahead of their time in the early
90's, it is only now that many have realised how fascinating and mature
those earlier releases were. Good To Be A Stranger is released on Madrid
based label Siesta on --- March 2007 and the band will be heading out
to play live gigs for the first time in twelve years to promote the
new release - nothing like keeping your fans waiting! Offers of gigs
in the UK, Sweden, Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Singapore and the
USA illustrate how the World Wide Web has allowed their global reputation
to grow. Later in 2007, a cover of The Go Betweens' song Magic In Here
will also appear on a Grant McLennan tribute album, Love Goes On, released
on USA's Rare Victory Records. You can also currently hear one of the
new songs Down To The Ocean on Siesta Records compilation Erre Que Erre.
"The best Scottish pop band since Orange Juice" - Melody Maker
"A blissful mix of the best Scottish bands of the last few years"
- NME" "Eclectic. Every single song is a gem" - Exclaim
"Luxuriant textures, immaculate pop fizz with enviable purpose"
- MM "Songs of emotional wit and sparkling indie pop" - All
Music Guide "Languid and alluring" - Tangents "The tension
between wanting to wig out and grow more evanescent is evident"
- Uncut "They brought together all the best parts of the 80's Scottish
music scene, while adding something that's hard to pin down, yet made
them so very special" - Exclaim!
Siesta-226
CD
$14.00
Other Men
Wake Up Swimming (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US Feat. ROB CROW (PINBACK, HEAVY VEGETABLE), MANOLO TURNER &
TRAVIS NELSON (HEAVY VEGETABLE). After 11 yrs, they have reformed &
renamed the band & picked up directly where they left off. Going
forward, they seem intent on creating new sounds from the depths of
a played-out genre. Teething on the concepts of light & space, whilst
never abandoning a frenetic undercurrent that constantly threatens to
pull the listener under for the last time.
Robcore-001
CD
$13.25
Paley, Tom
Beware Young Ladies! (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, SWEDEN New recordings from underground 80s folk legend Tom Paley,
with special guest Bert Deivert, recorded in Sweden in early 2006. Tom
has been recordings since the 50s! Tom Paley was born and raised in
NYC, where he first fell in love with old-time music. He began playing
guitar and 5-string banjo and quickly excelled at both instruments.
He briefly performed in a duo with the great folk musician Woody Guthrie
in the late 50s. Later he helped form The New Lost City Ramblers, with
Mike Seeger and John Cohen. This group inspired a greater mainstream
interest in traditional music. The Ramblers considered their live concerts
primarily as opportunities to share great old songs they had discovered
with their fellow folk performers. After The Ramblers broke up Paley
formed The Old Reliable String Band (with Roy Berkeley and Artie Rose).
Tom moved to Sweden, where he lived from 1963 to 1965, before moving
to England where he has resided ever since. Tom continues to tour in
America and Europe both solo and with other musicians.
Gravitation-023
CD
$11.00
Pantaleimon
Cloudburst (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US (Pronounced "Pan-ta-lay-mon") is the adopted moniker
of vocalist & composer ANDRIA DEGENS. Sometimes collaborating with
friends, though often alone, she creates beautifully haunting and meditative
music. This feat. 4 tracks of hypnotic vocal passages that together
form a long conceptual piece, which, she says, "is symbolic of
the journey every human being makes in a lifetime... the transformation,
transfiguration, the state of being, the space between heaven &
Earth."
DurtroJnana-003
CD
$10.00
Parkins, Zeena
Nightmare Alley (reissue) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Step right up and meet the astounding ZEENA PARKINS, the world's
greatest electric harpist. Forget about angelic choirs; Zeena cites
Jimi Hendrix as a major inspiration, and her harp work is similarly
explosive, often blurring into fuzz-distorted terrain. Parkins is a
lightning bolt of a performer, and a much sought after collaborator;
she works frequently with SONIC YOUTH'S THURSTON MOORE, LEE RANALDO
and JIM O'ROURKE, has performed with COURTNEY LOVE and YOKO ONO, and
has recorded extensively and toured the world several times with Icelanic
avant-pop diva BJÖRK. Recorded in 1992, "Nightmare Alley"
was Zeena's first solo release and the first CD on TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS.
A hypnotic classic, it lures the listener into a parallel world of sensations,
one that is disorienting and surreal, strangely pleasurable and more
than a little dangerous. Step inside if you dare - you won't believe
your ears!
TableOfTheElements-202
CD
$13.00
Photo Atlas
No, No Me, Never (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 16TH)
PS, US Denver emo punk boys who play with precision timing & an
aggressive urgency that is entirely gripping. Jagged guitar lines, thumping
bass, relentless beats & machine gun melodic vocal yelps marries
the energy of classic post punk (Wire, Go4) with the thick modern aggression
of Fugazi & At the Drive In.
StolenTransmissions
CD
$13.75
Reininger, Blaine L.
