New Releases

13th Chime, The
The Singles: 1981-1983
PS, US Not Goth, but Dark Punk. And if you're wondering what the difference is it would be that the fashion was a by product of their music and interests and not the other way around. Seriously great stuff that will go a long way in the revisionist history dept.
SacredBones
LP
$18.50

13th Floor Elevators
Psychedelic Circus
PS, US Formed in Texas in the mid-'60s, the 13th Floor Elevators started as a garage rock outfit, scoring their one and only modest national hit with You're Gonna Miss Me. While Roky Erickson's loopy persona and Tommy Hall's odd "jug" percussion were the band's most distinguishing features, several members of the group's original lineup contributed strong material to their albums. Trips to San Francisco established the group as an up-and-coming underground favorite and one of the original acid rock bands.
TheGreatAmericanMusicCo.-102
CD
$9.50

900X
Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Lubbock, 1980
PS, US The 1st release in an instrumental Music Library series for Asthmatic Kitty. James McAlister continues to do remix work & original film music under the 900X umbrella w/ such artists as My Brightest Diamond, Slavic Soul Party, & Sufjan Stevens.
AsthmaticKitty-201
LP
$11.50

A Bolha
Um Passo a Frente
PS, US Originally released in 1973 by the Continental label, this Brazilian band experiemented with a heavier sound, more akin to UK bands of that era (Deep Purple, Cream, King Crimson, Humble Pie, with a little Beatles' "White Album" in for good measure) than that of their Brazilian cohorts
LionProductions-629
CD
$15.00

A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Delivrance
PS, US Vinyl version. Forges deeper into the culture of the old East & comes back w/ a suite of euphoric melodies for times of revelry. Recorded in Budapest around the core of a Hungarian folk group, this is by far their most vivid, intense, & confident work to date
Leaf-063
LP
$17.25

A Hawk and a Hacksaw
Deliverance
PS, US Forges deeper into the culture of the old East & comes back w/ a suite of euphoric melodies for times of revelry. Recorded in Budapest around the core of a Hungarian folk group, this is by far their most vivid, intense, & confident work to date.
Leaf-064
CD
$16.00

Agent Ribbons
Your Love is the Smallest Doll
PS, SPAIN Limited to 1000. Acuarela singles club series release. Agent Ribbons are Natalie Gordon (guitar and vocals), Naomi Cherie (violin) and Lauren Hess (drums), a Sacramento trio whose music has been described as "Victorian punk" or "White Stripes locked in Wonderland". Their sound is truly a reminiscent of the fifties and sixties blues, something like Nina Simone fronting The Raincoats. They're shiner in small format, as in this 3 song release in which they talk about love, despair and the urgency and anger for life. Forthcoming releases in the series include Darren Hayman, Spain, Chris Brokaw, Tara Jane O'Neil, El Hijo (ex Migala), Nick Castro, Inca Ore, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), The Drift, Bracken, Mount Eerie, Windsor for the Derby, Ben Wetherill, Barzin, The Wowz.
Acuarela-002
45
$9.25

Alarm Will Sound
Acoustica: Alarm Will Sound performs Aphex Twin
PS, US Alarm Will Sound, the young 22-piece new music band featuring voices, strings, brass, woodwinds & percussionists takes on twisted techno master Aphex Twin in "Acoustica." Alarm Will Sound, who the New York Times calls "the future of classical
music," with a cadre of 10 arrangers, painstakingly recreates and rethinks Aphex Twin's legendary electronic work for an all-acoustic ensemble
Cantaloupe
CD
$12.00

Altair Nouveau
Space Fortress
PS, US 3 tracks of larger-than-life spaced-out future disco
DFA-210
12
$8.00

Anals
Total Anal
PS, US Metz, France is teeming with great bands: Chevau, Feeling Of Love, Normals, & A.H. Kraken are just the tip of the iceberg. The ANALS sound is similar to the aforementioned bands in their abrasive, weird punk base, but this duo is more obliviously influenced by German industrial electropunk group D.A.F. (via Brainbombs) than their peers. Past singles have sold out immediately, and this is your first chance to hear this unique duo's entire recorded output. Incl. both songs from the Sweet Rot single plus 10 previously unreleased tracks.
PermanentRecords-006
LP
$15.50

Anfang, Silvester
Sylvester Anfang II
PS, US
AuroraBorealis
CD
$17.75

Animals & Men
S-T
PS, US Amazing back from the grave fo' real action here from this UK DIY/ Garage band. You should remember them from their totally ace LP on Mississippi records and/or their CD on the forever awesome Hyped 2 Death label. These are new recordings and you need not worry one bit as they totally nail it and deliver material that can stand up to their earlier stuff. Amazing.
ConvulsiveRecords
12
$14.25

Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti
Loverboy
PS, US Recorded back in 2001-2002, Loverboy was originally released as a bonus second disc with the first pressing of the House Arrest album. Later pressings did not include this record, and led many folks to freak out and obsess and do everything in their power to track it down! So it should come as a delight to outsider pop lovers and ARIEL PINK fans everywhere to discover that Loverboy is finally getting a proper release, as a super deluxe double LP. It's the one Ariel Pink record that features the most musical input from his buddy and big-time AQ favorite JOHN MAUS, who co-wrote a few of the tracks and whose instantly recognizable deep croon can be heard on a few other tracks as well. AP also gives a much deserved nod to one of his idols, R. Stevie Moore, kicking out a cover of "Hobbies Galore," and on top of all that, it's also the record where we first got a sneak peak what would become the Holy Shit record that AP would make with Matt Fishbeck, as the track "I Don't Need Enemies" from that record first appeared here.
CoolerCat
DLP
$19.75

Arthur and Martha
Navigation
PS, UK 'A British spin on The Postal Service, or Aphex Twin remixing the contents of the seminal C86 album...lovely stuff' NME After three years in the making, Happy Robots are proud to announce the release of 'Navigation' the debut album of Arthur and Martha. Those three years have been tumultuous ones; in which the band battled personal demons driven by the loss of loved ones and broken relationships. Yet the band remained resolute throughout which is reflected in the innocent charm, and upbeat nature, of these 10 new songs. Arthur and Martha are Adam Cresswell and Alice Hubley. Cresswell was founding member of UK folk-a-tronic pop band and John Peel favorites, Saloon who were on Darla until their unexpected break up in 2003. Hubley, despite her years, is also a stalwart of the UK indie scene as a member of kraut-rockers The Exteriors and shouty girl pop band The Duloks. As Arthur and Martha, they employ all manner of kiddie's instruments, moogs and old-school drum machines to build their songs. The album itself ranges from the bleak M83-esque moodiness of the title track to the kraut rock stomp of live favorite 'Squarewave to Heaven'. The album features an extended version of the band's debut single 'Autovia' and forthcoming foamy pop hit 'Music for Hairproducts'. The debut single 'Autovia' received rave reviews from the likes of the NME and Artrocker and multiple Radio 1 plays from Huw Stephens and the band built on this success, gigging with the likes of Lo-Fi Fnk, Grovesnor, Plastic Operator, Sportsday Megaphone and others. The band is flattered to be compared to Kraftwerk, Add N to X, Pet Shop Boys and Soft Cell.
HappyRobots-4
CD
$13.50

Astra
The Weirding
PS, US MOJO MAGAZINE: "Formerly known as Silver Sunshine and active since 2001, Astra's graceful progressive rock has evolved during countless West Coast dates with the likes of Dungen, Earthless, Jennifer Gentle and Titan. The quintet's lengthy gestation period has resulted in a sublime debut that evokes various 70s colossi - panoramic Pink Floyd, mellotron-era King Crimson, Black Sabbath in philosophical mode - without ever stooping to pastiche. Comprising eight deep cuts, The Weirding moves through cosmic riffola, flute-scented introspection, Arcadian vistas and questing instrumentalism. This beautifully expansive picture is completed by Arik Roper's fantasyland artwork..."
MtealBlade
CD
$14.25

Astromero
Live In San Francisco
PS, US Psychedelic synth/noise project of Japanese pioneer Hiroshi Hasegawa (ASTRO, CCCC) & LA's Damion Romero (SPECULUM FIGHT). Side A is a live show, a total scorcher w/ an immense level of energy where shifting walls of synthetic sound produced by Hasegawa are complemented by the signature rumbling low end frequencies coming from Damion's custom electronics. Side B is a new studio track, full of brain melting tones & showing the more
compositional side of this sick ongoing collaboration. Limited to 350
NoFunProductions-041
LP
$16.25

Axeman
Scary! Part III
PS, US Limited edition vinyl reissue of 1989 cassette-only release. Novice ears that have made it through this Bunyanesque giant find themselves making comparisons to a mixture of S.Y.P.H., Royal Trux, & Ptose
Siltbreeze-119
DLP
$19.25

Axemen
Scary! Part III
PS, US The second entry in Siltbreeze's AXEMEN reissue series, Scary! Part III originally saw light as a cassette-only release in 1989. Most bands and fans active in the Christchurch and Dunedin scenes at this time could tell you, sans embellishment, how the prolific Axemen blazed through the '80s (new cassettes seeming to come into existence on an almost daily basis), and, in classic Rashomon style, a different story would be told by all willing to reminisce, though it's safe to say everyone would agree that Scary!'s beguiling je ne sais quoi is some of the band's most intriguing blat to date. Unlike the hyper-punk-charged pastiche of Big Cheap Motel, Scary! operates from a gestalt concept and sensibility. While on the surface the contents might sound fragmented, ruminative, or obfuscatory, dig deeper (or listen better) and you'll see (and hear) the mystifying ooze lactating out of the four sides of Scary! not as individual, insurmountable constructs of bizarreness, but as a coherent pattern of brilliant phenomena that is-in a word-scary! Novice ears that have made it though this Bunyanesque giant find themselves making comparisons to a mixture of S.Y.P.H., Royal Trux, and Ptose. All one can say, really, to such hodgepodge is "congratulations." After 20 years and counting, this release refuses to be aptly pigeonholed. Hell, even a seasoned horror chomper such as Shirley Jackson (were she still croaking) would advise giving these guys a wide berth. They mean business and their business is mean. Includes sticker, insert, and poster.
Siltbreeze-119
DLP
$17.50

Axemen
Big Cheap Motel
PS, US
Siltbreeze
LP
$13.50

Baby Teeth
Hustle Beach
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "There's no question that Chicago's Baby Teeth draw heavily and heartily from the classic rock and power pop of the 1970s. It can be trickier to say whether the results constitute jokey pastiche or sincere homage, but that confusion seems entirely appropriate -- and the distinction almost irrelevant -- when you consider that the '70s were an era when playfulness and emotional earnestness coexisted in rock music far more easily than they typically do today. (Take, for instance, the work of the Todd Rundgren, Electric Light Orchestra, and Meat Loaf with Jim Steinman, all of whose influence is readily evident here.) ...The album is a pure, understated joy, striking just the right balance of braininess, frivolity, and heart."
Lujo-074
CD
$12.25

Bad Veins
Bad Veins
PS, US "Every once in a while a band crosses our path that simply blows us the f*** away. This was the case with Bad Veins, a duo from Cincinnati that is making some of the best indie pop around" --TheTripwire.com
Dangerbird-30027.2
CD
$15.00

Bao, Billy
May 08
PS, US CD version.
PartsUnknown-041
CD
$14.75

Bao, Billy
May 08
PS, US The Nigerian monstrosity that is BILLY BAO returns in agony. Bleeding. Pointing a colossal black finger at global capitalism, regular music, non-music and anti-music, at the food crisis of 2008, the moribund spirit of 1968, and especially at you, the record buyer, who maybe 'really dug' his first LP, Dialectics of Shit, and will come back for more, or perhaps 'heard a lot about him' and his bandmate MATTIN in the 'blogosphere' or even in print media (ooh!) (whatever that is), and are 'curious to finally h+ear his music' because you find the stories 'interesting' and this is even heavier and more f'ed up than The Brainbombs at their heaviest right? This LP is so angry the songs don't even have titles. Some of 'em are really long, some are really short, but they're all pretty goddamn infuriating, as they oughta be. May '08 is actually surprising, because where do you go after those first four platters, honestly? Well you make a record that's somehow noisier than all of those, more tweaked and fucked-with and digitally distorted than anything before it, crammed with grotesque and sublime samples from the noise of yesteryear: Nono, Kuti, Whitehouse, Brainbombs, and Billy, Billy Bao. It should be pretty goddamn clear to you why you want and need to purchase this record."-Parts Unknown
PartsUnknown-041
LP
$11.00

Barfield, Cecil
South Georgia Blues
PS, US Recorded by George Mitchell in 1978, this LP was originally released by the Southland label under the name "William Robertson". Due to Cecil's superstitions & legitimate fears of the taxman, he insisted that it come out under a false name. Cecil was an unusual blues musician, giving each song it's own feel & rhythm. Another underrated American original. This is a co-release with Big Legal Mess Records.
Mississippi-040
LP
$13.50

Bats, The/Songs
Split
PS, AUSTRALIA Very limited import single features 2 tracks each from The Bats and Aussie dream-drone-poppers Songs. Bats offer the single version of "Castle Lights" backed with an exclusive non-album b-side "Under the Branches", recorded during 'The Guilty Office' sessions. Songs are amazing in their own right, drone-pop mezmer in full effect. Check out their CDEP, also available.
TheSpringPress
45
$8.25

Belong
October Language
PS, US Somewhere in-between the physical lushness of Christian Fennesz's static-haze & the isolated melancholy of William Basinski, this is a series of compositions that move in a glacial drift, decaying slightly w/ each desperate layer of processed guitar. Distortion & feedback are found weaving into one another creating blankets of shifting white noise, atop gaspingly beautiful melodies nearly lost in the distance. These starbursts of sound are confronted by moments of hauntingly barren tones that gnaw at you even after the song expires. 180 gram black vinyl, limited to 500. ESSENTIAL
GeographicNorth-006
LP
$17.00

Ben, Jorge
Tudo Ben (Jorge Ben Covers)
PS, US The Brazilian guitarist and innovator of samba soul has been releasing idiosyncratic samba fusions since 1963. He has a seeming disregard for the currents of popular thought or musical fashion. In a country where factions have long dominated the music scene, Ben has remained a loner; his only allegiance has been to his own brilliant music. Paradoxically, refusing to join any one faction has led Ben to be covered by musicians from all of them. It's a phenomenon that's now well documented in Tudo Ben: Jorge Ben Covered. Often described as the James Brown of Brazilian music due to his prolific output, Jorge Ben is the most sampled Brazilian artist ever. This collection of tracks showcases some of Brazil's finest bands covering great rarities from the Jorge Ben, Jr catalog.
Mr.Bongo-063
CD
$16.50

Benni Hemm Hemm
Murta St. Calunga
PS, US The soundtrack for sailing to distant shores, riding rolling wave upon rolling wave of rollicking, orchestral indie-pop. These songs are nicely wrapped up in giant string & brass arrangements, strummed guitar & gentle piano, all played w/ an unmatchable joy
Kimi-005
CD
$16.25

Benni Hemm Hemm
Murta St. Calunga
PS, US Vinyl version
Kimi
LP
$16.25

Bennink, Han & Terrie Ex
Zeng!
PS, US 9 improvisations that are wild & sweet, manic & relaxed, sonic & swinging, obnoxious & together. Han Bennink is one of the world's most renowned freeimprovisation drummers. Terrie Ex is one of the founding members of multi-free-improv-punkband THE EX.
Terp-013
CD
$17.50

Bikini Kill
New Radio + 2
PS, US Featuring Punk Feminist anthem "Rebel Girl" & produced by legendary Runaway's Joan Jett. Still relevant, still confrontational, this is one of the very best EPs of the 90s
KillRockStars-212
45
$4.25

Billy Boy On Poison
Drama Junkie Queen
PS, US "..Pick up where The Vines left off, where Craig Nicholls have hung out with Black Lips.. fuelled by testosterone and the joy of beating the s**t ouf of the instruments. It's ballsy and aggressive with killer lyrics." - Artrocker (UK)
UniversalRepublic-02
CD
$10.75

Billy Boy On Poison
Drama Junkie Queen
PS, US vinyl version.
UniversalRepublic-01
LP
$14.00

Bish
Surrounded By Mountains
PS, US Surrounded By Mountains is the second album from Pogues bass player Darryl Hunt under the monika Bish.
Musically, Surrounded By Mountains is bittersweet, jangly pop sound is closer to literate indie outfits like The Go-Betweens and Spearmint than The Pogues.
LFTRecords-002
CD
$13.75

Bish
Surrounded By Mountains
PS, US Surrounded By Mountains is the second album from Pogues bass player Darryl Hunt under the monika Bish.
Musically, Surrounded By Mountains is bittersweet, jangly pop sound is closer to literate indie outfits like The Go-Betweens and Spearmint than The Pogues.
LFTRecords-002
LP
$13.75

Bjork
Voltaic
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Leave it to Björk to make a live album set that can be treated as part of her regular body of work rather than a side note. While Björk fans have occasionally complained about the amount of repackaging of her albums, Voltaic reaffirms just how important the live aspect is to her music, and provides a couple of different perspectives on it as well. Volta sparked a particularly inspired and lavish tour that, arguably, ended up being bigger than the actual album was, but tapped into the most dramatic, primal, and elegant aspects of Björk's art overall."
Nonesuch
CD
$13.75

Bjork
Voltaic [CD+DVD]
PS, US Deluxe edition with DVD of highlights of Paris and Reykjavik concerts.
Nonesuch
CD/DVD
$21.75

Bjork
Voltaic: Deluxe [DCD+2DVD]
PS, US Deluxe editions of Voltaïc also include a CD of remixes of Volta album tracks by such fellow travelers as Spank Rock, Simian Mobile Disco, Ratatat and Modeselektor, plus a DVD of Volta video clips, including Michel Gondry s take on 'Declare Independence,' set in a drab factory, that manages to reach a colorful, hopeful conclusion-a revolution meant to be televised.
Nonesuch
DCD/2DVD
$47.50

Black Keys, The
The Big Come Up (Colored Vinyl)
PS, US Vinyl Version!
Alive-044
LP
$13.00

Blessure Grave
Unknown Blessure
PS, US New blood San Diego folk, goth, post punk. A lot of good repetitive hooks on this one w/ some bleak winter hell, frozen world, dead heart vibes makes for a dark.
NightPeople
CASS
$6.75

Bleu
A Watched Pot
PS, US 3rd studio album full of soaring melodies, meticulously crafted productions and sincere, yet inventive lyrics. Featuring members of ROONEY, JELLYFISH and BANG CAMARO
Artist'sGarage-29
CD
$12.25

Blk Jks
Mystery (Osborne Remix)
PS, US For this 12 inch release, OSBORNE - the MacGyver of house music - chimes in for an extended club remix of "Mystery."
SecretlyCanadian-206
12
$6.25

Blue Roses
Blue Roses
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The debut from English singer/songwriter Laura Groves (aka Blue Roses) draws more than a little from 1960s folk traditions, both British (Anne Briggs) and from across the pond (Joni Mitchell). Groves' earnest yet elusive wordplay, serpentine melodies, and minimal arrangements lithely follow the trail blazed by the current crop of postmillennial retro fairy tale crooners like Joanna Newsom, Tiny Vipers, and Laura Barrett, but her willingness to explore the more commercial side of the experimentalalternative folk movement may shield her from the "freak folk" tag so liberally applied to many of her contemporaries."
XLRecords
CD
$15.75

Blue Roses
Blue Roses
PS, US
XLRecords
LP
$15.25

Blues Control
Local Flavor
PS, US Features guest musicians JESSE TRBOVICH & KURT VILE. While past releases have been beauteous extrapolations into the miasmic core of psychedelia & billowing fog of ambient space, this is the one where all the chickens have come home to roost. The opening track is practically a sidways step into boogie rock. It's easily the band's longest stomp in the forest of rock since their debut cassette.
Siltbreeze-095
CD
$14.25

Blues Control
Local Flavor
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Siltbreeze-095
LP
$16.00

Boats, The
Words Are Something Else
PS, UK As the saying goes, a change is as good as a rest. Never the band to rest on their illustrious laurels, or to misinterpret tradition, The Boats deliver a surprise in the form of "Words Are Something Else". Taking their influence from myriad places has always been a subtle hint toward the Boats current psyche, and using the words deep, and techno, while alluding to their new album is a new, if not slightly fashionable (and disconcerting to tradition) statement. The Boats, fashionable, in the same sentence? Well, not really, but the 4/4 underpinning, and synthesis of almost an "acid" character of most of the album is definitely a new facet of the rough diamond that they've shaped over their career. Speaking of shaping, the ease with which Chris Stewart's voice is carved alongside the techno sensibilities makes it sound like he should always have been there. Songs like "Raindrops (Second)" hold an almost Beatles-esque vocal harmony scattered and yet held in place by the insistent kick drum, and deft edits that keep the future firmly in mind, while paying homage to the past. "I Hope You Get Well Soon, I Hope You Get Well Tomorrow" dispenses with any ulterior motives, and reminds us of how entrancing the deeper side of techno can be when passed through such a distinctive filter as The Boats have. All their albums have leaning toward classic genres, and melodies, and yet here they pull the same thing off in a genre they've never been identified with, to a tee. Rest assured the faithful followers of the Boats need have no trepidation regarding such a sideways step they've taken with this record, as this is a Boats album through and through, but it's the surprising ease with which they pull off the foray into unexplored territory that really hits home.
HomeNormal-003
CD
$13.50

Bombadil
Tarpits/Canyonlands
PS, US With a sound all their own and a stage show to match, Bombadil is, if nothing else, one of the freshest bands to emerge in a long time. Formed by Duke University alumni Daniel Michalak, Bryan Rahija and Stuart Robinson, this band draws on a unique mélange of influences to create a sound that is unclassifiable. The group Magnet Magazine deemed "a drunker, circus-reared version of The Band," was born in Bolivia, where Michalak and Rahija first met. The folk music indigenous to the region lit a creative spark and inspired the two to begin writing songs that incorporated international instruments and styles. That influence, paired with their collective backgrounds in Piedmont blues, psychedelic rock and Robinson's background as a classical pianist, stands as the driving force behind the band's unique sound. SAID THE GRAMOPHONE: "Bombadil's giddy new album, Tarpits and Canyonlands, is sunburst and lime-wedge, is summer folk and afternoon pop - but it's also utterly weird."
Ramseur-002
CD
$13.75

Bondy, A.A.
American Hearts
PS, US On vinyl for the first time! "American Hearts is an unfolding tableau of hell on earth as seen by a weary set of eyes & described w/ a troubadour's guitar & an obsessive's mastery of form & musical history" - Pitchfork
FatPossum-112
LP
$17.50

Bones, Sean
Rings
PS, US A song cycle that runs the roots gamut from the sturdy rocksteady groove & sly Phil Spector nods of "Cry Cry Cry" to the myriad twilight zone passages of "Smoke Rings," a song that isn't afraid to drop bits of Afrobeat, reggaeton & disco on its way to your summer-time-in-the-city playlist
FrenchKiss-039
CD
$13.25

Book of Love
Candy Carol [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Highlighted by the tracks 'Alice Everyday'; 'Counting the Rosaries', and 'Sunny Day' (which was featured in the film 'Silence of the Lambs'), this 1991 album shifted in a more psychedelic direction, and was rewarded with another chart entry. An 'Everyday Glo Mix' and 'Sam the Butcher Mix' of 'Alice Everyday' are among the bonus tracks, which also include the single remix of 'Sunny Day' and the 'Happiness and Love Mix' of 'Counting the Rosaries'.
NobleRot-026
CD
$15.25

Book of Love
Lullaby [expanded re-issue]
PS, US 1988 s 'Lullaby' was the band s highest-charting album, thanks in large part to the two killer cuts that led off the record: their remix of Mike Oldfield s 'Tubular Bells (Theme from the Exorcist)' and 'Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls', which was quite possibly the first song about AIDS ever to hit the charts. This deluxe reissue includes the bonus extended mix of 'Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls'; 'Tubular Bells/Pretty Boys and Pretty Girls' (Regan s House medley); 'Lullaby' (Pleasant Dream mix); 'Witchcraft' (extended mix), and 'Enchantra'.
NobleRot-025
CD
$15.25

Book of Love
Love Bubble [expanded re-issue]
PS, US 'Lovebubble' (1993) was Book of Love s last album for Sire (they disbanded shortly after its release), and it certainly does show the various band members moving in different directions, making it an interesting, eclectic listen. We ve added the 'Go Bottom Go Top' and 'Swinging Boy Pop' mixes of 'Boy Pop'; the 'Sweet and Sticky Mix' of 'Hunny Hunny' (the band s ABBA tribute), and the 'Late Nite Chat Mix' of 'Chatterbox' as bonus tracks!
NobleRot-027
CD
$15.25

Book of Love
S-T [expanded re-issue]
PS, US Though their 1986 debut album still remains in print in its original form, even fans of the band who own that CD will have to pick up this set, as the band has contributed an entire extra disc s worth of bonus material! And it s good bonus material, too, like the very demo ('Boy') that got them signed to Sire Records by Seymour Stein. Other bonus cuts include demos of 'I Touch Roses'; 'Lost Souls'; 'You Make Me Feel So Good'; 'White Lies'; 'Book of Love', and 'Still Angry'; live performances of 'Boy' and 'Happy Day', and rare versions of 'I Touch Roses' (Daniel Miller mix); 'Lost Souls' (original 12' version), and 'We Three Kings'. 12 bonus tracks in all like a whole additional album!
NobleRot-024
DCD
$20.50

Bowerbirds
Upper Air
PS, US Moves away from the singular sound & sentiment; each & every song is a journal entry that stands on its own, each a unique, beautiful piece. The arrangements are subtle: acoustic guitars, organ, piano, autoharp, violin, percussion, upright bass. It has the spirit of Richard & Linda Thompson, the currency of Devendra Banhart, the addictively sweet melodicism of Iron & Wine, but it churns w/ an underlying energy closer to a Beirut or something farther out, more raw, more wild.
DeadOceans-18
LP
$12.25

Bowerbirds
Upper Air
PS, US Moves away from the singular sound & sentiment; each & every song is a journal entry that stands on its own, each a unique, beautiful piece. The arrangements are subtle: acoustic guitars, organ, piano, autoharp, violin, percussion, upright bass. It has the spirit of Richard & Linda Thompson, the currency of Devendra Banhart, the addictively sweet melodicism of Iron & Wine, but it churns w/ an underlying energy closer to a Beirut or something farther out, more raw, more wild.
DeadOceans-18
CD
$11.50

Boy In Static
Candy Cigarette
PS, US
FakeFourInc.-007
CD
$10.50

Brackles
LHC
PS, US With a sound a million miles away from the current blokey, sludgy dubstep fare, this kid effortlessly incorporates funky, rolling grime, vintage two-step, & bassline into his energetic, elastic sets
PlanetMu-241
12
$7.25

Broderick, Peter
Falling From Trees
PS, US Score for Adrienne Hart's Falling From Trees, utilizing only piano & strings. Lovely!
WesternVinyl-062
CD
$9.00

Broken Records
Until The Earth Begins To Part
PS, US Scottish seven-piece releases their debut. They've already been tipped for greatness by publications as diverse as NME, Q, and The Word. A series of three singles released in 2008 led NME to call them "an incredible proposition - set to go stellar as soon as they decide on a lucky label to sign to." "They simply astound...epic, swirling, joyfully mysterious music...with a warmth and heart" - The Guardian.
4AD
CD
$13.25

Broken Records
Until The Earth Begins To Part
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
4AD
LP
$14.00

Burkett, Joshua
Owlsleavesrustling
PS, US Originally released in a micro-run of 200 in 1996 as the first release on Joshua's own label. Colored vinyl, original stampers. Includes a booklet with art from Joshua & an extensive set of liner notes. Recycled lp jackets much like the original, but with the orignal artwork reversed
SpiritofOrr-70
LP
$16.25

Bust
#58
PS, US DIABLO CODY, It's Always Sunny In Philadephia's Kaitlin Olson, Fever Ray, Dead Weather, Regina Spektor, Anna Sui, DIY Tights, Bike Fashion, Bust Fall Preview, & the usual Bust fare
ZINE
$4.75

Cage
Depart From Me
PS, US Also on 2xLP
DefinitiveJux-179
DLP
$19.00

Cage
Depart From Me
PS, US Latest full-length from underground/indie-rap legend. Production by El-P, F. Sean (Hatebreed) & Aesop Rock
DefinitiveJux-179
CD
$15.50

Cave Weddings
Bring Your Love b/w Let's Drive
PS, US Like watching The Clean teaching The Vaselines how to play Buddy Holly, Eric LaGrange's (ERIC & THE HAPPY THOUGHTS, ROMANCE NOVELS) songs will instantly fill up any holes in your soul and rush the blood to all the appendages, symbolizing the eternal sounds of Summer 2009 like few other records can.
HoZac
45
$6.00

Chain Of Strength
The One Thing That Still Holds True
PS, US We are proud to bring back the definitive release of this classic straight edge band from Southern California. During the hardcore years of the late eighties, Chain of Strength showcased its straight power with this album. This amazing release also includes the 7" release True Till Death from Revelation and the self released 7" What Holds Us Apart plus an unreleased track. Chain of Strength brings you hardcore straight edge in the purest form. Most of you already know, others are still learning. No true fan of hardcore can call their collection complete without this essential album.
Revelation-010
LP
$11.25

Chapman, Roger
One More Time For Peace
PS, US Roger Chapman is the singer best-known in Britain for his work with Family and the 70s r'n'b band Streetwalkers.
One More Time For Peace is the first Chapman release since 2001's live album Rollin' & Tumblin'.
MysticRecords-200
CD
$13.75

Cheap Trick
The Latest
PS, US New album! Multi-platinum rock band Cheap Trick returns with The Latest, a self-released album and their first new studio album since 2006's Rockford. The Latest, produced by Julian Raymond & Howard Willing, continues Cheap Trick's reign as power-pop progenitors as they celebrate their 35th anniversary together. The album features the original line-up of Robin Zander - vocals and guitar, Rick Nielsen - guitar and backing vocals, Bun E. Carlos - drums and backing vocals & Tom Petersson - bass and backing vocals. According to producer Julian Raymond, "Cheap Trick are fun to record because they are each a master of their craft, and there are so many great new songs on this record. But we also included an old one called 'When The Lights Are Out.' I couldn't believe it wasn't released in '76 when the band did it. I insisted they put it on the record just as it was."
Megaforce
CD
$12.25

Chillage, Mick
Tales from the Igloo
PS, IRELAND "Tales from the Igloo" is the result of almost 13 years of Mick Chillage experimenting with electronic sounds & structures while constantly redefining & perfecting his vision which draws from many influences, it also showcases an artist who is almost impossible to pigeon hole into any one specific genre. The album is a collection of pieces created between 2005 & 2008, which were carefully chosen to display Mick Chillage's deeper, atmospheric & more emotional side. Mick blends Ambient, Electro, Techno, Dub & experimentalism to create a unique mixture of various moods, sometimes reaching epic wide screen scope. From the furthest outpost of distant galaxies on "Gateway Station" while returning to earth gracefully with the soulful electro blues of "Melting Emotion" to the disturbing dark environmental tones of "Disturbed Earth" & "Hypothermia" this is a wonderful trip. The album concludes on a high with a beautiful remix of "The Final Storm" by ambient pioneer Pentatonik.
Psychonavigation-031
CD
$15.50

Chrome
3rd From The Sun
PS, US Special limited edition vinyl reissue of the 1982 album by the Bay Area masters of alternative industrial noise rock
Cleopatra-124
LP
$17.75

Chrome
Alien Soundtracks
PS, US Special limited edition vinyl reissue of the seminal 1978 album - the 1st to feature the aggro-guitar stylings of Helios Creed - includes the classic "Chromosome Damage" & "All Data Lost"
Cleopatra-075
LP
$17.75

Clark
Totems Flare
PS, US
Warp-10185
CD
$13.00

Clark
Totems Flare
PS, US
Warp-10185
LP
$17.25

Classics of Love
Walking In Shadows
PS, US A sonic punk rock sound that would fit comfortably in the DC hardcore scene of the '80s. Features Jesse Michaels (OPERATION IVY)
AsianMan-182
LP
$12.75

Cloaks
Versus Grain
PS,US Housed within their structures is a destructive impulse that recalls the work of Einsturzende Neubauten as much as it does the dark hooks of Burial. 35 unrelenting minutes of battering beats; layer upon layer of sound, dense walls of screaming sonic dirge, decaying static & brutally metallic beats
3BY3
CD
$15.50

Cloud, Dave and The Gospel of Power
Fever
PS, US For this album, Dave Cloud dragged the ever-changing Gospel Of Power band across the Atlantic to record at Fire Records' Stoke Newington studio. It was here that the ever amenable Cloud created another record of fractured garage and garrulous lo-fi, bizarre character studies and paeans to ladies and love. Fever once again roughs up the Nashville tradition. The title track takes the melody of the song that Peggy Lee made famous for a late night drink in a seedy bar where it never really wanted to go while The Citadel even out-swaggers'n'sleazes the Rolling Stones' original. It's a surprising end to Cloud's peculiar journey, but you'd be a fool not to join him on it.
Fire-133
CD
$11.25

Clubroot
S-T
PS, US We are in the midst of a great change; both of our world, and the way we live in it. As with the seasons, these shifts are gradual, but little by little they become part of the present. The dubstep and bass sound continues to experience a parallel state of flux of this evolution, the forms are many, and widely expressive, but none of the many new voices and styles is quite like Clubroot. A St. Alban's resident, Clubroot cut his teeth in the early part of this decade with material bearing a likeness to the futurist ideals of drum and bass producers like Optical, Ed Rush, and Nico. As dubstep began to develop its own musical language, its emerging low end sonic tropes and freedom from rhythmic clutter acted as the catalyst for Clubroot, the moment when he realized what was upon him and was instinctually galvanized into action. His epic debut album is unlike any other yet released in the wider context of dubstep, eschewing high impact rhythmic constructions and muscular bass dynamics in favour of rolling grandeur and elaborately-realised emotive scenes, as thematically profound and vast in conception as it is uniquely expressive. 140 bpm tempos and lurching club-tooled sequences are not part of the Clubroot modus operandi: instead we encounter massive bass vistas, intricate garage-influenced spiralling beats, evocative melodic narratives that unwind to reveal fascinating bright flowers and surges of liquid color, and a sense of stately beauty rarely encountered in electronic music. Like a map of an undiscovered audio landscape, these 10 tracks illustrate a collection of distinct environments which collectively create a whole set of shared senses, their seemingly otherworldly qualities primed to generate vivid emotional responses to be deeply embedded in the memory. Clubroot's irresistible siren pull is already winning over fans among the few who have already been exposed to his expansive gathering clouds of sound. Mary Anne Hobbs was quick to commission a mix for her world-renowned Radio 1 show, and will include Clubroot on her next Planet Mu compilation. Meanwhile, word spreading like a looming thunderstorm across the forums and blogs has generated huge anticipation among forward thinking bass music fans, clamoring for the release of this view into the future.
Lodubs-09002
CD
$12.75

