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Acid King
I I I
PS, US If you have not had the chance to be blown away
by their gut-wrenching, mind-numbing, explosive live sets,
then chances are you wouldn't notice them walking alongside
you on your morning trek to work, & that'd be a shame
because Acid King is the definition of stoner rock- bone-rattling,
ultra-low-end, fuzzed-out psychedelic stoner rock. Produced
w/ the help of San Francisco's legendary engineer Billy
Anderson, this is the album that they were born to make.
Filled w/ thundering, low-end, fat-ass riffs, III will
redefine the word heavy for years to come.
SmallStone-054
CD
$14.50
Allien, Ellen
Thrills
PS, US Double Vinyl for Ellen's new album!!!
BPitchControl-106
DLP
$17.00
American Draft
Volumes 11:111
PS, US John Zorn's white trash metal cousins. As with many
of Zorn's Naked City albums, listening to this is like
listening to a radio whose tuning controls have been taken
over by an ADD kid, only every station in playing instrumental
blocks of Iron Maiden & Motorhead. More than 70 minutes
of music here & at least as many guitar solos & genre
changes. Not a "that band kicked ass" but more
of a "I'm missing a tooth, my head hurts & I don't
wanna work tomorrow" ass kicking
TeamAv-024
DCD
$13.00
AngelVille
We Are The Wolves
PS, US A by-product of a devestaing van wreck, this album
shows a band growing more comfortable with who they are & where
they come from. It synthesizes elements of D-beat hardcore,
70s rock, thrash metal, country & prog to create an
album unike anything else in heavy music today
HappyCouples-041
CD
$12.25
Apsci
Thanks for Asking
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Quannum-070
DLP
$17.00
Arcade Fire
Cold Wind
PS, US The A-side is be a new song called "Cold Wind" that
the band recorded for the forthcoming Six Feet Under soundtrack,
the B-side is a cover of the Ary Baroso/Ed Russel penned
classic jazz tune "Brazil."
Merge-270
45
$4.00
Bailey, Derek
Carpal Tunnel Syndrome
PS, US One of the most original & influential guitarists
w/his first solo recording in over 2 years which finds
him in a wistful, romantic mood. Some of his most soulful & emotional
musings ever.
Tzadik-7612
CD
$16.50
Banhart, Devendra & Jana Hunter
S/T
PS, US Devendra Banhart plays in the band Vetiver. His
solo work has garnered tons of attention from the likes
of the NY Times, Spin, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly,
and NPR. His signature voice and stellar musicianship have
made him a sort of household name with indie rockers. On
the flip, Jana Hunter's songs are sparse with just an acoustic
guitar and beautiful voice over hallucinatory pre-recorded
soundscapes. Haunting, devastating, and wonderful. These
songs are exclusive to this release. Colored vinyl.
TMU
LP
$10.50
Birthday Massacre, The
Violet
PS, US The Birthday Massacre formed in 2000 as Imagica.
The following year they moved to Toronto and changed their
name. Their first album, "Nothing And Nowhere",
came out in 2002. Two years later, they self-released the
EP "Violet". Metropolis took notice, and is now
re-releasing "Violet" with four extra tracks.
The band's sound blends different genres of music, but
maintains a retro cinematic flavor. Mixing themes of horror
and tragedy with fun and satire, they create a unique and
versatile sound by combining new wave and hard rock elements.
With the fusion of keyboards and guitars, the lyrics tell
a story which creates an emotional tone full of darkness
and tragedy. "Violet" is a deeply moving album.
Metropolis
CD
$15.25
Bjork, Brant & The Bros.
Saved By Magic
PS, US "Of course Brant has his well-known tricks,
but as long as he keeps things kinda fresh by putting all
his influences in such a great album I won't stop listening
to his releases. And this is a real BAND effort so that
may explain some new elements. I think this album mixes
all his previous albums pretty well together: the repetitive
rock of Ché's Sounds of Liberation, the smooth grooves
of Jalamanta, '80s & jazz influences from ...The Operators,
the coolness of Keep Your Cool, the melancholy of Local
Angel & of course the sweaty desert vibe of that K
band."-Stonerrock.com. CD contains a hidden track
Duna-009
CD
$18.00
Black Widow
S/T (II)
PS, US On the heels of their debut album, Sacrifice, the
group's music evolved into an original amalgam of progressive
rock, folk, british blues and hard rock. Check out the
beautiful "The Gypsy," which highlights Clive
Jones' flute, and you'll realize why this album is a milestone
of the genre. Originally released on CBS in 1970, original
artwork.180 gm.
Akarma-326
LP
$22.50
Blu Rum 13
Vaguely Familiar
PS, US Throw your hands in the air, this is BLU RUM, who
can speak eloquently in front of large crowds in a rhymic
fashion. He has performed with the Fugees, Kid Koala, Dj
Vadim, just to name a few. This is a full length release
from Jazz Fudge featuring G.THEFT, VADIM, D-SHADE, CHANCEWON & more.
It's lo-fi, underground, basement, hip-hop for birds & trees
RIYL KID KOALA MR. THING.
JazzFudge-032
CD
$11.00
Blue Cheer
Live Bootleg London/Hamb
PS, US Excellent quality live album from the original sludge/metal
heros rec. 1990-91. "Blue Cheer's proto- grunge style
makes them sound more relevant than ever."-MOJO
Rockview-85397
CD
$12.50
Bottom of the Hudson
Holiday Machine
PS, US Latest is a 6 song EP that hones & sharpens
the vision of their debut album, into a solid colelction
of songs which dazzle & intrigue. From giant guitar
washes to gently hooky & wistful. FFO Bowie, Galaxy
500, REM, Sebadoh.
AbsolutelyKosher-054
CD
$16.25
Brian Jonestown Massacre
We Are The Radio
PS, US Ltd Ed 12" w/ etched side artwork!
TeePee-062
DLP
$13.75
Brian Jonestown Massacre
We Are The Radio
PS, US Hot on the heels of DIG!, the BJM returns with a
teaster for their upcoming full length. If you we've heard
this band before, you know exactly what this ep sounds
like.
TeePee-062
CD
$10.00
Canned Heat
Dimples
PS, US Produced by music giant Johnny Otis, these are the
1st recordings of Canned Heat, made in 1966.
FruitTree-848
CD
$16.25
Cat Heads, The
Our Frisco
PS, AUSTRALIA This classic album from San Francisco heroes
of the early 90s is as sublime today as it was then. Once
there was a band called the Catheads. Then they became
The (ex) Cat Heads. These are their songs. Originally released
on vinyl in 1990 on Twitch City, Lamingtone's deluxe CD
reissue of Our Frisco is digitally remastered by Wally
Sound (Zombie Heaven box set), and contains four previously
unreleased bonus tracks and additional photographs. Starting
off the album is "Too Little Too Late". Listen
to the lyrical bass, jangling guitars, its broken promise
sentiment with the bouncing melody. "Anti Song" with
its twirly dance vibe and the verve of a psychedelic protest
song. "Anti Song" is about everything. "This
song doesn't want to sell you an identity / This song doesn't
want to tell you what you want to hear / This song doesn't
make you want to love your country / This song doesn't
bring the revolution any nearer...". it is a rare
delight to find an album where every song forms a part
of a greater whole - Our Frisco is such a recording. Listen
and learn.
Lamingtone-002
CD
$12.75
Chin Up Chin Up
S/T
PS, US A duality comprised of their Chicago math-rock past
and a newfound pop sensibilty, as lilting riffs play against
a crescendoed bounce. For fans of Pinback, Broken Social
Scence, Seam, Minus the Bear.
