______________________________
New Releases
Prices listed herein reflect Parasol's standard prices,
however, all items are available at a 15% discount for
one week after their initial arrival at Parasol HQ. For
more information, please see details below ... and start
saving some of your hard earned money!!
______________________________
Abbs, Tom
Animated Adventures Of Knox (CD/DVD)
PS, US A combination of avant-jazz and avant-cinema, this
project was produced, directed and edited by New York-based
multi-instrumentalist/filmmaker Tom Abbs and is based on
his narrative and video graphic score. Feat. Abbs, violinist
Jean Cook, cellist Okkyung Lee, multi-reedists Oscar Noriega
and Alex Harding, and drummer/ vibraphonist Chad Taylor.
482Music
CD
$16.50
Acid Mothers Temple + Afrirampo
We're Acid Mothers Afrirampo
PS, US A joint effort between Japanese cosmic favorites
ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE and ultra-lunatic Japanese female duo
AFRIRAMPO. Three extended tracks performed with voice,
electric guitar, digital guitar, soprano recorder, drums,
percussion, toys, balloon, bass, acoustic guitar, kantele,
electronics, violin, hurdy gurdy, and more. Recorded at
Free People (Osaka) and at the Acid Mothers Temple (Asuka).
AMT-017
CD
$20.00
Action Action
An Army Of Shapes Between Wars
PS, US The second Victory album from New York pop/new wave
exploders ACTION ACTION. Thick guitars layer with synths
and keyboards to get the kids dancing. Produced by WILLIAM
WITTMAN (Cyndi Lauper). For fans of The Killers, Depeche
Mode, Bravery, and The Faint.
Victory-285
CD
$14.00
Advantage
Elf Titled
PS, US This follow-up to their 2004 self-titled debut is
an 8-bit instrumental Nintendo cover record, recorded in
big fat analog. The Advantage are serious dudes who rock
with good intentions.
5RueChristine
CD
$14.50
Ahleuchatistas
What You Will
PS, US Third album from this amazing avant-technical, post-Beefheart,
improv-core, math-metal, art-damage, punk-rock, power trio
formed in February, 2003, Ahleuchatistas are a guitar/bass/drums
trio from Asheville, NC whose music is a cutting cultural
critique and a joyous musical experience. Their sound is
as stripped down as it can be - they use no effects whatsoever
- and they combine elements of punk rock, post-electronic,
progressive rock mathrock, fusion, and minimalism. They
have released two acclaimed records, but What You Will
is their first release with significant distribution. They
have gained a significant reputation very quickly for their
powerful and precise live shows. 3 QuickTime movies of
the band in concert, playable on your Mac or PC, which
captures a taste of their staggering live performances!
For fans of: Captain Beefheart, Don Caballero, Fantomas,
Hella, Minutemen, Ruins.
Cuneiform-221
CD
$13.75
Akimbo
Forging Steel & Laying Stone
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AlternativeTentacle-344
LP
$10.00
Akimbo
Forging Steel & Laying Stone
PS, US s They have built layers upon layers to their fortress
of rock, buttressed by a string of releases, culminating
in their 5th album. Former members of TIGHT BROS FROM WAY
BACK WHEN & HOMO ERADICUS. It's a 12 song epic that
expands the reach of their dominance over Northwest rock/hardcore.
AlternativeTentacle-344
CD
$13.75
Andrew WK
Who Knows
PS, US Enigmatic AWK at the peak of the hedonistic hysteria.
Incl. bonus material interviews, tour footage, fan tribute,
outtakes, antics.
MVD-4478
DVD
$14.75
Antony And The Johnsons
You Are My Sister
PS, US ANTONY & THE JOHNSONS breakthrough album "I
Am A Bird Now" has certainly touched fans and critics
alike. His second full-length - released in February -
stands as one of the most globally acclaimed albums of
2005. The album's latest single is the anthemic and heart-rending "You
Are My Sister", presented as a duet between Antony
and BOY GEORGE. Together these two vocalists climb to the
highest peak of emotional vulnerability providing for the
listener one of the most touching and uncanny duets of
the past decade. It's heartbreaking when Antony sings, "You
are my sister / we were born / so innocent, so full of
need / there were times we were friends / but times I was
so cruel / at night I'd asked for to watch me as I sleep".
With soaring and world-weary intensity, Boy George utterly
commands the refrain: "You are my sister / and I love
you / may all of your dreams come true." In "You
Are My Sister," the pair sing from the depths of their
hearts for the world. This extended single also includes
three new, unreleased songs recorded during the "I
Am A Bird Now" sessions.
SecretlyCanadian-130
12
$8.25
Apparitions
As This is Futuristic
PS, US Described as "The Pixies on ecstacy" -City
Beat Cincinnati, OH & "manic, feverish, and damn
near irresistible" -Splendid -Chicago, IL. Two distinct
lead vocalists & a three-guitar sonic assault that
is dynamic, angular & full of wiry tension. Featured
on MTV, charted on CMJ, shared bills w/ notable groups
such as The Features, Cat Power, The Standard & Califone.
Engaging lyrics & jangle-hooked melodies. Unique brand
of golden pop rock, wrapping dystopian riddles, whimsical
stories & spastic social commentary in sugary melodies & swampy
harmonic bliss.
Machine-751
CD
$13.75
Ariel Pink
House Arrest
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PawTracks-008
LP
$12.00
Ariel Pink
House Arrest
PS, US Hit after hit sorta like if you listened to your
friend's boombox mix tape from Top 40 radio from 1985.
Appetizer for new album summer '06
PawTracks-008
CD
$16.00
Audio Bullys
Generaton
PS, US Second LP from one of the most innovative dance
bands around. Lead single, "Shot You Down" is
a worldwide smash & features vocals of NANCY SINATRA.
Feat. vocal collaborations w/ROOTS MANUVA & SUGGS (MADNESS)
Astralwerks-33840
CD
$19.75
Bare, Bobby
Moon Was Blue
PS, US His first album of new material in more than 20
years. Produced by his son, Bare, Jr. & Mark Nevers
(Lambchop, Calexico). It features lazy waltzes & lap-steel,
distorted guitars & ahunting background vocals. A progressive
country album that's rooted in '70s tradition.
Dualtone-1209
CD
$17.00
Beatings
Holding On To Hand Grenades
PS, US Intelligent, guitar-driven art-rock, hailing back
to the 80's/90's heyday of college music. Neither punk
nor alternative. Melancholic lyrics, scream-sung counterpoint
harmonies & hair-raising guitar leads front a pummeling,
thunderous rhythm section that swings unexpected shifts
in tempo & turns songs on a dime. Compared to Hüsker
Dü,Mission of Burma and the Pixies for their erratic
guitar work & abrasive vocal stylings.
Midriff-007
CD
$12.75
Blau, Karl
Beneath the Waves
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Krecords-174
LP
$11.25
Blau, Karl
Beneath the Waves
PS, US While KARL BLAU's presence has been heard for years
on numerous K RECORDS releases by THE MICROPHONES, LITTLE
WINGS, WOLF COLONEL, D+, and on the INVISIBLE SHIELD compilation; "Beneath
Waves" is his first full-length solo album for K.
The past few years have found Karl recording and touring
in Europe and North America with Nonesuch artist LAURA
VEIRS, both as a band member and opening act. Meanwhile,
Blau has toured solo, started his Kelp Monthly label and
organized What the Heck fest in Anacortes, WA. Four years
ago Karl Blau's critically acclaimed "Clothes Your
I's" (Knw-yr-Own) ranked #2 on RICHIE UNTERBERGER's "Rolling
Stone" top ten and received extensive college radio
airplay. Now resurfacing as bandleader with "Beneath
Waves," Blau's inner artist can no longer remain in
the shadows. "Beneath Waves" is his most powerful
work to date and he's ready to take the world by storm
all on his own; KARL BLAU! Karl Blau is a gifted vocalist,
multi-instrumentalist and producer/visionary who collaborates
brilliantly with artists both inside and outside of himself.
Constant touring, insanely prolific recording and his monthly
outpouring of handmade music in idiosyncratic packages
(KELP! Monthly) is evidence of his HUGE work ethic. "Beneath
Waves" was recorded at The Department of Safety in
Anacortes by DAVE MATTHIES (THE GIFT MACHINE) and produced
by Karl Blau himself. Laura Veirs appears on a number of
tracks, as does Karl's brother Eddy, Nate Ashley and Dave
Matthies.
Krecords-174
CD
$12.75
Busch, Birdie
The Ways We Try
PS, US Debut from Philly singer/songwriter "has the
warmth, feeling & atmosphere of the best of the classic
records in your collection. Was recorded in reverse from
most albums here the instruments follow the voice & two
guitars lead the rhythm, w/bass & drums chasing off
kilter meters, & piano & organ coloring the lyrics & adding
width & depth to the melodies.
Bar/None-178
CD
$16.50
Cage, John
Piano Works 7
PS, US Margaret Leng Tan performs "Chess Pieces," "Sonatas & "Interludes
for Prepared Piano" & Vittorio Rieti performs "Chess
Serenade."
Mode-158
DVD
$26.50
Can
DVD
PS, US Reissue of 2004 3 disc box loses the bonus CD but
keeps the classic documentary, plus Can Free Concert, Eno
tribute video, notes, photogallery & 5.1 mixes of Can
tracks
Mute-9311
DVD
$22.00
Cat Power
The Greatest
PS, US This is not a greatest hits album, despite the title.
It contains all-original songs written by Chan Marshall
(professionally known as Cat Power), and features the great
Memphis session musicians Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy
Hodges on bass (Al Green, Hi Rhythm Section), drummer Steve
Potts, and more. The combination of Marshall's superbly
evocative and flexible voice plus some of the greatest
Southern soul players, has produced a masterpiece. These
songs explore themes of Southern loss, longing, and marginality.
Matador
CD
$14.50
Cat Power
The Greatest
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$11.75
Catfish Haven
Please Come Back
PS, US CATFISH HAVEN took its name from the rural trailer
park nestled on the southern tip of Missouri where the
trio's singer and main songwriter, GEORGE HUNTER, spent
his early childhood. His father is a welder and, as with
many trades, you must go where the work is. So the family
packed up and left Catfish Haven for a Chicago suburb.
It was there as a teenager that Hunter met future bandmates
MIGUEL CASTILLO and RYAN FARNHAM. Their friendship was
born out of a mutual love of skateboarding and music. After
a few months and a move into the city, the three-piece
stormed Chicago with a self-financed CD, complete with
handmade beer box covers, to begin spreading the gospel
of "The Haven". Word travels fast in the Windy
City's music scene, and soon Catfish Haven had intrigued
enough people to be invited to play alongside the likes
of MY MORNING JACKET, DANIEL JOHNSTON, KINGS OF LEON and
ZWAN, flooring audiences with the raw intensity of their
live set. Akin to guitarists/vocalists like BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN
and JOHN FOGERTY, Hunter, a howling crooner with gravel
in his honey-sweetened voice (a la SAM COOKE), is known
to strike his acoustic while stomping through each number.
Castillo's pounding bass grooves are heightened when joined
by Farnham's forceful, yet tasteful, drumming. Consider
this: howling + pounding = smooth. An improbable equation
that Catfish Haven has managed to make work. So this is
it. The guys in Catfish Haven are who they are; there's
no room for pretension here. They play their hearts out
for anyone who will listen 'cause they've got a love for
music that drives them. And every note they play is intended
to recapture those magical moments back at Catfish Haven.
SecretlyCanadian-134
CD5
$8.25
Caural
Remembering Today
PS, US Vinyl version
MUSH-242
LP
$10.25
Cave, Nick and the Bad Seeds
Road to God Knows Where
PS, US First time on DVD for Schueppel film featuring BAD
SEEDS, ANITA LANE, LYDIA LUNCH & JIM THIRWELL plus "Live
at the Paradiso" 1992 concert footage.
Mute-9310
DVD
$22.00
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
S/T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
CYHSY-001
LP
$13.75
Clearlake
Amber
PS, US 2000's debut, "Lido" sparked a sell-out
UK tour and won plaudits from all sorts of stellar peers
and heroes. 2003's "Cedars" established them
in the US and Canada, along with a two-month visit that
included dates with Stereolab and The Decemberists. This
is the follow-up. From mesmeric to buzzy Byrdsy rush to
Kinksy oomph to countrified lament, it's their wildest,
deepest, most surprising album so far. Produced by Clearlake's
Jason Pegg with Steve Osborne (U2) and Jim Abbiss (DJ Shadow,
Arctic Monkeys).
Domino
CD
$13.75
Cluster
Cluster '71
PS, US On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster
'71 stands as a testament to minimalist "cosmische" music.
The 3 untitled tracks composed and performed by Moebius
and Roedelius are exploratory, ever-changing pieces with
focuses on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails, though
each goes far beyond. This album deserves the many accolades
it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the
history of beatless ambience.
Water-160
CD
$15.25
Coldcut
Man in a Garage
PS, US
Ninja Tune-2176
12
$8.25
Connors, Loren
Sails
PS, US To accompany guitarist LOREN CONNORS (nee MAZZACANE)
is to discover a strange and forgotten America, then venture
irreversibly beyond. Connors is frequently pegged as an
avant bluesman, and the blues are never far from the surface
of his art -- but what a shimmering surface it is! The
brevity and lyricism of his improvisations bear the mark
of haiku; the floating, expressionist tones reflect the
influence of MARK ROTHKO; and as he conjures keening Celtic
wails, Connors offers himself as medium to the ghosts of
New York City Past. With "Sails", Connors enters
the third decade of such intimate explorations. In the
course of these two discs, we pass through saturated phrasings,
slowly undulating drones, doldrumic introspection and squalls
of white noise. The penultimate highlight is a duet with
Connors' aesthetic compadre, the late, great JOHN FAHEY.
It's an intuitive and seemingly predestined meeting of
two enlightened fellow-travelers: wily Fahey as the Dr.
Livingstone of raw Americana to Connors' indefatigable
Stanley. For his own part, Connors can evoke more clarity
and purity in a short cluster of notes than most of his
shred-happy contemporaries can muster in a lifetime --
and with Fahey's passing, he may be justifiably considered
this country's greatest living guitarist. Ultimately, Loren
Connors path, while not for the timid, is one of unspeakable
treasure: a journey to the heart of brightness; a quest
to penetrate a Terra Incognita of the soul.
TableoftheElements-089
DCD
$15.50
Conrad, Tony
Fantastic Glissando
PS, US It's 1969, and TONY CONRAD wants to take you Higher.
Celebrated for the thrilling roar of his amplified violin,
Conrad is a founding father of 'minimalism' and a giant
in the American soundscape. Now Conrad's own Audio ArtKive
imprint presents the first in a series of releases that
reveal the wild breadth of his 40-year career, including
field recordings, piano compositions, film soundtracks
and more. "Fantastic Glissando" (1969) is a series
of (d)evolving electronic compositions created with sine-wave
oscillators. The instrumentation is different, but the
effect is typical Conrad: soaring, aggressively textured
and jet-engine massive. This first-time CD release contains
an extra ten-minute bonus track not included on the original
LP version.
