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New Releases

16 Horsepower
Live: March 2001
PS, US While live albums are often fodder for completists, 16 Horsepower's intoxicating material becomes even more potent on stage, making 16 Horsepower Live a must-have release. Their instrumentation transforms the usually lighthearted banjo and squeezebox into the loneliest choir that accompanies the smoldering voice of David Eugene Edwards. Often likened to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 16 Horsepower definitely has that laudanum-soaked aura, but is firmly rooted in Americana. Unlike their contemporaries, however, they aim beyond popular music in the key of sad and delve right into the human condition for something weighty and substantial. The way 16 Horsepower pours themselves into writing and performing, Live March 2001, the third installation of their live material, will surely be welcomed with open arms, not with snipes about bludgeoning dead equines.
AlternativeTentacles
DCD
$17.00

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

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 Beautiful full-color digipak that contains previously unpublished paintings of Almond by Russian artist Vania Soutavliov, a rare photograph of the enigmatic Count, & the complete texts to both poems.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

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

Amebix
No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue]
PS, US VINYL VERSION, BONUS 7".
AlternativeTentacles
LP/45
$14.25

Animal Collective
Water Curses EP
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Domino
12"
$9.50

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

Antietam
Opus Mixtum
PS, US Gatefold TRIPLE VINYL includes FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD and stunningly beautiful art !!!
CarrotTop
3XLP
$20.00

Baby Woodrose
Money For Soul (2003)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2003 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. Garage-rock with 60s psychedelia and an attitude.
BadAfro
CD
$21.75

Baby Woodrose
Chasing Rainbows (2007)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. STONERROCK.COM: "Baby Woodrose look into that strange, dark heart that fueled the psychedelic rock of the 1960s - borrowing from (and paying tribute to) bands like The Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane - and crafting an interesting, layered rock album in Chasing Rainbows. If you love the Stones and the soundtracks to films investigating the liminal period that the 60s and early 70s represented, Chasing Rainbows should find its way into your collection."
BadAfro
CD
$20.50

Baby Woodrose
Blows Your Mind! (2001)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2001 debut from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. STONERROCK.COM: "The music is very different from Lorenzo's main band On Trial, this is 60´s sounding psychedelic rock with a strong pop vibe. If you have (and love) the Nuggets box you'll love this as well, if you also like The Wellwater Conspiracy and bands like Farflung and ST 37 you gotta buy this disc as well. ...Lorenzo has a great voice that at times reminds me of Dave Wyndorf's, on top of that he handles all the instruments himself on this CD. ...You simply can't go wrong with a record filled to the brim with acid guitars, trippy lyrics, great vocals and extremely catchy melodies with a strong pop vibe (which is an art that seems to have been more or less forgotten since the heydays in the 60´s)."
Pan
CD
$24.50

Baby Woodrose
Love Comes Down (2006)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. 60s acid rock with sneery Monster Magnet-styled vocals.
Playground
CD
$27.25

Baby Woodrose
Dropout! (2004)
PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. This is their covers album, which finds them blasting through classics by Love, The 13th Floor Elevators, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, The Sonics, The Saints, The Stooges, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and more!
BadAfro
CD
$21.75

Baghiri, Amir
Ghazal
PS, POLAND A sterling piece of work from Germany based Iranian Amir Baghiri, a proliftic Ambient composer. For this release on Polish label Vivo, Baghiri plays a shopful of Middle Eastern instruments: oud and saz lutes, flutes and the Turkish sipsi reed pipe. But it's in the drums that his heart lies, and a panoply of percussion from Egypt to Azerbaijan is pressed into service to create dense, danceworthy workouds. Like a warmer version of the late Muslimgauze, Baghiri layers and manipulates textures, drones and fragments of voice in his dark-hued, mesmerising tracks. Often it's like listening to the crackle of a beach bonfire laid over drumming. Baghiri's trump card is his deployment of field recordings to thicken the mix, especially a heady desert wind that seems to blow straight out of a Paul Bowles novel set in Morocco. The whole of "Emamzadeh Hashem" is a soup of wind, street noise and distant music, while on "Eshragh" a pondful of frogs get involved with the beats. Baghiri's musical vision is impressive, and by dedicating the album to Ali Asghar Bahari, an early 20th century master of the bowed kemancheh, he unexpectedly underlines his music's place in the Iranian tradition. Clive Bell / The Wire [252].
Vivo-2004013
CD
$15.00

Birthmark
The Layer
PS, US Under the appellation Birthmark, Nate Kinsella has embraced restraint in spite of the compositional boundlessness typically borne by musical virtuosity. On his debut album The Layer, the inventive and often byzantine drum set/Wurlitzer style he developed over the past four years in the band Make Believe is all but absent, revealing a quiet and uncanny tension of minimalist focus. And while Kinsella performed all of the music on The Layer, recalling his multi-instrumental duties in the band Joan of Arc, the listener is more awestruck by the attention to integration and score than by a whirlwind of prowess. The Layer represents an effort that began over eight years ago with the song "Flightless Bird," which was originally written for a friend's unfinished film project. Over time, the songs transitioned through amorphous forms until their ideal structures were achieved, further revealing The Layer to be a product of discreet process. In fact, two sharply contrasting songs on The Layer "A Solitary Angle on the Confinement of Doom" and "The Layer" started as the same tune, and the piano throughout was recorded in Minnesota over two consecutive Christmas vacations. While the recording of the album spans four years and numerous locations, it is bound by an elegant and earthy lyrical form that is telling of Kinsella's ardent atheism and wonder at the natural world. The Layer further bears witness to his growth as a recording engineer, which ostensibly began with his former band decembers architects' only LP and progressed to collaborating on multiple recordings by Joan of Arc, Sharks and Seals, Owen, and most recently the soundtrack to Tim Kinsella's debut film, Orchard Vale. As Birthmark, Nate Kinsella's The Layer is a remarkable album that rewards both the casual and attentive listener alike.
Coraille
CD
$12.25

Birthmark
The Layer
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Coraille
LP
$12.25

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Zodiac Girls b/w Fields Are Breathing
PS, US Incl. a coupon for a free download MP3. They intricately infuse a psychedelic pastiche that seamlessly weaves between the worlds of folk, electronic & pop. This limited 7'' feat. 2 brand spanking new tracks
SuicideSqueeze
45
$4.25

Blank Blue
Western Water Music, Vol. II
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Experimental DJ and producer Nobody has long established his ability to work with a variety of different artists. He's collaborated with rappers and remixed songs for all sorts of bands, and so his transition to working with singers in 2003 with Pacific Drift: Western Water Music, Vol. 1, proved to be seamless enough. In 2008, for the second volume, Nobody decided to have only one vocalist, Niki Randa, a colleague of his from the same Long Beach record store. The result, Western Water Music, Vol. II, is a conceptual album based around the idea of a giant flood that sinks California, and the instrumental arrangements do a good job of reflecting this, bending and swelling and retreating like the water they're inspired by. This is not a destructive, terrifying flood; instead, it's one that envelopes and calms and changes, and this kind of mystical quality is heard in the intricately layered guitars and keys, the swirling percussion and samples, the whole thing very ethereal, very lush and lovely with only the occasional hints of unrest."
Ubiquity
CD
$17.00

Boris
Smile [Japanese]
PS, JAPAN ***Special order only*** Different songs, different versions, entirely different mix (more intense, noisy and freaky; less riffy, stonery and heavy, or so they say) and different artwork (die-cut foam booklet insert). Crazy?
Daymare
CD
$34.00

Brakes
Tale of Two Cities
PS, US New album. Members of BRITISH SEA POWER, ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE & TENDERFOOT. Formed when drinking after a gig with The Lonesome Organist.
Hyena
CD
$12.25

Carrots, The
Doing Our Part
PS, SPAIN Limited edition.
Elefant-261
45
$8.25

Carrots, The
Beverly
PS, SPAIN Limited edition.
Elefant-263
45
$8.25

Chartier, Richard
Further Materials
PS, US Limited to 500. LINE is proud to release this collection of recordings from numerous international compilations from 2002-2005. This collection is a wide range of sound works from the ultra-minimal whispers of "composition09.01" to the subtle harmonics and musicality of "how things change" to the loud violent distortion of "tempt" (a piece only performed a handful of times for noisy spaces, for example this was one was in attempt to drown out Akufen's set filtering from an adjoining area). Many of these original compilations are out of print or hard to find editions and "untitled" making its debut on CD from its original vinyl appearance. "specification.eleven" and "specification.fourteen" are both part of the continuing collaborative works with Taylor Deupree.
Line-035
CD
$12.25

Cheap Time
S-T
PS, US Founded by Jeffrey Novak w/ Jemina Pearl & Nathan Vasquez of BE YOUR OWN PET, they set out to recapture the essence of teenage schlock rock scuzz of such heroes as Redd Kross & The Runaways. This debut is 28 min. of snotty punk pop perfection.
InTheRed
CD
$14.25

Cosmic Psychos
Palomino Pizza
PS, US
AmphetamineReptile019
LP
$7.00

Costello, Elvis & The Imposters
Monofuku
PS, US
LostHighway
CD
$15.75

Cult, The
Rain
PS, US
BeggarsBanquet-147
12
$5.00

Danger Mouse/Black Keys
Strange Times b/w Something on Your Mind
PS, US Dangermouse produced tracks, picture sleeve.
None
45
$6.75

Desolation Wilderness
Horizon Star
PS, US "Desolation Wilderness is the musical result of an American middle class spilling out of the suburbs and turning into light." -Aphonia Recordings Desolation Wilderness is Nicolas Zwart. Originally hailing from Marin County and the plastic outskirts of Sacramento, CA, he is now living in Olympia, WA working on a variety of musical projects and interning at world-renowned indie label, K Records. A musician of many disciplines, his solo electronic work took precedence in his late teens after playing with a variety of bands. With a few releases under his belt on various net labels such as Audiotoning, Test Tube, and Aphonia Recordings, we now present Desolation Wilderness's first official CD release on FKDP Records: "Horizon Star". The album "Horizon Star" by Desolation Wilderness offers a melancholy and personal soundscape for the listener. Poetic melodies and electronic tones comfort your soul, while Desolation Wilderness weaves a cozy gray blanket of warm synths and fallen beats for the winter inside.
Fukdup-002
CD
$7.50

Deupree, Taylor
Northern (Re-issue)
PS, US Expanded reissue CD package w/ 24 page booklet. Due to continued demand for this title and the fact that the initial pressing of 1,500 copies sold out in less than 6 months, 12k is re-issuing "Northern" in an expanded package with re-mixed and re-mastered audio. The audio: Not content to merely order a re-pressing of the same masters on hand at the Cd manufacturer, Taylor Deupree set out to create what he calls the "director's cut" of one of the most important Cds in his catalog. The idea was to open the now-2-year-old computer files to re-mix and re-master the tracks. Of course over the course of years computers change, formats change, and Deupree found himself faced with missing plug-ins, errored sound files and other oddities that made working with the files difficult. What first seemed like roadblocks turned into a mission to work with what was there and re-do what was not. The result is a "Northern" that will, on the surface, seem quite similar to the original, however listeners will hear new sounds, extended endings, shortened endings and most of all, an overall mix that presents these works with a new clarity and spaciousness. Mastering in the analog domain has given the work a new found sense of delicacy and detail. the package: A heavyweight cardboard wallet with debossed typography on the front cover. Inside are two pockets, one for the CD and one for a 24-page booklet of photography, credits, and lots of white space. All printing, as with the original, is in black and white.
12K-2009
CD
$15.50

Dime Box
Five and Dime Waltz
PS, US Sparkling harmonies and lightning fast picking add to a sound that is as freash as it is familiar, resulting in a batch of inspiring Americana for the down-trodden, the wear, or the just plain jaded.
Avebury
CD
$8.25

Dinosaur Jr.
Hand It Over [re-issue]
PS, US 1997 album now re-issued.
RhinoEncore
CD
$13.75

Duren, Van
Are You Serious?
PS, US He is pure power pop. He spent time in the Memphis trenches w/ the big boys (Big Star, Chris Bell, The Scruffs), & knows his way around a hook & a melody. If you think Big Star never got the props they deserved, well they're the Beatles compared to Mr. Duren. This is his debut album, originally released in '77 on the Big Sound label, & he is no also ran, he is the real deal, power pop at its finest.
Water
CD
$14.25

Earle, Steve
Copperhead Road [Deluxe Edition] (Deluxe Edition, 2PC, Restored)
PS, US
Geffen
DCD
$31.75

Esquivel, Juan Garcia
Mexico Days
PS, UK MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!! The King of Space-Age Pop, the genius of Mexican composer-arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel lay in his audacious instrumentation; his blending together of exotic sounds from other cultures and experimentation with the new tonal palettes that were becoming available in the mid-fifties period from which these, his earliest commercial recordings, derived. Esquivel has been proclaimed by Brian Wilson and by Simpsons creator Matt Groening, "Who'd have thought that out of a genre as debased as easy listening would come something so mind-curdling bizarre and beautiful." This set comprises the first digital release of Esquivel s impossibly rare first album Las Tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel from 1957 coupled with To Love Again; a collection of singles and 78s recorded in Mexico between 1954-57. Tracklist: Tracklist: Collar De Perlas, Poupurri Curiel, Medley, Goya Universidad, Una Y Otra Vez Sketch Glenn Miller, Tren Nocturno, Nereidas, No Seas Asi, Capullito De Alheli, Bailando Sabras, Politecnico Rock And Roll, To Love Again, Port-Au-Prince, Amor, Moonlight Enchantment, Nightingale, Nocturnal, Jungle Drums, Vereda Tropical, Hornblower's Serenade, Besame Mucho, Siboney, Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You.
El-139
CD
$15.50

Everest
Ghost Notes
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Ghost Notes is the perfect moniker for this album, Everest's first. The group may be new, but the members have been kicking around the L.A. indie scene forever, finally coming together in this amalgamation to resurrect the sounds of the past. Recorded mostly live in the studio entirely on analog tape, the entire set has an early-'70s feel, as well as a glow to the sound that reflects Mike Terry's expert engineering and production. The album divides rather nicely into two halves, just like a vinyl set, with the first half a bit brighter with pop undertones, the second more shadowed and pushing into jam and prog rock territory... If you distilled Dark Side of the Moon, Pet Sounds, and Revolver into a glass and poured it over the California surf, it would probably sound like this... The music throughout is sublime, the sound extraordinary, the arrangements inspired, and Russell Pollard's lyrics capture the style of the past while feeling as fresh as today. Classic sounds make for a classic album, which is precisely what Ghost Notes is."
Vapor
CD
$12.50

Farflung
A Wound In Eternity
PS, US New from Meteor City. Like an apocalyptic beacon from the dark cosmos, Farflung awake from the cryogenic tubes with warped sensibilities and cosmic wrath... This is the heaviest and most tripped-out offering from these musicnauts to date. Dive bombing moogs, crushing riffs, and mind numbing cataclysmic overtures. This is A Wound In Eternity. Spacewarped by the various crew members voyages with Chrome, Nik Turner's Hawkwind,Damo Suzuki Network, and Pressurehed. They set off in this new year to bring spacerock to your mental galaxy bathed in infared, shuddering under the strobes, and warping the eyes. Look to the skies for a touchdown near you.
MeteorCity
CD
$11.00

Fear Falls Burning
Frenzy of the Absolute
PS, US Blends drone with slow-burning, repetitive drums & additional guitar layers, manifesting a work that is equally as groundbreaking as it is familiar to those in touch with the Fear Falls Burning world.
Conspiracy
CD
$16.75

Firewater
Golden Hour
PS, US
Bloodshot
CD
$15.00

Fite, Tim
Fair Ain't Fair
PS, US PREFIX MAG: "Yes, it's an unfair world we live in. And Tim Fite sings about injustice and insecurity on songs like "Trouble," "Big Mistake," "Rats and Rags," and "Heaven is War." The greedier side of the soul is familiar territory for Fite; past albums of his include Over the Counter Culture and Gone Ain't Gone. Like Jens Lekman or the Avalanches, Fite crafts his music by incorporating samples of rare recordings by other obscure artists. My Brightest Diamond and folks from Sufjan Stevens' backing band guest on Fair Ain't Fair."
Anti
CD
$15.25

Four Tet
Ringer
PS, US A 32-minute, four-track excursion into the kind of wide-open spaces you might find if you set out to make techno with an Afro-beat / krautrock sensibility. These are tracks that make you think of Berlin - Dakar - Detroit - but they could only have been made in London. All four are headphone epics, but are mixed in such a way you have to hear them at Plastic People or The End. "Ringer" carries that minimal pulse over into Four Tet, and while Kieran Hebden's trademark recuttings of jazz breaks may be less in evidence, his feel for harmony and melody is, as always, unmistakable.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD5
$9.00

Freitas, Nik
Sun Down
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For his fourth album, Sun Down, Nik Freitas creates an incredibly intimate atmosphere, a gentle setting for his musing, mostly introspective songs. The consummate singer/songwriter, Freitas can deftly conjure up a wealth of nuanced and carefully shaded moods, agilely incorporating a diverse range of influences and styles into his soft sound. "Sophie," the most upbeat number on the set, romps with R&B tossing bright brass into the mix. The downbeat "Oh My God" gently rocks on R&B of a very different flavor, edging simultaneously towards the blues and space rock, while "All the Way Down" swings towards jazz. If Ray Davies and Randy Newman co-wrote a song, it would probably sound a lot like this... Freitas' lyrics are just as complex, the set's themes variously optimistic or fatalistic by turn. Ending with the lullaby strains of "Shhhh," Sun Down is deliberately understated, but gloriously so. A gorgeous album."
TeamLove
CD
$12.50

Freitas, Nik
Sun Down
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove
LP
$14.25

Givens, Daniel
Egress
PS, US Surprising new album for NYC musician/producer interweaves new moon rhythms, trip-hop, dub, and vocal collages thanks to the mixing of Fred Ones (Beans, Mike Ladd), and Rusty Santos (Animal Collective, Ariel Pink), who contributed additional mixing & mastering. Named one of URB magazine's "Next 100", international touring has taken Givens to Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, and the Netherlands. His diverse performances may include AACM jazz players or a trio of dancers engulfed by his video. "Friendly improvisation and self-conscious spoken word."-XLR8R
Aesthetics
CD
$12.50

Husker Du
The Living End [re-issue]
PS, US Live from their final tour! 24 songs. Available again.
RhinoEncore
CD
$13.75

Jarre, Jean Michel
Oxygene
PS, US
Polydor-1-6112
LP
$5.00

Joyner, Simon
Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove
LP
$14.00

Joyner, Simon
Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll
PS, US Omaha, Nebraska's Joyner has been writing about the dizzy and dark aspects of the human condition since 1992. This is the re-issue of the long out-of-print 1994 seminal LP. John Peel famously played it in its entirety on his BBC radio program and Joyner's underground cult status was solidified. This event became known as "The Peel Incident" in Europe, because in all of Peel's years in radio, he had only played a record in its entirety once.
TeamLove
CD
$13.00

Kayo Dot
Blue Lambency Downward
PS, US Multi-instrumentalists Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya lull you into a dream state with a small cavalcade of instrumentation, plying an almost noir sensibility at once moody and contemplative, bristling and demure. An unclassifiable masterpiece. "The band's combination of chamber instruments, psychedelia, and metal gives it an almost delusional appeal...the slow sections are suspenseful, and the climaxes will make your hair jump off your head" - Pitchfork Media.
HydraHead
CD
$13.00

Kelly, Scott
Wake
PS, US Its reality supersedes the place, the space, & the particulars that gave birth to it. Mixing imagery that borders on a bold & stark
contemplation of the limits of our earthly existence via our failed loves, efforts, conceits, & even our less-than-noble other failures w/ its lion-in-the-winter woe, wrenches the almost inexpressibly sad into 7 songs that sound like what you hear when you're just about to not hear anything anymore.
Neurot
CD
$16.00

Kelly, Scott
Wake
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Neurot
LP
$14.25

Knifedance
Wolf Hour
PS, US Factory sealed!
HItandRun-3
LP
$5.00

Kozelek, Mark
Nights of Passed Over [book+CD] (DELAYED, SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Available for the first time in this comprehensive edition, Nights of Passed Over is now available on Caldoverderecords. Originally released in Portugal (2002), this updated, hardback, all-English edition includes Kozelek's lyrics from the Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek albums and special edition compilations, as well as several concert set lists and handwritten lyrics, plus a new preface by Kozelek himself. This Edition is limited to 2500.

Included with the book is a 12-song bonus CD entitled "Nights LP". The disc includes live and rare versions of Mark Kozelek songs dating from 1996 through 2007, including a previously unreleased version of "Cruiser" produced by Peter Scensson, a KCRW radio performance of "River", the 10" version of "Duk Koo Kim", and a guitar jam version of "Carry Me Ohio" unearthed from the Ghost of the Great Highway sessions.

Bonus CD includes:

*Michigan (Live at Union Chapel) 2007
*Drop (Live at Union Chapel) 2007
*Heron Blue (Drum Version) 2007
Leo and Luna (Only Version) 2006
*Carry Me Ohio (Jam Version) 2002
*Gentle Moon (Live at Fnac) 2002
**Duk Koo Kim (10" Version) 2001
*Wop A Din Din (Live in Lisbon) 2001
* Metropol 47 (Demo Version) 1999
*Cruiser (Malmo Version) 1999
Smokey (Demo Version) 1997
*River (KCRW Version) 1996

*Previously unreleased
**Previously unreleased on CD
CaldoVerdeRecords
BOOK/CD
$48.00

Last Shadow Puppets, The
The Age Of The Understatement
PS, US The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals). The pair were so inspired by listening to the likes of Scott Walker, early Bowie, and David Axelrod, that they recorded this album of twelve full-blooded songs, bold and brassy, full of drama, wit, and melody. The orchestration of the tracks was recorded by the 22-piece London Metropolitan Orchestra. Look for this duo on select US dates in September with full band and a large string section.
Domino
CD
$13.00

Last Shadow Puppets, The
The Age Of The Understatement
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$17.50

Legions of Parasites
Another Disaster
PS, US Early demos of 80's British punk rock band chronicled in this compilation for the first time ever on CD. Includes their sought after "Prision of Life" LP, their first cassette release originally limited to under 100 copies, and seven previously unreleased songs! Vol. 2 of the LOP's later material will be released later this year.
Overground
CD
$11.50

Long Blondes
Couples
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The Long Blondes' second album, Couples, avoids the clichéd sophomore slump by taking some chances and leaving behind the joyous clatter and clutter of their debut for a more emotionally powerful, sonically adventurous approach. With producer Erol Alkan behind the boards, the group removes the punk from its post-punk sound and adds more post. That is, more icy detachment, more space, and careful arrangement of instruments and more of an eye to the disco-punk dancefloor. Where the songs on Someone to Drive You Home were almost giddily peppy and bursting with energy, the songs here feel like they were taken right from the studio, stored in a freezer for a month, and then mastered onto disc. (Think the Blondie of "X Offender" versus the Blondie of "Heart of Glass" for a quick and relevant comparison.)"
RoughTrade
CD
$14.00

Long Blondes
Couples
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RoughTrade
LP
$14.50

Lykke Li
Little Bit EP
PS, US Swede-pop songstress sensation produced by Peter Bjorn And John's Bjorn Yttling, on tour with El Perro del Mar. Similar to EPdM yet a bit more surreal, angelic whisper meets sensual sonic striptease.
ControlGroup
CD5
$4.00

Manfred Mann
Up The Junction OST
PS, UK Based on Nell Dunn's controversial novel, the 1968 film Up The Junction pulled few punches in dealing with contemporary London working class life. With a cast featuring Suzy Kendall and Dennis Waterman, the certificate X movie was also notable for a strong score performed and written by Mike Hugg and Manfred Mann. Not their first foray in film music, it nevertheless remains one of their strongest works of the period and is hugely enjoyable in its own right. Director Peter Collinson was more than pleased with the outcome: The result was incredible; they captured the heart of the picture. Their music belonged to the picture, it was not super imposed. The tunes will exist long after the picture has been forgotten! Up The Junction (Vocal) / Sing Songs Of Love / Walking Round / Up The Junction (Instrumental) / Love Theme (Instrumental) / Up The Junction (Vocal And Instrumental) / Just For Me / Love Theme (Instrumental) / Sheila's Dance / Belgravia / Wailing Horn / I Need Your Love / Up The Junction (Vocal) / Bonus Track / Sleepy Hollow.
RPM-189
CD
$16.75

Marxy
Forty Years From Now
PS, US Marxy (W. David Marx) is an American living in Tokyo, Japan. His second album Forty Years From Now was recorded over the span of three years in Japanese apartments, Tokyo rehearsal spaces, a Manhattan living room, an Astoria, Queens's bedroom, and the legendary Brooklyn recording studio Studio G. As in his critically lauded debut album Kyoshu Nostalgia, Marxy surrounds his catchy pop melodies with musical references to classic sounds refracted through modern musical technology. The songs built around baroque harpsichord riffs ("Broke Into Our Hearts", "Slouching Towards Bethlehem") and transistor organ solos ("To Save Ourselves") make Forty Years From Now often reminiscent of The Zombies and other psych pop of the late 1960s, but the digital edits, prominent analog synth lines, pulse bass, and chopped up beats drive the tracks into new territory, where past and future intersect. Forty Years From Now quickly jumps between glitch influenced pop ("See Saw"), lo-tech garage pop ("Cotillion"), campfire sing-a-long ("Dippy Dave"), gritty synth rock ("Tachikogi"), and powerhouse rock anthem ("To Save Ourselves"). The synth-squelch-breakbeat jams of "Cat vs. Mouse" features a guest lead vocal from U.T. - singer of Japanese art-pop girl band Kiiiiiii - and intricate production work by Pandatone.
MusicRelated-20
CD
$11.50

Matmos
Supreme Balloon
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
DLP
$19.25

Matmos
Supreme Balloon
PS, US This record finds the band skipping sampling antics in favor of a lighthearted "cosmic pop" record made entirely out of synthesizers. The exotic and antiquated synths used here heavily spotlight the classic 60s/70s/80s consumer electronic rigs of Arp, Korg, Roland, Waldorf, and Moog. But there are also one of a kind curios present. Double LP in heavy duty Stoughton gatefold, pressed in HQ 180-gram vinyl. MP3 coupon. Vinyl includes four extra tracks. CD in digipak with 8-page booklet. PREFIX MAG: "The concept is straightforward: record an album using only synthesizers and no microphones. But for Matmos, a group that built its reputation on found sound and sampling loopholes, the decree is a considerable challenge. However, for a group that can bridge whoopee cushions with Björk, you can expect a certain amount of quality control."
Matador
CD
$13.25

Meho Plaza
S-T
PS, US The experimental pop group has earned its share of love for its buzzing, energetic, yet oddly dreamy approach to synthesized minimalism. This will have you reliving your days of Daydream Nation w/all its angular psyche-pop bliss. Includes a song that was featured on the Pitchfork Infinite Mixtape Series #005. RIYL: No Age, Health, Deerhoof, Crystal Castles. PREFIX MAG: "Go ahead and add noisy, frenetic, underground-rock bands to the list of things that define Los Angeles, alongside palm trees, traffic jams, and the occasional race riot. With its self-titled full-length, Meho Plaza seems set to take its place next to No Age and HEALTH in a lineage that stretches back to older touchstones like the Minutemen and Fear. Meho Plaza has built up a good buzz through a series of limited-edition EPs and copious praise from the L.A. music press. A tight trio, Meho Plaza whip up a lot of racket for a mere three musicians."
BetterLooking
CD
$9.00

Midnight Oil
Diesel and Dust [expended re-issue]
PS, US The original album remastered with a bonus track, plus a DVD featuring a documentary: Midnight Oil's tour through Aboriginal settlements of Australia, which inspired the album, plus two videos.
SonyLegacy
CD/DVD
$23.75

Millencolin
Machine 15
PS, US Fifteen years and six albums later, Millencolin are Europe's biggest punk band, with gold albums in Australia and Sweden. This is the Swedish quartet's first disc in three years. Embracing new stylistic touches while upholding the classic Millencolin sound, this well-oiled musical engine salutes its fans with fifteen knock 'em dead tracks.
Epitaph
CD
$12.50

Mojo
#175 (May 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Morning Benders
Talking Through Tin Cans
PS, US Indie pop group from San Francisco, CA with early 60's brit pop sensibilities. Full scale tour with the Kooks this summer. "The Morning Benders manage to convey an early Beatles sense of optimism with sweet undertones." - Filter Magazine
HighWire
CD
$12.25

Moscow Olympics
Cut The World
PS, SWEDEN The term "dreampop" got a new and wider meaning when the Philippine quintet Moscow Olympics released their debut single on Fraction Discs. Pop as a dream come true, two tracks that raise their gaze off their shoes, stare into the skies and fill the unexpected yet somehow eagerly awaited gap in your record collection - the one between Blueboy's "Unisex" and The Wake's "Here Comes Everybody". This now is their debut CD.
LavenderRecordings-003
CD
$13.50

Mudhoney/Gas Huffer
Split
PS, US Track Listing: Mudhoney - You Stupid Asshole/March To Fuzz | Gas Huffer - Knife Maual/Firebug
Musical Tragedies-166
12
$5.00

No Age
Nouns
PS, US This is succinctly all-encompassing, from the faux-simplicity of the title to the beautiful distortion of its sound, to the packaging that incl. a 68-pg full-color bk packed w/ photos & art pieces. The record opens w/ a symphony of noise & sometimes creeps, sometimes smashes through a sonic headlock befitting Daydream Nation-era Sonic Youth, Kiwi pop, My Bloody Valentine, & experimental noise. PITCHFORK: "No Age follow their 2007 EP compilation, Weirdo Rippers, with an ambitious Sub Pop debut: Nouns is gorgeously thick-- a hazy, delirious expanse that's friendly and warm and, best of all, unpredictable... Nouns is so cacophonous, so fertile, and so ripe with sound that parsing out the samples and effects and various layers of guitar is nearly impossible; besides, it's way more satisfying to just close your eyes and just enjoy it. Ultimately, it's part of No Age's allure that Nouns is so difficult to figure out, that it manages to be so big while coming from a place so small: All you'll know for sure is that you want to listen longer. Maybe forever."
SubPop
CD
$12.50

No Age
Nouns
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$12.50

Pattern Is Movement
All Together
PS, US Andrew Thiboldeaux and Chris Ward are a two-man wall of sound. "The combination of Thiboldeaux's swooning, near-operatic singing style and Ward's fierce yet deconstructive drumming, surrounded by flurries of shimmering keys and sometimes strings, makes Pattern Is Movement more unusual than ever. The only band one could rightly compare them to is Radiohead, what with the jaunty song structures and opaque, repetitive lyrics" - Philadelphia Weekly.
Hometapes
CD
$13.50

Privacy
Without Mercy
PS, US LIMITED TO 300 HAND NUMBERED LP, WHICH INCLUDES A CD. Singer/songwriter - Guitar and Voice alone. Really beautiful song writing, and an incredible voice. Laurel started playing guitar, songwriting, and singing less than a year ago. The key to Privacy's music working - she's not busy trying to sound like anyone else or her influences. Just straight contemporary folk songs that are beautifully written and delivered. Truly these are beautiful songs.
Anthem
12
$10.00

Record Collector
#349 (May 2008)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Runaways
Japanese Singles Collection
PS, UK This collection brings all the band's Japanese singles for the first time together on CD. The Runaways enjoyed huge success across Europe and Japan. With the band's various line ups, Joan Jett, Lita Ford and crew enjoyed a high profile through their singles releases and their exceptional live shows. This CD features all the band's highly collectable Japanese picture cover single sleeves, lyrics, discography and sleeve notes. The CD features 2 bonus tracks, the UK single "Right Now" and it's b-side "Black Leather". This was to be the band's last single release. The Runaways were formed in L.A. and guided by Kim Fowley. At the time of formation, the band members aged 16-17 years old and soon went on to sign a record deal with Mercury Records. Cherry Bomb / Blackmail / Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin / Queens Of Noise / Secrets / Rock 'n' Roll / All Right You Guys / Blackmail / Little Sister / School Days / Mama Weer All Crazee Now / Eight Days A Week / Bonus UK only single; / Right Now / Black Leather. YES!
CherryRed-358
CD
$15.50