Elektra / Radio Moscow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, UK 19 tracks. Blaine L. Reininger is one of the creative mainsprings
behind the cult avant-garde band Tuxedomoon. As a solo artist he has
produced some ten solo albums, including Broken Fingers (1982), Night
Air (1984), Live in Brussels (1986), Instrumentals (1989) and Night
Air #2 (2004). Elektra/Radio Moscow combines two haunting instrumental
soundtracks written and arranged by Blaine. Elektra was commissioned
for a version of the Sophocles play staged at the Athens Festival in
Summer 2006 by director Angela Brusko. Radio Moscow is the score for
the 1995 film of the same name by director Nicholas Triandafyllidis.
TUXEDOMOON formed in San Francisco in 1977 around the nucleus of Steven
Brown, Blaine Reininger and Peter Principle. Following releases on the
Residents' Ralph label, the band relocated to Europe in 1981. Their
dozen-odd albums include the classics Half Mute, Desire, Ghost Sonata
and Holy Wars. Their new album Bardo Hotel was released in 2006. Blaine
L. Reininger was born in Colorado in 1953, and currently divides his
time between Italy and Greece.
LTM-2482
CD
$16.25
Rev, Martin
Cheyenne (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US Reissue, originally released in 1991 on Alive records. Part electronic
rock band, part performance art project, Suicide found its home in the
NYC art scene. Rev's Cheyenne is considered by some to be Suicide's
second album minus vocals, but it is way more than that! It is a fantastic
look into the creative process of one of the most influential &
ground breaking groups/artists of all time. These finely crafted gems
set the stage for what became some of Suicide's greatest material. "Rev
effortlessly captures the sounds of New Yorks cavernous avenues filtering
, phasing & modulating the sounds of the Empire city" -Sonic
Boom. Includes 3 bonus tracks produced by Charles Ball & the Cars
frontman, Ric Ocasek. LIMITED to 1000!
MindExpansion-2009
CD
$11.50
Revutsky, Roman
Incomplete (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, MEXICO Roman Revutsky possesses a genuine sensibility of pop that
stands either way over sad structured rock or complex electronic music
sequences. Roman is a singer/songwriter who, directly from the four
walls of his house in freezing Siberia, still has the warmth to keep
his tender heart alive, pumping strange stories told by a soft and charming
voice that will hardly be unnoticed. With a naïve attitude, Revutsky
fills the gap nineties indietronica left between rock and electronic
music: earnestness and reality. Though his music doesn't properly fit
in that genre, Roman will probably enchant enthusiast followers of this
kind of pop music with his awkwardly hypnotic lyrics. "The tracks
he has recorded and made available are irresistibly charming (his voice,
prominantely accented, is reserved but strangely moving, like a Siberian
Stephin Merritt), and though its impossible to be sure of how his album
will sound once completed, I have a hard time imagining it being anything
less than stellar." MOCKING MUSIC (CA).
SoundSister-06
CD5
$7.50
Rhys, Gruff
Candylion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US 8 ON PITCHFORK!!! New solo album from SUPER FURRY ANIMALS frontman.
"Candylion was raised by bears in Micronesia. Trained as a chef
in Paris & following a City & Guilds diploma in desk top publishing
at Tregoedwig polytechnic transformed himself into a card assembly image
of his former self & arranged for the kind lady at the post depot
to mail him back flatpack to his bear brothers & sisters. Safely
back in the palm forrest he was given lessons in exotic guitar pickin'
by a passing oxymoron" says the MySpace.
TeamLove-012
CD
$13.50
Rockey, Lee
Lee Rockey Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Portland Oregon, art museum, early 1976. In the auditorium, drums
electric violin & cello played thru an echoplex, a 4 channel tape
deck was playing pre-recorded electronic skronks, flutes, & off
speed voices, dancers were holding video cameras, connected to a Paik
video synth that was creating a live video projection. The music was
crazed, scary & funny & beautiful. This was the 2nd (and last)
of his full blown personal music / art world performances.
Destijl-060
LP
$16.00
Rough Bunnies
Weisse Westen, Dreck Am Stecken (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US LIMITED TO 200. I once saw an interview with the members of Nirvana
talking about when they toured with Shonen Knife and would cry every
night while they watched their set out of sheer joy and unrivaled beauty.
I didn't think much about it or even try to understand that feeling
until my band played a festival in Sweden last year and the Rough Bunnies
played right before us. Hailing from Malmo, this duo (with occasional
guests) encapsulates a sense of innocence, joy, confusion and real youth
style feelings and communicates them in a way so honestly it's hard
to look away, whether or not you like the music. All the elements of
ameturish-yet-immediate songwriting and musicianship that go into the
songs of the Rough Bunnies could illicit comparisons to bands that came
before with a similar vibe; the Velvet Underground, Beat Happening,
the Vaselines, Moldy Peaches, Shonen Knife, et al.. but paying attention
and really getting to know the group, you come to understand that they're
not just another band that SOUNDS like those lifechanging, unsung, widely
overlooked and underrated groups, nor are they trying to coyly mimic
that feeling. The Rough Bunnies are the next band on that page of history,
a beautiful and amazing, if dog-eared and tea stained page. This LP
is their first, following three extremely limited CDRs available
only in Sweden.
