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7 Year Rabbit Cycle
Wind Machines
PS, US NOW ON VINYL! LIMITED EDITION 140GM VINYL in beautiful
hand-screened silver & black jackets. 2nd full length
from this super group feat. ex and/or current members of
DEERHOOF, BROTHER JT, OLD TIME RELIJUN, Theteethe & Economy.
10 new songs of super psychedelic/no wave/beardcore folk
explosion!
FreePorcupine-008
LP
$17.25
Acid House Kings
Sing Along With Acid House Kings (CD + DVD)
PS, US This is the band's first album since the 2002 release "Mondays
Are Like Tuesdays..." Combining the aesthetics of
Kraftwerk with Motown girl groups from the 60's and musical
influences from Burt Bucharach to The Smiths. White, heterosexual
indie pop has never sounded this gay and soulful! Limited
edition. First 1000 includes a DVD with karaoke versions
of the songs, and music video's.
TwentySevenRecords-003
CD
$11.40
Beulah
A Good Band Is Easy to Kill
PS, US
MVD-4458
DVD
$14.50
Boris
Feedbacker
PS, US A single 43-minute composition / symphony (broken
into five tracks for easier access) from Japan's drone
druids that goes from etheral to crushingly heavy and everything
between. Stark in contrasts and attention to texture." Feedbacker
begins at the core, with ambient waves of Earth-like drones
rippling across an otherwise silent nine minute expanse
before Atsuo spills into his cymbals, commencing a funereal
march. Bassist/vocalist Takeshi drawls up and down his
double-necked bass while Wata (the femme fatale guitarist)
curls out little tongues of blue flame... Boris is considered
stoner rock, but they are also hailed under the noise-rock
genre for their collaborative efforts with noise groups
such as Merzbow and Keiji Haino. Their songs range from
long (up to 30 minutes) progressive-style songs, with heavy
guitars but many slow beats.
Conspiracy-930
CD
$14.75
Cale, John
Process
PS, UK The film PROCESS premiered in the Official Selection
at last years' Berlin Film Festival, and is due for a July
theatrical release in the UK and Ireland by distributor
Tartan Films.Process is Cale's most recent original soundtrack
recording and marks the beginning of his creative relationship
with avant-garde filmmaker CS Leigh. The film, featuring
Beatrice Dalle and Guillaume Depardieu, was described by
Variety as being "one of the most adventurous works
screened at this year's Berlinale," with Leigh displaying "a
take-no-prisoners art house rigor." With Cale being " no
stranger to taking music in experimental directions" (Rolling
Stone), the coming together of director and composer was
a natural and inspired union. Leigh explains: "When
I was working on Process in the earliest stages I knew
I wanted to work with Cale. He has made groundbreaking
contributions to difficult cinema and understands the architecture
of film sound better than anyone I know. Cale gives you
more than music. He gives you a sound landscape that permeates
every frame and resounds beyond the borders." Cale's
work for Process is a haunting, discordant collection of
mostly solo piano pieces, described by the Edinburgh International
Film Festival catalogue as being a "menacing and incendiary
score." Cale has created a sound that perfectly compliments
the radical approach of CS Leigh, of whom Le Figaro writes: " His
aesthetic sense is taken to extremes. His incisive images
disturb, shock. You cannot stay indifferent watching Process." Continuing
in this vein the soundtrack is at once ominous, provocative
yet poignant. John Cale, well known as a founding member
of The Velvet Underground and for his successful career
as a solo artist, has been writing film scores since his
early collaboration with Andy Warhol on Kiss and Eat. Since
then he has gained critical acclaim for such works as Love
Me by Laetitia Masson, a series of films by Philippe Garrel;
The Birth Of Love and The Wind Of The Night, Xavier Beauvois's
Dont Forget That You're Going To Die, Jonathan Demme's
film Something Wild, Mary Haron's films I Shot Andy Warhol
and American Psycho and Patricia Mazuy's film Saint CYR
for which he was nominated for a French César for
Best Music. CS Leigh and John Cale continue their association
with the upcoming film American Widow for which Cale is
writing the score and producing several new tracks. The
film is currently in production. Cale and Leigh are writing
the much anticipated Warhol film Everybody Had A Camera
together for Leigh to direct, scheduled for shooting in
2006.
Syntaks-002
CD
$17.50
Dilloway, Aaron
Bad Dreams
PS, US AARON DILLOWAY (WOLF EYES) has got a grave problem!
Tense ghost clatter and haunted Michigan sputter collapse
helplessly into fever, exhaustion, depression. This is
home-taping of unconscious dread and hopeless shudder.
Originally released in a small edition on his own Hanson
Records. When Aaron wakes up, he'll wish he were dead.
Pacrec-115
CD
$7.50
Dream Magazine
#5
PS, US Another fantastic issue of DREAM MAGAZINE, now 128
pages! Feat/interviews w/ROBERT WYATT, Japanese band GHOST,
TOM RAPP of PEARLS BEFORE SWINE., SUN CITY GIRLS, ELF POWER,
BIPOLAROID, MATS GUSTAFSON of the late lamented Swedish
'zine BROKEN FACE, ED HARDY of Eclipse Records. An excess
of excellent cd, dvd and publication reviews. CD features
excellent previously unreleased material by PIANO MAGIC,
VOLCANO THE BEAR, VERDURE, MUSHROOM, JULIA VORONTSOVA,
THE LOST DOMAIN, a great out of print JOHN TRUBEE instrumental
and a brilliant previously unrecorded TOM RAPP song .
ZINE
$9.50
Drunk
Sickbed
PS, SPAIN 5 songs. DRUNK has been compared to Smog, Neil
Young and Palace. They are an American band with taste,
and that taste includes country, post-folk and heartbreaking
songs like these. Songwriter-man Rick Alverson again shows
his stuff with five sweet new songs of deep and heartfelt
beauty. Previous releases on Jagjaguwar, this is only available
in limited quantities.
Acuarela-009
CD5
$4.75
Dungen
Ta Det Lungt [U.S. version, CD+bonus EP]
PS, US Domestic re-issue of Dungen's "folkrockpsych" triumph!
Kemado's U.S. release is housed in a spiffy double-gatefold
digipak and paired with a BONUS DISC with five unreleased
Dungen explorations.
Kemado-016
DCD
$15.00
Duprat, Rogerio
A Banda Tropicalista Do Duprat
PS, UK Born in Rio de Janeiro in 1932 the composer Rogerio
Duprat lived in São Paulo and it was there in the
early sixties that the he developed an interest in the
avant-garde and that would soon lead to him studying in
europe with Karleinz Stockhausen and Pierre Boulez. Returning
to Brazil, Duprat wrote scores for walter Hugo Khouri's
films and against the background of military dictatorship
duprat met the leaders of Tropicália, Caetano Veloso
and Gilberto Gil; drawn to the movement by their determination
to absorb universal culture and revolutionize Brazilian
music. So in 1968, he wrote several arrangements for the
seminal Tropicália album which involved Veloso,
Gil, Tom Zé, Gal Costa, Os Mutantes, Nara Leão
and Torquato Neto and played a decisive role in liberating
the sound of the groundbreaking albums of Os Mutantes.
Duprat's arrangements are marvellous; intelligent, imaginative,
playful and distinctive. He has been called the George
Martin of Tropicalia, the Brian Wilson of Brazil. Rogerio
Duprat's solo LP A Banda Tropicalista was released in 1968
when he was at his peak. Sao Paulo was living a modernist
dream, classical music was in the air and so was psychedelia.
Duprat audaciously fused these elements. Under Rogerio's
skilful auspices, material by John Fred & His Playboy
Band, The Beatles and The Cowsills is harmonised with the
compositions of Tom Jobim, Caetano Veloso and Gilberto
Gil. Os Mutantes perform - joyfully - on four tracks. Sometimes
knockabout, always within an atmosphere of refinement,
the album is a cultural mosaic, a positive happening. In
later years Duprat spent time writing jingles but was slowly
forced to withdraw from his artistic activities due to
hearing problems. He now lives in retirement on his farmhouse
in the Sao Paulo countryside. Today, the work of this important
pop composer is being discovered outside of Brazil. Seek
out these productions. The name of Rogerio Duprat on any
record is the stamp of quality.
Acme-047
CD
$14.75
Elekibass
Welcome Wonderful World
PS, US Elekibass are from Japan but sing in Engrish. Imagine
a Japanese version of Of Montreal with a heavy Kinks fixation.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-067
CD
$10.75
Enduser
Run War
PS, US First full length album for Enduser on Ad Noiseam,
on which Lynn Standafer presents a selection of 17 previously
unreleased tracks recorded between 2000 and 2004. Ranging
from the most beautiful tones to the hardest rhythms, "Run
War" displays the broad range of styles and genres
at which Enduser excels. Atmospheres collide with staccato
beats, voices are chopped by precise beats, the whole thing
on a thick bass served with powerful beats. The definitive
Enduser album that demonstrates that this musician is not
to be missed.
AdNoiseam-046
CD
$14.75
Enuser, Bong-Ra, Shitmat
Monsters of Mashup
PS, GERMANY Each artist provides here two new tracks, rivalling
in infectious bass lines and catchy breaks. Bong-Ra and
Enduser open the ball with two squashed rave tunes, heavy
on drum'n'bass and free parties influence, while Shitmat
crushes a megaton of samples and influences before letting
the pounding beats and fast tempo break in. Bong-Ra's back
with an abrasive, destructured and noisy piece, before
letting Enduser conclude the record with an organic, dowtempo
tune.
AdNoiseam-049
CD
$12.00
Epic Soundtracks
Good Things
PS, US Co-founder of Brit post-punkers SWELL MAPS reinvented
himself as an eccentric, critically acclaimed piano balladeer
during the 90's w/his first ever solo LP "Rise Above". "Good
Things" is his final studio album rec. just before
his untimely death in 1997, released here for the first
time.
DBKWorks-113
CD
$17.00
Evie Sands
Any Way That You Want Me
PS, UK "Take Me For A Little While", "I
Can't Let Go", "Angel of The Morning", "Any
Way That You Want Me"... the original versions of
ALL these classics were, believe it or not, by the same
artist, EVIE SANDS! The young girl whom no less than Dusty
Springfield called "my favourite singer" and
who recorded on such classic rock'n'roll labels as Blue
Cat/Red Bird, Cameo-Parkway and A&M! Starting her career
as a singer and songwriter at the tender age of 12, Evie
was soon taken under the wing of Chip Taylor, who wrote
all the above songs for Evie, only to be cheated of the
hit on each occasion (except in Northern Soul circles where
she always RULED!) until "Any Way That You Want Me" became
a monster hit in 1969, followed by this, her only 1960's
album. A superb collection of pop/soul with that magical
A&M Sound touch for good measure! Evie stepped back
from performing to concentrate on songwriting, her songs
recorded by artists as disparate as Gladys Knight, Dusty
Springfield and Barbra Streisand and more recently Beck
and Beth Orton. Today, Evie has returned to recording,
making a series of acclaimed records with her old friend
Chip Taylor helping out, and featuring on new projects
by Brian Wilson and The Wondermints among others. This
is the first CD release of her classic A&M album Any
Way That You Want Me with full-on participation from Evie
herself... need we say more!
Rev-Ola-118
CD
$14.75
Excepter
Throne
PS, US This weaves a dangerous course through the orange
cones of cortex caressing sound. Drawing from boom-box
emitters as disparate as CHROME, COMUS & that weird-ass
Indian techno music you heard eating that Somoza. Lots
of floor crawling stage exclamations make the band more
slippery than a greased watermelon. With a lineup jamming
out unclear instrumention but perhaps including detritus
of Casios, battery needin' samplers, 6 string part catalogs & occasional
percussion, they manage to craft a deeply & creepily
eerie sound that includes sounds from all over the radio
dial. One could easily relax to this record & have
one's heart forget to stop beating.
Load-068
CD
$16.00
Field Music
S/T
PS, US Hailing from the same celebrated North East (Britain)
scene that spawned The Futureheads and Maximo Park, FIELD
MUSIC add something more cerebral to the spiked Mackem
brew. Comprising a core of three members (ANDREW MOORE
plus brothers PETER and DAVID BREWIS) and an ever-shifting
crew of local luminaries, Field Music are something of
a North East supergroup. Peter was The FUTUREHEADS original
drummer; Barry Futurehead was in one of the many early
Field Music line-ups and sometime drummer TOM ENGLISH is
on loan from MAXIMO PARK." Their pop is huge, loaded
with melody and harmony, and perfect for fans of Big Star,
Modern Lovers, My Bloody Valentines, Neptunes, etc.
