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Alpine, The
On Feel Trips
PS, GERMANY Danish beast-pop-rock act's debut album, highly
entertaining.
Gun/Supersonic
CD
$20.00
Blondie
Live 1978
PS, US Featuring many favorites, this concert captures
Blondie as they began their climb up the music scene to
become one of New Wave's most successful groups. Featuring
Deborah Harry, Blondie perform songs from their first two
albums "Blondie" & "Plastic Letters" on
these vintage Beat Club performances.
EagleVision-33019
DVD
$11.75
Boris
Pink
PS, US These new recordings effectively combine all the
strongest elements of what they are capable of into one
solid, complete, concise album. It's mega-drone, balls-
out punk rock, extreme dark psychedelia & 70s' fuzzed
out acid rock. The clincher is an infusion of ultra-catchy
melodicism into their already heavy foundation. There's
infectious vocal melodies that combined with intelligent
song-writing create a solidified, undeniable union. It
comes with a die-cut cover that when opened reveals 3 perforated
acid-tab cards.
SouthernLord-55
CD
$13.00
Boyracer
Punker Than You Since '92
PS, US DOUBLE 'BEST OF' 75 SONG RETROSPECTIVE. Since the
early 1990s Boyracer have existed around the singular pop
visions of Stewart Anderson. Armed with a selection of
fuzzboxes and a carefree revolving door line up, Boyracer
have been carefully crafting their buzzsaw assault, shaving
seconds off frantic slithers of adrenaline punk-pop. Noted
recordings on numerous indie-cred labels such as Sarah
Records and Slumberland, and brutally honest sweaty live
performances have cemented Boyracer's place in global indiedom
as influential stalwarts of the genre. This double disc
set, on the band's own 555 Recordings label, features 75
selections from their exhaustive back catalogue. The tracks
chosen (by Stewart) span the band's global history from
Leeds, UK to Flagstaff, Arizona, via stints in Japan and
Australia. Forever embracing the DIY ethic to excess, Boyracer
are known for their completists nightmare of a back catalogue,
(with nearly 500 songs on commercially available releases
to date). "Punker Than You Since '92" includes
much of the band's best known and strongest material coupled
with long out of print tracks, (including the impossible
to find debut 7" unavailable anywhere since it's release
in 1992). There are tracks from strictly limited releases
too, such as 2005's lathe cut 10" LP (which was a
pressing of 75 copies worldwide). The compilation is a
welcome round-up for diehards, a chance to fill in some
gaps for the casual observer, and is also a perfect introduction
for the new and curious to one of indiepop's longest standing
and respected bands. Disc One 2001-2006: 1. A History Of
Snakes, 2. They're Making Money Off You, 3. Who Pissed
On Yr Bonfire?, 4. 2nd Hand Youth, 5. 9 To 5 Style, 6.
Lou And Ged, 7. 90s Are Thru, 8. On Bleached Grass, 9.
Sarah And Sarah, 10. (It Just Fell Down The) Back Of A
Fridge, 11. Absence Makes The Heart Grow Harder, 12. Everyday
Is Saturday Night, 13. Pop Holiday, 14. You've Squandered
Yr Talents, 15. Billy Three, 16. Concede, 17. Ghosts In
Japan, 18. Words Are Yr Currency, 19. Warmest Hours, 20.
Tell Me Where My Hands Should Go, 21. Good Things Come
To Those Who Wait, 22. Thought Even More Of You When You
Told Me You Wanted Me Dead, 23. Louise, 24. Where To Place
Yr Trust, 25. Yr Static Flame, 26. It's A Long Way To Go
To Loose More Than Loose Change, 27. Fool Around, 28. We
Have Such Gifts, 29. Temper, 30. The Sadness In You, 31.
That Boy Yr With Is A Dick, 32. Stars And Car Parks, 33.
Wholly Generic, 34. A Chipped Tooth And Greasy Fingers,
35. Secret Jokes , 36. We Are Pure Chrome, 37. The Man
The Myth, 38. Temp, 39. Vinegar Evenings, 40. How Many
Cars Can You Fit In Yr Garage?, 41. Toilets Of Northern
Europe, 42. A Punch Up The Bracket, 43. Carefull What You
Wish For, 44. When I Was A Blonde And You A Brunette, 45.
Now I Have Everything. Disc Two 1991-1996: 1. Doorframe,
2. Turquiose Mood, 3. Yr Breaking His Heart, 4. Black Fantastic
Splitting, 5. Yr Unspoken Desires, 6. Beautiful Lines,
7. Ive Got It And Its Not Worth Having, 8. West Riding
House, 9. Twisted Love, 10. Tested, 11. Re-Run, 12. Buffalo,
13. Boyracer, 14. He Gets Me So Hard, 15. Talk Of Aching,
16. Goblin, 17. Meadowhall, 18. Patric Walker, 19. Untouched
By Conversation, 20. E.J.K, 21. Passionflower, 22. Denatured,
23. Naked, 24. Two, 25. Blazing Fruit, 26. Boxing Day,
27. Wanting For All The Wrong Reasons, 28. Snowly, 29.
Michael, 30. Railway.
555-073
DCD
$15.00
Brandtson
Hello, Control!
PS, US Having already exceeded the shelf-life of the average
indie rock band by a few years, a series of tours, and
a handful of albums, Brandtson could have used the departure
of original bassist John Sayre as their moment to shake
hands, congratulate each other on a race well run, and
ride off into the Cleveland sunset with their reputation
and legacy intact. But just as a brush with death can cause
some people to live their lives with a newfound purpose,
Brandtson found a new bassist, regrouped, and agreed to
shake off all of the trappings of comfort and complacency
that can cripple a band that has been writing songs together
for eight years, creating their boldest, most immediate, and most
dynamic album in the process. Brandtson demoed nearly 50
of the most electronic-infused, yet soulful songs they've
ever written for what was to become Hello, Control. They
went into the studio, inspired by Violent Femmes, Depeche
Mode, and the idea of breaking out of the norm and challenging
what's comfortable. Welcome to Brandtson's second act.
MilitiaGroup-041
CD
$14.75
Bunny
Play to My Own Tune
PS, US "A modern Brian Wilson, the illegitimate child
of Elton John & Donald Fagan, Godley & Cream's
younger brother...the trademarks of the Bunny experience
are beautiful introspective songs laced w/a 70's pop sound." Acutely
personal, mostly autobiographical & unashamedly emotional
contents. Underneath the complex arrangements & layered
vocals lie dreamy, beautifully crafted pop songs.
Super-010
CD
$14.50
Burnett, T-Bone
The True False Identity
PS, US
Sony
CD
$17.25
Burnett, T-Bone
Twenty Twenty: The Esssential T-Bone Burnett
PS, US
Sony
CD
$23.00
Bust
Issue #39 June/July
PS, US Yeah Yeah Yeahs cover. Maya Rudolph, Indie Bride
Guide, 70's rebels, goth beach party, Cesar Millan and
so much more for your reading pleasure.
Bust-039
ZINE
$4.99
Camera Obscura
Lloyd, I'm Ready To Be Heartbroken
PS, SPAIN On the 7" vinyl release of "Lloyd,
I'm ready to be heartbroken", limited to 3000 copies,
the exclusive B-side is "I can't stay mad at you" (a
cover version of country singer Skeeter Davis): a drum-less
melody with great vocal harmonies and beautiful keyboard
arrangements. The band recorded the album track in Sweden
with the help of producer Jari Haapalainen (Ed Harcourt,
THE ONCRETES) and a great team of people with whom they've
worked in the country's best studios: some of the string
musicians have recently toured with Brian Wilson or Arthur
Lee & LOVE.
Elefant-248
45
$6.25
Chatham, Rhys
Die Donnergotter
PS, US
TableofElements-801
LP
$23.50
Cherubs
Uncovered by Heartbeat
PS, US
Morphius-009
LP
$14.50
Cherubs
Uncovered by Heartbeat
PS, US Playful arpeggios, call & response, kitschy
little flourishes dosey-do around each other on twin guitar
lines, as a keenly observant drummer jumps from lullabies
to punk freak-outs with epileptic speed. Narratives of
rejection & desire. Unassuming, charming & inventive,
consistently upbeat enough to ensure prime dance-floor
exposure in the indie clubs all summer - breaking heels
at least, if not boundaries.
Morphius-009
CD
$14.50
Controlling
The Famous Automatic City
PS, US Produced by Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, the Locust),
the disc is a concept album that attempts to immerse the
listener in the frenetic pace one experiences living in
Los Angeles, touching on a variety of desperate cosmopolitan
themes involving driving, dreams and that great equalizer:
death. According to singer/guitarist Max Hellmann, CTF's
goal is to "Challenge the listener, but not to a point
where [the music is] unlistenable.
MilitiaGroup-043
CD
$14.75
Cope, Julian
Floored Genius: The Best, Vol. 1 (1979-1991)
PS, US
Fontana
CD
$12.25
Coral Sea, The
Look At Her Face [single]
PS, UK British single release for The Coral Sea's recent
UK tour. Features the standout album track "Look At
Her Face", a video for the same song, plus exclusive
b-side: a spooky sweet cover of The Pixies' classic "Where
Is My Mind". Get this CDS for free when you order
the new Hidden Agenda re-release of The Coral Sea's debut
album 'Volcano And Heart'.
Excercise1
CD5
$2.00
Cub Country
Lucky Knife
Ps, US Feat. members & ex-members of JETS TO BRAZIL,
HELMET, RIVAL SCHOOLS, MAPLEWOOD, THE LOVE SCENE & NEW
END ORIGINAL. Sad-eyed & surreal Americana sonnets
emerge. While recent years have found Chatelain sharing
the stage with a number of companions, it's still his twangy
ruminations on life's great mysteries that render heart-touchingly
close-delivering songs that can be as personal & intimate
as the tiny bedroom they were recorded in.
Sit-N-SpinRecords-028
45
$4.25
Dargel, Corey
Less Famous Than You
PS, UK Composer, lyricist, and singer Corey Dargel's gentle
assault on the pop idiom creates a tension which pervades
his music: Deadpan and detached vocals reveal heartbreaking
intimacies, awkward and obtrusive drum patterns struggle
against fragile harmonies, vocals and music uneasily opposing
each other as songs stumble to their ends. Emotional and
intelligent, his songs evoke the fragility of Antony & The
Johnsons and The Hidden Cameras , the electronic works
of the late Macon Sumerlin, and the avant-pop approaches
of Mark Amerika and Arthur Russell. Voted one of Time Out
New York's "Top 25 People To Watch In 2006," Dargel's
live performances have received glowing reviews in the
New York Times and the Village Voice.
UseYourTeeth-02
CD
$14.75
Del the Funky Homosapien
No Need For Alarm
PS, US 1993 REPRESS 2nd album by Bay Area native DEL, production
by CASUAL, guests A-PLUS & SNUPE, includes free poster!
! ! This record flew in the face of the reigning G-Funk,
more along the lines of bubbling under east coast acts
of the time like Main Source & Black Moon.
Traffic-75506
DLP
$18.00
Diamonds In The Rough (Ian Person of TSOOL)
S-T (DELAYED, EXPECTED SOON)
PS, SWEDEN Solo debut for Ian Person, IFK Goteborg hooligan
and guitarist The Soundtrack of Our Lives (and before that
a member of Union Carbide Productions). A rapturous Beatlesque
vibe wins out here, even a bit of bubblegum pop with a
delightful psychedelic Merseybeatitude. Features plenty
of contributions from members of TSOOL, of course. More
about this later, once it lands...
Gravitation
CD
$12.00
Dinosaur Jr.
Green Mind [Bonus Tracks] (Remastered)
PS, US
Rhino
CD
$11.50
Dinosaur Jr.
Where You Been [Bonus Tracks] (Remastered)
PS, US
Rhino
CD
$11.50
Dominique A
L'horizon
PS, SPAIN"La rue monte en lacets / Chaque virage se
mérite..." ("The street goes up in loops
/ Every bend is earned ...") These words that open
L'horizon, the new album by DOMINIQUE A, summarizes well
the course of a man who is not used to follow the straight
lines. DOMINIQUE A is an explorer. Each one of his records
has been earned. Curiosity was needed to go deep in La
fossete, his first album from 1992, which has become through
the years in a reference for the trend that shook the French
chanson, opening the road to a new generation of artists.
We are not in reviewing DOMINIQUE A's discography here
again. But, in ivestigation, in analysis, the man formely
from Nantes has always wrong-footed his predecessor album.
After La Memoire Neuve and the hit "Le Twenty-Two
Bar", included in it, came the dryness of Remué,
and afterwards the brighter Auguri, the result of his first
work with the renowned producer John Parish. After Tout
Sera Comme Avant, very arranged and explorer, we have now
the purity, the clarity and the lyricism of L'horizon.
And both of them can leave you astonished. With this kind
of quiet cheek, DOMINIQUE A takes a new advantage over
the rest of the people. He neither renounces nor comes
back. He only makes his own way and this brand new record
is another territory to walk on withoutgetting tired. His
voice, that one time seemed difficult to place, sets free.
Behind his faithful guitar, a subtle piano, some concise
metal arrangements and fascinating choirs take over here
and there. Dominique A is a melancholic man, but his melancholy
is as essential as the sea border. A melancholywhich becomes
impregnated in "L'horizon" with twilight atmospheres,
of joyful lyrical fliers. As French chanson sinks in its
effort of looking at the everyday life, DOMINIQUE A blows
air into it, and opens huge spaces for it. He invents bizarre
adventures, moving stories submitted to the demand of his
writing, which spreads out, goes deep, tells and dreams. "Tous
les chants sont d'oublis / Ou ne sont que foutaises / Si
la vie est jolie / Qu'on setaise." ("All chants
are about oblivion / or are but trinkets / if life is beautiful
/ let's keep our mouths shut"). "L'horizon" is
full of literary references, of rough pictures, fugitive
loves, perturbing memories from the childhood, distilled
as a hallucinated vision of reality. And attached to all
this there is a new chapter in the French chanson, which
with no doubt -we can bet- will leave a deep mark.
GreenUFOs-25
CD
$17.75
Don Caballero
World Class Listening Problem
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
$14.25
Don Caballero
World Class Listening Problem
PS, US 180 gram VINYL
Relapse-6655
LP
$19.75
Easton, Tim
Ammunition
PS, US
NewWest
CD
$16.50
Ehlers, Ekkehard
Life Without Fear
PS, US As unexpected as Jim O'Rourke's embrace of John
Fahey's music a decade ago. Droning, guitar-picked porch
blues blend with whiskey-soaked vocals, voodoo jazz, & throbbing
electronics while low hums rub up against scraped strings & a
buzzed-out harmonica heard through a tin-can. This is rough-hewn
experimental bluestronica mixed with graveyard dirt.
Staubgold-066
CD
$17.00
Espers
I I
PS, US From the beginning, this has been a living growing
thing. This album finds the group at sextet size, with
greater powers & capabilities then before. The sound
is achieved using a mad variety of instruments, from a
standard Martin 6 string acoustic, Fender jazzbass & drumkit
to more exotic implements such as doumbek, dholak & male & female
larynx. The outcome is a friendly new sensation, it warms
the room & dims the lights with dense yet agile atmospherics,
still in communion with the realities of our present day.
DragCity-310
CD
$14.50
Espers
I I
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-310
LP
$14.50
Existensminimum
Last Night My Head Tried To Explode And I Wrote Everything
Down (DELAYED)
PS, SWEDEN First full-length from Swedish studio-wizard/uber-producer
Magnus Henriksson AKA Existensminimum, who's also a member
of Moneybrother. On the heels of two amazing singles ("From
Me To You" and "Running Down Everyone")
this album is even more surreal and adventuresome. Looking
beyond the frame of modern day rock and pop, Existensminimum
offers a lightspeed trip through modern electro pop, Spiritualized-styled
guitar-drone, neo-romantic crooner ballads and anxious
deconstructed rock. All the while harkening back to the
heady daze of 70s Krautrock's sci-fi explorations and cosmic
communal folk, along with the brash noisy pop of England
in the late 80s, early 90s. Not that far removed from a
Silverbullit/Citizen Bird release...
Novoton-011
CD
$12.00
Fall
Cerebral Caustic
PS, US Orig. released in '95, it's ME Smith w/ BRIX for
the last time. Touches of glam & techno sonic tributes.
Some of the band's more playful & melodic tunes. More
Peel sessions, alternate takes & an interview with
Brix & Mark.
Castle-36250
DCD
$20.75
Fall
Middle Class Revolt
PS, US Originally released in 1994, this is a typical Fall
outing filled with sarcasm, vigor & fury. They experiement
with techno, tapes & the ususal sparse rock arrangements.
Highlights feat. cover versions of Henry Cow's "War" & The
Monks' "Shut Up". Peel sessions as well as rare
singles & remixes incl.
Castle-36249
DCD
$20.75
Faun Fables
Transit Rider
Ps, US This selection of songs draws from a theme that
began in 1994, when DAWN MCCARTHY (FAUN FABLES) was introduced
to the complete world of the NYC subway in all its repitious & transient
glory & began writing about it. It was made into a
full length theater show in 2002 in San Francisco. Now
with further songwriting & devlopment by NILS FRYKDAHL,
plus collaborations with her mother & a poem by her
dad.
DragCity-314
CD
$14.50
Final Conflict
Ashes to Ashes
PS, US Rerelease from 1994 original version. Offers a combination
of early 80s anarchocore a la Discharge & the metal
tinged West Coast speedcore of the mid-80s. Contains 2
new covers by the Damned & UK Subs.
SOSRecords-5031
CD
$14.50
Final Fantasy
Many Lives -> 49 MP
Ps, US 2 track single incl the title track taken from the
new album plus the EXCLUSIVE TRACK "The Miner Becomes
Forgetful."
Tomlab-068
45
$5.75
Final Fantasy
Many Lives -> 49 MP
PS, US Introduction to FF's amazing new tour de force album "He
Poos Clouds" out 6/13. The much larger, sweeping arrangements
are paradoxically part of an album that is propelled by
its intimacy. The title track is taken from the new album
plus 2 EXCLUSIVE TRACKS "The Miner Becomes Forgetful" & Jars
of Lars" along with a re-arranged & re-recorded
version of "The CN Tower" from the debut album.
Tomlab-068
CD5
$5.00
Frank And Walters, The
Best Of: Special Edition CD+DVD
PS, US The Frank and Walters signed to Setanta Records
in 1991. The Frank's first hit single 'After All' from
'Trains, Boats & Planes' resulted with the band's first
appearance on Top Of The Pops. The second album 'Grand
Parade' was described by NME as "The jauntiest of
melodic joys" with tracks like 'Colours' (featured
on Tom Dunne's Alternative Irish Anthems), propelling The
Franks to new heights. With Noel Gallagher as their roadie
and supported by Suede & Radiohead the band toured
the world and gained a loyal following with their energetic
live shows, infectious melodies and seemingly irrepressible
happiness. Written in New York, 'Beauty Becomes More Than
Life' was described by NME as "A lost classic for
the 21st century." Following the release of 'Glass'
in 2001 the band took a break from recording & gigging.
In early 2005, the band began writing again and signed
to FIFA Records. A new triple album titled 'Souvenirs'
was released internationally in October 2005. The release
was followed by a sold out tour of Ireland & the UK
and a nomination for 'Best Irish Album' in the Meteor Irish
Music Awards 2006. 'Souvenirs' is widely seen to emphasise
the genius of The Frank and Walter's ability to write about
the ordinary and make it something to aspire to. To celebrate
the bands 15th year in music, FIFA will be re-printing
a number of special edition CD's and Vinyl's. The first
'Special Edition' is a reprint of the Frank And Walters
'Best Of' including a free DVD of the bands videos and
a short documentary on the band (approx running time 1
hour). CD: Colours, Plenty Times, Fashion Crisis Hits New
York, This Is Not A Song, How Can I Exist, New York, After
All, Walters Trip, Indian Ocean, Underground, Daisy Chain,
Time We Said Goodnight, Tony Cochrane. DVD: Colours, Plenty
Times, Indian Ocean, Underground, This Is Not A Song, After
All, Documentary (featuring interviews, live songs and
concert footage).
Fifa-002
CD/DVD
$19.50
Fujimoto, Yuichiro
The Mountain Record
PS, US Yuichiro Fujimoto was born in 1981 and lives in
Urayasu Chiba, Japan. He has already released two critically
acclaimed albums in the last years and managed to established
a very unique style. his songs are little, open poems,
describing a small moment like a haiku does. the compositions
are simple-structured, but in this loose way of playing
lies the strength of fujimoto's work. This openess allows
the music to create rooms, situations, to establish an
atmosphere beyond the notes played. and this what yuichiro
does on "the mountain record" in a most beautiful
way. The nine songs all approach this aim in a different
way. the opening song "listen to november steps" gets
by with just a few notes and a soft humming - already indicating
that complexity is not the goal of this work. the pauses
between the notes are at least as important as the notes
itself on this cd. still this album has a variety of approaches
to offer ranging from paino, pure nature-recordings to
electronic editing. this work creates wonderful little
sceneries which are still open enough that you sometimes
might not even recognize it as music. apart from making
music yuichiro fujimoto is a gifted photographer. the 12-sided
booklet offers an insight in his way capturing scenes as
images, closely related to his way of making music.
Ahornfelder-05
CD
$14.75
Gastr Del Sol
Serpentine Similar
PS, US WAREHOUSE FIND! LAST TEENBEAT COPIES!
Teenbeat-095
CD
$11.75
GBH
Charged: On Stage
PS, US 17-song set filmed & recorded at Coronet in
London on August 2004 presented in Digital 5.1 Surround
Sound, 2.0 Dolby Stereo & PCM Stereo. Also features
exclusive interview and on the road footage. GBH originally
formed in 1979 in Birmingham, England, then rose to prominance
in the early '80s when hardcore punk began inching toward
heavy metal. Through the years, they have remained a staple
of punk rock fans worldwide. A perfect example of their
tenacious presentation.
MVD-4504
DVD
$19.75
Glass Eye
Every Woman's Fantasy
PS, US After a LONG wait, it's the NEW (OLD) GLASS EYE
ALBUM fans have been awaiting for 13 long, long years!
While working on guitarist KATHY MCCARTY's (cf. her album
of Daniel Johnston covers "Dead Dog's Eyeball")
new album, they dug up the old tapes, and were finally
inspired to polish it up for release, though not TOO much
polish. The dark loopiness & jagged edges, surely the
products of their collapsing record deal in 1993, are here
in all their glory. Songs leap from their embedded but
balmy trademark pop hooks & veer off toward the rough & the
weird, musical Hunter S. Thompson territory really. The
things that made them lovable standouts of the mid to late-80's
hot Austin scene, even among a peer group that included
musical genius like Scratch Acid, Butthole Surfers, True
Believers, & Reivers, are all still there, but hearing
this album now, I can't help but feel with the addition
of the McCarty songs that ended up on her earlier solo
album instead, this would have been a cherry on top of
the Austin sundae. Perhaps not a more "mature" work
as the cliche' goes, but certainly a look into the darker
recesses of the weird GE soul that we're happy to have
finally.
GlassEye-001
CD
$14.50
Gong
I Am Your Egg
PS, US
UnitedStatesDist
CD
$18.25
Grizzly Bear
Sorry for the Delay
PS, US "Early Recordings" We heart Grizzly Bear!
These 7 songs are the genesis of the GB project hammered
out in Ed Droste's Green Point apartment from 2002-3. Incl.
a haunting cover of "Owner of a Lonely Heart" by
Yes. "Elegiac, emotional, endearing & ernest. "Intoxicating,
if slightly unsettling."-Q. Vinyl only for now.
Audraglint-115
LP
$10.75
Guthrie, Robin
Continental
PS, US As COCTEAU TWINS guitarist and producer, Robin Guthrie
is the man responsible for creating that famous sound and
opening the door for My Bloody Valentine, Slowdive, Ride,
et al. Continental is Robin's strongest all-instrumental
bliss out, or make out, record since Cocteau Twins. Robin
gives more heart and soul on Continental than on his previous
instrumental release Imperial. Continental is more focused,
stronger in feeling, and in composition. Of course all
of Robin's signature elements are here: Shimmering guitars,
ethereal moods as fluid and deep as any of Eno's, and yes,
he does at times thankfully bring the rock. The mood overall
is classic Robin Guthrie. Fans of the Cocteau Twins and
all they've spawned, please welcome back your daddy. This
is the first of four new Robin Guthrie records. Robin's
music is a treasure. He's one of the great all-time heroes
of the current bliss pop generationTrack list: 1. Continental,
2. Conquering the Romantic, 3. Crescent, 4. Monument, 5.
Amphora, 6. The Day Star, 7. Radiance, 8. As I Breathe,
9. Last Exit, 10. Pale.
Darla-174
CD
$13.50
Hawnay Troof
Dollar and Deed
PS, US VICE COOLER is the charming and dreamy mastermind
behind the band. He is helped out on this record by MIKA
MIKO and JENNY HOYSTON from Erase Erata. For fans of The
Coughs, Partyline, Bratmobile, Erase Erata.
