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4 Guitars
Live At Luxx
PS, UK This was a rare quartet of guitars performance that
took place August 8 of 2001 in a now defunct club in Brooklyn
by Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline and Carlos Giffoni.
Its a crystal clear multitrack recording that was later
mixed and mastered by producer Wharton Tiers. Infinite
possibilities are explored as the signature styles of each
of the group members create moments of tension, peace,
violence, and run trough every possible range of emotions.
psychedelic tunnels of sound echo trough endless guitar
lines, minimalism and maximalism both present in one moment,
there are no solos and no selfishness, as 4 combine to
create an unbelievable 40+ minute piece. A document of
pure sonic exploration of a moment in time that will never
be repeated by 4 of the most respected experimentalist
of our day. - Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo from Sonic
Youth. -Nels Cline (countless solo projects + member of
Wilco). - Carlos Giffoni (upcoming composer/improviser
from New York). - Rare live once in a lifetime. guitar
quartet performance from 4 of the most important/in demand
experimental musicians. - Mixed and mastered by producer
Wharton Tiers.
Important-080
CD
$13.75
About
Bongo
PS, US RUTGER HOEDEMAEKERS began his debut album three
years ago and literally worked on it obsessively for a
majority of that time. Having dealt with four collapsed
lungs while producing it, Rutger makes good by creating
what will surely be one of this year's first major breakthrough
records. Straddling the realms of indie rock, electronica,
pure pop with a tiny pinch of breakcore, he's created a
masterful record full of songs that get stuck in your head,
full of tiny details you only hear after repeat listening.
But Bongo is far from another boring indie-tronica record.
It's got this slightly pissed-off edge while remaining
both literate and thoroughly gratifying. This intended
liveliness in the music does not come from letting the
computer do just "whatever." It comes from creating
every little note and sound by hand, like carefully painting
a portrait instead of snapping a Polaroid. He's already
been playing some of the best festivals in the Netherlands,
and has been winning fistfuls of new fans at each show,
expertly straddling the line between rock show excitement
and dance party ass shaking.
CockRockDisco-009
CD
$14.75
Absentee
Hawaiian Disco
PS, US The latest from rising British pop group ABSENTEE
(Memphis Industries). On Hawaiian Disco, the band draw
influences from Neil Young, Bob Dylan, and Lou Reed, joining
infectious melodies and atmospheres with a disarmingly
natural delivery. UK import.
Radiotone-004
CD
$15.50
Amppez
Irony of a Sweet Fruit
PS, US Formed in 2000 in Shizuoka, Japan, Amppez plays
emotional balladic indie rock that has been dubbed "melancholic" by
critics in Japan. This is their 2nd full length 7 first
to be released in the US. The songs are lush and rolling
and soaked in effected guitars creating catch tunes that
retain the shoegazer ethos. RIYL: My Bloody Valentine,
Tsu Shi Ma Mi Re, Shonen Knife, Bleach03, Sunny Day Real
Estate, Fugazi.
BentenTokyo-003
CD
$12.00
Angels Of Light
Everything Is Good Here/Please Come Home 2XLP
PS, US
Important-079
DLP
$26.50
Anorak
For A Limited Time Only
PS, ES Anorak, the bright hope of the Spanish "cooltronica" scene,
coming from Rubí, a village in the province of Barcelona,
have tried with success to translate the teen spirit of
today into the echoes of 80ies synth-pop. In "A Limited
Time Only" the roots and influences include such names
as New Order (specially in "Running Out Of Memories" and "Wet
Fields") and Pet Shop Boys.
Rhonda/HoustonParty-07
CD
$14.75
Arctic Monkeys
Whatever People Say I Am, That's Not What I Am
PS, UK Musically, there are bits of The Stone Roses, What's
The Story Morning Glory, and Nevermind. As catchy as those
reference points are, it's the songwriting that has won
the band a fiercely dedicated following; a mix of the observational
storytelling of Davies and Weller crossed with the harsher
documentary eye of Mike Skinner of The Streets and "Ghost
Town" era Specials.
Domino(UK)-086
CD
$15.25
Ariel Kalma
Osmose
PS, US ARIEL KALMA's magical and weird Osmose originally
released in 1978 masterfully matches RICHARD TINTI's rainforest
field recordings with Ariel's left field minimalist compositional
ideas. Rather than simply relying on the rainforest sounds
providing a pleasant backdrop to the drones, the drones
interplay with the pitches of the natural sounds to create
melancholic, Popol Vuh like grandeurs. The natural chirps
and creaks blend with the music to become similar to ambient
loops themselves; such that their very tonal nature shifts
from being recognizable jungle sounds, frequently phasing
into blurred rhythmic elements under the electronic parts.
Osmose reminds that not only is the rainforest a place
of awe inspiring beauty, but it is also something very
dense and alien. Includes three previously unreleased tracks
from the same sessions, this reissue finally allows the
rainforest to live up to its natural state of untamed jungle.
Beta-LactamRing-01
CD
$14.75
Art Brut
Bang Bang Rock & Roll
PS, UK On black vinyl, includes bonus track "These
Animal Menswe@r"
Cargo-070
LP
$19.50
Ass Ponys
Okra Years
PS, US Reissue of previously out of print material from
the early '90s. Catch the first glimpse of chief songwriter
Chuck Cleaver in his unique, rustictinged Midwestern psychedelia.
Collection of 24 tracks on 2 cds from 2 out of print LPs.
Not everything is included from the original releases 'cos
as the liner notes states..."The simple fact is we
don't care for some of them anymore."
ShakeIt
DCD
$15.00
Atavist
Self-Titled
PS, US The debut album-66 minutes and 6 seconds of pure
punishing doom-from Manchester quartet ATAVIST-featuring
drum lord JAMIE "BOGGY" SYKES who's played with
BURNING WITCH and THORRS HAMMER. "Like the grinding
of tectonic plates, their riffs aren't just heavy, they're
so batteringly, destroyingly crushing that they remain
exhilarating even when single notes hang out for an eternity
before the next one rams into your ears with the force
of an A-bomb.
Invada-025
CD
$15.50
Bad Religion
Live at the Palladium
PS, US Quarter-century-running Los Angeles punk legends
BAD RELIGION captured live in concert during a sold-out
two-night run at the Palladium in Hollywood, Fall 2005.
Thirty-one tracks that span the band's entire career, including
such rarely performed songs as a acoustic piano version
of"Cease." Includes bonus interviews, fan tributes,
rare TV footage (circa 1981-1983), and more.
Epitaph-86659
DVD
$16.50
Bats
At The National Grid
PS, US This is THE BATS the jangly rock band from New Zealand.
Part of the New Zealand bands that were tagged w/the Kiwi-rock
sound amongst other contemporaries The Clean & The
Chills. From a mantric like pick & strum of a chord
from Robert, add bouncing bass w/twist from Paul, a melodic
hook from Kaye on guitar & Malcolm on a beat that just
makes you want to move & dance. The combination of
musical ingredients works perfectly, effortlessly. It's
been like that for 23 years now & the magic doesn't
seem to be fading.
MagicMarker-034
CD
$13.75
Bayside
Live (CD + DVD)
PS, US A CD+DVD release capturing a special acoustic set
performed during the Never Sleep Again tour by BAYSIDE.
Eight tracks, including a cover of the Smoking Popes' "Megan" and
the brand new song "Winter."
Victory-293
CD
$14.00
Beatglider v Shinri
Beatglider v Shinri EP
PS, UK Indie slack-core stars, Beatglider released their
debut album in the late nineties, Beatglider quietly wove
their own path, securing an underground fan base before
coming to the attention of Dakota Records in 2001. Their
2nd album was recorded in Los Angeles with Tom Rothrock
(Beck, Elliott Smith, Badly Drawn Boy).Now the languid
five-piece are back with two new songs. East coast England
meets West coast USA, their music evoking memories of the
late-lamented Pavement, My Bloody Valentine and Galaxie
500, fused with their own brand of wistful melancholia.
Newcomers Shinri features members of the quietly acclaimed
post-rock collective Junkboy (the brothers Hanscomb, who
released their exceptional sophomore album, 'Lost Parade',
on Enraptured Records last summer) and emo-rock kings Cars
As Weapons (drummer Richie Harwood), with vocals by Jay
Thornton (who drew the stunning cover artwork). Shinri
have been working tirelessly on recordings of late, and
'Sever' and 'Corn Fields' mark Shinri's debut recorded
output. Their influences range far and wide -such as Elliott
Smith, & The Flaming Lips to the more esoteric, pagan
melodies of Bert Jansch, Vashti Bunyan and The Incredible
String Band - fusing these ingredients together in their
own inimitable style help to make Shinri a tantalising
prospect.
Enraptured-46
CD5
$12.75
Beautiful Girls
We're Already Gone
PS, US The US debut from Australian groove unit THE BEAUTIFUL
GIRLS. Twelve tracks of posi-rocking that combine "the
melodies of Ben Harper and the sheer power of Bob Marley." Released
by Cornerstone RAS, so you know it's Sublime approved.
CornerstoneRas-049
CD
$12.00
Beck
Guerolito
PS, US
Interscope-05650
LP
$15.25
Below The Sea
Blame It On The Past
PS, CANADA New album from "important" Montreal
instrumental outfit. Review from ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "With
their third opus, Below the Sea have reached maturity.
Blame It on the Past can be approached and assessed on
its own terms, without the need to resort to post-rock
name-dropping. Once again, the band has grown in tightness
and musicianship. Original bassist Mathieu Lévesque
is out, replaced by Victor Meyer, who provides a stronger
anchor for Pascal Asselin's ever-changing drum patterns.
Patrick Lacharité's guitar work has also grown more
varied, with new effects (including some fine backwards
playing) and melodies that sound like a post-rocker tempted
by surf music. Blame It on the Past is a short album, but
its 40 minutes are put to excellent use. Each of the nine
tracks clocks in at somewhere between three and five minutes.
Short and to the point, they all focus on the theme at
hand. Surprisingly, this is done so without sacrificing
on atmospheres -- a key element of the post-rock style.
The trio proves that it is not necessary to spend five
minutes establishing a mood before diving into the first
guitar line. Tunes like "Anonymity," "As
Is," and "Light at Night" manage to lull
the listener into a gentle half sleep, treat him or her
to some exquisite melodies, include a few changes, and
bring him or her back to the real world, all within four
minutes. Even more importantly, these pieces leave a lasting
impression. After a few listens, you'll be whistling a
few of these in the shower. If post-rock as a style has
been accused of self-indulgence (sometimes rightfully so),
Below the Sea remedy the situation. Blame It on the Past
strips off the style's excesses and delivers it in radio-ready
chunks. If there is any justice in the music business,
this album will be the group's international ticket. Highly
recommended."
WhereAreMy-020
CD
$13.50
Benet
Flora Y Fauna
PS, US Benet consists of two French producers, Frederic
Auteil and Bernard-Benet Paul, who, inspired by the European
downtempo and nujazz scene and their favorite director
Claude Sautet, have crafted a beautiful and subtle downtempo
album that will appeal to fans of Kruder & Dorfmeister,
Boozoo Bajou, and Zero 7.
Rasa
CD
$18.00
Bertolino, Paul
Inner Soundtrack
PS, US PAUL BERTOLINO's debut solo effort is the kind of
record that just can't help but make new friends with every
first-time listener. A mix of classic baroque pop, psych,
and power-pop, each track is a timeless example of pop-rock
songwriting at its very best, and is enough to hook the
most jaded music-lover. But this album is more than just
an exercise in mastery of boutique styles. This is an intimate
experience, an Inner Soundtrack, if you will. Just listen
to his sadly-sweet, pitch-perfect vocal sensibilities and
you can forget about coming out the other side. Put it
all together with arrangements that manage to be lush and
spatial without ever sounding slick or overproduced. Both
sides of your cranium will feel the love. Paul draws from
a well that incorporates the best elements of ballsy '60s
jangle-rock, '70s AM gold, and maybe even a pinch of Radio
Shack synth swagger. Almost in spite of that, it's songwriting
so solid and proprietary that it refuses to be picked apart
into its base elements.
AntennaFarm-515
CD
$12.75
Bibio
Hand Cranked
PS, US Follow up to 2005 debut is a 14 cut collection of
idyllic, found-sound & lazy Sunday musical ramblings,
focusing on his passion for saturated guitars, warbling
effects & natural beauty though with a slightly more
whimsical feel this time.
Mush-244
CD
$16.25
Bizzy B
Science Volume 5 (2 x 10")
PS, US
PlanetMu-127
10
$14.75
Bjorn Torske
Ny Lugg (Kort bak/lang på siden)
PS, US First release since the wonderful 2002 album "Trøbbel" on
Telle. He set the Smalltown office on fire with his brilliant
psychedelic disco mix of MENTAL OVERDRIVE`s "Diskodans" track
(done under the name Dr Senneps Hevn). Title track is quirky
avant-disco in typical Torske style, followed by two long
tracks of dark, heavy, psychedelic, dubbed out avant-garde
dance/electro. The last track on the 12", "Dübet," features
the Bjorn Torske Big Band which is: Jørgen "SIR
DUPERMANN" Træen of TOY, John Hegre of JAZZKAMMER/KAPTEIN
KALIBER and David Asheim of KAPTEIN KALIBER. 30 mins of
new music from the godfather of the Norwegian club scene!
Full LP in later 2006.
SmalltownSupersound-11112
12
$10.25
Black Watch, The
The Hypnotizing Sea
PS, UK Thirteen new tracks from "the most criminally
under-appreciated indie band in America" (The Big
Takeover, USA). Possibly their strongest set of songs to
date, and certainly a modern day pop classic! This is the
bands first UK album release, and will hopefully go a long
way to helping them achieve the same repuation and adoration
in Europe as they have enjoyed for so long now in America.
PinkHedgehog
CD
$12.00
Blackavar
Self-Titled
PS, US Her voice is in a comfortable crowd with Kim Gordon,
Nico & Hope Sandoval. These songs are beautiful, somber,
almost-but-not-quite morose; a gorgeous melancholy permeates
the proceedings - an album perfectly set for the grey skies & chill
of fall turning to winter. Feat. NIC KRGOVICH (P:ANO),
STEFAN UDELL (BEANS), IDA NILSON (BEANS, THE GAY, GREAT
AUNT IDA).
Transsiberian-026
CD
$13.75
Blackshaw, James
O True Believers
PS, US When UK-native James Blackshaw plays his 12-string,
something spiritual takes place. This unassuming 23 year-old
is transformed into a guitar god whose name belongs alongside
the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and Glenn
Jones. Making instrumental, solo, acoustic music that remains
consistently interesting and moving is a difficult task.
Yet, time after time, Blackshaw hits out of the park, constantly
breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat
limited medium. O True Believers is the latest in a string
of impressive releases, all with their own mood and inspiration.
An untrained musician living in the isolated suburban environs
of Greater London, Blackshaw draws inspiration not only
from the early Takoma Records roster, but from sources
as varied as the sublime film-work of Werner Herzog, the
books of Richard Brautigan and an endless amount of music:
free-jazz, 60's psych, drone, ethnic music and modern-day
composers, to name a few. He is also an enthusiastic runner,
part-time poet and a keen reader of books on Hindu and
Sufi religion and mythology. Consisting of mainly solo
12-string acoustic guitar, played in a finger-picked style
not too sissimilar to Robbie Basho, perhaps Blackshaw's
biggest inspiration, James Blackshaw has devised new tunings
and new techniques both of which are in full display on
O True Believers. In these part improvised and part written
songs, Blackshaw traverses between Eastern and Western
scales; simple and incredibly intricate picking patterns;
waves of fast, powerful rolls and glass-fragile harmonics.
The album is embellished with other instruments such as
the Hindustani tamboura and harmonium and a specially tuned
psaltery of Eastern-European origin called a Cymbala. Like
most of his previous work, O True Believers may be born
of a finite moment of hope in a sea of infinite sadness,
a fleeting moment of fragile beauty that extends beyond
it's physicality. Unlike past albums, the listener's feeling
upon conclusion is more ambiguous: there is no happy and
immediate resolution, as if ghosts of the past will find
themselves resurfacing time and time again in the future,
an idea which is reflected in several reoccurring themes
within the songs themselves. Colourful ragas sit next to
mournful Fahey-esque refrains, triumphant mountaintop marches
besides almost neo-classical chord changes, endlessly repeating
until there is only transcendence. This is James Blackshaw
at his most vunerable and sincere and, with that, there
comes rare and wonderful qualities to his music: truth
and freedom. James Blackshaw has toured and collaborated
with artists such as Josephine Foster, Peter Wright, Taurpis
Tula, Ashtray Navigations in the UK and Europe and is due
to tour the US in the summer of 2006. James is also confirmed
and has contributed tracks to two forthcoming compilations
in 2006, which sees him alongside the likes of Six Organs
of Admittance, Marissa Nadler, Christina Carter, John Fahey,
Robbie Basho and Peter Lang.
Important-084
CD
$13.50
Blake, Ran
All That Is Tied
PS, US 35th album since his 1965 ESP debut. Collaborator
w/Braxton, Jordan, Lacy & others & teacher to John
MEDESKI. "So hip it hurts. A pianist who can make
you laugh at his wry humor one second & wring a tear
the next."-Downbeat.
TompkinsSquare-1965
CD
$15.00
Blau, Karl
Lake King's Daughter
PS, US Feat. a song from "Beneath Waves" and "A.M." to
be released later in the year on side B.
OnPurpose-006
45
$4.75
Boogie Down Productions
Best Of The B-Boy Sessions
PS, US They tracked down the original reel to reel master
tapes from the B-Boy Sessions circa 1985-87 & some
of the tracks were unearthed will melt your mind. Original & alternative
versions, megamixes, rare early tracks + much much more.
Many of the songs have never been on CD, released, or heard
by anyone outside of the B-Boy camp. Packaged in an 8 panel
wallet.
Traffic-3306
DCD
$17.00
Boy Omega
Black Tango
PS, US New album from gush-worthy Swedish singersongwriter
Martin Gustafsson. Think Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and
The Cure's Robert Smith, Damien Rice and Devendra Banhart,
with a ruddy twist of Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame and more
than a hint of Bear Quartet frontman Mattias Alkberg's
notorious croon... Scandinavian melancholy at it's most
heartbreaking and tangible, with a nifty new injection
of electronics, striking a nice balance with Martin's heartbreaking
acoustic epicery.
SlightRecord
CD
$9.00
Boyd, Phil & the Hidden Twin
Self-Titled
PS, US A brand new album from PHIL BOYD, the songwriter,
singer and guitarist of turbulent Pittsburgh electronic-laden
rock band MODEY LEMON. An ode to moments spent alone amidst
the traveler's transience performed with acoustic guitars,
percussion and Boyd's sweet voice. For fans of Townes Van
Zant, Tyrannosaurus Rex, Neil Michael Hagerty, Cat Power,
and Neil Young.
FauxTotem-01
CD
$11.25
Boyracer
It's Not True Grit, It's Real Dirt
PS, US Boyracer have done it again, this time a new double
grooved single w 8 songs depending on where you drop the
needle you'll get either the electric or acoustic versions.
This is a 4 way split w/555, Parapop, Yellow Mica, & HHBTM.
The HHBTM version comes in a different sleeve.
HHBTM-068
45
$4.50
Bragg, Billy
Volume 1 (9XCD)
PS, US Nine-disc box set includes 2 bonus DVDs w/ previously
unavailable live footage. The releases include his debut,
along with "Brewing Up With Billy Bragg", "Talking
to the Taxman About Poetry" & a disc that combines
the "The Internationale" & "Live & Dubious" EPs.
Each release will feature the re-mastered original & a
second disc of bonus material, much of it previously unavailable & handpicked
by Billy & longtime Bragg cohorts Grant Showbiz & Wiggy
-- a labor of love indeed. Box Set.
YepRoc-2600
9XCD
$70.50
Brief Candles
They Live We Sleep
PS, US Their debut full-length offers a stunning landscape;
guitars lift then grind, & lilt again, above an insistent
rhythm section driven as if built by the gods. Add to this
ethereal vocals delivered by Jenifer & Kevin Dixon & you
won't need a map... Just put on this album & keep driving.
LatestFlame-13
CD
$12.75
Brothers With Different Mothers, The
Daffodils and Devils
PS, JP Imagine a world where The Monkees were played by
The Stone Roses. From Manchester, UK, The Brothers With
Different Mothers love the vibe of the live stage, at the
same time being masters of pulling pop magic out of the
studio hat. "Daffodils and Devils" features 12
cuts, five of which appeared briefly on a self-released
album which quickly sold out in 2004. Opening track, the
brass-driven dancefloor bouncer "Rocktopussy" was
released as a single in the UK and gained play on both
the BBC and
Virgin Radio. It also attracted international attention,
gaining radio play as far away as Sweden, and winning fans
from around Europe. There are nods to the Stones, Supergrass,
CSNY and The Super Furry Animals, but with a sound and
attitude that is theirs alone, The Brothers distill their
own tasty brew. "Daffodils and Devils" is English
pop at its very best, refined yet fresh. You can dance
to it, sing along to it, dream to it. Legendary US producer
Kim Fowley says "The Brothers With Different
Mothers are wonderful...a 21st century variation on Aztec
Camera and Simon & Garfunkel...what they promised,
TBWDM deliver...". The Poptones website (Alan McGee's
post Creation Records label) made TBWDM their 'Download
of the Week' recently and said "The Brothers with
Different Mothers have taken up the DNA of the psychedelic
prime minister of hippie-punk-rock-freakery David Crosby
and twisted and turned it into a completely different m*therf*cker
that is next to impossible not to love...".
Quince-030
CD
$14.25
Buff Medways Vs. Buffets
Split
PS, US THE BUFFETS are the female counterparts to BILLY
CHILDISH's BUFF MEDWAYS, much the same as what the Headcoatees
were to his Headcoats. The Buffets sing "Just 15" (with
special guest LUDELLA BLACK) and "Ivor." The
Buffs sing "I'm Glad I'm Not Like David Wise" and "What
You Got" (XFM session). Limited edition of 1000 copies.
DamagedGoods-258
45
$6.00
Bullwackies All Stars
Dub Unlimited
PS, US Originally released on Senrab in '76 & feat.
a brilliant selections of 7''s & 12''s. Core rythm
tracks from Treasure Isle, Jamaica, then remixed by KING
TUBBY at the Sounds Umlimited studio in NYC. Feat. dub
versions of classic songs by the LOVEJOYS & WAYNE JARRET.
Wackies-36
DLP
$21.75
Buzzcocks
Trade Test Transmission
PS, US Stomping & well received come back album from
1993 that spawned 4 singles & a Top 50 rating by Q.
Incl. 6 bonus tracks both live & 12" singles.
Cast le-36188
CD
$14.00
Cacti Widders
One Way Ticket
PS, US Perfection is hard to build on especially when you
constantly break barriers. It's a little country & little
rock n' roll & surely the stand up bass will rock your
socks off. Fear not fans, there are still plenty of blistering
rock ballads about their sinful lives & questionable
living standards. Definitely enjoyable for anyone who loves
booze, women & guitars.
FallenAngel-004
CD
$12.75
Cadillac
Magnetic City
PS, NORWAY JIM'S PICK: New album from Norwegian noiserockers
Cadillac. Riding a wave of dirty fuzzed up guitar riffs
lead track Locomotive sets up what essentially Cadillac
do best - and that's rough edged and scruffy rock with
more bite than Dracula and more balls than Wimbledon. Sounding
at times like a violent exchange between Queens Of The
Stone Age and Interpol, Cadillac write dark pop songs welded
to noisy guitar assaults... At times rough edged and angry
and at others darkly cool and focused, Cadillac are a band
that are never without total conviction and attitude. Think
At The Drive In and QOTSA, Monster Magnet and Black Rebel
Motorcycle Club, and fellow Scandinavians The Hellacopters
and Gluecifer. Of course there's some shadwoy atmospheric
pop and epic prog weirdness explored here as well...they're
Norwegian! Includes a cover of Siouxsie's "Arabian
Knights". Kerrang REVIEW: "Blunt riffs and windswept
melancholy from Norway. For the first couple of tunes -
bludgeoning grooves based around coal-black riffs - Cadillac
are well-named; a gleaming, diesel-scented monster of riff,
barking with malevolence and sleaze. A mid-album slip into
softer but no less angst-driven scenes reveals a indie
flesh behind the caustic armour, but - singer Per Borten's
lapses into a Bono-esque warble aside - these more thoughtful
passages are no less affecting, offering a further depth
to their pointed powerchords. Producer Rich Robinson resists
the urge to instil some rootsy Black Crowes-esque vibe
to proceedings, instead polishing Cadillac's anguished
screamo up to a fierce, melodic sheen."
KongTiki
CD
$12.00
Cage, John
Piano Works 7
PS, US Margaret Leng Tan performs "Chess Pieces," "Sonatas & "Interludes
for Prepared Piano" & Vittorio Rieti performs "Chess
Serenade."
Mode-158
DVD
$26.50
Campbell, Isobell/Mark Lanegan
Ballad Of The Broken Seas
PS, US Campbell (formerly of Belle And Sebastian) and Lanegan
(formerly of Screaming Trees; currently occasional frontman
of Queens Of The Stone Age) come together on this release.
There's a sense of contrast, between Isobel's aching, pristine
chill of a vocal, and Lanegan's wounded, regret-stewed
burr. Praise for the "Ramblin' Man" EP (released
in December) was excellent: "...a balm to the bitter
soul, their voices interlocking magically" - Three
Imaginary Girls Blog. "The lyrics...suggest the fatalistic,
obsessional nature of attraction" - Uncut. Support
for this full-length should be just as outstanding.
V2
CD
$14.50
Caroline
Murmurs
PS, US A thing of blessed beauty that defies easy description.
It is nearly impossible to attach worRdess tiod tehnec
seupernatural brilliance of these songs. From the weeping
trumpet & innocent lyrical sentiments of the opener
to the cinematic tide of "Winter" - it's a truly
masterful album. No samples were used: dozens of live acoustic
instruments - pianos, harps, bells, guitars, strings & hand
drums - are shaped around her crystalline voice & threaded
together by warm bass & dense beats.
Temporary-097
CD
$9.75
Cars Can Be Blue
All the Stuff We Do
PS, US Simple, fun, catchy songs that combine bubblegum
pop w/a satirical, sometimes even NAUGHTY sense of humor.
Think Dressy Bessy w/Sarah Silverman singing, Tullycraft
meets Adam Sandler, Beat Happening meets Tenacious D.
HHBTM-069
CD
$11.00
Case, Neko
Fox Confessor Brings The Flood
PS, US Neko is a major poet by any standard, a songwriter
less interested perhaps in traditional narrative form than
in distilling a pure moment of time. She claims no genre,
nor utilizes any classic formula for her songs and singing.
More than anything she thrives in the spaces in between
her music. After two years in the making, "Fox Confessor
Brings The Flood" is in many ways the sum total of
her journey.
Anti
CD
$13.75
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Etiquette
PS, US Fourth LP expands Ashworth's color palette to include
a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flutes, pedal
steel guitars, drums, drum machines & synths. His strongest & most
cohesive work to date. Incl. guest musical & production
help from members of DEAD SCIENCE, DEAR NORA, PAPERCUTS, & DEGENERATE
ART ENSEMBLE.
Tomlab-065
LP
$13.50
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Etiquette
PS, US Fourth LP expands Ashworth's color palette to include
a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flutes, pedal
steel guitars, drums, drum machines & synths. His strongest & most
cohesive work to date. Incl. guest musical & production
help from members of DEAD SCIENCE, DEAR NORA, PAPERCUTS, & DEGENERATE
ART ENSEMBLE.
Tomlab-065
CD
$14.25
Centipede E'Est
Cheeks Of Neptune
PS, US The debut album from Pittsburgh free rockers CENTIPEDE
E'EST. Nine tracks of lurching and driving rock damage
recorded by experimental filmmaker SCOTT CARNEY in rural
Alabama. An "...explosion of speaker-shredding fuzz-guitar-skronk,
sinister funk grooves, sprawling post-punk jams, a haunting
'Revolution 9'-esque tape loop of Karl Hendrick's daughter
and several cuts that had to have resulted in severely
damaged vocal chords."-Ed Masley, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
100LegsUnderTheSea-001
CD
$12.00
Centro-matic
Fort Recovery
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Misra-039
LP
$13.50
Centro-matic
Fort Recovery
PS, US The music comes on like a sound from a distant dream,
something new, yet unmistakably familiar. Clear images
adding up to something a little vague, but in such a comforting
way. All four of them together for ten years now. Their
brand new album is their best yet. My un-mastered CD copy
is my favorite album of 2006 & honestly my favorite
new album of the past five years. I have listened to it
several times a day for three weeks straight and like those
great masterpieces of old I still find new things to love
at every listen."- Patterson Hood (Drive By Truckers).
Misra-039
CD
$12.33
Cervenka, Exene & Original Sinners
Sev7en
PS, US Second LP from X vocalist & backing band now
consisting of the St. Louis' 7 SHOT SCREAMERS.
Nitro-15868
CD
$14.50
Chas. Mtn.
Hugs
PS, US With influences rooted in gangster rap, dub, films
featuring Keith David, & punk, NED EGG & GARY WAR
wanted to start from scratch. The result was an album of
simple but honest hardcore-kraut-folk songs with lyrical
material ranging from the depression & hopelessness
of pan-capitalism to the
contempt derived from the manipulation of women.
WesternVinyl-37
CD
$14.50
Che
Sexy 70 - Music Inspired By The Brazilian Erotic Movies
of the '70s
PS, US A tribute to the sounds of older Brazilian porn
movies, done in a style that's really faithful to the original
sound of the '70s-a mode that's never too kitschy, never
just easy funk-but really well-done work with a tremendously
groovy sound. Producer CHE originally wanted to make a
compilation of the best music from '70s Brazilian pornochanchadas,
but found that the source material was in such bad shape
that he couldn't do the job right, so he headed into the
studio with a key group of musicians who really get the
original sound of the films, and who revel here in a hiply-jazzy
take on older grooves. The overall sound here is more jazzy
and bossa-based than some of the skunkier funk of '70s
US porno with echoes of Italian soundtrack work of the
same period. Instrumentation includes lots of keyboards
and vibes, and the sound could easily be passed off as
a '70s original.
VampiSoul
CD
$20.00
Cheap Trick
Dream Police
PS, US 1979 LP is a tour de force of ambitious songwriting,
skin tight ensemble playing, adventurous orchestration & Zander's
versatile vocal prowess & reached #6 on Billboard.
Altogether that equals a classic album. Expanded w/3 live
tracks from 1979 & the single version of "Dream
Police".
Legacy-94485
CD
$12.75
Cheap Trick
All Shook Up
PS, US 1980 LP solidified their status as one of the great
acts in rock. From the Who-ish opening orchestral blasts
of "Stop This Game" to the elegiac Lennonesque
ballad "World's Greatest Lover," they were clearly
on the creative roll of a lifetime. Incl. the 5 song "Found
All the Parts EP" unreleased on CD until now.
Legacy-94484
CD
$12.75
Ciccone Youth
Whitey Album
PS, US SONIC YOUTH doing all Madonna covers on this reissue
of the Blast First classic. Features the "Burnin'
Up" demo feat. MIKE WATT (MINUTEMEN) & GREGG GINN
(BLACK FLAG).
Goofin-09
LP
$13.50
Citay
Self-Titled
PS, UK Out of San Francisco, Citay is a new project by
Ezra Feinberg, formerly of Piano Magic, in collaboration
with Tim Green from The Fucking Champs. Citay, named for
the way the word "city" is often sung, is a powerful,
elegiac blend of seemingly disparate musical elements.
Taking its cue from the dramatic song structures of 1970s
AM rock, Citay combines Led Zeppelin acoustic guitars and
organs with soaring guitar harmonies and lush, choral voices.
The influences of the early records of Mike Oldfield, Roy
Harper, John Fahey, and more recently the Japanese band
Ghost can be heard as well. Certain moments sound like
the long, baroque intros of Metallica songs (before the
metal takes over) while other moments unleash themselves
in triumphant builds and emotional landings. The sound
is rounded out by breezy, distinctly psych-ed vocal harmonies
of The Byrds and The Beach Boys, adding a blissed-out flavor
to the blend. The result is something entirely new. With
smoking Thin Lizzy dual leads and California vocal harmonies,
Citay will soon be enchanting the kids from the city to
the country and back again. After spending 6 years in the
indie rat race of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ezra Feinberg
moved to San Francisco to record with Tim Green of The
Fucking Champs, a veteran of the SF scene who moved to
the Bay Area after time in Washington, D.C. as a member
of that city's seminal punk band The Nation Of Ulysseys.
Feinberg and Green had been friends for a while and enjoyed
a mutual love of old psychedelic and proto-metal records.
Tired of asymmetrical haircuts and hipsters talking about
Gang Of Four all the time, Feinberg arrived to the West
Coast searching for those moments of rock history that
had fallen off the radar. Work on Citay began in the fall
of 2004. Accoring to Feinberg, "When Citay started
I had been thinking of acoustic Led Zep and the first 2
Heart albums (Dreamboat Annie and Little Queen). Also the
drama throughout Queen II, and the trippy/spooky Black
Sabbath bongo songs where Ozzy's voice has tons of chorus
to make it kind of watery and lava-lamp-y. Led Zep, Heart,
and Sabbath are not really known for their acoustic moments,
and I hadn't heard anyone taking a cue from that stuff
and I felt like it was time someone tried to do something
new with those ideas... " Citay is produced by Tim
Green who has produced albums by Sleater-Kinney, Comets
On Fire, The Melvins, The Donnas, Bikini Kill, Trans Am,
and many others.
Important-071
CD
$12.50
Cline, Patsy
Heartaches
PS, UK Import exclusive compilation featuring 18 tracks.
Tracks: 1. Heartaches 2. Have You Ever Been Lonely 3. Faded
Love 4. Anytime 5. So Wrong 6. Shes Got You 7. Imagine
That 8. Always 9. He Called Me Baby 10. I Cant Help It
(If Im Still In Love With You) 11. When I Get Thru With
You (You'll Love Me Too) 12. Someday (You'll Want Me To
Want You) 13. Leavin On Your Mind 14. When You Need A Laugh
15. Your Cheatin Heart, 16. I Fall To Pieces 17. A Poor
Mans Roses (Or A Rich Mans Gold) 18. Crazy.