Runaways, The
And Now...The Runaways
PS, UK One of the most ground breaking all girl bands of their day, The Runaways have this collection, "And Now...The Runaways" re-released. Originally released in 1979, the album has been a continuous seller, this is partly due to two of the band members being Joan Jett and Lita Ford, who both went on
to be hugh stars in their own right. Saturday Nite Special / Eight Days A Week / Mama Weer All Crazee Now / I'm A Million / Right Now / Takeover / My Buddy And Me / Little Lost Girls / Black Leather
Anagram-063
CD
$15.50

Russian Circles
Station
PS, US Metal trimmings, minimal jazz primers, and cryptic riffs that hit out of nowhere with the pummeling impact of a comet. Their music weaves up an intense and cinematic albeit soothing clobbering that cannot be pigeonholed. Their lumbering layers of chiseled post rock and feathery psychedelic infusions have both revved and enticed listeners into mental orgasms the world over. They've shared stages with Tool, Dalek, Daughters, and Pelican.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$13.25

Satanicpornocultshop
Takusan No Ohanasan
PS, POLAND Japanese Satanicpornocultshop comes back with the new, this time less experimental, but more melodic material. Takusan No Ohanasan includes 26 perfectly composed tracks which present futuristic eclectic mix of modern electronic hip hop, reggae, turntable-ism, easy listening and plunder phonics. Intelligent 21st century quasi-pop for demanding listeners.
Vivo-200836
CD
$15.00

Saville, Robin
Peasgood Nonsuch
PS, UK Lugubrious and minimal. Melodic and otherworldly. Hot on the blistering heels of his debut solo single (VAN 145) comes this full-length outing from the social worker turned gardener. Double digging over unlikely boundaries is something of a habit for Robin, and this record characteristically lurches between moods; from elegiac to wistful, and from meditative to bouncy, this record runs the full gamut. Creaking synths, loping bass and a succession of chimes seep from the nimble textures pressed tightly together. Lush and filmic, the nine tracks here cultivate and harvest a twinkling yet intense arc, with strange and alien sounds nestling snugly next to crumpled rhythms and gurgles, all peppered with tinges of acoustic guitar and eerie tones. 'Peasgood Nonsuch' works over nutrient-rich electronica soil, germinating an earthy hybrid of intricately woven melodies and pulses, stewed and heated to perfection. An organic journey from the pesticide-free plot to the kitchen table, it's a recipe full of beat-tastic ingredients ripe for picking from the orchard. As one of half of the duo which comprises Isan, Robin Saville has long been part of that seminal act - masters of slow flow electronica, bridging the gap between different boundaries and atmospheres, not to mention untangling messy knots of wires and cables all around the world. With its roots closer in feel to Isan's earlier, more sprightly offerings, 'Peasgood Nonsuch' is light and warm but with an underlying dark center, so the audible tranquility is imbued with an altogether tougher edge. Next to using a digital pipette to suck up the leaked new Portishead album this gunk of electronic DNA is ripe for unspooling and analyzing in the Petri dish of your own home laboratories. A must for fans of Isan, Inch-Time, Harold Budd, and all things Type Records ; Morr Music and Eno's Obscure label. Edition of 1000 copies in card gatefold.
StaticCaravan-160
CD
$17.75

Sawako
Bitter Sweet
PS, US New York/Tokyo based Sawako is a musician, software designer, and multimedia artist whose multi-disciplinary works intermix and pollenate her music with inspiration ranging from nature, science, academia and poetic motion. Following releases on Anticipate and And/Oar, Bitter Sweet is Sawako's 2nd release on 12k after the critically acclaimed Hum (12k1035) in 2005. Her music is fragile and intimate, delicate, ephemeral and resonant. Bitter Sweet is unmistakably Sawako but finds it moving into much, much deeper territory than her previous works. Building on her past forays into experimental pop, she uses low and mid-frequency drones and soft, melodic highlights to shape beds of stripped-down, shifting into hypnotic and very linear tracks that fill the space they exist. Bitter Sweet is more drone and tonal based than Sawako's previous works. However, these gentle movements are punctuated by field recordings and acoustic instrumentation with cello provided by Jacob Kirkegaard and guitar by Radiosonde and Ryan Francesconi who also co-write two of the pieces on the album. In what has become a bit of a signature, Sawako lends her own voice to the ending lullaby "A Last Next." These combinations produce rich results. Bitter Sweet's diffuse and hazy soundscaping is Sawako's most mature work to date, relying less on her previous child-like melodies while remaining feminine and tender. She has come into her own after having established herself for a number of years as a New Yorker where she has tirelessly performed, studied and created as an important member of the city's electronic music community. Bitter Sweet is packaged in a 6-panel digipack with photography throughout by Brooklyn-based artist and photographer Maki Kaoru.
12K-1047
CD
$12.25

Shankar, Ravi
More Flowers of India
PS, UK With recordings made at least a decade before Psychedelia, More Flowers of India showcases the beautiful, dreamlike art of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan and attests to the extraordinary influence of Indian classical music on western culture. By the early Seventies, both men had been signed to the Beatles' Apple label and thanks to the revolution they spear-headed, the global musical landscape had altered irrevocably. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds and John Coltrane were amongst the many that came under the spell of these great masters
El-141
CD
$15.50

Shitmat/Ladyscraper
Grungecore Vol. 1
PS, US Uniting NW grunge and UK breakcore at last, Fukdup records presents it's first release: Grungecore Vol. 1!! On the A Side, we have a sick 4-4 hardcore roller from Shitmat, with subtle cries of the anthem "I'm a negative creep and I'm stoned!" On the flip side is more of a breakcore cover tune by Ladyscraper, featuring his friend Tim Powers on vocals, and the stompinest Nirvana drum break of all - This track appropriately titled "Senseless Apprentice". Sure to start a moshpit on any dance floor! Limited edition of 500. Each record has an individually sewn flannel sleeve (to properly represent the Grunge!!), is hand stamped and numbered, as well as silk-screened.
Fukdup-001
45
$7.50

Short, Shelley
Water for the Day
PS, US Her third album is a collection of intimate songs, "a diary of barmy time that was 2006 and 2007." Accompanied by Rachel Blumberg (M. Ward, Bright Eyes) on drums, Tiffany Kowalski (Bright Eyes) on violin, Gary James on bass & Alexis Gideon with some clever guitar work.
Hush
CD
$13.25

Speedmarket Avenue
Way Better Now
PS, SPAIN
Elefant-1132
CD
$16.25

Speedmarket Avenue
Way Better Now
PS, SPAIN Limited edition 600 copies.
Elefant-1132-1
LP
$16.25

Uncut
#133 (June 2008) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.00

Various
And Back to Earth Again: 10 Years of Meteor City [retrospective]
PS, US Awesome retrospective from essential stoner rock label. This is a gorgeous 3CD Box Set featuring deluxe packaging and a 40 page booklet! All 45 tracks are fully remastered for optimal sound quality and heaviness! A lot of these tracks are very rare nowadays or were never actually released before now!
MeteorCity
CD-BOX
$18.25

Various
Soul Messages From Dimona
PS, US Between 1975-81, a group of American ex-pats took the native sounds of their Detroit & Chicago homes, combined them w/ the message of the Israeli Black Hebrew culture & declared Dimons the center of the spiritual universe. The results are a joyful mix of spiritual soul, jazz & Old Testament gospel psychedelia. Feat. the SOUL MESSENGERS, the SPIRIT OF ISREAL, SONS OF THE KINGDOM, & the TONISTICS. Incl. rare pictures, sleeves & liner notes
Numero
CD
$15.75

Various
An Taobh Tuathail
PS, IRELAND Psychonavigation Records latest project is a unique collaboration with the world famous music program 'An Taobh Tuathail'. The plan is to release a CD compilation of electronic music that perfectly reflects the diverse music style of the radio show. So here it is - A twelve-track CD compilation that has been painstakingly selected by 'An Taobh Tuathail's' founder Cian Ó Cíobháin. A beautiful blend of Ambient/Electronic sounds from some of the world's finest producers. 'An Taobh Tuathail' has been broadcasting the cream of underground music from around the globe on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta /ANOCHT FM since May 1999. These tunes include the spaced-out psychedelic pop of Ariel Pink, sumptuous electronica from Felix Laband, OST and Fug as well as demos from Galway-based artists Heftord & Beatpoet, that have not been available anywhere else to now. "An Taobh Tuathail Vol 1 is a continuation of Anocht FM's commitment to showcasing new music from around the world", says Seán Ó hEanaigh, head of programming at the station. "We are confident that this CD will satisfy the show's current listeners and will also attract new ears to the program". Tracklisting: 01. Felix Laband - Down The Stairs 02. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Every Night I Die At Miyagi's 03. Cane 141 - Sticky Lips 04. OST- Socrates Dream 05. Fug - By Gadd 06. Phelan Sheppard - Weaving Song 07. United Bible Studies - Columba's Song 08. Anne Garner - Home (Dean Honer Mix) 09. Beatpoet - Tao 10. Chequerboard - Konichiwa 11. Heftord - Separation 12. Jimmy Behan - Gate 28
Psychonavigation-021
CD
$15.50

Von Till, Steve
Grave is a Grim Horse
PS, US The NEUROSIS singer/guitarist comes into his own as a composer & arranger, perfectly adorning infectious songs w/ flourishes of swooping strings, pedal steel, organ, et al. Where his previous releases showed reverence for the past, this peers directly forward, envisioning a path where others see fields.
Neurot
CD
$16.00

Walker Brothers
Take It Easy With
PS, US The British debut for this LA trio, originally released in '65. Not actually brothers, the group of SCOTT WALKER, JOHN MAUS & GARY LEEDS made it big in the UK w/ beautifully orchestrated pop ballads in the same vein as those other non-siblings, The Righteous Brothers. Covering tracks from Burt Bacharach, Randy Newman, David Gates, & Bob Dylan, this is a classic debut & the world's 1st introduction to one of pop music's most celebrated eccentrics.
Water
CD
$14.25

Walker, Peter
Echo Of My Soul
PS, US Maverick guitar master, Peter Walker's first album in 40 years! " Peter Walker was actually a bigger influence on my acoustic playing than John Fahey or Robbie Basho." - Ben Chasny, Six Organs of Admittance
TompkinsSquare
CD
$15.00

Welles, Orson
Your Obedient Servant
PS, UK Orson Welles is a titantic figure in popular culture. Before Kane, before Ambersons, The Lady From Shanghai and The Third Man; Before Touch of Evil, his astounding Othello, Chimes At Midnight and F for Fake, Welles created the sensational War of the Worlds broadcast that terrified a nation of American radio listeners. While Hollywood beckoned, Welles and his company, The Mercury Theatre continued to produce compelling radio drama that still sounds extraordinary. Make no mistake, if radio held sway over us like it did during its Golden Age, much of Welles' work in the medium would be as venerated as Kane or any of the other creative triumphs that were to follow. The Hitch-hiker and the chilling Search for Henri Le Fevre were written by Lucille Fletcher. Sredni Vashtar is the work of the inscrutable late nineteenth century English writer, Saki The Music for all three performances was composed by long-time Welles (and Hitchcock) collaborator Bernard Herrmann
El-140
CD
$15.50

Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Heartcore
PS, US Together, the Swedish duo of charismatic singer Mariam Wallentin & drummer Andreas Werliin have forged an extraordinary hybrid of spiritual pop, primal blues, & ecstatic soul music. Seesawing between pagan rhythms & sparse, bewitching ballads, this self-produced debut is a declaration of intent: immediate, exhilarating, & just plain new.
Leaf
CD
$16.00

Wire Magazine
#291
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Forthcoming Releases

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

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

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

Akiyama, Tetuzi
The Ancient Battle to Control Death (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US TETUZI AKIYAMA'S contribution to the WESTERN VINYL portrait series is a departure in a career of departures. In addition to Akiyama's trademark improvised, blues-infused, guitar work, The Ancient Balance to Control Death also features intense multi-layered vocals. Much like his guitar work, the vocals flow with a sharp primal urgency. The end result is a collection of unique and tense Japanese blues that could only have come from one of Japan's most distinct and creative improvisers.
WesternVinyl-49
CD
$9.00

Armour, Douglas
The Light Of The Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US And now for something different... Fulfilling the promise of his impeccable entry in our 7-inch series, "The Social Club", THE SOCIAL REGISTRY is proud to announce "The Light Of A Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night" -- the debut LP from Los Angeles located DOUGLAS ARMOUR. This album finds the artist expertly blending tons of our favorite poptones from days past to create a hyper-literate pastiche that's equal parts nostalgia and forward thinking. Echoing its title, the LP has a structure that plays off binary oppositions to create one of the most varied pop albums we've heard in a long time.
TheSocialRegistry-051
CD
$11.50

ASS (Andreas Soderstrom Solo)
My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, UK Very limited! Peering out between the mass of strings, hanging like vines, there must have been a spark of childish curiosity. From the giddy playfulness of youth all the way to the folk hinterland, Andreas Soderstrom has been surrounded by instruments, exposed to the sounds of his father's bazouki factory - an extraordinary mélange of clattering noise and metallic melody. That natural inquisitiveness has obviously paid off, and it surely can't be a coincidence that a career in music beckoned. Trading under the pseudonym Ass - it stands for Andreas Soderstrom Solo - for more than a decade he has been the hitherto unknown man of Swedish pop, having played with the likes of electro-pop priestess Jenny Wilson, digital folk stalwarts Tape, offbeat folk-pop minstrel Blood Music, and Taken By Trees, the latest incarnation of former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman. All that will change with the release of 'My Get Up and Go Just Got Up and Went', the second full-length album from Soderstrom under his Ass moniker. Soderstrom plays all of the instruments found on this quietly intoxicating 10-track record, the follow-up to his astonishingly assured, eponymous debut - both released on Headspin Recordings. It finds him hacking through the folk undergrowth, his fluid dynamic underpinning a stark melancholy that simmers throughout. It's a real treat, and a chance to hear the whispered charm of a subtly disarming performer. To paraphrase George Clinton - free your mind, and Ass will follow...Very Limited vinyl Edition of 500 copies in thick cardboard stock, lyric insert and on purple wax.
StaticCaravan-167
LP
$19.00

Ateleia/Benjamin Curtis
Baghdad Batterie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US On "Baghdad Batterie", ATELEIA and BENJAMIN CURTIS fuse splendidly, as perfectly synchronized audio alchemists, and when they dip their axes in a vat of liquid electronica, the transmutation is complete: thick, glistening beats throb and undulate, without a tell-tale twang in sight. "Baghdad Batterie" is a fabulous piece of laptop psychedelia, and certain to delight fans of Curtis and Elliott's previous collaboration, the exhilarating SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS EP, "Face to Face" on HIGH PLACES. The packaging of this vinyl-only release is similarly spectacular. It's a one-sided, 12-inch LP, PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL; the REVERSE IS LASER ETCHED with an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage Pencil, whose credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and Sonic Youth. It's a LIMITED-EDITION PRESSING,, so get it while you can - disks from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are now some of Collectorville's must coveted treasures.
TableoftheElements-093
LP
$14.25

Big Takeover, The
#62 (R.E.M. Cover) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Interviews R.E.M. (cover) * Sex Pistols* Johnny Rotten * New Pornographers, Pt. 2 * Band of Horses/Grand Archives * Nada Surf * Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (Pavement) * Ray Davies (Kinks) * The Pointed Sticks, Pt. 2 * 1977 L.A. punks The Flyboys * Paul Haig of Josef K * Rock Writer V. Vale (Search & Destroy, RE/Search) * Top 50 Reggae LPs, Pt. 1! * British Sea Power * My Morning Jacket * Built to Spill * Radar Bros. * Kelley Stoltz * Nardwuar the Human Serviette/Evaporators * The Trolleyvox * Helvetia * The Carter Administration * Awesome Color

Editorials: Rabid: Hey, I*m a Dad!*Musings * Ackerman: More Changes For Record Labels * Sommer: On Hawkwind!

Live Reviews: Agent Orange * Avengers * Big Star * Cat Power * Editors * Stevie Jackson * Maximo Park * Mission of Burma * Naked Raygun * New Model Army * Emma Pollock & American Music Club * Rogue Wave * Sleepover Disaster * Spiritualized * T.S.O.L. * Mary Weiss * Astrid Williamson * X * Neil Young * Zombies (original lineup reunion) * Plugz/Eyes/Controllers/Skulls/Gears/Crowd/Deadbeats/Dogs etc.

Hundreds of CD Reviews: Antietam * Black Watch * British Sea Power * Dead Boys * Death Cab For Cutie * D.O.A.* Nick Drake * Echo & the Bunnymen * For Against * Flying Burrito Bros. * Robert Forster * Idaho * Julie Ocean * Kevin Kane * Nyles Lannon * Claudius Linton/Joe Higgs * Long Blondes * Eric Matthews * Colin Meloy * Bob Mould * Willie Nelson * New Model Army * New York Dolls * 999 * Pagans * Posies tribute * Ramones * Raspberries * Red Button * Jimmy Reed * Replacements * Edward Rogers * Ruts/Henry Rollins * Secret Shine * Shack * Simon & Garfunkel * Sloan * Smiths * Chris Walla * Wedding Present and more!
BigTakeover-62
ZINE
$4.25

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

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

Byrne, Ciaran
Nine Lives Causeway (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, IRELAND 'Nine Lives Causeway' is the much-awaited follow up to last years 'Galtrim' CD. More lush Ambient tracks from one of Ireland's finest exponents of electronic music. Over the past year Ciaran has been gathering rave reviews from the likes of Grand Nubian, Mixmaster Morris and Irish synth pioneer, Roger Doyle. This promises to be another superb release on the prolific Psychonavigation label.
Psychonavigation-024
CD
$15.50

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

Castanets
Tendrils (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US This video document, created by MIA FERM, serves as a snapshot of a particular moment in time surrounding RAPOSA and CASTANETS. It is a meditative reflection on the mesmerizing motion of water, the beauty of natural light, and the spontaneity of friends. Responding to the thickness of the songs on "In The Vines", here the songs are stripped bare and presented by new voices that further reveal the lyrical beauty of Raposa's songwriting. It is equal parts home movie (ala Jonas Mekas), Downtown 81, Pull My Daisy, and audio-visual collage.
AsthmaticKitty-35
DVD
$12.25

Cheap Time
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US
IntheRed
LP
$10.50

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

Cluster
Berlin 2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Berlin 2007 was a monumental performance for Cluster as it marked the first time that they had peformed live in Berlin since their 12 hour concert in the Galerie Hammer in the Europacenter in 1969. The performance was a massive success as a sold out crowd cheered loudly for Cluster to return to the stage. Fortunately, the concert was preserved for posterity & is proudly presented here. Both Dieter Moebius & H.J. Roedelius play synthesizers & objects.
Important-181
CD
$13.00

Collections Of Colonies Of Bees
Six Guitars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES generated quite the (forgive us) buzz, following the January release of their CD "Birds", and deservedly so. Their sound is expansive, vast, and billowing; full of ringing guitars, soaring in the best traditions of the Chatham/Branca standoff; meanwhile, beneath the clouds sprawl dewy meadows of gently rolling electronica. "Six Guitars" is just what its title states, yet so much more. Wildly versatile drummer Jon Mueller follows the rules by hammering on an electric guitar with mallets, enhancing the Steve Reichian vibe (compare this with Mueller's face-melting solo onslaught Metals, also released in January). The band sparkles accordingly, lifting to a dazzling climax. It's epic minimalism in exquisite registration, and the perfect selection to introduce the TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS GUITAR SERIES (fans will be happy to hear that Mueller is on deck with a solo contribution to the series as well). Beyond the music, there's the similarly spectacular packaging. It's a one-sided, 12-inch LP, PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL; the REVERSE IS LASER ETCHED with an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage Pencil, whose credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and Sonic Youth. It's a LIMITED-EDITION PRESSING, so get it while you can - disks from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are now some of Collectorville's must coveted treasures.
TableoftheElements-092
LP
$14.25

Cosmologic
Eyes in the Back of My Eyes in the Back of My Head (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Fourth album-but the first with wide distribution-by this amazingly assured & swinging "free-bop" collective quartet, who have been developing their unique take on modern jazz for a decade. The group initially incorporated interpretations of music by Ornette, Dolphy, Coltrane & others into their performances, but quickly moved towards playing only original compositions. Central to the group's sound is a commitment to developing challenging & original compositions. The result is a band that pushes the envelope while remaining accessible for over a decade. For fans of: Braxton's '70s quartets, John Carter-Bobby Bradford group, Ornette, Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet, Vandermark 5. "More than impressive,"-The Wire
Cuneiform
CD
$13.75

Cud
Elvis Belt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Formed in Leeds in 1986, CUD went on to forge one of the more interesting and indefinable sounds of the late 80s / early 90s indie scene. Fusing a catchy pop sensibility with danceable grooves and intelligent and often humorous lyrics, they soon became firm independent favorites and began releasing records on Leeds based Reception Records in 1987, very quickly catching the ear of John Peel and becoming a regular fixture of his broadcasts. Three quality singles into their career, the band secured a deal with Imaginary Records, where they continued a fine run of singles and eventually released their debut album. Capitalizing on the band's underground success, in June 1990 Imaginary followed this with this fantastic compilation of their early releases, topping several independent charts in the process and further establishing an already strong reputation. Some eighteen years later, Elvis Belt is updated and reissued here by Cherry Red, together with a wealth of rarities and unreleased tracks from those formative years and beyond. This release features the original album in its entirety, carefully remastered and now sitting comfortably alongside Elvis Handbag, an additional disc conceived by the band as a sister album to the original release and containing a number of further B-Sides, Peel Session recordings and cover versions (including the band's legendary take on Bohemian Rhapsody, previously only available on the ultra-rare Alvin Lives in Leeds compilation). This release (along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007s well received re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world just how great this band were and generated a well deserved resurgence in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote this and its accompanying releases. TRACKS: ELVIS BELT 1. SLACK TIME 2. MAKE NO BONES 3. TREAT ME BAD 4. PUNISHMENT REWARD 5. RELATIONSHIPS 6. UNDER MY HAT 7. LOLA 8. URBAN SPACEMAN 9. ART 10. YOU'RE THE BOSS 11. ONLY (A PRAWN IN WHITBY) 12. HEY! WIRE 13. I'VE HAD IT WITH BLONDES ELVIS HANDBAG 14. MIND THE GAP (PEEL SESSION) 15. EVERYBODY WORKS SO HARD (PEEL SESSION) 16. BB COULDN T C (PEEL SESSION) 17. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY 18. MANCHESTER 19. PURPLE LOVE BALLOON (ORIGINAL VERSION) 20. POSSESSION (ORIGINAL VERSION) 21. REMEMBER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU LOVE 22. MARJORIE 23. DOWN DOWN 24. MAGIC (1994 UNRELEASED SINGLE VERSION) 25. SLIPAWAY (UNRELEASED SINGLE MIX) 26. BEFORE TOMORROW 27. JUDAS KISS.
CherryRed-355
DCD
$15.50

Cud
Leggy Mambo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Following the release of their debut When In Rome, Kill Me and 1990 s Elvis Belt compilation (CDMRED355), Leeds indie heroes CUD set to work on their next album for Imaginary Records. Recorded during the Summer of 1990, Leggy Mambo proved to be a step in all the right directions, cementing the sound developed over their previous releases and capitalizing on the band s pop sensibilities to provide their most immediately accessible collection of songs to date. Produced by XTCs Dave Gregory and released in October 1990, the album spawned the well-received singles Robinson Crusoe and Magic (both of which might have achieved greater success had they been released on a larger label) and generated a huge amount of industry interest, eventually leading to their signing with A & M the following year. This Cherry Red Gold top Copy version of the album features the newly remastered original disc, as well as a collection of demos and alternate versions, all of which have been hand picked by the band themselves. This release (along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006 s Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received reissues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world just how great this band were and generated a well deserved resurgence in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. NOW! 2. HEART 3. HEY, BOOTS 4. LOVE IN A HOLLOW TREE 5. LOVE MANDARIN 6. NOT EXACTLY D.L.E.R.C. 7. ROBINSON CRUSOE 8. EAU WATER 9. CARL'S 115TH COACH TRIP NIGHTMARE 10. MAGIC 11. SYRUP AND SOUR GRAPES 12. BRAIN ON A SLOW TRAIN BONUS TRACKS 13. ROBINSON CRUSOE (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 14. NOW! (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 15. EAU WATER (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 16. L.O.P.H.E. (ROBINSON CRUSOE B-SIDE) 17. LOVE MANDARIN (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) 18. MAGIC (DEMO MIX) 19. ROBINSON CRUSOE (DUNGEON DEMO).
CherryRed-356
CD
$15.50

Cud
Showbiz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Having departed the independent world and signed with A&M in 1991, CUD proceeded to pursue the commercial success their previous releases had hinted at with 1992's Asquarius. Following this, their first hit album, proved to be the band s longest break between releases (largely the result of some inter-label disharmony), but they eventually emerged in 1994 with Showbiz. Recorded primarily in Scotland (at a studio owned by Fish of Marillion fame, no less), this record saw their sound mature and showcased a broader range of songwriting styles than previous efforts. It was well received on its release in April 1994, garnering favorable reviews, and spawned two UK hit singles in Neurotica and One Giant Love. Sadly, though, the album proved to be the band's last officially released effort as the pressures of life on a major and all that it entails took their toll on the band. This remastered version also includes a number of B-Sides from the album's single releases, as well as some unreleased out-takes and demo versions, including material intended for their next album, which hasn't seen the light of day before now. This release (along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world just how great this band were. A UK tour is also scheduled for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. SOMEBODY SNATCHED MY ACTION 2. ESP 3. WAVING AND DROWNING 4. STICKS AND STONES 5. MYSTERY DEEPENS 6. SLIP AWAY 7. ONE GIANT LOVE 8. I REEK OF CHIC 9. NOT NECCESSARILY EVIL 10. YOU LEAD ME 11. TOURNIQUET 12. NEUROTICA BONUS TRACKS 13. W.G.S. (NEUROTICA B-SIDE) 14. MY NEED TO HURRY (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 15. SKI BUM (STICKS AND STONES B-SIDE) 16. DOWN THE PLUG (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 17. HERE COME THE OLD FLAMES (POSTSHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 18. LIVING IN YOUR LOVE (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 19. LET YOU DOWN (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 20. TAKE THE TIME AND READ MY MIND (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 21. WANTING ISN'T GETTING (POSTSHOWBIZ SESSIONS)
CherryRed-357
CD
$15.50

Daysleepers
Drowned in A Sea of Sound (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US A year in the making, The Daysleepers return with their full length Clairecords Debut! "Drowned in a Sea of Sound" takes nothing but the best elements of the band's highly acclaimed EP's and blends them with some entirely new experimental soundscapes. The Daysleepers trademark sound of mixing Dreampop, Post-Punk and New Wave styles is still very much present, and at times pushes even beyond those boundaries. Imagine the sounds of the Cure, Cocteau Twins, The Chameleons and Slowdive rolled into one. These 10 tracks touch on a wide variety of sounds and emotions ranging from spacey ethereal drones to blissful up-tempo dreampop beauty. For fans of the early out-of-print EP's, "Hide Your Eyes" and "The Soft Attack", "Drowned in a Sea of Sound" is a must have. It is proof that The Daysleepers have fully matured and discovered their true sound.
Clairecords-073
CD
$12.25

Dead Man
Euphoria (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Dead Man mine the birth of stoner rock, from the Grateful Dead to Iron Butterfly, trippy and heavy in qual doses, and now they've signed to Meteor City... Euphoria is much darker and heavier than their debut self-titled album while maintaining a thoroughly vintage vibe. There are bluesy up-tempo rockers alongside melodic folk-pop masterpieces and an unexpected turn into dark and psyched-out heavy rock. While their debut Self Titled album made a huge impact on the stoner/prog rock fanatics, Euphoria will establish Dead Man with cult-status like their contemporaries Witchcraft and Black Mountain have achieved.
MeteorCity
CD
$11.00

Death Cab for Cutie
Narrow Stairs (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US New album.
Atlantic
CD
$13.75

Desolation Wilderness
Until Forever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US DESOLATION WILDERNESS is the primary musical project of Nicolaas Zwart. "Until Forever" was written, played, and recorded by Nic in Summer of 2007, at DUB NARCOTIC STUDIO in Olympia, Washington; during the late night sessions for his self- released full-length album "Hey Someone". Nic played almost all the instruments including the vibraphone, clarinet, glockenspiel, guitar, computer, and synthesizer. On "4/4 Love Song" he enlisted his friends Andrew Dorsett and Adam Oelsner to play Hammond Organ and Accordion, respectively. "Goodbye Summer Girl" is the end of a story. Saying a sudden goodbye to someone new to you who you were in love with, and seeing her disappear out of the rear view mirror of your car as you drive away; getting lost in the shimmering heat of a California summer day. "Gloria" and "4/4 Love Song" have no words, but they capture a mood you can get when watching fireworks over a lake during twilight on the Fourth of July: everything you see and do is imbued with the magic of fate and destiny.
Krecords-119
45
$3.75

Eat Skull
Sick to Death (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Leave it to the English to embellish a term like "shit-gaze." No surprise that the greatest shit-gazer of all time was none other than Samuel Coleridge, an avowed Brit who, plied full of laudanum, would sit for hrs & stare at his bowel movements, writing copious notes on their color, texture, etc. They are a quartet hailing from Portland, Oregon, co-masterminded by Rob Enbom (Hospitals and Hole Class) & another original Hospital, Rod Meyer (the greatest living genius of punk)(--erm--uh--wha?!).
Siltbreeze
LP
$16.00

Explorers Club, The
Freedom Wind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Great indie rock bands have long made a habit of recasting the music of our parents' youth. Turn on Dr. Dog, Olivia Tremor Control, or the Black Angels for just a few examples of bands who make glorious new music in classic molds. Now take the idea a step further. Take the homage just far enough that you can imagine yourself experiencing, say, THE BEACH BOYS in their prime, but with fresh songs not tempered by a generation of Sweatin' to the Oldies. This is elation without irony. This is THE EXPLORERS CLUB'S debut album, "Freedom Wind." The Beach Boys are the obvious touchstone, but dig a bit deeper and you'll hear flourishes of Paul McCartney, the Byrds, Emitt Rhodes, ELO and doo-wop. Embracing a pop blueprint from a time when great songs were played on the radio and everybody loved them all, the Explorers Club has recorded the sweetest pop record you are likely to hear this year. The Explorers Club are doing for the summer beach song what Amy Winehouse has done for R&B or Sharon Jones for funk and soul, what Antibalas have done for Afro-beat. They're reclaiming the classics as their own, injecting them with life, and making music that that transcends any era. This is how pop music is supposed to sound. Prepare yourself. "Freedom Wind" is the soundtrack to the summer of 2008.
DeadOceans-007
LP
$11.50

Fairline Parkway
Memory of Open Spaces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Limited Edition of 700 hand-numbered, die cut. Zachary Okun & Raj Gadhia met in a quiet summer of college unemployment. Raj recognized Zach as the guy in the back of the dusty university anthropology lab who diligently slept through monkey documentaries, waking
from deep sleep only to angrily protest discernable differences in the skull specimens forced upon the class every week. In this manner things came to a head and they were graduated, just as they decided to have a good run at actually thinking. Reeling in denial, the two began recording together in 2002. They were promptly kidnapped by an enthusiastic fan & ushered into a studio.
Kora
CD
$11.25

Fax
Yo Recuerdo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, MEXICO Fax delivers his sixth release, Yo Recuerdo. Upgrading the sounds of his previous release, Primario, Fax continues the path into ambient and down tempo electronica. Whereas Primario was marked by a dark undercurrent of sound, Yo Recuerdo is a brighter affair. Yo Recuerdo is dreamier, closer to the sounds of Guthrie and Budd, but retaining the minimal electronic feel Fax is known for. And for those missing Fax dancier techno moments, there is a remix of one of the most memorable tracks on the album "Cuarto Para Tres". Album mastered by Fernando Corona (Murcof) with guest vocals by Florencia Ruiz and Uriel Villalobos (Perdutto). TRACKLISTING: 1. Intro 2. Cuarto Para Tres 3. Concreto 4. Cielo Rojo 5. Rota 6. Yo Recuerdo (I Remember) 7. Bosque 8. Tormenta de Arena 9. Millas 10. Cuarto Para Tres (Dance Mix)
StaticDiscos-025
CD
$12.25