Yipsilanti-032
LP
$15.00
Satie, Erik
Cubist Works 1913-1924 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, UK A new CD in our series by visionary French composer Erik Satie
(1866-1925), following the success of previous releases Vexations, Socrate,
Musique de la Rose + Croix and Dada Works, on which we present selected
Satie recordings with explicit links to the unconventional, the mystic
and the avant-garde. Cubist Works offers four works composed by Satie
between 1913 and 1924 for his collaborations with the artist Pablo Picasso.
These include piano and orchestral versions of his scores for the celebrated
'Cubist' ballets Parade (1917) and Mercure (1924), as well as the seldom-heard
organ 'diversion', The Statue Found (1923). The 60 minute CD also includes
The Puppets Are Dancing, written for the French Futurist dancer and
poet Valentine de Saint-Point in 1913, and the ludic Trois Valses distinguées
du précieux dégouté ('Three Disgustingly Precious
Waltzes'), a barbed swipe at rival composer Maurice Ravel and premiered
at an exhibition of works by Picasso, Matisse and others in 1916. The
solo piano works on this CD are performed by Bojan Gorisek. The booklet
includes archive images and detailed liner notes by James Hayward.
LTM-2406
CD
$16.25
Secretary Bird
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US New project from Mike Semple (FRIENDS OF DEAN MARTINEZ, GIANT
SAND, CAMPFIRE GIRLS) melds sincere songwriting enhanced by his hypnotic
& lackadaisically melodic singing style all propelled by his 70's
Brit influenced guitar work. "Think 'Psychocandy' meets 'The Days
of Wine & Roses' w/a bit of Wilco." An album that melds the
countrified influences of his old hometown Tucson w/ expansive rock
of LA.
InDeGoot-1011
CD
$12.25
Serpent Power
Ourobouros (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US "Ourobouros" is a deliciously hairy off the cuff live
document of the band's second incarnation recorded at KPFA in 1969.
BOB CUFF (of the great art rock band THE MYSTERY TREND), JIM MOSCOSO,
JEAN-PAUL PICKENS, fellow poet / seer CLARK COOLIDGE & DAVID MELTZER
were joined by DANIEL MOORE, leader of The Floating Lotus Opera Company
and a mystery friend named Christian for a session of spontaneous, combustive
agro hippie jams.
LocustMusic-081
LP
$16.25
Siberian
Hey Celestial (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Seattle band's music "skates a delicate balance between
gorgeous pop melodies & unique compositions which create a sound
that is as interesting as it is beautiful.
SonicBoom-023
CD5
$7.75
Silmaril
Voyage of Icarus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Awash in fuzz boxes and acid trips, the dozens of other overlooked
groups from the psychedelic era bear little resemblance to SILMARIL.
While others buzzed within the hippie epicenters of Haight Street and
the Lower East Side, Silmaril formed in haunted, industrial Milwaukee.
Other bands might have met at a love-in; Silmaril were friends from
a Catholic youth retreat bound together by a doomed figure in the eccentric
madman tradition of SYD BARRETT, ROY HARPER and MEL LYMAN by the name
of MATTHEW PEREGRINE. "The Voyage of Icarus" captures the
dark, mysterious, and achingly beautiful acid folk & Christian themed
psychedelic sounds that emanated from 1973's highly collectable privately
pressed album, "Given Time... Or the Several Roads," and their
dormant, unreleased follow up "No Mirrored Temple."
LocustMusic-087
CD
$11.50
Sincere Trade
Between You And Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 3RD)
PS, CANADA Carl W. Heindl aka Sincere Trade has been creating a stir
in the Toronto electronic music scene for the past couple of years and
we are pleased to give you Sincere Trade's second album "Between
You And Me" the follow up to his debut album "If You Cannot
Beat Them" (Dross:tik Records). Sincere Trade shows his penchant
for cerebral micro-dot dance music, texturing complex beats that twist
and decay over lush gloomy pads, the chatter of static and broken vocal
shards, A deeply emotional weave of melody and rhythm lending to a massive
cinematic sound. Highly evocative.
Sublight-3601
CD
$12.25
SJ Esau
Wrong Faced Cat Feed Feed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anticon-070
LP
$14.25
SJ Esau
Wrong Faced Cat Feed Feed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US This Bristol-based bedroom production virtuoso's debut is a masterful
balance of songcraft & sonic manipulation. Spanning 12 alternately
expansive & explosive tracks this treads the common ground between
Slint, Arab Strap, Fog, Sonic Youth & Mogwai, which is to say, it's
an album that successfully integrates genre-less exploration, detailed
composition, inspired collaboration, & a sense of humor.
Anticon-070
CD
$15.00
Smack Dab
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, SPAIN Steve Wynn's (Dream Sydicate) new album! Do coincidences happen?
If you think about the film "Los amantes del Círculo Polar",
you will possibly say yes. And if somebody tells you the story of Smack
Dab you will never stop thinking about "Los amantes del Círculo
Polar". Perhaps Julio Medem should direct a video for this new
band formed by Steve Wynn, Paco Loco and Linda Pitmon. The factual trio
of 2006. 2004, a beach in Cadiz, a hot summer day. Out from the water
comes Paco Loco, one of the icons of Spanish indie music in the nineties,
musician and producer of Australian Blonde, Nacho Vegas, Cosmic Rough
Riders and Josh Rouse, among many others. He sees a man sitting on the
beach, all dressed in black, boots and coat included! A peculiar guy.