MemphisIndustries-043
CD
$15.25
Franklin's Mint
Gold
PS, US Brand new album from this group effort led by PHIL
FRANKLIN, along with fellow members of SUNBURNED HAND OF
THE MAN, KIRSTEN McCORD (REX/Ecstatic Peace recording artist),
and ADAM NODELMAN (BORBETOMAGUS, CRASH WORSHIP). Fourteen
tracks of laidback psych-tinged folk rock relief produced
by TONY GODDESS (Papas Fritas), and packaged with fold-out
3-D silk-screened pyramid jackets with inner booklets.
Limited edition pressing of 1,000 copies.
Sunburned-019
CD
$12.00
Fun And Games
Elefant Candy
PS, UK When legendary producer/songwriter Gary Zekley (Phil
Spector, Jan & Dean, Yellow Balloon, The Clique) met
The Fun And Games he was delighted. This group of Texan
garage avant-gardists, buddies with The Red Crayola among
many others, wanted to make a coherent, of a piece POP
album and Gary was just their man! Setting up a deal with
the head of the new UNI label, legendary promo guy Russ
Regan, who was enroute from naming and breaking the Beach
Boys to signing and breaking Barry White, Zekley set to
work producing a prime slice of California SoftPop... in
Texas! For years, this elusive album has been one of the
most sought-after Zekley productions and now, here it is!
INTENSIFIED with contemporary singles sides and the usual
amazing Rev-Ola packaging. Let there be FUN & GAMES!
Rev-Ola-121
CD
$14.75
Gate To Gate
I Turn Black Keys
PS, US Confused like a two-headed snake trying to bite
its own nonexistent tail, GATE TO GATE churn through gross
tones, bass shudder and worst of all-vocals-with exactly
the maladroit precision you'd expect from such a beast.
This release presents one new 38-minute mess of blackened
clatter and clunk, as well as the music from two extremely
limited cassettes Bane and House With The Clock In Its
Walls in remastered form. Heavy-handed and heavy-footed
industrial noise from the blackened minds of GREH (HIVE
MIND, CHONDRITIC SOUND) and MIKE CONNELLY (HAIR POLICE,
GODS OF TUNDRA, WOLF EYES). Nearly 80 minutes of satanic
black sludge.
Pacrec-113
CD
$7.50
Gonzalez, Jose
Veneer [domestic version]
PS, US Domestic release for Jose's debut masterpiece.
AHiddenAgendaRecord-074
CD
$10.00
Greenhornes
East Grand Blues
PS, US Four brand new songs produced by BRENDAN BENSON.
Opening for White Stripes tour this August!
V2-63881
CD5
$5.25
Holm, Øyvind
The Vanishing Act
PS, US First solo work from leader of Norwegian psych pop
band DIPSOMANIACS celebrates the sounds of psychedelia's
Golden Age w/pure folk, buoyant pop, melodic surf rock,
blues forms & psych simulatenously, as if they were
never meant to be parsed into distinct genres. A few nods
to the Fab 4, the mad genius of Syd Barrett, social commentary
of Ray Davies & the innovative West Coast fusions of
Love & the Byrds put them on the same train as Green
Pajamas but definitely playing in a different car. HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED!!!
CameraObs-072
CD
$16.00
Isis
Celestial
PS, US NEWLY REPACKAGED IN A DELUXE DIGIPACK! Excellent
album from these monsters of doom and gloom and heaviness
akin to Melvins & Earth.
EscapeArtist-007
CD
$14.50
Isis
Mosquito Control
PS, US REMASTERED & REPACKAGED! EP from 1998, back
when the band was more heavy (think Melvins, Earth) and
less of that melody stuff that's on the new album.
EscapeArtist-003
CD
$10.75
Jandek
Raining Down Diamonds
PS, US 42nd Jandek album, 3rd new release of 2005. Like
some sort of spirit photography, the cover photo features
the ghostly image of a bearded man wearing a startling
piece of haberdashery. Perhaps some sort of prayer cap?
The darker side of Jandek, with deep, rumbling bass and
despairing vocals, i.e. "Jesus take my will/take mine
and make it yours."
Corwood-780
CD
$10.50
Kapote Musiek
Praag/Rotterdam
PS, US The two live performances on this disc portray the
sound of a microphone passing through antimatter-the haunting
atmosphere of a slow drone, a glimpse of captured transmissions,
the grinding crackle and crunch of a machine eating itself
alive only to finally collapse in a sea of manipulated
feedback ripe with wooden electronics running low on batteries.
Recorded in '95 and '98, these two pieces both feature
the lineup of ROEL MEELKOP, PETER DUIMELINKS and FRANS
DE WAARD.
Pacrec-114
CD
$7.50
Kinski
Space Launch For Frenchie
PS, US "Spacelaunch for Frenchie serves up one of
the coolest Krautrockin' dronefests this side of the 2nd
Spacemen 3 album." - Fred Mills, Magnet. Originally
self- released by the band in '99. Initially a 3-piece,
the band recorded their debut in their rehearsal space
on an Otari 8-track. Remastered & repackaged, this
reissue includes Kinski's ultra-rare 5 song demo unearthed
from the period, featuring 2 never-before heard songs as
well as an early version of a number re-recorded for Be
Gentle... & the outtake "She Always Made Us Work
Like Dogs"
StrangeAttractors-035
CD
$13.25
Life Once Lost
The Fourth Plague: Files
PS, US This contains 5 tracks in just 12 minutes, showcasing
a phenomenal era for this true beast of a band. With more
Swedish melodic metal influence than they currently exhibit,
it's a pioneeringmix of furious metal coupled with monstrous
hardcore elements, including some of the fiercest breakdowns
imaginable. This is the band's breakthrough first EP.
RoboticEmpire-051
CD
$7.75
Marble Sheep
Gate Of A Heavenly Body
PS, GERMANY New album from Japan's and possibly the world's
best psychedelic ROCK band, features ex-WHITE HEAVEN Ken
Matsutani!! Like if THE BEVIS FROND joined THE ALLMAN BROTHERS
after Duane died?!
Funfundvierzig-152
CD
$16.00
Mustn'ts
S/T
PS, US This earnest sextet has drawn critical praise & an
enthusiastic following with this debut EP. Full of colorful,
catchy melodies & happy songs masquerading as sad ones
the album soans such braod subjects as dating married women,
sleep apnea, angry knives & the enlightnment of losing
faith in your idols. Sounds like something between the
Smiths & Death Cab.
LatestFlame-014
CD5
$5.75
Nations By The River
Holes In The Valley
PS, US Side project from THE SLEEPY JACKSON's Luke Steele
joined by fellow Aussies Edo & Dave Kahn (GELBISON) & Ohad
Rein (OLD MAN RIVER) focused on the jangly country/folk
side of their musical arsenal.
Astralwerks-73738
CD
$17.00
New Sense
Flowers Before Hours
PS, US 5 brand new tracks , that accurately capture their
depth of song-writing talent & style. Feat. members
of CAMDEN, DECIBULLY & PARIS,TEXAS
Brilliante-016
CD5
$4.75
Nuns
S/T
PS, US Classic debut LP by original San Francisco punks,
the Nuns! Although the Nuns, led by Alejandro Escovedo
(future Rank & File) and Jennifer Miro (Debbie Harry's
West Coast counterpart), ruled the San Francisco punk scene
in the late 70s, courted by major labels and selling out
nightly shows at San Francisco's hottest clubs, by the
time the band broke up at the beginning of 1980 they still
had not recorded enough material for a full-length album.
Thankfully, however, the band came together once more for
the sake of recording this LP before calling it quits for
good. This classic slice of '77 punk was recorded in just
20 hours in May 1980 and is the only remaining testimony
to their greatness and to what could have been.
GetBack-113
CD
$16.50
Orchids
Unholy Soul + Singles
PS, UK 20 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce the second
of three CD album re-issues by acclaimed Glasgow band The
Orchids, who recorded for cult label Sarah between 1987
and 1994. Formed in 1987, this prolific yet overlooked
five-piece recorded a string of singles for Sarah as well
as three excellent albums, Lyceum (1989), Unholy Soul (1991)
and Striving for the Lazy Perfection (1994). Often compared
to similarly cerebral pop operators such as Felt, Aztec
Camera and Primal Scream, the band split in 1995 at the
height of their powers. Almost all of their records were
produced by Ian Carmichael of One Dove. Newly remastered
for CD, Unholy Soul + Singles runs for 70 minutes and includes
nine bonus tracks as well as liner notes by Alistair Fitchett.
Stand-out tracks on Unholy Soul include Dirty Clothing,
Bringing you the Love, The Sadness of Sex Pt 1 and the
should-have-been single Peaches. Among the pick of the
binus cuts are the singles Something for the Longing and
Bemused, Confused and Bedraggled. Contemporary reviews
praised the record as "a beautiful album time less
melodies for sure" (Dave Simpson in Melody Maker).
LTM-2445
CD
$17.75
Orchids
Striving for the Lazy Perfection + Singles
PS, UK 16 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce the third
of three CD album re-issues by acclaimed Glasgow band The
Orchids, who recorded for cult label Sarah between 1987
and 1994. Formed in 1987, this prolific yet overlooked
five-piece recorded a string of singles for Sarah as well
as three excellent albums, Lyceum (1989), Unholy Soul (1991)
and Striving for the Lazy Perfection (1994). Often compared
to similarly cerebral pop operators such as Felt, Aztec
Camera and Primal Scream, the band split in 1995 at the
height of their powers. Almost all of their records were
produced by Ian Carmichael of One Dove. Newly remastered
for CD, Striving for the Lazy Perfection + Singles runs
for 62 minutes and includes liner notes by Alistair Fitchett.
Stand-out tracks include Obsession No 1, A Kind of Eden,
Lovechild and A Living Ken and Barbie. The three bonus
tracks are culled from the 1992 single Thaumaturgy. Contemporary
reviews praised the album and band as "one of British
pop's best-kept secrets lithe, evocative and memorable
music" (John Mulvey in NME).
LTM-2451
CD
$17.75
Orchids
Lyceum + Singles
PS, UK 20 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce the first
of three CD album re-issues by acclaimed Glasgow band The
Orchids, who recorded for cult label Sarah between 1987
and 1994. Formed in 1987, this prolific yet overlooked
five-piece recorded a string of singles for Sarah as well
as three excellent albums, Lyceum (1989), Unholy Soul (1991)
and Striving for the Lazy Perfection (1994). Often compared
to similarly cerebral pop operators such as Felt, Aztec
Camera and Primal Scream, the band split in 1995 at the
height of their powers. Almost all of their records were
produced by Ian Carmichael of One Dove. Newly remastered
for CD, Lyceum + Singles runs for 74 minutes and includes
liner notes by Alistair Fitchett. Stand-out tracks on Lyceum
include It's Only Obvious, the punk rock rush of Caveman
and the minor chord gem Blue Light. Among the pick of the
twelve bonus cuts are Tiny Words, Yawn and the anti-Poll
Tax protest song Defy The Law. Also included are both sides
of the rare single released on Bob Stanley's Caff label.
Contemporary reviews praised the album as "another
fountainhead of unqualified greatness" (Bob Stanley
in Melody Maker) while the NME awarded it a "splendid" rating
of 8/10. Lyceum scored highly in the indie charts. The
Orchids reformed in 2004 and new material is expected this
year.
LTM-2442
CD
$17.75
Oyvind Hold
The Vanishing Act
PS, US First solo work from leader of Norwegian psych pop
band DIPSOMANIACS celebrates the sounds of psychedelia's
Golden Age w/pure folk, buoyant pop, melodic surf rock,
blues forms & psych simultaneously, as if they were
never meant to be parsed into distinct genres. A few nods
to the Fab 4, the mad genius of Syd Barrett, social commentary
of Ray Davies & the innovative West Coast fusions of
Love & the Byrds put them on the same train as Green
Pajamas but definitely playing in a different car.
CameraObscura-072
CD
$16.75
Pedal Steel Transmission
That Ain't Right
PS, US Chicago band's 1st album, the stripped down country-noise
rock debut, where every corner feeds a new exploration,
a new gem; sweeping pedal steel meets wide-open guitars.
CardboardSangria-004
CD
$11.00
Phasmid
Her Friend The Blue Star
PS, US The debut full-length release from Alabama's high-flying
electro-pop artist Phasmid is available now (finally).
Disc 1 features 11 original Phasmid tracks, followed by
disc 2 featuring 11 remixes + bonus goodies from friends:
B. Fleischmann (Morr), Bochum Welt (Rephlex), Figurine
(March/Monika), Frederik Schikowski (Lux Nigra), Headphone
Science (Skylab Operations), I Am Robot And Proud (Darla),
isan (Morr), Printed Circuit (Catmobile), Snospray (Melody
Resort), Sweet Trip (Darla), Tim Koch (x2 tracks // Surgery
/ U-Cover / n5md).