MusicClubUK-901972
CD
$13.50
Cluck, Diane
Black With Green Leaves / Macy's Day Bird
PS, US This deluxe double cd, priced the same as a single
disc, pairs up Diane Cluck's 2nd full length album Macy's
Day Bird with the ep titled Black With Green Leaves. Both
were originally was released by Diane in an elaborate tiny
handmade edtions. These are arguably Diane's most compelling,
immediate and striking records and it was these two recordings
that originally caught the ear of Important Records in
2001. Macy's Day Bird/Black With Green Leaves is highly
recommended to Diane's many new fans who picked up on her
after the release of Oh Vanille/Ova Nil in early 2005.
The attentive listener will find her hauntingly clear voice
weaving melodies of love, pain and city life through sparse
arrangements of piano, acoustic guitar and harmonium. This
material is newly restored/mastered by James Fei. Oh Vanille/Ova
Nil was recently given the status of No. 2 US Underground
album of 2005 by the UK's esteemed Mojo Magazine. "i
made these albums a few years ago for myself and friends
about myself and friends. to me they're total fidelity
recordings-- true documents of how i felt / what i experienced
in a particular time and place there. have been suggestions
that i rerecord to make the songs sound some version of
more appealing... but i'd rather keep flowing / playing
in the moment things come out right the first time even
if they are hard to look at / hear in that form those tend
to be the forms which teach me the most about myself /
the world...don't apologize for yrself! be a mess...be
whatever... these songs were important for me to make & record
if they're useful / helpful to other people i'm glad about
that !" - Diane Cluck. - This double cd is housed
in a deluxe gatefold cardboard sleeve of the highest quality
and priced modestly as a single cd. - Diane's previous
album on Important was met with much acclaim and Mojo magazine
elected it underground album of the month. - Diane Cluck
is recognized as a key figure in the downtown NYC folk
scene and has been praised in the press by Devendra Banhart
and many other popular folksters. - Diane has toured Europe
and the United States extensively in the last few years.
- She appeared alongside Iron & Wine, Vertiver, Joanna
Newsom, Six Organs Of Admittance, White Magic, Matt Valentine,
CocoRosie, Vashti Bunyan and many more on the 2004 Golden
Apples Of The Sun compilation in Arthur Magazine. This
collection was called "Essential" by Mojo Magazine.
- Diane has played with Cocorosie, Devendra Banhart, Genesis
P-Orridge, Kimya Dawson, Herman-Dune, Barry Bliss, Jeffrey
Lewis and many more.
Important-078
DCD
$13.50
Colossal Yes
Acupulco Roughs
PS, US Debut solo work from COMETS ON FIRE drummer Utrillo
Kushner & featuring members of DRUNK HORSE & CUTS.
Pure & honest piano-based rock in the spirit of, uh,
Spirit, Badfinger, Procul Harum & The Band.
BaDaBing!-046
CD
$14.50
Comes With A Smile
#20
PS, UK
ZINE
$17.75
Controller.Controller
X-Amounts
PS, US Follows their debut EP with more rhythmic, energetic
post punk disco.
PaperBag-015
CD
$15.00
CoStar
Keep It Light
PS, NORWAY Brristling rock and solvent pop from Norway's
CoStar, compared to Keane, Ian Brown, and occasionally,
somehow, Foo Fighters.
KongTiki/OnlyEver
CD
$12.00
Covenant
Skyshaper
PS, US The most anticipated electro pop album for 2006
has arrived. A towering inferno set to put dance floors
on fire. Covenant has once again created an album of monumental
proportions free of any filter, with songs ranging from
infectious beats to electro-clash to quiet beauty. Creating "Skyshaper" was
a labor of love for the band. Locked inside a studio for
months without distractions, Covenant gave the creative
process their full attention, and fans will not be disappointed.
Metropolis
CD
$15.25
Craft
Fuck The Universe
PS, US ON VINYL!!! This is the final unholy razor sharp
nail in the coffin for Swedens ultra-grim Black Metal disciples.
After 3 absolutely incredible albums they are letting their
creation die a slow painful death. It's crammed with unrelenting
violence, hatred, & contempt for the outside world.
For everything. A absolutely lethal fusion of unsuspectingly
catchy, well played rifs & instinctual bleak songwriting
provide the foundation for sinister enigmatic vokills to
infest the final diseased resulting song.
SouthernLord-54
DLP
$20.00
Crank Sturgeon/Gastric Female Reflex
Split
PS, US On one side, Torontosaurs GASTRIC FEMALE REFLEX
expose their vulnerable underbellies by offering the gift
of song, as transmitted through the cackle of thirty-meter
bronze age jump ropes, and then swatted with limitless
spools of tape culled from businessmen's faculty tape recorders.
The flipside is deepwoods Maine-based CRANK STURGEON, taking
a similar story and running it into the side of a convent
full of shark-eating nuns. Setting loose the angry hornets,
these ladies of the lord respond with high-powered leaf
blowers, stopping now and again to play a little violin
and pee in their dixie-cups. Not your typical avant 'electro-acoustic'
record, both projects assure this baby can dance like a
school of fish, drunk on mercury and Tab cola perhaps,
but to an effect that is glorious and spacious; snakey
and experimental as all hairy heck, yet an electro-doot
we can all blorp and weeze and get primitive with."-Crank
Sturgeon
BenniferEditions-007
45
$7.75
Crawling With Tarts
Ochre Land Blue Blue Skies
PS, US Composed by Michael Gendreau (1996-7), incorporating
conceptual information from Suzanne Dycus-Gendreau. Grand
Surface Noise Opera Nr. 7: The Decadent Opera (Rococo).
(35:02). Long overdue, long promised release. This may
be the last Tarts track (and opera) and one of the first
solo composed Gendreau recordings. Wonderful music and
sounds.
Pogus-039
CD
$13.75
Curse Of The Birthmark
Welcome to the Hard Times...You're Late
PS, US The latest in grinding attack-noise rock action
from San Francisco's CURSE OF THE BIRTHMARK-WEASEL WALTER,
ERIC PARK, and SIMON PHILLIPS. Five screaming tracks for
fans of Arab On Radar and the shit on Load Records.
DeletedArt-014
12
$10.25
Cuts
From Here on Out
PS, US Third LP of "Nuggets"-drenched garage
rock glory. Matthew Smith of OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY produced
this perfect distillation of garage pop, proto- punk, power
pop, 70's glam & West Coast jangle.
Birdman-086
CD
$16.25
Cuts
From Here on Out
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Birdman-086
LP
$9.75
Czars
Goodbye
PS, UK Goodbye is filled w/incredible songs notable for
their rich production, incredible musicianship &, of
course, John Grant's beautiful baritone vocals, painting
broad textures over dense sonic space. Lyrically, the album
deals w/themes of loss, regret & change.
BellaUnion-401
CD
$16.00
Damned
Neat Neat Neat-Anthology (3XCD )
PS, US Complete collection of their punk roots incl. the
first punk single, "New Rose", their Stiff & Bronze
recordings & an album of live goodness full of irrepressible
Damned energy. Digitally remastered.
Castle-36197
CD
$24.50
Danielle Dax
Bad Miss M: Danielle Dax Live
PS, UK The first ever DVD to feature Britain's queen of
Psychedelia, Danielle Dax. A performer whose enigmatic
and experimental work reflected the strong influence of
Biblical mysticism and Middle Eastern musical textures,
Danielle Dax was born in Southend, England. She made her
musical debut in 1979 as the keyboardist in the seven-piece
Amy Turtle and the Crossroads; and then went on to front
the Lemon Kittens. Upon the Lemon Kittens's 1982 split,
Dax mounted a solo career. She debuted a year later with
Pop-Eyes, a true solo effort for which she wrote and performed
every song alone, even handling mixing and production duties
and distributing the record through her own Awesome label.
While her heavy makeup and colossal hair aligned her with
the thriving "Batcave" Goth scene, she steadfastly
avoided easy pigeonholing, even making the leap into film
with appearance's in Neil Jordan's adult fable The Company
of Wolves. Dax returned to music in 1984 with the Jesus
Egg That Wept EP, and went on to recruit a live band, emerging
as a significant concert draw; a series of singles including
1985's "Yummer Yummer Man," 1986's "Where
the Flies Are," 1988's "Cat-House" and 1989's "White
Knuckle Ride" - each slightly more commercial than
the last - also established her as a force on the independent
charts, and after the success of 1987's "Inky Bloaters" LP,
she signed to Sire. "Bad Miss M" captures a full
show Danielle played in London at the height of her mid-1980's
solo success. Amongst the tracks featured are UK Independent
Chart Top Ten hit "Yummer Yummer Man".
CherryRed-111
DVD
$24.25
Danielson
Dry Goods Dry Powder
PS, US ...b/w Left Handed Smooke Shifter." In anticipation
of the May 9th release of the mammoth new DANIELSON full-length
entitled "Ships," SOUNDS FAMILYRE is proud to
present one of three unique, limited edition 7" singles.
This feat. EDITH FROST &
DARIN GRAY.
SoundsFamilyre-015
45
$4.50
David & The Citizens
S/T
PS, US Long-awaited U.S. debut for David Fridlund's band
David & The Citizens, one of Sweden's very best pop
bands. The 6-song EP will feature some of the best songs
from the band's history, including several that are difficult
to find even in Sweden. The EP is a warm-up for the domestic
release for D&TC's "Until The Sadness Is Gone" full-length.
Friendly Fire says it's multilayered, intelligent, dynamic
indie-pop, and that if you like Belle & Sebastian,
the Decemberists, Neutral Milk Hotel or Patrick Wolf, you'll
like this band. Music For Robots said "Their sound
is a sunny, spastic, orchestrated, multi-layered flavor
of indie pop music, not too far removed from Neutral Milk
Hotel, with a similar hint of darkness and melancholy in
amongst the sweet melodies and harmonic vocals... I personally
think it's pretty fantastic"
FriendlyFire
CD5
$10.00
Davies, Ray
Other People's Lives
PS, US Ray Davies, one of rock and roll's most successful
and influential songwriters, releases his eagerly anticipated
solo album Other People's Lives on V2 Records, Written,
produced and arranged by Ray, the LP features 13 stunning
new songs recorded in Konk Studios, London.
V2-27285
CD
$17.75
Dawson, Kimya & Matty Pop Chart
Self-Titled
PS, US
Krecords-107
45
$4.50
Dawson, Kimya & Matty Pop Chart
Self-Titled
PS, US On her debut effort for the INTERNATIONAL POP UNDERGROUND
series KIMYA DAWSON releases a split ep with friend & touring
companion MATTY POP CHART, aka MATT TOBEY.
Krecords-107
CD5
$5.75
Dead Kennedys
Nazi Punks Fuck Off
PS, US Still with the same lovely packaging.
AlternativeTentacle-006
CD
$3.75
Deadly Snakes
Porcella
PS, US The fourth full-length release from Toronto garage-soul
sextet the DEADLY SNAKES. Twenty tracks that ooze confidence
and talent, as the band crafts some good, new-fashioned
rock'n'roll performed with toy pianos, mellotrons, organs,
horns, strings, and percussion. At times soft, thoughtful
and heart-wrenchingly passionate, and at others fast, furious
and unquestionably fearless.
InTheRed-128
DLP
$15.50
Death from Above 1979
Heads Up
PS, US
Ache-009
LP
$12.50
DeathFrom Above 1979
Heads Up
PS, CA DEATH FROM ABOVE 1979's debut five song mini album
simultaneously destroys and pay homage to rock music. It's
populated with rock structure and hooks, yet the instrumentation
(bass guitar and drums only) and sheer volume sets it aside
from anything else the world has ever heard. The Canadian
duo had been gathering immense momentum with the release
of HEADS UP due to dedicated touring and amazing press
response, but this momentum has reached an entirely new
plateau with their release of YOU'RE A WOMAN, I'M A MACHINE
(VICE / LAST GANG / ACHE). "This is that album you
pop in, get a quick buzz off of, and then spend an hour
digging around in your music collection trying to find
something even half as cool to listen to. Aww god, it's
awesome. 9/10 " - Firesideometer. "This shit
is raw! So distorted you'll think someone poured a cup
of grit inside your CD player. DFA manage to sound both
melodic and harsh at the same time, kicking out a decidedly
rough set of punk jams that kick and scream like a toddler
having a tantrum." - Fracture "Organized but
unforgiving slabs of frantic bass and speedfreak drums
are topped with distorted vocals, occasionally giving way
for handclaps, vocoder voices and (sampled?) electro intros.
The pacing and intensity is relentless, but not at the
expense of melody and songs, allowing T.O.'s DFA to eloquently
out-run and out-heavy most of their fellow rock 'n' rollers.
9/10" - Montreal Mirror "These guys are refreshing,
they are loud as fuck, they sing about sluts and cocaine,
and at the same time it's pretty damn catchy. If I wasn't
so sure this would scare my mom, I'd almost be afraid to
like it, it's so catchy." - Buddyhead.
Ache-009
12
$12.00
Department of Eagles
Why? And Pedro Remixes
PS, US This 12" contains never before heard remixes
by Why? and Pedro.
Isota-025
12
$8.50
Department of Eagles
Johnny Glaze Christmas Classical Snatches and Samples a
Go-Go 2003-2005
PS, US This EP collects assorted Department of Eagles tracks
from the past 2 years incl. remixes by Why? (Clouddead),
Octavius, and Pedro, 2 previously unreleased DOE originals,
and 2 live tracks from a KDVS radio session that remain
the only live
performances ever by the band.
Isota-024
CD
$10.25
dEUS
Pocket Revolution
PS, US Acclaimed Belgian singer/multi-instrumentalist Tom
Barman returns with his first new dEUS album after a six
year hiatus. dEUS is a collective of individuals pursuing
fresh vistas and ideas. No one can doubt that this fourth
album will further the musical canon of a band in perpetual
motion. Enchanting, confounding, heartbreaking, and dazzling. "...sinewy
melodies and mutant swamp blues that'll make you wonder
how a collection so defiantly Beefheartful could also sound
so, well, pleasant...A-" - Spin.
V2
CD
$14.50
Diskaholics
Live in Japan, v.1
PS, US "Live in Japan, v.1" documents a purchasing
trip made to Japan several years back from three folks:
Jim O'Rourke, Thurston Moore, and Mats Gustafsson. At once
concrete and Dark Star, with electronics and reeds interfering
with lift coefficient. You are not really quite ready for
this chicken fight, but put your bib on anyhow.
Load-086
CD
$14.00
Diskaholics
Live In Japan, v. 1
PS, US A document of a 2002 sojourn to Japan featuring
some slathering noise improv from JIM O'ROURKE (snthi,
noise), MATS GUSTAFSSON (sax, noise), and THURSTON MOORE
(guitar, noise). An inspired performance of hot-wired jazz
rocked free blowing and joyous.
Load-086
LP
$12.00
Dislocation Dance
Midnight Shift + Singles
PS, UK 19 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce extended CD
reissues of both original albums by Dislocation Dance,
the cult indie-pop pioneers who recorded for the New Hormones
and Rough Trade labels. Dislocation Dance formed in Manchester
in late 1978, settling on a core line-up of Ian Runacres,
Paul Emmerson, Kathryn Way, Dick Harrison and Andy Diagram.
After making their live debut at the celebrated Factory
Club, the band released a series of inventive and eclectic
records on New Hormones (the label founded by the Buzzcocks),
including two albums in 1981 alone, Slip That Disc! and
Music Music Music. After touring the UK and North America
with the likes of Orange Juice and the Pale Fountains,
the band relocated to Rough Trade records for their second
full album, Midnight Shift, in 1983, which featured the
near-hits Show Me and Violette. The original group split
in 1984, with Runacres later founding several labels and
the band Brightside, and Andy Diagram joining a chart-bound
James. Dislocation Dance reformed for a Japanese tour in
2000, and a new album, Cromer, in 2005. This newly expanded
and remastered edition of Midnight Shift features 74 minutes
of music and seven bonus tracks, including non-album singles
and b-sides and a Dennis Bovell dub mix of Show Me. The
booklet features all-new artwork, as well as a detailed
artist biography.
LTM-2463
CD
$17.00
Dislocation Dance
Music Music Music/Slip That Disc!
PS, UK 29 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce extended CD
reissues of both original albums by Dislocation Dance,
the cult indie-pop pioneers who recorded for the New Hormones
and Rough Trade labels. Dislocation Dance formed in Manchester
in late 1978, settling on a core line-up of Ian Runacres,
Paul Emmerson, Kathryn Way, Dick Harrison and Andy Diagram.
After making their live debut at the celebrated Factory
Club, the band released a series of inventive and eclectic
records on New Hormones (the label founded by the Buzzcocks),
including two albums in 1981 alone, Slip That Disc! and
Music Music Music. After touring the UK and North America
with the likes of Orange Juice and the Pale Fountains,
the band relocated to Rough Trade records for their second
full album, Midnight Shift, in 1983, which featured the
near-hits Show Me and Violette. The original group split
in 1984, with Runacres later founding several labels and
the band Brightside, and Andy Diagram joining a chart-bound
James. Dislocation Dance reformed for a Japanese tour in
June 2000, and a new album, Cromer, in 2005. This newly
expanded and remastered edition of Music Music Music /Slip
That Disc! features 74 minutes of music and no less than
29 tracks, including non album singles and b-sides. The
booklet features all-new artwork, as well as a detailed
artist biography.
LTM-2461
CD
$17.00
DJ Shadow
Excessive Ephemera
PS, US Limited edition (1500 copies) of an alternate version
of the legendary "Entroducing" album...packaged
in a sleeve featuring an alternate photo from the same
session in the record shop. Tracks: "Best Foot Forward", "Building
Steam With a Grain of Salt" (w/o overdubs), "Number
Song" (CUT CHEMIST party mix), "Changeling" (original
demo excerpt), "Stem" (Cops 'n Robbers mix), "Soup", "Red
Bus Needs to Leave", "What Does Your Soul Look
Like" part 4, (all b-sides), "Mutual Slump" (w/o
overdubs), "Organ Donor" (extended overhaul), "Why
Hip Hop Sucks in '96" (alternate version), "Midnight
in a Perfect World" (GAB mix), "Napalm Brain" (original
demo beat), "What Does Your Soul Look Like" (PESHAY
remix), topped of with a sidelong live set recorded in
Oxford, England, October 30 1997.
Hip-O-5958
DLP
$30.50
DJ Shadow/Cut Chemist
Freeze
PS, US Newly revised version of the "Brainfreeze" mix
in its entirety, highlights from supporting DJs DANTE (with
the deep crates), NU-MARK (rocking the house 50 ways),
Z-TRIP(straight servin' em) & MARVSKI, includes special
footage from FUTURE PRIMITIVE 45 sessions in San Francisco,
home footage of rehearsals,
over 1.5 hours total viewing time.
Freeze-406
DVD
$27.00
Dogme95
Reagle Beagle
PS, US Based out of Chicago, striving to push the limits
of sound by combining intricate song structure with honest & moving
melodies. To imagine the Dogme project think SMOG/BECK
meets KRAFTWERK in the garden of Motown. Nick really enjoys
old blues & prison chants from the recordings of Alan
Lomax, as well as synth-oriented artists such as Brian
Eno & David Byrne. Then again, he strives to someway
combine these contrasting ideas & the results thus
far are extraordinary.
Empyrean-016
CD
$14.50
Dolphin & the Teknoist
Split
PS, US ...Csillag Alatt Szuletett". First appearance
on Planet Mu for Deathchant stalwarts Greg Dolphin and
Mike Teknoist revitalizing the gabber 'n' glitch genre
with their brutal 4/4 spazouts. However, both artists show
their feminine sides eventually, by using piano (Dolphin)
and strings (The Teknoist) to show that they're nice boys
at heart.
PlanetMu-128
12
$9.75
Double D & Steinski
The Lesson 1, 2 & 3
PS, US They teamed up for a DJ mixtape contest, arranged
by Tommy Boy in the early 80's. Lesson 1 (The Payoff Mix)
is mainly based on G.L.O.B.E. & Whiz Kid's "Play
that Beat Mr. DJ" with samples as diverse as Herbie
Hancock, voice snippets of Humphrey Bogart & the Supremes.
Lesson 2 focuses on "Soul Brother no 1" by James
Brown, & Lesson 3 on Herman Kelly & Life's "Dance
To The Drummer's Beat". Tommy Boy released it as a
promo & it soon became one of the
most sought after 12" of all time.
Traffic-101
CD
$8.25
Duke Spirit
Cuts Across The Land
PS, US 17. It's true. Lead singer/lyricist Liela Moss is
an enigmatic Banshee. The band's fuzz-happy, teeth-clenching
guitars, powerful drum cascades and brilliant basslines
build relentless tracks that are drenched in subtleties.
For this band, it's all about more sustain, less staccato.
More grit, less sheen. If we're in the midst of a British
Invasion, The Duke Spirit could care less. They're a world
away from those dudes in designer suitS. Anthem magazine
were spurred to claim that "The Duke Spirit bring
the soul back to Rock n Roll", V magazine waxed lyrical
about their "smart, soulful, bullshit-free rock and
roll music" going on to say that front woman and future
superstar Liela Moss is "a pixieish blonde with a
powerful howl, think a young Patti Smith or a less operatic
PJ Harvey."
StarTime-431
CD
$15.00
Duritti Column, The
Keep Breathing
PS, US Written and played almost entirely by Vini Rielly,
the album is built out of ideas generated over the last
year and was inspired by African hip hop, traditional Jewish
music (Kletzer) and 1930's piano music by Art Tatum. The
new album is more polished and less haphazard than his
previous efforts.
Artful-052
CD
$17.00
Duritti Column, The
Someone Else's Party
PS, US Recorded on an 8-track Porta-studio this lovely
record coaxes opulent atmospherics out of wierd, homemade
sounds. Bass drums made from thumping a book, vocal samples
from south America set to Dancehall beats, this inventiveness
adds to the richness of Vini Reilly's fantastic guitar
sounds & the most personal lyrics of his career.
Artful-049
CD
$17.00
Dury, Ian
Reasons To Be Cheerful (2 x CD)
PS, US 2CD set contains 34 of his greatest tracks. Ian
Dury, like Ray Davies and Paul Weller was a very English
talent. The colorful, metropolis-inhabiting characters
like Billericay Dickie or Plaistow Patricia he sung about,
and the ever so cockney music hall accent he chose to sing
in, were a big part of that. But mostly, it was the detailed,
poetic way he cataloged English life and the melting pot
of musical styles he used to do so, from punk and funk
to jazz and rock'n'roll, which left no doubt that Dury's
work could only come from one place: the very heart of
England. So few were surprised when after his death Sir
Paul McCartney, Robbie Williams, Madness and more all lined
up to pay their respects with cover versions of some of
his best loved songs. You'll find plenty of them here,
in their original versions, culled from his entire career
from the mid-'70s with pub rockers Kilburn & The High
Roads through the golden years with the majestic Blockheads
right up to the last studio recordings at the start of
the '90s.
Tracks: 1. Wake Up (CD01) 2. Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll
3. Sweet Gene Vincent 4. My Old Man 5. What A Waste 6.
Razzle In MY Pocket 7. Rough Kids (Kilburn & The High
Rds) 8. The Roadette Song (Kilburn & The High Rds)
9. Pam's Moods (Kilburn & The High Rds) 10. Hit Me
With Your Rhythm Stick 11. There Ain't Half Been Some Clever
Bastards 12. Reasons To Be Cheerful Part 3 (12"version)
13. Don't Ask Me 14. lnbetweenies 15. Superman's Big Sister
16. I Wanna Be Straight 17. Yes & No (Paula) 18. That's
Not All 19. Fucking Ada 20. Bus Drivers Prayer (CD02) 21.
Spasticus Autisticus (live) 22. Really Glad You Came (7")
23. Profoundly In Love With Pandora 24. Peter the Painter
25. Bit Of Kit 26. Poo-Poo In The Prawn 27. Poor Joey 28.
Jack Shit George 29. Bed 0' Roses No.9 30. Heavy Living
31. Mash it Up Harry 32. Books & Water 33. It Ain't
Cool 34. Dance Little Rude Boy.
MusicClub-765865
DCD
$17.00
Dusty Sound System
Days of Splendor, Nights of Horror
PS, US The debut release from DUSTY's (aka ROBIN BENNETT
of GOLDRUSH) ever-changing transatlantic rock'n'roll collective.
Eight tracks recorded in Los Angeles during last year's
unseasonable rain, while under the influence of a succession
of parties and a terrible cold. Includes backing from members
of THE WARLOCKS, BRIAN JONESTOWN MASSACRE, and THE TYDE.
For fans of Bright Eyes, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, and Grandaddy.
Truck-07
CD
$8.50
Dynamites Featuring Charles Walker
Come On In
PS, US A new 7-inch from this 10-piece, straight-up funk
and soul group from Nashville. Led by veteran soulman CHARLES "WIGG" WALKER,
the band unleashes two roof-blowing tracks of bold, blazing
and righteous get down music, rocked with guitars, drums,
bass, horns, and B3 organ.
OuttaSight-0069
45
$7.50
Eater
Live @ Barbarellas
PS, US Recorded live the famous Birmingham punk venue in
August 1977, an essential live set from one of the summer
of punk's best kept secrets. So young (their drummer was
13) they once defined the Sex Pistols as being "too
old," their furious sound coupled with singer Andy
Blade's sneering vocals created punk anthems like "Thinkin
Of The USA" and "No Brains." This is the
real deal. Real vintage punk.
GetBack-150
LP
$12.75
Eels
With Strings - Live At Town Hall
PS, US THE EELS return with a live performance recorded
on June 25, 2005 at Town Hall in New York City. Includes
four songs not featured on a DVD version of the concert.
Vagrant-423
CD
$14.50
Elevator
August
PS, US 10 years after their debut, they celebrate a decade
of music by producing an album full of simple songs that
weave majestically from full-on guitar noise to gentle & mesmerizing
psychedelia. The songs clock in at under 4 min., a fact
which allows the album to move along at a cracking pace
without ever losing it's way & puts the emphasis firmly
on the excellent song writing. And all of us are still
tripping from just standing next to it. So very recommended.
BlueFog-004
CD
$15.50
Eskju Divine
Fears EP
PS, SWEDEN New EP from Swedish bombastronauts Eskju Divine.
EP is the follow-up to the bands recent and brilliant full-length
album 'Come And Join Close Your Eyes...'. EP features "Fears" and "Hold
On To Yourself" from the album, an exclusive b-side,
and a special, heavy "Fears II".
Imperial
CD5
$4.75
Faithfull, Marianne
Come My Way
PS,US VINYL VERSION. 180GM.
Lilith-104
LP
$18.00
Fall, The
A World Bewitched: The best of 1990-2000
PS, UK The Fall release A World Bewitched, a double CD
compilation featuring rare and previously unreleased material.
CD1 is taken from The Falls 1990s albums, Extricate (90),
Shiftwork (91), Code: Selfish (92), The Infotainment Scan
(93), Middle Class Revolt (94), Cerebral Caustic (95),
The Light User Syndrome (96), Levitate (97), The Marshall
Suite (98) and the spoken word album, The Post-Nearly Man.
CD2 consists of unreleased or impossible-to-find tracks
from the same period, including collaborations with Elastica,
The Clint Boon Experience, Badly Drawn Boy, Tackhead, The
Inspiral Carpets and Edwyn Collins. Mark E Smiths dour
lyrical surrealism and half-chewed delivery front The Falls
corrosive, acid-like take on techno, rockabilly, raggae,
glam and punk. There are also some bizarre cover versions
as The Fall twist out of all recognition Black Monk Theme
(originally performed by The Monks as I Hate You) and Bob
McFaddens Im A Mummy. It adds up to an album which is random
but oddly consistent; chaotic and abstract, yet stitched
into sense by the only man who can - Mark E Smith. Track
list: CD1: Sing! Harpy, I'm A Mummy, Idiot Joy Showland,
Powder Keg, M5*1, Inevitable, Immortality, Arid Al's Dream,
The Mixer, 4 1/2 Inch, The Caterer, One Day, Middle Class
Revolt, Glam Racket, Black Monk Theme, Strychnine, Noel's
Chemical Effluence, Light/Fireworks. CD2: Theme From ERROR-ORROR!,
Blood Outta Stone, Why Are People Grudgeful, Ed's Babe,
The REAL Life Of The Crying Marshall, Kimble, The Legend
Of Xanadu, Seventies Night (Edwyn Collins feat. Mark E
Smith), Calendar (The Fall feat. Damon Gough, AKA Badly
Drawn Boy), Now I Wanna Be Your Dog (The Clint Boon Experience),
I Want You (The Inspiral Carpets feat. Mark E Smith), Repetition
(Tackhead feat. Mark E Smith), The Heads Of Dead Surfers
(Long Fin Killie feat. Mark E Smith), Plug Myself In (D.O.S.E
feat. Mark E Smith), KB (Elastica feat. Mark E Smith),
Happy
Holiday, Fistful Of Credit (w. Mild Man Jan),
Life Just Bounces.
Artful-035
DCD
$17.00
Fat Worm Of Error
Pregnant Babies Pregnant With Pregnant Babies
PS, US A band full of instrumental diversity featuring
horns, synths, bass, guitar & all manner of percussion
propelling them into the land of RnR Hall of Famers like
Half Japanese, Thinking Fellers, Arab on Radar
Load-074
CD
$16.00
Fat Worm Of Error
Pregnant Babies Pregnant With Pregnant Babies
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load-074
LP
$12.00
Ferrari, Luc
Son Memorise
PS, US The second of three Sub Rosa releases of instrumental
works by one of the most legendary musical figures of the
twentieth century, whose work and aesthetic continues to
influence several generations of contemporary composers.
Includes the previously unreleased "Promenade Symphonique
dans un Paysage Musical" from 1976-78, the final "Presque
Rien #4" and a fresh reflection dating from the last
months of 2002, "Saliceburry Cocktail," a large-scale
composition exploring the idea of hideout, scrambled listening-a
tortuous entanglement of concrète and electronic.
SubRosa-252
CD
$15.50
Ferree, Benjy
Leaving The Nest
PS, US Maryland/District of Columbia songcrafter BENJY
FERREE delivers a debut album on Laris Kreslins' (Arthur
Magazine, Sound Collector) Box Theory imprint. Singing
about his own American experience, Feree delivers six tracks
of history, obsession and youth.
BoxTheory-004
CD
$9.50
Figurines
Skeleton
PS, US On March 7, 2006, The Control Group will welcome
Figurines through US customs. Female security guards double-take
passport photos of the band, but x-ray monitors scan bits
of Pavement, drops of early Built To Spill, an open Modest
Mouse container, a couple Strokes, and a vial of Neil Young's
frantic youth. "Skeleton" turns momentum on high.
As Danish press raves, three music videos from the record
are uploading new listeners faster than the single "The
Wonder" can reinstate the group back to #1 on Danish
National Radio. Which it did. It might be a secret to some,
but Figurines are one of the most hard working Danish indie
bands at the moment.
TheControlGroup
CD
$13.75
First Nation
First Nation
PS, US Debut single from NY femme trio. "Antelope
Attack" is all hoof stomping, melodic tones rustling
in the wind & then feverish rhythmic chase while the
flip is the sound of a Glenn Branca orchestra gone atonal
before giving up & going tee pop.
PawTracks-10
45
$5.50
Flaherty, Paul & Chris Corsano
Beloved Music
PS, US The most thoroughly realized blueprint for a post-hardcore
take on improvised jazz to date from the duo of legendarily
long-serving New England saxophonist PAUL FLAHERTY & young
firebrand drummer CHRIS CORSANO. Forsaking the call & response
modes of countless improvising ensembles, the duo deal
more in a simultaneity of sound, an elemental non-stop
gush of ideas, rhythms & epiglottal forms. They have
coalesced & elated serious jazzbos alongside noise
fans & freak-folk followers. Liner notes by THE WIRE's
DAVID KEENAN.
FamilyVineyard-039
CD
$14.50
Flynt, Henry
Raga Electric
PS, US A collection of key, early material recorded between
1963 and 1971 by legendary underground experimentalist
HENRY FLYNT. A seven-piece distillation of some of Flynt's
most adventurous, audacious, outsider musical endeavors,
including the title track-a twisted, howling fake Hindustani
rag with staccato untuned guitar and bleating screams-and
an off-the-wall treatment of the "Marine's Hymn"-sung
in a thick-tongued, fully untutored Hindustani vocalese
to brilliantly sun-drenched, lightly strummed acoustic
guitar accompaniment.
Locust-006
CD
$14.75
Flynt, Henry
Back Porch Hillbilly Blues 1
PS, US On Back Porch Hillbilly Blues Volume 1 & 2,
avant-hillbilly master fiddler HENRY FLYNT scuffles through
a most peculiar set of electrified and acoustic bumpkin
fiddle howls and screeches circa early to mid 1960s. Like
a hidden relic from the far side of the Harry Smith catalog,
these early 1960s recordings are a splendid collection
of High lonesome hillbilly fiddle and ukulele instrumentals
that are surely Henry Flynt's most articulated statements
to date of his honest to god, true to life affinity and
love for that dry earth choogaloo upper mountain lower
boogaloo foot stomping folk music.
Locust-016
CD
$14.75
Flynt, Henry
Back Porch Hillbilly Blues 2
PS, US On Back Porch Hillbilly Blues Volume 1 & 2,
avant-hillbilly master fiddler HENRY FLYNT scuffles through
a most peculiar set of electrified and acoustic bumpkin
fiddle howls and screeches circa early to mid 1960s. Like
a hidden relic from the far side of the Harry Smith catalog,
these early 1960s recordings are a splendid collection
of High lonesome hillbilly fiddle and ukulele instrumentals
that are surely Henry Flynt's most articulated statements
to date of his honest to god, true to life affinity and
love for that dry earth choogaloo upper mountain lower
boogaloo foot stomping folk music.
Locust-14
CD
$14.75
Foot Foot/My Little Red Toe
Split
PS, US A high-noon showdown split between two of the Los
Angeles underground's gentler gangs. The duo MY LITTLE
RED TOE play pensive, humble, out-indie songs about subtle
urban subjects, trading between guitar and drums, sad and
happy, and lullaby and squall. FOOT FOOT are folkier folks
with fine storytelling and a nice lonesome quality, delivered
with stirring slide guitar and warped percussion.
NotNotFun-033
45
$5.75
Fort Dax
Diver's
PS, US Nigh-on three years after Folly and at least 18
moons since the John Peel session where the ideas were
first aired, DARREN DURHAM returns under the FORT DAX moniker
with his somewhat-overdue new album. Though noticeably
different in tone and hue to its predecessor and assuredly
darker, the album, as with previous Fort Dax releases,
remains firmly rooted in melody. Folly went on to be regarded
as an "ambient" work in certain quarters, but
Darren swears that this was largely due to the low-volume
mastering. Suffice it to say that Diver's contains less
of "those Vangelis synthesizers" and a sleeve
instruction to "play much louder." This time
around, there may also be other musicians involved, an
amount of real instrumentation, and at least one field
recording from the Bronte Country valley where he lives
and works.