Clutch
Strange Cousins from the West
PS, US New album.
Weathermaker
CD
$15.75

Coal Hook
Who's Distraced?
PS, US Second set of recordings from this past May. A bit more abrasive
BlueberryHoney-014
CDR
$10.50

Coal Hook
Subsistance Compulsion
PS, US 2nd release by this self-driven mind mash featuring Danish experimentalist/composer/inventor JORGEN TELLER & RON SCHNEIDERMAN. Originally devised as a long lost collaboration after an impromptu concert, these are all new recordings from Tyte Studio recorded in May of 2009. No rules, no plans, simple pure expression & explosion
BlueberryHoney-011
CDR
$10.50

Coastal
Halfway To You
PS, US Halfway to You is the most sophisticated collection of Coastal songs to date and a welcome reminder that leisurely-paced music can also shimmer and beguile. Halfway To You retains the fragile beauty of Coastal's debut album, but evokes a more textured ambiance, owing in part to a wider array of instrumentation employed on these new songs - including cello, bells, found samples, and viola (courtesy of Lorna's Helen Maltby). Jason Gough's sparse songwriting earnestly beckons the listener to join him on his alternately optimistic and melancholic pursuits. With Luisa Gough adding her enchanting voice to nearly every song, the result is a union of harmonies among the wedded twosome that rivals the best of Alan Sparhawk and Mimi Parker (Low) and Neil Halstead and Rachel Goswell (Slowdive / Mojave 3). "Until You Sleep" opens the album with Coastal's signature casual, faraway vocals, stirring and immersing the listener with gentle, but profound impressions. "Eternal" is the album's most overwhelming work - though rhythmically punctuated only by the occasional bell - featuring serene verses bridged by a heartrending cello quartet. The title track is a slightly more buoyant composition, in which Gough's steady, uniform drumming effortlessly affixes itself to the recurring picks of his acoustic guitar. "Leaves" is a naked lament in which Gough's stretched, languid remembrances about his childhood home are propelled by a methodical, evocative guitar melody. "Night Sky" puts the Coastal stamp on the hypnotic instrumental leanings of Spiritualized or even Brian Eno's work in Music For Films, due in large part to Josh Calloway's gliding bass. The closer, "So Close" begins with a slow nod to American Analog Set, differentiated and enhanced by the Gough's most melodious vocals on the album, only to morph into a hazy, dream-pop excursion, flooded with layers of viola and echoed guitar strumming. Coastal formed in 2000 in Provo, Utah and has performed with Low, American Analog Set, Lorna, and The Autumns.
WordsOnMusic-15
CD
$9.75

Cock Sparrer
Here We Stand
PS, US There is no introduction needed for one of the most influential streetpunk/oi! bands of all time: Cock Sparrer. In 2007 Captain Oi! Records released Cock Sparrer's first album since 1997's Two Monkeys. Previously only available as an import title, Pirate's Press brings this sixth studio album to the US with a ton of bonus material with each format but at a domestic price!
PiratesPress
CD
$10.50

Collections Of Colonies Of Bees
Birds
PS, US Limited Japanese Tour Edition. This sweeps in grandly, in billowing swarms of sound, bourn aloft on a thousand wings of minuscule, elegant detail. Guitars chime & soar; deft yet intensely focused percussion propels towards an inevitable dawn; covering it all is a gossamer veil of subtly nuanced electronica.
TableOfTheElements-818
LP
$14.25

Collins, William Fowler
Perdition Hill Radio
PS, US 2nd full-length from self-styled black ambient guitar overlord. Like Earth's seminal "Hex" before it, this invokes the ghosts of a lost America & drags the rotting carcass of country music through a swamp of noise & drone. The chugging, blown-out treble & isolated darkness of Xasthur is all present & correct, but there are also echoes of William Basinski & Deaf Center hidden amongst the clouds of radio static
Type-046
CD
$15.50

Collins, William Fowler
Perdition Hill Radio
PS, US 2LP version
Type-046
DLP
$22.50

Cometbus
#52: The Spirit Of St. Louis
PS, US The long-running zine takes an exceptionally nostalgic turn, when AARON applies his storytelling skills to the city of St. Louis, and their punk scene. But it's a tale so familiar, it could be any tiny scene anywhere. Maybe even the town you yourself grew up in. The ragtag group of characters that Aaron introduces us to are busy repeating the mistakes of those before them, and making new mistakes for the younger punks to follow. It's a particularly bitter story this time around, but also a reminder to support your community--not just in word, but also in deed." 65 pages.
ZINE
$2.75

Constants
The Foundation, The Machine, The Ascension
PS, US Space rock/art rock/progressive indie textural mamma jammas. Beautiful, challenging, conceptual epics.
MyleneSheath
CD
$10.00

CPC Gangbangs
Kill Yourself For Rock N Roll
PS, US Two songs from these Canadian drug thugs. On the always trusty Dusty
Medical label.
DustyMedical
45
$5.50

Crippled Black Phoenix
200 Tons Of Bad Luck
PS, US After releasing the underground classic -A Love if Shared Disasters- Crippled Black Phoenix have re-grouped and spent the best part of a year recording -200 tons of bad luck-. Although not strictly a concept recording the thoughts and moods of founding member Justin Greaves re-occur throughout and link the songs in a film like way. Once again CBP have crafted the songs at Geoff Barrows Portishead state of the art studio. The end result will no doubt have folk scrambling for descriptives and in the midst of the relative chaos Crippled Black Phoenix will be oblivious to it all again giving you 200 tons of music that if you let yourself have time to be immersed in you shall be rewarded. Think of these albums like the moment when your life flashes before your eyes just before the inevitable conclusion.
Invada-076
CD
$13.75

Crooked Fingers
Forfeit/Fortune Here We Stand (Deluxe CD+DVD )
PS, US Crooked Fingers will release their fifth LP titled Forfeit/Fortune. Forfeit/Fortune features the fullest and most eclectic orchestration on a Crooked Fingers release to date, enlisting an all-star cast of players to perform. Brian Kotzer (Silver Jews) lent his talents to the project in Nashville, while Tom Hagerman (Devotchka) laid down string parts in Denver. Frequent Crooked Fingers touring mate Neko Case sang the brilliant album-closing duet "Your Control" with Bachmann in Tucson. Bachmann, a noted composer in his own right, wrote and arranged the string and horn parts on the record.
ConstantArtists-002
CD/DVD
$16.25

Crooked Fingers
Forfeit/Fortune Here We Stand
PS, US Crooked Fingers will release their fifth LP titled Forfeit/Fortune. Forfeit/Fortune features the fullest and most eclectic orchestration on a Crooked Fingers release to date, enlisting an all-star cast of players to perform. Brian Kotzer (Silver Jews) lent his talents to the project in Nashville, while Tom Hagerman (Devotchka) laid down string parts in Denver. Frequent Crooked Fingers touring mate Neko Case sang the brilliant album-closing duet "Your Control" with Bachmann in Tucson. Bachmann, a noted composer in his own right, wrote and arranged the string and horn parts on the record.
ConstantArtists-001
CD
$12.00

Cultural Decay
Eight Ways to Start A Day: Singles & Demos
PS, US First official release in almost three decades from this fabled Belgian coldwave band. Their sound, a collision of ethereal
one-note synth lines & dark post-punk aggression, recalls the controlled ferocity of Crisis & Southern Deathcult at their best. This record comprises the band's entire recorded output, & incl. extensive booklet w/ photos, liners, & band history.
SacredBones
LP
$18.75

Dandy Warhols
Dandy Warhols Are Sound
PS, US The album equivalent of the "Director's Cut" of Welcome To The Monkey House
BeatTheWorld
CD
$15.25

Dandy Warhols
Dandy Warhols Are Sound
PS, US
BeatTheWorld
LP
$16.25

Davila 666
Primero Muerta b/w Sabes Que Quiero
PS, US Puerto Rico's premiere breakout rock'n'roll band serve up 2 more chest-pounding tracks that jangle & flutter with the innocent beauty of a springtime love affair, wrapped in a morbid undertone that seduces before it devours its prey.
HoZac
45
$6.00

Davis, Greg
Mutually Arising
PS, US Davis' second album for Kranky following 2004's Somnia. Features two tracks over 51 minutes, "Cosmic Mundra" is a subtle & slowly changing circle, a sun, the sun, the moon. Not the Arpeggio Minimalists, rather: the quiet time stretchers of long tones & long tones sustained & hyper-sustained until buzz value outweighs pitch, sounds seeming to fly around the screen, hyper-spiritual with hardly a word. "Hall of Pure Bliss" is a chord and all sorts of wonderful sounds which live to its left and right. Low is left and high is right and then the travelling hisses swim on either side of this imagined keyboard in glitterspace.
Kranky
CD
$12.25

Dead Weather, The
Horehound
PS, US
Warner
DLP
$25.75

Dead Weather, The
Horehound
PS, US
Warner-519785.2
CD
$18.75

Deastro
Vermillion Plaza
PS, US LIMITED!! "Vermillion Plaza," the second single from Deastro's full-length debut, Moondagger, miniaturizes the album's best assets & shoots them out of a cannon. The B-side is Mux Mool's lumbering, half-time remix of "Vermillion Plaza." The former Ghostly Swim featured artist plunges Chabot's vocal into a sinister electronic nightmare-scape, squelching through mud puddles of bass as synthesized strings circle the skies. NO EXPORT!
GhostlyInternational-088
45
$10.75

Delby L
Nine Skies
PS, US Recorded by Steve Albini in Chicago @ Electrical Audio.
FakeFourInc.-008
CD
$9.50

Demissie, Zerfu
Akotet
PS, US 11 songs of the Begena, the 10 string "Harp of David," which is still played in Ethiopia. A mesmerizing buzz sound which is dark, heavy & serious, but also light,
fragile & spiritual
Terp-012
CD
$17.50

Depreciation Guild
Dream About Me b/w Listless
PS, US Fuzzed-out, reverb-drenched melodies, featuring members of PAINS OF BEING PURE AT HEART. Brooklyn-based 3-piece The Depreciation Guild have been making underground waves to match those created by their fuzzed-out, reverb-drenched melodies. Artfully combining progressive and retro chic, the trio draws influence from shoegaze guitar walls, dreampop highs, and the rigidity of electronic rhythms, while creating a sound that is a bit different from both, dreamily reinventing their musical heritage. *Special note, two of the members fo this band also play and write songs in The Pains of Being Pure At Heart. This is their debut 7 inch in full color jacket, WHITE vinyl and download card! 400 Limited one time pressing only. Side A Dream About Me Side B Listless. Catch them on tour now with The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart and Cymbals Eat Guitars.
KanineRecords
45
$4.75

Discovery
LP
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
XL
LP
$14.00

Discovery
LP
PS, US Discovery is the recording project of Rostam Batmanglij (Vampire Weekend) and Wes Miles (Ra Ra Riot). Guest vocals from Ezra Koening (Vampire Weekend) and Angel Deradoorian (Dirty Projectors). Elements of European electronic dance music skittering in double time over steady R&B. "Cascades of synths that belong on a My Bloody Valentine record and electronic flurries that sound like a flock of robins chirping incessantly on a spring morning" - Pitchfork. "...some scorching lo-fi beats and lyrics" - Paste Magazine.
XL
CD
$13.25

Dog Faced Hermans
Hum Of Life
PS, US The follow-up to "Mental Blocks." Recorded in '93, DFH lays down 11 tracks of thumping drums, pulsating bass lines, most unusual guitar squacks, & MARION COUTTS belting out enchanting melodies with voice & her trusty trumpet.
MississippiRecords
LP
$11.75

Donnas, The
Greatest Hits, Vol. 16
PS, US No one parties like The Donnas and they throw a Sweet Sixteen like no other. Their new album The Donnas Greatest Hits, Vol. 16 (the band's 8th release) is sixteen tracks of rock bliss, a collection of the classic Donnas songs you love and the new ones you'll die for, all written or co-written by The Donnas. The Donnas Greatest Hits, Vol. 16, is a comprehensive album featuring a mix of new songs, never-before-heard b-sides, live recordings as well as re-recorded classics, and previously unreleased tracks. After sixteen years together, and over 1,000,000 records sold, The Donnas have never sounded sweeter.
PurpleFeather-1002
LP
$13.75

Donnas, The
Greatest Hits
PS, US TRACK LISTING
Single Disc:
1. Get Off
2. Perfect Stranger
3. We Own the Night
4. She's Out of Control
5. Take It Off
6. Fall Behind Me
7. Get You Alone
8. Play My Game
9. You Make Me Hot
10. Get Rid of That Girl
11. Hey I'm Gonna Be Your Girl
12. I Wanna Be With a Girl Like You
13. I Don't Wanna Go To School
14.Teenage Rules
15. I Don't Wanna Break Your Head
16. High School Yum Yum (Rec-recorded)
PurpleFeather-1002
CD
$12.00

Dr. Dog/Floating Action
Split
PS, US Floating Action takes on the lead off track from Dr. Dog's album "Fate" with their rendition of "The Breeze". Dr. Dog (lead by drummer Juston Stens) covers the Floating Action ballad "Don't Stop (Loving Me Now)" on the flip. Floating Action has toured with Band Of Horses, Delta Spirit, Toubab Krewe, and Theresa Andersson.
ParkTheVan
45
$4.75

Dysrhythmia
Psychic Maps
PS, US The band continues to push themselves to new levels of technicality while also adding a healthy dose of melodic songcraft. RIYL: Voivod, Sonic Youth, Hella, Pelican.
Relapse
CD
$13.25

Dysrythmia
Psychic Maps
PS,US The band continues to push themselves to new levels of technicality while also adding a healthy dose of melodic songcraft. RIYL: Voivod, Sonic Youth, Hella, Pelican
Relapse
CD
$13.25

Eagle Twin
The Unkindness Of Crows
PS, US Debut full-length from this hotly-touted new outfit from Southern Lord fronted by the former leader of ICEBURN COLLECTIVE. Hand-picked to open for the latest SUNN O))) tour, expect an album desne with guitars, topped by some grest Tom Waits/Howlin' Wolf-esque raspy vocals. Massive buzz on this release, and it's easy to see why.
SouthernLord
CD
$14.25

Ecovillage
Phoenix Asteroid
PS, JAPAN A Good Vibrations, The Association, psychedelic pop kind of affair mixing Shoegaze with vocal harmonies, electronics and some sitar. Ecovillage is a two-man Psychedelic/Shoegaze band from Sweden. They have both been involved with different bands over the years. In 2005 they went on a journey together which changed their view on music radically. In 2006 they formed the band Ecovillage...with this band everything fell into its proper place and just clicked from the beginning. They felt that Ecovillage was something special so they put everything else on hold and dedicated all their time to their music. Ecovillage's music has often been described as euphoric, melancholic, ethereal and very psychedelic. The album features Jonas Munk aka (Manual/Darla Records), Jakob Skott (Syntaks/Benbecula Records/Ghostly International) and Sherlie Matthews (Motown Records). "When I first heard Ecovillage, I couldn't believe my ears. Sometimes it sounds like radio friendly boy band pop filtered through shoegaze aesthetics, other times it comes across as psychedelic music - not so much in sound as in effect. This really is Dream Pop in the original sense of the term, but still sounding strangely timeless. Somehow it's the kind of personal sounds that could only originate deep in the flourishing Swedish nature, far away from hipsterness and fancy musical trends. Killer album!" - Jonas Munk/Manual
"Fantastic album! Can easily imagine this doing really well!" - Ulrich Schnauss
Quince-72
CD
$14.75

Electric Frankenstein
Sick Songs
PS, US New album.
EF
CD
$13.75

Eleh
Homage To The Sine Wave
PS, US 2nd release in their sound waves-based Homage To... series, following 2008's sold-out LP, Homage To The Square Wave. 200 gram virgin vinyl in a hand-numbered edition of 500. This is two-tone drone targeted towards absolute, meditative bliss
Taiga-7
LP
$23.50

Eternal Tapestry
Palace of the Night Skies (LP/CD)
PS, US Limited to 730. While this trio 1st turned heads w/ their expansive psych/kraut/blues guitar explorations as embodied w/in a series of small run cassette & CDR releases, their 2007 "Mystic Induction" album on Not Not Fun firmly established the band as formidable players worthy of sharing the stage & spotlight w/ such current heads as Wooden Shjips & Kinski. 180g RTI vinyl w/ CD that includes the 2 album tracks & a bonus track
TLR
LP
$22.00

Factums
Sistrum
PS, US Full-length follow-up to last year's LP on the Sitlbreeze label from this band that vaguely circles in the A-Frames/Intelligence/Fruit Bats orbit. Critics have compared FACTUMS to Tronics, Cabaret Voltaire, or Pere Ubu's more chaotic moments also citing some heavy Kraut influenced flashes.
SacredBones-004
LP
$14.75

Farmer Dave Scher
Bab'lone Nights b/w You Pick Me Up
PS, US Previously of starry bands BEACHWOOD SPARKS & ALL NIGHT RADIO. Gorgeous lush arrangements & jams that reflect sunny JJ Cale meets Motown lovin. A sweet West Coast journey & good times from start to finish. There's something so quality about his honest marriage of nostalgia & now, w/ gems like "Bab'lone Nights," he keeps country minded & blends it properly w/ psych, soul, surf, & tinge of B. Bacharach.
MexicanSummer
45
$4.25

Few Nolder
New Folder
PS, US Experimenting w/ off-kilter micro-house & druggy wonk, Linas Strockis drops a barebones beat around which he flips deceptively simple synthline progressions the grow into monolithic riffs. At the crux of nu-disco, dubstep, & techno
PlanetMu-238
DLP
$19.25

Fiery Furnaces
I'm Going Away
PS,US Eighth FRIEDBERGER album recorded & mixed by JASON LOEWENSTEIN (bass, SEBADOH) in NYC. ELEANOR wrote most of the lyrics; MATT wrote most of the music & also produced. All rock music is a sort of dramatic music. Since the times are tough, it makes sense to have that "drama" be something more like "Taxi" & less like "Titanic." Hopefully this record can be used as theme songs to folks' own personal visions of drama. CD presented in 4 panel mini-LP style jacket
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.00

Fiery Furnaces
I'm Going Away
PS,US Eighth FRIEDBERGER album recorded & mixed by JASON LOEWENSTEIN (bass, SEBADOH) in NYC. ELEANOR wrote most of the lyrics; MATT wrote most of the music & also produced. All rock music is a sort of dramatic music. Since the times are tough, it makes sense to have that "drama" be something more like "Taxi" & less like "Titanic." Hopefully this record can be used as theme songs to folks' own personal visions of drama. LP on 180g & limited to 1500, old-style tip-on gatefold jacket, incl. MP3 download coupon
ThrillJockey
LP
$16.25

Filho, Hugo
Paraibo
PS, GERMANY Originally released in 1978, this is one of Brazil's most rare psych records, ever, with only 500 copies pressed and given to friends or sold in shops -- the country's first private pressing. This record began as an audio accompaniment to the poetry of Antônio de Pádua Carvalho, when Hugo Filho was the lead guitarist of the garage band The Gentlemen, which included Zé Ramalho, known for his collaboration with Lula Côrtes. For this unique project, Filho invited Ramalho, the musician and composer Elísio Alexandrino (Golinha) to control the 4-channel tape recorders, musician Enilton Araújo, 12-stringed viola player Irapuan (Pupu), drummer Edmilson (Crauna), and percussionist Zé Crisólogo, with Filho (Hugo Leão) on nylon guitar, bass, keyboards, etc. If you're into Sacros, Lula Côrtes, Mutantes and El Congreso, you'll be WAY into this. Totally mellow countrified folk-psych/Brazilian pop with elements of fuzz and other unexpected, twisted endings. Something you'll want to play for your new girl on a crazy summer night.
Shadoks
CD
$16.25

Floating Points
J&W Beat
PS, US 2 slices of psychedelic soul & synth-funk squiggles. Underpinned by squashed up 2-step rhythms & compressed hip hop drums, this is on par w/ anything by Hud Mo or Mike Slott
PlanetMu-242
12
$7.25

For Against
Coalesced
PS, US Signposts: R.E.M., Chameleons, Felt, Kitchens of Distinction, Pale Saints. "Jeffrey Runnings makes a serious case for himself as one of the past decade's most underrated tunesmiths. "Coalesced" may very well be the best record For Against has ever done." - POP CULTURE PRESS. COALESCED is the sixth album by Lincoln Nebraska's eminent indie trio, FOR AGAINST, and was named album of the year by THE BIG TAKEOVER. Produced by MIKE MOGIS (Azure Ray, Bright Eyes, Cursive), COALESCED is the band's first album since 1997 and mark's FOR AGAINST's triumphant return to the independent music scene. The album delivers Runnings' trademark soaring vocals enmeshed in a delicate latticework of guitars and punctuated rhythms, to craft an arresting blend of lucid, gorgeous atmospheres. "Medication" and "So Long" begin the album with Paul Engelhard's spry, energetic drumming anchoring Runnings' airy vocal melodies to Steven Hinrichs' sparkling guitars. "Fuel" follows, which, along with "Shelflife," are matchless ballads - perhaps the finest and most heartrending Runnings has ever composed. The anthemic "Coalesced" is the album's centerpiece, opening with an etching of the contemplative disposition of their 1987 debut ECHELONS, with Hinrichs' churning, reverbed guitar and Runnings' eighth note basslines recalling the early FACTORY RECORDS sound. The song ultimately bursts into a rousing chorus and then races through a jaw-dropping three-minute coda of vigorous guitar work and spectacular Engelhard fills. The finale, "Love You," resurrects Maurice Deebank-era FELT into an excursion of the scenic side of post-rock, weaving multiple layers of beautiful guitar melodies with a precise, balanced cadence and rhythm. In sum, COALESCED is a seamless, coherent masterpiece of riveting pop craftsmanship, unspoiled by studio contrivances or artistic pretensions. "An incredible LP, full of cascading guitar sounds, naked tenderness and emotional meltdowns, and passage after passage of shimmering beauty. It's just plain dazzling." - THE BIG TAKEOVER.
WordsOnMusic-11
CD
$9.75

Foreign Press
The Whole Story
PS, UK The Whole Story is the first CD release by cult Manchester post-punk band Foreign Press. Manchester group Foreign Press were active between 1979 and 1988. After early gigs at legendary clubs including Rafters, Devilles and the Factory/Russell, the group recruited Joy Division manager Rob Gretton to produce their first single, Downpour, in 1979. After a second single, Climbing, in 1981, Foreign Press elected to pursue a more overtly commercial direction. The result was anthemic electro single The Great Divide, produced by Bernard Sumner (New Order) and Donald Johnson (A Certain Ratio), and released through a major label in 1983. Despite management from the team behind Wham! and a second pop single, the group failed to crack the charts, and after later demos for an album (again produced by Donald Johnson) finally split in 1988. However during their decade together Foreign Press recorded a wealth of material, much of it released here for the first time. Digitally remastered, 32 track 150 minute double disc set The Whole Story features all tracks from all four singles, as well as previously unreleased demo and session tracks. The booklet includes archive images and liner notes by singer Ralph Bowe.
LTM-2529
DCD
$15.25

Foubert, Casey/James McAlister
Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Drums
PS, US FOUBERT & MCALISTER drew from both improvised drumming & pattern-based sequencing w/ samplers to create themes molded into songs. While the concept excludes harmonic & melodic conventions, atonal "melodies" present themselves alongside the groove centered songs.
AsthmaticKitty-203
LP
$11.50

Francis Harold & The Holograms
Mirror of Fear b/w Retreat
PS, US Just as summer winds begin their sultry slide into place, one last gob of cold blackness woops in on the wings of a fallen angel, as Bisbee, AZ's FH&H drop an anvil on your head & crack your mind open like a petrified dinosaur egg. It's time you left the safety of your homely hut & venture into the danger zone with these 2 throbbing death tomes of blunt force & gastrointestinal damage. By far the most brutal & unsettling HoZac release to date.
HoZac
45
$6.00

Franklin
Every Now And Then
PS, US New side project by Franck Rabbeyrolles (of the French minimal/pop electronic project DOUBLE U). A type of mutant pop, a very special combination of vintage future analog synths & drum machines, some echo guitars w/o treacle-y nostalgia, toy pianos, dub effects & sweet vocals mixed w/ a modern & surreal hybrid pop - a project not so far from artists like Broadcast, Beach Hous, or the Notwist. '90s indie-rock influences crossing bleeps against mellow West Coast '60s vibes
Wool-008
CD
$18.00

Frontier
Rio en Medio (Deluxe Edition)
PS, US This deluxe edition CD includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks & a video for the track "The Umbrella".
Manimal-012
CD
$10.75

Fusinato, Marco
Ripping Skies
PS, US From the bowels of the southern hemisphere, guitar/electronics noise signor Marco Fusinato givs us the full F/A-18 squadron attack. One side is an inferno of mangled guitar spit, relentlessly speeding & colliding w/ all in its path. The flipside features a giant monochord stuck & struggling to escape from the shards of the volatile overload. Recorded live, then spliced/mixed/mastered by OREN AMBARCHI. Limited to 300
NoFunProductions-042
LP
$16.25

Galactic Zoo Dossier
#8
PS, US "The world's greatest psychedelic underground hand drawn pro-zine" Interviews with Vashti Bunyan, Djin Aquarian (YaHoWha13), Peter Walker, Mani Neumeier & more. Features on Del Shannon, Eddie Hazel, George-Edwards Group, Kim Fowley & more. Plus a CD compilation of totally unreleased magical sounds by YaHoWha13, Vashti Bunyan, Peter Walker, Monster Magnet, Christina Carter & way more!
DragCity-402
ZINE
$14.75

Galaxie 500
Today
PS, US When GALAXIE 500's Today was released in 1988, it set off a chain reaction of quiet explosions still being felt. Never before had a record so emphasized the calming elements of rock music, transforming what at first seems like a collection of bridges into fully realized songs. And one can draw a straight line from here to the many groups they influenced, like Low, Belle & Sebastian, and Bon Iver. Today is full of idiosyncrasies. The trio of DAMON KRUKOWSI, DEAN WAREHAM, and NAOMI YANG intuitively eliminated any histrionic tradition to rock songs, leaving core emotion. It was produced by MARK KRAMER, who was best known for his work with cataclysmic slop rock pioneers such as Bongwater, Ween, and King Missle. The band's hometown of Boston was just coming out of its love affair with Mission of Burma and pouncing upon the spasmodic electricity of The Pixies. Despite, or perhaps because of, all these elements, Today thrived. Available on vinyl for the first time since 1988. Remastered and packaged in deluxe Stoughton tip-on jackets
20|20|20
LP
$14.75

Galaxie 500
On Fire
PS, US On Fire is widely recognized as the canonic pinnacle of GALAXIE 500's career. This record marked the realization of their signature sound. With the Boston trio once again utilizing the bizarre genius of producer KRAMER, On Fire sounds like anything but. The guitars are warm blankets enwrapping DEAN WAREHAM's vocals, percolated by the open percussion of DAMON KRUKOWSKI and anchored by the emotion-laden bass of NAOMI YANG. Available on vinyl for the first time since 1989. Remastered and packaged in deluxe Stoughton tip-on jackets.
20|20|20
LP
$14.75

Galaxie 500
This Is Our Music
PS, US After producing two albums celebrated by a thirsty underground network of fans, GALAXIE 500 released what turned out to be their unexpected swansong, This Is Our Music. After being labeled masters of the disengaged and forlorn, the band delivered a full-length comprised of their most stately material. Here, one can hear potential realized, as well as changes afoot. Available on vinyl for the first time since 1990. Remastered and packaged in deluxe Stoughton tip-on jackets. Damon & Naomi DVD scheduled for release in September 2009.
20|20|20
LP
$14.75

Garneau, Chris
El Radio
PS, US There is still a poignant melancholy and bold sincerity that permeates all of Garneau's music, but those qualities are augmented by a playfulness in his melodies and arrangements. Garneau's extensive cast of characters unavoidably comment on the social and political forces that pull us unpredictably through time while rollicking to the rhythms of an organ grinder. Two previous tracks licensed to "Grey's Anatomy"; one licensed track to "The Practice" and "So You Think You Can Dance". RIYL: Thao Nguyen, Rufus Wainwright, Elliott Smith, Xiu Xiu.
AbsolutelyKosher
CD
$13.25

Garwood, Duke
He Was A Warlock
PS, US After Duke's sublime dirge on the Keep Mother Series (10"), it was inevitable that Fire Records were going to sign such a maverick warped bluesman from South London. This first EP release He Was A Warlock captures Duke Garwood in his free blues form. The release serves as a great precursor to his debut album release for Fire Records, The Sand That Falls, due for release in late June.
Fire-173
CD5
$9.50

Garwood, Duke
The Sand That Falls (DELAYED: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Recorded in a vast, deserted house that was as much a building site as abode, it's soon apparent that The Sand That Falls is aptly named. For as Garwood picks his blues and murmurs his songs, time vanishes as he transports you to a world soundtracked by sparse plucking, gentle percussion and his deep, thoughtful vocal. Though steeped in the blues and deeply influenced by his hero Thelonious Monk, Garwood never becomes distracted into reverential homage. There's a fractured, lo-fi feel to what he does; an unconcern with rigid adherence to tradition. In the scattered sounds and meditative feel, the space in which The Sand That Falls was recorded almost becomes audible in the music.
Fire-132
CD
$13.75

Gentleman Losers
Dustland
PS,US Vinyl version. A sound that evokes tarnished grandeur - where decay & starry-eyed innocence rub shoulders w/ dusty strings & syrup-drenched instrumentation. Sounds like a ballroom orchestra recorded inside a snow globe. Big songs compressed through a bottleneck of lo-fi genius
CityCentreOffices
LP
$16.25

Gentleman Losers
Dustland
PS,US This is the second full-length by Finnish siblings Samu and Ville Kuukka aka The Gentleman Losers, the follow-up to their 2006 debut on the Büro label. The brothers have been making music since their early teens, and they both still revel in a sound that evokes tarnished grandeur -- where decay and starry-eyed innocence rub shoulders with dusty strings and syrup-drenched instrumentation. If the band's debut was like a sneak-peak into their universe, Dustland breathes the air of more than confident self-assurance. More refined and more detailed, the new album sounds like a ballroom orchestra recorded inside a snow globe. Big songs compressed through the bottleneck of lo-fi genius. Meanwhile, the ballerina still dances. A seamless, deep journey into an unknown yet familiar world, packed with references still to become reality. From the opening track "Honey Bunch," which dances around a little guitar motif backed up by a horizon full of slide-airiness, to the tape-hiss-driven "Silver Water Ripples" -- from "Lullaby Of Dustland," which is exactly that, to the dark drones of "Wind In Black Trees," to the '60s movie soundtrack-flavored harpsichord of "Farandole," with Dustland, The Gentleman Losers deliver a fascinating, hypnotic second album.
CityCentreOffices
CD
$15.00

Giant Robot
#60
PS, US Asian pop culture & beyond. This issue: 15th Anniversary Edition, Star Wars Sites, Peter Saville, Richard Mulder, Charlyne Yi, Qucik Gun Murugan, Deth P. Sun, Mono.
ZINE
$4.75

Giuliani, Trevor
Subcontrario
PS, US After moving from New York's Lower East side to the more environmentally-focused Portland, OR - Trevor Guiliani is finally set to release his debut album. Featuring vocal sfrom Katrina Kerns of SUFJAN STEVENS and the ILLANOISEMAKERS. RIYL: Andrew Bird, Bon Iver, Nick Drake, Cass McCombs. In eco-friendly digipack.
HighWire-023
CD
$12.25

Glasser
Apply
PS, US Glasser is Cameron Mesirow from Los Angeles and she's got a bunch of
electronics and a fantastic voice. Super limited, deluxe op-art sleeve that will be gone before you know it.
TruePantherRecords
12
$16.00

Grouper
Dragging a Dead Deer Up A Hill
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Grouper
LP
$15.75

Gunslingers
No More Invention
PS, GERMANY "Here is the self-confessed Slinger's electric companion, a huge onset tour de force hailing from the realm of San Pedro (France) and that should cause weird effects through invention's great (golden) ass. First came Gunslingers, raising against the big bullshit, then came No More Invention, wearing a nine-acts sling of a hilarious outrage. Introducing the ultimate assault of her illegitimate three sons, also known as massacre-rock deviant inquisitors, a French deconstructionist trio who needed to abuse the artifacts of some lost rock synthesis in one total, furious and quintessential record, like an evil paradox of rock. Expect pure apotheosis of wild horror biker freakouts, acid avant-punk and trippy psych-noise with no respite from the action's breakneck speed. Gregory Raimo aka GR's incriminating unspoken yaya words and unparalleled orgiastic guitar savagery over control, spacey analog effects fulminations and feedbacks culminating with Matthieu Canaguier's hypnotic and castrationist ritual thunder bass, and Antoine Hadjioannou's prophetic mad with scalp crashing down drums-machete. From the gigantic 13 minute long blowing Krauty prayer of 'Lighter Slinger Festival' to the frightening embodiment of Nathaniel Hawthorne's 'The Minister's Black Veil', this is some magnetizing unknown & sacred distillation. Comes with a four page booklet of awesome artistic statement in a limited digipack edition. Loud and irreverent up to hilarity, and paradoxically, largely out of any category, this freakish explosive mixture, recorded in 2007 in three days, re-pioneers the hijacking of rock landmarks. Probably based on Lady Hysteria's (herself) voluntary uncontrolled intent, Gunslingers' No More Invention spreads the enlightenment of catastrophic happenings and a nonsense of epic blackout scenes into electric round of fury. Be prepared for a constant state of shock."
WorldInSound
CD
$20.50