RetardDisco-12
DCD
$13.50
Hawnay Troof
Dollar and Deed
PS, US Vinyl version has an exclusive Vice cooler photobook
showcasing photography form the Get Up:Resoluton Love!
Tour.
RetardDisco-12
DLP
$15.50
Holy Madre
S-T
PS, SWEDEN Sunshine pop that will have you risking overexposure!
So sunny you'll need sunscreen! Think Beach Boys, Fleetwood
Mac, Pink Floyd, West Coast 70s cosmic Americana, Gram
Parsons for example...along with modern equivalents like
The Blessed Light, The Jayhawks, The Posies, My Morning
Jacket, Beachwood Sparks, Outrageous Cherry and The Volebeats.
Rootsy, pastoral, reverb-happy outdoorsy psych-pop goodness.
Did I mention it was bright and cheerful? ***Check out
http://www.parasol.com/mail_order/jimspickarch.asp for
sound samples***
NONS
CD
$13.50
Ignatz
Self-Titled
PS, US "Oddly glorious. The real American folk revival.
8.0."-PITCHFORK Yeah, but who would have expected
it to come from Belgium? After growing up on a diet of
90's lo-fi, old blues & the Harry Smith Anthology,
he bought a 4 track & began wrapping his folkish guitar
music in a cloud of effects & electronic noises under
sparse lyrics that are a mix of broken English & unintelligible
mantras. Songs are built up while played, captured on tape & then
all effects are immediately wiped never to be duplicated.
A simple but extraordinary sound.
Kraak-049
CD
$14.50
Inch-Time
As The Moon Draws Water
PS, UK With his latest album "As The Moon Draws Water" Australian
artist Stefan Panczak confirms his place as a key figure
in underground electronica, combining minimal beats with
such diverse influences as jazz, folk and World music to
create a wholly unique and organic sound. Expect to hear
some sparkling, chiming and seductive electronica that's
as subtle and beautiful as it is impossible to resist...
Inch-time's last sold out single was raved about by retailers
from boomkat to smallfish and "Icicles & Snowflakes
/ Almond Eyes" was chosen as a DJ mag SUREPLAYER.
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". For fans of the spekk, expanding,
Type and ECM labels and prime period Tortoise. This is
micro-electronica , freak out samples, orchestral string
arrangements and dubs all conducted with a post rock mind
set for the listener's pleasure.
StaticCaravan-104
CD
$17.00
iOs
In Sunday Songs
PS, US Based in NY, the name refers to the interplay of
ones & zeros of the digital age. Catchy pop that balances
the shimmering synth sounds of Autumn P Proemm's keyboard & voice
with forceful guitar & vocals from Philippino born
Chris Punsalan. The New York Press termed them a "lush,
new-wave indie-pop, boy-girl group who are better than,
well, half of Jade Tree's roster" while the NY Times
compared them to the Canadian band Stars. Though based
on a classic Amer-indie rock sound, the hooks & electronics
keep it fresh & of the moment.
Kanine-182
CD
$12.00
Kid Conga And The Pink Monkey Birds
Philosophy and Underwear
PS, US Best known for his guitar work with Nick Cave and
the Bad Seeds, The Cramps, The Gun Club, Congo Norvell,
and Knoxville Girls, KID CONGO POWERS has also played with
the Legendary Stardust Cowboy, Make-Up, Mark Eitzel, The
Angels of Light, and many more. PHILOSOPHY AND UNDERWEAR,
the debut of Kid's first solo band, Kid Congo and the Pink
Monkey Birds, is a unique fusion of elements - garagy punk,
glam, dirty soul, experimental noise, dark balladry, and
even abrasive mechanical electro all filtered through Kid's
unique post-no wave aesthetic. Not only does the band feature
New York guitar hero Jack Martin (ex-Knoxville Girls, Honeymoon
Killers, YYY's, etc.), but the record features guest appearances
by Little Annie (Crass, Coil, Wolfgang Press, etc.) and Captain Comatose
(Khan and Snax).
NewYorkNightTrain-003
CD
$13.50
Knife, The
Silent Shout [IMPORT VINYL] *LIMITED STOCK*
PS, SWEDEN Limited stock, first come first served! Vinyl
version of The Knife latest opus.
Rabid
DLP
$22.00
La Casa Azul
El Sonido Efervescente de la Casa Azul
PS, SPAIN "The fizzy sound of LA CASA AZUL" -
The first demos and the first album. It's been only six
or seven years, but in this time LA CASA AZUL have achieved
so many different goals and have convinced so many fans
around the globe (and we're not only talking about their
enormous success in Japan), that an album like this makes
more sense than ever. Even more so if we remember that "El
sonido efervescente de La Casa Azul", the band's debut
mini-CD, has been sold out for a long time now. In fact,
the first demos they distributed before releasing this
debut have been cult items for a long time, too. Even before
they played their first live show (as you can check by
listening to the album we're now re-introducing). Hence,
the re-release of the first album plus the three first
demos and other extra tracks is such good news. Even more
so if they're coming with a renewed, better sound (mastered
by Xavier Alarcón), and a luxuriant new artwork:
illustrations by Jean Duprez, one of our favourite illustrators(www.duprezdolores.com)
and cover art by Cocoe ( www.cocoe.com). Let's talk about
history. In 1999, sunshine-pop producer Guille Milkyway
found in the five members of LA CASA AZUL the perfect vehicle
for his sunny melodies, which melted the spirit of the
A&M label in the 60's with 70's disco and 90's europop.
But, as stated by Eugene Light on the liner notes, when
LA CASA AZUL came under the spotlight "it wasn't the
right moment for Bubblegum, Ye-Ye, Europop, Sunshine Pop,
André Popp nor Roger Nichols. (...) They'd sing
'Me gustas' ('I like you') and it meant 'Me gustas', as
if the songs had just come out from the Brill Building".
In other words, maybe the scene wasn't ready to hear the
influence of HARPER'S BIZARRE, THE COWSILLS or the golden
years of A&M, but when they sang "Me gustas" it
meant "Me gustas", and the songs connected immediately
with the people. You've got the prove towards the end of
the album: the crowd singing along by heart to songs that
had not been released yet. It was november, 1999. Almost
a year later, in october 2000, Elefant released their debut
mini-album on mini-CD and 10" vinyl. Both formats
are sold out. This record features, as well as the eight
song included in that debut mini-album, the three first
demos that started it all. We have also included their
cover versions of MECANO and Jeanette, plus the song "Tantas
cosas que arreglar" (featured in our 2003 compilation "Momentos
perdidos") and the new version of "Chicle cosmos",
recorded in 2004 to be included in the soundtrack to the
movie "El Asombroso Mundo de Borjamari y Pocholo",
a comedy featuring Spanish comedians Santiago Segura and
Willy Toledo.
Elefant-1119
CD
$14.75
Leather Uppers
Bright Lights
PS, US The proto-primitive garage rock duo known as the
Leather Uppers was founded in 1991 in Toronto, Canada by
Greg Tymoshenko & Craig Daniels. Born out of the malaise & fatigue
brought on by the post-metal, pre-grunge musical vacuum
of the time, the Uppers opted for a bare-bones drums, guitar & vocal-based
sound. Their outrageous 60's/70's-inspired matching stage
costumes were clearly as much at odds w/ the "cool" styles
of the time as their incredibly energetic, stripped- down
brand of "panic rock"
GonerRecords-022
CD
$12.00
Leather Uppers
Bright Lights
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
GonerRecords-022
LP
$10.25
Leels
Fingeescrossed
PS, US 'This supergroup of Florida-bred boys and girls
(featuring members of HOME & MERINGUE) work long-distance
to trade musical files and galvanize their collective strengths
on their 3rd, most perfect, record to date. Following on
the heels on the Emperor Jones released "Leels" (2002)
and "Cannonballs and Silver Tongues" (2004),
they continue to share various bits of their musical language
from far flung reaches (NYC, St. Pete, State College, PA.)
then build and grow them at Eric's Devil Isle Wetlab studio.
The end result are layered, psychedelic-folk pop masterpieces
that lilt and lurch in equal measure (think Uncle Wiggly,
Grandaddy, Thinking Fellers Union, and 70s AM radio). The
Leels flex the sonic cyber-pathways, & we can confidently
say that The Little River Band never sounded so good."
ClothMonkey-001
CD
$12.75
Love Substitutes
More Songs About Hangovers & Sailors
PS, US New album from ex-DEUS members operates in a musical
style that might best be described as Death Folk Artwank, & which
refers liberally to all things Underground, as well as
the broader History of Pop. The astute listener will hear
AC/DC, Drake, Young, JMC, Faust, Blue Nile, Jansch, Can,
Wire & Woodentops. Also includes songs about insomnia,
childhood memories, music biz, pop journalism, zen buddhism,
death, poetry, liars, love & hate.
HeavenHotel-0601
CD
$14.50
Mae Shi/Rapider Than Horsepower
Split
PS, US
SAF-011
LP
$12.00
Mae Shi/Rapider Than Horsepower
Split
PS, US Split release from LA's the Mae Shi & Indiana's
Rapider Than Horsepower.
SAF-011
CD
$16.25
Mahogany
Connectivity
PS, US
Darla
CD
$15.00
Manual
Bajamar
PS, US Danish artist Jonas Munk Jensen's second purely
ambient record for Darla follows footprints in the warm,
wet sand made by his 2003 CD The North Shore, which was
acclaimed by critics and fans. Like no other, Jonas manifests
his vision of idyllic, tropical paradise as the perfect
soundtrack to the dream. Bajamar is similar in sound to
The North Shore yet it's a more cohesive and more solid
album. Jonas' good friend Ulrich Schnauss says it's his
favorite of Jonas' ambient works. If The North Shore were
aural Valium, Bajamar is pure Opium. The record produces
the very same ethereal buzz a lazy, endless summer afternoon
at the beach with a minus tide does.
Darla-172
CD
$13.50
Marked Men
Fix My Brain
PS, US Third album of fevered strumming atop a high intensity
beat creating songs that soar w/tunefulness & harmony.
More frantic than Buzzcocks, not as goofy as the Dickies
or Weezer on primo Texas crack. (Is it good down there?).
Swami-132
CD
$16.00
Martsch, Doug/MJ Serpe
Split
PS, US Doug Martsch (BUILT TO SPILL) & Michael John
Serpe come together on a rare ltd ed 7" w/day & night
contrast. Doug'd songs carry his light-hearted & unique
pop sensiblity making for the "day" side of the
7". The 2 songs offered by Michael are definitely
the "night" side of the record. These songs are
brooding & wander down the path of Nick Drake or John
Fahey. Only 1, 600 were pressed & come w/ a handcrafted
screen printed tri-fold pull out w/ photo insert. Beautiful
7"
HomeRecordedCulture-05
45
$5.75
Material Issue
20th Century Masters - The Millennium Collection: The Best
of Material Issue (Remastered)
PS, US Chicago's very one who wrote the catchiest power
pop songs about girls that anybody's ever written. After
a few years on the cusp of true hugeness, Jim Ellison decided he'd had enough or music & life & left
us. Incl. "Valerie," "Kim," "Diane," & "Renee" & a
live version of "Ballroom Blitz."
Mercury
CD
$10.75
McCarty, Kathy
Another Day in the Sun
PS, US "McCarty's mingling of her clear and cogent
vocals with a well-drawn melange of styles marks 'Another
Day in the Sun' not only as a most welcome return, but
easily one of the best albums of the young year."-SXSW.
New solo album, 10 years in the making, from GLASS EYE
founder, vocalist, guitarist & is a cause for rejoicing
for those who love Austin or just good music not stamped
out by the goddamned cookie cutter. Joined here by her
GE mates Stella Weir & Brian Beattie, who also produces,
it's damned near a full GE album, but as seen through the
songwriting lens of McCarty. Deftly melds some odd folk
threads into the more familiar, though still off center,
blend of weird rock & pop, which adds some very nice,
unexpected touches to her more familiarly unexpected weirdness.
Make sense? "Down in the Basement the light has changed.
My dark is light and the shadows are stained." HIGHLY
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RexyRex-001
CD
$14.50
Melvins
Houdini Live 2005: A Live History of Gluttony and Lust
PS, US
Ipecac
CD
$15.25
Montys Loco
Man Overboard
PS, SWEDEN Ultra-sensual art-pop/weird-folk alchemy produced
by Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn And John). It's like a free-range,
organic version of The Knife or Phil Spector's girlgroup
harem, plus it's everything I love about The Concretes,
but with a more experimental bent, so comparisons to Bjork
aren't too far out. Katapult REVIEW: "The two women
that are hiding behind the name Montys Loco have been playing
music for over 10 years together. Accordingly to themselves
Björn Yttling, who is the producer of these 10 songs,
has shown them a new pathway to walk on. And the walk they
walk is good. Really good. The music that gets delivered
by these two ladies is small pop songs with big words.
It's smart, funny and at the same time so distinct and
honest with a sexy edge... On "Man Overboard" Anja
Bigrells voice sound harsh and elegant at the same time.
It reminds me of Anna Ternheim and Karin Dreijer mixed
with Victoria Bergsman from The Concretes, at the same
time. The spacious keyboard and organ sounds mixed together
with the earthly touch of an acoustic guitar creates a
Phil Spector vibe that is hard to not like. It's a record
that at first comes off as nothing special, but just as
a seed takes its time to blossom into a wild colourful
lovely flower." CD comes in a spiffy velour/vinyl
wallet with a full-color lyric booklet.
NONS
CD
$13.50
Mountain Goats
Babylon Springs
PS, UK
4AD
CD5
$7.00
Mouth of the Architect/Kenoma
Split
PS, US
TranslationLoss
CD
$11.50
New Radiant Storm King
Singular, No Article
PS, US Reissue. This is the first time the title has received
a US release. NRSK take their tempo-shifting, guitar-strangling
rock to new heights of pop sensibility on these 11 songs,
with a new emphasis on vocal harmonies and instrumental
flourishes. The reissue features original cover art and
contains the only bonus track from this period: "Mrs.
Bairds' Bread". All material has been carefully digitally
remastered.
Darla-166
CD
$13.50
Raconteurs
Broken Boy Soldiers
PS, US
V2
CD
$15.25
Radio 4
Enemies Like This
PS, US First album in 2 years produced by Jagz Kooner (PRIMAL
SCREAM, KASABIAN, CHEMICAL BROS, NEW ORDER) refines their
signature sound while taking it to the next level. A rawer,
more emotionally charged sound delivering politically charged,
intelligent lyrics over funk riff guitars & deep throbbing
dub grooves.
Astralwerks-59682
CD
$14.50
Radio 4
Enemies Like This
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Astralwerks-59682
LP
$17.00
Rauhan Orkestri/Lauhkeat Lampaat
Sylissain oot
PS, CANADA RAUHAN ORKESTERI (Peace Orchestra)/LAUHKEAT
LAMPAAT (Meek Sheep) CD originally released on LP in 2005
on Italian label, QBICO; ten pieces of free-improv-folk-jazz
from Finland, with a distinctive foundation of playful
vigor and heartening spirit. It's an organic improv session
that breathes countryside air, sensing the grass between
its toes. Not including several self-released 7"s
and limited edition CD-Rs, this is the PEACE ORCHESTRA's
second full length. It illustrates a great progression
and a newly acquired, absolutely beautiful sense of restraint.
The members of this quartet play off each other magically,
leaving room for the microscopic details to shine through.
Deeply routed in the incestuous Finnish pych-folk-experimental
scene, the family tree of this four-piece has many branches,
including the duo, LAUHKEAT LAMPAAT who are peppered throughout
this release. These pieces are differentiated by higher
timbres and a slightly more tongue-in-cheek air (They are
also distinguished by the asterisk in the song listing)
RAUHAN ORKESTERI has to be one of Europe's most exciting
new free jazz outfits, filled with a rarely encountered
joyful energy floating on a fantastic search into the free
realms of the outer possibilities of sound. No cause for
intellectual drama here, Antti Tolvi, Ville Jolanki (reeds),
Jaakko Tolvi (percussion) and Tero Kemppainen (bass) need
no more then the direct physical contact between body and
instrument for their sonic onslaughts that in no time go
from hectic outbursts to warm and mellow soft blows.
Ache-024
CD
$13.75
Redfearn, Alec K & the Eyesores
Smother Party
PS, US A collection of tales about real & imagined
horrors. The music is decidedly more cabaret than the previous
CD. Slow, simmering noir-ish dirges, spastic no-wave tangos,
repetitive rhythmic conundrums, Weimar-style cabaret songs,
drunken revelry, crippling depression, extreme self loathing,
Catholic guilt, clanking, scraping & radio noise are
some of the many facets that make up The Eyesores' sound. "This
is wonderful stuff - brave and experimental, yet warmly
human. Make room on your folk revival shelf for something
that may be influenced by folk, but is in no way a revival." -Splendid
NorthEastIndie-44
CD
$17.25
Reducers
Raise Your Hackles
PS, US San Francisco's original Pub-punkers are back! Their
signature sound- a blend of boot-boy Glam, Pub Rock & melodic
UK Punk- continues to place them in a league of their own
in the international Street Punk scene & give them
respect worldwide as true originals. For fans, "Raise
Your Hackles" is a welcome return to the sound they
already know & love. For the uninitiated it's a great
introduction to this veteran TKO band.
TKO-156
CD
$12.75
Russian Circles
Enter
PS, US Even though they don't play the most accessible
music, an instrumental amalgam of punk, metal, indie-rock & even
prog, they have the it factor. Debut album, definitely
doesn't sound like a new band clumsily over-thinking their
songs, but instead it sounds like one cohesive composition
in six movements. Each movement holds its breath through
the intense moments, but exhales through sweeping, airy
horizons that slowly collapse into dense panoplies, showcasing
the band's shifting dynamics & not just the binary
code of loud/quiet. Coupled with their richly textured
guitar-work, thick, growling bass lines & propulsive,
polyrhythmic beats.
Flameshovel-035
CD
$12.75
Sham 69
Hersham Boys
PS, US 21-song set filmed & recorded at Concorde 2
in Brighton, England on April '02 presented in Digital
5.1 Surround Sound & features an exclusive interview
and comprehensive band bio. Sham 69 was the original voice
of the people in the first wave of British punk. They enjoyed
a long run of chart successes and were an immense influence
on the street punk and Oi! movements which followed. Brilliantly
displays their signature straight-up punk and sing-along
slogan sound.
MVD-4495
DVD
$19.75
Snailhouse
Silence Show
PS, UK Feat. Montreal based MIKE FEUERSTACK aka "GRANDPAPA" (KEPLER,
WOODEN STARS) From its haunting & evocative opening
chords to its self-assured instrumentation & lyricism.
Instrumentally, the songs are subtle & disarming, creating
an atmosphere of stark beauty. The vocals, however deliberate
in their drive forward, maintain a delicate & unassuming
tone. This recording braves an emotional landscape few
artists are willing to explore with such honesty.
Scratch-049
CD
$13.50
Sneakster/Robin Guthrie
Fifty Fifty
PS, UK Three exclusive tracks. Radical reworkings of Sneakster
album tracks. Track list: 1. Fireheart, 2. Stolen Letter,
3. Kinda Blu.
BellaUnion-12
CD5
$9.00
Stiff Little Fingers
Handheld & Rigidly Digital
PS, US 16-song set filmed & recorded on the Hope Street
Tour in December '98 presented in Digital 5.1 Surround
Sound & features exclusive interview w/Jake Burns. "The
'Hope St.' tour was among the most successful we have undertaken
in recent years and I don't just mean from the point of
view of attendances, although those were encouragingly
up as well. What happened was everyone played better, laughed
more and generally had more fun on the road than we'd had
in ages. It really was a shame when the whole thing stopped." -
Jake Burns.
MVD-4496
DVD
$19.75
Talkdemonic
Beat Romantic
PS, US Limited edition 500 GREEN vinyl.
ArenaRock-053
12
$14.75
Tilmann, Miles
Yes and No
PS, US vinyl version
Consumers-16
LP
$12.50
Tilmann, Miles
Yes and No
PS, US The 1st full length that Miles had done in his 7
year career. A culmination of long hours of re-learning
porgramming techniques. A dance record.
Consumers -16
CD
$12.50
Todd
Comes to Your House
PS, US
Southern-281272
LP
$10.50
Todd
Comes to Your House
PS, US The sound of a spoon(stainless steel, plastic handle)stuck
in the garbage disposal with short rib bones, and the matching
smell of burning coil and electricity form the motor slowly
dying mixed with rank old Texas style bbq. Featured guest
vocals from EUGENE ROBINSON(OXBOW). For fans of Vaz, Butthole
Surfer, Jesus Lizard, Oxbow, Lightning Bolt.
Southern-281272
CD
$14.50
Twilight Singers
Powder Burns
PS, US Feat. GREG DULLI (AFGHAN WIGS), it's a testimonial
to the complex nature of love & the struggles of living,
played with searing honesty & bravery. The listener cannot help but feel the intensity & desire behind
every song. Brilliant additions by JOHN CURLEY, JOSEPH
ARTHUR, ANI DIFRANCO & others.
OneLittleIndian
CD
$17.75
Uusitalo
Tulenkantaja
PS, US Berlin-based VLADISLAV DELAY releases a 2nd techno
album under his disguise. Each track is inspired by Finnish
literature, & is a tribute to his author father& grandmother. He plays around with strange time signatures
so subtly that you wouldn't notice if it wasn't 4-to-the
floor but maybe 5 or 6 or 9-and-a-half. He creates poems
with beats, telling stories with those intricate rhythms & bass
lines. Excerpts from his father & grandmother in the
bk, as well as a beautiful graphic design.
Huume-007
CD
$18.00
Various
Easy to Be Free: Rick Nelson Tribute
PS, US 20 track collection gathers a potpourri of artists
from around the globe, celebrating Nelson's legacy with
a special spotlight on some of his finest self- penned
introspective songs. In a 28 year history of recording
music, Rick Nelson went from rockabilly artist to golden
age of rock n' roll super star, has-been, LA country rock
originator, singer/songwriter and then a rejuvenated return
to rockabilly. No matter what his standing on the music
charts, first and foremost Nelson was a musician. Cuts
from ASTROPOP 3, NIC DALTON, LINDA DRAPER, ALLEN CLAPP,
AUTUMN LEAVES, MARSHALL CRENSHAW, MICHAEL BARETT (LADYBUG
TRANSISTOR, ESSEX GREEN), 1888, DENNY SAROKIN (RICK NELSON'S
STONE CANYON BAND), tons more.
PlantingSeeds-046
CD
$13.75
Various
Give It Up Hand It Down Put It On: To Benefit The Greater
Community Aids Project
PS, US This is an absolutely amazing new compilation release
to benefit The Greater Community Aids Project here in Champaign-Urbana.
21 trx feat The Greedy Loves, Bruiser & The Virtues,
Adam Wolfe, Angie Heaton, Elsinore, Megan Johns, The Sokolski
Boys, Joni Laurence, Reds, Mike Grill & The Downslope,
Roger Cler, Signalmen, KJ McKinnie & Bruce Sain, Delta
Kings, The Javelinas, Water Between Continents, Ambitious
Pie Party, Probably Vampires, Temple of Low Men, Mad Science
Fair, and Terminus Victor.
GCAP-001
CD
$10.00
Various
Triad: Red Sparowes, Made out of Babies, Battle of Mice
PS, US
Neurot
CD
$11.50
Various
Masters of the Old-time Country Autoharp
PS, US The autoharp, invented in the 1870s & a fad
in the 1890s, became a virtuoso instrument among the artists
feat. here as well as other players in the early to mid
20th century. Spirited breakdowns, sentimental & gospel
songs, some played instruments, & even a bluegrass
song are presented here. Incl. 14 unissued tracks.