VeryFriendly-014
CD
$14.75
Friedman, Ruthann
Constant Companion
PS, US A reissue of the sole early '70s album RUTHANN FRIEDMAN
(author of the Association's hit "Windy") recorded
for Reprise. A superb example of loner folk psych with
fragile singing and delicate acoustic guitar playing. Stark
and deep meditations on lost love, topsy-turvy moons, ringing
bells, etc. First time on CD. Packaged with detailed liner
notes, and rare photos.
Water-167
CD
$15.50
Fu Manchu
Return to Earth 91-93
PS, US Compiles early singles & rare recordings from
FU MANCHU! Heavy guitar riffs mixed w/loud drums. 9 tracks
including all the songs on "Senioritis," "Pick-Up
Summer," & "Don't Bother Knockin'" singles.
Also included are previously unreleased versions of Ojo
Rojo & Simco! BUY OR CRY, COOKIE!
Elastic-014
LP
$11.50
Gang Gang Dance
Self-Titled
PS, US The debut album from the sound explorer's sound
explorers, New York's GANG GANG DANCE-members of CRANIUM,
SSAB SONGS, ANGELBLOOD, WHITE MAGIC, and the NEIL HAGERTY
and CASS McCOMBS bands. A swirling and intense blend of
eye-popping soundcraft spun with electronics, disjointed
and cycling rhythms, strange vocals, guitars, piano, harmonies,
and more.
Fusetron-032
LP
$15.75
Gayle, Charles
Time Zones
PS, US First solo piano album of all original compositions
from the master of musical improv. "Like his saxophone
playing, Gayle uses the entire range of the piano."-All
About Jazz.
TompkinsSquare-2839
CD
$15.00
Ghostigital
In Cod We Trust
PS, US Collaboration between Einar Örn (SUGARCUBES,
KUKL) & Icelandic multi-instrumentalist CURVER (SIGUR
ROS remix). An aural forest of industrial, bel canto, jazz,
rap, 80's new wave & electronic music.
Ipecac-070
CD
$18.00
GHQ
Cosmology of Eye
PS, US The first proper release from this head-spinning
acid/drone/raga crew that's been quietly haunting the Northeast
for a couple years now. For this album the band was MARCIA
BASSETT (DOUBLE LEOPARDS, HOTOGISU, ZAIMPH, UN, etc.),
STEVE GUNN, and PETE NOLAN (MAGIK MARKERS, VANISHING VOICE,
etc.). Heavily dosed trips into East Coast trance primitivism,
gushing with mantric meshes of strings and voice. Centered
around Bassett & Gunn's acoustic guitar freeflow, and
wrapped up in layers of hovering vocal mist, buzzing drones,
percussive clatter, and Nolan's subtle but massively psychedelic
electric guitar moves. Over five extended tracks things
slide along from bone rattling minimal vibrations, dip
into opiated folk beauty, and then blow things wide open
with a full side of fevered, acid soaked raga lift-off.
LP pressed on 180-gram virgin vinyl and packaged in a sweet
two-color letterpress printed heavy black artboard cover,
with a nice 8" x 10" photo insert shot by TOM
CARTER. Hand-numbered edition of 850 copies.
TimeLag-031
CD
$25.00
Ginsberg, Allen
First Blues
PS, US Beat generation poet was also a singer/songwiter
who was encouraged to write & record by none other
than Bob Dylan, who took Allen into the studio his first
ever "music" recordings. Those 1971 recordings
with Dylan, as well as sessions from 1976 with members
of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review band produced by maverick
John Hammond (Billie Holiday, Aretha Franklin, Springsteen), & additional
recordings from 1981 were gathered together and released
as the double LP First Blues in 1983. Many of the recordings
feature cello player Arthur Russell (known for his 1970's
Flying Hearts band and his ground-breaking 1980's solo
recordings). First time on CD. Cover photo by legendary
Robert Frank. Original detailed liners by Ginsberg.
Water-166
DCD
$19.00
Glaze, Brian
Let's Go to the Sea
PS, US Debut release from longtime member of BRIAN JONESTOWN
MASSACRE, produced by GRIS GRIS songwriter & guitarist
GREG ASHLEY. Uses the same '60's syrup that sweetened the
13th Floor Elevators "Easter Everywhere" w/the
added homemade sounds of BROTHER JT. Barrett-esque
Birdman-087
CD
$16.25
Go-Go Gophers
Best Of
PS, US 15 funniest episodes for renegades from the UNDERDOG
show, gophers living in a US Cavalry fort in a weird cowboys
and indians battle.
SonyWonder-01
DVD
$13.00
Gorillas
Message To The World
PS, US A remastered and expanded reissue of the legendary
debut album from wild and woolly pre-punk rock'n'rollers
THE GORILLAS. Originally released in 1978, the album screams
with great Small Faces, Creation-like vocal harmonies and
a ton of bravado. Includes three bonus tracks, full liner
notes, and group photos for the fans.
DamagedGoods-049
CD
$15.50
Gregor Samsa
55:12
PS, US Anticipated debut full length after their split
12" w/ Red Sparowes. Eight song journey submerged
in dreamy, multi-layered atmospherics. Blurs the lines
of ambient & indie, from heavy & dark one moment
to hushed & serene the next, all while lullaby guy/girl
vocals drift overhead. "Allusions to contemporary
architects Mogwai & Godspeed You Black Emperor! would
be fair, but Gregor Samsa leave just as much to the imagination
by what they leave out rather than what they put
in." -Alternative Press
Kora-004
CD
$12.00
Hagen, Nina
Nina Hagen Band
PS, US Classic! 1. Tv-glotzer ( White Punks On Dope ) 2.
Rangehn 3. Unbeschreiblich 4. Auf'm Bahnhof Zoo 5. Naturtrane
6. Superboy 7. Heiss 8. Fisch Im Wasser 9. Auf'm Friedhof
10. Der Spinner 11. Pank.
Sony-731600
CD
$14.25
Half-Handed Cloud
Halos & Lassos
PS, US Armed with the psalms of David, an acoustic guitar, & the
electronic Omnichord, they assail 19 new pop songs outside
Eden's gates. With hints of fitness music & video game
soundtracks, this tromps through like a mostly-sunny afternoon
in Berkeley, CA. With the modal purity of Moondog, symphonic
elements of Gershwin & the ancient art of punning,
the album boasts pop melodies arranged around the ambidextrous
Omnichord-a vintage 80's kidney-shaped electronic auto-harp/drum
machine/synthesizer.
AsthmaticKitty-20
CD
$14.50
Hanalei
Parts & Accessories
PS, US There's depth here through layered instrumentation
including banjo, fiddle & pedal steel guitars & the
cool roots rock progression is a remarkable leap forward.
Guests include cellist JENNY CHOI, JOSH STAPLES (THE VELVET
TEEN), JOE CANNON ( EARLY RISERS, CHECK ENGINES) & EDWARD
LO (SLEEPOUT). Fans of the "laptop folk" fear
not as a remix record is in the works.
Thick-115
CD
$13.75
Hans Grusel's Krankenkabinet
Happy as Pitch
PS, US Best described as sounds of a Bavarian music box
designed by an artist left in a dark room for 3 years w/
only the music of Scriabin, Wagner & Prokofiev mixed
w/ off-speed 60s sci fi soundtracks & folkloric anthems.
HGKK audio combines numerous divergent elements: rigid
structures & sweeping washes of plucky improvisation;
classic violin sounds twisting in a mobius strip of clashing
yet beautiful sounds & tones; flitting marches & delicate
traipsing at the bottom of the sea to create dense & blissful
audio rainstorms. Limited.
CIP-017
CD
$11.00
Hardy, Francoise
If You Listen
PS, FR French exclusive compilation features covers of
Neil Young's 'Till The Morning Comes', Buffy Ste-Marie's-'Until
It's Time For You To Go' and 'Take My Hand A While' and
Randy Newman's 'I Think It's Gonna Rain Today'. Originally
released in 1971. Tracks: 1. If You Listen 2. Ocean 3.
Until It's Time For You To Go 4. The Garden Of Jane Delawnay
5. Sometimes 6. Let My Name So Sorrow 7. Brulure 8. Can't
Get The One I Want 9. I Think It's Gonna Rain Today 10.
Take My Hand For A While 11. Bown Bown Bown 12. Till The
Morning Comes.
EMIFRANCE-641352
CD
$13.50
Hardy, Francoise
Tant de Belles Choses / Clair Obscur (2 x CD)
PS, FRANCE European only two-disc pressing of her 2000
album 'Clair Obscur' and her 2004 album, 'Tant De Belles
Choses'. One of the most striking French singers of the
1960s, Francoise Hardy is considered part of the bubblegummy
ye-ye scene, though her moody, elegant records are not
as bouncy or perky as the more prefab female singers, such
as France Gall or Brigitte Bardot. Clair-Obscur is a classy,
reserved album, a sleek middle ground between the chanson
balladry of her youth, 90s trip-hop, and good oldfashioned
Tin Pan Alley standards. Guest singers include Jacques
Dutronc (her husband), Etienne Daho and Iggy Pop (in a
particularly beguiling English-language rendition of 'I'll
Be Seeing You'). Tant De Belles Choses (So Many Beautiful
Things) is more melancholy but features collaborations
with her son & heir apparent Thomas Dutronc.
EMIFRANCE-751902
DCD
$27.25
Hawthorne Heights
(Girl Cover) If Only You Were Lonely
PS, US The anticipated sophomore album from new rock heavyweights
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS. A twelve-track firestorm of powerhouse
melodies, soaring emotions, tight rhythms, and bouncy riffs.
Includes a bonus DVD featuring a special episode of Victory
TV hosted by Hawthorne Heights' own J.T. The record has
been released in two different versions with different
artwork, catalog number, and barcode on each (music is
the same). Please specify preferences when ordering.
Victory-266
CD
$14.75
Hawthorne Heights
(Boy Cover) If Only You Were Lonely
PS, US The anticipated sophomore album from new rock heavyweights
HAWTHORNE HEIGHTS. A twelve-track firestorm of powerhouse
melodies, soaring emotions, tight rhythms, and bouncy riffs.
Includes a bonus DVD featuring a special episode of Victory
TV hosted by Hawthorne Heights' own J.T. The record has
been released in two different versions with different
artwork, catalog number, and barcode on each (music is
the same). Please specify preferences when ordering.
Victory-265
CD
$14.75
Herman Dune
Switzerland Heritage
PS, US
Prohibited-236
CD
$13.75
HIM
Interpretive Belief System
PS, US Drummer Doug Scharin (ex-Codeine, Rex, June of '44)
inaugurated his new outfit, HIM, with the 12-minute "Chemical
Mix".
WordSound-020
CD
$14.50
Hollertronix
Volume 4
PS, US Revolutionary get-down squad HOLLERTRONIX checks
in with the fourth installment in its ass-quaking 12-inch
series. This time in you get the DIPLO tour track "Buy
It Use It," along with six remixes, including the
exclusive MIA "Bucky Done Gun" Baltimore remix,
the baile funk track "Bad Man," and more. Previous
volumes sold out fast.
MoneyStudies-024
12
$7.50
Holy Fire
In The Name Of The World
PS, US "With echoes of British Sea Power, Fugazi,
Sunny Day Real Estate, early U2, and even Big Country,
Motor City quartet H. F. have crafted a visceral and desolate
EP that's as bloody-sleeved passionate as it is post-rock
chilly."-AMG
MilitiaGroup-042
CD
$9.25
Hotel Lights
Self-Titled
PS, US Drummer for BEN FOLDS FIVE recorded w/ his "ideal
band" which includes members of ARCHERS OF LOAF, FOUNTAINS
OF WAYNE & SPARKLEHORSE. Pop songs that you get closer
to after each listen, like your favorite Nick Drake record
(which implies that you could have on that's NOT a favorite).
Pop songs that lament the golden age of 70's radio hits & repeatedly
touches upon love, loss & starting over. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
BarNone-179
CD
$16.50
Hurray
Dreams, Not Soft Illusion
PS, US HURRAY is ZAK PREKOP, JOSH BRAND, PETE MANDRADJIEFF
and RICH ALDRICH. They hail from the hidden sectors of
New York City, and have released one 7-inch on the Skul
Record label and recently presented their first art show
at the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery also of New York City.
This is their first full length recording and is a must
for fans of ambiguous, anomalous, and unobtrusive sound
creation whose mystery is not invoked by hyperbole, pseudo-mythology
or fake histories, but by giving full allowance to otherness
and seeking beauty by allowing it to happen, which often
means allowing it not to happen. Mishandled guitars, unknown
electronics, amplified percussives and various layers of
buzz coagulate and dissipate in measured restraint. I hesitate
to use blighted terms like "lowercase" music,
as Hurray shys not from some harsher territories and melodic
(if emaciated and ghostly) material sometimes drifts into
consciousness; two things I think of as contrasting w/the
more didactic, "European" music associated w/said
term. So, I'll avoid terminology and just say Im very glad
to know this record."-Greg Kelley
Fusetron-042
LP
$16.75
I Am Robot And Proud
The Electricity In Your House Wants To Sing
PS, US I Am Robot And Proud is the name 26 year old Toronto
native Shaw-Han Liem works under to create his singular
brand of hypnotic, beguiling electronic pop music. The
Aptly titled, The Electricity In Your House Wants To Sing,
is the highly anticipated full-length follow-up to his
very popular 2003 album Grace Days (Catmobile). The Electricity
In Your House Wants To Sing is electronic pop music that
energizes the listener and refreshes the ear. It's syncopated
multi-instrumental rhythms and playful, repetitive multi-dimensional
melodies are just the elixir your head needs. Shaw-Han
mixes acoustic instrumentation; piano, flute, sax, guitar,
seamlessly with his unique electronic keyboard sounds and
percussive elements. This isn't difficult, experimental
IDM that pulls the listener off the left side of the dial.
This is complex composition that manages to simply delight.
It's an exciting sound that gives one the feeling of flying
fast & free through a heavenly modern green world of
pop, beauty, and sunshine. Your brain chemicals are sure
to be balanced after the first minute into the title track.
Track list: 1. The Electricity In Your House Wants To Sing,
2. When I Get My Ears, 3. The Work, 4. Save Your Neck,
Save Your Brother, 5. The Scholars and the Travelers, 6.
Neil Lake, 7. Me vs. Heidi, 8. Good Sleep, 9. A Man That
Runs Too Fast, 10. Places We're Trying To Find, 11. Center
Cities. "Liem works small miracles in the studio,
arranging tiny slivers of sound into glistening electropop
constructions that blend harmonic balance and stasis with
restless change and constant motion. Sounding bolder, and
with punchier sequencing on tracks like 'The Mood You're
In' and 'Mexico City', the only thing missing is the right
videogame to play along with it." -- THE WIRE. "No
matter how many machines are employed here, 'Grace Days'
is full of human heart. Slow and fragile, yet with a certain
joyful abandon, I Am Robot And Proud emits electro-pop
with playground beats and softly-stroked guitars, like
Isan lacing-up a pair of suitably dapper dancing shoes." --
COMES WITH A SMILE. "A beautiful collection of intricate
aural tapestries, bolstered by deep bass and pulsing rhythms.
From the deliciously slow grind of Winter at Night" to
the elegant glockenspiel odyssey of "Learn From Mistakes," Liem
dazzles the listener as much as he soothes. The perfect
soundtrack for counting stars, hot baths, or falling in
love with your computer." - EXCLAIM. "Fans of
Isan and Boards Of Canada should take note, this record
is as deserving of your attention as much as these well
known groups. The compositions are highly hypnotic, offering
a sleepy, dreamlike state using minimal techniques & infectious
chord structures. Robot achieve the rare task of producing
catchy pop songs while remaining blissful and chilled out.
Sublime in every way. One of those rare albums perfect
for any mood, whether it's for serious listening or simply
background music, you just can't fail with this package.
There's no overly long or tedious pieces, Robot have hit
on the right formula and utilise it well to their advantage.
A lovely album full of many surprises, which leave you
begging for more." --ANGRY APE. Cover art designed
by Shaw-Han Liem, I Am Robot And Proud.
Darla-168
CD
$13.50
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Fear Is On Our Side
PS, US VINYL DARKNESS!!!
SecretlyCanadian-123
LP
$12.33
I Love You But I've Chosen Darkness
Fear Is On Our Side
PS, US The record is more sadness than joy with CHRISTIAN
GOYER's lonely lyrics & hauntingly echoed guitar persuaded
by
EDWARD ROBERT's chorused basslines. The sound is coaxing & familiar,
Ernest Salaz & Daniel Del Favero's textured guitar
melodies alternately subtle & entrancing; then howling & anguished.
Powerful layers rip through the silence, bonding strength & longing
with the weight of a sigh. Reminiscent to latter-era TALK
TALK, with the introspection also comes passion. Mixing
lulling instrumentals ("The Owl") with epic storytelling
("Today We Choose Faces"), ILYBICD breaks out
of any genre-specific molds.
SecretlyCanadian-123
CD
$12.33
Impossible Shapes
Tum
PS, US This is a garage cum psyche-chamber session repressed
from a limited LP edition. A potent album, self-produced & directed
to articulate a peak without contemporary parallels that
easily rides against the sloshed chunks of bland neo-folk/whatevers
that adds to the rising murk. These 17 songs/moments act
like spell casting vessels...as hot-mouthed barefoot children
with gloved fists pounding out the body-shuddering call
of all to return, neck-deep, to the earth-cult.
SecretlyCanadian-132
CD
$14.50
Ivar, David - Herman Dune
Ya-Ya
PS, US
Shrimper-145
CD
$13.25
Ivar, David/Herman Dune
Demented Abduction - Nova Scotia Runs...
PS, US The second solo album from DAVID IVAR of HERMAN
DUNE. Eight tracks of heartbreak, humor and insight, recorded
with a slight yet intricate texture made up of guitar,
ukulele, recorder, fiddle, piano, and backing vocals from
younger sister LISA LI-LUND. Packaged with a 28-page comic
book by David that references the lyrics and songs.
SmokingGun-4
CD
$15.50
Jackson, Gordon
Thinking Back
PS, US GORDON JACKSON's rare 1969 LP can almost be called
a lost TRAFFIC album. Produced by DAVE MASON, it's a melodic
distillation of folk, pop and psychedelia featuring the
talents of STEVE WINWOOD, JIM CAPALDI, Mason, and CHRIS
WOODS. Also appearing are JIM KING and RIC GRECH (FAMILY),
JULIE DRISCOLL, THE BLOSSOM TOES, MEIC STEVENS, REG KING,
and others. A true lost classic, it is guaranteed to delight
music fans worldwide. Never previously available on CD,
and complete with bonus tracks. Mastered from the original
1/4-inch analog tapes.
Sunbeam-5001
CD
$18.25
Jam, The
Beat Surrender
PS, UK Import only collection features 14 tracks including,
'A Town Called Malice', 'That's Entertainment', 'Beat Surrender',
'All Mod Cons' and more. The Jam were the most popular
band to emerge from the initial wave of British punk rock
in 1977; along with the Sex Pistols, the Clash, and the
Buzzcocks, the Jam had the most impact on pop music. While
they could barely get noticed in America, the trio became
genuine superstars in Britain, with an impressive string
of Top Ten singles in the late '70s and early '80s. Tracks:
1. Beat Surrender 2. Town Called Malice 3. Pretty Green
4. That's Entertainment
5. The Gift 6. Carnaby Street 7. Batman Theme 8. In The
City 9. All Mod Cons 10. The Modern World 11. When Youre
Young 12. Funeral Pyre 13. Private Hell 14. In The Midnight
Hour.
UniversalUK-996182
CD
$13.50
Jam, The
Extras
PS, UK Pity the oft-neglected B-side. Often just a throwaway
track designed to back up but not supersede a band's 'official'
new release, by the time the single is filed away alphabetically,
it's usually forgotten by even the most zealous collector.
Unless of course the B-side is by seminal English mod revivalists
The Jam, in which case a closer listen is not only warranted,
but required. For The Jam packed their B-side songs with
more fire and brimstone than most bands did the A-sides.
Unfortunately the vinyl days of yore are but a memory.
Fortunately, EXTRAS collects most of the Jam's odds and
sods on disc for fans young and old. A bonus is Paul Weller's
always-eclectic taste in covers, which runs from the Who
("So Sad About Us") to the Beatles ("And
Your Bird Can Sing")to the godfather of soul himself
, Mr. James Brown ("I Got You [I Feel Good]").
EXTRAS is valuable not only as a chronology of the gems
that Weller was tossing off in his spare time, but as a
look at how truly eclectic the Jam were as a band. Tracks:
1. The Dreams Of Children 2. Tales From The Riverbank 3.
Liza Radley 4. Move On Up 5. Shopping 6. Smithers-Jones
7. Pop Art Poem 8. Boy About Town 9. A Solid Bond In Your
Heart 10. No One In The World 11. And Your Bird Can Sing
12. Burning Sky 13. Thick As Thieves 14. Disguises 15.
Get Yourself Together 16. The Butterfly Collector 17. The
Great Depression 18. Stoned Out Of My Mind 19. Pity Poor
Alfie / Fever 20. But I'm Different Now 21. I Got You (I
Feel Good) 22. Hey Mister 23. Saturday's Kids 24. We've
Only Started 25. So Sad About Us 26. The Eton Rifles 27.
DISGUISES 28. GET YOURSELF TOGETHER 29. THE BUTTERFLY COLLECTION
30. THE GREAT DEPRESSION 31. STONED OUT OF MY MIND 32.
PITY POOR ALFIE/FEVER 33. BUT I'M DIFFERENT NOW 34. I GOT
YOU (I FEEL GOOD) 35. HEY MISTER 36. SATURDAYS' KIDS 37.
WE'VE ONLY STARTED 38. SO SAD ABOUT US 39. THE ETON RIFLES.
UniversalUK-721302
CD
$15.25
Jam, The
Dig The New Breed
PS, US Import only reissue of this album originally released
in 1982 features live recordings from London, Edinburgh,
Glasgow, Reading and Birmingham all recorded between 1977
and 1982.
UniversalUK-760882
CD
$15.25
Jandek
Newcastle Sunday
PS, US
Corwood-783
CD
$13.75
Jane
Coconuts
PS, US The 2nd official release by the duo of NOAH LENNOX
(aka Panda Bear of ANIMAL COLLECTIVE) & DJ SCOTT MOU
(aka QUEENS). A musical union that spawned from a mutual
love of dance music has evolved into a sonic manifestation
of a collective unconscious, one that eludes all conventional
perceptions regarding what can be accomplished compositionally
through the use of a turntable, mixer, keyboard & effects.
Through repetition & transcendence, these pieces form
an erratic tide, straddling cohesion & sprawling, intently
refusing to choose between the two. The link between these
musical mediums & the
realm of psychedelia is indulgence.
Psychopath-012
CD
$13.50
Jel
Soft Money
PS, US Highly anticipated solo album from producer behind
THEMSELVES, SUBTLE, and 13 & GOD. An ode to his first
real love, the SP1200 sampler, composed entirely of hand-picked
snippets from over 3 decades of hip hop. Feat. guests Steffi
Bohm of MS. JOHN SODA, Wise Intelligent of POOR RIGHTEOUS
TEACHERS, PEDESTRIAN & ODD NOSDAM.
Anticon-056
CD
$16.25
Jel
Soft Money
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anticon-056
LP
$11.50
Jobson, Richard
The Ballad of Etiquette
PS, UK 16 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce the very first
CD reissue of The Ballad of Etiquette, the debut spoken
word album by Scottish singer, writer and director Richard
Jobson, originally released in 1981. Originally released
in November 1981 on Bill Nelson's Cocteau label, The Ballad
of Etiquette combines Richard's poetry with music performed
by Virginia Astley, Josephine Wells and the late, great
guitarist John McGeoch (Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Armoury Show). Parts of the music quote from Satie and
Debussy. Stand out tracks include India Song (an homage
to Marguerite Duras), Orphee and The Night of Crystal,
an imagined conversation between Albert Speer and Josef
Goebbels. The six bonus tracks include versions of India
Song and Orphee recorded for Les Disques di Crepuscule
with Tuxedmoon, and two tracks recorded live at Richard
Strange's celebrated Cabaret Futura in 1981. This digitally
remastered CD contains 16 tracks and runs for over 70 minutes.
The booklet features photos, images and a detailed biographical
note. Artist biography: born in 1960 in Dunfermline, between
1978 and 1981 he sang with punk band The Skids, who released
four albums and scored several hit singles. A true Renaissance
man, Jobson immersed himself in prose, poetry and acting,
as well as forming a new band, The Armoury Show. Four albums
of poetry and spoken word appeared between 1981 and 1988
on the Cocteau and Crepuscule labels. Jobson then took
to broadcasting, and more recently has written and directed
three feature films: 16 Years of Alcohol (2003), The Purifiers
(2004) and A Woman in Winter (2005).
LTM-2427
CD
$17.00
Jones, Grace
Collection
PS, UK Import 16 track collection of her best Island Records
material. . Warm Leatherette (Album Version) 2. Nipple
To The Bottle 3. Everybody Hold Still 4. Private Life (Album
Version) 5. Use Me 6. Living My Life (7 Inch Version) 7.
La Vie En Rose 8. Love Is The Drug (Album Version) 9. The
Hunter Gets Captured By The Game 10. Feel Up 11. I Need
A Man 12. Ring Of Fire (Demo) 13. Walking In The Rain (Album
Version) 14. All On A Summer's Night 15. I've Seen That
Face Before (Libertango) (Album Version) 16. She's Lost
Control (Long Version).
SpectrumUK-648774
CD
$13.50
Joyner, Simon
Beautiful Losers Singles & Compilation Tracks 1994-1999
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Jagjaguwar-76
DLP
$14.50
Joyner, Simon
Beautiful Losers Singles & Compilation Tracks 1994-1999
PS, US This collects all small label compilation appearances & a
few singles made during these years, including the perennial
favorite "One for the Catholic Girls" & "Burn
Rubber", recently covered by BRIGHT EYES. This was
such a prolific period for Joyner that he usually contributed
his best songs of the moment to whoever requested a track,
instead of reserving them for his proper albums. Fans of
Joyner's albums can now stop searching for the impossible
to find cassettes & out of print 7" records. Compiled
here is everything, even the songs Simon would rather forget.
Jagjaguwar-076
CD
$14.50
Jungle Brothers
Straight Out Of The Jungle ( INSTRUMENTAL)
PS, US Instrumental version of the debut full length.
Traffic-75511
LP
$18.00
Jungle Brothers
Straight Out Of The Jungle
PS, US De La Soul & A Tribe Called Quest may have been
more commercially successful, but the afrocentric, jazz
political rap movement & unfadeable Native Tounge Massive
started with the Jungle Brothers. This is their debut full
length.
Traffic-7551
LP
$18.00
K Salvatore
Ashmadai
PS, US Two adepts of the sonic arts return with a morality
play in four sides. Gone are the appeals to the winged
serpent, the tree of life, or other past luminaries; these
days they can be seen in consort with only one: ASHMADAI.
It is said that Ashmadai is not to be feared. When you
say to it: "In truth thou art Ashmadai," it will
give you a wonderful ring. It will teach you geometry,
arithmetic, astronomy and mechanics. When questioned, it
answers truthfully. Released on two twelve inch 45 RPM
platters -wide grooves for maximum impact to the ear." The
latest from this mysterious NNCK offshoot.
Fusetron-048
DLP
$20.50
Kiefer, Christian & Sharon Kraus
The Black Dove
PS, US Collaboration between like minded artists in Sacramento
singer/songwrtier Kiefer & English folksinger Kraus
(CAMERA OBSCURA).Songs based upon the idea of loveletters
between two people & meant to be experienced as a sonic
novel. RECOMMENDED.
TompkinsSquare-1124
CD
$15.00
King, Anna
Back To Soul
PS, UK The James Brown Revue has included numerous 'feature'
female singers through the decades, from Tammy Montgomery(Terrell),
Sugar Pie DeSanto and Vicki Anderson to Yvonne Fair and
Lynn Collins, but while Mr Brown included most of these
ladies in 'live' LPs, and others had solo contracts with
his label, only Anna King enjoyed the privilege of James
Brown producing an album by her. It was 1963, and Brown
had just signed with Smash Records to score a big pop hit
with 'Out of Sight'. He noted the quality of Anna's voice,
had her sign with Smash and produced the "Back To
Soul" LP. The album includes Anna's distinctive versions
of several soul and blues hits and some Brown originals
written under various pseudonyms, plus a storming duet
with Bobby Byrd, 'Baby Baby Baby', which took her into
the R&B top 50 early in 1964 and 'bubbling under' the
Billboard Hot 100. Thus with Anna's stirring, soulful vocals,
a range of familiar songs, the support of the James Brown
Band and the production skills of Mr Brown himself, "Back
To Soul" was a notable album release on UK Philips
in 1964, though it enjoyed but modest sales to the avid
soul fans of the day. Consequently it has long been a rare
collectors' item, a situation which will be remedied by
its long-awaited re-issue on Shout!. Member of the James
Brown Revue. Album produced by James Brown. Includes Songs
written by James Brown. Includes duet with Bobby Byrd.
Collectable album, never reissued or on CD before.
Shout!-24
CD
$14.75
Krumm, Philip
Formations
PS, US This utilizes magnetic tape-recordings of universal
micro-wave background noise from the South Galactic Pole,
creating a turbulence that permeates the instrumentation
throughout the performance. While the piano is the primary
component of the piece, it is rendered into a strikingly
vicious yet sublime work of sound. The result is a truly
alien slice of Kosmiche music with industrial-scale klang
matched with lumbering, iron-blue piano parts & the
whirr of
the galaxies. A stunning discovery. Definitely for fans
of My Cat is an Alien, Sun Ra & Robert Ashley's The
Wolfman.
Idea-2007
CD
$18.00
Kuwayama Kijima With Carter Thornton
Shrine
PS, US Shrine presents a Summer of 2004, post-midnight,
outdoor field recording made on the footpaths of Japan's
largest Shinto shrine, and documents the first time meeting
of Japanese improvising duo KUWAYAMA-KIJIMA (the folks
behind Japan's Pale Disc records and Lethe-Voice Festival
with previous releases on Germany's Trente Oiseaux) with
NYC's CARTER THORNTON (IZITITIZ, ZASHIKI-WARASHI, ENOS
SLAUGHTER). Constructed with a mixture of cellos, violins,
guitars, sticks, leaves, rocks, toys, security guards and
wind, the music drones, hisses, screeches and whines with
the humid Japanese dark within which it was created. Limited
to 500 vinyl copies.
ConduitCreations-007
LP
$14.00
La Peste
Better Off
PS, US One of the first, more abrasive & most musically
advanced of Boston's original '70s punk bands. This contains
tons of never before released tracks. They were masters
of the subtle, repeating riff & the open string drone,
marking the path followed in different ways, by bands like
U2, the Smiths & Husker Du.
BacchusArchives-1104
CD
$14.50
Lampshade
Let's Away
PS, GERMANY 'Let's Away' is the new beautifully twisted
album from Danish/Swedish outfit Lampshade. This second
album came to being under rather unique circumstances.
Life on the road, closing the year 2005 with concerts in
9 countries, and the fact that the band members live in
Sweden and Denmark, meant that 'Let's Away' by far was
created on the road, while new songs were arranged in the
tour bus and rehearsed on venues in e.g. Berlin, Amsterdam
and Oslo. The largest part of the songs on the album are
written by the charismatic lead singer rebekkamaria, and
the sound of the album was born in the crossing of the
band being partial to grandiose Nordic sound, singer/songwriter
music and Swedish pop music - an inspiration the two new
guitarists carry with them from their native country. In
this way the music stretch from light and obliging melodies
to rhythmically founded pop songs and grandiose beautifully
noisy explosions of sound. The title of the album is inspired
by Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet and reflects the narrative
in the lyrical universe that involves English, Danish and
Swedish. One of the guest-acts on the album is the American
singer/songwriter DAMIEN JURADO, who has released a great
number of albums on Sub Pop and Secretly Canadian.
Glitterhouse-
CD
$13.50
Langford, Jon
Gold Brick
PS, US Truly a cause for celebration, a new solo cd by
the one and only MR. JON LANGFORD(MEKONS, PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS,
WACO BROS.) Devilishly crafted & scarily melodic, GOLD
BRICK is LanGford's 3rd solo album. It finds him back with
ROIR, the label that released The Mekons' classic 'New
York' album in the late 80's. This cd is a lush & expansive
project boasting a wide range of sounds & influences-everything
from tinkling saloon piano atmospherics to roots reggae
rhythms.
ROIR-8296
CD
$15.25
Lanterna
Desert Ocean
PS, US Desert Ocean is Lanterna's fifth album and their
first on Badman's new instrumental label Jemez Mountain.
The band's previous releases, Elm Street (2001), Sands
(2002) and Highways (2004) were passionately supported
by NPR and the nationally syndicated radio program Echoes
(rising to Artist of the Month status and a slot on the
Echoes compilation CD). The ten songs on Desert Ocean were
inspired by Henry Frayne's recent travels across the U.S.
and Europe and conjure the natural beauty the guitarist
soaked up while touring in support of his last album. The
winding roads, mountain canyons and beautiful scenery he
experienced are marvelously captured in the album's ambient
guitar-scapes. Amazingly, Frayne achieves this through
relatively modest means. Employing just a few classic guitars
and joined only by recording mate Eric Gebow on drums,
Lanterna's sound is completely enveloping, harkening back
at times to the psychedelic sonic washes of early Pink
Floyd. As the lessons of ambient music have remained all
too segregated from pop, Frayne should be saluted for his
attempt to break down the barrier between these fields...
He's searching for a bridge that could connect two worlds,
and as he's one of very few architects with a solid blueprint,
you'll want to keep his card in your rolodex. --Pitchforkmedia.com
Badman/Jemez Mountain-946
CD
$13.25
Las Malas Amistades
Jardin Interior
PS, US These 18 songs are the results of their most recent
gathering, in March of 2005. It weds minimalist pop with
the homespun clatter of The Scene Is Now circa "Yellow
Sarong," & the 4-track experiments of LAFMS & The
Residents. It's also a uniquely Colombian record. The music
is an unlikely combination of happiness & melancholy.