Hamburger, Neil
Western Music & Variety
PS, US Filmed at the famed Radio Recorders studio, this DVD features a one hour variety event with Neil & his band, plus two music videos, TV appearance, short film, slide show & a special appearance by Dr. Demento! In addition to the sets of jokes, the film features the "live & dirty" versions of many of the songs heard on his "Sings Country Winners" album, as well as a dramatic reading of The Bee Gees' "I Started a Joke." All Region - 87 minutes.
DragCity-382
DVD
$14.75

Harbours
No Souvenirs
PS, US The sophomore album from San Francisco pop/rock favorites HARBOURS. Led by songwriter MIGUEL ZELAYA, Harbours move easily through elements of classic pop, Americana, R&B and indie rock flavors. "Their love of the Zombies and the Kinks are well in tact....and certainly reflect the finest moments of '60s and '70s radio, but in no way could they ever be confined to mere homage territory"-San Francisco Bay Guardian. Limited edition vinyl-only pressing of 500 copies, includes a free download.
HarboursRecordings
LP
$12.50

Harvey, PJ
To Bring You My Love (DELAYED: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US 180gm vinyl LP! PJs 3rd proper album (not incl. the '4 Track Demos' released after 'Rid Of Me') is her most accomplished & mature album to date. Following the harsh sound & brutal honesty of 'Rid Of Me', this album feels like a step outside of herself, a reflection rather than an outpouring of emotion. Relying heavily on religious imagery & presenting a twisted blues reminiscent of future-beau Nick Cave or Tom Waits, this is quite a departure from the sparseness of Steve Albini's production on 'Rid Of Me.' Another classic PJ HARVEY album back in print finally!
Plain
LP
$16.75

Hendrix, Jimi Experience
Live At Woodstock
PS, US 3LP to commemorate the 40th anniversary of his performace at Woodstock.
Geffen-987
3XLP
$33.25

Her Space Holiday
Sleepy Tigers
PS, US Lead off single from "XOXO, Panda & The New Kid Revival." In addition to the title track, 3 new compositions are included. Sugarcoated dreamscapes floating alongside bitter-sweet narratives of life.
Mush-041
CD5
$7.00

Hercules and Love Affair
Hercules and Love Affair: Sidetracked
PS, US DJ Mix from H&LA! Spread across two discs, one mixed and one unmixed, it includes tracks from such artists as In Flagranti, Westbam, Daniel Wang and Dubwise. A new Hercules song, "I Can't Wait," also sneaks onto the mixed side.
Renaissance-52
DCD
$22.50

Hex Dispensers
Winchester Mystery House
PS, US Austin's HEX DISPENSERS are back with their sophomore album, and it pretty much picks up exactly where the previous LP ended. If you've been paying attention over the past few years, you know that the Hex Dispensers are masters in the art of spewing forth short bursts of haunted fury. D~M~R isn't exactly known for it's story tellers, but Winchester Mystery House offers a thematically torturous series of songs concentrating on the horrors of love, life, sailing, skin masks, and the end of it all. The good news is that there are twelve songs, so there is an opportunity to feel satiated. One of those songs being a Devo cover, and another being "My Love is a Bat" from a Euro tour single that most of us on this side of the water didn't get a chance to own.
Douchemaster-032
CD
$12.00

Hex Dispensers
Winchester Mystery House
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Douchemaster-032
LP
$12.00

High Castle
You're On Your Own Way
PS, US One-sided 12" EP. Hailing from different corners of the noisier spectrum of Southern California bands (Child Pornography, Duchesses, Woman's Worth, Work, Hips, and Saboteurs), we signed them not on the strength of their pedigrees but on the bona fides of a sucker punch live delivery and one self-released CDR. High Castle is your older brothers' favorite band, assuming he grew up on a steady diet of '90s underground rock. They produce a viscous byproduct of the jams you grew up on dragged through a record collection's worth of sludge and muck. Once you decide to bring it, that's kinda the only way to go. The "You're on Your Own Way" EP is the debut record for High Castle, a culmination of songs road tested on summer 2008 US tour and written post New Years hallucinations. Songs about garbage strikes, astral projection, lonely security guards, hedonism, dropping out, meditation, injustice, misplaced hearts...and more. Seven short bursts of salvation, pressing of 500, mastered by Weasel Walter. Two color silk-screened covers by Paul Morgan (Club Sandwich, Business Lady) "I feel like I'm back in ear-bleeding country with the trio's Unwound-ishly, damaged style of noisy rock, nursing an insatiable appetite for more tinfoil-scorched guitar scuzz, blown-out low end, and full-tilt drum thwackage. As each song unloads, three howling voices punctuate the maelstrom...Whatever avenue this threesome decides to explore in the future - be it noisesome or poppy - I I know I'll be all ears." - Chris Sabbath, SF Bay Guardian
Zum-026
12
$9.00

High Places/Soft Circle
Split
PS, US HP's track on the split "Late Bloomer" is very mysterious, crashing & rhythmic collisions; whispers, bangs, clangs, seashores & melody seep into your body. Definitely rides the line of club banger or bedroom jammer, it works perfect either way. SC's (formerly of BLACK DICE, PIXELTAN, LIGHTNING BOLT) 2 tracks on the split "Don't Just Stand There" & "Light Bright" are way more geared to a dance floor inspired mass, underground disco, NY wave.
PostPresentMedium-025
LP
$9.00

Hipgrave, Christopher
Day
PS, UK Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. once spoke of nature as needing to be held close to humanity, to be a friend, instead of an enemy. "Day", by Christopher Hipgrave, who is a composer, sound designer, and software programmer from England, presents the harmony of the humanity and closeness to nature, while still allowing the time of the day to pass hardly without notice, but with change and closeness. Spanning 7 tracks, and 44 minutes, the simply descriptive titles of "Day" transcend a controlled majesty over the evolving everyday. The times of the day are present, relative to structures of the surrounding world. All found in place: Flowers' petals opening through an extended time-lapse, the trickle of water drops from rubber plants to the ground, the bending of grass blades shifting like razors, with only the temporal echo of the evening warming the last remaining seconds are present. Near the end of the record, the music withdraws into a secluded world that could easily be the crackling of raindrops on a windowsill, heard through the window of a house, in any city, on any rainy day. The world is muted, strong, and pensive. The last minutes breathe with a somber intensity, pumping but gushing through missive pathways, always on target, and withering all the while. Simply relating sounds to nature is a little compliment, but isn't everything, when it is first beginning? If everyday could be as descriptive, and have as many tender moments as this cherished debut contains, each day would be memorable, waiting for the next.
HomeNormal-004
CD
$13.50

Homostupids
The Intern (Poverty Edition)
PS, US Repress of the Parts Unknown LP, this time in great handmade, recycled
sleeves.
MyMind'sEyeRecords
LP
$10.75

Horton/Bjerga
Can't Go Fast Enough To Get There Early
PS, US "Wild and eclectic mail collaborations from one of America's most recently on fire jammers Robert Horton, and Norway's drone master Sindre Bjerga. Both have incredibly solid resumes of collaborations and releases, what with Sindre's ongoing collaboration with Jan Iversen, and Robert's collaborations with Tom Carter and the Mudsuckers crew of Pete and Gabe (of Yellow Swans), which also includes Carter. Can't Go Faster Enough to Get There Early features a massive range of instruments and sounds, from multiple instrument based layered drone to down right weirdness, and total outsider vibes. Also features Hal Hughes, Lisa Graves and Jan Iversen. Glass mastered CDs, limited to 264 in white digipaks with stickered covers and a small 4 page insert of liner notes. Please note some tracks feature digital clicks and pops, this is meant to be there."
BlackestRainbow
CD
$16.25

Hunter, Ian
Man Overboard
PS, US Man Overboard is Ian Hunter s 13th solo album since his eponymous debut in 1975. Recorded in late 2008 in Pawling, NY, the 11-song set is a stunning follow up to the overwhelmingly critically acclaimed Shrunken Heads album. Man Overboard was produced by Andy York (veteran guitarist for John Mellencamp) and Ian Hunter and features a backing band of superstar talent comprised of Steve Holley on drums and percussion (Wings, Joe Cocker), Paul Page on bass (Dion), Jack Petruzzelli on electric guitar (Rufus Wainwright, Joan Osbourne), James Mastro on electric guitar (Patti Smith, John Cale), Andy Burton on piano and organ (The Db s) and Producer Andy York on guitar and backing vocals. Many of the band members are returning from the Shrunken Heads sessions. Regarding Man Overboard, Ian Hunter stated, When we did Shrunken Heads, I felt like we had a good thing going so I wanted to revisit the experience before anything changed, and that s what we did.
NewWestRecords-6167.2
CD
$17.75

Hunx And His Punx
Teardrops On My Telephone +2
PS, US Brand new Hunx 7" on Jay Reatard's Shattered label. Ultra gay and ultra catchy. Essential.
ShatteredRecords
45
$5.75

Iggy & the Stooges
Cock In My Pocket
PS, US Collectible 7 inch vinyl single
Cleopatra-675
45
$7.25

Iggy & the Stooges
More Power
PS, US Digitally remastered collection of rare studio recordings from the punk icons recorded in the same year the band released their seminal album "Raw Power"
Cleopatra-687
LP
$19.75

Isis
Wavering Radiant
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Ipecac
LP
$24.00

Jackie-O Motherfucker
Ballads Of The Revolution
PS, US Vinyl Version!
Fire-131
LP
$15.50

Jackie-O Motherfucker
Ballads Of The Revolution
PS, US Beginning in Portland, Oregon in 1994 as a duo, Tom Greenwood and Nester Bucket began JOMF as a conceptual/musical project exploring the possibilities of combining tape collage, free improvisation, and folk song structures. True to their early imaginings, JOMF became the mutable feast of psychedelic art, far exceeding the visions of either of them. Nester departed from the band and Greenwood carried on with JOMF, now functioning as a collective. Ballads Of The Revolution is the band's 10th studio record, and the culmination of 15 years spent defining their unique take on American music.
Fire-131
CD
$13.75

Jansch, Bert
L.A. Turnaround
PS, US First time on CD! Originally recorded for Charisma in the 1970s and has been out of print for decades. Jansch hand-picked the bonus material, much of which is previously unreleased. This edition of L.A. Turnaround is enhanced to include a previously-unseen 13 minute cinema-verite film, made during the recordings at Stratton Smith's Sussex mansion & features Bert, Mike Nesmith & Red Rhodes recording & performing four songs.
DragCity-413
CD
$13.25

Jansch, Bert
Santa Barbara Honeymoon
PS, US First time on CD! Originally recorded for Charisma in the 1970s and has been out of print for decades. Jansch hand-picked the bonus material, much of which is previously unreleased. Delicate instrumentals, Irish traditional songs, a couple of slow blues & some of Bert's most overlooked songs which look back to his childhood & his early days on the folk scene in Edinburgh.
DragCity
CD
$13.25

Jansch, Bert
Rare Conundrum
PS, US First time on CD! Originally recorded for Charisma in the 1970s and has been out of print for decades. Jansch hand-picked the bonus material of unreleased solo tracks recorded live at the Montreux Festival in the summer of 1975.
DragCity-415
CD
$13.25

Jayhawks, The
Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Of the musicians who rose to prominence in the 1990s during the alternative country scene's 15 minutes of media prominence, the Jayhawks were at once the band that best exemplified what was satisfying about the new country rock scene, and a group that avoided the twangy clichés that became so large a part of what their less gifted peers were doing. The high lonesome melodies and evocative wordplay of Gary Louris and Mark Olson's fine songs suggested a country influence without forcing the particulars into the arrangements (a mandolin here and a fiddle there was enough), and though Louris' guitar work made it clear he'd listened to a few Neil Young albums, the Jayhawks' musical vision made as much room for pure pop and '70s West Coast sounds as rocked-up country. The group's sound became even more eclectic after Olson departed the band in 1996, and over the course of their career, the Jayhawks created a distinctive and powerful body of work that showed clear evolution and fresh thinking on each successive album. In 2008, Louris dropped hints to fans and writers of a "Herculean project" of remastering and expanding the Jayhawks' albums, and Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology is presumably the first salvo in these efforts, a career-spanning compilation that offers highlights from their five albums for American Recordings as well as one track each from their first two independent efforts... If you've never had the pleasure of listening to the Jayhawks, this collection is a marvelous place to start, and fans will be reminded of just how much good music this group made, and how well it has stood the test of time."
SonyLegacy
CD
$14.50

Jayhawks, The
Music from the North Country: The Jayhawks Anthology [deluxe edition]
PS, US Deluxe Edition, DCD & DVD... ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Fans who want something that digs a bit deeper into their archives will want to pony up the extra money for the "Deluxe Edition" of the collection, which tosses in a second disc of rare demos, unreleased tracks, B-sides, compilation and soundtrack contributions, and other hard to find material; while it's not as consistent as the first disc, there are some true gems to be found, including "Old Woman From Red Clay" (an early version of what would become "Two Angels"), "Someone Will" (another early draft, this time a rough version of "I'm Gonna Make You Love Me"), "Get the Load Out" (a witty hard rock pastiche), and a lively cover of "Break My Mind"." A DVD of videos and live footage of the Jayhawks is also included with the expanded package."
SonyLegacy
DCD/DVD
$34.00

Jeremih
Birthday Sex
PS, US A/w main and instrumental versions. B/w up tempo main and instrumental versions.
DefJam-11
12
$5.75

Jeremih
S-T
PS, US
DefJam-01
DLP
$14.00

Jim Jones Revue, The
S-T
PS, US The Jim Jones Revue eponymous debut album is described as sounding like a car crash between Little Richard and The MC5. The "Revue play super charged rock n roll inspired by The Killer, The Georgia Peach, and of course The Memphis Flash and the deranged sons of Detroit. The Jim Jones Revue strips rock n roll back to its essential elements and this album is a document of their base alchemy. Recorded live, no overdubs, on four track in one straight 48 hours session, the record is a celebration of no holds barred full on rocking. Former lead singer of Sub Pop garge legends Thee Hypnotics, Jim Jones looks aftter vocals and guitar, Rupert orton plays lead guitar, Elliot Mortimer plays keys, Gavin Jay Plays bass and Nick Jones plays drums. Among an album of hard rocking delights, key tracks to dip into are "Rock n Roll Psychosis" whichsounds like a unholy jam between Jerry Lee Lewis and The Birthday Party. The Revue play homnage to The Killer on another Key track "Meat Man".
PunkRockBlues-002
CD
$13.75

Johannsson, Johann
Englaborn
PS, US Highly-acclaimed 1st solo album from consummate Icelandic musician, composer & producter, originally released on CD by Touch in 2002, now issued in a gatefold vinyl edition. Written for string quartet, piano, organ, glockenspiel & percussion, these organic elements were processed & manipulated, adding delicate electronic backgrounds to the otherwise entirely acoustic recordings
Touch-052
LP
$16.25

Johnston, James & Philippe Petit
Fiends With A Face
PS, US Members of STRINGS OF CONSCIOUSNESS, GALLON DRUNK. A homage to the golden era of horror movies - these two fiends wanted to conjure up blood-curdling & haunting soundscapes, playing w/ an unsettling ambiance of strings, piano, organ, electronics, guitar drone & feedback screech
DirterProductions-065
CD
$18.00

Judge
What It Meant: The Complete Discography
PS, US To most fans of hardcore, Judge is a band that needs no introduction. The band who took the ideals and positive goals of Youth of Today and infused them with beefy guitar licks, introspective lyrics and a hefty influx of New York style. Their debut EP was released with much fanfare, selling faster than it could be kept in press.Their live shows were infectious, and soon the entire Northeast, not to mention the world, had their eyes on Judge. It was official - Judge was a full-fledged outbreak.And almost as suddenly as it had started, it was over. A final show in Florida unceremoniously stands as their farewell - no reunions, no grandstanding, and no apologies. The face of the band and singer Mike Judge parted ways with the hardcore scene, but his legacy remains in his words... "Can you hear me, hear when I scream - you hear my words, but do you know what I mean?"The Complete Discography compiles the entire recorded output of Judge, the first time available on one format. The lasting memory of Judge and impact it has had on hardcore can be seen all around, and this discovery will truly lead you to what it meant.
Revelation-122
LP
$16.50

Keane
Live [blue ray]
PS, US Blue Ray version.
Interscope
DVD/BR
$24.50

Keane
Live
PS, US
Interscope
DVD
$17.75

Kershaw, Doug
The Very Best Of Doug Kershaw
PS, US 18 songs from the Ragin' Cajun - the #1 purveyor of Louisiana music!
TheGreatAmericanMusicCo.-082
CD
$10.50

Kleenex Girl Wonder
Heartless
PS, US These songs will stick in your head and your heart, but never your craw.
Super-deluxe 7" packaging features die-cut felt sleeve that has to be seen to be believed. First release from the brand-new Give and Go
label. Keep an eye out for the limited-to-100, hand-numbered clear vinyl.
GiveAndGoRecords
45
$5.75

Krazy Baldhead
B-Suite
PS, US His influences range from the Chemical Brothers to Bill Evans, from A Tribe Called Quest to Joy Division, from Gong to Miles Davis, & even Prefuse 73. There is some blues in his music, but above all, there is that liberty that could only come from a 10-year background in jazz. Um?
EdBanger-476
CD
$16.25

Kreng
L'Autopsie Phenomenale De Dieu
PS, US These sample-based constructions incorporated sounds from free-jazz, new electronic-generated sounds, classical modernism & vintage geographical recordings. Discordant segments of wailing, top-end violins give way to clunking rhythmic passages of metal marimbas & tuned percussion; free-roaming passages of rasping, low-end bass & the shuffle of free-jazz recall the work of Prestige-era Moondog, as well as aspects of Harry Partch's instrumentation via mid- to latter-day period Tom Waits. Atonal ambiance & slow builds, eerie segues into low murk, & a haunting solo soprano voice are all pulled together to make perfect sense, often in terrifying ways
Miasmah-010
CD
$15.50

Law Of The Least Effort
Library Catalog Music Series: Music for Measurements
PS, US An homage to 60's & 70's session bands like The Meters, Booker T & The MG's, The Funk Brothers, the JB's, & guitar players like Clarence White, Link Wray, JJ Cale & John McLaughlin.
AsthmaticKitty-202
LP
$11.50

Legion of Two
Riffs
PS, US New project from Alan O'Boyle & David Lacey. It pits electronics against live drums & percussion for a dark, dense, & noise dirge. Huge basslines, slow, pounding rhythms, & feedback dominate. Industrial, dub, & metal influences are shredded through old guitar pedals & cheap reverbs & reassembled into a driving & melodic force
PlanetMu-234
DLP
$19.25

Levin, Elliot Meets The Seesaw Ensemble
S-T
PS, US Tenor sax jazz musician teams up w/ free jazz group to create a sound & feeling that incorporates the best characteristics of the late 60's jazz movement. Sudden bursts of energy, playful interplay, experimental sounds, sullen grooves, psychedelic & spiritual sounds that ebb & flow together. A recording tha will surely appeal to fans of John & Alice Coltrane & Sun Ra
Porter-1001
CD
$14.75

Lexingtons, The
Get Lo-Fi
PS, US Packaged in a modest paper sleeve, with a printed CDR, these DIY popsters are keeping it indie! "Lexingtons are indie pop from rhode island. For people who like belle and sebastian and weezer..." And dare we say...Rocketship?
Lexingtons-001
CD
$8.25

Lights
Rites
PS, US Vinyl.
DragCity-408
LP
$14.75

Lights
Rites
PS, US Any band that mutates the powers of Jimi Hendrix, unicorns, Stevie Nicks, glowsticks, Prince, Indians & cowboys, Yoko Ono, red wine, Jem & Beyonce into their own smoothly flowing sound, they're acting from the heart -or the dark side of their Id. Their songs are the lovechild of American soul music, country, metal, psychedelic rock, disco & new age. PITCHFORK: "Drag City debut is a wonderful stoner rock record, but so much more, finding inspiration in everything from soul and country to radio pop and classic rock."
DragCity-408
CD
$13.25

Lisa o Piu
When This Was The Future
PS, US Vinyl version
Subliminal-033
LP
$27.50

Lisa o Piu
When This Was The Future
PS, US The album is filled w/ delicious & bewitching woodland folk hymnals, eloguent yet eerie, & led by Lisa's gossamer vocals, as delicate as a wavering candle flame. It somehow divinely conjures the essence of Linda Perhacs, Bridget St. John, Joni Mitchell, Sandy Denny, Vashti Bunyan & Joanna Newsom into one singular siren, but w/ a thoroughly unique, haunting delivery
Subliminal-029
CD
$18.00

Lord Cut-Glass
S-T
PS, UK 2009 debut solo album from former Delgados frontman Alun Woodward AKA Lord Cut-Glass. Extraordinarily ambitious, Lord Cut Glass was written, arranged and in large part performed by Woodward, recalling the orchestral grandeur of his former band whilst forging a style of acerbic, sardonic songwriting all of his own. Lord Cut Glass features galloping percussion, waltzes, marches and promenades of male and female harmony: delicate and serene creations punctuated by casual profanity and shot through with brazenly hilarious words-to-the-wise.
ChemikalUnderground
CD
$15.00

Lord Fowl
Endless Dynamite
PS, US
FakeFourInc.-004
CD
$9.50

Lowe, Nick
Brentford Trilogy
PS, US Nick Lowe's triumphant return to the indie world back in 1994 was marked by the release of the critically acclaimed The Impossible Bird by Upstart Records. With the overall excitement that followed the release, it was evident that Nick's music had taken a slightly different twist on the road to a more mature tone and stripped down musical arrangement.And although it was unknown at the time, Nick's next two records Dig My Mood and The Convincer would travel the same road, achieving greater result and success with each effort. These three records always represented a kind of trilogy to Nick and now for the first time, all three are being packed together in a very limited edition Brentford Trilogy boxed set for hardcore fans and new believers alike. In this package is a new book with extra photos and a new interview with Nick by Paul Gorman. The three CDs and booklet are encased within a handsome box which is open on one end to reveal the individual spines of each record. On the cover, there's a great photo of Nick from the period and on the back is an essay by Nick himself talking about why he considers these three records to be a "trilogy." Many fans consider Nick's later period of work to be his very best and of course we agree. Nick Lowe is the man. Follow him and discover his subtle greatness.
YepRoc-2633
CD-BOX
$21.50

Lubelski, Samara
Future Slip
PS, US A gorgeous & friendly collection of bittersweet melodies, sinister basslines, gestural Polaroid lyrics, & spot-on drumming garnished w/ sprigs of fuzz, paired w/ a guitar Riesling.
EcstaticPeace-110
CD
$10.00

Lull
Like a Slow River
PS, ITALY Glacial Movements is glad to announce the return of one of the most important representatives of ambient isolationist music ever: the wonderful English artist Mick J. Harris aka LULL (Scorn, Painkiller, Napalm Death). Like a Slow River is characterized by sharp and minimal atmospheres and dark, cold and huge bodies of ice which slowly move by an endless river. The five compositions of Like a Slow River reach the high expectations of the previous works such as Cold Summer, Continue and Murder Ballads trilogy with Martin Bates. With no doubt this is the coldest and darkest work ever composed by this pioneer of industrial-ambient music. You will be led to oblivion.... the freezing darkness of glacial night comes down on your body and mind.... you'll fall into your deepest sleep with the far echo of glacial running ...the way to eternity is in front of you.
Tracks:
1. Whiteout (14:30)
2. The sheet (14:37)
3. Like a slow river (14:02)
4. Treeless grounds (12:25)
5. Illusion of unbroken surface (4:31)
GlacialMovements-004
CD
$16.25

Lullatone
Songs That Spin in Circles
PS, US Let Lullatone send you to sleep with their newest collection of lullabies. Originally composed for their newborn son, this set of merry-go-round melodies is the perfect bedtime background music for babies and adults alike. Each track is specially composed to loop seamlessly using the repeat one function on your CD or mp3 player, allowing unlimited long listening. Every melody can be enjoyed seamlessly for hours at a time as you drift to dreams, letting the songs spin in circles and the artwork also uses a special die cut cover to allow the music's disc to spin too! The album also features a high level of sound science to ensure ultimate effectiveness in snooze induction. Underwater recordings, heartbeats as drumbeats and tape hiss as ambient white noise are just the beginning of the shuteye science the duo employed to create their most careful concept album to date. Imagine Calder making sound pieces instead of mobile sculptures or a Raymond Scott's "Soothing for Babies", that babies actually enjoyed. Perhaps if Brian Eno had made Music for Airports For Babies it would sound like this. Or Sigur Ros on Nyquil? Beck has said that he played Lullatone songs in the past to his infant son and Momus has dubbed them "the cutest formalists in town." Lullatone is Shawn James Seymour and Yoshimi Seymour from Nagoya, Japan who have been releasing conceptual pop albums since 2002, creating artwork, touring the world, and even hosting a Japanese children's TV program. "Songs That Spin in Circles" is their sixth album.
AudioDregsRecordings-075
CD
$13.00

Lunch, Lydia
Big Sexy Noise
PS, US Lydia Lunch has collaborated with Terry Edwards, James Johnston and Ian White in a variety of musical guises for the last ten years. From Hangover Hotel and Smoke in the Shadows to the most recent multimedia performances of Real Pornography and The Ghosts of Spain, the three rabble rousers from Gallon Drunk have, in a series of ever morphing configurations, collaborated with Lydia in creating psycho-ambient soundscapes in the service of propelling forth spoken word exorcisms in her decades -long prophecies of societal collapse, moral bankruptcy, and global corruption.
Sartorial-039
LP
$17.25

Lynott, Phil
Live In Sweden 1983
PS, US Excellent picture disc featuring the great man himself. Strictly limited to 500 copies.
Mischief-001
CD
$19.00

Mad Gregs
Big Nun
PS, US
FakeFourInc.-003
CD
$9.50

Magick Daggers
Black Diamonds
PS, US 80's goth inspired group, featuring members of GET HUSTLE, SUB-TONIX & ANTIOCH ARROW. 6 gems including a stunning rendition of Marc Almond's "Emerald Ships." A throw-back to the days of early Siouxsie & the Birthday Party
ManimalVinyl-006
CD5
$4.75

Magnolia Electric Co.
Josephine
PS, US The band is back on its heels, yes, but they are going to fight back in the only way they know how. This is a tribute to the life & spirit of fallen bassist Evan Farrell. There are cues taken from great songwriters like WIllie Nelson & Warren Zevon. This is heartbreak at ten paces, to be sure.
SecretlyCanadian-185
LP
$12.25

Magnolia Electric Co.
Josephine
PS, US The band is back on its heels, yes, but they are going to fight back in the only way they know how. This is a tribute to the life & spirit of fallen bassist Evan Farrell. There are cues taken from great songwriters like WIllie Nelson & Warren Zevon. This is heartbreak at ten paces, to be sure.
SecretlyCanadian-185
CD
$11.50

Maher Shalal Hash Baz
C'est La Dernière Chanson
PS, US Fuses stray elements of pop, folk, jazz & experimental music into pieces of candid musical gestures. This is compact & richly melodic; forgotten melodies played w/ a fragile trust.
Krecords-210
DCD
$12.50

Major Lazer
Guns Don't Kill People...Lazers Do
PS, US Vinyl version.
Dowtown
LP
$19.00

Major Lazer
Guns Don't Kill People Lazers Do
PS, US Major Lazer is the Grammy nominatied super producer duo of SWITCH and DIPLO - best known for their work with M.I.A. hit "Paper Planes." This album is a reggae and dancehall explosion just in time for summer with guest vocals for friends MAPEI, SANTIGOLD and AMANDA BLANK,
among others.
Downtown
CD
$15.75

Marley, Bob & Wailers
Legend
PS, US Reissue on 180 grm vinyl w/ all the orginal packaging. The defining summation of Marley's epochal career. 14 touchstone recordings featuring "I Shot the Sheriff," "No Woman No Cry," "Buffalo Soldier," and "One Love/ People Get Ready. "
Island-052
LP
$19.00

Marley, Bob & Wailers
Catch a Fire
PS, US Reissue on 180 grm vinyl w/ all the orginal packaging. The legend of The Harder The Come in the flesh and the blaze is set. "Stir It Up," "Concrete Jungle," "Stop That Train," and more!
Island-1
LP
$19.00

Marley, Bob & Wailers
Exodus
PS, US Reissue on 180 grm vinyl w/ all the orginal packaging. Featuring "Exodus," "Jamming," "Three Little Birds" and more!
Island-419
LP
$19.00

Mass Shivers
Torrid Sex In East Berlin b/w Tickled On Poppers
PS, US
MassShivers
45
$5.00

MC5
Kick Out The Jams
PS, US Gorgeously designed limited edition 7 inch vinyl of 2 masterpieces of garage rock
Cleopatra-887
45
$7.25

McCombs, Cass
Catacombs
PS, US Cass's fourth album and second for Domino evokes a return to his early, simpler sounding works, "A" and "PREfection". It's full of storied songs flush with emotional relevance and accessibility. Each track is cloaked in shiver inducing melodies that lay the perfect foundation for Cass' true source of transcendence - his vocals and lyrics. McCombs carries on transcending fad and fashion to ensure the art of songwriting lives on.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD
$12.50

McCombs, Cass
Catacombs
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DominoRecordingCo.
DLP
$17.50

Megafaun
Gather, Form & Fly
PS, US Their highly anticipated second album. All the hints they've given us from songs Stereogum described as "mournful, slow-blooming banjo-and-white-noise-laced epics" to tours with The Rosebuds, Arnold Dreyblatt, and Akron Family have culminated in a record that's an ode to death, love, musical history, community, tradition, and experimentation. In all, it's an ode to the listener.
Hometapes-029
CD
$13.75

Megafaun
Gather, Form & Fly
PS, US Vinyl version includes album download and side-D etching.
Hometapes-029
DLP
$17.25

Melchior, Dan Und Das Menace
Dim Are the Lights" b/w "I Don't Want To Be Nice
PS, US Dan Melchior checks in with another great single that combines Kinks- ian song craft with TOTAL HATE. Always a winning combo.
Convulsive
45
$5.75

Metric
Fantasies
PS, US Now on Vinyl! A densely textured modern mix of psychedelia, electro & rock, this album's dream like quality stays true to the band's aesthetic while venturing into more accessible musical territory
MetricMusic-80019
LP
$18.00

MGMT
Time To Pretend
PS,US Reissue of the electro psych group's debut EP, originally released in 2005. Composed of 6 songs, from the youthful exuberance of the title track to the four-on-the-floor dance anthem "Kids" (both later appeared on "Oracular Spectacular") & the space pop whimsy of "Love Always Remains"
Cantora
CD5
$7.25

Mi Ami
Towers Fall
PS, US First volume of new "Techno" series takes a step away from the visceral punch of their live show toward something almost purely electronic. "Cassette Mix" on B-side perhaps best seen as a dub-style version rather than a traditional remix. LIMITED TO 500, INCL. DOWNLOAD COUPON
HossRecords-015
12
$16.00

Mi And L'au
Good Morning Jokers
PS, SPAIN Mira Anita Mathilda Romantschuk is an ethereal looking Finnish girl who sings like an elf, with a sharpened, chilly voice. She used to work as a model in Paris when she met Laurent Leclre, the composer and guitar player to whom Devendra Banhart dedicated "Gentle Soul".

Laurent had composed music for some films, and was plenty of inspiration, but he still had not been able to channel it. When he met Mi he found his own intense and indescribable musical language, as indescribable as the fire crackle or a January blizzard. The combination was perfect: "Imagine a glacier with ember inside", Michael Gira said when he produced their first work with Young God Records.

Mi & Lau stayed for a while in Paris until they decided to get lost in nature and lock themselves with their guitars in a hut, surrounded by snow, in the lost boreal moors. Cold, loneliness and music inspired such sonorities that the castrating marketing labels can't define, as many other times when it comes to real creators.

Lu declares that his roots are in the European classical music which is true in comparison to all North American pop, rock and jazz, but don't expect an expert display or academic formalism from Mi & L'au, but soul, strength and feelings. Such strong feelings expressed with so much harshness that can even make you feel pain while listening to the duo.

They've been 4 years around the World, visiting any place where people were well disposed towards their tender, queer and ghostly music. They've finally landed in the Mediterranean. Valencia, the hyper-cheerful and comfortable capital of the Spanish East coast, is their home now and it's been there where Mi and L'au have recorded their new work, "Good Morning Jokers". Don't you think that because they're in the bright flower's land, their work lacks melancholy and darkness of their characteristic sound?

Mistery and intelligence, tenderness and fear, beauty and misery combine in a disturbing and queer potion that is listened with pleasure, but at the same time makes the listener become uneasy, finding that suddenly is hidden away in somebody else's world, filled with an irresistible and unlikely beauty and ambiguous as sirens songs and fairies tears.

"Good Morning Jokers" is a deep and demanding new musical experience that won't leave anybody indifferent.
Borne/Acuarela-005
CD
$13.50

Miaou
Painted E.P.
PS, JAPAN Restock. Having joined a comilation album released from Where Are My Records (Canada), Miaou is gradually winning fans in the north American and Japanese music scenes. A year after their second album, Make These Things Alright, Miaou releases their latest. This time the band features an Austrian musician, Qua, also known as a producer for Architecture in Helsinki, British post rock band Epic45 and Pascal Asselin (millimetrik) from Below The Sea. Now Miaou is ready to challenge the global market. Formed in 1999, band released their debut album Happiness (Noon Records), 2003. In 2005 the band released a second album Make These Things Alright. The band joined the compilation album Je T'aime (Where Are My Records), which also featured Epic45 and Below The Sea in 2006. The new album features 5 new tracks and 3 remixes by Qua (headz), Epic45 and Pascal Asselin (millmetrk) from Below The Sea. Track Listing: 01. We lost it 02. Scene of sunrise 03. Anything goes 04. Grasslands (revised) 05. Airship 06. Fatune avillion (millimetrick remix) 07. Dante (epic45 remix) 08. on a sunday (qua remix).
ThomasonSounds-2016
CDEP
$10.25

Minsk
Ritual Fires Of Abandon
PS, US VINYL LIMITED TO 1000
GileadMedia
DLP
$17.50

Minus 5
Killingsworth
PS, US This is another Minus 5 album. Now the eighth LP from the loose creative collective/serious drinking association helmed by wayfarer and musical enabler Scott McCaughey. This one is called Killingsworth.