Folkways-40115
CD
$17.75
Violent Femmes
Now Let's Start Over
PS, US Filmed Live at The Lyceum Theatre, London on the
10/24/84, fully restored & in 5.1 DTS Surround & LPCM
Stereo. The program was originally only released in Europe
so it was quite difficult to find a copy of the VHS. Extras
include a jukebox and an audio-only option.
MSI-508726
DVD
$18.00
Violet Indiana
Killer Eyes
PS, UK Killer Eyes from the album Roulette plus three exlusive
tracks including quicktime video of title track. Track
List: 1. Killer Eyes, 2. Storm, 3. Safe Word, 4. Killer
Eyes (quicktime video).
BellaUnion-26
CD5
$6.25
Von Balthazar, Troy
Troy Von Balthazar
PS, SPAIN 16 songs + 1 video. Engaging and leading character
of an indie rock which does not like anything more than
repainting our dull daily life with throbbing explosions,
TROY VON BALTHAZAR, inspired singer of Chokebore, is one
of the most enthralling figure of the American underground.
The writing and the music, which made intrusion in his
life at the age of 6 after a fall top of a staircase, will
be thus the privileged passport of an artist who, on the
borders of the Pacific, knew very early how to develop
a unique, singular and captivating music. Temporarily forsaking
the brilliantly tortured melodies and the furious performances
of Chokebore for more melancholic compositions, where acoustic
guitars and piano cut the lion's share, Sir VON BALTHAZAR
reveals us today a pacified facet of his personality. Able
to sculpt weight as if it was the most common of materials,
TROY VON BALTHAZAR builds, record after record, show after
show, a state where hypnosis becomes a kingdom. Some elliptic
arrangements, a gripped voice, and it is a whole world
delightfully odd, always in weightlessness in spite of
an omnipresent tension, which appears under our amazed
eyes. We are not going to paradises of naive idylls anymore,
he comes to say. To tell the truth, it does not matter,
since the hells where this crazy ally eagerly invites us
seem to be really attractive. TROY VON BALTHAZAR, or how
playing a funeral march with a flowery shirt... "Troy
Von Balthazar, the most touching artist we have listened
to since Elliott Smith (...) He stands out with songs that
are remarkably disturbed, leaving us between the pleasure
of hearing a music so pure and the relief of not being
Troy Von Balthazar (...) Wonderful, but dangerous." Les
Inrockuptibles. "Troy Von Balthazar is not only an
exciting disciple of Cohen, he is that and much more!" Rolling
Stone Francia.
GreenUFOS-027
CD
$17.75
Wedding Present, The
Singles 2004-5: Search For Paradise
PS, US To follow up on the success of Take Fountain, released
to high praise in early 2005, Search for Paradise is a
compilation of three UK singles released by The Wedding
Present in 2004 and 2005, including B-sides and unreleased
acoustic tracks. Seven songs have never been released in
North America, and the bonus DVD not only has four music
videos and two short films, but it is the first-ever release
of a Wedding Present DVD in North America!
Manifesto-43901
CD/DVD
$15.50
Wedding Present, The
Search For Paradise (CD + DVD)
PS, US To follow up on the success of Take Fountain, released
to high praise in early 2005, Search for Paradise is a
compilation of three UK singles released by The Wedding
Present in 2004 and 2005, including B-sides and unreleased
acoustic tracks. Seven songs have never been released in
North America, and the bonus DVD not only has four music videos and two
short films, but it is the first-ever release of a Wedding
Present DVD in North America!
Manifesto-43902
CD/DVD
$14.00
Whirlwind Heat
Type of Wood
PS, US
Brille-002
CD
$16.00
Wired For Mono
A Calling from Another Station; Radio Interrupt
PS, SWEDEN Debut full-length from retro-fitted garage-rockers
Wired For Mono, "The best live act in Stockholm" (Ebbot
Lundberg, The Soundtrack of Our Lives), and easily some
of the best classic rock action released this year. Logo
Magazine REVIEW: "Straining it through a millennial
filter that allows Mick Jagger to strut alongside The Charlatans,
and The Saints to roll in pig shit with GG Allin"...
NME live REVIEW: "Deceptively noisy Scando-drone heroes
arrive in the UK... The cabal of Swedish rock n roll bands
set for world domination continues with Stockholm's premier
pop-art blues janglists and Soundtrack Of Our Lives protégés
Wired For Mono. Right from the start it's obvious that
singer/guitarists Henrik Lillsjo and Arvid Engstrom favour
the rubber faced contortions of 65-model Keith Richards
and the dress sense of cosmic country icon, Gram Parsons.
But tonight is no excursion into fringed-jacket retro-fetishism:
Wired For Mono are dirty drone rock boys in disguise and
the loudest thing NME has heard in a dog's age."
FeedbackBoogie
CD
$13.50
Year Of
Slow Days
PS, US A soft humming. A clarinet from a distance. Disconnected
sounds, searching, waiting. With "Mantra" "Slow
Days" begins as expected - at least with regard to
this line up. BERNARD FLEISCHMANN, CHRISTOF KURZMANN, PAUL
KLING (aka Burkhard Stangl), Martin Siewert and Werner
Dafeldecker are all together experimentalists of beats
and sounds, trained in post-Jazz and improvisation, noisy,
fragile, encoded. It sounds exactly like that what people
like to call art. And in Vienna one is able to achieve
this in a very special, hearty way. "Slow Days" has
actually become a hearty, heartwarming record. A pop album,
that certainly is a small surprise. Already the polymorph "mantra" finishes
after one and a half minutes in a songwriter's intimacy.
The five have already left a slight presentiment on Bernhard
Fleischmann's album "Welcome tourist" (Morr 2002), "take
your time" was the name of the track. "sleep" was
another track on "Welcome tourist", an electronic
track back then, garnished only with Christof Kurzmann's
voice. For "slow days" it has become a chamber
music inspirited country song, a chamber that permits a
view on the sunset, with fainting guitars, a vibraphone,
with warm distortions. "Don't get me wrong, it's just
a song" sings Christof Kurzmann very close to your
ear. Maybe it is even closer than that.
MorrMusic-066
CD
$18.25
Year Of
Slow Days
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic-066
LP
$18.25
Zanes, Dan & Friends
Catch That Train!
PS, US
FestivalFiveRec
CD
$15.25
______________________________
Forthcoming Releases
Acid Mothers Temple
Have You Seen the Other Side of the Sky? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JUNE 13TH)
PS, US More improvisational freakouts entertwining psych
w/prog, hard rock, krautrock & avant.
AceFu-041
CD
$17.00
Adamson, Barry
Stranger on the Sofa (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US New album of noir-ish film jazz from legendary composer & bassist
for MAGAZINE and NICK CAVE & THE BAD SEEDS on his own
label. A DIY masterpiece picking up where "King of
Nothing Hill" left off. Darkly cinematic, with its
tale of future past, memories lost & dying love. Doesn't
shy away from sentimentality but leaves enough slack for
blistering prog work outs.
CentralControlInt'l-001
CD
$16.25
Albatross
Blessphemy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Second album is a psychedelic sonic orgasm, a barrage
of mechanical, jerky & discombobulated time signatures
eclipsed by hectic Farfisa melodies. Not unlike sitting
down with an average American family during primetime television,
the music is unquestionably attention span friendly for
an ADD society.
AceFu-037
CD
$17.00
Alcian Blue
Alcian Blue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 26TH)
PS, US Though this CD is Alcian Blue 's debut full-length,the
Washington, DC-based group, whose early limited-edition
EPs drew favorable comparisons to the likes of My Bloody
Valentine and Jesus and Mary Chain,have been been around
for almost five years, recording records in their basement
and developing an underground fan base both locally and
globally.The sudden departure of their drummer late last
year left them wondering what the future held for DC 's
loudest rock band. It was right at this time that vocalist/guitarist
Jake Reid and his then girlfriend (now wife) Kim started
writing a batch of new songs with heavy drum machine beats
and walls of synths and guitars. Blending the neo-shoegaze
influences from their past releases with the haunting landscapes
of early '80s icons like Joy Division/New Order,The Cure,and
prime time Depeche Mode,the new sound showcased on Alcian
Blue presents a fresh perspective and groundwork for exploration.
Fans of the aforementioned legends,as well as modern groups
like Interpol,The Editors,and Film School will love Alcian
Blue. If this record isn't loud enough,head to one of their
shows and see why the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine aren't due to the music but the sheer volume
in which they present their dark ominous sound.
ElephantStone-1015
CD
$12.00
Alias & Tarsier
Brookland/Oaklyn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Producer for Ben Gibbard, Sage Francis, Will Oldham & DJ
Krush teams up with dulcet toned NYC vocalist Tarsier Rapadas
of HEALAMONSTER & TARSIER. The chanteuse walks a delicate
line somewhere between Bjork & Beth Gibbons while Alias
coaxes off-kilter drums, choppy static & jeweled synth
lines into an honest, musical manifesto. Incl. guests TELEPHONE
JIM JESUS, DOSE ONE, DAX PIERSON & KIRSTIN MCCORD.
Anticon-059
CD
$16.25
Alias & Tarsier
Brookland/Oaklyn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anticon-059
DLP
$17.25
Alvin, Dave
West of the West (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Tribute to the songs & songwriters of California.
It's the fourth-generation Californian's latest excursion
into the sounds and history of his home state. Produced
by Greg Leisz (Wilco, Lucinda Williams, Beck, Brian Wilson),
the new album mixes much loved songs by Merle Haggard,
John Fogerty, Tom Waits, Brian Wilson, Jackson Browne,
Jerry Garcia, Kate Wolf, Robert Hunter & Los Lobos'
David Hidalgo & Louis Perez, with unearthed gems from
such previously overlooked talents as Blackie Farrell & Jim
Ringer. Dave's first collection of cover songs won a Grammy
for Best Traditional Folk Album.
YepRock-2118
CD
$15.75
Amps For Christ
Every Eleven Seconds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Founded by Barnes, guitarist & electronics wizard
of MAN IS THE BASTARD & BASTARD NOISE. He has been
building & playing stringed instruments, tube oscillators & caveman
electronics in his home sound laboratories most of his
life. Here he retains a Folkcore tradition - exploring
pure energy forms & varied influences. An expression
of his interests (time travel, wave theory, human politics,
etc...) & reflects the evolution of the band.
5RueChristine-068
CD
$14.50
Anathallo
Floating World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US Michigan's ecstatic 7 piece marching band collective
finally release their first album after 6 years & 18
tours, incl. jaunts w/BSS, +/-, Dashboard Confessional.
Moves from meditative to earnest vulnerability.
Nettwerk-6700-30538-2
CD
$12.75
Angelic Upstart
Independent Punk Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 5TH)
PS, US This collection of A-sides from all 17 Angelic Upstarts
singles is your chance to get up close and personal with
these Oi! pioneers. Formed in the UK in 1977, they blended
music with outspoken lyrics about the plight of the working
class & the powers that be (in the vein of Sham 69)
and made history with their anti- racist / anti-fascist
stance at a time when many skinhead bands were fast becoming
right-wing extremists.
GetBack-153
DLP
$18.25
Annie
Crush (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US 2nd single in this series feat. a never before released
track from this Dance/Electronica darling. Her blend of
spiky-pop & electro has quickly made her one of the
most hotly tipped new artist around the globe.
DimMak-097
12
$5.50
Anoice
Remmings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, UK Let's get this straight immediately. Anoice is not
another instumental group with strong rock tendencies and
an armchair association with classical music. Unlike numerous
contemporaries which they will undoubtedly be compared
to, their goal is not to follow the trends and make the
soft/loud/soft/loud juxtapositions in every song, but to
carefully craft each song with a strong attention to melody,
solid accompaniment, and courteous counterpoint. One of
the remarkable qualities of Anoice is that they truly work
as a group, with members who aren't afraid to remain quiet
while others play. Through meticulous composition Anoice
has achieved an unrivaled quality. While the band isn't
intentionally attempting to be cinematic, the recordings
achieve something breathtaking and emotive: imagine the
Rachel's scoring a film by Ang Lee. Anoice's music is anthemic
and rich while being introspective and personal. Each track
is preceeded by brief and dense ambient tracks to clense
the audio palate much like ginger in your sushi boat. Anoice
are a six-piece group based in Tokyo. The band was formed
in January, 2004 by members Ricco (guitar/keyboards) and
Taku (guitars and mandolin), who were soon joined by Yuki
(piano), Utaka (viola), Matsu (bass), and Yossy (drums).While
each member cites different musical influences, it's fairly
evenly split between rock (think My Bloody Valentine meets
King Crimson), classical and modern composers (Perhaps
Debussy and Shostakovitch writing together after drinking
heavily from Phillip Glass), jazz and electronic ( Autechre
meets Mum maybe?). Combining all of these influences with
their obvious Japanese heritage Anoice has created an album
with an emotional arc, climaxing magnificently as it ends
and leaves the listener determined to press play once again.
Pronounced "a noyce," the name comes from the
Celtic word for "now" (Anois). Remmings is their
debut release and contains four named songs and five unnamed
songs. Cover art by Non Format. Mastering by Jeff Lipton
(Flaming Lips, Magnetic Fields) "Anoice have produced
something entirely different and original, a mature record
of great beauty and attention to detail that rises above
any clichés and should by all accounts establish
them as one of the leading artists today." Rock-A-Rolla
(UK)
Important-076
CD
$13.50
As Fast As
Open Letter to Damned (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Debut album from band of whom OAR saith, "These
guys play rock n' roll with heart and soul." " Expect
the sound of a man's heart ripping in two, crossed wiht
bouncing melodies & rhythm, and all beat senseless
by the relentless fury of an unstoppable band." RIYL:
Strokes, Weezer, QOTSA.
Octone-82376-50012-2
CD
$9.25
Asobi Seksui
Citrus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Eleven slices of guitar-swirling, sweet-and-sour,
bilingual dream pop. Frontwoman Yuki's voice is more assured
than ever, swinging from a girlish falsetto to plaintive
laments & switching effortlessly between Japanese & English
lyrics, all the while anchored by the lush, turbulent guitar
of James Hanna. This is the sound of a band coming into
its own & having fun doing it.
FriendlyFire-004
CD
$13.75
Astronautalis
Mighty Ocean & Nine Dark Theaters (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 23RD)
PS, US Blending styles of indie rock, electro & talkin'
blues into hip-hop, this rapper has developed a sounds
like no other. He traded in his verbal weapons of mass
descruction for songs about the railroad, lost love & surreal
dreams. An amalgam of synthesizers, old funk drum samples, & slide
guitar. RIYL: Beck, Modest Mouse, Buck 65.
FightingRecords-005
CD
$10.00
Au Pairs
Stepping Out of Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS,US This 2 CD comprehensive anthology feat. the 2 complete & only
albums of this early 80s UK political post punk outfit.
Both albums are completmented w/ bonus material feat. live
tracks, singles, demos & BBC sessions. The collection
was compiled w/ participation of the band. Incl. extensive
liner notes, photos & interviews.
Castle-36230
DCD
$20.75
Baier, Sibylle
Colour Green (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 1ST)
PS, US These songs were written in Germany between 1970-1973.
Recorded in her home on a reel-to-reel tape recorder, the
songs on Colour Green are intimate portraits of life's
sad and fragile beauty. It is a gem of an album that will
blow your mind. Sibylle is a star who chose to shine for
her friends and family instead of the whole world. First
time on vinyl.
Isota-036
LP
$13.75
Bardo Pond
Ticket Crystals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US This resumes the quintet's signature doom tempo,
multi-layered drones; while introducing aP alirgthietesr
pastoral, even Tudor-like feel, which rallies throughout
against the band's youthful riff petulance. Recorded over
two years at the band's home studio. Also featured on the
album is the band's unique reworking of The Beatles' White
Album classic, "Cry Baby Cry".
AllTomorrow's-021
CD
$17.00
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
Unamamente Uomo: Il Sogn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH
)
PS, US Known for for his ability to reach the primal core
of emotional matters, Battisti did some of his very best
songwriting in his early '70s collaborations with the cryptically
named lyricist Mogol. This 1972 album, the title of which
translates to "Humanly Man: The Dream," features
Battisti's gorgeous melodies wrapped up in soft, warm orchestral
arrangements. Battisti's experimental pop is worth discovering
on this first time U.S. CD release. Original artwork and
new detailed liner notes.
Water-175
CD
$15.25
Be Your Own Pet
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US BE YOUR OWN PET are:Jemina, Jonas, Jamin &Nathan
from Nashville, TNBE YOUR OWN PET like:caffeine, sugar,
candy, spicyfood, vinyl records, XTC, Television, T Rex,
tar pits, seacreatures - octopi, giant squid, sea horses,
submarines, bicy-cles, climbing trees, skateboarding, asthma
inhalers, fungi,making stuff up, making kids dance, Waffle
House...
EcstaticPeace-02
CD
$10.75
Bear Quartet, The
Eternity Now (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, SWEDEN New album from one of the world's best pop bands. "Eternity
now" will be released on the 24th of May in Sweden,
likely a day earlier here at Parasol. It has only been
eight months since their last release "Saturday Night" and
like that album, this is an album that has an electronic touch with really nice
harmonies and a twist of Black Sabbath. The first single
will be "The Repairing of the Red Sea". The band
says: "It was recorded at Dubios at Odenplan, Stockholm,
Sweden with Chrille Roth, just as "Saturday Night".
Eleven songs, of which two are skits, you know like it
(used to be) on hip hop records. It's heavily electronic
and sometimes heavy metal. Not purely though. It's not "genre
music" in that way, but it distinguishes itself from
the latest album, which sort of fell between two chairs;
we tried to fit songs into a form that we didn't really
master at the time. This time we only rehearsed for 45
minutes and more or less wrote the songs in the studio.
It feels way better. The album's a bit monotonous (in a
good, minimalistic way) and it's much more melodic than
we thought it would be. About half of it, if you count
the minutes, is intrumental and we have a spectacular guest
on one of the songs. Can't say who it is yet though."
AWestSideFabrication-236
CD
$12.00
Belafonte, Harry
An Evening With... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 25TH)
PS, US The album, recorded in 1956, includes songs from
Israel, Mexico, Haiti, and in particular, the USA with
a Native American song, "Mary's Boy Child," that
became a best seller in the UK. This album is proof that
Belafonte was not just interested in producing hits, but
in creating a kind of global folk music. This Universe
reissue feat. 10 bonus tracks including alternate takes
and single versions.
Universe-169
CD
$17.25
Bell, Chris
I Am The Cosmos (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 1ST)
PS, US Big Star guitarist Chris Bell was one of the unsung
heroes of American pop music; despite a life marked by
tragedy and a career crippled by commercial indifference,
the singer/songwriter's slim body of recorded work proved
massively influential on the generations of indie rockers
who emerged in his wake. Lyrically poignant and melodically
stunning, this lone solo album is proof positive of his
underappreciated pop mastery. 180 gram vinyl.
4MenWithBeards-143
LP
$16.25
Bellrays
Have a Little Faith (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Vinyl for the band's new album, coming out on CD
on Cheap Lullaby.
Cobraside-1107
LP
$12.50
Big Star
3rd (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 1ST)
PS, US Also known as Sister Lovers, Big Star's legendary
3rd album has been released and re-released countless times
around the world with different track listings, different
mixes, and different cover art. Now for the first time
since it's debut release in 1978 is a re-release of the
vinyl LP with the original cover art, incl. the innersleeve
with the complete detailed liner notes and the original
mixes and track listing. The master tape coming directly
from Ardent Studios provides the highest sound quality
of this vinyl classic - available as it was first released
for the first time in 28 years. 180 gram audiophile vinyl.
4MenWithBeards-142
LP
$16.25
Bitcrush
In Distance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 15TH)
PS, US "In Distance," Bitcrush's latest offering
and first on n5MD, finds Ex-Gridlock beat-smith Mike Cadoo
pushing n5MD further into a world where two disparate yet
emotional elements, human and electronic, are merged into
one. Recorded over a one year span, In Distance is "very
personal," by the artist's admission. Cadoo has laid
himself bare in an introspective ride where shimmering
shoe-gaze-centric guitars, broken electronics, dual bass
work, live drums, and Mike's now trademark "the one
left behind" vocal style meld together into long aural
road-trips ending at dusk in the middle of nowhere. A trip
you will be more than happy to take considering who is
driving. Vast and heartfelt; engaging yet adrift, In Distance
has as much in common with his debut "Enarc" (Component)
and the "Shimmer & Fade" EP (Enpeg) as it
does with the more recent output of Mogwai, Album Leaf
or even Fourtet. In Distance leads us there, now how do
we get home...for fans of: mogwai, fourtet, ulrich schauss,
dryft.
N5MD-137
CD
$13.00
Black Dice/Rothenberg
Gore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Full color 128pp flexibound book feat. photos & artwork
documenting the band's everyday tastes & creative sensibilities & serves
as their 5th album. Help from longtime friend & photographer
Jason Frank Rothenberg. Found images, collage, photos & altered
documentation abound.
PictureBox-0971367086
BOOK
$28.00
Bleachers
Suspicion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
Ps, US Formed in 2003 under the auspices of approaching
every aspect of its music: songwriting, arrangements, rehearsals,
live performance - with a keen eye for detail & thorough
preparation. Bears all the earmarks of an album sounding
equally fresh & forward-thinking as it does anachronistic & obtuse.
Lyrical vagueness hearkening to REM's early IRS years & schizophrenic
musical urgency akin to the guerrilla-style recordings
of vintage Clinic, wrapped all together in the steely gaze
of Interpol.
VillageIndustries-3
CD
$11.50
Blue Sky Black Death
Heap of Broken Images (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mush-243
DLP
$18.00
Blue Sky Black Death
Heap of Broken (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Debut double album by group comprised of hip hop
production tandem Kingston & Young God exploring the
nether regions of brooding hip hop, meshing dark samples,
vocal snippets & live instrumentation. Incl. guest
spots from all stars like PRT, GANG STARR, ROB SONIC, JUS
ALLAH, MIKAH-9, SHAPESHIFTERS
Mush-243
DCD
$14.50
Boards of Canada
Trans Canada Highway EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US
Warp-9200
12
$16.00
Boards of Canada
Trans Canada Highway EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Follow up to "Campfire Headphase" is an
EP recalling "In a Beautiful Place" & "Hi
Scores." Lovelorn clouds of analog melody, shuffle
happy drum programming & deep, restless synth tones
color the new tunes. Incl. ODD NOSDAM (ANTICON) remix. "An
eclectic experiement in dreamy ambience."-Wired
Warp-9200
CD5
$10.50
Bolan, Mark
Early Singles 1964-68 (6 x CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
4TH)
PS, US Before Marc Bolan's name became synonymous with
glam rock, he duly toiled away on the bottom rungs of the
music business releasing a string of (now beyond collectible)
singles under various monikers, which despite moderate
critical acclaim, all failed to chart. Includes Marc's
first demo, his first three singles, singles released with
John's Children and early Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Earmark-42064
6XCD
$41.50
Bolan, Mark
Early Singles 1964-68 (6 x 7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JUNE 4TH)
PS, US Before Marc Bolan's name became synonymous with
glam rock, he duly toiled away on the bottom rungs of the
music business releasing a string of (now beyond collectible)
singles under various monikers, which despite moderate
critical acclaim, all failed to chart. Includes Marc's
first demo, his first three singles, singles released with
John's Children and early Tyrannosaurus Rex.
Earmark -42064
45
$41.50
Bong-Ra
Stereohype Heroin Hooker (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, GERMANY New full length CD by Bong-Ra, taking another
shot at an updated, twisted rave sound. The god of hellfire
is back to haunt every single DJ playlist on the planet,
and confronts himself with a high profile crew of remixers.
AdNoiseam-064
CD
$14.75
Boris
Pink (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 25TH)
PS, US LIMITED DOUBLE VINYL.
SouthernLord-55
LP
$21.50
Bridge61
Journal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 25TH)
PS, US Given the logistical hiatus that Spaceways Inc.
has found itself occupying, Ken Vandermark was seeking
to create another mode of expression for those groove-centric
hunks of sound...Ergo: the birth of BRIDGE 61, featuring
KEN VANDERMARK, SPACEWAYS INC. bassist Nate McBride, VANDERMARK5
trapman Tim Daisy, and newcomer Jason Stein on bass clarinet.
With tunes crafted by these stalwarts, and dedications
to This Heat, Jackson Pollock & Sonny Sharrock- how
can Bridge 61 miss?
Atavistic-172
CD
$15.25
Bronx
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US LP out 1 month before their Island CD. 2 VINYL ONLY
bonus tracks in embossed gatefold w/ lyrics not in CD package.