The city is high in the mountains of a tropical country,
so it's cold & warm & sunny & full of beautiful
endless clouds; so is the music.
Psychopath-013
CD
$12.75
Lawrence Arms
Oh! Calcutta!
PS, US The latest from pop-punk touring machine the LAWRENCE
ARMS. Compared to great three-piece bands like Jawbreaker,
and the more contemporary Alkaline Trio, Lawrence Arms
further develop their frantic version of ornate Midwestern
power pop with this release. Cohesion between co-vocalists
(CHRIS and BRENDAN) makes for the band's best album to
date. Twelve alcohol-induced stories of friendship and
love, spattered with literary references, and jokes on
pop culture permeate the lyrical content of the album.
Even a nod to author Judy Bloom is dished with "Are
You There Margaret? It's Me, God."
FatWreckChords-703
CD
$12.50
Lawrence Arms
Oh! Calcutta!
PS, US The latest from pop-punk touring machine the LAWRENCE
ARMS. Compared to great three-piece bands like Jawbreaker,
and the more contemporary Alkaline Trio, Lawrence Arms
further develop their frantic version of ornate Midwestern
power pop with this release. Cohesion between co-vocalists
(CHRIS and BRENDAN) makes for the band's best album to
date. Twelve alcohol-induced stories of friendship and
love, spattered with literary references, and jokes on
pop culture permeate the lyrical content of the album.
Even a nod to author Judy Bloom is dished with "Are
You There Margaret? It's Me, God."
FatWreckChords-703
LP
$7.75
Lazy Farmer
Lazy Farmer
PS, US This 1975 ultra-rarity was released only in Germany.
Featuring the talents of band member and British guitar
legend WIZZ JONES as well as ex-COB member JOHN BIDWELL,
it's a haunting collection of beautifully-arranged folk
standards, original songs, along with a handful of glorious
cover versions. This release has been produced with the
full collaboration of the band, as originals are now highly
sought-after. This is the first chance to hear it without
paying hundreds of dollars.
Sunbeam-5005
CD
$18.25
Les Georges Leningrad
Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde Chou
PS, US A reissue of the self-released Deux Hot Dogs Moutarde
Chou album from Montreal's most notorious post punks. Described
as a three-headed monster who perform "petrotechnical
rock," the band pushes the post-punk envelope with
their own blend of demented electro-noise-punk, augmented
by their own invented language. Includes a bonus track
not featured on the original release.
BlowTheFuse-002
LP
$11.50
Lewis, Jenny
Rise Up With Fists!
PS, US Yummy!
RoughTrade-30300
45
$9.00
Longet, Claudine
Colours
PS, US Vinyl version. 180 gm.
Lilith-05
LP
$18.00
Loop
A Gilded Eternity
PS, UK In the earliest days of both Spacemen 3 and Loop
the two were neck and neck. Two exciting new concept bands.
Loop stayed with the heavier, stoned-out Stooges/Hawkwind
sound and remained more obscure while SM3 gained much greater
notoriety. Discordant, elusive and utterly hypnotic, Loop
conjured a dark, trance-like spell that contrasted sharply
with the prevailing British pop music trends of their time.
Equal parts the Stooges, Can, and Hawkwind, in tandem with
fellow travellers Spacemen 3 they resurrected the concept
of space-rock for a new era, creating droning soundscapes
of bleak beauty and harsh dissonance.
BeggarsBanquet-894242
CD
$18.25
Lot Six
Get Baked On Youth Kulture
PS, US Boston's THE LOT SIX return with their heaviest
and most experimental record to date. Eight tracks that
combine DAVE VINCINI's visceral punk rock vocals with the
band's monster riffs, sprinkling piano and carnival-like
interludes in between. Previous release on Tarantula.
Plastic-004
LP
$14.75
Make Up
Untouchable Sound (Live)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SeaNote-013
LP
$14.50
Make Up
Untouchable Sound (Live)
PS, US Five years since they called it a day, their legend
had remained oddly un-reexamined. This does just that,
by adding a new chapter. The time: their final days. The
place: DC. With newly added 5th member ALEX MINOFF in tow,
the band ran down a number of their recent classics, dressed
up fresh psychedelic soul trappings. As live as it gets,
this might be the un-lost classic recording they have never
made.
SeaNote-013
CD
$14.50
Malaria!
Emotion
PS, US Warehouse find of some original copies of the first
Malaria! full length LP, from 1982, as originally issued
by the Moabit label. Includes 2 tracks not found on the
CD,
probably the last chance to get this on vinyl
Moabit-002
LP
$19.25
Maniqui Lazer
I Learn Everything on TV
PS, MEXICO Hi-fi attitude compressed in lo-fi seconds twined
with noisy synthetic pop winks "Lazer punk" they
call it. What Alejandro Tonela (bass and keyboards), Valentin
Torres (keyboards) and Jung Sing (drums and vocals) have
been doing since the beginning of 2005, in the warm border
city of Mexicali, Mexico, is something far beyond "simple" punk.
This young musician's power combo, with a sinister humor
and electronic hints, roughly deconstruct rock music that,
until today, has grown a great legion of fans all over
the country. These three mannequins breakthrough the conventional
apparel, making you go wild and dance with music you're
not even supposed to dance to. Maniqui Lazer's album, produced
by Ruben Tamayo a.k.a FAX, is a perfect choice for those
who like XbXrX and Les Georges Leningrad.
SoundSister(Mexico)-03
CD
$11.75
Marchetti, Lionel
Red Dust
PS, US Years in the making, this is a 3 disc boxed set
of new work from this master practitioner of musique concrete.
Elaborate in its aural presentation, this study reveals
his most focused & exciting work to date. Produced
in part with Yoko Higashi, the material reveals sounds
old & new, acting as a modern looking glass into a
tapestry of ideas still grappled with today; human attraction,
narcissism, and the function of the artist. The music flows
story-like over the course of the three discs; a novel-esque
concept/approach to a triptych visual presentation. The
combination of ridiculously old recordings melting into
obviously modern sounds makes this listening an experience
to ponder on many levels. Dissect the layers and enjoy.
Each disc is accompanied by a note card w/corresponding
details, and separate card written by Olivier Capparos
regarding the work of LM. Housed inside a small matte red
box, the entire package is then wrapped in a fine delicate
printed
paper. Limited 500.
Crouton-029
3CD
$18.25
Maritime
We The Vehicles
PS, US STRICTLY limited to 1000 copies, no repress. Former
members of PROMISE RING & DISMEMBERMENT PLAN rock out
w/ their bad selves & throw in 2 VINYL ONLY BONUS TRACKS & this
comes out more than a month before the CD! Nice full-color
package w/printed inner sleeve & pretty full color
labels on blue vinyl.
ForeignLeisure-004
LP
$12.00
Marley, Bob & Wailers
One Love at Studio One
PS, US The cream of their earliest Coxsonne Dodd recordings
presented w/no overdubs & great liners. 9 bonus tracks.
Heartbeat 116617819-2
CD
$21.00
Mars Volta
Inertiatic ESP
PS, US New full color picture 12" from MARS VOLTA
(At The Drive-In!). 2 tracks: LP version of "Inertiatic" & an
UNRELEASED
b-side: "Drunkship of Lanterns" live from XFM!!
Art by Storm Thorgenson (Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, Peter
Gabriel) LTD 5000 Pic.
Erika-2018
LP
$19.75
Matranga, Jonah
There's A Lot In Here (CD + DVD)
PS, US After recording with FAR, NEW END ORIGINAL, ONELINEDRAWING
and GRATITUDE, JONAH MATRANGA has taken it upon himself
to release a debut album for his diehard fans (which include
Dashboard Confessional's Chris Carrabba and Linkin Park's
Mike Shinoda). The CD contains some of his greatest songs
and most rare recordings all in one place. The DVD features
two complete live shows, along with eleven videos, one
for each song off of the ONELINEDRAWING album The Volunteers
released on Jade Tree.
EqualVision-124
CD
$13.25
McBain, John
In-Flight Feature
PS, US Debut solo album by the former guitarist for MONSTER
MAGNET & WELLWATER CONSPIRACY. Joined by JON KLEIMAN
on drums on 3 tracks & TIM CRONIN on guitar, John creates
an ambitious, driving, sometimes ambient instrumental album.
Duna-010
CD
$16.25
McBain, John
In-Flight Feature
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Duna-010
LP
$14.25
McCarthy
Best Of...
PS, US Recorded in 1990, but not released until 1996. Collection
of McCarthy singles, rarities and Peel Sessions highlights
the best of this political indie pop band with the soft
vocals of Eden and feat. the immeasurable talents of a
pre-Stereolab Tim Gane & Laetitia Sadier.
GetBack-148
LP
$12.75
Measles Mumps Rubells
Fantastic Success
PS, US The debut album from New York (by way of Washington,
DC) quartet MEASLES MUMPS RUBELLA. Fronted by new vocalist
CHUCK BETTIS (METAMATICS, ALL SCARS, TRANCE, ARCADE), the
band whip up a storm of post-punk, disco, and dub action. "If
the Talking Heads was dance-punk's Nelson Mandela, Measles
Mumps Rubella is poised to become its Muhammad Ali."-The
Village Voice
DoublingCube-062
CD
$12.00
Meteors, The
Stampede
PS, US A special edition release for this classic 1984
Meteors album which was a Top 10 independent chart album.
The album will be presented in a limited edition digipack
with four rare bonus tracks. The Meteors are the undisputed
kings of psychobilly and this classic album is in demand
due to it being unavailable for a number of years. The
Meteors still tour around the world playing to an ever
growing fanbase. The album will be serviced to all psychobilly
websites and fanzines.
Anagram-043
CD
$14.75
Miller, Rhett
The Believer
PS, US New album from hunky OLD 97's singer. Addictively
tuneful & ardent vocals. (Not Argent).
VerveForecast
CD
$16.75
Mogwai
Mr. Beast (CD/DVD)
PS, US Limited edition, deluxe CD + DVD in a hardbound
book.
Matador
DCD
$18.00
Mogwai
Mr. Beast
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
DLP
$19.00
Mogwai
Mr. Beast
PS, US Though there are still hints aplenty of the subtle
beauty that adorned big chunks of "Rock Action" and "Happy
Songs For Happy People", there's an equal portion
of head crushers on this one that'll leave you gasping
for air. "An ultramodern rock masterpiece" -
Mojo. "The Stephen Kings of menacing post-rock" -
Pitchfork.
Matador
CD
$15.25
Mojo
Classic: The Rolling Stones (Vol. 1 Issue #12)
PS, UK
ZINE
$14.75
Moondog
S/T
PS, US NY's most famous street musician gets a career retrospective
after being championed by everybody from Dylan & Joplin
to Stravinsky. 36 tracks
Astralwerks-30653
CD
$19.00
Moonkyte
Count Me Out
PS, US Yorkshire's MOONKYTE only made one album, and-though
it was supported by John Peel, who wrote the effusive sleeve
notes-it sank without a trace when it appeared on the tiny
Mother label in 1971. This is extremely rare folk-psychedelia
with originals changing hands for hundreds of pounds. Sunbeam
is giving it its first official reissue, showing it to
be a great lost British acid folk gem and an absolute treat
for all lovers of acid folk and psychedelia.
Sunbeam-5006
CD
$18.25
Mord
Christendom Perished
PS, US Behold another sacrificial offering from the Lord:
spewing forth gruesomely grim, buzzing & blazing black
metal. This is pure yet filthy Norwegian Black Metal in
the veins of ye olde gaurde: Immortal, Dark Throne, Carpathian
Forest, etc. They offer the absolute purest, bleakest & blackest
unholy metal in exsistence.
SouthernLord-058
CD
$15.25
More, Beny
El Barbaro Del Ritmo!
PS, US Possibly the biggest star EVER in his native Cuba,
and a major player as a singer, songwriter and bandleader
throughout the Latin world. Beny was the amazing singer
on some of Perez Prado's biggest hits, the leader of his
own combos, AND a heart-throb superstar solo singer; he
dominated the world of Mambo singing from the 1940s onwards.
Beny More is in short, the greatest singer of popular music
Cuba has ever produced. Think Frank Sinatra or Nat "King" Cole
combined with Elvis and The Beatles and you'll get an idea
of how he's perceived in Cuba, especially by the older
generation which
became the backbone of The Buena Vista Social Club and
how he should be regarded elsewhere. In the 40 years since
his death, no Cuban vocalist has emerged to fill his shoes,
and he remains as close as ever to the hearts of the Cuban
people. Few singers in this hemisphere have consistently
matched his interpretive gifts, vocal virtuosity, and comfort
with a range of styles. Mores genius lay in his effortless
synthesis of two of the major currents of Cuban song --
Afro-Cuban son and the Spanish-derived guajiro music of
the Cuban countryside. He was equally successful with boleros
as with mambos and rumbas. Most important is what he conveyed
with his singing: a tenderness and direct emotional appeal
in his boleros, a hip-shaking exuberance in his mambos,
and always from the heart!
Rev-Ola-147
CD
$14.75
Morrison, Van
Pay The Devil
PS, US 15 tracks. 3 originals and 12 covers of some of
Van Morrison's favorite country classics including 'Your
Cheatin Heart', 'Things Have Gone To Pieces' and 'Big Blue
Diamonds'.
LostHighway-596801
LP
$13.25
Morrison, Van
Pay the Devil
PS, US PRE/SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. Limited vinyl.
LostHighway-5968-01
LP
$11.75
Morrison, Van
Pay the Devil
PS, US New country set from legendary singer incl. 3 originals &12
of his favorite covers by his Crowell, Pierce, Williams,
Kilgore & Payne.
LostHighway-5968-02
CD
$16.25
Mouthus
The Long Salt
PS, This album is a return to more abrasive and heavy Mouthus
territory after forays into acoustic instrumentation and,
yes, a Fleetwood Mac cover on their recent Troubleman full-length.
Free/tribal percussion spatter 'n clatter duels with endlessly
mutating three chord sludge-riffage beneath thick, poison
clouds of delayed-out vocal groan. Truly CHOCK full of
manic bad-mood energy but maybe psych-droney and resin-soaked
enough for the new crop of crunchier noise-heads to nod
to as well. Electric guitars strung with duct tape and
drums equipped with hundred-year old heads are jettisoned
into deep space and dynamited, combusting so vividly that
the afterimages soak our retinas with mandalas of interwoven
earthworms and beer funnels for hours afterwards. We pass
the savings on to YOU! The Long Salt also features Samara
Lubelski. "It's messy, beautiful and recalls all the
effects and variables of a psychedelic painting or a hyper-real
physical experience"- Brainwashed. "A bottomless
well of crashing jolts, roaring accelerations and rumbling
cacophany. Mouthus have enough wordless verbiage to fill
all the empty heads that could use it" The Wire.
Important-082
CD
$13.50
Mudhoney
Under A Billion Suns
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$13.75
Mudhoney
Under A Billion Suns
PS, US For 18 years, Mudhoney has proved to be one of the
most consistently electrifying acts to survive the grunge
implosion, whatever that was. The wolfish howls of singer
Mark Arm, soulful splatterings of guitarist Steve Turner,
and frenzied fills of drummer Dan Peters have produced
nine albums to date, most of which are considered neo-garage
classics. Drummer Matt Lukin has been replaced by the inimitable
Australian Guy Maddison. "Under A Billion Suns" is
performed with the same amplified urgency of their previous
work. Mudhoney has never swayed from their vision of making
really loud rock, and this album is no exception. Produced
by three notable knobsters, Phil Ek, Johnny Sangster, and
Tucker Martine, and boasting a blaring horn section, this
record exposes a more snidely political-fueled side of
our shaggy heroes, but one revealed through the invariables
of the Mudhoney recipe: thick, soggy punk riffs and underrated
guitar dynamics, psychedelic tangents, and snot-nosed finger
pointing. Loud and fierce.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Nautical Almanac
Cover The Earth
PS, US CARLY PTAK, TWIG JOHNSON and MAX EISENBURG marshal
in the era of The New Electronics, which, get this, works
without electricity. For reals, man. Eight tracks, maybe
nine-c'mon, you don't still believe in numbers-that swizzle
the Baltimore trio's unfathomable home-made chaos into
uneven blasts of ravaging ping-pong "beats," distorted,
rack-stretched taunts and/or pleas for mercy, and rapidly
exfoliating cries of outrage. Whether aiming for that rising
blister on your psyche or just stumbling like dazed Muppets
in a frequency-and-perspective-gone-haywire blizzard, Cover
the Earth removes NAUTICAL ALMANAC from the fascinating
curios section and files them under "noise force to
be reckoned with."
Heresee-057
LP
$16.00
Nelson, Cynthia
Homemade Map
PS, US Cynthia, after much NY & Kentucky, has returned
to her native state and from there created a new album
of pop songs. Collaborating with Dusty Reske (ROCKETSHIP)
at Western Circuits in Manila, Ca, "Homemade Map" talks
about long-distance relationships, sad partings and odd
fittings, & how getting inside the skin of a place
illuminates our reasons for being there. The organs are
healthy and the beats are up. Keyboards, strings, secret
samples, evil bass & hypnotic drums all kick in to
create a heavy duty swirl that then unexpectedly drops
the listener back into a folk song. Nelson skillfully navigates
a complex emotional terrain of lust, pining, angst, awkward
conversations, feeling stuck, heartbreak, and promise by
the sea. Poet and multi-instrumentalist songwriter Nelson
has been making music & words perform & collide
since 1992 when she formed the seminal female complicated-rock
band RUBY FALLS. With RETSIN, she began a 7-year exploration
of outsider folk & rock, & drumming inventively
in THE NAYSAYER added to her compendium of hundreds of
live shows & 10 LPs. Capturing her innovative guitar-loop-based
solo performances on 2004's "The Sophie Drinker Record," she
built the foundation for the lyrical & psychedelic
events that are today's dazzling and poignant Homemade
Map. CDR in nice origami hand-folded card stock covers.
MP3 @ nonstopco-op.com. RECOMMENDED
NonstopCoop-003
CD
$12.75
Nelson, Willie
Complete Ghost (3XCD)
PS, US Abbot, Texas' best known product is also one of
the greatest songwriters to ever spend time in Nashville
(or anywhere for that matter...). Sparse, intimate, direct...originally
from WILLIE NELSON's own vaults, this triple-CD collection
contains fifty-four songs on spanning from the early 1960
through the late 1970s. Own the complete Ghost series in
one box.
MaskedWeasel-30
CD
$35.00
Nethers
In Fields We Will Lie
PS, US Washington, DC's NETHERS play story-songs of doomed
canaries, heiresses hiding from plagues and parades of
the sea. Carried by NIKKI WEST's rich and powerful voice
and shaped by undercurrents of dread and joy, the band
deliver eleven beautiful and spectral songs that blend
pop, country and psych sounds. Released on Laris Kreslins'
(Arthur Magazine, Sound Collector) Box Theory label.
BoxTheory-005
CD
$13.00
New York Dolls
Rock 'n Roll New York Dolls Rock 'n Roll
PS, UK Compiles their 2 albums "NY Dolls" & "Too
Much Too Soon" w/rarities. First time in US.
MercuryUK-522129-2
CD
$15.75
Nine Black Alps
Everything Is
PS, US Follows their suprise hit EP w/a lethal dose of
rock n roll wizardry, eschewing the dancefloor & the
post punk revivalism coming from the UK recently. A blustering
cacophany of melody, guitar squalor, dramatic flair, propuslive
drums & shades of death & love . Produced by Rob
Schnapf (Elliott Smith, Beck).
Interscope
CD
$10.75
Numan, Gary
Reconnected Live & More
PS, UK This 30 track collection features live & studio
recordings of his early 1980s classics, hits from his own
Numa label, & material from his post-Beggars period,
captured on his Berserker Tour. All live tracks recorded
at Hammersmith Odeon, December 1984. Sleevenotes by Paul
Lester, UNCUT magazine.
MusicClubUK-300414
CD
$13.50
Of Montreal
The Early Four Track Recordings
PS, US A must-have for fans who have
been waiting for this title to come back in print.
PRC-109
CD
$12.50
Of Montreal
The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy
PS, US BACK IN PRINT!!! A tale of love gone bad told in
the style of E6East trademarked pop from Athens, GA lovers
of Beach Boys' Smile, Apples in stereo, etc! Great!!
PRC-110
CD
$12.50
Of Montreal
The Bird Who Ate The Rabbit's Flower
PS, US WELCOME BACK!!! More from the Elephant 6 East contingent
outta Athens, GA. Great stuff highly recommended to Apples/Olivia
T.C. fans.
PRC-111
CD
$8.75
Out Out
Virtual Sound Images
PS, US Out Out returns with the first album of new material
in many years. Virtual Sound Images is a bit of a departure
from the more 'rock' aspects of Out Out; principally instrumental,
the record still shows the penchant for layers and textures
that have always been an Out Out signature, yet this time
around the guitars are gone and the beats take higher priority.
The result is a record worthy of both headphones and club
PAs. More lighthearted in spirit than earler Out Out works,
with clever use of dialogue snippets in tracks like "Learning
English In N.Y.C." and "Opto-Coupler", the
album is nicely contrasted with darker, yet still engergetic,
titles like "Forestry For The Thieves" and "Disconnect".
RadioValkyrie-002
CD
$10.75
Oxbow
Love That's Last
PS, US
HydraHead
CD
$14.25
Pan Dolphinic Dawn
Part 1 & 2
PS, US 7 inches of sick, celestial oil slick from one half
of SKATERS heliolithic tag team, JAMES FERRARO. PAN DOLPHINIC
DAWN is the latest in a slew of monikers piloted by Ferraro
and this release retains all the sea-eaten, psychedelic
tone spurt of previous outings with SKATERS/WOODEN CUPBOARD/TWOTIHUACAN
et al. Undulating tape (g)loops deteriorate over heavy
vocal ohm, suffused with all kinds of angelic debris and
bowed wire. Includes cool xeroxed cover images and a poem
by James 'The Realisation of the Pan Dolphinic Dawn Upon
the Extra-experiencial Plane. Through the Strobing of 1977.
To Cruise and Gather in the Misty Memory in Dedication
to the Wave Cather. Silver Sai Baba past - Present - Future'...
You do the math. Limited and highly recommended." -Alex,
Volcanic Tongue
BenniferEditions-022
45
$7.75
Papp, Julius
Montreal Departure
PS, US A double-CD featuring JULIUS PAPP digging deep into
his Montreal roots via his San Francisco home. Disc one
features Papp mixing tracks by BASIL, REEL SOUL, CHUCK
LOVE, DOCTOR M, COLETTE, HOT 22, DAZZLE DRUMS, and others.
Disc two features Papp productions and remixes for artists
DEBORAH BOND, SOULSTICE, MARK FARINA, JOHAN "YOGI" WILLENBERG,
and more.
TransportRecordings-205
DCD
$19.50
Paradise Boys
2 O'Clock
PS, US A new 12-inch EP from electro party-dealers the
PARADISE BOYS (who sprung from the CALCULATORS, which also
begot The Rapture). Includes the cut "2 O'Clock," along
with two remixes by DAUM BENTLEY (aka FREAKY CHAKRA), and
another by MODESELEKTOR.
Anthem-1201
12
$7.00
Pedro
Fear & Resilience EP
Drastic remixes of the standout track from his S/T LP incl.
PREFUSE 73, CHERRYSTONE, DANGER MOUSE, HOME SKILLET & FOUR
TET's 21 min epic.
Mush-032
LP
$11.50
Pedro
Self-Titled
PS, US
Mush-240
LP
$11.50
Pekka Volt
Whipped Cream and Gasoline
PS, NORWAY Dazzling, dreamy psychedelia, hyper-stylish
plush pop, and luminous folksy electronica, from Norwegian
combo Pekka Volt.
KongTiki
CD
$12.00
Pentagram
First Daze Here Too
PS, US DOUBLE VINYL VERSION!!!
Relapse-6652
DLP
$20.00
Pentagram
First Daze Here Too
PS, US A brand new DCD containing rare & unreleased
studio recordings & live rehearsals from the early
70s. A deluxe 28 pg. bk incl. lyrics, detailed historical
liners by drummer GEOF O' KEEFE & scores of never before
seen photography. From the vaults of these influential & critically
acclaimed DC legends.
Relapse-6652
DCD
$16.25
Petty Booka
Dancing with Petty Booka
PS, US The world famous ukulele playing pop duo from Tokyo
playing covers of country, punk, & classic rock ranging
in styles from hawaiian & polynesian, country, bluegrass,
punk, reggae & ska, christmas and ballroom. Includes
a laid-back Polynesian cover of The Ramones " I Wanna
Be Your Boyfriend," Madonna's "Material Girl" and
Patsy Cline's "I Fall to Pieces." For this cd,
the gals incorporated Bossa Nova, Samba & Dancehall
beats into their covers as well as recording their first
original tune(written for them by Keitaro Tanami of the
Pizzacato Five).
BentenTokyo-004
CD
$12.00
Piano Overload
Singles Collection 03 - 05
PS, US Full-length album from SCOTT HERREN (PREFUSE 73,
SAVATH+SAVALAS) as PIANO OVERLORD, and a collection of
singles recorded between 2003 and 2005. You get twelve
tracks, including an unreleased DIPLO ELECTRIC MANATEE
final mixdown of the cut "You Stole My Stereo Outro
(Fuck You For Fucking), and an exclusive BLU JEMZ/K. KING
instrumental of the same. CD version includes three bonus
remixes.
MoneyStudies-019
DLP
$14.75
Pig Exam
Contort Thin Cells
PS, US A vicious assault on the ears courtesy of New Zealand
sound shredder and shock-and-awe noise dealer LOREN CLEMENTS
under his PIG EXAM banner. Nothing dark, dreary, or mysterious
here, just the unadorned sound of getting shot in the face
by a police taser from short range. Twice.
SNSE-064
CD
$7.50
Pink Mountaintops
Axis Of Evol
PS, US
Jagjaguwar-083
LP
$10.88
Pink Mountaintops
Axis Of Evol
PS, US The album starts with a forboding spiritual, then
almost immediately ramps up into a thumping, buzzing, blissful
haze at various parts sounding like the Velvet Underground
or Spacemen 3 or the Jesus & Mary Chain. He sings about
love & war, the love of war, the war of love... on
the body, mind & soul. Home recorded & largely
self-produced, it's a further testament to the vital prolificacy
of STEPHEN MCBEAN
(BLACK MOUNTAIN).
Jagjaguwar-083
CD
$12.50
Plus Device
Body Heat
PS, US LIMITED EDITION, ONE-TIME PRESSING of 1000! Secret
project of an unknown duo. Electro-funk/electro-pop music
destined for instant cult classic status. Shades of electro-body-rock
legends are heard (Kraftwerk, Egyptian Lover, Afrika Bambaataa,
Herbie Hancock, etc), while more recent contemporaries
(Dopplereffekt, Japanese Telecom, Adult., Dexter, etc)
are also felt.
Hefty-054
CD
$7.50
Plus Device
Body Heat
PS, US
Hefty-054
LP
$7.50
Poets of Rhythm
Practice What You Preach
PS, US
Daptone-07
LP
$14.50
Poets of Rhythm
Practice What You Preach
PS, US 1993 debut from Munich's pioneers of the new Heavy
Funk movement, years before Desco, Daptone, DJ Shadow,
Cut Chemist of the rest. Remastered.
Daptone-07
CD
$16.00
Presets
Are You The One
PS, US First salvo from Aussies' debut album is a certified
electro belter, at home on both dance floor & rock
club. "English soccer hoodlum meets Brazilian house."
Modular
12
$6.75
Presley, Elvis
King Of Western Bop
PS, US TENNESSEE 1954... and there's an exciting new buzz
in the hot Southern air. Sam Phillips' long search for "a
white man who had the Negro sound and the Negro feel" was
over and the handsome young man before him not only sounded
right, but in his loose black shirt and outlandish pink
pegged slacks, he also looked the part. When Elvis released
his first singles the style of music he was playing didn't
even have a name yet! The trade papers were calling it "country
blues," but later it would be renamed simply, but
evocatively, "rockabilly." So here is a 2LP documenting
those first exciting years with Sun when Elvis Presley
was still young, sexy and dangerous.
Rev-Ola-098
DLP
$23.50
Psychedelic Furs
Psychedelic Furs
PS, US Their debut reissued with liner notes. Moniker to
the contrary, the Psychedelic Furs bore little in common
with the concurrent "psychedelic revival" of
early-'80s British bands like Echo & the Bunnymen and
Teardrop Explodes. Instead, they married post-punk guitar
rock with an artier, Bowie-derived archness and a touch
of the Velvet Underground's atmospheric din. The guitars
of John Ashton and Roger Morris combine with Duncan Kilburn's
gloriously trashy sax to produce a wall of sound that's
involving but never overwhelming. Kudos for shaping this
gargantuan aural attack must go to producers Martin Hannett
and Steve Lillywhite.Over this transcendent racket, Richard
Butler lays down his precocious, 40-packs-of cigarettes
rasp. His world-weary, stream-of-consciousness poetics
color the proceedings considerably. Johnny Rotten's snotty
punk iconclasm is the building block for much of this album,
but the band's larger agenda is already being implemented.
Sony
CD
$14.25
Purple Wizard Boy
BBQ
PS, US The second single from ass-shakin' NYC garage pop
demons, PURPLE WIZARD. Three pitch-perfct tracks, two of
which are sharp covers of Stax classics "BBQ" and "That's
My Guy." "Purple Wizard raunch not unlike the
Husbands or Delmonas or fellow Dixie-Cups fans the Gore
Gore Girls."-The Village Voice
Showandtell-008
45
$5.00
Raising the Fawn
Maginot Line
PS, US Think Godspeed YBE crossed w/a more folk-oriented
songwriting style & more guitar-oriented instrumentation, & you
have a hint of their brilliance."- Delusions of Adequacy.
RIYL: Broken Social Scene, Luna.
SonicUnyon-108
CD
$16.00
Red Carpet
The Noise Of Red Carpet
PS, JP Second album by the unsung heroes of Finnish indie
pop, now available in the US! Sharing two members with
jangle and shuffle meisters Ultrasport, Red Carpet's new
album is further testimony to the vitality of the (criminally
overlooked) pop scene currently bubbling under in Finland.
These 12 gorgeous, colorful songs are the perfect new discovery
for fans of everything from Nada Surf to Buffalo Springfield! "What
do you get when you cross the songwriting of Simon & Garfunkel
with the Red House Painters and have Teenage Fanclub play
the results? Red Carpet!" -recordoffice.net. "Finland's
#1 harmony pop group" -Rumba Music Magazine (Finland).
QuinceRecords-031
CD
$14.25
Revolting Cocks
Cocked & Loaded
PS, US First Revolting Cocks album in over 10 years recorded
at Sonic Ranch / El Paso First release on Al Jourgensens
own label 13th Planet with a brand new Ministry album following
end of April 2006. Features the contributions of guest
artists Jello Biafra (Dead Kennedys), Gibby Haynes (Butthole
Surfers), Rick Nielsen and Robin Zander (Cheap Trick),
Billy Gibbons (ZZ Top), Stevie Banch (Spyder Baby) and
Phildo Owen (Skatenings). First Revolting Cocks release
since 1993 ('Linger Ficken Good' / Sire Records). Revolting
Cocks (and Ministry) will join forces as they hit the road
for a huge tour. The touring version of Revolting Cocks
will notably include original members Al Jourgensen, Luc
Van Acker and Phildo Owen along with various guest artists
expected to join the circus along the road Includes a cover
of Bauhaus' 'Dark Entries'('Caliente') featuring Gibby
Haynes on vocals, currently on the 'SAW 2' soundtrack.
Also recorded for the first time is the song 'Fire Engine',
written by Iggy Pop and Al Jourgensen, up until now only
be found on rare Iggy Pop Bootlegs. Revolting Cocks are
described by ALLMUSIC as 'a trashy synthesis of the most
extreme industrial noise, the silliest pop culture, and
classic art rock' .
13thPlanet/MegaForce-2040
CD
$17.75
Ricochets
Isolation
PS, NORWAY JIM'S PICK: Dirty Norwegian bohemian redneck
blues, crooner rock-n-roll for hearts that aren't just
broken, but shattered. Norway's garage-rock throwbacks
The Ricochets get the hips shakin', and their big guitars
and a bigger voice get compared to The Doors and The Animals
alot (plenty of Hammond organ and Fender guitar), although
fans of Nick Cave, The Gun Club and even The Afghan Whigs
will find plenty to love here... Welcome to the new beat
of bohemian rock, brought to you by five guys from Scandinavia
who strike a near perfect balance between tradition and
innovation, knowledge and energy. Searing garage-rock and
sputtering torch songs, with an urgency bordering on the
maniacal! REVIEW: "In a file somewhere between Chris
Isaak and Screaming Jay Hawkins, with a momentum of The
Ramones meeting The Coral, is Ricochets, riding towards
the sunset in a convertible....a dark one according to
the lyrics, which also mention disillusion, grave stones
and blues in b-minor. But this third album is anything
but misery.....it's more sophisticated, yet still dirty
and broader than "Ghost of our Love". It's still
the raw intensity that makes this one of Norway's best
bands at the moment " (Per Risnes, Dagens Naeringsliv-Norway)
KongTiki
CD
$12.00
Rocketship
Here Comes Rocketship
PS, US Years in the making, this is the band's follow-up
to their beloved 1996 Slumberland debut, "A Certain
Smile, A Certain Sadness." Incorporating influences
as diverse as the RZA & Smiths, Stereolab & Nico,
these 12 brand-new Rocketship songs produced and recorded
by Dusty at his Western Circuits recording studio in Manila,
CA are sure to please any lover of pop music. Loud organs,
super-fast spazzy drum machines, fuzzed-out basslines,
and sophisticated melodies, combined with both personal
and social lyrics, show them flowering into the masters
of pop craft promised in their earlier releases. With ingenuous
ballads & earnest computed beatz, dumb, sad rockers & ethereal
political ambiences, they abandon genre & market niche
to follow producer Dusty Reske's synthesized whims toward
your heart's desire. From 1994's ecstatic, melancholic "Hey,
Hey, Girl" 7-inch, to 2003's rare "The Quad e.p.," Rocketship
has evolved into an anomalous virtuoso expression of popular
music not to be missed! CDR in nice origami hand-folded
card stock covers. RECOMMENDED
NonstopCoop-001
CD
$12.75
Rogers Sisters
Invisible Deck, The
PS, US Produced by Tim Barnes, this record is a sonic leap
forward for the group; combining a more adventurous sense
of songwriting with a larger, wider production value. Drawing
on a range of sounds that includes new wave, no wave, punk,
post-punk, and garage rock, sisters Jennifer and Laura,
plus honorary Rogers Miyuki Furtado, forge a completely
original sound. A record full of twitchy guitar lines,
call-and-response vocals, and swaggering beats reminiscent
of bands like ESG, The Bush Tetras, The B-52s, and The
Slits. "Back in the day, American punk and new wave
were entirely separate camps; one was for pogoing, the
other for dancing. But the Rogers fuse vitriol and limber
funk into a single buzz bomb, perhaps because they remember
Bikini Kill better than they do The Runaways...the results
are sharp enough to draw blood" - Rolling Stone.