Paco doesn't care. He dries himself, puts his glasses on, gets the magazine
he brought to the beach to read and... he's amazed. On the cover of
the magazine there is a photograph of the guy who sits next to him,
the one who dresses in black and reads a novel by George Pelícanos.
It's Steve Wynn, the leader of The Dream Syndicate and Gütterball,
the star of classic underground rock of the last twenty years! That
very moment, a woman emerges from the water and lays on the towel beside
Steve. It's Linda Pitmon, his girlfriend, drummer of Golden Smog and
of Wynn's backing band (The Miracle 3). It's a tiny world. Paco wants
to say hello. But in 2004 he doesn't speak English yet. Luckily, or
coincidentally, Steve speaks some broken Spanish. They meet for lunch.
A friendship is born and from that friendship comes the idea of recording
an album between the three of them. It was the kind of recording session
made for pleasure and fun. With no business yearning. Two weeks of experimenting
and jamming in a relaxed mood. A year and a half passed, and Steve and
Linda threw a party. Coincidentally they played these songs. It was
a riot. Everybody danced, everybody congratulated them, it was clear
to everybody that they had to release the album. They kept an ace up
their sleeve and it had been accumulating dust for a year! Straight
away, they rang John Agnello (Sonic Youth, Dinosaur Jr., The Kills)
for him to do the mixing. And he's done an a-m-a-z-i-n-g job. Each song
in the album works in an individual way. From one of them, California
says hello with narcotic fuzz face, in another one it's New York's mirror
ball and disco sound, before we get assaulted by an almost sweet soul
music cover of Three Dog Nit's "Never Been To Spain". A song
that climbed to number one in the US charts in the early seventies.
Curiously enough (or should we say coincidentally?) the first record
Steve Wynn bought in his life was "It Ain't Easy", by this
Californian band. "Smack Dab" is a driving and emphatic album,
one that connects with the spirit of comradeship that was unique of
the Los Angeles scene in the early eighties. This comradeship allows
the main characters to let themselves go, be it to twist their style
guide or to do the same old thing. Whether they knock us out in a surprising
way or with well-known weapons, you will always find them relaxed and
daring. An example of the first would be "I'm Not Listening":
even though Wynn has always placed himself on the crossroads run by
the feedback guitar flow of the Velvet Underground, it's always regarding
to see how he jumps into a new pool and puts Lou Reed on the dance floor.
On the second, "My Cross To Bear": you feel you're back in
1993 again, in front of Gütterball, the super-group leaded by Steve
that gave high-intensity garage rock a good name. In short: 1) Mr. Wynn
shows, (again!) why The Strokes should hire him as their Classic Underground
Rock instructor. He knows how to draw life from each record, there is
life after that debut, boys! 2) Paco Loco has managed to rise to the
occasion; 3) the sticks and percussion of Linda Pitmon make the guitars
dance, shooting them with an intravenous rhythm in the hips. In short
again: It wouldn't be fair to say that this is just an attractive quirk
record. Because it's one of the best recordings in the careers of these
three artists, and that is saying enough. Even though, like we said
before, it all happened by coincidence, like so many of the great lovers'
stories.
HoustonParty-142
CD
$13.50
Small Sails
Similar Anniversaries (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Small Sails is a music and film making collective from Portland,
Oregon. The music is a gorgeous post-electronic tribal thing and the
films are performed live at their shows using original reel-to-reel
footage and dual projectors. A field of dandelions plowed over, inner-city
kids jumping double-dutch in gritty streets, birds and waterfalls, playground
vocals, clicky electronics and warm, spacey melodies - that's what Small
Sails looks and sounds like. Small Sails are a busy bunch - having toured
extensively - performing almost 100 shows in North America in 2006.
They're deeply loved in Portland, where they've shared the stage with
kindred souls such as Deerhoof, Styrofoam, The Helio Sequence, Her Space
Holiday and Mice Parade. Their new music is different, too: chanting,
humming vocals hint at tangibility while remaining half-submerged; rhythms
are a baby-bouncing jumble of eclectic percussion and twittering electronics;
and achingly gorgeous melodies get stripped down to the still-gleaming
bone. To experience Small Sails' live show is to become immersed in
a seemingly unparalleled rhythm and energy. The visual and sonic interplay
are hypnotic and their on-stage chemistry and fluidity are nothing short
of warm and inviting. Through their unique, multi-faceted coaxing of
the senses, they create an environment that commands undivided attention
and adoration. Reviews for Small Sails: Fans of like-minded souls the
Books and Prefuse 73 will find cuddly tunes here, as the pastel-hued
instrumentals float by with breezy ease. - San Francisco Weekly Small
Sails is a full-on pop machine with half-chanted vocals over tight percussion,
bass-heavy beats, and micro-condensed indiepop riffs. - Portland Mercury.