Swami-1341
LP
$10.50
Brötzmann, Peter
Group Alarm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US "The story is simple. We were touring with
this band, and the reason I could put the band together
in the first place was a radio gig in Hamburg. Michael
Naura, chief of the jazz dept there, was setting up a series
of on-air concerts in a 200-seat studio, so we performed
the first piece, which I called 'Alarm.' I used the graphic
instructions for a reaction to a nuclear emergency, a series
of waves and straight tones, repeated in a certain way.
We had planned two more pieces, one by Willem Breuker and
one by Frank Wright. My piece took about 40 minutes, the
first half of the concert. At the end of the performance,
Naura came to me -while we were still on the air - and
whispered that the house got a bomb threat and had to be
evacuated. So I had to bring the piece quickly to and end
and the audience was asked to leave the hall. We also had
to pack and leave. Police and special forces showed up
with all kinds of equipment, gear, dogs - we know all that
better now than then. That was the end of the concert and
that's the 40 minutes we have on tape. -Peter Brötzmann,
Chicago, Oct 2005
Atavistic-257
CD
$15.25
Brötzmann, Peter
Pica Pica (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 25TH)
PS, US A sweet period piece from the FMP ARCHIVE (FMP1050),
on Atavistic's Unheard Music Series- featuring Brötz,
ALBERT MANGELSDORFF & GUNTER "BABY" SOMMER. "I
remember at one period when Han Bennink couldn't make the
gigs - he was playing with Misha most of the time - Albert
and I had a trio with Fred Van Hove, and we used to play
in a little bar in Cologne which was run by the son of
Päffgen brewery, a famous little brewery where Kölsch
is brewed. It was equipped with an upright piano and a
20-liter barrel of fresh beer, which was empty after the
gig. Albert's generosity and open-mindedness, compared
to many other jazz musicians in the period, was remarkable.
When he started working with crazy Brötzmann and Bennink,
some of his colleagues gave him a very hard time. But I
think he profited from our work the same way we did from
his experience and musicality."-Peter Brötzmann,
Chicago, 10/05.
Atavistic-258
CD
$15.25
Budd, Harold/Gavin Bryars/Jon Hassell
Myths 3 La Nouvelle Serenite (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
6TH)
PS, US Reissue of the 3rd vol. in this early Sub Rosa compilation
series, originally released in '87. Feat. long tracks from
Jon Hassell (duo with J.A. Deane, from '85), never released
since; Harold Budd (duo with Eugen Bowen, from '83) in
the mood of "The Serpent in Quicksilver" (with
a splendid steel guitar); Gavin Bryars (duo with Andrew
Thomson, from '87); an unpublished sketch for two pianos
called "Sketch For Sub Rosa" (later published
on ECM with a chamber ensemble); & an excerpt from
Les Archives Sonores Sub Rosa, a short film without image.
SubRosa-005
CD
$15.25
Bush, Kate
Under Review (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US 90-minute film reviews the music & career of
one of the worlds most influential performers, singers
and songwriters; arguably the most unique female artist
ever. It includes rare musical performances never available
before on DVD. Includes obscure footage, rare interviews & photos
of & with Kate Bush from all periods of her astonishing
career. Rarely seen promo films; interviews with Kate & colleagues,
producers, musicians and friends; TV clips; location shots & a
host of other features.
SexyIntellect-502
DVD
$19.75
Cairo Gang
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US They're 6 AM soothe-core for the puzzled, punch
drunks of the world. They pick up smack dab where Elliot
Smith left off, sporting true lemon drop tunes for the
down trodden. Groovy & ghostly imprints that leave
one feeling completely defeated yet wide-eyed enough to
paint a few self-portraits without a single cringe. Deep,
soft rock for tobacco tinged hearts.
Narmack-7038
CD
$12.75
Camera Obscura
Let's Get Out of This Country (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
6TH)
PS, US Recorded in the Fall of 2005 in Stockholm with accomplished
producer Jari Haapalainen. Influenced by a wide variety
of heroes: from Jimmy Webb to Lloyd Cole; from Connie Francis
to Skeeter Davis; from the Supremes to David Lynch; they
have assembled a remarkable batch of songs. Decidedly upbeat,
optimistic & catchy, while also beautifully romantic,
quiet & reflective. It is the sound of a remarkably
talented young band in their prime.
Merge-276
CD
$12.75
Camera Obscura
Let's Get Out of This Country (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
6TH)
PS, US Vinyl Version!
Merge-276
LP
$14.25
Carr, Miller
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US
Isota
CD
$15.25
Cash, Johnny
Open Road (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US The recordings that Johnny Cash made at the beginning
of his long and fortunate career all took place in SUN
studios, under the watchful eye of producer Sam Phillips,
well known for also having discovered Elvis Presley and
Jerry Lee Lewis. Phillips was struck by "Hey Porter," a
song Cash had written just after he returned from the military.
When asked to write a ballad for the B side, Cash wrote "Cry,
Cry, Cry," that very same night. The single sold 100,000
copies in the USA alone. His second single, "Folsom
Prison Blues," was just as successful. In '56 "I
Walk The Line" remained on the charts for 44 weeks
and sold a million copies. From this point forward there
was no place to go but up for the young Johnny Cash. The
precious recordings collected in this Universe CD bring
together those very recordings that made him famous, along
with some outtakes and rarities. A long-playing, 32-track
CD to commemorate this musical giant.
Universe-165
CD
$17.25
Cepia
Atlantic Blood (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, CANADA Featuring tracks by Mr.. Projectile, Tiki Obmar,
Miles Tilmann, Tim Koch and the man behind the curtain
Huntely Miller aka Cepia. Having met wide acclaim for the
majestic machine clatters and subterraneous melodies of
the Dowry EP (Ghostly International), Minneapolis's Cepia
now graces Sublight with "ATLANTIC BLOOD", a
CD collection of remixes and new material that runs a remarkable
stylistic gamut. Cepia brings a one-two punch with a propulsive
mix of Mr. Projectile's "You Need" and an icy
reworking of Tiki Obmar. Elsewhere, the ocean beats of "X
to M" by Tim Koch are complemented beautifully by
the skeleton-hop of "Naoise" by Dosh, while the
lush digital grain of original pieces "574" and "Arount" exhibit
the versatility of Cepia's Midas touch. Also including
reinterpretations of Fog and Miles Tilmann, Atlantic Blood
is a compelling addition to the oeuvre of one of the most
original voices in modern electronic composition, and a
tantalizing precursor to his debut.
Sublight-1801
CD
$13.50
Charade, The
A Real Life Drama (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US CD digipak. The Charade follow on the heels of their
critically acclaimed debut with their second release of
sunny Swedish pop, "A Real Life Drama," just
in time for summer. Magnus Karlsson contributes the jangly
guitar that he perfected in the groundbreaking indie pop
group Happydeadmen. Mikael Matsson, from Red Sleeping Beauty
and The Shermans, adds more complexity to this album, from
layers of keyboards and organs to background "strings." The "gorgeous
and airy" vocals of singer and spouse Ingela Matsson
defines a beauty and space in each song. The Charade easily
blend their influences from one song to the other, paying
homage to 60s girl groups, Motown and the warm feelings
of early 70s hits from The Carpenters to Burt Bacharach
without missing a beat. The colors of the Swedish flag
will be emblazoned on the digipak CD. In honor of the Swedish
National Soccer team's entry into the World Cup this summer
in Germany, The Charade has written, "Dressed in Yellow
and Blue" for the team. "A Real Life Drama" continues
with the sweet, sunny popmusic that we know and love from
their debut. I especially like the jangly guitars and the
male/female vocal harmonies from singers Magnus Karlsson
and Ingela Matsson - beautiful! Eardrums
SkippingStones-006
CD
$12.50
Charalambides
Vintage Burden (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 22ND)
PS, US No doubt the godparents of the whole "freak-folk", "free-folk", "new
weird america" whatever scene, they were pretty much
alone in the arid wilderness when they started recording & releasing
their music via cassette in the early 90's. Now having
sprouted enough artists to warrent an entire sub-genre,
they are still at the head of their class. This is more
melodic, reminiscent of their earlier albums.
Kranky-095
CD
$13.75
Chatham County Line
Speed of the Whippoorwill (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Following 2005's "Route 23", CCL's praises
were sung both in the traditional bluegrass-loving pages & the
websites of the young & hip. No Depression praises
their ability to "appeal to those who aren't typical
fans of bluegrass" & Pitchfork concurs, saying, "For
a new band writing starkly traditional bluegrass, this
is shockingly strong material... the highlights here are
as good as it gets." Their new album produced by Brian
Paulson (Beck, Cities, Uncle Tupelo) continues the band's
quest to unite their love for the power of rock with their
faith in their home state's fine tradition of pure music.
YepRoc-2113
CD
$15.75
Chatham, Rhys
Die Donnergotter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US He altered the DNA of rock. This release contains
all of his best work of the period, from 77-86. The 32
pg bk, accompanying the CD version, feat. rare photos +
essays by CHATHAM, TONY CONRAD & SONIC YOUTH's LEE
RANALDO, as well as artwork by famed visual artist ROBERT
LONGO. These tracks vidily document those glorious years
in the life of a city & a mileu in which the raw, the
sophisticated & the danceable merged.
TableofElements-801
CD
$16.25
Chatham, Rhys
Angel Moves Too Fast To See (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US
TableofElements-802
LP
$23.50
Chatham, Rhys
Angel Moves Too Fast To See (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US e late 80s, he was chafing against the logistical & financial
constraints imposed in the States when he moved permanently
to Paris. He began composing his masterpiece, for 100 electric
guitars, electric bass & drums. One of the most extraordinary
works in the minimalist canon, one that demonstrates the
majesty inherent in his amplified imagination. This cements
his reputation as a monolithic figure astride both rock & classical
musics.
TableofElements-802
CD
$16.25
Chic
Night In Amsterdam (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Formidable live performance by this legendary dance
band of the '70s and '80s, recorded live in Amsterdam in
the summer of 2005. Hear the band in excellent form playing
the music that made the disco revolution and has burned
up dance floors all over the world ever since. Certainly
one of Nile Rodgers & friends' best live performances
of recent issue, brought to you both in CD and DVD. The
DVD includes various bonus features like excerpts from
the 2005 "Pole Pole Festival," plus interviews,
discography, etc.
Universe-167/2
DVD
$25.25
Cloudland Canyon
Requiems Der Nature 2002-2004 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
13TH)
PS, US
TeePee-069
LP
$19.00
Cloudland Canyon
Requiems Der Nature 2002-2004 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
13TH)
PS, US Kip Ulhorn (PANTHERS) & Simon Wojan, German
multi-instumentalist combine to create rattlling, sprawling
experiments that fuse their musical discoveries. Within,
strictures of German new age & electronic music of
the '70s haze into field recordings mottled with analog
burble & echoes of woodwinds. Contributions by Jacob
Morris (DOUBLE), Jerry Fuchs (TURNING MACHINE/JUAN MACLEAN), & Ulhorn's
wife, Kelly Winkler, fortified the sessions with further
points of view. Then the tapes were traded & processed
even further by the musicians, until the resulting product
became complete. For fans of Animal Collective, Boards
of Canada, This Heat, Gong, etc.
TeePee-069
CD
$17.25
Clouds Forming Crowns
Race to the Blackout (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Collective brainchild of Todd & Tim Tobias,
two indie rock apostles whose extensive contributions to
the legacy of Guided By Voices still shine years afterward.
They quickly plunge stylistically into vastly new territories,
including Who "Sings My Generation"-style rockers,
lyrical creep-outs & mind- trips a la Ziggy Stardust-era
Bowie & stoney trips reminiscent of GBV's deepest 60's
influences. There is more here than expected. Aided in
part by unsettlingly thick fuzzed-out bass riffs, CFC rips
out several tracks that are balls-out desert-rock monsters,
akin to Blue Oyster Cult melted into the abrasive sonics
of "Bleach"-era Nirvana.
Morphius-079
CD
$12.75
Coachwhips
Double Death (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US If you'd never had the chance to attend one of their
shows, this is the set for you. The DVD feat. previously
unseen footage chronicling the band's short but magnificent
career; from their house party days to their sticky final
show in front of trillions. The CD showcases 47 min. of
the rare b-side & cover tunes that were virtually impossible
to find prior to this release. So strip down to your undies & get
ready to rock your cheeks off.
Narnack-7039
DVD
$17.00
Copyrights
Mutiny Pop (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Every few years a band comes along in the underground
with enough force to break through the surface. These bands
tend to burn hot; they burn bright. "Mutiny Pop" is
that bright burning light, from a band that is creating
enough friction in the underground pop scene to torch the
entire set of clichéd expectations of poppunk. They
continue their assault on the genre; recreating, mutating & reengineering
the sound into something more aggressive, fun & exciting
than anything heard before.
Insubordination-047
CD
Corsano, Chris & B. Chasny/Paul Metzger
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US C. Corsano (sparring partner of Paul Flaherty, Joe
McPhee, Nels Cline, et al) and Ben Chasny (aka SIX ORGANS
OF ADMITTANCE) had previously paired up for the School
Of The Flower LP on Drag City. As wide a stylistic swath
as that record cut, it was far from an exhaustive map of
their topography. Here, Corsano's drums and Chasny's guitar
chatter & clatter with jittery hyper-articulation,
worrying the meat off the bone in short sharp strokes.
A "Worm Confesses" over the course of one side
of this split record & is given an impassioned absolution.
For over 2 decades, Paul Metzger (TVBC)was one of the Twin
Cities' overly well-kept secrets. His recent emergence
as a solo artist, via a pair of glowingly-received releases
on the Chairkickers & Mutant Music labels, has started
to raise his profile to a level commensurate with his devil's-crossroads-deal
talent. On a guitar modified with music box innards & an
accompanying tanpura, Metzger dives deep into the raga
heart of a moonlit day & returns with the jewels of "August." Released
in an edition of 766 copies, with silkscreened poplar wood
covers.
Roaratorio-011
LP
$17.25
Couch
Figur 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US First post-MATADOR album continues their instrumental
pop songs for a ready to break up mood. Euphoric hymns
of minimal scope but great depth.
MorrMusic-067
CD
$18.25
Couch
Figur 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US
MorrMusic-067
LP
$18.25
Country Teasers
Empire Strikes Back (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Eighth LP from UK chroniclers of the culturally
perverse. The band's humor remains as strangely contradictory
as ever, with Wallers juggling a cast of persona as far-flung
as P.G. Wodehouse, Ice Cube, Winston Churchill, & Bill
Hicks. Is "The Empire Strikes Back" a concept
album about race, England, and Star Wars, or did the band
just find something unwholesomely amusing about the juxtaposition
of fascism and Industrial Light and Magic?
IntheRed-132
LP
$11.50
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
Cracker
Greenland (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US First album from DAVID & VICTOR in nearly 4
years incl. guests CAITLIN CARY, David Immergluck (ex-CRACKER/COUNTING
CROWS) & Mark Linkous (SPARKLEHORSE).
CookingVinyl-4777
CD
$16.50
Cracow Klezmer Band
Balan: Book of Angels 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Formed in 1997, The CKB is a phenomena. Through
their spectacular combination of impeccable musicianship,
imaginative arrangements and passionate performances they
have been universally acclaimed by audiences and critics
alike, developing into one of the most successful and exciting
acoustic groups in the world. Here they are joined by the
lush sound of strings, as Bester turns his prodigious arranging
skills to eight new songs from Zorn's fabulous and varied
Book of Angels. Also featuring the Cracow String Quartet
.Their best CD to date.
Tzadik-7358
CD
$16.50
Creatures
Bestiary Of... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US Compiles 18 tracks of sought after material recorded
by Siouxsie & Budgie of SIOUXSIE & THE BANSHEES
incl. 5 cuts from the "Wild Things" EP, 10 tracks
from "Feast" & 3 non-LP singles from 1983.
4 1/2 Stars-AMG. RECOMMENDED.
Polydor
CD
$13.50
Current 93/OM
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Limited 10" feat. exclusive mixes & colored
vinyl w/spot metallic art. C93 (here TIBET & JHON BALANCE
of COIL) do "Inerrant Infallible (Black Ships at Nineveh & Edom)" while
OM do "Rays of the Sun" & "To the Shrinebuilder."
Neurot-043
10
$13.50
David J
V For Vendetta (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US Bauhaus' David J teamed V For Vendetta creator and
fellow Northampton, UK hipster Alan Moore in 1983 to write
a "soundtrack" to Moore's graphic novel. At turns
dark and atmospheric, edgy and thrilling, twisted and sardonic,
this 27 minute EP is the perfect sonic partner to Moore's
futuristic tale.
Plain-123
CD
$10.25
DeNatale, Jesse
Soul Parade (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 7TH)
PS, US second release highlights the Bay Area-based songwriter's
eloquent merging of musical heritage - both folk music
and Tin Pan Alley -- and contemporary song structures.
No less than Tom Waits and Rambling Jack Elliott are fans
(Waits calls him a "unique and original American voice").
Jackpin Social-011
CD
$14.50
Dinosaur Jr.
Where You Been (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Dinosaur Jr's monumental noise was a crucible of
raging riffs and emotive melody, an unlikely fusion of
speaker-blowing feedback and catchy hooks. Post-punk and
pre-grunge, they were an intense force to be reckoned with,
and when the band signed to Sire in '91, J Mascis's shreddingly
unique alt-rock sound was cranked up for vast new audiences
of eardrums. These albums spotlight one of the most distinctive
and influential artists of the '90s in prime form. Each
release presents the original album on 180-gram vinyl. "Where
You Been" includes the yearning, burning classic "Out
There", the rock radio hit "Start Choppin",
plus the stand-outs "Get Me", "Hide",
and "Not The Same".
Rhino
LP
$17.00
Dinosaur Jr.
Green Mind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Dinosaur Jr's monumental noise was a crucible of
raging riffs and emotive melody, an unlikely fusion of
speaker-blowing feedback and catchy hooks. Post-punk and
pre-grunge, they were an intense force to be reckoned with,
and when the band signed to Sire in '91, J Mascis's shreddingly
unique alt-rock sound was cranked up for vast new audiences
of eardrums. These albums spotlight one of the most distinctive
and influential artists of the '90s in prime form. Each
release presents the original album on 180-gram vinyl. "Green
Mind" is their Sire debut, originally released in
'91, following their seminal SST classics. Includes "The
Wagon", an all-time great Dinosaur Jr song featuring
massive distortion, infectious melody, and an extended
Mascis guitar solo. Also includes "Puke + Cry", "Thumb",
and "Water".
Rhino
LP
$17.00
Dr. Octagon
Return Of Dr. Octagon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US (KOOL KEITH, UlLTRAMAGNETIC MCs) Finally, back again
to shock & thrill us after years out in the wilderness,
he goes straight for the jugular with the release of his
highly anticipated new album. Spliced & diced together
by the man himself. Recorded in a twelfth century turret
in the old quarter of Prague, as well as Byron Bay & Melbourne
in Australia. A morphing twisted intelligent organism,
an animal yet to be named. Also feat. DJ DEXTER (the AVALANCHES)
for the Egyptian scratch flavor & PRINCESS SUPERSTAR.
CMH-9217
CD
$15.25
Drop the Lime
We Never Sleep (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US
Tigerbeat6-133
LP
$11.50
Drowsy
Snow on Moss Stone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Witty, intimate & deeply charming Finnish singer/songwriter
Mauri Heikkinen. Follow-up release to 2005's "Growing
Green" is more focused & coherent, whose span
is no less diverse or ambitious in its scope. Weathered-beyond-its-years
vocals (shifting from a soft, in your ear burr to a low
rasp) & acoustic/electriv guitar, piano, organ, accordian & subtle
fx-use weave in & out. Anchored in observations of
his own reality & rural/geographical isolation, his
writing opens out a very human music. If there's any justice,
this album should see Mauri recognized as at least the
equal of the likes of Adem or Iron & Wine.
FatCat-042
CD
$12.75
Earth
Extra-Capsular Extraction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Earth has been experiencing a resurgence in popularity
as their new album "Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal
Method" (on Southern Lord) has been released to much
fanfare and acclaim. Here is the Earth catalog on vinyl,
and in the case of "Phase 3", it'll be on wax
for the first time. All at a special, abysmally low price.
This little gem is comprised of two tracks of ultra-heavy
psych and clocks in at a whopping thirty-four minutes.
Features performances from Kurt Kobain and Joe Preston
(ex-Melvins).
Subpop
LP
$9.50
Earth
Earth 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Earth has been experiencing a resurgence in popularity
as their new album "Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal
Method" (on Southern Lord) has been released to much
fanfare and acclaim. Here is the Earth catalog on vinyl,
and in the case of "Phase 3", it'll be on wax
for the first time. All at a special, abysmally low price.
This is the double LP reissue of Earth's second record.
Subpop
LP
$11.75
Earth
Phase 3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US From the band that gave Sunno))) their name and
concept comes their third album, re-issued on CD. Vinyl
also available.
Subpop
CD
$11.75
Earth
Phase 3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$11.75
Earth
Pentastar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Earth has been experiencing a resurgence in popularity
as their new album "Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal
Method" (on Southern Lord) has been released to much
fanfare and acclaim. Here is the Earth catalog on vinyl,
and in the case of "Phase 3", it'll be on wax
for the first time. All at a special, abysmally low price.
Subpop
LP
$9.50
Edu K
Illegal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY!! A fantastic mash-up party anthem
EP where the songs of Brazil's Edu K get all mixed up with
some great pop tunes, like Michael Jackson, The White Stripes & The
Specials.
Man-009
12
$10.00
Epoxies
Synthesized (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Five song EP compilation of their two long out of
print Dirtnap 7 inches. Die hard fans may recognize this
as a home-made, self released CD-R the band has been selling
at their shows the last year or so.
Dirtnap-66
CD
$10.25
Evangelicals
So Gone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US It's overly caffeinated, bursting at the seams, & ultimately
it demands to be heard. There's a persistence, an unrestrained,
driving force-of- nature quality to the album that could
somehow only have come from a town like Norman, OK. There
is no neatly carved out sub-genre for this one. Pop hooks?
Yes. Psychedelic? Yes. Glam even? Ok
Misra-041
CD
$14.50
Exile, Tim
Nuisance Gabbaret Lounge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Arguably the first ever rave megablast culled entirely
from live improvised performances. An acrobatic leap from
his earlier DnB work on Moving Shadow, Beta, Ram & Mosquito
into uncharted live music waters. Punk attitude, cabaret
antics & hectic beats.
PlanetMu-152
CD
$16.25
Fast Fourier
Tomorrow, Tomorrow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US They make reality seem fuzzy enough to just get
past the peripheral & on to the dance floor. At times
smooth & delaying, at others jagged & Pollyanna-ish,
they consistently spit out lullabies infected with the
clear-cut catchiness where you'll be smitten with for weeks.
Syrupy-sweet vocals enveloped in icy, rumble beats backed
up with a heaping helping of moog crunch & bass guitar
bohemia.
Narnack-7040
CD
$12.75
Figurine, James
Forgive Your Friends (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US James Figurine is Jimmy Tamborello (POSTAL SERVICE,
DNTEL) & these remixes feature tracks from his album "Mistake
Mistake", by artists The Field, John Tejada & David
Figurine. The album will be released on CD by Plug Research.
Monika-048
LP
$10.50
Final Fantasy
He Poos Clouds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, GERMANY VINYL VERSION!!!
Tomlab-069
LP
$14.75
Final Fantasy
He Poos Clouds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US On his second album, Owen Pallet presents a clearly
enhanced concept of his solo project Final Fantasy. The
core sound of his 2005 debut, "Final Fantasy Has A
Good Home," was mainly based on Pallet's violin and
his expert handling of the loop pedal. He now proves his
skills as an arranger, working with an abundantly staffed
chamber music ensemble, featuring a string quartet, piano,
harpsichord and percussion. Still, Owen's ingenuity for
catchy melody lines and surprising idioms is captivating.!Regardless
of the more extended scope for this album, it was produced
to maintain a certain intimacy. The overall atmosphere
carries the ease of an afternoon dress rehearsal, as if
the ensemble members played for themselves one last time
before the crowd rushs in. Owen"s mostly introverted
vocals also express this mood of privacy. The musical language
is eclectic without letting its influences act as bare
quotations for themselves. Traces were smeared with care
and everything is consolidated and processed in such a
distinct way that one cannot clearly designate the culprits
any longer. He even integrates an amazing variety of stylistic
spheres within the individual songs. String arrangers for
ARCADE FIRE. Fans of Andrew Bird tingle w/delight. Full
US tour coming in Fall.