Flameshovel-025
CD
$10.25
Cursive
Difference Between Houses And Homes, The (Lost Songs And
Loose Ends 1995 - 2001)
PS, US Ten years since their formation, Cursive offer this
collection of two previously unreleased songs and ten sought
after tracks from their out-of-print 7-inches. Also includes
a 24-page booklet featuring the story that is the album's
namesake, written by front man Tim Kasher and illustrated
by Eastern
Youth artist Yuriko Yoshino. Each song is replete with
thoughtful composition, offset by Kasher's now signature
howl. Building from soft, nuanced intros to anthemic finishes
that sear, many songs evoke the cathartic swell for which
Cursive have become known. Suburban discontent; romantic,
familial,
and platonic relationships in trouble; feelings of isolation
- all are set against Cursive's delicate balance between
calamity and refrain. This isn't an album only for fans.
It's a cohesive release in its own right, telling the story
of a band, its label, and a group of friends.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.50
Cursive
Difference Between Houses And Homes, The (Lost Songs And
Loose Ends 1995 - 2001)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$14.50
Doomriders
Black Thunder
PS, US FEAT. NATE NEWTON FROM CONVERGE & OLD MAN GLOOM.
As sonically anitsocial & undeniably unforgettable
as they come. The demon child of their collective unhealthy
obsession with classic rock, hardcore & skateboarding,
they are a rare beast in today's music world. Their soulful
frills approach conjures the spirits of Thin Lizzy, Entombed & damn
near every evil in between. This is a collection of 13
unbridled songs filled with spontaneity & vigor boldly
serving as a monster of an introduction to the independent
music community worldwide.
Deathwish-146
CD
$13.00
Eisley
Room Noises
PS, US
WarnerBros
CD
$14.00
Electric Eel Shock
Beat Me!
PS, US Mixing dark, fuzzy stoner rock riffs with classic
rock sensibilities & addictive song-writing hooks,
this album occupies the gaping void somewhere between Queens
Of The Stone Age, AC/DC & Black Sabbath. It's both
as heavy & serious as that sounds, yet has a mischievous & fun-filled
heart beating underneath the guitar weilding heaviness
that is wild, unhinged & damn fun to listen to. Enhanced
CD contains a video.
Gearhead-070
CD
$12.75
Frog Pocket
Gongalot
PS, US Self-described "splatter-beat folk" w/previous
releases on electro-folk bellweather labels Mouthmoth and
Benbecula. Hails from Ayr in the west of Scotland. Gonglot,
his debut full length album, features songs culled from
between 1999 and 2005, many originally self-released on
his own Mouthmoth label. Incorporating unquantized drum
beats with fiddle, mandolin, processed guitar and vocals--
all recorded live to four-track-- Frog Pocket has maintained
his credibility both as a Scottish musician and contemporary
electronic performer. The folk-inflected melodies of Gonglot
owe more to Celtic traditional music than the American
folk-rock/electronic crossover currently in vogue. Its
pastoral theme has a tradition in electronic music running
back through Boards Of Canada to Aphex Twin and originally
Ultramarine. To know the music is to love the man, and
his quirky, somewhat misinterpreted demeanor only adds
to his mystique. The fractured AFX-like beats, alongside
some truly beautiful melodies and such an energetic live
act, sit at odds with a character so unassuming and modest.
PlanetMu-097
CD
$16.25
F-Word!
Like It Or Not (Live)
PS, US
GetBack-117
CD
$16.50
Hail Social
S/T
PS, US Philadelphia's quartet released a 7-inch and a 4-song
EP, toured the US opening for Interpol and Secret Machines,
and have shared stages with Unicorns, TV On The Radio,
Ted Leo, Of Montreal, Joan Of Arc, Denali, and The Rogers
Sisters, to name a few. Some believe they're the next band
to break out of Philly. Some say their sound is a little
Goth with groove, like The Cure's "Head On The Door",
or power-wave like Duran Duran's "Seven And The Ragged
Tiger". The band likes to refer to this album as "80's
roller skating music played by a metal band."
Polyvinyl
CD
$11.75
Hatfield, Juliana
Made In China
PS, US The latest outing from Juliana Hatfield picks up
the tempo & turns up the volume but retains Juliana's
steely commitment to stark instrumentation & impenitent
lyrics. "Made In China," her 1st CD on her own
label, Ye Olde Records, is an artist's dream; Juliana notes, "Now
that I have my own label, I can do whatever I want. This
album sounds like me to me. I wanted to make an album quick & raw,
without too much agonizing or conscious thought."
YeOldeRecs-002
CD
$15.25
Heathen Shame
Speed The Parting Guest
PS, US The 2nd album from Cambridge, MA trio of Greg Kelley,
Wayne Rogers, & Kate Village. Speed is a carefully
paced but blazing affair that shows how seamless a unit
they've become. In contrast to the abstract feel of their
debut, this album finds them swinging large blocks of sound
around their heads for hours before launching them at you.
Their wall of sound is now a sonic universe that they can
manipulate w/ slow malice or lightning precision.
TwistedVillage-1060
CD
$13.75
Hollingsworth, Taylor
Tragic City
PS, US "Taylor Hollingsworth and his band are sloppy
and wild in the mode of The Stooges or The MC5 (or The
Rolling Stones at their worst), which are likely models,
yet this band's overall tone often recalls bands such as
The Only Ones or The Heartbreakers. If they played fast
and hard instead of loose and slinky, they could even be
The Saints. A lot of the sloppiness is salvaged, or accented,
by white-hot guitar runs that take the sound into Johnny
Thunders territory, by way of Billy Gibbons. Vocals, for
the most part, remain in the more disturbing/intriguing
range of Peter Perret and Nikki Sudden, so you can see
why it is difficult to accept this band's approach as just
a happy accident" - Black & White.
Brash
CD
$13.75
Holopaw
Quit +/Or Fight
PS, US Gainesville, Florida's Holopaw (named after a Florida
town none of them are from) rise to more textural, delicate
artistic heights on this follow-up to their 2003 Sub pop
self-titled debut. Each dynamic track tells its tale through
sweet, understated, and complexly orchestrated melody that
engages as it soothes. Thick with strings, winds, drunken
bossanova percussion, stomping, handclaps, wine bottles,
synths, and thrift store furniture-as-instruments, the
album shows a band unafraid of brash creativity and improv
instrumentation. Holopaw has toured extensively with label-mates
Iron And Wine.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Johns, John Webster
S/T
PS, US This debut solo effort is comprised of 18 wonderfully
short pieces, that seamlessly combine a vivid assortment
of synthetic tones & textures, w/ the homespun intimacy
of acoustic instruments & a beautiful voice, showing
us a sincere, gentle & warm side of the artist that
we might not detect so immediately when listening to the
other projects he is involved in, (Charlemaignes, Poworld, & Flesh
Unitard) w/o abandoning the delightfully mad & playful
use of the wildly bizarre sounds & moods that those
groups are known for.
AttackNine-010
CD
$14.50
Kaiser Chiefs
Employment
PS, US Vinyl for their new Universal album.
AceFu-032
LP
$14.75
Kool Keith
Lost Masters Vol. 2, The
PS, US Keith follows this impressive achievement with an
entirely new collection, aimed at his hard-core fans. With
music featured in Adam Sandler's new movie, "The Longest
Yard" and a commercial for the new Dodge Charger airing
this summer, Keith is experiencing a new found celebrity.
Dmaft
CD
$12.50
Kool Keith
Lost Masters Vol. 2, The
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dmaft
LP
$12.50
Koufax
Hard Times Are in Fashion
PS, US
Doghouse
CD
$14.00
Life and Times, The
Suburban Hymns
PS, US 2nd release for this trio featuring Allen Epley(SHINER).