A recording worthy of the murders committed during its genesis? Perhaps. Incoherent yarns mostly told after midnight by highway hobos in and around Portland, Oregon? Surely.

Killingsworth features an incarnation of The Minus 5 including apparatus support poles "McOi," Peter Buck and John Moen (Decemberists). Other gypsies in the carnival include The She Bee Gees, further Decemberists Colin Meloy, Jenny Conlee, Chris Funk, Nate Query and many more.

Pedal steel belted radials drive throughout the gravelly fern-lined byways of the neighborhood of Killingsworth. Either ride along with the show or get out of the way of its careening wheel man, drunk with liquor and blood. Up to you, friend.
YepRoc-2166
CD
$13.75

Moby
Wait for Me
PS, US
Moby's most unified and understated album, and all the better for it, Wait for Me is a morose set of elegantly bleary material, quite a shift from the hedonistic club tracks of Last Night. Dominated by instrumentals, "Shot in the Back of the Head" is the most evocative of the bunch, seemingly pulled from an unreleased David Lynch film scored by the Afghan Whigs circa Gentlemen -- a lament from a dustbowl, full of mournful slide guitar and dewy electric piano. Other than "Mistake" -- a glum neo-post-punk rave-up that, despite its cathartic release, remains downcast -- Moby leaves the vocals to a series of females (neighborhood chums, apparently) who each contribute to one song. The smoky 3-a.m. gospel whispers from throwback soul singer Leela James on "Walk with Me" steal the show. ~ Andy Kellman, All Music Guide
Mute-69416B.2
CD
$15.25

Moby
Wait For Me
PS,US A radical departure from his recent albums. More experimental, a little more challenging, maybe not as easy to like, but more artistically & creatively satisfying
Mute
LP
$19.75

Modest Mouse
Perpetual Motion Machine b/w History Sticks to Your Feet (DELAYED)
PS, US
Epic
45
$7.50

Mojo
#189 (August 2009) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Mojo
Classic: The Story Of Britpop (Vol. 2 Issue #7)
PS, UK
ZINE
$13.50

Moon Duo
Love on the Sea
PS, US Love On The Sea is the first single from San Francisco's MOON DUO. Not strictly a duo, and not necessarily from THE moon, the group was conceived by RIPLEY JOHNSON of WOODEN SHJIPS. Operating within the same discipline of steady beats and maxi-minimalist rock 'n' roll as the Shjips, the Moon Duo group utilizes machine rhythms and degrading riffs to create a stupor-ific miasma of sound. Limited edition of 500 copies.
SickThirst-006
12
$8.50

Moondog
S-T
PS,US Debut album, originally released in 1956. The blind Kansas native showcases his talent for the minimal & avant-garde here, w/ compositions driven by percussion & Japanese-inspired melodies, complimented by street sounds, recitations, & animal noises. Bizarre even for today's standards, it's a wonder this was released over a half-century ago
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Moondog
More Moondog
PS,US 2nd LP, originally released in 1956. Continues the NYC street performer's exploration of minimalist composition & field recording, mixing percussion & sparse melodies w/ piano solos, street sounds, & monologues. Surprisingly accessible despite it's avant-garde nature, bridging the gap between the familiar & the bizarre. Another all out masterwork from one of 20th century America's most unique minds
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Moondog
Story of Moondog
PS,US 3rd LP from NYC street performer & avant-garde/minimalist composer, originally released in 1957. Perhaps the least accessible of his early releases, this album is made up of percussive jams, usually on instruments of his own creation, street sounds, poetry, & Far East melodies, despite opening w/ a swinging number that is, oddly, the most bizarre thing on the album
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Morris, Joe
Wildlife
PS, US A gorgeous modern jazz album with vintage microphone glow; four fully inviting long-form collective improvisations. New group concept feat. MORRIS on bass, PETR CANCURA on tenor & alto sax, & LUTHER GRAY on drums. This warm first group recording emphasizes a very modern swing with each player drawn toward melodic elucidation via joy of creation.
AUMFidelity-056
CD
$12.75

Most Serene Republic
And The Ever Expanding Universe
PS, US The Most Serene Republic follows a kind of musical continuum. From Underwater Cinematographer (their debut) to Phages (their EP) to Population (their follow-up album), and now with ...And The Ever Expanding Universe, the band's repertoire runs the gamut from prog-rock to densely layered, indie-pop. TMSR harmoniously combine traditional instrumentation with strings, banjos, and digital programming. Their music demands your involvement- and though you might find yourself digging a little deeper with each song, their art is worth the excavation. Hailing from the Toronto suburb of Milton, Ontario, the young septet (now each 24-years old) has performed together for a half dozen years. The band is very much a product of their wide ranging personalities, beginning with Ryan Lenssen's classical piano experience and an obsession with musical history; and singer/lyricist Adrian Jewett's Joycian stream-of-conscious lyrics and larger than life stage personality. TMSR's instrumental expertise is undeniable, both on stage and in live performance, and on recorded album. Produced by Dave Newfeld (Broken Social Scene, Super Furry Animals, Los Campesinos!), ...And The Ever Expanding Universe shows The Most Serene Republic confidently striding forward with a more mature, diverse and exhilirating sound.
Arts&Crafts-044
CD
$15.25

Most Serene Republic
And The Ever Expanding Universe
PS, US Vinyl version
Arts&Crafts-044
LP
$15.25

Motel Motel
New Denver
PS, US From their home bases of Colorado and Brooklyn, Motel Motel has forged a sound uniquely their own while still paying homage to the honky tonkers of the past, culminating in this, their debut full-length. Drawing comparison to Cold War Kids and Wilco, the music is canonical, yet indefinable, a memory of a truck stop jukebox, but one blaring from the bodegas of Spanish Harlem. "'Coffee' is the best Ryan Adams or Cold War Kids song of 2008, complete with raspy Americana mise-en-scene and piano-tinkling cocaine reference" - Spin.
RebelGroup
CD
$12.50

Mothboy
Beg/Movement
PS, GERMANY A couple of years after his remarked "Deviance" second album, London's Mothboy returns to Ad Noiseam with this appetizer to his third full length, in the form of an energetic and bassy-as-ever EP, and brings his friends to the party.
The opening "Beg" is a perfect example of Mothboy's sense for dance floor tunes, with its huge sub-bass and strong basslines. Syncopated and addictive, it gets dirtier and more garage-oriented with a gritty remix by well-known Starkey. On the B-side, "Movement" is more of a nod toward Mothboy's persistent and acute taste in Hip Hop, as he pairs up with New York vocalist Kes Evergreen for a fast paced, epic but playful track which mixes grime, hip-hop and, as usual with this boy, heavy sharp basses. Ad Noiseam glitch-hop Lapsed and turntablist Nonnon finally take this song to turn it into a more intricate and breakbeat-rich track, while staying true to its original club feeling. Mothboy is the stage name of London-based Simon Smerdon. After playing bass in several bands in the 90's, he focused his energy on electronic music, and quickly earned the praise of many peers, even regularly collaborating with Mick Harris of Scorn in the early 2000's. Besides numerous collaborations with acts such as 65daysofstatic, Akira The Don, and label mates Cardopusher and Mad EP, Mothboy has already released two full lengths albums and a single on Ad Noiseam. His third full album, "Bunny", is expected in the second half of 2009.
Adnoiseam-096-2
12
$11.00

Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation, The
Succubus
PS, GERMANY After the corpses, the succubus. While rehearsing for their post "Mutations EP" shows, The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble recorded a new improv session under their Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation moniker on the 15th of January 2009. Faithful to the original TKDE concept of drawing inspiration from movies, they recording what later became "Succubus" while watching Jess Franco's film of the same name. This iconic 1969 movie, with its strong erotic mood, fragmented story line and oneiric photography encompasses perfectly the goal and means of TKDE / TMFJDC, in the way the band builds mesmerizing, deep and otherworldly atmospheres. More jazz-oriented than their heavier previous CD, "Succubus" leaves more room to Charlotte Cegarra's vocals and Hilary Jeffery's trombone, while the narrative is still led by Gideon Kiers (of Telco Systems)'s drums and Jason Kohnen (Bong-Ra)'s bass. Sensual, mysterious, pulsating and hazy, while "Succubus" is certainly not a new soundtrack to Jess Franco's film, it is definitely something to be listened to in one take, and conveys the same feeling of displacement and lust. A new stone in the discography of the two headed entity that is TKDE / TMFDJC, "Succubus" displays the "corporation" in its most macabre yet entrancing side. Audio cinema has seldom sounded so lustful. The Mount Fuji Doomjazz Corporation is another name under which The Kilimanjaro Darkjazz Ensemble record and release their improvised and more doom and drone oriented material. TMFDJC's first CD, the live "Doomjazz Future Corpses!" was released on Ad Noiseam in 2007. TKDE's "Mutations" was released on the label in early 2009, and will be followed by the band's second album, "Here Be Dragons", in the fall of 2009.
Adnoiseam-112-2
CD
$16.25

Nadja & Black Boned Angel
S-T
PS, US Collaboration between Canada's prolific neo-doom duo (NADJA) & New Zealand's pitch black droners (BLACK BONED ANGEL - featuring Campbell Kneale of BIRCHVILLE CAT MOTEL). These two 20-plus-minute instrumental tracks have a less accessible vibe then the Jesu-like track on last year's Christ Send Light EP. They are comprised in equal parts of Nadja's fuzzed-out, lurching, hazy dream-doom, & Black Boned Angel's razor-sharp, metallic riff-shards. Eventually, the whole thing collapses under the weight of its self-created black hole - the death throes of the whole damn genre. This is the end
20BuckSpin-028
CD
$10.00

Nation of Ulysses
Plays Pretty for Baby
PS, US
Dischord
CD
$12.25

Nebula
Heavy Psych [Bonus Tracks]
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
TeePee
LP
$16.00

Nebula
Heavy Psych
PS, US Nebula creates pure guitar-driven, conscious expanding rock for the 21st century and Heavy Psych has everything you could want and need to start the ceremony. They are a culmination of their rock forbearers such as Jimi Hendrix, MC5, The Stooges and Mudhoney turned up a notch, taken to the next level and blasting through space. Nebula spread their gospel through their music and what they are preaching will leave the congregation on the floor. Combining the combustibility of the sun with the mysticism of the moon, Heavy Psych lives up to its name, no matter your preferred definition, and reaffirms Nebula's reputation as one of rock's brightest stars - in this galaxy or any other.
TeePee
CD
$14.50

Nerves
One Way Ticket
PS, US Repress on PURPLE vinyl, limited to 500
Alive-901
LP
$19.00

New Mellow Edwards
Big Choantza
PS, US Set of carefully shaped compositions that balance contrasting shapes & textures: languid funk, asymmetrical bebop marches, spacious pop w/ shattered orchestration & tense ambient sonics along w/ a cover of the Sonic Youth's Youth Against Fascism. Includes striking performances by NYC heavyweights Chris Speed (Human Feel, Bloodcount, yeah NO), Trevor Dunn (Mr. Bungle, John Zorn, Madlove) & John Hollenbeck (Claudia Quintet, Meredith
Monk)
Skirl-010
CD
$13.50

Night Horse/ Dirty Sweet
Split
PS, US This A-side to a split single with like-minded roots rockers Dirty Sweet, is the first of three splits Night Horse have planned for this summer. They bring full-throated, dual guitar driven jams to induce your "bangover". "Good Bye Gone" conjures thoughts of Cactus, Mountain, and the swagger of Steve Marriott's Humble Pie, all baked in the LA sun. San Diego's five piece barnburners Dirty Sweet return the favor with the finessed jam "Marionette", evoking the spirit of The Band, Badfinger, and The Faces.
TeePee
45
$6.25

No Comply
It's Getting Hot
PS, US Ferocious debut based in brutal '80s/'90s hardcore like Copout & Born Against
Goner-43
45
$6.25

Nodzzz
True to Life b/w Good Times Crowd
PS, US Fresh of the success of their self-titled debut last fall, "True to Life" finds Nodzzz in top jangly art-crit form. The B-side, "Good Times Crowd" is an ode to, well, the trials & tribulations of hanging with good times crowds. Some modern thoughts for these modern times. What could be better?
WhatsYourRupture-509
45
$6.25

Nurse With Wound
Surveillance Lounge
PS, US In contrast to 2008's "Huffin' Rag Blues," this release focuses on the darker side of NWW. While keeping a fresh, contemporary feel, it nods towards some of the older, more sinister material
DirterProductions-072
CD
$18.00

O'Death
Underwater Nightmare EP
PS, US Featuring four new songs: "Underwater Nightmare", "Prince Of Beast", "Mongoloid" (Devo cover), and "Brothers" (Murder By Death cover). Taking their cues from old time folk and gypsy music, and giving it an original contemporary punk flavor that leaves audiences blown away and mesmerized. O'Death live is a rollercoaster and that vibe is captured on within these recordings. You can hear and feel the energy growing within each song. Limited to 500.
Kemado
45
$3.75

Oblivians, The
Never Enough
PS, US Features Greg Cartwright of REIGNING SOUND. Finally back in print!
SFTRI-304
10
$13.75

Octopus Project
Golden Beds
PS, US Some of these 5 tracks are brand new, some represent fresh take on ideas from the past, but each explores a different facet of their omnivorous sonic creations - from big-riff rock to tiny electronics to blissful sing-alongs. Enhanced CD includes videos & live footage from the 2008 Austin City Lights festival
Peek-a-Boo-005
CD
$9.25

On
Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night
PS, US 2LP version
Type-050
DLP
$22.50

On
Your Naked Ghost Comes Back At Night
PS, US Reissue of debut release by the collaborative duo of Chicago-based percussionist STEVEN HESS (HAPTIC, PAN AMERICAN) & French composer/producer SYLVAIN CHAUVEAU. Produced by Helge Sten (Deathprod), whose characteristic smudged ambience is evident as he submerges Chauveau & Hess' compositions beneath a swamp of cavernous reverb & synthesized smoke
Type-050
CD
$15.50

Oneida
Rated O
PS, US ONEIDA has delivered a monster named "Rated O" which happens to be the crowning achievement of their storied creative lives. By producing this colossus they have also created the necessity of its destruction -- which within the confines of this tremendous accomplishment -- they do so handily and with utter fluency. Perhaps "Rated O" represents the encyclopedic representation of ONEIDA MUSIC, ONEIDA CREATIVITY and ONEIDA INSATIABILITY. As the leviathan rises from the murky depths to endow the idle watch with illusion, disillusionment and mortal terror -- thus Oneida leaves a hieroglyphic spume upon the glassy surface of what is KNOWN and UNKNOWN. The music contained within the covers of "Rated O" must be seen as a gifted wilderness that when traversed will grant the traveler both a fractured mirror and a demolished and worried pathway deeper into the abyss. This album is an attempt to contain the entirety of Oneida and thus it points the way to infinite rebirth and boundless creativity. It is a finite map and the suggestion of unknown worlds. We finally have in our hands the album that Oneida has often gestured towards. Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the greatest triple albums ever recorded.
Jagjaguwar-145
3XCD
$12.25

Oneida
Rated O
PS, US Vinyl version in triple-gatefold with download coupon.
ONEIDA has delivered a monster named "Rated O" which happens to be the crowning achievement of their storied creative lives. By producing this colossus they have also created the necessity of its destruction -- which within the confines of this tremendous accomplishment -- they do so handily and with utter fluency. Perhaps "Rated O" represents the encyclopedic representation of ONEIDA MUSIC, ONEIDA CREATIVITY and ONEIDA INSATIABILITY. As the leviathan rises from the murky depths to endow the idle watch with illusion, disillusionment and mortal terror -- thus Oneida leaves a hieroglyphic spume upon the glassy surface of what is KNOWN and UNKNOWN. The music contained within the covers of "Rated O" must be seen as a gifted wilderness that when traversed will grant the traveler both a fractured mirror and a demolished and worried pathway deeper into the abyss. This album is an attempt to contain the entirety of Oneida and thus it points the way to infinite rebirth and boundless creativity. It is a finite map and the suggestion of unknown worlds. We finally have in our hands the album that Oneida has often gestured towards. Ladies and gentlemen, this is one of the greatest triple albums ever recorded.
Jagjaguwar-145
3XLP
$21.00

Orsi, Fabio/Gianluca Becuzzi/(ETRE)
So Far
PS, US Three young Italian musicians w/ similar backgrounds in the field of experimental electronics. They blend electronics, field recordings, & acoustic instruments into a fracture tapestry of drones, folk music & sound collages
Porter-4031
CD
$14.75

Orso, Fabio/Gianluca Becuzzi/(ETRE)
So Far
PS, US Three young Italian musicians w/ similar backgrounds in the field of experimental electronics. They blend electronics, field recordings, & acoustic instruments into a fracture tapestry of drones, folk music & sound collages
Porter-031
CD
$14.75

Owen
The Seaside
PS, US The Seaside EP is a collection of six Owen (aka Mike Kinsella of American Football,
Joan of Arc, Cap'n Jazz) songs previously only available as bonus tracks on Japanese
album releases, plus one song previously only available on a 7". The Seaside EP was originally conceived as a digital-only release, but as interest grew, the decision was made to release a CD version as well.
Polyvinyl-179
CD
$8.75

Pandoras, The
It's About Time
PS, US Avoiding the sputter of careerist garage rock for a spectacularly bleary haunted house feel, It's About Time was a welcome alternative to art-punk, synth pop, and the power hunger of bands like X and the Cramps. That's not to say that the Pandoras didn't owe themselves to an extinct musical movement, but thanks mostly due to Paula Pierce, who fronted and wrote virtually everything here, rough charms like "Cry on My Own," "I Live My Life," and "Hot Generation," had a musicality to them that allowed the Easybeats-like throb to bob and sway instead of simply blaring out into a din. Years later, much of It's About Time still shines in its muddily produced, tonally confident swagger, remaining one of 1984's best garage-punk releases.
Voxx-021
LP
$11.25

Paramount Styles
Failure American Style
PS, US This is the 1st solo outing from Scott McCloud (GIRLS AGAINST BOYS). Feat. Richard Fortus (PSYCHEDELIC FURS/GUNS N' ROSES), Alexis Fleisig (Girls Against Boys), & Angela McClusky. The sound of dark forces gathering in a radiant club, at times intimate & at others soaring, slow burns bend & swerve into panoramic lush walls of sound.
Konkurrent
CD
$13.25

Peaking Lights
Imaginary Falcons
PS, US BACK IN PRINT! Members Indra Dunis (NUMBERS/RAH DUNES) & Aaron Coyes (RAH DUNES) created a stunner that's full of hypnotic analog electronics, pulsing drum sounds, perfectly somber pop layered keys, blown psych guitar, & Indra's warm drifting vocals. Groovy, spacey, heartfelt music for a new age.
NightPeople
LP
$13.50

Peggy Sue
Lover Gone
PS, US The Lover Gone EP, the third from Brighton UK's Peggy Sue, is a soulful rendition of rainy British love songs voiced by the off-kilter duets of singers/instrumentalists Katy Klaw and Rosa Rex, and set against the creative percussion of drummer Olly Olly Olly. With Lyrics savvy beyond their years and a shambolic kitchen-sink approach to music-making, Peggy Sue is quickly becoming one of Britain's most exciting new musical exports. The Lover Gone EP CD features two bonus tracks and a do-it-yourself shadow puppet theatre. There will only be 100 CDs available in the US! Don't miss your chance to get this amazing collector's item from one of music's most promising young acts!
YepRoc-2205
CD5
$6.00

Pepper, Gregory and His Problems
With Trumpets Flaring
PS, US Canadian one man band Gregory Pepper (and His Problems) debuts on Fake Four with a remarkable collection of tunes that takes listeners through his brand of super catchy but quirky experimental indie pop. Lush Brian Wilson influenced harmonies blend with electronic and hip hop elements for a truly unique listening experience. Pepper has toured with Islands, Born Ruffians, The Smoking Popes and others.
FakeFourInc.-009
CD
$10.50

Pine Hill Haints
To Win or To Lose
PS, US "[This] defiantly Alabamian punk/rockabilly troupe who used to practice in a graveyard... have stumbled on a winning formula: choppy, rhythm-centric odes to Buddy Holly & Carl Perkins... & distinguish [themselves] w/ deft arrangements & an old-hound's sense of restraint" - Pitchfork.
Krecords-208
CD
$11.50

Pine Hill Haints
To Win or To Lose
PS, US "[This] defiantly Alabamian punk/rockabilly troupe who used to practice in a graveyard... have stumbled on a winning formula: choppy, rhythm-centric odes to Buddy Holly & Carl Perkins... & distinguish [themselves] w/ deft arrangements & an old-hound's sense of restraint" - Pitchfork.
Krecords-208
LP
$11.50

Pinhead Gunpowder
Kick Over The Traces
PS, US Kick Over the Traces is a collection of PINHEAD GUNPOWDER's (featuring BILLIE JOE ARMSTRONG of GREEN DAY and AARON COMETBUS of THORNS OF LIFE) best songs, according to the band. Everyone will clock in, I'm sure, with their own favorites due to the fact that pretty much every Pinhead Gunpowder song is great!
Recess-120
CD
$12.75

Pink Skull
Drugs WIll Keep Us Together
PS, US EXCLUSIVE! Debut release from this new UK imprint, with this floor-working cut given great reworks by 33Hz and TREVOR LOVEYS (Freerange, etc).
SavantGuard
12
$8.25

Police & Thieves
Amor Y Guerra
PS, US Police and Thieves carry on the tradition of melodic hardcore that DC put on the map; incredibly energetic and well played hardcore. This 13 song CD collects all of Police & Thieves recorded works to-date: Amor Y Guerra EP, S/T EP, unreleased tracks and the 2005 Demo. All meticulously compiled and mastered by West West Side Mastering.
YoungBlood-025
CD
$11.25

Polyamorous Affair
Bolshevik Disco
PS,US Gatefold LP w/lock groove.
ManimalVinyl-015
LP
$19.50

Polyamorous Affair
Bolshevik Disco
PS,US LA based electronic duo, consisting of singer/songwriter/producer Eddie Chacon (CHARLES & EDDIE) and the seductive front-woman Sissy Saint-Maire, churn out 10 electro-pop gems under the concept of "Bolshevik Disco." Together they deliver the inspired dance beats of Giorgio Moroder & the raw sexuality of Serge Gainsbourg. Give that a twist of Marc Bolan-esque hooks & Goldfrapp's technological pagan naturist ways & you get The Polyamorous Affair.
ManimalVinyl-015
CD
$11.50

Poppets
Mini LP
PS, US Co-released with P.Trash records. POPPETS have made quite a name for themselves with a handful of singles over the past year or so. Now they are back with their first 12-inch. An eight-song just shy of 14 minutes, blast of lo-fi garage pop greatness. Limited to 1,000 copies.
Fdh-096
LP
$13.50

Prefuse 73
Everything She Touched Turnedampexian
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Warp
DLP
$21.00

Pretend You're Happy
Pretend You're Happy
PS, US
FakeFourInc.-005
CD
$9.50

Priscillas, The
10,000 Volts
PS, US The Priscillas, 10,000 Volts are moving on and embracing a whole flavor of different influences with a change of tack from their last album. While respecting their "leader of the pack ethics", powerpop, disco, 70's New York, indie-pop and mariachi all collide to make a unique splash of genres that reveal an album of blazingly catchy pastiche and vibrancy. Singing about "Jimmy in a Dress" or "gonna rip up your photograph", these ladies know how girl/boy really works, and are prepared to take that message further. The album has been given the once over by producers Andy Chatter-ley (Kanye West, Pussycat Dolls, Kylie, The Kills) and Marc Waterman (Ash, Elastica) in the girl's mission to move into a myriad of different influences. Strong women know what they want and this time round, the girls are joined by of all things...a boy. Phil Martini, ex-Tokyo Dragons drummer, is a brave sticksman to deal with this cacophony of super heroines, cat-women, go-go dancers and superstars. Frontwoman Jenny Drag, a New Jersey feline panther of a chanteuse, prowls her stage protectively clad in a catsuit that would give Pussy Galore palpitations.
Nag'sHead-003
CD
$13.75

Pumice
Persevere
PS, US Limited to 500! Few available. Features cover versions of "Open Up" (Michael Hurley) and "Pacific Ocean" (The Axeman) as well as brand new song "The Dawn Chorus of Kina." Touring the West Coast in July & August
SoftAbuse-37
45
$5.75

Rachel Stamp
Now I'm Nailed To Your Bedroom Wall I've Only Got Myself To Blame
PS, US When Rachel Stamp formed in 1995 they not only created some of the most decadent, brilliantly off-kilter Rock n' Roll music to ever come out of the UK, they also inadvertently paved the way for the hundreds of eye-liner wearing, heart-on-your-sleeve bands that currently fill stadiums and magazines the world over. From the heavy riffage of Black Cherry and Les Oceans de Venus to the sweet acoustic delicacy of Stealing Clothes From Shelley Bar-ratt and the proto electro-pop of I Like Girlz this collection is a testament to the band's originality and outright eccentricity, something often overlooked in the midst of the make-up and hysteria of the day.
Serena-9001
CD
$13.75

Radical Sons
Throwing Knives
PS, US The songs are short & sweet- complimented by Ben Goldstein's deadpan vocal delivery & a fleet of strummed-to-death guitars. Limited to 300.
St.Ives-35
LP
$11.50

Rainbow Arabia
Kabukimono
PS,US Second EP from LA duo features 5 new songs & 2 remixes of classics from their 2008 debut. Recorded between a grueling tour schedule with fellow exotic spice beat-makers, Gang Gang Dance, Rainbow Arabia kept themselves busy digging inspiration from Sublime Frequencies compilations & Neo-Gothic sub-culture. Kabukimono is fully committed to turn-on minds & ears to sounds from the outer territories of time, space & uncharted culture.
ManimalVinyl-016
CD5
$9.50

Rainbow Arabia
Kabukimono
PS, US Color Vinyl EP.
ManimalVinyl-016
12
$18.25

Record Collector
#365 (August 2009)
PS, US
ZINE
$10.25

Record Collector
#364 (July 2009)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Riceboy Sleeps
Riceboy Sleeps
PS, US "Riceboy Sleeps" is awash with tension and stimuli, as well as being frequently and stunningly beautiful. "Emotionally evocative, mostly instrumental, and pretty great" --Prefix
Jon Thor Birgisson (Sigur Ros) and Alex Somers (Parachutes) have been exhibiting artwork and staging exhibitions under the name Riceboy Sleeps for a few years now. Their track "Happiness" was featured on the "Dark Was The Night" compilation. This record is more active than its antecedents in the ambient output of Brian Eno and other deliberately low-impact works.
XLRecords
CD
$15.75

Riley, Terry
A Rainbow In Curved Air
PS, US 180 gram exact repro reissue of this minimalist masterpiece, originally released in 1969. "All the music on this recording is played by Terry. In 'A Rainbow' he plays electric organ, electric harpsichord, rocksichord, dumbec and tambourine. 'Poppy Nogood' is for soprano saxophone and electric organ. The spatially separated mirror images were adapted for studio recording by Glen Kolotkin and resemble the sound Terry gets in his all-night concerts."
Columbia
LP
$17.00

Rio en Medio
Frontier
PS, US Written in the snow solitude of the woods - its subject imagines an awakening & an evolution through human spiritedness, the raw choosing of life in the face of wonders, terrible & sublime, dreamed & actual. Traversing wildernesses, imaginary & tactile, mystical & cinematic, a transformation occurs from star matter to actual human heart. Prior releases were issued by Devendra Banhart's Gnomonsong label (2008).
ManimalVinyl-012
LP
$15.75

Rio en Medio
Frontier: Deluxe Edition
PS,US This deluxe edition CD includes three previously unreleased bonus tracks & a video for the track "The Umbrella"
ManimalVinyl-012
CD
$10.75

Riverdales
Invasion USA
PS, US Fronted by Ben Weasel of SCREECHING WEASEL
AsianMan-184
LP
$12.75

Rose, Jack & The Black Twigs
S-T
PS, US This raw & rocking collaboration features some of the most swinging, hard-hitting string music waxed in many a decade. Rose's solo playing has always had a rough edge, w/ his prodigious technique often employed to drop right-hand bombs. The front line of Rose & Gangloff's strings are joined by Howell's no-nonsense guitar & harmonica & Bowles' variety of expert percussion.
VHF-116
CD
$14.25

Rural Alberta Advantage
Hometowns
PS, US
SaddleCreek-138
LP
$13.00

Rural Alberta Advantage, The
Hometowns
PS, US Thanks to their exciting live performances and gritty, honest songs on "Hometowns", this Canadian band earned a loyal following that began to grow. With no label or publicist, "Hometowns" caught the ears of bloggers across the country. They landed several festival and industry showcases (NXNE, SXSW, Halifax Pop Explosion, Pop Montreal, and more), and "Hometowns" became the highest selling eMusic Selects act in history. The band's inspiring DIY success story continues to gain momentum with glowing press reviews and sold out club dates in major US cities. PITCHFORK score 8.0! "This affecting debut-- an underground hit for months, now out on Saddle Creek-- blends acoustic, nostlagic rock, energetic rhythms, and grand arrangements."
SaddleCreekRecords-138
CD
$12.50

Saviours
Acid Hands
PS, US Saviours are an explosive, unbridged metal force. Possessing an extraordinary songwriting sense, lion-hearting innovation, world-class technical ability and a bottomless pool of raw talent and creativity. Formed in 2004 in Oakland, CA as an ipecac reaction to the current sate of heavy music, they aimed to assembly an epically heavy, crushingly loud band that would reinvigorate their love for excessive volume. These songs will only be available on this 7" format, limited to 500. "Acid Hands" b/w "Slave to the Hex" 7" plus iron-on patch.
Kemado
45
$6.50

Saviours
Burnin' Cross
PS, US Saviours are an explosive, unbridged metal force. Possessing an extraordinary songwriting sense, lion-hearting innovation, world-class technical ability and a bottomless pool of raw talent and creativity. Formed in 2004 in Oakland, CA as an ipecac reaction to the current sate of heavy music, they aimed to assembly an epically heavy, crushingly loud band that would reinvigorate their love for excessive volume. These songs will only be available on this 7" format, limited to 500. "Burnin Cross" b/w "Fire in the Sky" (Saxon cover), includes cool decal.
Kemado
45
$6.50

Saviours
F.G.T.
PS, US Saviours are an explosive, unbridged metal force. Possessing an extraordinary songwriting sense, lion-hearting innovation, world-class technical ability and a bottomless pool of raw talent and creativity. Formed in 2004 in Oakland, CA as an ipecac reaction to the current sate of heavy music, they aimed to assembly an epically heavy, crushingly loud band that would reinvigorate their love for excessive volume. These songs will only be available on this 7" format, limited to 500. "F.G.T." b/w "Running Wild" (Judas Priest cover), includes surprise promo piece!
Kemado
45
$6.50

Screaming Blue Messiahs, The
Gunshy [re-issue]
PS, US Finally! No more going for triple-digit sums on Ebay! CD reissue of the 1986 album from the London Punk/Pop trio led by vocalist/guitarist Bill Carter. Mixing Pub roots, Pop smarts and Punk energy, The Screaming Blue Messiahs were a white guitar band, pure punding joy and menace, that crafted near perfect albums that have stood the test of time. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Starting off with the hyperactive pub rock sound of "Wild Blue Yonder," this is a great debut record. Taking its cues from punk rock, the Messiahs crank up the intensity with songs like "Smash the Marketplace" and the ominous "Let's Go Out to the Woods Tonight." If Gun-Shy stumbles, it's probably because it's a tad restrained (given the energy, volume, and power these guys generated live), as if it were assumed that audiences simply might not be able to handle it all at once. Still, that's a minor complaint. This record will knock you out."
WoundedBird
CD
$15.25

Screaming Blue Messiahs, The
Bikini Red [re-issue]
PS, US PS, US Finally! No more going for triple-digit sums on Ebay! A way better album than novelty single "I Wanna Be A Flintstone" would promise. The SBM were a white guitar band, pure punding joy and menace. CD reissue of the 1988 album from the London Punk/Pop trio led by vocalist/guitarist Bill Carter. Mixing Pub roots, Pop smarts and Punk energy, The Screaming Blue Messiahs crafted near perfect albums that have stood the test of time. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The Messiahs' follow-up to Gun-Shy was this devastating hunk of noise, which didn't pull any punches when it came to raw emotion and intensity. Side One, especially, is a rave-up from the gut-bustin' raunch of "Sweet Water Pools" to the closer "Big Brother Muscle." As always, Carter's obsessions are a little hard to understand, but the images and lyric fragments fly at you like shards of broken glass; you'll remember when they hit you. "I Wanna Be a Flintstone" kicks off Side Two, and it remains as funky and funny as it was the first time you hear it. Great production work by Vic Maile."
WoundedBird
CD
$15.25

Segall, Ty
Lemons
PS, US Burying '60s sing-alongs & dance crazes beneath waves of reverb & giddy thud, he has carved out his own shelf in the San Francisco neo-psych garage alongside local compatriots & collaborators Sic Alps & Thee Oh Sees. An exploration of the space between Cro-Magnon fuzz & atmospheric acoustic psych
Goner-46
CD
$14.25

Segall, Ty
Lemons
PS, US
Goner-46
LP
$16.00

Serengeti & Polyphonic
Terradactyl
PS, US Limited Edition!
Anticon-094
LP
$15.25

Sharpe, Edward & The Magnetic Zeros
Up from Below
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "40 Day Dream," the Motown-infused, OutKast-inspired, heavily orchestrated "Beatlesque" soul jam that opens Up from Below, serves as a pretty good litmus test for what follows. Listeners who are put off by the robe-wearing Polyphonic Spree's cultish glazed-eye self-help anthems or cringe when they hear the Mamas & the Papas' "Young Girls Are Coming to the Canyon" would be advised to get off the magic bus early, as Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros have crafted a love letter to Laurel Canyon and all of its quasi-mystic juju that is as infuriatingly contrived and retro as it is forward-thinking and majestic. Formed in 2007 by Ima Robot frontman Alex Ebert, the mammoth 11-piece outfit embraces "the Summer of Love" with enough period beards, fonts, and Eastern mysticism to launch a thousand "Magical Mystery Tours," but despite all of the analog equipment and peacenik grandstanding, standout tracks like "Home," "Desert Song," and the aforementioned "40 Day Dream" sweep you up in their grandeur like a patchouli tornado and dare you to take your clothes off and jump in the lake with them."
Vagrant-542
CD
$14.25