TableoftheElements-082
CD
$14.25
Craft
Fuck The Universe
PS, US This is the final unholy razor sharp nail in the
coffin for Swedens ultra-grim Black Metal disciples. After
3 absolutely incredible albums they are letting their creation
die a slow painful death. It's crammed with unrelenting
violence, hatred, & contempt for the outside world.
For everything. A absolutely lethal fusion of unsuspectingly
catchy, well played rifs & instinctual bleak songwriting
provide the foundation for sinister enigmatic vokills to
infest the final diseased resulting song.
SouthernLord-054
CD
$15.25
Delta 5
Singles And Sessions - 1979-81
PS, US Part of the Leeds/UK art/music scene in the late
'70s that launched The Gang Of Four and The Mekons, Delta
5 was signed to Rough Trade after only a few months in
existence, and released their first single, "Mind
Your Own Business/Now That You've Gone" in 1979. BBC
host and producer John Peel requested the band do a "Sessions" gig
for him and they were officially on their way. Relentless
touring with The Gang Of Four, Echo And The Bunnymen, B52s,
The Specials, The Teardrop Explodes, and U2 put the group
on the map. They continued until various members departed
in 1981, when they recorded one last single and broke up
in 1982. This release contains long unavailable material
as well as the never before released Peel Sessions.
KillRockStars
CD
$14.50
DJ Quick
Trauma-Regular
PS, US
MadScience-13
LP
$15.25
DJ Quik
Trauma-Instrumental
PS, US Latest from producer of 2Pac, Dr. Dre & Snoop
Dogg feat. B-REAL (CYPRESS HILL), NATE DOGG, THE GAME & AMG,
CHINGY, WYCLEF JEAN, LUDACRIS, JODECI, TI.
MadScience-14
CD
$19.00
DJ Quik
Trauma-Instrumental
PS, US
Mad Science-15
LP
$15.25
Downey, Mike
Adventure, Bless, and Don't Be Sorry
PS, US The debut solo album from former WOLFIE, NATIONAL
SPLITS, and NEW CONSTITUTION songwriter MIKE DOWNEY. The
album features twelve acoustically grounded compositions
that dabble in the worlds of cut-and-paste glitch and lone-wolf
crooning, but never lose their focus, heartfelt simplicity
or crafty lyricism.
Recordhead-085
CD
$13.25
Drop The Lime/Syrup Girls
Shotgun Wedding Vol 4
PS, US The fourth in Tigerbeat 6's Shotgun Wedding Series
finds DROP THE LIME and SYRUP GIRLS exploring a shared
love of grimy parties, fake blood fights, bootleg Vuitton,
hot sauce on gold fronts, eyepatches, mastodons, and yelling
in the streets. DTL's mix is a ride into the sounds that
have inspired and influenced him as a producer. Using three
turntables, he mixes old skool jungle classics screwed
down to 33 over crunk and growling dubstep, 4x4 ghettotech
over hip-hop all-star jams pitched up to 45, and Billie
Holiday acapellas over swooning, melodic soundscapes. Basically,
it's totally insane. SGs drop bullets on the decks and
flames to the floor, making ill bootlegs, nasty 4x4 garage,
Bmore club jams, favela funk and grime sound like they've
always belonged together. If you don't dance to this, your
booty is broken and you need to go home.
ViolentTurd-17
CD
$10.25
Duritti Column, The
Amigos Em Portugal
PS, UK Digitally re-mastered from vinyl, this is a limited
re-release of the hard to find import Amigos Em Portugal.
'Amigos..' was released first time around in 1983 is a
pre-cursor to one of the great Durutti Column albums Without
Mercy although ironically it was supposed to be something
more along the lines of something shorter. Recorded over
a matter of only a couple of days such is always the case
with Vini Reilly - the album allegedly was supposed to
be a single or extended play and Vini was just enjoying
the tape time playing many of the current work in progress
pieces which later became part of the classical experiment
with Music degree students Without Mercy. The newly-formed
Portuguese label had the tapes and different a idea! Having
heard several versions of events it is safe to at least
say it was not quite as expected by either Factory or the
band at the time. Most of the tracks here have a beautiful
fragility whether just solo guitar instrumentals 'Estoril
a Noire' or piano pieces such as 'Wheels Turning' or the
piano loop from Without Mercy 'Favourite descending intervals'.
Yes... the times when Vini played piano... the years before
he believed he was 'an awful and discombobulated pianist'
in his own words. It is the second release in a series
of limited re-issues from the band on the imprint durutticolumn.com,
the first of which Live At The Venue sold out on pre-sale.
Three or four other albums of rare or previously unreleased
material are planned over the next eighteen months. All
will be 1000 copy only pressings.
Kooky-02
CD
$17.00
Durrett, Liz
Mezzanine, The
PS, US In contrast to Liz's previous work, her second release
is a surprisingly hi-fi affair. Gone are the hissing ghosts
and unsure echoes that once haunted and obscured her recordings.
Her voice and guitar are the focus here, and she performs
with more energy, determination, and flat out rawness than
ever before. These eleven songs cover a lot of ground.
Produced by Vic Chesnutt and engineered by Andy Baker (Macha,
Japancakes, Glands).
Warm
CD
$12.50
East River Pipe
What Are You On?
PS, US This sixth release (and first new East River Pipe
record since 2003's "Garbageheads On Endless Stun")
is another magical, intimate album, one that continues
to justify Rolling Stone's claim that F.M. Cornog is "one
of our generation's great eccentric songwriters".
Fans of SMOG, Mercury Rev, and My Morning Jacket should
take notice of Cornog's mastery.
Merge
CD
$14.50
East West Blast Test
Popular Music For Unpopular People
PS, US Begun as a project between two musicians of varied
backgrounds: CHRIS DODGE (SPAZZ, NO USE FOR A NAME, BJORN
BABY BJORN) & DAVE WITTE (MELT BANANA, DISCORDANCE
AXIS, PHANTOMSMASHER) who began this collaboration separated
by 2500 miles. Their 2nd LP covers loads of ground, from
funk to experimental to lounge to invented ethnic music & pushes
the envelope on all fronts. Their debut came out on Dodge's
Slap A Ham label, later reissued by Relapse.
Ipecac-068
CD
$17.00
Elected
Sun, Sun, Sun
PS, US The rope-strong, luminous follow-up to their critically
acclaimed 2004 debut, "Me First". Recorded while
singer/songwriter Blake Sennett was on tour with his other
band, Rilo Kiley, the album is propelled by the kind of
unsettled, exploratory impetus that's only native to the
American open road. While portions of the album were recorded
in studios, Sennett recorded and produced the majority
of his creations in environments he was passing through.
The dichotomy between feeling completely at home and at
the same time homeless on the road fuels Sennett's biting,
reflective lyricism and grand, sweeping compositions.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Elected
Sun, Sun, Sun
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$11.75
Electric President
S/T
PS, US Ten songs that interpret pop as an ocean of impressions & sensations & surf.
Stripped, immediate & at the same time interwoven w/
euphonic choirs.
MorrMusic-062
CD
$17.00
Electric President
S/T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic-062
LP
$17.00
Erast
Cyberpunk
PS, DE A unique concept underlies Cyberpunk, Tbilisi, Georgia-based
Nika Machaidze's full-length Erast debut for Berlin's Laboratory
Instinct. If that beginning sounds particularly cinematic
in nature, the album as a whole exudes an equally bold
sensibility, with each one of its sixteen tracks an evocative
mini-soundtrack for the mind. Throughout Cyberpunk, Erast's
music bursts with multi-layered interweaves of staccato,
classically-tinged melodies in compositions that are intricate,
at times labyrinthine. The album presents a diverse universe
of sound collages, sparkling carousels, rambunctious gamelan
settings, and mesmerizing reveries of cascading harps,
silken strings, and bright piano flourishes. Cyberpunk's
healthy sampling of frenetic jungle and drum'n'bass rhythms
recalls Erast's past work while songs like "Influtusa" with
its pizzicato plucks and thrumming pulse of clicks, snaps,
hi-hat flutter, and bass burbles, chart new pathways. Some
songs inhabit darker zones while others bask in paradisiacal
settings of bucolic warmth. While the title track's industrial
elements, for example, conjure a brooding ambiance, billowing
glistens of animated sparkle and soulful string stabs in "Txili" generate
a sunnier mood. The album effortlessly moves between spectral
electro-boogie, haunting galaxial atmospheres, percolating
breaks, glissandi showers and deep orchestral melancholy.
Ambitious pieces like "Kitchen Sonatine/Happy Meal" and "Dimpitauri" demonstrate
remarkably the ease with which Erast fuses multiple styles
into compelling wholes. Cyberpunk impresses as a breathtaking
work of imagination and invention, Machaidze's most fully-realized
Erast statement to date - a definitive release and a major
event.
LABORATORYINSTINCT010
CD
$15.50
Ester Drang
Rocinate
PS, US On their third full-length, Ester Drang catapult
even further into their patented synth-dripped rhythms,
throbbing percussion, rising horns, and post-grazer grandeur,
having as much in common with Brian Eno's mournful drone
as they do The Notwist's passionate textures. A beautiful
ensemble of tracks that prove songs not only have the power
to elevate or to infiltrate, but when properly strung together,
can be as transcendent as they are moving.
JadeTree
CD
$14.50
Everlovely Lightningheart
Cusp
PS, US This collaborative is an entity capable of producing,
perverting, destroying, distributing, stealing, and selling
a vast and sprawling array of existing as well as unheard
of forms of cultural products and concepts. Their performances
range from serene to chaotic. Including anywhere from two
to a dozen performers, each is a truly unique experience.
They've played shows with Isis, These Arms Are Snakes,
Pelican, Bastard Noise, and more. As well as playing the
conventional club circuit, they've also been included as
part of several museum and art collective events. They
document every performance with audio, video, and photography,
creating an extensive library of work. "Cusp" is
beautiful in its chaos and simplicity. It is a humbling
and sad composition, the sort of sadness that tunes the
listener into the physical state of humanity.
HydraHead
CD
$13.75
Excepter
Sunbomber
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
5RueChristine
12
$8.75
Excepter
Sunbomber
PS, US This EP serves as a launching pad into the visionary
plane of the modern-day barnstormer. Excepter is a synthetic
protest band engineered to erase cultural distinctions
through polarized confusion. They're damaged where Black
Dice are experimental, and primitive and impulsive where
Animal Collective are whimsical. This is full-fledged ambient
house, maybe calypso but who's counting, unafraid of its
reggae roots, too. A band to watch.
5RueChristine
CD5
$8.75
Fibla
Lent
PS, ES "Lent" is Fibla's second stroke in his
own imprint, spa.RK. "Lent" finds FIBLA in composed
and fully assuredform, employing trademark electronic elements,
yet finding enough distinction to set it above and beyond
the vast conveyor belt of the contemporary electronic scene.
There's an unhurried, slow motion grace at the heart of
this release, and it shows considerable amounts of heart
and feeling at every turn. 'Krud' immediately settles into
a sedate, majestic progression - booming bass and chords
like ointment. 'Making the most of it' carries the feeling
of impending time, building up from washes of sound and
layer, emerging poised and smooth from a relatively crunched
up beginning. 'La baie des anges' adopts a more architecturalapproach,
perhaps more Autechre than Gaudi, but still, anyone who's
visited the Sonar festival in Vicent's home town should
understand the thrust and the context of this graceful
piece.'Boringly repetitive' takes the slanderous, almost
journalistic term and fires it right back t the critics.
Bumping along at an increased tempo, there's a defiant,
joyous electronic hook which in the right hands could rock
any party, worth the name. 'Antaix' brings us back to earth,
crumpled but still nicely crisped around the edges, while
'Inside' enlists the assistanceof DJ 2D2 on turntables,
support dj on the latestPrefuse 73 tour. Summing up, we
find the concluding track 'An incredible shared moment'
and that couldstand as fitting comment on the inclusive,
sunblessed, shimmering web of sound that is 'Lent'. Just
stick it on continuous play for a while and the feeling
starts to build...
Spa.RK-7
CD
$14.75
Film School
S/T
PS, US Film School is a band with impressively eclectic
influences (Pink Floyd, The Who, obscure electronica, metal,
drone, alternative '80s), a grandiose collective musical
history, and a healthy bout of critical acclaim. "Wonderfully
off-kilter pop songs" - NME. "As their name implies,
Film School creates sounds with a cinematic eye...This
four-song EP is a compact 23-minute trip that proves this
San Francisco quintet have serious dibs on becoming leaders
if Haight-Ashbury is ever to rise again" - CMJ. Rave
live reviews in the NME and The Fly followed their UK visit
in September 2004, supporting TV On The Radio. The Sunday
Times Culture Magazine hailed them as one of the new bands
that "should be huge", and Music Week included
them in their rundown of the "eleven buzz bands on
the brink of greater things."
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$14.50
Four Tet
Everything Ecstatic Parts I & II
PS, US Take the mesmerizing aural experience of Four Tet's
acclaimed "Everything Ecstatic" and couple it
with ten new film shorts commissioned specifically for
the ten musical pieces and you get this synapse-fusing
new DVD release. Bonus disc includes 35 minutes of brand
new music, and some radical rethinks of material from "Everything
Ecstatic", which together represent a current snapshot
of Kieran's ever-changing musical thinking.
Domino
DCD
$15.25
Frequent Flyer
Reach For The Sun
PS, US New work by Jarond Gibbs infuses a love affair of
60's pop sensibility, soothing digital vs. analog instrumentation & extraordinary
songwriting. Emerging from the San Francisco music scene,
fans of Postal Service & Air would be proud of this
union of indie & digital sounds. It has symphonic instrumental
moments remaniscent of Stereolab & other songs are
acoustic & familiar, such as the Red House Painters
cover "Three Legged Cat"
Pan-Ami-001
CD
$11.00
Ghost Orchid, The
An Introduction to EVP
PS, Originally issued in 1999, this is the third edition
of this much sought-after CD, which has been unavailable
since 2002. The Parapsychic Acoustic Research Cooperative
[PARC], in association with Ash International, is proud
to present the first-ever fully comprehensive investigation
into the paranormal phenomenon of EVP, otherwise known
as Electronic Voice Phenomenon. Without a doubt, EVP falls
into the category of the paranormal alongside other unexplained
mysteries such as Ufology, life after death and poltergeist
activity. The listener is guided through a collection of
strange and mysterious voices that have appeared without
explanation onto the tapes of EVP researchers. Included
with the CD is a 12-page booklet containing commissioned
articles which cover the conflicting views surrounding
the phenomena. Actual voice samples are reproduced here
such as: polyglot voices, Public Service Broadcasting,
interruptions across the airwaves, singing voices, instant
response voices,and the extraordinary alien voices. The
CD also includes a commentary by the artist Leif Elggren
(in English), and recordings of the work of Raymond Cass,
England's leading EVP researcher and an original member
of the Fortean Group, as well as the Latvian EVP researcher,
Dr. Konstanin Raudive. This CD release seeks to present
the evidence; are the voices extraterrestrial, paranormal
evidence of our telepathic powers, or an elaborate hoax
perpetrated by sinister and powerful groups to mislead
us from their true aims? Ghostly, disembodied voices crackle
through the airwaves surrounded by a haze of electronic
mist. This recording not only peaks the curiosity of paranormal-buffs,
but will appeal to any fan of electroacoustic sound experimentation,
spoken word, and short-wave radio random noise.