SkylabOperations-016
DCD
$14.25
Psychic Paramount
Gamelan Into The Mink Supernatural
PS, US The studio-recorded debut from this risk-taking
group comprised of former LADDIO BOLOCKO members DREW ST.
IVANY (guitar) and BEN ARMSTRONG (bass), along with current
SABERS member JEFF CONAWAY (drums). A power-blast of epic
kraut/psych jamming, propelled with layers of guitar, forceful
rhythms, and a general sense of urgency.
NoQuarter-007
CD
$13.25
Recollection 3
Relapse Video Collection
PS, US This offers a comprehensive collection of music
videos spanning the label's history-all for one low price!
It delivers a bountiful bombardment of captivating videos
including fast-action clips from current label heavyweights
MASTODON, NILE, PIG DESTRYER, THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN,
ORIGIN, ALCHEMIST, etc. Features many videos never seen
on tv, including MASTODON's "Iron Tusk" which
was banned from MTV.
Relapse-6636
DVD
$12.00
Redwalls
De Nova
PS, US
Capitol
CD
$13.00
Ryan, Barry
Singing The Songs Of Paul Ryan 1968-69
PS, UK When Paul and Barry Ryan split as a performing duo
in 1968 nobody expected to hear from them again. Their
fine Britpop singles and overlooked semi-Freakbeat/Pop
albums weren't selling, they were trapped on a cabaret
circuit they loathed. The image of the handsome swinging,
singing twin brothers was under severe strain. So when
Barry reappeared at the end of the year and scored a colossal
worldwide hit (reaching number one in six countries!) with
the epic, Paul-penned "Eloise" it was akin to
a particularly unlikely phoenix rising from the ashes.
The single was a stunning five and a half minute tour de
force of grandiose orchestral pop and Uber-Jim Webb-ism
which sounded unlike anything else in the charts at the
time, and is fondly remembered and covered worldwide still!
The subsequent entirely Paul-penned album, imaginatively
entitled Barry Ryan Sings Paul Ryan, received rave reviews
and has become something of a cult favourite amongst fans
of contemporary orch-pop works by Scott Walker, Glen Campbell
and even Tom Jones. Other hits including "Love Is
Love" and "The Hunt" followed into the '70s,
as did five more solo albums, none of which have ever been
reissued on CD.... until now! "Barry Ryan: Singing
The Songs Of Paul Ryan (1968-69)" couples that classic
debut with its remarkable eponymous 1969 follow-up and
adds two ultra-rare tracks found only on the German version
of the second album, all remastered for your sonic delight!
It also features in-depth liner notes containing new interview
material with Barry, previously unseen photographs, rare
cuttings and memorabilia. A great rediscovery awaits!
Rev-Ola-115
CD
$14.75
Saint Vitus
Live
PS, US Re-packaged & re-issued w/ an extensive boolet
featuring liner notes & many never before published
photos. Several VITUS classics like: "Born Too Late", "Dying
Inside", & "Living Backwards" are performed
w/ a raw aggressive energy that only their live show could
evoke. The performance captured on this album is from one
of the first Vitus shows in Germany circa late '90. This
new & doomed version of "Live" is an essential
chapter in (Doom)-Metal history
SouthernLord-043
CD
$15.25
Sambassadeur
S/T
PS, SWEDEN Debut album from Sweden's brightest shining
indiepop hope. The first single "Between the lines" was
pure indie guitar pop, gorgeous lazy melodies wrapped around
fuzzy guitars and far away tambourines. Still, this album
exceeds every expectatoin. Formed in an apartment in 2003
Sambassadeur are Joachim Läckberg - guitar, Anna Persson
- vocals & guitar, Daniel Tolergård - bass and
Daniel Permbo - vocals and guitar. The band cite influences
such as The Go Betweens, France Gall and Wire, and one
listen to their highly infectious album will bring to mind
the likes of Shop Assistants, Belle & Sebastian and
Radio Dept. "Between the lines" was somewhat
of an indie hit, not only in Sweden, but also in the UK
where it was playlisted at XFM and BBC. it's heartfelt,
gentle and emotive songs, simple and understated. Just
like every Sambassadeur song. This might just be the Scandinavian
album of the year.
Labrador
CD
$13.50
Scharpling & Wurster
Hippy Justice
PS, US This 2-CD set features over 2 hours of laugh-packed
interviews, with TOM SCHARPLING talking to the most unhinged,
demented & completely insane guests yet - all played
by SUPERCHUNK drummer JON WURSTER, of course. The funny
has been brought, so dig in!
Stereolaffs-004
DCD
$14.50
Shit & Shine
S/T
PS, US 4 drum kits, 2 basses, and a toy keyboard + one
long 45 min
track = lots of fun!
Southern
CD5
$10.25
Sickness/Slogun
Split
PS, US SICKNESS crafts his own brand of technical, harsh,
detail-oriented blasts that cut and shatter. Movement,
complexity, and intensity are the defining elements of
the Sickness sound. Includes a cover of the classic Slogun
track "Kill to Forget". True crime electronics.
From the gutters of New York City, SLOGUN is a punch in
the gut and a kick in the face to the power electronics
community. Singularly obsessed, Slogun is true crime-violent
and dirty. Constant abuse, shouted vocals, searing sound.
This release rescues all of the material from the limited
double-3-inch CDR set released for their 2003 Japan tour.
Packaged in PACrec-style CD wallets with four panel inserts.
Pacrec-111
CD
$7.50
Spokane
Close Quarters
PS, SPAIN 5 songs. Spokane is Rick Alverson's new "more
solo" project. Having been the principal songwriter
for Drunk in the course of their four full-length records
and two EPs, Alverson has decided to explore a more personal
vision with Spokane. This five-song EP after his "Leisure & other
songs" debut album- is resonant with the inability
of finding permanence anyplace but where one finds oneself
already: bending over a sink, sitting in a chair to tie
one's shoes, or nodding resignedly to greet a neighbor.
Musically, it evokes the song craft of Drunk, of which
Alverson is a founding member, if it were less collaborative
and more singularly arranged. It is a very strong work
that comes solely from the much harder school of songwriting
which strives to commingle music and words without sacrificing
either.
Acuarela-016
CD5
$4.75
Stop Smiling
#22 (with bonus 7-inch single)
PS, US Downfall of American Publishing issue: HUNTER S.
THOMPSON oral history cover plus incl Harper's Lewis Lapham,
Barney Rosset of Grove Press, Paris Review's Philip Gourevitch,
Simon & Schuster's David Rosenthal, New Yorker's HW
Ross, City Lights Books, Saul Bellow, IRON & WINE,
CROOKED FINGERS, BOOKS, MIA, SPOON, NUMERO/GHOSTLY INT'L,
KILLS, NICK CAVE. Incl. exclusive BOOKS/PREFUSE 73 7"!!
ZINE
$9.50
Tate, Grady
Windmills Of My Mind
PS, UK Born in 1932 in Durham, North Carolina, Grady Tate
is both world-renowned as a virtuoso jazz drummer and as
a top class baritone. He began singing at age four and
started playing drums at five. Tate developed his drumming
during a stint in the air force in the early fifties. After
his discharge, he taught as an English and speech teacher,
and then moved to new york to become an actor, studying
at the American academy of dramatic arts. Once in New York,
however, his reputation as an outstanding musician resulted
in work with Quincy Jones. His session credits read like
the history of jazz; Duke Ellington, Count Basie, Wes Montgomery,
Bill Evans, Jimmy Smith, Oscar Peterson, Ella Fitzgerald,
Aretha Franklin, Sarah Vaughan , Peggy Lee, Stan Getz,
Lalo Schifrin, Tony Bennett and Charles Aznavour. He was
the drummer on the Johnny Carson show for six years. Tate
began to seriously develop the vocal aspect of his talent
after Peggy Lee heard him sing and introduced him as part
of her show. In 1968 he signed to Gary McFarland's Skye
Records. Here he would make three solo albums (Windmills
Of My Mind, Feeling Life and After The Long Ride Home)
and would collaborate with mcfarland also on the soundtrack
for the film Slaves which starred Dionne Warwick. Although
Grady's renditions of Michel Legrand's 'Windmills Of Your
Mind' and 'Work Song' are a delight, the outstanding vocal
performances are on McFarland's imaginative and perfectly
judged arrangement of 'And I Love Her' and on 'Sackfull
Of Dreams' which has a wonderfully endearing warmth about
it. This recording and 'Naughty Number Nine' for Multiplication
Rock (part of Schoolhouse Rock) are probably Tate's best
known vocal performances. Tate recieved two Grammy nominations
as best pop vocalist in 1973 and 1979. Since 1989 he has
been a lecturer in jazz studies at Howard University.
Acme-049
CD
$14.75
Text Adventure
The Golden Portion
PS, US The debut CD from Glasgow, Scotland's gentleman
duo. Gentle folk guitars, computer game influenced casio
keyboard lines, electronic beat programming and experimental
noise, carried along by bittersweet vocals about love and
murder. Features letter-pressed artwork by The Complaint
Department.
SkylabOperations-014
CD
$9.00
Thanksgiving
The River
PS, US This is the project of Portland Oregon teenager
ADRIAN ORANGE, who shows much promise & maturity despite
his tender age (19). He plays (with minimal backing) a
loose, ragged, & odd indie folk, often eschewing pleasing
tunefulness in favour of spirited & jumbled incoherence
where the hooks fight it out with the stumbling. Critics
have referenced him near Palace/Will Oldham, Nirvana & American
folk music. This is a flowing simplicity of passion, snarling
through rocks of sweet melancholy, spilling over banks
of heartache & honesty. A mostly guitar/bass/drums
record, space is abundant for ADRIAN's haunting vocal tone
to spin tale's all on its own.
Hive-Fi-005
CD
$13.75
Thuja
Pine Cone Temples
PS, US Steven R. Smith (Mirza, Hala Strana), Glenn Donaldson
(Skygreen Leopards, Mirza), Loren Chase, & Rob Reger
(Franciscan Hobbies) coalesce interests in field recordings,
found sound, experimentalism, folk & psychedelic rock
to weave seriously detailed & immense journeys into
pure sound. Across the grand expanse of Pine Cone Temple's
2 discs, implements such as piano, guitars, percussion, & well-placed
contact mics are blended like pigments to conjure the subtlest
of sonics, pulling every lost drop of their immediate universe
into floating & buzzing cinematics. Assembled from
recordings that span 1999-2004, this album documents the
most organic & beautiful ambience Thuja has conjured.
StrangeAttractors-3233
DCD
$18.00
Time Flys
Fly
PS, US Fuzzed up teen sleaze in tradition of mid-70's proto-punkers
Unnatural Axe, Suicide Commandos & Gizmos feat. Andy
Freeze of THE CUTS. A rock n roll album out of time.
Birdman-077
CD
$16.25
Under The Radar
#10
PS, US DEATH CAB FOR CUTIE on the cover!! Includes features
on The Tears, Franz Ferdinand, Billy Corgan, Frank Black,
Goldfrapp, Sufjan Stevens, & more. Plus BRITPOP: A
decade on Pulp, Elastica, Blur, The Charlatans, Sleeper,
Gene, & others. The kids love this shit. Hooray!
ZINE
$4.25
Vocokesh
Through The Smoke
PS, US Vocokesh expand upon the ominous acid soundtracks
that saturated The 10th Corner. Combining the swirling
guitars of Pink Floyd & the Kraut-inspired mayhem of
Ash Ra Tempel w/ the early analog electronic surrealism
of Tangerine Dream & Popol Vuh. Florian Fricke, David
Gilmour, Manuel Göttsching, Edgar Froese, Moebius & Roedelius & Fripp & Eno
are all exhumed, but Vocokesh re-image the references into
something far more extreme than the aforementioned ever
imagined.
StrangeAttractors-034
CD
$13.25
Vorpal
An Incomplete Guide To Vorpal Music
PS, US You will ask yourself: "What the fuck is this?" Yep,
it's the debut release from VORPAL. A sort of rickety old
wooden rollercoaster careening on a broken track of amazing
fast breakbeat processing, insane noises, and held together
in a sort of antique haze. VORPAL is Andy Kozloski, From
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, and we can honestly say that "An
Incomplete Guide to VORPAL Music" is the greatest
album ever made. It's an explosive collection of tracks
both new and ancient, creating some vague form of nostalgic
neurosis. But it slams too. "An incomplete guide..." could
easily find itself between abstract hip-hop like Def Jux
or Anticon, as well as Squarepusher, Luke Vibert, and Otto
Von Schirach. Hell one could even find a few traces of
the Grime sound all the journalists are talking about.
But fuck all that, just give it a listen and hear for yourself.