Shindig
Shindig! Vol. 2, Issue 11 July-August 2009
PS, US "On the cover: Kippington Lodge & Brinsley Schwarz: From teen pop-psych hopefuls to cult adulation. Rodriguez: Sugar Man: the extraordinary return of the lowlife troubadour. H.P. Lovecraft: All aboard the Chicago psych legends' white ship. The Poets: The story of Scotland's number one group. Sandy Salisbury: The man from The Millennium... he say yes! The Prisoner: Patrick McGoohan's TV madness. Bob Lind: Elusive songwriter speaks. Hippie Literature: Tales from the bargain bin." 92 full color pages.
ZINE
$8.25

Sigur Ros
Takk
PS, US IMPORT VINYL! Repress of SR's 4th album, all written, performed & produced by the band w/Ken Thomas at their studio in Iceland. This time around comes pressed on audiophile 200gm DMM vinyl, and also features a bonus 10" of exclusive tracks.
Smekkleysa-119
3XLP
$59.50

Silk Flowers
Silk Flowers
PS, US Rough-textured electronic pop that sounds as though it has been pressed from a worn-out cassette tape. The lo-fi quality reinforces the bittersweet, emotional shadings of singer/multi-instrumentalis Aviram Cohen's baritone voice - suggesting Scott Walker fronting an early Mute Records group. A percolating grid of swelling, anthemic keyboards; analog-heaven tape echo; crackling, sometimes-dub-like rhythms; & carefully counterbalanced vocals.
PostPresentMedium-026
CD
$9.50

Silk Flowers
Silk Flowers
PS, US Rough-textured electronic pop that sounds as though it has been pressed from a worn-out cassette tape. The lo-fi quality reinforces the bittersweet, emotional shadings of singer/multi-instrumentalist Aviram Cohen's baritone voice - suggesting Scott Walker fronting an early Mute Records group. A percolating grid of swelling, anthemic keyboards; analog-heaven tape echo; crackling, sometimes-dub-like rhythms; & carefully counterbalanced vocals.
PostPresentMedium-026
LP
$9.50

Silver Apples
Contact
PS, US 180 gram vinyl reissue, originally released in 1969. Hints at the shock mentality of Suicide, the drone of Spacemen 3, & the electronic dalliance of Stereolab decades later
Kapp
LP
$19.50

Silver Shampoo
Jethro Skull
PS, US Debut EP from Texas party-rockers/mini-bike gang Silver Shampoo. The A-side consists of the title track "Jethro Skull" & "Contest". It's our estimation that many a silent night in neighborhoods across America will be interrupted by the drunken slurring of "Jeeettthhhhrrrooooooo Skkkkkkuuuulllll". The B-side includes "Sonny Barger" & "Dogs". These are both subliminally sublime garage pop gems. "Sonny Barger" is a concise little masterpiece of bass slides, twinkling piano and "B-B-B-B-Barger" chants. "Dogs" is a sure
favorite with pet lovers & simple math lovers alike.
WhatsYourRupture
45
$5.50

Sinking Ships
Disconnecting
PS, US Disconnecting, is a look at the trials and tribulations that we go through in everyday life. Weaving elements of melody and hard edge riffs, Sinking Ships are creating a sound all their own, somewhere between the familiar echoes of hardcore bands such as Bane and In My Eyes, but making their own unique, morose overtones a distinctly new addition to this sound.Never settling for less, Disconnecting is a record that grabs and challenges the listener to search for something more in their music. It's been a while since 7 Seconds reminded people that the message is as important as the music, and that sentiment resounds within this record. Sinking Ships have carved their own niche into the punk/hardcore realm, and it won't be long until this sound is lauded as one of the most unique to date. Climb aboard...
Revelation-136
LP
$11.25

Six Finger Satellite
Half Control
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load-125
LP
$12.50

Six Finger Satellite
Half Control
PS, US Archival 2001 recordings from Providence's finest square peg. Half Control veers sharply away from the krautrock stylings
of 1998's Law Of Ruins with a lineup that is hotwired. The band is now a bastardly other brother, including LANDED's most regular rhythm section grafted onto SFS's singer Jay Ryan and drummer Rick Pelletier.
Load-125
CD
$12.50

Skakkamanage
All Over The Face
PS, US Vinyl version
Kimi-005
LP
$16.25

Skakkamanage
All Over The Face
PS, US Everything from bittersweet ballads, to noisy, guitar-driven rock & quirky pop songs. Features harmonica & backing vocals from member of MUM. At times sounding like an Icelandic Yo La Tengo, they craft tilted, anti-love pop songs
Kimi-005
CD
$16.25

Skelton, Richard
Marking Time
PS, US Originally released on CD in 2008 on the Preservation label, & now available on vinyl for the 1st time. Using a selection of bowed string instruments & lavishing these sustained howls w/ the most delicate of fingerpicked guitar & gentle piano, he takes us through a most harrowing journey. These short songs are deft & deeply touching musings on loss & on the importance of time. Comparisons could be made to plenty of Richard's modern-classical or avant-folk contemporaries, but few imbue their music w/ such a deep sense of humanity & patience
Type-049
LP
$19.75

Skygreen Leopards, The
Gorgeous Johnny
PS, US This maintains their singular aesthetic while managing to dabble w/ faux-folk, avant garde pop, reverb-drenched lo-fi psychedelia, plastic country & blurry ballads. Here they collaborate with Jason Quever (PAPERCUTS) to create a melancholy world overflowing w/ itinerant dandies, urban streets, suburban teens, & more girls' names than I care to count, all set to melodic shuffles featuring harmonies, frail piano, & romantic guitars.
Jagjaguwar-147
LP
$12.25

Skygreen Leopards, The
Gorgeous Johnny
PS, US This maintains their singular aesthetic while managing to dabble w/ faux-folk, avant garde pop, reverb-drenched lo-fi psychedelia, plastic country & blurry ballads. Here they collaborate with Jason Quever (PAPERCUTS) to create a melancholy world overflowing w/ itinerant dandies, urban streets, suburban teens, & more girls' names than I care to count, all set to melodic shuffles featuring harmonies, frail piano, & romantic guitars.
Jagjaguwar-147
CD
$11.50

Slackers
An Afternoon In Dub
PS, US One of the greatest & best-loved ska bands of all time. Here is the vinyl release from this collection of remixes & after-hour studio takes
AsianMan-180
LP
$12.75

Sleep Whale
Little Brite
PS, US Woven throughout the infectious melodies of violin, cello, & guitar you'll find music boxes, short-wave radios, & tape machines. The 6 songs conjure a universe whose ancient forbears include Steve Reich, Penguin Cafe Orchestra, Eno's looping ambiences, Brit-folk guitarist Bert Jansch, gamelan ensembles & Hindustani hand percussion; however, the wall-to-wall beauty of the proceedings is anything but reverential ear candy.
WesternVinyl-065
12
$9.00

Slits, The
Cut
PS, US Vinyl Version.
4MenwithBeards
LP
$16.75

Smith Westerns
S-T
PS, US After a metamorphosis from sloppy teenage punk mess into full-fledged glam pop explosion, this is one incredible leap of progress. Straddling the fine line between the misty-eyed feyness of Brett Smiley & Milk'n'Cookies, with the slithering macho grunt of Marc Bolan's silk pajamas tied around Alvin Stardust's throat, it's nothing short of a modern summer classic power pop album.
HoZac-040
CD
$12.00

Smith Westerns
S-T
PS, US After a metamorphosis from sloppy teenage punk mess into full-fledged glam pop explosion, this is one incredible leap of progress. Straddling the fine line between the mistyeyed feyness of Brett Smiley & Milk'n'Cookies, with the slithering macho grunt of Marc Bolan's silk pajamas tied around Alvin Stardust's throat, it's nothing short of a modern
summer classic power pop album
HoZac
LP
$12.75

Snake Trap/Transmography
Split
PS, US Snake Trap plays instrumental, groove oriented rock bordering on post-punk, dub, & metal. Transmography plays minimalist, electronic, groove oriented rock. This split is 45 rpm, orange-cream colored 12 inch vinyl & comes w/ a CD-R of the tracks on the record, plus secret bonus tracks from both bands. RIYL: Don Caballero, Health, Dub Trio, Mono, Slint
AustralianCattleGod-25
12
$13.50

Sneaky Pinks
I Can't Wait +3
PS, US Sneaky Pinks are an olde-timey Nobunny band. Stupid rock and roll the
way you like it.
1-2-3-4 Go!
45
$5.75

Son Volt
American Central Dust
PS, US After spearheading the alternative country movement w/ his band UNCLE TUPELO, Jay Farrar pursued his vision w/ Son Volt. New album carries on the tradition of the Byrds, Flying Burrito Bros and early REM.
Rounder-1
DLP
$19.00

Son Volt
American Central Dust
PS, US New album. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: " American Central Dust doesn't have the feel of a step into new territory the way Son Volt's past two albums did, but it consolidates old strengths and confirms Jay Farrar is still an artist worth caring about to 20 years after Uncle Tupelo cut their first album."
Rounder
CD
$15.25

Songs
S-T
PS, AUSTRALIA Check out their split 45 with The Bats! This is the debut EP from this Sydney based band. Four tracks of simple and restrained dream/drone pop. Think Go-Betweens, Bats and Vaselines. The CD includes original artwork by the ever prolific UK based illustrator; Paul Davis. VICE: "Songs are four people who know a lot of stuff and who make music that sounds like they know a lot of stuff."
TheSpringPress
CD5
$9.50

Soulive
Up Here
PS, US
RoyalFamily-819
LP
$17.00

Soulive
Up Here
PS, US For fans of Greyboy Allstars, Medeski, Martin & Wood, The Roots, Charlie Hunter, Jurassic 5. Includes exclusive live DVD
RoyalFamily-819
CD+DVD
$13.25

Spektor, Regina
Far
PS, US Regina Spektor worked with no less than four big-name producers on Far, all of them with very different backgrounds: David Kahne was her collaborator on 2006's Begin to Hope; Garret "Jacknife" Lee counts R.E.M. and U2 among his credits; Jeff Lynne's lavish sound is famous on ELO's albums; and Mike Elizondo has worked with Fiona Apple and Maroon 5. It's something of a surprise, then, that Far sounds so homogenized. On Soviet Kitsch and Begin to Hope, Spektor's wide-eyed moments were balanced with darker, knowing songs that kept her music grounded. Here, almost all of the rough or unpredictable edges have been smoothed away, and all that's left is Spektor's sweet, quirky side. At times, Far gets close to being unbearably precious, whether it's putting Spektor's name in all lowercase letters in the liner notes, her dolphin on the otherwise charming "Folding Chair," or lyrics like "We made our own computer out of macaroni pieces" on the chirpy opener, "The Calculation." Even the album's darker tracks, such as the percussion-heavy "Machine," are surprisingly sugary compared to her previous work. However, Spektor's guileless voice and delivery allow her to get away with sounds and ideas that would be horribly cloying in the hands of almost any other artist. She manages to make a song with the chorus "Eet, eet, eet" catchy and affecting, and fashions an observant and witty story out of returning a wallet to Blockbuster Video. Still, Far's best moments occur when Spektor turns down the whimsy a few notches. It's probably not a coincidence that the Kahne-produced "Human of the Year" shares some of Begin to Hope's intimacy and ambition, but "Blue Lips" and "Man of a Thousand Faces" also let Spektor's more mature -- but not overly serious -- side shine. Likewise, "Two Birds" and "One More Time with Feeling" show that she hasn't lost her touch for deceptively pretty pop with clever lyrics. While Far is far from bad, it doesn't quite live up to expectations, either, based on all the talent involved in making it and how fully Spektor expressed herself on Begin to Hope. ~ Heather Phares, All Music Guide
Sire
CD
$15.25

Spires, The
A Way Of Seeing
PS, US A Very Brief History Of The Spires: The Spires are a band formed in 2004 by the core members Colleen Coffey and Jason Bays. They have since added a bass player, released 7 EPs/LPs, pretended to be The Velvet Underground (twice), started Beehouse Records, worn out one Honda Civic, and played many shows, some with the likes of The Fruit Bats, Ariel Pink, Bodies Of Water, and Jeremy Jay. They are currently writing material for a new EP due out at the end of 2009. "Ventura's The Spires make romantic indie blessed with excess tranquility. "Ballad of the Spires" brings to mind the La's and Dave Brubeck. It's a love song like Luna's best, with a vinyl-melting chorus admission that "I'll always come back the next day." "I Know Less Than I Did" is perfect for fuzzy relaxation. I like the fact that the hints of Marr, Morrissey and Verlaine can't quite be pinpointed, and the line "like a good haircut you never stick around" deserves kudos. "Grand Canyon Vacation" embraces the lighter sides of Loaded and Love's Forever Changes. The Spires are on local imprint Beehouse Records, who seem to release lots of lovely stuff." TREBLE ZINE UK

"The beautifully depressing Spires, a Ventura-based two-piece who play soulful, shimmering pop music, The Spires melancholy has drawn comparisons to British guitar acts such as Belle & Sebastian and Felt. The twosome just released a new EP, Sky Sky, on Beehouse Records. The record provides just the right dose of K Records-influenced twee bedroom pop and jangly, shimmering guitar rock to be a comfort on gray, rainy days and a welcome retreat on those too-sunny summer days." SB INDEPENDENT.
BeeHouse-023
CD
$10.00

Spits
Fourth Self-Titled Album
PS, US The long awaited return of professional weirdos, The SPITS. Fresh from the studio with their fourth self-titled LP on Thriftstore Records, The Spits show no sign of slowing down with their latest effort, mixing equal parts Devo and Misfits into an aurally addictive, synth-inflected stew. The Spits have never shied away from esoteric subject matter musically. Previous records have contained themes of escaped Nazi war criminals, nuclear winters, commie spies, and terrorist attacks, coupled with back alley booze-fests, brain-bruising bong rips, skateboards, and fisticuffs. With songs about constable evasion, Huxley-esque visions of metropolitan horror and alien abduction, this album should prove to be just as desperately disparate and sonically sordid as previous salvos.
ThriftStore
LP
$12.00

Spoon
Got Nuffin
PS, US Surprise 3-song single, in stock now! Tracks: "Got Nuffin", "Tweakers" and "Stroke Their Brains".
Merge
CD5
$4.00

St. John, Powell
On My Way To Houston
PS, US Harmonica player and long time Texas musician. This man has either written songs or played with the likes of Janis Joplin, Roky Erickson and Boz Scaggs. Digi pak also includes a mini-poster of one of Powell's psychedelic visual works, which have hung in the South Austin Museum of Popular Culture.
TompkinsSquare-2233
CD
$14.75

Starlight Mints
Change Remains
PS, US Starlight Mints are a group of beautiful pop mutants: five singular musical minds whose love for archetypal pop music and AM radio has provided, over the course of three previous acclaimed albums, a rock-solid foundation for a whole bunch of inspired uniqueness, all baked to perfection under the hot Oklahoma sun. Allan Vest (vocals/guitar), Marian Love Nunez (keyboards), Javier Gonzales (bass), Andy Nunez (drums), and Ryan Lindsey (keyboard / guitar) began jamming together in the '90s, giving birth to their own unusual brand of instrumentally complex, surrealistically worded pop sound.
Barsuk-089
CD
$10.50

Starving Weirdos
B/P/M Series 1
PS, UK "Absolutely mind melting release from this consistently amazing American duo. This release has a very different sound to the superb drone recordings of their recent releases, yet it is still totally immense but really quite unexpected. This was previously issued as a tour-only CDR in a press of somewhere between 20 and 30 copies. Brian Pyle and Merrick McKinlay spent sometime recording legendary Humboldt based pianist Darius Brottman, who also happens to have a radio show before Brian's own show on KHSU college radio. The recordings of Brottman were then reworked by McKinlay and Pyle separately. Pyle and McKinlay have a side each on this LP, both sides featuring very different ways of reworking the original beautiful recordings. Side A opens with some straight piano clinks layered with incidental sounds that occurred during recording sessions, creating an amazing feeling of beautiful surrealness, leading into multi-layered piano movements over and over. Side B begins with powerful, erratic, forceful playing, coated in psychedelic loops and reversed sounds, then returning to a more straight piano playing. The second track on this side almost bleeds into familiar Weirdo territory. This is one bizarre, but equally genius and beautiful release. Both myself and the Weirdos are honored to have the artwork for this LP designed by artist Mick Wiggins. Pro printed sleeves, pressed on 180 gram vinyl and limited to 500 copies."
BlackestRainbow
LP
$19.00

Stellastarr*
Civilized
PS, US New album from shoegaze noise-popniks.
Stellastarr
CD
$15.00

Subtle Turnips
Fuck the Power, Fuck the People
PS, US LIMITED FIRST PRESSING ON BLACK VINYL.
HoZac
45
$6.00

Subway
Subway II
PS, US Import double vinyl of the debut Subway album
SoulJazz
DLP
$17.75

Suck
Time To Suck
PS, GERMANY In their short history, (only 8 months) Johannesburg, South Africa's Suck released one album in 1971 and created more mayhem than most bands do over a 10-year career. Suck were Louis "Moose" Forer on bass, Steve "Gil" Gilroy on guitar (who worked in the UK with Mick Abrahams from Jethro Tull), Saverio Grande on drums and Andrew Ionnides on vocals. Time To Suck is a hard, psychedelic, highly-charged package of manic drumming, scorching guitars and sublime, wailing vocals. Renowned for their destructive, somewhat scary on-stage antics using weaponry and their anti-war political rants, they managed to become the most controversial band in South Africa. Full of covers from artists of the day including Grand Funk Railroad's "Aimless Lady," and "Sin's A Good Man's Brother," King Crimson's "21st Century Schizoid Man," Donovan's "Season Of The Witch," Black Sabbath's "War Pigs," and one truly howling, bonkers original, this one is not for moonshine mellow candle folk fans -- this one is a real adrenaline pusher. True South African heaviness that could have gotten even heavier with some more original material if they hadn't immediately disbanded. Produced by Julian Laxton from Freedom's Children.
Shadoks
CD
$16.25

Suetta
Olympic Stain
PS, US Lost noisy indie rock chestnuts that recall the sound of their era's peers & influences while forging a shaky, endearing & unique sound of their own. Very limited
handnumbered edition.
Summersteps
LP
$13.50

Summer Cats
Songs for Tuesdays
PS, US Upbeat pop songs in a Stereolab-meets-Go-Betweens style. Building on their single releases, including 7-inches on Cloudberry, Slumberland, and Knock Yr Socks Off, two 3-inch CDRs on Cloudberry and WeePOP!, and their Scratching Post EP on Popboomerang, Summer Cats' debut album delivers on the promise of their already impressive discography, not to mention the three-and-a-half-star review they garnered from indie bible Pitchfork, after only their second live performance.
Slumberland-101
CD
$14.25

Summer Cats
Songs for Tuesdays
PS, US Vinyl version w/ free download
Slumberland-101
LP
$10.00

Sun Araw
Heavy Deeds
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
NNF-169
LP
$15.75

Sunburned Hand of the Man
Tailwind
PS, US More live recordings edits the final leg of last autumn's tour. Locales include Chicago, Pontiac, Oberlin, Philly and more
BlueberryHoney-013
CDR
$10.50

Sunburned Hand of the Man
Cheap Blood
PS, US Culled from sound check& live performance recordings made at the NETMAGE 09 Festival in Bologna Italia this past January. A live soundtrack for a multi-screened video & film project
BlueberryHoney-012
CDR
$10.50

Sunny Day In Glasgow
You Can't Hide Your Love Forever: Vol. 1
PS, US 1st in the YCHYLF 7 inch series, which will also include Tussel, Tarentel, Landing, Psychic Powers, Soft Circle, Au Revoir Simone, Papercuts & Christopher Willits. A-side "(Cult of) The Cemetery Flowers (mandolins version)" layers dreamy melodies w/ hauntingly beautiful delayed vocals which bring to mind bands like My Bloody Valentine, 14 Iced Bears & Cocteau Twins. B-side "Walking Pneumonia" ventures deeply into the realm of minimal techno, while still possessing a base in dreamy pop. 2 exclusive songs. Limited to 300 on blue vinyl
GeographicNorth-001
45
$9.00

Sweet Cobra
Bottom Feeder
PS, US LIMITED 3-song EP, one side feat. etched artwork by BOTCHY VASQUEZ (vocals, bass). Recorded at Electrical Audio by Greg Norman (Russian Circles) & mixed by Sanford Parker (Minsk, Nachtmystium). Lacquer creation handled by Pete Lyman (Locust, QOTSA) at Infrasonic Sound. For fans of Neurosis, Crowbar, & Motorhead-style riff rock.
SeventhRule
12
$12.75

Sweet, Matthew & Susanna Hoffs
Under the Covers Volume 2 (ON SALE)
PS, US A sequel to Matthew Sweet and Susanna Hoffs' 2007 stroll through the '60s was perhaps inevitable, at least as inevitable as the decision to devote Under the Covers, Vol. 2 to the super sounds of the '70s. Sweet and Hoffs tend to pick '70s songs that are a bit more familiar than their '60s selections, never digging out a Me Decade equivalent of Marmalade's "I See the Rain" or the Zombies' "Care of Cell #44," but instead punctuating AM pop hits and FM rock staples like "Sugar Magnolia," "Second Hand News," "All the Young Dudes," "You're So Vain," "I've Seen All Good People," and "Maggie May" with power pop by the Raspberries ("Go All the Way"), Big Star ("Back of a Car"), and Todd Rundgren, who has no less than two songs from Something/Anything? featured here. The influence of that 1972 double LP can be heard in the similarly homespun production of Under the Covers, Vol. 2 but where Rundgren was open-ended, Sweet neatly ties up every loose end with the care of a pop fetishist, making sure all the harmonies and guitar licks are in place, never adding any untasteful elements. Sometimes, everything is a little bit too pat and pretty -- particularly on "Sugar Magnolia," whose processed guitars sparkle too brightly -- but the duo's enduring, endearing love for this music is evident, sometimes infectious, and, at its best, throws out some surprises, like Susanna's soulful reading of "Maggie May." ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
ShoutFactory
CD
$11.00

Swell Maps
Sweep The Desert
PS, US Like International Rescue, Sweep the Desert keeps the memory of Swell Maps alive. While the material gathered here might not be fully representative of the band's sound, it does an excellent job of underscoring Swell Maps' significance alongside such illustrious contemporaries as the Pop Group, the Fall and PiL. -- Wilson Neate / PopMatters
Alive-041
LP
$13.00

Talbot Tagora
Lessons In The Woods Or A City
PS, US Seattle 3-piece. Raw & rockin fuzzz
HardlyArt-007
CD
$11.50

Talbot Tagora
Lessons In The Woods Or In A City
PS, US
HardlyArt-007
LP
$12.50

Teepee
Heal
PS, US When he's not playing guitar in ELECTRIC BUNNIES or MELTED SUNGLASSES, ERIC LOPEZ is recording one-man drone punk mantras like the three contained on this 7-inch. In the short time he's been doing the project he's already put out three tapes, a CDR, and now two 7-inches (with another on the way from Sweet Rot and one more on the Hozac Hookup Club).
FloridasDying
45
$5.25

Teller, Jorgen & the Empty Stairs
Live at Daemon's Port
PS, US Mr. Teller's main operation is this combo featuring double bassist Soren Gorm. They are a band of highly charged experimental musicians who can dodge between solid rock and out-jazz, often without warning
BlueberryHoney-015
CDR
$10.50

Thee Oh Sees
Help
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
IntheRed
LP
$10.50

These Wonderful Evils
Parade Room
PS, US Limited to 500. "Zak Boerger whittles a small niche all his own out of the vast trunk of bedroom psych-rock, & it's a quite stirring slow burn of a record - a steady rippling of melodic noise that cascades on your emotions, like Richard Youngs re-imagining the Laughing Stock-era Talk Talk sessions" - Dusted
Sparrows&Wires
LP
$15.50

Those Darlins
S-T
PS, US Those Darlins are a pop group, if they are any one thing, which doesn't mean anybody with ears can't hear the country and rock n' roll in their sound and stance. Or maybe this trio of young women (early twenties, although mo one's telling exactly), who live in a long stone's throw from Nashville, Tennessee in th college town of Murfreesboro, are punks straight out of London or Cleveland, 1977.
ThirtyTigers-920077.2
CD
$13.50

Thought Forms
Thought Forms
PS, US Thought Forms are Charlie Romijn (guitars / vocals), Deej Dhariwal (guitars / vocals) and Guy Metcalfe (drums). Hailing from England's rural South West, the trio were brought together amongst the leylines and ancient vibrations by a shared love of guitar abuse and pedal worship. With their self-titled debut album set for a May release, Thought Forms are a young band and this really shows in their genuine passion, exuberance and energy. They possess a musical proficiency and depth way beyond their years and in the relatively short lifetime of the band they've played alongside the likes of Bardo Pond, MV/EE, Acid Mother's Temple and Awesome Colour- not forgetting appearances at well respected festivals such as All Tomorrow's Parties (curated by Portishead) and Terrastock.
Invada-070
CD
$13.75

Tiny Vipers
Life On Earth
PS, US Tiny Vipers is Jesy Fortino, a musician living in Seattle. Since her last and first album, 2007's "Hands Across The Void", she's toured Europe and the US, transfixing audiences into a solemn hush. Transcending the mere folk tag, Fortino draws from disparate inspirational sources, from the avant-garde or country musician Townes Van Zandt. "Life On Earth" gives musical life to the themes that inhabit her lyricisms: love found and lost, places come and gone. The future annihilates the past, consuming it like a fire. A shining hope permeates the threat of doom here.
Subpop
CD
$13.00

Toro Y Moi
Left Alone At Night
PS, US More hot floor-friendly geat from Savant Guard, more on the electro tip this time, with 3 remixes from DAVE ALLISON, DROP THE LIME, and labelmates PINK SKULL joining the original version.
SavantGuard
12
$8.25

Turnquist, Alexander
As The Twilight Crane Dreams
PS, US A set of hypnotic epics that owe more to classic minimalism than current notions of solo guitar. Forgoing most of the extended techniques of his debut, Turnquist lays down a thick blanket of 12-string that sets up persistent, loop-like patterns in the music. Simple & lovely strings, piano, & percussion provide the melody, carrying most of the movement in the pieces
VHF-118
CD
$14.25

Uncut
#147 (August 2009) [Magazine + CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Usher, George
Yours & Not Yours
PS, US Moving between guitar and piano, NYC songsmith George Usher ("one of New York's best pop-craftsmen" -Village Voice)
has delivered his new album, Yours And Not Yours, his first solo recordings in over ten years and his fourth release for Parasol Records. Utilizing a more acoustic, folk-rock sound, highlighted by strings, brass and pedal steel guitars, Usher covers a lot of his usual "melodic pop" ground. All 12 of the album's songs are lyrically-rooted in the dynamics of romantic relationships, creating a song cycle that stays with the listener long after playing.
Parasol-CD-115
CD
$10.00

UUVVWWZ
S-T
PS, US Pronounced "double u, double v, double w, zee". They've been compared to Captain Beefheart, Deerhoof, Dog Faced Hermans, and Lydia Lunch. Attempts at categorization soon followed, for better (avant-rock and blues) or worse (power-jazz). One thing is certain, UUVVWWZ is a rare bird. Enhanced CD.
SaddleCreek-137
CD
$12.50

Various
Carnival Music of E.Cuba
PS, US New label from the SOUL JAZZ folks set to focus on roots-based music from around the globe. First up is a collection of Afro-Cuban tracks featuring a corps of 50 drummers, bashing on everyinthing from drums to car brakes and frying pans! Comes with accompanying booklet and in a distinctive case
WorldAudioFoundation-001
CD
$16.25

Various
Surf Wax: Songs Of The Beach
PS, US "Surf music" emerged on the scene around 1961. Almost without exception, it was introduced by musicians who had no physical contact with the ocean, themselves. Although this would change quickly, Southern California surfers, as a group, were quick to adopt the musical sound as their own. The adoption would spread throughout the surfing world, but mostly on the U.S. Mainland. The musical genre was an extension of Rockabilly and 1950s Rhythm and Blues compositions. Beginning with instrumental compositions, surf music later incorporated vocal harmonies. As the definition of surf music illustrates, surf music, today, is known as much for its vocals as its instrumentation. Purists, however, who well remember how the genre began, will disagree strongly with any emphasis on vocal harmonies as defining the surf sound...
GreatAmerican-072
CD
$9.50

Various
Polyphonic Voices of Georgia
PS, US New label from the SOUL JAZZ folks set to focus on roots-based music from around the globe. This second collection is an amazing set of chants from the Anchiskati choir, recorded in Georgian capital, Tblisi. Comes with accompanying booklet and in a distinctive case
WorldAudioFoundation-002
CD
$16.25

Various
New York City Hardcore: The Wa y It Is
PS, US The V/A New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is full-length is considered by many to be a classic, documenting NYHC as it was in 1988. More than just a straight-edge collection, it compiled bands from all facets of the hardcore scene including BOLD, NAUSEA, WARZONE, GORILLA BISCUITS, TRIP 6, BREAKDOWN, YOUTH OF TODAY, SICK OF IT ALL, KRAKDOWN, SIDE BY SIDE, YOUTH DEFENSE LEAGUE AND SUPERTOUCH. Comparable to Boston's This Is Boston Not LA or Washington, DC's Flex Your Head, New York City Hardcore: The Way It Is helped push New York to the forefront of the American hardcore scene. Now available again on vinyl.
Revelation-007
LP
$11.25

Various
Sound of Wonder
PS, US Rare electronic pop from the Lollywood Vaults, 1973-1980. 15 untravelled currents of Space-Age Cinematic Surf & Urdu Funk from M. ASHRAF, NAHID AKHTAR, NISAR BAZMI, NOOR JEHAN, AHMED RUSHDI, RUNA LAILA, KAMAL AHMED, A. NAYYAR, & NAZIR ALI. Fuzzy, scuzzy, twang-happy, spaced-out & funked up urdu-grooves complete w/ harmonium melodies & driven by some of the most random factor, freakish, finger-numbing, percussion that the South East Asian mainstream has ever had to offer
B-Music-012
CD
$16.50

Various
Through the Wilderness: Tribute to Madonna
PS, US Fifteen artists contribute to this charity record to Madonna's own Raising Malawi. Featuring: ARIEL PINK, LAVENDER DIAMON, GIANT DRAG, THE TYDE, JONATHAN WILSON, JEREMY JAY, THE CHAPIN SISTERS, WINTER FLOWERS, THE PRAYERS & more!
ManimalVinyl-003
CD
$8.50

Various
Azure
PS, US Azure brings together many of the various concepts of dubstep from 4 very different artists; Komonazmuk, Cardopusher, Lich and Mathhead whose sounds we believe will be rattlin' in clubs around the Globe. You will find aspects of dub, heavy bass, ragga, breaks and riddims, which represent many different styles on Azure. Komonazmuk kicks off the 12" with a remix of his blazing dubstep anthem "Love" which was released in 2007 on Terminal Dusk. The "Love" remix is a bit darker and heavier than the original with ghostly atmospheres and edgier bass and hammering drums. Cardopusher drops the next track "Melody Moon Dub" with some ragga vibes and wobbly basses. The infectious synth hook is sure to make those dub heads rock. Lich delivers atmospheric acid and thick, squelchy bass with "The Bahamut". This track also features female vocals and orchestral strings which give the track an eerie mystic feel. For the final track we give you Mathhead's "Jambox"; a big track with aggressive bass, deep grooves and heavy rhythms. This is definitely the roughest track on the vinyl and finishes off this diverse 12" with a bang.
TerminalDusk-010
12
$11.25

Various
Modesty Blaise No. 1 - Cheesy Pop For The Connoisseur
PS, UK The Past & Present label reissues this killer mod/pounding freakbeat compilation named after an infamous comic strip/TV action series heroine -- 14 cheesy dancefloor tracks from the '60s. Includes Chris Farlowe's "Air Travel," VIPs' "Straight Down To The Bottom," Eyes Of Blue's "Don't Ask Me To Mend Your Broken Heart," Plastic Penny's "Your Way To Tell Me Go," and many more $100 tracks. The first 7 tracks on this super '60s comp are mod and R&B movers and the remaining 7 are straight-up freakbeat pounders. All tracks taken from the original vinyl; including detailed liner notes. Other artists include: Erma Franklin, Dusty Wilson, Varetta Dillard, Larry Trider, Malcolm Hayes, Esnew Reader, Azie Mortimer, Howard Carpendale, Trubadurzy, and Snappers.
Past&Present
CD
$16.25

Various
Carry The Torch: A Tribute To Kid Dynamite
PS, US Kid Dynamite has become a staple band in our contemporary punk scene. Though breaking up almost a decade ago, the band continues to press their influence within the music scene. This tribute includes every recorded Kid Dynamite song by some of the biggest and up and coming names in the punk and hardcore scene. Featuring 39 tracks, bands like Broadway Calls, This Is Hell, No Trigger and Token Entry drummer and songwriter Ernie Parada all pay homage to Kid Dynamite by lending tracks. A must have for any Kid Dynamite fan.
GetOuttaTown-017
CD
$10.50

Various
Sound of Wonder
PS, US Rare electronic pop from the Lollywood Vaults, 1973-1980. 15 untravelled currents of Space-Age Cinematic Surf & Urdu Funk from M. ASHRAF, NAHID AKHTAR, NISAR BAZMI, NOOR JEHAN, AHMED RUSHDI, RUNA LAILA, KAMAL AHMED, A. NAYYAR, & NAZIR ALI. Fuzzy, scuzzy, twang-happy, spaced-out & funked up urdu-grooves complete w/ harmonium melodies & driven by some of the most random factor, freakish, finger-numbing, percussion that the South East Asian mainstream has ever had to offer
B-Music-012
CD
$16.50