Ash-001
CD
$13.50
Go-Betweens
That Striped Sunlight Sound (CD + DVD)
PS, US "Twenty-seven years into their career, they
remain one of rock's most pleasurable hand-me-down discoveries" -Entertainment
Weekly. LiveDVD/CD package loaded with goodies for their
fans. DVD includes a 90-minute full-band concert in their
hometown of Brisbane, Australia, plus, an hour-long intimate,
acoustic performance where Grant McLennan & Robert
Forster share songs & stories about writing the music
that has made them the quintessential cult band.
YepRoc-2081
DVD
$18.00
Godman
God Dog
PS, US THE ACID MOTHERS TEMPLE presents a new album from
Japanese GODMAN--KAWABATA MAKOTO, HIGASHI HIROSHI, WATANABE
YASUYUKI, ENOMOTO TAKAYUKI, and MIYASHITA KEIICHI. Two
tracks, "God Dog" and "Dog God," performed
with dual guitars, bass, drums, and electronics. Recorded
at Zero (Tokyo) August 10, 2005.
AMT-018
CD
$20.00
Golden Dogs, The
Everything In 3 Parts
PS, US Canada's next big thing play infectious, adrenaline-charged
music, energized by their hyperactive leader/songwriter
Dave Azzolini. Their compositions are created from a palate
dripping with McCartney-isms, odes to XTC and Elvis Costello,
plus other cross-decade references too diverse for any
retro tag. A pure blast of blissed-out pop/rock with endless
infectious harmonies and a ridiculous amount of energy.
Funzalo
CD
$14.50
Gossip
Standing In The Way Of Control
PS, US The first thing that strikes you is the rhythm.
The Gossip have been making punks dance since they debuted
five years ago, long before dance punk existed. Soulful
and jagged, you can hear everything from Dischord to Motown.
The vocals resonate with the confidence of the lyrics,
asking people to hold on just a little bit longer, reassuring
youth that there are others out there, and spitting in
the face of all who say otherwise. Their third album was
recorded by Guy Picciotto (Fugazi). This is the sound of
a band destroying and surpassing all expectations placed
on them.
KillRockStars
CD
$15.25
Gourds
Heavy Ornamentals
PS, US The Gourds welcome you back to their porch for another
drink from the jug & another helping of critic-confounding
musical gumbo. Infectious blend of rock, country, Zydeco,
soul, Tex-Mex, folk & blues. Flanked by a full van
of guitars, violins, banjos & accordions. "The
Gourds are strange even when they're
serious" -Blender.
ElevenThirty-7006
CD
$16.25
Gown
Sacred Mountains
PS, US Gown is from the islands of British Columbia Canada,
and spent an entire year living on one such island alone
with his dog and 3 or more goats. If rock and its subforms
are based on blues forms then Gown is hatched from sea
shanties and the sea in general. It swirls and eddies like
the sea trapped in a cove before finding it's way to the
ocean in the form of massive swells before becoming waves
crashing on the rocks. It is a journely and far from perfect,
but the misteps sparkle and gleam with all the beauty that
surrounds us. This LP was recorded over the course of one
month in Florence, Mass after a 2 month tour across the
USA, playing in a duo with Christina Carter. Gown and Christina
also contributed a side the My Cat Is An Alien split LP/CD
series and have a CD coming out on Foxy Digitalis/Digitalis
Industires. Gown is also involved in a trio with Thurston
Moore and Pete Nolan (MAGIK MARKERS) called BARK HAZE.
Limited to 600, w/hand painted original covers.
EcstaticPeace-95
LP
$12.75
Gris Gris
For The Season
PS, US A companion EP to GREG ASHLEY and company's For
The Season full length featuring a special acoustic version
of the song "Pick Up Your Raygun," along with
three exclusive tracks not available elsewhere.
Birdman-085
45
$4.25
Groove Junkies
Just Groovin'
PS, US The Californian junkies of the good groove return
with one of their funkiest slabs o' soulful house for sometime,
not least thanks to SOLARA's sassy vocal, some slick sax
accompaniment and a killer bass line. This new comer's
oh-so-distinctive vocal inflection and panache smacks of
the charm of that other notable lady of garage, Barbara
Tucker. The net constituents add up to a feel good jam
and one classy hybrid of US house. An attention grabber
with enough subtle qualities to match the tight 'n' sophisticated
production."-Lewis Dene, Update Magazine. Two tracks.
OM-201
12
$7.50
Haino, Keiji
Reveal'dToNoneAsYet...
PS, US "...An Experience To Utterly Vanish Consciousness
While Still Alive." IN 1/16. Limited Edition. Unedited
live performance blending electronics, hurdy gurdy & vocal
work for 90+ minutes w/ no breaks. Impressive look at Haino
working his craft in front of an intimate home audience
on one Tokyo night. Housed in a deluxe
letterpressed package.
Important-074
DVD
$25.25
Hellacopters
Rock & Roill Is Dead [domestic]
PS, US Domestic issue for The Hellacopters' latest rock
action. Incl. gueest from HIVES & SOUNDTRACK OF OUR
LIVES. Incl. 2 bonus tracks & 2 videos NOT ON IMPORT
Liquor&Poker-015
CD
$15.25
His Name Is Alive
Detrola
PS, US After four years away, WARN DEFEVER's latest album
rides the fine line between sweet dreams & nightmarish
visions & harkens back to HNIA's most acclaimed early-mid
90's period ("Mouth by Mouth" & "Stars
on ESP").
SilverMountain
CD
$14.75
Hive/Keaton/Echo/Gridlock
Welcome To Violence
PS, US Dark groove lords HIVE, KEATON, ECHO and GRIDLOCK
deliver a stunning collection of heavyweight, rule-bending
drum 'n' bass that stimulates minds as well as moves feets.
Thirteen rugged, futuristic tracks laced with a strong
jazz/funk ethic and a vibe that's sometimes violent, venomous
and in-your-face, but complemented by natural, funky and
sometimes live elements.
VIOCD-001
CD
$11.75
Hollingsworth, Taylor
Tragic City
PS, US "Taylor Hollingsworth and his band are sloppy
and wild in the mode of The Stooges or The MC5 (or The
Rolling Stones at their worst), which are likely models,
yet this band's overall tone often recalls bands such as
The Only Ones or The Heartbreakers. If they played fast
and hard instead of loose and slinky, they could even be
The Saints. A lot of the sloppiness is salvaged, or accented,
by white-hot guitar runs that take the sound into Johnny
Thunders territory, by way of Billy Gibbons. Vocals, for
the most part, remain in the more disturbing/intriguing
range of Peter Perret and Nikki Sudden, so you can see
why it is difficult to accept this band's approach as just
a happy accident" - Black & White.
Brash
CD
$13.75
Hooker, William/Renaldo Lee
The Celestial Answer
PS, US As individual performers, WILLIAM HOOKER and LEE
RANALDO are explosive. As collaborators, they are thermonuclear.
A kinetic, avant percussionist and poet, Hooker is one
of New York's most important band leaders, having fronted
groups that included DAVID MURRAY and DAVID S. WARE. Ranaldo
leads the improv supergroup TEXT OF LIGHT, whose fluid
membership includes Hooker, as well as CHRISTIAN MARCLAY,
TIM BARNES and MISSION OF BURMA's ROGER MILLER - and of
course, he's a co-founder of the indefatigably experimental
SONIC YOUTH. With "The Celestial Answer," Hooker
and Ranaldo have created a work of blindingly brilliant,
elemental force. Rays of white guitar noise penetrate clouds
of analog synth; molten drumming blasts across free-form
poetics. The dynamic is beautiful and inspired - a simple
cold-fusion of intuitive interaction and boundless sonic
freedom. These are thoughtful and emotionally attuned artists.
Open your ears and they'll take you on a soaring voyage
through an ec
static firmament, into the howling mouth of infinity.
TableoftheElements-102
CD
$14.25
Jel
WMD/All Around
PS, The lead single from the upcoming Soft Money album
finds JEL fusing black nationalist rap with indie rock
tunefulness. "WMD" features WISE INTELLIGENT's
(POOR RIGHTEOUS TEACHERS) vocals and some scratching from
JOE QUIXX. "All Around" features STEFFI BOHM
from Morr Music's MS. JOHN SODA over Jel's dense, driving
beat work.
Anticon-0057
12
$7.25
Johnson, Richard Leo
Legend of VernonMcAlister
PS, US Touted by Playboy as "the most innovative guitarist
since Jimi Hendrix," and by 20th Century Guitar as "mind-boggling!",
Richard Leo Johnson's style is marked by startling speed,
complexity and hauntingly unfamiliar harmonies. After over
a decade of being on the road, performing concerts and
guitar clinics and work-shops, Richard was discovered by
Blue Note, who released albums in 1999 and 2000, gathering
extreme critical praise. Here Richard has traded in his
double-neck acoustic for a well-worn, 1930s National Duolian
steel-bodied guitar. Richard was inspired by this unique
instrument and its sounds to try something different from
any of his other albums. A CD of deep beauty and innovation,
created with just this one old guitar, some simple electronic
and tape effects, and Richard's talents. Richard's music
is singularly beautiful, but it also is not afraid to have
a 'bite' and it will appeal both to the new generation
of fans discovering edgier solo acoustic guitar music of
people like Derek Bailey, teffen Basho-Junghans and Jack
Rose, as well as to fans of acoustic guitar geniuses such
as Robbie Basho, John Fahey, Michael Hedges, John McLaughlin,
Steve Tibbetts and Ralph Towner. "The sonic equivalent
of exploding stained glass
windows."-San Francisco Bay Guardian.
Cuneiform-222
CD
$13.75
Joyner, Simon
Yesterday Tomorrow & In Between
PS, US
Sing,Eunuchs!-03
DLP
$15.00
Joyner, Simon
Heaven's Gate
PS, US
Sing,Eunuchs!-02
LP
$9.75
Joyner, Simon
Songs For the New Year
PS, US
Sing,Eunuchs!-01
LP
$9.75
Jurado, Damien/Dolorean
"
Traded for Fire" b/w "Ghost of David"
PS, US To celebrate their 2005 European Tour and years
of mutual admiration, DAMIEN JURADO and DOLOREAN released
a split 7-inch that was originally available only at shows
overseas. The 'A' side features Damien Jurado's cover of
Dolorean's "Traded for Fire". Side 'B' is Dolorean's
version of Jurado's classic "Ghost of David" track.
It is a LIMITED RELEASE OF JUST 600 COPIES.
SecretlyCanadian-139
45
$4.25
Karate
Concerto al Barchessone
PS, US New/limited live 8 song full length disc from Italy.
Cool oversized paper sleeve, mini postcard & mini poster.
GREAT sound quality.
FoolTribe-002
CD
$18.00
Kid 606
Done With The Scene
PS, US This well-fitting follow-up to KID 606's Resilience
album, featuring two of the most applauded songs from that
release along with a sizzling fuzzed-out methadone influenced
cover of current chart hit "Heartbeat" by Norwegian
Europop sensation ANNIE, has to be heard to be believed
(and understood!). Remixes come courtesy of three of Kid606's
favorite post-rock-tronica acts of today: Scottish anthemic
sweethearts MOGWAI; Californian master of melancholy HER
SPACE HOLIDAY; and Tigerbeat 6's very own Swedish psychedelic
warrior, DWAYNE SODAHBERK.
TigerBeat6-126
12
$8.00
Killdozer
Last Waltz
PS, US Their sound is a brutal, abrasive & plodding
take on the dark side of life in America's heartland backed
by a dark & biting sense of humor. Former Touch & Go
artist from Chicago. RIYL: Flipper & the Melvins
Crustacean-051
CD
$9.25
Kuti, Fela
Beasts of No Nation/ODOO
PS, US Fela's return to venomous form the 80's. An exemplary
Wally Badarou produced masterpiece. Fela at his most confrontational & politically
extreme. Remastered.
Wrasse-052
CD
$17.00
Kuti, Fela
Roforofo Fight/Singles
PS, US "Roforofo figth is a political battle in which
no participant is unsullied; a mud-slinging contest".
Wrasse-056
CD
$17.00
Kuti, Fela
Expensive Shit/He Miss Rd
PS, Inspired by Fela swallowing criminal evidence & the
Nigerian cops determination to do their job i finding it
at any cost. The classic afrobeat groove.
Wrasse-073
CD
$17.00
Kuti, Fela
VIP/Authority Stealing
PS, "VIP" is a live album from the Berlin Jazz
Festival & the last recording he made w/AFRICA 70 & TONY
ALLEN. "Authority Stealing" is a critical record
as historical & cultural comment.
Wrasse-074
CD
$17.00
Lavender Diamond
Calvary Of Light
PS,US A brand new EP from Los Angeles psych-folk up-and-comers
LAVENDER DIAMOND. Led by the angelic vocals of BECKY STARK,
the band deliver four sweet songs performed with guitar,
piano, percussion, and strings. Lovely.
LavenderDiamond-001
CD
$7.50
Le Nombre
Scenario Catastrophe
PS, US "This band plays raw & dirty & unabashedly
sexy rawk that just screams to be heard live... it's nasty
MC5 for corruptible schoolgirls" -Splendid. "Howling
guitars, pedal to metal, cock rocking sensation, flaming
riffs, punk rock garage punches... They're not reinventing
rock, just making it better & stronger." -Motel
Magazine
BlowtheFuse-006
CD
$12.75
Lewis,
Jenny & The Watson Twins
Rabbit Fur Coat
PS, US Solo debut from RILO KILEY's front woman w/guest
appearances by M.WARD, CONNOR OBERST, BEN GIBBARD. Her
hauntingly soulful voice, sometimes bursting with buoyant
spirit & at other times plaintive & world wearied,
deep, sensual & beguiling. Here she brings her love
of folk, country & Southern gospel & the result
is nothing short of gorgeous. Feat. backing vocals form
the gospel singers THE WATSON TWINS.
TeamLove-008
CD
$11.00
Lewis,
Jenny & The Watson Twins
Rabbit Fur Coat
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove-008
LP
$11.00
Love Is All
9 Times That Same Song
PS, US "They turn lo-fi from ho-mum into a gritty
asset, forcing us not to respond to their attempt at imperfection
or lack of precision but to their passion. This is the
first great band of 2006" -Pitchfork Media. Swedish
indie pop group debut. 10 songs of heart & soul punk
featuring the classics that brought a John Peel Session,
single of the week in the NME, a place between My Bloody
Valentine & Josef K on the Rough Trade Shops Indiepop
vol 1
WYR-106
CD
$12.00
Low
Tonight The Monkeys Die: Low Remixed
PS, US Low has released an EP, "Tonight the Monkeys
Die," featuring remixes of the original track "Monkey" from "The
Great Destroyer." Fog, Bob Mould, Stephin Merritt,
Crew Jones and Count all contribute remixes. The EP also
features the original album track and the full-length video.