Fern Knight
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Drawing from diverse influences such as '70s Krautrock, UK folk & baroque & renaissance music, their eponymous recording juxtaposes the calm surface of harp, cello, & violin against the perfectly timed distorted squalls of a Flying V & a dark undercurrent of lyrical & vocal mystery.
VHF
CD
$14.25

Fleet Foxes
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50

Fleet Foxes
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US Seattle's Fleet Foxes traffic in baroque harmonic pop. They draw influences from the traditions of folk, pop, choral, gospel, sacred harp singing, West Coast music, traditional music from Ireland to Japan, film scores, and their NW peers. The subject matter ranges from the natural world and familial bonds to bygone loves and stone cold graves. "Supremely crafted and confident" - 8.7 - Pitchfork.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

Free Blood
Never Hear Surf Music Again (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US This two-piece Brooklyn band has more street cred than you can shake a stick at, & for good reason. Consisting of Madeline
Davy (Octopi NYC) on the microphone & John Pugh (formally of !!!) also on microphone. An unpredictable druggy number, a mangled hybrid of Beatles-esque melodies fused angrily w/ a Butthole Surfers song. "Quick & Painful" is a raucous affair that delivers a swift kick to the jewels.
Rong/DFA
12
$8.00

Free Kitten
Inherit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US This reacquaints us w/all caps worthy rockergirls KIM GORDON (SONIC YOUTH), JULIE CAFRITZ (PUSSY GALORE) & YOSHIMI (BOREDOMS). On the disc, they're collapsed into the present. And it is our present that is most effected by songs like "Erected Girl," which reminds one of bossa nova rhythms run through a Kosher meat grinder. And then there's "Free Kitten on the Mountain," which amounts to a travelogue of sorts--but through a Lord Buckley-like subconscious mind. IMPOSE MAGAZINE: "Holy sh!t, this is good. Are you surprised? Free Kitten is Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) and Julie Cafritz (Pussy Galore) on guitar/vocals and Yoshimi-P (Boredoms) on percussion... After eleven years since their last full-length release, Free Kitten is more of a project then a band, but their upcoming Inherit holds true to a dirty 90s indie angst that seem lost to the current cultivated landscape of indie artists making pop music. In that sense these tracks manage to be both familiar and refreshing: Free Kitten aren't reinventing what they already did 15 years ago, but they're adding beautiful music to the heap of what's good about indie rock."
EcstaticPeace
CD
$10.00

French Kicks
Swimming (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Band-produced new album features some of the quartet's most melodic recordings to date. "An album that demands you attention by revealing new sounds, notes & harmonies with each listen. By capturing both the palpable and raw elements, the FKs have created a complex yet sophisticated pop album."
Vagrant
CD
$13.75

Friel, Dan
Ghost Town (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US First full-length solo release from PARTS & LABOR singer/electrician Dan Friel. Characterized by its anthemic melodies, complex electronic arrangements & huge distorted beats, Ghost Town is an indie record the noise kids will love & a noise record that'll inspire the indie kids to pick up some busted electronic gear & strive for immortality. Ghost Town is where everyone can meet in the middle & freak out about how insanely good this record is. Think Wolf Eyes playing In The Aeroplane Over The Sea & you might be on the right track.
Important
CD
$12.25

Friel, Dan
Ghost Town (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US The first pressing of this LP is limited to 500 copies.
Important-187
LP
$14.75

Froberg, Tobias
Turn Heads (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Swedish singer-songwriter sensation Tobias Froberg has recently spent his time hanging out with friends. Not only did he log production duties the forthcoming offering from Peter Moren (Peter of Peter Bjorn And John) but he spent some time working on his own, third release Turn Heads. His new album features a gaggle of his mates including Peter, Norwegian chanteuse Ane Brun, the heavenly Brit singer songwriter Kathryn Williams, the troubadour Tietur, Existensminumum and Torbjörn Zetterberg (Folke). He even made it a family affair, working with his father, jazz musician Ante Fröberg. Although Froberg invites his buddies along to create music his albums have his personal fingerprints all over them. His first two releases, For Elisabeth Wherever She Is (2004) and Somewhere In the City (2006) are both self produced. Both records are much loved all over the globe, while Elisabeth was nominated for a Swedish Indie Grammy.
Sidecho
CD
$13.75

Futureheads
This Is Not the World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US New album.
Megaforce
CD
$13.75

Gable
Seven Guitars With A Cloud Of Milk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Containing 18 tracks clocking in at just under 40 min. The songs cover such diverse topics as group suicide, the state of urban music, self-realization, cats, & drunk foxes, in the best tradition of DIY bands like The Vaselines, Violent Femmes, & Beat Happening.
Loaf
CD
$16.00

Gil, Gilberto
The Sound Of Revolution 1968-69 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, UK The Sound of Revolution combines Gilberto Gils brilliant 1968 and 69 Tropicalia albums, Frevo Rasgado and Cerebro Electronico; joyous, extraordinarily inventive pop music made against a background of terrible political unrest in Brazil and in the shadow of both imprisonment and eventually exile both for Gil and his friend Caetano Veloso. The 1968 album is electrified by the meteoric Os Mutantes and both sets arranged by Rogerio Duprat who contributes a range of totally original textures and orchestration much as George Martin did with Strawberry Fields and Sgt Pepper. Suffice to say, this combination of precocious talent achieves a magical and historically important result. Tropicalia-Os Mutantes-Rogerio Duprat-LSD-Revolution Gilberto Gil narrated recent BBC4 documentary about Tropicalia.
El-142
CD
$15.50

Good Shoes
Think Before You Speak (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US "South London's Good Shoes venture into this crowded market with a more streamlined pop take on new wave herky-jerky-- an earnest young Buzzcocks to their rivals' the Clash, the Jam, or XTC. 7.2"-Pitchfork. 14 tracks of Britpop perfection from gang who've remixed Maximo Park and others.
Bril
CD
$12.25

Grails
Take Refuge in Clean Living (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Important-190
LP
$15.75

Grails
Take Refuge in Clean Living (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US New album, five long songs. 'Take Refuge in Clean Living' sees Grails pulling back their already-wide lens on multiple sonic
horizons. Opening with a nod to Syd Barret's Pink Floyd (Piper at the Gates of Dawn) the record begins with morse code and drops into one of the heaviest slow-burn grooves in the Grails canon. Sounding something like Hawkwind and Ravi Shankar scoring Bladerunner, it's lysergic and earthy for Grails in a new way. The rest of the record moves from blissful Eno-inspired ambience, to epic Morricone rock hymns, to an unexpected take on a Ventures tune that returns the listener back to the very beginnings of instrumental rock music. 'Take Refuge' seems to suggest that Grails can't run out of ideas.
Important-190
CD
$12.50

Gregor Samsa
Rest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US over e-mail during the course of nine months by key members. In Rest, GS expand on their affinity for minimal, classical instrumentation mixed with mangled & manipulated sound through integration of new instruments such as the celesta, clarinet, classical voice & vibraphone. Along with these new sounds, guitar has been almost entirely replaced by piano, whose parts were recorded on a rare Bosendorfer once owned by Philip Glass. These pieces demonstrate a shift in focus to harmony, restraint & the use of muted tones, while less interest is taken in the large dynamic shifts that once carried the
weight of many of their compositions.
Kora
CD
$12.00

Half-Handed Cloud/Ariel Pink
Unusual Animals Vol. 3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US This is the third in a series of vinyl-only releases. The series, entitled UNUSUAL ANIMALS, pairs ASTHMATIC KITTY roster artists with friends and sometimes-unlikely bedfellows. Each record includes a beautiful rendering of one of Mother Nature's stranger inhabitants by illustrator Jared Chapman. This limited-edition series expands the Asthmatic Kitty family to include some unexpected folks.
AsthmaticKitty-405
45
$3.75

Hammock
Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US After four well-loved and critically lauded recordings, Hammock returns with a new full-length, special release, Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, which features eleven new songs and original artwork by Riceboy Sleeps (Jonsi Birgisson of the Grammy-nominated Sigur Ros and Alex Somers of Parachutes). At the invitation of Birgisson and Somers, Hammock gave their first-ever live performance at the after party celebration of the Riceboy Sleeps overseas debut art exhibition, held in Hot Springs, AR in August 2007. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow is the studio recording of the original music written and played by Hammock for the occasion. "Studio performance" is a more accurate phrase; as the guitars for these songs were recorded live, just as the band performed them, later rounded out by Matt Slocum's expansive, emotive cello. This is Hammock reduced to an essence-a core. There are no intrusions. No beats. No lyrics. There is nothing to break the spell, or jar the listener out of the moment. " Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow" has all of the vulnerability and spontaneity of a performance, yet all of the rich, cinematic beauty of a Hammock studio recording. Hammock's self-imposed minimalism is expertly merged with their hallmark melodic songwriting, resulting in the most focused, mesmeric and deeply personal album in their catalog to date. "...music in the spirit of Japanese art-simple by form, but it's full of complexity in its tone and its timbres." --Bob Boilen, NPR, All Songs Considered. "Hammock continue their ascent to godhead status among the drone-rock underground." -All Music Guide. Tracks: 1. Gold Star Mothers, 2. City in the Dust on My Window, 3. This Kind of Life Keeps Breaking Your Heart, 4. Mono No Aware, 5. Three Sisters, 6. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, 7. Elm, 8. Razorback Drug Town, 9. Eighty-Four Thousand Hymns, 10. We Will Say Goodbye to Everyone, 11. All of Your Children Are Addicts.
Darla-196
CD
$13.00

Hefner
The Fidelity Wars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, UK 1999 was a special year for Hefner. The original Fidelity Wars reached number one in the independent album charts, with its accompanying single, cult favourite Hymn for the Cigarettes securing them the number one place in the independent single charts. It was also the year that saw Hefner working hard for John Peel, recording three sessions for his show and having five entries in the Festive Fifty for '99. They reached numbers two and three in the chart, only beaten to the number one spot by the Cuban Boys! Fidelity Wars saw Hefner coming of age; the rawness of songwriter Darren Hayman's earlier music and lyrics developing into a more intelligent, observational style. Hymn for the Alcohol, tells the tale of two alcoholics falling out of love, accompanied by the sweet pedal steel of new member Jack Hayter. The Weight of the Stars has the narrator memorising the contents of a roll of camera film, which was lost on a one-night stand. Don't Flake Out On laments upon the lost friends of our early twenties, accompanied by the broken voice of ex-Raincoat Gina Birch and brass section. This re-release of Fidelity Wars contains the original album plus an extra 29 rare and unreleased tracks including deleted EPs, b-sides, and alternate versions.
Belka-05
DCD
$21.75

Hollmer, Lars
Viandra (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Active in music for over 40 years, Lars & friends founded the legendary 60's Swedish "Rock In Opposition" band Samla Mammas Manna. Concurrently he started a solo career, emphasizing his very personal compositions & his masterful accordion playing. His solo albums have a great warmth, intimacy, & even innocence to them. Although he makes music that can be abrasive & even purposefully a bit demented, with rough textures, quirky instrumentation, & unusual rhythms & time signatures, Hollmer's compositions are mostly tuneful & easy going, sometimes catchy, & often disarmingly lovely. His 9th solo album but first released in the USA. "Kaleidoscopic."-arborweb.com
Cuneiform
CD
$13.75

Hosaka, Akane
Niko Niko Denki Muzic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, FRANCE With her lunging rhythms and deliciously retro melodies, Akane Hosaka catapults us into a world of gleeful wallabies and drummer-boy monkeys. Her discovery of music came through song, and only later led to instrumental experimentation. References to her early influences, the 60s and 70s precursors of electropop are deliberate: there for all to see. Raymond Scott, Perrey & Kingsley or Yellow Magic Orchestra. Nevertheless her true inspiration is from the visual world and lies in graphic forms and architectural fantasy: Keiji Ito, Archigram or Bruno Munari. For her, these images evoke music that she then sets about transcribing. Naturally reserved, she's a perfectionist in her work. Seeing her in the studio is like watching a blacksmith in the smithy, as she bends her music into the required shapes. Her compositions are like pastel-colored soap bubbles in extra-bright Super 8.
Sonore-27
CD
$17.50

House Of Fire
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Formerly HIGHSPIRE. House of Fire cites their main influences as the psychedelic sound of the 60's. Lacing dense, jangly rhythms and intricate melodies into impassioned soulful sketches, that evoke spirits of the past and signs of the future. House Of Fire's debut release promises to be the soundtrack to your hazy neon scattered afternoon. For fans of the paisley underground and canyon rock movements of the west coast - or bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ride, early works from the Byrds and Velvet Underground just to name a few.
UniversalWarning-022
CD
$10.50

Indian Jewelry
Free Gold! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US In 2006, several members of the INDIAN JEWELRY songwriting and performance team found the bitch of fame licking them on the hand. Blinded by vanity, easy fame, self love, and the internet, they went into an early retirement. "Free Gold!" is Indian Jewelry's first full-length in almost two years. It is also their most scathing with dirty hooks, shape shifting grooves, and a lot of attitude. "Free Gold!" is what people will desire. Look for them on tour this spring and summer.
WeAreFree-004
CD
$11.50

Islands
Arm's Way (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US New album from former Unicorns folk.
Anti
CD
$15.25

Isol/Zypce
Sima (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Digipak with 16 page booklet featuring the artist's illustrations. Isol and Zypce present Sima, their latest collaboration. Isol: singer, composer, ex-vocalist of the electronic pop band Entre Ríos, singer with the baroque group The Excuse and member of the synthpop American band Alsace Lorraine. She's also an internationally renowned illustrator of books and printed media. For the first time, she composes the melodies in the songs and writes their lyrics on this new record. Zypce: musician, composer. In 1994 he released his CD Nuevo Muerto (New Dead) on which he and his ensemble play his own works of contemporary classical music tainted with industrial reminiscences, although these categories are in fact very dubious labels. He has also composed music for the film, dance and theatre in Argentina and abroad and has performed his experimental compositions with pianist Adriana de los Santos, among others in concert. He builds his own musical instruments and has an extremely elaborate approach to the stage factor. On this CD he composes and arranges the songs by being clearly faithful to his peculiar aesthetics though approaching a pop song format, always with very experimental results. Isol and Zypce are siblings, born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. About Sima: 11 tracks / Voice: Isol / Instrumental arrangements: Zypce / Lyrics: Isol / Music: Isol - Zypce (except "La primera vez" and "Vos me llamás", by Dani Umpi - Adrián Soiza) / Artistic production: Zypce (in "Vos me llamás": Zypce-Cecinini) / Mastering: Nicolás Cecinini. Sima: f. abyss, precipice, crag, depth, chasm.
Darla-195
CD
$13.00

Jain, Essie
Inbetween (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US This stunning new album attains a new high point for the songwriter, exploring the nuances of intimacy as she never has before. The songs are direct and captivating in their honesty, and serve to reflect the artful beauty that can result from periods of clarity.
BaDaBing!
CD
$14.25

Jay, Jeremy
A Place Where We Could Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US This is a debut album containing ten songs, but really it is a cinematic escapade into the mind of a singular individual, JEREMY JAY. "A Place Where We Could Go" is a statement of fiction and fact, exploring the shadowy depths of an attitude: the romance of life without the people and things that pull down the corners; create your own world. This universe may have a fairy tale look; it may be illuminated by streetlight. But it will definitely be a safe haven for the exploration of dreams. Think vast landscapes of reverberating storybook endings populated by the more charming characters from John Hughes' movies. Jeremy Jay: dancing, singing and playing guitar. "A Place Where We Could Go" is your hardcopy of the illusive, blonde, Jeremy Jay moon-roof vista. Buena.
Krecords-187
CD
$11.50

Jennings, Mason
In the Ever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Sixth album for Minneapolis singer-songwriter & debut on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records. Coming off his 2006 majorlabel bow, Boneclouds, for Modest Mouse leader Isaac Brock's Epic-distributed Glacial Pace label, Jennings retreated to a studio in the woods, where he set himself up with a laptop and two microphones. The title comes from his son talking about where he came from before he was born, "Ya know dad, when I was in the Ever?' It continues his spiritual journey, informed by his love of influences like Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash's American recordings and Led Zeppelin, his favorite band of all time. "I just wanted to make sure it's not re-enacted music," he says. "I have no use for being a retro artist. I want to understand my past and come from something." "Every time I hear a Mason Jennings album it changes the way I see the world around me," says Jack.
Brushfire
CD
$13.75

Joan Of Arc
Boo Human (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Done with the young and hungry rat-race of band-life, Joan of Arc now exists at the pace their real lives allow. By combining one week of studio time, a stack of songs and a sign-up sheet allowing participants to drop in whenever they could, each track on Boo Human is as wildly different and uniquely constructed as the groups who produced them. The combination of 14 musicians whose previous collaborations include Wilco, Iron & Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy, Beth Orton, and Prefuse 73 yields a truly diverse record that is as intense as it is intimate.
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50

Joan Of Arc
Boo Human (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$12.50

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

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

King Darves
The Sum Splits For The Blind Swimmer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US The bedrock of King Darves' New Brunswick based concoction is folk based, but he's not wearing a headband or singing of pixies in the moss. This is somewhere between rolled cigs and the foggy vision of Big Pink from somewhere on Jersey Avenue, or maybe a one-manned Meat Puppets. This release will shock and please when the prettiest sound of his deep, rich voice comes out of the headphones, and it'll make you tap your toes and nod your head like a little girl.
DeStijl
CD
$12.50

Lau Nau
Nukkuu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Locust
LP
$18.25

Lau Nau
Nukkuu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US The long awaited sophomore album by celebrated Finnish femme folk fave. Psychedelic, abstract & emotionally captivating - an album of changes. Conceived in tight attics & vacant dens on off hours when her young son Nuutti was fast asleep, this is an intimately crafted 9 song collection that unfolds like dreamlike musical ribbons for the senses & delivers the listener to a place of unhurried contentedness.
Locust
CD
$13.00

Leonhart, Michael
Hotel Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US "Hotel Music" is a pastiche of Serge Gainsbourg hooks, bedroom drone, California Pop (by way of Van Dyke Parks), and Downtown experiments. It is a musical portrait by MICHAEL LEONHART, session player to the stars. It was written and recorded over the course of a five-month stint (if a worldwide tour that long can be accurately labeled a stint) playing horns with Steely Dan (yes, Steely Dan). He passed his downtime on the road abusing various camera & cell phone cameras, his portable sampler, laptop and whatever instruments that happened to be within reach. The result is a more experimental trip than his sadly under-heard pop masterpiece "The Ballad of Minton Quigley" (2007, self-released). Leonhart has recorded four solo records in as many years between Steely Dan and Lenny Kravitz touring, as well as sessioning with such diverse artists as Brian Eno, David Byrne, Slash, Steven Tyler and Wynton Marsalis.
St.Ives-24
LP
$11.50

Leukers, Antonia
Hasenlove Picture Disc (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, GERMANY Picture-Disc LP (limited 300). "Hasenlove" is the debut musical release of Hamburg visual artist Antonia Leukers. She's a founding member of "Institut Hasenbart", a 10-piece artist collective dedicated to a meta-scientific research of hares and related social, zoological and aesthetical phenomena in reference to the art world and pop culture. Leukers has previously created stitched, sewed and animated sculptures while casually growing cucumbers, working for a local in-vitro fertilization hospital and advising young people on erotic issues as a German Dr. Ruth for a popular Online magazine. Inspired by a journey to Island, hearing local travel guides spontaneously interweaving their narrations with sudden outbursts of folklore chanting and an encounter with Wolfgang Müller's (Die Tödliche Doris) strategy of transforming and combining his pseudo-scientific, documentary and social research into a musical and artistic performance she started to elaborate her fellow artist's lectures with musical renditions. As a passionate DIY home-recording artist she has soldered her own microphones, used cheap toy instruments, game boys and minidisk recordings of kitchen sounds to create her very own bricolage comic universe. By recycling corny AOR mainstream Rock/Pop songs into some oddly disturbing and wonderfully weird rabbit love songs with newly-made German lyrics and combining these with some truly strange original compositions (ranging from freeform collage to distorted techno to deranged singer/songwriter stuff), she has created a musical love story in 7 parts. Spiritually influenced by (though not really sounding alike) German "Neue Deutsche Welle" artists such as Der Plan and theatrical and surreal performance bands like The Residents her versions of popular love songs sound like a teenage/female Andrew Lloyd Webber on bad acid. This 1-sided vinyl-only picture-disc LP is a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. Both the gorgeous design and ornamental etching on the b-side have been done by fellow Hasenbart founding member Renate Nikolaus.
Dekorder-023
LP
$21.50

Licht, Alan & Aki Onda
Everydays (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Debut collaboration of New York artists and long-time duo partners ALAN LICHT & AKI ONDA, whose combined history connects artists straddling the pop and experimental worlds, including Fennesz, Loren Connors, Takemura Nobukazu, Lee Ranaldo, and Toriko Nujiko. In the past decade their montage-inspired solo work---Licht's permutational guitar and tape pieces on Rabbi Sky and A New York Minute, Onda's field recording recontextualizations on Bon Voyage! and Ancient & Modern---has co-existed with their experimental sound/visual projects Text of Light (Licht) and Cinemage (Onda). "Everydays" is five grandly formed soundscapes that mix Onda's poetic/textural cassette sounds and the rhythmic/lyrical pull of Licht's guitar. Morphing from recognizable structures to dissonant hammered chunks and rapid cut-ups, the album perfectly weaves their signature applications of sound diaries, minimalism, grainy fidelity, looping and free blues into a dynamic and ambitious statement.
FamilyVineyard58
CD
$11.50

Lodger, The
Life is Sweet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Slumberland
LP
$14.25

Lodger, The
Life is Sweet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Still filled with gorgeous melodies & catchy tunes, but is also deeper & more thoughtful, full of emotional peaks & valleys. Rather than just chip in w/ an album of "more of the same," they've paid extra attention to the arrangements, w/ 12-string & acoustic guitars, lap steel, & violin adding crucial detail
& depth to the tunes
Slumberland
CD
$14.25

Low
You May Need A Murderer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US On several occasions in 2007, Dutch documentary maker David Kleijwegt filmed the legendary chamber-rock trio. This is a portrait of a band set against the scenery of modern day America, a country that according to Low is rapidly becoming a third world country. This high-standard documentary is more than an on-the-road movie or behind-the-scenes video. It shows Sparhawk as the ambivalent main character in an intriguing movie about religion, violence, questions of conscience &-whether concealed or not-madness, that can also be seen as a touching love story.
Soulmining
DVD
$15.75

Mammatus
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Named for the ominous clouds that are usually seen after the worst of a thunderstorm has passed, they are a lean sludge machine that shoots giant burritos (carne asada) from their instruments. They have no known enemies in the natural world and share symbiotic relationships with hamburgers, subgoths & dragons. Their album was mastered by a wizard so mighty he has no name. They assure you that his abilities far exceed those of any "terrestrial" engineer, for they send the tapes back in time to be woven w/ spells of the nameless one that were spoken of before rock could speak.
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00

Mann, Aimee
@#%&! Smilers(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US (Digipack Packaging) "I've always been drawn to dark, eccentric personalities," says Los Angeles singer songwriter Aimee Mann. On Smilers, her 7th solo CD, Mann presents thirteen exquisitely-crafted new songs about the inner life of people living far from the bright lights of success or fame.
SuperegoRecords
CD
$16.00

Mates Of State
Re-Arrange Us (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US On this release, the duo move beyond their trademark wall of sound with additional instrumentation, including lush strings, guitar, and horns to back up their already honed melodic songwriting.
Barsuk
CD
$12.50

Modey Lemon
Season of Sweets (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US This is a fuzzed-out, driving masterpiece w/ catchy hooks beaten to death by guitar/synth mayhem. At the heart of this album is the energy & mysticism of singer Phil Boyd. As primitive as they are futuristic, they recreate the present, molecule by molecule, every second of every breath.
Birdman
CD
$15.25

Mogwai
Young Team [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, UK The original album remastered and repackaged with an additional CD of bonus tracks including phenomenal live performances from T In The Park and Chemikal Underground's 5th Birthday Party; a BBC session version of "R U Still In 2 It?" featuring Aidan Moffat; a rare Spaceman 3 cover; a radio session track from WNYC and some other stuff.
ChemikalUnderground
DCD
$15.75

Monochrome Set
The Independent Singles Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Suave; debonair; sophisticated. Haughty, perhaps, for those who favor the pejorative. Aristocratic in more than one sense, classy in at least as many. The Monochrome Set were effortlessly inventive, literate, poised and immaculate of tuneage, possessed of an internal dialogue as a band that allowed them to surf their own narrative. They were just unlike anything else, in layman s terms. Instead, their sound harked back to a golden era of British pop songwriters. But there was nothing retrogressive about their endeavors. Instead they wrote songs that recreated the drama and promise of a Pearl & Dean interval theme, veering from lullaby to mambo to harmonic pop, accompanied by lush melodies and irresistibly playful lyrics that embraced morbidity at one extreme, and pitch-perfect satire at another. Because they could. Brand new release of Monochrome Set's complete independent singles collection including b-sides and rare tracks Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim, a long-term fan of the band, has recorded a cover of He's Frank with guest vocals by Iggy Pop and indeed this version has already been broadcast in Heroes. And the word is that this track may even be his next single. TRACKS: 1. HE S FRANK 2. ALPHAVILLE 3. EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS 4. LESTER LEAPS IN 5. THE MONOCHROME SET 6. MR BIZZARO 7. HE S FRANK (SLIGHT RETURN) 8. SILICON CARNE 9. FALLOUT 10. THE MATING GAME 11. J.D.H.A.N.E.Y. 12. CAST A LONG SHADOW 13. THE BRIDGE 14. JET SET JUNTA 15. LOVE GOES DOWN THE DRAIN 16. KILLING DAVE 17. HOUSE OF GOD (LIVE) 18. SWEET DEATH 19. FOREVER YOUNG 20. HURTING YOU 21. LITTLE NOISES 22. I LOVE LAMBETH 23. KISSY KISSY 24. ALL OVER 25. CLOSING TIME
CherryRed-350
CD
$15.50

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

Mudhoney
The Lucky Ones (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50

Mudhoney
The Lucky Ones (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US The band's eighth full-length album. Deliberately and aggressively raw, it sounds as lean and as full-on as any modern equivalent one cares to mention. Recorded in a scant three and a half days, written and recorded "from the rhythm up" instead of from the riff and lyrics down. The effect is to thrust out the bottom-end rumble of drummer Dan Peters and bassist Guy Maddison, and to bring about a cohesive whole not entirely ruled by the almighty riff.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

Mudhoney
Superfuzz Bigmuff: Deluxe Edition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US In 2008 both Sub Pop and Mudhoney are celebrating their 20th anniversary. This is the deluxe, re-mastered edition of "Superfuzz Bigmuff", containing the original EP in its correct running order, singles, demos, and two blistering live recordings from 1988, all re-mastered, or in some cases, mastered for the first time. "...for all the play and worldwide attention several Seattle-area bands got during the 1988-92 period, at the end of the day...there was Mudhoney - and then there was everybody else...These recordings were so life-affirming upon their release, connecting everything great about the sixties (biker movies, fuzz boxes, old guitars, three-minute songs) with the frothing, punk rock of the early 80s, that a whole new 'style' of music was born. They called it grunge, but to me it was amped-up, clear-the-room, ramalama rock...and it was about as joyous and as fun a noise as anyone'd heard in years" - Jay Hinman, liner notes.
Subpop
DCD
$15.00

Music Go Music
Light Of Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US MUSIC GO MUSIC have the simple syrup of pop extravagance running through their veins. These arena-sized songs are composed with such savage efficiency that you find yourself humming along before two bars have gone by. They are as assured and crafted as ABBA and ELO's best songs of '76, yet Music Go Music sounds fresh. They've exploded the formulas from the inside out, sounding like a hundred others and no one else. "Light of Love" is a true celebration of pop music's potential - laying a thin sheen of magic over the world around it, and making the tedious bits of the human experience a little less so. "Light of Love" plays like the first three tracks of a future Greatest Hits album. "Speak to me, darling in hushed tones. Tell me your heart's true desire" sings Gala Bell on the title track, equal parts Debbie Harry, Karen Carpenter, and Kate Bush. Maybe it's the wonderfully layered vocals, maybe the rich synth textures, maybe their impossibly uplifting nature, but there is something immediately familiar about these songs. At first listen, we're inexorably drawn into their sphere. For at least a moment, we are surrounded by the halo of their refracted energy - we can bask in the light of love.
SecretlyCanadian-169
12
$9.00

My Brightest Diamond
A Thousand Shark's Teeth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AsthmaticKitty
LP
$12.00

My Brightest Diamond
A Thousand Shark's Teeth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US
AsthmaticKitty
CD
$12.00

My Morning Jacket
At Dawn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Gatefold double vinyl re-press limited to 1000. 142 gm, red and gold color vinyl 2xLP in gatefold sleeve with matte finish. Their beloved second record (2001). "At Dawn has an Ineffable magic to it from start to finish, one that leads me to scour my brain for words that could describe something that sounds so special. Anytime a pop or rock song can give you chills, that's something. When a whole album can do it that's something else entirely." -POPMATTERS. TRACK LISTING: 1. At Dawn 2. Lowdown 3. The Way That He Sings 4. Death Is My Sleazy Pay 5. Hopefully 6. Bermuda Highway 7. Honest Man 8. X-mas Curtain 9. Just Because I Do 10. If It Smashes Down 11. I Needed It Most 12. Phone Went West 13. Strangulation 14. Bonus track.
Darla-111-1
DLP
$19.00

My Morning Jacket
This Is Not the World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US New album.
ATO/Red
CD
$13.75

My Morning Jacket
The Tennessee Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Gatefold double vinyl re-press limited to 1000. 142 gm, green and blue color vinyl 2xLP in gatefold sleeve with matte finish. Their fabulous debut album (1999). "Released to worldwide critical acclaim, The Tennessee Fire provides proof (200 proof) that heartfelt American music is alive and well and living in Kentucky. A must for anyone who loves the sound of Alt-country mixed with wide open spaces." -ALL MUSIC GUIDE. TRACK LISTING: 1. Heartbreakin Man 2. They Ran 3. The Bear 4. Nashville To Kentucky 5. Old September Blues 6. If All Else Fails 7. It's About Twilight Now 8. Evelyn Is Not Real 9. War Begun 10. Picture Of You 11. I Will Be There When You Die 12. The Dark 13. By My Car 14. Butch Cassidy 15. I Think I'm Going To Hell 16. Bonus track
Darla-089-1
DLP
$19.00

Names, The
Nightshift/Live At Plan K 15/12/2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, UK 24 tracks live DVD by cult Factory Records band The Names, including their December 2007 homecoming concert at legendary Brussels (Belgium) venue Plan K. Shot in High Definition with five cameras and a digital stereo soundtrack, the Plan K section of the DVD features 11 songs, including the classic singles Nightshift, Calcutta and The Astronaut, as well as new tracks including I Am the Rain and Zeroes (a tribute to their former producer Martin Hannett), and an encore cover of the Magazine song The Light Pours Out of Me. These tracks were taped at the memorable A Factory Night (Once Again) event at Plan K staged on 15 December 2007, which also featured performances by Section 25, Peter Hook, Crispy Ambulance and Kevin Hewick. The 120 minute DVD also features several vintage promo clips from 1980-82, including shorts for Nightshift, Light and The Astronaut. An intimate extra bonus feature is provided by Celebration, 9 songs recorded live at a 2005 birthday party for singer/writer Michel Sordinia, at which the band run through versions of a number of Names originals as well as songs by Joy Division and Neil Young. Also available: Swimming & Singles (LTMCD 2324), Spectators of Life (LTMCD 2320). Live Au Plan K (Brussels) 15 December 2007: 1. Light 2. I Am The Rain 3. Calcutta 4. Zeroes 5. The Astronaut 6. I Liked You Better When You Were Dead 7. Nightshift 8. I Wish I Could Speak Your Language 9. Discovery 10. Friendly Fire 11. The Light Pours Out Of Me When We Were Kids: 12. Nightshift #1 13. Light 14. The Astronaut 15. Nightshift #2 Celebration (2005): 16. My Funny Valentine 17. Nightshift 18. The Astronaut 19. Calcutta 20. The Call Of Trains 21. Swimming 22. New Dawn Fades 23. Luka 24. Cortez The Killer.
LTM-2522
DVD
$21.75