Tomlab-069
CD
$14.25
First Nation
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Follows their debut single & a buttload of touring
w/their Raincoats/Slits influenced debut. Loose pop songwriting
like cohorts in Animal Collective but brought quieter & more
introspective w/a laid back trancey, tribal vibe backing
the whole thing.
PawTracks-11
CD
$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
Flash/Bat
Laud Baud (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US The terror begins at home! Feel like blowing something
up but don't get off on battle simulation games, then check
out this disc & dance the night away. Like a blast
of primal clusterfucking from a hijacked Atari 2600, this
is a no imput audio gestalt, a party for one or many of
crap your pants primitivo punk electronics.
Locust-103
CD
$14.50
Fleeting Joys, The
Despondent Transponder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Flavors of My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, The
Cocteau Twins and Sonic Youth are there, but don't fully
explain this shimmering anomaly. Their debut album Despondent
Transponder was written, performed, recorded and mixed
by the band. Brilliant Californian drummer Matt McCord
lends his skills to the project. After hearing Despondent
Transponder, legendary Swervedriver drummer, Jez, has pegged
the duo for collaboration on their next release. While
appreciating the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine, it
has never been the goal of Fleeting Joys to imitate what
they admire. "It is merely a starting point to expand
from, experiment with, and go from there. We simply love
the experience of being drenched in crashing waves of beautifully
distorted chords!" It's from this love that the song-crafting
of despondent transponder answers the pop vs. noise riddle
with catchy, at times - even happy - melodies and crashing
instrumentals that rip through like a cyclone tearing up
a trailerpark. "Of recent things to cross this desk,
Fleeting Joys is a real delight. The epiphanic Spectorian
fog works best on "The Breakup," which plays
Rorika's gossamer vocals and symphonic synth lines against
John's My Bloody Valentine-style guitar sturm und drang
over a stellar melody. - Jackson Griffith, Sacramento News & Review
Only Forever-001
CD
$13.50
Fog
Loss Leader (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US New EP from Andrew Broder feat. Markus Acher from
NOTWIST. 27 minutes of new music incl. 2 new pop songs,
2 experimental pieces & a remake of "10th Avenue
Freakout" w/ Markus.
Lex-037
CD
$12.00
Fog
Loss Leader (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Lex-037
10
$12.00
Four Tet
Pockets-DJ Kicks EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US 2 NEW, EXCLUSIVE tracks incl. "Pockets" & "Pockets
(Minimal Version)".
StudioK7-120203
LP
$10.50
Frankenreiter, Donavon
Move By Yourself (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Vinyl for his new album.
LostHighway-6402
LP
$11.75
Free
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US
Liilith-08
LP
$18.00
Free
Self-Titled(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH )
PS, US The 2nd album from UK hard rockers Free was originally
released in 1969. Released here with 2 bonus tracks "The
Worm" and "Sugar For Mr. Morrison." Original
artwork. Digipak.
Lilith-08
CD
$18.00
Futureheads
News and Tributes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Second album gets US release incl. 3 UNRELEASED
TRACKS limited to the first pressing & incl the UK
single "Area."
StarTime-436
CD
$16.00
Georgina, Cristina
Mapamundi (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 22ND)
PS, SPAIN Almudena López disguises as Cristina Georgina,
in the shape of a romantic heroine. Key singer of Las Escarlatinas
and Mate, Almudena is besides a prominent flute player,
a reputed architect and a talented designer/ illustrator.
She is undoubtedly someone with something genuine and personal
to say. More importantly this timid Audrey Hepburn-delicate
chanteuse is willing to redefine herself as one of the
most beautiful singing voices in indiepop. Let's hope she
can remain under the radar for a long time. "Mapa
mundi" is her first solo album but it has all the
necessary components for eternal alchemy and a sonic palette
of pop numbers that make you think of Isobel Campbell/Gentle
Waves, La Buena Vida, Beatles, Coralie Clement, Nico, Mate,
Escarlatinas, Go- Betweens, Ephemera or Kiki D'aki. In
few words, pure pop music under the usual blue-blooded
production of Ramón Leal and Mateo Guiscafré.
Cristina's voice is marvelous, her harmonies warm, and
her approach devoid of crass commercialism. You will find
no studio tricks here, just the best levels of pop polish,
dizzying heights of charm and a reliance on good songwriting
and tunes. In this eccentric and evocative guitar pop,
you will discover something pure, peaceful and delicately
quaint too. Like an old kitchen table draped with a red
and white tablecloth sitting in a room with bright turquoise
walls. There is also guitar jangling (dreamy guitar textures
and playful romps) influenced from many different leanings:
The Smiths, The Would-be-goods, Love, Trash Can Sinatras,
Field Mice and La Buena Vida/ Le Mans into a unique and
refreshing approach that stands at odds with most contemporary
music. Mapa mundi is definitely a place where to go and
seek shelter. And certainly as good and comforting as other
historic pop records: La Buena Vida #1, Deseo Carnal, Cecilia
2, Popemas, Entresemana, Sol de Medianoche, Heliotropo,
Soidemersol... Spanish pop at its best!
Siesta-222
CD
$18.50
Germano, Lisa
In the Maybe World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 18TH)
PS, US New album from gifted lyricist & performer features
some of her best work to date w/uniquely inventive self-produced
arrangements & lyrics that still cut right to the core.
Her voice carries gently into a world where distinctions
between beauty, love, loss & pain tend to blur. Previous
albums on 4AD & previous work with Bowie, Mellencamp & Gelb.
YoungGod-32
CD
$16.25
Glaciers
Moonlight Never Misses an Appointment (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Starring JACKIE LINGE & IAN STYNES of THE MENDOZA
LINE. What started as a simple experiment later turned
into a multi-layered & textured sound, as friends came & went & added
their instruments & melodies to multiple tracks. Built
on the morals of melodies & retracing of regrets, the
collection of songs merge together in an intimate collection
of music & compatriots. Guests incl. Bob Hoffnar (HEM,
MOJAVE 3, RAINER MARIA) & Gerald Menke (MERCURY REV),
Nate Wooley (MR.BUNGLE). Julia Rhydholm (ESSEX GREEN).
EskimoKiss-12
CD
$12.00
Golding Institute
Final Relaxation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US High concept album released by NEIL HAMBURGER producer
Gregg Turkington (Anton Lavey, Drag City's "Warm Voices" book) & Sydney
based damaged electronics expert BRENDAN WALLS. Purported
to be a Trojan horse from a radical cult masquerading as
an educational record. A disturbing audio program that
enables the listener to die simply by listening, using
breathing techniques that shut down the body's organs one
by one until the subject dies. File under NEIL HAMBURGER
Ipecac-078
CD
$14.50
Growing/Mark Evan Burden
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Long-awaited vinyl release (CD of Zum) of this breathtaking
split album between 2 sides of the instrumental world. "'Firmament,'
Growing's track, is unreal. A huge, heavy, endless ecosystem
of a song, the piece breathes and evolves for 19 mesmerizing
minutes of soft, deep ocean currents and gentle, night
sky rumblings..Burden's composition is equally unabashed
in its pursuit of supreme, sweeping, organic beauty.."-Dusted. "Hypnotically
beautiful ambient work."- Brainwashed.
ThisGeneration-012
LP
$11.25
Guryan, Margo
Take a Picture (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Originally released on Bell Records. Includes liner
notes by David Rosner. All tracks have been digitally remastered.
Sometimes when an cultily-adored obscurity is reissued,
it becomes clear that a lot (if not all) of its mystique
was due to its rarity. However, this time the buzz is justified:
a '60s soft pop masterpiece. The sound is a delightful
collision, with surprisingly funky electric piano and Steve
Cropper-style guitar leads dueling over prominent, clunky
drums and unobtrusive orchestrations. Over it all, Guryan's
breathy overdubbed vocals--her wispy, wobbily-pitched babytalk
style was clearly heavily influenced by bossa nova pioneer
Astrud Gilberto, who covered this album's dreamy "Think
of Rain"--give the album its most attractive feature.
Guryan is as accomplished a songwriter as she is a singer;
her main influences seem to be Antonio Carlos Jobim and
Bacharach/David, and that combination of bossa nova and
sleek pop sophistication is the watchword. Sweetly poppy,
lightly jazzy, and completely irresistible, this is sunshine
pop at its finest. 180gm.
Sundazed-5195
LP
$18.50
Hamilton, Dirk
Meet Me At The Crux (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 25TH)
PS, US A work considered by fans to be among Hamilton's
most mature work, and an album defined years later by Rolling
Stone as "one of the most unforgettable albums of
the '70s, a gem that deserves rediscovery." Deluxe
edition, feat. bonus tracks, lyrics and pictures from the
period.
Akarma-352
CD
$17.25
Hamilton, Dirk & Bluesmen
Sometimes Ya' Leave The Blues Out On The Road (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE JULY 25TH)
PS, US This time Dirk takes the stage with an all-new all-Italian
line-up, to form one of the best contemporary blues bands
out there, featuring killer axeman Roberto Formignani -
whose forte lies in his ability to pull off amazingly complicated
and creative solos - and an agile and robust rhythm section.
On the DVD you will also find many other bonus tracks,
including an amazing "The Relative Health Of Your
Soul Inside" one of Hamilton's standards and interesting
cover of "Stand By Me." Don't miss this happy
moment in the epic career of this great American blues
man, who reveals here one of the most beautiful sides of
contemporary blues.
Akarma-349
CD/DVD
$29.00
Hamster Theatre
Public Execution of Mister Personality/Quasi Day Room (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Co-led by multi-instrumentalists Dave Willey & Jon
Stubbs, with reed player Mark Harris, guitarist Mike Johnson,
drummer Raoul Rossiter, bassist Brian McDougall & a
number of other guests. Includes their new studio album
as well as a second disc of a live performance from 2002.
HT straddle the edges of folk music; avant-garde; "world" music;
early 20th century French composers, such as Satie & Ravel;
contemporary composition and many other musical forms,
bringing together elements of all of these styles, while
never sounding "just like" any one of them. Their
songs are always filled with delightful melodies and surprising
orchestrations. "A highly skilled chamber ensemble...offering
a literate synthesis of rock, jazz and European folk forms.
You can't really put this music into a tidy little compartment,
but it's unforced, sophisticated and highly entertaining."-AP
Cuneiform-226
DCD
$18.50
Handsome Family
Last Days of Wonder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US A collection of country folk love songs sung in
airports, garbage dumps, drive-thru windows & shark-infested
waters. The album celebrates the little
miraculous moments of beauty found in everyday life: a
golf course shining in the rain, hanging
lights bouncing in the breeze, pigeons singing from
billboards, trees blooming in squares of dirt. The songs
linger on those moments when we"re pulled from
the ordinary to feel awed by mystery, bewildered by
beauty, terrified by the vast unknowable around us (whether
we wander through shady groves or crowded parking lots).
Brett Sparks, who writes the music, draws
from medieval melody, country-politan string arrangements,
tin-pan alley crooners, & dusty hillbilly records to
weave together the fabric of this record. Rennie
Sparks, who writes the lyrics, makes magical realism from
polar adventure stories, turn-of-the-century electricity
wars, pagan hunting songs & her own time
spent (like most people) riding up elevators, staring out
hotel room windows, & driving interstate highways.
The inspiration for the words in these songs comes from Rennie"s belief that not only does our
present world feel like the last days of wonder, but that
human life has always felt just this way: full of a sense
of impending doom & inevitable self-destruction, but
simultaneously steeped in the sacred, the infinite, the
impenetrable, the ever-wondrous. Brett"s musical
compositions & recording process were hybrids of the
old & the new; the real & the fake; the analog & the
digital. The album is full of such ancient & modern anomalies:
analog compressors, vintage instruments & condenser
mics, all drawn into the digital world of computer recording.
Pedal steel parts were e-mailed from
Chicago (Stephen Dorocke-FREAKWATER & JESSE SYKES) & musical
saw part sent from London (DAVID COULTER-TEST DEPT, POGUES,
TOM WAITS). "Last Days" travels
from swamps & caves
to laboratories & bowling alleys, always celebrating
the mystery & madness in love. The songs explain who's hanging shoes on telephone wires, why automatic sinks
in airports sometimes don't see your hands, & why The
Handsome Family refuses to go to Heaven unless flies can
come too. Also, a tender tale of Tesla's last days: his
love for wounded pigeons & his ability to explode light
bulbs with his mind. Rennie is eaten by a wild boar. Brett
threatens to pull the stars down from the sky. A record
of love songs in the true Romantic sense.
CarrotTop-040
CD
$12.75
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
Harvey, PJ
Please Leave QuietlyTour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Filmed during "Uh Huh Her Tour 2004" & is
an insightul and & intimate look into the world of
touring, performing & travelling. Incl. 2 PREVIOUSLY
UNRELEASE TRACKS!
Island-6848
DVD
$15.75
Hefner
Catfight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 3RD)
PS, US Hefner released records from 1996 through to 2002
and didn't worry the charts too greatly, 46 being their
highest placing. They did however find a special place
in the hearts of their devoted following who keep vigils
for their reformation to this day. Their's is a special
kind of 'small' music that rocks but doesn't beat its chest
with any bluster, it beckons you with a little finger.
Much of their notoriety comes from the patronage of John
Peel who had them record 7 sessions for his radio show.
Hefner were sometimes wrongly categorized as indie boys
in need of a shag but its much truer to say that they had
lots of sex, just with the wrong people. Hefner were really
a folk band for the mid twenty city dwellers and their
songwriter, Darren Hayman always had an ear for the details.
Darren was also extremely prolific, although he would disagree;
'I'm not prolific, everybody else is lazy.' These 43 unreleased
songs are drawn from a career that saw five albums in six
years and 22 singles and eps. Much of the first disk includes
songs that were destined to form the basis of Hefner's
mellower 6th album and really shouldn't be considered outtakes.
They show the band returning to their guitar roots after
the electronic experimentation of their last album 'Dead
Media'. The two CD then works backward with unreleased
songs from all of their records, gradually revealing the
scratchy lo-fi punk rock band that existed before their
first album that has remained unheard until now. This record
shows the spikey underbelly of Hefner, a record for fans
that can also hold its own as an introduction to a peculiarly
individual band that have their own dirty back alley in
rock history.
DarrenHaymanLtd-02
DCD
$20.75
Herbert
Scale (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US
StudioK7-202
DLP
$24.00
Herbert
Scale (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Restless musical innovator produces his most accessible & mellifluous
collection to date after producing & remixing Bjork,
REM, Cale, Ono & Gainsbourg. His smoothest record yet
imbued w/a sunny tone & bright opulence.
StudioK7-202
CD
$20.25
Hinson, Micah P.
Baby & the Satellite (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US This animates the emptiness of backcountry roads & late
teenage displacement. His distinct brand of country-noir
is delivered over hushed vocals & subdues guitars,
shaded by fragments of Dylan's storytelling & Bill
Callahan's ability to tap into the darker emotions of real
life. An endearing journey through his fractured past,
searching for signs of hope in the somber halls of downtrodden
Middle America.
JadeTree-1113
CD5
$8.75
Hodgkinson, Tim
Sketch of Now (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Tim co-founded HENRY COW along w/ Fred Frith in
1968. This work explores his compositional side along with
his work as a soloist in recent compositions ranging from
2001-04. Exploring a variety of processes & influences-Korean & ritual
Siberian music, improv, actual use of musique concrete & combinations/transformations
of acoustic instruments w/electronics & tape. Liners
by TH
Mode-164
CD
$18.25
Holcomb, Robin
John Brown's Body (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US A rare talent w/a foot in the singer/songwriter
pop world & her roots in the downtown avant garde scene
reaching back to the first generation of Studio Henry mavericks.
An eclectic program ranging from fragile piano pieces & a
powerful new string quartet to several songs feat. her
own heartfelt vocals.
Tzadik-7716
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
Holy Shit
Stranded at Two Harbors (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 18TH)
PS, US MATT FISHBECK (PUSH KINGS) & ARIEL PINK's first
recorded collaboration. Fishbeck on lead vocals & guitars
leaving Ariel to work out the beats & bass lines. The
urgency of the lyrics & melody is positively countered
by timelessness of songwriting & an overall catchiness.
The rhythms are genuinely contagious & most of them
are created by Ariel's mouth. One can sense an affinity
in this music for 80s pop icons as well underground classics.
UnitedAcoustic-007
CD
$13.75
Hot Chip
The Warning (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US
DFA-62808
DLP
$20.25
Hot Chip
The Warning (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US New album is a huge step forward w/more infectious,
melodic & engaging songs. Immaculately layered pop
voyeurism. Follows hugely successful tour w/ Stereolab.
DFA-62808
CD
$19.00
Hughes, John
Immediate Action #11 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US IA #011 is a tight six-track EP. Features 5 new
tracks & a collaboration with label-mate Eliot Lipp
with Jasia 10 & Leo 123. The music was composed almost
entirely on Hughes's modular synths. Hughes also records
as Slicker & is one half of the Some Water & Sun
duo. LIMITED!!!
Hefty-055
12
$8.75
Husbands
There's Nothing I'd Like More than to See You Dead (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Second LP from San Francisco 3 girl band "who
spit blood in the face of non-believers & pummel groins
w/barbed wire bashing. 60's girl gropu innocence drowns
in the sound of Big City Grime as they create a punk, garage,
soul, R&B & rock mutation." Recorded w/Phil
Manley (TRANS AM, FUCKING CHAMPS & JOHN REIS (ROCKET
FROM THE CRYPT, HOT SNAKES) w/guest appearances by Dan
Sartain & Russel Kwan of THE MUMMIES.
Swami-133
CD
$14.50
Hylozoists
La Fin du Monde (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Harmonically challenging, sustained, trance-like
post rock instrumentals that enthrall & delight with
elegance & virtuosity...an ecstatic blend. 4/5 stars."-
UNCUT. Nova Scotia band taking their cue from bands like
Tortoise & Stereolab, but who go a step further, synthesizing
numerous pop influences into a sumptuous slice of lush,
cinematic, post chamber pop.
Boompa-013
CD
$16.00
Ilar, Anders
Ludwijka (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, UK Ludwijka is the first release on Merck from the
renowned Swede Anders Ilar. Some Merck fans may be more
familiar with his material recorded for the sister Narita
imprint. This release is in the same vein as that material,
it hovers around wickedly dark and complex electronics,
with complicated beats and programming, but strays from
the typical 4/4 dance floor style. The name of the release
itself comes from the old spelling of his hometown, Ludvika,
which was in use some hundred years ago. This applies to
the release because for the source of the tracks, Anders
has gone back to his origins, sampling himself from old
tapes, including some of the first tracks he ever composed
on the piano when he was six years old. He transforms the
noises made by animals, nature, humans, instruments and
machines into a unique listening experience that takes
you back into the Swedish countryside to experience Ludwijka
firsthand.
Merck-LW
12
$7.00
Isan
Plans Drawn in Pencil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic
LP
$16.00
Isan
Plans Drawn in Pencil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Fourth LP who gained notoriety for remixing Depeche
Mode but have kept it by making electronic music high in
concept that's easy on the ears. Serious pop music full
of layered analaog & digital sounds arranged just so.
MorrMusic-068
CD
$16.00
Jarboe
Conduit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US A stealthy, haunting follow-up to Jarboe's MEN ALBUM
masterwork: a full-length, limited tour album co-written & performed
by Jarboe & guitarist Nic Le Ban. Also featured are
the names & words submitted to Jarboe's "Living
Rumor" subscription list- a latter day email-art piece
consisting of contributions by hundreds of folks from her
far-reaching international fanbase. Hypno-Immersion via
masterful soundscapes: Lightning, piano, guitars & vocals
conjure atmospheres of isolating darkness, glowing incandescence & sublime
seduction.
Atavistic-175
CD
$15.25
Jarrett, Keith
Tokyo Solo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US ECM's first DVD feat. the great improvising pianist
Jarret directed by Kanama Kawachi. More than an hour of
UNRELEASED MATERIAL!
ECM-09
DVD
$24.98
Jazkamer
Metal Music Machine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US Jazzkammer, or Jazkamer as they call themselves
now, are the Norwegian king of noise, LASSE MARHAUG & JOHN
HEGRE (of KAPTEIN KALIBER among others). During their 8
year existence they has explored different kinds of sound
expressions & cooperated with different musicians,
but the core has always been Marhaug and Hegre. In typical
Jazzkammer manner their new album is a metal album! And
they insisted on calling themselves Jazkamer, & to
be on their own label called Smalltown Supernoise. They
have made the album that Lou Reed did not make, taking
Reed at his word & made metal machine music in the
right meaning of the words. Jazkamer is part of the tradition
of bands like Animal Collective, Wolf Eyes, Boredoms, Black
Dice, Sunno))), Earth, and Lightning Bolt. Bands that mix
the avantgarde with noise, kraut, metal & punk, creating
new music with an unpretentious DIY aesthetic. Joined on
this album by Jørgen "SIR DUPERMANN" Træen
of TOY, Ivar Bjørnson of Norwegian black metal legends
ENSLAVED & Iver Sandøy and Olav Kristiseter
both of metalband MANNGARD. Art by legendary English coverdesigner
SAVAGE PENCIL
Smalltown-118
CD
$16.00
Kastner, John
Have You Seen Lucky? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 23RD)
PS, US Debut solo album by the lead singer/guitarist for
ALL SYSTEMS GO! & the DOUGHBOYS. With appearances by
Alex Lifeson (RUSH), Jim Cuddy (BLUE RODEO), Away (VOIVOD),
Jonathan Cummings (BIONIC), Lee Ving (FEAR) & more, & recorded
in multiple studios across Canada, this is an original & infectious
album.
BossTuneage-005
CD
$14.25
Kastner, John
Have You Seen Lucky? (PRE-ORDER: JUNE 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BossTuneage-005
LP
$12.00
Kayo Dot
Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 23RD)
PS, US
Robotic Empire-058
DLP
$20.00
Kid606/Johnny P/DJ C
Seaga Face & PJ Body (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US
Shockout-12
12
$8.75
Kiefer, Christian
Czar Nicholas Is Dead (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US "A beautiful musical evocation of a page of
Americana. Environmental recordings and electronics wrap
up a slow-changing bed of loops consisting of simple folk
guitar lines, banjo, accordion, and voices (both singing
and reciting)."-AMG on "Exodust" (Extreme,
2002). A soundtrack to a tundra wasteland filled with lonely
soldiers, ornate towers crumbling into ruin, and desolate,
blood-soaked snowscapes written from the confines of Kiefer's
Northern California home. An essentially ambient project
with minimal instrumentation, "Czar Nicholas Is Dead" captures
Russia as a fever dream, a strange and disorienting place
that lay on no map, but rather resides entirely in the
author's imagination. On the one hand, the subject of Kiefer's
project is a strange one to be sure, particularly since
most of his recorded output-including the similarly epic
and minimalist instrumental project "Exodust" (2002)
-has been rooted strongly in American soil. But Kiefer's
work has always also been rooted in history and in academic
and intellectual pursuits. For research, Kiefer turned
to thick volumes on the assassination of the Romanoff family,
the tradition of Russian folk music, and to early Russian
silent film. Kiefer brought in a handful of his favorite
musicians and asked them to improvise with him live in
the studio with a handful of simple instructions. The material
was then worked over further in the studio, edited, rearranged,
and produced, often with additional parts being added or
subtracted as the musical force of the album began to reveal
itself. The end result is part collective improvisation
on a conceptual and musical theme, and part constructed
and composed musical work. "I have one thing to say
about Christian Kiefer: It's GREAT to hear new music!"-Thurston
Moore
CameraObscura-075
CD
$14.75
Kiila
Heartcore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US One of the brightest, most engaging freak-folk records
of the year comes from this Finnish band whose home town
is enveloped in darkness most of the year. Human voices,
w/lyrics in English & Finnish, rest on warm textures
of sounds from an array of acoustic & electronic instruments.
Small & warm. For fans of Animal Collective, This Heat.
SayHey-008
CD
$17.00
Knut
Alter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US This is the third in a series of impromptu remix
albums. Compiled in 2004, this installment pairs the likes
of Dalek, JK Broadrick, KK Null, and Francisco Lopez, among
others, with tracks spanning Knut's four Hydra Head releases
over the last ten years. "As much as the sound might
be expanding, the heart of Knut's music remains riff-rooted
punishment" - Dusted Magazine. "Music-nerd icons
Meshuggah and Dillinger could learn a lot from Knut's mastery
of control" - Decibel.