Ckm-018
CD5
$8.75
Maryrose Crook/Renderers
Ghosts of Our Vegas Lives
PS, US If you feel like you have grown old and decrepit
waiting for New Zealand's the RENDERERS to release another
album to follow up their 1998 Siltbreeze release "A
Dream of the Sea," you're probably not too far off
the mark. This is Renderers singer/guitarist Maryrose Crook's
first solo LP & NZ's primordial alt- country band the
Renderers in nearly a decade. Features 10 dreamlike dark,
soulful songs that burst with life (as well as its opposing
force). Recorded with then Renderers lineup of Maryrose
on vocals & rhythm guitar, husband BRIAN COOK on lead
guitar & keyboard, bassist Thom Bell (DAVID KILGOUR), & famed
NZ drum basher Robbie Yeats (DEAD C), "Ghosts" oozes
through the speakers with the arid barrenness of a Clint
Eastwood desperado Western & the subterranean muculence
of a David Lynch rabbit-hole headtrip, giving life to the
dead-end tales of an unnamed couple tethered to each other
in a forlorn doom scenario. The Renderers' singular approach
- half thoroughly tweaked garage/country/psych propulsiveness
and half restrained noir-beauty - fleshes out each of the
album's songs with the perfect dose of restraint and release.
One could easily envision these songs being performed in
a sordid West Texas nightclub just as easily as a smoky
San Francisco ballroom or a grimy Dunedin pub. Previous
releases on Flying Nun & Ajax
3BeadsofSweat-1009
CD
$13.50
Mascis,
J & Friends
Sing And Chant For Amma
PS, US A collection of devotional songs dedicated to the
living Indian saint, SRI MATA AMRITANANDAMAYI DEVI (aka
AMMA) from DINOSAUR JR. guitarist J. MASCIS. With all proceeds
to go to tsunami relief, Mascis and company deliver a collection
of original and traditional Indian devotional songs. Limited
edition release on Mascis' own Baked Goods label.
BakedGoods
CD
$15.50
Mens Recovery Project
Very Best Of The Mens Recovery Project
PS, US A collection of electronic ass, dishonorable guitar
and screaming lumpus from SAM McPHEETERS and NEIL BURKE's
MRP. You get forty tracks of Parkinson's generation rock
featuring cameos from KATHLEEN HANNA (LE TIGRE), JOEY KARAM
(LOCUST), GRANT MUDGE (RAH BRAS), RICK PELLETIER (CHINESE
STARS), JOE PRESTON (THRONES), and J. RYAN (SIX FINGER
SATELLITE).
5RueChristine-026
CD
$14.50
Mens Recovery Project
Very Best Of The Mens Recovery Project
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON VINYL!!!
Load-075
DLP
$16.75
Metal Fingers
Presents...Special Herbs Box Set (3XCD)
PS, US ...3 disc set collects all 10 Special Herbs volumes
seamlessly blended together into 2 75 minute mixes & incl.
beats from various MF Doom, KMD & King Geedorah projects
accompanied by unheard tracks to be used on future albums.
Incl. third bonus disc of beats never before heard. LIMITED.
NatureSounds-120
CD
$28.00
Mikkel Metal
Victimizer
PS, Vinyl version. Victimizer is the first full-length
from Copenhagen-based producer Mikkel Metal (aka Mikkel
Meldgaard). The CD version is backed up by this 12" vinyl
release containing four of the new tracks off the full-length
CD. Mikkel Metal has always refused to force himself on
the listener, he would rather act as a commentator on what
can occur from a higher state of conscience, without provoking
any sort of superiority complex. Arrogance is not his thing.
Victimizer is his self-invented expression, giving new
meaning to the proverb "the more haste, the less speed." Pay
heed and be prepared to be bewildered as to where one should
categorize this release - though Victimizer inspires from
the fringes of dub, indie-rock, vocoder-pop and of course
minimal techno, this album isn't so simple as to pigeonhole
itself in your encyclopedia of genres. Genuinely, Mikkel
Metal has delivered dynamic, universal music that once
again showcases the progressive growth and depth in Kompakt'
s blossoming family.
KOM-133
12
$8.75
Miwon
Pale Glitter
PS, DE Vinyl Version.
CCO-029
LP
$15.50
Miwon
Pale Glitter
PS, DE Berlin-based Hendrik Kröz aka Miwon's debut
full-length release. Kröz has been an active member
of the Berlin-based electronic music scene for a very long
time, and his hundreds of live P.A.s created a big fan
base for his soulful electronic pop music. As the initiator
of the already-legendary "laptop battles," he
did important groundwork for the development of Berlin
electronic music in general. After the release of his 12" Brother
Mole, Miwon returns with Pale Glitter - one of the most
perfect pop albums out there. Miwon embraces his long history
of recording and experimenting with electronic music and
merges it all into one big, irresistible wall of catchy
sounds and tunes. "Hush" and the title track "Pale
Glitter" are deep, minimal dancefloor killers, while "When
Angels Travel" drags the more experimental side of
Miwon's sound out of the dark, and polishes it until they
fit into this last-man-on-earth soundtrack. Then there
is "No Need For Sanity," a remix Miwon did for
Pia Fraus, a band from Estonia which has already made a
big buzz in Japan. "Flakes" displays
Miwon's devotion to heavy use of locked turntable grooves, and turns somewhat
into a laptop lullaby. If you are looking for the essence of electronic pop,
you do not have to look any further. The same can be said about "Vertizontale," proving
Miwon's compatibility with the biggest venues on this planet, merging an old-school
house-anthem with U2-like guitars. Enough said. Enjoy the Pale Glitter.
CCO-029
CD
$15.50
Moha!
Raus Aus Stavanger
PS, US Comprised of guitarist ANDERS HANA & percussionist
MORTEN OLSEN, this is the absolute in improv/guitar/electronics
violence. They have played together since '99, in duo or
in collaboration with Andrew D'Angelo/Morthana, Ultralyd,
Frode Gjerstad Trio, Ph(tm), John Hegre, Ingebrigt H. Flaten,
Maja Ratkje, POEl Jackman & Per Zanussi. In addition,
they are members of the N-Collective, & apart have
participated in musical acts such as NOXAGT, Thomas Dybdahl & TGOS,
JAGA JAZZIST, M/N/O/G and Office-R(6). This is noise-based
rock textures, good old cheap contact microphones, screeing
guitar & ear-battering, processed drums.
RuneGrammofon-2049
CD
$17.75
Mt. Eerie
I Whale
PS, US The first in a series of beautiful LIMITED EDITION
ART VINYL from BLUESANCT. The 7" single is LIMITED
TO 1000 COPIES, on baby blue sea colored vinyl. It will
not be repressed and will sell out very quickly. Get it
now, or don't. Side A features the exclusive MOUNT EERIE
song entitled 'I WHALE'. Side B features a beautiful screenprint
of an image drawn by PHIL ELVERUM. The sleeve is a letterpressed
text taken from a handwritten layout by Phil in blues and
white on sandy colored cardstock. Of the song, Phil says: "It
is a sequel to another song of mine called "I am a
Pearl Diver" that was on another 7". They are
my 2 songs so far in the series on nautical professions."
BlueSanct-079
45
$7.25
Murray, Greg
Tymes Ten
PS, US Greg cites a diverse range of influences including
Van Morrison, The Smiths, Brian Wilson, The Byrds, Teenage
Fanclub, 10,000 Maniacs, Bruce Springsteen and Simon and
Garfunkel. Various reviewers around the world also find
echoes of Neil Young, Sparklehorse, Mercury Rev, Grandaddy,
Kings of Convenience and Belle and Sebastian. Whatever
they say, he has created his own irresistible, distinct
style - tight, harmonized pop/folk songs with beautiful
melodies and quirky instrumentation. Teeming with introspection
and melancholy, they also flow with optimism Hailing from
the town of Lurgan in County Armagh, Northern Ireland,
Greg Murray was born into a musical family. Now based in
Stoke-on-Trent, Greg has released material on Shelflife
(USA,) Bus Stop (USA,) Plastic Pancake (France,) Elefant
(Spain,) Bliss Aquamarine (UK,) Best Kept Secret (Italy,)
Firestation (Germany,) and Wretched (UK.) Compared at times
to Belle & Sebastian, Kings of Convenience, and Nick
Drake, Greg's debut
album "Tymes Ten" finally sees a domestic release
via The Bus Stop Label.
BusStop-1025
CD
$12.00
Muslimgauze
Speaker of Turkish Ltd.
PS, US The first completely new MUSLIMGAUZE album to be
released in more than two years-one of several recorded
by BRYN JONES in a final year-long burst of creativity
that peaked in the spring of 1998, shortly before his sudden
and unexpected death on January 14, 1999. Six long tracks
comparable to Your Mines in Kabul (recorded just a few
months earlier), engineered by JOHN DELF. Pakcaged in a
sturdy, heavy hand-made papier-mâché case
closed by a beaded string that loops through notches in
edge of the lid with a raised-relief mosque glued to the
front, silkscreened calligraphy on the inside and back,
and a double-sided windowsticker and a 2006 mini-calendar
card are included. Numbered edition of 397 copies.
Soleilmoon-138
CD
$32.00
National Trust, The
Kings And Queens
PS, US Their second full-length is a freaky conflation
of dance music, like a 31-flavor ice cream social on a
hot summer's day where bongos and subs keep time for a
gaggle of face-painters, genies, and roller-queens, but
it's more about lifestyle than any generic allegiance or
retro revivalism. The band calls it "body music". "Kings
And Queens" makes nods to disco, house, and pop, as
well as what the band members heard around them on the
streets, in parks, and in clubs. Equally present are Chicago-style
horns, R&B falsetto, Latino percussion, and bass lines
with more soul than a gospel choir. Produced by Abel Garabaldi,
engineer for R. Kelly, Fat Joe, Ciara, and Britney Spears.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.50
Nein
Wrath of Circuits
PS, US Durham, NC band formed from ashes of WHITE OCTAVE & have
recently incorporated Dale Flattum (STEEL POLE BATHTUB,
MILK CULT) & his army of samplers & tape decks.
Melodies shine through a mass of artful discord, capturing
the listener's attention. "Like the Liars (first album)
jamming in a haunted house run by Merzbow."-Village
Voice
SonicUnyon-104
CD
$13.75
Northern Chorus
Bitter Hands Resign
PS, US NC has turned out the record that Death Cab for
Cutie might make after taking an online classical composition
course & a near fatal overdose of tranquilizer cocktails."-Pitchfork
SonicUnyon-0095
CD
$13.75
Null, K.K.
Ergosphere
PS, US A brand new release from longtime Japanese noise
and rock explorer KK NULL (ZENI GEVA, etc.). Ergosphere
was recorded live during Null's tour of Russia in late
2005, specifically on his only two solo dates-at the Moscow
Palace of Youth (October 5, 2005) and at the Festival Hea
Uus Heli in Tallinn, Estonia (October 7, 2005). An uneasy
balance of lull and divide.
BlossomingNoise-009
CD
$14.00
Oakley Hall
Second Guessing
PS, US Features former members of ONEIDA & BROKE REVIEW.
Six-piece electric string band from Brooklyn. They've always
had one foot in American Roots music and the other among
that borough's storied rock underground. Earned a reputation
among their peers & fans alike for a killer live show
featuring top- notch coed harmony, interlocking electric
fiddle & guitars, & great songwriting hooks.
Amish-026
CD
$14.50
Oppressed By The Line
Cause of the Color
PS, US Debut from London by way of Houston band. If you
made a circuit board out of all your favourite shoegazer
records, then made a man out of those circuit boards & gave
him a glass of wine on a fire escape high above whatever
city that was in Blade Runner twenty years after the fact,
or a genetic hybrid of a synthesizer and a warm winter
blanket.
AC130
CD
$12.00
Pansy Division
The Essential Pansy Division (CD/DVD)
PS, US s This commemorates their 15 years together. They've
picked 30 songs, from classics to newer hits, culled from
their 6 out of print Lookout! releases as well as their
AT release. Includes a bonus DVD with videos, TV appearances & live
clips. A tidy summation of their groundbreaking career
thus far, perfect for the uninitiated or the consummate
fan who wants all the hits on one disc.
AlternativeTentacle-343
CD
$16.75
Parkin, Nich
Refract
PS, US Drawing inspiration from the movement of light and
water, NICK PARKIN electro acoustically manipulated and
blended a variety of gongs and other metallic percussion
with environmental field recordings to create Refract.
Eight tracks of intense, multilayered composition evoking
hidden subterranean waters and gloomy ocean depths. Pressed
in an edition of 500 copies.
Soleilmoon-140
CD
$16.50
Paul Motian Band
Garden of Eden
PS, US Continues his storied career w/a new direction,
increasing the emphasis on original compositions (but w/
covers of Mingus, Monk & Parker) & the addition
of another electric guitar.
ECM-0006065-02
CD
$19.00
Pearls & Brass
The Indian Tower
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-300
LP
$14.50
Pearls & Brass
The Indian Tower
PS, US They are dedicated to playing it not just as loud
rock but as something where melody & rhythm are truly
interlocked, shifting & moving always as one unit.
They have played together for 13 years & clearly done
their homework listening to endless amounts of Randy (both
Holden & California).
DragCity-300
CD
$14.50
Pit Er Pat
Babies Are Tired
PS, US Two early tracks from indie rock combo PIT ER PAT
released by Kentucky's sweet Born & Raised On Sugar
Disks label. Two A-side tracks, "The Babies Are Tired" and "Lullaby," along
with an extravagant etching on the flip. Limited edition.
Born&RaisedOnSugarDisk-01
LP
$6.00
Plastic Constellations
Crusades
PS, US 'Quirky, ecstatic tunes that throw indie rock, emo & even
some hip-hop together & tell them to make nice. The
noisy pop quartet displays the blazing energy of fellow
Midwesterners OK Go & some keenly lyrical, Modest Mouse-esque
songwriting skills."
FrenchKiss-025
CD
$15.00
Pollard, Robert
From A Compound Eye
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge-272
DLP
$12.75
Pollard, Robert
From A Compound Eye
PS, US With 26 songs clocking in at over 70 minutes, this
finally makes good his threat to release a double album.
The wealth of new material is astounding. Highlights incluse
some of the best of the Pollard/GBV canon, as well as other
nuggets that find him tweaking his style & experimenting
with new sounds.