National
A Skin, A Night + The Virginia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US This is a documentary about The National by French filmmaker Vincent Moon, who followed the group during the creation of their acclaimed 2007 release, "Boxer" (scanned over 116K). It's an insightful and beautiful glimpse into the band's creative process. The DVD is packaged with a separate disc, "The Virginia EP", which contains twelve tracks of demos, a cover, live versions, a radio session, and b-sides. Look for them on tour with REM and Modest Mouse in May. Coachella confirmed.
BeggarsBanquet
DVD
$17.50

Nisennenmondai
Tori/Neji (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US Nisennenmondai means "Year 2000 Problem'' and is an instrumental Japanese girl trio from Tokyo. Visits to Tokyo by Lightning Bolt, Battles & No Age and others have unearthed these three girls with the mammoth sound. With song titles such as This Heat, Sonic Youth & Pop Group, one understand which musical territory the band comes from, and if you ad Black Flag, DNA, Neu! & Pere Ubu you are pretty close to Nisennenmondais sound. It's raw & repetitive (post) punk instrumentals, at the same time as they are wild groovy with a no wave/disco vibe to it. This is the first release outside of Japan & it contains the bands two EPs "Neji" and Tori" released as one album with new cover design by Kim Hiorthoy
SmalltownSupersound
CD
$14.50

Notwist
The Devil, You + Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$17.50

Notwist
The Devil, You + Me (Deluxe) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US The Notwist make music that's at once impossibly personal and hugely inviting. This release is their most important and moving to date, in the band's nearly 20 year career. Markus Acher's singular voice surrounds you with all the comfort of familiarity, the euphoria of re-acquaintance. It takes a while before the words and the scale of the musical language sink in. The deluxe limited edition is a hard-bound book with full color 24-page insert.
Domino
CD/BOOK
$15.50

Notwist
The Devil, You + Me (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US The Notwist make music that's at once impossibly personal and hugely inviting. This release is their most important and moving to date, in the band's nearly 20 year career. Markus Acher's singular voice surrounds you with all the comfort of familiarity, the euphoria of re-acquaintance. It takes a while before the words and the scale of the musical language sink in.
Domino
CD
$11.50

Of Sinking Ships
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US NOW ON LP! LIMITED TO 500! Solo project of CHAD WALDRUP (HOPESFALL: THE SATELLITE YEARS). His desire to create thoughtful & diverse instrumental music, bred the thickly layered guitar work; filled w/invigorating rhythmic patterns & a captivating melodic texture. RIYL Tristeza, Tortoise, The Mercury Program.
GileadMedia
LP
$13.50

O'Rourke, Jim
Tamper (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US This reissue is a set of 3 acoustic instrumental compositions recorded on analogue tape during the final days of the first digital wave, when everyone but a certain young schoolboy in short pants were looking towards CDs & DATs as the things of the future. Fools! As sweet & virginal as all this sounds, we the listener find ourselves straining to hear unvarnished acoustical sound throughout the album- there's some of that here, but there's definitely some pixie dust
in Jim's methods.
DragCity
CD
$13.00

Osorezan
Mimidokodesuka (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
LP
$14.75

Osorezan
Mimidokodesuka (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US "Do you like Derek Bailey?" This was the question posed to JIM O'ROURKE on his first meeting w/ bass-playing fury DARIN GRAY. This is Jim on electric guitar & Darin on contrabass bonded w/ CHRIS CORSANO, who's blown the free world on its tony ass w/ his unbridled power, intensely collaborative nature & smooth stickwork behind the kit. Recorded live at the Pit Inn in Tokyo during a 2005 residency.
DragCity
CD
$13.00

Pelt
Dauphin Elegies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH)
PS, US This first new studio recording in three years picks up where 2005's Untitled CD leaves off-delivering massive slabs of heavy, all-acoustic drone action.
VHF
CD
$14.25

Pia Fraus
After Summer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Clairecords is extremely proud to present Pia Fraus' new album "After Summer". After 5 long years, we welcome the Estonian pop geniuses back to the Clairecords label with open arms. "After Summer" is produced by legendary Glaswegian Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits, The Pastels etc). Pia Fraus and Norman Blake kept file transfer programs busy for months to exchange soundfiles; this relationship has created something magical. "After Summer" is the 4th proper album from the Pias, and quite possibly their best album to date. No wonder, if your idol takes producer's chair! The album also features some guest musicians: Estonian electronica stars Galaktlan and Pastacas guest on two of the album's tracks. Moreover, "After Summer" has the well-known and well-loved Pia Fraus sound, quality songwriting, a lot of studio tricks and layers of guitars, synths, and boy/girl vocals. This album will bring huge grins to the mouths of Pia Fraus fans, yet at the same time it is a perfect introduction to Pia Fraus for the uninitiated. For fans of My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Chicago Underground Quartet, The Pastels, The Beatles, and - of course - Pia Fraus!
Clairecords-076
CD
$12.25

Pollard, Robert
Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
GBV
LP
$17.25

Pollard, Robert
Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US With ten songs in 35 min. it's an extraordinary rock tour-de-force. It sports Todd Tobias's cleanest & meanest production yet,
giant songs & riffs that pack a wallop, & arguably Pollard's finest singing ever captured on record. Since freeing himself of a band in 2004, his albums have each had very distinct & varied flavors, & his creativity has flowered.
GBV
CD
$16.00

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

Rauelsson
Tiempo De & Pacifico (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Tiempo De & Pacifico is a collection of fourteen delicate folk-pop songs presented in a double CD package conceptually designed to present music in two acts: Act I (the need to love) and Act II (the need to be loved). Simple, yet full in texture, the sound involves pianos, brushes, acoustic & nylon guitars, and other instrumentation backing softly sung words. You can hear the beautiful voices of folk singers Laura Gibson, Ritchie Young (Loch Lomond) & Bay Area pop maestro Bart Davenport, plus the mandolin & cello of members of Weinland & Horse Feathers, respectively.
Hush
CD
$13.75

Regina, Elis
The Voice Of Brazil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, UK Graced by the exquisite arrangements of Roberto Menescal, The Voice of Brazil combines Elis Regina's masterful 1968 LP, Elis, Como e Porque (Elis, How and Why) with recordings made a year later in London where Menescal teamed with Peter Knight (of Moody Blues fame). Although the flawless album she made in 1974 with Tom Jobim is regarded internationally as one of the great treasures of Bossa Nova, almost three decades after her death Elis remains one of the music world's best-kept secrets, a truly great singer who deserves to be recognized beyond her beloved Brazil. Stylistically, Elis Regina is part Dusty Springfield, part Blossom Dearie, considered to be part of the Tropicalia family.
El-143
CD
$15.50

Royal Bangs
We Breed Champions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Laser-fueled, turbo-pop destroyer of bad stuff; a musical group sent down from burger heaven. Previously called "like Radiohead vs. fifteen bottles of Southern Comfort," "nerd fantasia," and "awful" by members of the press. They sound awesome, like a wall of beats from a computer blasting dueling guitar wizards into hot dog hell & sheets of red-hot synth slam dunk singing together as a dangerous old/new pop octopus.
AudioEagle
CD
$12.75

Spiritualized
Songs in A&E (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Sixth studio album is an 18 track opus partially inspired by Jason's hospitalization.
Spaceman
CD
$12.25

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

Storm of Light
And We Wept the Black Ocean Within (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Feat. Josh Graham, former member of RED SPAROWES & BATTLE OF MICE. The esteemed guitarist/vocalist is joined on this recording by bassist/vocalist Domenic Seita (ex-TOMBS, ex-Asea) & drummer Pete Angevine of Satanized. Since then, rhythmic pugilist extraordinaire Vinny Signorelli (UNSANE, ex-SWANS) signed on as 2nd drummer. This is brutally hard-hitting.
Neurot
CD
$16.00

Storm of Light
And We Wept the Black Ocean Within (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Neurot
DLP
$18.75

Sun Paulo
Electric Wisdom Sound System Bitter Sweet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, UK Mating rock guitar with electronic dance dance rhythms, Japan's The Sun Paulo can only be described as a musical roller-coaster, careering through impossibly-convoluted twists, turns and dazzling displays of kinetic virtuosity shot with rampant, crazed energy. Although musical reference points aren't hard to spot, the freewheeling, quite natural way they're gobbled up and spewed back out at often blinding speed makes for a listening experience quite unlike anything else on the planet. Leading the charge is guitarist and founder member Taiji Sato. He started the project in 2000 with DJ Really? who left in 2002 to be replaced by renowned session players Toshiyuki Mori on keyboards and drummer Takashi Numazawa. They've since played a host of major festivals, released their debut album After the Eclipse, soundtracked the movie Kalalu and started Tokyo's regular Wisdom parties in 2004 collaborating with noted DJs including Ken Ishii, Tsyoshi and Hiroshi Kawanabe. Electric Wisdom Sound System can switch gear several times during the course of one track, like "But We Want More", which eventually settles into a mighty slavering funk beast, or, even more extreme, the three part "Electric Western", which manages to straddle jazz, beatific piano-string ambience, belting techno and what sounds like the Mahavishnu Orchestra dry-humping System 7 at the Paradise Garage. Shards of 70s groups like Focus, the Allman Brothers, Santana and the Mothers flash past in what sometimes resembles an aural meteor storm, often colliding with 21st century electronica, all climaxing with an outrageous version of Burt Bacharach's "Close To You" which will carry you off to a higher plane altogether. This album is launch-pad, take-off and best part of one of the strangest trips anyone has had the skill or plain nerve to attempt in recent years. Tracklist 1...i against a speeeeed! 2...~but we want more 3...~another one 4...romanov's boogie 5...electric western part 1: fibre optics 6...part 2: everybody get down 7...part 3: da da da montuno 8...who i am 9...electric lady apple 10...close to you part 1: entrance 11...part 2: exit 12...turn on, tune in, 13...~i really really drop out.
MaliciousDamage-633
CD
$17.75

Syclops
I've Got My Eye On You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Little is known about the secretive trio. Despite the mystery, this is an engaging record that reveals the full shamanic magic of the trio; a mixture of dark intensity & subtle, crafted musicianship. Soaking in the band's brooding undercurrent, the listener will have to imagine where they find their inspiration; heavy metal riffs over acid house? Playing folkloric instruments w/ old school analog synthesizers in a Finnish laboratory?
DFA
CD
$16.00

Syclops
I've Got My Eye On You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DFA
DLP
$17.25

Tamba Trio
The Miraculous Tamba Trio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, UK Propelled by the extraordinary piano playing and arranging skills of Luíz Eça, Tamba Trio are characterized by their very original and highly attractive blending of left field Bossa grooves and almost sacred vocal harmonies. Our program concentrates on the years between 1962-66 and finds the group at an eclectic axis of classical music, Bossa and Jazz and finding a brilliantly original vocabulary. An important landmark in the evolution of modern Brazilian music and far ahead of its time. Tamba Trio was the greatest Bossa Nova group: an institution in Brazil and now becoming better known internationally.
El-144
CD
$15.50

Thee Oh Sees
The Masters Bedroom Is Worth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Tomlab
LP
$12.25

Tiersen, Yann
Tabarly (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, FRANCE LP + FREE CD. For the 10th anniversary of Eric Tabarly's death, a famous skipper from Brittany (Northwest of France), the director Pierre Marcel and Galatée Film release a biography of this unsurpassed sailor on June, 11. Galatée Film did not hesitate at all to suggest another exceptional Breton (from Brittany), i.e. Yann Tiersen to compose the soundtrack of this outstanding film. As usual, Yann Tiersen did not just make a music that illustrates the film, but he made a full-fledged, independent, personal and powerful music. Yann made an instrumental music that gives pride of place to the piano and to the intimate melodies that will delight his biggest fans. This record is a kind of bridge in the artist's evolution, from his first loves to his new folk trend. Under this peaceful, mastered and warm movie soundtrack, lays actually a new album. After Eric Zonca's "la vie rêvée des anges", "Amélie from Montmartre" and "Goodbye Lenin", Yann Tiersen composed his fourth soundtrack and as the previous films, it is a safe bet that it will be a success! The record has been initially made for vinyl and the mastering has been made from this vinyl. The sound is therefore warm and powerful.
Lcid'Ailleurs-048
LP
$20.25

Torche
Meanderthal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Copious hooks abound & psychedelic swarms of drone weave throughout riff-wizardry on vinyl.
RoboticEmpire
LP
$18.75

Tractor Kings
Homesick (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2008)
PS, US Long-awaited new album from reverb-drenched country rockers, led by local icon Jacob Fleischli, who evokes both Lou Reed and Bob Dylan in myriad ways. His new band backs him with a rootsy but grand atmopheric sound, thanks to an evangelical pedal steel, equal parts terrestrial and extra...terrestrial. Think "rural cathedral". Recorded by Matt Talbott (Hum, Centaur) at Great Western Record Recorders.
Spur-CD-006
CD
$9.00

U.S. Christmas
Eat the Low Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US The music cannot be ignored. It hurts people, physically & mentally. It stirs intense feelings of pain, frustration, loss, fear, & occasionally euphoria. Snare drums rattle, amps hum & pop, dogs bark in the background. But that's the way it always sounds, & the band doesn't see any point in changing a method that works. Many a drunken bystander has been drawn to the theremin's magic antennae.
Neurot
CD
$16.00

U.S. Christmas
Eat the Low Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Neurot
LP
$14.25

Various
A Factory Night (Once Again) 15.12.2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, UK 28 tracks. NTSC Region 0. LTM is pleased to present a DVD souvenir of A Factory Night (Once Again), the memorable live event staged at Plan K in Brussels in 15 December 2007 featuring live performances by Section 25, Crispy Ambulance, The Names, Kevin Hewick and Peter Hook. Shot in High Definition with five cameras and a digital stereo soundtrack, the live section of the DVD features 2 hours of in-concert highlights (28 tracks) from all four bands, as well as the encore of the New Order classic Temptation by Section 25 and Peter Hook. Bonus features on the NTSC format Region 0 DVD include poster and photo galleries, as well as a rare 1981 television interview with Annik Honore exploring the early history of Plan K, Factory Benelux and Les Disques du Crepuscule. The 2007 event marked a return of these several original Factory Records artists to the legendary Plan K venue in Brussels after a gap of more than 25 years, during which the venue (a former sugar refinery) had ceased staging live gigs. The event was also a tribute to the late Anthony H. Wilson, the Factory founder who died a few months earlier.
LTM-2519
DVD
$21.75

Various
Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US For fifteen years, TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS has been the preeminent source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised, and outsider musics of various spots and stripes. Now, as its influence radiates outward, the label presents Radium, its "rock" imprint, showcased here with "Impala Eardrums, A Radium Sampler". While minimalist legend RHYS CHATHAM leads the way with a delightful unreleased piece from his mid-80s archives, most of the other contributors are younger folks, from a new generation of performers. It's a diverse bunch, ranging from the raw Americana of MEGAFAUN and JONATHAN KANE, to the humid, pulsating krautrock of ATELEIA and the spectral songcraft of PAUL DUNCAN. NEPTUNE serves up its version of home-forged proto-clangor, while COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES and SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS pour forth in glistening, shimmering waves. Together, these eight tracks - all previously unreleased on CD - have one thing in common: a resolute will to march headlong into the untamed brambles and briar patches of 21st-century sound.
TableOfTheElements-812
CD
$13.00

Various
Gigantic: A Tribute To Kim Deal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD)
PS, US A tribute to one of the most influential and certainly one of the coolest rock chicks of all time. This tribute is a pure labor of love for the label and features indie-rockers from all over the globe covering Kim's impressive body of work. Songs Kim's written for The Breeders and The Amps are covered with utter reverence here. Liner notes by Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders). Mastered by Sean Glonek (Frank Black, OK Go, Kristin Hersh, Dresden Dolls, Mogwai). Produced by Joseph Spadaro (Dig For Fire - a tribute to Pixies, Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity). Original album art by David Yurchuk. Limited edition pressing. Tracklist: 01. The She / WITCH HATS 02. Bragging Party / THE GERMAN ART STUDENTS 03. Cannonball / THE WHEELERS 04. Tipp City / TARA KING TH 05. Do You Love Me Now / MELISSA GIBBS 06. Fortunately Gone / JULIE PEEL 07. Off You / FRANCINE 08. Doe / RIZZO 09. I Just Want To Get Along / DESCARTES A KANT 10. Invisible Man / THE NUEVOS 11. Safari / THE DOUGLAS FIR 12. When I Was A Painter / LE TETSUO 13. Divine Hammer / THE MODIFIERS.
AmericanLaundromat-013
CD
$12.25

Vetiver
Thing of the Past (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Gnomonsong
LP
$14.25

Vetiver
Thing of the Past (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US
Gnomonsong
CD
$13.75

Vss
Nervous Circuits (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US mastered and the DVD is loaded with select footage from the band's history along with three additional full live sets. "While there's nothing all that unique anymore about an indie rock band mixing in a little electronics, there was something breathtakingly original about The VSS - essentially a hardcore punk band - incorporating these elements. The result was something organic and angry and intensely human, but it was laced with a sharp, robotic edge" - Epitonic.com.
HydraHead
CD
$13.25

We Are Scientists
Brain Trust Mastery (DELUXE) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US Incl. BONUS CD feat. live tracks from Union Chapel in London Nov. 23rd.
Astralwerks
DCD
$19.50

We Are Scientists
Brain Trust Mastery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US "Those who fail to learn from Hot Hot Heat are doomed to repeat them."- Pitchfork
Astralwerks
CD
$13.00

Wedding Present, The
El Rey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US El Rey - the first new album in over three years from The Wedding Present - was recorded in early 2008 in Chicago by Steve Albini. The band returned from an eight-year hiatus in early 2005 with the release of Take Fountain. This long-awaited album brought them back into the spotlight with all the style and sophistication associated with a legendary group, but fans were also pleased to see the band had lost none of the growling angst with which they had burst onto the scene with their 1985 debut, George Best. That intensity has been turned up even further for the new album, El Rey, The Wedding Present's first collaboration with the legendary Albini since the renowned Seamonsters in 1991. Written while David Gedge was living in Los Angeles, El Rey burns with West Coast sunlight; Hollywood seen through the eyes of a gritty Northerner. Speaking about El Rey in Mojo magazine recently, Gedge said: "I've been living in West Hollywood for the last year or so, and while I'm not going to claim that this is my 'L.A.' album, there are some references. I suppose the themes are lust, jealousy, betrayal, regret, and obsession, super-heros the usual. We chose to record with Steve this time because the new songs were sounding very guitary and quite dark. It's been good. As you'd imagine, really; Albini knows his stuff". The Wedding Present will be touring North America in Fall 2008 with the line-up of: David Gedge (guitar & vocals), Terry de Castro (bass), Graeme Ramsay (drums), and Chris McConville (guitar).
Manifesto-43904
CD
$12.25

Ween
Friends EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US 4 brand new songs plus a remix of "Friends", none of which appeared on the new full length Ween album just released last fall. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "What these five songs have in common is that they're lighter on their feet than the Quebec material, and it reconnects Ween to the devilish humor of their best '90s work, along with the excellent songwriting that's always been their backbone. If they can keep this up for a full album, they'll have a fine comeback on their hands, but the Friends EP should be enjoyed on its own for its bright blast of song, especially since none of the tunes will be available on La Cucuracha (with the exception of "Friends," but that will be in an alternate mix)."
MVD
CD5
$8.50

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

Williams, Devon
Carefree (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH)
PS, US This debut album, has a melodic complexity that belies its immediacy, & descends from a lineage of great music. Those yearning for a return to intelligent pop music-songs as gratifying on their 1,963th listen as they are memorable after their first-need look no further.
BaDaBing!
CD
$14.25

Windsor For The Derby
How We Lost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH)
PS, US Despite the connotation of its title, "How We Lost" is a celebratory album. It's a reflective record and, in its own way, celebrates the WINDSOR FOR THE DERBY continuum that's been created from their first release ("Calm Hades Float", 1996) to their last ("Giving Up the Ghost", 2005). Each of these recordings is a sequel to the next both in narrative and musically and as the band's first two records ("Calm Hades Float" and "Minnie Greutzfeldt") were re-released last year they found themselves in constant dialogue about their body of work and the paths they'd chosen. Also a part of that ongoing dialogue were the records that the band finds itself consistently re-visiting (Swell Maps, Section 25, Psychic TV and much of the Factory Records catalog) and what makes those recordings timeless and resonate in a personal way with the band. The songs on "How We Lost" are reflections of those records and those conversations. It's about the band and the ways the band has changed over the years, the things they hold onto and what's been left behind.
SecretlyCanadian-141
LP
$11.50

Wolf Parade
At Mount Zoomer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US Their second album for Sub Pop might just be this generation's "Marquee Moon" or an indie rock "Chinese Democracy" released thirty years early. Better though, to think of it as the sound of a band edging forward into a wispy darkness, one hand reaching out, the other firmly clutching the past.
Subpop
CD
$12.50

Wolf Parade
At Mount Zoomer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.50

Wooden Shjips
Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Their earliest material was released on vinyl, pressed in small quantities that were either free or hard to come by & are now hopelessly out of print. Who are we to keep you away from the rush of "Shrinking Moon for You"? Vol. 1 collects all the tracks from the free 10'', the Dance, California 7'', & the
SOL 7''
HolyMountain
CD
$16.00

Wooden Shjips
Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
HolyMountain
LP
$16.00

WRNLRD
Oneiromantical War (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH)
PS, US Working with guitar, bass, fiddle, banjo, synths & samples; Wrnlrd throws metal, industrial, noise, dark ambient & folk musics into a blackened & bubbling cauldron. Wrnlrd records spontaneous, wordless vocalizations & details the lyrics later, improvises massed guitar tones, buries samples deep into the mix & brings the disruptive & unpredictable elements of improvisation & chance into recording. ONE TIME PRESSING OF 500 on 180 gram vinyl in a gatefold jacket with metallic ink artwork. Comes with digital download code.
FlingcoSoundSystem-01
LP
$21.75

Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders

Baja “Wolfhour” CD $12.25
Bell, The “Make Some Quiet” CD $13.75
Big Fresh “B.F.F. (Big Fresh Forever)” CD $12.00
Bitcrush “Epilogue in Waves” CD $12.00
Bjork “Declare Independence (12"/CD/DVD)” LP $36.00
Black Mountain “In The Future” DLP $12.25
Bonnie "Prince" Billy “Wilding in the West” CD $16.25
British Sea Power “Do You Like Rock Music?” CD $15.25
British Sea Power “Do You Like Rock Music?” LP $16.00
Bubblegum Lemonade “Ten Years Younger” CD5 $6.50
Butterfly Effect “IMAGO” CD $13.50
Carbonara, Eric “Exodus Bulldornadius” CD $13.75
Celletti, Alessandra “Way Out” CD $17.00
Constantines “Hard Feelings” 45 $6.50
Crystal Skulls “Blocked Numbers” LP $13.50
DeVotchKa “A Mad and Faithful Telling” CD $14.75
DeVotchKa “Supermelodrama” CD $15.00
Earth “The Bees Made Honey In the Lion's Skull” CD $14.00
Egg “The Civil Service” CD $20.25
Final Fantasy “He Poos Clouds” LP $12.25
Fireflies “Goodnight Stars, Goodnight Moon” CD $13.50
Free Form Funky Freqs “Urban Mythology: Vol. 1” CD $13.25
Harmony Rockets “Paralyzed Mind of the Archangel Void [re-issue]” CD $19.00
Harris, Noah “The Sea & Age EP” CD5 $7.00
Harter, Ali “Worry The Bone” CD $10.00
Head of Skulls “S-T” 12 $8.75
Helio Sequence “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” CD $12.00
Helio Sequence “Keep Your Eyes Ahead” LP $13.00
Holland, Michael “Simple Truths and Pleasures” CD $15.00
Holy Moses “S-T [re-issue]” CD $16.25
Human Bell “S-T” CD $14.00
Japancakes “Down The Elements” CD $9.00
Japancakes “The Sleepy Strange” CD $12.25
Jennifer Gentle & Makoto Kawabata “Wrong Cage” CD $16.75
Joy Unlimited “Overground [re-issue]” CD $15.75
La Rainbow Toy Orchestra “In Love With Toys EP” CD $9.00
Laakso “Mother, Am I Good Looking?” CD $14.25
Laakso “Västerbron & Vampires EP” CD5 $8.25
Le Mans “Rebel Action” CD $16.25
Lightspeed Champion “Falling Off The Lavender Bridge” CD $13.00
Lowe, Nick “Jesus of Cool [Bonus Tracks] (Digipack Packaging)” CD $15.50
Malkmus, Stephen & The Jicks “Real Emotional Trash” CD $13.50
McCarthy, Dawn & Bonny Billy “Wai Notes” CD $13.25
McGill, Cameron & What Army “Hold On Beauty” CD $10.00
Morricone, Ennio “L'Alibi OST” CD $16.25
Mould, Bob “District Line” LP $15.50
Mould, Bob “District Line” CD $15.50
Murder By Death “Red of Tooth and Claw” CD $13.75
Murder In The Cathedral “Afraid Of...” CD $21.00
Nascimbene, Mario “L'Eneide OST” CD $16.25
New Colony Six, The “Sides” CD $15.50
No Kids “Come Into My House” CD $12.25
Our Sleepless Forest “S-T” CD $15.00
Park, Patrick “Everyone's in Everyone (Digipak Packaging)” CD $13.65
Penate, Jack “Matinee” CD $13.25
Pequeña Fiera! “Casiotone For Bears” CD $11.00
Radiohead “In Rainbows” LP $17.50
Ramsey Lewis Trio, The “In Person Volume Two: 1965-67” CD $15.50
Redwing “Self-Titled [re-issue]” CD $15.75
Rocket from the Crypt “R.I.P. (CD/DVD)” CD $16.00
Saviours “Into Abaddon” CD $13.00
Scary Mansion “Every Joke Is Half the Truth” CD $10.00
Serpentina “Planeando En Tu Azotea” CD $15.75
Sian Alice Group “59.59” CD $11.50
Simon, John “John Simon's Album” CD $15.50
Smile Smile “Blue Roses” CD $10.00
Smiths, The “Inside The Smiths” DVD $15.50
Stoltz, Kelly “Circular Sounds” CD $13.00
Stone Country “S-T” CD $15.50
Teamforest “Leave” CD $13.50
Thao “We Brave Bee Stings and All” CD $13.00
Throw Me The Statue “Moonbeams” CD $11.50
Tides/Giant “Split” CD $9.00
Tiger Lou “The Loyal” CD $9.50
Vandermark 5 “Beat Reader” CD $14.00
Various “Cinnamon Girl: Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity” CD $13.75
Various “Daisies OST” CD $20.50
Various “Plum [10 x 7" boxset]” 45-BOX $40.00
Various “The Rev-Ola Rock Machine Turns You On” CD $8.25
Various “Pillows & Prayers: Cherry Red Records 1981-1984 [3CD/1DVD]” CD/DVD $38.00
Veloso, Caetano “Irene” LP $22.50
White, Jim “S-T” CD $11.75
Wild Swans, The “Bringing Home the Ashes [re-issue]” CD $16.75
Wire “Read & Burn 03” CD5 $9.50
Wolfgang Dauner Quintet “The Oimels” CD $21.00
Woods “How To Survive In The Woods” CD $13.25
Ya Ho Wa 13 “Penetration, An Aquarian” CD $16.75