Various
Still Our Future You're Messing Up
PS, US Following Discharges "Disensitise" release, UK punk label Vile Re-cords continue with what could turn out to be one of the most important compilation albums of the year still Our future your messing up Album contains exclusive & never released tracks from such bands as Dis-charge,Varukers , English Dogs, Broken Bones, One Way System, Abrasive Wheels and Riot Squad.
VileArtRecords-002
CD
$13.75

Various
Total Pop Vol. 1
PS, US Amazing comp of ultra obscure Swedish punk and power pop in a
seriously limited #'d edition of 333 copies. Features tracks from HS Art, Badboll, Knugens Haf, Anders Angest, Container, Traste & Superstararna, Rock Set, Rebell, Tant Brun, Mops, ABC 80, Vertex, Pictures and Docent Död. You need this one and then some.
TotalPop
LP
$17.75

Various
Speaking My Mind: New Rubble Volume 2
PS, US The Past & Present label reissues their infamous Speaking My Mind: New Rubble Volume 2 CD compilation -- a remastered collection of some of the rarest UK psych/prog singles from the late-'60s/early '70s. Prog/psych is generally neglected by singles collectors as the bands of the time were known mainly for their album output rather than their 45s. This compilation aims to set the record straight by bringing some of the best examples of the genre to the attention of aficionados. Compiled by legendary psych musician Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond), this compilation has been an essential for DJs wishing to expose this material to a wider audience, and for those who simply cannot afford the astronomical prices of the originals. Including an 8-page booklet with detailed liner notes. Artists include: The Rats, Rescue Co. No 1, Taiconderoga, Eire Apparent, Rumplestiltskin, The Imposters, Glass Menagerie, The Open Mind, Nancy, The Montanas, Raw Material, Opus, Putney Bridge, The Fruit Machine, Andromeda, Rumble, Rare Bird, and Walrus.
Past&Present
CD
$16.25

Various
500 Days of Summer
PS, US
Sire-518909.2
CD
$14.25

Villalobos, Gina
Days On Their Side
PS, US American Singer- Songwriter Gina Villalobos releases her new album, "Days On Their Side", which is widely anticipated in the Americana/Alt Country circles in which she first gained attention. Earthy and honest, the songs open up and breathe like the pages of a book with each respective listen. Their complexities emerge from between the lines, constantly changing shape, deepening in meaning, drawing you willingly into their jagged shadows and wrapping around your soul. The strength of "Days On Their Side" is built on the foundation of an extensive and impressive career in both the US and on the international stage after BBC Radio 2 DJ Bob Harris hailed break-through release, 2005's Rock & Roll Pony, as album of the year- Making the album a must have commodity. 'Rock N Roll Pony'(2005) and her follow up album 'Miles Away' (2007) received excellent reviews in national US magazines like No Depression, Acoustic Guitar Magazine and Harp as well as extensive coverage in other US-based regional and local press and websites like Popmatters.com. The critical applause continued with positive reviews in UK and European magazines and newspapers such as Uncut, Country Music People, Maverick, The Independent, The Scottish Daily Express and Rolling Stone (Germany) and from internet music magazines such as Americana-UK and NetRhythms. Both albums spent time on the Euro-Americana and AMA charts. Gina's nothing if not dead serious. Her music is deeply rooted in time, place, and history. She's the real thing: an artist, someone who can show you where you are.
FaceWest-003
CD
$10.00

Walker, Peter
Rainy Day Raga
PS,US Peter Walker was the quintessential psych-folk guitar player to come out of the Õ60s. Revered by Timothy Leary, who had him program the music for his TURN-ONS, Walker was one of the first to take the Indian tradition of ragas & channel them through the guitar into a sound that is pure heaven. His exotic, state-of-the-art finger-picking transcends description & has influenced such artists as Ben Chasny of Six Organs of Admittance
Harte
LP
$18.00

Wave Pictures, The
Watching Charlie's Agents
PS, SPAIN Limited to 1000. Acuarela singles club series release. David Tattersall, Franic Rozycki Jonnie Helm know what it is like to spend a Friday night at the pub of any London suburb. It is something they love to talk about in their songs as The Wave Pictures. Songs that portray the awkwardness of love, expressed in the confessional tone with which Tattersall approaches each of his lyrics. This young English band's 7" displays their more incisively pop side (not far from the classics featured in "Instant Coffee Baby") in two irresistible and previously unreleased tracks. Forthcoming releases in the series include Darren Hayman, Spain, Chris Brokaw, Tara Jane O'Neil, El Hijo (ex Migala), Nick Castro, Inca Ore, Jamie Stewart (Xiu Xiu), The Drift, Bracken, Mount Eerie, Windsor for the Derby, Ben Wetherill, Barzin, The Wowz.
Acuarela-001
45
$9.25

Way, Pete
Letting Loose
PS, US Excellent packaged and keenly priced 3-disc collection of some of Pete Way's (UFO) solo material. Also included is the collaboration with Michael Schenker, The Plot. A fine collection of solo and live material from one of the true legends of British Hard Rock.
Mischief-016
3XCD
$23.25

Waygood, Otis
Ten Light Claps And A Scream
PS, GERMANY Originally released in 1971 on EMI Parlophone, this is South Africa's once-famous Otis Waygood and their third record, Ten Light Claps And A Scream. Emerging during the height of political and social tension in the white suburbs of Johannesburg, Otis Waygood came from the north in the summer of '69, armed with long hair and scarabs, to slay the youth of the nation with an arsenal of murderous rock tunes. They became pretty much the hugest band South Africa had ever seen, and after two albums released on EMI S.A., this record was to blow them completely out of the water, becoming the best they'd ever produced and the most sought-after by collectors. The music is influenced by the British underground (Bloodwin Pig, Steamhammer, etc.) with great guitars and gruff vocals, blues-influenced, spacey underground rock, sax, organs and well-crafted compositions and arrangements, making this album a unique, proggy masterpiece. Produced by Julian Laxton of Freedom's Children under the direction of Clive Calder.
Shadoks
CD
$16.25

Waysted
Vices Plus
PS, US The classic debut album from Pete Way (UFO) and Fin's hard rock outfit. The album is now repackaged with a bonus disc of live recordings taken from the legendary appearance at the Kerrang! Weekender in Caister in 1984. Vices features the immense Love Loaded as well as the Jefferson Airplane cover Somebody To Love.
Mischief-005
DCD
$19.00

We Were Promised Jetpacks
These Four Walls
PS, US Like fellow Scotsmen Frightened Rabbit & The Twilight Sad, the group brings emotional intensity to the forefront in their immensely appealing rock anthems. Adding nimble, driving rhythms & bristling tension into the mix, they unfold their songs into effortless-seeming choruses imbued w/ romanticism & pop sensibility.
FatCat-0072
CD
$11.50

We Were Promised Jetpacks
These Four Walls
PS, US Like fellow Scotsmen Frightened Rabbit & The Twilight Sad, the group brings emotional intensity to the forefront in their immensely appealing rock anthems. Adding nimble, driving rhythms & bristling tension into the mix, they unfold their songs into effortless-seeming choruses imbued w/ romanticism & pop sensibility.
FatCat-0072
LP
$12.25

Wheat
White Ink, Black Ink
PS, US With their shimmering new album, Taunton' MA's Wheat is back from an extended period of musical hibernation. Following the critical success of their first albums, 1998's "Medeiros" and 1999's "Hope And Adams", the band released their major label debut in 2003, followed a few years later by a home-recorded album; the latter allowing them to reconnect with the process of musical experimentation and improvisation. This, their latest release, contains some of the most concise, well-written songs of the band's career, and also features some of their most intriguing musical explorations.
RebelGroup
CD
$13.75

White Hills
Little Bliss Forever
PS, US Two side-long tracks are acid drenched spaced out jams that are brooding & moody. Imagine PiL meets Can on a fist full of downers: guitars are suspended in mid-air, drums tumble over themselves, while oozing bass lines sew it all together. VERY LIMITED, 2ND PRESSING OF 600 W/ NEW COVER ART, A POSTER, & INSERT
DrugSpaceRecords
LP
$15.75

Wilco
Wilco (The Album)
PS, US Wilco's seventh disc, Wilco (the album), took shape quickly in January '09 after the band traveled to Auckland, New Zealand to participate in an Oxfam International benefit project. The band began cutting tracks for the new album, producing it themselves with the help of engineer Jim Scott. The sextet completed the disc at its Chicago studio and performed some of the new material in April at the New Orleans Jazz & Heritage Festival; where the Times-Picayune praised the band's 'thrilling, nuanced set.' Wilco (the album) combines the intimacy of its previous studio disc, Sky Blue Sky (2007), with the experimentation of A Ghost Is Born (2004) in a set that boasts strong melodies and gorgeous, often unabashedly pop arrangements. Wilco has clearly laid out the welcome mat to admirers of all aspects of its career; in fact, the disc opens with 'Wilco (the song)' originally unveiled in the group's performance on The Colbert Report last October in which Tweedy & Co. offer their fans 'a sonic shoulder to cry on,' promising,'Wilco will love you, baby.'
Nonesuch
CD
$13.75

Wilco
Wilco (The Album)
PS, US Vinyl version on 180g wax, comes with a copy of the CD.
Nonesuch
LP/CD
$21.00

Wildhearts, The
Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before Vol. 1
PS, US The 15 track album "Stop Us If You've Heard This One Before Vol 1" is a collection of covers from some of The Wildhearts favorite bands, and will mark the first time that each memberof the band has taken on lead vocal duties on a Wildhearts release. The album features a diverse range of tracks, from artists including The Distillers, The Icicle Works, Fugazi, Helmet, Soul Asylum & The Decendents.
Round-014
CD
$13.75

Wildhearts, The
S-T
PS, US Brand new album from the inimitable force that is The Wildhearts. The album is in keeping with the original blueprint laid down by "Earth Versus The Wildhearts" and is heavy, complicated, melodic, emotional, catchy, angry, huge and classic.
Round-010
CD
$13.75

Wire Magazine
#305
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25

Wye Oak
Knot
PS, US A set of songs that sway, stretch, and scream while always reaching outward for personal connection. As ever, Andy Stack's production layers his own multi-instrumental arrangements over Jenn Wasner's woozy compositions, but musically, too, things sound more precise. There's less squalling feedback than before, but lingering violin and pedal steel bring out the droning Americana that has always informed Wye Oak's sound.
Merge-346
CD
$13.25

Yob
Great Cessation
PS, US One of the heaviest & most respected bands in metal, YOB are renowned for their unique brand of epic, crushing sludge doom. A time-stretching, timeless, & unearthly slab of monolithic doom metal art. Heavier, darker, & louder than ever. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Probably one of the greatest descriptions of the heaviness of doom metallists YOB comes in the press release for their 2009 release, Great Cessation: "Heavier than the world's entire elephant population." Hailing from Eugene, OR (not exactly primarily thought of as a doom metal mecca), YOB opted to call it a day in 2006, but two years later, the call of the recording studio had brought the lads back together, resulting in their fifth album overall (and first for the Profound Lore label). Expectedly, the songs are long, plodding, numbing, and oozing with riffage and screams -- take your pick of any of the album's five songs (which clock in at an hour total) to experience the doomsday charm of YOB."
ProfoundLore-047
CD
$14.25

Young Fresh Fellows
I Think This Is
PS, US O.G. Seattle rockers and the reverends of the irreverent the Young Fresh Fellows are back with I Think This Is, their first full album since 2001, and 25 years since the release of their ground-breaking first LP, Fabulous Sounds of the Pacific Northwest.
Before grunge and way before indie was so indie, Fellows Scott McCaughey, Kurt Bloch, Tad Hutchison and Jim Sangster were issuing their signature shotgun blasts of punk energy and wry lyricism. I Think This Is is no exception. Produced by Robyn Hitchcock, the album is a compendium of punk, college rock and 60s pop, from the propulsive guitar rawk of "Shake Your Magazines" and "After Suicide," to the psych-tinged melancholy of "The Guilty Ones" and "Never Turning Back Again." With I Think This Is, the YFF remind us that two guitars, bass and drums, plus a barrel of beer is still the perfect recipe for success. Or maybe failure. But that's cool.
YepRoc-2207
CD
$11.25

Young Governor
Hidden Love
PS, US From the Great White North and the twisted mind of a one time child actor comes Hidden Love the first 12-inch EP from YOUNG GOVERNOR. While no doubt people will jump to comparisons of Jay Retard, Home Blitz, and Kurt Vile, that is doing Young Governor a grave disservice. The perfect summer record just in time for summer, Hidden Love is the perfect blend of pop, singer songwriter, lo-fi, and dare we say folk. BEN COOK the mastermind behind it all has been a busy boy indeed. It's a wonder that he finds time to write and record not just Young Governor material but also releases music under the banner BITTERS, all the while being a full time member of the much heralded outfit FUCKED UP. Wonders will never cease and you will no doubt find yourself humming aloud the songs of pure pop class demonstrated here after just a few listens
PartsUnknown-039
LP
$11.00

Young Widows/My Disco
Young Widows Split Series Vol. 4
PS, US Fourth & final single in a split single series, featuring new unreleased jams from Young Widows, accompanied by a handful of their favorite friends & artists - this edition featuring MY DISCO.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-154
45
$4.75

Yuan, Jienan
We Saw Everything
PS, US A concise introduction of Yuan's unique musical vision. Reflective & bittersweet, his music glimmers with the fragments of unrequited love & faded memories; an electro-acoustic current of sound over which Yuans delicate melodies float & tremble. From the graceful "Because SK", the plaintive "No Land's Man", to the atmospheric & melancholic "Magdalena Avenue", Yuan's music inhabits the emotionally fragile & ephemeral space between lifelong regret & uncertain acceptance - a searching affection that resonates throughout the quietly devastating songs on We Saw Everything
Actually,Records
CD5
$5.75

Zak Sally's Fear Of Song
Why We Hide
PS, US This is the sound of one man clanging. That man, former bassist for LOW
SubPop-847
45
$5.25

Zemog El Gallo Bueno
Nueva York Sessions
PS, US
Mr.Bongo-067
CD
$14.75

Zip Code Rapists
Sing And Play The Three Doctors And Other Sounds Of Today
PS, US At long last, the major works of the Zip Code Rapists are available again. From their supposed beginnings as a Doors cover band from Texas, to their shameful years of broken glass and bloated excess, to their acrimonious breakup and inevitable decade-later reunion, this CD details the hope and anger, the trauma and triumph, of this quintessentially American folk-punk duo featuring Gregg Turkington and John Singer. In addition to the Zip Code Rapists' astonishing 1992 debut LP Sing and Play the Three Doctors and Other Sounds of Today, this 36-song CD compiles the overlong 7-inch The Man Can't Bust Our Music and the inexcusably short 12-inch 94124, all of which have been lovingly remastered for today's more discerning listener. This deluxe package also includes previously unheard outtakes and compilation tracks, four revelatory live songs from a 1993 show at CBGB, and a touching performance from a 2006 reunion show. The ZCR story comes to life in a 16-page booklet with insightful liner notes by official band historian Will York, and candid photos of the boys at the height, and nadir, of their careers. Best of all, each CD comes with a FREE RUB-ON ZCR TATTOO, which can be worn for a day, or cherished for a lifetime.
Eabla-102
CD
$13.25

Zs
Music Of The Modern White
PS, US A veteran trio that mixes just about every genre imaginable into an alter modern pastiche of the most epic, beautiful & aggressive proportions you're likely to hear in 2009. We're talking no wave, prog rock, free jazz, noise, academic drone, funk, minimal, industrial & ambient
TheSocialRegistry-071
LP
$11.50

Forthcoming Releases

16 Horsepower
Secret South (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US Reissue of difficult-to-find album. As rural gothic goes, one cannot do much better than David Eugene Edwards & company, w/ their use of acoustic old-time instruments mixed w/ the impassioned vocals & fire-&-brimstone lyrics. Includes surround-sound mix by Bob Ferbrache included on DVD-audio format
AlternativeTentacles-406
CD+DVD
$17.25

16 Horsepower
Secret South (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US Vinyl version. Reissue of difficult-to-find album. As rural gothic goes, one cannot do much better than David Eugene Edwards & company, w/ their use of acoustic old-time instruments mixed w/ the impassioned vocals & fire-&-brimstone lyrics. Includes surround-sound mix by Bob Ferbrache included on DVD-audio format
AlternativeTentacles-406
LP+DVD
$17.25

24-Carat Black
Gone: The Promises of Yesterday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US "Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth" is seen as 24-Carat Black's first & final chapter, barely a footnote in the well-documented history of Stax. "Gone" is by no means a sequel. Missing are the poignant & bleak sermons, replaced by dusky, sensuous re-workings of love songs DALE WARREN had written as far back as 1965. Wildly divergent in tone, scope, & mission yet tethered by it's singular creator. 150 GRAM LP IN EMBOSSED GATEFOLD SLEEVE
Numero
LP
$17.50

24-Carat Black
Gone: The Promises of Yesterday (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US "Ghetto: Misfortune's Wealth" is seen as 24-Carat Black's first & final chapter, barely a footnote in the well-documented history of Stax. "Gone" is by no means a sequel. Missing are the poignant & bleak sermons, replaced by dusky, sensuous re-workings of love songs DALE WARREN had written as far back as 1965. Wildly divergent in tone, scope, & mission yet tethered by it's singular creator. DELUXE CD INCL. EMBOSSED COVER & 20 PAGE BOOKLET
Numero
CD
$13.25

2562
Love In Outer Space/Third Wave (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US "Love In Outer Space" is one sneaky manoeuvre - a warped synth hook rattles your skull in a woozy, intergalactic machine-funk trip that is as groundbreaking & disorienting as 2001: A Space Odyssey. "Third Wave" is a more accessible 4/4 roller. Heavily spun by Martyn, Appleblim, & Peverelist, this energizing rhythm sounds like Herbie Hancock hitting a dubstep fix
Tectonic-029
12
$11.75

39 Clocks
Pain It Dark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS,US Reissue of the 1981 debut. Their music can be seen as a futuristic, definitely urban, German form of U.S. '60s garage punk, w/ a referential nod to Suicide & Velvet Underground - sparse & gritty garage chord progressions, hypnotic rhythms & deadpan English lyrics delivered w/ the heaviest of German accents. Contains a previously-unreleased bonus track
BureauB
CD
$18.00

65 Days Of Static
Escape From New York (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th) (CD+DVD)
PS, US Escape From New York captures 65daysofstatic at a crossroads. With the last album behind them and their heads filling up with ideas, 65days move ever onwards. This is not just a sedge-way release. They have always shined their brightest as a live band and these recordings are the closest they have come so far to capturing that spark. Escape From New York is a gorgeous blend of glitch-laden beats soaring guitars, stunted breaks and harmonious strings. Their dance-influenced, post-rock symphonies are epic statements of individuality, centering on tense build-ups and ecstatic releases.
Monotreme-041
CD/DVD
$17.25

Action
Complete Punk Recordings 1977-1978 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US One of Canada's 1st punk bands, formed in Ottawa in 1977. Their style combined early American & English punk like The Ramones, The Sex Pistols, & The Vibrators w/ rock influences such as The Rolling Stones' guitar attack & The Allman Brothers' dual-guitar & slide-guitar leads
SuddenDeath-079
CD
$16.00

Anchor & Braille
Felt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Debut side project from ANBERLIN frontman Stephen Christian. Featuring members from Anberlin and COPELAND.
ArsonMedia-011
CD
$13.00

Andrew W.K.
55 Cadillac (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Andrew has completed the final stages of producing his first ever instrumental solo piano album. The album is called 55 CADILLAC, and showcases Andrew's spontaneous piano improvisations, as well as the visualized manifestations of his car.
The 55 CADILLAC recording process began in Cleveland, Ohio, on Friday, January 23rd, 2009. Andrew played his very own Steinway Concert D piano, set up for optimum tape recording by F.F.V., using a mobile triple cassette sound system.
SkyscraperMusicMaker-3939
CD
$13.75

Antlers
Hospice (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Also on vinyl
FrenchKiss-041
LP
$17.50

Antlers
Hospice (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US "The structures are like pop songs - verse/chorus, verse/chorus - but the sound is a little more shoegaze-y or post-rocky" - PETER SILBERMAN
FrenchKiss-041
CD
$13.25

Antony & The Johnsons
Aeon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Antony and the Johnsons will release the "Aeon"/"Crazy in Love" double A-side single in the US on August 4th on CD and 7"through Secretly Canadian and on August 3rd in Europe and UK on 7" through Rough Trade."Aeon" is one of the highlights of the critical and commercial smash album The Crying Light which debuted at #1 on the European chart. The band appeared on The
Late Show with David Letterman for the song's television debut. Antony and the Johnsons' earnest and impassioned cover of Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love", a long time live favorite, is being released officially for the first time. The Crying Light is the band's follow up to the Mercury prize winning I Am a Bird Now and was released on January 20 through Secretly Canadian. The band is currently on a European leg of their world tour. The summer shows see them playing with some of the most esteemed symphonies in Europe in prestigious venues including La Carre in Amsterdam, Manchester Opera House, and the Grand Theatre Romain de Fouviere in Lyon.
SecretlyCanadian-209
45
$6.25

Antony & The Johnsons
Aeon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Antony and the Johnsons will release the "Aeon"/"Crazy in Love" double A-side single in the US on August 4th on CD and 7"through Secretly Canadian and on August 3rd in Europe and UK on 7" through Rough Trade."Aeon" is one of the highlights of the critical and commercial smash album The Crying Light which debuted at #1 on the European chart. The band appeared on The
Late Show with David Letterman for the song's television debut. Antony and the Johnsons' earnest and impassioned cover of Beyoncé's "Crazy in Love", a long time live favorite, is being released officially for the first time. The Crying Light is the band's follow up to the Mercury prize winning I Am a Bird Now and was released on January 20 through Secretly Canadian. The band is currently on a European leg of their world tour. The summer shows see them playing with some of the most esteemed symphonies in Europe in prestigious venues including La Carre in Amsterdam, Manchester Opera House, and the Grand Theatre Romain de Fouviere in Lyon.
SecretlyCanadian-209
CD5
$6.25

Apers
You Are Only As Strong As The Tables You Dance On (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Often compared to Screeching Weasel, because of frontman Kevin Aper's snotty vocal delivery, reminiscent of Ben Weasel. More fun pop punk in the Ramones 3 chord pop mastery
AsianMan-183
LP
$12.75

Apples In Stereo, The
#1 Hits Explosion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US The shiny pop centerpiece of the famed Elephant 6 collective, The Apples in stereo was born of Robert Schneider's infatuation with recording and his near-pathological compulsion to write the perfect pop song. Citing Pet Sounds-era Beach Boys as their root text a decade before it was en vogue, Schneider and former and future band members Hilarie Sidney, Jim McIntyre, Chris Parfitt, John Hill, Eric Allen, Chris McDuffie, Bill Doss, John Ferguson, John Dufilho, and others used their basement-D.I.Y. beginnings as a launching pad into a kaleidoscopic galaxy of sound. Constantly mutating from debut album Fun Trick Noisemaker through recent opus New Magnetic Wonder, that galaxy has expanded from 4-track recordings made in Schneider's bedroom to 100-track sonic experiments complete with new musical scales. Collecting the Apples' most well-known songs, #1 Hits Explosion reminds us that pop music is the art of the song, the art of sounds assembled in a pattern designed to give joy. For over fifteen years The Apples in stereo have taught us that three minutes can change your life. #1 Hits Explosion will make sure we don't forget it.
YepRoc-2631
CD
$12.00

Arkhams, The
The Road To Arkham (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Breaking out from Gotham City's Arkham Asylum, The Road to Arkham chronicles the psychosis and insanity from these NYC mad-men. The Arkhams attract gawkers and shock rockers alike with their freak-show unique take on rock'n'roll. From schizophrenic garage rock to amphetamized psychobilly The Road To Arkham is a white knuckle ride into the type of rock depravity your mother warned you about.
AnalogArkives-001
CD
$10.50

Armstrong, Tom
Tom Armstrong Sings Heart Song s (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US The whole CD sounds so much like '50s country music it's pretty unbelievable we're not listening to the lost recording session of one of our favorite country heroes from that era...highly recommended!
AnalogArkives-004
CD
$9.50

Armstrong, Tom
Songs That Make The Juke Box P lay (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Breaking out from Gotham City's Arkham Asylum, The Road to Arkham chronicles the psychosis and insanity from these NYC mad-men. The Arkhams attract gawkers and shock rockers alike with their freak-show unique take on rock'n'roll. From schizophrenic garage rock to amphetamized psychobilly The Road To Arkham is a white knuckle ride into the type of rock depravity your mother warned you about.
AnalogArkives-005
CD
$10.50

Asobi Seksu
Transparence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US LIMITED EDITION 4-song 10 inch featuring 2 unreleased songs from the "Hush" sessions. "Transparence" appears with a new introduction, & also as a remix by the hypnotic percussive group Aa. 1,000 copies on clear vinyl
Polyvinyl-186/10
10/45
$9.50

Avett Brothers
I And Love And You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US
American-1
LP
$25.00

Azar, Steve
Slide On Over Here (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Steve Azar's seventh studio album's, Slide Over Here, "Moo La Moo", will ring true to fans of all ages, as his light take on being broke long before payday rolls around. With this latest collection of songs, Azar demonstrates continued growth and maturity as an artist, and presents his most solid work yet."
Ride-86328
CD
$12.00

Baca, Susana
Seis Poemas (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US 2009 mini album from the Peruvian vocalist and songwriter. Seis Poemas is partly a tribute to Chabuca Granda, one of the great figures of Latin American song. Baca, who got her start spinning the poems of others into wistful melodies, also borrows from the verses of Federico Garcia Lorca, the Spanish avant-garde poet who was assassinated during his country's civil war, and in a nod to her ancestry she delves into Peru's overlooked, yet rich African legacy. Six tracks. Luaka Bop.
LuakaBop-5017
CD
$6.50

Bad Veins
Bad Veins (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US "Every once in a while a band crosses our path that simply blows us the f*** away. This was the case with Bad Veins, a duo from Cincinnati that is making some of the best indie pop around" --TheTripwire.com
Dangerbird-30027.1
LP
$19.75

Balmorhea
All Is Wild, All Is Silent Remixes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Balmorhea's All is Wild, All is Silent has received praise from critics, fans, and most importantly from the band's close friends. Many of their friends are not surprisingly musicians themselves. The idea to release the All is Wild, All is Silent Remixes evolved organically as the band asked a few of their closest friends if they'd like to remix a track. To their surprise 11 of their friends jumped at the opportunity to create remixes of these wordless narratives that have become so meaningful to them. The resulting album is distinctly more experimental than the original album, but no less joyous and haunting. Many of the tracks retain Balmorhea's uniquely
American optimism, though some hardly leave a trace of the original's simplicity and restraint. Eluvium's 17-minute remix of "Settler" opens the album, evolving from swirls of vocals and upright bass into swells of blissful drones and echos. In contrast, The Fun Years' remix of "Coahuila" brings the drums to the forefront, almost morphing the track into a pop/rock jam. The acoustic fingerpicking of "Elegy" is deconstructed and turned into a wall of metallic noise with Bexar Bexar's refractive remix. Peter Broderick's unique remix of "November 1, 1832" begins as a spoken letter to Rob and Michael of Balmorhea. As the track develops, multiple layers of Peter's intense vocals build, resonating the song's unforgettable feeling of longing.
WesternVinyl-064
DLP
$15.75

Band Of Skulls
Baby Darling Doll Face Honey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Their debut offers a taste of their driving guitar force, heartbreaking duets, and sun-kissed, wall of sound harmonies. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Ian Davenport (Supergrass, Badly Drawn Boy). Artwork by bassist/vocalist Emma Richardson. "Patterns" selected for Activision's Tony Hawk World Skate Game (out fall 2009). ESPN will use "I Know What I Am" in sports backgrounds. The song is also featured in the film "Whip It!" and the TV trailer for "I Love You, Man".
ArtistFirst-101027.2
CD
$10.25

Band Of Skulls
Baby Darling Doll Face Honey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Their debut offers a taste of their driving guitar force, heartbreaking duets, and sun-kissed, wall of sound harmonies. Produced, recorded, and mixed by Ian Davenport (Supergrass, Badly Drawn Boy). Artwork by bassist/vocalist Emma Richardson. "Patterns" selected for Activision's Tony Hawk World Skate Game (out fall 2009). ESPN will use "I Know What I Am" in sports backgrounds. The song is also featured in the film "Whip It!" and the TV trailer for "I Love You, Man".
ArtistFirst-
LP
$15.00

Banquet of the Spirits
Infinito (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US CYRO BAPTISTA's newest band is augmented here by an array of his most distinguished musical associates in a delightful program of experimental Brazilian pop songs
Tzadik-630
CD
$15.25

Bats, The
Don't You Rise (PRE-ORDER: DELAYED UNTIL FALL 2009)
PS, US The Bats are legends of New Zealand music, standing tall alongside contemporaries The Clean and The Chills as linchpins of the Flying Nun label and the Dunedin/Christchurch scene. Over the course of 25 years, 7 albums and 4 world tours, the original line-up of Robert Scott, Malcolm Grant, Paul Kean and Kaye Woodward remains intact and still creating vital pastoral pop gems. Combining Robert's mantric-like guitar pick and strum, bouncing bass with a twist from Paul, melodic hooks from Kaye on guitar and Malcolm's snappy beats, the combination of musical ingredients works perfectly - effortlessly. The band's reputation is sterling; based on legendary albums like Daddy's Highway and Silverbeet and their energetic live shows, The Bats have an enthusiastic world-wide fanbase who treasure the band's continued excellence. The Don't You Rise EP gathers up four tunes from 1998 and 2003, helping to complete the discographical picture leading up to the release of their next album, The Guilty Office, in early 2009. Featuring the electric violin on Alastair Galbraith (who last featured on The Bats' Law of Things), "That's How You'll Find Me" would fit in perfectly on any classic Bats album and mesmerized with it's folk-pop groove. "You Don't Belong" is a moody gem, while "Don't You Rise"'s country-inflected strum is a live favorite. "Face Inside The Sun" rounds out the record in fine form, a mid-tempo sing-along that sounds straight off of Daddy's Highway. A pretty special EP then, and ample evidence that 25 years after forming, The Bats still earn their legendary status. The new and next Bats full-length album, The Guilty Office, will be released by Parasol's Hidden Agenda label in May 2009!
Slumberland
45
$3.75

Battlefields
Entourage Of The Archaic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Hardcore infused doom-metal. This limited edition vinyl release is a one-sided 12 inch of the Entourage Of The Archaic EP. One time pressing on colored vinyl packaged in a screen-printed heavy plastic sleeve & hand-numbered. Includes digital download card. Limited to 300!
Init-46
12
$12.75

Bazan, David
Curse Your Branches (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Bazan got his start playing to the Christian rock scene, but the narrative arc of his albums has traced his crisis of faith and his questioning of the Evangelical Christian world in which he was raised. Yet, this record is not a final statement, not a "breakup letter to G_d." It's the deepest and most explicit exploration of his struggles to date, and a meditation on all things passed between the generations, and for the first time in a while, Bazan seems actually interested in re-engaging in conversations with the Evangelical community about his doubts (for example, for the first time in years, he'll be playing huge Christian music festival Cornerstone this summer). Curse Your Branches is a masterwork by a modern American poet (Paste called him one of the "100 best American songwriters" in a piece that followed the release of his solo EP Fewer Moving Parts) at the height of his powers.
Barsuk-083
CD
$12.00

Bazan, David
Curse Your Branches (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Barsuk-083
LP
$13.75

Beaujolais
Admirations (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US New album of garage-pop catharsis from former Wolfie/Like Young gent Joe Ziemba. The follow up to the harrowing 'Love At Thirty' finds our protagonist Joe in the midst of... moving on.
Parasol-CD-115
CD
$10.00

Benson, Brendan
My Old, Familiar Friend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US 4th solo album from RACONTEURS member
ATO-76-1
LP
$20.25

Between The Trees
Spain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US One of Alternative Press' "100 Bands You Need to Know," Between The Trees has been laying the groundwork hard since releasing their 2007 debut album "Store and the Song." On the Warped Tour 2009.
Bonded-005
CD
$12.25

Bizzy B
Retrospective (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US 3LP version
PlanetMu-145
3XLP
$21.50

Bizzy B
Retrospective (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US A retrospective featuring 12 of his ultimate classic plates from back in the day ('92-'94) plus 2 unreleased tracks from the same period. This collection documents hardcore's transformation into jungle. Hip-house breaks speed up into hyperkinetic trills & mangled rave-hoovers perform demented riffs the likes of which have not been heard since
PlanetMu-145
CD
$16.00

Black Arrows Of Filth & Impurity
1984 (Eternal) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Equal parts metal & grind w/ a touch of noise from ex & current members of DEMIRICOUS, RACEBANNON, THE DREAM IS DEAD, & WORLD EATER. Features an exclusive noise track not available on the original 12 inch, released by Rifleman Records
GileadMedia-024
CD
$10.00

Black Mold
Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Debut album from electronic alter-ego of songwriter CHAD VANGAALEN. Here he explores the wildest tangents of his intrumental work, using a broad palette of glitches & noise married w/ the warm hues of acoustic instruments. Includes download code for an entire bonus album of glitchy oddities
FlemishEye-019
CD
$11.75

Black Mold
Snow Blindness is Crystal Antz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Debut album from electronic alter-ego of songwriter CHAD VANGAALEN. Here he explores the wildest tangents of his intrumental work, using a broad palette of glitches & noise married w/ the warm hues of acoustic instruments. Includes download code for an entire bonus album of glitchy oddities. BROWN VINYL
FlemishEye-019
DLP
$22.00

Black Sheep
Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse is the debut double-LP and 2 CD set from Julian Cope's brand new free action group Black Sheep. Black Sheep music is of the moment, beautiful as a princess one minute, hobbling like a smitten ditch-dweller the next. Songs are long and strung out, combining chanting and street protest with ambient meditations on the Culture Heroes of the Past. Eulogies to such revolutionaries as Che Guevara, Ulrike Meinhof, and one of the Cope's long time obsessions Leila Khaled, are offset by chanting and massed drum works outs and tripped out ambulant pieces such as the near-half hour long title track.
Invada-068
CD
$23.25