A breath of fresh air for those burned out on the state
of affairs in indie rock. The sound settles into a throaty
mix of thick and thin. A blend of scratching, ragged bass
lines, mellotron chording, fat multi-layered guitars & moog
notes, wrapped easily in a fuzzy blanket of pounding drums,
w/ Epley's intense and hopeful vocals. RECOMMENDED!
DeSoto-049
CD
$13.00
Limbeck
Let Me Come Home
PS, US
Doghouse
CD
$15.50
Lords
Swords
PS, US This combines the "get in the van" urgency
of a forgotten era of SST-influenced punk rock with an
awe-inspiring precision & swagger of late '80s American
thrash metal. The heir apparent to the throne of the resurgent
Louisville hardcore scene, LORDS deliver their unique brand
of volatile thrash in a blaze of towering riffs, near heretical
rants & throttling drums. Somehow LORDS cram a punishing
wall of sound into an inconceivable 13 song, 22 minute
long package. Swords is a torrid & unrelenting assault
that will leave a trail of scorched earth in its path.
JadeTree-1107
CD
$13.75
Maclean, Juan
Less Than Human
PS, US Former SIX FINGER SATELLITE electronic pioneer JM
has previously released a series of 5 critically acclaimed & highly
sought after vinyl only singles on DFA & remixed Air,
Spectrum, Ralph Myerz & Chromeo. "Urgent nuclear
age grooves."-MOJO
Astralwerks-32168
CD
$17.00
Maclean, Juan
Less Than Human
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Astralwerks-32168
DLP
$13.50
Marjorie Fair
Self Help Serenade
PS, US
Capitol
CD
$16.25
Masada
Sanhedrin
PS, US 29 sterling studio performances never available
from one of the most important ensembles of the past quarter
century. 2.5 hours of rare alternates from 1994-97 handpicked
by Zorn in lush package.
Tzadik-7346
DCD
$36.00
Mazarin
We're Already There
PS, US After nearly two and a half years, Mazarin have
finally resurfaced, bringing with them their most climactic
record to date; We're already there. Quentin Stoltzfus
put the record together in Philadelphia, with Sean Byrne,
Brian Mctear, and Mike Walker. Guests Kurt Heasley (Lilys),
Don Devore (Icarus Line), and Walt Martin (The Walkmen)
fill out the lineup.
LandEarRecords-003
CD
$14.00
Merry-Go-Round
Listen Listen: The Definitive Collection
PS, UK Of all the cult west coast 1960's groups, perhaps
the most talked about and referenced over the last few
years have been The Merry Go Round, though bizarrely, the
last reissue of their work was a Rhino vinyl best of in
1984! Boy genius Emitt Rhodes left the drum seat in The
Palace Guard to front his own band recruited from the disbanding
Gene Clark Group among others. Signing to A&M they
quickly scored two hits "Live" and "You're
A Very Lovely Woman", and a superb album, getting
Emitt covers by such as Fairport Convention, before themselves
disbanding as Emitt became more and more interested in
recording in his home studio than touring. They had, however,
cut a large quantity of material, and when Emitt briefly
became a solo star with his home recorded albums on Dunhill,
some of it was released by A&M. Here for the first
time ever, is a comprehensive anthology of the work of
this most enigmatic of LA pop groups - one whose links
to Gene Clark, The Grass Roots, Paul McCartney, Curt Boettcher
and Herb Alpert (on whose 1967 TV special they featured)
emerge in the detailed notes. A superb collection and one
of the greatest releases of the year, I'll bet!
Rev-Ola-110
CD
$14.75
Minotaur Shock
Maritime
PS, US Minotaur Shock is David Edwards, lead singer of
Bronze Age Fox, electronic musical marvel, and remixer
du jour. His records of the last five years, while nodding
in the direction of Boards Of Canada, Manitoba, and FourTet,
have managed to avoid the folktronica scene. As much as
he admires
luminaries like Kraftwerk, Brian Eno, and Philip Glass,
he also carries a heavy torch for FM rockers Steely Dan
and The Cars. This new record is a more upbeat affair.
It's the sound of "mutant-disco" with David trying
to play guitar like David Gedge of The Wedding Present. "Warmth,
not trickery, is Minotaur's aim, a target struck with confidence
and skill" - Q.
4AD
CD
$14.50
Moggs
White Belt Is Not Enough
PS, US work in concept & song, with attention evenly
spread between percussion & guitar...an intense fusion
of white hot rock & sub-zero swagger."
AbsolutelyKosher-049
CD
$16.00
Mouse On Mars
Autoditacker
PS, US Originally released in the US on Thrill Jockey in
late 1997, "Autoditacker" is Mouse On Mars's
most successful domestic release, scanning over 15,000
copies. Now re-issued, this album finds the band continuing
to grow and improve, adding textures and detail to their
dense, electronic soundscapes
without compromising their sound. They're still indebted
to Krautrock and dub, but they continue to add new sounds
and styles to their music, including long ambient stretches
and flirtations with drum and bass. "Germany's greatest
21st century pop duo" - iD Magazine. "Mouse On
Mars are a fully
occupied jacuzzi for the mind" - NME. Features contributions
from Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier.
TooPure
CD
$11.75
No Depression
#58
PS, US LIZZ WRIGHT on the cover. Features on Graham Parker,
Sufjan Stevens, Rosalie Sorrels, Al Kooper, Laura Cantrell,
Del McCoury, & tons more. Plus all the usual record & live
reviews & other cool stuff. Hooray!
ZINE
$4.75
North Mississippi Allstars
Electric Blue Watermelon
PS, US Incl. guests LUCINDA WILLIAMS, ROBERT RANDOLPH & DIRTY
DOZEN BRASS BAND. Produced by Jim Dickinson at Ardent.
ATO-88088
CD
$17.00
Novadriver
Deeper High
PS, US Reflective of the frustrations of the last few years,
Deeper High is a much darker record than its precursor,
but still builds on the foundations lain by Void: heavy
spacey guitar driven psychedelic Rock ,the way only the
Motor City can produce; the Stooges writing Sabbath songs,
Deep Purple trying on the MC5's shoes, Pink Floyd finally
acting like they have some balls.
SmallStone-055
CD
$14.50
Occasional Keepers
Beauty Of The Empty Vessel
PS, US This is an ongoing collaboration between Bobby Wratten
(FIELD MICE, TREMBLING BLUE STARS) & Carolyn Allen & Caesar
(THE WAKE). The album features a meditative, beautiful & minimalist
mix of guitars, keyboards, echoing drums & male & female
vocals, set against the background hummings of real places & real
times. The songs incorporate a variety of styles, to produce
a highly personal synthesis of neo-folk, experimental pop,
dissonance, electronics & improvisation.
LTM-2439
CD
$18.25
Orange Juice
The Glasgow School
PS, US The legendary Scottish band Orange Juice were revolutionary
innovators, both musically and commercially. They were "indie" before "indie" was
a word, and their subtly provocative sound and image was
unlike anything anyone had ever heard. And while they never
really landed a big hit, or made their way across the pond
with much fanfare, their offspring most certainly did.
One listen to The Glasgow School will throw the floodgates
wide open. Their delicate melodies, disco basslines, and
sexy masc/fem ambiguity were unlike anything anyone had
ever heard - and to this day, they resound with timelessness.
Domino
CD
$15.25
Picastro
Red Your Blues
PS, UK Picastro (From Toronto, Canada) have received much
praise for their broodingly beautiful, melancholic soundscapes,
in which cello alternates with frontwoman Liz Hysen's submerged,
murmured vocals. Picastro's string-laden dynamics share
a kinship with the music of fellow Canadians Godspeed You!