The words are sparse and nonsensical, but somehow such ambiguity is
what helps make Small Sails so compelling, both on record and in person.
- San Francisco Bay Guardian Small Sails sounds at once instantly familiar
and strangely foreign. - Ithaca Times.
OtherElectricites-005
CD
$12.25
Sneaky Thieves
Accident(s) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6th)
PS, US Sneaky Thieves are a Seattle-based band that formed in 2003,
comprised of two loving sets of brothers and a good friend; Robert Bale
(bass/samples), Freddy Bale (vocals/acoustic guitar/keys), Darby McDevitt
(electric guitar/keys), Brendan McDevitt (drums) and Bryant Moore (electric
guitar/keys). Live, they juxtapose many sounds, flashing from abrasive
and clashing, to mellow and heartfelt. Influenced by many of life's
pretty things, they construct music incidentally and without undue stress.
Their debut release, accident(s), was recorded after a car wreck settlement
came many years too late to do any real good. So, a small, tidy amount
of money was set aside and used to create an album with local producer
Jeramy Koepping (founding member of Voyager One, producer for Asahi,
Jen Wood, Kinski) in the lovely Park Place Studio. This record is the
essence of those sad, peculiar moments of a life disjointed. The tracks
on accident(s) are based on recurring themes that appear very often
in dreams and nightmares. Many refer to struggles with substance abuse,
addiction, and vague recollections of difficult histories. Ultimately,
this album is a musical response to the constant loose ends of life
- trying to sonically replicate the "bellyache" in the middle
of the night. Praise for accident(s): "A thoughtful and minimalist
epic indie charmer..." - Treblezine "Think of the feeling
you get when alone and awake late at night you start to ponder the inevitability
of your own death and your helplessness to stop it. The fear. The chill.
Moments on this album capture that feeling perfectly, especially with
headphones. In fact, the Sneaky Thieves are extremely gifted at capturing
and even more so at creating moods and emotion." - Spacelab. RIYL:
Nick Cave, Will Oldham, Bedhead, Talk Talk. "Thumbs up" -
CMJ New Music Monthly. "Sneaky Thieves slide from a Jeremy Enigk
melancholy to a Jeff Buckley grace, sometimes with a Sparklehorse inventiveness,
and still manage to keep a grasp on a consistent theme through to the
end." - The Big Takeover.
OtherElecticites-003
CD
$12.25
Sparrow House
Falls (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US On this 6-song EP VOXTROT'S JARED VAN FLEET works to bring together
lo-fi intimacy & bedroom songcraft with the lush orchestral pop
arrangements hes explored in his other band. "Falls" pulls
from material Van Fleet developed for his honors thesis at the University
of Texas, before becoming an active participant and leader in Austins
newly-thriving indie songwriter scene. "From the chopped-up electro-glitch
micro-symphony opening the record through the way it exercises restraint
in bringing in the horn section until the EP just cant cling to life
for another second without it, [Falls] is a record that practically
typifies what it means to sound painstaking." -Stylus Magazine
PaperArmyMedia-001
CD5
$6.75
Striborg
Nefaria (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Cult Tasmanian Black Metal legend SIN (Sumerian cresent moon
god)- NANNA (the god of winds in slavonic mythology). Bleak, misanthropic,
depressive black metal with blurry guitars, clean ephemeral bass &
plodding relentlessly pounding rhythms that create a very dark &
ghostly atmosphere.
SouthernLord-073
CD
$14.00
Sunken
Trawler (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Ambitious second album from Kiwis inhabiting opposite ends of
New Zealand's North Island, the distance giving a physical sense of
space to the duo's spatial, glacial formations. Not unlike a warm golden
calm in the midst of winter's brutal tempest, Sunken's collection of
haunting, highly textured, buzzing compositions offer security in their
encompassing presence. With the aide of ridiculously amplified electric
fan-powered organs, intercoms and voice (augmented with whatever instruments
that happen to be within reach at the time), Sunken create swampy yet
joyous sounds comparable to The Skaters, Grouper and the Double Leopards
family of sound. Melodies appear and disappear into the mélange,
while the duo channel the spirit of the sea shanty, seeking to lose
themselves in the howling ecstasies of 'the drone.'
SoftAbuse-020
CD
$12.00
Taylor, Maria
Lynn Teeter Flower (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US This collection reveals a woman settling into her role as a solo
artist, peeling back some of the layers of her last album ("11:11")
to reveal a more organic sound. "Lynn Teeter Flower" mixes
together soaring guitars, bubbly electronics, feathery farfisa organs,
and sugary layers of vocals into the sweetest confection of an album
you'll hear all year. Taylor's voice is as smooth and sweet as honey,
spinning marvelous, insightful tales of the world around us with much
aplomb.
SaddleCreek
CD
$11.50
Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Living With The Living (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US Along w/ the punk sound & energy found in their previous
works, this finds soul, funk & R&B injected into the trajectory.
s a message of compassion not unlike that of one of Teds denim-clad,
working-class-empowering forebears. As weve learned from those artists,
vital, impassioned music is often the direct result of a dire political
climate. A voice of dissent w/ a firm grasp of the past & a hopeful
eye to the future, they are rebels w/ out a pause.