Merge-272
CD
$12.75
Portugal The Man
Waiter: You Vultures
PS, US A new album from this Alaskan band now setting up
shop in Portland, Oregon. Led by ex-ANATOMY OF A GHOST
member JOHN GOURLEY, the band mix a potent blend of early
'70s rock, R&B, and vintage soul with the latest innovations
in melodious experimentation (drum machines, programming,
sampling, etc.). Thirteen songs filled with social commentary
and grooves for fans of Flaming Lips, Blonde Redhead, and
Portishead.
Fearless-30081
CD
$12.25
Positions
Bliss!
PS, US New group featuring Ivan Ramsical (BARCELONA) who
worship the classic pop single & drawn inspiration
therefrom. It's those reason-for-living choruses, the blissful
melodies, the enthusiasm, the energy, the immediacy and
the familiarity that put the fear of pop in them. It's
the singles from the '60's (think Phil Spector and the
Zombies), the early '80's (think Dexy's Midnight Runners,
the Attractions and The Style Council) and current indiepop
(think Beulah and uptempo Belle and Sebastian) that rock
their world, float their boat and twirl their ticket. The
Positions are happy when their choruses won't leave your
head, when you can't stand still, and you reach for the
rewind button.
Lazyline-005
CD
$12.75
Pulseprogramming
Remix Project - Tulsa For One Second
PS, US A collection of both volumes-and more-in multimedia
outfit PULSEPROGRAMMING's series of remixes from their
2003 Tulsa For One Second album. You get fourteen tracks
featuring studio work from HOOD, NUDGE, SCHNEIDER TM, GHISLAIN
POIRIER, OTHER PEOPLE'S CHILDREN, STATIC, LAUB, KOHN, BARBARA
MORGENSTERN, and others.
Aesthetics-040
CD
$13.75
Pulseprogramming
Remix Project Vol. 2 - Tulsa For One Second
PS, US The second installment in multimedia outfit PULSEPROGRAMMING's
new series of remixes from their 2003 Tulsa For One Second
album. This time in you get hot remix action from HOOD,
BARBARA MORGENSTERN, and KOHN. Limited edition pressing
of 750 copies.
Aesthetics-037
12
$8.50
Rec_Overflow
Madrid
PS, ES Rec_Overflow is a master in language combination,
from Miami gitch to hip hop remodification, pluggins abuse
or DSP (Digital Sound Processing). His crunchy rhythms,
intertwined with a peculiar melody use and those watery
rhythm structures, lend his sound a unique personality.
A record so full of details that just gets richer every
time you listen to it. The fact that the album is called "Madrid" is
a declaration of love, or maybe a declaration of principles,
and it serves to remark that the Spanish electronic scene
enjoys a very productive period and is beginning to gain
the recognition it deserves abroad. "Madrid" is
a winning bet for those with restless ears, a work with
countless readings along the eleven tracks that make up
the album. Also available there is a 5-track vinyl sampler
with an exclusive track.
Spa.RK-10
CD
$14.75
Reeder, Scott
Tunnel Vision Brilliance
PS, US Debut solo album from legendary underground rock
figure & member of KYUSS, OBSESSED & GOATSNAKE.
Reveals a much more personal & intimate soundscape
where Scott played all the instruments & handled all
production & engineering. A psychedelic trip through
his bizarre subconscious.
Liquor/Poker-6016
CD
$17.00
Rollins, Henry
Talk Is Cheap Vol. 2
PS, US Welcome back to the mouth that never shuts. "Talk
Is Cheap Vol. 2" contains the second night of Henry's
spoken word shows at the Enmore Theater in Australia, recorded
live in April 2001. More stories, bile, and ranting diatribes
from your favorite graying, limping, philosophic, misanthropic
curmudgeon.
2.13.61
DCD
$11.75
Royksopp
What Else Is There?
PS, US Remix single for the most stirring & evocative
songs from "The Understanding." Incl. 6 remixes
by Thin White Duke, Vitalic, Emperor Machine, Trentemoller,
Jacques lu Cont plus radio edit, "Alpha Male" live & enhanced
video.
Astralwerks-47546
CD5
$8.25
Royksopp
What Else Is There?
PS, US Double 12" vinyl incl all 6 remixes w/ nice
fat grooves!!!
Astralwerks-47546
2X12
$10.50
Sage Francis
Makeshift Patriot
PS, US
Anticon-0027
LP
$8.75
Sage Francis
Life Is Easy 1968-2005
PS, US
StrangeFamous-86793
DVD
$18.00
Sage Francis
Road Tested
PS, A quintessential live SAGE FRANCIS album featuring
the music, spoken word, and manic banter of an abused road
dog. Twenty-one tracks recorded at various venues between
2003 and 2004.
StrangeFamous
CD
$12.75
Sage Francis
Still Sickly Business
PS, US A combination of SAGE FRANCIS' out-of-print Still
Sick...Urine Trouble and Sickly Business CDs. Twenty-four
tracks of pure Sage featuring guest spots and production
from SLUG, MF DOOM, BROTHER ALI, JOE BEATS, DJ MEKALEK,
MF SHALEM, DJ STUMPY, and others.
StrangeFamous
CD
$12.75
Sage Francis
Personal Journals
PS, US
Anticon-0021
LP
$14.75
Sage Francis
Personal Journals
PS, US
Anticon-0021
CD
$13.25
Saint Etienne
Tales From The Turnpike House
PS,
SavoyJazz-17580.2
CD
$17.25
Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Spellbound
PS, US The most outrageous performer at the dawn of rock...coffins,
flaming skulls, nose bones, canes & capes. "I
Put a Spell on You" indeed.
Fuel
CD
$12.75
Sems
Any Day Ago
PS, US Sophomore album follows their ethereal aesthetics
debut w/a driving, sparkling effort that recalls some of
the best works from the mid-late 80's, with hints of Jesus & Mary
Chain, MBV & Psy Furs echoing.
Recordhead-083
CD
$14.50
Snowdrops
Sleepydust
PS, US 2nd single from mysterious Matinée musicmakers
The Snowdrops, an occasional collaboration of indie legends
Keith Girdler (Blueboy, Beaumont, Arabesque, Lovejoy),
Dick Preece (Lovejoy, Beaumont) & Pam Berry (The Pines,
Shapiros, Black Tambourine, Glo Worm). Features 5 tracks
including a Pet Shop Boys-inspired title track w/brilliant
lead vocals from Keith plus backing from Pam. Other tracks
include a beautiful atmospheric number called "Too
Cold To Snow", the wonderful "The Boy With The
Hummingbird Eyes" featuring Dick on lead vocals & a
guest appearance from Keris Howard (Harper Lee, Brighter),
a short one called "Teddy Dragons" & a remix
of "Sleepydust" w/more Pam & some other nice
touches. Limited to 1000 copies in custom minijacket sleeve.
Matinée-053
CD5
$7.00
Some Girls
Heaven's Pregnant Teens
PS, US With parts of THE LOCUST, GIVE UP THE GHOST, PLOT
TO BLOW UP THE EIFFEL TOWER & UNBROKEN. Guitars & growled
to pulp vocal chords steamrolling into an undead rhino
charge of drums & bass. Fast, heavy, menacing & stalking
like men of cloth on young children. An oddity on this
slab is a 9 min. track feat. GABE SERBIAN (LOCUST)& to
top it off is their version of P.I.L's "Religion 11" that
will make God wish that humans had never thought of the
concept.
ThreeOneG-046
LP
$10.00
Some Girls
Heaven's Pregnant Teens
PS, US Some Girls is a five-person assault out of the sleepy
Navy town of San Diego, comprised of the creme de la crass
of musicians from that city's famed hardcore/punk underground.
Fronted by Give Up The Ghost and American Nightmare's Wes
Eisold, the band features a who's who of hardcore players
from The Locust, Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, Unbroken,
Over My Dead Body, Swing Kids, and Crimson Curse. This
is their first full-length; an unrelenting musical psychosis,
adding new dimensions of brutality to Some Girls' now-trademark
thrash attack. Includes a snarling cover of Public Image
Ltd.'s post-punk classic, "Religion".
Epitaph
CD
$13.75
Sunn0)))
Black One (DELAYED)
PS, US
SouthernLord-050
DLP
$20.00
Super Numeri
Welcome Table
PS, US Double LP LIMITED to 150 copies. Order NOW for any
hope of fill...
NinjaTune-97
DLP
$20.25
Super Numeri
Welcome Table
PS, US Second LP for Liverpudlian psych collective offers
more "Astral Music" but with a more urgent, driving
sound.
NinjaTune-097
CD
$16.00
Tape
Paintings
PS, ES Although he is surely the best kept secret in Spanish
electronica scene, it becomes difficult to keep track of
his collaborations on labels from all over the world (tar100mg
in Japan, Mira Records in Germany or Mexican Soundsister),
and his numerous remixes everywhere (Phasmid, Rainier Lericolais,
Fibla, Lusan, Strand or mou-lips!). Without losing one
bit of freshness and luminosity, .tape. leaves behind his
lo-fi productions and spins a web of sinewaves, loops and
crystal-clear jinglings that turn this new work into the
perfect mix of outsider toy-pop, twilight melodies and
electronic lullabies, low-budget bedroom songwriting, post-folk
landscapes and and poignant experimentation, where there's
even room for an poptronic bizarre hit called "The
Projectionist". PAINTINGS has been licensed to nao
sugimoto new label, japanese NATURA BLISS.
Spa.RK-11
CD
$14.75
Tarkio
Omnibus
PS, US This was Colin Meloy's college alternative-countryish
band, which put out a full-length and an EP before they
disbanded and Meloy segued into The Decemberists.
KillRockStars
DCD
$17.00
Test Icicles
For Screening Purposes Only
PS, US Test Icicles sound like everything, all at once.
The three band members have divergent backgrounds in hardcore,
metal, hardcore metal, and hip-hop. They listen to all
kinds of music and when they're done, throw it all in the
pot. No compromises, just a swampy mass of influences frothing
and bubbling until it sounds nothing like its composite
parts. "Part ear-bleed punk-funk, part old skool rap.
This emaciated London trio are stark, barking brilliant" -
NME. "...brilliant record, putting every conceivable
influence through a punk rock blender and making a gloriously
messy riot" - The Sun.
Domino
CD
$13.75
Test Icicles
For Screening Purposes Only
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$13.75
Theory Of Everything
Evolution Of The Art
PS, US Eclectic political retrorock with fiestyness, funk,and
finesse that provokes activity in the head, heart, and
hindquarters. Formed in early 2003, the Theory of Everything
incorporates an eclectic array of intruments such as melodion,
flute, trumpet, sax, and freedom horn.
TOE-001
CD
$12.00
Tone
Solidarity
PS, US The fifth release from Washington, DC instrumental
combo TONE, and their first for Neurot Recordings. Seven
tracks of dynamic, electric guitar-based tracks delivered
austere, dramatic, and loud with a nod to Savage Republic,
Nice Strong Arm, Glenn Branca, Rhys Chatham, Section 25,
and Crispy Ambulance.
Neurot-039
CD
$14.50
Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Brave And The Bold, The
PS, US This first time collaboration between Tortoise and
Will Oldham features covers of such artists as Bruce Springsteen
("Thunder Road"), The Minutemen ("It's Expected
I'm Gone") Elton John and Bernie Taupin ("Daniel"),
Lungfish ("Love Is Love"), Richard Thompson ("Cavalry
Cross"), and more. The songs are almost unrecognizable
to their original versions, yet each was chosen with care
and reverence with no sense of irony. The record is undeniably
both a Tortoise and a Bonnie "Prince" Billy record,
and yet altogether something completely new and exciting.
Overcoat
CD
$13.75
Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Brave And The Bold, The
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Overcoat
LP
$12.50
Town And Country
Up Above
PS, US "Up Above" is the result of Town and Country's
extensive touring with minimal composition icon Tony Conrad.
Using instruments bought on various tours in Japan, the
band constructs woozy, meditative drones that incorporate
elements of Asian ceremonial music, South American holiday
carols, and North
American folk.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.50
Twilight Singers
Twilight Live! (DVD)
PS, US This liberated bootleg DVD captures them performing
a the Southgate House in Newport, KY on April 6, 2004.
It's a multi-camera production that presents a rare opportunity
to take home the magic of them in concert. Includes 2 encores.
1LittleIndian-522
DVD
$19.00
Tyrades
I Got A Lot
PS, US
BrokenRekids-92
45
$4.25
Valentine & Erika
Elder, Matt
Ragas & Blues - Fantastic String Music
PS, LP-only release, in deluxe packaging. "Ragas & Blues
- Fantastic String Music is a mystic, opiated journey through
the sounds of the American Civil War, Hindu ceremonies,
Scottish folklore, and rural China. - Contemporary magazine.
220g Vinyl in deluxe jacket designed by Frank & Scheikl."
IDEA-2006
LP
$20.50
Various
Teen Dance Music From China And Malaysia
PS, US The awaited repress of Thrift Score's fantastic
collection of 1960s and '70s Asian pop culled from an amazing
stack of records scored thrifting. You get spy music, spaghetti
western, Polynesiana, cha-cha-cha, pop, rock, and ethereal
teen space jams. Awesome.
Thrift Score-001
CD
$14.25
Various
We Love...Homelands
PS, US First DVD celebrating one of Britain's best love & most
diverse festivals incl. performances & interviews by
BECK, STREETS, BABYSHAMBLES, BRAVERY, HUMAN LEAGUE, ROOTS
MANUVA, GROOVE ARMADA, JOHN DIGWEED.
Overt-2
DVD
$19.25
Various
Otis' Opuses
PS, US The newest sampler from Kill Rock Stars features
twenty-two tracks by such artists as The Old Haunts, The
Decemberists, The Gossip, Wrangler Brutes, The Makers,
Harvey Danger, Gravy Train, Deerhoof, Delta 5, Numbers,
Comet Gain, and many more. Also includes bonus tracks by
Stereo Total and John Wilkes Booze. As always, the songs
vary from electro-trash to singer/songwriter to hard hitting
guitars to bouncy pop and back again. And then more. All
together it's one exciting introduction (or reintroduction)
after another.
KillRockStars
CD
$5.50
Various
Full Up-More Hits from Studio One
PS, US COXSONE DODD produced reggae classics from Jamaica's
legendary foundation label incl. PARAGONS, WILLIE WILLIAMS,
DELROY WILSON & SLIM SMITH, JOHN HOLT, ETHIOPIANS,
CULTURE plus 6 bonus tracks by BOB ANDY & MARCIA GRIFFITHS,
CABLES, BURNING SPEAR.
StudioOne-116617802-2
CD
$19.00
Various
Vampyros Lesbos (Sexadelic Dance Party)
PS, DE Double LP version, gatefold sleeve.
CDHW-102
DLP
$17.75
Various
Check The Water
PS, US A 10-year celebration of Leaf featuring twenty-nine
classic and rare tracks from the label's best artists-SUSUMU
YAKOTA, MURCOF, FOUR TET, SUTEKH, EFTERKLANG, COLLEEN,
CLUE TO KALO, BOOM BIP & DOSEONE, PSAPP, A HAWK AND
A HACKSAW, 310, ROBE ELLIS, LUGER, A SMALL GOOD THING,
and more.