Black Emperor, as well as The Dirty Three and Rachels.
The band have played shows with Godspeed, Mick Turner (of
The Dirty Three), Smog, Elliot Smith, Cat Power, Herman
Düne, Cerberus Shoal and Thee More Shallows. You may
already be familiar with their music from the use of a
track from the album in the hit Kiefer Sutherland TV drama
'24'. Liz Hysen also appears on Cerberus Shoal's new album
'Bastion of Itchy Preeves' and Dwayne Sodahberk's new album
'Unfortunately' (Tigerbeat6). Other band members include
Owen Pallett (The Hidden Cameras), Evan Clarke (Burn Rome
in a Dream), Zak Hanna (Bush League, ex-Pecola) and Rachel
McBride. In Liz's spare time she likes to make films on
super 8 or digital video, Zak is a handy craftsman who
fixes guitars and other domestic goods, Owen makes kites
and Evan spends time at school studying philosophy of physics.
Rachel the scientist is very busy and if she is not at
a suspension convention she is at school.
Monotreme-003
CD
$17.50
Portal
Wave & Echoes
PS, US Influenced by minimalist classical composers, electronica
and post-punk of the late 1970s/early 1980s & employing
a variety of sampling & digital editing techniques,
multi-instrumentalist & writer Scott Sinfield has created
a sound that embraces blissed-out ambience, noise, glitches & silence,
whilst retaining a distinctly & unashamedly 'pop' sound.
Singer Rachel Hughes adds beautiful, haunting vocals to
half of the album's tracks.
MakeMineMusic-012
CD
$21.25
Portal
Promise
PS, US "Promise" flows seemlessly between electronic
pop, glitched ambient guitar soundscapes & haunting
folk. "Beautiful stuff from this excellent, underrated
band. Delicate, intricate, highly-musical, melancholic,
atmospheric and very, very relaxed, this beats most of
the competition hands down. Essential to fans of Enraptured,
Rocket Girl, Windy & Carl, Fuxa, yellow6, Land of Nod,
Scenic, Sigur Rós even"-Smallfish
MakeMineMusic-003
CD
$21.25
Portal/Yellow6
Split
PS, US 8 track album featuring all exclusive tracks: 2
by Portal, 2 by Yellow6 & 4 written & recorded
by both groups together.
MakeMineMusic-001
CD
$12.00
Rainbow Ffolly
Sallies Fforth
PS, UK For many years, this has remained one of the most
enigmatic and collectable artifacts from the original Golden
Age of British pop-psych... beloved by serious collectors,
Austin Powers ook-alikes and oddly enough, the dance music
DJ community alike, the price of this mysterious band's
one and only album, already at £200 by the mid-1990's,
continues to soar.... but why? Who on earth were they?
A classic Britpsych cover conceals a masterpiece which
*might* be serious or might be a send up. High Wycombe's
most famous period export (along with Zandra Rhodes) continues
to both puzzle and amaze. Four art school boys who recorded
an album's worth of amazing, dayglow music in an independent
studio and ended up selling it to Parlophone Records and
rubbing shoulders with The Beatles who, along with The
Who and The Moody Blues, namechecked our heroes regularly.
It sounds like time you heard what everyone is so worked
up about! Track list: She's Alright / I'm So Happy / Montgolfier
/ Drive My Car / Goodbye / Hey You / Sun Sing / Sun And
Sand / Labour Exchange / They'm / No / Sighing Game / Come
On Go. BONUS TRACKS: Go Girl (mono single mix) / Drive
My Car (mono single mix).
Rev-Ola-112
CD
$14.75
Ralph's World
Green Gorilla, Monster & Me
PS, US Clap a little harder, jump a little higher, and
dance a little longer as Ralph's World's award winning
combination of quality rock and family friendly songs attain
a new level of family friendly pop perfection. This sure
fire set of 14 tracks also includes a killer cover of Ray
Steven's novelty smash, "Gitarzan". A proven
retail smash, Ralph's World has recently been crowned "King
Of Children's Rock". The LA Times labels him "a
children's musician superstar". The New York Times
says, "[Ralph] will turn out to be this genre's Elvis
Presley."
MintyFresh
CD
$15.25
Richmond Fontaine
Fitzgerald, The
PS, US The follow-up to last year's highly acclaimed "Post
To Wire" is a quiet departure from the raucous, visceral
send-ups that have made these Portland-based rockers a
band to watch. Written at the Fitzgerald Casino in chief
songwriter Willy Vlautin's hometown of Reno, this album
is a stark collection of songs about the people who live
in the shadows of a casino town. It contains the most vivid
and compelling songs the band has written to date. It debuted
at #13 on the UK Indie Chart in May, and Richmond Fontaine
are again experiencing the kind of praise rarely bestowed
on any artist. "The most
beautiful sad album of the year" - Q. "'The Fitzgerald'
is mind-blowing" - Five Stars, Album Of The Month,
Uncut, June 2005.
Union
CD
$11.75
Run Return
Animals Are Beautiful People
PS, US The debut single from Run_Return which features
2 tracks from their forthcoming album. Each is it's own
slice of furture-retro... Elements of jazz, Chicago style
post-rock, and experimental electronica all blended into
a highly original and cohesive mix of old and new. For
fans of: Boards of Canada, Tortoise, Casino Vs Japan. Orange
vinyl. Limited to 500.
MD-131
45
$6.25
Shelby
Luxury of Time
PS, US Comprised of Kenny Cummings (LITTLE SHINING MAN,
CRUEL STORY OF YOUTH) & Phil Schuster (TOSHACK HIGHWAY)
helped out by Simone Pace (BLONDE REDHEAD) on drums. While
some of the first record's influences have remained stamped
into the sound of "The Luxury Of Time", other
stylings have emerged, ranging from the new romantic wave
of Ultravox & Tubeway Army to obscure French ballads
to the old NYC sounds of Television & Blondie.
GiganticMusic-011
CD
$14.50
Shipwreck
Origin
PS, US In keeping with their moniker local Champaign-Urbana
scene heroes Shipwreck rocks slowly to and fro in an ocean
of sound, a sound defined as "sub-aquatic country
and ethereal astro-punk" . Where their debut "Six
Buttery Megahits EP" (also available), collected of
songs from Shipwreck's precocious infancy, "Origin" finds
our sonically-seafaring trio in full-blown studio-marvelousness.
Can a band sound like Pedro The Lion and mid-period Wire
(154) in the same song? Why yes, they can. Definitely one
of the most interesting local bands.
Self-Released
CD
$12.00
Sloan
Twice Removed
PS, US
Koch-5733
CD
$15.25
Snatches of Pink
Stag
PS, US "This sounds like Thunders trying to drive
a train through the eye of a needle w/Keef, Joe, Ace & Rimbaud
cheering him on. It sounds like a beautiful car wreck viewed
on your third glass of absinthe. An incredible masterpiece." "Makes
the NY Dolls look like a bunch of cross-dressing momma's
boys."-Independent
MoRisen-081
CD
$12.75
Sonnets
Sea Storm Blows Plus
PS, US Debut album fromthis 5 piece band out of Sweden,
headed by songwriter Per Magnusson. They are fond of writing
handsomely breezy pop songs; frolicsome & playful,
fellow Scandinavians Eggstone comes to mind. A shimmering
production which is very much influenced by sunny 60's
guitar pop. They blend w/in their swinging, sweet melodies
glorious string arrangements & resplendent piano playing.
Atop everything else is Magnusson's affecting voice that's
as propelling as the layered, infectious pop The Sonnets
create. The Japanese edition on Quince Records adds 4 songs
taken from their debut single "City, Spark, Fire"
Quince-026
CD
$14.75
Sons and Daughters
Repulsion Box
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino-066
LP
$16.00
Sons and Daughters
Repulsion Box
PS, US Enthralling batch of 10 songs that further explore
the quartet's quesy addiction to murder ballad lyrics.