Touch&Go-302
CD
$12.50
Ted Leo/Pharmacists
Living With The Living (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Touch&Go-302
DLP
$14.75
Thomas, Rosie
These Friends of Mine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Produced by SUFJAN STEVENS w/ help by DENISON WITMER. After 3
successful releases on Subpop, she set out to write & record a record
to satisfy hew own creative needs. This is a delightfully personal record
full of subtle hooks & melodies.
Nettwork
CD
$15.50
Thorn, Tracey
Out Of The Woods (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US Singer & co-songwriter of EVERYTHING BUT THE GIRL. This effortlessly
mixes the dance-driven, electronic feel of EBTGs recent direction w/
a return to her acoustic pop roots. In short, it's sophisticated pop
that sounds as at home in the café as it does in a clubs lounge
& will effortlessly appeal to both the old & new Everything
But The Girl fans.
Astralwerks
CD
$16.50
Thorn, Tracey
Out Of The Woods (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Astralwerks
LP
$15.25
Unknown Instructors
Master's Voice (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US 10 tracks of mind melting guitar psychotronics by Joe Baiza,
lockstep backbeat from George Hurley & Mike Watt, and the vocal
stylings of Dan McGuire, David Thomas & Raymond Pettibon. "The
Way Things Work is a challenging freeform blast of intelligent noir
beat poetry that plumbs the same depths of freakiness that Sun Ra &
the MC5 did in days of yore" -Creem. Cover art by Raymond Pettibon.
SmogVeil-066
CD
$10.50
Unsane
Visqueen (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Near legendary East Village noise/scum rockers who, while less
heralded, mopped the floor with their contemporaries in Helmet, Cop
Shoot Cop & Pussy Galore. Now back with their trademark crunch displayed
over a more diverse pallette. Produced by Adam Schneider (Cave In, Daughters).
Woo!
Ipecac-085
CD
$15.25
Various
Bauhaus Reviewed 1919-1933 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, UK 19 tracks. LTM are proud the present the first audio book CD
to explore the highly influential Bauhaus school of art and architecture,
which operated in Germany between 1919 and 1933. The spoken word element
centers on a revealing talk by Walter Gropius, the architect and theoretician
who founded the Bauhaus in 1919. The CD also includes contributions
from the school's third and final director, architect Ludwig Mies van
der Rohe, and teacher Josef Albers. All interviews are in the English
language. The music content of the CD features piano pieces written
between 1919 and 1925 by six composers associated with the Bauhaus:
Arnold Schoenberg, Josef Matthias Hauer, George Antheil, Stefan Wolpe
and H.H. Stuckenschmidt. Several of these pieces reflect surrealism
and 12-tone technique; Steffen Schleiermacher performs most on piano.
With a generous running time of 72 minutes, the CD also features a deluxe
booklet featuring archive Bauhaus images and detailed historical notes
by James Hayward.
LTM-2472
CD
$16.25
Various
The Camp Burlesque Original Soundtrack Album [CD+DVD] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE EARLY 2007)
PS, US Features songs and performances by Matthew Sweet, Velvet Crush,
Dave Alvin, Big Sandy, Peter Case, John Doe, Rick Vito, Tito & Tarantula,
the Cruzados (featuring Bob Dylan), the Martini Kings, and many more.
Initial pressing will include the movie on DVD.
BirdSong-102
CD
$11.00
Venetian Snares
Pink+Green (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 3RD)
PS, CANADA Venetian Snares, aka Gonk the 8-legged Viking, is back with
yet another record that sounds nothing like Boards of Canada! From the
catchy title track opener "Pink + Green" which blends demented
punk vocals with hyper-complex grooves and gut gurgling bass blasts
you can just tell this is something fresh and funky from producer Aaron
"funk" Funk. Not to worry though the sub-rattling low-end
blasts and jackhammering hardcore anthems are still here and in full
effect on tracks like "Sporto Fucking Sellout Cocksuckerface"
and "Husikam Rave Dojo" that revisit the days of pilled out
candy raving. This is cyberpunk at it's finest! Welcome to the interzone!
15 year old K-heads will love this shit! If you hated albums like Winnipeg
is a Frozen Shithole and Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue Funk Hits 1972-2006,
you will hate this even more! This is not some crybaby n00bcore bullshit,
this is rave at it's roughest like only Mr. Snares can bring it.
Sublight-204
CD
$12.25
Villalobos, Gina
Miles Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH, 2007)
PS, US Gina's nothing if not dead serious. Her music is deeply rooted
in time, place, and history. She's the real thing: an artist, someone
who can show you where you are. Hailed as the new "Queen of Country
Rock" and seemingly out of nowhere. Gina has rapidly established
a growing cult following in the UK and the US for her infectious, raw,
simply irresistible, roots rock influenced songs. Knowing when to whisper
and when to unleash, she finesses words into new meaning with the slightest
inflection. And for her live performances, where her willingness to
expose herself completely takes her audience's out of the moment, to
a place up above the chaos, alone with their thoughts. Eventually nothing
else exists...it is a truly transcendent experience. Though she's been
knocking around the music business since the mid 90's, it wasn't until
she released her critically acclaimed 'Rock N Roll Pony' in 2005 that
Gina made that all important international breakthrough, with an endorsement
from BBC radio 2 DJ Bob Harris - making the record a must have commodity.