This is the fourth release from Cock Rock Disco, founded
by Jason Forrest & has been established to release
amazing new music by a new generation of producers.
CRD-004
CD
$17.50
Wevie Stonder
Wooden Horse Of Troy
PS, US Itchy Genius, Henry Music & M.C. Hat are back
to set the prat among the pigeons of oddpop music. Wevie
Stonder combine electronic music, live instruments & unpredictable
narrative: imagine locking Boards of Canada, Ween & a
sheet of LSD in a white padded room for 2 weeks. Bigger,
badder, & more idiotic than ever, this is the sound
of men at the peak of their creative disabilities.
Skam-017
CD
$18.75
Wevie Stonder
Wooden Horse Of Troy
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Skam-017
LP
$18.75
Whitmore, William Elliott
Latitudes
PS, US
Southern
CD5
$10.25
______________________________
Forthcoming
Releases
______________________________
Acid Mothers Temple
Anthem Of Space (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US Featuring members of ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE MELTING PARADISO
U.F.O., BOREDOMS, ZENI GEVA, GHOST, WHITE HEAVEN, GONG, SUBVERT BLAZE & HIGH
RISE. "If this attack were to succeed I would need musicians just as powerful,
if not more powerful, than Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
We decided to take the members of Mothers of Invasion & shift them to the
new group, giving birth to a new Acid Mothers Temple. Just then I received
a transmission from my own cosmos - the group should be named Cosmic Inferno.
It was utterly fitting for this is truly a battle between heaven & hell,
between The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. & The Cosmic Inferno. Thus, on this
the tenth anniversary of the founding of Acid Mothers Temple, I announce the
birth of the hellchild, Acid Mothers Temple & The Cosmic Inferno."-
K. Makoto
Ektro-035
CD
$18.00
Alarma Man
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, SWEDEN Fans of Pelican and Kinski and the new instrumental
scene will dig Alarma Man's expansive instrumental sonic
labyrinths, built to inspire and demolish. Instrumental
and daft in it's execution, Alarma Man can excite, sooth,
and equally throw an unprepared listener into a state of
confusion. Mind-numbing drum beats, steady bass lines,
and odd guitar rhythms accenting with tapping that defies
the nature of the sonic guitar itself. A mad mixture of
dark intentions and old roving spirits that brings to mind
Don Cabellero, Man Or Astroman, and Fugazi, yet with something
all the more sinister and forward looking.
Carcrash-015
CD
$12.00
All Tomorrow's Party
You Doo Right, You Doo Slide (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
23RD )
PS, US An amazing trio from Japan in love with Detroit
rock & Can. Yup.
Alive-064
CD
$14.75
American Draft
Volumes 11:111 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US John Zorn's white trash metal cousins. As with many
of Zorn's Naked City albums, listening to this is like
listening to a radio whose tuning controls have been taken
over by an ADD kid, only every station in playing instrumental
blocks of Iron Maiden & Motorhead. More than 70 minutes
of music here & at least as many guitar solos & genre
changes. Not a "that band kicked ass" but more
of a "I'm missing a tooth, my head hurts & I don't
wanna work tomorrow" ass kicking
TeamAv-024
DCD
$13.00
AngelVille
We Are The Wolves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US A by-product of a devestaing van wreck, this album
shows a band growing more comfortable with who they are & where
they come from. It synthesizes elements of D-beat hardcore,
70s rock, thrash metal, country & prog to create an
album unike anything else in heavy music today
HappyCouples-041
CD
$12.25
Arcade Fire
Cold Wind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US The A-side is be a new song called "Cold Wind" that
the band recorded for the forthcoming Six Feet Under soundtrack,
the B-side is a cover of the Ary Baroso/Ed Russel penned
classic jazz tune "Brazil."
Merge-270
45
$4.00
August Born
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-284
LP
$14.50
August Born
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US A collaboration between Japan's HIROYUKI USUI & SIX
ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE's BEN CHASNY. With no shared language,
sound was the only continuum for communication & expression.
All the songs were sent on CD-Rs & mixed as they went
along. Some of the songs were sent back & forth across
the Pacific 4 or 5 times, gaining texture & direction & in
the process, creating a bridge between the 2 artists. A
mellow work seamlessly blending HIROYUKI's guitar, vocals,
vibes, harmonium, bass, drums, cello, field recordings, & didgeridoo
with CHASNY's unmistakable voice & guitar. The tunes
found here hold rewards that will only grow with patience & time
DragCity-284
CD
$14.50
Banhart, Devendra & Jana Hunter
S/T (PRE-ORDER: ||| DELAYED |||)
PS, US Devendra Banhart plays in the band Vetiver. His
solo work has garnered tons of attention from the likes
of the NY Times, Spin, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly,
and NPR. His signature voice and stellar musicianship have
made him a sort of household name with indie rockers. On
the flip, Jana Hunter's songs are sparse with just an acoustic
guitar and beautiful voice over hallucinatory pre-recorded
soundscapes. Haunting, devastating, and wonderful. These
songs are exclusive to this release. Colored vinyl.
TMU
LP
$10.50
Barbez
Insignificance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Insignificance is the result of two years of intensive
work and the culmination of seven years of exploration
and growth by this unusual and powerful Brooklyn-based
band. After the critcal success of Barbez's self titled
full length debut on Important Records, they've returned
with a groundbreaking sophmore album and a new Theremin
player who Bob Moog has called the single "greatest
living" Theremin player on Earth. While Insignificance
maintains Barbez's trademark ethno-punk-cabaret, the compositions
have become more tight, more spacious, more frenetic and
more explosive. Insignificance has more of a compositional
complexity and careful instrumentation than Barbez's debut,
promising to be a classic in this burgeoning sub genre
known as Punk-Cabaret. Insignificance was recorded, mixed
and co-produced by legendary New York engineer/producer
Martin Bisi (Swans, Sonic Youth, Dresden Dolls, John Zorn)
at BC studios near the Gowanus canal in Brooklyn.
Important-063
CD
$13.50
Birthday Massacre, The
Violet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US The Birthday Massacre formed in 2000 as Imagica.
The following year they moved to Toronto and changed their
name. Their first album, "Nothing And Nowhere",
came out in 2002. Two years later, they self-released the
EP "Violet". Metropolis took notice, and is now
re-releasing "Violet" with four extra tracks.
The band's sound blends different genres of music, but
maintains a retro cinematic flavor. Mixing themes of horror
and tragedy with fun and satire, they create a unique and
versatile sound by combining new wave and hard rock elements.
With the fusion of keyboards and guitars, the lyrics tell
a story which creates an emotional tone full of darkness
and tragedy. "Violet" is a deeply moving album.
Metropolis
CD
$15.25
Blood Brothers, The
Love Rhymes (2X7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US This double 7'' features previously released, unreleased & exclusive
tracks from teh BLODD BROTHERS' "Crimes" sessions.
DimMak-082
45
$5.50
Bloody Hollies
If Footmen Tire You... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Stripped down & basic sound, but with an even
greater array of guitar hooks, songwriting, & signature
vocals that comprise the band's unique brand of rock'n'roll.
Their ability to shift gears not wear their white shirts & skinny
black ties is what separates them from the crowded field
of garage-punk contenders.
Alive-063
CD
$14.75
Bochum Welt
Elan (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US Italy's Bochum Welt drops a new album, Elan, on
Fuzzy Box Records!!!
FuzzyBox-030
CD
$13.50
Boris & Merzbow
Sun Baked Snow Cave (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US This is the most recent collaborative release (and
first for Hydra Head) from two of Japan's most prolific
and challenging artists. At times minimal and acoustic
and at other times saturated with noise induced drone,
this 60-minute track (in three movements) covers the spectrum
of experimental music.
"
...Merzbow stands as the most important artist in noise
music" - allmusic.com. "Boris are the only living
band (with the possible exception of Electric Wizard) who
have mastered the art of out-Sabbathing Black Sabbath...only
Boris have been able to consistently break on through that
wall of rock into the experimental wasteland that lies
beyond. And, once there, they thrive" - dustedmagazine.com.
HydraHead
CD
$13.75
Bottom of the Hudson
Holiday Machine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Latest is a 6 song EP that hones & sharpens
the vision of their debut album, into a solid colelction
of songs which dazzle & intrigue. From giant guitar
washes to gently hooky & wistful. FFO Bowie, Galaxy
500, REM, Sebadoh.
AbsolutelyKosher-054
CD
$16.25
Brian Jonestown Massacre
We Are The Radio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Ltd Ed 12" w/ etched side artwork!
TeePee-062
DLP
$13.75
Brian Jonestown Massacre
We Are The Radio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US Hot on the heels of DIG!, the BJM returns with a
teaster for their upcoming full length. If you we've heard
this band before, you know exactly what this ep sounds
like.
TeePee-062
CD
$10.00
Broken Spindles
Inside/Absent (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Joel Peterson wrote this record without any input
from fellow band members. "I think it was because
of that separation from other people's input that the writing
style shifted. I found myself keeping things a little more
elemental; steering away from programming, opting for sparser
percussion, and keeping instrumentation as minimal as songs
could take. The lyrics became a lot more direct and the
vocal style kind of followed suit. It just didn't seem
appropriate to layer these things that were said in pretty
bare, straightforward terms with a ton of effects...I wanted
to at least make myself feel something through music, and
it seemed that the best way to do that was just to be as
real and honest as possible."
SaddleCreek
CD
$10.50
Broken Spindles
Inside/Absent (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$12.50
California Oranges
Souvenirs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US This is classic crunchy new wave pop/rock & mod
shuffle, with three part harmonies, in the tradition of
The Primitives, The Bangles, Velocity Girl, and Teenage
Fanclub. The California Oranges are John Conley, Katie
Conley, Verna Brock, Matt Levine, and Ross Levine. Produced
by Dana Gumbiner of the band Deathray at Brighton Sound,
Sacramento. Mastered by Kevin Bartley, Capitol Mastering.
Darla-162
CD
$13.50
Canyon Country
There's A Forest In The Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
15TH)
PS, US Canyon Country's debut album. Written and performed
by Nick Huntington (Freescha, The Surf The Sundried). Released
on California's Attacknine Records. Recorded after Freescha's
last album "What's Come Inside Of You", this
is an entirely different treasure chest of tunes. 19 songs
filled with delicate pianos, soft acoustics, organs, mellotrons,
violins, cellos, echoing voices, and monolith drones. Music
under the vast night sky, humming with the horizon line.
AttackNine-009
CD
$13.50
Chin Up Chin Up
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US
Flameshovel-025
CD
$10.25
Chrysler, The
Failures And Sparks + bonus tracks [domestic version] (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE SEPT 2005)
PS, US New U.S. version of The Chrysler's debut classic "Failures
And Sparks". Galaxy G's version includes five lovely
bonus tracks.
GalaxyGramophone-002
CD
$10.00
Cobra Noir
Abode Of The Dead (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Unleashing it's fury upon the dead & the living.
Fast & heavy, the hammering sound of this Canadian
band is an assult without remorse. Continuing the work
their previous Canadian hardcore/punk bands began more
than a decade ago, COBRA NOIR combines ferocious live performances
with unsettling political lyrics. Feat. ex-members of IRE,
IN DYING DAYS, & THE BLACK HAND.
MagicBullet-070
LP
$12.75
Conrad, Tony
Bryant Park Moratorium Rally (1969) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
AUGUST 16th)
PS, US An October afternoon in 1969. Midtown Manhattan.
A rally in Bryant Park against the Vietnam War. Down 42nd
Street towards Times Square, Tony Conrad is adjusting microphones
in his 5th floor loft, one directed at the TV set - where
it will pick up live local news coverage -- the other pointing
out the window, where the echo of speeches and crowd noise
mingles with the oceanic rush of crosstown traffic. As
the event is about to begin, he rolls tape. Thirty-four
years later, we hear what he heard. And the juncture, for
so many reasons, could not be more critical. As the Bush
Administration pursues a risky military agenda in the Middle
East - one with unsettling long-term implications both
at home and abroad - we see a nation not divided, as in
the Vietnam Era, but strangely complacent. Our media-saturated
reality functions like a drug, instantly televised warfare
a new entertainment, and organized public dissent a novelty
at home and a roaring chorus everywhere else. Conrad's
recording of the Oct. 15 Vietnam Moratorium Rally is an
eerie flashback that offers urgent new insights into our
own lives and times, post-9/11 and full on into a new millennium.
TableOfTheElements-083
CD
$14.50
Cowboy Junkies
Early 21st Century Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US Features the CJ's interpretations of songs from
artists such as Dylan, Springsteen & Lennon plus 2
new originals & is their small document of hope for
the times in which we're a livin'.
Zoë-11431078
CD
$19.00
Criteria
When We Break (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US By day, Criteria's Stephen Pedersen is entrenched
in the beige, climate-controlled world of corporate law.