Leaf-50
DCD
$8.75
Various
Best of Studio One
PS, US COXSONE DODD produced reggae classics from Jamaica's
legendary foundation label incl. ALTON ELLIS, WAILING SOULS,
MICHIGAN & SMILEY, GLADIATORS, HEPTONES, SLIM SMITH
plus 6 bonus tracks by JOHN HOLT, LONE RANGER, KEN BOOTHE,
ABYSSINIANS.
StudioOne-116617801-2
CD
$19.00
Various
The Shield Around The K
PS, US Produced and directed by HEATHER ROSE DOMINIC, "The
Shield Around the K" documents the first two decades
of the inspiring birth and growth of the punk rock DIY
record label, K RECORDS, a record label whose lo-fi credibility
has never been compromised. Based in Olympia, WA, co-founders
CALVIN JOHNSON & CANDICE PEDERSEN are interviewed along
with over 20 K artists and peers including MECCA NORMAL,
LOIS, ROSE MELBERG, IAN MACKAYE, SLIM MOON, DEAN WAREHAM
and more. "The Shield Around the K" also features
performances by Calvin Johnson's legendary Beat Happening,
as well as rare footage from the INTERNATIONAL POP UNDERGROUND
FESTIVAL footage with performances by FUGAZI, BEAT HAPPENING,
Mecca Normal and others.
BlankStareFilms-001
DVD
$21.50
Various
Downbeat theRuler: Studio Instrumentals
PS, US COXSONE DODD produced reggae classics from Jamaica's
legendary foundation label incl. SOUND DIMENSION, TOMMY
MCCOOK, JACKIE MITTOO, DUB SPECIALIST plus 8 bonus tracks
by SOUL VENDORS, BRENTFORD RD ALL STARS, more.
StudioOne- 116617803-2
CD
$19.00
Various
Vampyros Lesbos (Sexadelic Dance Party)
PS, DE Crippled Dick Hot Wax presents a very special and
delicious re-release of the nearly-lost soundtrack recordings
to Jess Franco's cult films Vampyros Lesbos, She Kills
in Ecstasy and The Devil Came From Akasava. The songs from
the hard-to-find LPs Psychedelic Dance Party and Sexadelic
were written in 1969 and released in 1970. They were composed
by Manfred Hübler and Siegfried Schwab, and this release
is a compilation that includes the best songs from these
titles. The red-light swing, sleazy psychedelic and strip
ballads inspired wild parties around the 1995 re-release,
also inspiring renewed interest in the cult of Vampyros
Lesbos and schlocky/great filmmaker Jess Franco. After
all, how can you go wrong with sexy vampiresses, fuzz guitar,
groovy sitar jams, funky beats and Bloody Marys? This essential
release is pretty much the standard by which all other
cult soundtracks are measured. The CD will be released
in a digipak with three bonus tracks and the 2LP will be
release
d in a luxury gatefold sleeve with five bonus tracks and
limited edition of 1,000 copies.
CDHW-102
CD
$16.25
Various
Why Should The Devil Have All The Good Music?
PS, US Guided by fans, musicians, observers and critics
from within the Christian music scene as well as the "secular" world, "Why
Should the Devil Have All the Good Music?" tackles
the artistic, religious and cultural implications of the
burgeoning independent Christian rock movement. Maintaining
an impartial eye, first-time directors VICKIE HUNTER and
HEATHER WHINNA have created a "thoughtful picture
of a community that's often been cynically mocked in the
mainstream media." (Bob Mehr, Chicago Reader)
BlankStareFilms-002
DVD
$21.50
Venitian Snares VS. Bong-ra
4 Adaptations of Rossz Csillag Allat Született
PS, US Four tracks from VENETIAN SNARES' Rossz Csillag
Allat Született album loving and personally readapted
by admirer and fellow electronic practioner BONG-RA.
PlanetMu-111
12
$7.25
VHS or Beta
You Got Me
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Astralwerks-48067
12
$8.25
VHS or Beta
You Got Me
PS, US Remix single for the catchiest song from "Night
on Fire." Incl. 4 remixes & dub versions by JUAN
MACLEAN & BABY DADDY plus album version & enhanced
video.
Astralwerks-48067
CD5
$8.25
Votolato, Rocky
Makers
PS, US Soundtracked by the songs of Willie Nelson and Johnny
Cash, Rocky had an unconventional upbringing on a horse
ranch in Texas before his mother moved the family to Seattle.
There he spent his high school years discovering the underground
punk/indie scene. Inspired by bands like Fugazi, he and
his brother Cody (founding member of hardcore/art combo
The Blood Brothers) formed a punk band called Waxwing.
Over the course of three increasingly accomplished solo
albums, Rocky has matured into a truly phenomenal talent. "Makers" is
an amazing album of songs that seem to have been scratched
into a boxcar wall by a worn out and lonesome ghost. "Votolato
has stones like Bruce Springsteen and hangover wisdom like
Paul Westerberg" - Alternative Press.
Barsuk
CD
$13.75
We Are The Fury
Infinite Jest
PS, US If early 70's glam and late 70's post punk had a
love child in 2005, We Are The Fury would be it. However,
they're not your average lo-fi regurgitation. With influences
ranging from Bowie and T-Rex to Talking Heads and Television,
We Are The Fury reveal a truly unique sound and style. "We
Are The Fury cause an electric rage of keyboard, guitar,
drums, and bass that creates an almost manic excitement
that is rarely matched by any other band" -Skratch
Magazine. For fans of Head Automatica, Hot Hot Heat, Ima
Robot, and My Chemical Romance. Produced by Tim Patalan
(Lovedrug, Sponge, The Fags).
UnbornMedia
CD
$7.00
Wynn,
Steve & the Miracle 3
...Tick...Tick...Tick
PS, US The third release in the "Desert Session" trilogy,
folllowing the critically acclaimed Here Come The Miracles
and Static Transmission. Expect a great sounding, wild
and freaky last installment in the Desert Trology, exposing
the Miracle 3 at the top of their game.
DOWT14.2
CD
$15.00
______________________________
Forthcoming Releases
Prices listed below reflect Parasol's standard prices,
however, all items are available at a 15% discount for
seven days after their initial arrival at Parasol HQ.
Pre-ordering not only helps us to better gauge our buying
practices, but also ensures you're buying items at our
lowest available sale price!!
______________________________
4 Guitars
4 Guitars
Live At Luxx (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, UK This was a rare quartet of guitars performance that
took place August 8 of 2001 in a now defunct club in Brooklyn
by Thurston Moore, Lee Ranaldo, Nels Cline and Carlos Giffoni.
Its a crystal clear multitrack recording that was later
mixed and mastered by producer Wharton Tiers. Infinite
possibilities are explored as the signature styles of each
of the group members create moments of tension, peace,
violence, and run trough every possible range of emotions.
psychedelic tunnels of sound echo trough endless guitar
lines, minimalism and maximalism both present in one moment,
there are no solos and no selfishness, as 4 combine to
create an unbelievable 40+ minute piece. A document of
pure sonic exploration of a moment in time that will never
be repeated by 4 of the most respected experimentalist
of our day. - Thurston Moore and Lee Ranaldo from Sonic
Youth. -Nels Cline (countless solo projects + member of
Wilco). - Carlos Giffoni (upcoming composer/improviser
from New York). - R
are live once in a lifetime. guitar quartet performance
from 4 of the most important/in demand experimental musicians.
- Mixed and mastered by producer Wharton Tiers.
Important-080
CD
$13.50
Aceyalone
Magnificent City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Decon-034
DLP
$17.00
Aceyalone
Magnificent City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US RJD2 produced album is as ambitious as a concept
album but without the elitism. A complex record that unwinds
a variety of moods from west coast infused funk through
to sweeping cinematics.
Decon-034
CD
$17.00
Acid Mothers Temple
Starless & Bible Black Sabbath (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Third Alien Records release with this Japanese psychedelic
ensemble. This release sees the band paying homage to Black
Sabbath. It isn't straight up Sabbath worship in the sense
of covers, but rather the band pays respect to the sound
of Sabbath & like minded bands such as Melvins or Zeni
Geva.
Alien8-062
CD
$14.50
AM Syndicate
Empire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US AM Syndicate, a troupe of eight from Austin, TX,
could perhaps be the band to provide the soundtrack for
one of these fanciful performances. Their open song structures
create a feeling that evokes the dry, exotic vistas one
might find in a Gabriel Garcia Marquez novel; a land where
the wind kicks up violent swirls of dust, a place where
bands of ethereal, perhaps dangerous groups of nomads appear
as dots on the horizon. Varied influences, tinkling middle-eastern
melodies, gypsy-like strings, contemporary rock and electronica,
tribal drum beats, and elements inspired by the great American
west, all combine to form a sweeping soundscape that is
rich and colorful, yet at the same time desolate and intriguing.
AM Syndicate includes members of Rhythm of Black Lines,
Knife in the Water, the Innocents, the Rise, and the current
bassist for And You Will Know Us by the Trail of the Dead.
Sickroom-32
CD
$12.00
Anti-Clockwire
Artificial Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Latest name for New Zealand multi-instrumentalist
Brian Crook's solo project, following his eponymously titled
solo debut released in 1998 & a more C&W-influenced
album under the moniker BIBLE BLACK in 2002. Brian has
a rich & varied history in New Zealand underground
music circles, but is probably best known as one half of
the songwriting duo (along with his wife Maryrose) in the
primordial alt-country band the RENDERERES. He has also
left his mark as guitarist, etc. for garage goths the TERMINALS & abstract
experimentalists FLIES INSIDE THE SUN. The inspiration
for Anti-Clockwise's first proper release came from Brian
digging into records by such favorites as early Eno, Pere
Ubu, & Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, plus PJ Harvey's "Is
This Desire?", & experimenting with a stripped-down
home recording setup to create a paranormal sonic underworld
where nightmares of drowning & claustrophobia are the
norm & aliens routinely stop by for a spot of tea.
Haunted keyboard oscil
lations, overcaffeinated careening drumbox beats, webs
of sinewy sinewave menace, undercurrents of strange noises
lost down a wormhole, along with Brian's trademark languid
alien-blues guitar work & his unmistakenly Antipodean
voice make up the veritable portable soundlab. Evocative
of everything from an acutely introverted Ron Asheton to
the isolationist vibe of Loren Mazzacane Connors to the
psych-lasso approach of solo Wayne Rogers to noise pointillists
like Wolf Eyes.
3BeadsofSweat-1008
CD
$13.50
Apollo Nove
Res Inexplicata Volans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US A modern day pop Tropicalista, crooner, songwriter,
pianist & collector of over 60 vintage synths, keyboards & effects
from the 60s, 70s & 80s. He's the prime contender for
most innovative young producer in Brazil. 12 melodious,
deep, moody songs that hover somewhere between psychedelic
rock, eerie electronica & spacey folk. Mixed br Air
engingeer Yann Arnaud & feat. CIBELLE & SEU JORGE.
Crammed-021
CD
$17.00
Arctic Monkeys
When The Sun Goes Down (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Much has been made of what an "internet sensation" the
Arctic Monkeys have become, but it's obvious after five
weeks in the UK Top 10 with their Domino debut single that
it's much more than that. They have the songs and the live
shows to back it up. Alex Turner's lyrics paint detailed
pictures that take the street documentary eye of a hip-hop
emcee and cross it with the distinctly British observational
styles of Davies and Weller.
Domino
CD5
$5.50
Ash, Daniel
Come Alive (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK Daniel Ash has one of the most impressive resumes
in rock history. With Love And Rockets, he fashioned such
alternative staples as "No New Tail to Tell," "Ball
of Confusion," and the 1989 Top Five smash "So
Alive." "Go," the massive 1984 club hit
by his Tones On Tail project, has been featured in such
movies as Grosse Pointe Blank, and is continually featured
in TV and radio commercials. Moby sampled and used the
title for his track GO and Fun Lovin Criminals sampled
other Ash material. And let us not forget his role in influential
band Bauhaus, and the immortal 1979 single "Bela Legosi's
Dead." In 2002 Daniel toured playing tunes from through
out his career, many of which he hadn't played live in
years. The result of which is 'Come Alive', fifteen live
songs that follow Daniel's illustrious career up until
now. With the triumphant Bauhaus performance at Coachella
2005 and rumors of additional reunion shows, count on Daniel
Ash to keep innovating and delivering music that i
s far from the main stream.
Psychobaby-12
CD
$17.00
Atomic Rooster
Devil's Answer (6XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK The first five UK singles by the Roosters (1970-1972)
plus a 1973 Crane/Farlowe collaboration.
Earmark-41052
CD
$41.50
Atomic Rooster
Devil's Answer (6X7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
31ST)
PS, UK VINYL VERSION!!!
Earmark-41052
45
$41.50
AV Club
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Debut release is in words, a true kick in the ass.
A collection of immediately accessible, totally raw & highly
focused rock & roll. Phony frills & posturing have
been left at the door, replaced by raw energy & a glimmer
of hope that rock music is still a powerful force. Songs
fall under the almost forgotten category of timeless, well-crafted,
American rock & roll. They combine all the elements
missing from modern music, producing earnest, soulful, & catchy
songs.
Insubordination-048
CD
$12.75
Azita
Detail From the Mountain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US A short & sweet release ranging from lilting & melodic
to rock hard. A band from the streets of Chicago feat.
MATT LUX, JASON AJEMIAN, RIAN MURPHY & EMMET KELLY.
Her vocal melodies, piano playing & head arrangements
for the band are of high quality. Lyrics written by playwright
BIRAN TORREY SCOTT for the play of the same name.
DragCity-306
CD5
$9.50
Backyard Babies
Live Live in Paris (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Live album from band started by founding member
of Sweden's saviors of The Rock, THE HELLACOPTERS. A live "Best
Of" pulls together the best songs from their albums & serves
as a document of their stage power.
Liquor/Poker-6018
CD
$17.25
Bad Wizard
Sky High (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Fourth LP from NYC infamous rockers is produced
by JENNIFER HERREMA (ROYAL TRUX) & shows a depth of
songwriting & playing at which was only hinted on their
previous recordings.
Howler-009
CD
$16.00
Baier, Sibylle
Colour Green (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Recorded in Germany from 70-73 on reel to reel.
Her music is simply amazing in its intimacy & closeness.
The songs are intimate portraits of life's sad & fragile
beauty. A gem of an album that will blow your mind. A star
who chose to shine for her friends & family instead
of the whole world.
OrangeTwin-022
CD
$14.50
Bananaskin
Countryside Has Opened Our Tired Eyes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JANUARY 31ST)
PS, JP Bananaskin is a six-piece pop outfit from northern
Finland, Oulu. Their journey in the world of the popmusic
started in 1998. Their first album "Sometimes The
World Is Too Loud" was the first co-operation with
the producer Ian Catt from London. He put the band to another
level within his magic fingers and good sense of the popmusic.