TooPure
CD
$14.50
Rudolf Rocker
Rabbiting With Richard Dido
PS, UK Deadpan vocals, bossanova beats, big, distorted
guitars vs. insane keyboards, live drums layered on a detuned
drummachine... and whistling! Yes, welcome to the second
album from RUDOLF ROCKER. Their keyboard player happens
to be a member of BBC TV's cult comedy The League of Gentlemen
but this music speaks for itself-in its own bizarre language.
The late John Peel naturally championed their previous
album and singles which gave rise to reviews like: "An
extraordinary band...sound like Noel Coward sniffing glue" -Melody
Maker. "Situationist easy listening noise...a fine
selection of cheese cuts" NME. "Magazine playing
the James Last Orchestra" Event. Their songs examine
war, dead philosophers, items of percussion, big-chinned
celebrities and much much more. They're named after a Germanic
icon too which is why we say that Rudolf Rocker truly are
the old Franz Ferdinand!
Mook-17
CD
$14.25
Rum Diary
We're Afraid of Heights Tonight
PS, US Three songs into the RUM DIARY's new album, We're
Afraid Of Heights Tonight you might find yourself asking "Is
this the same band or a mix CD?" When the group set
out to record their latest release, they wanted to craft "an
album"-a true portfolio of songs with a unique variance
strung together by an uncommon thread. They questioned
the albums of today and pondered the classics of yesteryear.
They recruited PAUL JENKINS (BLACK HEART PROCESSION, THREE
MILE PILOT) and TIM MOONEY (AMERICAN MUSIC CLUB) to lend
a hand in the studio and after ten months hard work they
emerged with Heights, an album that guides listeners along
a narrow trail through valleys of dense fog, whispering
grasslands, and treacherous mountain passes.
DevilInTheWoods-094
CD
$14.25
Running on Fumes
Beginning of the End
PS, US Aggressive dual guitars, song along choruses & precision
drumming accompanied by superb bass lines. Recorded @ Westbeach
Recorders by Chris Gresham (Rancid, Bad Religion, Face
to Face). Guest appearance by Blue Collar Special. These
11 new songs are a must have for any fan of early 90s punk
rock.
FallenAngel-05
CD
$12.75
Say Anything
...Is a Real Boy + Bonus Disc
PS, US Despite some of the hype surrounding its release,
Say Anything's self-described rock opera ...Is a Real Boy
still caught many in the punk scene off-guard, seemingly
coming out of nowhere with its theatrical tone and critical,
perceptive lyrical makeup. At the helm of the album is
the self-conscious 20-something singer/songwriter Max Bemis,
who ultimately is Say Anything: he wrote and plays pretty
much everything but percussion on the record. The songs
were originally written as part of a play, complete with
a cast of characters, full story, and spoken interludes.
A rise-and-fall plot of sorts, the story line was to be:
a band is mediocre until its idealistic frontman (who also
suffers from alienation and anxiety in a world of hypocrisy)
becomes cursed to spew his innermost thoughts in the form
of honest songs that alter the band into wildly popular
stars before their own hypocrisy leads to their undoing.
And though the proposed story line didn't completely transfer
to the album, it's almost too easy to see parallels between
the real band and the made-up one, envisioning Bemis (with
his own history of anxiety, depression, and paranoia) as
the actual hyper-aware lead character. Sure, one could
look at this album as self-indulgent, overzealous, and
egocentric, but when the songs are as catchy, cutting,
and enjoyable as these, it really doesn't matter. The compelling
rock of "Belt" starts things off with its thuggish
army of background singers, leading into the self-conscious,
wry realms of "Woe" (choice lyrics include: "she
took pity on me, horizontally, but most likely because
of my band"). Urgent drumbeats and harmonizing vocals
open the singalong "Alive with the Glory of Love," a
song that is so catchy, one almost forgets the dark, almost
Holocaust-like nature of the lyrics (a sample line reads "when
our city...falls to the axis, they'll search the buildings,
collect gold fillings, wallets and rings...you'd look finer
with each day in hiding"). Musically, the songs are
about as full of life as you'll likely find on any indiepunk
release in the early 2000s, and Bemis' great lyrics only
add to them. Criticisms on popular culture appear alongside
self-deprecating, introspective, and sarcastic lines of
love and fear. In "Every Man Has a Molly," Bemis
implores kids to spend a lot of money on band merchandise
after his girlfriend breaks up with him for writing about
her in songs ("because for you I won't ever have rough
sex with Molly Connolly again"). At one point, he
tells the industry to "go choke on your irony" ("The
Futile"), and frustrations with today's scene come
to a sharp peak in the confrontational and biting "Admit
It!!!," where an empowered Bemis raises two impassioned
middle fingers to the elitist crowds that may reject him
and his music. Considering the new-school genre of punk
that Say Anything is associated with -- and the audience
the album is geared toward -- the record is quite ironic.
After all, aren't some of the kids eating this music up
the same ones with the elitist, condescending personas
Bemis was reacting against in the first place? Either way,
...Is a Real Boy comes off as a well-done, multifaceted
effort that deserves multiple spins. [The accompanying
bonus EP is pretty much more of the tongue-in-cheek rock
that one has come to expect from Say Anything, with standout
tracks being "Total Revenge" and the keyboard-friendly "Wow,
I Can Get Sexual Too." While enjoyable, if you already
own the original album, skip the re-release and just get
the songs through some other (preferably, legal) means.]
~ Corey Apar, All Music Guide
J-Records
DCD
$13.25
Scarboro Aquarium Club
Black Swan Days
PS, UK Black Swan Days is the follow-up to Scarboro Aquarium
Club's acclaimed debut Poisoned. Like its predecessor,
this new album is mainly the work of Corey W Schmidt with
help from a few collaborators. Corey's passion for pop
music is again present in 12 songs that draw equally from
the folk songwriting of the 60s and 80s tecno-pop, with
references to such different artists as Scott Walker ('Blind
Like The Sun'), Roxy Music ('All Her Careful Plans'), Saint
Etienne ('Before The Morning Light') and the exotic legacy
of El Records ('The Queen Of The Beach'). But more than
anything, "Black Swan Days" is a contemporary
record which follows a tradition of devoted music artisans
that goes from Brian Wilson through Todd Rundgren to Stephin
Merrit of the Magnetic Fields, artists who understand the
pop craft as predominantly an individual process with the
aim to become universal.
BecalmedUK-102
CD
$16.00
Screamers
In A Better World
PS, US BACK IN PRINT!!! A two-disc collection of live,
demo, film, and video recordings from pioneering, first-wave
Los Angeles punk legends THE SCREAMERS. Forty tracks recorded
between 1977 and 1978 in such hotspots as The Whisky A-Go-Go
and the Mabuhay Gardens. Packaged in a jewel case with
a 28-page book packed with photos, flyers, graphics, and
press.
Xeroid-001
DCD
$18.25
Sesamo
Abscience
PS, Spain Thirteen songs that draw new landscapes, playing
post rock with a twist, including psychedelic touches and
now approaching their music to the most intimate pop. The
delicate, almost aquatic arrangements raise the keyboards
and guitars that create a meticulous and sinuous tune.
Rhonda/Houston Party-129
CD
$14.75
Sex Pistols
Early Daze
PS, US Pistols earliest stuff done live. Incl. all the
hits from their debut album. Fun & hijinx ensued & now
we have Rancid.
Castle-36121
CD
$14.00
Sex Pistols
We Have Cum for Yr Chldrn
PS, US "The Goodman Tapes" Pistols encounter
journalist Bill Grundy & shocked uptight Brits. Fun & hijinx
ensue. Also incl. demos, live cuts & only surviving
version of
"
Suburban Kid".
Castle-36125
CD
$14.00
Sex Pistols
The Great Rock N Roll Swindle
PS, US Originally released in 1979 as the soundtrack to
a documentary that marked the rocket rise and flaming crash
of the SexPistols, The Great Rock & Roll Swindle was
really Pistols' manager Malcolm McLaren's cinematic (and
vinyl) potshot at the music industry he despised. Engaged
in vicious legal battles with Johnny Rotten, Warner Brothers
Records and Virgin Records, McLaren fought back in the
only way he knew how, by raising hell and documenting the
whole bloody mess. By the time The Great Rock & Roll
Swindle was released, the punk-era soap opera had ended:
Sid Vicious was dead and Rotten had formed Public Image
Limited. Probably best known for Vicious' tortured deconstruction
of 'My Way', the 21-track compilation features seven tracks
by the Pistols even though Rotten only appears in the film
via archival footage-as well as songs by Tenpole Tudor,
Ronnie Biggs and others. Curiosities abound, including
a French version of 'Anarchy in the U.K', drunken rugby
songs, and the fey, McLaren- crooned 'You Need Hands'.
Both ragged and riveting, The Great Rock & Roll Swindle
is a fascinating, screaming document of the tattered remains
of one of the most explosive moments in rock history.
EMIUK-852102
CD
$14.25
Sex Pistols
There Is No Future
PS, US Rare Pistols demos recorded at Denmark Street, Gooseberry
Studios & Wessex Studios 1976-77. An important addition
to your Pistols collection. Digitally
remastered.
Castle-36124
CD
$14.00
Sex Pistols
Better Live than Dead
PS, US Pistols live. Monkees cover "Stepping Stone".
Fun & hijinx ensue.
Castle-36120
CD
$14.00
Sex Pistols
Pirates of Destiny
PS, US
Castle-36123
CD
$14.00
Sex Pistols
Live in Chelmsford Prison
PS, US Pistols slog thru set in high security lockdown.
Fun & hijinx ensue.
Castle-36122
CD
$14.00
Sham 69
Complete Collection (3 x CD)
PS, US First wave Brit punks from Hersham &fronted
by Jimmy Pursey. Populist politics & 4 square hard
punk rock w/sing along choruses a plenty. Charts their
short lived career incl. all of their original Polydor
tracks incl an entire disc of live material.
Castle-36193
CD
$24.50
Sham 69
Adventures of Hersham Boys
PS, US
Castle-36128
CD
$14.00
Shannon, Mike
Possible Conclusions To Stories That Never End
PS, US
Scape-036
LP
$17.00
Shannon, Mike
Possible Conclusions To Stories That Never End
PS, US He's established himself as Canada's most respected
techno & house DJ. Involved with the Cynosure & Revolver
labels (& artists like Akufen, Deadbeat, Pan/tone),
he has been actively performing & promoting a very
specific genre of minimal house & techno that today
is reaching a new level of awareness in the global electronic
community. On this album, he switches skins, putting aside
overt techno nuances he has been punishing parishioners
of the dance floor with for well over a decade to explore
a different region of actualization. It commences using
field-recordings of a typhoon hitting the streets of Tokyo, & the
listener is shunted into an environment where each song
is chimeric conclusion bathed in a cinematic light.
Scape-036
CD
$18.00
Shapes And Sizes
Self-Titled
PS, US "Shapes and Sizes, another of the plethora
of fantastic indie bands that are popping up all across
Canada, put plenty of heart and thought into their songs...
There's some hollering, some singing, some falsetto, some
mumbles and some catchy, fun choruses. What more can you
ask for?" --South of Mainstream. "My love for
Victoria's indie-pop scene keeps growing stronger. Shapes
and Sizes are a quartet who seem to be holding the torch
high, mixing disparate sounds and influences into quirky
pop music. A combination of female and male vocals share
duties, offering us some personal reflections which sound
heart-felt, if allegorical at times. The music shifts rapidly,
from hook to drone and back again -- it's hard to pin down,
which is part of the appeal here (OK, they can hit Frog
Eyes with a good throw from where they're at). "Victoria's
Shapes and Sizes are one of the world's last great pop
groups. The quartet is creative, innovative and highlighted
by the unique voice and great range of vocalist/keyboardist
Caila Thompson-Hannant. Their shows are almost ambient
experiences, combining intricate songs parts with wonderful
harmonies." --Discorder Magazine
ShapesandsizesCA-001
CD
$13.50
Sightings
End Times
PS, US Fiery phoenix, four horsemen, or just plain ferocious,
SIGHTINGS is back with another free rock H-Bomb. Comprised
primarily of improvisations and recorded for the price
of cassette tape, they leave no doubt Western civilization
is coming to an end....But seriously folks, this CD is
companion to a vinyl release on the EN/OF label. Sightings
is paired with the German painter DANIEL RICHTER who contributed
an exclusive piece, 'Das Schönste Ist Geschichte,'
an offset print, 30x90 cm, with hand-painted elements.
Richter was kind enough to lend artwork for the CD as well.
End Times is 56 minutes of head-rinsing to take the millenarian
fever to the next level."
Fusetron-044
CD
$14.00
Sightings
Castle Moat
PS, US
Fuse-039
45
$5.50
Six By Seven
Club Sandwich At The Peveril Hotel
PS, US The second installment in the Peveril Hotel series
gets you the latest recordings from Nottingham, UK's SIX
BY SEVEN, who deliver a mixture of riotous pop and rock
magic that mines elements of Spacemen 3, New Order, early-'80s
Cure, and Hawkwind. Includes live studio recordings, demos
and finished masters, that show the band heading for a
much harder sound. UK import.
SaturdayNightSundayMorning-007
CD
$15.50
Slaughter & the Dogs
We Don't Care Anthology
PS, US Double CD anthology from uncompromising Manchester
punks. Digitally remastered w/tons of live at the Roxy
stuff.
Castle-36130
DCD
$19.50
Slits
Live @ The Gibus Club
PS, US Features the SLITS during their residency at the
Gibus Club in Paris on 1/25/78. The master tapes were given
to legendary Sex Pistols producer Dave Goodman & were
buried in the basement of his Gypsy Hill HQ for the ensuing
quarter of a century. However, theu have since re-emerged.
A rare chance to hear these
seminal punks at the top of their game & is a must
for fans everywhere.
Castle-36213
CD
$12.00
Slum Village
Fantastic Vol. 1
PS, US This is their first album finally officially released,
after a couple bootlegs surfaced, this is the real thing.
Digitally remastered.
DonutBoy-6397
CD
$14.50
Smiths, The
The Very Best Of The Smiths
PS, US The only digitally remastered Smiths material available
in the world is on this import only 23-track collection!
Cover artist is Charles Hawtrey star of many Carry On films.
Tracks, 'Panic', 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side',
'Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now', 'Ask', 'Bigmouth Strikes
Again', 'How Soon Is Now?', 'This Charming Man', 'What
Difference Does It Make?', 'William, It Was Really Nothing',
'Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others', 'Girlfriend In A Coma',
'Hand In Glove', 'There Is A Light That Never Goes Out',
'Please Please, Please Let Me Get What I Want', 'That Joke
Isn't Funny Anymore', 'I Know It's Over', 'Sheila Take
A Bow', 'I Started Something I Couldn't Finish', 'Still
Ill', 'Shakespeare's Sister', 'Shoplifters Of The World
Unite', 'Last Night I Dreamt That Somebody Loved Me' & 'Stop
Me If You've
Heard This One Before'.
WarnerUK-729952
CD
$16.25
Smoking Popes
At The Metro (CD + DVD)
PS, US A live CD+DVD featuring the SMOKING POPES ripping
it up at their sold-out reunion show held at Chicago's
Metro, November 11, 2005. Twenty-three tracks of over-the-top
pop-punk action. On tour with label mates Bayside through
March, 2006.
Victory-295
CD + DVD
$14.00
Soledad Brothers
Hardest Walk
PS, US There's a sense that this record is an important
step in the band's artistic evolution. It transcends the
rampant garage bules influences that had so characterized
the band's previous work by taking in a diverse range of
influences, from Dr. John & Albert Ayler to Syd Barrett & early
Neil Young, with some Brit pop melodies & soul grooves
added for goos measure. A mature, personal & complex
rock n roll album.
Alive-066
CD
$14.00
Some By Sea
On Fire! (Igloo)
PS, US Seattle band w/ strong Northwest following who've
been compared to Death Cab for Cutie, & that's not
all bad. New album takes their previous sound & improves
upon it, becoming more epic with certain tracks, infusing
a variety of styles & genres, yet maintaining their
sense of direction.
SideCho-1022
CD
$14.75
Some Girls
Heaven's Pregnant Teens
PS, US With parts of THE LOCUST, GIVE UP THE GHOST, PLOT
TO BLOW UP THE EIFFEL TOWER & UNBROKEN. Guitars & growled
to pulp vocal chords steamrolling into an undead rhino
charge of drums & bass. Fast, heavy, menacing & stalking
like men of cloth on young children. An oddity on this
slab is a 9 min. track feat. GABE SERBIAN (LOCUST)& to
top it off is their version of P.I.L's "Religion 11" that
will make God wish that humans had never thought of the
concept.
ThreeOneG-046
LP
$13.00
Sonic Youth
Self-Titled
PS, US Legendary debut LP now reissued in lavish, double
LP vinyl edition. Remastered album tracks, previously unreleased
studio outtakes & live material from one of their earliest
performances.
Goofin08
DLP
$17.25
Southern Culture on the Skids
Doublewide & Live (PRE-- ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US First official live release. Deluxe edition features
enhanced bonus disc with 3 extra audio tracks & live
footage. Special packaging contains pop-up doublewide trailer.
YepRoc-2120
CD
$18.75
Sparklejet
Beyond the Beyond
PS, US One of the better rock bands out of California lately
had their third album captured here by STEVE ALBINI w/
the requisite crunchy guitars. They "skillfully write
songs that cross-pollinate hints of country with a touch
of 'classic rock', shards of punk against real emotion,
other bands would cower at the prospect of taxing themselves
in such a manner. Sparklejet excels".
LongLiveCrime-18
CD
$14.75
Springfield, Dusty
Another Piece Of My Heart: The Love Songs
PS, UK 18 track compilation by Britain's greatest pop diva.
Dusty Springfield was also the finest white soul singer
of her era, a performer of remarkable emotional resonance
whose body of work spans the decades and their attendant
musical transformations with a consistency and purity unmatched
by any of her contemporaries; though a camp icon of glamorous
excess in her towering beehive hairdo and panda-eye black
mascara, the sultry intimacy and heartbreaking urgency
of Springfield's voice transcended image and fashion, embracing
everything from lushly orchestrated
pop to gritty R&B to disco with unparalleled sophistication
and depth. Includes the hit songs 'You Don't Have To Say
You Love Me', 'The Look Of Love' and 'All Cried Out'.
SpectrumUK-799365
CD
$12.75
ST 37
Future Memories
PS, US The tenth proper full-length album from long-running
Texas space rock favorites ST-37. A unique amalgamation
of rare, out-of-print and unreleased studio tracks covering
the entire history of the band, from their origins as a
psychedelic scuzz-punk outfit in 1987 to the sleek and
well-tooled space rock machine they are today. Includes
the band's first two 7-inches, assorted compilation appearances,
radio broadcast tracks, and more.
FourFour-002
CD
$15.25
Stereolab
Whisper Pitch b/w Widow Weirdo (Green Label)
PS, US
TooPure
45
$4.25
Stereolab
Excursions Into "Oh, a-oh" b/w Get a Shot Of
The Refrigerator (Blue Label)
PS, US
TooPure
45
$4.25
Stereolab
Fab Four Suture (DELAYED)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TooPure
2X10"
$22.75
Stereolab
Fab Four Suture
PS, US Spin Magazine hailed Stereolab as one of pop's 50
most influential ensembles. Over fifteen prolific years,
the band has produced qualitatively consistent
and unique music that has been instantly recognized by
media. In addition to over a dozen glittering LPs, their
back catalog is littered with fan-pleasing gems: limited
editions, one-off collaborations, split singles, etc. This
CD/double 10-compilation also includes songs from the previous
7-inch series released in September 2005. "England's
lounge-pop heroes" - Blender. "Stereolab's unmistakable
cosmonaut pop...was a trademarked stamp of the '90s. No
one else managed to duplicate their retro-futurist harmony
or even come close to naming their albums with the same
pre-Fridge Magnet Poetry serendipitous absurdity" -
Fader.
TooPure
CD
$11.75
Stereolab
Eye of the Volcano b/w Vodiak (Orange/Red Label)
PS, US
TooPure
45
$4.25
Stiff Little Fingers
Get a Life
PS, US
Castle-36133
CD
$12.00
Stiff Little Fingers
Flags & Emblems
PS, US
Castle-36132
CD
$12.00
Stranglers
Death & Blood & Night
PS, UK Live album from their triumphant 1985 tour that
saw them back in form & back in the spotlight, carrying
the horn section that had helped to propel them on the "Aural
Sculpture" album that broke through on the charts.
Incl a good mix of mid-80's tunes along w/earlier hits.
Incl "Skin Deep", "No Mercy", "Let
Me Down Easy", "Peaches", "Something
Better Change".
Castle-36134
CD
$14.00
Stranglers
Early Years 1974-76
PS, UK "Rare, Live & Unreleased". England's
new wave heroes reveal their pre-punk past w/this repackaged
collector's set of early demos from the mid-70's & other
rarities all digitally remastered.
Castle-36136
CD
$14.00
Sugarman Three
Sugar's Boogaloo
PS, US Reissue of the Desco classic ass shakin' soul funk
organ jazz revue monster debut. RECOMMENDED.
Daptone-006
CD
$14.50
Sumac, Yma
Voice Of The Xtabay
PS, US Despite her incredibly unconventional style, when
this first Yma Sumac album was originally released in 1950,
it hit #1 on the US charts making the Peruvian singer an
enormous success and simultaneously launching the "Exotica" vogue.
She was an innovator in the truest sense of the word and
few, if any, have been able to follow in her giant footsteps.
Rev-Ola -027
DLP
$23.50
Sunset Rubdown
Self-Titled
PS, US File under: Rock, indie, S, Wolf Parade, Frog Eyes.
Montreals Sunset Rubdown has evolved from Spencer Krug's
lo-fi home recording project to a lush, psychedelic pop
ensemble featuring band mates Mike Doerkson, Jordan Robson
Kramer and Camilla Wynn Ingr. Spencer Krug is easily recognizable
as 1/2 vocals and keyboards for Sub Pops Wolf Parade, hes
also played in Victorias Frog Eyes at various times. Camilla
Wynn Ingr is a former member of Dim Mak recording artists
from Montreal Pony Up! This 5 song ep was recorded by Spencer
and mastered at Grey Market by Harris Newman. Those familiar
with earlier Sunset Rubdown work will be surprised by the
contrast in sound between this recording and the previous.
GlobalSymphonic-020
CD5
$7.25
Synanthesia
Synanthesia
PS, US London trio SYNANTHESIA were only together briefly,
but in that time they made an album that has subsequently
been hailed as a lost classic. With original copies (from
1969) changing hands for hundreds of pounds, Sunbeam is
delighted to give it its first official reissue, showing
it to be a great lost British acid folk gem and an absolute
treat for all lovers of acid folk and psychedelia.
Sunbeam-5007
CD
$18.25
T Rex
Children Of The Revolution
PS, US This is a 45 track, 2 disc compilation of Marc Bolan's
entire career. If he were alive today, he could fill the
post of headmaster at the celluloid School Of Rock. Iconic
from head to toe, Bolan's glam image, on-stage theatrics
and blistering pop songs helped soundtrack the first half
of the 1970s and have inspired many ever since. Rarely
less than vital, unlike most of his contemporaries he even
harnessed respect from young punks, as the tastes of the
decade mutated and his late 70s TV show 'Marc' became essential
after school viewing. Children Of The Revolution celebrates
the magnificence of the man. Features sleeve notes by former
Blow Monkey Dr. Robert, who like Bolan, is no stranger
to eye make-up, throwing shapes and the allure of a pink
feather boa! Tracks: 1. Twentieth Century Boy (CD1 Tracks
1-24 ) 2. Country Honey 3. Mad Donna 4. Cadillac 5. Mystic
Lady 6. Children Of The Revolution 7. Free Angel 8. Rapids
9. Spaceball Ricochet 10. Thunderwing 11. Metal Guru 12.
Telegram Sam 13. Rabbit Fighter 14. Buick Mackane 15. Baby
Boomerang 16. Tenement Lady 17. Electric Slim And The Factory
Hen 18. Solid Gold Easy Action 19. Jitterbug Love 20. Ballrools
Of Mars 21. Born To Boogie 22. Baby Strange 23. Chariot
Choogle 24. The Groover 25. Venus Loon ( CD2 Tracks 25-45
) 26. Whatever Happpened To The Teenage Dream 27. New York
City 28. Think Zinc 29. Truck On Tyke 30. Broken Hearted
Blues 31. Dawn Storm 32. Explosive Mouth 33. Solid Baby
34. All Alone 35. Blackjack 36. Laft Hand Luke 37. Sky
Church Music 38. Girl In The Thunderbolt Suit 39. Sitting
Here 40. I Love To Boogie 41. Light Of Love 42. Satisfaction
Pony 43. The Peopards Featuring Gardenia And The Mighty
Slug 44. City Port 45. Pain And Love.
MusicClub-739977
DCD
$17.00
T Rex
A Whole Zinc Of Finches (6XCD)
PS, US 6 disc box set. Disc 1 includes the final broadcast
of John Peel's Perfumed Garden show from late '60s Pirate
radio which is completely unreleased. Disc Two contains
totally unheard material from Marc's own tapes, incredible
snippets of work in progress, unused version of songs that
differ from the final released track. Disc 3 contains two
London shows. Disc 4 features Marc and Steve live in New
York and is previously unreleased. Disc 5 includes the
two tracks from the 7" single by Marc's short-lived
project Dib Cochran & the Earwigs featuring Rick Wakeman
and an unreleased jam from those sessions, an unreleased
live version of 'Pavilions of Sun' from Holland and a totally
unheard version of 'Oh Baby' demoed while still as Tyranosaurus
Rex. Disc 6 includes a DVD NTSC of extremely rare footage
of Tyrannosaurus Rex all of which is previously
unreleased.
EasyAction-762780
CD
$84.00
Talk Talk
Colour Of Spring
PS, UK Their 3rd album (1986). Digitally remastered. Features
the hit 'Life's What You Make It' & the U.K. singles
'Living In Another World' & 'Give It Up'.
EMIUK-
CD
$14.75
Talk Talk
Spirit Of Eden
PS, US Their 4th album (1988). Compare Spirit of Eden with
any other previous release in the Talk Talk catalog, and
it's almost impossible to believe it's the work of the
same band exchanging electronics for live, organic sounds
and rejecting structure in favor of mood and atmosphere,
the album is an unprecedented breakthrough, a musical and
emotional catharsis of immense power. Mark Hollis' songs
exist far outside of the pop idiom, drawing instead on
ambient textures, jazz-like arrangements, and avant-garde
accents; for all of their intricacy and delicate beauty,
compositions like "Inheritance" and "I Believe
in You" also possess an elemental strength Hollis'
oblique lyrics speak to themes of loss and redemption with
understated grace, and his hauntingly poignant vocals evoke
wrenching spiritual turmoil tempered with unflagging hope.
A singular musical experience. Digitally remastered. The
album features six extended ambient tracks, including 'Desire',
'Eden' and
'I Believe In You'.
EMIUK-8571292
CD
$14.75
Talk Talk
Party's Over
PS, UK Their 1982 debut album. Features the hit singles
'Talk Talk' and 'Today'.
EMIUK-76648
CD
$14.75
Talk Talk
The Very Best Of Talk Talk
PS, US 1. It's My Life, 2. Talk Talk (Single Version),
3. Today (Single Version), 4. Dum Dum Girl, 5. Have You
Heard The News?, 6. Such A Shame (Original Version), 7.
For What It's Worth, 8. Life's What You Make It, 9. Eden
(Edit), 10. April 5th, 11. Living In Another World (Single
Version), 12. I Believe In You (Single Version), 13. Give
It Up (Single Version), 14. John Cope, 15. Wealth, 16.
Time It's Time.
EMIUK-84878
CD
$23.25
Tapes N Tapes
The Loon
PS, US Pitchfork 8.3. "What makes a great rock record
can be difficult to pin down, but if there's a formula
out there somewhere, Minneapolis-based Tapes 'n Tapes decoded
its secret. Over the past few months, they've utterly dominated
the music blog scene purely by word-of-mouth enthusiasm
and the staggering strength of their frenetic, amped-up
pop assaults. The press is warranted: What at first seems
like a promising local band's modest demo becomes increasingly
blissful with each listen, its 11 tracks stuffed with hook
after addictively anthemic hook. Their total lack of pretentiousness
is a breath of fresh air: The Loon brings something for
everyone." -Pitchfork.
Ibid-02
CD
$14.25
Telescopes, The
Auditory Illusions
PS, US After a decade's journey across the universe, legendary
Creation Records astronauts, The Telescopes, triumphantly
splashed down on Earth in 2002 as an 11-piece with a new
album of alien compositions, "Third Wave". John
Peel broadcast his favorites announcing, "The Telescopes
have resurfaced, and I am amazed and glad that they are
still practicing their mysterious art." Stephen Lawrie
and his group of sonic architects have since toured the
UK and Italy as a 4-piece improvising free-drone noise,
supported by Sonic Boom's EAR, Füxa, Vibracathedral
Orchestra, and more. The all-new "Auditory Illusions" is
a mesmerizing 25-minute live session recorded for Double
Agent using an assortment of improvised acoustic and battery
operated instrumentation to create new and exclusive versions
of material past and present. Includes a free-drone re-working
of their biggest single, "Flying," with a hypnotic
new video.
DoubleAgent-021)
CD5
$9.00
Tennessee Tuxedo & His Tales
Best Of
PS, US 15 episodes for the wise-cracking penguin (Don Addams
of GET SMART) & his dim-witted walrus pal Chumley.
SonyWonder-54321
DVD
$13.00
Terrestrial Tones
Dead Drunk
PS, US Third album from roommate duo of Eric Copeland (BLACK
DICE) & Dave Portner (ANIMAL COLLECTIVE). Sounds like
they spent a bit too much time in the Parisian flea market
last summer. African food stands, forgotten Euro pop records,
discarded American analog pedals & junk, old Soviet
electronics all come together in a highly disconcerting,
curious pleasure.
PawTracks-009
CD
$16.00
Tiger Bear Wolf
Self-Titled
PS, US North Carolina's TIGER BEAR WOLF has arrived and
they have put the time in-searing and ingeniously complimentary
stereo guitar work gracefully (and sometimes really awesomely
not so gracefully) trades spotlight time with the T2-Terminator-with-a-heart-of-gold
rhythm section so maturely that it's easy to ignore just
how structurally creative these compositions really are.
It's a rare feat to pull off this kind of four-as-one interplay,
and way, way rarer still to be able to deliver anthemic,
cut-loose vocals on top of it all. This is for real. "Because
while every band may talk about saving rock'n'roll, these
dudes can actually do the job. Hell, what other band can
you name whose tunes combine the Stooges' stripped-down
swagger with Polvo's noodly genius and the Hellacopters'
'70s inspired shredding - all in one verse? Yeah, that's
what we thought."-Jonah Bayer, Alternative Press
HelloSir-005
CD
$13.00
Tilmann, Miles
Xenon
PS, US The latest from melodically atmospheric groover
MILES TILMANN, and a teaser EP to an upcoming new full-length.
Includes three variations of the dancefloor-ready cut "Xenon," the
retro 1980s-sounding song "Bots," and "Wrong
Move," a soundtrack for B-boys in outer space.
ConsumersResarchandDevelopment-11
CD
$6.25
Tilmann, Miles
Xenon
PS, US 12 " version for all you vinyl freaks.
Consumers-11
12
$6.25
Tomorrow Show with Tom Snyder
Punk And New Wave DVD
PS, UK This set of the show hosted by Tom Snyder includes
2-DVDs of explosive live performances and revealing interviews
from the forefathers of the punk and new wave movement
including The Ramones, Elvis Costello, Iggy Pop, John Lydon
of the Sex Pistols and PiL, Joan Jett, The Jam, Patti Smith,
The Plasmatics, and more! Also included are performances
by some of the artists. Song Titles: I Wanna Be Sedated,
The KKK Took My Baby Away, We Want the Airwaves (Ramones),
Watch Your Step, New Lace Sleeves (Costello), TV Eye, Dog
Food, Five Foot One (Pop).
Shout!UK-38145
DVD
$30.75
Toy Dolls
Cheerio & Toodlepip!
PS, US ...Complete Singles." Long-lived punk band
that formed in 1979. During the next 10 years the band
underwent many personnel changes, but nontheless many singles,
an EP & 4 albums were released during that period.
Includes numberous rare & highly collectible tracks,
a booklet with extensive liner notes & photos.
Castle-36308
DCD
$19.50
Trashcan Sinatras
Wild Mountainside
PS, US U.S version of the UK single released in dec. '05.
Studio recording of a new song "Wild Mountainside",
w/2 live tracks "Freetime" & "What Women
Do To Men". CD in full color cardboard sleeve.
BoBame-007
CD
$4.25
Trembling Blue Stars
Her Handwriting + 3 (CANCELLED)
PS, UK 17 tracks. LTM is proud to announce extended CD
reissues of the first two albums by Trembling Blue Stars,
the cult indie-pop band featuring Bobby Wratten, formerly
of The Field Mice and Northern Picture Library. Trembling
Blue Stars were formed in 1995, initially as a solo vehicle
for singer and songwriter Bobby Wratten, assisted by long-term
studio collaborator Ian Catt (St Etienne). After three
albums Her Handwriting (1996), Lips That Taste of Tears
(1998) and Broken By Whispers (2000, the first of two albums
released in North America on Sub Pop), Bobby was joined
by co-vocalist and keyboard player Beth Arzy, who is also
a member of LA-based Aberdeen. Since then TBS have released
two further albums, Alive to Every Smile (2001) and The
Seven Autumn Flowers (2004), and completed several North
American tours. TBS songs have also appeared in episodes
of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, One Tree Hill and Ghost Whisperer.
This newly expanded and remastered edition of Her Handwriting
features 74 minutes of music and three bonus tracks. Her
Handwriting made Melody Maker's Top 25 albums of 1996,
while lead single Abba on the Jukebox was voted 19 on the
John Peel Festive 50 that same year. The booklet features
all-new artwork, as well as a detailed artist biography
by American journalist Michael Hill.