Parasol New Arrivals • May 06, 2008
Hey Everybody, Oh boy! We here at Parasol are all stoked on the new offering from the multi-instrumentalist dude, Sunset. It could very well be the perfect spring record of 2008. Other than that, as summer comes creeping we’re happy to have the likes of No Age, (upcoming) Notwist, Awesome Color, Dillard and Clark re-issue, Tape and a slew of other releases to guide us through until mean old winter comes a-knockin’. Work your way through the list and we’ll leave the light on for you. Perfect form, Roy/Paul
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	{{{Sunset}}} "Bright Blue Dreams" (Auto Bus) CD $9.75 Initially intrigued by the band name bracketing once we actually got to hear this astounding record we were officially haunted by ex-Sound Team/Austin music scene dude Bill Baird’s wyrd, new, lo-fi discombobulation. {{{Sunset}}}’s stupendously sweet, gothic-ghost-folk, echoing daydream bong-pop and ambient, quaalude serenity is laced with lullaby chanting and high-lonesome drones. A collection of actual songs and mesmerizing interludes with knowing, nodding nods to Warm Jets-era Eno, Syd’s dirigible Pink Floyd, The Beta Band's kitchen-sink mantras, the Kranky Records roster circa 1997 (Jessamine, Stars of the Lid, etc), and even the ambient codas found on Love & Rockets' Seventh Dream of a Teenage Heaven. Yum.
In Case You Missed It, Angie's PLG Sale Artist Of The Week
	Ken Stringfellow - This Sounds Like Goodbye CD $9.00 1997 solo debut by guitarist/singer of The Posies and also member of R.E.M., Twin Princess, Big Star, Saltine, Orange Humble Band, and more. Heartcrushing introspection & inventive bedroom pop from one of pop's most cherished souls. "This Sounds Like Goodbye" is like hearing a friend's deepest darkest secrets. Part-time Posies fans will find the record is more "Burn and Shine" than "Solar Sister" all others will find it to be a melancholy lo-fi masterwork! (10" $8.75) More Ken Stringfellow on sale - Twin Princess - Althea/Sorry $0.50 Twin Princess - The Complete Recordings $9.00
New Releases 16 Horsepower Live: March 2001 PS, US While live albums are often fodder for completists, 16 Horsepower's intoxicating material becomes even more potent on stage, making 16 Horsepower Live a must-have release. Their instrumentation transforms the usually lighthearted banjo and squeezebox into the loneliest choir that accompanies the smoldering voice of David Eugene Edwards. Often likened to Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, 16 Horsepower definitely has that laudanum-soaked aura, but is firmly rooted in Americana. Unlike their contemporaries, however, they aim beyond popular music in the key of sad and delve right into the human condition for something weighty and substantial. The way 16 Horsepower pours themselves into writing and performing, Live March 2001, the third installation of their live material, will surely be welcomed with open arms, not with snipes about bludgeoning dead equines. AlternativeTentacles DCD $17.00 18th Dye Amorine Queen (ON SALE) PS, DENMARK New album, their first in 13 years, from awesome Danish/German outfit who had several amazing albums released by Matador in the 90s. Half the album's up on their myspace page, check it out. With their groundbreaking, catchy and consistently explosive rock 18TH DYE earned great recognition in the international music press during the 90s. They toured all over the US and Europe and left a name, which has inspired a vast number of bands. With Amorine Queen 18TH DYE continue their intensive work during the 90s. 18TH DYE doesn't just thrill the fans from ten years ago, but also carry away a new audience - a fact that's hard to miss at their recent concerts. CrunchyFrog CD $16.25 Almond, Marc & Michael Cashmore Gabriel and the Lunatic Lover PS, UK 1st in a series of collaborative releases. The duo sets to music two poems by Count Stanislaus Eric Stenbock, the extraordinary 19th-century gay writer whose bizarre life of decadence, drug-addiction, alcoholism, & poetry; coupled w/ Satanic, vampiric, & Catholic obsessions; led to his early death at the age of 36 in 1895. Beautiful full-color digipak that contains previously unpublished paintings of Almond by Russian artist Vania Soutavliov, a rare photograph of the enigmatic Count, & the complete texts to both poems. Durtro/Jnana CD5 $9.25 Amebix No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue] PS, US These songs are collected officially for the first time. It gathers the soughtafter cult releases No Sanctuary, Who's The Enemy, & Winter. Some of these tunes are undisputed classics in the punk world. Carefully remastered by Jello Biafra & George Horn. Tons of original artwork was resurrected into a beautifully designed package by long-time Alternative Tentacles collaborator and UK native John Yates. AlternativeTentacles CD $15.25 Amebix No Sanctuary: The Spiderleg Recordings [re-issue] PS, US VINYL VERSION, BONUS 7". AlternativeTentacles LP/45 $14.25 Animal Collective Water Curses EP PS, US VINYL VERSION. Domino 12" $9.50 Animal Collective Water Curses EP PS, US Water Curses sees the band's capacity for re-imaging their constituent parts into ever more interesting and saturated shapes go up by a giddy notch. All four tracks have a more stripped down feel than their recent work, opener "Water Curses" takes an unexpected rhythm and throws it up, down and sideways to produce the sound of a smile. A technique that Animal Collective are now in a position to call their own. Domino CD5 $7.00 Antietam Opus Mixtum PS, US Gatefold TRIPLE VINYL includes FREE DIGITAL DOWNLOAD and stunningly beautiful art !!! CarrotTop 3XLP $20.00 Baby Woodrose Money For Soul (2003) PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2003 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. Garage-rock with 60s psychedelia and an attitude. BadAfro CD $21.75 Baby Woodrose Chasing Rainbows (2007) PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. STONERROCK.COM: "Baby Woodrose look into that strange, dark heart that fueled the psychedelic rock of the 1960s - borrowing from (and paying tribute to) bands like The Rolling Stones and Jefferson Airplane - and crafting an interesting, layered rock album in Chasing Rainbows. If you love the Stones and the soundtracks to films investigating the liminal period that the 60s and early 70s represented, Chasing Rainbows should find its way into your collection." BadAfro CD $20.50 Baby Woodrose Blows Your Mind! (2001) PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2001 debut from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. STONERROCK.COM: "The music is very different from Lorenzo's main band On Trial, this is 60´s sounding psychedelic rock with a strong pop vibe. If you have (and love) the Nuggets box you'll love this as well, if you also like The Wellwater Conspiracy and bands like Farflung and ST 37 you gotta buy this disc as well. ...Lorenzo has a great voice that at times reminds me of Dave Wyndorf's, on top of that he handles all the instruments himself on this CD. ...You simply can't go wrong with a record filled to the brim with acid guitars, trippy lyrics, great vocals and extremely catchy melodies with a strong pop vibe (which is an art that seems to have been more or less forgotten since the heydays in the 60´s)." Pan CD $24.50 Baby Woodrose Love Comes Down (2006) PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. 60s acid rock with sneery Monster Magnet-styled vocals. Playground CD $27.25 Baby Woodrose Dropout! (2004) PS, DENMARK Special orders welcome. 2007 album from Danish retro-stoner-rock giants featuring members of On Trial. This is their covers album, which finds them blasting through classics by Love, The 13th Floor Elevators, Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, The Sonics, The Saints, The Stooges, The West Coast Pop Art Experimental Band, and more! BadAfro CD $21.75 Baghiri, Amir Ghazal PS, POLAND A sterling piece of work from Germany based Iranian Amir Baghiri, a proliftic Ambient composer. For this release on Polish label Vivo, Baghiri plays a shopful of Middle Eastern instruments: oud and saz lutes, flutes and the Turkish sipsi reed pipe. But it's in the drums that his heart lies, and a panoply of percussion from Egypt to Azerbaijan is pressed into service to create dense, danceworthy workouds. Like a warmer version of the late Muslimgauze, Baghiri layers and manipulates textures, drones and fragments of voice in his dark-hued, mesmerising tracks. Often it's like listening to the crackle of a beach bonfire laid over drumming. Baghiri's trump card is his deployment of field recordings to thicken the mix, especially a heady desert wind that seems to blow straight out of a Paul Bowles novel set in Morocco. The whole of "Emamzadeh Hashem" is a soup of wind, street noise and distant music, while on "Eshragh" a pondful of frogs get involved with the beats. Baghiri's musical vision is impressive, and by dedicating the album to Ali Asghar Bahari, an early 20th century master of the bowed kemancheh, he unexpectedly underlines his music's place in the Iranian tradition. Clive Bell / The Wire [252]. Vivo-2004013 CD $15.00 Birthmark The Layer PS, US Under the appellation Birthmark, Nate Kinsella has embraced restraint in spite of the compositional boundlessness typically borne by musical virtuosity. On his debut album The Layer, the inventive and often byzantine drum set/Wurlitzer style he developed over the past four years in the band Make Believe is all but absent, revealing a quiet and uncanny tension of minimalist focus. And while Kinsella performed all of the music on The Layer, recalling his multi-instrumental duties in the band Joan of Arc, the listener is more awestruck by the attention to integration and score than by a whirlwind of prowess. The Layer represents an effort that began over eight years ago with the song "Flightless Bird," which was originally written for a friend's unfinished film project. Over time, the songs transitioned through amorphous forms until their ideal structures were achieved, further revealing The Layer to be a product of discreet process. In fact, two sharply contrasting songs on The Layer "A Solitary Angle on the Confinement of Doom" and "The Layer" started as the same tune, and the piano throughout was recorded in Minnesota over two consecutive Christmas vacations. While the recording of the album spans four years and numerous locations, it is bound by an elegant and earthy lyrical form that is telling of Kinsella's ardent atheism and wonder at the natural world. The Layer further bears witness to his growth as a recording engineer, which ostensibly began with his former band decembers architects' only LP and progressed to collaborating on multiple recordings by Joan of Arc, Sharks and Seals, Owen, and most recently the soundtrack to Tim Kinsella's debut film, Orchard Vale. As Birthmark, Nate Kinsella's The Layer is a remarkable album that rewards both the casual and attentive listener alike. Coraille CD $12.25 Birthmark The Layer PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Coraille LP $12.25 Black Moth Super Rainbow Zodiac Girls b/w Fields Are Breathing PS, US Incl. a coupon for a free download MP3. They intricately infuse a psychedelic pastiche that seamlessly weaves between the worlds of folk, electronic & pop. This limited 7'' feat. 2 brand spanking new tracks SuicideSqueeze 45 $4.25 Blank Blue Western Water Music, Vol. II PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Experimental DJ and producer Nobody has long established his ability to work with a variety of different artists. He's collaborated with rappers and remixed songs for all sorts of bands, and so his transition to working with singers in 2003 with Pacific Drift: Western Water Music, Vol. 1, proved to be seamless enough. In 2008, for the second volume, Nobody decided to have only one vocalist, Niki Randa, a colleague of his from the same Long Beach record store. The result, Western Water Music, Vol. II, is a conceptual album based around the idea of a giant flood that sinks California, and the instrumental arrangements do a good job of reflecting this, bending and swelling and retreating like the water they're inspired by. This is not a destructive, terrifying flood; instead, it's one that envelopes and calms and changes, and this kind of mystical quality is heard in the intricately layered guitars and keys, the swirling percussion and samples, the whole thing very ethereal, very lush and lovely with only the occasional hints of unrest." Ubiquity CD $17.00 Boris Smile [Japanese] PS, JAPAN *Special order only* Different songs, different versions, entirely different mix (more intense, noisy and freaky; less riffy, stonery and heavy, or so they say) and different artwork (die-cut foam booklet insert). Crazy? Daymare CD $34.00 Brakes Tale of Two Cities PS, US New album. Members of BRITISH SEA POWER, ELECTRIC SOFT PARADE & TENDERFOOT. Formed when drinking after a gig with The Lonesome Organist. Hyena CD $12.25 Carrots, The Doing Our Part PS, SPAIN Limited edition. Elefant-261 45 $8.25 Carrots, The Beverly PS, SPAIN Limited edition. Elefant-263 45 $8.25 Chartier, Richard Further Materials PS, US Limited to 500. LINE is proud to release this collection of recordings from numerous international compilations from 2002-2005. This collection is a wide range of sound works from the ultra-minimal whispers of "composition09.01" to the subtle harmonics and musicality of "how things change" to the loud violent distortion of "tempt" (a piece only performed a handful of times for noisy spaces, for example this was one was in attempt to drown out Akufen's set filtering from an adjoining area). Many of these original compilations are out of print or hard to find editions and "untitled" making its debut on CD from its original vinyl appearance. "specification.eleven" and "specification.fourteen" are both part of the continuing collaborative works with Taylor Deupree. Line-035 CD $12.25 Cheap Time S-T PS, US Founded by Jeffrey Novak w/ Jemina Pearl & Nathan Vasquez of BE YOUR OWN PET, they set out to recapture the essence of teenage schlock rock scuzz of such heroes as Redd Kross & The Runaways. This debut is 28 min. of snotty punk pop perfection. InTheRed CD $14.25 Cosmic Psychos Palomino Pizza PS, US AmphetamineReptile019 LP $7.00 Costello, Elvis & The Imposters Monofuku PS, US LostHighway CD $15.75 Cult, The Rain PS, US BeggarsBanquet-147 12 $5.00 Danger Mouse/Black Keys Strange Times b/w Something on Your Mind PS, US Dangermouse produced tracks, picture sleeve. None 45 $6.75 Desolation Wilderness Horizon Star PS, US "Desolation Wilderness is the musical result of an American middle class spilling out of the suburbs and turning into light." -Aphonia Recordings Desolation Wilderness is Nicolas Zwart. Originally hailing from Marin County and the plastic outskirts of Sacramento, CA, he is now living in Olympia, WA working on a variety of musical projects and interning at world-renowned indie label, K Records. A musician of many disciplines, his solo electronic work took precedence in his late teens after playing with a variety of bands. With a few releases under his belt on various net labels such as Audiotoning, Test Tube, and Aphonia Recordings, we now present Desolation Wilderness's first official CD release on FKDP Records: "Horizon Star". The album "Horizon Star" by Desolation Wilderness offers a melancholy and personal soundscape for the listener. Poetic melodies and electronic tones comfort your soul, while Desolation Wilderness weaves a cozy gray blanket of warm synths and fallen beats for the winter inside. Fukdup-002 CD $7.50 Deupree, Taylor Northern (Re-issue) PS, US Expanded reissue CD package w/ 24 page booklet. Due to continued demand for this title and the fact that the initial pressing of 1,500 copies sold out in less than 6 months, 12k is re-issuing "Northern" in an expanded package with re-mixed and re-mastered audio. The audio: Not content to merely order a re-pressing of the same masters on hand at the Cd manufacturer, Taylor Deupree set out to create what he calls the "director's cut" of one of the most important Cds in his catalog. The idea was to open the now-2-year-old computer files to re-mix and re-master the tracks. Of course over the course of years computers change, formats change, and Deupree found himself faced with missing plug-ins, errored sound files and other oddities that made working with the files difficult. What first seemed like roadblocks turned into a mission to work with what was there and re-do what was not. The result is a "Northern" that will, on the surface, seem quite similar to the original, however listeners will hear new sounds, extended endings, shortened endings and most of all, an overall mix that presents these works with a new clarity and spaciousness. Mastering in the analog domain has given the work a new found sense of delicacy and detail. the package: A heavyweight cardboard wallet with debossed typography on the front cover. Inside are two pockets, one for the CD and one for a 24-page booklet of photography, credits, and lots of white space. All printing, as with the original, is in black and white. 12K-2009 CD $15.50 Dime Box Five and Dime Waltz PS, US Sparkling harmonies and lightning fast picking add to a sound that is as freash as it is familiar, resulting in a batch of inspiring Americana for the down-trodden, the wear, or the just plain jaded. Avebury CD $8.25 Dinosaur Jr. Hand It Over [re-issue] PS, US 1997 album now re-issued. RhinoEncore CD $13.75 Duren, Van Are You Serious? PS, US He is pure power pop. He spent time in the Memphis trenches w/ the big boys (Big Star, Chris Bell, The Scruffs), & knows his way around a hook & a melody. If you think Big Star never got the props they deserved, well they're the Beatles compared to Mr. Duren. This is his debut album, originally released in '77 on the Big Sound label, & he is no also ran, he is the real deal, power pop at its finest. Water CD $14.25 Earle, Steve Copperhead Road [Deluxe Edition] (Deluxe Edition, 2PC, Restored) PS, US Geffen DCD $31.75 Esquivel, Juan Garcia Mexico Days PS, UK MOST HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!!!! The King of Space-Age Pop, the genius of Mexican composer-arranger Juan Garcia Esquivel lay in his audacious instrumentation; his blending together of exotic sounds from other cultures and experimentation with the new tonal palettes that were becoming available in the mid-fifties period from which these, his earliest commercial recordings, derived. Esquivel has been proclaimed by Brian Wilson and by Simpsons creator Matt Groening, "Who'd have thought that out of a genre as debased as easy listening would come something so mind-curdling bizarre and beautiful." This set comprises the first digital release of Esquivel s impossibly rare first album Las Tandas de Juan Garcia Esquivel from 1957 coupled with To Love Again; a collection of singles and 78s recorded in Mexico between 1954-57. Tracklist: Tracklist: Collar De Perlas, Poupurri Curiel, Medley, Goya Universidad, Una Y Otra Vez Sketch Glenn Miller, Tren Nocturno, Nereidas, No Seas Asi, Capullito De Alheli, Bailando Sabras, Politecnico Rock And Roll, To Love Again, Port-Au-Prince, Amor, Moonlight Enchantment, Nightingale, Nocturnal, Jungle Drums, Vereda Tropical, Hornblower's Serenade, Besame Mucho, Siboney, Nothing Ever Changes My Love For You. El-139 CD $15.50 Everest Ghost Notes PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Ghost Notes is the perfect moniker for this album, Everest's first. The group may be new, but the members have been kicking around the L.A. indie scene forever, finally coming together in this amalgamation to resurrect the sounds of the past. Recorded mostly live in the studio entirely on analog tape, the entire set has an early-'70s feel, as well as a glow to the sound that reflects Mike Terry's expert engineering and production. The album divides rather nicely into two halves, just like a vinyl set, with the first half a bit brighter with pop undertones, the second more shadowed and pushing into jam and prog rock territory... If you distilled Dark Side of the Moon, Pet Sounds, and Revolver into a glass and poured it over the California surf, it would probably sound like this... The music throughout is sublime, the sound extraordinary, the arrangements inspired, and Russell Pollard's lyrics capture the style of the past while feeling as fresh as today. Classic sounds make for a classic album, which is precisely what Ghost Notes is." Vapor CD $12.50 Farflung A Wound In Eternity PS, US New from Meteor City. Like an apocalyptic beacon from the dark cosmos, Farflung awake from the cryogenic tubes with warped sensibilities and cosmic wrath... This is the heaviest and most tripped-out offering from these musicnauts to date. Dive bombing moogs, crushing riffs, and mind numbing cataclysmic overtures. This is A Wound In Eternity. Spacewarped by the various crew members voyages with Chrome, Nik Turner's Hawkwind,Damo Suzuki Network, and Pressurehed. They set off in this new year to bring spacerock to your mental galaxy bathed in infared, shuddering under the strobes, and warping the eyes. Look to the skies for a touchdown near you. MeteorCity CD $11.00 Fear Falls Burning Frenzy of the Absolute PS, US Blends drone with slow-burning, repetitive drums & additional guitar layers, manifesting a work that is equally as groundbreaking as it is familiar to those in touch with the Fear Falls Burning world. Conspiracy CD $16.75 Firewater Golden Hour PS, US Bloodshot CD $15.00 Fite, Tim Fair Ain't Fair PS, US PREFIX MAG: "Yes, it's an unfair world we live in. And Tim Fite sings about injustice and insecurity on songs like "Trouble," "Big Mistake," "Rats and Rags," and "Heaven is War." The greedier side of the soul is familiar territory for Fite; past albums of his include Over the Counter Culture and Gone Ain't Gone. Like Jens Lekman or the Avalanches, Fite crafts his music by incorporating samples of rare recordings by other obscure artists. My Brightest Diamond and folks from Sufjan Stevens' backing band guest on Fair Ain't Fair." Anti CD $15.25 Four Tet Ringer PS, US A 32-minute, four-track excursion into the kind of wide-open spaces you might find if you set out to make techno with an Afro-beat / krautrock sensibility. These are tracks that make you think of Berlin - Dakar - Detroit - but they could only have been made in London. All four are headphone epics, but are mixed in such a way you have to hear them at Plastic People or The End. "Ringer" carries that minimal pulse over into Four Tet, and while Kieran Hebden's trademark recuttings of jazz breaks may be less in evidence, his feel for harmony and melody is, as always, unmistakable. DominoRecordingCo. CD5 $9.00 Freitas, Nik Sun Down PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For his fourth album, Sun Down, Nik Freitas creates an incredibly intimate atmosphere, a gentle setting for his musing, mostly introspective songs. The consummate singer/songwriter, Freitas can deftly conjure up a wealth of nuanced and carefully shaded moods, agilely incorporating a diverse range of influences and styles into his soft sound. "Sophie," the most upbeat number on the set, romps with R&B tossing bright brass into the mix. The downbeat "Oh My God" gently rocks on R&B of a very different flavor, edging simultaneously towards the blues and space rock, while "All the Way Down" swings towards jazz. If Ray Davies and Randy Newman co-wrote a song, it would probably sound a lot like this... Freitas' lyrics are just as complex, the set's themes variously optimistic or fatalistic by turn. Ending with the lullaby strains of "Shhhh," Sun Down is deliberately understated, but gloriously so. A gorgeous album." TeamLove CD $12.50 Freitas, Nik Sun Down PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! TeamLove LP $14.25 Givens, Daniel Egress PS, US Surprising new album for NYC musician/producer interweaves new moon rhythms, trip-hop, dub, and vocal collages thanks to the mixing of Fred Ones (Beans, Mike Ladd), and Rusty Santos (Animal Collective, Ariel Pink), who contributed additional mixing & mastering. Named one of URB magazine's "Next 100", international touring has taken Givens to Italy, Germany, France, Spain, Denmark, and the Netherlands. His diverse performances may include AACM jazz players or a trio of dancers engulfed by his video. "Friendly improvisation and self-conscious spoken word."-XLR8R Aesthetics CD $12.50 Husker Du The Living End [re-issue] PS, US Live from their final tour! 24 songs. Available again. RhinoEncore CD $13.75 Jarre, Jean Michel Oxygene PS, US Polydor-1-6112 LP $5.00 Joyner, Simon Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! TeamLove LP $14.00 Joyner, Simon Cowardly Traveller Pays His Toll PS, US Omaha, Nebraska's Joyner has been writing about the dizzy and dark aspects of the human condition since 1992. This is the re-issue of the long out-of-print 1994 seminal LP. John Peel famously played it in its entirety on his BBC radio program and Joyner's underground cult status was solidified. This event became known as "The Peel Incident" in Europe, because in all of Peel's years in radio, he had only played a record in its entirety once. TeamLove CD $13.00 Kayo Dot Blue Lambency Downward PS, US Multi-instrumentalists Toby Driver and Mia Matsumiya lull you into a dream state with a small cavalcade of instrumentation, plying an almost noir sensibility at once moody and contemplative, bristling and demure. An unclassifiable masterpiece. "The band's combination of chamber instruments, psychedelia, and metal gives it an almost delusional appeal...the slow sections are suspenseful, and the climaxes will make your hair jump off your head" - Pitchfork Media. HydraHead CD $13.00 Kelly, Scott Wake PS, US Its reality supersedes the place, the space, & the particulars that gave birth to it. Mixing imagery that borders on a bold & stark contemplation of the limits of our earthly existence via our failed loves, efforts, conceits, & even our less-than-noble other failures w/ its lion-in-the-winter woe, wrenches the almost inexpressibly sad into 7 songs that sound like what you hear when you're just about to not hear anything anymore. Neurot CD $16.00 Kelly, Scott Wake PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Neurot LP $14.25 Knifedance Wolf Hour PS, US Factory sealed! HItandRun-3 LP $5.00 Kozelek, Mark Nights of Passed Over [book+CD] (DELAYED, SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Available for the first time in this comprehensive edition, Nights of Passed Over is now available on Caldoverderecords. Originally released in Portugal (2002), this updated, hardback, all-English edition includes Kozelek's lyrics from the Red House Painters/Sun Kil Moon/Mark Kozelek albums and special edition compilations, as well as several concert set lists and handwritten lyrics, plus a new preface by Kozelek himself. This Edition is limited to 2500. Included with the book is a 12-song bonus CD entitled "Nights LP". The disc includes live and rare versions of Mark Kozelek songs dating from 1996 through 2007, including a previously unreleased version of "Cruiser" produced by Peter Scensson, a KCRW radio performance of "River", the 10" version of "Duk Koo Kim", and a guitar jam version of "Carry Me Ohio" unearthed from the Ghost of the Great Highway sessions. Bonus CD includes: Michigan (Live at Union Chapel) 2007 Drop (Live at Union Chapel) 2007 Heron Blue (Drum Version) 2007 Leo and Luna (Only Version) 2006 Carry Me Ohio (Jam Version) 2002 Gentle Moon (Live at Fnac) 2002 Duk Koo Kim (10" Version) 2001 Wop A Din Din (Live in Lisbon) 2001 * Metropol 47 (Demo Version) 1999 Cruiser (Malmo Version) 1999 Smokey (Demo Version) 1997 River (KCRW Version) 1996 Previously unreleased Previously unreleased on CD CaldoVerdeRecords BOOK/CD $48.00 Last Shadow Puppets, The The Age Of The Understatement PS, US The Last Shadow Puppets are Alex Turner (Arctic Monkeys) and Miles Kane (The Rascals). The pair were so inspired by listening to the likes of Scott Walker, early Bowie, and David Axelrod, that they recorded this album of twelve full-blooded songs, bold and brassy, full of drama, wit, and melody. The orchestration of the tracks was recorded by the 22-piece London Metropolitan Orchestra. Look for this duo on select US dates in September with full band and a large string section. Domino CD $13.00 Last Shadow Puppets, The The Age Of The Understatement PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Domino LP $17.50 Legions of Parasites Another Disaster PS, US Early demos of 80's British punk rock band chronicled in this compilation for the first time ever on CD. Includes their sought after "Prision of Life" LP, their first cassette release originally limited to under 100 copies, and seven previously unreleased songs! Vol. 2 of the LOP's later material will be released later this year. Overground CD $11.50 Long Blondes Couples PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The Long Blondes' second album, Couples, avoids the clichéd sophomore slump by taking some chances and leaving behind the joyous clatter and clutter of their debut for a more emotionally powerful, sonically adventurous approach. With producer Erol Alkan behind the boards, the group removes the punk from its post-punk sound and adds more post. That is, more icy detachment, more space, and careful arrangement of instruments and more of an eye to the disco-punk dancefloor. Where the songs on Someone to Drive You Home were almost giddily peppy and bursting with energy, the songs here feel like they were taken right from the studio, stored in a freezer for a month, and then mastered onto disc. (Think the Blondie of "X Offender" versus the Blondie of "Heart of Glass" for a quick and relevant comparison.)" RoughTrade CD $14.00 Long Blondes Couples PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! RoughTrade LP $14.50 Lykke Li Little Bit EP PS, US Swede-pop songstress sensation produced by Peter Bjorn And John's Bjorn Yttling, on tour with El Perro del Mar. Similar to EPdM yet a bit more surreal, angelic whisper meets sensual sonic striptease. ControlGroup CD5 $4.00 Manfred Mann Up The Junction OST PS, UK Based on Nell Dunn's controversial novel, the 1968 film Up The Junction pulled few punches in dealing with contemporary London working class life. With a cast featuring Suzy Kendall and Dennis Waterman, the certificate X movie was also notable for a strong score performed and written by Mike Hugg and Manfred Mann. Not their first foray in film music, it nevertheless remains one of their strongest works of the period and is hugely enjoyable in its own right. Director Peter Collinson was more than pleased with the outcome: The result was incredible; they captured the heart of the picture. Their music belonged to the picture, it was not super imposed. The tunes will exist long after the picture has been forgotten! Up The Junction (Vocal) / Sing Songs Of Love / Walking Round / Up The Junction (Instrumental) / Love Theme (Instrumental) / Up The Junction (Vocal And Instrumental) / Just For Me / Love Theme (Instrumental) / Sheila's Dance / Belgravia / Wailing Horn / I Need Your Love / Up The Junction (Vocal) / Bonus Track / Sleepy Hollow. RPM-189 CD $16.75 Marxy Forty Years From Now PS, US Marxy (W. David Marx) is an American living in Tokyo, Japan. His second album Forty Years From Now was recorded over the span of three years in Japanese apartments, Tokyo rehearsal spaces, a Manhattan living room, an Astoria, Queens's bedroom, and the legendary Brooklyn recording studio Studio G. As in his critically lauded debut album Kyoshu Nostalgia, Marxy surrounds his catchy pop melodies with musical references to classic sounds refracted through modern musical technology. The songs built around baroque harpsichord riffs ("Broke Into Our Hearts", "Slouching Towards Bethlehem") and transistor organ solos ("To Save Ourselves") make Forty Years From Now often reminiscent of The Zombies and other psych pop of the late 1960s, but the digital edits, prominent analog synth lines, pulse bass, and chopped up beats drive the tracks into new territory, where past and future intersect. Forty Years From Now quickly jumps between glitch influenced pop ("See Saw"), lo-tech garage pop ("Cotillion"), campfire sing-a-long ("Dippy Dave"), gritty synth rock ("Tachikogi"), and powerhouse rock anthem ("To Save Ourselves"). The synth-squelch-breakbeat jams of "Cat vs. Mouse" features a guest lead vocal from U.T. - singer of Japanese art-pop girl band Kiiiiiii - and intricate production work by Pandatone. MusicRelated-20 CD $11.50 Matmos Supreme Balloon PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Matador DLP $19.25 Matmos Supreme Balloon PS, US This record finds the band skipping sampling antics in favor of a lighthearted "cosmic pop" record made entirely out of synthesizers. The exotic and antiquated synths used here heavily spotlight the classic 60s/70s/80s consumer electronic rigs of Arp, Korg, Roland, Waldorf, and Moog. But there are also one of a kind curios present. Double LP in heavy duty Stoughton gatefold, pressed in HQ 180-gram vinyl. MP3 coupon. Vinyl includes four extra tracks. CD in digipak with 8-page booklet. PREFIX MAG: "The concept is straightforward: record an album using only synthesizers and no microphones. But for Matmos, a group that built its reputation on found sound and sampling loopholes, the decree is a considerable challenge. However, for a group that can bridge whoopee cushions with Björk, you can expect a certain amount of quality control." Matador CD $13.25 Meho Plaza S-T PS, US The experimental pop group has earned its share of love for its buzzing, energetic, yet oddly dreamy approach to synthesized minimalism. This will have you reliving your days of Daydream Nation w/all its angular psyche-pop bliss. Includes a song that was featured on the Pitchfork Infinite Mixtape Series #005. RIYL: No Age, Health, Deerhoof, Crystal Castles. PREFIX MAG: "Go ahead and add noisy, frenetic, underground-rock bands to the list of things that define Los Angeles, alongside palm trees, traffic jams, and the occasional race riot. With its self-titled full-length, Meho Plaza seems set to take its place next to No Age and HEALTH in a lineage that stretches back to older touchstones like the Minutemen and Fear. Meho Plaza has built up a good buzz through a series of limited-edition EPs and copious praise from the L.A. music press. A tight trio, Meho Plaza whip up a lot of racket for a mere three musicians." BetterLooking CD $9.00 Midnight Oil Diesel and Dust [expended re-issue] PS, US The original album remastered with a bonus track, plus a DVD featuring a documentary: Midnight Oil's tour through Aboriginal settlements of Australia, which inspired the album, plus two videos. SonyLegacy CD/DVD $23.75 Millencolin Machine 15 PS, US Fifteen years and six albums later, Millencolin are Europe's biggest punk band, with gold albums in Australia and Sweden. This is the Swedish quartet's first disc in three years. Embracing new stylistic touches while upholding the classic Millencolin sound, this well-oiled musical engine salutes its fans with fifteen knock 'em dead tracks. Epitaph CD $12.50 Mojo #175 (May 2008) [Magazine + CD] PS, UK ZINE $10.25 Morning Benders Talking Through Tin Cans PS, US Indie pop group from San Francisco, CA with early 60's brit pop sensibilities. Full scale tour with the Kooks this summer. "The Morning Benders manage to convey an early Beatles sense of optimism with sweet undertones." - Filter Magazine HighWire CD $12.25 Moscow Olympics Cut The World PS, SWEDEN The term "dreampop" got a new and wider meaning when the Philippine quintet Moscow Olympics released their debut single on Fraction Discs. Pop as a dream come true, two tracks that raise their gaze off their shoes, stare into the skies and fill the unexpected yet somehow eagerly awaited gap in your record collection - the one between Blueboy's "Unisex" and The Wake's "Here Comes Everybody". This now is their debut CD. LavenderRecordings-003 CD $13.50 Mudhoney/Gas Huffer Split PS, US Track Listing: Mudhoney - You Stupid Asshole/March To Fuzz \| Gas Huffer - Knife Maual/Firebug Musical Tragedies-166 12 $5.00 No Age Nouns PS, US This is succinctly all-encompassing, from the faux-simplicity of the title to the beautiful distortion of its sound, to the packaging that incl. a 68-pg full-color bk packed w/ photos & art pieces. The record opens w/ a symphony of noise & sometimes creeps, sometimes smashes through a sonic headlock befitting Daydream Nation-era Sonic Youth, Kiwi pop, My Bloody Valentine, & experimental noise. PITCHFORK: "No Age follow their 2007 EP compilation, Weirdo Rippers, with an ambitious Sub Pop debut: Nouns is gorgeously thick-- a hazy, delirious expanse that's friendly and warm and, best of all, unpredictable... Nouns is so cacophonous, so fertile, and so ripe with sound that parsing out the samples and effects and various layers of guitar is nearly impossible; besides, it's way more satisfying to just close your eyes and just enjoy it. Ultimately, it's part of No Age's allure that Nouns is so difficult to figure out, that it manages to be so big while coming from a place so small: All you'll know for sure is that you want to listen longer. Maybe forever." SubPop CD $12.50 No Age Nouns PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SubPop LP $12.50 Pattern Is Movement All Together PS, US Andrew Thiboldeaux and Chris Ward are a two-man wall of sound. "The combination of Thiboldeaux's swooning, near-operatic singing style and Ward's fierce yet deconstructive drumming, surrounded by flurries of shimmering keys and sometimes strings, makes Pattern Is Movement more unusual than ever. The only band one could rightly compare them to is Radiohead, what with the jaunty song structures and opaque, repetitive lyrics" - Philadelphia Weekly. Hometapes CD $13.50 Privacy Without Mercy PS, US LIMITED TO 300 HAND NUMBERED LP, WHICH INCLUDES A CD. Singer/songwriter - Guitar and Voice alone. Really beautiful song writing, and an incredible voice. Laurel started playing guitar, songwriting, and singing less than a year ago. The key to Privacy's music working - she's not busy trying to sound like anyone else or her influences. Just straight contemporary folk songs that are beautifully written and delivered. Truly these are beautiful songs. Anthem 12 $10.00 Record Collector #349 (May 2008) PS, UK ZINE $10.25 Runaways Japanese Singles Collection PS, UK This collection brings all the band's Japanese singles for the first time together on CD. The Runaways enjoyed huge success across Europe and Japan. With the band's various line ups, Joan Jett, Lita Ford and crew enjoyed a high profile through their singles releases and their exceptional live shows. This CD features all the band's highly collectable Japanese picture cover single sleeves, lyrics, discography and sleeve notes. The CD features 2 bonus tracks, the UK single "Right Now" and it's b-side "Black Leather". This was to be the band's last single release. The Runaways were formed in L.A. and guided by Kim Fowley. At the time of formation, the band members aged 16-17 years old and soon went on to sign a record deal with Mercury Records. Cherry Bomb / Blackmail / Neon Angels On The Road To Ruin / Queens Of Noise / Secrets / Rock 'n' Roll / All Right You Guys / Blackmail / Little Sister / School Days / Mama Weer All Crazee Now / Eight Days A Week / Bonus UK only single; / Right Now / Black Leather. YES! CherryRed-358 CD $15.50 Runaways, The And Now...The Runaways PS, UK One of the most ground breaking all girl bands of their day, The Runaways have this collection, "And Now...The Runaways" re-released. Originally released in 1979, the album has been a continuous seller, this is partly due to two of the band members being Joan Jett and Lita Ford, who both went on to be hugh stars in their own right. Saturday Nite Special / Eight Days A Week / Mama Weer All Crazee Now / I'm A Million / Right Now / Takeover / My Buddy And Me / Little Lost Girls / Black Leather Anagram-063 CD $15.50 Russian Circles Station PS, US Metal trimmings, minimal jazz primers, and cryptic riffs that hit out of nowhere with the pummeling impact of a comet. Their music weaves up an intense and cinematic albeit soothing clobbering that cannot be pigeonholed. Their lumbering layers of chiseled post rock and feathery psychedelic infusions have both revved and enticed listeners into mental orgasms the world over. They've shared stages with Tool, Dalek, Daughters, and Pelican. SuicideSqueeze CD $13.25 Satanicpornocultshop Takusan No Ohanasan PS, POLAND Japanese Satanicpornocultshop comes back with the new, this time less experimental, but more melodic material. Takusan No Ohanasan includes 26 perfectly composed tracks which present futuristic eclectic mix of modern electronic hip hop, reggae, turntable-ism, easy listening and plunder phonics. Intelligent 21st century quasi-pop for demanding listeners. Vivo-200836 CD $15.00 Saville, Robin Peasgood Nonsuch PS, UK Lugubrious and minimal. Melodic and otherworldly. Hot on the blistering heels of his debut solo single (VAN 145) comes this full-length outing from the social worker turned gardener. Double digging over unlikely boundaries is something of a habit for Robin, and this record characteristically lurches between moods; from elegiac to wistful, and from meditative to bouncy, this record runs the full gamut. Creaking synths, loping bass and a succession of chimes seep from the nimble textures pressed tightly together. Lush and filmic, the nine tracks here cultivate and harvest a twinkling yet intense arc, with strange and alien sounds nestling snugly next to crumpled rhythms and gurgles, all peppered with tinges of acoustic guitar and eerie tones. 