Avoiding the sophomore jinx, Gina's second offering succeeds. She unveiled
her new album 'Miles Away' in the UK on May 8th 2006 to the same, if
not more enthusiastic, critical plaudits, and support from BBC radio
2 her acclaimed predecessor, Rock N Roll Pony received. This along with
a 6 week US national tour supporting World Party sets the stage for
her upcoming US release of 'Miles Away', which is widely anticipated
in the Americana/Alt Country circles in which she first gained attention.
FaceWest-KM-003
CD
$10.50
Volt
Rorhat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Brilliant 3 piece out of Chemnitz, Germany. This is hard rock.
Boris the drummer hits so hard, you won't believe that the shells &
skins can stand it! Nico the bass player creates some utterly inhuman
rumble, and then there's Andre. HIs growl is so unworldly that to describe
it as vocals would lead you astray. His voice is an instrument of terror
that makes the body tremble. For fans of all honest music
ExileOnMainstream-023
CD
$14.00
Voyces, The
Kissing Like It's Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US After one listen to The Voyces Planting Seeds Records' debut
-"Kissing Like It's Love" - and you'll be hooked to their
glowing tuneful style. The band echoes the sounds of pop music's past
as well as its ever so fervent future. Principal songwriter Brian Wurschum
creates the well crafted pop song, recalling the mid 60's era of The
Beatles, the folk rock of Simon & Garfunkel, and the 70's mini rock
epics ala Pink Floyd. Their style maybe placed in a box and labeled
anywhere from: Rock, Folk Rock, Acoustic Folk Rock, New York Folk, and
everywhere in between. The sunny California shine of the title track
"Kissing Like It's Love" launches the groups long awaited
LP with it's sugary sweet chorus. The soft ballad "Hair Up High"
follows with its elegant smooth guitar strums and the band's signature
harmonies. The majestic beauty of "Call It Home" continues
the album's melodic element, while the introspective acoustic interlude
"Please Wash Away" appears with its stripped down heartfelt
vocals, acoustic guitar and light piano taps. "Humming" chimes
in with one of the catchiest refrains you'll hear this decade - instantly
memorable. "Top Of My Lungs," showcases even more of the Wurschum
magic: Jangly guitars, soaring harmonies, and a song destined to be
a classic. The album's closing number - the delicate "Where The
Little Girls Still Throw Roses," features Brian's warm vocal, light
guitar picking and makes for the perfect ending. Whether blending funky
pop, epic rockers or near psychedelia, "Kissing Like It's Love"
collects ten tracks of pure pop heaven you're sure to fall for. The
Voyces are led by singer/songwriter Brian Wurschum (Guitar, Vocals)
and also features Jude Kastle (Vocals), Frank Careno (Bass), Steve Dawson
(Lead Guitar) and Eric Puente (Drums). The band was formed in 1999,
with its origins in Southern California. Brian and company later moved
east to New York City and was quickly embraced by the east villages'
anti-folk scene. The Voyces have shared stages with acts as diverse
as America, Cracker, and Regina Spektor among countless others - while
frequenting venues (both in California and New York) such as the famed
Whiskey A-Go-Go, The Troubadour, The Bowery Ballroom, The Mercury Lounge,
The Knitting Factory and The Roxy. Live dates are sure to follow in
support of "Kissing Like It's Love." The Voyces have created
an impressive catalog of music. Their first self released LP, 2003's
"The Angels Of Fun" showcased their fine blend of folk rock
and celestial harmonies. The acoustic gem "Relate To Me" was
featured on Jack Johnson's Motion Picture Soundtrack, "Thicker
Than Water" (2003) furthering the groups worldwide fan base. They
followed in 2004 with an appearance on Planting Seeds Records critically
acclaimed collection "Sunsets And Silhouettes," which also
features amazing performances from Linda Draper, Camera Obscura, Mark
Gardener (Ride) and Freeheat (Jim Reid and Ben Lurie of The Jesus &
Mary Chain) among the 18 tracks. In 2006 the band contributed the song
"Poor Little Fool" to a loving tribute to rock legend and
country rock pioneer Rick Nelson, titled "Easy To Be Free: The
Songs of Rick Nelson" - with performances from pop Icons Marshall
Crenshaw, Jeffrey Foskett (Beach Boys, Brian Wilson), John Beland (Flying
Burrito Brothers), Nic Dalton (The Lemonheads), John McEuen (Nitty Gritty
Dirt Band), The Primary 5 (ex Teenage Fanclub) and many more. The band
also released "Love Arcade" in 2006 - a collection of the
bands hits, demos, and fan favorites.