Black Sheep
Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Kiss My Sweet Apocalypse is the debut double-LP and 2 CD set from Julian Cope's brand new free action group Black Sheep. Black Sheep music is of the moment, beautiful as a princess one minute, hobbling like a smitten ditch-dweller the next. Songs are long and strung out, combining chanting and street protest with ambient meditations on the Culture Heroes of the Past. Eulogies to such revolutionaries as Che Guevara, Ulrike Meinhof, and one of the Cope's long time obsessions Leila Khaled, are offset by chanting and massed drum works outs and tripped out ambulant pieces such as the near-half hour long title track.
Invada-069
LP
$29.25

Blank, Amanda
I Love You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Amanda Blank is part of a loose collective of musicians that include SPANK ROCK, SANTIGOLD and DIPLO. She takes influences as diverse as 90's R&B, 80's dance, indie, new wave and brit pop. On tour with Santigold this summer.
Downtown-089
CD
$15.00

Blank, Amanda
I Love You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US
Downtown-1
DLP
$17.00

Blind Man's Colour
Season Dreaming (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Two Florida 19 year olds make mature psych pop, receive blog love from Stereogum, I Guess I'm Floating, Indie Rock Cafe, & Kanye West, sign to Kanine Records & release this debut album. Limited to 500 copies, comes with download card.
KanineRecords-391
LP
$13.75

Bloody Panda
Summon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US This takes the nightmare they first explored on their split LP with experimentalists Kayo Dot even further into the depths. The album is a disturbing, cinematic vision of terror & frightening depravity that lurks within the dark chambers of doom metal horror
ProfoundLore-048
CD
$16.00

Blue Flames, The
Drivin' 'n' Dyin' In Texas (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Primal voodoo-crazed rock'n'roll swagger at its sleaziest, naughtiest, and most outrageously immoral- it's savage and untamed Texas-style psychobilly madness that's as evil, vile, indecent, and debauched as a sweat-soaked free-for-all orgy in Hell, but as sensual, sleek, and cool as a leather-jacketed Marlon Brando struttinâ€(tm) his stuff in the primitive black-and-white world of The Wild One. A must have for fans of the Gun Club, The Damned, The Cramps, and Patti Smith.
VoodooValleyRecords-001
CD
$10.50

Blur
Midlife: A Beginner's Guide to Blur (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Released in conjunction with their 2009 reunion, the double-disc career retrospective Midlife emphasizes Blur's early psychedelic grind -- halfway between Syd Barrett and shoegazing -- along with their post-Brit-pop indie makeover, giving somewhat short shrift to the band's pop prime, cutting out four of the band's big hits ("There's No Other Way," "Country House," "End of the Century," and "Charmless Man") in favor of album tracks that play into the thesis that Blur were as somber and serious a guitar band as Radiohead. Of course, Blur did rival Radiohead, recording some of the greatest guitar rock of the '90s, but that was only one facet of the band: they were also a bright, artful pop band, cleverly twisting '60s traditions and post-punk styles into the present. Elements of this Blur are evident in "Girls & Boys" and "Parklife," hits so big they couldn't be ignored, and while Midlife could have used a heavier dose of this side of Blur, there's not a bad track here, and the set also brings their glorious, epoch-creating single "Popscene" back into circulation, so Midlife has some considerable value. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide
Capitol/EMI
DVD
$19.99

BMX Bandits
The Rise & Fall of BMX Bandits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, SPAIN Who are the BMX BANDITS? Where did this group come from, who, after more than 20 years together, have been talked about by people like TEENAGE FANCLUB's Norman Blake (who was in the group in its beginning), Liam Gallagher or Kurt Cobain? Who are the people responsible for this band who have had members of THE VASELINES, TEENAGE FANCLUB and THE SOUP DRAGONS, among others, in its midst? Where was this group, with fans not only in Europe and North America, but also in Japan and the rest of Asia, born? How have they been able to release music on mythic labels like Creation Records, 53rd & 3rd or Vinyl Japan, among many others? Who is this Duglas T Stewart whose name we've also seen on the albums of Alex Chilton, Chip Taylor, Stevie Jackson, Eugene Kelly, Francis McDonald and Ally Kerr, and who also produces his own albums? The way this Scottish band has given birth to its albums (the first in 1985), completely outside of the music industry's paradigms, spreading its melodic seeds through half a world's worth of record labels in every format imaginable (the single or the EP is a focus for them), has gained them a cult status, which has only been consolidated by the incredible songs they have been giving us throughout their career; songs with a clear affinity for hyper-melodic pop, strongly influenced by people like Brian Wilson, Ennio Morricone and Serge Gainsbourg. Elefant has been a stop in their passionate trajectory before (that now out of print "C86 and More", their collaboration on "Snowstorm", the tribute to GALAXIE 500, that 7" titled "Help Me Somebody", recently their "The BMX Love EP"...) and since it couldn't be any other way, Elefant continues to be a significant stop for them. "The Rise & Fall of BMX BANDITS" is no normal disc. Nor is it a greatest hits compilation. Did you really think Duglas would follow the canon of the conventional and foreseeable? Their Nth album is a recovery of songs chosen by Stewart himself throughout his own career, some of which are out of print, hard to find B sides of singles, others which were rerecorded for the occasion, some which were previously unreleased (like that Tom Waits version from 1997!), and still other great achievements from their catalogue, recoveries of songs published on mythic labels like Vinyl Japan (NORTHERN PICTURE LIBRARY, FAT TULIPS, THE HIT PARADE, MONOCHROME SET...), etc... So, what is the reason, the concept behind this "compilation" (we can call it that)? The music, Duglas exalted ability for pop. Should there be another reason.
Elefant-1134
CD
$16.25

Boduf Songs
Inviolate Projection Blood From Rome (Blankets) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US 4th release in Blue Sanct's Art Vinyl series. 10 inch with an exclusive recording on one side, & a screenprinted image on the B side. Minstrels of misery from the UK, following 3 albums on Kranky, & a devastating EP on Southern. This 12 minute epic not only gives us the drones & hushed guitar they are known for, but also ventures into their (partially) suppressed doom underpinnings. The record is accompanied by specially commissioned artwork by Norwegian artist Johannes Hoie, whose apocalyptic scenes perfectly embody the yearning for the black sun that is Boduf Songs. Limited to 300
BlueSanct-10
10
$15.25

Boggs, Dock
Legendary Singer & Banjo Player (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1964, this is the 1st of 3 volumes recorded for Folkways after being rediscovered during the folk revival of the early 1960s. Incredible, sparse & haunting country blues featuring only Dock's banjo & voice. Absolutely essential Appalachian folk, lovingly reissued
Folkways-51
LP
$16.75

Boggs, The
Forts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Moving across genres and borders as easily as a dial moving up and down the AM band, The Boggs spent seven years defining, refining, building up, and breaking down with a one of a kind take on proto-post-folk-garage-punk-folk-punk-blues & disco.
Before their third (and final?) release, Forts, principle member Jason Friedman retreated to Berlin where he began demos using roughshod recording techniques in his kitchen. Over the next year and a half, Friedman added fresh layers to these tracks in a series of Berlin studios. Bringing in horn players, singers, and string players to apply the finishing touches before hauling the stacks of tracks back from Europe to mix in New York. As obsessive, delicate, and other worldly as Friedman's own drawings used on the album's cover, Forts is the kind of record that record collections were made for.
ArenaRock-068
LP
$13.75

Box Elders
Alice & Friends (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US vinyl!
Goner-48
LP
$16.00

Box Elders
Alice & Friends (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Full-length of fuzzy, off-kilter pop from Omaha trio that follows their single on Grotto Records
Goner-48
CD
$14.25

Brian Jonestown Massacre, The
Methodrone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Originally released on CD in 1995 now reissued on A Records, Anton Newcombe's own label. This is the first time on vinyl. Released on 180g blue vinyl. Redolent with the spirit of such high priests of effects and delay as Loop, Spaceman 3, and My Bloody Valentine, not to mention a fair dollop of the Jesus and Mary Chain. The Brian Jonestown Massacre is a psychedelic rock band originally from San Francisco, California, led by guitarist/singer Anton Newcombe.
Arecords-008
DLP
$34.25

Brown Recluse Sings
Soft Skin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US Pastoral, psychedelic pop that draws influence from Brian Wilson, Belle & Sebastian, The Clientele, & the Elephant 6 collective
Slumberland-102
12
$8.00

Buckley, Tim
Live at the Folklore Center, NYC: March 6th, 1967 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US On August 25th, 2009, the Tompkins Square label will release 'Tim Buckley - Live at the Folklore Center, NYC - March 6th, 1967'.
The unreleased recording was captured by folk impresario Izzy Young at his famed Folklore Center located at 321 Sixth Avenue, which served as a nexus for up-and-coming singer-songwriters during the folk boom of the late '60s. The entire night's concert, performed in front of about 35 people, is presented in its original running order of 16 songs, six of which are Tim Buckley compositions that have never appeared on any studio or live album. The CD package includes an unpublished interview with Buckley conducted by Izzy Young on March 17th & 18th, 1967, along with new notes from Young. The album was produced for release by Tompkins Square label's Josh Rosenthal in cooperation with Buckley's Estate, and mastered from the original tapes by Grammy-winning engineers Steve Rosenthal, Warren Russell-Smith and Jamie Howarth. Tim Buckley (1947-1975) was among the most adventurous and influential singer-songwriters of the '60's and '70's, releasing nine studio albums in his career. Buckley's music continues to deeply inspire new fans and artists with each passing year. 'Live at the Folklore Center', the earliest live recording among seven others commercially available, showcases Buckley in an intimate, solo acoustic setting, highlighting his magical guitar playing and soaring vocal style.
TompkinsSquare-2189.2
CD
$16.25

Burger/Voigt
Wand Aus Klang Remixe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Two remixes of Jorg Burger & Wolfgang Voigt's "Wand Aus Klang," by Partial Arts Finbury (feat. Ewan Pearson) & It's A Fine Line (aka Ivan Smagghe & Tim Paris)
Kompakt-195
12
$12.50

Burnt By The Sun
Heart Of Darkness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Final studio release
Relapse-046
CD
$13.25

Cable
Failed Convict (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US These veteran noisy rockers have released records on labels such as Hydra Head & Translation Loss & have toured alongside bands like Isis, Today is the Day, & 5ive
TheEnd-138
CD
$13.00

Calamity, The
TBA (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US
BlackbirdMusic-1301
CD
$8.75

Cave Singers, The
Welcome Joy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US The second album from Seattle's CAVE SINGERS is a gorgeous, rich folky stew hitting musical touchstones from Led Zeppelin III (think Bron Yr Aur Stomp) to Iron and Wine, CCR, Fleet Foxes, Bon Iver, and Will Oldham. With a healthy dollopof the more mournful Stevie Nicks songs from Fleetwood Mac's mid-'70s period.Produced by Colin Stewart (Black Mountain, Destroyer, Ladyhawk), the album is far richer and more interestingsounding than their debut. The band perform their dramatic, forlorn and occasionally triumphant music in a wonderfullyautumnal haze.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Cave Singers, The
Welcome Joy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Matador
LP
$17.50

Champagne Socialists
Blue Genes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Members of ROYAL WE & BRICOLAGE. Coming on like Sparks produced by Joe Meek & Phil Spector, the band has a flair for echoey 3-minute symphonies, marrying classic pop melodies w/ punk-informed crunch & glam-infused '70s stomp. In other words, classic pop for the '00s, w/ nods to Blondie & Shop Assistants along the way
Slumberland-98
45
$3.75

Choir of Young Believers
This Is For The White In Your Eyes + Burn The Flag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Even though this the full-length debut by Danish collective Choir of Young Believers, is teeming with instrumentsÑvoices, pianos, synthesizers, banjos, an orchestra?s ransom in strings & French hornsÑit?s not the arrangements that dominate so much as the images they conjure. Snow-ßecked mountaintops, deserted city streets, ghost-Þlled churches, a Þnal kiss between estranged loversÑthis is the emotional terrain trod by Jannis Joya Makrigiannis & his Choir of Young Believers. This Is for the Whites in Your Eyes is an album of orchestral indie-pop, but its artistic scope extends beyond melody & harmony: Choir of Young Believers paint cinematic tableaux, with Jannis cast as the silvery- voiced narrator.
GhostlyInternational-089
DCD
$11.00

Circle Jerks
Golden Shower of Hits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS,US Re-mastered 180 gram vinyl. The band's trademark sense of humor is still present, witnessed by numbers like "When the Shit Hits the Fan" & the hilarious medley "Golden Shower of Hits." However, the anger & frustration of tracks like "Coup D'etat" & "Rats of Reality" keep the hardcore edge that fans always expected & reveled in
Porterhouse
LP
$16.50

Cloudland Canyon
Silver Tongued Sisyphus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US Vinyl reissue of 2007 LP originally pressed in a limited edition of 96 copies. The album's secular calls to prayer with humming, looping, loping ambient passages are interspersed with bursting rhythmic energy & agitated guitar lines. Pulling influences from the foggy ether of generations past, the band stakes their claim to the shadows of the cult musical culture of the late 1960s & early 1970s German underground scene
HolyMountain-111
LP
$16.00

Collisions
Villain's Spirit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Hailing from the Los Angeles, CA. Collisions are the newest band to emerge from the club Smell scene. Fresh out of high school, these four lads create a sound similar to Joy Division meets Empire.
SAFRecords-024
CD
$10.50

Connelly, Chris
Pentland Firth Howl (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US Very little from this refined affair (besides the emotion) resembles the industrial-disco of his past: MINISTRY, PIGFACE, REVOLTING COCKS, etc. So quiet, so austere. His Scottish accent flicks the end of each line, alveolar trills elongated into soothing vibratos. The incessantly rhythmic acoustic guitar that has driven the latter half of his career is still present & continues to shade his nocturnal vocal tone with a monochromatically shimmering shadow
BustedFlat-021
CD
$16.00

Copeland, Eric
Alien In A Garbage Dump (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US With Alien In A Garbage Dump, Brooklyn's Eric Copeland emerges from his underground bunker, having sifted through the constant stimulation found everywhere in this 21st Century, discovering connections within our united co-existence while avoiding the prejudices we are relentlessly force-fed from the powers that be. The result is a coll-ection of songs at once uniquely urban but still strangely universal in language. Fifteen years strong in the game and somehow it's easier to see where his music is going as opposed to where it's been.
PawTracks
CD
$12.50

Cougar
Patriot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Conceived in Madison, Wisconsin, Cougar's instrumental arrangements fall somewhere between Four Tet, Fugazi, and Nick Drake's guitar work, albeit optimistic as opposed to morose. The band's singular sound is rooted in a keen sensibility of form and texture, more in line with sample-based music and modern classical than indie rock - which isn't to say this is rock-as-academia" Cougar also invoke the roaring riff monster, the fist-in-the-air, anthemic head-banger to which so many groups give only an ironic nod.
Cougar's second album, the forthcoming Patriot, is an aggressive, narrative affair that sees the band reach even greater extremes than on their debut, "Law." The epic, sparkling counterpoint of the first record crops up, but "Patriot" firmly establishes itself as a different music, one that shreds the lines between electronic, rock and modern, but never forgets to pay allegiance to the hook. From the nuanced drive of opener "Stay Famous", through the widescreen propulsion of "Florida Logic," the choral sweep and electronic/organic beats of "Rhinelander" and the space logic of "Pelourinho," the band lay out their stall early. The hard-rocking, polyrhythmic assault of "Thundersnow," the fuzzed out "Heavy Into Jeff," the melodic build and final explosion of "Endings," the summer melancholy of "Appomattox," and the Hammond-led uplift of "Daunte v. Armada" culminates in the final beauty of "Absaroka". It's a record which sounds completely consistent and of a piece, yet manages to range widely across musical genres and style.
CounterRecords-
CD
$13.00

Cougar
Patriot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Conceived in Madison, Wisconsin, Cougar's instrumental arrangements fall somewhere between Four Tet, Fugazi, and Nick Drake's guitar work, albeit optimistic as opposed to morose. The band's singular sound is rooted in a keen sensibility of form and texture, more in line with sample-based music and modern classical than indie rock - which isn't to say this is rock-as-academia" Cougar also invoke the roaring riff monster, the fist-in-the-air, anthemic head-banger to which so many groups give only an ironic nod.
Cougar's second album, the forthcoming Patriot, is an aggressive, narrative affair that sees the band reach even greater extremes than on their debut, "Law." The epic, sparkling counterpoint of the first record crops up, but "Patriot" firmly establishes itself as a different music, one that shreds the lines between electronic, rock and modern, but never forgets to pay allegiance to the hook. From the nuanced drive of opener "Stay Famous", through the widescreen propulsion of "Florida Logic," the choral sweep and electronic/organic beats of "Rhinelander" and the space logic of "Pelourinho," the band lay out their stall early. The hard-rocking, polyrhythmic assault of "Thundersnow," the fuzzed out "Heavy Into Jeff," the melodic build and final explosion of "Endings," the summer melancholy of "Appomattox," and the Hammond-led uplift of "Daunte v. Armada" culminates in the final beauty of "Absaroka". It's a record which sounds completely consistent and of a piece, yet manages to range widely across musical genres and style.
CounterRecords-024
LP
$14.75

Cream
Waiting So Long The Ultimate Collector's Boxset (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US 4LP boxset. Includes Fresh Cream on clear red vinyl, Wheels of Fire (studio) on white vinyl, Wheels of Fire (live) on white vinyl, & Goodbye on picture disc
Lilith-401
4XLP
$85.50

Crippled Black Phoenix
200 Tons Of Bad Luck (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US After releasing the underground classic -A Love if Shared Disasters- Crippled Black Phoenix have re-grouped and spent the best part of a year recording -200 tons of bad luck-.
Although not strictly a concept recording the thoughts and moods of founding member Justin Greaves re-occur throughout and link the songs in a film like way. Once again CBP have crafted the songs at Geoff Barrows Portishead state of the art studio.
The end result will no doubt have folk scrambling for descriptives and in the midst of the relative chaos Crippled Black Phoenix will be oblivious to it all again giving you 200 tons of music that if you let yourself have time to be immersed in you shall be rewarded. Think of these albums like the moment when your life flashes before your eyes just before the inevitable conclusion.
InvadaRecords-076
LP
$17.25

Cult
Love (Expanded Edition) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US To celebrate Love, The Cult will be performing the entire album on the 'Love Live' USA tour running mid-August thru September. A consistent seller over nearly 25 years, Love has sold over a million in North America. The expanded edition is a 2 disc set featuring the album re-mastered for the first time from the original studio digital tapes alonside a bonus disc featuring all the tracks from their 1985 UK singles, many of which were only previously available in the USA on the limited Rare Cult box set issued in 2000. Also included are all the 1985 remixes of "She Sells Sanctuary".
BeggarsBanquet
DCD
$16.50

Curd, James
We Just Won't Stop (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US A timeless hip house disco dancefloor jam from the DFA! Curd recently remixed Juan Maclean's "One Day"
DFA-215
12
$8.00

Cure
Into The Dark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US This 4LP box set features special versions of the first four albums: Three Imaginary Boys on picture disc, Seventeen Seconds on white vinyl, Faith on grey vinyl & Pornography on clear red vinyl
Lilith-402
4XLP
$85.50

Daniell, David & Douglas McCombs
Sycamore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
ThrillJockey
LP
$13.25

Daniell, David & Douglas McCombs
Sycamore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Sycamore is the first album from the duo of David Daniell (San Agustin, Rhys Chatham) and Douglas McCombs (Tortoise, Eleventh Dream Day, Pullman). The album was recorded by Jeremy Lemos (Semaphore Recordings) and mixed with John McEntire at SOMA Studios. Sycamore is a delicate tapestry of spacious and ethereal guitar lines woven into abstract, slow-burning and multi-layered textural improvisations. The sounds blend and overlap to create richly faceted and thickly psychedelic passages, unveiling new layers of detail with each and every listen.
ThrillJockey
CD
$13.25

De Castro, Terry
A Casa Verde (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Terry de Castro takes a novel approach to her solo debut, A Casa Verde, one that is especially charming, likable, and well, curious. She's chosen to take a wonderfully unusual course and recorded an album comprised entirely of cover versions, but these are not necessarily well-known songs by famous artists. Each songwriter on A Casa Verde is a personal friend and musical collaborator of Terry de Castro. There is a warm, inviting humility in the basic premise of devoting a record to the telling of stories by your friends, and it informs the entire endeavor, setting a tone of intimacy and empathy. Each song is a story unto itself, and all of the songs hang together in a vivid and illuminating way. De Castro's maturity as an artist is apparent from the first track.
ScopitonesNorthAmerica-026
CD
$13.75

Deadnotes
Orange Trumpet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Vinyl only release, limited to 400! Armed with an arsenal of trumpet, guitar, drums & casio, the trio make a glorious, semi-spontaneous sort of eccentric pop music thatÕs drawn comparisons (rightly or wrongly) to the likes of Ennio Morricone, Maher Shalal Hash Baz, The Magic Band, Moondog & even The Minutemen. The 30 tracks that comprise Orange Trumpet, the trio's defining statement, are amongst their earliest creations. Orange Trumpet plays like a minimalist, mariachi-esque version of Grow-UpÕs The Best Thing; itÕs brimming with ideas & presented with loose abandon. A jaunty melancholy, with echoes of Tori Kudo & Tenniscoats, is present throughout, regardless if the boys are shuffling thru haunted dirges, garage-y workouts, or other points in between
SoftAbuse-34
LP
$12.50

Deceh
Deceh (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Limited edition of 400. Handmade letter pressed covers. Deceh is a fine drone quartet utilizing traditional ethnic drone instruments as well as vintage analog synthesizers. This record was recorded on a centered room microphone as the group sat in a perfect square around it. This method of recording perfectly captured the focused intimacy of the moment complete with the crackling bellows of an ancient harmonium. Bringing strict discipline, control and patience they're able to achieve densely transcendental focus in their work. Imagine taking three notes from Terry Riley and stretching them out into pulsating 20 minute sublime pieces. An obvious reference point might be the recent Yoshi Wada Earth Drones reissues but somehow even more transcendent. Fine drone. Acoustic & analogue. Deceh.
Important-258
LP
$20.00

Desolation Wilderness
New Universe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Swooning guitars, found sounds, synthesizer trills, forward percussion and dream vocals; New Universe [KLP204] is the
second full-length album by Desolation Wilderness. After touring the country extensively, this album is the labor of a restless engine; postcards from being constantly on the move. New Universe alternates between lonely sounds and the
euphoria of freedom and distance - like an empty, foggy beach in the early morning. These songs have a particular movement,
whether it's the sun-drenched strut of "Boardwalk Theme" or a barefoot sandy run on "Venice Beach." There are themes of
escape and renewal, in leaving behind youth. The world is a vast and beautiful place, but also dangerous - full of doomed,
overpowering love ("You Hold a Power Over Me") and night-walking loners ("San Francisco 2AM"). Desolation Wilderness meets the listener on the edge of the ocean, where the horizon meets the water in a perfect line. Without searching, this New Universe finds you ("No Tomorrow"). New Universe was recorded at the Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington after returning home. Desolation Wilderness will tour the United States and the UK in the fall of 2009. With the windows down. "[Listening to] Desolation Wilderness is like relaxing in a beach house with some wind chimes, a guitar and a million different effects pedals ... every song like its own mini beach vacation."
- The Fader
KRecords-204
LP
$11.50

Desolation Wilderness
New Universe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Swooning guitars, found sounds, synthesizer trills, forward percussion and dream vocals; New Universe [KLP204] is the
second full-length album by Desolation Wilderness. After touring the country extensively, this album is the labor of a restless engine; postcards from being constantly on the move. New Universe alternates between lonely sounds and the
euphoria of freedom and distance - like an empty, foggy beach in the early morning. These songs have a particular movement,
whether it's the sun-drenched strut of "Boardwalk Theme" or a barefoot sandy run on "Venice Beach." There are themes of
escape and renewal, in leaving behind youth. The world is a vast and beautiful place, but also dangerous - full of doomed,
overpowering love ("You Hold a Power Over Me") and night-walking loners ("San Francisco 2AM"). Desolation Wilderness meets the listener on the edge of the ocean, where the horizon meets the water in a perfect line. Without searching, this New Universe finds you ("No Tomorrow"). New Universe was recorded at the Dub Narcotic Studio in Olympia, Washington after returning home. Desolation Wilderness will tour the United States and the UK in the fall of 2009. With the windows down. "[Listening to] Desolation Wilderness is like relaxing in a beach house with some wind chimes, a guitar and a million different effects pedals ... every song like its own mini beach vacation."
- The Fader
KRecords-204
CD
$11.50

Diskjokke
Discolated (Remixes 2007-2008) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US In-between travelling to support the successful "Staying In" album & making new music Diskjokke also made himself a name as a great remixer. On this album you'll find a compilation of remixes from 2007& 2008 of well knows artists such as Bloc Party, Foals, Lykke Li & Metronomy, dance/electronic acts such as his friend Lindstrom, Ost & Kjeks & Spektrum, as well as the lesser known Norwegian acts Harrys Gym & National Bank.
SmalltownSupersound-168
CD
$14.50

DJ Spooky & Matthew Shipp Trio
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US A sophisticated, untamed blend of free jazz & hip hop
LaHuit-16
DVD
$20.25

Dr. Israel feat. Killah Priest
Gangsta N' Police (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Red vinyl. Limited to 1000. "Gangsta n Police" is a vivid depiction of urban life; a painting illustrated with the brush stroke of reality...Gangstas with knowledge run the streets. Questionable actions and intentions are sometimes a requirement for urban survival, and urban warfare against the corrupt police forces is often times un-avoidable. One does what one must in order to survive...As corporate imperialism manifests itself in a rapidly expanding prison industrial complex, crime is encouraged, security disbanded, and overt police corruption and greed is rewarded every bit as much as it is ignored." - Dr. Israel Dubstep bounces to life in the hands of Dr. Israel and Wu-Tang Clan alumnus Killah Priest, as a gritty street tale unfolds over stomping beats and singularly destructive bass. The single is sure to spring to life on both urban radio and in the modern dubstep craze, with Killah Priest dropping science with a memorable verse. The version utilizes the spacey, classic 70s method of dub technique, and the Submerged remix powers the club floor tailoring in the finer threads of dubstep mastercraft.Tracks:A1) Dr. Israel & Killah Priest - Gangsta N PoliceA2) Dr. Israel & Killah Priest - Gangsta N Police [Version] dubbed out byDr. Israel and Bill LaswellB1) Dr. Israel & Killah Priest - Gangsta N Police [Submerged Remix]B2) Accapella [unlisted]
OhmResistance-01
12
$8.25

Explode Into Colors
Eyes Hands Mouth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US
KillRockStars-509
45
$5.25

Fabolous
Loso's Way (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US His fifth studio album.
DefJam-01
LP
$14.00

Fahey, John
America (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1971, this is one of the artistic high points of his career. And yet, for nearly 30 years it was not heard in its entirety, as what was originally intended as a double album was pared down to a single LP. Now, thanks to 4 Men With Beards, the complete double album is available on vinyl for the first time
4MenwithBeards-117
DLP
$27.00

Farmer Dave Scher
Flash Forward To The Good Times (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Smooth as a can of Frankies 457, we are proud to salute and present the first solo album from Farmer Dave Scher of Beachwoods Sparks and All Night Radio fame. In addition to his previously starry bands, pedal steel master Scher is known for his strong appearances, production, and performances that include the likes of Jenny Lewis, Interpol, Elvis Costello, Jonathan Rice, and Vetiver. The pedigree of Dave's projects comes close in hand with this golden debut, filled with gorgeous lush arrangements and jams that reflect sunny JJ Cale meets Motown lovin. A sweet West Coast journey and good times from start to finish. There's something so quality about Dave's honest marriage of nostalgia and now, with gems like "Bab'lone Nights". Scher keeps country minded and blends it properly with psych, soul, surf, and tinge of B. Bacharach. Special guests on the trip include members of Entrance, VietNam, Jonathan Wilson, and Devendra Banhart producer Thom Monahan.
Kemado-097
CD
$13.50

Farmer Dave Scher
Flash Forward To The Good Times (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Also on vinyl
Kemado-098
LP
$17.50

Fell
Incoherent Lullabies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US On their second album, Fell have replaced the dark, post-Joy Division, post Disintegration-era Cure tonalities of their debut with a shimmering, gorgeously-melodic trip that recall the more blissed out moments of bands like the Telescopes & Josh Wambeke's earlier space-pop project PHINEAS GAGE. Recorded without expensive studios, name producers or extravagant budgets just a dedication to achieving sublime sonics at the intersection of post-rock, dream-pop & psychedelia
CameraObscura-086
CD
$13.25

Final
Reading All the Right (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Justin Broadrick (GODFLESH, JESU) has always made music which could one day serve as a soundtrack to the end of the world, should we ever need one. Themes of urban decay, corporate greed, & post-modern malaise often set the bleak tone. CD version contains 4 additional tracks, and is presented in mini tip-on gatefold jacket
NoQuarter-018
CD
$12.25

Finn, Liam
Champagne In Seashells EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US The follow up to last year's critically lauded I'll Be Lightning, Liam Finn's new EP Champagne in Seashells might have a tongue-twisting title but the songs that comprise it are some of the best of Liam's meteoric career. Since the release of Liam's first full length he's toured with Eddie Vedder, the Black Keys and recorded the 7 Worlds Collide album with members of Radiohead, Wilco, The Smiths and Modest Mouse. A constant member of Liam's touring act, Eliza-Jane Barnes takes a more prominent role here singing lead on "On Your Side." The sonic stepsister to Lightning, Champagne in Seashells once again exhibits Finn's melody rich DNA through hooks so meaty they reliably rise through Liam's signature production atmospherics. Pop music through a Hesse-ian lens, Champagne in Seashells is just as its title suggests - refined yet accessible, high brow and low fi.
YepRoc-2134
CD5
$5.25

Flipper
Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US 180 grams of LOVE! LOVE, the brand new studio album from the incredible Flipper was recorded with the great Jack Endino at the helm, known for having recorded many of Seattle's greatest grunge albums, including Nirvana's Bleach. Recording took place at the Murky Slough Studios, on Krist Novoselic's property in Washington. Bruce Loose, Ted Falconi, and Steve DePace would regularly travel to Krist's for writing and recording sessions, and affectionately referred to it as 'Band Camp." With Krist providing bass, the band dug in and recorded one of their best efforts yet combing noisy guitars with that perfect low-end bass and the grind of life and love. LOVE was designed to be a twin and companion to FIGHT. A well-balanced experience from the one and only FLIPPER. Gorgeous cover and artwork house the 180-gram vinyl version of this incredible album.
Flipper-4898
LP
$17.00

Flipper
Fight (Live) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US 180 grams of live Flipper. FIGHT was recorded in 2007 at Dante's in Portland and The Funhouse in Seattle. Both were recorded and mixed by Seattle's legendary Jack Endino. This album includes classic Flipper songs as well as songs from Flipper's new studio album, entitled LOVE. FIGHT, along with LOVE, are bookends that encapsulate time spent recording in the studio and playing live shows with former Nirvana bassist, Krist Novoselic. FIGHT is the live companion to LOVE and serves as a perfect balance to the studio album experience. LOVE and FIGHT should exist side by side in your album collection. The return of Flipper, just in time. 180 gram vinyl edition.
Flipper-4899
LP
$17.00

Flipron
Gravity Calling (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US This album gives you blues, glam-tinged rock'n'roll, 60's psychedelia and a whole lot more, all subtly woven around Flipron's unique brand of pop from another planet. Gravity Calling is produced by legendary Damned drummer Rat Scabies, and mixed by David M Allen, producer of some of The Cure's biggest hits. All the shows will be supporting Bobby Long (he of the Twilight song) and all gigs will be sold out.
TinyDog/CargoUK-016
CD
$13.75

Florida
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US From Brooklyn, NY. Lo-fi acoustic psych-rock with droned out freaky vocals. Their first release on SHDWPLY was a limited cassette that quickly sold out of the first pressing. Now back with a special 7" w/ 3D COVER and comes w/ 3D GLASSES
SHDWPLY-010
45
$7.25

Fruit Bats
Ruminant Band (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Over the course of three records, Eric D. Johnson's Fruit Bats have looked for ways to file down the cynical edge of modern life & found many. Using bright melodies, defiantly major-key chord structures, natural imagery mixed with the occassional blazing insight & tender observation, they've never shied away from darkness, but more uncommon in this day & age, the've refused to shy away from light
SubPop-830
CD
$13.50

Fruit Bats
Ruminant Band (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Over the course of three records, Eric D. Johnson's Fruit Bats have looked for ways to file down the cynical edge of modern life & found many. Using bright melodies, defiantly major-key chord structures, natural imagery mixed with the occassional blazing insight & tender observation, they've never shied away from darkness, but more uncommon in this day & age, the've refused to shy away from light.
SubPop-830
LP
$14.25

Garwood, Duke
The Sand That Falls (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US
Fire-132
LP
$15.50

Gary Go
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Vinyl release precedes 9/15 release. Bonafide pop hits and just toured with Take That and Lady Gaga. First single "Wonderful" is already climbing Hot AC pop charts.
Decca-01
LP
$19.00

Gary Go
Wonderful (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US A/w "Wonderful." B/w "Give Me A Reason."
Decca-21
45
$4.25

Gary War
Horribles Parade (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Gary War's thick synth-heavy psychedelia occupies a space between spacey bedroom experimentalists like R. Stevie Moore or the more contemporary Kurt Vile & the abrasive proto-punk of Chrome & Debris. CD contains "Anhedonic Man" from the Hell Yes! single & the entire "Galactic Citizens" 12" soon to be released on Captured Tracks.
SacredBones-023
CD
$12.00

Ginger
Great White Monkey (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Great White Monkey is an acoustic live album that was available to buy at Ginger's acoustic shows as a single disc. The Round Records version features both sets that were played on the night and is now 26 tracks over two discs. The album was recorded at the Rugeley Rose Theatre in Staffordshire England on September 23, 2003.
RoundRecords-017
CD
$20.75

Giving Tree Band, The
Great Possessions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US The Giving Tree Band's Great Possessions has been called the "greenest of albums" in the Chicago Sun-Times because of it's carbon neutral production. The eco-folk rockers camped outdoors and commuted more than 500 miles by bicycle during a month-long, solar-powered recording session.
CrookedCreekRecords-1134
CD
$13.75