'Peasgood Nonsuch' works over nutrient-rich electronica soil, germinating an earthy hybrid of intricately woven melodies and pulses, stewed and heated to perfection. An organic journey from the pesticide-free plot to the kitchen table, it's a recipe full of beat-tastic ingredients ripe for picking from the orchard. As one of half of the duo which comprises Isan, Robin Saville has long been part of that seminal act - masters of slow flow electronica, bridging the gap between different boundaries and atmospheres, not to mention untangling messy knots of wires and cables all around the world. With its roots closer in feel to Isan's earlier, more sprightly offerings, 'Peasgood Nonsuch' is light and warm but with an underlying dark center, so the audible tranquility is imbued with an altogether tougher edge. Next to using a digital pipette to suck up the leaked new Portishead album this gunk of electronic DNA is ripe for unspooling and analyzing in the Petri dish of your own home laboratories. A must for fans of Isan, Inch-Time, Harold Budd, and all things Type Records ; Morr Music and Eno's Obscure label. Edition of 1000 copies in card gatefold. StaticCaravan-160 CD $17.75 Sawako Bitter Sweet PS, US New York/Tokyo based Sawako is a musician, software designer, and multimedia artist whose multi-disciplinary works intermix and pollenate her music with inspiration ranging from nature, science, academia and poetic motion. Following releases on Anticipate and And/Oar, Bitter Sweet is Sawako's 2nd release on 12k after the critically acclaimed Hum (12k1035) in 2005. Her music is fragile and intimate, delicate, ephemeral and resonant. Bitter Sweet is unmistakably Sawako but finds it moving into much, much deeper territory than her previous works. Building on her past forays into experimental pop, she uses low and mid-frequency drones and soft, melodic highlights to shape beds of stripped-down, shifting into hypnotic and very linear tracks that fill the space they exist. Bitter Sweet is more drone and tonal based than Sawako's previous works. However, these gentle movements are punctuated by field recordings and acoustic instrumentation with cello provided by Jacob Kirkegaard and guitar by Radiosonde and Ryan Francesconi who also co-write two of the pieces on the album. In what has become a bit of a signature, Sawako lends her own voice to the ending lullaby "A Last Next." These combinations produce rich results. Bitter Sweet's diffuse and hazy soundscaping is Sawako's most mature work to date, relying less on her previous child-like melodies while remaining feminine and tender. She has come into her own after having established herself for a number of years as a New Yorker where she has tirelessly performed, studied and created as an important member of the city's electronic music community. Bitter Sweet is packaged in a 6-panel digipack with photography throughout by Brooklyn-based artist and photographer Maki Kaoru. 12K-1047 CD $12.25 Shankar, Ravi More Flowers of India PS, UK With recordings made at least a decade before Psychedelia, More Flowers of India showcases the beautiful, dreamlike art of Ravi Shankar and Ali Akbar Khan and attests to the extraordinary influence of Indian classical music on western culture. By the early Seventies, both men had been signed to the Beatles' Apple label and thanks to the revolution they spear-headed, the global musical landscape had altered irrevocably. The Beatles, The Doors, The Byrds and John Coltrane were amongst the many that came under the spell of these great masters El-141 CD $15.50 Shitmat/Ladyscraper Grungecore Vol. 1 PS, US Uniting NW grunge and UK breakcore at last, Fukdup records presents it's first release: Grungecore Vol. 1!! On the A Side, we have a sick 4-4 hardcore roller from Shitmat, with subtle cries of the anthem "I'm a negative creep and I'm stoned!" On the flip side is more of a breakcore cover tune by Ladyscraper, featuring his friend Tim Powers on vocals, and the stompinest Nirvana drum break of all - This track appropriately titled "Senseless Apprentice". Sure to start a moshpit on any dance floor! Limited edition of 500. Each record has an individually sewn flannel sleeve (to properly represent the Grunge!!), is hand stamped and numbered, as well as silk-screened. Fukdup-001 45 $7.50 Short, Shelley Water for the Day PS, US Her third album is a collection of intimate songs, "a diary of barmy time that was 2006 and 2007." Accompanied by Rachel Blumberg (M. Ward, Bright Eyes) on drums, Tiffany Kowalski (Bright Eyes) on violin, Gary James on bass & Alexis Gideon with some clever guitar work. Hush CD $13.25 Speedmarket Avenue Way Better Now PS, SPAIN Elefant-1132 CD $16.25 Speedmarket Avenue Way Better Now PS, SPAIN Limited edition 600 copies. Elefant-1132-1 LP $16.25 Uncut #133 (June 2008) [Magazine + CD] PS, UK ZINE $10.00 Various And Back to Earth Again: 10 Years of Meteor City [retrospective] PS, US Awesome retrospective from essential stoner rock label. This is a gorgeous 3CD Box Set featuring deluxe packaging and a 40 page booklet! All 45 tracks are fully remastered for optimal sound quality and heaviness! A lot of these tracks are very rare nowadays or were never actually released before now! MeteorCity CD-BOX $18.25 Various Soul Messages From Dimona PS, US Between 1975-81, a group of American ex-pats took the native sounds of their Detroit & Chicago homes, combined them w/ the message of the Israeli Black Hebrew culture & declared Dimons the center of the spiritual universe. The results are a joyful mix of spiritual soul, jazz & Old Testament gospel psychedelia. Feat. the SOUL MESSENGERS, the SPIRIT OF ISREAL, SONS OF THE KINGDOM, & the TONISTICS. Incl. rare pictures, sleeves & liner notes Numero CD $15.75 Various An Taobh Tuathail PS, IRELAND Psychonavigation Records latest project is a unique collaboration with the world famous music program 'An Taobh Tuathail'. The plan is to release a CD compilation of electronic music that perfectly reflects the diverse music style of the radio show. So here it is - A twelve-track CD compilation that has been painstakingly selected by 'An Taobh Tuathail's' founder Cian Ó Cíobháin. A beautiful blend of Ambient/Electronic sounds from some of the world's finest producers. 'An Taobh Tuathail' has been broadcasting the cream of underground music from around the globe on RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta /ANOCHT FM since May 1999. These tunes include the spaced-out psychedelic pop of Ariel Pink, sumptuous electronica from Felix Laband, OST and Fug as well as demos from Galway-based artists Heftord & Beatpoet, that have not been available anywhere else to now. "An Taobh Tuathail Vol 1 is a continuation of Anocht FM's commitment to showcasing new music from around the world", says Seán Ó hEanaigh, head of programming at the station. "We are confident that this CD will satisfy the show's current listeners and will also attract new ears to the program". Tracklisting: 01. Felix Laband - Down The Stairs 02. Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti - Every Night I Die At Miyagi's 03. Cane 141 - Sticky Lips 04. OST- Socrates Dream 05. Fug - By Gadd 06. Phelan Sheppard - Weaving Song 07. United Bible Studies - Columba's Song 08. Anne Garner - Home (Dean Honer Mix) 09. Beatpoet - Tao 10. Chequerboard - Konichiwa 11. Heftord - Separation 12. Jimmy Behan - Gate 28 Psychonavigation-021 CD $15.50 Von Till, Steve Grave is a Grim Horse PS, US The NEUROSIS singer/guitarist comes into his own as a composer & arranger, perfectly adorning infectious songs w/ flourishes of swooping strings, pedal steel, organ, et al. Where his previous releases showed reverence for the past, this peers directly forward, envisioning a path where others see fields. Neurot CD $16.00 Walker Brothers Take It Easy With PS, US The British debut for this LA trio, originally released in '65. Not actually brothers, the group of SCOTT WALKER, JOHN MAUS & GARY LEEDS made it big in the UK w/ beautifully orchestrated pop ballads in the same vein as those other non-siblings, The Righteous Brothers. Covering tracks from Burt Bacharach, Randy Newman, David Gates, & Bob Dylan, this is a classic debut & the world's 1st introduction to one of pop music's most celebrated eccentrics. Water CD $14.25 Walker, Peter Echo Of My Soul PS, US Maverick guitar master, Peter Walker's first album in 40 years! " Peter Walker was actually a bigger influence on my acoustic playing than John Fahey or Robbie Basho." - Ben Chasny, Six Organs of Admittance TompkinsSquare CD $15.00 Welles, Orson Your Obedient Servant PS, UK Orson Welles is a titantic figure in popular culture. Before Kane, before Ambersons, The Lady From Shanghai and The Third Man; Before Touch of Evil, his astounding Othello, Chimes At Midnight and F for Fake, Welles created the sensational War of the Worlds broadcast that terrified a nation of American radio listeners. While Hollywood beckoned, Welles and his company, The Mercury Theatre continued to produce compelling radio drama that still sounds extraordinary. Make no mistake, if radio held sway over us like it did during its Golden Age, much of Welles' work in the medium would be as venerated as Kane or any of the other creative triumphs that were to follow. The Hitch-hiker and the chilling Search for Henri Le Fevre were written by Lucille Fletcher. Sredni Vashtar is the work of the inscrutable late nineteenth century English writer, Saki The Music for all three performances was composed by long-time Welles (and Hitchcock) collaborator Bernard Herrmann El-140 CD $15.50 Wildbirds & Peacedrums Heartcore PS, US Together, the Swedish duo of charismatic singer Mariam Wallentin & drummer Andreas Werliin have forged an extraordinary hybrid of spiritual pop, primal blues, & ecstatic soul music. Seesawing between pagan rhythms & sparse, bewitching ballads, this self-produced debut is a declaration of intent: immediate, exhilarating, & just plain new. Leaf CD $16.00 Wire Magazine #291 PS, UK ZINE $10.25 Forthcoming Releases* 1900s, The Everybody's Got A Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2008) NO PS, US New 7" vinyl phonograph single from Chicago psych-pop troupe, featuring two non-album tracks. White wax, black jacket, real posh. Parasol-039 45 $3.50 A Flock of Seagulls Story of a Young Heart [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Remastered re-issue with 7 bonus tracks. CherryPop CD $18.25 A.H. Kraken S-T (LP/CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Out of Metz, France comes this ugly & brutal noise-punk. Their name is an amalgam of a facist dictator & a sea monster, & their sound is a wild, intense blur of bludgeoning rhythms, industrial clatter, scrapingguitars, & caterwauling vocals. Citing influences as disparate PiL, Motorhead, US Maple, Suicide, Flipper, The Shaggs, & Chrome. InTheRed LP $14.25 Akiyama, Tetuzi The Ancient Battle to Control Death (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US TETUZI AKIYAMA'S contribution to the WESTERN VINYL portrait series is a departure in a career of departures. In addition to Akiyama's trademark improvised, blues-infused, guitar work, The Ancient Balance to Control Death also features intense multi-layered vocals. Much like his guitar work, the vocals flow with a sharp primal urgency. The end result is a collection of unique and tense Japanese blues that could only have come from one of Japan's most distinct and creative improvisers. WesternVinyl-49 CD $9.00 Armour, Douglas The Light Of The Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US And now for something different... Fulfilling the promise of his impeccable entry in our 7-inch series, "The Social Club", THE SOCIAL REGISTRY is proud to announce "The Light Of A Golden Day, The Arms Of The Night" -- the debut LP from Los Angeles located DOUGLAS ARMOUR. This album finds the artist expertly blending tons of our favorite poptones from days past to create a hyper-literate pastiche that's equal parts nostalgia and forward thinking. Echoing its title, the LP has a structure that plays off binary oppositions to create one of the most varied pop albums we've heard in a long time. TheSocialRegistry-051 CD $11.50 ASS (Andreas Soderstrom Solo) My Get Up And Go Just Got Up And Went (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, UK Very limited! Peering out between the mass of strings, hanging like vines, there must have been a spark of childish curiosity. From the giddy playfulness of youth all the way to the folk hinterland, Andreas Soderstrom has been surrounded by instruments, exposed to the sounds of his father's bazouki factory - an extraordinary mélange of clattering noise and metallic melody. That natural inquisitiveness has obviously paid off, and it surely can't be a coincidence that a career in music beckoned. Trading under the pseudonym Ass - it stands for Andreas Soderstrom Solo - for more than a decade he has been the hitherto unknown man of Swedish pop, having played with the likes of electro-pop priestess Jenny Wilson, digital folk stalwarts Tape, offbeat folk-pop minstrel Blood Music, and Taken By Trees, the latest incarnation of former Concretes singer Victoria Bergsman. All that will change with the release of 'My Get Up and Go Just Got Up and Went', the second full-length album from Soderstrom under his Ass moniker. Soderstrom plays all of the instruments found on this quietly intoxicating 10-track record, the follow-up to his astonishingly assured, eponymous debut - both released on Headspin Recordings. It finds him hacking through the folk undergrowth, his fluid dynamic underpinning a stark melancholy that simmers throughout. It's a real treat, and a chance to hear the whispered charm of a subtly disarming performer. To paraphrase George Clinton - free your mind, and Ass will follow...Very Limited vinyl Edition of 500 copies in thick cardboard stock, lyric insert and on purple wax. StaticCaravan-167 LP $19.00 Ateleia/Benjamin Curtis Baghdad Batterie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US On "Baghdad Batterie", ATELEIA and BENJAMIN CURTIS fuse splendidly, as perfectly synchronized audio alchemists, and when they dip their axes in a vat of liquid electronica, the transmutation is complete: thick, glistening beats throb and undulate, without a tell-tale twang in sight. "Baghdad Batterie" is a fabulous piece of laptop psychedelia, and certain to delight fans of Curtis and Elliott's previous collaboration, the exhilarating SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS EP, "Face to Face" on HIGH PLACES. The packaging of this vinyl-only release is similarly spectacular. It's a one-sided, 12-inch LP, PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL; the REVERSE IS LASER ETCHED with an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage Pencil, whose credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and Sonic Youth. It's a LIMITED-EDITION PRESSING,, so get it while you can - disks from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are now some of Collectorville's must coveted treasures. TableoftheElements-093 LP $14.25 Big Takeover, The #62 (R.E.M. Cover) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Interviews R.E.M. (cover) * Sex Pistols* Johnny Rotten * New Pornographers, Pt. 2 * Band of Horses/Grand Archives * Nada Surf * Stephen Malkmus & the Jicks (Pavement) * Ray Davies (Kinks) * The Pointed Sticks, Pt. 2 * 1977 L.A. punks The Flyboys * Paul Haig of Josef K * Rock Writer V. Vale (Search & Destroy, RE/Search) * Top 50 Reggae LPs, Pt. 1! * British Sea Power * My Morning Jacket * Built to Spill * Radar Bros. * Kelley Stoltz * Nardwuar the Human Serviette/Evaporators * The Trolleyvox * Helvetia * The Carter Administration * Awesome Color Editorials: Rabid: Hey, Im a Dad!Musings * Ackerman: More Changes For Record Labels * Sommer: On Hawkwind! Live Reviews: Agent Orange * Avengers * Big Star * Cat Power * Editors * Stevie Jackson * Maximo Park * Mission of Burma * Naked Raygun * New Model Army * Emma Pollock & American Music Club * Rogue Wave * Sleepover Disaster * Spiritualized * T.S.O.L. * Mary Weiss * Astrid Williamson * X * Neil Young * Zombies (original lineup reunion) * Plugz/Eyes/Controllers/Skulls/Gears/Crowd/Deadbeats/Dogs etc. Hundreds of CD Reviews: Antietam * Black Watch * British Sea Power * Dead Boys * Death Cab For Cutie * D.O.A.* Nick Drake * Echo & the Bunnymen * For Against * Flying Burrito Bros. * Robert Forster * Idaho * Julie Ocean * Kevin Kane * Nyles Lannon * Claudius Linton/Joe Higgs * Long Blondes * Eric Matthews * Colin Meloy * Bob Mould * Willie Nelson * New Model Army * New York Dolls * 999 * Pagans * Posies tribute * Ramones * Raspberries * Red Button * Jimmy Reed * Replacements * Edward Rogers * Ruts/Henry Rollins * Secret Shine * Shack * Simon & Garfunkel * Sloan * Smiths * Chris Walla * Wedding Present and more! BigTakeover-62 ZINE $4.25 Black Angels, The Directions to See a Ghost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US From deep in the heart of Texas, armed with the home-grown mantra "Turn On, Tune In, Drone Out," The Black Angels ring real and rugged like a crimson full moon-lit night. Their self proclaimed "Native American Drone 'N' Roll" genre has progressed from communal living and the members' eclectic upbringings. This is heavy-duty psychedelic rock with an incessant primitive beat that echoes the spirit of the 13th Floor Elevators and early Stones. "Directions To See A Ghost" is the second full-length album from Austin's darkest droners. With tidal rhythms and rasping epics, "Directions To See A Ghost" is a driving, psychedelic masterpiece that churns through 72 minutes and 11 tracks. This highly anticipated follow-up to the band's 2006 critically acclaimed debut will leave listeners buzzing. LightInTheAttic CD $13.75 Black Taj Beyonder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Second release by Dave Brylawski and Steve Popson, former members of POLVO. Psychedelic hard rock revival reminicent of the twin guitar attack of Thin Lizzy and the muscular riffing of early ZZ Top. For fans of Awesome Color, Witch, and Dead Meadow. Amish CD $13.25 Byrne, Ciaran Nine Lives Causeway (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, IRELAND 'Nine Lives Causeway' is the much-awaited follow up to last years 'Galtrim' CD. More lush Ambient tracks from one of Ireland's finest exponents of electronic music. Over the past year Ciaran has been gathering rave reviews from the likes of Grand Nubian, Mixmaster Morris and Irish synth pioneer, Roger Doyle. This promises to be another superb release on the prolific Psychonavigation label. Psychonavigation-024 CD $15.50 Carrie 1981 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, MEXICO Carrie returns with her second album, 1981. This time around, Carrie's sound is expanded beyond the folkie twee indie-tronica of her first release, Honey Blue Star. Balancing lush and lo-fi sound aesthetics, Carrie's folksy mannerisms go in between The Postal Service and The Radio Dept. universes, landing in an unique and minimal melodic pop. New member Pelvis joins Carrie and contributes sounds and backing vocals to the album. 1981 was produced by Rubén Tamayo (Fax). TRACKLISTING: 1. Take One 2. Feeding Little Dogs 3. Stumble 4. The Wrong Way 5. Road Season 6. Japanese Coffee 7. 1981 8. Instrumental 9. Srita. Cometa 10. Pollock StaticDiscos-026 CD $12.25 Castanets Tendrils (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US This video document, created by MIA FERM, serves as a snapshot of a particular moment in time surrounding RAPOSA and CASTANETS. It is a meditative reflection on the mesmerizing motion of water, the beauty of natural light, and the spontaneity of friends. Responding to the thickness of the songs on "In The Vines", here the songs are stripped bare and presented by new voices that further reveal the lyrical beauty of Raposa's songwriting. It is equal parts home movie (ala Jonas Mekas), Downtown 81, Pull My Daisy, and audio-visual collage. AsthmaticKitty-35 DVD $12.25 Cheap Time S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US IntheRed LP $10.50 Cloudland Canyon/Lichens Exterminating Angel (PRE-ORDER SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US This single 30-min. track (split into 2 parts on the LP version) uses voice, guitar, samplers, & ARP synthesizer. Here are the sounds accompanying a spacecraft that's a combination Death Star & Taco Bell from the 70s filled w/ Mayan temples & pyramids populated by large, snappily dressed reptilian beings. HolyMountain LP $16.00 Cluster Berlin 2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Berlin 2007 was a monumental performance for Cluster as it marked the first time that they had peformed live in Berlin since their 12 hour concert in the Galerie Hammer in the Europacenter in 1969. The performance was a massive success as a sold out crowd cheered loudly for Cluster to return to the stage. Fortunately, the concert was preserved for posterity & is proudly presented here. Both Dieter Moebius & H.J. Roedelius play synthesizers & objects. Important-181 CD $13.00 Collections Of Colonies Of Bees Six Guitars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES generated quite the (forgive us) buzz, following the January release of their CD "Birds", and deservedly so. Their sound is expansive, vast, and billowing; full of ringing guitars, soaring in the best traditions of the Chatham/Branca standoff; meanwhile, beneath the clouds sprawl dewy meadows of gently rolling electronica. "Six Guitars" is just what its title states, yet so much more. Wildly versatile drummer Jon Mueller follows the rules by hammering on an electric guitar with mallets, enhancing the Steve Reichian vibe (compare this with Mueller's face-melting solo onslaught Metals, also released in January). The band sparkles accordingly, lifting to a dazzling climax. It's epic minimalism in exquisite registration, and the perfect selection to introduce the TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS GUITAR SERIES (fans will be happy to hear that Mueller is on deck with a solo contribution to the series as well). Beyond the music, there's the similarly spectacular packaging. It's a one-sided, 12-inch LP, PRESSED ON CLEAR VINYL; the REVERSE IS LASER ETCHED with an original illustration by acclaimed UK artist Savage Pencil, whose credits include album art for The Fall, Big Black, and Sonic Youth. It's a LIMITED-EDITION PRESSING, so get it while you can - disks from the label's original Guitar Series in 1993/1994 are now some of Collectorville's must coveted treasures. TableoftheElements-092 LP $14.25 Cosmologic Eyes in the Back of My Eyes in the Back of My Head (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Fourth album-but the first with wide distribution-by this amazingly assured & swinging "free-bop" collective quartet, who have been developing their unique take on modern jazz for a decade. The group initially incorporated interpretations of music by Ornette, Dolphy, Coltrane & others into their performances, but quickly moved towards playing only original compositions. Central to the group's sound is a commitment to developing challenging & original compositions. The result is a band that pushes the envelope while remaining accessible for over a decade. For fans of: Braxton's '70s quartets, John Carter-Bobby Bradford group, Ornette, Steve Lacy-Roswell Rudd Quartet, Vandermark 5. "More than impressive,"-The Wire Cuneiform CD $13.75 Cud Elvis Belt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, UK Formed in Leeds in 1986, CUD went on to forge one of the more interesting and indefinable sounds of the late 80s / early 90s indie scene. Fusing a catchy pop sensibility with danceable grooves and intelligent and often humorous lyrics, they soon became firm independent favorites and began releasing records on Leeds based Reception Records in 1987, very quickly catching the ear of John Peel and becoming a regular fixture of his broadcasts. Three quality singles into their career, the band secured a deal with Imaginary Records, where they continued a fine run of singles and eventually released their debut album. Capitalizing on the band's underground success, in June 1990 Imaginary followed this with this fantastic compilation of their early releases, topping several independent charts in the process and further establishing an already strong reputation. Some eighteen years later, Elvis Belt is updated and reissued here by Cherry Red, together with a wealth of rarities and unreleased tracks from those formative years and beyond. This release features the original album in its entirety, carefully remastered and now sitting comfortably alongside Elvis Handbag, an additional disc conceived by the band as a sister album to the original release and containing a number of further B-Sides, Peel Session recordings and cover versions (including the band's legendary take on Bohemian Rhapsody, previously only available on the ultra-rare Alvin Lives in Leeds compilation). This release (along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007s well received re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world just how great this band were and generated a well deserved resurgence in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote this and its accompanying releases. TRACKS: ELVIS BELT 1. SLACK TIME 2. MAKE NO BONES 3. TREAT ME BAD 4. PUNISHMENT REWARD 5. RELATIONSHIPS 6. UNDER MY HAT 7. LOLA 8. URBAN SPACEMAN 9. ART 10. YOU'RE THE BOSS 11. ONLY (A PRAWN IN WHITBY) 12. HEY! WIRE 13. I'VE HAD IT WITH BLONDES ELVIS HANDBAG 14. MIND THE GAP (PEEL SESSION) 15. EVERYBODY WORKS SO HARD (PEEL SESSION) 16. BB COULDN T C (PEEL SESSION) 17. BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY 18. MANCHESTER 19. PURPLE LOVE BALLOON (ORIGINAL VERSION) 20. POSSESSION (ORIGINAL VERSION) 21. REMEMBER WHAT IT IS THAT YOU LOVE 22. MARJORIE 23. DOWN DOWN 24. MAGIC (1994 UNRELEASED SINGLE VERSION) 25. SLIPAWAY (UNRELEASED SINGLE MIX) 26. BEFORE TOMORROW 27. JUDAS KISS. CherryRed-355 DCD $15.50 Cud Leggy Mambo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, UK Following the release of their debut When In Rome, Kill Me and 1990 s Elvis Belt compilation (CDMRED355), Leeds indie heroes CUD set to work on their next album for Imaginary Records. Recorded during the Summer of 1990, Leggy Mambo proved to be a step in all the right directions, cementing the sound developed over their previous releases and capitalizing on the band s pop sensibilities to provide their most immediately accessible collection of songs to date. Produced by XTCs Dave Gregory and released in October 1990, the album spawned the well-received singles Robinson Crusoe and Magic (both of which might have achieved greater success had they been released on a larger label) and generated a huge amount of industry interest, eventually leading to their signing with A & M the following year. This Cherry Red Gold top Copy version of the album features the newly remastered original disc, as well as a collection of demos and alternate versions, all of which have been hand picked by the band themselves. This release (along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006 s Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received reissues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world just how great this band were and generated a well deserved resurgence in interest. A UK tour is scheduled for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. NOW! 2. HEART 3. HEY, BOOTS 4. LOVE IN A HOLLOW TREE 5. LOVE MANDARIN 6. NOT EXACTLY D.L.E.R.C. 7. ROBINSON CRUSOE 8. EAU WATER 9. CARL'S 115TH COACH TRIP NIGHTMARE 10. MAGIC 11. SYRUP AND SOUR GRAPES 12. BRAIN ON A SLOW TRAIN BONUS TRACKS 13. ROBINSON CRUSOE (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 14. NOW! (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 15. EAU WATER (PATCHBAY SESSIONS DEMO) 16. L.O.P.H.E. (ROBINSON CRUSOE B-SIDE) 17. LOVE MANDARIN (ALTERNATIVE VERSION) 18. MAGIC (DEMO MIX) 19. ROBINSON CRUSOE (DUNGEON DEMO). CherryRed-356 CD $15.50 Cud Showbiz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, UK Having departed the independent world and signed with A&M in 1991, CUD proceeded to pursue the commercial success their previous releases had hinted at with 1992's Asquarius. Following this, their first hit album, proved to be the band s longest break between releases (largely the result of some inter-label disharmony), but they eventually emerged in 1994 with Showbiz. Recorded primarily in Scotland (at a studio owned by Fish of Marillion fame, no less), this record saw their sound mature and showcased a broader range of songwriting styles than previous efforts. It was well received on its release in April 1994, garnering favorable reviews, and spawned two UK hit singles in Neurotica and One Giant Love. Sadly, though, the album proved to be the band's last officially released effort as the pressures of life on a major and all that it entails took their toll on the band. This remastered version also includes a number of B-Sides from the album's single releases, as well as some unreleased out-takes and demo versions, including material intended for their next album, which hasn't seen the light of day before now. This release (along with two more Cherry Red CUD Reissues) comes hot on the tails of 2006's Rich and Strange The Anthology compilation and 2007's well received re-issues of two more of the band's albums, all of which reminded the world just how great this band were. A UK tour is also scheduled for March to promote this and it's accompanying releases. TRACKS: 1. SOMEBODY SNATCHED MY ACTION 2. ESP 3. WAVING AND DROWNING 4. STICKS AND STONES 5. MYSTERY DEEPENS 6. SLIP AWAY 7. ONE GIANT LOVE 8. I REEK OF CHIC 9. NOT NECCESSARILY EVIL 10. YOU LEAD ME 11. TOURNIQUET 12. NEUROTICA BONUS TRACKS 13. W.G.S. (NEUROTICA B-SIDE) 14. MY NEED TO HURRY (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 15. SKI BUM (STICKS AND STONES B-SIDE) 16. DOWN THE PLUG (SHOWBIZ OUTTAKE) 17. HERE COME THE OLD FLAMES (POSTSHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 18. LIVING IN YOUR LOVE (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 19. LET YOU DOWN (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 20. TAKE THE TIME AND READ MY MIND (POST-SHOWBIZ SESSIONS) 21. WANTING ISN'T GETTING (POSTSHOWBIZ SESSIONS) CherryRed-357 CD $15.50 Daysleepers Drowned in A Sea of Sound (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US A year in the making, The Daysleepers return with their full length Clairecords Debut! "Drowned in a Sea of Sound" takes nothing but the best elements of the band's highly acclaimed EP's and blends them with some entirely new experimental soundscapes. The Daysleepers trademark sound of mixing Dreampop, Post-Punk and New Wave styles is still very much present, and at times pushes even beyond those boundaries. Imagine the sounds of the Cure, Cocteau Twins, The Chameleons and Slowdive rolled into one. These 10 tracks touch on a wide variety of sounds and emotions ranging from spacey ethereal drones to blissful up-tempo dreampop beauty. For fans of the early out-of-print EP's, "Hide Your Eyes" and "The Soft Attack", "Drowned in a Sea of Sound" is a must have. It is proof that The Daysleepers have fully matured and discovered their true sound. Clairecords-073 CD $12.25 Dead Man Euphoria (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Dead Man mine the birth of stoner rock, from the Grateful Dead to Iron Butterfly, trippy and heavy in qual doses, and now they've signed to Meteor City... Euphoria is much darker and heavier than their debut self-titled album while maintaining a thoroughly vintage vibe. There are bluesy up-tempo rockers alongside melodic folk-pop masterpieces and an unexpected turn into dark and psyched-out heavy rock. While their debut Self Titled album made a huge impact on the stoner/prog rock fanatics, Euphoria will establish Dead Man with cult-status like their contemporaries Witchcraft and Black Mountain have achieved. MeteorCity CD $11.00 Death Cab for Cutie Narrow Stairs (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US New album. Atlantic CD $13.75 Desolation Wilderness Until Forever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US DESOLATION WILDERNESS is the primary musical project of Nicolaas Zwart. "Until Forever" was written, played, and recorded by Nic in Summer of 2007, at DUB NARCOTIC STUDIO in Olympia, Washington; during the late night sessions for his self- released full-length album "Hey Someone". Nic played almost all the instruments including the vibraphone, clarinet, glockenspiel, guitar, computer, and synthesizer. On "4/4 Love Song" he enlisted his friends Andrew Dorsett and Adam Oelsner to play Hammond Organ and Accordion, respectively. "Goodbye Summer Girl" is the end of a story. Saying a sudden goodbye to someone new to you who you were in love with, and seeing her disappear out of the rear view mirror of your car as you drive away; getting lost in the shimmering heat of a California summer day. "Gloria" and "4/4 Love Song" have no words, but they capture a mood you can get when watching fireworks over a lake during twilight on the Fourth of July: everything you see and do is imbued with the magic of fate and destiny. Krecords-119 45 $3.75 Eat Skull Sick to Death (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US Leave it to the English to embellish a term like "shit-gaze." No surprise that the greatest shit-gazer of all time was none other than Samuel Coleridge, an avowed Brit who, plied full of laudanum, would sit for hrs & stare at his bowel movements, writing copious notes on their color, texture, etc. They are a quartet hailing from Portland, Oregon, co-masterminded by Rob Enbom (Hospitals and Hole Class) & another original Hospital, Rod Meyer (the greatest living genius of punk)(--erm--uh--wha?!). Siltbreeze LP $16.00 Explorers Club, The Freedom Wind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Great indie rock bands have long made a habit of recasting the music of our parents' youth. Turn on Dr. Dog, Olivia Tremor Control, or the Black Angels for just a few examples of bands who make glorious new music in classic molds. Now take the idea a step further. Take the homage just far enough that you can imagine yourself experiencing, say, THE BEACH BOYS in their prime, but with fresh songs not tempered by a generation of Sweatin' to the Oldies. This is elation without irony. This is THE EXPLORERS CLUB'S debut album, "Freedom Wind." The Beach Boys are the obvious touchstone, but dig a bit deeper and you'll hear flourishes of Paul McCartney, the Byrds, Emitt Rhodes, ELO and doo-wop. Embracing a pop blueprint from a time when great songs were played on the radio and everybody loved them all, the Explorers Club has recorded the sweetest pop record you are likely to hear this year. The Explorers Club are doing for the summer beach song what Amy Winehouse has done for R&B or Sharon Jones for funk and soul, what Antibalas have done for Afro-beat. They're reclaiming the classics as their own, injecting them with life, and making music that that transcends any era. This is how pop music is supposed to sound. Prepare yourself. "Freedom Wind" is the soundtrack to the summer of 2008. DeadOceans-007 LP $11.50 Explorers Club, The Freedom Wind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Great indie rock bands have long made a habit of recasting the music of our parents' youth. Turn on Dr. Dog, Olivia Tremor Control, or the Black Angels for just a few examples of bands who make glorious new music in classic molds. Now take the idea a step further. Take the homage just far enough that you can imagine yourself experiencing, say, THE BEACH BOYS in their prime, but with fresh songs not tempered by a generation of Sweatin' to the Oldies. This is elation without irony. This is THE EXPLORERS CLUB'S debut album, "Freedom Wind." The Beach Boys are the obvious touchstone, but dig a bit deeper and you'll hear flourishes of Paul McCartney, the Byrds, Emitt Rhodes, ELO and doo-wop. Embracing a pop blueprint from a time when great songs were played on the radio and everybody loved them all, the Explorers Club has recorded the sweetest pop record you are likely to hear this year. The Explorers Club are doing for the summer beach song what Amy Winehouse has done for R&B or Sharon Jones for funk and soul, what Antibalas have done for Afro-beat. They're reclaiming the classics as their own, injecting them with life, and making music that that transcends any era. This is how pop music is supposed to sound. Prepare yourself. "Freedom Wind" is the soundtrack to the summer of 2008. DeadOceans-007 CD $11.50 Fairline Parkway Memory of Open Spaces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US Limited Edition of 700 hand-numbered, die cut. Zachary Okun & Raj Gadhia met in a quiet summer of college unemployment. Raj recognized Zach as the guy in the back of the dusty university anthropology lab who diligently slept through monkey documentaries, waking from deep sleep only to angrily protest discernable differences in the skull specimens forced upon the class every week. In this manner things came to a head and they were graduated, just as they decided to have a good run at actually thinking. Reeling in denial, the two began recording together in 2002. They were promptly kidnapped by an enthusiastic fan & ushered into a studio. Kora CD $11.25 Fax Yo Recuerdo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, MEXICO Fax delivers his sixth release, Yo Recuerdo. Upgrading the sounds of his previous release, Primario, Fax continues the path into ambient and down tempo electronica. Whereas Primario was marked by a dark undercurrent of sound, Yo Recuerdo is a brighter affair. Yo Recuerdo is dreamier, closer to the sounds of Guthrie and Budd, but retaining the minimal electronic feel Fax is known for. And for those missing Fax dancier techno moments, there is a remix of one of the most memorable tracks on the album "Cuarto Para Tres". Album mastered by Fernando Corona (Murcof) with guest vocals by Florencia Ruiz and Uriel Villalobos (Perdutto). TRACKLISTING: 1. Intro 2. Cuarto Para Tres 3. Concreto 4. Cielo Rojo 5. Rota 6. Yo Recuerdo (I Remember) 7. Bosque 8. Tormenta de Arena 9. Millas 10. Cuarto Para Tres (Dance Mix) StaticDiscos-025 CD $12.25 Fern Knight S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Drawing from diverse influences such as '70s Krautrock, UK folk & baroque & renaissance music, their eponymous recording juxtaposes the calm surface of harp, cello, & violin against the perfectly timed distorted squalls of a Flying V & a dark undercurrent of lyrical & vocal mystery. VHF CD $14.25 Fleet Foxes S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Subpop LP $12.50 Fleet Foxes S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD) PS, US Seattle's Fleet Foxes traffic in baroque harmonic pop. They draw influences from the traditions of folk, pop, choral, gospel, sacred harp singing, West Coast music, traditional music from Ireland to Japan, film scores, and their NW peers. The subject matter ranges from the natural world and familial bonds to bygone loves and stone cold graves. "Supremely crafted and confident" - 8.7 - Pitchfork. Subpop CD $12.50 Free Blood Never Hear Surf Music Again (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US This two-piece Brooklyn band has more street cred than you can shake a stick at, & for good reason. Consisting of Madeline Davy (Octopi NYC) on the microphone & John Pugh (formally of !!!) also on microphone. An unpredictable druggy number, a mangled hybrid of Beatles-esque melodies fused angrily w/ a Butthole Surfers song. "Quick & Painful" is a raucous affair that delivers a swift kick to the jewels. Rong/DFA 12 $8.00 Free Kitten Inherit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US This reacquaints us w/all caps worthy rockergirls KIM GORDON (SONIC YOUTH), JULIE CAFRITZ (PUSSY GALORE) & YOSHIMI (BOREDOMS). On the disc, they're collapsed into the present. And it is our present that is most effected by songs like "Erected Girl," which reminds one of bossa nova rhythms run through a Kosher meat grinder. And then there's "Free Kitten on the Mountain," which amounts to a travelogue of sorts--but through a Lord Buckley-like subconscious mind. IMPOSE MAGAZINE: "Holy sh!t, this is good. Are you surprised? Free Kitten is Kim Gordon (Sonic Youth) and Julie Cafritz (Pussy Galore) on guitar/vocals and Yoshimi-P (Boredoms) on percussion... After eleven years since their last full-length release, Free Kitten is more of a project then a band, but their upcoming Inherit holds true to a dirty 90s indie angst that seem lost to the current cultivated landscape of indie artists making pop music. In that sense these tracks manage to be both familiar and refreshing: Free Kitten aren't reinventing what they already did 15 years ago, but they're adding beautiful music to the heap of what's good about indie rock." EcstaticPeace CD $10.00 French Kicks Swimming (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Band-produced new album features some of the quartet's most melodic recordings to date. "An album that demands you attention by revealing new sounds, notes & harmonies with each listen. By capturing both the palpable and raw elements, the FKs have created a complex yet sophisticated pop album." Vagrant CD $13.75 Friel, Dan Ghost Town (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US First full-length solo release from PARTS & LABOR singer/electrician Dan Friel. Characterized by its anthemic melodies, complex electronic arrangements & huge distorted beats, Ghost Town is an indie record the noise kids will love & a noise record that'll inspire the indie kids to pick up some busted electronic gear & strive for immortality. Ghost Town is where everyone can meet in the middle & freak out about how insanely good this record is. Think Wolf Eyes playing In The Aeroplane Over The Sea & you might be on the right track. Important CD $12.25 Friel, Dan Ghost Town (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US The first pressing of this LP is limited to 500 copies. Important-187 LP $14.75 Froberg, Tobias Turn Heads (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Swedish singer-songwriter sensation Tobias Froberg has recently spent his time hanging out with friends. Not only did he log production duties the forthcoming offering from Peter Moren (Peter of Peter Bjorn And John) but he spent some time working on his own, third release Turn Heads. His new album features a gaggle of his mates including Peter, Norwegian chanteuse Ane Brun, the heavenly Brit singer songwriter Kathryn Williams, the troubadour Tietur, Existensminumum and Torbjörn Zetterberg (Folke). He even made it a family affair, working with his father, jazz musician Ante Fröberg. Although Froberg invites his buddies along to create music his albums have his personal fingerprints all over them. His first two releases, For Elisabeth Wherever She Is (2004) and Somewhere In the City (2006) are both self produced. Both records are much loved all over the globe, while Elisabeth was nominated for a Swedish Indie Grammy. Sidecho CD $13.75 Futureheads This Is Not the World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US New album. Megaforce CD $13.75 Gable Seven Guitars With A Cloud Of Milk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US Containing 18 tracks clocking in at just under 40 min. The songs cover such diverse topics as group suicide, the state of urban music, self-realization, cats, & drunk foxes, in the best tradition of DIY bands like The Vaselines, Violent Femmes, & Beat Happening. Loaf CD $16.00 Gil, Gilberto The Sound Of Revolution 1968-69 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, UK The Sound of Revolution combines Gilberto Gils brilliant 1968 and 69 Tropicalia albums, Frevo Rasgado and Cerebro Electronico; joyous, extraordinarily inventive pop music made against a background of terrible political unrest in Brazil and in the shadow of both imprisonment and eventually exile both for Gil and his friend Caetano Veloso. The 1968 album is electrified by the meteoric Os Mutantes and both sets arranged by Rogerio Duprat who contributes a range of totally original textures and orchestration much as George Martin did with Strawberry Fields and Sgt Pepper. Suffice to say, this combination of precocious talent achieves a magical and historically important result. Tropicalia-Os Mutantes-Rogerio Duprat-LSD-Revolution Gilberto Gil narrated recent BBC4 documentary about Tropicalia. El-142 CD $15.50 Good Shoes Think Before You Speak (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US "South London's Good Shoes venture into this crowded market with a more streamlined pop take on new wave herky-jerky-- an earnest young Buzzcocks to their rivals' the Clash, the Jam, or XTC. 7.2"-Pitchfork. 14 tracks of Britpop perfection from gang who've remixed Maximo Park and others. Bril CD $12.25 Grails Take Refuge in Clean Living (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION. Important-190 LP $15.75 Grails Take Refuge in Clean Living (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US New album, five long songs. 'Take Refuge in Clean Living' sees Grails pulling back their already-wide lens on multiple sonic horizons. Opening with a nod to Syd Barret's Pink Floyd (Piper at the Gates of Dawn) the record begins with morse code and drops into one of the heaviest slow-burn grooves in the Grails canon. Sounding something like Hawkwind and Ravi Shankar scoring Bladerunner, it's lysergic and earthy for Grails in a new way. The rest of the record moves from blissful Eno-inspired ambience, to epic Morricone rock hymns, to an unexpected take on a Ventures tune that returns the listener back to the very beginnings of instrumental rock music. 'Take Refuge' seems to suggest that Grails can't run out of ideas. Important-190 CD $12.50 Gregor Samsa Rest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US over e-mail during the course of nine months by key members. In Rest, GS expand on their affinity for minimal, classical instrumentation mixed with mangled & manipulated sound through integration of new instruments such as the celesta, clarinet, classical voice & vibraphone. Along with these new sounds, guitar has been almost entirely replaced by piano, whose parts were recorded on a rare Bosendorfer once owned by Philip Glass. These pieces demonstrate a shift in focus to harmony, restraint & the use of muted tones, while less interest is taken in the large dynamic shifts that once carried the weight of many of their compositions. Kora CD $12.00 Half-Handed Cloud/Ariel Pink Unusual Animals Vol. 3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US This is the third in a series of vinyl-only releases. The series, entitled UNUSUAL ANIMALS, pairs ASTHMATIC KITTY roster artists with friends and sometimes-unlikely bedfellows. Each record includes a beautiful rendering of one of Mother Nature's stranger inhabitants by illustrator Jared Chapman. This limited-edition series expands the Asthmatic Kitty family to include some unexpected folks. AsthmaticKitty-405 45 $3.75 Hammock Maybe They Will Sing For Us Tomorrow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US After four well-loved and critically lauded recordings, Hammock returns with a new full-length, special release, Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, which features eleven new songs and original artwork by Riceboy Sleeps (Jonsi Birgisson of the Grammy-nominated Sigur Ros and Alex Somers of Parachutes). At the invitation of Birgisson and Somers, Hammock gave their first-ever live performance at the after party celebration of the Riceboy Sleeps overseas debut art exhibition, held in Hot Springs, AR in August 2007. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow is the studio recording of the original music written and played by Hammock for the occasion. "Studio performance" is a more accurate phrase; as the guitars for these songs were recorded live, just as the band performed them, later rounded out by Matt Slocum's expansive, emotive cello. This is Hammock reduced to an essence-a core. There are no intrusions. No beats. No lyrics. There is nothing to break the spell, or jar the listener out of the moment. " Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow" has all of the vulnerability and spontaneity of a performance, yet all of the rich, cinematic beauty of a Hammock studio recording. Hammock's self-imposed minimalism is expertly merged with their hallmark melodic songwriting, resulting in the most focused, mesmeric and deeply personal album in their catalog to date. "...music in the spirit of Japanese art-simple by form, but it's full of complexity in its tone and its timbres." --Bob Boilen, NPR, All Songs Considered. "Hammock continue their ascent to godhead status among the drone-rock underground." -All Music Guide. Tracks: 1. Gold Star Mothers, 2. City in the Dust on My Window, 3. This Kind of Life Keeps Breaking Your Heart, 4. Mono No Aware, 5. Three Sisters, 6. Maybe They Will Sing for Us Tomorrow, 7. Elm, 8. Razorback Drug Town, 9. Eighty-Four Thousand Hymns, 10. We Will Say Goodbye to Everyone, 11. All of Your Children Are Addicts. Darla-196 CD $13.00 Hefner The Fidelity Wars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD) PS, UK 1999 was a special year for Hefner. The original Fidelity Wars reached number one in the independent album charts, with its accompanying single, cult favourite Hymn for the Cigarettes securing them the number one place in the independent single charts. It was also the year that saw Hefner working hard for John Peel, recording three sessions for his show and having five entries in the Festive Fifty for '99. They reached numbers two and three in the chart, only beaten to the number one spot by the Cuban Boys! Fidelity Wars saw Hefner coming of age; the rawness of songwriter Darren Hayman's earlier music and lyrics developing into a more intelligent, observational style. Hymn for the Alcohol, tells the tale of two alcoholics falling out of love, accompanied by the sweet pedal steel of new member Jack Hayter. The Weight of the Stars has the narrator memorising the contents of a roll of camera film, which was lost on a one-night stand. Don't Flake Out On laments upon the lost friends of our early twenties, accompanied by the broken voice of ex-Raincoat Gina Birch and brass section. This re-release of Fidelity Wars contains the original album plus an extra 29 rare and unreleased tracks including deleted EPs, b-sides, and alternate versions. Belka-05 DCD $21.75 Hollmer, Lars Viandra (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Active in music for over 40 years, Lars & friends founded the legendary 60's Swedish "Rock In Opposition" band Samla Mammas Manna. Concurrently he started a solo career, emphasizing his very personal compositions & his masterful accordion playing. His solo albums have a great warmth, intimacy, & even innocence to them. Although he makes music that can be abrasive & even purposefully a bit demented, with rough textures, quirky instrumentation, & unusual rhythms & time signatures, Hollmer's compositions are mostly tuneful & easy going, sometimes catchy, & often disarmingly lovely. His 9th solo album but first released in the USA. "Kaleidoscopic."-arborweb.com Cuneiform CD $13.75 Hosaka, Akane Niko Niko Denki Muzic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, FRANCE With her lunging rhythms and deliciously retro melodies, Akane Hosaka catapults us into a world of gleeful wallabies and drummer-boy monkeys. Her discovery of music came through song, and only later led to instrumental experimentation. References to her early influences, the 60s and 70s precursors of electropop are deliberate: there for all to see. Raymond Scott, Perrey & Kingsley or Yellow Magic Orchestra. Nevertheless her true inspiration is from the visual world and lies in graphic forms and architectural fantasy: Keiji Ito, Archigram or Bruno Munari. For her, these images evoke music that she then sets about transcribing. Naturally reserved, she's a perfectionist in her work. Seeing her in the studio is like watching a blacksmith in the smithy, as she bends her music into the required shapes. Her compositions are like pastel-colored soap bubbles in extra-bright Super 8. Sonore-27 CD $17.50 House Of Fire Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Formerly HIGHSPIRE. House of Fire cites their main influences as the psychedelic sound of the 60's. Lacing dense, jangly rhythms and intricate melodies into impassioned soulful sketches, that evoke spirits of the past and signs of the future. House Of Fire's debut release promises to be the soundtrack to your hazy neon scattered afternoon. For fans of the paisley underground and canyon rock movements of the west coast - or bands like Brian Jonestown Massacre, Ride, early works from the Byrds and Velvet Underground just to name a few. UniversalWarning-022 CD $10.50 Indian Jewelry Free Gold! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US In 2006, several members of the INDIAN JEWELRY songwriting and performance team found the bitch of fame licking them on the hand. Blinded by vanity, easy fame, self love, and the internet, they went into an early retirement. "Free Gold!" is Indian Jewelry's first full-length in almost two years. It is also their most scathing with dirty hooks, shape shifting grooves, and a lot of attitude. "Free Gold!" is what people will desire. Look for them on tour this spring and summer. WeAreFree-004 CD $11.50 Islands Arm's Way (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US New album from former Unicorns folk. Anti CD $15.25 Isol/Zypce Sima (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Digipak with 16 page booklet featuring the artist's illustrations. Isol and Zypce present Sima, their latest collaboration. Isol: singer, composer, ex-vocalist of the electronic pop band Entre Ríos, singer with the baroque group The Excuse and member of the synthpop American band Alsace Lorraine. She's also an internationally renowned illustrator of books and printed media. For the first time, she composes the melodies in the songs and writes their lyrics on this new record. Zypce: musician, composer. In 1994 he released his CD Nuevo Muerto (New Dead) on which he and his ensemble play his own works of contemporary classical music tainted with industrial reminiscences, although these categories are in fact very dubious labels. He has also composed music for the film, dance and theatre in Argentina and abroad and has performed his experimental compositions with pianist Adriana de los Santos, among others in concert. He builds his own musical instruments and has an extremely elaborate approach to the stage factor. On this CD he composes and arranges the songs by being clearly faithful to his peculiar aesthetics though approaching a pop song format, always with very experimental results. Isol and Zypce are siblings, born and raised in Buenos Aires, Argentina. About Sima: 11 tracks / Voice: Isol / Instrumental arrangements: Zypce / Lyrics: Isol / Music: Isol - Zypce (except "La primera vez" and "Vos me llamás", by Dani Umpi - Adrián Soiza) / Artistic production: Zypce (in "Vos me llamás": Zypce-Cecinini) / Mastering: Nicolás Cecinini. Sima: f. abyss, precipice, crag, depth, chasm. Darla-195 CD $13.00 Jain, Essie Inbetween (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US This stunning new album attains a new high point for the songwriter, exploring the nuances of intimacy as she never has before. The songs are direct and captivating in their honesty, and serve to reflect the artful beauty that can result from periods of clarity. BaDaBing! CD $14.25 Jay, Jeremy A Place Where We Could Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US This is a debut album containing ten songs, but really it is a cinematic escapade into the mind of a singular individual, JEREMY JAY. "A Place Where We Could Go" is a statement of fiction and fact, exploring the shadowy depths of an attitude: the romance of life without the people and things that pull down the corners; create your own world. This universe may have a fairy tale look; it may be illuminated by streetlight. But it will definitely be a safe haven for the exploration of dreams. Think vast landscapes of reverberating storybook endings populated by the more charming characters from John Hughes' movies. Jeremy Jay: dancing, singing and playing guitar. "A Place Where We Could Go" is your hardcopy of the illusive, blonde, Jeremy Jay moon-roof vista. Buena. Krecords-187 CD $11.50 Jay, Jeremy A Place Where We Could Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US This is a debut album containing ten songs, but really it is a cinematic escapade into the mind of a singular individual, JEREMY JAY. "A Place Where We Could Go" is a statement of fiction and fact, exploring the shadowy depths of an attitude: the romance of life without the people and things that pull down the corners; create your own world. This universe may have a fairy tale look; it may be illuminated by streetlight. But it will definitely be a safe haven for the exploration of dreams. Think vast landscapes of reverberating storybook endings populated by the more charming characters from John Hughes' movies. Jeremy Jay: dancing, singing and playing guitar. "A Place Where We Could Go" is your hardcopy of the illusive, blonde, Jeremy Jay moon-roof vista. Buena. Krecords-187 LP $10.25 Jennings, Mason In the Ever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Sixth album for Minneapolis singer-songwriter & debut on Jack Johnson's Brushfire Records. Coming off his 2006 majorlabel bow, Boneclouds, for Modest Mouse leader Isaac Brock's Epic-distributed Glacial Pace label, Jennings retreated to a studio in the woods, where he set himself up with a laptop and two microphones. The title comes from his son talking about where he came from before he was born, "Ya know dad, when I was in the Ever?' It continues his spiritual journey, informed by his love of influences like Leadbelly, Mississippi John Hurt, Hank Williams, Johnny Cash's American recordings and Led Zeppelin, his favorite band of all time. "I just wanted to make sure it's not re-enacted music," he says. "I have no use for being a retro artist. I want to understand my past and come from something." "Every time I hear a Mason Jennings album it changes the way I see the world around me," says Jack. Brushfire CD $13.75 Joan Of Arc Boo Human (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Done with the young and hungry rat-race of band-life, Joan of Arc now exists at the pace their real lives allow. By combining one week of studio time, a stack of songs and a sign-up sheet allowing participants to drop in whenever they could, each track on Boo Human is as wildly different and uniquely constructed as the groups who produced them. The combination of 14 musicians whose previous collaborations include Wilco, Iron & Wine, Bonnie Prince Billy, Beth Orton, and Prefuse 73 yields a truly diverse record that is as intense as it is intimate. Polyvinyl CD $12.50 Joan Of Arc Boo Human (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Polyvinyl LP $12.50 Judys, The Land Of Plenty [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008) PS, US First ever official release for The Judys last album, recorded but never released! In 1990, The Judy's set out to record a new album with a new Judy's sound. Featuring the lineup that had been established over a number of years the band, including Barbara Donaho (keyboards/guitars), Lee Malone (bass), and Darwin Keys (drums), set out to explore new horizons musically and thematically. Land of Plenty injected multi-layered keyboards and guitars, stacked vocals, a gospel choir, and even a bit of banjo into the band's palatte and sought to realize Bean's vision of a new Americana musical landscape. Broad in its scope and daring in its expansion of the band's definition of itself, Land of Plenty was shelved when the group disbanded before the CD's release. While a handful of copies have been given out, this is first time this long sought-after project has been available to the general public. WastedTalent CD $15.00 Judys, The Moo [re-issue] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008) PS, US The original 'Moo' album finally re-issued on CD for the first time! CD sports seven bonus tracks, mainman David Bean's "Modomusic" EP. Released almost four years to the day after Washarama and following an eighteen month hiatus, The Judy's Moo album has a slightly more progressive sound: richer production values, fuller arrangements and thicker harmonies. As the band returned to the stage in 1985, this was the album that showed the band's maturity and development as songwriters and musicians. The twelve songs on Moo, laced with solid-state irony, well-placed cynicism and standard issue Judys' wit, show the band at the peak of their creativity and acted as a springboard for their live extravaganzas. The album was released with The Moo Tour - a month of live performances across the state which included giant cereal boxes, moving conveyer belts of milk cartons, and a dancing cow while the band donned milkman uniforms. Critically acclaimed and fan-revered, The Moo Album continues to be a milestone in Texas pop music. WastedTalent CD $15.00 King Darves The Sum Splits For The Blind Swimmer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US The bedrock of King Darves' New Brunswick based concoction is folk based, but he's not wearing a headband or singing of pixies in the moss. This is somewhere between rolled cigs and the foggy vision of Big Pink from somewhere on Jersey Avenue, or maybe a one-manned Meat Puppets. This release will shock and please when the prettiest sound of his deep, rich voice comes out of the headphones, and it'll make you tap your toes and nod your head like a little girl. DeStijl CD $12.50 Lau Nau Nukkuu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Locust LP $18.25 Lau Nau Nukkuu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US The long awaited sophomore album by celebrated Finnish femme folk fave. Psychedelic, abstract & emotionally captivating - an album of changes. Conceived in tight attics & vacant dens on off hours when her young son Nuutti was fast asleep, this is an intimately crafted 9 song collection that unfolds like dreamlike musical ribbons for the senses & delivers the listener to a place of unhurried contentedness. Locust CD $13.00 Leonhart, Michael Hotel Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US "Hotel Music" is a pastiche of Serge Gainsbourg hooks, bedroom drone, California Pop (by way of Van Dyke Parks), and Downtown experiments. It is a musical portrait by MICHAEL LEONHART, session player to the stars. It was written and recorded over the course of a five-month stint (if a worldwide tour that long can be accurately labeled a stint) playing horns with Steely Dan (yes, Steely Dan). He passed his downtime on the road abusing various camera & cell phone cameras, his portable sampler, laptop and whatever instruments that happened to be within reach. The result is a more experimental trip than his sadly under-heard pop masterpiece "The Ballad of Minton Quigley" (2007, self-released). Leonhart has recorded four solo records in as many years between Steely Dan and Lenny Kravitz touring, as well as sessioning with such diverse artists as Brian Eno, David Byrne, Slash, Steven Tyler and Wynton Marsalis. St.Ives-24 LP $11.50 Leukers, Antonia Hasenlove Picture Disc (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, GERMANY Picture-Disc LP (limited 300). "Hasenlove" is the debut musical release of Hamburg visual artist Antonia Leukers. She's a founding member of "Institut Hasenbart", a 10-piece artist collective dedicated to a meta-scientific research of hares and related social, zoological and aesthetical phenomena in reference to the art world and pop culture. Leukers has previously created stitched, sewed and animated sculptures while casually growing cucumbers, working for a local in-vitro fertilization hospital and advising young people on erotic issues as a German Dr. Ruth for a popular Online magazine. Inspired by a journey to Island, hearing local travel guides spontaneously interweaving their narrations with sudden outbursts of folklore chanting and an encounter with Wolfgang Müller's (Die Tödliche Doris) strategy of transforming and combining his pseudo-scientific, documentary and social research into a musical and artistic performance she started to elaborate her fellow artist's lectures with musical renditions. As a passionate DIY home-recording artist she has soldered her own microphones, used cheap toy instruments, game boys and minidisk recordings of kitchen sounds to create her very own bricolage comic universe. By recycling corny AOR mainstream Rock/Pop songs into some oddly disturbing and wonderfully weird rabbit love songs with newly-made German lyrics and combining these with some truly strange original compositions (ranging from freeform collage to distorted techno to deranged singer/songwriter stuff), she has created a musical love story in 7 parts. Spiritually influenced by (though not really sounding alike) German "Neue Deutsche Welle" artists such as Der Plan and theatrical and surreal performance bands like The Residents her versions of popular love songs sound like a teenage/female Andrew Lloyd Webber on bad acid. This 1-sided vinyl-only picture-disc LP is a strictly limited edition of 300 copies. Both the gorgeous design and ornamental etching on the b-side have been done by fellow Hasenbart founding member Renate Nikolaus. Dekorder-023 LP $21.50 Licht, Alan & Aki Onda Everydays (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Debut collaboration of New York artists and long-time duo partners ALAN LICHT & AKI ONDA, whose combined history connects artists straddling the pop and experimental worlds, including Fennesz, Loren Connors, Takemura Nobukazu, Lee Ranaldo, and Toriko Nujiko. In the past decade their montage-inspired solo work---Licht's permutational guitar and tape pieces on Rabbi Sky and A New York Minute, Onda's field recording recontextualizations on Bon Voyage! and Ancient & Modern---has co-existed with their experimental sound/visual projects Text of Light (Licht) and Cinemage (Onda). "Everydays" is five grandly formed soundscapes that mix Onda's poetic/textural cassette sounds and the rhythmic/lyrical pull of Licht's guitar. Morphing from recognizable structures to dissonant hammered chunks and rapid cut-ups, the album perfectly weaves their signature applications of sound diaries, minimalism, grainy fidelity, looping and free blues into a dynamic and ambitious statement. FamilyVineyard58 CD $11.50 Lodger, The Life is Sweet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Slumberland LP $14.25 Lodger, The Life is Sweet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US Still filled with gorgeous melodies & catchy tunes, but is also deeper & more thoughtful, full of emotional peaks & valleys. Rather than just chip in w/ an album of "more of the same," they've paid extra attention to the arrangements, w/ 12-string & acoustic guitars, lap steel, & violin adding crucial detail & depth to the tunes Slumberland CD $14.25 Low You May Need A Murderer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD) PS, US On several occasions in 2007, Dutch documentary maker David Kleijwegt filmed the legendary chamber-rock trio. This is a portrait of a band set against the scenery of modern day America, a country that according to Low is rapidly becoming a third world country. This high-standard documentary is more than an on-the-road movie or behind-the-scenes video. It shows Sparhawk as the ambivalent main character in an intriguing movie about religion, violence, questions of conscience &-whether concealed or not-madness, that can also be seen as a touching love story. Soulmining DVD $15.75 Mammatus Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US Named for the ominous clouds that are usually seen after the worst of a thunderstorm has passed, they are a lean sludge machine that shoots giant burritos (carne asada) from their instruments. They have no known enemies in the natural world and share symbiotic relationships with hamburgers, subgoths & dragons. Their album was mastered by a wizard so mighty he has no name. They assure you that his abilities far exceed those of any "terrestrial" engineer, for they send the tapes back in time to be woven w/ spells of the nameless one that were spoken of before rock could speak. HolyMountain LP $16.00 Mann, Aimee @#%&! Smilers(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD) PS, US (Digipack Packaging) "I've always been drawn to dark, eccentric personalities," says Los Angeles singer songwriter Aimee Mann. On Smilers, her 7th solo CD, Mann presents thirteen exquisitely-crafted new songs about the inner life of people living far from the bright lights of success or fame. SuperegoRecords CD $16.00 Mates Of State Re-Arrange Us (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US On this release, the duo move beyond their trademark wall of sound with additional instrumentation, including lush strings, guitar, and horns to back up their already honed melodic songwriting. Barsuk CD $12.50 Modey Lemon Season of Sweets (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US This is a fuzzed-out, driving masterpiece w/ catchy hooks beaten to death by guitar/synth mayhem. At the heart of this album is the energy & mysticism of singer Phil Boyd. As primitive as they are futuristic, they recreate the present, molecule by molecule, every second of every breath. Birdman CD $15.25 Mogwai Young Team [expanded re-issue] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, UK The original album remastered and repackaged with an additional CD of bonus tracks including phenomenal live performances from T In The Park and Chemikal Underground's 5th Birthday Party; a BBC session version of "R U Still In 2 It?" featuring Aidan Moffat; a rare Spaceman 3 cover; a radio session track from WNYC and some other stuff. ChemikalUnderground DCD $15.75 Monochrome Set The Independent Singles Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, UK Suave; debonair; sophisticated. Haughty, perhaps, for those who favor the pejorative. Aristocratic in more than one sense, classy in at least as many. The Monochrome Set were effortlessly inventive, literate, poised and immaculate of tuneage, possessed of an internal dialogue as a band that allowed them to surf their own narrative. They were just unlike anything else, in layman s terms. Instead, their sound harked back to a golden era of British pop songwriters. But there was nothing retrogressive about their endeavors. Instead they wrote songs that recreated the drama and promise of a Pearl & Dean interval theme, veering from lullaby to mambo to harmonic pop, accompanied by lush melodies and irresistibly playful lyrics that embraced morbidity at one extreme, and pitch-perfect satire at another. Because they could. Brand new release of Monochrome Set's complete independent singles collection including b-sides and rare tracks Norman Cook aka Fatboy Slim, a long-term fan of the band, has recorded a cover of He's Frank with guest vocals by Iggy Pop and indeed this version has already been broadcast in Heroes. And the word is that this track may even be his next single. TRACKS: 1. HE S FRANK 2. ALPHAVILLE 3. EINE SYMPHONIE DES GRAUENS 4. LESTER LEAPS IN 5. THE MONOCHROME SET 6. MR BIZZARO 7. HE S FRANK (SLIGHT RETURN) 8. SILICON CARNE 9. FALLOUT 10. THE MATING GAME 11. J.D.H.A.N.E.Y. 12. CAST A LONG SHADOW 13. THE BRIDGE 14. JET SET JUNTA 15. LOVE GOES DOWN THE DRAIN 16. KILLING DAVE 17. HOUSE OF GOD (LIVE) 18. SWEET DEATH 19. FOREVER YOUNG 20. HURTING YOU 21. LITTLE NOISES 22. I LOVE LAMBETH 23. KISSY KISSY 24. ALL OVER 25. CLOSING TIME CherryRed-350 CD $15.50 Moonbabies, The Take Me to the Ballroom EP (DELAYED PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 2008) PS, SWEDEN The second single from their latest album 'Moonbabies at the Ballroom' released last Summer on our Hidden Agenda imprint. Features the exquisite title track plus two previously unreleased gems: "Flip-Top Boxer" and "Crispin Glover". Startracks/Hidden Agenda CD5 $2.00 Mudhoney The Lucky Ones (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Subpop LP $12.50 Mudhoney The Lucky Ones (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US The band's eighth full-length album. Deliberately and aggressively raw, it sounds as lean and as full-on as any modern equivalent one cares to mention. Recorded in a scant three and a half days, written and recorded "from the rhythm up" instead of from the riff and lyrics down. The effect is to thrust out the bottom-end rumble of drummer Dan Peters and bassist Guy Maddison, and to bring about a cohesive whole not entirely ruled by the almighty riff. Subpop CD $12.50 Mudhoney Superfuzz Bigmuff: Deluxe Edition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US In 2008 both Sub Pop and Mudhoney are celebrating their 20th anniversary. This is the deluxe, re-mastered edition of "Superfuzz Bigmuff", containing the original EP in its correct running order, singles, demos, and two blistering live recordings from 1988, all re-mastered, or in some cases, mastered for the first time. "...for all the play and worldwide attention several Seattle-area bands got during the 1988-92 period, at the end of the day...there was Mudhoney - and then there was everybody else...These recordings were so life-affirming upon their release, connecting everything great about the sixties (biker movies, fuzz boxes, old guitars, three-minute songs) with the frothing, punk rock of the early 80s, that a whole new 'style' of music was born. They called it grunge, but to me it was amped-up, clear-the-room, ramalama rock...and it was about as joyous and as fun a noise as anyone'd heard in years" - Jay Hinman, liner notes. Subpop DCD $15.00 Music Go Music Light Of Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US MUSIC GO MUSIC have the simple syrup of pop extravagance running through their veins. These arena-sized songs are composed with such savage efficiency that you find yourself humming along before two bars have gone by. They are as assured and crafted as ABBA and ELO's best songs of '76, yet Music Go Music sounds fresh. They've exploded the formulas from the inside out, sounding like a hundred others and no one else. "Light of Love" is a true celebration of pop music's potential - laying a thin sheen of magic over the world around it, and making the tedious bits of the human experience a little less so. "Light of Love" plays like the first three tracks of a future Greatest Hits album. "Speak to me, darling in hushed tones. Tell me your heart's true desire" sings Gala Bell on the title track, equal parts Debbie Harry, Karen Carpenter, and Kate Bush. Maybe it's the wonderfully layered vocals, maybe the rich synth textures, maybe their impossibly uplifting nature, but there is something immediately familiar about these songs. At first listen, we're inexorably drawn into their sphere. For at least a moment, we are surrounded by the halo of their refracted energy - we can bask in the light of love. SecretlyCanadian-169 12 $9.00 My Brightest Diamond A Thousand Shark's Teeth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! AsthmaticKitty LP $12.00 My Brightest Diamond A Thousand Shark's Teeth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH) PS, US AsthmaticKitty CD $12.00 My Morning Jacket At Dawn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US Gatefold double vinyl re-press limited to 1000. 