HydraHead
CD
$13.75
Ladyhawk
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Jagjaguwar-097
LP
$12.75
Ladyhawk
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US A stomping ,sweaty ride through the Vancouver streets
that they know well. Their core is bracing rock. Neil Young's "Tonight's
The Night" is the hailstorm on the hood of The Replacements' "Let
It Be", while distorted guitars invoke the thread & swerve
of Silkworm & Dinosaur Jr. With the help of BLACK MOUNTAIN,
it will be hard to fina a more hauntingly beautiful set
of rock music than this debut.
Jagjaguwar-097
CD
$14.50
Larvae
Dead Weight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 12TH)
PS, GERMANY With their second album, Larvae strip their
music out of the genres they had been associated with,
and focus on a sincere reflection on their musical roots,
their position as a band, and their place in the musical
landscape. Integrating guitars on most tracks and vocals
(by Jessica Bailiff, Shadowhuntaz, Hope For Agoldensummer
and Scalper), Larvae give here birth to a very soulful
and wonderfully produced album which can not be overlooked,
a work of great substance and talent. "Dead Weight" is
an album Larvae can be very proud of, and one which will
leave its mark.
AdNoiseam-622
CD
$14.75
Larvae
Dead Weight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 12TH)
PS, GERMANY With their second album, Larvae strip their
music out of the genres they had been associated with,
and focus on a sincere reflection on their musical roots,
their position as a band, and their place in the musical
landscape. Integrating guitars on most tracks and vocals
(by Jessica Bailiff, Shadowhuntaz, Hope For Agoldensummer
and Scalper), Larvae give here birth to a very soulful
and wonderfully produced album which can not be overlooked,
a work of great substance and talent. "Dead Weight" is
an album Larvae can be very proud of, and one which will
leave its mark.
AdNoiseam-621
LP
$18.75
Leadbelly
Last Sessions V.2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 27TH)
PS, US A great collection that will amaze the listener
for the crystalline quality of its recordings. Leadbelly
is undoubtedly one of the greatest bluesmen to ever appear
on the face of earth and here it shows.
Universe-140/2
CD
$17.25
Leadbelly
Legend of Leadbelly- The Tradition Years Remasters (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Restored classic landmark recordings from one of
America's most famous folk/blues icons. Restored original
art & extensive liners. Digitally remastered.
Empire-545450833-2
CD
$13.50
Les Aus
Haranna Hanne (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SimpleSocial-001
LP
$11.75
Les Aus
Haranna Hanne (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Graces This has elements of moroccan folk, dance
punk, hard core & black metal (think Mars Volta but
more punk & more efficient.) From Barcelona, they've
made an impression on the Spanish & European underground.
Having just completed a sold out tour w/ Ted Leo, they're
ready now to take on the rest of the world.
SimpleSocial-001
CD
$11.75
Lidell, Jamie
Multiply Editions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Remixes from "Multiply" by FREEFORM FIVE,
HERBERT, LUKE VIBERT, FOUR TET, FEIST, GONZALES & MOCKY
plus live tracks recorded 2005 in London & Paris.
Warp-143
CD
$10.50
Lidell, Jamie
Multiply Editions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US
Warp-143
LP
$10.50
Loess
Wind and Water (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 15TH)
PS, US Loess is back! And 'Wind and Water' is proof that
their time away was well spent. As the follow up to their
critic-favorite on Nonresponse, 'Wind and Water' simply
put; is Loess' finest work to date. Having since escaped
Philadelphia for retreat in the Pine Barrens of Southern
New Jersey; Wind and Water is a meticulously focused reflection
of these new surroundings while keeping echoes of their
past haunts close at hand. The sounds on Wind and Water
are both moving and breathing, and crumbling and decomposing,
often within a single track. It is at times ominous and
foreboding and other times hopeful and calming. It is within
these elements that Loess finds a sense of balance. The
album suggests a new respect for the two elements that
embody these balances; the Wind and Water. for fans of
: casino versus japan, boards of Canada.
N5MD-138
CD
$13.00
Lords
Swords (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US LIMITED EDITION VINYL ISSUE W/SILK SCREENED COVER.
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.
ColdSweat-004
LP
$14.75
Loud Family with Anton Barbeau
What If It Works? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 11TH)
PS, US Recording five acclaimed albums for Alias Records
during the 1990s, the Loud Family, featuring Scott Miller
and an ever-changing cast of musicians, made some of the
best pop music of the decade. Aimee Mann (who told Pulse
magazine's Brett Milano that Scott Miller is "the
best songwriter out there right now") and Magnetic
Fields'
Stephin Merritt (who raved about the Loud Family's "gloriously
catchy hooks" in Time Out New York) hand-picked the
Loud Family to open for them on tour. Members of the band's
rabid Internet fan base traveled from all over the United
States to catch their shows, flying, in some cases, several
thousand miles to see them. Initially, Scott called it
quits after the LF's final Alias release, 2000's "Attractive
Nuisance." But he has finally been coaxed out of retirement
to record "What If It Works?," which features
the newest member of the Loud Family, Sacramento power
pop hero Anton Barbeau is best known for his collaboration
with England's Bevis Frond, "King of Missouri"). "What
If It Works?" features several originals as well as
dynamic covers of the Rolling Stones' "Rocks Off," the
Zombies' "Remember You" and Cat Stevens' "I
Think I See The Light."
125-013
CD
$13.50
Machine Drum & Various Artists
Mergerz & Acquisitionz Sampler (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 23RD)
PS, US Mergerz & Acquisitionz Sampler 12" is taken
from the biggest, most varied, and most all around head
banging remix disc to come out on Merck yet. It was the
fifth, and will be final, remix cd that Merck will put
out over its reputable career. This will be the only sampler
vinyl from the massive disc, and contains remixes by: Machinedrum,
Mesak, Kid 606, Deceptikon, Landau, Kschzt, Calmer, and
a vinyl exclusive remix from Manuvers These tracks hover
around the aggressive cutup idm/hiphop style Machine Drum
is known for, but branch in a number of ways. Some into
more dense IDM reworkings, others into more upbeat and
aggressive forays into sample reconstruction. Ranging from
destructive sound organization, to much chiller downtempo,
even dark tracks, this is a wicked 12" that meets
a lot of needs. Tracklisting: Side A a1. Machinedrum a2.
Mesak a3. Kid 606 a4. Deceptikon Side B b1. Landau b2.
Kschzt b3. Calmer b4. Manuvers.
Merck
12
$7.00
Magnolia Summer
From Driveways' Lost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Sophomore effort reveals a louder, rawer & more
spontaneous side. Distorted guitars buzz & howl against
the blast of drums & bass, but despite the aggressive
edge, MS retains its distinctive grace & vulnerability.
With a band that features stalwarts of the St. Louis music
community, songwriter-multiinstrumentalist Chris Grabau
crafts songs of isolation & disconnect: a life caught
between work & home; love & loss; heart & hope;
thoughts & words.
Undertow-030
CD
$12.75
Manyfingers
Our Worn Shadow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, SPAIN 8 tracks. Manyfingers (aka multi-instrumentalist
Chris Cole) emerged out of the shady and mysterious Bristol
scene that spawned the likes of Flying Saucer Attack, Movietone,
Third Eye Foundation and Amp. Previously best known as
Third Eye Foundation luminary Matt Elliott's right hand
man, cellist and drinking buddy, Cole has also been a sometime
member of legendary pastoralists Movietone as well as being
the current drummer of the excellent post rock band Soeza.
Cole's relative obscurity is set to change with the release
of his full lenght debut album 'Our Worn Shadow' - a magnificently
ambitious multi layered gem of a record. He plays piano,
drums, cello, Spanish guitar, accordion, vibraphone and
other assorted instruments to create a veritable whirlwind
of sound. The record takes its cue from the Fourtet of
'Pause' and 'Rounds' (taking in along the way influence
from US based hip hop futurists Dosh and Machine Drum)
but adds Yann Tiersen style accordion and string arrangements
played with the intensity of Godspeed You Black Emperor!
at their ground shaking best. The cyclical motifs of Philip
Glass and Steve Reich are notable ensuring that the album
presses all the right neo classical buttons - often comparable
to the best work of Max Richter, Rachel's, Sylvain Chauveaux
and Terry Reilly. Its an album of opposites - the mournful
accordions and weeping cello's recall the melancholy of
Matt Elliott's recent 'Drinking Songs' yet when a female
vocal is introduced on the excellent standout 'For Measured
Shores', the effect is somewhat like a gallic late period
Blonde Redhead. The record is impressive for the variety
of melody and sounds produced, the consistently imaginative
string and horn arrangements, subtle sampling and frenzied,
frenetic drumming. Following the hullabaloo over recent
records by the likes of Fourtet, Caribou and Diplo, Manyfingers
is far and away the best Englishman to take on the baton
and run with it into genuinely new and exciting places.
'Our Worn Shadow' is more than a new dawn for post rock,
folktronica, electronica, neo classical or whatever you
want to call it - its a life changing record that ultimately
defies categorization.
Acuarela-1064
CD/DVD
$14.75
Meneguar
I Was Born At Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US REMASTERED/REMIXED ON VINYL
LP
Troubleman-175
LP
$12.75
Metallic Falcons
Desert Doughnuts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Two soothsayers of nocturnal activities, bound together
by fate & blood & a lifetime of musical collaboration.
They produce a sound most simply described as "soft
metal." Feat. members of COCOROSIE & VOODOO-EROS.
Joined here by ANTONY, TARANTULA A.D., JANA HUNTER & DEVENDRA
BANHART. Contains samples from Nico's last trip to Disneyland,
pagan songs, small hearts waiting for monring & a tender
electronic fire fanne dto a smolder by the fevered longing
of teenagers.
Voodoo-EROS-03
CD
$15.25
Minutemen
We Jam Econo-Story Of... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Film by Jason Kulbek & Rob Walters. The Saddle
Creek Records story told through interviews, home movies,
rare live performances and never-beforeseen
archival footage with BRIGHT EYES, FAINT, CURSIVE and many
others. In 1993, a group of childhood friends in Omaha,
Nebraska released 100 copies of a cassette tape by a 13
year-old singer-songwriter / little brother, Conor Oberst.
Two years later, the name Saddle Creek Records was etched
in vinyl and what began as a collective local music scene
would soon gain attention as a center of independent music
in America. The story of the record label as told by the
people who made it happen. With extensive interviews, rare
performances and archival footage, the film is an oral
and visual history of how the combination of talent, dedication
and collaboration launched bands like Bright Eyes, Cursive,
Azure Ray, Rilo Kiley, Lullaby for the Working Class, Desaparacidos & The
Faint into the national eye & has fostered a close-knit
family of artists that continues to inspire each other
and their fans. "The most vital underground rock scene
in the country... by any measure, the bands and the city
are in the middle of an extraordinary musical run."-NY
Times. "Homespun values color this community, and
extraordinary ties bind these bands."-Boston Globe
Plexifilm-028
2XDVD
$22.75
Minxy Soul Models
Transparent Yeah (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, SWEDEN Gothenburg band's debut album: fragile lofi
pop.
AWestSideFabrication-232
CD
$13.50
Missing Numbers
No Anecdote (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 5TH)
PS, US Led by songwriter / instrumentalist Jimmy Peterson,
this relatively new Minneapolis band is already creating
a sound and vibe that are totally its own. The album is
a collection of songs that are dark but melodic, totally
modern but evocative of distant and dangerous times.
JackpineSocial-059
CD
$14.50
Mission Of Burma
Obliterati, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$19.00
Mission Of Burma
Obliterati, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Their third full-length studio album proper might
be the most aggressive, raw, and challenging in the band's
storied career. It's as relentless and engulfing an album
as "Vs." some 24 years ago. Black humor, topical
humor, general dense agro with hooks split into the sound
like kindling. This is the next uneasy listening album
of the year. "Sonic Youth sound like their cover band
in comparison" - Launch.
Matador
CD
$14.50
Modern Machines
Take It, Somebody (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Often described as classic upper Midwestern punk
filtered thru a modern day basement punk sensibility. Husker
Du meets early Replacements meets early Lemonheads meets
Dillinger 4 meets The Figgs. While these comparisons are
fairly apt, "Take It, Somebody" sees the band
incorporating older & more diverse influences into
their distinctive songwriting style, including 60's garage
rock & even some Americana-esque twang.
Dirtnap-065
CD
$13.25
Molina, Juana
Son (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$15.25
Molina, Juana
Son (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Argentinean singer Molina was introduced to the
American public with the release of her second album, "Segundo".
A mixture of acoustic guitars, traditional percussion touches,
electronic textures, and her disarming vocals make it one
of the most evocative and original albums in recent memory.
NPR's "All Things Considered" praised her, as
did Entertainment Weekly when it named "Segundo" "Best
World Music Album of 2003". "Sounds like Stereolab's
Laetitia Sadier covering Nick Drake, whispering luminous
folk tunes amid electronic thickets while acoustic guitars
and pianos flicker like votive candles" ¿ Entertainment
Weekly. 2004's follow-up, "Tres Cosas" was equally
revered, as Jon Pareles of the NY Times named it a top
ten record of the year, and it won even more fans as diverse
as Savath & Savalas, David Byrne, Belle And Sebastian,
and Sam Prekop. This is her first new material in over
two years and is the first of her albums to be released
simultaneously around the world, which should heighten
the album's impact.
Domino
CD
$15.25
Monsters Are Waiting
Fascination (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US "Dark & sexy rock energetically careens
betwen candy coated vocals of innocent awakening & moody
melodies of detached experience."-Amoeba "On
stage [they] ooze tension & star power with the dueling
elements of bass driven grooves & Annalee Fery's playful
vocals & demeanor."-Giant Robot.
Retone-001
CD
$12.50
Morton, Mandy & Spriguns
Magic Lady (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US One of the best albums of the talented Ms. Morton,
who was active between 1976 and 1983 with six LPs. A true
prog folk star, Mandy Morton's distinctive voice makes
this reissue a sure delight for collectors and obscure
albums searchers.
Akarma-324
CD
$17.25
Moses, Edwin
The African Gospel Years of Jamal Nafsum (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 23RD)
PS, US After the success of two records that received unparalleled
critical acclaim in the UK and gold sales in Japan, Edwin
Moses are back with The Gospel African Years (siesta 218).
Again we have received numerous letters of support from
all over the world and accurate narratives of Edwin's vicissitudes
in Africa. Some secrets are revealed in this third record,
my dear colleagues. Although it is impossible to rewrite
the past, the new Edwin Moses is a metaphor of the real
Edwin Moses. This archaelogical labor will impress soul
connoisseurs and experts, especially those that have recently
welcome the rebirth of forgotten idols as Mike James Kirkland
or Terry Callier. As we repeat incessantly as a cuckoo
does its call, the story behind Edwin is a proof of the
ultimate defeat of reason. The Gospel African Years (siesta
218) was recorded by reputed Spanish musicians under the
command of geniuses Pedro Vigil and Pablo Errea. This masterpiece
was recorded in Gijón and Cádiz by local
myth Paco Loco. An amazing children's choir and a fabulous
gospel choir will help you to connect to the music of your
new spiritual guide. In addition more than 30 musicians
have actively contributed. Among them, Gary Louris (via
an adaptation of Mahalia Jackson) and Nora Gala who recreates
the role of Jasmine Nafsum. These new thirteen songs expose
a new fecund stage of Edwin Moses. Do not miss the myriad
of arrangements that inject spiritual flair, blues tones
and extraordinary rythms (related to traditional African
music mixed with gospel) to the record. Gospel and blues
blended together in the origin of rock and soul and Edwin
could capture this alchemy. Use your sunglasses and a well-rehearsed
smile to enjoy the African tour and conversion to Islam
of Edwin Moses, now Jamal Nafsum. Ghana, Congo, Angola,
South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia....
Siesta-218
CD
$18.50
Murdoch, Alexi
Time Without Consequence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH
)
PS, US After selling a gazillion of his debut EP, which
included the hypnotic inertial "hit" "Orange
Sky," it's finally time for his debut album. Compared
to everybody from Nick Drake to David Gray & Van Morrison.
A KCRW & KGSR fave.
Razor&Tie-79301
CD
$18.75
MV & EE with Bummer Road
Mother of Thousands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Lifted rural raga vibrations & big woozy doses
of haunted folk-blues, but with a mix of flat-out killer
songs & extended electric psych-outs it's something
of a revelation. Both MV & EE's vocals are more present & stronger
then ever & the harmonies have a real sweet lonesome
glow. Features Matt Valentine & Erika Elder with Mo'
Jiggs, Sparrow Wildchild, Nemo Bidstrup, Tim Barns & Samara
Lubelski adding harmonica, percussion, flute, electric
guitar, tambura, violin, ukelin & more to the usual
assortment of mystic strings. 180gm double vinyl. Limited
edition of 1000 copies.
TimeLag-033
DLP
$30.50
MV & EE with Bummer Road
Mother of Thousands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Double cd digital version with the same tracks/sequence
as the 2lp. First edition of 1000 copies.
TimeLag-033
DCD
$20.75
My Education
Moody Dipper (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Formed in 1999 by members of Stars of the Lid, ultrasound,
Cinders, and ST37, the seven-piece My Education is an instrumental
hybrid: part space-rock cacophony, part punk rock sonic
wipeout, and part ambient bad trip. My Education's 2002
debut, Five Popes, spawned regional tours, college airplay
and much critical acclaim. Though comparisons to Mogwai,
Explosions in the Sky, and Mono were natural to follow,
My Education's sound and instrumentation truly are its
own. 2005's follow-up, Italian, fueled more national accolades
and caught the ear of many musicians along the way. 2006
finds My Education's sound expanding and evolving, with
a new EP, Moody Dipper, and an August tour to follow. The
EP contains three new My Education tracks plus help from
Kinski, Dalek, Red Sparowes, and Teith in the form of remixed
Italian songs. Not being one to rest on its laurels or
past achievements, My Education should be recording its
next full-length release this fall. Track Listing: 01.
Spirit of Peace (a variation on a theme by Popul Vuh) 02.
Armistice Day 03. Dalek: Green Arrow - Deadverse Remix
04. Red Sparowes: Snake in the Grass - Greg Burns of Red
Sparowes Remix 05. Teith: Green Arrow - Teith Remix (Trevor
from Pelican) 06. Kinski: Puppy Love - Chris Martin of
Kinski Remix 07. Moody Dipper.
ThirtyGhostsRecords-002
CD5
$9.00
Nascimento, Milton
Minas (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US One of Milton Nascimento's beautiful albums from
the Seventies originally released in 1976. The album opens
with the wonderful "Minas," a tribute to all
sacred music traditions in the Brazilian state of Minas
Gerais, Nascimento's home, which was deeply influential
in his musical sensibility. Original art and new liner
notes.
Water-173
CD
$15.25
Nascimento, Milton
Milagre Dos Peixes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US One of Milton Nascimento's most experimental albums
originally released in 1974. It can be said that this album
was especially suited for the talents of percussionist
Nana Vasconcelos, who adds so much life to it. In addition
to Vasconcelos, Nascimento works here with some of Brazil's
most innovative jazz players of the '70s -- Nelson Angelo,
Toninho Horta, Paulo Moura, and Wagner Tiso -- all of whom
come together in complicated yet honest arrangements. New
detailed liner notes and original artwork.
Water-172
CD
$15.25
New York Dolls
From Paris With Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US First time on vinyl. LIMITED to 2000 includes a
12x12 color bookRleet!c Doroduble Gatefold LP
SFTRI-682
DLP
$17.75
Nobody/Mystic Chords of Memory
Broaden a New Sound (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Follow-up EP to the full-length "Tree Colored
See" from PROJECT BLOWED producer NOBODY, AISLERS
SET's Jen Cohen and Christopher Gunst of The BEACHWOOD
SPARKS. Features three tracks from the band's full-length,
this time covered by DEVENDRA BANHART, DNTEL & The
LONG LOST.
Mush
CD5
$8.00
Noxagt
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Dangerous dirge blasts out of the tail pipe of Norwegian
ghost rider band's third LP w/Nils' viola replaced by the
spring-loaded guitar of Anders Hana (ULTRALYD)
Load-069
CD
$16.00
Nyman, Olle
Behind the Clouds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, SWEDEN Debut album of gentle, rootsy pastoral pop,
northern soul from a northern soul, Lulea, Sweden to be
exact, up near the Arctic Circle. Likened to mellow Van
Morrison and The Band, perfect for fans of Nicolai Dunger
and Bjorn Norestig.
AWestSideFabrication-234
CD
$13.50
Oakley Hall
Gypsum Strings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Long regarded as one of the best live acts in New
York. Springing from 60s west coast legends like the Byrds,
the Flying Burrito Bros., & Moby Grape, adding elements
of X, Neu & Mercury Rev, this finds them refusing the
dictates of stale No Depression era norms. The sextet's
trademark killer songwriting chops are in evidence as this
album boats some beautiful ballads the temper the heaviness.
Jagjaguwar/Brah-004
CD
$14.50
OCS
Cool Death of the Island Raiders (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
13TH)
PS, US Feat. 13 tracks of a pure acoustic/folk/synth-pop
with a bounce. Tunes only a soulless vampire couldn't enjoy,
like snappy, teddy bear anthems for the lingering 10 yr
old in all of us. It's as if they threw a sheet of fresh,
pathological playfulness over a dusty loft mattress, creating
by far thee best goo-rock, bedroom folk our world has ever
heard.
Narnack-7036
CD
$12.75
OCS
Cool Death of the Island (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Pounds of delicious, California sunshine poured
over top the pop of Donovan!
Narnack-7036
LP
$12.75
Oppenheimer
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Irish duo who married their common love of synths,
kraut-rock, soundscapes & most of all pop music into
songs capable of transporting the listener to distant shored
on waves of melody. Lush, multilayered & just in time
for summer!
Bar/None-176
CD
$16.50
Others aka 22PP, The
Monochromeset (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, FINLAND The Others aka 22PP is a 22-Pistepirkko side
project playing covers, exploring their influences and
having a rip-roaring time doing it! Yes, there's another
band called The Others, hence the "aka" addendum.
For "Monochrome Set" they've carefully picked
just a few from their broad setlist: songs by The Kinks,
Jody Reynolds, The Troggs, Link Wray, Buddy Holly, and
The Everly Bros. The band 22-Pistepirkko has been around
for almost 25 years and has
recently released their 10th album "Drops & Kicks" (2005).
Years ago they've started to also play shows under the
name THE OTHERS (aka 22PP), dedicated to mainly cover songs
they like. Those shows have been very well appreciated
throughout Finland and Scandinavia. "Monochrome Set",
released on their own Bone Voyage label is the first official
recording of this concept.
BoneVoyage-052
CD
$12.00
Palermo, Ed Big Band
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MAY 23RD) r
PS, US The fruit of a 25 year old big band that has been
performing the music of FRANK ZAPPA since 1995 at The Bottom
Line & Iridium in NYC to beyond enthusiastic crowds. "Palermo's
band swings, smolders & soars on FZ's material."-Time
Out NY
Cuneiform-225
CD
$13.75
Panda Band
This Vital Chapter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US A collision of layered vocal & keyboard melodies,
guitars riddled with a menagerie of effects, textured drumming
and an array of other sounds that tip the hat to some of
the coolest studio & live bands over the past 40 years.This
first album from Australia's PB is the final product of
songwriting, playing and creating in the most isolated
city on the planet: Perth, Australia. The Panda Band is
fronted by multiple award-winning songwriter Damien Robert
Crosbie, who has penned the songs currently earning his
five-piece an ever-growing popularity with fans, radio,
press and the music industry. "Textured and infectious
pop from the bright lights of Western Australia. Flaming
Lips and Modest Mouse eccentricities blended with the classic
harmonies and quirk of Sgt. Peppers era Beatles."-Rolling
Stone.
Filter-07
CD
$15.00
Paper Chase
Now You Are One Of Us (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US The signature sounds, strangled guitars, bombastic
percussion, terror-stricken strings, bizarre samples & crashing
pianos, are firmly in place. Here, the Dallas quartet creates
the sonic equivalent to George A. Romero's classic zombie
films, in which one & all inevitably become "one
of them". Over the album's seamless course, they not
only offer battle anthems for those who won't go down without
a fight, but also the sadistic theme songs of their bloodthirsty
attackers.