By night, he tirelessly melds face-searing riffs with pounding,
syncopated drums, awaiting a rock 'n' roll miracle. He
need wait for that miracle no longer. And neither must
you. This is the band's second full-length; a startling
display of fist-pumping anthems and contagious melodies
bent on shaking the ass of the most coolly aloof listener.
Two words: big rock.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.50
Criteria
When We Break (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$12.50
Crowell, Rodney
The Outsider (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US Latest from one of America's greatest & most
unappreciated songwriters who follows his stunning, introspective
2003 album "Fate's Right Hand," w/this bold & rockin'
look at the world at large. Incl. guests EMMYLOU HARRIS,
JOHN PRINE, BUDDY & JULIE MILLER, JD SOUTHER & Beth
Nielsen Chapman. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Columbia-94470
CD
$19.25
Cursive
Difference Between Houses And Homes, The (Lost Songs And
Loose Ends 1995 - 2001) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$14.50
Cursive
Difference Between Houses And Homes, The (Lost Songs And
Loose Ends 1995 - 2001) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Ten years since their formation, Cursive offer this
collection of two previously unreleased songs and ten sought
after tracks from their out-of-print 7-inches. Also includes
a 24-page booklet featuring the story that is the album's
namesake, written by front man Tim Kasher and illustrated
by Eastern
Youth artist Yuriko Yoshino. Each song is replete with
thoughtful composition, offset by Kasher's now signature
howl. Building from soft, nuanced intros to anthemic finishes
that sear, many songs evoke the cathartic swell for which
Cursive have become known. Suburban discontent; romantic,
familial,
and platonic relationships in trouble; feelings of isolation
- all are set against Cursive's delicate balance between
calamity and refrain. This isn't an album only for fans.
It's a cohesive release in its own right, telling the story
of a band, its label, and a group of friends.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.50
Danny & the Nightmares
Freak Brain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Legendary songwriter/artist DANIEL JOHNSTON & his
horror-rock combo THE NIGHTMARES are back from the grave
to deliver a new album. Produced by Jesus Christ & recorded
on a 4-track machine ina real haunted house somewhere in
Texas. 12 unreleased songs inspired by love, hell- chicks,
holidays & of course the death of Satan. JOHNSTON on
electric guitar & bass, with Jason on improvisted guitar & farfisa
organ & Bridget keeping time, for those who have always
wanted to hear a true rock n roll album by DANIEL JOHNSTON,
here it is!
SFTRI-762
CD
$13.75
Datach'i
The Elements (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US "14 tracks of diesel fueled chain-saw wielding
break beats and lovely victorian architecture. Joseph Fraioli
creates a deviously crafted patchwork of carefully sewn
rhythms, sonic contortions and delicate melodies, his debut
(Rec+Play), Called "One of the decades most impressive
albums" --Dave Segal, Alternative Press. (Rec+Play)
put Datach'i on the map as one of electronic musics most
novel, demented and fearless voices. The Elements is an
enhanced CD and contains the Video for "In Silence".
Suppose you traded in your apartment, your laptop and a
box of records for a quite house in the country. It's all
good till the first night. Some where between ordering
pizza and finding that room with no windows comes The Elements.
A new full length from Datach'i packing 15 tracks of diesel
fueled chain-saw wielding break beats and lovely victorian
architecture. The Elements is an enhanced CD and contains
the David Firth Video for "In Silence"!
Sublight-701
CD
$13.50
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 30TH)
PS, US NEW ALBUM!!!
Atlantic
CD
$15.00
Dialog Cet
Like Animals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, SWEDEN It is historically proven that a good band rarely
stands still. This hypothesis is made into scientific fact
when analyzing the elements. The key element in question
is Dialog Cet. A band with humble beginnings in Jönköping,
Sweden, in the year of 1998. A band that has been receiving
praise for their ingenuity, playfulness, and forward thinking
from their very onset. Playing a brand of music self-dubbed
as "Labyrinth Punk", which lies somewhere between
Sonic Youth, Unwound, and Scandinavian abstract reasoning.
Receiving praises even from the post-punk luminary Ian
Mackaye (of Fugazi fame) as "brilliant, fucking brilliant".
Music not afraid to move or perplex you...open your ears
and sound the alarm. Dialog Cet have allowed their experimental
side come free but at the same time maintained their pop
sensibilities that were displayed on their last album "Konsumera
Era". In this journey that is otherwise called an "album",
we are introduced to many wild and unusual creatures. Like
the spirited "Mazzrilla Gorialla", where guitars,
pianos, and frantic drumming whirl around in a wild dance.
Or the rambling lo-fi trails of "Dragonfly",
with acoustic guitars and quivering vocals. And before
you thought you saw it all the approach- able "Dolphin
Lundgren" that is covered in synths and guitar plunks
that create a deep-sea mood. "Like Animals" is
a large album with many contrasts. It spins wildly and
calmly floats, it hits hard but softly caresses, and it
howls monotonous and caws with many notes!
Carcrash-013
CD
$12.00
Dialog Cet
Konsumera Era (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, SWEDEN Travelling into the nether regions of music
Jönköping, Sweden's Dialog Cet released their
third album "Konsumera Era" in 2003. The tale
of this band is one of musical and musician mathematics.
Initially a two piece instrumental group on their debut "Crocodile
Hunt", then to a three piece on the critically acclaimed "Ny
Metall" album. In 2002, they went back to be a two
piece, using additional musicians to record "Konsumera
Era". Eerily similar at times to early Bailter Space
(still one of New Zealand's finest exports) Dialog Cet's
sonic attack combines early 90s Chicago/Minneapolis post-punk
dissonance to the weird rock/labyrinth-punk drive that
Dialog Cet are known for!
Carcrash-012
CD
$12.00
Doomriders
Black Thunder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US FEAT. NATE NEWTON FROM CONVERGE & OLD MAN GLOOM.
As sonically anitsocial & undeniably unforgettable
as they come. The demon child of their collective unhealthy
obsession with classic rock, hardcore & skateboarding,
they are a rare beast in today's music world. Their soulful
frills approach conjures the spirits of Thin Lizzy, Entombed & damn
near every evil in between. This is a collection of 13
unbridled songs filled with spontaneity & vigor boldly
serving as a monster of an introduction to the independent
music community worldwide.
Deathwish-146
CD
$13.00
Drexon Field
Stratosphere Control (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US "Drexon Field's debut "Stratosphere Control" released
on California's Attacknine Records. Friends Devin Underwood
and Jared Sheehan from Boston Massachusetts present 8 tracks
of their quirky electric boogaloo for your jam. Mischievous
kids let loose in a room full of keyboards and drum machines. "There's
something very carefree and childlike about these tunes...and
disturbingly funky that i like. It makes me think of Mad
Monster Party, breakdancing mummies, or ice skating with
a werewolf. Neon funk and Phat shoelaces for sure!" -
Nick from Freescha. Recommended for fans of; chemistry
sets, Jean-Jacques Perry, sling shots, ghetto-blasters,
Herbie Hancock and his robot, planets, cuttin'the rug,
the L.A. Dream Team (without the team) *A drexon field
has many noted influences that range from the invention
of simple machines to the pleasure of weather or the solitude
of space. Geometry and the lost history of dinosaurs can
also be seen having a deep and meaningful relationship
within the field."
AttackNine-007
CD
$13.50
Drowningman
Don't Push Us When We're Hot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
11TH)
PS, US They have been noted by many as a pioneering conspirator
in the mixing of metal, hardcore, indie-rock & noise
elements, which has spawned many descriptors & definitions,
most including the words "chaotic", "spastic" or
clever pigeon holes such as "screamo"
Thorp-064
CD
$14.75
Esquivel!
Sights & Sounds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Previously unreleased, never before heard recordings
layed down in 1974 to be sold at a chain of restaurants,
incl. added applause to studio recording. From the king
of Space Age Bachelor Pad Music.
Bar/None-171
CD
$16.50
Facing New York
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 30TH)
PS, US Debut from Bay Area indie/prog group is "dense,
dark, nervy & at times downright sexy...think Dismemberment
Plan meets Zep & the Police"-Filter. Fans of Radiohead & Mars
Volta should dig.
FiveOneInc-012
CD
$12.75
Flash Gordon Collection
Conquers the Universe (5 DVD SET) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
SEPTEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Classic Sci-Fi from the golden age of Hollywood.
Incl. the entire 12 chapter serial plus 9 episodes from
the TV series from the 1950s. As a strange plague threatens
Earth, Flash travels to the distant planet Mongo to search
for the source & cure of the exotic disease!
Passport-5570
DVD
$26.50
Flotation Toy Warning
Bluffers Guide to the Flight Deck (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
AUGUST 16th)
PS, US Flotation Toy Warning's ambitious debut album, Bluffer's
Guide to the Flight Deck, cements this London five-piece
as modern masters of their own brand of baroque, experimental
pop. The US press is already raving about the release -
Pitchfork raved that "it's a muted pulse and gleaming
sheets of guitar. It's a human chorus channeling the great
cosmic mouth of Brian Eno's "2/1", slowly chewing
on humming organs and live drums. It's the Flaming Lips
imitating Scott Walker." It's not just Pitchfork who
are excited about the release - there was a recent feeding
frenzy on MP3 blogs, NPR profiled a song on a recent episode
of All Songs Considered and Magnet are doing a featured
review, where Flotation Toy Warning are profiled as the
best new band in the August/September issue. With one foot
in the eyebrow-raising pop experiments of Van Dyke Parks,
Scott Walker, and The United States of America, and the
other foot planted firmly alongside such modern-day avant-pop
practitioners as the Unicorns, Flaming Lips, or Tindersticks
, Flotation Toy Warning blend found sounds, electronics,
homemade and traditional instruments and lush production.
Their dreamlike pop soundscapes are simultaneously classic
and undeniably modern. Wonderfully warped and deranged,
Bluffer's Guide to the Flight Deck is the rare masterwork
that sounds equally skewed through a set of headphones
or blasting at top volume.
Misra-036
CD
$13.00
Gang Gang Dance
Hillulah (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16th)
PS, US Gang Gang Dance is a musical vehicle without brakes,
constantly innovating and dropping material out the rear.
Hillelah documents a period in which Gang Gang moved from
city streets to multilane highways and down back roads.
These four tracks are culled from live sets and practice
sessions to give you just a taste of what was happening
during this period between GGD recording sessions. Plus
this enhanced CD puts one into their world with two very
diverse performances.
TheSocialRegistry-018
CD5
$8.25
Gayle, Philip
The Mommy Row (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16th)
PS, US The Mommy Row is guitarist Philip Gayle's monstrous,
magma opus; the biggest, jaw-popping swallow one can now
take in the upper/outer echelon of free thinking acoustic
voyagers. This gent's three previous solo records collected
smitten global praise yet held no clues this would be next.
Recorded in pristine audiophile splendor, the NYC-via-Houston-based
Gayle multi-tracked himself in duo, trio, hell ¬- sextet
catacombs of 12-string guitar, aluminum egg bar, prepared
toy piano, baritone ukulele, hand held cymbals, classical
guitar, gongs plus an isle more of stringed wood and tempered
metals. At its core, Gayle locks these spatial clusters,
subtracting adding or multiplying the bent themes that
pass between, into a cohesive oft melodic form that shows
itself in genius flashes. Orbiting an overtly damaged sphere
risen from Derek Bailey, Sun City Girls, Thelonius Monk,
Christopher Tree, Harry Bertoia, and years of bedroom perfection,
these pieces owe most to the moment of recording. Gayle's
style remains totally unique, crossing itself with Oriental
motifs, classical, humor, flamenco and free improv leanings
FamilyVineyard-038
CD
$13.00
Grafiti
What Is The Problem? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US This came out in Europe in 2004 to much praise.
Categorized as garage-rap, house, or grime. Publicized
as being produced by some unknown Italian producer, many
believe that it is in fact THE STREETS frontman MIKE SKINNER.
However, SKINNER's people are maintaining the fact that
he is not responsible. No matter this is a crowd crushing
single that will leave you hyped up & ready to get
the dance floor moving.
DimMak-094
12
$5.50
Grates
The Ouch. The Touch (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Brisbane guitar/drums/vocal trio draws comparisons
from Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Sex Pistols w/their youthful abandon. "Judy
Garland fronting Sonic Youth."-Boston Globe
CherryTree-5169
CD
$6.25
Green Pajamas, The
21st Century Seance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT 2005)
PS, US New studio album by Seatlle psych-pop veterans.