LTM-2460
CD
$17.00
Tres Chicas
Bloom, Red & Ordinary Girls
PS, US Caitlin Cary (ex-WHISKEYTOWN), Tonya Lamm (ex-HAZELDINE) & Lynn
Blakey (GLORY FOUNTAIN) sophomore effort. Broadened instrumentation & musical
range serves to better highlight the impeccable interplay
between voices & passionately romantic, soulfully earthbound
stories of love contained within their lyrics. "They
convey sweet heartache & the world-weary acceptance
that comes to insightful gals on the tall side of thirty." -Rolling
Stone
YepRoc-2099
CD
$15.75
Tresspassers William
Having
PS, US Latest album produced by Dave Fridmann (FLAMING
LIPS, MERCURY REV, MOGWAI) shows further maturation of
their sound by pushing each song towards more complex textures & into
deeper extremes, while still hinting at strains of ambient,
folk & shoegaze.
Nettwerk
CD
$16.50
Tstewart (Machinedrum)
Living Exponentially
PS, US It's been a long year since the last Machinedrum
album came out on Merck, in that time Machine Drum (aka
Travis Stewart) has been busy touring the US and Japan,
as well as carefully crafting the shapes and sounds of
his much anticipated new record under the alias Tstewart.
He has also been working on more material for his aliases
Syndrone and Machinedrum, as well as developing what is
definitely his most mature album yet, Living Exponentially.
Stewart takes one part Bidnezz, a touch of Salmataxia,
and a whole slew of live instrumentation and mixes them
together in a blender to get Living Exponentially. The
album delves into dense melodic loveliness and intricate
IDM, as well as lots of instrumental studio recordings
layered amongst delicate and dense textures. The compositions
are smooth head nodders filled with the classic Machine
Drum sound mixed with live instruments of the jazz and
rock influence.
Merck-038
CD
$14.25
Two Gallants
What The Toll Tells
PS, US The sophomore album from the duo of longtime friends
guitarist/vocalist ADAM STEPHENS and drummer/vocalist TYSON
VOGEL. Eleven tracks (nine on the CD version) that step
foward with a greater sense of hurt and humor, and more
melody and racket than heard on their acclaimed The Throes
debut.
SaddleCreek-091
CD
$12.75
Two Gallants
What The Toll Tells
PS, US The sophomore album from the duo of longtime friends
guitarist/vocalist ADAM STEPHENS and drummer/vocalist TYSON
VOGEL. Eleven tracks (nine on the CD version) that step
foward with a greater sense of hurt and humor, and more
melody and racket than heard on their acclaimed The Throes
debut.
SaddleCreek-091
DLP
$18.25
Two Times The Trauma
I Fell In Love With An Ocean
PS, SWEDEN Melancholy-to-the-max debut full-length album
from Two Times The Trauma, which is Mattias Olsson (AK-Momo,
Nanook of The North mastermind/multi-instrumentalist/studio
wizard) and Mattias Eriksson (Celestine vocalist).
ExergyMusic
CD
$13.50
Undertones
Self-Titled
PS, UK Reissue of debut solo LP. Roared out of Derry, Northern
Irelandin 1976, fusing speedy, loud Ramones inspired wall
of guitar w/irresistible 60s pop hooks. Reissue incl. 10
bonus tracks, deluxe packaging & liners, photos, etc.
Digitally remastered.
Castle-36165
CD
$14.00
Undertones
Teenage Kicks
PS, UK "Story of the Undertones" BBC radio legend & Undertones'
biggest fan JOHN PEEL travels to Derry to discover the
band that forged his favorite pop song "Teenage Kicks".
Incl. 7 restored original promo videos plus bonus interviews
w/Peel & the band, gallery of rare memorabilia & photos,
1999 reunion footage.
Castle-35106
DVD
$16.75
Undertones
TrueConfessions (Singles)
PS, UK Premier exponents of the 7" single contains
all 16 of their original singles A+B sides digitally remastered
over 2 cds. Incl. poster.
Castle-36166
CD
$19.50
US Bombs
We Are The Problem
PS, US Orange County über-punks the US BOMBS return
with a brand new 7-inch and a renewed sense of chemistry
among their members. A fresh new batch of hard-working,
blue-collar punk, and a teaser to an upcoming full-length.
Disaster-9040
45
$4.75
Uske' Orchestra
Niko et la Berlue
PS, US Allow us to split hairs over a subtle difference:
USKÉ ORCHESTRA's music is indeed a mixture of styles,
but not in the avant-garde sense. For here pop music styles
are not referenced, wildly combined and rendered ridiculous.
No, this band rather assembles and stacks microscopic bits
from all possible genres and styles to build teeming musical
market places. Uské Orchestra shows a preference
for acoustic sounds, recorded as is. Within seconds they
change the mood, the instrument, the timbre and the arrangement.
If there was ever an award for devious sound design, Uské Orchestra
would be the clear winner. Just imagine the sound track
to The Matrix, performed by a hyperactive brass band from
the Balkans or Mexico. Up close nothing about this music
appears ostentatious; but if you take a step back and view
the sound paintings on Niko Et La Berlue as a whole, you'll
notice the impermeability and voluminous magnitude of the
tracks. Just as the mighty Leviathan emerges out of a mass
of little people, ant heaps crop up here out of innumerable
triads.
Sonig-50
CD
$14.75
Uske' Orchestra
Niko et la Berlue
PS, US Allow us to split hairs over a subtle difference:
USKÉ ORCHESTRA's music is indeed a mixture of styles,
but not in the avant-garde sense. For here pop music styles
are not referenced, wildly combined and rendered ridiculous.
No, this band rather assembles and stacks microscopic bits
from all possible genres and styles to build teeming musical
market places. Uské Orchestra shows a preference
for acoustic sounds, recorded as is. Within seconds they
change the mood, the instrument, the timbre and the arrangement.
If there was ever an award for devious sound design, Uské Orchestra
would be the clear winner. Just imagine the sound track
to The Matrix, performed by a hyperactive brass band from
the Balkans or Mexico. Up close nothing about this music
appears ostentatious; but if you take a step back and view
the sound paintings on Niko Et La Berlue as a whole, you'll
notice the impermeability and voluminous magnitude of the
tracks. Just as the mighty Leviathan emerges out of a mass
of little people, ant heaps crop up here out of innumerable
triads.
Sonig-50
LP
$14.75
Vague Angels
Let's Duke It Out At Kilkenny Katz
PS, US The second release under the VAGUE ANGELS moniker
from New York City songcrafter CHRIS LEO (THE LAPSE, VAN
PELT). Let's Duke It Out... showcases a new maturity in
Leo's distinctive and always adventurous musical style.
Elaborate, enigmatic lyrical narratives combine with lush
production to bring a dreamlike quality to the record.
In certain songs female vocals respond to male longings
and accusations. Instrumental moments serve as traveling
themes between destinations.
PrettyActivity-05
CD
$12.25
Various
Nothin' But Trash
PS, UK Believe it or not the swingin' sixties didn't just
spawn mega-pop groups like the Beatles, Stones and Monkees.
The decade of love also gave birth to something far darker
and dirtier, and arguably much more fun. Yes, the sixties
were also responsible for producing the seeds of what would
eventually become Punk Rock. The legacy of such icons as
The Sonics, The 13th Floor Elevators and The Monks lives
on today, and over the past two decades has produced cult
sensations such as Thee Milkshakes, The Prisoners and Kaisers.
A filthy hybrid of Bad Taste, Rhythm n Blues, rockabilly,
surf sounds and all that is unholy, Trash Punk is one of
the most enduring forces in the rock n roll underground.
This DVD compilation covers nearly twenty years of Garage
Punk and Sixties Style rock, AKA Trash and showcases some
of the legendary characters that have emerged on the scene.
Never anything less than inventive, "Nothin But Trash" shows
exactly why this debauched tradition survives to this very
day - It's bloody good fun. From cult heroes The Gun Club
and Link Wray to more recent contenders to the throne Saturn
V and Empress of Fur, its no frills and big thrills all
they way as we visit the seediest venues in the UK and
spend time at 2003's Wild Weekend in Benidorm, Spain. A
mixture of live and promo footage showcases one of most
thriving genres of underground music history and present.
CherryRed-115
DVD
$24.25
Various
Live from the Roxy-Vol 1
PS, US While only open for 100 days, the Roxy was THE seminal
Brit punk club. Great liners full of anecdotes & digitally
remastered live cuts from Buzzcocks, Sham 69, X-Ray Spex,
UK Subs, Adverts, Wire, Eater, Boys, more.
Castle-36171
CD
$14.00
Various
HR Pufnstuf
PS, US The programme that introduced psychedelia into the
diet of English & American children in the late 60s/early
70s. It was a smash hit & is today an institution.
Still remembered fondly by those that were touched by it
as children & now enjoyed by younger viewers through
cable transmissions. The soundtrack written by Charles
Fox & Norman Gimbel (Barbarella, Happy Days, Laverne & Shirley)
is a remarkable amalgam of bugglegum, psychedelic instrumentation & joyful
knockabout songs including 'Zap The World' & the fine
Cass solo number 'Different' which is exclusive to this
record. Pufnstuf is full of great, clever, funny songs
sung by Jack Wild, Cass Elliot, Witchiepoo & the cast.
ElRecords
CD
$20.75
Various
Om Miami
PS, US Om ushers in a new era of ill-minded dancefloor
hotness with the newest tracks from the label's best artists,
all set to coincide with the Winter Music Conference/M3
Summit. Includes sultry, funky, and chilled cuts from SAMANTHA
JAMES, COLETTE, IZ & DIZ, AFRO-MYSTIK, FRED EVERYTHING,
UNEAQ, CHUCK LOVE, GROOVE JUNKIES, MARQUESS WYATT, ANDY
CALDWELL, PC SYNERGY, and RITHMA.
OM-204
CD
$15.25
Various
Folk Is Not A Four Letter Word
PS, US Delay 68's fine collection of unheard folk gems
compiled by ANDY VOTEL (Twisted Nerve). Includes groundbreaking
tracks from CAROL BATTON, KATHY SMITH, SAROFEEN & SMOKE,
BRIGITTE FONTAINE, LINDA PERHACS, BREAKOUT, MUSICA DISPERSA,
POPPY FAMILY, WENDY & BONNIE, BONNIE KOLOC, HEAVEN & EARTH,
ERICA POMERANCE, AUDIENCE, ROUNDTABLE, and SIDAN.
Delay68-01
CD
$20.00
Various
It Came From the Hills
PS, US 12 tracks from artists around the world. Exclusive
tracks from STEPHEN BRODSKY (CAVE IN), PAUL MICHEL (MAGIC
BULLET RECORDS), EARTHEN SEA (BLACK EYES) & LIGHT YOURSELF
ON FIRE(EX- REVERSAL OF MAN) + many more.
MagicBullet-080
CD5
$10.00
Various
Prog Is Not A Four Letter Word
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE!!! The follow-up to ANDY VOTEL's (Twisted
Nerve) Folk Is Not A Four Letter Word compilation gets
you the best in obscure progressive rock. You get the goods
from PICCHIO DAL POZZO, BARIS MANCO, PHILLIPE BESCOMBES,
DRUGI NACIN, BRAN, BREAKOUT, MARTIN KRATOCHVIL, SAN UL
LIM, EGG, 3 HUREL, ILLES, JEAN CLAUDE VANNIER, EMBRYO,
CZERWONE GITARY, and JAZZ Q.
Delay68-03
CD
$20.00
Various
Goot From The Boot
PS, US A rare and groundbreaking Italian vinyl compilation
originally released in 1984 by the fledgling Florentine
label Spittle records and feat. 7 of the best Italian underground
bands of the period. About half of the bands on the comp
were "strictly punk" while the rest fell somewhere
towards the "new wave/electronica" end of the
spectrum. Now, more than 20 years, later we've finally
cracked open the vaults again to throw some new misfits
into the mix (including the ultra-rare Cani 7"!) and
give listeners a more complete view of Italy's mid-80's
underground music scene. Don't miss this essential piece
of Italian music history.
Spittle-001
DCD
$22.75
Various
Welsh Rare Beat
PS, US *NOW AVAILABLE!!! A collection of rare and incredible
tracks from the 1970s Welsh underground originally released
on the Sain label and compiled by ANDY VOTEL (Twisted Nerve)
and GRUFF RHYS (SUPER FURRY ANIMALS). A one-stop compendium
of the undiscovered psych, prog and folk magic. Twenty-five
tracks strong.
FindersKeepers-003
LP
$28.50
Various
Welcome To Gearhead Country
PS, US The long awaited 3rd Gearhead budget sampler is
here at last! This continues the tradition of giving the
listener one track from each recent release (LORDS OF ALTAMONT,
BLACK FURIES, ELECTRIC EEL SHOCK, PINK SWORDS, GITOGITO
HUSTLER etc.) mixed in with great catalog cuts from the
likes of The HELLACOPTERS, The WILDHEARTS, RIVERBOAT GAMBLERS,
NEW BOMB TURKS, ROCK N ROLL SOLDIERS, etc. 23 terrific
tracks + 3 totally unreleased gems from MILLION DOLLAR
MARXISTS, BOTTLES & SKULLS & THE DRAGONS make this
a must for anyone into punk & roll!
Gearhead-061
CD
$4.75
Various
Not Alone(CDX5)
Five CD benefit box feat. a wide variety of artists traversing
much ground & most UNRELEASED. Incl. BUNYAN, FAY, FINN,
ANTONY, HAFLER TRIO, OLDHAM, ALMOND, DAMON & NAOMI,
MCDOWALL, KA-SPELL, ANOMOANAN, FURSAXA, GP ORRIDGE, COIL,
FAIR, GHOST, SUNDIAL,
BUCKNER, YONKERS...
DurtoJnana-1963
CD
$46.00
Various
Tibetan And Bhutanese Instrumental And Folk Music
PS, US Recorded by JOHN LEVY in 1971 and released by Lyrichord
in the mid-'70s, this comprises the second part of Levy's
whole enterprise: to capture not only the sacred music
of the Tibetan ritual in Bhutan, but all aspects of the
native folk music as well. John Levy was a London ethnomusicologist
who took refuge in Tibetan Buddhism, and recorded-with
his Nagra-Stéreo-both sacred and secular music.
This completely remastered folk and instrumental release
follows the Tibetan Buddhist Rites from the Monasteries
of Bhutan album of ritual and chanting, and features performances
on both Tibetan and Bhutanese lutes and fiddles, beautiful
folk songs, and a part of a drama of Tibetan origin performed
by a troupe of yak and cow herdsmen of eastern Bhutan.
The latter is particularly compelling, the standout performer
being GO-TE DO-PE, who sings and accompanies himself on
the dramnyen, a Bhutanese lute. His two songs bear an eerie
resemblance to the blues of Junior Kimbrough and other
Mississippi hill country musicians. This is real blues
from the top of the world.
SubRosa-230
CD
$15.50
Various
DJ Kicks: The Exclusives
PS, US Exclusive tracks ready to stand along from KRUDER & DOFRMEISTER,
DJ CAM, TERRANOVA, THIEVERY CORP, KID LOCO, PLAYGROUP,
CHICKEN LIPS, ERLEND ØYE, ANNIE, CARL CRAIG...
StudioK7-200
CD
$17.00
Various
Hefty 10 EP
PS, US Celebrating 10 years of Hefty Records, a string
of releases will highlight the label's past, present & future.
This EP comprises music from all three 10th anniversary
releases, along w/ a brand new, exclusive song from ELIOT
LIPP. Also, includes a burnin' hip-hop remix by DABRYE
of a Some Water & Sun original song, a luscious pop
number by Japanese electronic pop act SPANOVA & an
epic downtempo cut by SLICKER. LIMITED EDITION
Hefty-007
CD
$7.50
Various
Idol Tryouts II
PS, US Double disc overview of Ghostly International label
full of mostly BRAND NEW TRACKS & none previously available
on CD. Deluxe digipak w/ full color art, discography, photos & bios.
SOLVENT, MATTHEW DEAR, KILL MEMORY CRASH, DABRYE, LOSCIL,
KILN, GREG DAVIS, LUSINE, TIM HECKER, RICHARD DEVINE, tons
more.
Ghostly-051
DCD
$19.00
Various
Auto Glamour Sound
PS, US A Hospital Records comp. from the early 80s feat.
Cointelpro, BPA & 11,000 Switches original 7" releases.
This reissue documents the Ohio punk scene from the ska
influenced wave of Qi-zz, pre-Chicago industrial sounds
of Dementia Precox & the pre-riot grrl attitude of
Teddy & the Frat Girls. Defintely a cd not to be missed.
ShakeIt-548
CD
$13.25
Various
Welsh Rare Beat
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE!!! A collection of rare and incredible
tracks from the 1970s Welsh underground originally released
on the Sain label and compiled by ANDY VOTEL (Twisted Nerve)
and GRUFF RHYS (SUPER FURRY ANIMALS). A one-stop compendium
of the undiscovered psych, prog and folk magic. Twenty-five
tracks strong.
Finderskeepers-003
CD
$25.00
Various
Keats Rides A Harley
PS, US A first-time-on-CD reissue of the Keats Rides A
Harley compilation originally released in 1981 by Happy
Squid. You get all nine-tracks of pioneering art-punk,
along with nine bonus tracks from the original sessions,
and five additional tracks originally included on the 1980
Happy Squid sampler. Bands include URINALS, GUN CLUB, MEAT
PUPPETS, LEAVING TRAINS, 100 FLOWERS, EARWIGS, TOXIC SHOCK,
HUMAN HAND, S SQUAD, TUNNEL TONES, VIDIOTS, ARROW BOOK
CLUB, DANNY AND THE DOORKNOBS, and PHIL BEDEL.
WarningLabel-004
CD
$14.00
Various
Still Unravished: A Tribute To The June Brides
PS, UKBuilt around the song writing of Phil Wilson, and
their distinctive musical mélange of post-punk,
lo-fi Stax(!) and Velvets' sensibilities, The June Brides'
recording career lasted all of 18 months between 1984 and
1986, leaving behind just three singles, an e.p., and one
album. Their final press release read: 'The June Brides
have decided to part company and become legend'. And they
did. Twenty years later, still championed by the likes
of Stuart Murdoch, Manic Street Preachers, Bobby Gillespie,
Morrissey and Alan McGee (the man who decided it was 'too
obvious' to sign the band, so signed Wilson after they
split up), the legend of The June Brides has remained.
But with so many still unaware of the genius of The June
Brides & Phil Wilson, we've decided you're either part
of the problem or you're part of the solution. So, in the
true spirit of edutainment, this album brings together
a fantastic line-up of discerning artists from around the
globe, new and old, all great, in celebration of Britain's
last, reat soul band. Dust off your dancing shoes, get
up and recognise the heart, the beauty, the brilliance
of The June Brides - still unravished.Featuring original
liner notes by Dave Eggers & Everett True Tracklisting
1. Manic Street Preachers -- The Instrumental, 2. The Positions
-- Every Conversation, 3. Lovejoy -- In the Rain, 4. The
Starlets --Sunday to Saturday, 5. The Projects -- Heard
You Whisper, 6. Television Personalities -- I Fall, 7.
House of Mexico -- Sick, Tired and Drunk, 8. The Mad Scene
-- No Place like Home, 9. Postal Blue -- Josef's Gone,
10. How to Swim -- On the Rocks, 11. Bunny Grunt -- We
Belong, 12. Tompaulin -- Heard You Whisper, 13. The Legend!
-- This Town, 14. Jeffrey Lewis -- Waiting for a Change,
15. The Tyde -- Pound for Pound, 16. Jasmine Minks -- The
Instrumental.
Yesboyicecream-01
CD
$17.00
Various
Sleep With 4AD (2xCD)
PS, UK Import only greatest hits release. Sleep With 4AD
is a 2CD set featuring 24 key tracks by The Birthday Party,
Bauhaus, Cocteau Twins, M/A/R/R/S, Modern English, The
Wolfgang Press, Throwing Muses, Pixies, The Breeders, Pale
Saint, Mojave 3, and many more. Packaged in a beautiful
multi-paneled DVD size box.
4ADUK-801457
DCD
$20.50
Various
Punk Lives!
PS, US Digitally remastered cuts from a cross section of
the Receiver Records Brit punk catalog incl. Sex Pistols,
Sham 69, Slaughter & the Dogs, X-Ray Spex, NY Dolls,
Stranglers, Damned, GBH, Lurkers, Discharge, Adverts, UK
Subs, Johnny Thunders, Toy Dolls, tons more.
Castle-36174
DCD
$19.50
Various
I Am A Cold Rock, I Am Dull Grass - A Tribute To Will Oldham
PS, US Tract Records' long-awaited tribute to WILL OLDHAM
(BONNIE PRINCE BILLY, PALACE) featuring some of indiedom's
best and brightest. You get Oldham favorites as done by
MARK KOZELEK, JOLIE HOLLAND, CALEXICO, IMPOSSIBLE SHAPES,
COURT AND SPARK, PINETOP SEVEN, SCOUT NIBLETT, RIVULETS,
ELEPHANT MICAH, IRON AND WINE, and others. Eighteen tracks
in all.
Tract-016
CD
$12.75
Various
Live from the Roxy-Vol 2
PS, US While only open for 100 days, the Roxy was THE seminal
Brit punk club. Great liners full of anecdotes & digitally
remastered live cuts from Buzzcocks, Sham 69, X-Ray Spex,
UK Subs, Adverts, Wire, Eater, Boys, more.
Castle-36172
CD
$12.00
Various
Anthology of Amer. Folk ( 6 x CD )
PS, US This deluxe 6-CD collector's box set contains a
96-pg bk feat. Harry Smith's original songbook framed by
essays by Greil Marcus & other noted writers, musicians, & scholars.
Play the enhanced 6th disc on your CD-ROM drive & access
historic video footage, rare photos, artist interviews, & additional
background info. Edited by Harry Smith. Reissue compiled
by the staff of Smithsonian Folkways. Reissue liner notes
by Greil Marcus, Neil Rosenberg, Jeff Place, Jon Pankake,
Luis Kemnitzer & others.
SFW-40090
CD
$88.25
Various
Forever Free - A Sublime Tribute Album
PS, US A tribute to 1990s Southern California powerhouse
SUBLIME. You get fourteen Sublime songs as covered by NO
USE FOR A NAME, VOODOO GLOW SKULLS, GUTTERMOUTH, IF ALL
ELSE FAILS, OZOMATLI, SKELETONES, 1208, and others.
BaselineMusicCo-04
CD
$12.00
Venus
#27
PS, US Beautiful and talented NEKO CASE on cover. Features
on BETH ORTON, MATES OF STATE, THE GOSSIP. Also spring
DIY projects, decorating with punk shei, record shopping
with Mommy & Daddy
ZINE
$4.50
Vertonen
Orchid Collider
PS, US The next phase in VERTONEN's continually evolving
analysis, exploration, manipulation, and construction of
drone-based works. Orchid Collider will likely be of interest
to folks who enjoy artists such as Eliane Radigue, Hafler
Trio, David Jackman, John Duncan, or Roland Kayn. "As
Vertonen, Edwards produces lengthy pieces in which the
subtle harmonics and sonorities of slowly shifting drones
are of utmost primacy. Orchid Collider contains six tracks
in which drones overlap and communicate, discover their
innate harmonious natures and then dissolve as throbbing
machine rhythms and deafening walls of noise gradually
encroach. At times, individual tracks sound like a series
of complementary solos by various assemblages of electronic
devices, each given their spotlight to communicate their
own unique voice...the album is an exemplary work, a satisfying
drone album that goes beyond the usual elegiac hypnosis
to locate some truly spine-tingling moments of abstract,
haunting loveliness."- (brainwashed.com)
CIP
CD
$11.00
Vervein
Weather Inside
PS, US The sophomore album from San Francisco female rock/pop
quartet VERVEIN. Eleven tracks of exorcism and escape propelled
with ethereal vocals, dreamy atmospherics, atypical song
structures, and strong melodies and dynamics. "This
is the album to give to those friends that insist music
just isn't that good anymore. Shot through with the sort
of heart-tugging bass lines and sleepy-eyed vocals that
made the Breeders famous. It's not so much a flashback
as a flash of inspiration."-SF Gate. For fans of Mazzy
Star, Breeders, American Analog Set, Galaxie 500, and Death
Cab For Cutie.
Scenery-03102
CD
$11.75
Vicious, Sid + White Kids
Live
PS, UK Live recording of ultimate punk nihilist backed
by fellow SEX PISTOL Glen Matlock & DAMNED drummer
Rat Scabies. Incl. classics like Iggy's "I Wanna Be
Your Dog" & "Tight Pants", Eddie Cochran's "C'Mon
Everybody" & "Something Else" & the
Sinatra classic "My Way". Rec. at the Electric
Ballroom in London, Aug 1978. Extensive liners by Alan
Parker, exclusive photos & clippings. Digitally remastered
from original tapes.
Castle-36178
CD
$12.00
Vincent Black Shadow
Vincent Black Shadow
PS, US The debut album from Baltimore heavy psych assault
squad VINCENT BLACK SHADOW. A stoned-out and grinding mix
of Sabbathian thunder, swirling psychedelics, and grit-fueled,
energetic vocals. Limited edition pressing of 500 copies,
packaged in silk-screened sleeves. For fans of Black Sabbath,
Blue Cheer, Boris, Monster Magnet, Hawkwind and Bongwater.
HeartBreakBeat-01
LP
$12.75
Voices & Organs
Orphanage
PS, US From Gothenburg, Sweden, craft sonic textures & dramatic
melodies reminiscent of SIGUR ROS or MUM. Their debut, "Orphanage," started
as a collection of short-stories about a mythical orphanage
in the hinterlands. Whether the orphanage is a metaphor
for childhood or if it is actually the
other way around is up to the listener to decide.
WesternViny-038
CD
$14.50
Voices Of The Millenium
Self-Titled
PS, US The never-finished project of legendary producer,
scenemaker, and Beach Boy collaborator Gary Usher's utopic,
but short-lived Together Records. Hoping to cash in on
the label's only "name band" Sagittarius in 1969/70,
Usher arranged new Sagittarius demo sessions in hopes to
release a follow-up album. Sagittarius was really just
Usher, Curt Boettcher and members of The Millennium. And
now along with close friends like Randy Meisner, Pat Shanahan
and Rusty Young, a number of elaborate yet fresh and direct
demos were laid down.... In their original demo form, bereft
of electronic trickery, it is possible to now hear these
songs as the logical development of the soft pop style
their writers had been working in since 1965. Despite the
studio mastery and innovative use of technology that the
Millennium, Usher, Boettcher and Olsen are renowned for,
it really was and is all in the songs... and these are
truly some of their best.
Rev-Ola-16
LP
$17.25
W Django
aka Viva Django Edoardo Mulargia
PS, US 1971 spaghetti western also known as "A Man
Called Django" features the popular gunslinger character
who first appeared in Sergio Corbucci's 1966 classic film "Django".
Italian w/English subtitles.
Dagored-706
DVD
$21.75
Warhammer 48 K
Knife Cuts
PS, US Falling somewhere between the indie mathy metallic
crush of bands like Unwound, Lync, the Narrows, and Karp
and the post rock sludge metal of bands like Conifer, Baroness,
and Tides, but with their own unique sense of dynamics
and some strange and strangely original riffs. From loping
minor key slowcore, to super dense complex dual guitar
riffing, to pounding full on metal, to lurching sludge
rock, to noisy indie mathrock, to massive squalls of downtuned
riffing and squealing feedback, this is heavy and epic,
catchy and weird, noisy and freaked out, super dynamic
and totally original."-Aquarius Records
Apop-
LP
$18.25
Ween
Shinola Vol. 1
PS, US
Schnitzel
LP
$19.00
Ween
Gabrielle
PS, US PRE-ORDER!! Limited to 2000 copies.
Schnitzel -001
45
$5.00
Weepies
Say I Am You
PS, US Pop duo's debut album has the taste of a classic
pop album w/ sunny hook-laden tuens, lush meditations & dark
charmers. A breath of fresh air for fans of melodic songwriting.
Nettwerk
CD
$16.50
Why?
Rubber Traits
PS, US
Anticon-0061
CD
$7.25
Why?
Dumb Hummer
PS, US
Anticon-0060
45
$5.50
Wieses, John
Magical Crystal Blah 3
PS, US The third volume in JOHN WIESE's (BASTARD NOISE,
SISSY SPACEK, SUNN O))) et al.) recyclable Magical Crystal
Blah series. This time around Wiese delivers a remix of
the previous Magical Crystal Blah remixes, stunning once
again with some heavy-duty electronic noise.
KittyPlay-016
CD
$9.50
Wilderness
Self-Titled
PS, US This quartet's S/T debut conjures images of Metal
Box-era JOHNNY LYDON
fronting SAVAGE REPUBLIC or EXPLOSIONS IN THE SKY. Cascading
guitars build into the most beautiful pop epiphanies, as
though the Edge were leading a modern day Popol Vuh up
the mountain before us.
Jagjaguwar-88
DLP
$14.50
Wisley
Parador
PS, US Greatly respected pracitioner of power pop for over
a decade, Willie Wisely is back. For fans of Michael Penn,
Jason Falkner, Owsley & Jellyfish. Other artists this
may remind others of would include Brendan Benson & Bleu.
Fantastic dynamic shifts abound in gorgeous, smooth, timeless
melodies that glide gracefully over literate expressions
of a rare talent. Produced by LINUS OF HOLLYWOOD. Willie
Wisely, besides being an incredible multi instrumentalist,
has a voice that will remind folks of a combination of
Emitt Rhodes & Jason Falkner & is perfectly suited
for the power pop idiom.
NotLame-120
CD
$14.50
Witch
S/T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeePee-065
LP
$15.50
Witch
S/T
PS, US J Mascis, DINOSAUR JR, & members of avant-folk
outfit FEATHERS. Mighty sonic tumult that harkens back
to classic heavy metal sound of early 70s outfits while
still sounding modern in it's assault w/o falling into
the ubiquitous Stoner Rocker pigeonhole.
TeePee-065
CD
$15.50
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Gold Lion
PS, US Incl. "Gold Lion (Album Version)," "Let
Me Know (Album Version)," "Gold Lion (DIPLO's
Optimo Remix)," & "Gold Lion (NICK ZINNER
of YYYs Remix)." "The new YYYs album, few of
us know, has a jingle-jangle campfire vibe to it at times,
so this remix is a bit misleading: kitschier, crazier.
Diplo turns up the flux capacitor on Karen O's already
heaving chorus and transfigures it into Q*Bert-style squawk.
In doing so he makes a suitably sleepy slow-burner into
the kind of contortionist freakout he's done well with
Gwen and the Bloc boyz and that M.I.A. person. Gone are
guitars, in are the squelch and synths. Fitting; here's
Karen's chorus-time coo: 'Take our hands out of our control.'"-Pitchfork.
Interscope-63363-2
CD5
$2.25
Yerkey, Stephen
Metaneonatureboy
PS, US When alt-country comes together with the production
prowess of Eric Drew Feldman (PJ Harvey, Polyphonic Spree,
Frank Black), lyrics with a twist, and a voice with a southwest
twang, you're left with Yerkey's newest CD. Leaving his
West Virginia home at 14, Stephen cut his musical teeth
with a traveling carnival. He eventually landed in the
Bay Area where he self-released two albums. His time spent
creating the new record was split between the studio and
his day job at a juvenile correction facility. Stephen's
music is as colorful and different as his history, and "Metaneonatureboy" is
sure to make its mark as one of the most unique releases
of 2006.
Echo
CD
$15.25
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1900s, The
Plume Delivery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US As old friends, lovers and ex-lovers, The 1900s
harness the resulting fury to build psychedelic pop music,
most notably inspired by The Zombies, Fleetwood Mac, Belle & Sebastian,
Donovan, Tommy James, and Velvet Underground.
Parasol-CD-100
CD5
$7.50
303s, The
Lines Of Parallel Minds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Electronics, rock, ephemera, and mood make New Jersey's
The 303s an ingenious meld of power and fragility.
CultHero-1202
CD
$9.75
50 Foot Wave
Free Music EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US Latest in their series of frequent EP releases which
sees the band's sound evolve from the full-on sonic bludgeoning
of their earlier work to something just as strong, yet
nuanced & melodic. Produced by MUDROCK. "Fantastic
stuff."-Pitchfork
Reincarnate80119-01235-2
CD5
$6.25
7 Year Rabbit Cycle
Ache Horns (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Third album from band made up of members of MR BUNGLE,
XIU XIU, DEERHOOF incl. contributions from George Berhinger & ambient
noise artist GROUPER. Imagine The Ex breaking up a fight
between US Maple & Godspeed YBE.
FreePorcupine-013
CD
$16.25
Acid Mothers Gong
Live in Nagoya (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, POLAND A live collaboration between legendary psychedelic-space-rock
band GONG & not less respectable japanese ACID MOTHERS
TEMPLE. Daevid Allen, Gilli Smyth, Josh Pollock, Kawabata
Makoto, Higashi Hiroshi, Tsuyama Atsushi, Yoshida Tatsuya.
Together they form Acid Mothers Gong. Recorded at Nagoya
TOKUZO on 9th april 2003. Essential.
VivoPoland-2006020
CD
$16.00
Aelters
Mixitch Mjeuga Djisc (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Second solo LP of cut-up, mutated disco from former
member of DAT POLITICS.
Sonig-051
CD
$16.25
AFX (Aphex Twin)
Chosen Lords (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 18TH)
PS, Us Rather than release a 3 CD feat. all 41 Analord
tracks, AFX himself has distilled the tunes into a cohesive
album, as it was intended to be heard. It is, in fact,
the first full album of new material & the word is
that the tracks are among his very best. Largely recorded
on his private collection of analog synthesizers - vintage,
modern & home-made, the rhythms, melodies, harmonies, & even
some subliminal lyrics have all evolved directly from the
machines. Partly-inspired by NY electro, Chicago house & Detroit
techno classics, but the album also stimulates the kind
of "lucid dreaming" atmospherics found on "Selected
Ambient Works 85-92"
Rephlex-173
CD
$18.75
Alias & Tarsier
Dr. C/Five Year Eve (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 25TH)
PS, US Lead single from new album incl. an EXCLUSIVE remix
by HEALAMONSTER. Surprisingly organic groove w/Tarsier's
bright voice leading the dance through the heavy atmosphere.