He has been working with the band Saint Etienne ever since
they started. Ian Catt produced and recorded Bananaskin's
first album and it was out in August 2003. This brand new
album Countryside Has Opened My Tired Eyes is also produced
by Ian Catt and it includes original Bananaskin music just
like before but for the very first time they wanted to
do a cover song, which is "Lotta Love" by legendary
Neil Young. On a leading role in a band is the singer Mari
Rautio. Her personal voice reminds a little bit of the
lady singers like Cardigans, Isobel Campbell, Astrud Gilberto
and Suzanne Vega. His husband Timo Rautio writes all the
songs (words and mu
sic). They believe in their original and own songs and
style. Countryside Has Opened My Tired Eyes has its own
theme and motif, you'll get it after listening the record.
We must understand sometimes that slow train will get you
there just the same. That's the tip!
Rosemary-005
CD
$14.75
Battiato, Franco
Fetus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US F. B. moved into the 1970s on the crest of the progressive
rock wave. This 1972 impossibly strange record inhabits
that nether world of pop music, electronics, politics and
experimental rock. Fetus is an album beyond all definition.
It's a masterpiece of daring and wild risks that work every
single time. Battiato takes us through eight uniquely super-detailed
songs that tug at the heart strings as no other experimental
record ever could. Liner notes by Jim O'Rourke.
Water-168
CD
$15.50
Battles
Tomorrow's Eager Hands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US NOT THE US BATTLES. Canada's Battles got there first
w/their 2001 debut "Lycanthropy" on Blue Curtain.
5 years later the Vancouver combo re-enters the sphere
w/another album of forward thinking guitar-based pop cut
from the same underappreciated cloth as Feelies, Embarrassment,
Bryan Ferry & even Mayo Thompson. That's a hell of
a poker game they're joining there! Mainman Stephen Wood's
time as the ax-wielder in DESTROYER influenced his lyrical
approach to songwriting, but unlike other Vancouveranians,
he's not afraid to open up & let his love of prog shine!
Also shares a member w/BLACK MOUNTAIN. "A Lennon-inspired
collection of pop grandeur."
SoftAbuse-13
CD
$13.50
Belle And Sebastian
Life Pursuit, The (3XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
7TH)
PS, US Written almost entirely by frontman Stuart Murdoch,
Belle And Sebastian's sixth album is a magnificently assured
and diverse pop record. With nods to such influences as
Cornelius, Manfred Mann, and David Bowie, "The Life
Pursuit" mingles the folky, be-sweatered pathos of
the group's earliest work with joyfully satirical late
60's sunshine pop, and the sophisticated 80's-influenced
work reminiscent of their prior album, 2003's "Dear
Catastrophe Waitress". Limited deluxe CD with six-song
live DVD bonus in special hardbound book packaging.
Matador
3XCD
$18.00
Belle And Sebastian
Life Pursuit, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US NEW ALBUM!!!
Matador
CD
$15.25
Belle And Sebastian
Life Pursuit, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$19.00
Belong
October Language (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Duo from New Orleans following in traditioni of
fuzzed out folks like MBV, Flying Saucer Attack & Spaemen
3 but if asked, they'd say they were more influenced by
contemporary composer William Basinski or Fennesz. A collection
of ambient melody suffused pieces that can either put you
at ease or scare the crap out of you.
Carpark-031
CD
$16.00
Bibio
Hand Cranked (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mush-244
LP
$11.50
Bibio
Hand Cranked (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US Follow up to 2005 debut is a 14 cut collection of
idyllic, found-sound & lazy Sunday musical ramblings,
focusing on his passion for saturated guitars, warbling
effects & natural beauty though with a slightly more
whimsical feel this time.
Mush-244
CD
$16.25
Bird Show
Lightning Ghost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US This centers around BEN VIDA's (TOWN & COUNTRY,
CENTRAL FALLS, EVERYONEd) home-fi experiments. Tracks are
carved out of opate'd chanting, disjunctive drums circles,
synth meditation & prepared piano trance songs. These
sonic explorations are embedded into tighter song structures,
with a greater role given to vocals. The ceremonial air
has been expanded with a strong percussive presence, mesmerizing
musical figures.
Kranky-093
CD
$13.75
Bird, Andrew
Mysterious Production of Eggs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US NOW ON VINYL. w/full color, d-luxe sleeve w/fabulous
art by Jay Ryan. Second solo LP since dissolution of Bowl
of Fire group is a magnificent, powerhouse of a record
dealing w/the mysteries of childhood, creativity & modern
science - both epic in scope & minute in detail. A
singular talent & a sprite.
Grimsey-032
LP
$14.50
Black To Comm
Rückwärts Backwards (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
13TH)
PS, DE Black To Comm is an alias for Dekorder label owner
Marc Richter's audio excursions. "Rückwärts
Backwards" is his debut full-length album recorded
between 2003 and 2005 in his adopted hometown Hamburg and
his childhood home in the Black Forest located in the south
of Germany. With a background in many musical styles (from
Psychedelia to pure Computer Music) BTC's music is never
easy to pin down. This album is essentially created from
scratchy shellac and vinyl loops merged with ambience field
recordings (with some voice manipulations and kitchen gamelan
thrown in for good measure). The warm hiss of analogue
recording techniques combined with the apparently antique
sounds of vintage organs, acoustic & electric guitars,
pianos, glockenspiel and mbira used on these tracks generate
a kind of hyperreal, fake nostalgia playing with one's
perception of a pseudo-recollection. The layering and hypnotic
repetition of short loops extracted from old Psychedelia,
Free Jazz, Vaudeville an
d Traditional records reveal a haunting melodic quality
sometimes not distinguishable within the original source
material, evoking a hovering feeling of bittersweet melancholy
with an omnipresent, slightly disturbing atmosphere hidden
beneath the surface. The 8 songs constantly sway back and
forth between simple, almost naive arrangements and dense
surreal drones with rare, yet intense distorted climaxes
making this album one constantly absorbing listening experience.
Dekorder-014
CD
$14.75
Black Widow
Come To The Sabbat (5X7") (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
31ST)
PS, US Vinyl version
Earmark-41053
45
$39.50
Black Widow
Come To The Sabbat (5XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
31ST)
PS, US This luxury box set contains the history of the
band's singles. Featuring their only three 45s as the much
rumored and acclaimed devilish prog hard rock combo, Black
Widow, plus the beginning of it all, their only single
as Pesky Gee! (the band from whose ashes BW were originated
in 1970) and the theatrical Rocky Horror-esque end of the
legacy, here represented in the only single by Agony Bag,
recorded in 1976 by former BW flutist/saxophonist Clive
Jones and drummer Clive Box.
Earmark-41053
CD
$39.50
Blackshaw, James
O True Believers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US When UK-native James Blackshaw plays his 12-string,
something spiritual takes place. This unassuming 23 year-old
is transformed into a guitar god whose name belongs alongside
the likes of Jack Rose, Steffen Basho-Junghans, and Glenn
Jones. Making instrumental, solo, acoustic music that remains
consistently interesting and moving is a difficult task.
Yet, time after time, Blackshaw hits out of the park, constantly
breaking boundaries in what could be conceived as a somewhat
limited medium. O True Believers is the latest in a string
of impressive releases, all with their own mood and inspiration.
An untrained musician living in the isolated suburban environs
of Greater London, Blackshaw draws inspiration not only
from the early Takoma Records roster, but from sources
as varied as the sublime film-work of Werner Herzog, the
books of Richard Brautigan and an endless amount of music:
free-jazz, 60's psych, drone, ethnic music and modern-day
composers, to name a few. He is also a
n enthusiastic runner, part-time poet and a keen reader
of books on Hindu and Sufi religion and mythology. Consisting
of mainly solo 12-string acoustic guitar, played in a finger-picked
style not too sissimilar to Robbie Basho, perhaps Blackshaw's
biggest inspiration, James Blackshaw has devised new tunings
and new techniques both of which are in full display on
O True Believers. In these part improvised and part written
songs, Blackshaw traverses between Eastern and Western
scales; simple and incredibly intricate picking patterns;
waves of fast, powerful rolls and glass-fragile harmonics.
The album is embellished with other instruments such as
the Hindustani tamboura and harmonium and a specially tuned
psaltery of Eastern-European origin called a Cymbala. Like
most of his previous work, O True Believers may be born
of a finite moment of hope in a sea of infinite sadness,
a fleeting moment of fragile beauty that extends beyond
it's physicality. Unlike past albums, the listener's f
eeling upon conclusion is more ambiguous: there is no happy
and immediate resolution, as if ghosts of the past will
find themselves resurfacing time and time again in the
future, an idea which is reflected in several reoccurring
themes within the songs themselves. Colourful ragas sit
next to mournful Fahey-esque refrains, triumphant mountaintop
marches besides almost neo-classical chord changes, endlessly
repeating until there is only transcendence. This is James
Blackshaw at his most vunerable and sincere and, with that,
there comes rare and wonderful qualities to his music:
truth and freedom. James Blackshaw has toured and collaborated
with artists such as Josephine Foster, Peter Wright, Taurpis
Tula, Ashtray Navigations in the UK and Europe and is due
to tour the US in the summer of 2006. James is also confirmed
and has contributed tracks to two forthcoming compilations
in 2006, which sees him alongside the likes of Six Organs
of Admittance, Marissa Nadler, Christina Carter, Jo
hn Fahey, Robbie Basho and Peter Lang.
Important-084
CD
$13.50
Blossom Toes
We Are Ever So Clean (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Think back to the 1967 London of Syd Barrett, Twink,
Steve Howe, Tomorrow, Sgt. Pepper, Pete Daltrey's Kaleidescope
and there you will find the Blossom Toes, a quartet led
by guitarist Brian Godding and Jim Cregan and one of the
best kept secrets of the '60s British psych scene. Produced
by none other than Giorgio Gomelski, the Blossom Toes'
debut LP, is one of the most clear and convincing pieces
of British psych pop ever written. Given the overall excellence
of the work, it is impossible to single out the "best" track
but "Look At Me I'm You" and "When The Alarm
Clock Rings" are particularly exceptional. Do not
miss this classic!
Akarma-344
LP
$22.50
Blow, The
Alphabet Series K (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, DE The Blow, from Portland, is mainly Khaela Maricich
who began following a folky lo-fi songwriter tradition.
Since meeting up with Jona Becholt (who`s working solo
as Y.A.C.H.T and more recently became the drummer for Devendra
Banhart`s band) it has morphed into a very slick yet wimpy
and charming kind of indie-R`n`B. After several EP`s and
albums (incl. last year`s "Poor Aim: Love Songs" that
brought the HIT of the year "Hey Boy"), now recording
for Calvin Johnson`s K Records. We`re very happy that they
had time to record a few EXCLUSIVE songs for the series.
Tomlab-062
45
$7.00
Boy Omega
Black Tango (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US New album from gush-worthy Swedish singersongwriter
Martin Gustafsson. Think Bright Eyes' Conor Oberst and
The Cure's Robert Smith, Damien Rice and Devendra Banhart,
with a ruddy twist of Aztec Camera's Roddy Frame and more
than a hint of Bear Quartet frontman Mattias Alkberg's
notorious croon... Scandinavian melancholy at it's most
heartbreaking and tangible, with a nifty new injection
of electronics, striking a nice balance with Martin's heartbreaking
acoustic epicery.
SlightRecord
CD
$12.00
Bragg, Billy
Volume 1 (9XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Nine-disc box set includes 2 bonus DVDs w/ previously
unavailable live footage. The releases include his debut,
along with "Brewing Up With Billy Bragg", "Talking
to the Taxman About Poetry" & a disc that combines
the "The Internationale" & "Live & Dubious" EPs.
Each release will feature the re-mastered original & a
second disc of bonus material, much of it previously unavailable & handpicked
by Billy & longtime Bragg cohorts Grant Showbiz & Wiggy
-- a labor of love indeed. Box Set.
YepRoc-2600
9XCD
$70.50
Bragg, Billy
The Internationale/Live & Dubious (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Billy's first album containing live material, combined
w/ "The Internationale," a 1990 EP of global & historical
political anthems & revolutionary ballads. "The
Internationale" features everything from a brass band & a
Welsh choir on the title track to the Spanish language "Nicaragua,
Nicaraguita." The equally fiery "Live & Dubious," originally
released in 1988. Six-Panel Mini-Jacket.
YepRoc-2604
CD
$17.75
Bragg, Billy
Talking W/ The Taxman About Poetry (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Billy's 1985 album, about which Rolling Stone
glowed, "On
this album, cheerfully subtitled 'The difficult Third Album,'
Bragg expands his pared-down sound ever-so-slightly (violin
here, piano & tambourine there). While purists might
bitch, the result is a winning mesh, as clever as Elvis
Costello, as melodic as Ray Davies & as rocking as
Chuck Berry." Six-Panel Mini-Jacket.
YepRoc-2603
CD
$17.50
Bragg, Billy
Life's A Riot W / Spy vs Spy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
20TH)
PS, US Re-issue of 1983's mini-LP that first introduced
the world to Billy's style. Roughly strummed electric guitar & stark
vocals belying a keen sense of melody & committed,
deeply humane lyrics on topics ranging from life & love
to social upheaval & the plight of the working class.
Recorded live to 2-track tape for free over the course
of three afternoons in Chappell Music's tiny demo studio
in the modest hope of selling the occasional copy at early
gigs, "Life's a Riot..." had initial sales topping
50,000 (ultimately over 120,000) w/o the aid of advertising.
Six-Panel Mini-Jacket.
YepRoc-2601
CD
$17.75
Bragg, Billy
Brewing Up W/ Billy Bragg (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
20TH)
PS, US Billy's 1984 sophomore effort w/ the addition
of 1985's "Between the Wars" EP. The album title
comes from his brief stint on tank patrol in the British
army. The album's grassroots-fueled success made good on
an early publicity claim, "Billy Bragg has no band,
no 'experimental' haircut, no gimmick & no video. He
has a couple of cheap electric guitars, enormous personality,
courage, integrity, a repertoire of timeless songs & very
shortly, a second gold disc to give to his Mum." Six-Panel
Mini-Jacket.
YepRoc-2602
CD
$17.75
Bragg,
Meredith & The Terminals
The Departures EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US "It's pure orchestral indie rock with heart" EntertainmentWeekly.com.
The Departures EP is the highly anticipated follow up to
this summer's critically acclaimed debut full length, Volume
1, by Meredith Bragg and The Terminals. Bragg continues
to wield his astounding songwriting skills and innate grasp
of atmospherics on this limited edition EP. The EP was
recorded in the spring of 2005 by Chad Clark and T.J. Lipple
(Dismemberment Plan, Aloha, Minus Story, Beauty Pill) at
Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia. Meredith is regularly
backed up by his band The Terminals, consisting of Brian
Minter on piano/keyboards, Jon Roth on drums, and Elizabeth
Olson on cello. The band will be touring up and down the
east coast in support.