AHiddenAgendaRecord-077
CD
$10.00
Hail Social
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Philadelphia's quartet released a 7-inch and a 4-song
EP, toured the US opening for Interpol and Secret Machines,
and have shared stages with Unicorns, TV On The Radio,
Ted Leo, Of Montreal, Joan Of Arc, Denali, and The Rogers
Sisters, to name a few. Some believe they're the next band
to break out of Philly. Some say their sound is a little
Goth with groove, like The Cure's "Head On The Door",
or power-wave like Duran Duran's "Seven And The Ragged
Tiger". The band likes to refer to this album as "80's
roller skating music played by a metal band."
Polyvinyl
CD
$11.75
Hollingsworth, Taylor
Tragic City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US "Taylor Hollingsworth and his band are sloppy
and wild in the mode of The Stooges or The MC5 (or The
Rolling Stones at their worst), which are likely models,
yet this band's overall tone often recalls bands such as
The Only Ones or The Heartbreakers. If they played fast
and hard instead of loose and slinky, they could even be
The Saints. A lot of the sloppiness is salvaged, or accented,
by white-hot guitar runs that take the sound into Johnny
Thunders territory, by way of Billy Gibbons. Vocals, for
the most part, remain in the more disturbing/intriguing
range of Peter Perret and Nikki Sudden, so you can see
why it is difficult to accept this band's approach as just
a happy accident" - Black & White.
Brash
CD
$13.75
Holopaw
Quit +/Or Fight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Gainesville, Florida's Holopaw (named after a Florida
town none of them are from) rise to more textural, delicate
artistic heights on this follow-up to their 2003 Sub pop
self-titled debut. Each dynamic track tells its tale through
sweet, understated, and complexly orchestrated melody that
engages as it soothes. Thick with strings, winds, drunken
bossanova percussion, stomping, handclaps, wine bottles,
synths, and thrift store furniture-as-instruments, the
album shows a band unafraid of brash creativity and improv
instrumentation. Holopaw has toured extensively with label-mates
Iron And Wine.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Hot Cross/Holy Shroud
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US HOLY SHROUD features off kilter melodies, tight & propulsive
rhythms & intensely shouted yet indubitably catchy
vocal patterns. HOT CROSS is more chaotic & discordant.
These songs are without a doubt rock numbers & their
best material to date!
LevelPlane-085
45
$5.50
Hot Cross/Holy Shroud
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US HOLY SHROUD features off kilter melodies, tight & propulsive
rhythms & intensely shouted yet indubitably catchy
vocal patterns. HOT CROSS is more chaotic & discordant.
These songs are without a doubt rock numbers & their
best material to date!
LevelPlane-085
45
$5.50
Hototogisu
Ghosts Of The Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US On this double cd for Important, The Hototogisu
masterfully create a dense sediment of tetonic drone with
the thickest layers of guitar, vocals and electronics.
The Hototogisu are obviously season sonic travelers, featuring
the seminal legend Matthew Bower (Skullflower, Sunroof!)
and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards). Ghosts Of The Sun
is one enormous composition, nearing 2 hours in length,
unfolded and nailed together in 7 movements. Starting with
a slow drone electronic crawl and climaxing with crackling
bone percussion buried howls of haunted minds, Ghosts Of
The Sun cries out from beneath an earthquake of guitar
feedback and distortion. Ghosts Of The Sun compresses eternity,
from the creation of humanity to it's own destruction,
into 7 parts on one double album. This is epic and total
sonic overload, by way of The Hototogisu. Ghosts Of The
Sun was originally released in as an art edition double
cdr of 100 copies.
Important-062
DCD
$15.25
John Wilkes Booze
Telescopic Eyes Glance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Marching forth with heft-guitar riffs, mantra shrieking,
garbled saxophone, & customary missed notes, the perpetual
rhythm eventually collapses to abstraction & absence.
A pop-deviated witch trial, referencing a mystified Midwestern
rock past with atonal acoustic gestures. All in all, an
assembled mass of splintered sound as song.
KillRockStars-430
CD
$14.50
John Wilkes Booze
Telescopic Eyes Glance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars-430
LP
$14.50
Judd and Maggie
Subjects (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US The voices of brother & sister duo blend like
coffee & cream: a gentle & subtle whisper, yet
irresistible. Produced by Joey Waronker (BECK).
RCA-82876
CD
$13.25
Kool Keith
Lost Masters Vol. 2, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dmaft
LP
$12.50
Kool Keith
Lost Masters Vol. 2, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Keith follows this impressive achievement with an
entirely new collection, aimed at his hard-core fans. With
music featured in Adam Sandler's new movie, "The Longest
Yard" and a commercial for the new Dodge Charger airing
this summer, Keith is experiencing a new found celebrity.
Dmaft
CD
$12.50
Life and Times, The
Suburban Hymns (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US
DeSoto-049
CD
$13.00
Lords
Swords (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US This combines the "get in the van" urgency
of a forgotten era of SST-influenced punk rock with an
awe-inspiring precision & swagger of late '80s American
thrash metal. The heir apparent to the throne of the resurgent
Louisville hardcore scene, LORDS deliver their unique brand
of volatile thrash in a blaze of towering riffs, near heretical
rants & throttling drums. Somehow LORDS cram a punishing
wall of sound into an inconceivable 13 song, 22 minute
long package. Swords is a torrid & unrelenting assault
that will leave a trail of scorched earth in its path.
JadeTree-1107
CD
$13.75
Lost Patrol
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US The second release by this Swedish band contains
huge melodic hooks and an effervescent dance groove that
recalls the classic new wave sound of Greg Kihn, Blondie,
and The Romantics. All this with intense, committed vocals
on top, making for a compelling mix of power and pop.
BurningHeart
CD
$13.75
Lovemakers
Times of Romance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US San Francisco band voted "Top 10 Sexiest People
in the Bay Area" by SF Bay Guardian. Their pulsating
sound is laced w/ melodic invention while co-lead singers
vocal deliveries channel an unabashed freedom reimiscent
of Human League, New Order & Bjork. "A Lovemakers
show is like a pink Ferrari driving through mountains of
Coke."
CherryTree-5417
CD
$10.75
Maclean, Juan
Less Than Human (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Former SIX FINGER SATELLITE electronic pioneer JM
has previously released a series of 5 critically acclaimed & highly
sought after vinyl only singles on DFA & remixed Air,
Spectrum, Ralph Myerz & Chromeo. "Urgent nuclear
age grooves."-MOJO
Astralwerks-32168
CD
$17.00
Maclean, Juan
Less Than Human (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Astralwerks-32168
DLP
$13.50
Makers
Everybody Rise! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US A new record & a new line up! With the return
of TIM MAKER along with the addition of a new drummer,
AARON. This music is played with passion, from the heart.
THE MAKERS are asking you to meet them on the dance floor & rise
above the preconceived notions of what you really think
they are about. It is soul music, it is garage, it is rock
n roll. The band has never sounded tighter nor more fierce.
Believe it, THE MAKERS have delivered a masterpiece
KillRockStars-428
CD
$14.50
Maquiladora
A House All On Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US This is the natural sound of the southwest corner
of Alta California aglow in warm sunshine and awash in
the cool blue pacific. This is the sound of the golden
landscape, a buzz with honey bees, sea breezes, and the
spirit of both the natives and the first intrepid Californio
souls who came to love and live here. Maquiladora harness
the mojo of this unique and still relatively culturally
unknown and mostly misunderstood region. For lack of a
better genre classification, let's say they play Western,
desert-folk, country/rock... of the mellowest and most
gently mind expanding kind. The trio record themselves
in the attic studio of Phil's 1911 bungalow in downtown
San Diego. Maquiladora: "The sun light shifted moods.
the seasons passed. we sweat and froze in the attic of
old Luisa crafting this record. It's now our tenth year
together in close quarters. We've seen many colors change,
drifting together, then apart then together again. The
southwest does that to you at desert, ocean and city speed.
The orange city lights in the early summer call us to meet
again. This record is focused and relaxed. We mixed it
ourselves, had Joe Plummer play the drums, took our time
with it, did other stuff, came back in a colder season
and started up again. The songs are of middle and lower
California amidst the blooming desert, the swirling ocean
air, and the storied nights of most western cities. The
place inside the place. As the moving darkness and moonshine
fell on us through the skylights we did some work and talked
about reference points. We grew older, over cigarettes,
and our songs changed. It's important to know that with
three voices and songwriters we've been through a lot together
and if you listen closely you can hear that. Like the familiarity
you have with the sound of the leaves of the tree you live
near, or the ocean sounds after 20 years of hearing, of
being. We've put out a lot of music, but to stand and sing
some of these new songs has been different. It is a different
place now. A subtle shift of expression and voice. It's
been moving for us and we have some hope it may move you.
And so, we've wrapped up our thoughts and called it "a
house all on fire" a transformation away from yesterday
.....let 'it breathe... let 'it breathe. "These reclusive
Californian's do for country music what Radiohead did for
Brit pop: dismantle the machine and rebuild it with alien
parts. Andrew Paine Bradbury.
Darla-157
CD
$13.50
Marjorie Fair
Self Help Serenade (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 19TH)
PS, US
Capitol
CD
$16.25
Melvins
Mangled Demos From 1983 (2X10") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US s An unreleased collection of MELVINS demos from
1983. The only document left with the original line-up.
3 years after their original debut, the 3 who were in high
school scraped up a few hundred bucks & cut a demo
in Olympia. With hilarious liner notes by BUZZ detailing
not the recording process which he claims he forgot, but
the fucked up lives they led in their hopeless town & the
characters who populated it. This 2x10'' is a LIMITED EDITION
ONE TIME PRESSING!!!
AlternativeTentacle-337
10
$14.75
Melvins
Pigs Of The Roman Empire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US s Their upteenth & newest release, a joint venture
with LUSTMORD (a.k.a. Hollywood sound designer BRIAN WILLIAMS)
who brings a disturbing resume of collaboration with industrial
sociopaths THROBBING GRISTLE & SPK. This is a 180-degree
turn from the Biafra/Melvins album: ambient soundscapes,
sonic bludgeonings & unforced cruelty reign over this
empire. This is a 2LP GATEFOLD pressing & includes
a bonus track not on the CD. A LIMITED EDITION ONE TIME
PRESSING.
AlternativeTentacle-336
DLP
$14.75
Menomena
Posh Isolation b/w Tung Track (PRE-ORDER AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Portland's Menomena are one of the most innovative
bands on the tour circuit. Their debut, "I Am The
Fun Blame Monster" was met with instant critical success.
These two songs are taken from the album sessions, but
were not released on the final record. "...the thick,
rubbery bass and thundering hip hop informed drums support
some of the most keenly intuitive hook penning since 'The
Soft Bulletin'" - Tiny Mix Tapes. "...they've
managed to make an album that's extremely accessible yet
entirely unconventional" - Pitchforkmedia.com.
Polyvinyl
45
$4.00
Minotaur Shock
Maritime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Minotaur Shock is David Edwards, lead singer of
Bronze Age Fox, electronic musical marvel, and remixer
du jour. His records of the last five years, while nodding
in the direction of Boards Of Canada, Manitoba, and FourTet,
have managed to avoid the folktronica scene. As much as
he admires
luminaries like Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, and Philip Glass,
he also carries a heavy torch for FM rockers Steely Dan
and The Cars. This new record is a more upbeat affair.
It's the sound of "mutant-disco" with David trying
to play guitar like David Gedge of The Wedding Present. "Warmth,
not trickery, is Minotaur's aim, a target struck with confidence
and skill" - Q.
4AD
CD
$14.50
Minus The Bear
Menos El Oso (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Indie-pop flaunting substantial glitch-riddled prog-pop.
Recorded, produced & chiefly knob-twisted by the band
itself. This is 11 steps further into the forward-thinking,
angular rock canon. Weaving through territories long established
by '70s prog-rockers, '80s proto punks, & '90s art
rock mind fucks, MINUS THE BEAR invokes the modern love
affair between dance-driven strategy, & lush, Upper
Pacific sweater rock. This album muses on urges of the
collared contemporary- money, sex, detail-obsessed detective
work, yet manages to avoid the supposed high browed, overt
conclusions that are so not hot shit.
SuicideSqueeze-047
CD
$14.50
Moggs
White Belt Is Not Enough (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US work in concept & song, with attention evenly
spread between percussion & guitar...an intense fusion
of white hot rock & sub-zero swagger."
AbsolutelyKosher-049
CD
$16.00
Montgolfier Brothers
Journey's End (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 17TH)
PS, UK 4 track EP + 2 videos. Manchester's Roger Quigley
(At Swim Two Birds) and Mark Tranmer (Gnac) present their
first new material since 2002's The World Is Flat (Poptones).
The critically-acclaimed duo, whose distinctive sound blends
the music of Nyman's minimalism and Legrand's tinkling
melodiousness with a lyricism mirroring the humor in despair
of Chaplin's Limelight, return to the Vespertine organization,
which released their debut album, 1999's Seventeen Stars.