PlantingSeeds-049
CD
$12.25
Welcome
Sirs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US Debut from Seattle's Welcome subverts & recontextualizes
the band's unique alternative pop lineage, sitting somewhere between
the fractured, exploratory idealism of 60's psych pop & such non-conformist
US alt-rock luminaries as Unwound, the Breeders, Lilys or Deerhoof.
Dynamic, stunningly arranged & prone to fly off at unpredictable
angles, Sirs possesses a gnarled beauty. Spiked shards of guitar offset
against warm, bittersweet West Coast-tinged melodies, underpinned by
a driving, articulate rhythm section.
FatCat-065
CD
$12.50
Willowz
Chautauqua (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US This provides the energy & rawness of their first 2 albums
infused with a thicker rock sound & stronger focus on songwriting.
Old boundaries no longer apply as this set of songs is expressed with
true storyteller fervor. Their tracks have been featured in many Michael
Gondry movies & he has directed their videos.
DimMak-105
CD
$13.25
Yellow6
Painted Sky (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, UK A debut on Resonant from a man with a wealth of back catalogue
on labels such as Enraptured, Darla, Bearos, Ochre, Awkward Silence
and many, many more, spanning almost a decade. Yellow 6 is the solo
project of Jon Attwood, a guitarist based in Leicestershire (the first
UK-based artist to release an album on Resonant!) who has released six
full length albums, five live albums and one remix album, on top of
several mini-albums and EPs, singles and contributions to numerous compilations.
Painted Sky was recorded between 2004 and 2006, and strips away many
of the layers of previous outings, resulting in a collection of melodic,
organic guitar and piano soundscapes backed with subtle percussion.
More ambient than post rock, Painted Sky draws comparisons to Labradford,
Cocteau Twins, Durutti Column, Slowdive, Windy & Carl and Erik Satie,
as opposed to the quiet/loud exponents; this is quiet/quiet, with an
overall air of wistful melancholy. The previous releases of Yellow 6
have established a solid following, both in terms of fanbase and press.
Resonant-022
CD
$13.00
Zincs
Black Pompadour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US They have succeeded in marrying their classic song-forms w/ a
brighter electric sound to make a vital album for the times. What makes
them such a singular band is how they weave such dark prose into their
beautiful melodies, a reward that the casual listener could miss on
first hearing. From the electric chimes to the pulsing synthesizers,
this dashes expectations like a bullet through a fish-bowl & represents
that rare thing amongst groups, a genuine progression. Feat. EDITH FROST
ThrillJockey-178
CD
$13.25
Parasol
Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders
Ambarchi, Oren “Stacte Motor” 12 $7.50
Animal Collective “People” CD $7.50
Barlow, Lou “Mirror The Eye” CD5
$9.00
Bikeride “The Kiss (ON SALE)” CD
$10.00
Boats “Tomorrow Time” CD $14.25
Bordowitz, Hank “Dirty Little Secrets Of
The Record Business” BOOK $20.00
Deathprod “Deathprod (4XCD)” CD-BOX
$45.25
Dilloway, Aaron “Beggar Master” CD
$12.00
Dreamies “Program Twelve” CD $17.00
Faust “In Autumn (3XCD/DVD)” CD-BOX
$50.00
Ghost “In Stormy NIghts” LP $14.00
Hecker, Tim “Radio Amor” CD $11.75
Hellacopters “Cream Of The Crap, Vol. 1:
Collected Non-Album Works” LP $13.50
Hyvonen, Frida “Music From The Dance Performance
'Pudel'. (ON SALE)” CD $14.00
McGonigal, Mike “My Bloody Valentine: Loveless
(33 1/3 Paperback Book)” BOOK $9.95
Menck, Ric “Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
(plus The Notorious Byrd Brothers CD w/ Bonus Tracks)” CD/BOOK
$17.50
Menck, Ric “Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers
(33 1/3 Paperback Book)” BOOK $9.95
Motorpsycho “Manmower EP [re-issue]”
CD5 $12.50
Motorpsycho “The Nerve Tattoo EP [re-issue]”
CD5 $12.50
Motorpsycho “Wearing Yr Smell EP [re-issue]”
CD5 $12.50
Murray, Sunny “Sunshine” LP $10.25
Nurse & Soldier “Marginalia”
CD $11.50
Polizzotti, Mark “Dylan, Bob: Highway 61
Revisited (33 1/3 Paperback Book)” BOOK $9.95
Prurient “S/T” LP $17.00
Red Red Red “Mind Destroyer” CD $10.00
Sexsmith, Ron “Time Being” CD $13.50
Shapes And Sizes/Weird Weeds “Unusual Animals,
Vol. 1” 45 $3.75
Summer at Shatter Creek “S-T” CD
$14.50
Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra “The
Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 2)” LP $13.00
Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra “The
Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 1)” LP $13.00
Trees Community, The “The Christ Tree (4XCD)”
CD-BOX $37.75
Various “Soft Sounds for Gentle People
2” CD $13.75
Various “Can't Stop It: Australian Post
Punk 1979 - 1984” CD $14.00
Various “Soft Sounds For Gentle People”
CD $13.75
Wazoo “S-T” CD $18.25
Wright,
Jack “Indeterminate Existence” CD $12.50
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