Rec. at Conny Plank's (CAN) Cologne studio w/Victor Van
Vugt (NICK CAVE, PJ HARVEY)
Domino-066
CD
$16.00
Space Vacuum From Outer Space
Starcade
PS, US This is one of the most unique & innovative
bands to emerge from the rich Bay Area musical scene since
space visitors began forming crop circles on our tiny planet.
Combine multi-layered, Ed Wood-inspired movie interstitals
with classically trained musicians, then add a dash of
vampy silver beehives, space monkeys & the aural landscape
of the Milky Way & you have a singular musical experience
unlike any other. Think Joy Division, Kraftwerk, The Pixies,
B-52s, Plan 9 From Outer Space, vacuum cleaners & anything
silver.
Dionysus
CD
$13.75
Stranglers
Live In San Francisco
PS, US The classic 1978 line-up of the UK's best art punks;
this is the STRANGLERS captured live in San Francisco on
their 1st U.S. tour. Culling material from their first
2 albums, this in demand program is now available on DVD.
30 minutes of challenginghigh energy chaos from one of
the best of the first wave of British punk rock,
TargetStudios-4421
DVD
$14.75
Surf, The Sundried
S/T
PS, US Multi instrumentalists Nick Huntington (Freescha,
Canyon Country) & Emmett Kelly (The Cairo Gang, Charlemaignes)
combine their talents & friendship to bring us 23 tracks
of rich, lush live instrumentation ripe w/ melody. Delicate
finger picking, buzzing guitars, melodicas, recorders,
mellotrons, & twinkling pianos to pluck out the lights.
AttackNine-008
CD
$14.50
Sybris
S/T
PS, US A fusion of ambient art rock, 80's heavy metal and,
oddly enough, folk. Dual guitars interlock with a powerful
bass backbone, all driven by swirling & lifting drums,
w/ an acrobatic female vocalist who either grounds the
sonic chaos, or runs the whole thing right off the rails.
Slayer fronted by Edie Brickell, or Belly meets Swervedriver.
Music that is epic and beautiful, yet still fun.
Flameshovel-029
CD
$12.00
Top Drawer
Solid Oak
PS, US This is a real gem, sought after by collectors all
over the world. Originally released as private pressing
in 1969, Solid Oak is the 1st and only album for this band
hailing from Kentucky. No doubt this is a must have for
fans of hard rock / psychedelic music.
Akarma-327
CD
$17.25
Torche
S/T
PS, US NOW ON VINYL!!!
RoboticEmpire-046
LP
$10.75
Totimoshi
Mysterioso
PS, US The 2nd full length from Oakland, CA trio TOTIMOSHI,
intersects earthquake-heavy rock & wicked sludge riffage
with the wiry hooks & dynamics of '80s post-punk, Spanish
melodies, & an adventurous, occasionally improvisational
fuzz attack. It's sort of like someone giving a Beggars
Banquet band circa 1985 a cocktail of steroids, huge amps & battered
copies of MELVINS' Stoner Witch & MAINLINER's Mellow
Out. Heavy, crunchy, catchy, hypnotic, Mysterioso? winds,
grinds, & explodes every step of the way. This re-issued,
re-tooled version features enhanced CD-ROM extras, including
2 music videos
CrucialBlast-046
CD
$13.75
Various
Texas Funk 1968-75: Black Gold from the Lone Star State
PS, US Egon's (STONES THROW) label does it again with 80
minutes of funky classics unreleased soul & funk music
by unsung heroes from Texas from tough urban centers like
Dalls & Houston to the sparsely populated hot spots
like Pasadena & Longview. Remastered. Intro by DJ SHADOW
NowAgain-5019
CD
$17.00
Various
Broken Flowers
PS, US Soundtrack for the new JIM JARMUSCH move starring
BILL MURRAY. Feat. songs by GREENHORNES (2 songs), JACKIE
MITTOO, MULATU ASTATKE, MARVIN GAYE, HOLLY GOLIGHTLY, SLEEP,
DENGUE FEVER, more.
Decca-5150
CD
$18.00
Wolfman/Pete Doherty
For Lovers
PS, US Pre-lude to the upcoming solo project. "Encased
within the twinkling piano arrangements of old chum WOLFMAN,
PETE (LIBERTINES) proves himself capable of weaving both
hope & honsety into the lining of his exquisite melodies"-NME
RoughTrade-30057
CD
$6.50
Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice
Harem of the Sundrum & the Witness Figg
PS, US First solo album from leader of the mysterious & bongtastic
loft-psych champions THE VANISHING VOICE (Troubleman, 5RC,
DeStijl, 3 Lobed). Uber trippy/heady folk influenced in
equal parts by legendary hedonists Fleetwood Mac & West
Coast sad sack Judee Sill with tips of the cap to other
early 70's West Coast signposts of despair & excess
David Crosby, Grace Slick & Gene Clark. "The intention
to create something timeless & ageless informs each
note of the music."
SoftAbuse-012
CD
$12.75
______________________________
Forthcoming
Releases
______________________________
22-Pistepirkko
Drops & Kicks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, FINLAND New full-length album from Finnish garage-(electro)-pop phenomenon
22-Pistepirkko, one of Scandinavia's most enjoyable, eccentric and enchanting
bands, and have been for 25 years! On this, their 10th album, Kalle Gustafsson
(The Soundtrack of Our Lives bassist and renown producer) has produced while
fellow TSOOL mates helped out with guest vocals. New-convert/fan John Hanlon
(Neil Young's sound engineer) flew over from sunny California to Scandinavia
to put his hands on the final mixes.
BareBonesBusinessOy
CD
$12.00
Acid House Kings
Sing Along With Acid House Kings (CD + DVD) (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE SEPT. 13th)
PS, US This is the band's first album since the 2002 release "Mondays
Are Like Tuesdays..." Combining the aesthetics of
Kraftwerk with Motown girl groups from the 60's and musical
influences from Burt Bucharach to The Smiths. White, heterosexual
indie pop has never sounded this gay and soulful! Limited
edition. First 1000 includes a DVD with karaoke versions
of the songs, and music video's.
TwentySevenRecords-003
CD
$11.40
Acid Mothers Temple
Chant from The Cosmic Inferno (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER
20TH)
PS, US 55 minute, one track salute to the late Pierre Moerlen
of GONG. Mastered by Tatsuya of RUINS.
AceFu-034
CD
$16.00
Acid Mothers Temple
Anthem Of Space (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US Featuring members of ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE & THE
MELTING PARADISO U.F.O., BOREDOMS, ZENI GEVA, GHOST, WHITE
HEAVEN, GONG, SUBVERT BLAZE & HIGH RISE. "If this
attack were to succeed I would need musicians just as powerful,
if not more powerful, than Acid Mothers Temple & The
Melting Paraiso U.F.O. We decided to take the members of
Mothers of Invasion & shift them to the new group,
giving birth to a new Acid Mothers Temple. Just then I
received a transmission from my own cosmos - the group
should be named Cosmic Inferno. It was utterly fitting
for this is truly a battle between heaven & hell, between
The Melting Paraiso U.F.O. & The Cosmic Inferno. Thus,
on this the tenth anniversary of the founding of Acid Mothers
Temple, I announce the birth of the hellchild, Acid Mothers
Temple & The Cosmic Inferno."- K. Makoto
Ektro-035
CD
$18.00
Adderley, Cannonball
In New York (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 30TH)
PS, US Adderly boldly transformed his popular quintet (NAT
ADDERLEY, JOE ZAWINUL, SAM JONES, LOUIS HAYES) with this
album by adding composer and multi-instrumentalist YUSEF
LATEEF to the mix. Originally recorded January, 1962. REMASTERED.