Quigley's unblinking dissections of relationships on the
turn, the main theme of the first two albums, make way
for a more serene exploration of the changing face of his
home town and his place within it, all delivered in his
trademark deep, intimate tones. Journey's End sees The
Montgolfier Brothers finally reach their destination. 'Sky-lines
change, memories still remain... Some friends stay, some
make their escape... ' In a coffee shop or bar, they're
there. Invariably alone, in the same seat, at the same
time of day, quietly watching their little piece of Manchester
change. Around long enough to remember buildings constructed
and the same ones demolished in their own lifetime. And
around long enough to see the people in their lives go
the same way. 'I've walked these streets, I've known this
place too long... And now you've gone, got used to being
alone...' The capitulation of the defeated soul. Echoing
Sinatra's A Man Alone, The Montgolfier Brothers map out
the journey of a survivor of love, loss and grieving...
for a city, a memory, a moment. 'You can't stop time, hard
as you might try... We're not here long, and then you're
gone... ' Journeys End is taken from the album All My Bad
Thoughts, released in the autumn 2005 on Vespertine & Son,
and includes three exclusive tracks as well as enhanced
slideshows of the title song and the unreleased instrumental
gem Operation Faff.
Vespertine&Son-004
CD5
$7.75
Mouse On Mars
Autoditacker (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Originally released in the US on Thrill Jockey in
late 1997, "Autoditacker" is Mouse On Mars's
most successful domestic release, scanning over 15,000
copies. Now re-issued, this album finds the band continuing
to grow and improve, adding textures and detail to their
dense, electronic soundscapes
without compromising their sound. They're still indebted
to Krautrock and dub, but they continue to add new sounds
and styles to their music, including long ambient stretches
and flirtations with drum and bass. "Germany's greatest
21st century pop duo" - iD Magazine. "Mouse On
Mars are a fully
occupied jacuzzi for the mind" - NME. Features contributions
from Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier.
TooPure
CD
$11.75
Mt. Eerie
No Flashlight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16th)
PS, US The album is about walking in the dark until morning,
pregnancy and birth, and noticing the "pregnancy" of
the world at night, and stuff like that. Every song has
a lake of deep percussion carrying it along, swishing sounds,
booms in stereo, hollow knocking... It sounds like what
laptop music could have been, but made by hands tapping
wood. The format is crazy: a white vinyl LP wrapped in
a double sided huge poster/explanation sheet AND a CD.
It's 2005. We have to make things more extremely beautiful.
P.W.Elverumand Sun,Ltd.-005
LP + CD
$20.75
New Pornographers
Twin Cinema (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$11.75
New Pornographers
Twin Cinema (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US The third album from Vancouver's pop maestros continues
to feature Neko Case and Dan Bejar (Destroyer), as well
as new vocalists Kathryn Calder and Nora O'Connor. These
songs veer more toward the rocking and the personal than
the sugar of earlier works. Chief singer/songwriter A.C.
Newman
has absorbed not just the mechanics of classic songwriting,
but the heart, while indulging his admiration of demented
current bands like Fiery Furnaces and Frog Eyes. Expect
to hear influences from The Moody Blues, Tubeway Army,
Wings, Eno, The Stranglers, 10cc, and other greats, all
filtered through Newman's warped worldview. "The best
pop band alive" - CMJ Monthly.
Matador
CD
$15.25
Noisettes
Three Moods of the Noisettes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
30TH)
PS, US SE London guitar/drums/vocals trio have received
raucous reviews for their live show & garnered press
comparing their sound to Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Band of Gypsy's & White
Stripes.
LowAttitude-5214
CD
$6.25
North Mississippi Allstars
Electric Blue Watermelon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER
6TH)
PS, US Incl. guests LUCINDA WILLIAMS, ROBERT RANDOLPH & DIRTY
DOZEN BRASS BAND. Produced by Jim Dickinson at Ardent.
ATO-88088
CD
$17.00
Nourallah, Salim
Beautiful Noise (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16th)
PS, US Since the year 2000, Salim Nourallah's music has
received praise from publications such as Time Out New
York, Amplifier, Salon.com and Rollingstone.com. The public's
appreciation for his work was clear when he
played SXSW 2004 to a standing room only crowd, for his
debut of Polaroid. Salim's latest release, Beautiful Noise,
finds him reflecting on themes of mortality, aging, lost
love and, refreshingly, hope as an antidote to
despair. His keen pop sensibilities shine through on songs
like "Montreal," a McCartney-esque anthem to
the joys of coupledom and "The World Is Full of People..." a
ballad filled with fatherly worries and love. On Beautiful
Noise Salim connects with his listeners with emotional
and engaging songwriting, comparable to the Beatles, Wilco,
Big Star, or Beck.
WesternVinyl-034
CD
$13.00
Numbers
Solid Pleasure b/w No Afterlife (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
23RD)
PS, US In the past they have played fast, primal punk disco
beats with barking vocals & noisy bursts of guitar,
but here they take a slightly different route- implementing
more melody & longer songs. The vocals have become
more like her singing little melodies to herself while
walking down the street & the band opting for fluctuating
drones & ambling drums.
KillRockStars-433
45
$4.25
Orange Juice
The Glasgow School (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US The legendary Scottish band Orange Juice were revolutionary
innovators, both musically and commercially. They were "indie" before "indie" was
a word, and their subtly provocative sound and image was
unlike anything anyone had ever heard. And while they never
really landed a big hit, or made their way across the pond
with much fanfare, their offspring most certainly did.
One listen to The Glasgow School will throw the floodgates
wide open. Their delicate melodies, disco basslines, and
sexy masc/fem ambiguity were unlike anything anyone had
ever heard - and to this day, they resound with timelessness.
Domino
CD
$15.25
Oxegen, Anna
Meet Jennifer b/w Syncopen (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
23RD)
PS, US She describes her high energy multimedia performances
as "the fairy tale landscapes between my cultural
hiccops". She weaves her stories into catchy & surreal
pop songs, often enlisting audience members in her sceintific
dance-a-thon. This plays like a psychedelic disco story
book, complete with cut out animation wheel, the record
invites you to participate in the journey.
KillRockStars-436
45
$4.25
Oxes
Oxes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US They're back, & in grand style. After spending
time apart getting married in Italy, delivering pizzas,
worshipping football great Ray Lewis, & perfecting
the art of the "claw" the OXES have returned
to put their finest tunes to date on tape in 3 years! This
is a maddening chunk of rock'n'roll, containing signature
OXES' stadium riffage, drum spills & fills, & sense
of humor. But, this release is a turning point in their
songwriting as they dabble in more straight forward rock
numbers, & more, well mental rock numbers. Playing
with time signatures, guitar leads/solos, off kilter rhythms, & even
remixing a song, the OXES have taken a step into a slightly
new direction. Simply put, this lil' ep will slay!!!
Monitor-023
CD5
$8.25
Oxes
Oxes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! The OXES are back, and in grand
style. After spending time apart getting married in Italy,
delivering pizzas, worshipping football great Ray Lewis,
and perfecting the art of the "claw" the OXES
have returned to put their finest tunes to date on tape
in THREE years! Recorded by the OXES in their way fab home
studio in the outskirts of Baltimore, the OXES EP is a
maddening chunk of rock'n'roll, containing signature OXES'
stadium riffage, drum spills and fills, and sense of humor.
But, this release is a turning point in the OXES songwriting
as they dabble in more straight forward rock numbers, and
more, well mental rock numbers. Playing with time signatures,
guitar leads/solos, off kilter rhythms, and even remixing
a song, the OXES have taken a step into a slightly new
direction. Simply put, this lil' ep will slay!!! Please
be advised to be on drugs when you listen to this album.
Monitor-023
12
$8.25
Peter Bjorn And John
Falling Out [domestic] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT 2005)
PS, US Stockholm, Sweden trio Peter Bjorn and John's debut
North American release Falling Out is an assemblage of
ingenious pop songs, cleverly recorded and masterfully
arranged, sounds drawn from the simple (a Speak-N-Spell)
to the symphonic (a symphony). Think A.C. Newman and The
British Invasion and you're on the right path. Songwriters
Peter Morén and Björn Yttling (producer for
Concretes, Shout Out Louds, Nicolai Dunger, many more)
are joined by drummer John Eriksson. These 10 songs are
about falling in and Falling Out of love with people, places,
and ideas.
AHiddenAgendaRecord-079
CD
$10.00
Pg. 99
Document #8 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RoboticEmpire-049
LP
$10.75
Pg. 99
Document #8 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US REISSUE!!! This contains a full remixing by the
band & engineer Kurt Ballou ( Converge), now including
2 bonus tracks previously used on a split with City of
Caterpillar. All coupled with the original artwork enhanced
by a digipack layout & 12 page booklet, this reissue
finally does justice to the legacy that is PG.99's opus
to aggressive & creative music.
RoboticEmpire-049
CD
$13.00
Portastatic
Bright Ideas (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US This is a rollicking, tuneful guitar rock record
made for driving fast with the windows down. Stripped down
to the guitar-bass-drum essentials the songs soar & harken
back to a time when records had 2 sides, good songs were
on the radio & the word album meant something. More
Badfinger than Buzzcocks this album captures the more rocking
side of PORTASTATIC.
Merge-263
CD
$13.50
Prurient
Black Vase (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Double vinyl limited to 750
Load-072
DLP
$16.00
Prurient
Black Vase (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US 7th album from noise maker extraordinaire who attacks
2 large amplifiers w/2 microphones swirling into the invisible
electro-magnets fields around the amps. His masterwork
of harshness that feat. drums in addition to his wailing
subsonic shit fest.
Load-072
CD
$16.00
Ralph's World
Green Gorilla, Monster & Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
9TH)
PS, US Clap a little harder, jump a little higher, and
dance a little longer as Ralph's World's award winning
combination of quality rock and family friendly songs attain
a new level of family friendly pop perfection. This sure
fire set of 14 tracks also includes a killer cover of Ray
Steven's novelty smash, "Gitarzan". A proven
retail smash, Ralph's World has recently been crowned "King
Of Children's Rock". The LA Times labels him "a
children's musician superstar". The New York Times
says, "[Ralph] will turn out to be this genre's Elvis
Presley."
MintyFresh
CD
$15.25
Richmond Fontaine
Fitzgerald, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US The follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed "Post
To Wire" is a quiet departure from the raucous, visceral
send-ups that have made these Portland-based rockers a
band to watch. Written at the Fitzgerald Casino in chief
songwriter Willy Vlautin's hometown of Reno, this album
is a stark collection of songs about the people who live
in the shadows of a casino town. It contains the most vivid
and compelling songs the band has written to date. It debuted
at #13 on the UK Indie Chart in May, and Richmond Fontaine
are again experiencing the kind of praise rarely bestowed
on any artist. "The most
beautiful sad album of the year" - Q. "'The Fitzgerald'
is mind-blowing" - Five Stars, Album Of The Month,
Uncut, June 2005.
Union
CD
$11.75
Rogue Wave
10:01 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Features three exclusive b-sides!
SubPop
CD5
$4.00
Scarling
So Long, Scarecrow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US It's a collection of songs about mutual malaise,
self-exploration, melancholy, heart's resilience & general
frustration. From the band nominated for the Short List
award.
SFTRI-758
CD
$13.75
Sleeping People
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TempResid-084
LP
$11.25
Sleeping People
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US Though aptly described as a "pleasant headache," Sleeping
People are more concerned with filling your headspace than
hurting it. They build up elaborate song structures, only
to deconstruct them through a series of complexities that
would most certainly run away from themselves without the
group's rigorous-yet-fluid control. Recorded on analog
tape by brother-producer tag team Jay and Ian Pellici (Deerhoof,
Rumah Sakit, Dilute), Sleeping People is rich with clarity
and depth. Tonally similar to early Yes albums, and bearing
more than a passing resemblance to classic King Crimson,
it is an album of stunning complexity that never abandons
the thoughtful melodicism that carries all great records.
Featuring past and present members of Pinback, Tarentel,
Rumah Sakit and Howard Hello, Sleeping People's pedigree
no doubt partly explains its fascination with trance-like
repetition and aggressive time signature changes. But nothing
about the group adequately explains why every one of their
songs makes you feel like you're being chased by the cops.
TemporaryResidence-084
CD
$13.00
Sons and Daughters
Repulsion Box (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Enthralling batch of 10 songs that further explore
the quartet's quesy addiction to murder ballad lyrics.