KillRockStars-445
CD
$14.50
Parenthetical Girls
Safe As Houses (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US Two years in the making, the sophomore release from
Pacific Northwest experimental-pop band Parenthetical Girls
makes exceptional bounds forward both sonically and narrativelya
more confident vision that is at turns more confrontational
and more delicate. Featuring Sam Mickens and Jherek Bischoff
of the Dead Science.
SlenderMeansSociety-005
CD
$12.50
Parkins, Zeena
In Despite (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US A remarkable new CD of compositions from one of
the world's most radical harpists, who has worked with
Bjork, Fred Frith, John Zorn, Bang on a Can and many many
others. Including two dynamic new string quartets, a piece
for sixteen feet and cello and a brilliant composition
for harp solo, this is one of Zeena's most important and
ambitious releases.
Tzadik-8022
CD
$16.50
Peris, Don
Go When the Morning Shineth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Solo album from INNOCENCE MISSION guitarist has
a nostalgic summertime feel. On this mostly instrumental
outing, his unique & unmistakable guitar tone dips,
soars, and shimmers with tremolo. Like the sea on the album's
Polaroid cover, these songs are deep and inviting. A close
listen reveals nods to other great melodic songwriters
like Paul Simon, Chet Atkins, Lindsey Buckingham and Nick
Drake.
JemezMountain-944
CD
$14.50
Perry, Lee "Scratch"
Panic in Babylon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US It's a fresh, full-length epic with a unique catchiness & hypnotizing
rhythm only his hands could bring to life. Relax & soak
in the album's sharply enriching tones as the renowned "Father
of Dub" takes you for a psychotropic journey throughout
life's highs & lows. This version features 4 extra
tracks of unreleased covers from SINEAD O'CONNER, GEORGE
CLINTON, & TV ON THE RADIO.
Narnack-7037
CD
$12.75
Pestrepeller
Isle Of Dark Magick (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
Ps, UK Prepare yourself for this gem of free-improvised-found-sound-collage
enriched with dark pagan folky vibes and supernatural horror
noise dedicated to HP Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and
Austin Osman Spare! Most remember Pestrepeller only as
the source material for Sonic Boom's (Spacemen 3) Pestrepeller
remix album. It's true, while they're a supergroup of sorts
and are in their tenth year of existence they've still
only released 3 proper albums not including the Sonic Boom
remixes. When Pestrepeller does make a sound, they make
it count sharing stages with Borbetomagus, David Shea and
Alan Turner among others. Pestrepeller consists of long-celebrated
illustrator and Wire journalist Savage Pencil, Evan Parker
student and ex-Medicine Head member Peter Hope-Evans, comic
artist Ed Pinset, cartoonist Harley Richardson and Rob
Brown. "A quick trip to a psychedelic plane where
Sun Ra's rocksichord pumps up the volume alongside krautrock
kozmik couriers Ash Ra Temple, while the long shadow of
Dada godfather Marcel Duchamp blots out the sun. The perpetrators
are Sav X of Art Attacks/Kray Cherubs/Ether Hogg, cult
underground comics artist/writer Ed Pinsent, and guitarist/writer
Harley Richardson. -Sympathy Records
Important-086
CD
$13.50
Phonophani
Phonophani (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Originally released in '98 as a limited edition
(500 only) this excellent debut still stands as one of
the very best electronica albums ever released in Norway.
Well-crafted & full of ideas & original turns,
it has a rare timeless quality that makes it sound as fresh
today as it did back then. It's difficult to
come up with comparisons, but certain aspects of Alog & Boards
Of Canada can serve as references. Incl. 3 bonus tracks
from the same period.
RuneGrammofon-2054
CD
$17.75
Poco
Keep On Tryin' (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US A special CD/DVD release to celebrate this historic
band once again live in concert at Nashville's Belcourt
Theatre (2004). A tremendous occasion to once again possess
convincing new versions all of your favorites played live
by these musicians of the finest caliber. Obligatory purchase
for their army of fans.
Akarma-348/2
CD/DVD
$25.25
Portastatic
Who Loves the Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Original Film Score for a film about the people
we love & how much we hate them. It is also about sex, & the
ensuing tensions that can arise within the confines of
friendship & the extended family. It's a beautiful
musical interpretation of these themes. In addition to
MAC's traditional guitar-based songs, he incorporates strings,
oboe, flute & piano to propel the infectious melodies.
RIYL Belle Orchestre, Rachel's & Calexico.
Merge-277
CD
$13.75
Priestess
Hello Master (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Escaping the banality & redundance of current
rock, they conjure enough powerful riffage to brand itself
into brain tissue. Pure sonic bliss via genuine heviosity & uncompromised
melodic hookery.
AceFu-042
LP
$16.00
Psycho & the Birds
All That Is Holy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US
Recordhead-91
LP
$17.25
Psycho & the Birds
All That Is Holy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US An unoffical, sort of BOB POLLARD solo album sandwiched
between two O-fishul BOB POLLARD solo albums. Though recorded
spontaneously on a boom box & later worked over in
the studio, this is no mere collection of throw aways.
It is THE collection of throw aways. Heavy on the 5 Ps:
pop, punk, prog, psych & purge.
Recordhead-091
CD
$16.25
Raccoo-oo-oon
Cave of Spirits Forever(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US CD reissue of the cdr version that went instantly
out of print last year. One of those bands that can somehow
shift between seemingly divergent genres, while the whole
time keeping a sound very much their own. The disc launches
with a speed blasted, noise fueled, psych/punk rocker,
slides into nearly grooving free-jazz territory, then into
a gorgeous, buzzing/floating/tinkling bliss mantra & that's
just the first 3 tracks. The overall sound constantly slips
back to the sort of mantric, damaged rock thud these guys
are clearly fond of. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
TimeLag-036
CD
$14.50
Raconteurs
Steady As She Goes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US US reissue of WAY oversubscribed first single, with
the same tracklisting but the artwork photos reversed.
Jack White, Brendan Benson, et al. Side B: Store Bought
Bones.
V2-27847
45
$4.50
Raconteurs
Steady As She Goes #2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
Ps, US New domestic single, with the title track backed
with an album track "Call It A Day".
V2-27848
45
$4.50
Remains
Diddy Wah Diddy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Jukeboxes everywhere can rejoice, now that Sundazed
is on the scene with red hot relief for those hopelessly
worn to bits copies of Epic 5-10001 (better known as "Diddy
Wah Diddy"/"Once Before", perhaps the most
potent of all singles by the always authoritative Remains).
Mid-60s Brit-influenced Americana never sounded so good.
Sundazed-181
45
$8.75
Renbourn, John
John Renbourn Sampler (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 2ND)
PS, US In the words of British guitar-god John Renbourn,
founding member of the influential folk-rock group Pentangle, "the
tracks on this record [1971] have been taken from previous
albums, made in all kinds of places, some of them recording
studios." Although Pentangle was at the height of
its popularity in 1971, Renbourn always maintained an identity
as a solo artist as is evident in this superior showcase
of primarily traditional folk tunes & instrumentals.
Featuring appearances by fellow Pentangle members Bert
Jansch and Jacquie McShee. 180gm.
Earmark-42060
LP
$19.75
Robot Ate Me
Good World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Recorded alone in a near-freezing house w/ a thrift
store clarinet, an 80s drum machine, an 80s synth, & an
out of tune 1800s piano. Musically, the arrangements are
simple & delicate, with harmonized falsetto vocals & staccato
clarinet lines floating above minimal percussion & the
occasional synth. Choruses & verses blur into musical
interludes that travel with the characters they represent.
5RueChristine-060
CD
$14.50
Rooks
Search & Destroy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US B/W "Penetration" One of the RAREST of
all '66 garage singles, the classic two-sider, "A
Girl Like You"/"Empty Heart". From the original
master tape, augmented with amazing photos. Why blow your
retirement nest egg on an original copy when it sounds
incredible on always-reasonably priced Sundazed vinyl.
Sundazed-182
45
$8.75
Rux, Carl Hancock
Good Bread Alley (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Feat. a scaled down sound of live acoustic piano,
upright bass & drums. It's blues-scape brings to mind
Son House, Bob Dylan, Nico & the Velvet Underground,
as well as the southern fried soul of Bill Withers. Ten
tracks of haunting melodies, beautiful lyrics & his
signature lush hypnotic baritone, often described as a
powerful vocal artistry between Hendrix, Scott-Heron & Morrison.
He takes on the wit & sarcasm of the blues tradition.
ThirstyEar-57168
CD
$14.50
Sammies
Self-Titled(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
Ps, US NC self-taught quartet who channel the early 80's
Athens sound through Pavement, MC5 & Skynyrd. "Punk
intensity w/a garage rock roar."-Indendent Weekly
MoRisen-087
CD
$12.75
Scanners
Violence Is Golden (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US This showcases their smooth Chrissie Hynde style
raspy vocals & distinctive & catchy guitar work.
It's a stunning & haunting debut. Following in the
footsteps of The Kills, Bloc Party & The Rakes, they
are Dim Mak's newest priority import band. Expect big things.
DimMak-102
CD
$14.50
Scarlet's Well
Black Tulip Wings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US "A rich, lush and densely layered confection
of instantly charming and infectious songs. Become intoxicated." Drowned
In Sound. "Escapist pop music of the highest calibre;
a tapestry of delights... " NME. Recently tagged by
The Independent On Sunday as 'minor indie royalty', the
enigmatic artiste and accomplished fop-pop pioneer known
only as Bid comes full circle with an astounding new Scarlet's
Well album. "Black Tulip Wings" is the fifth
SW release, but represents something of a rebirth, if not
an outright debut of sorts. It's the first to be recorded
with a full eight-piece London-based live band, drawn from
varying younger generations, diverse backgrounds and musical
sensibilities. Additionally, it's the first to feature
a substantial songwriting content from others. The result
is the most consistent, rounded-out, best-dressed and fully-realised
SW album to date; part indie supergroup, part stylish soundtrack
to a fantasy world steeped in literary tradition. The first
four SW albums were dominated by Bid's own witty and arcane
compositions, but now with "Black Tulip Wings",
there is a more substantial injection of songwriting blood.
Of the eleven tracks, five are written or co-written by
Martin White (famed for his accordionist appearances on
the London comedy & cabaret scene), and one by guitarist
Peter Momtchiloff (of the bands Talulah Gosh, Heavenly,
The Would-Be-Goods). There's also lyrics based on poems
by Tennyson and Poe, plus an original lyric by writer and
self-styled London flaneur, Dickon Edwards (Orlando, Fosca). "Black
Tulip Wings" also marks Bid's first album conceived
with a full working band since the final Monochrome Set
long-player in 1995. The eight-piece London-based band
version of Scarlet's Well was born when Bid decided to
return to the international concert circuit in 2004, and
a local group was required to perform the SW back catalogue
(with the occasional Monochrome Set classic thrown in).
Of the many ingénue female singers featured on past
SW albums, live band member Alice Healey is the only constant.
Her distinctive and pure tones are now as synonymous with
the Scarlet's Well sound as Bid's own sly croon.
Siesta-224
CD
$18.50
Scarling
Staring To the Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Latest attack to redefine noise & chaos w/in
the context of their beautifully painful melodies.R Aenc
uonrd-released, non-album track on this single. LIMITED
to 1000
SFTRI-773
CD5
$6.00
SCSI-9
Line of Nine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US ANTON KUBIKOV & MAXIM MILUYTENKO have traveled
far since embarking as Moscow's most endearing minimal
techno/house act SCSI-9, & this is their 2nd full-length.
they construct an uplifting, emotive mood fuelled by the
pulse of the unprejudiced, techy beat. This new release
puts forward a fantastic cluster of dimension & depth
to an overpopulated world of disposable, faceless music
that exists in minimal techno currently. It reminds of
Herbert & Dani Sicilliano's finest moments, pure coffee-house
bliss.
Kompakt-051
CD
$17.00
SCSI-9
Line of Nine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US
Kompakt-138
LP
$17.00
Sebadoh
III (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US It's hard to call this the shot heard 'round the
world, but in its own way, "III", along with "Slanted
And Enchanted", opened up a creative way by ransacking
the vestiges of the 80's American underground. The original
album is a schizophrenic adventure, from Lou Barlow's plaintive
songwriting to Eric Gaffney's noisier psychedelically minded
etudes. Long out of print, this landmark album contains
the 23-track original album on disc one and a whole album's
worth of additional bonus material.
Domino
CD
$13.75
Sensational Meets Kouhei
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
Ps, US Japanese noise producer KOUHEI MATSUNAGA & Crooklyn's
innovative illbient son SENSATIONAL collaborate to birth
a groundbreaking aural sculpture that defies easy classification & contemporary
comparison. This combination of raps & groove makes
for some real next-level shit, true 21st century hip-hop
at its finest resulting from their avant-garde process:
a surprisingly accessible blend forged of the hardest beats & rhymes
from the subterranean bedrock. Distant & abstract in
the tradition of innovators like Can, Dr. Octagon & Dan
The Automator, SMK departs from even the most experimental
of modern artists with its hypnotic minimalism & organic
restraint. Includes remixes by AUTECHRE & SPECTRE.
Wordsound-053
CD
$14.50
Serena-Maneesh
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PlayLouderecordings
LP
$19.00
Shitmat
Hang The DJ (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, CANADA After his very successful Full English Breakfast
collection and the The Lesser Spotted Burberry E.P. for
planet mu records England's infamous bad boy DJ Shitmat
gives us "HANG THE DJ" a heavy 13 track album
of classic ravage, gabber and indecent pop mashups. Brighton
DJ Shitmat (aka Henry Collins) brings his brainsick flavor
of "UK Mashcore" and endlessly brilliant craziness
to Sublight. HANG THE DJ is a night at the top 40 club
gone sour as shitmat throws the pounding hardcore in a
blender with heaps of funny/catchy pop song fragments.
Likely the most fun you will have listening to an album
this year!
Sublight-1601
CD
$13.50
Shooting At Unarmed Men
Yes! Tinnitus! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Emerging from the debris of mclusky, the haunts
of various damp, dark basement clubs, and the forging of
drum power through seven grades of piano teaching, Shooting
At Unarmed Men bring you tunes you can whistle, dance,
or fight to, depending on your preference, consumption,
or IQ level.
TooPure
CD
$11.75
Sileni
Cold Sweat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US drum n bass and techno musician Sileni (aka Chris
Leamy) unleashes this long-awaited jungle breaks monster.
On "Cold Sweat," the bass twists and growls while
splintered breaks filter and swarm in perfect harmony.
Leamy's B-side remix of "Actual Proof" builds
around a summery guitar figure that
slowly morphs into technoid robot beats and cut up vocals.
PlanetMu-136
LP
$9.75
Silverman, Sarah
Jesus Is Magic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US It's Sarah's movie. It's on DVD! It's funny!.
Interscope-9141
DVD
$25.75
Sincere Trade
If You Cannot Beat Them (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Another young musician from the underbelly of Toronto's
vast music culture, Sincere Trade (Carl Heindl) presents
his debut album, "If You Cannot Beat Them". Sincere
Trade has quickly become a recognizable artist in the Toronto
music scene and is now set to deliver his musical vision
to the world. With a knack for twisted and crunchy skipping
percussion, and a love for warm and dirty vintage synthesizers,
Sincere Trade bridges familiar retro sounds with modern
production skills. Call it IDM if you want - but this music
has groove and is meant just as much for the dancefloor
as it is for the shoe-gazing chin-strokers. Sincere Trade
adds a different dimension to Dross:tik, as the label continues
to redefine its musical direction with each release. The
brainchild of Carl Heindl, Sincere Trade has been creating
a stir in the Toronto electronic music scene for the past
couple of years with numerous live performances and self-CDR
releases. With the release of his debut album "If
You Cannot Beat Them" (Dross:tik Records), Heindl
has crafted a sound uniquely his own. Drawing on the early
influence of Skinny Puppy, Depeche Mode, Muslimgauze, Kraftwerk
and Brian Eno; Sincere Trade has crafted an album that
draws from the past while shaping the future. Various appearances
in local Toronto magazines and regular radio exposure on
college and commercial airwaves (including Brave New Waves
on CBC) have set the stage for a highly anticipated debut
album. Sincere Trade is also busy at the grass roots level
as a promoter (along with events partner Knifehandchop),
responsible for the now infamous "Math Hooker" events
that feature a variety of electronic music styles, dj's
and live acts all under one roof. Breaking through the
traditional mold of music and culture has become standard
practice for this motivated young musician.
Dross:Tik-006
CD
$14.25
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Once Upon a Time-Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US GREAT 1978-81 retrospective of their amazing run
of early singles incl. "Hong Kong Garden," "Love
in a Void," "Happy House," & "Christine."
Polydor 831542-2
CD
$13.50
Siouxsie & the Banshees
Twice Upon a Time-Single (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US GREAT 1982-92 retrospective of their later singles.
Incl. "Dear Prudence" which is worth the price
of admission by itself plus "Dazzle," "Melt!," "Kiss
the for Me" & the comeback club hit "Cities
in Dust".
Polydor 517160-2
CD
$13.50
Six Organs of Admittance
Sun Awakens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Erupted like lava from what we'd previously thought
a mountain, this album flowers red & hot from the earth,
destroying in a completely organic fashion. This isn't
all happy beans, so you know, in fact it's their darkest
album yet. The inspiration is Hermann Nitsch, a little
Popul Vuh, as well as Hapshash & the Colured Coat.
DragCIty-312
CD
$14.50
Six Organs of Admittance
Sun Awakens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH )
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-312
LP
$14.50
Skin Alley
To Pagham And Beyond (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
Ps, US Skin Alley's first 2 albums are not only their best,
but also among the most interesting in the whole panorama
of British progressive rock. Their 2nd album "To Pagham
and Beyond", originally released in 1970, brings strong
elements of jazz and skillfully executed Hammond and sax
solos into the mix for a more multi-layered eclectic sound.
Akarma-275
CD
$17.25
Skywriter
Where Both Worlds Never Meet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, DENMARK Spectacular new album from Danish band Skywriter,
like a cross between Madrugada's sultry blues rock combustion
and David Bowie's whimsical space-oddity oscillations.
Other names being dropped include The Gun Club, Leonard
Cohen, etc. Highly recommended by Jim on the basis of a
handful of mp3s, more on this when the CD arrives at Parasol
HQ.
Iceberg
CD
$13.50
Small Sins
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Toronto band previously known as LADIES & GENTLEMEN
blends literary, minimalist songwriting w/smooth synch
lines & complex instrumentation to bring us achingly
addictive pop.
Astralwerks-59844
CD
$14.50
Smith, Bessie
Empress Of The Blues V.1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US A great collection that will amaze the listener
for the crystalline quality of its recordings. Leadbelly
is undoubtedly one of the greatest bluesmen to ever appear
on the face of earth and here it shows. This collection's
renditions of classics like "John Henry," "Bottle
Up And Go," "Leaving Blues" and 25 more
are a must-have for anyone who claims to be a real blues
fan.
Universe-140/1
CD
$17.25
Smith, Bessie
Empress Of The Blues V.1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US A marvelous voyage into the music of Bessie Smith, "Empress
of the Blues" as she was often called. Among the many
musicians that accompanied her over the course of her brilliant
career, Louis Armstrong, Bob Fuller, Benny Goodman, Coleman
Hawkins and Fletcher Henderson rise to the top of the list.
Also incl. an illustrated booklet with extensive liner
notes. A significant work to celebrate this 1st class star
of jazz and blues.
Universe-137/1
CD
$17.25
Smith, Bessie
Empress Of The Blues V.3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 25TH)
PS, US A marvelous voyage into the music of Bessie Smith, "Empress
of the Blues" as she was often called. Among the many
musicians that accompanied her over the course of her brilliant
career, Louis Armstrong, Bob Fuller, Benny Goodman, Coleman
Hawkins and Fletcher Henderson rise to the top of the list.
Already released as a 3CD box, this collection is now available
in three separate single volumes, ending now with this
volume 3, Also includes an illustrated booklet with extensive
liner notes.
Universe-137/3
CD
$17.25
Smiths
Under Review (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US 90 minute documentary film covering the full story
and music of The Smiths. Features rare musical performances,
videos, TV appearances, interviews with the band, and expert
comment and review from an esteemed panel of experts. First
of its kind in documenting the history of one of the most
important bands of the 80s. Incl. contributions from: producers
Stephen Street, John Porter and Kenny Jones; Smiths fifth
member Craig Gannon; Author of Saint Morrissey Mark Simpson;
Journalists Paul Morley, Nigel Williamson, Jake Kennedy
and John Robb; Factory Records supreme Tony Wilson; and
a host of other names.
SexyIntellect-504
DVD
$19.75
Smog
Rock Bottom Riser (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH )
Ps, US Two heavy, heavy cuts from "River Ain't Too
Much To Love" open this disc w/ accompanying videos.
Feat. Chloe Sevigny & Bill Callahan. Also incl. 2 non-album
songs, a pre-folk gospel song & a countrypolitan romp
full of bon sequitirs that somehow manages to fear & gash
at one w/ the power of a lion at play.
DragCity-302
CD5
$5.75
Smoosh
Free To Stay (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Smoosh write & play music that captures the
pure enthusiasm & unadulterated bliss of making art
for the joy of it. They work hard, they tour & practice,
but they play because they want to. They're pretty inspiring.
The band is made up of 2 sisters. Chloe plays drums & Asya
plays keyboard & sings. "Free to Stay" is
their 2nd record. It's great, & they're just going
to keep getting better. See one sheet for details.
Barsuk-53
CD
$11.00
Soft Machine
Grides (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Previously unreleased live concert from 10/25/70 & DVD
from their final European tour w/Robert Wyatt in 1971,
a multi-camera crew shot 20 minute set. Both feature the
classic SM quartet line up of Wyatt, Dean, Ratledge & Hopper.
Cuneiform-230
CD/DVD
$19.25
Solter, Scott
One River (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US As its title suggests, One River's sound - created
from processed guitars and tape manipulation, as well as
found objects and voices - takes inspiration from the movement
of water. Each track contains several layers of musical
currents, painting a shimmering surface above slow-moving
drones of "undertow." The album's seven parts
combine to form a continuous, flowing piece, with titles
that suggest a journey both through physical space and
through memory. Solter's engineering prowess and compositional
sensibilities shine throughout the entire record. Scott
lives in San Francisco, and makes his living as a studio
engineer. Aside from working closely with John Vanderslice
in recording the singer/songwriter's last several albums,
his production and/or recording credits include albums
by Erik Friedlander, Ester Drang, the Mountain Goats, Spoon,
the Court & Spark and William Lazarus among others.
In addition to engineering at Vanderslice's Tiny Telephone
Studios, he owns and operates his own recording space,
currently called Pueblo St. One River is Solter's second
solo album, following The Brief Light released last year
on Manifold Records. Scott Solter's One River is the sort
of perfectly realized ambient work that will slowly weave
itself into the fabric of your day-to-day existence. At
least, it has for us here at Tell-All. Like the best albums
by artists such as Stars of the Lid or Windy and Carl,
One River is a beautiful piece of music that we're constantly
turning to when we need to transform a room into a space
for thought; when we're on the subway to work or a plane
to visit home; when we're in the woods, at the beach, or
navigating the city; and, oftentimes, when we're drifting
off to sleep in bed. for fans of: brian eno's ambient works,
stars of the lid, eluvium, windy & carl, sigur rós,
keith fullerton whitman.
Tell-AllRecords-
CD
$13.50
Sonic Youth
Rather Ripped (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS,US The now O'Rourkeless quartet return with a "straight
up SY field on fire, with a compact potency of rock n roll
enlightenment. 12 songs of forward motion & harmonic/melodic
surprise".
Geffen-6757-02
CD
$14.50
Sonic Youth
Rather Ripped (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Exclusive vinyl edition of SY's latest mayhem. Vinyl
only cover art.
Goofin'-011
LP
$13.50
Space Needle
Recordings 1994-1997 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US Began in 1994 as the four-track project of Long
Island-based Jud Ehrbar & Jeff Gatland. After graduation,
Ehrbar moved to Providence, Rhode Island, where he attended
school & played drums in Scarce; after creative differences
prompted Ehrbar's exit, he returned to Long Island, where
the duo founded SN as a venue for incorporating diverse
influences ranging from experimental music & 1970s
prog-rock to 1980s post-punk & hip hop. After signing
to the New York label Zero Hour, SN debuted in 1995 with "Voyager," a
collection of fuzzy, psychedelic compositions backed by
primitive tape loops & experimental production techniques.