RITB-9404
CD
$15.50
Alarma Man
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, SWEDEN Fans of Pelican and Kinski and the new instrumental
scene will dig Alarma Man's expansive instrumental sonic
labyrinths, built to inspire and demolish. Instrumental
and daft in it's execution, Alarma Man can excite, sooth,
and equally throw an unprepared listener into a state of
confusion. Mind-numbing drum beats, steady bass lines,
and odd guitar rhythms accenting with tapping that defies
the nature of the sonic guitar itself. A mad mixture of
dark intentions and old roving spirits that brings to mind
Don Cabellero, Man Or Astroman, and Fugazi, yet with something
all the more sinister and forward looking.
Carcrash-015
CD
$12.00
All Tomorrow's Party
You Doo Right, You Doo Slide (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
23RD )
PS, US An amazing trio from Japan in love with Detroit
rock & Can. Yup.
Alive-064
CD
$14.75
American Analog Set
Set Free (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 20TH)
PS, US The brushed drums, electric piano, vibraphone & percussion
that have defined their sound for years shine more brightly
than ever. Beneath the mellow rhythms they've perfected
over the last 2 records beat heartfelt songs about love,
loss, crushes, crutches, curses & the other man.
Arts&Crafts-013
CD
$17.00
American Minor
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US Local boys (Champaign via West Virginia) make good...
AMG Review: "Musical fads may come and go, but it
seems like no matter what year, the hard-edged blues-boogie
of the '70s (the Rolling Stones, AC/DC, etc.) will always
serve as inspiration for a new generation of rockers. After
all, the '80s saw the emergence of the Black Crowes, the
'90s saw Lenny Kravitz, and in the early 21st century,
American Minor is following in the others' footsteps. Hailing
from the Kanawha River Valley of southern West Virginia,
the five-piece band is not afraid to wear their influences
on their sleeves. Produced by one-time Blind Melon bandmates
Brad Smith and Christopher Thorn, the songs on American
Minor's self-titled, full-length debut prove to be not
quite as hook heavy as the aforementioned retro acts. But
the group has a more apparent hard rocking edge, which
will appeal to the headbangers. Chockfull of bluesy leads
and soulful vocals, organ also plays a prominent part in
American Minor's sound, as evidenced by such tracks as "Mr.
Queen." But the best bits are when the boys crank
the amp's up to ten -- on "Shine" and album opener "Walk
On," quite possibly the album's best track." (Greg
Prato)
RedInk
CD
$13.00
Animal Collective
Feels (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
FatCat-011
DLP
$14.50
Animal Collective
Feels (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 7TH)
PS, US Moving further away from the suggestion of folkish
affinities, Feels is electrified, rhythmically more urgent, & overall
a considerably denser work. Those sweet melodies & big
catchy hooks remain intact, & the songwriting is once
again bold, brave, adventurous & stamped w/ their own
unique personality. Hugely inventive & tightly focused,
it simply sounds like nothing else right now.
FatCat-011
CD
$14.50
Anna Oxygen
Meet Jennifer b/w Syncopen (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
23RD)
PS, US Layered vocals with throbbing dance beats. Sometimes
operatic and totally unpredictable. The 7" is designed
as a multi-media experience with a cut-out animation wheel.
KillRockStars-436
45
$4.00
Arizona Amp And Alternator
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US This is mastermind Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) and co-conspirators
M. Ward, the boys from Grandaddy, Scout Niblett, Danish
chanteuse Marie Frank, and Jeremy Gara (Arcade Fire).
ThrillJockey
CD
$15.25
August Born
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-284
LP
$14.50
August Born
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US A collaboration between Japan's HIROYUKI USUI & SIX
ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE's BEN CHASNY. With no shared language,
sound was the only continuum for communication & expression.
All the songs were sent on CD-Rs & mixed as they went
along. Some of the songs were sent back & forth across
the Pacific 4 or 5 times, gaining texture & direction & in
the process, creating a bridge between the 2 artists. A
mellow work seamlessly blending HIROYUKI's guitar, vocals,
vibes, harmonium, bass, drums, cello, field recordings, & didgeridoo
with CHASNY's unmistakable voice & guitar. The tunes
found here hold rewards that will only grow with patience & time
DragCity-284
CD
$14.50
Banhart, Devendra
Cripple Crow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US This is his fourth studio album and first in the
US through XL Recordings. Devendra exploded on the international
music scene three years ago, quickly accumulating devoted
fans as well as an unusually hefty amount of critical kudos
with his debut and subsequent releases. "There's something
about Banhart's muse that defies words and logic, something
to these songs that hints at a deeper connection to the
cosmos than most of us share. Jeff Buckley might have had
that gift; John Lennon and Van Morrison certainly did.
Add to that list Devendra Banhart, an astonishing talent
whose future work promises to bring us to exciting new
places" - Harp Magazine. "...it's Banhart's gift
for melody that ultimately carries the day, littering the
album with slyly entrancing tunes that recall the pleasure
of old campfire songs. It's enough to cure even a hardened
cynic" - Blender.
XL
CD
$15.25
Barbez
Insignificance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Insignificance is the result of two years of intensive
work and the culmination of seven years of exploration
and growth by this unusual and powerful Brooklyn-based
band. After the critcal success of Barbez's self titled
full length debut on Important Records, they've returned
with a groundbreaking sophmore album and a new Theremin
player who Bob Moog has called the single "greatest
living" Theremin player on Earth. While Insignificance
maintains Barbez's trademark ethno-punk-cabaret, the compositions
have become more tight, more spacious, more frenetic and
more explosive. Insignificance has more of a compositional
complexity and careful instrumentation than Barbez's debut,
promising to be a classic in this burgeoning sub genre
known as Punk-Cabaret. Insignificance was recorded, mixed
and co-produced by legendary New York engineer/producer
Martin Bisi (Swans, Sonic Youth, Dresden Dolls, John Zorn)
at BC studios near the Gowanus canal in Brooklyn.
Important-063
CD
$13.50
Battletorn
Evil Chains (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TMU
LP
$11.75
Battletorn
Evil Chains (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US NYC's Battletorn deliver a thirteen minute, sixteen
song assault on the human mind with this debut. Since their
inception, they've been getting attention as one of the
only true thrash bands left - a band without any agenda
or political stance - just a band on a mission to thrash
or die. Their ten
minute sets are becoming the stuff of legend around NYC.
The female lead vocals recall the aggression of a female
Jello Biafra. For fans of The Comes, Sin 34, JFA.
TMU
CD
$13.75
Bloc Party
Silent Alarm Remixed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US This is a track-by-track remix of the band's debut.
Highlights include remixes by Ladytron, Pretty Girls Make
Graves, Mogwai, M83, and Nick Zinner (Yeah Yeah Yeahs).
The first 15,000 of the US edition will contain a bonus
CD with three b-sides of non-album tracks, acoustic versions
of the album
track "Plans", and the b-side "Storm And
Stress".
Vice
DCD
$16.00
Blood Brothers, The
Love Rhymes (2X7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US This double 7'' features previously released, unreleased & exclusive
tracks from teh BLODD BROTHERS' "Crimes" sessions.
DimMak-082
45
$5.50
Bloody Hollies
If Footmen Tire You... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Stripped down & basic sound, but with an even
greater array of guitar hooks, songwriting, & signature
vocals that comprise the band's unique brand of rock'n'roll.