Greymachine
Disconnected (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US GREYMACHINE is, without a shadow of a doubt, the most realized collaborative effort between Justin Broadrick (Jesu, Godflesh, Napalm Death etc..), Dave Cochrane (Head Of David, God, Ice), Diarmuid Dalton (Jesu, Godflesh) and Aaron Turner (ISIS, House of Low Culture, etc..) ever! If you're a fan of Godflesh, or have even a fleeting interest in the band, this bud's for you; if you subscribe to The Aural & Visual Art of Aaron Turner this shits a pool party. Disconnected, the album in question, is at once jarring and ethereal.... which is, as you may already know, the kind of combination that results in entire city blocks bobbin' their heads to This...
In summation, GREYMACHINE sounds like a serious case of cyberbullying through the mind of an extremely autistic child living in an ever-shifting hadean landscape thronged with mindless militants, dilapidated cityscapes and ephemeral phantoms... so to summarize the summation, Disconnected is haunting and modern sounding... In a good way.
HydraHead-188
CD
$13.75

Grief No Absolution
Eurostopodus Argus/Crypsis (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US LIMITED TO 500! Short sharp hateful stabs of sound versus the withered dry bones of aridÊfurnace-like slabs. Grief No Absolution is a crushing abandonment of frilly technique that has seeped into the darkest edges of metal, a reversion to a harrowing, bleak sound - decayed, scorched - and utterly unredeemed. Includes download code, yay!
FlingcoSoundSystem-006
10/45
$23.00

Grizzly Bear
Horn of Plenty (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 15TH)
PS, US For the first time, the full Horn of Plenty album is available on 180gm black vinyl w/ printed inner sleeve. Limited to 1000.
Kanine
LP
$13.75

Gus Gus
Add This Song (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US With their highly-infectious, metrosexual, multimedia pop, they secured themselves a deal with the prestigious 4AD label, & are set to release their 7th studio album on Kompakt, who are honored to present the catchy harmonies of "Add This Song," with remixes by Lopazz & Zarook, Gluteus Maximus, & Patrick Chardronnet
Kompakt-196
12
$12.50

Guthrie, Robin
Songs to Help My Children Sleep (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 29TH)
PS, US New four song EP by former Cocteau Twins guitarist. Limited to 1000. Digipak. Tracks: 1. Laughter in the Dark 2. Fireflies 3. White Bear in Honolulu 4. Misty
Darla-228
CD5
$7.00

Guthrie, Robin
Carousel (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Carousel is the follow up to the critically acclaimed instrumental albums Continental and Imperial. We have a few words to describe Carousel - uplifting, summery, opulent, dreamlike, exquisite, moving - with Guthrie quietly coaxing beauty out of layers of echoes and always-inventive soundscaping. Guthrie has been a massive influence on everyone from My Bloody Valentine through to Antony and the Johnsons, new 4AD Act The Big Pink and M83. In recent years he's worked with School Of Seven Bells, John Foxx (on this year's Mirrorball album, described by Q Magazine as 'full of myriad charms . . . encompassing the best of both artists'), Ulrich Schnauss, Harold Budd (with whom he made two albums in 2007, Before The Day Breaks and After The Night Falls) and Brooklyn's Mahogany and Apollo Heights. Given the quality of Carousel, it's not surprising that as a guitarist and producer, though most people know about his work as the Cocteau Twins principal sound designer, his defining role in the now vogue-ishly fashionable early '90s shoegazing scene with his productions for the likes of Lush and Chapterhouse shouldn't go un-noticed. Guthrie is also developing an impressive reputation as a composer of film soundtracks and in the visual arts. He's scored two movies - Greg Araki's Mysterious Skin and the Dany Saadia directed 3:19 - for both of which he released a soundtrack album, and has performed extensively with Lumire, and its recently premiered successor Galerie, both films that he has created as backdrops for his atmospheric, hypnotic guitar-based instrumental concerts.
Darla-226
CD
$12.25

Hardkiss, Scott
Technicolor Dreamer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Technicolor Dreamer, is Scott Hardkiss' highly anticipated first first full-length album. A perfect summer album with booty-shakin' dance grooves which take his signature psychedelic fusion sound to the next level. Technicolor Dreamer, brings together a kaleidoscopic spectrum of musicians, artists and genres to create an album that can be perfectly summed up as a celebratory dance pop funk-fest.
GodWithinRecordings-001
LP
$25.75

Hardkiss, Scott
Technicolor Dreamer (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Technicolor Dreamer, is Scott Hardkiss' highly anticipated first first full-length album. A perfect summer album with booty-shakin' dance grooves which take his signature psychedelic fusion sound to the next level. Technicolor Dreamer, brings together a kaleidoscopic spectrum of musicians, artists and genres to create an album that can be perfectly summed up as a celebratory dance pop funk-fest."
GodWithinRecordings-001
CD
$14.75

Hayman, Darren & The Wave Pictures
Madrid (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, UK Recorded Live on the 22nd April 2007 at Sala Siroco, Madrid). After ten albums, with and without Hefner, Darren Hayman has secured a loyal cult following both in Britain and in Spain. Similarly the Wave Pictures have quickly built up a large fan base both with their own records and their collaborations with Jeffrey Lewis, Herman Dune and the Mountain Goats. Darren took the Wave Pictures on tour with him as his backing band in 2007 where this memorable show was recorded. The group performs Hefner hits and rari-ties as well as the best of Darren's solo output. Also included is a live version of Genesis Rock, a song as yet unreleased elsewhere.
Belka-10
CD
$13.50

Helado Negro
Awe Owe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Drawing from a rich variety of influences from the cradle to his crate
digging years, Roberto C. Lange as Helado Negro cites influences such as Funkadelic, DJ Premiere, South American 60's pop, Arthur
Russell, Ecuadorean ballad singer Julio Jaramillo, and the production style of Adrian Sherwoods in the early ON-U Sound releases.
But when asked about his contemporaries, Lange references all the players on the album, adding the names of visual artists David Ellis and Christian Marclay, two artists who use elements of DJ culture in their work. This is apropos when listening to the record, when it seems as if the songs have been sculpted or painted. Musicians and bands like Prefuse 73, Feathers, and Stars Like Fleas (among others) all contribute members in some form or other. Inspirations for sound are as diverse as they are numerous. Awe Owe is an album carefully steeped in DJ, art, and multiculturalism.
AsthmaticKitty-065
LP
$12.25

Helado Negro
Awe Owe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Drawing from a rich variety of influences from the cradle to his crate
digging years, Roberto C. Lange as Helado Negro cites influences such as Funkadelic, DJ Premiere, South American 60's pop, Arthur
Russell, Ecuadorean ballad singer Julio Jaramillo, and the production style of Adrian Sherwoods in the early ON-U Sound releases.
But when asked about his contemporaries, Lange references all the players on the album, adding the names of visual artists David Ellis and Christian Marclay, two artists who use elements of DJ culture in their work. This is apropos when listening to the record, when it seems as if the songs have been sculpted or painted. Musicians and bands like Prefuse 73, Feathers, and Stars Like Fleas (among others) all contribute members in some form or other. Inspirations for sound are as diverse as they are numerous. Awe Owe is an album carefully steeped in DJ, art, and multiculturalism.
AsthmaticKitty-065
CD
$11.50

Hematic Sunsets
Aroma Club Paradox (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Alias for German Soundartist Asmus Tietchens. Reminiscent of his Sky-era attempts w/ rhythm & melody, the Aroma Club series is his warped, almost parodic (per)version of lounge music. He elaborately transforms the cheesy associations into cold, bloodless, almost unhuman pop tunes totally lacking the sensationalism & pseudo-fervour of most music, especially modern pop music
Dekorder-032
LP
$18.25

Henke, Robert
Indigo Transform (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Best known for his work as MONOLAKE, & as the software technology developer for the pioneering Ableton music software, this is a re-envisioning of the quietly pulsing, water droplet-dappled Monolake piece, "Indigo" for use in an installation piece by Swedish artist Fredrik Wretman
ImbalanceComputerMusic-008
CD
$11.50

Henry, Joe
Blood From Stars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US With his work as both producer and a songwriter overlapping and informing one another, it is only natural that the blues found their way onto Henry's latest album "Blood From Stars" after most recently producing albums for Allen Toussaint and Ramblin' Jack Elliott. The album features veteran musicians like guitarist Marc Ribot and pianist Jason Moran. Joe Henry has produced and written with Loudon Wainwright, Elvis Costello, Allen Toussaint, Ornette Coleman, Solomon Burke, Madonna, ani DiFranco, Don Byron, T-Bone Burnett and Ramblin' Jack Elliott.
Anti
CD
$15.50

Hewhocorrupts/Phoenix Bodies
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Split 10 inch of Midwest-spazzing-thrash-grind-nudeness between HEWHOCORRUPTS & PHOENIX BODIES
GileadMedia-10
10
$17.25

Hillage, Steve
Live At Deeply Vale (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Live At Deeply Vale Festival 1978 transports the listener back to one of the last truly great festivals staged in the UK that decade, a weekend's worth of music that fearlessly ranged across both the traditional rock range and the upcoming punk movement, before climaxing with a Hillage set that the guitarist himself reflects, "...(sounds) as exciting now as Live Herald was back then." Goldmine Magazine USA. "A must have for any and all fans of Hillage, Gong, Canterbury, Avant Garde and just good British psych in general."
Ozit-8007
DLP
$34.25

Holcomb, Roscoe
High Lonesome Sound (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1965, this is his 1st full album for Folkways. Appalachian folk music both beautiful & harsh, harrowing & tender
Folkways-368
LP
$16.75

Holy Modal Rounders
Good Taste Is Timeless (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US The seminal Greenwich Village acid-folkies' twisted Americana collided w/ mainstream Nashville to produce this 1971 cult classic
Sundazed-253
DLP
$16.50

Howling Bells
Radio Wars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US 2009 sophomore album. If their debut could easily be the soundtrack for the beautifully haunted world of Twin Peaks, their sophomore effort would be their leap into the blockbuster mainstream. There s a formidable richness here, a glorious depth and maturity and growth which takes the Howling Bells sound into hitherto unexplored terrain, aided, in no small part, by the expertise of producer extraordinaire Dan Grech-Marguerat.
Nettwek
CD
$17.75

Human Skab
Stay Thirsty (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US "Well, there's this 10-year old singer from Elma, Washington. He's really cool. His mom calls him Travis but his real name is Human Skab. Picture this: the Skab zips around the living room shooting toy guns. He hits the family piano with his fists. He tries real hard to play guitar. He makes up songs about terrorism and radiation and throwing rocks at windows. Cool!" - Bruce Pavitt, Sub Pop Zine 1986 "I'm not doin' this for the money. I'm on a mission. I have a message for the world. It's not just playin' guitars good that is important. It's all the things that you do." - Human Skab, interview 1986 Stay Thirsty is one of a half-dozen or so cassette tapes recorded by Human Skab during the mid-1980s and injected into the underground web of cassette traders and freak finders. Now, 23 years later this is the first time any of the Skab's rare recordings have been reissued or even made available outside of dusty, personal collections. Family Vineyard will follow up this ultra-limited 100 edition LP with a full-length CD reissue of the stunning and epic "Thunder Hips and Saddle Bags" in late 2009. No joke.
FamilyVineyard-026
LP
$13.75

Israelite, Koby
Is He Listening (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US A student of jazz, classical, punk, heavy metal, gypsy, Balkan & reggae, Koby effortlessly blends it all into a unique & vibrant new music. Filled w/ wit, passion & a surreal sense of humor, this is his sly take on easy listening
Tzadik-145
CD
$15.25

Jandek
Six & Six (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Originally released in 1981, JANDEK'S second album stands as an incredible document of the formative stages of his cracked genius. The musical elements are almost catatonic: 9 songs drift by as a series of slight variations on several desolate, untuned acoustic guitar phrases. First time on vinyl in over 25 years. Old-style tip on jacket. LIMITED!
JackpotRecords740
LP
$20.75

Japandroids
Post-Nothing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US vinyl!
Polyvinyl-184
LP
$12.25

Japandroids
Post-Nothing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US One guitar, one set of drums & two vocalizers. They call it garage rock. They don't care what you call it, as long as it's not minimal. They are maximal - a two piece band trying to sound like a five piece band
Polyvinyl-184
CD
$10.50

Jay Reatard
Watch Me Fall (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
Matador
LP
$15.50

Jay Reatard
Watch Me Fall (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Matador Singles compilation scanned 9K. HQ 120 RTI vinyl LP in heavy duty Stoughton jacket, printed innersleeve, and MP3 coupon. 4-panel digipak CD. Cost to coast touring with The Oh Sees and TV Smith in June and July.Documentary about Jay's eventful career to date coming in August. "A songwriter hitting an unstoppable stride" - Pitchfork. "Snarky, snarling, and soaring, this kind of derangement rarely sounds so sweet" - Dusted.
Matador
CD
$13.25

Jega
Variance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US 2CD set. Disc 1 is the light, w/ beautiful synth arpeggios battling w/ sampled flutes & organic hip-hop & soul inspired breaks. Disc 2 is the darkness, altogether starker, starting w/ "Tensor," an electro-acoustic sound sculpture, & building up into the dystopian melodies, electro beats, & dubstep bass of "Shibuya"
PlanetMu-024
DCD
$17.75

Jega
Variance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US 2LP version
PlanetMu-024
DLP
$19.25

Jeniferever
Choose A Bright Morning (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Choose A Bright Morning was first released in 2006 by Drowned In Sound Recordings in the UK. Its shimmering blend of melodic ambient indie rock, post-rock and shoe gaze won many fans for the band and earned them favorable comparisons with bands such as Appleseed Cast and Sigur Ros. It is probably the most carefully arranged, delicately mastered, and exquisitely performed collection of music that youâ€(tm)ll encounter this year.
MonotremeRecords-042
CD
$13.75

Johnson, Blind Willie
If I Had My Way, I'd Tear The Building Down (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US One of the most talented bottleneck guitar players to have ever lived. Blues that often borders on spiritual, this compilation was taken from his 1927-1930 recording sessions
Monk-310
LP
$22.75

Joy Division
Love Will Tear Us Apart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Companion piece to the 7 inch vinyl featuring recordings from the Martin Hannett tapes, newly remastered, plus a 12 inch bonus remix
Cleopatra-828
12
$12.50

June, The
Magic Circles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US This energetic Italian trio carved an original repertoire influenced by the Beatles, Byrds, Stooges, Sex Pistols, Jam, Oasis, and Kula Shaker. Their sound conjures the energy of labelmates Rock Four, The High Dials and Sidonie with a garage-y freakbeat psychedelia brought into the 21st century.
RainbowQuartz-159
CD
$13.00

Keelhaul
Keelhaul's Triumphant Return T o Obscurity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Basically, this guy Keelhaul is a solid dude and maybe part of you wants to be him, no shame in it...most people are susceptible to societal pressures...you wanted to be an adult and you thought you ken what that meant...trips to the wine store...you should kick you own ass. Keelhaul's Triumphant Return to Obscurity, is not just a clever name for an album title marking a band's return from obscurity. The record picks up on the band's progression as if they were steadily releasing records throughout their six year hiatus. The pace is precise, the instrumentation is masterful and the guitar tones are absolutely appropriate. Keelhaul knows what he's doing and he has no clue what pitchfork is, so he feels no need to overcompensate by adding strings, vibes, horns, boners, jew's harps and/or electric flutes to his compositions.
HydraHead-185
CD
$13.00

Kooper, Al & Mike Bloomfield
Super Session (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Historic 1968 summit meeting features blues guitar hero extraordinaire Mike Bloomfield, multi-talented keyboard visionary Al Kooper & Buffalo Springfield/CSNY founder & ace axeman Stephen Stills
Sundazed-275
LP
$16.50

Kooper, Al & Mike Bloomfield
Live Adventures Of (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Blues-steeped guitar hero Mike Bloomfield (BUTTERFIELD BLUES BAND, ELECTRIC FLAG) & keyboardist/singer Al Kooper (BLUES PROJECT, BLOOD, SWEAT & TEARS). 2LP
Sundazed-276
DLP
$16.50

Krallice
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 11TH)
PS, US Limited to 800. An overwhelming amalgam of epic time-stretching visceral black metal that recalls the spirit brought forth w/ such acts as Buzum, Weakling, Gorgoroth, & Ulver
GileadMedia-023
DLP
$20.25

Laudanum
Coronation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US Punishing, bruised sludge doom & bleak industrial noise experiments are fused ever more tightly together into a cohesive soundtrack for the slow collapse of modern life & culture
20BuckSpin-032
CD
$10.00

Lauderdale, Jim
Could We Get Any Closer? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18th)
PS, US Could We Get Any Closer? is Jim's long awaited follow-up to his Grammy award winning album Bluegrass Diaries.
SkyCrunch-442
CD
$13.00

Left Alone
Left Alone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4th)
PS, US From the streets of Wilmington, Ca. comes a three-piece that combine three-chord punk rock with ska and just a dash of country to create a unique sound all their own. Singing in both English and Spanish, they have managed to win over fans in the U.S., Canada and Mexico. The new self-titled release meshes these experience into one polished and progressive sound, with personal lyrics and a commitment to give the fans something to salivate over, and silence the critics they care so little about.
BlackbirdMusic-1202
LP
$12.00

Left Alone
Left Alone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US It's Punk Rock folks! Left Alone is a punk rock band from Wilmington, California. They were formed in May 1996 by lead vocalist and guitarist Elvis Cortez. Cortez formed his own label, Smelvis Records, to release Left Alone's records, and has since expanded the label to include numerous other underground bands. Cortez was also the owner of the PCH Club in Wilmington, which is now defunct. Left Alone's music has ska influences, and the band is notable for adhering to a do it yourself ethic by avoiding major labels, booking their own tours, and making their own merchandise. After releasing numerous demos, splits, and EPs, Left Alone released their first full-length, Streets of Wilmington, in 2002. A year later, the band compiled their earlier, out-of-print recordings on the anthology Left Alone: 1996-2000. In 2003, Cortez went on the Warped Tour as a roadie. After Warped Tour founder Kevin Lyman heard Left Alone's music, he chose the band to be the Warped Tour BBQ band for the 2004 tour. The band were invited back to be the BBQ band for the 2005 tour. While on the Warped Tour, Tim Armstrong of Rancid heard Left Alone's 2004 album, Lonely Starts & Broken Hearts. Armstrong signed the band to his label, Hellcat Records, and re-released Lonely Starts & Broken Hearts. The band released their third full-length album, Dead American Radio, on August 8, 2006, which features guest appearances from Tim Armstrong and Patricia Day of the Horrorpops.
BlackbirdMusic-1202
CD
$12.00

Lightning Dust
Infinite Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Infinite Light, LightningDust's sophomore album for Jagjaguwar, finds duo AmberWebber and Joshua Wells (both of Black Mountain) calling upon the powers of classic pop arrangements and making the most of five days with a Steinway Grand piano. While Webber and Wells met through their involvement in what they described as two of the saddest bands in Canada, the songs written for Infinite Light found the two moving away from the uniformly downbeat. Rather, the songs were more suited to lush and melodramatic arrangements. Cue the strings. Lightning Dust have delivered a cosmic record about the adventure in finding love and the journey in losing and rediscovering "the light." "I declare a war on you, someday soon,"AmberWebber warns soon into opener "Antonia Jane." And damned if she isn't singing the truth. Following track "I Knew" is absolutely shot out of a cannon, driven by the ping/thud pulse and crusty keyboards of Suicide and taken to flight by the FleetwoodMac chorus your heart belts on the drive home after that first, anxious make-out session. It's a blazing, triumph of a song that permanently cauterizes any notion of Lightning Dust as a side project. Later, on "Never Seen," Lightning Dust stunningly melds mystic, theatrical balladry into a dark, electro "Hounds of Love." While Infinite Light is definitely more layered and lush than previous efforts, Lightning Dust's minimal aesthetic works well in the economy of musical theater, an influence for the record, wherein each song's movements aim to be more inspiring than the one before it. And this is suiting in that Infinite Light is a nod to "the light of inspiration" that inspires us to keep dancing, creating and loving in spite of an encroaching darkness. It's a reminder that what makes the mountains so very, very black is a distant light somewhere on the other side.
Jagjaguwar-139
LP
$12.25

Lightning Dust
Infinite Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Infinite Light, LightningDust's sophomore album for Jagjaguwar, finds duo AmberWebber and Joshua Wells (both of Black Mountain) calling upon the powers of classic pop arrangements and making the most of five days with a Steinway Grand piano. While Webber and Wells met through their involvement in what they described as two of the saddest bands in Canada, the songs written for Infinite Light found the two moving away from the uniformly downbeat. Rather, the songs were more suited to lush and melodramatic arrangements. Cue the strings. Lightning Dust have delivered a cosmic record about the adventure in finding love and the journey in losing and rediscovering "the light." "I declare a war on you, someday soon,"AmberWebber warns soon into opener "Antonia Jane." And damned if she isn't singing the truth. Following track "I Knew" is absolutely shot out of a cannon, driven by the ping/thud pulse and crusty keyboards of Suicide and taken to flight by the FleetwoodMac chorus your heart belts on the drive home after that first, anxious make-out session. It's a blazing, triumph of a song that permanently cauterizes any notion of Lightning Dust as a side project. Later, on "Never Seen," Lightning Dust stunningly melds mystic, theatrical balladry into a dark, electro "Hounds of Love." While Infinite Light is definitely more layered and lush than previous efforts, Lightning Dust's minimal aesthetic works well in the economy of musical theater, an influence for the record, wherein each song's movements aim to be more inspiring than the one before it. And this is suiting in that Infinite Light is a nod to "the light of inspiration" that inspires us to keep dancing, creating and loving in spite of an encroaching darkness. It's a reminder that what makes the mountains so very, very black is a distant light somewhere on the other side.
Jagjaguwar-139
CD
$11.50

Liturgy
Renihilation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US With a style similar to that of Krallice as well as the earlier works of Ulver, they represent the seeping of black metal into the consciousness of the indie music world at large
20BuckSpin-031
CD
$10.00

Lloyd, Richard
The Jamie Neverts Story (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Ex-Television and Rocket from the Tombs guitarist (and frequent Matthew Sweet collaborator) RICHARD LLOYD will have his new album, The Jaime Neverts Story, released this Summer by Parasol Records. The Jamie Neverts Story is Richard's long-awaited collection of Jimi Hendrix covers recorded in early 2008. As much a homage to Jimi as it is to Lloyd's and Hendrix's mutual friend Velvert Turner (R.I.P.), the story behind this release touches on punches thrown, tears shed and three men whose legendary guitar alchemy has shaped and continues to shape rock music ever since. For recording Richard was joined by bassist Keith Hartel and longtime Lloyd session drummer Chris Purdy, with a special guest appearance by Television drummer Billy Ficca. This is Lloyd's third release for us and we're proud to be working with one of Punk's true godfathers.
Parasol-CD-113
CD
$10.00

Lokai
Transition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Lokai is the duo of Stefan Németh (Radian) and Florian Kmet who are both major players in the avant-electronic music scene and have a cultish underground following. They operate with only guitar and electronics to create an album with a strong feeling of space and depth. It is expansive and yet detailed.
ThrillJockey
CD
$13.25

Lokai
Transition (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
ThrillJockey
LP
$13.25

Longet, Claudine
Sugar Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Includes 2 bonus tracks from her 1971 single "Canta En Espanol." The 1st 1,000 copies will be pressed on high quality transparent yellow virgin vinyl
Lilith-155
LP
$23.50

Lords Of The Highway
Rarities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US All the singles, one-offs, previously vinyl only and other unreleased material from Ohio legends, Lords of The Highway. Greasy and revved up! A must have for soundtrack for burning up miles on the road.
SharkAttack-001
CD
$10.50

Lovely Feathers
Fantasy Of The Lot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US The Lovely Feathers have remerged. Bearing the laborious fruit of hours spent at Montreal's Studio Plateau, with the consummate Dan Legace manning knobs and such, Kupfert and company find themselves armed to the teeth with a new label (Sparks Music), a new record, a new tour, new everything!!! The aforementioned fruit? Think of it as a detonation of synth-pop, twee, shanty rock and polite-electrocalled Fantasy of the Lot.
Sparks
CD
$12.50

Lowlights
Further/Free (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 29TH)
PS, US This time the group is more The Band than The Church & more Gram Parsons than Spiritualized. Still melancholy, rock solid, earthy country-rock
Darla-229
CD
$12.25

Lusine
Certain Distance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 8TH)
PS, US
GhostlyInternational-087
DLP
$23.00

Lusine
Certain Distance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 8TH)
PS, US A Certain Distance sees McIlwain employing human vocals & pop structures, hooks & melodies in the service of something warmer & more welcoming than the Lusine of old. Mapping human emotions via technology may be an insurmountable task, but this album brings McIlwain closer than most to achieving the impossible. Each track is a world unto itself, as McIlwain's careful touch lends the album a depth that goes on for days.
GhostlyInternational-087
CD
$11.75

Machine Fabriek & Stephen Vitiello
Box Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 10TH)
PS, US Rutger and Stephen sort of accidentally met through e-mail. A simple note regarding an ordering question for a CD led to an enthusiastic e-mail conversation and climaxed in a musical collaboration. This all happened in a very short period, both musicians being very inspired by the concept of "exchange," as a means to cross space and time -- Rutger living in the Netherlands and Stephen in Virginia. Most of the time, when (electronic) musicians work together it's a matter of swapping digital files. In this case they decided to do something different and sent each other a box full of (mostly non-musical, or musically non-functional) objects and recordings, with the "assignment" to make music with those objects and all as source materials. As the titles tell, we're talking about an egg cutter, thumb piano, a broken kraakle box, rice, chocolate sprinkles, old cassette tapes, a broken 7" record, etcetera, etcetera. Both musicians made two of their own solo tracks with the box they received, and the last track was done together by Rutger adding sounds and processing to a piece started by Stephen. For Rutger/ Machinefabriek this is part of his most delicate work. For Stephen, it was a new and extremely enjoyable form of long-distance collaboration. Machinefabriek: Rutger Zuydervelt, better known as Machinefabriek, lives in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Started as Machinefabriek in 2004, he released 40+ small run home-made cdr's as well as work for Type Records, Lampse, Digitalis, Staalplaat (Mort Aux Vaches) and now 12K. A double remix cd was released in 2007, with interpetations by Alva Noto, Pita, Mitchell Akiyama, Xela, Gert-Jan Prins and many more. Collaborations (live or recording) include Steinbrüchel, Jasper TX, Wouter van Veldhoven, Simon Nabatov, Frans de Waard, Aaron Martin and Peter Broderick. Stephen Vitiello: Stephen Vitiello is a sound and media artist based in Richmond, VA. CD releases include Bright and Dusty Things (New Albion), Listening to Donald Judd (Sub Rosa) and Untitled/Exchange, a collaborative CD with Michael J. Schumacher (A Question of Re-Entry). Solo exhibitions of Vitiello's sound installations, photographs and drawings have been presented at The Project, NY, Museum 52, London, the Texas Gallery, Houston, TX and Diapason, NYC. Group exhibitions include the 2002 Whitney Biennial and the 2006 Biennial of Sydney. Over the last 18 years, Stephen has collaborated with numerous musicians and artists including Scanner, Pauline Oliveros, Andrew Deutsch, Julie Mehretu and Tony Oursler.
12K-1048
CD
$12.25

Madness
The Liberty of Norton Folgate (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US UK ska pop band Madness first made noise in England as part of the burgeoning 2 Tone/Second Wave ska scene of the late 1970s along with contemporaries The Specials. Most known in the U.S. for their still ubiquitous hit single "Our House," Madness is a slice of musical London where international flavors meld into a kaleidoscopic collage of sounds, all moving in unison under the pop music big top. The Liberty of Norton Folgate is the first album of originals for the band in 10 years and marks a creative renaissance that will remind fans and critics of the prowess of one of the Britain's most influential groups since the Invasion. Patching together elements of burlesque jazz, rock, ska, and even polka into an effortless lesson in pop song craft, The Liberty of Norton Folgate reestablishes Madness as distinguished statesmen of pop and a vital force influencing yet another generation of musical groundbreakers.
YepRoc-2211
CD
$13.75

Mallman, Mark
Invincible Criminal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Invincible Criminal is the new LP from Minneapolis' piano-rocker Mark Mallman. It features longtime friend/Hold Steady singer Craig Finn contributing vocals on "You're Never Alone in New York", and Cloud Cult violinist Shannon Frid duets on "In These Times of Harsh Economy"- a chilling ballad about John Dillenger's Lady in Red "Anna Sage". Mallman has toured America 23 times supporting Donovan, Of Montreal, Cat Power, Guided by Voices...
Badman
CD
$12.50

Marmoset
Tea Tornado (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Throughout the last 14 years, the enigmatic trio known as Marmoset have fostered a near-mythical cult status with their claustrophobic, moody, and etherial blend of indie pop. The band's subtle take on primordial-post-punk spawns songs whose overly-simple structures seem to speak in tongues - channeling the spirit of Swell Maps and the Velvet Underground into something all together new.
JoyfulNoise-035
CD
$11.25

Mayer, Nathaniel
Why Won't You Let Me Be Black? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US LIMITED EDITION of 500 on BLUE VINYL. Nathaniel Mayer (1944-2008) was one of the all-time great soul singers. His 1962 record "Village of Love" made him a star, and he inspired several generations of musicians, especially in his hometown of Detroit. Nathaniel's last sessions took place during two long summer days and nights of intense jamming, writing, and recording. "Why Don't You Give It To Me?" was the first installment of these recordings to be unleashed. Now, here at last, is a second volume of Nathaniel Mayer having a blast with the assistance of members of the Black Keys, SSM, Outrageous Cherry, and the Dirtbombs. The two acoustic performances are from a 2007 radio interview, Nathaniel's only known "unplugged" performance. About the title: It has to do with the food he kept being served while on tour in Europe. When Nate finally became frustrated with the countless plates of cheese and French bread that awaited him backstage at every gig, he shouted "Why Won't You Let Me Be Black?". He agreed that it sounded like a good title for his next album.
Alive-096
LP
$13.00

Mayer, Nathaniel
Why Don't You Give It To Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US LIMITED EDITION of 500 on ORANGE VINYL. Mayer is backed up by Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys and the Detroit contingent of Matthew Smith (Outrageous Cherry), Troy Gregory (the Dirtbombs) and Dave Shelter (SSM). These guys know their stuff and they provide the perfect mix of sympathy and raunch for Nathaniel to outline his plans, pleas and female troubles on top of. It's an excellent combo that let's Mayer do what he does best while still delivering the goods in the rock action department. An overwhelming success across the board. - Other Music
AliveRecords-00791
LP
$13.00

Mayer, Nathaniel
Why Won't You Let Me Be Black? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 4TH)
PS, US Nathaniel Mayer (1944-2008) was one of the all-time great soul singers. His 1962 record "Village of Love" made him a star, and he inspired several generations of musicians, especially in his hometown of Detroit. Nathaniel's last sessions took place during two long summer days and nights of intense jamming, writing, and recording. "Why Don't You Give It To Me?" was the first installment of these recordings to be unleashed. Now, here at last, is a second volume of Nathaniel Mayer having a blast with the assistance of members of the Black Keys, SSM, Outrageous Cherry, and the Dirtbombs. The two acoustic performances are from a 2007 radio interview, Nathaniel's only known "unplugged" performance. About the title: It has to do with the food he kept being served while on tour in Europe. When Nate finally became frustrated with the countless plates of cheese and French bread that awaited him backstage at every gig, he shouted "Why Won't You Let Me Be Black?". He agreed that it sounded like a good title for his next album.
Alive-096
CD
$13.00

McTell, Blind Willie
Scarey Day Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US He began his recording career in 1927 for Victor Records in Atlanta & is credited w/ having created an entire blues sub genre by mixing the hard roots of the Delta style w/ the more refined East Coast style (Piedmont Blues)
Monk-309
DLP
$31.75

Merzbow
13 Japanese Birds Vol. 8 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US Volume 8 of the 13 Japanese Birds series, limited to 1000
Important-261
CD
$13.25

Merzbow
13 Japanese Birds Vol 7: Kujakubato (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 28TH)
PS, US Merzbow's 13 Japanese Birds is a 13 month series of releases inspired by Olivier Messaien's Catalogue D'Oiseaux. Beginning in January 2009 one volume of 13 Japanese Birds will be released each month. The 13th and final volume will be released January 2010. Each volume will be a one time pressing of 1000 copies. Available from Important Records is a deluxe hand made numbered bamboo box to hold the 13 cd collection. Cover art by Jenny Akita.
Important-257
CD
$13.25

Mew
No more stories are told today I'm sorry they washed away no more stories the world is grey I'm tired let's wash away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 25TH)
PS, US The Danish experimental dream-pop trio returns with a towering follow-up to their critically acclaimed breakthrough And The Glass Handed Kites. On their 5th album, they push their artfully weird & epic sound-labyrinthine arrangements of overlapping, unexpected harmonies & sugary heaven-bound vocals - into a warm, accessible collection of songs
Columbia-942-2
CD
$13.25

Mew
No more stories are told today I'm sorry they washed away no more stories the world is grey I'm tired let's wash away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 18TH)
PS, US Also on vinyl! The Danish experimental dream-pop trio returns with a towering follow-up to their critically acclaimed breakthrough And The Glass Handed Kites. On their 5th album, they push their artfully weird & epic sound-labyrinthine arrangements of overlapping, unexpected harmonies & sugary heaven-bound vocals - into a warm, accessible collection of songs
Columbia-42-1
LP
$21.25

Mewithoutyou
It's All Crazy! It's All False It's All A Dream! It's Alright (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Over the course of three albums and several hundred mesmerizing shows, audiences have consistently heard something dramatic and altogether different from mewithoutYou. Spirits have been jolted and calmed, in equal measures. It's All Crazy!... is another daring adventure charted by the band. Much of the mewithoutYou anguish of old has given way to a sense of gentle wonder, as the band and a whole slew of guest musicians have unearthed strange and beautiful sounds that accompany the album's many marvels. The band remains in left field, but one that continuously draws to them more eccentrics, seekers, and lovers of original music.
BurntToastVinyl-089
LP
$13.75