142 gm, red and gold color vinyl 2xLP in gatefold sleeve with matte finish. Their beloved second record (2001). "At Dawn has an Ineffable magic to it from start to finish, one that leads me to scour my brain for words that could describe something that sounds so special. Anytime a pop or rock song can give you chills, that's something. When a whole album can do it that's something else entirely." -POPMATTERS. TRACK LISTING: 1. At Dawn 2. Lowdown 3. The Way That He Sings 4. Death Is My Sleazy Pay 5. Hopefully 6. Bermuda Highway 7. Honest Man 8. X-mas Curtain 9. Just Because I Do 10. If It Smashes Down 11. I Needed It Most 12. Phone Went West 13. Strangulation 14. Bonus track. Darla-111-1 DLP $19.00 My Morning Jacket This Is Not the World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US New album. ATO/Red CD $13.75 My Morning Jacket The Tennessee Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US Gatefold double vinyl re-press limited to 1000. 142 gm, green and blue color vinyl 2xLP in gatefold sleeve with matte finish. Their fabulous debut album (1999). "Released to worldwide critical acclaim, The Tennessee Fire provides proof (200 proof) that heartfelt American music is alive and well and living in Kentucky. A must for anyone who loves the sound of Alt-country mixed with wide open spaces." -ALL MUSIC GUIDE. TRACK LISTING: 1. Heartbreakin Man 2. They Ran 3. The Bear 4. Nashville To Kentucky 5. Old September Blues 6. If All Else Fails 7. It's About Twilight Now 8. Evelyn Is Not Real 9. War Begun 10. Picture Of You 11. I Will Be There When You Die 12. The Dark 13. By My Car 14. Butch Cassidy 15. I Think I'm Going To Hell 16. Bonus track Darla-089-1 DLP $19.00 Names, The Nightshift/Live At Plan K 15/12/2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, UK 24 tracks live DVD by cult Factory Records band The Names, including their December 2007 homecoming concert at legendary Brussels (Belgium) venue Plan K. Shot in High Definition with five cameras and a digital stereo soundtrack, the Plan K section of the DVD features 11 songs, including the classic singles Nightshift, Calcutta and The Astronaut, as well as new tracks including I Am the Rain and Zeroes (a tribute to their former producer Martin Hannett), and an encore cover of the Magazine song The Light Pours Out of Me. These tracks were taped at the memorable A Factory Night (Once Again) event at Plan K staged on 15 December 2007, which also featured performances by Section 25, Peter Hook, Crispy Ambulance and Kevin Hewick. The 120 minute DVD also features several vintage promo clips from 1980-82, including shorts for Nightshift, Light and The Astronaut. An intimate extra bonus feature is provided by Celebration, 9 songs recorded live at a 2005 birthday party for singer/writer Michel Sordinia, at which the band run through versions of a number of Names originals as well as songs by Joy Division and Neil Young. Also available: Swimming & Singles (LTMCD 2324), Spectators of Life (LTMCD 2320). Live Au Plan K (Brussels) 15 December 2007: 1. Light 2. I Am The Rain 3. Calcutta 4. Zeroes 5. The Astronaut 6. I Liked You Better When You Were Dead 7. Nightshift 8. I Wish I Could Speak Your Language 9. Discovery 10. Friendly Fire 11. The Light Pours Out Of Me When We Were Kids: 12. Nightshift #1 13. Light 14. The Astronaut 15. Nightshift #2 Celebration (2005): 16. My Funny Valentine 17. Nightshift 18. The Astronaut 19. Calcutta 20. The Call Of Trains 21. Swimming 22. New Dawn Fades 23. Luka 24. Cortez The Killer. LTM-2522 DVD $21.75 National A Skin, A Night + The Virginia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US This is a documentary about The National by French filmmaker Vincent Moon, who followed the group during the creation of their acclaimed 2007 release, "Boxer" (scanned over 116K). It's an insightful and beautiful glimpse into the band's creative process. The DVD is packaged with a separate disc, "The Virginia EP", which contains twelve tracks of demos, a cover, live versions, a radio session, and b-sides. Look for them on tour with REM and Modest Mouse in May. Coachella confirmed. BeggarsBanquet DVD $17.50 Nisennenmondai Tori/Neji (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD) PS, US Nisennenmondai means "Year 2000 Problem'' and is an instrumental Japanese girl trio from Tokyo. Visits to Tokyo by Lightning Bolt, Battles & No Age and others have unearthed these three girls with the mammoth sound. With song titles such as This Heat, Sonic Youth & Pop Group, one understand which musical territory the band comes from, and if you ad Black Flag, DNA, Neu! & Pere Ubu you are pretty close to Nisennenmondais sound. It's raw & repetitive (post) punk instrumentals, at the same time as they are wild groovy with a no wave/disco vibe to it. This is the first release outside of Japan & it contains the bands two EPs "Neji" and Tori" released as one album with new cover design by Kim Hiorthoy SmalltownSupersound CD $14.50 Notwist The Devil, You + Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Domino LP $17.50 Notwist The Devil, You + Me (Deluxe) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH) PS, US The Notwist make music that's at once impossibly personal and hugely inviting. This release is their most important and moving to date, in the band's nearly 20 year career. Markus Acher's singular voice surrounds you with all the comfort of familiarity, the euphoria of re-acquaintance. It takes a while before the words and the scale of the musical language sink in. The deluxe limited edition is a hard-bound book with full color 24-page insert. Domino CD/BOOK $15.50 Notwist The Devil, You + Me (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH) PS, US The Notwist make music that's at once impossibly personal and hugely inviting. This release is their most important and moving to date, in the band's nearly 20 year career. Markus Acher's singular voice surrounds you with all the comfort of familiarity, the euphoria of re-acquaintance. It takes a while before the words and the scale of the musical language sink in. Domino CD $11.50 Of Sinking Ships S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US NOW ON LP! LIMITED TO 500! Solo project of CHAD WALDRUP (HOPESFALL: THE SATELLITE YEARS). His desire to create thoughtful & diverse instrumental music, bred the thickly layered guitar work; filled w/invigorating rhythmic patterns & a captivating melodic texture. RIYL Tristeza, Tortoise, The Mercury Program. GileadMedia LP $13.50 O'Rourke, Jim Tamper (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US This reissue is a set of 3 acoustic instrumental compositions recorded on analogue tape during the final days of the first digital wave, when everyone but a certain young schoolboy in short pants were looking towards CDs & DATs as the things of the future. Fools! As sweet & virginal as all this sounds, we the listener find ourselves straining to hear unvarnished acoustical sound throughout the album- there's some of that here, but there's definitely some pixie dust in Jim's methods. DragCity CD $13.00 Osorezan Mimidokodesuka (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity LP $14.75 Osorezan Mimidokodesuka (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH) PS, US "Do you like Derek Bailey?" This was the question posed to JIM O'ROURKE on his first meeting w/ bass-playing fury DARIN GRAY. This is Jim on electric guitar & Darin on contrabass bonded w/ CHRIS CORSANO, who's blown the free world on its tony ass w/ his unbridled power, intensely collaborative nature & smooth stickwork behind the kit. Recorded live at the Pit Inn in Tokyo during a 2005 residency. DragCity CD $13.00 Pelt Dauphin Elegies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 24TH) PS, US This first new studio recording in three years picks up where 2005's Untitled CD leaves off-delivering massive slabs of heavy, all-acoustic drone action. VHF CD $14.25 Pia Fraus After Summer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Clairecords is extremely proud to present Pia Fraus' new album "After Summer". After 5 long years, we welcome the Estonian pop geniuses back to the Clairecords label with open arms. "After Summer" is produced by legendary Glaswegian Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub, BMX Bandits, The Pastels etc). Pia Fraus and Norman Blake kept file transfer programs busy for months to exchange soundfiles; this relationship has created something magical. "After Summer" is the 4th proper album from the Pias, and quite possibly their best album to date. No wonder, if your idol takes producer's chair! The album also features some guest musicians: Estonian electronica stars Galaktlan and Pastacas guest on two of the album's tracks. Moreover, "After Summer" has the well-known and well-loved Pia Fraus sound, quality songwriting, a lot of studio tricks and layers of guitars, synths, and boy/girl vocals. This album will bring huge grins to the mouths of Pia Fraus fans, yet at the same time it is a perfect introduction to Pia Fraus for the uninitiated. For fans of My Bloody Valentine, Stereolab, Chicago Underground Quartet, The Pastels, The Beatles, and - of course - Pia Fraus! Clairecords-076 CD $12.25 Pollard, Robert Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! GBV LP $17.25 Pollard, Robert Robert Pollard Is Off To Business (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US With ten songs in 35 min. it's an extraordinary rock tour-de-force. It sports Todd Tobias's cleanest & meanest production yet, giant songs & riffs that pack a wallop, & arguably Pollard's finest singing ever captured on record. Since freeing himself of a band in 2004, his albums have each had very distinct & varied flavors, & his creativity has flowered. GBV CD $16.00 Power Pill Fist Kongmanivong (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US The bassist from BLACK MOTH SUPER RAINBOW's solo album, all of the music was produced on a circuit bent Atari 2600. Dark and intense. For fans of Melt Banana, Autechre, Pan Sonic. Graveface-021 CD $11.50 Rauelsson Tiempo De & Pacifico (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Tiempo De & Pacifico is a collection of fourteen delicate folk-pop songs presented in a double CD package conceptually designed to present music in two acts: Act I (the need to love) and Act II (the need to be loved). Simple, yet full in texture, the sound involves pianos, brushes, acoustic & nylon guitars, and other instrumentation backing softly sung words. You can hear the beautiful voices of folk singers Laura Gibson, Ritchie Young (Loch Lomond) & Bay Area pop maestro Bart Davenport, plus the mandolin & cello of members of Weinland & Horse Feathers, respectively. Hush CD $13.75 Regina, Elis The Voice Of Brazil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, UK Graced by the exquisite arrangements of Roberto Menescal, The Voice of Brazil combines Elis Regina's masterful 1968 LP, Elis, Como e Porque (Elis, How and Why) with recordings made a year later in London where Menescal teamed with Peter Knight (of Moody Blues fame). Although the flawless album she made in 1974 with Tom Jobim is regarded internationally as one of the great treasures of Bossa Nova, almost three decades after her death Elis remains one of the music world's best-kept secrets, a truly great singer who deserves to be recognized beyond her beloved Brazil. Stylistically, Elis Regina is part Dusty Springfield, part Blossom Dearie, considered to be part of the Tropicalia family. El-143 CD $15.50 Royal Bangs We Breed Champions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Laser-fueled, turbo-pop destroyer of bad stuff; a musical group sent down from burger heaven. Previously called "like Radiohead vs. fifteen bottles of Southern Comfort," "nerd fantasia," and "awful" by members of the press. They sound awesome, like a wall of beats from a computer blasting dueling guitar wizards into hot dog hell & sheets of red-hot synth slam dunk singing together as a dangerous old/new pop octopus. AudioEagle CD $12.75 Spiritualized Songs in A&E (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US Sixth studio album is an 18 track opus partially inspired by Jason's hospitalization. Spaceman CD $12.25 Stargazer Assistant The Otherside of the Island (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US The soundtrack to David J Smith's (GUAPO) sculptural works collected under the same name. A strange work comprising of layered vocals, percussion, electronics & prepared strings. AuroraBorealis-018 CD $14.25 Storm of Light And We Wept the Black Ocean Within (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US Feat. Josh Graham, former member of RED SPAROWES & BATTLE OF MICE. The esteemed guitarist/vocalist is joined on this recording by bassist/vocalist Domenic Seita (ex-TOMBS, ex-Asea) & drummer Pete Angevine of Satanized. Since then, rhythmic pugilist extraordinaire Vinny Signorelli (UNSANE, ex-SWANS) signed on as 2nd drummer. This is brutally hard-hitting. Neurot CD $16.00 Storm of Light And We Wept the Black Ocean Within (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Neurot DLP $18.75 Sun Paulo Electric Wisdom Sound System Bitter Sweet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, UK Mating rock guitar with electronic dance dance rhythms, Japan's The Sun Paulo can only be described as a musical roller-coaster, careering through impossibly-convoluted twists, turns and dazzling displays of kinetic virtuosity shot with rampant, crazed energy. Although musical reference points aren't hard to spot, the freewheeling, quite natural way they're gobbled up and spewed back out at often blinding speed makes for a listening experience quite unlike anything else on the planet. Leading the charge is guitarist and founder member Taiji Sato. He started the project in 2000 with DJ Really? who left in 2002 to be replaced by renowned session players Toshiyuki Mori on keyboards and drummer Takashi Numazawa. They've since played a host of major festivals, released their debut album After the Eclipse, soundtracked the movie Kalalu and started Tokyo's regular Wisdom parties in 2004 collaborating with noted DJs including Ken Ishii, Tsyoshi and Hiroshi Kawanabe. Electric Wisdom Sound System can switch gear several times during the course of one track, like "But We Want More", which eventually settles into a mighty slavering funk beast, or, even more extreme, the three part "Electric Western", which manages to straddle jazz, beatific piano-string ambience, belting techno and what sounds like the Mahavishnu Orchestra dry-humping System 7 at the Paradise Garage. Shards of 70s groups like Focus, the Allman Brothers, Santana and the Mothers flash past in what sometimes resembles an aural meteor storm, often colliding with 21st century electronica, all climaxing with an outrageous version of Burt Bacharach's "Close To You" which will carry you off to a higher plane altogether. This album is launch-pad, take-off and best part of one of the strangest trips anyone has had the skill or plain nerve to attempt in recent years. Tracklist 1...i against a speeeeed! 2...~but we want more 3...~another one 4...romanov's boogie 5...electric western part 1: fibre optics 6...part 2: everybody get down 7...part 3: da da da montuno 8...who i am 9...electric lady apple 10...close to you part 1: entrance 11...part 2: exit 12...turn on, tune in, 13...~i really really drop out. MaliciousDamage-633 CD $17.75 Syclops I've Got My Eye On You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US Little is known about the secretive trio. Despite the mystery, this is an engaging record that reveals the full shamanic magic of the trio; a mixture of dark intensity & subtle, crafted musicianship. Soaking in the band's brooding undercurrent, the listener will have to imagine where they find their inspiration; heavy metal riffs over acid house? Playing folkloric instruments w/ old school analog synthesizers in a Finnish laboratory? DFA CD $16.00 Syclops I've Got My Eye On You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DFA DLP $17.25 Tamba Trio The Miraculous Tamba Trio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, UK Propelled by the extraordinary piano playing and arranging skills of Luíz Eça, Tamba Trio are characterized by their very original and highly attractive blending of left field Bossa grooves and almost sacred vocal harmonies. Our program concentrates on the years between 1962-66 and finds the group at an eclectic axis of classical music, Bossa and Jazz and finding a brilliantly original vocabulary. An important landmark in the evolution of modern Brazilian music and far ahead of its time. Tamba Trio was the greatest Bossa Nova group: an institution in Brazil and now becoming better known internationally. El-144 CD $15.50 Thee Oh Sees The Masters Bedroom Is Worth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Tomlab LP $12.25 Tiersen, Yann Tabarly (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, FRANCE LP + FREE CD. For the 10th anniversary of Eric Tabarly's death, a famous skipper from Brittany (Northwest of France), the director Pierre Marcel and Galatée Film release a biography of this unsurpassed sailor on June, 11. Galatée Film did not hesitate at all to suggest another exceptional Breton (from Brittany), i.e. Yann Tiersen to compose the soundtrack of this outstanding film. As usual, Yann Tiersen did not just make a music that illustrates the film, but he made a full-fledged, independent, personal and powerful music. Yann made an instrumental music that gives pride of place to the piano and to the intimate melodies that will delight his biggest fans. This record is a kind of bridge in the artist's evolution, from his first loves to his new folk trend. Under this peaceful, mastered and warm movie soundtrack, lays actually a new album. After Eric Zonca's "la vie rêvée des anges", "Amélie from Montmartre" and "Goodbye Lenin", Yann Tiersen composed his fourth soundtrack and as the previous films, it is a safe bet that it will be a success! The record has been initially made for vinyl and the mastering has been made from this vinyl. The sound is therefore warm and powerful. Lcid'Ailleurs-048 LP $20.25 Torche Meanderthal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US Copious hooks abound & psychedelic swarms of drone weave throughout riff-wizardry on vinyl. RoboticEmpire LP $18.75 Tractor Kings Homesick (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2008) PS, US Long-awaited new album from reverb-drenched country rockers, led by local icon Jacob Fleischli, who evokes both Lou Reed and Bob Dylan in myriad ways. His new band backs him with a rootsy but grand atmopheric sound, thanks to an evangelical pedal steel, equal parts terrestrial and extra...terrestrial. Think "rural cathedral". Recorded by Matt Talbott (Hum, Centaur) at Great Western Record Recorders. Spur-CD-006 CD $9.00 U.S. Christmas Eat the Low Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US The music cannot be ignored. It hurts people, physically & mentally. It stirs intense feelings of pain, frustration, loss, fear, & occasionally euphoria. Snare drums rattle, amps hum & pop, dogs bark in the background. But that's the way it always sounds, & the band doesn't see any point in changing a method that works. Many a drunken bystander has been drawn to the theremin's magic antennae. Neurot CD $16.00 U.S. Christmas Eat the Low Dogs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Neurot LP $14.25 Various A Factory Night (Once Again) 15.12.2007 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, UK 28 tracks. NTSC Region 0. LTM is pleased to present a DVD souvenir of A Factory Night (Once Again), the memorable live event staged at Plan K in Brussels in 15 December 2007 featuring live performances by Section 25, Crispy Ambulance, The Names, Kevin Hewick and Peter Hook. Shot in High Definition with five cameras and a digital stereo soundtrack, the live section of the DVD features 2 hours of in-concert highlights (28 tracks) from all four bands, as well as the encore of the New Order classic Temptation by Section 25 and Peter Hook. Bonus features on the NTSC format Region 0 DVD include poster and photo galleries, as well as a rare 1981 television interview with Annik Honore exploring the early history of Plan K, Factory Benelux and Les Disques du Crepuscule. The 2007 event marked a return of these several original Factory Records artists to the legendary Plan K venue in Brussels after a gap of more than 25 years, during which the venue (a former sugar refinery) had ceased staging live gigs. The event was also a tribute to the late Anthony H. Wilson, the Factory founder who died a few months earlier. LTM-2519 DVD $21.75 Various Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US For fifteen years, TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS has been the preeminent source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised, and outsider musics of various spots and stripes. Now, as its influence radiates outward, the label presents Radium, its "rock" imprint, showcased here with "Impala Eardrums, A Radium Sampler". While minimalist legend RHYS CHATHAM leads the way with a delightful unreleased piece from his mid-80s archives, most of the other contributors are younger folks, from a new generation of performers. It's a diverse bunch, ranging from the raw Americana of MEGAFAUN and JONATHAN KANE, to the humid, pulsating krautrock of ATELEIA and the spectral songcraft of PAUL DUNCAN. NEPTUNE serves up its version of home-forged proto-clangor, while COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES and SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS pour forth in glistening, shimmering waves. Together, these eight tracks - all previously unreleased on CD - have one thing in common: a resolute will to march headlong into the untamed brambles and briar patches of 21st-century sound. TableOfTheElements-812 CD $13.00 Various Impala Eardrums: A Radium Sampler (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US For fifteen years, TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS has been the preeminent source of avant audio, championing minimal, improvised, and outsider musics of various spots and stripes. Now, as its influence radiates outward, the label presents Radium, its "rock" imprint, showcased here with "Impala Eardrums, A Radium Sampler". While minimalist legend RHYS CHATHAM leads the way with a delightful unreleased piece from his mid-80s archives, most of the other contributors are younger folks, from a new generation of performers. It's a diverse bunch, ranging from the raw Americana of MEGAFAUN and JONATHAN KANE, to the humid, pulsating krautrock of ATELEIA and the spectral songcraft of PAUL DUNCAN. NEPTUNE serves up its version of home-forged proto-clangor, while COLLECTIONS OF COLONIES OF BEES and SCHOOL OF SEVEN BELLS pour forth in glistening, shimmering waves. Together, these eight tracks - all previously unreleased on CD - have one thing in common: a resolute will to march headlong into the untamed brambles and briar patches of 21st-century sound. TableOfTheElements-812 LP $14.25 Various Gigantic: A Tribute To Kim Deal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 3RD) PS, US A tribute to one of the most influential and certainly one of the coolest rock chicks of all time. This tribute is a pure labor of love for the label and features indie-rockers from all over the globe covering Kim's impressive body of work. Songs Kim's written for The Breeders and The Amps are covered with utter reverence here. Liner notes by Tanya Donelly (Throwing Muses, Breeders). Mastered by Sean Glonek (Frank Black, OK Go, Kristin Hersh, Dresden Dolls, Mogwai). Produced by Joseph Spadaro (Dig For Fire - a tribute to Pixies, Cinnamon Girl - Women Artists Cover Neil Young For Charity). Original album art by David Yurchuk. Limited edition pressing. Tracklist: 01. The She / WITCH HATS 02. Bragging Party / THE GERMAN ART STUDENTS 03. Cannonball / THE WHEELERS 04. Tipp City / TARA KING TH 05. Do You Love Me Now / MELISSA GIBBS 06. Fortunately Gone / JULIE PEEL 07. Off You / FRANCINE 08. Doe / RIZZO 09. I Just Want To Get Along / DESCARTES A KANT 10. Invisible Man / THE NUEVOS 11. Safari / THE DOUGLAS FIR 12. When I Was A Painter / LE TETSUO 13. Divine Hammer / THE MODIFIERS. AmericanLaundromat-013 CD $12.25 Vetiver Thing of the Past (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Gnomonsong LP $14.25 Vetiver Thing of the Past (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Gnomonsong CD $13.75 Vss Nervous Circuits (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US mastered and the DVD is loaded with select footage from the band's history along with three additional full live sets. "While there's nothing all that unique anymore about an indie rock band mixing in a little electronics, there was something breathtakingly original about The VSS - essentially a hardcore punk band - incorporating these elements. The result was something organic and angry and intensely human, but it was laced with a sharp, robotic edge" - Epitonic.com. HydraHead CD $13.25 We Are Scientists Brain Trust Mastery (DELUXE) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US Incl. BONUS CD feat. live tracks from Union Chapel in London Nov. 23rd. Astralwerks DCD $19.50 We Are Scientists Brain Trust Mastery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US "Those who fail to learn from Hot Hot Heat are doomed to repeat them."- Pitchfork Astralwerks CD $13.00 Wedding Present, The El Rey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US El Rey - the first new album in over three years from The Wedding Present - was recorded in early 2008 in Chicago by Steve Albini. The band returned from an eight-year hiatus in early 2005 with the release of Take Fountain. This long-awaited album brought them back into the spotlight with all the style and sophistication associated with a legendary group, but fans were also pleased to see the band had lost none of the growling angst with which they had burst onto the scene with their 1985 debut, George Best. That intensity has been turned up even further for the new album, El Rey, The Wedding Present's first collaboration with the legendary Albini since the renowned Seamonsters in 1991. Written while David Gedge was living in Los Angeles, El Rey burns with West Coast sunlight; Hollywood seen through the eyes of a gritty Northerner. Speaking about El Rey in Mojo magazine recently, Gedge said: "I've been living in West Hollywood for the last year or so, and while I'm not going to claim that this is my 'L.A.' album, there are some references. I suppose the themes are lust, jealousy, betrayal, regret, and obsession, super-heros the usual. We chose to record with Steve this time because the new songs were sounding very guitary and quite dark. It's been good. As you'd imagine, really; Albini knows his stuff". The Wedding Present will be touring North America in Fall 2008 with the line-up of: David Gedge (guitar & vocals), Terry de Castro (bass), Graeme Ramsay (drums), and Chris McConville (guitar). Manifesto-43904 CD $12.25 Ween Friends EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US 4 brand new songs plus a remix of "Friends", none of which appeared on the new full length Ween album just released last fall. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "What these five songs have in common is that they're lighter on their feet than the Quebec material, and it reconnects Ween to the devilish humor of their best '90s work, along with the excellent songwriting that's always been their backbone. If they can keep this up for a full album, they'll have a fine comeback on their hands, but the Friends EP should be enjoyed on its own for its bright blast of song, especially since none of the tunes will be available on La Cucuracha (with the exception of "Friends," but that will be in an alternate mix)." MVD CD5 $8.50 Whisper in the Noise Dry Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 25TH) PS, US Self described "orchestral garage rock'" band from Hanska, Minnesota give an extremely humble & personal touch to gorgeous, string-laden rock music. Pretty, melancholic, sad & charming. for fans of Low, Arcade Fire, Guided by Voices. ExileOnMainstream-030 CD $13.50 Williams, Devon Carefree (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 13TH) PS, US This debut album, has a melodic complexity that belies its immediacy, & descends from a lineage of great music. Those yearning for a return to intelligent pop music-songs as gratifying on their 1,963th listen as they are memorable after their first-need look no further. BaDaBing! CD $14.25 Windsor For The Derby How We Lost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Despite the connotation of its title, "How We Lost" is a celebratory album. It's a reflective record and, in its own way, celebrates the WINDSOR FOR THE DERBY continuum that's been created from their first release ("Calm Hades Float", 1996) to their last ("Giving Up the Ghost", 2005). Each of these recordings is a sequel to the next both in narrative and musically and as the band's first two records ("Calm Hades Float" and "Minnie Greutzfeldt") were re-released last year they found themselves in constant dialogue about their body of work and the paths they'd chosen. Also a part of that ongoing dialogue were the records that the band finds itself consistently re-visiting (Swell Maps, Section 25, Psychic TV and much of the Factory Records catalog) and what makes those recordings timeless and resonate in a personal way with the band. The songs on "How We Lost" are reflections of those records and those conversations. It's about the band and the ways the band has changed over the years, the things they hold onto and what's been left behind. SecretlyCanadian-141 LP $11.50 Windsor For The Derby How We Lost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 20TH) PS, US Despite the connotation of its title, "How We Lost" is a celebratory album. It's a reflective record and, in its own way, celebrates the WINDSOR FOR THE DERBY continuum that's been created from their first release ("Calm Hades Float", 1996) to their last ("Giving Up the Ghost", 2005). Each of these recordings is a sequel to the next both in narrative and musically and as the band's first two records ("Calm Hades Float" and "Minnie Greutzfeldt") were re-released last year they found themselves in constant dialogue about their body of work and the paths they'd chosen. Also a part of that ongoing dialogue were the records that the band finds itself consistently re-visiting (Swell Maps, Section 25, Psychic TV and much of the Factory Records catalog) and what makes those recordings timeless and resonate in a personal way with the band. The songs on "How We Lost" are reflections of those records and those conversations. It's about the band and the ways the band has changed over the years, the things they hold onto and what's been left behind. SecretlyCanadian-141 CD $11.50 Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH) PS, US Their second album for Sub Pop might just be this generation's "Marquee Moon" or an indie rock "Chinese Democracy" released thirty years early. Better though, to think of it as the sound of a band edging forward into a wispy darkness, one hand reaching out, the other firmly clutching the past. Subpop CD $12.50 Wolf Parade At Mount Zoomer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 17TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Subpop LP $12.50 Wooden Shjips Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US Their earliest material was released on vinyl, pressed in small quantities that were either free or hard to come by & are now hopelessly out of print. Who are we to keep you away from the rush of "Shrinking Moon for You"? Vol. 1 collects all the tracks from the free 10'', the Dance, California 7'', & the SOL 7'' HolyMountain CD $16.00 Wooden Shjips Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! HolyMountain LP $16.00 WRNLRD Oneiromantical War (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 27TH) PS, US Working with guitar, bass, fiddle, banjo, synths & samples; Wrnlrd throws metal, industrial, noise, dark ambient & folk musics into a blackened & bubbling cauldron. Wrnlrd records spontaneous, wordless vocalizations & details the lyrics later, improvises massed guitar tones, buries samples deep into the mix & brings the disruptive & unpredictable elements of improvisation & chance into recording. ONE TIME PRESSING OF 500 on 180 gram vinyl in a gatefold jacket with metallic ink artwork. Comes with digital download code. FlingcoSoundSystem-01 LP $21.75 Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders Baja “Wolfhour” CD $12.25 Bell, The “Make Some Quiet” CD $13.75 Big Fresh “B.F.F. 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