Their ability to shift gears not wear their white shirts & skinny
black ties is what separates them from the crowded field
of garage-punk contenders.
Alive-063
CD
$14.75
Bochum Welt
Elan (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US Italy's Bochum Welt drops a new album, Elan, on
Fuzzy Box Records!!!
FuzzyBox-030
CD
$13.50
Boris & Merzbow
Sun Baked Snow Cave (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US This is the most recent collaborative release (and
first for Hydra Head) from two of Japan's most prolific
and challenging artists. At times minimal and acoustic
and at other times saturated with noise induced drone,
this 60-minute track (in three movements) covers the spectrum
of experimental music.
"
...Merzbow stands as the most important artist in noise
music" - allmusic.com. "Boris are the only living
band (with the possible exception of Electric Wizard) who
have mastered the art of out-Sabbathing Black Sabbath...only
Boris have been able to consistently break on through that
wall of rock into the experimental wasteland that lies
beyond. And, once there, they thrive" - dustedmagazine.com.
HydraHead
CD
$13.75
Broadcast
Tender Buttons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Warp-136
LP
$17.00
Broadcast
Tender Buttons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 20TH)
PS, US A strikingly personal personal diary from masters
of introspective psychedelic pop. Giving subtle aesthetic
nods to Can, Joy Division & Kate Bush & Jean-Jacques
Perry, this is a powerful gust of sonics that will not
fail to leave an impression.
Warp-136
CD
$17.00
Broken Spindles
Inside/Absent (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$12.50
Broken Spindles
Inside/Absent (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Joel Peterson wrote this record without any input
from fellow band members. "I think it was because
of that separation from other people's input that the writing
style shifted. I found myself keeping things a little more
elemental; steering away from programming, opting for sparser
percussion, and keeping instrumentation as minimal as songs
could take. The lyrics became a lot more direct and the
vocal style kind of followed suit. It just didn't seem
appropriate to layer these things that were said in pretty
bare, straightforward terms with a ton of effects...I wanted
to at least make myself feel something through music, and
it seemed that the best way to do that was just to be as
real and honest as possible."
SaddleCreek
CD
$10.50
Cage
Hell's Winter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 20TH)
PS, US One his debut album, Cage emerges as a surprisingly
introspective artist. The savagely raw imagery of his narrative
showcases everything from watching his father shoot smack
to the violence of his own addictions & stints in institutions.
Incl. production by EL-P, DJ SHADOW, RJD2, BLOCKHEAD, CAMU
TAO & appearances by AESOP ROCK, JELLO BIAFRA, JAMES
MCNEW (YO LA TENGO/DUMP), TAME 1 & TAK BALLZ of WEATHERMAN.
DefinitiveJux-123
CD
$17.00
Cage
Hell's Winter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DefinitiveJux-123
DLP
$17.00
California Oranges
Souvenirs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US This is classic crunchy new wave pop/rock & mod
shuffle, with three part harmonies, in the tradition of
The Primitives, The Bangles, Velocity Girl, and Teenage
Fanclub. The California Oranges are John Conley, Katie
Conley, Verna Brock, Matt Levine, and Ross Levine. Produced
by Dana Gumbiner of the band Deathray at Brighton Sound,
Sacramento. Mastered by Kevin Bartley, Capitol Mastering.
Darla-162
CD
$13.50
Canyon Country
There's A Forest In The Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST
15TH)
PS, US Canyon Country's debut album. Written and performed
by Nick Huntington (Freescha, The Surf The Sundried). Released
on California's Attacknine Records. Recorded after Freescha's
last album "What's Come Inside Of You", this
is an entirely different treasure chest of tunes. 19 songs
filled with delicate pianos, soft acoustics, organs, mellotrons,
violins, cellos, echoing voices, and monolith drones. Music
under the vast night sky, humming with the horizon line.
AttackNine-009
CD
$13.50
Chrysler, The
Failures And Sparks + bonus tracks [domestic version] (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE SEPT 2005)
PS, US New U.S. version of The Chrysler's debut classic "Failures
And Sparks". Galaxy G's version includes five lovely
bonus tracks.
GalaxyGramophone-002
CD
$10.00
Cobra Noir
Abode Of The Dead (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Unleashing it's fury upon the dead & the living.
Fast & heavy, the hammering sound of this Canadian
band is an assult without remorse. Continuing the work
their previous Canadian hardcore/punk bands began more
than a decade ago, COBRA NOIR combines ferocious live performances
with unsettling political lyrics. Feat. ex-members of IRE,
IN DYING DAYS, & THE BLACK HAND.
MagicBullet-070
LP
$12.75
CocoRosie
Noah's Ark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TouchAndGo
LP
$15.25
CocoRosie
Noah's Ark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Since the mysterious and beautiful "La Maison
de Mon Reve" surfaced in early 2004, CocoRosie have
spent months traveling the world with the likes of Bright
Eyes, TV On The Radio, Antony And The Johnsons, Devendra
Banhart, and Blonde Redhead. Along the way, "Noah's
Ark" took shape, where heart-offerings of friends,
family, loved ones and lost ones surface gracefully, contributing
depth to the narrative journey. "Noah's Ark" is
the result of a rootless reality, a drifting consciousness
across state lines, date lines, time lines...connected
to the past, vague about the future. But the heart of these
songs is always issued from a tender present.
TouchAndGo
CD
$15.25
Conrad, Tony
Bryant Park Moratorium Rally (1969) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
AUGUST 16th)
PS, US An October afternoon in 1969. Midtown Manhattan.
A rally in Bryant Park against the Vietnam War. Down 42nd
Street towards Times Square, Tony Conrad is adjusting microphones
in his 5th floor loft, one directed at the TV set - where
it will pick up live local news coverage -- the other pointing
out the window, where the echo of speeches and crowd noise
mingles with the oceanic rush of crosstown traffic. As
the event is about to begin, he rolls tape. Thirty-four
years later, we hear what he heard. And the juncture, for
so many reasons, could not be more critical. As the Bush
Administration pursues a risky military agenda in the Middle
East - one with unsettling long-term implications both
at home and abroad - we see a nation not divided, as in
the Vietnam Era, but strangely complacent. Our media-saturated
reality functions like a drug, instantly televised warfare
a new entertainment, and organized public dissent a novelty
at home and a roaring chorus everywhere else. Conrad's
recording of the Oct. 15 Vietnam Moratorium Rally is an
eerie flashback that offers urgent new insights into our
own lives and times, post-9/11 and full on into a new millennium.
TableOfTheElements-083
CD
$14.50
Converge
Petitioning Forever (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Deathwish-147
DLP
$19.00
Cowboy Junkies
Early 21st Century Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US Features the CJ's interpretations of songs from
artists such as Dylan, Springsteen & Lennon plus 2
new originals & is their small document of hope for
the times in which we're a livin'.
Zoë-11431078
CD
$19.00
Criteria
When We Break (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek
LP
$12.50
Criteria
En Garde (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 27TH)
PS, US REISSUE. Stephen Pedersen, founding member of CURSIVE & WHITE
OCTAVE, returned to his hometown in Nebraska to start this
project. Enlisting former bandmates & SADDLE CREEK
brethren from CURSIVE, BRIGHT EYES & DESAPRARECIDOS,
Stephen crafted a new batch of incredible rock tunes. This
isn't just a second chance to appreciate this ass-shaking,
rock n roll genius, it's just that maybe you need this
album more than you know.
SaddleCreek-080
CD
$12.50
Criteria
When We Break (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US By day, Criteria's Stephen Pedersen is entrenched
in the beige, climate-controlled world of corporate law.