Anticon-058
12
$8.00
Almond, Marc
Willing Sinner (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 2ND )
PS, US A stunning live performance from one of the true
pop stars of the last 20 years -Marc Almond. A unique performance
in a magnificent setting, the Passionchurch in Berlin.
The unique acoustics of the church providing a fitting
location to a performance of passionate simplicity... just
a pianist accompanying Marc as he takes us on journey through
his career. Many Marc Almond and Soft Cell hits are featured
in the performance.
GetBack-149
DLP
$18.25
Amandine
Leave Out the Sad Parts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Five track EP featuring two new exclusive heartbreakers.
Another collection of lush melodies & sincere songwriting.
Influenced & inspired by traditional American Folk
music & sometimes w/ an inclination towards Alt Country/Americana.
They still consistently retain a keen sense of self, w/
a strong natural writing ability. Their songs reflect a
sense of rural space, a reflective ideology, while always
played simply from the heart. "Boundless horizons
meet the intimate under uneasy harmonies" - Pitchfork
FatCat-052
CD5
$8.00
Animal Collective
Grass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Two exclusive tracks plus "Grass" single.
DVD includes videos for "Grass" & "Who
Could Win A Rabbit?" Plus two exclusive videos/films,
including six minute video & sound collage by Brian
DeGraw (GANG GANG DANCE).
FatCat-719
DVD
$9.25
Antena
Toujours Du Soleil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, UK A brand new album from Antena - stylish French electro-bossa
pioneers whose debut Camino Del Sol is now an acknowledged
genre classic. Antena's groundbreaking mix of Kraftwerk,
Suicide and the breezy tropicalia of the Gilberto family
(Joao, Astrud and Bebel) sounds as fresh in 2006 as in
1982, when John Foxx produced their debut single, The Boy
From Ipanema, and future Pet Shop Boy Neil Tennant tagged
them 'electro-samba'. The label still applies, and echoes
of the Antena sound can be heard in artists as diverse
as Stereolab, Electralane and Thievery Corporation indeed
the latter duo co-wrote two of the thirteen songs on Toujours
du Soleil.
LTM-2456
CD
$14.75
Apb
Radio One Peel Sessions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, UKThey influenced the likes of Franz Ferdinand, The
Killers, The Bravery, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, etc...
Feat. 19 tracks recorded for the BBC including 8 tracks
with the legendary JOHN PEEL. Undoubtedly the most important & influential
post punk band to ever come out of Scotland.
BBCRecordings-104
CD
$17.75
Appleseed Cast
Peregrine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS. US The latest album by A. C. is: spacious, thick, brooding,
joyful, explosive, and back and forth, yet somehow seamless
at the same time.
MilitiaGroup-40
CD
$14.75
Arcuragi, Adam
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Arcuragi's debut full length is an introduction
to a bright new lyricist who combines the icy melancholy
of Red House Painters w/the classic Americanism of Tom
Petty, the sincerity of Elliott Smith, & literature
referencing typical of the Mountain Goats. His unique form
of free flowing, introspective lyrics & compelling
harmonies are certain to win fans from appreciators of
bands like My Morning Jacket, the Shins, & the New
Pornographers. Painstakingly recorded over the past 3 years
features contributions from members of Audible, Mazarin,
Bitter Bitter Weeks, National Eye, Matt Pond PA, The Rachel's,
The Trouble With Sweeney, & Ink & Dagger.
HighTwo-006
CD
$13.75
Art Brut
Emily Kane (2ND) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US TRACKLISTING: 1. EMILY KANE 2. MOVING TO LA
FiercePanda-167
45
$6.75
Art Brut
Good Weekend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US TRACKLISTING: 1. GOOD WEEKEND 2. EVERY OTHER WEEKEND
FiercePanda-173
45
$6.75
Art Brut
Emily Kane (1ST) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US TRACKLISTING: 1. EMILY KANE 2. THESE ANIMAL MENSWEAR
FiercePanda-167
45
$6.75
Autophonic
Slack (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, NE Known from his DUB releases. A of "best of" cd.
Combines his masterpieces + five new tracks. Jazzy, electro,
lounge with his specific Autophonic beat structure and
sound.
OnRecordsNetherlands-205
CD
$14.75
Avant
Director (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US PRE/SPECIAL ORDER ONLY.
Geffen-5875-01
DLP
$15.25
Band Of Horses
Everything All The Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Guitarist/vocalist Ben Bridwell and bassist Mat
Brooke formed Band Of Horses in 2004 after the dissolution
of their nearly ten-year run in northwest melancholic darlings
Carissa's Wierd. Carissa's Wierd trafficked in sadly beautiful
orchestral pop, whose songs told unflinching stories of
heartbreak and loss, leavened with defeatist humor. Band
Of Horses rises from those ashes. Buoyed by Bridwell's
warm, reverb-heavy vocals (which channel a strange brew
of Wayne Coyne, Neil Young, and Doug Martsch), the group's
woodsy, dreamy songs ooze with amorphous tension, longing,
and hope. Both raggedly epic and delicately pensive, this
is an album painted gorgeously in fragile highs and lows.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Band Of Horses
Everything All The Time (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$11.75
Barkley's Barnyard
Critters-Mystery Tail (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Tells the animated tale of Barkley dog, a rocker, & his
life w/ fellow barnyard critters. Incl. live action sequences
reminiscent of Banana Split. Animation by LIGHTNING BOLT's
Brian Gibson w/soundtrack by Gibson's side project WIZARDZZ
Load-089
DVD
$15.50
Battiato, Franco
Fetus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US F. B. moved into the 1970s on the crest of the progressive
rock wave. This 1972 impossibly strange record inhabits
that nether world of pop music, electronics, politics and
experimental rock. Fetus is an album beyond all definition.
It's a masterpiece of daring and wild risks that work every
single time. Battiato takes us through eight uniquely super-detailed
songs that tug at the heart strings as no other experimental
record ever could. Liner notes by Jim O'Rourke.
Water-168
CD
$15.50
Battiato, Franco
Pollution (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Franco Battiato's wonderfully lively 1973 concept
album Pollution is an audaciously psychedelic album drawn
from the space rock dimension with good portions of electronics
and keyboard layers. Drawing heavily on the VCS3 synthesizer,
Battiato and company (besides himself, three backing band
members play synth as well) give Pollution an extreme electronic
edge. With comparisons to Ash Ra Tempel, Faust, and Pink
Floyd, Pollution was declared "genius" by Frank
Zappa. Extremely influential on the '90s Chicago post-rock
mafia. Original artwork. New detailed liner notes.
Water-174
CD
$15.25
Battisti, Lucio
Amore E Non Amore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 25TH)
PS, US Considered one of the greatest Italian songwriters
for his ability to reach the primal core of emotional matters,
Battisti is held in the same regard in Italy as John Lennon
is in the English-speaking world. Aided instrumentally
by members of PFM (progressive Italian rockers named oddly
enough for a bakery) and guitarist Alberto Radius of Formula
Tre, Lucio Battisti made this much adored 1971 cult masterpiece.
Imagine Brazilian psych-pop combo Os Mutantes fronted by
Southern soul legend James Carr and you'll get a glimpse
of this inexplicably accomplished and adventurous album.
Water-171
CD
$15.50
Battles
Tomorrow's Eager Hands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US NOT THE US BATTLES. Canada's Battles got there first
w/their 2001 debut "Lycanthropy" on Blue Curtain.
5 years later the Vancouver combo re-enters the sphere
w/another album of forward thinking guitar-based pop cut
from the same underappreciated cloth as Feelies, Embarrassment,
Bryan Ferry & even Mayo Thompson. That's a hell of
a poker game they're joining there! Mainman Stephen Wood's
time as the ax-wielder in DESTROYER influenced his lyrical
approach to songwriting, but unlike other Vancouveranians,
he's not afraid to open up & let his love of prog shine!
Also shares a member w/BLACK MOUNTAIN. "A Lennon-inspired
collection of pop grandeur."
SoftAbuse-13
CD
$13.50
Beans
Only (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US He's out to shatter your silly notions of "next-level" hip-hop.
His new album is a forward reaching effort to bring forth
the concept of "intelligent hip-hop". Bumping
in your ride, burning up your iPod or rattling windows
in your home system, BEANS makes some of the most creative
hip-hop you'll ever hear. Paired here with HAMID DRAKE
on percussion & WILLIAM PARKER on bass.
Thirsty-Ear-57167
CD
$14.50
Belladonnakillz
As If (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, CA "It's upbeat, happy, techno, and funny. It's
got that sound you hate yourself for loving but can't stop
repeating." - Static Beats. Belladonnakillz is one
of the most unique artists to grace the electronic music
scene in what seems like forever producing an almost unheard-of
sound in the current U.S. dance market and with surprising
results. "a mix of gabber, drum and bass, and hard
rock vocals, given the production sense of a pop god, and
then over-tweaked with a monstrous equalization that will
send your speakers straight to the repair shop.
Sublight-1701
CD
$13.50
Bibio
Hand Cranked (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28th)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mush-244
LP
$11.50
Bird Show
Lightning Ghost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US This centers around BEN VIDA's (TOWN & COUNTRY,
CENTRAL FALLS, EVERYONEd) home-fi experiments. Tracks are
carved out of opate'd chanting, disjunctive drums circles,
synth meditation & prepared piano trance songs. These
sonic explorations are embedded into tighter song structures,
with a greater role given to vocals. The ceremonial air
has been expanded with a strong percussive presence, mesmerizing
musical figures.
Kranky-093
CD
$13.75
Black To Comm
Rückwärts Backwards (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
13TH)
PS, DE Black To Comm is an alias for Dekorder label owner
Marc Richter's audio excursions. "Rückwärts
Backwards" is his debut full-length album recorded
between 2003 and 2005 in his adopted hometown Hamburg and
his childhood home in the Black Forest located in the south
of Germany. With a background in many musical styles (from
Psychedelia to pure Computer Music) BTC's music is never
easy to pin down. This album is essentially created from
scratchy shellac and vinyl loops merged with ambience field
recordings (with some voice manipulations and kitchen gamelan
thrown in for good measure). The warm hiss of analogue
recording techniques combined with the apparently antique
sounds of vintage organs, acoustic & electric guitars,
pianos, glockenspiel and mbira used on these tracks generate
a kind of hyperreal, fake nostalgia playing with one's
perception of a pseudo-recollection. The layering and hypnotic
repetition of short loops extracted from old Psychedelia,
Free Jazz, Vaudeville and Traditional records reveal a
haunting melodic quality sometimes not distinguishable
within the original source material, evoking a hovering
feeling of bittersweet melancholy with an omnipresent,
slightly disturbing atmosphere hidden beneath the surface.
The 8 songs constantly sway back and forth between simple,
almost naive arrangements and dense surreal drones with
rare, yet intense distorted climaxes making this album
one constantly absorbing listening experience.
Dekorder-014
CD
$14.75
Black, Gus
Autumn Days (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Eclectic L.A. singer songwriter a la Beck, E, Grant
Lee Phillips. Features members of NICKEL CREEK & BRIAN
JONESTOWN MASSACRE as well as collaborators of Air, Fiona
Apple, and Joe Henry. Has performed live on Morning Becomes
Eclectic twice, and has had songs on One Tree Hill, Smallville,
Felicity, Alias, and the Scream soundtrack.
CheapLullaby-007
CD
$13.50
Blight
Detroit: The Dream is Dead- The Collected Works of a Midwest
Hardcore Noise Band 1982 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US This is their story, a band little heard & rarely
seen. Formed in '82, from the demise of THE FIX, two members
STEVE MILLER & MIKE ACHTENBERG met head on with TESCO
VEE (MEATMEN). They sounded like machinery in motion & appropiately,
all the parts worked together in unison. The energy expounded
within this time period was visceral, intimidating, artful & completely
essential.
Touch&Go-296
CD
$9.75
Blow
Love That I Crave Remix (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Audraglint joins forces w/new Portland label Holocene
to produce this remix EP of the hottest track from The
Blow's latest
incl. remixes by STRATEGY & CARO
Audraglint -114
LP
$11.25
Blow
Love That I Crave Remix (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Audraglint joins forces w/ new Portland label Holocene
to produce this remix EP of the hottest track from The
Blow's latest incl. remixes by STRATEGY & CARO.
Audraglint-114
CD5
$13.50
Bossanova
Hey, Sugar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US From Vancouver, Canada comes the debut full-length
from amazing new band. The recording of 'Hey,Sugar' was
begun in 1998 but the finished product sounds fresher than
most indie-rock out there. Kurt Dahle from The NEW PORNOGRAPHERS & Josh
Wells from BLACK MOUNTAIN join singer, guitarist, genius
Chris Storrow. Echoes of Ian Curtis & New Order, with
the psyche-delicism of Velvet Underground or even Donna
Summer(!). The Feminine Complex gets masculine. "A
deep punk-disco groove anchors hovering Moog, guitars,
and extraordinarily felt vocals. The best Joy Division
song in years."-Michaelangelo Matos. "Eerily
clean melodies, hovering vocals and an organ drone that
all sound as if the Doors and New Order spawned a love
child."- FFWD. Last seen on 2004 Teenbeat Sampler.
2
Teenbeat-407
CD
$12.75
Boxcutter
Tauhid (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Guitarist and producer BARRY LYNN (aka BOXCUTTER)
became the talk of the dubstep scene in 2005 with the release
of his astounding Brood/Sunshine single on London's taste-making
dance label, Hot Flush. On his second release, Tauhid,
Lynn continues to revolutionize the garage and breaks sound
with a fresh mix of fractured breaks, Eastern inflections
and a deep dub sensibility. The title track is a micro-symphony
of writhing bass, FX-laden guitars and blurry half-step
rhythms that quickly devolve into pure breakbeat abstraction.
Other tracks, like "Silver Birch Solstice," harken
back to the two-step garage craze of a few years ago. With
heavy rotation from influential DJs like Ras Kwame, One
World and Breezeblock, Boxcutter comes into 2006 as one
of the hottest dance artists around.
Planet Mu-146
12
$8.75
Boxcutter
Oneric (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 25TH)
PS, US Aka Barry Lynn who burst onto the garage & dubstep
scene in 2005 w/his single on Hot Flush. Cosmic dubstep
w/guitar, flutes & twisting breaks. CD incl. both singles & 10
new tracks.
PlanetMu-147
CD
$16.25
Boxcutter
Oneric (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 25TH)
PS, US Vinyl Version.
PlanetMu-147
DLP
$20.50
Breakage
Drowning (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Classic "oceanic jungle" from Scientific
Wax label co-founder. Two blissful tracks which seem to
have been on dub for years. Both push the boundaries of
what was once known as oceanic jungle, "Drowning" with
blissful vocal samples and "The 9th Hand" with
detuned drum pads and an amazing chopped-up Apache break.
PlanetMu-135
LP
$9.75
Brosseau, Tom
Empty Houses are Lonely (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US Songs of lost love & poetic observation that
shimmer like aural tintypes. Collection of highlights from
his recorded history to date, augmented by several new
recordings. Brosseau's voice sounds eerily like a high-lonesome
reincarnation of Jeff Buckley. High, limber & sometimes
vibrato-tinged, it seems to hover between the masculine & feminine.
Hauntingly moody & atmospheric, & avoids the typical
garden-variety verse-chorus-bridge song structures in his
writing.
FatCat-041
CD
$13.75
Built To Spill
You in Reverse (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US
WB49363.2
CD
$17.25
Burrell, Kenny & John Coltrane
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-8107
CD
$12.75
Buzzcocks
Flat Pack Philosophy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US 30 years and still going strong, the godfathers
of punk -pop are back . This is their 8th studio lp. In
true punk rock fashion and with superlative production
by bassist Tony Barber, the lps packs 14 songs into 36
minutes.
DamagedGoods-262
LP
$15.50
Buzzcocks
Flat-Pack Philsophy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Fifth LP packs 14 songs into 36 minutes & continues
in their tradition of romantic metaphor & literary
reference.
CookingVinyl-4772
CD
$17.00
Cale, John
Slow Dazzle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US US reissue of classic 1975 LP for ex-VELVET UNDERGROUND
keyboardist is easily as good as 1974's "Fear," if
not a step better. He is again joined by ROXY MUSICians
ENO, McKay, & MANZANERA but this time Limey guitar
god CHRIS SPEDDING.
RECOMMENDED.
Island-846069
CD
$15.75
Cale, John
Fear (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US US reissue of classic 1974 LP for ex-VELVET UNDERGROUND
keyboardist deftly melds rock & pop music into Cale's
own unique vision. Joined by ROXY MUSICians ENO, MACKAY, & MANZANERA
along with RICHARD THOMPSON who supplies deft
guitar. RECOMMENDED.
Island-848149
CD
$15.75
Calexico
Garden Ruin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Vinyl Version!
Quarterstick-97
LP
$15.50
Calexico
Garden Ruin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Where the open blue skies of the landscapes they
chronicled before were normally tempered by the smoky dark
blues of their jazz influences, it's musically brighter,
though this time the skies are tempered by a darker lyrical
content. It sees Burns taking a left turn, "There
is much more of an influence of the current state of affairs
in the lyrics on this album than before." This is
where they fill those dusty, empty landscapes they documented
with a big, big sound.
Quarterstick-97
CD
$13.75
Carrots
The Best Of... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, SPAIN 79 minutes with the best tracks of the band from
Barcelona, selected by fans and friends.
GrabacionesEnElMar-199
CD
$14.75
Casavola, Franco
Futurlieder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US
LTM-2454
CD
$17.00
Chappelle, Dave Block Part
Soundtrack (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST
PS, US PRE/SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. A real crowd-pleaser, Dave
Chappelle's Block Party soundtrack spotlights comedy superstar
Dave Chappelle in all-new freestyle standup material, and
also one-time-only performances by MOS DEF, ERYKAH BADU,
COMMON, DEAD PREZ, JILL SCOTT, TALIB KWELI, & ROOTS,
among others. Captures the unprecedented combination of
comedy & music was recorded on location, as Chappelle
threw a party in downtown Brooklyn, inviting local residents
to experience these exclusive performances by the most
progressive cutting edge urban artists in the music scene
today. Nonreturnable vinyl.
Geffen-6366-01
LP
$15.25
Cherry Five (AKA Goblin)
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
Ps, US Founded in 74 by Carlo Bordini (who came from the
broken group Rustichelli & Bordini), Tony Tartarini,
Walter Martino, Claudio Simonetti & Adriano Monteduro.
They played in the instrumentation guitar, drums, keyboards & vocals.
They played progressive-rock, sung in English & includes
various fine keyboard passages, which reminds of Nice.
Shortly after this album, Tartini & Bordini left the
band & they broke up. Today this album belongs to the
most soughtafter records of the Italian prog-rock-scene.
This official reissue comes with nice fold-out-cover & as
160 gram vinyl.
AmberSoundroom-052
LP
$33.25
Chomsky, Noam
Imperial Grandstrategy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Noam Chomsky is one of the worlds leading intellectuals,
the father of modern linguistics, an outspoken media and
foreign policy critic, and tireless activist. This DVD
features Chomsky contesting official versions of history
and today's news in two powerful lectures and a 45-minute
interview. While each piece stands alone, they also complement
one another to provide both a far-ranging view of world
politics and a glimpse into Chomsky's personal political
beliefs
that is both entertaining and informative.
MVD-005
DVD
$19.75
Christ Punchers
Disasterpiece (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Ultra-mega heavy, indie doom duo from Motown. Featuring
members of ELECTRIC 6 & 7000 DYING RMAirTaSc,l ethis
band serves as a musical budgeon. A guitar & drum guide
the power, volume is used as an instrument, hypnotic noise
washes paleolithic rhythms set against a wall of drone.
Soul crushing metal & white noise texture.
Unfortunate-028
CD
$11.00
Clipd Beaks
Preyers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US CLIPD BEAKS is the P.M. Dawn of noise-rock. So concludes
singer NIC BARBELIN, who adds, "We'll never really
fit in... we've always done our own thing." The band
brings innate pop sensibilities and intense personal charisma
to a genre typically known for alienating listeners. Where
others abuse, Clipd Beaks soothe. Their static is far from
monochromatic with a thick sound defined by analog synth
drones, propulsive beats, and layered vocals delivered
in the ecstatic tones of street preachers. The addition
of ambient and orchestral loops and experiments with lo-fi
sampling carry their creations to even higher transcendent
planes. A sonic galaxy of claustrophobic psychedelia encompassing
krautrock, Factory Records, This Heat, and acid-damaged
raps about Abu Ghraib. A split release between Tigerbeat6
and Deleted Art Records.
Tigerbeat6-124
CD
$10.25
Cocteau Twins
Lullabies To Violane v. 2 (2XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
21ST)
PS, UK Volumes 1 and 2 together contain all the tracks
on the box set.
4AD-72514
DCD
$18.75
Cocteau Twins
Lullabies To Violane v.1 (2XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
21ST)
PS, UK Volumes 1 and 2 together contain all the tracks
on the box set.
4AD-72513
DCD
$18.75
Coltrane, John
Lush Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-8103
CD
$12.75
Comus
First Utterance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Comus' first album contains an imaginative if elusive
brand of experimental folk-rock, with a tense and sometimes
distressed vibe. Although there are elements of traditional
British folk music, there's an edginess to the songwriting & arrangements
that would be entirely alien in a Fairport Convention or
Pentangle disc. At times, this straddles the border between
folk-rock and the kind of songs you'd expect to be sung
at a witches' brew fest, the haunting supernatural atmosphere
enhanced by bursts of what sound like a theramin-like violin,
hand drums, flute, oboe, ghostly female backup vocals,
and detours into almost tribal rhythms.
Breathless-52002
CD
$17.25
Concretes, The
In Colour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Magnificent second LP from Swedish hipsters recorded
w/ Mike Mogis (BRIGHT EYES, FAINT).
Astralwerks-54059
CD
$20.75
Copy
Mobius Beard (PRE-ORDER: JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Combining dense harmonies, delivered in an 8- bit
baroque electro style somewhere between Yellow Magic Orchestra & Ratatat,
w/ snap-tight digital reminiscent of Dabrye. Fuzzy bass
synths ride syncopated drum patterns, jump-cutting into
ambient spaces & cresting in victorious melodic themes.
The result is a crossover work of electronic pop that will
appeal to both hardcore sound boys, IDM nerds & the
casual listening masses. Get lost in melodic contemplation
or bounce, pump a fist, and strain your neck to the beat.
AudioDregs-061
CD
$14.50
Costa, Matt
Songs We Sing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Reissue of last year's Venerable Media release w/4
NEW SONGS. A stylistic stew that jumps off from mid-60's
Brit folk to encompass psych, blues, ragtime, country,
pop & classical. Produced by Tom Dumont (NO DOUBT) & Phil
Ed (MODEST MOUSE, SHINS).
Brushfire-6264
CD
$16.25
Coup
Pick a Bigger Weapon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 25TH)
PS, US New album from critical darlings. Its sound will
remind listeners of Dirty Mind-era Prince and late '80s
Too Short, according to the label. The album is said to
have an edgier sound, faster beats and a big name cast
of guest musicians, including Tom Morello of Audioslave,
Dwayne Wiggins and members of Paliament-Funkadelic and
the Gap Band. Guest vocalists include Talib Kweli, Roots'
Black Thought and Jello Biafra.
Epitaph-86720
CD
$16.25
Coup
Best Coup DVD Ever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Bear witness to one of the most notoriously political
groups in the history of rap music. Features the videos
pushing the political activism and fervent dedication to
social change. In addition, interviews with the infamous
emcee and producer Boots Riley and DJ Pam the Funkstress
provide further insight into what's up with The Coup. 60
mins.
MVD-1385
DVD
$14.75
Court & Spark
Hearts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US With Hearts, The Court & Spark have created
their meisterwerk, a rarified record that seamlessly stitches
together their shimmering river hymns, fuzzy sci-fi sky
songs, acoustic drone in the key of OM, dusky West Coast
C&W (that's country and western), spectral discreet
music, and serpentine motel blues into an album as rich,
nuanced, and irreverent as it is ambitious. Hearts is about
love, sanity, spirituality, and death on the borderlands
of the 21st century, and it's the
band's finest work.
Camera-004
LP
$14.50
Coven
Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Coven's sound is inspired by the occult, as is immediately
evident from their song titles and lyrics that speak of
demons, witches and satanic rituals. This album, released
in 1970, attracted many fans to the genre, in part because
a track entitled "Black Sabbath" and the presence
of a bassist named "Oz Osbourne" gave the band
an air of mystery. However, this American band is of no
relation to their British counterparts. Coven, nonetheless,
bring us a high quality album, both from a musical and
visual standpoint (thanks to the dramatic cover art).
Akarma-271
CD
$17.25
Cowsills, The
Painting The Day: The Delicious Psychedelia of the Cowsills(PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, UK The Cowsills are right up there with the Monkees
as classiest of all the American teen groups, the Cowsills
were an institution in the late sixties. This 23 track
compilation comprises their significant hits,the best of
their superb vocal psychedelia and the entire "11
x 11" acid concept album released digitally for the
first time anywhere in the world. Hailing from Rhode Island,
The Cowsills were the original "Family of Pop" on
whom the Partridge Family were based. Their father William "Bud" Cowsill,
began assembling the group at the height of Beatlemania.
Eventually it comprised his sons Bill, Bob, Barry, John
and Paul, seven year old daughter Susan and their mother
Barbara. The Cowsills created highly polished vocal pop
and In 1967, after some false starts,their breakthrough
single, the very memorable "The Rain the Park & Other
Things' reached number 1 on the American chart. The Cowsills
enjoyed two million selling number one hits (both included
on this compilation) "The Rain The Park & Other
Things" (sometimes known as "I Love The Flower
Girl") and their cover of the themesong from the popular
musical "Hair" which became a hippy anthem and
was banned in Vietnam. The band's other two immense USA
top ten hits "We Can Fly" and "Indian Lake" are
also both included on this compilation.
El-069
CD
$14.75
Dagons, The
Reverse (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US 'Female singer-guitarist, male drummer--it's the
Bizarro White Stripes!' -Tom Sinclair, ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
'With the best of the two-piece bands-from Flat Duo Jets
to Mr. Airplane Man--you never feel like something's missing.
I'd add to that short list this California couple (front
woman and guitarist Karie Jacobson and drummer Drew Kowalski),
whose bangy garage blues is touched by a graceful, moody
goth sensibility'.-Monica Kendrick, CHICAGO READER 'Bottom
line: If the Dagons were from Detroit they'd be wined and
dined by all the labels eager to grab their slice of Motor
Citydom before the bubble bursts.'-Fred Mills, DETROIT
METRO TIMES 'The Dagons create music that could easily
provide the soundtrack to a hypnotic nightmare or psychedelic
amusement park'.
-Laura Pontillo, VENUS
DeadSeaCaptain-007
CD
$10.50
Daktaris
Soul Explosion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US REMASTERED! VINYL.
Daptone-009
LP
$14.50
Daktaris
Soul Explosion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Several members of FELA KUTI's band recorded this
throbbing slice of Afro Beat/Afro Funk w/members that later
went onto ANTIBALAS. Classic of modern funky soul.
Daptone-009
CD
$14.50
Dalek
Streets All Amped (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS DE Dälek offer with "Streets All Amped" a
new record of their original mixture of massive noise,
heavy beats, intelligent vocals and detailed turntablism.
Adnoiseam-58
12
$9.00
Danielson
When It Comes to You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US ...I'm Lazy b/w Goody Goody." This is Daniel's
first solo release on Kill Rock Stars. The "naked" sing-a-ling
songs of Brother Danielson (Daniel), who sings from inside
a ten-foot-tall papier maché tree, baring the good
fruit.
KillRockStars-463
45
$4.25
Danielson
I'm Slow But I'm Sloppy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Limited 7" in series of limited singles to
be released through Anticon, Kill Rock Stars & Sounds
Familyre. Incl. contributions from WHY? & PALLADINO.
Anticon-062
45
$6.00
Davis, Miles
Relaxin' w/Miles Quintet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-8104
CD
$17.75
Dead Elephant
Sing the Separation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US 5 song EP. Noise/indie/metal trio from Italy. Think
Unsane/Cherubs meets Neurosis playing heavy BeeMfhieraacrtl
edisjointed rhythms, perhaps a lo-fi Mastodon.
Unfortunate-038
CD5
$7.50
Descloux, Lizzy Mercier
Zulu Rock (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2ND)
PS, US This is the 3rd record she recorded, originally
released by CBS Records (France-only) as Gazelles in 84,
now repackaged, incl. 5 bonus tracks. It's mbaganga -which
literally means "the poor South-African stew," a
musical blend of different local styles & Anglo-Saxon
pop. A heavy & emphatic bass line , with a technique
inspired by Zulu guitars. Against all expectations, the
record was very well received in France, both by the critics,
who awarded it Best Rock Album of the Year.
ZeRecords-026
CD
$20.75
Descloux, Lizzy Mercier
Best Off (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2ND)
PS, US A compilation of the most riveting of Lizzy's work,
showcasing worldbeat, discordant punk, celebratory no wave,
boisterous Latin-infused funk, to comprise a joyful, frenetic
celebration of this pioneering, unforgettable artist.
ZeRecords-025
CD
$20.75
Devics
Push The Heart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, UK Devics 2006 album 'Push The Heart', is the stunning
follow-up to 'The Stars At Saint Andrea', their critically-acclaimed
second album released in February 2003. The album begins
with "Lie to Me," a charming platform for O'Halloran's
cascading pianos and Lov's yearning vocals, calling out
over a ghost town of disembodied whistles and funereal
organ. Second track "A Secret Message to You" shows
Devics talent for finding inspiration everywhere, keeping
time with the found art of O'Halloran bashing out a letter
on an old typewriter. "Song for a Sleeping Girl" is
an opportunity for the listener to relish O'Halloran's
sweet soliloquy to a sleeping sweetheart. 'Devics... the
finest purveyors of multi-layered gorgeousness since Yo
La Tengo, Beautifully complex stuff." NME
BellaUnion-1225
CD
$17.75
Diegrinder/ Fallopian Dudes
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Two hard-hitting Michigan bands. Diegrinder is similar
to Turbonegro/Motorhead/MC5. Fallopian Dudesare like a
stoner band played by a hardcore band, think Orange Goblin
on speed.
Unfortunate-037
45
$5.25
Diskaholics Anonymous
Weapons of Ass Destruction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, NORWAY
SmalltownSuperjazz-091
LP
$16.00
Dolphy, Eric
Out There(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-8101
CD
$12.75
Don Caballero
World Class Listening Problem (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY
16TH)
PS, US Inarguably one of the most celebrated, influential & innovative
bands in recent times, they are the vanguard of progressive,
instrumental music. This first full-length album in almost
5 years, they prove once again that they are head & shoulders
above their peers. The bands powerful, percussive-heavy
sonic advance is more dense, more expansive, & burns
with a new-found urgency. It's prime Don Caballero & an
indispensable addition to the illustrious Don Cab canon.
Relapse-6655
CD
$12.75
Donkeys
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 16TH)
PS, US At one time or another various members of The Donkeys
have been the backing band for Cass McCombs, Casiotone
For The Painfully Alone and Papercuts. In their own they!ve
got the ramshackle tightness of say, The Band, or Jerry
Jeff Walker, or Will Oldham. The raw power of Ronnie Hawkins,
or Neutral Milk Hotel. The pop chops of Beulah, or Of Montreal.
The psychedelic mystery of the Gris Gris, or Skip Spence.
These comparisons still don't fully do it,
though.
AntennaFarm-516
CD
$12.75
Dorham, Kenny
Quiet Kenny (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-8108
CD
$12.75
Dukowski, Chuck Sextet
Eat My Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Brainchild of former BLACK FLAG bassist and songwriter
Chuck Dukowski who is joined by father of the low desert
sound Mario Lallli (FATSO JETSON) & Joe Baiza (SACCHARINE
TRUST, UNIVERSAL CONGRESS OF). A powherhouse whose sound
defies description. Their unique instrumentation includes
a variety of reeds played by virtuoso Lynn Johnston. Bill
Stinson's agile drumming provides the skeleton for the
CD6's dynamic movement. Dukowski conveys his radical bass
genius on a 5 string and singer Lora Norton's intense vocals
both sting and smooth like salve. New guitarist Milo Gonzalez
tears apart the fabric of sound with his shred guitar.
They have to be heard to be believed.
LongLiveCrime-9001
CD
$10.75
Dunger, Nicolai
Here's My Song You Can Have It (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
14TH)
PS, US MERCURY REV backs Dunger on his new album! Recalls
the joyful, pastoral soul of vintage Van Morrison & the
melancholy croonings of both Buckleys. Dunger's aching
melodies & soulful vocals mesh seamlessly w/Mercury
Rev's dreamy, yet driving sound.
Rounder-11431090-2
CD
$19.00
Dylan, Bob
Rolling Thunder 1975-81 The Gospel Years (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
APRIL 4TH)
PS, US Director & Producer Joel Gilbert (Bob Dylan
1966 World Tour The Home Movies, 2003 and Bob Dylan World
Tours 1966-
1974 Through the Camera of Barry Feinstein, 2005) weaves
the story of this monumental period of Dylans life and
music through revealing insider portraits, exclusive photos,
live concert video clips and TV footage from 1975-1981,
and with visits to Rundown Studios, the Muscle Shoals Sound
Studio, the Vineyard Church, and the Fox Warfield Theatre.
5
MVD-4484
DVD
$14.75
Eastern Youth
365-Step Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Long running indie rockers frequently called "The
Japanese Fugazi" (tho not by me) w/introspective lyrics
atop pummeling guitar melodies. First US album in 3 years & follows
split w /CURSIVE. 5
FiveOne-013
CD
$15.00
Edu K
Frenetiko (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Undoubtedly one of Brazil's most talented contemporary
musicians. As singer and front man of legendary Brazilian
punk band De Falla. The commotion continues here with the
first baile funk-inspired album ever to be released outside
of Brazil. It's 45 min. of pure energy, blending the hottest
sounds of 21st century Brazil into a breathtaking, musical
masterwork. Call it baile punk, samba reggaeton or electro
punk funk, this is Brazil's new millennium answer to
the post-local, post-genre musical era we live in.
Man-008
CD
$18.00
Electric Ghosts
Daniel Johnston & Jack Medicine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MARCH 28TH)
PS, US DANIEL JOHNSTON! Widely recognized as the father
of lo-fi. Side project that Daniel & his tour manager/HYPERJINX
TRICYLCE bandmate created while on the road touring America,
playing shows & searching for salvation. "Most
songwriters would give anything to have written one song
as good as any Daniel Johnston tune...& he has hundreds." -Dean
Ween
Important-081
CD
$13.75
Elope
3WD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 22ND)
PS, SWEDEN New album from Swedish throwback power-trio
Elope, the first of two Elope albums to be released in
2006. "3WD" is the rockin' record of the pair
and falls in line with the Cream, Badfinger, Beatles comparisons
heaped upon their debut album "The No Name Record".