EenieMeenie-023
CD
$12.75
Sparklejet
Beyond the Beyond (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
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
Sparowes/Gregor Samsa
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US NOW ON CD!!! GREGOR SAMSA shine bright here with
2 tracks of serene & dark ambient/rock music while
RED SPAROWES continue to steer into amazing directions.
In fact, both bands harken back to the glory days of showgazing's
past without compromising their modern spin on powerful & innovative
independent music.
RedRoboticEmpire-044
CD
$11.75
Spores
Imagine the Future (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Trio fronted by Molly McGuire (MONDO GENERATOR,
YELLOW NO. 5, EARTHLINGS, RHUDABEGA) who share stage time
with alter-ego puppets. Molly has also appeared on records
w/QOTSA, FRANK BLACK & MARK LANEGAN.
SideCho-1024
CD
$14.75
SSM
SSM (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US ON COLOR WAX.
Alive-067
LP
$10.75
SSM
SSM (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Like a torrent of madness, the kind that produces
works of shocking brilliance, this trio ground a pearl
from the sand in less time than it takes most bands to
tie their collective shoelaces. Lumbering bass, samba,
pop & art-rock all find their way into this debut,
feat. a collaboration w/ the BLACK KEYS & members of
the HENCHMEN, the SIGHTS & CYRIL LORDS.
Alive-067
CD
$14.75
Stars of Track & Field
Centuries Before Love & War (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
6TH)
PS, US Portland trio marries the whir & hum of drum
machines, sequenced bass lines & wanderlust harmonies
blurring the lines between 60's psych pop & modern
electronica.
SideCho-1023
CD
$14.75
Still Flyin'
Time Wrinkle EP(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US Feat. members of TRACK STAR, AISLERS SET, LADYBUG
TRANSISTOR, DEAR NORA, LOVE IS ALL, MASERATI, and RED PONY
CLOCK. Vinyl version.
AntennaFarm-517
12
$8.50
Still Flyin'
Time Wrinkle EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS,US Feat. members of TRACK STAR, AISLERS SET, LADYBUG
TRANSISTOR, DEAR NORA, LOVE IS ALL, MASERATI, and RED PONY
CLOCK, Still Flyin' is a bit of a San Francisco based supergroup.
But even without the stellar indie-rock pedigree, Still
Flyin' would be a force to be reckoned with. The band's
hybrid of Rocksteady, Roots Reggae, and U-Roy style Dub
plays out in energetic and joyfully chaotic live shows
that have gotten even the most skeptical and frumpy indie
rock asses shaking. What might have begun as a lighthearted
nod to good times has become a juggernaut that no one in
the band expected andthe groupis nowa San Francisco phenomenon.
AntennaFarm-517
CD5
$8.50
Stone The Crows
Ode To John Law (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 25TH)
PS, US 2nd album by this unforgettable Scottish band of
the early '70s. The music that the band proposes is blues
/ soul laden heavy rock, distinguished by carefully arranged
instrumental parts, a prominent guitar - played by the
terrific Leslie Harvey - and above all, the peerless voice
of Maggie Bell, elected "Britain's Top Girl Singer" of
1972.
Akarma-290
CD
$17.25
Strummer, Joe
Let's Rock Again (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Joe Strummer, the undisputed pioneer of punk and
former front man for The Clash, is captured in this revealing
and touching portrait. Dispelling the punk persona to reveal
a die-hard performer who gives it all on-stage, then stays
after the show to sign autographs for every last fan, the
documentary hits the road with Strummer's new band, The
Mescaleros, as they tour for their second album, Global
a Go-Go. This insider's view was shot by filmmaker and
long-time Strummer friend Dick Rude in the 18 months leading
up to Strummer's death in 2002. An intimate and fascinating
film, this DVD includes revealing back-stage footage, touching
personal interviews, and live.
ImageEntertainment-3257
DVD
$27.00
Svenonius, Ian
Psychic Soviet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US The essays, written in a scholarly yet engaging
style, should clear up much of the prevailing confusion
regarding events of the last millenium by exploring the
use of rock n' roll & art by the ruling class, & the
sinister machinations behind popular fiction, film & TV
serials. Indispensable for anyone who wonders where rock
n' roll comes from, where it's going & what it really
means. IAN is from WEIRD WAR, MAKE UP, NATION OF ULYSSES, & CUPID
CAR CLUB.
DragCity-307
BOOK
$16.00
Takeovers
Turn to Red (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US Vinyl Version.
Recordhead-090
LP
$17.25
Takeovers
Turn to Red (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 27TH)
PS, US "Album of beautifully damaged pop-rock" from
GUIDED BY VOICES alumni BOB POLLARD & GBV bassist Chris
Slusarenko. Joined at the bar by a ton of guests incl.
Sam Coomes of QUASI. GBV: The gift that keeps on giving.
Recordhead-090
CD
$16.25
Tender Trap
6 Billion People (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 30TH)
PS, US 10 songs. Twenty years on from the NME's legendary
C86 cassette, with anniversary shows featuring key artists
planned at London's Institute of Contemporary Arts and
a Bob Stanley-produced documentary in the works, Tender
Trap's new album is striking proof that some of the original
protagonists of that movement are still making intelligent
and engaging pop music. As lead singer of the seminal Talulah
Gosh, the proto-riot grrrl Heavenly and the classy pop
act Marine Research, Amelia Fletcher was the voice and
face that launched a thousand fanzines, an iconic presence
whose influence can be traced in bands as diverse as Le
Tigre and Belle and Sebastian. Together with her cohort
in the latter two of those bands, Rob Pursey (guitar),
and Marine Research drummer John Stanley aka DJ Downfall
(bass), Tender Trap formed in 2001, releasing one album
to date, the coolly electronic 'Film Molecules'. With the
addition of the crisp drumming of The Magnetic Fields'
Claudia Gonson, '6 Billion People' marks a move away from
the pared-down approach of its predecessor towards a sound
recalling the best of the band's previous incarnations.
This is immediately evident on the big chorused title track,
Rob Pursey's sub-sonic backing vocals uncannily reminiscent
of erstwhile collaborator Calvin Johnson, while recent
single 'Talking Backwards' is a pop rush of shimmering
guitars and mellifluous vocals and 'I Would Die For You'
marries a chugging rhythm to an ethereal melody. The short-but-spiky
'Applecore' ups the sass quotient as Amelia demands answers
from an indecisive lover to a series of oblique questions
over a stop-start bassline, whereas the spacey-keyboard
sounds of 'Fahrenheit 451', the heartfelt '(I Always Love
You When I'm) Leaving You' and the haunting album closer
'Dead and Gone' lend the album variety and depth. '6 Billion
People' is Tender Trap's most fully realized work to date,
a collection of sumptuous tunes and bold arrangements that
makes a claim to be one of the best pop albums of the year.
Perfect for fans of The Concretes, The Magnetic Fields,
Le Tigre, and C86 indiepop. In a nicer parallel universe,
Amelia Fletcher is the most influential artist of her day.
-NME
Matinee-040
CD
$13.50
Thing
Action Jazz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 20TH)
PS, US After raking in huge press for 2004's "Garage" album
(4 stars in UNCUT) & playing wSituhp Feorjuarz Tzet & Prefuse
73, MATS GUSTAFSSON, PAAL NILSSEN-LOVE & I. FLATEN
come back with their strongest work yet. Here they bring
the power of their unique mixture of raw power, filthy
sound & punk fury to bear on songs by Ornette Coleman,
Swedish jazz legend Lars Gullin, Japanese jazz master Yosuke
Yamashita, noise duo Lightning Bolt, Cato Salsa Experience & 2
originals. Recorded analog w/only acoustic instruments
so what you hear is the sheer power of breathe, wood, metal & muscle.
PURE ACTION JAZZ!
Smalltown-123
CD
$16.00
Thompson, Richard
1000 Years of Popular (DCD/DVD)(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
27TH)
PS, US Double album & DVD chronicling RT's attempt
to tackle 1000 years of pop, which of course he handles
with his usual flair and deftness. Runs the gamut from "King
Henry V's Conquest of France" to "Kiss" & "Oops!
I Did It Again".
CookingVinyl-320
DVD
$26.00
Tilly and The Wall
Bottoms Of Barrels (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove
LP
$12.50
Tilly and The Wall
Bottoms Of Barrels (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US The result of five Omaha residents with a penchant
for classic 60's pop, boy/girl harmonies, and Americana
folk records, Tilly And The Wall celebrate the petulant,
determined, feisty nature of youth. They rejoice in tales
of dreams followed, mistakes made, and hearts broken. Their
debut, "Wild Like Children", consisted of eleven
perfectly formed songs bursting with enthusiastic hyperactivity,
while emanating a bittersweet melancholy of long lost summers
and misguided first loves. This, their follow-up, takes
their signature sound to a new level. The choruses are
more rousing, the tapping more intense, the instrumentation
fuller. Guaranteed to make you love the band even more
than you probably already do.
TeamLove
CD
$12.50
Unitus
Caretaker (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 12TH)
PS, CANADA The Anti-Socialite of the Toronto breakcore
scene, Unitus (Daniel Ross) makes his return to fame and
fortune as he delivers his much anticipated second full
length album, "Caretaker". The follow up to his
debut album in 2002, "Cross Contamination" (D-Trash), "Caretaker" is
an evolution in the Unitus sound, experimenting further
with breakbeats and melody while still preserving that
familiar dirty edge. Unitus has struck a balance of deep
emotional melodies, while still laying waste to everything
in his path with heavy industrial-guitar drones, slower
bpm jungle beats and a gritty feel. "Caretaker" is
power noise with real power, industrial with an edge, techno
without the presets, and breakcore with melody. Never conceived
of as an alter ego, but rather as a container in which
his eclectic musical tastes and experiences could be combined,
Unitus was constructed by Daniel Ross in Toronto, Canada,
during the summer of 2000. Informed as much by the visceral
quality of early industrial artists like The Swans, Big
Black, and Godflesh as by the detailed production work
of later electronic artists like Aphex Twin, and Autechre,
Unitus was an ambitious project from the onset. An early three track demo received welcome attention from Canada's
own digital hardcore label D-Trash Records, and laid the
foundation for the release of "Cross Contamination" in
early 2002. A fusion of breakcore, drum & bass, industrial,
guitars, and electronics into an unrelenting wall of sound, "Cross
Contamination" proved to be an underground success.
Having played alongside such artist as Venetian Snares,
Merzbow and Heartworm, the Unitus live act is a simultaneous
action of laptop beats, live guitar riffs and various distortion
pedals and effects boxes. With the release of the newest
album "Caretaker", on Dross:tik Records, Unitus
has positioned himself as one of the top artists in Toronto's
vibrant underground music scene.
Dross:Tik-005
CD
$14.25
Various
Little Darla Has V24 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 15TH)
PS, US 2CD this time! 33 exclusive tracks! Only two are
non-exclusive. Features AARKTICA, APSE, BOYRACER, DISLOCATION
DANCE, ROBIN GUTHRIE, I AM ROBOT AND PROUD, LOWLIFE, NEW
RADIANT STORM KING, ORCHIDS, PEPITO, SALOON, VOXTROT & more.
Darla-175
DCD
$7.50
Various
In the Loop 4: Dublab (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Shimmering sounds never available on vinyl until
now. Cuts by ANIMAL COLLECTIVE, LONG LOST (aka DAEDELUS),
DEVENDRA BANHART & HAIRY FAIRY, LABENDER DIAMOND, DIRTY
PROJECTORS, FEATHERS. Vinyl only!
PlugResearch-071
12
$9.00
Various
Antone's Home of The Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Profiles Clifford Antone and the world famous Austin,
TX blues club that carries his name. Incl. contemporary & archival
footage and interviews w/ BB King, Buddy Guy, Albert Collins,
Joe Ely, Stevie Ray Vaughan, Billy Gibbons, Pinetop Perkins,
Charlie Sexton, Gatemouth Brown, Jimmie Vaughan & more.
Koch-6380
DVD
$17.50
Various
Imaginational Anthem V. 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Expands the them from V. 1 of inventive acoustic
guitarists both old & new, roping in such talents as
JOSE GONZALEZ, PETER LANG, ROBBIE BASHO, SHARRON KRAUS,
JACK ROSE, JESSE SPARHAWK, JAMES BLACKSHAW & more.
TompkinsSquare-1424
CD
$15.75
Various
Field Guide to Table of the Elements (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JUNE 6TH)
PS, US This sampler is more than a summary of label highlights & certainly
nothing so casual as an assortment of odds'n'sods. The
performances make a statement as bold as their visceral
impact & as rich as the conceptual process that underpins
their creation. Feat. JONATHAN KANE, ARNOLD DREYBLATT,
ZEENA PARKINS, SAN AGUSTIN, TONY CONRAD, FAUST, LEIF INGE & RHYS
CHATHAM. Happy 21st century from Table of the Elements!!!
TableofElements-090
DCD
$23.50
Various
Silverware (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 19TH)
PS, US 5th anniversary compilation filled to capacity with
AUDRAGLINT faves & rarities from their fertile homeland
of Portland. 73 mins of UNRELEASED OR EXCLUSIVE tracks
incl. TARWATER, GRIZZLY BEAR, VALET, CHARLES ATLAS, KID
606 & WAYNE SODABHERK, CAURAL, SIGNALDRIFT, NUDGE,
SEMS, BUGSKULL, STRATEGY, tons more!
Audraglint-113
CD
$14.75
Various
Big Star Small World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Tribute to the greatest American power pop band
feat. WILCO, AFGHAN WHIGS, MATTHEW SWEET, GIN BLOSSOMS,
TEENAGE FANCLUB, POSIES, JULIANA HATFIELD, WHISKEYTOWN,
IDLEWILD.
Koch-9999
CD
$16.50
Various
Shadowplayers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US Multi region format. Shadowplayers is a feature-length
documentary tracing the early history of iconic Manchester
record label Factory Records between 1978 and 1981. The
film was made by director James Nice. The Facts and fictions
are explored through candid interviews with 22 key participants,
including Anthony H. Wilson (founder) and Peter Saville
(designer), as well as musicians including Peter Hook (Joy
Division/New Order), Vini Reilly (Durutti Column), Simon
Topping and Martin Moscrop (A Certain Ratio), Chris Watson
(Cabaret Voltaire) and Howard Devoto (Buzzcocks/Magazine).
Other interviews include members of Section 25, Crispy
Ambulance, The Names, Minny Pops, Swamp Children and Thick
Pigeon, as well as other eyewitnesses and insiders such
as Richard Boon, Annik Honore, Lindsay Reade, Richard Jobson,
Graham Massey and Killing Joke. The film runs for more
than 2 hours and is divided into 19 chapters, covering
subjects such as The Factory Club, sleeve art and graphic
design, genius producer Martin Hannett, the riot at the
Joy Division concert at Bury in April 1980, the Factory
Benelux connection, the tragic suicide of Joy Division
singer Ian Curtis, the beginnings of New Order, and the
decline of the post-punk culture in 1981. Shadowplayers
is based exclusively on new spoken word interviews, with
soundtrack music by Section 25 and New Order, and rare
images and graphics. The cover art is based on the first
Factory design (Fac 1) by Peter Saville from 1978. DVD
extras include individual profiles for each interviewee.
LTM-2391
CD
$20.00
Various
Acquired Taste (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US New Sub Pop music video comp featuring material
by Shins, Ugly Casanova, Iron & Wine, Postal Service,
Hot Hot Heat, Constantines, Thermals, Album Leaf, Low,
Jennifer Gentle, Hello Sequence, Kinski, Sleater Kinney,
Rosie Thomas, Chad Van Gaalen, more.
SubPop-714
DVD
$11.00
Vetiver
To Find Me Gone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DiCristina-07
LP
$17.25
Vetiver
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Special limited edition vinyl for their 2004 debut. "Like
the tall, narrow grass that is its namesake, Vetiver is
fragile sounding but strong, densely layered with melody,
texture, & rhythm yet uncluttered...Andy Cabic's wistful
tones at times remind one of Nick Drake, hobo folk, & even
Cat Stevens as they meander along the dusty road of Americana." SF
Bay Guardian. Incl. guests HOPE SANDOVAL (MAZZY STAR),
DEVENDRA BANHART, Colm O'Ciosoig (My Bloody Valentine),
Joanna Newsom, others.
DiCristina-02
LP
$17.25
Vetiver
To Find Me Gone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
Ps, US The album that herald's Andy Cabic as one of the
current generation's finest songwriters. While touring
the world as a member of DEVENDRA BANHART's band, Andy
has expanded Vetiver into full on singer/songwriter project.
Songs of remembrance & recollection while embodying
the duality of presence & absence. Musically, there's
a dreamy Topanga Canyon vibe on select songs (maybe that's
the pedal steel calling on "No One Word"), and
thereÕs also plenty of crunchy candy for those who
have appreciated Cabic's recent nod toward the magic of
'70s-era Fleetwood Mac (check out the screaming guitar
outro of "Red Lantern Girls"). Yet everything
is simply, amazingly Vetiver, not anything else; To Find
Me Gone is Andy Cabic's own original statement, one that
many will consider as one of the finest albums of 2006.
DiCristina-07
CD
$14.50
Vitaminsforyou
Legend of Bird's Hill (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, CANADA Both a product of Winnipeg's rich experimental
electronic music community and its uncompromising indie-rock
scene, Bryce Kushnier under the guise of Vitaminsforyou
has been creating music for all contexts since 1998. His
unique sing-along sound might evoke whispers of the Postal
Service, Manitoba/Caribou, or Schneider TM, but 99% of
listeners agree that they've never heard anything resembling
his shy plundering of pop, psychedelia, fey techno, and
folk. Almost three years since his last LP. This new one
features contributions from GHISLAIN POIRIER, EMM GRYNER,
his occasional band the Wednesday Afternoon Players, and
other members of the Canadian music landscape. "The
electronic equivalent of an afterglow"-Magnet
Intr_version-016
CD
$14.50
Walker, Scott
Drift, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US It's been nine years since Walker's last album. "An
increasingly revered figure, Scott Walker is a singular
craftsman, one of rock's few individuals to demonstrate
a willingness to both embrace elements of the unfashionable
and ignore prevailing trends, yet also display an acute
awareness of contemporary sound" - Pitchfork.
4AD
CD
$16.00
Walkmen
A Hundred Miles Off (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US The Walkmen have been solidifying their position
as one of the most important bands in the alternative music
community with their previous releases, "Everyone
Who Pretended To Like Me Is Gone" and "Bows And
Arrows". Extensive touring, media prominence, critical
acclaim, national modern rock radio airplay, and TV performances
have helped establish the band in the music community. "A
Hundred Miles Off" is their most solid effort yet. "Dylan
meets Joy Division" - Uncut. "The dramatic epic
sweep, the urgent, chiming guitars, the upright snap of
the drums - it's all here" - Bust.
RecordCollectionMusic
CD
$15.25
Walkmen
A Hundred Miles Off (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RecordCollectionMusic
LP
$15.25
Wire
Chairs Missing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US With its Eno-esque synth textures, Chairs Missing
has been often cited as the evolutionary link between punk
and post-punk. In general, the lyrics are darker than those
on Pink Flag, even morbid at times; images of cold, drowning,
pain, and suicide haunt the record, and the title itself
is a reference to mental instability. Originally released
in 1978 and now available for the first time on 180 gram
audiophile vinyl. Original artwork.
4MenwithBeards-509
LP
$16.25
Wire
154 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US If Chairs Missing is the transition album from punk
to post-punk, 154 is definitely of the latter genre. Synth
moves to the forefront on this 1979 third album from Wire
along with melodies that help humanize the electronic textures.
Named for the number of gigs the band had played to that
point, 154 shows how far this band had come in three years
over three albums. Original artwork. First time on 180
gram audiophile vinyl.
4MenwithBeards-510
LP
$16.25
Wire
Pink Flag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US Originally released on Harvest in 1977, Pink Flag
is perhaps the most original debut album to come out of
the first wave of British punk. Exhibiting severe art school
damage, Wire careens at breakneck speed through 21 songs
in 36 minutes to create an album that has influenced bands
for nearly thirty years. Original artwork. 180 gm.
4MenwithBeards-508
LP
$16.25
Wolfmother
Woman/Colassal (Live) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 6TH)
PS, US Limited PICTURE DISC 7".
Modular-033
45
$8.75
Wooden O
A Handful Of Pleasant Delites (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE
27TH)
PS, US An obscure and rare record from this folk act led
by James Harpham, (who plays the recorder, an ancient flute-like
instrument) the album was originally released by Middle
Earth in 1969 - the same label as Arcanum and Writing On
The Wall - and feat. an interesting blend of acoustic folk,
baroque medleys, jazz improvisations and experimental music
constantly shifting from pastoral atmospheres to urban
neurosis.
Akarma-322
CD
$17.25
Yokota, Susumu
Wonder Waltz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 13TH)
PS, US On what may be his most unusual album yet, SY is
joined by Iva Bittova (BANG ON A CAN), Japanese singer & fashion
icon HAHIMI KARIE, & French DJ ALEX FROM TOKYO. A phantasmagoria
of unusual sounds, textures, spectral voices & deep
beats that could have been directed by Ingmar Berman or
Ang Lee. A deep web of sound encompassing everything from
dub, folk, techno, gamelan, guitar raga, classical & avant
garde.
LoRecordings-057
CD
$16.25
Young, Richard/Simon Wickham-Smith
5 Years (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 23RD)
PS, US Venerable duo's first release since 2001's Lammergeier.
After recording and releasing nearly twenty albums between
1990 and 2001, Richard Youngs and Simon Wickham-Smith attempt
an opposite approach to music making-an annual meeting
to record a solitary ten-minute track. The resulting songs,
each named for an intervening year, show the duo remarkably
unaffected by the elapsed half-decade. Their signature
mix of electronically treated percussion, ululating noise,
and hand-on-the-knob tweaking continues to adapt "real
human" instrumental expression to musique concrete
sensibilities. First album in 5 years!
VHF-099
CD
$14.50
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Parasol
Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders
Dakota
Suite ‘Songs
For A Barbed Wire Fence’ CD $13.50
Host ‘The Damage Suite’ CD
$13.50
Lampshade ‘Let's Away’ CD
$13.50
Lampshade ‘Because Trees Can Fly’ CD
$13.50
Lenz,
Frank ‘Vilelenz & Thieves (plus the Conquest
Slaughter bonus CD)’ DCD $12.50
Liars ‘Other Side of Mt. Heart Attack’ CD5
$8.25
Little
Killers ‘Real Good One’ CD
$13.00
Lone
Wolf & Cub ‘May You Only See Sky’ CD
$10.50
Mae
Shi ‘Lock the Skull, Load the Gun’ DVD
$13.00
Metal
Hearts ‘Socialize’ CD
$12.00
Midnight
Choir ‘Unsung Heroine’ CD
$13.50
Midnight
Choir ‘All Tomorrow's Tears (Best Of) DCD’ DCD
$13.50
Mono ‘You Are There’ CD
$12.75
Ms ‘Future Women’ CD
$12.50
Of
Montreal ‘The Bedside Drama: A Petite Tragedy’ CD
$12.50
Of
Montreal ‘The Early Four Track Recordings’ CD
$12.50
Of
Montreal ‘The Bird Who Ate The Rabbit's Flower’ CD
$8.75
Ovo ‘Miastenia’ CD
$16.00
Paal
Flaata ‘Rain’ CD $13.50
Parts & Labor ‘Stay Afraid’ CD
$12.75
Parts & Labor ‘Stay Afraid’ LP
$11.25
Pinetop
Seven ‘Beneath Confederate Lake’ CD
$12.75
Plus
Device ‘Body Heat’ CD
$7.50
Poets
of Rhythm ‘Practice What You Preach’ LP
$14.50
Poets
of Rhythm ‘Practice What You Preach’ CD
$16.00
Prodigy,
The ‘Their Law The Singles 1990-2005’ DCD
$13.50
Prodigy,
The ‘Their Law The Singles 1990-2005’ DVD
$16.00
Red
Krayola ‘Introduction’ CD
$14.50
Red
Krayola ‘Introduction’ LP
$14.50
Savoy
Grand ‘People And What They Want’ CD
$13.50
Sun
Ra Arkestra ‘Concert for Comet Kohoutek’ $14.50
Various ‘All Natural Inc. Anthology’ LP
$11.25
Various ‘All Natural Inc. Anthology’ CD
$12.00
Various ‘Nevermind - Glitterhouse is 20! [3CD BOXSET]’ CD
$9.00
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Birch ‘Star Is Just A Sun’ CD
$13.50
White
Birch ‘Come Up For Air’ CD
$13.50
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