By night, he tirelessly melds face-searing riffs with pounding,
syncopated drums, awaiting a rock 'n' roll miracle. He
need wait for that miracle no longer. And neither must
you. This is the band's second full-length; a startling
display of fist-pumping anthems and contagious melodies
bent on shaking the ass of the most coolly aloof listener.
Two words: big rock.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.50
Crowell, Rodney
The Outsider (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, US Latest from one of America's greatest & most
unappreciated songwriters who follows his stunning, introspective
2003 album "Fate's Right Hand," w/this bold & rockin'
look at the world at large. Incl. guests EMMYLOU HARRIS,
JOHN PRINE, BUDDY & JULIE MILLER, JD SOUTHER & Beth
Nielsen Chapman. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
Columbia-94470
CD
$19.25
Dabrye
instrmntl (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Tadd Mullinix is Dabrye. Playful, with a loopy feeling
and a window into Mullinix's soul. It's super chill, focusing
on hip-hop in a fun check-out this phrase-I-just-lifted-off-this-ill-old-record
kinda way. Dabrye is currently a Detroit city electronic
music maven, tracking tracks for J Dilla & playing
to packed crowds at the Detroit Electronic Music Festival.
On Scott Herren's (PREFUSE 73, SAVATH+SAVALAS) new Eastern
Developments label.
EasternDevelopments-002
CD
$11.75
Danny & the Nightmares
Freak Brain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 23RD)
PS, US Legendary songwriter/artist DANIEL JOHNSTON & his
horror-rock combo THE NIGHTMARES are back from the grave
to deliver a new album. Produced by Jesus Christ & recorded
on a 4-track machine ina real haunted house somewhere in
Texas. 12 unreleased songs inspired by love, hell- chicks,
holidays & of course the death of Satan. JOHNSTON on
electric guitar & bass, with Jason on improvisted guitar & farfisa
organ & Bridget keeping time, for those who have always
wanted to hear a true rock n roll album by DANIEL JOHNSTON,
here it is!
SFTRI-762
CD
$13.75
Datach'i
The Elements (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US "14 tracks of diesel fueled chain-saw wielding
break beats and lovely victorian architecture. Joseph Fraioli
creates a deviously crafted patchwork of carefully sewn
rhythms, sonic contortions and delicate melodies, his debut
(Rec+Play), Called "One of the decades most impressive
albums" --Dave Segal, Alternative Press. (Rec+Play)
put Datach'i on the map as one of electronic musics most
novel, demented and fearless voices. The Elements is an
enhanced CD and contains the Video for "In Silence".
Suppose you traded in your apartment, your laptop and a
box of records for a quite house in the country. It's all
good till the first night. Some where between ordering
pizza and finding that room with no windows comes The Elements.
A new full length from Datach'i packing 15 tracks of diesel
fueled chain-saw wielding break beats and lovely victorian
architecture. The Elements is an enhanced CD and contains
the David Firth Video for "In Silence"!
Sublight-701
CD
$13.50
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 30TH)
PS, US This double 180g LP is packaged in a super nice
gatefold sleeve and includes a vinyl-only bonus track, "Talking
Like Turnstiles".
Barsuk
DLP
$22.75
Death Cab For Cutie
Plans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 30TH)
PS, US NEW ALBUM!!!
Atlantic
CD
$15.00
Decemberists
Picaresque (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars
DLP
$21.00
Dialog Cet
Like Animals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, SWEDEN It is historically proven that a good band rarely
stands still. This hypothesis is made into scientific fact
when analyzing the elements. The key element in question
is Dialog Cet. A band with humble beginnings in Jönköping,
Sweden, in the year of 1998. A band that has been receiving
praise for their ingenuity, playfulness, and forward thinking
from their very onset. Playing a brand of music self-dubbed
as "Labyrinth Punk", which lies somewhere between
Sonic Youth, Unwound, and Scandinavian abstract reasoning.
Receiving praises even from the post-punk luminary Ian
Mackaye (of Fugazi fame) as "brilliant, fucking brilliant".
Music not afraid to move or perplex you...open your ears
and sound the alarm. Dialog Cet have allowed their experimental
side come free but at the same time maintained their pop
sensibilities that were displayed on their last album "Konsumera
Era". In this journey that is otherwise called an "album",
we are introduced to many wild and unusual creatures. Like
the spirited "Mazzrilla Gorialla", where guitars,
pianos, and frantic drumming whirl around in a wild dance.
Or the rambling lo-fi trails of "Dragonfly",
with acoustic guitars and quivering vocals. And before
you thought you saw it all the approach- able "Dolphin
Lundgren" that is covered in synths and guitar plunks
that create a deep-sea mood. "Like Animals" is
a large album with many contrasts. It spins wildly and
calmly floats, it hits hard but softly caresses, and it
howls monotonous and caws with many notes!
Carcrash-013
CD
$12.00
Dialog Cet
Konsumera Era (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 16TH)
PS, SWEDEN Travelling into the nether regions of music
Jönköping, Sweden's Dialog Cet released their
third album "Konsumera Era" in 2003. The tale
of this band is one of musical and musician mathematics.
Initially a two piece instrumental group on their debut "Crocodile
Hunt", then to a three piece on the critically acclaimed "Ny
Metall" album. In 2002, they went back to be a two
piece, using additional musicians to record "Konsumera
Era". Eerily similar at times to early Bailter Space
(still one of New Zealand's finest exports) Dialog Cet's
sonic attack combines early 90s Chicago/Minneapolis post-punk
dissonance to the weird rock/labyrinth-punk drive that
Dialog Cet are known for!
Carcrash-012
CD
$12.00
Dieter Scherf Trio
Inside-Outside Reflections (1974) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Another long-lost gem (in a possibly infinite series)
on Atavistic's UMS. Originally waxed in 1974 and released
in a microscopic private pressing on the LST label, this
record showcases Mr. Scherf on a variety of reeds and piano,
Jacek Bednarek on bass, and a very young Paul Lovens on
drums. The entire package has a subtle whiff of Krautrock
throughout, but the then nascent Euro Free Music sound
carries the day, in a classic trio configuration.
Atavistic
CD
$14.50
Double, The
Loose In The Air (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$12.50
Double, The
Loose In The Air (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 13TH)
PS, US NYC's The Double deliver their Matador debut, a
worthy successor to 2004's "Palm Fronds". The
massed Ace Tone/Vox/Casio keys and floating
vocals have led some staff members to liken the sound to
music as diverse as '60s British folk mixed with theatrical
synth bands. But the
spooky/paranoid vibes and insistent, inventive rhythms
of the percussion build up a wall of sound more nervous
and intense than the comparison might suggest. Irresistible
pop melodies are laid on top. An indescribable and lovely
mess.
Matador
CD
$15.25
Drexon Field
Stratosphere Control (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US "Drexon Field's debut "Stratosphere Control" released
on California's Attacknine Records. Friends Devin Underwood
and Jared Sheehan from Boston Massachusetts present 8 tracks
of their quirky electric boogaloo for your jam. Mischievous
kids let loose in a room full of keyboards and drum machines. "There's
something very carefree and childlike about these tunes...and
disturbingly funky that i like. It makes me think of Mad
Monster Party, breakdancing mummies, or ice skating with
a werewolf. Neon funk and Phat shoelaces for sure!" -
Nick from Freescha. Recommended for fans of; chemistry
sets, Jean-Jacques Perry, sling shots, ghetto-blasters,
Herbie Hancock and his robot, planets, cuttin'the rug,
the L.A. Dream Team (without the team) *A drexon field
has many noted influences that range from the invention
of simple machines to the pleasure of weather or the solitude
of space. Geometry and the lost history of dinosaurs can
also be seen having a deep and meaningful relationship
within the field."
AttackNine-007
CD
$13.50
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