Elope offer up another helping of late-60s, early-70s classic
rock escapism, the kind that Scandinavians seem to be born
into. Praise for their last album include ""Mashing
together such titanic influences as Neil Young, Badfinger,
and (gulp) the Beatles is hardly novel, even from a Swedish
stoner rock band. Still, I keep dialing up this mellow,
mesmerizing album...and digging it hard every single time." (San
Francisco Bay Guardian/Kurt Wolf) The upcoming "9
Distilled Dreams" will explore Elope's dreamy mellowosity.
Gravitation-021
CD
$13.50
Equinox
Acid Rain V.I.P (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Marlon Sterling (aka Equinox) is one of drum n bass's
longest serving choppage practitioners with multiple releases
in circulation on labels such as Brain, Bassbin, Inperspective,
Breakin' and Intasound. His debut EP on Planet Mu promises
to be one of the hottest jungle releases of the year. "Acid
Rain V.I.P. (Breakage Final Chapter Mix)" became one
of the most sought-after tracks on the scene after it was
promised to never be released commercially. Planet Mu made
them break that promise!
PlanetMu-134
CD
$16.25
Essex Green
Cannibal Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Listening to this is like opening a songbook of
classic pop. These 12 new songs incorporate counrty rock
traces of The Byrds, the Greenwich Village balladry of
Fred Neill & the acoustic pop perfection of The Mamas & The
Papas. Add the pure pop perfection of The Monkees, & mix
throughout with more modern traces of The Shins, The Hidden
Cameras & Jens Lekman, you have a recipe for a sound
that is timeless without being purely retro. Their strongest &
most cohesive album.
Merge-278
CD
$14.25
Eternals
High Anxiety (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US New tweener EP incl remixes by PREFUSE 73, A GRAPE
DOPE (John Herndon of TORTOISE), BIRTHMARK, EXERCISE TIGER & The
Eternals themselves. Continues to showcase their varied
influences & politicized energy.
Aesthetics-042
CD5
$9.25
Eternals
High Anxiety (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Aesthetics-042
12
$9.25
Exile
Pro + Agonist (2X12") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Double 12" single w/brand new, exclusive tracks
bringing more quirkiness to the DnB electronic music scene.
PlanetMu-116
12
$20.50
F/I
Question for the Somnambulist (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL
11TH)
PS, US Limited edition reissue. Traverses dark & hazy
landscapes, hypnotic textures laced with electronics & exploratory
guitar
riffs dripping with effects. Resuscitated from the annals
of uber-obscurity for another suckerpunch to your third
eye, this reissue includes one bonus track from the sessions.
These psychedelic rock-and-sound legends spawned a space-rock
scene in the 80's unlike any other around & have quietly
influenced a whole new generation of exploratory instrumental
freakers.
StrangeAttractors-040
CD
$13.75
Facedowninshit
NPON (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US Stands for Nothing Positive, Only Negative, recorded
@ Pontchartrain Studios w/engineer Jay Murphy & mastered
at Kitchen Mastering (CATHARSIS, MEAT PUPPETS) by Brent
Lambert. Guitarist Jason Crumer had this to say: "I
think with this one we deliver what people who have favored
our live shows have been wanting. Thanks for sticking with
us for so long, hopefully this one will do it for ya'll."
Relapse-6684
CD
$16.25
Feathers
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Digital issue from 8 piece Northampton, MA psychedelic
folk ensemble comes out on Devendra Banhart's label. Simple,
strummed guitars, delightfully sweet harmonies, lysergic
electric guitar & tribal drumming w/swirly folk vibe
throughout.
Gnomonsong -02
CD
$14.50
Fell
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US New project by Josh Wambeke of the Denver, Colorado
psychedelic pop duo PHINEAS GAGE (last heard in 2000 on
their Camera Obscura CD "Reconsidered"). The
band began life as a series of 4-tracks culled from a backlog
of Wambeke's demos - experimental odds and ends deemed
unsuitable for inclusion in the Phineas Gage repertoire
due to their heavy usage of electronics and drum machines.
When Wambeke's colleague in Gage, PATRICK PORTER, embarked
on an extensive globetrot and started on a series of solo
releases, Wambeke set out to combine the existing electro-ambient
feel of these demos with the heavily-reverbed space guitars
and layered, subterranean vocals that had comprised the
Phineas Gage sound. Heavy influences during the recordings
of Josh and friends included Joy Division and the Cure's "Disintegration".
Psych to space to post-rock with nods in the direction
of early new wave and ambient electronics but in the end
it is the band's effortless song craft and precise arrangements
that propel tracks into hearts and stratospheres.
CameraObscura-074
CD
$14.75
Field Music
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Reissue of their 2005 Memphis Industries (UK) debut
w/3 bonus tracks+video. "Field Music glide through
brief swathes of British pop grandeur like a pebble skipping
over a calm, lambent lake, incorporating wobbleclose harmonies,
icicle keyboards, strings and jerky guitar beneath lyrics
that sigh at human uncertainty, misdirected relationships
and the brevity of existence."-Pitchfork
MemphisIndustries-043
CD
$16.25
Flaming Lips
Telepathic Surgery (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Experimental, even by The Flaming Lips standards,
the band's third album is a glorious and mind-expanding
mix of heavily effected guitar solos, backwards recordings
and surrealistic imagery. Again, the classic song titles
keep coming with "Chrome Plated Suicide," "Hari-Krishna
Stomp Wagon (Fuck Led Zeppelin)," and "Drug Machine
in Heaven." Telepathic Surgery became a big influence
on many bands such as Mercury Rev and Beck to Grandaddy
and The Olivia Tremor Control. Deluxe reissue on blue vinyl.
23 min. bonus track on Side 3, w/etched image on Side 4
Plain-113
DLP
$16.00
Flaming Lips
In a Priest Driven Ambulance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
14TH)
PS, US Final pre-major label album from The Flaming Lips
brought a huge shift in sound that would define their work
over the next decade. First LP to feature MERCURY REV's
Jonathan Donahue on guitar, & features more structured
songwriting and tighter production. The lyrical wit & insight
of Wayne Coyne had never been better as his obsession with
religous imagery moved to the forefront. Features "Unconsciously
Screamin'," "Rainin' Babies," & "God
Walks Among Us Now." Deluxe reissue on red vinyl.
Bonus 12
Plain-114
DLP
$16.00
Flanders, Tommy
Moonstone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Known as the original lead singer of The Blues Project,
Flanders released this Verve solo album in 1969. Rather
than the blues and R&B of his former group, this record
features some fine mellow folk-rock singer/songwriter vibes
that are at times countrified or psychedelicized. Original
artwork.
Lilith-06
CD
$18.00
Flin Flon
Dixie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Long awaited third album from TEENBEAT's most successful
band of the last decade. UNREST founder and front man MARK
ROBINSON, formed this band with KILL ROCK STARS alum Nattles
(COLD COLD HEARTS) and Teenbeat mainstay Matt Datesman
(TRUE LOVE ALWAYS). Danceable dry funk post-punk. Songs
that were written around the bass and drums. Contemporary
rock with an original melodic voice and vocals. "Love
Will Tear Us Apart" meets The Smiths. Huh? Produced
by Trevor kampmann (HOLLAND). Flin Flon's 'Floods' is the
theme song for CNN's Anderson Cooper 360. Packaged with
distinctive Teenbeat O-Card slipcover with 12pp full-color
booklet.
Teenbeat-337
CD
$12.75
Flin Flon
Dixie (Version) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Includes alternate artwork & alternatve mixes
from CD.
Teenbeat-388
LP
$9.25
Freeheat
Back On The Water (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Jim Reid, Ben Lurie, and Nick Sanderson of the Jesus & Mary
Chain along with Romi Mori of Gun Glub. A new 17 track
CD featuring live cuts + studio tracks recorded at the
Mary Chain's Drugstore studio. At long last here's the
Freeheat album that almost never was. Exploding on to a
hi-fi near you is the first full-length album from the
band who count The Jesus & Mary Chain, The Gun Club
and Earl Brutus amongst their pedigree. Featuring sessions
recorded at the Mary Chain's infamous Drugstore, along
with classic live tracks from the Paradiso, Amsterdam.
PlantingSeeds-045
CD
$13.75
Funckarma
Elaztiq Bourbon 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, NE The third release of the Dutch Sending Orbs label
is a kind of best of Funckarma album. Songs of the three
EP's "Sounds" (2002), "Elaztiq" (2002)
and "Part 5" (2003) have been put in random order,
but sound surprisingly coherent together. The music created
by the Funcken brothers can best be described as intelligent
electronica, in the same category as Plaid, Aphex Twin,
Autechre, Fourtet and Funkstorung. Mister D. & R. play
with rhythms and exciting melodies and it isn't until you
analytically listen to their music on your headphone that
you can fully appreciate the complexity of the songs. Minimal
rhythmic changes, a small adjustment in tones or just a
few unexpected background sounds give you something new
to discover, every time you listen to this record.
SendingOrbs-003
CD
$14.75
Funckarma
DemSongzByWe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, NE Remix 12" ep with original songs from Ontayso,
Céline, Kero and Slemper.
OnRecords-104
12
$7.50
Garcia, Nic
Desperate Ones (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Third full-length album wraps Garcia's bleak meditative
prose in lush keyboard textures, drawing on modern composers
like Zorn & Morricone. Songs relay an obscured North
Dakotan narrative unfoldng through hints & suggestions.
Haunting voice, skeletal guitar work & rich, varied
keyboard playing. Contributions by JUNE PANIC.
YerBird-002
CD
$11.00
Garland, Red
Red Garland's Piano (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-8109
CD
$12.75
Gasman
This One's For You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US This One's For You, the fourth full-length release
from Portsmouth, UK's CHRISTOPHER REEVES (aka THE GASMAN),
is perhaps his most rewarding work to date. On this follow-up
to 2005's Multiplex (released by Canada's Sublight label),
Reeves embellishes other-worldly electronica with clusters
of organ-like chords and slabs of murky reverb. In the
cross-fire of wavering grooves and humming tape loops one
can imagine giant insects being poked and prodded by alien
machines designed to extract their unusual sounds. Reeves
works meticulously to create this eerie ambience, patching
samples together on tinkered PC's and feeding reel-to-reel
tapes through his laptop. This One's For You is genuinely
refreshing audio for the ears.
Planet Mu-138
CD
$14.75
Gelb, Howe
'Sno Angel Like You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Recorded with the help of Canadian gosel chior VOICES
OF PRAINSE, but it's not gospel, in theme or content. HOWE
says"it was a grand experiemnt to see if we could
mesh the sounds of the muck I make with the dizzying effect
of the glorious sound [the choir] makes." Also feat.
ARCADE FIRE drummer JEREMY GARA. The group recorded 7 brand-new
songs, & also 3 old GIANT SAND songs that he thought
had always begged for a choir, & 3 Rainer Ptacek songs.
ThrillJockey-167
CD
$14.50
Gelb, Howe
'Sno Angel Like You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey-167
LP
$12.00
Georges Delerue
Le Mepris + Soundtracks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, UK 21 tracks. LTM is proud to present a newly remastered
CD featuring four original soundtrack recordings by the
celebrated French film composer Georges Delerue (1925-1992).
As well as the complete and rare original soundtracks for
Le Mepris (Contempt, Jean-Luc Godard, 1963) and Jules et
Jim (Francois Truffaut, 1961), the extended CD also features
extracts from two other cult French films, L'Insoumis (The
Unvanquished, 1964) and the Jules et Jim sequel Les Deux
Anglaises et le Continent (Anne and Muriel, Francois Truffaut,
1971). The sombre, melancholic score for Godard's cult
classic Le Mepris is now recognised as among Delerue's
finest work, and was heard again in Martin Scorcese's 1995
film Casino. The recordings have been carefully remastered
for this reissue, which features 21 tracks and runs for
73 minutes. The booklet cotains detailed liner notes on
composer Georges Delerue, and the four featured films.
LTMUK-2425
CD
$17.00
Ghostface Killa
Fishscale (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US
DefJam-6155
LP
$15.25
Girls Under Glass
Equilibrium (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 22ND)
PS, US Go back to their gothic & darkwave roots w/their
latest. Incl. the bonus Kraftwerk cover "Radioaktivitat."
VanRichter-1022
CD
$15.75
Gitogito Hustler
Love & Roll (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4th)
PS, US
Gearhead-62
LP
$9.25
Gitogito Hustler
Love & Roll (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US The Japanese all-girl sensations are once again
sweeping the nation! Think all the style & substance
of the 5.6.7.8's meets early Supersnazz musically, then
add in the moves of the Supremes & you begin to get
the picture. But don't let their appearance fool you, they
are definitely adorable, but the sweetest kittens have
the sharpest claws, & they can rock right alongside
any band, male or female.
Gearhead-062
CD
$12.75
Guillemots
From the Cliffs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH) (2X10")
PS, US SPECIAL PACKAGE GATEFOLD 10"! Next big thing
outta UK following the Arctic Monkeys hysteria w/a sound
best descripbed as inviting, eclectic, swaggering psychedelic
indie pop w/warm & distinctive vocals, which the Brits
call "odd pop." "The most remarkable band
in Britain."-MOJO.
VervePop-6426
10
$15.25
Guillemots
From the Cliffs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, UK Next big thing outta UK following the Arctic Monkeys
hysteria w/a sound best descripbed as inviting, eclectic,
swaggering psychedelic indie pop w/warm & distinctive
vocals, which the Brits call "odd pop." "The
most remarkable band in Britain."-MOJO.
VervePop-6313
CD
$10.00
Guillorn, Lys
Three Songs EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Guillorn's debut was an out of the blue favorite
around here a couple of years ago & still is for those
of us with memories that go back that far. It garnered
some notice in the press for its kitchen sink arrangements & guest
spots from members of Luna, Feelies & the late Robert
Quine. No infamous musicians on this EP but plenty of Lys
on these 3 new songs full of pleasantly off-kilter arragements
of voice, guitar, Fender Rhodes, organ, bass & mandolin.
Lilting & a little sad, a little twangy with a little
fake classical guitar thrown in for good measure, like
sunlight shining through rustling dead leaves. Packaged
in signed, limited edition hand letterpressed sleeves.
RECOMMENDED
LittleCowgirl-03
CD5
$7.50
Haino, Keiji
New Rap (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Mysterious psychedelic minstrel who has been performing
his peculiar blend of rock, medieval music and improvisation
since the early 1970's. Incredibly prolific, he has headed
dozens of bands and released hundreds of CDs on a variety
of labels around the globe including FUSHITSUSHA, ZORN'S
PAINKILLER & many others. His latest project is a wild
duo with RUINS mastermind Yoshida Tatsuya, the undisputed
master drummer of the Japanese Underground. Featuring Haino's
unique singing and screaming style as well as his best
guitar playing to date, this is a remarkably varied and
creative program of radical music by two of Japan's greatest
originals.
Tzadik-7262
CD
$16.50
Hardin, Tim
Tim Hardin 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Considered Hardin's best album. "Lady Came
From Baltimore," "Red Balloon," and especially "If
I Were a Carpenter" rank among his finest and most
famous songs. Original artwork. Digipak
Lilith-107
CD
$18.00
Hawkins, Coleman
Hawk Relaxes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-8106
CD
$12.75
Heavy Blinkers
Night & I Are Still So Young (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL
4TH)
PS, US Halifax Canada band described as Bacharach meets
Brian Wilson. Follows their Endearing releases w/worldwide
release on Cooking Vinyl. Fourth LP of lush, introspective
pop.
CookingVinyl-371
CD
$16.50
Holbrooke, Joseph Trio
Moat Recordings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Legendary reunion of 'Joseph Holbrooke' comprised
of three master musicians - DEREK BAILEY, GAVIN BRYARS & TONY
OXLEY - from the first generation of British improvisers.
Originally produced by Gary Todd in 1999, the release of
this exciting and historic music was delayed for years
under tragic circumstances. These are the first and only
studio recordings by this all-star trio whose brief existence
in the mid Sixties has been a whispered rumor for decades.
Produced in cooperation with the Cortical Foundation, this
is astonishing, revelatory musical communication of the
highest order.
Tzadik -7616
CD
$16.50
Holland, Jolie
Springtime Can Kill You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 15TH)
PS, US Springtime's 12 track song-cycle is a crossroads
where haunting meets joyful - a voice from the heavens
singing stories of the underworld. Holland's songs rise
and fall like heavy eyelids and convey the peace of that
place between asleep and awake, creating a special place
for you to be. There sounds from past and present-tense
waltz together to a never-ending melody that flickers between
folk, jazz, blues and pop. Holland's lyrics conjure characters
and situations one might find in the surrealistic celluloid
of Jim Jarmusch. As with all good dreams, there is an anything-goes
spirit leading the way.
DBKWorks-123
LP
$13.75
Hopkins, Lightnin'
Bring Me My Shotgun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28th)
PS, US Texas bluesman Sam "Lightnin" Hopkins
cuts loose on 17 classics incl. points of brilliance like
the Ray Charles-styled "Have You Ever Loved a Woman" and
the forgotten Texas blues Christmas cut "Santa."
MaskedWeasel-310
CD
$13.50
Hot Chip
Over and Over ) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US First US single from their hyped UK album from London's
self-styled R' N Bedroom electro team. Incl. the title
cut & DFA REMIX OF "Just Like We (Breakdown)".
Two UNRELEASED TRACKS taken from their sophomore LP due
out in the spring. Limited to 1000 copies!
Astralwerks-47203
CD5
$9.00
Hot Chip
Over and Over ) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Astralwerks-47203
12
$9.00
Humo
No More Room (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, SPAIN Provocative and witty, they sound like a naughty
Pascal Comelade. Humo is formed by a Barcelonian and a
guy from Texas who sing in catalan, english and French
and who cannot fail to move us.
Rhonda/Houston Party-06
CD
$14.75
Iggy & the Stooges
I'm Sick of You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1996, this CDEP has been
out of print since 2000. this time restored to it's original
cover. Contains 3 tracks from teh classic '77 Bomp single,
outtakes from the Raw Power sessions, & as a bonus
some live versions. Total of 8 songs & 37 minutes
Bomp!-113
CD
$10.75
Inch Time
Icicles and Snowflakes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, UK Inch-Time's debut album (Any colour you Like) was
released as ltd CD in Europe by Static Caravan to heaps
of praise. Placing it amongst the top 15 electronica releases
of 2006, The Wire reviewed the album as "a luminous
collection of music that deserves a wider hearing. Panczak
is blessed with a marvellously unhurried sense of placement
and these pieces unfurl with an almost ceremonious poise. "Kyoto" proves
the point, counter pointing trembling pizzicatos with a
wistfully circular arrangement for string quartet and calmly
conjuring a richly melancholy atmosphere without the faintest
hint of gimmickry". Their First fully released album
is already completed and generating internet buzz. It will
be released in June 2006. Inch-Time play shows in London
in January before touring in Australia and returning for
European festival dates in summer. A strictly limited 7"vinyl
record with full colour sleeve in an edition of 500 copies.
StaticCaravan98-7
45
$7.25
Innocence Mission
Birds of My Neighborhood (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Reissue of their quinitessential fourth LP, out
of print for nearly 5 years. A spare album of acoustic
guitars with only a bit of bass or tap of percussion, creating
a clean & spacious sound.
Badman-945
CD
$14.50
Islands
Return to the Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US
EQUA1.2
CD
$12.50
Israelite, Koby
Orogas: Book of Angels 4 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Born in Tel Aviv, multi-instrumentalist Koby Israelite
has been playing music since the age of nine. Conservatorytrained
on piano and keyboards, he was drawn to punk and heavy
metal as a teenager, switched to drums and then got turned
on to Jazz, World Music & the Downtown Scene. For his
third Tzadik CD, this tireless & ever creative musical
spirit turns his hand to the complex lyricism of Zorn's
complex Book of Angels. Interpreting tunes handpicked by
Zorn himself, Koby mixes in everything he knows, including
metal, jazz, gypsy and klezmer with stylish flair and great
virtuosity. Naked City, Zappa, Taraf de Haidouks & Fantomas
all rolled into one, an amazing orchestral achievement
by an exciting young musical adventurer.
Tzadik-7356
CD
$16.50
Jarre, Jean-Michel
Equinoxe/Zoolook Box (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Matches 2 electronic masterpieces from 1978 & 1984
respectively. Newly designed package at budget price.
Dreyfus-36880
DCD
$19.25
Jennings, Shooter
Electric Rodeo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28th) (2 x 10")
PS, US Vinyl for new outlaw country album from Waylon Jennings'
kid.
UniversalSouth-5499
10
$11.75
Johnston, Daniel
Electric Ghosts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Widely recognized as the father of lo-fi. Side project
that Daniel & his tour manager/HYPERJINX TRICYLCE bandmate
created while on the road touring America, playing shows & searching
for salvation. "Most songwriters would give anything
to have written one song as good as any Daniel Johnston
tune...& he has hundreds." -Dean Ween.
Important-081
CD
$13.75
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Lisbon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US A message from Mr. Whitman: "In October of
2005 I found myself wandering the streets of Lisbon, entirely
deaf in one ear, 75% the other (an artifact of witnessing
first-hand the fine air-pressure regulation on four separate
Aer Lingus flights), belly full of swordfish, just in awe
of the city and its inhabitants. For the first since I
could remember everything just clicked. "Those of
you who have been lucky enough to get a copy of the recent
22 Minutes for Electric Guitar tour-only mini-cd on Entschuldigen
may have an idea of just where my head's been at over the
past year or so regarding the evolution of the "Playthroughs" system
of live/real-time guitar/computer synthesis; the piece
I often play in concert has gradually been getting much
darker, more dynamic, and in general; monolithic. I've
started to embrace traditional "loud guitar" concepts
(via a collection of bizarre, home-made/boutique guitar
pedals) along with the sine-tone throb and "slow aerosol
dispersion" of the classic Playthroughs material.
More recently, I've augmented the pure-guitar sound(s)
with a collection of small, battery-powered sound-devices
and several tapes of "automatic synthesizer compositions" (recorded
this past summer on the same Serge Modular Protoype and
Buchla Music Box 100 systems used on Multiples) and field
recordings from all over god's green earth. Finally, on
top of all that I've re-kindled my love of Alvin Lucier-lineage
process music by placing microphones and small speakers
/ fm receivers / speakers around the space, capturing the
sounds as they occur at various points in the room, feeding
them back through the central artery that is the max-msp-based
playthroughs patch, then out again to any number of locations... "This
recording, captured to hard disk on stage at Galeria Zé Dos
Bois on October 4th 2005, is in my mind the perfect encapsulation
of all of these elements into a single lilting piece of
static sine-tone harmonics, squared-off electric guitar
haze, clangorous room-tone eruptions, and high-end synth
freakouts... "Note: in something of a sea-change to
my modus over the last 10-odd years I've decided to relax,
not sweat the details, let mistakes be mistakes and just
let the music breathe without my normally prescribed 3-year
gestation cycle of incessant editing, re-mastering, tinkering,
etc... making this the shortest amount of time for any
one of my musical ideas to go from conception to execution
to release (all things going to plan; just five months
from the concert itself to the disc on shelves...). The
recordings are released in a cardboard pack adorned with
high-contrast photos taken by yours truly during the Lisbon
trip, priced as a CD EP..."
Kranky-092
CD
$10.00
Kettle
Through Friendly Waters (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, NE After the mesmerizing, acoustic Volleyed Iron on
U-Cover last year, Kettel returns to electronics, this
time with an organic theme. Some of this music is reminiscent
of Plaid's Not For Threes, but it's even more beautifully
melodic. From the bleeps, piccolo, and piano on the delicate
masterpiece "Pinch of Peer" to the subdued cello
on the title track, this is a fine, sumptuous album. Other
highlights are the squelchy "Shinusob," and the
lo-fi "Purple Jacket Trot." The CD ends with
two cuts from a live performance: "Whom" and "Mwoeb" are
both drawn-out and almost ambient. This is the first release
on new Dutch label Sending Orbs. Kettel, interviewed here
in 2003, is still one of my musicians to watch. His music
shows continued growth and maturity, with plenty of pleasant
surprises.
SendingOrbs-001
CD
$14.75
Killing Joke
Hosannas from the Basement of Hell (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
APRIL 18TH)
PS, US Brutal & more tribal than their recent efforts.
Industrial punk metal legends.
CookingVinyl-4746
CD
$17.00
Kinn
Karlshorst (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 4TH)
PS, US KINN is a three piece band from Berlin: Guitar:
Frank Schültge Blumm whose releases on labels like
Staubgold, Tomlab and Audio Dregs go back to 1993, his
latest album ('Zweite Meer') came out on Morr Music in
2005. Bass: Marcel Türkowsky whose solo-Performances
as a tape-artist will soon find their way on a split LP
with 'Zeitkratzer' Reinhold Friedl on Bremen's Happy Zloty
label. Drums: Jan Thoben who released on Beau Rivage and
plays in bands like Gaston and Taunus. KINN build up analogue
loops and stumbling digital transformation with their instruments
and electronic extensions. They create a unique musical
suction; with which they achieve a wide range of dynamics
and modes. Polyrhythmic structures and tonally diverse
patterns flow in a sonic stream slowly morphing into rocky
passages and leaving off for chamber-club-music. On "Karlshorst" KINN
convincingly integrate field recordings into the rhythm
and tonality of their instrumental playing. "German
guitarist Frank Schültge Blumm and bassist Marcel
Türkowsky's Kinn project follows the styles of such
artists as John Fahey, Gastr Del Sol, Lennie Tristano and
This Heat, with a hint of Steve Reich and Erik Satie's
looping minimalism thrown in for good measure. Kinn is
a delight that recent converts of Steffen Basho-Junghans
and the rest of the recent experimental guitar solo scene
will find irresistible. Boosted by Türkowsky's simple
and expressive bass work, discreetly tempered with electronic
effects, Blumm's technique of allowing space to become
an integral part of his playing style gives the music room
to breathe and seep into the atmosphere. Rather than ending
up as just another Ambient exercise, however, Kinn's rich
palette of different tones and worldly musical influences
ensure listeners stay on their toes."
AudioDregs-62
CD
$13.50
Kipe, Malcolm
Lit (2XLP) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Second Merck album from Austin, Texas based producer
Malcom Kipe, better known to some as Nautilis (of Planet-Mu).
Lit is a get down and dirty piece focused on the aesthetics
of raw sample based hip hop and the nasty sampling habits
of Malcom Kipe. This is a collection of 50 minutes of beats
and instrumentals composed of nineteen tracks made and
polished in 2004 & 2005. This album is strongly influenced
early 90's hip hop production and excessive crate digging.
Including lots of material that fans of his previous full
length CD, Breakspiracy Theories, should fall in love with.
Limited to 1000.
MERCKLT
DLP
$14.25
Kleptomania
Elephants Lost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Gatefold sleeve. Kleptomania came from Belgium & was
founded in 1969 by Dany Lademacher, Roger Vollaert & Charlie
DeRademaeker, who made experiences in other Belgian groups
before. They played progressive rock with 2 guitars, bass,
vocals & drums & were an important live-band in
Belgium at that time. Between 69 & 75 the band made
also 5 singles, all very well done. This official reissue
now includes the complete work of the LP & all 5 singles.
It comes as double-album as 180 gram vinyl & is limited
to 500 copies.
AmberSoundroom-032-033
DLP
$38.50
Knifehandchop
Dirty New York EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US Debut on Tigerbeat's new Tigerbass imprint is their
long-awaited return to high tech, jump up booty bass. Guest
vox by Luqmon Brown. Vinyl only.
Tigerbeat6-128
12
$8.75
Koch, Tim
Faena (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Faena marks Tim Koch's first full release on the
Merck label, but fifth solo album to date. After years
of extensive remix work for Merck, including ripping up
works by Machine Drum, Proem, Ilkae and Tiki Obmar, he
has finally settled in to a release of his own. Faena attempts
to distill the elements that have been featured in all
of Tim's previous releases, drawing on a broader range
of sounds including acoustic guitars, and female vocal
elements. The bulk of the album was written whilst on tour
in Europe in late 2004, with a cramped Antwerp loft acting
as a makeshift studio. The color and density of that experience
shows through in this batch of tracks from this prolific
Australian producer. Full of beautiful vocal textures and
electronically generated acoustic sounds blended with deep
grooves, rich harmonies and strong melodies. Yet another
quality IDM full length from the Merck camp. Limited to
1000.
MERCK040)
CD
$0.00
Kyler
Pur Cosy Tales (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Debut from new Henry Collins (SHITMA) alter-ego
is surprisingly mellow, ragga & gabber-free concept
album evoking feelings of childhood, warmth, wonder & memory.
PlanetMu-126
CD
$16.25
Lagger Blues Machine
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US Founded in '70 by Christian Duponchell, organ, Jean-Luc
Duponcheel, drums, Jose Cuisset, guitars & Michael
Maes, bass. In '71 they joined the musicians Vincent Mottoulle,
organs & Carmelo Pilotta, flute & saxophone. The
band played very interesting progressive-rock & raised
up soon to an important live-band at whole of Belgium.
They performed with great success at end of October 1970
at the pop-festival, Bruselles, together with Warhorse & Wishbone
Ash.
In 1972 their only album was recorded which was very well
done & can be considered today as a very important
album in prog-rock history of the 70s.180 gr.
AmberSoundroom-041
LP
$33.25
Lair of the Minotaur
Ultimate Destroyer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 11TH)
PS, US This bulldozes down the same path as their critically
acclaimed & now classic debut. Blistering riffs & skull
crushing rhythms played w/ an apocalyptic aesthetic & complimented
perfectly w/horrific lyrical vengence. Faster, yet slower & more
vicious than anything the band has previously done.
SouthernLord-056
CD
$15.25
Larsen
SeieS (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH )
PS, US Fifth full-length album. Where "Play" was
Larsen's most orchestrated-ambient work so far, "SeieS" tends
to be quite a bit more song oriented. Tracks like The Snow,
Haula & Marzia are Larsen's most sinister compositions,
disturbing soundscapes that would fit very well in a David
Lynch movie. Features female vocals of ex-Swans chanteuse
Jarboe & beloved cello player & long time collaborator
Julia Kent (ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS). Housed in a deluxe
cardboard gatefold sleeve & printed on matte paper
to look almost as good as it sounds.
Important-083
CD
$13.75
Leadbelly
Borrow Love And Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 25TH)
PS, US This collection contains some of Huddie Ledbetter's
best known songs including "Good Night Irene," "Bourgeois
Blues," and "The Boll Weevil Song." Also
contains "Gallis Pole," which was remade as "Gallows
Pole" by Led Zeppelin on Led Zeppelin III.
MaskedWeasel-311
CD
$13.50
Legends, The
Play it for Today b/w Blue Lights (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MARCH 6TH)
PS, SE The Legends revolt against themselves, again. The
new single mix 90s techopop, dark DAF bass-lines and bouncy
electro with The Legends unmistakable feel for brilliant
pop melodies. Play it for today/Blue lights is a double
A-side of the classic kind; two smash hits for the gay
dance floor! While the rest of the world is busy catching
up with The Legends 2nd album Public Radio (to be released
in the US in April) the band keeps working untiringly with
their 3d album. The Legends are driven by a will to constantly
challange themselves and their music. Public Radio was
a reaction against the first album, Up against the legends,
and its direct pop songs. Public Radio did in no way aim
to please, The Legends wanted to make things difficult
for their listeners. Now, the logic step is of course a
revolt against Public Radio. The Legends are writing hit
melodies. And oh yes, theyre danceable tunes indeed. Until
the next album is released The Legends will avoid to play
live as much as possible as it, according to the singer
puts the brain in a stand-by mode that takes weeks to get
rid of. But maybe, just maybe, theyll make a US tour a
few gigs to fuck with themselves. Track list:
1. Play it for today 2. Blue lights.
Labrador-091
CD5
$7.50
Lerche, Sondre
Duper Sessions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US A charming detour into jazz-inflected pop is a fresh,
back to basics collection of songs that showcases a more
intimate side inspired by Chet Baker & even David Lynch.
Astralwerks-52660
CD
$19.25
Liars
Drum's Not Dead (CD + DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US NEW ALBUM!!! Partially inspired by their move to
Berli w/clanging guitars, martial beats, dense drones & pulverizing
rhythms to high, dreamy harmonies, off kilter guitar lines & soothing
samples of waves lapping. Incl. DVD w/3 film versions of
the LP, each comprised w/videos for every track on the
album CD+DVD
Mute
CD
$17.25
Liars
Drum's Not Dead (LP+DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US
Mut-9301
LP+DVD
$21.75
Lifetime
Somewhere in the Swamps Of Jersey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MARCH 21ST)
PS, US This unearths the lesser-known side of LIFETIME & along
the way presents a new take on the band's impassioned hardcore.
Collecting early singles, later compilation tracks, covers & demos-
also two different versions of their crucial & long
out-of-print 1993 debut, 'Background'. Disc 1's version
has been completely remixed to now foreshadow the tight,
loud & exuberant sound that would eventually define
the band. Disc 2 presents the album in all of its original
glory, complete with the bonus live set & now re-mastered
for collectors.
JadeTree-100
DCD
$16.00
Liles, Andrew
In My Father's House Are Many Mansions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MARCH 21ST)
PS, US POLISH IMPORT! Prolific Brighton based soundsculptor
has, during recent years, gained a considerable amount
of attention not only for his increasingly finely-honed
craft but also due to his (in some cases, still pending)
collaborations with Nurse With Wound, Darren Tate, Karl
Blake, Current 93's David Late Tibet, Danielle Dax & others.
As such, the logic behind this release seems to progress
naturally from a clear willingness to explore or exchange
ideas with other artists equally inclined to cut their
own paths through music's more interesting corners. If
worlds can sometimes collide where art attempts to assume
new sonic shapes, then those featured here are amongst
the few who inhabit them
4thDimension-068
CD
$17.25
Loose Fur
Born Again In the USA (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US DELUXE PACKAGING: inner sleeve, poster & 180
gram...
DragCity-309
LP
$16.00
Loose Fur
Born Again In the USA (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Listening to the licks a-flyin' & the cowbells
a-ringing, it's clear that this is more the work of a full-fledged
rock band then their first album, which isn't to say that
GLENN KOTCHE, JIM O'ROUR