Rec. at Conny Plank's (CAN) Cologne studio w/Victor Van
Vugt (NICK CAVE, PJ HARVEY)
Domino-066
CD
$16.00
Sons and Daughters
Repulsion Box (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino-066
LP
$16.00
Stevens, Sufjan
Illinois (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AsthmaicKitty-014
DLP
$14.50
Svenson
See You In Earth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, SWEDEN A mutation of rock, electronica and punk! Surrealist
noise-rock and angular zoom-pop from Swedish conglom featuring
Silverbullit/Citizen Bird member Anders Gustavsson. One
of Jim's favorite and noisiest Swedish releases. Innovative,
original Gothenburgbased quartet formed in 1999. The way
they mix electronics, avant-garde and punk ideas in a decidedly
rock-orientated format is unlike most contemporary music
produced in Sweden today, weird, wild and wonderful.
Carcrash-010
CD
$12.00
Sybris
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US
Flameshovel-029
CD
$12.00
Syd Matters
Someday/Whisper (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 30TH)
PS, US Combines the 2003 French debut "A Whisper and
a Sigh" w/the new, sophomore album "Someday We
Will Foresee Obstacles". The new album is expectant & mysterious
w/the music both acoustic & electric. Songs praising
simplicity, slowness & spontaneity. "If Radiohead
were still soulful enough to cover Gainesbourg, maybe Syd
wouldn't matter as much."-CMJ.
V2-63881
DCD
$17.25
T. Raumschmiere
Blitzkrieg Bop (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute-3086
DLP
$21.50
T. Raumschmiere
Blitzkrieg Bop (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US New album builds upon his hybrid of punk rock & electronics,
containing more apparent punk rock, twisted rock & ambient
influences. Incl. friends ELLEN ALLIEN, Quasimodo Jones & Sandra
Nasic!
Mute-3086
CD
$14.50
Tenement Halls
Knitting Needles & Bicycle Bells (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US This marks the triumphant return of CHRIS LOPEZ,
one of the most original & intriguing voices in indie-rock.
From his work with the ROCK*A*TEENS through to this new
project, LOPEZ weaves masterful tales of rock & roll,
fun & foibles, passion & playfulness, delivered
in unforgettable heart-on-one's sleeve croon. RIYL Destroyer,
The Clientle, White Stripes.
Merge-261
CD
$14.50
Torche
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US NOW ON VINYL!!!
RoboticEmpire-046
LP
$10.75
Totimoshi
Mysterioso (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US The 2nd full length from Oakland, CA trio TOTIMOSHI,
intersects earthquake-heavy rock & wicked sludge riffage
with the wiry hooks & dynamics of '80s post-punk, Spanish
melodies, & an adventurous, occasionally improvisational
fuzz attack. It's sort of like someone giving a Beggars
Banquet band circa 1985 a cocktail of steroids, huge amps & battered
copies of MELVINS' Stoner Witch & MAINLINER's Mellow
Out. Heavy, crunchy, catchy, hypnotic, Mysterioso? winds,
grinds, & explodes every step of the way. This re-issued,
re-tooled version features enhanced CD-ROM extras, including
2 music videos
CrucialBlast-046
CD
$13.75
Tren Brothers
The Swimmer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US If you're familiar with THE DIRTY THREE, BOXHEAD
ENSEMBLE, BONNIE PRINCE BILLY's "Get On Jolly",
CAT POWER's "Moon Pix", or any of the other recordings
MICK TURNER & JIM WHITE have contributed to, you're
probably already familiar with their unique ability to
lull & seduce listeners. Here they have used music,
film, & still images to create a beautiful portrait
of a character known only as "The Swimmer". It's
4 musical selections & 4 quicktime videos, one to accompany
each audio track.
WesternVinyl-020
CD
$9.75
Two Ton Boa
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US SHARON FRASER's raw vocals are the heart & driving
force behind TWO TON BOA. At it's most powerful rhythmically
crushes & melodically charms, devouring listeners through
FRASER's engaging use of hypnothic melodic nets- vocal,
lyrical, & instrumental- while other listeners are
captured through her addictively catchy, playful craftiness.
REISSUE from 2000.
KillRockStars-351
CD
$9.75
Unstable Ensemble
Embers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16th)
PS, US Unstable Ensemble's third full-length is their most
finely honed improvisational gesture. Embers is a ménage
of sax/guitar melody slivers shifting amongst crackling
electronic tones and bowed percussion. Existing amongst
the shadowy fringes of North American improvisation since
1999, Unstable Ensemble's driftage has carried itself vast
miles toward border crossings and large/no audiences to
bestow ephemeral sound demonstrations as anti-placates
to jazzbo tokers and noise-junkies. Encapsulating many
forces, Embers surges with titanic electronic gale and
absolute stillness while inner lyrical intricacies summon
forlorn memories. A wholly distinct extension of the Musica
Elettronica Viva and AMM world-view.
FamilyVineyard-037
CD
$13.00
Vanderslice, John
Pixel Revolt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Barsuk-044
DLP
$24.50
Vanderslice, John
Pixel Revolt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US John's 5th solo record. Its 14 tracks are built
on short stories efficient & evocative enough to be
reminiscent of top tier fiction writers, & sonically
gorgeous enough that the casual fan can go several listens
w/ out noticing the lyrics.
Barsuk-044
CD
$13.50
VanGaalen, Chad
Infiniheart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Calgary, Alberta's Chad VanGaalen is a multi-instrumentalist
and animator who has piqued the interest of the indie rock
world. "Infiniheart" is an epic tapestry of crunchy
guitars, ethereal textures, and expressive hooks that Chad
crafted and recorded in his bedroom studio. Previously
released with a different sequence in Canada last year.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
VanGaalen, Chad
Infiniheart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US DOUBLE VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
DLP
$15.25
Various
Spend an Evening with Saddle Creek (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Film by Jason Kulbek & Rob Walters. The Saddle
Creek Records story told through interviews, home movies,
rare live performances and never-before-seen archival footage
with BRIGHT EYES, THE FAINT, CURSIVE and many others. In
1993, a group of childhood friends in Omaha, Nebraska released
100 copies of a cassette tape by a 13 year-old singer-songwriter
/ little brother, Conor Oberst. Two years later, the name
Saddle Creek Records was etched in vinyl and what began
as a collective local music scene would soon gain attention
as a center of independent music in America. The story
of the record label as told by the people who made it happen.
With extensive interviews, rare performances and archival
footage, the film is an oral and visual history of how
the combination of talent, dedication and collaboration
launched bands like Bright Eyes, Cursive, Azure Ray, Rilo
Kiley, Lullaby for the Working Class, Desaparacidos & The
Faint into the national eye & has fostered a close-knit
family of artists that continues to inspire each other
and their fans. "The most vital underground rock scene
in the country... by any measure, the bands and the city
are in the middle of an extraordinary musical run."-NY
Times. "Homespun values color this community, and
extraordinary ties bind these bands."-Boston Globe
Plexifilm-023
DVD
$22.75
Various
Burn To Shine: Chicago (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Featuring live performances by WILCO, SHELLAC, TORTOISE,
FREAKWATER, THE PONYS, LONESOME ORGANIST, TIGHT PHANTOMZ,
RED EYED LEGENDS & PIT ER PAT this was recorded, mixed & curated
by the very capable record producer & SHELLAC member
BOB WESTON. The bands in BTS 2 play one song each in a
100 year old house in Chicago & are presented in the
way they were recorded. Shot in HD & recorded on mutlitrack,
the overall impact is immediate & intimate. Extras
include an extended slide show of band pictures as well
as captured audio.
Trax-002
DVD
$11.75
Various
Hellfest Vol IV (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Shot on location at HELLFEST 2005, this documents
one of the most talked about festivals in heavy music.
Utilizing 8 camera angles, incl. over 40 bands incl: 5.1
SRS Circle Surround Audio, Officail Hellfest Confessional
Booth Video Footage from fans & band interviews. REGION
0
HighRoller-004
DVD
$20.00
Various
Texas Funk 1968-75: Black Gold from the Lone Star State
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 9TH)
PS, US Egon's (STONES THROW) label does it again with 80
minutes of funky classics unreleased soul & funk music
by unsung heroes from Texas from tough urban centers like
Dalls & Houston to the sparsely populated hot spots
like Pasadena & Longview. Remastered. Intro by DJ SHADOW
NowAgain-5019
CD
$17.00
Various
Music Of The Melvins (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US er For the first time, the leadres in underground
music pay tribute to one of the most influential bands
ever, THE MELVINS. Tracks contributed by: MASTODON, STRAPPING
YOUNG LAD, MARE, EYEHATEGOD, PIG DESTROYER & THE DILLINGER
ESCAPE PLAN. Collaborations by: HIGH ON FIRE/KEELHAUL,
AGORAPHOBIC NOSEBLEED/ISIS, CKY/GNARKILL, & more!
FracturedTransmitt-004
CD
$13.00
Veronica Lipgloss & The Evil Eyes
Witch's Daughter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US A pulsating, puitar & sax-driven dance exorcism.
The half-male, half-female group have been described as "like
an outtake from Downtown 81". They channel their influences,
past & present, through a fabric of exceptional musicianship & provocative
sounds.
GSL-102
CD
$13.00
Vibracathedral Orchestra
Tuning To The Rooster (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Tuning To The Rooster is so far the first and only
record ever made by The Vibracathedral Orchestra using
a 24 track mixing board. Typically the group records on
2 tracks despite the fact that their eccentric and complexly
arranged sound practically requires 24 tracks. In what
the group calls a "foolish" decision, this 24
track recording seesion, recorded with Richard Formby (Spacemen
3 engineer), was split up and released on all sorts of
limited edition vinyl releases including splits with Low,
JOMF and a giveaway cd made for a Julian Cope curated festival.
In early 2005 the group went back into the studio and mixed
this album as it was originally intended, as one full album. "This
is music as a shamanic aid, made as much for the players
themselves as for the listeners. But as I'm writing from
the listening perspective, I have to inform y'all that
this is music to get you there. Every track sounds as though
it has always just 'been there', it's just you ain't quite
tuned into its peculiar frequency until now. The 12-and-a-half
minute Wearing Clothes of Ash is like a piano-led PARADIESWARTS
DUUL-period drone-a-thon with John Cale and Terry Riley
guesting on viola and keys. Following this, the sublime
Baptism Bar Blues is proof positive that they can rock
the riot house with pure adrenaline rush when the decision
is made. Indeed, this track is magnificent and should be
available to the masses free or in pill form." Julian
Cope.
Important-061
CD
$13.50
Warlocks
Surgery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US New album is more accessible & more vulnerable
than their acclaimed 2003 Birdman debut. An otherwordly,
subversive soul record w/a ghostly grace which mixes soothing
sci-fi lullabies w/their trademark characteristic rohypnol
rock outs.
Mute-9295
CD
$14.50
Windsor For The Derby
Giving Up The Ghost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16th)
Ps, US
SecretlyCanadian-128
LP
$11.25
Windsor For The Derby
Giving Up The Ghost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16th)
PS, US Windsor for the Derby are a study in dualities.
It is made of two primary band members preserving not only
a musical identity but a friendship over many years and
many miles. Creating music that is equal parts dance and
folk, a truly disparate combination of styles that come
out sounding completely organic. While listening to "Giving
Up The Ghost", you hear not only the beautiful stylistic
tension of two styles at play, but also the room and atmosphere
itself. Windsor's music has always been a play on modern
pop, infused with giant amounts of space, a space which
both reflects the physical distance between its members
as well as providing an artistic counterpoint to the massive
inundation of noise and data that our society is bombarded
with daily. The past eleven years have seen Windsor For
The Derby reach across the country and make the long distance
relationship somehow work. With founding members Jason
McNeely in Austin, TX and Dan Matz in various locales along
the east coast, WFTD always seemed more a "project" than
a band. Last summer both found themselves living in the
same city as they both relocated to Philadelphia. In the
past WFTD had to rely on their semi-annual meetings to
conduct their business, but now they are regularly playing
live shows and prolifically recording in their home studio.
SecretlyCanadian-128
CD
$13.00
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Anitlove (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US A heavy pop band who play noisy punk rock & like
to dance. Still living in Brooklyn where all the other
rock stars live.This was recorded with Albini, & the
result is a bigger, better, heavier sound. Imagine a sped-up
Black Sabbath with Tuesday Weld on vocals. Imagine the
Descendents with Joan Jett on vocals. Imagine its always
SAturday & you never have to work again.
Narnack-7032
CD
$12.75
Xiu Xiu/Banhart,Devendra
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US These guys get together & take a song that has
been known as their own & switch places. XIU XIU plays "the
Body Breaks", deconstructing it & then glueing
it back together with danceable blips & bleeps & signature
freak out vocals. DEVENDRA BANHART takes on "support
our troops! OH!", the original being a chilling monologue & twists & coaxes
it into a revivalist hymn with (you guessed it) handclaps.
5RueChristine-038
45
$4.75
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