Kora-003
CD5
$8.25
Brokesch, Susanne
Emerald Stars (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Follows 2 previous albums on Disko B and is less
ambient, opening up more towards experimentation, classical
song interpretation & even pop music. Digipak w/12pp
poster booklet.
ChicksonSpeed-026
CD
$18.00
Brothers With Different Mothers, The
Daffodils and Devils (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, JP Imagine a world where The Monkees were played by
The Stone Roses. From Manchester, UK, The Brothers With
Different Mothers love the vibe of the live stage, at the
same time being masters of pulling pop magic out of the
studio hat. "Daffodils and Devils" features 12
cuts, five of which appeared briefly on a self-released
album which quickly sold out in 2004. Opening track, the
brass-driven dancefloor bouncer "Rocktopussy" was
released as a single in the UK and gained play on both
the BBC and Virgin Radio. It also attracted international
attention, gaining radio play as far away as Sweden, and
winning fans from around Europe. There are nods to the
Stones, Supergrass, CSNY and The Super Furry Animals, but
with a sound and attitude that is theirs alone, The Brothers
distill their own tasty brew. "Daffodils and Devils" is
English pop at its very best, refined yet fresh. You can
dance to it, sing along to it, dream to it. Legendary US
producer Kim Fowley says "The Brothers With D
ifferent Mothers are wonderful...a 21st century variation
on Aztec Camera and Simon & Garfunkel...what they promised,
TBWDM deliver...". The Poptones website (Alan McGee's
post Creation Records label) made TBWDM their 'Download
of the Week' recently and said "The Brothers with
Different Mothers have taken up the DNA of the psychedelic
prime minister of hippie-punk-rock-freakery David Crosby
and twisted and turned it into a completely different m*therf*cker
that is next to impossible not to love...".
Quince-030
CD
$14.25
Bugaloos
Songs From the Original Television Series (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK Syd & Marty Kroffts enormously successful
follow up to Hr Pufnstuf another Wizard of Oz-style children's
programme full of psychedelic metaphors and great music
(Charles Fox and Norman Gimbel). With a nod toward the
contemporary success of Josie and The Pussycats and The
Banana Splits (which placed a band at the centre of the
story), and with insect wings that allow them to fly, The
Bugaloos were a fake pop band of English bugs who live
in Tranquility Forest (the last of the British colonies)
along with their friend Sparky the firefly.
ACMEM066CD
CD
$14.75
Buttless Chaps, The
Where Night Holds Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, CA The time has come once again to worship at the buttless
chapel. Why?! Because, The Buttless Chaps' fifth release
- and their second on Mint Records -Where Night Holds Light
will be available in early 2006... so put on your cloak,
light your candles and prepare to moan and writhe to the
nameless backwoods sounds of The Buttless Chaps' newest
excursion into the realms of the unknowable. But before
we do that, you might need a bit more information. Here
are some answers to your questions... The Buttless Chaps
formed in Victoria eight years ago, but moved to Vancouver
in order to save themselves inordinate expenditures on
ferry fares. Until very recently they were; Dave Gowans
(vocals, guitar, banjo, air raid siren), Lasse Lutick (guitar,
synth), Morgan McDonald (keyboards), and Torben Wilson
(drums), but now they have been enhanced by the addition
of the lovely Ida Nilsen (vocals, accordion) whom you may
be familiar with from her own excellent musical project,
Great Aunt Ida.
Together they have formed a musical juggernaut the likes
of which have not been seen since Hall first met Oates.
Where Night Holds Light picks up hot on the heels of The
Chaps' most recent Mint release, Love This Time, and takes
the obsession with animals, insects, gardening and human
suffering to its (musically) logical conclusion. Ida's
addition brings the album to an existential wholeness that
can only be achieved when both genders work together to
describe the hopelessness of the world... and bugs. Additionally,
The Chaps have had excellent helping hands from such Canadian
music luminaries as Martin Tielli (vocals, guitar) and
Tim Vesely (vocals, bass) of the Rheostatics, JP Carter
(trumpet) of The Inhabitants, Roger Dean Young (vocals)
and Lyndsay Poaps (vocals). Together they have made an
album of morose beauty, but with a nudge and a wink and
a say-no-more. Imagine if Depeche Mode had recorded the
album Sweetheart of the Rodeo by The Byrds or maybe if
The Handsome Family
had done their version of Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band. If you can imagine that, you're in the right ballpark.
Where Night Holds Light sounds like nothing you would have
come across before, not even if you are already familiar
with The Buttless Chaps. It's brooding jangly orchestral
folk music, that it will make you come to the realization
that life, although pointless, is also wonderful.
Mint-091
CD
$14.25
Byrds
Preflyte (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US In those heady days before they knocked AM radio
for a loop w/their 1965 smash "Mr. Tambourine Man" they
were busy honing their repertoire, cutting early versions
of "You Showed Me," "She Has a Way" & Boston" w/Jim
Dickson. A hypnotic backwards glance at the musical baby
picture of McGuinn, Crosby, Clark & Co.
Sundazed-6234
CD
$14.75
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Etiquette (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US Fourth LP expands Ashworth's color palette to include
a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flutes, pedal
steel guitars, drums, drum machines & synths. His strongest & most
cohesive work to date. Incl. guest musical & production
help from members of DEAD SCIENCE, DEAR NORA, PAPERCUTS, & DEGENERATE
ART ENSEMBLE.
Tomlab-065
LP
$13.50
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Young Shields (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 25TH)
PS, US Owen Ashworth finally jettisons the confines of
lo-fi minimalism for an expanded production palette. A
bite sized intro to his new CFTPA made in conjunction w/
Jherek Bischoff (DEAD SCIENCE, DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE.
A driving, menacing anthem with its cold synths, frantic
drum machines, & pulsing bass undermined by Ashworth's
signature monotone, it is a brilliantly bitter narrative
that stands as the most confident & sinister track
in the Casiotone songbook. The single's b-side is an electro
reworking of of Prince's "When You Were Mine," which
features guest vocals from XIU XIU's Caralee McElroy, & somehow
manages to sound giddy and gloomy at the same time. CD
also features 2 beautifully retrofitted CFTPA classics
from their sold out Alphabet Series 7": "Roberta
C" appears here as a huge, swooning epic with a full
string arrangement and a ridiculous, floor-killing beat,
and "The Subway Home" has been reworked as a
darkly beautiful dirge which pairs Ashworth's raspy baritone
with Bischoff's skeletal contrabass arrangement.
Tomlab-064
CD5
$6.25
Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Etiquette (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US Fourth LP expands Ashworth's color palette to include
a small orchestra of pianos, organs, strings, flutes, pedal
steel guitars, drums, drum machines & synths. His strongest & most
cohesive work to date. Incl. guest musical & production
help from members of DEAD SCIENCE, DEAR NORA, PAPERCUTS, & DEGENERATE
ART ENSEMBLE.
Tomlab-065
CD
$15.25
Cats & Jammers
Wholelottagoddamn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Fourth album from Chicagoans further refines their
kinetic power pop combining 60s garage pop w/frenetic 70's
punk energy & 80s new wave. Serious issues like mortality & government
conspiracy bump up against women's professional tennis & Charlton
Heston. "Simple, catchy, hummable, & uplifting."-
Babysue
ScotchHell-7772
CD
$12.75
Cavalier King
Sun Revolutions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Epic expressions of chivalry, valor & the search
for truth.Tell of an awakening in a fearful & ever-darkening
world dominated by wrenching loss & even worse crushing
tedium. Hypnotic, poetic & defiant. For Fans of Radiohead,
Morrisey & Muse.
Rubric-061
CD
$14.50
Centro-matic
Triggers & Trash Heaps (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
7TH)
PS, US This first single from their forthcoming album "Fort
Recovery". The single contains the album version of
this song + 3 B-sides not on the album. Including a demo
version, "The Little Guitars", & a demo of
the album closer "Take a Rake". This is jsut
a taste!
Misra-038
CD5
$5.75
Chad & Jeremy
The Ark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Wide-eyed Columbia finale lets it all fly. A hand-wrought
gem studded w/glittering acid-pop originals.
Sundazed-6227
CD
$14.75
Chad & Jeremy
I Don't Want to Lose You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US Reissue of their sweeping 1965 second LP weaves
timely folk rock by Dylan & Ochs into their Brit Invasion
style repertoire.
Sundazed-6226
CD
$14.75
Chihei Hatakeyama
Minima Moralia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Chihei Hatakeyama concentrated on the textures of
sound in creating Minima Moralia, consciously avoiding
the use of electronic sounds; instead using sound fragments
made by guitars and vibraphone he played himself. The fragments
were processed and reprocessed in live performances on
laptop. The contention between the analog sound sources,
digital processing and the musician's choices are what
give Minima Moralia its positive, warm, and physical presence.
Minima Moralia presents the listener with tones that are
familiar and tones that are foreign. Specific points of
sound appear and velvet clouds elevate and disperse over
the course of the album. Jumbles of melodies reveal and
then resolve themselves. At all points Hatakeyama's directing
hand is at work; in the shiver of a guitar string, the
bright ring of the vibraphone, and the strategic use of
silence. The naturalistic song titles suggest every day
moments, sensations and experiences.
Kranky-091
CD
$13.50
Chop Chop
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US Chop Chop is Catherine Cavanaugh with a rotating
cast of characters and this records is hella awesome. It's
so awesome that we are putting it out, and unlike most
of the releases we put out, it's actually someone else's
band, and not secretly one of us. Okay, Rick appears on
one song, Aubrey mixed it and Seth has been known to pop
up at live shows, but Chop Chop is Catherine's gig, and
it's an amazing one. A truly unique sound, a unique outlook
on songwriting and pop, and a compellingly personal outlook
that keeps all of us perpetually obsessed with this record.
Christy Cheng, Carla Ceruzzi and Dave Picariello also make
appearances on several songs on Keys, Bass and Conga respectively.
Archenemy-029
CD
$6.25
Chuck Norris Experiment
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US With a name like this a '70s testosterone swagger
is inevitable & indeniably fitting. This Swedish quintet
feat. members from RICKSHAW, TIAMAT & TAURUS follow
a long line of debauchery loving rock & roll hedonists.
DevilDoll-036
CD
$14.50
Ciccone Youth
Whitey Album (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US SONIC YOUTH doing all Madonna covers on this reissue
of the Blast First classic. Features the "Burnin'
Up" demo feat. MIKE WATT (MINUTEMEN) & GREGG GINN
(BLACK FLAG).
Goofin-09
LP
$13.50
Citay
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, UK Out of San Francisco, Citay is a new project by
Ezra Feinberg, formerly of Piano Magic, in collaboration
with Tim Green from The Fucking Champs. Citay, named for
the way the word "city" is often sung, is a powerful,
elegiac blend of seemingly disparate musical elements.
Taking its cue from the dramatic song structures of 1970s
AM rock, Citay combines Led Zeppelin acoustic guitars and
organs with soaring guitar harmonies and lush, choral voices.
The influences of the early records of Mike Oldfield, Roy
Harper, John Fahey, and more recently the Japanese band
Ghost can be heard as well. Certain moments sound like
the long, baroque intros of Metallica songs (before the
metal takes over) while other moments unleash themselves
in triumphant builds and emotional landings. The sound
is rounded out by breezy, distinctly psych-ed vocal harmonies
of The Byrds and The Beach Boys, adding a blissed-out flavor
to the blend. The result is something entirely new. With
smoking Thin Lizzy dua
l leads and California vocal harmonies, Citay will soon
be enchanting the kids from the city to the country and
back again. After spending 6 years in the indie rat race
of Williamsburg, Brooklyn, Ezra Feinberg moved to San Francisco
to record with Tim Green of The Fucking Champs, a veteran
of the SF scene who moved to the Bay Area after time in
Washington, D.C. as a member of that city's seminal punk
band The Nation Of Ulysseys. Feinberg and Green had been
friends for a while and enjoyed a mutual love of old psychedelic
and proto-metal records. Tired of asymmetrical haircuts
and hipsters talking about Gang Of Four all the time, Feinberg
arrived to the West Coast searching for those moments of
rock history that had fallen off the radar. Work on Citay
began in the fall of 2004. Accoring to Feinberg, "When
Citay started I had been thinking of acoustic Led Zep and
the first 2 Heart albums (Dreamboat Annie and Little Queen).
Also the drama throughout Queen II, and the trippy/spooky
Bla
ck Sabbath bongo songs where Ozzy's voice has tons of chorus
to make it kind of watery and lava-lamp-y. Led Zep, Heart,
and Sabbath are not really known for their acoustic moments,
and I hadn't heard anyone taking a cue from that stuff
and I felt like it was time someone tried to do something
new with those ideas... " Citay is produced by Tim
Green who has produced albums by Sleater-Kinney, Comets
On Fire, The Melvins, The Donnas, Bikini Kill, Trans Am,
and many others.
Important-071
CD
$12.50
Clark, Gene
Self -Titled "White Light" (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, "Affectionately known s the 'White Light Album',
this 1971 eponymous solo effort is quite simply the best
solo album ever recorded by the best songwriter THE BYRDS
ever had. Digitally remastered w/5 rare & previously
unrelesed bonus songs." "One of the best singer/songwriter
albums ever made."-AMG
A&M-493209-2
CD
$11.75
Clogs
Lantern (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Clogs fourth album, Lantern is their finest and
most varied effort to date. The group augments their unique
sonic palette (acoustic guitar, strings, percussion, bassoon)
with melodica, ukulele, and mandola -- guitarist Bryce
Dessner, goes electric. Further expanding on the work of
their first three records (the melodicism of debut Thoms
Night Out, the experimental polyphonies of Lullaby For
Sue,' and the minimalist explorations of Stick Music),
Lantern sees the band incorporating more rock influences,
and writing the best melodies of its career. The record
also shows the influences of Philip Glass, who Bryce toured
with in 2004; Renaissance music (including the appearance
of Italian baroque guitarist, Luca Tarantino); and the
rhetorical humor of artists like American icon Moondog
(listen to Clogs' "Song of the Cricket"). Recommended
if you enjoy fellow travelers like Rachel's, The Books,
Bell Orchestre, ect.
Brassland-010
CD
$13.00
Cluck, Diane
Black With Green Leaves / Macy's Day Bird (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US This deluxe double cd, priced the same as a single
disc, pairs up Diane Cluck's 2nd full length album Macy's
Day Bird with the ep titled Black With Green Leaves. Both
were originally was released by Diane in an elaborate tiny
handmade edtions. These are arguably Diane's most compelling,
immediate and striking records and it was these two recordings
that originally caught the ear of Important Records in
2001. Macy's Day Bird/Black With Green Leaves is highly
recommended to Diane's many new fans who picked up on her
after the release of Oh Vanille/Ova Nil in early 2005.
The attentive listener will find her hauntingly clear voice
weaving melodies of love, pain and city life through sparse
arrangements of piano, acoustic guitar and harmonium. This
material is newly restored/mastered by James Fei. Oh Vanille/Ova
Nil was recently given the status of No. 2 US Underground
album of 2005 by the UK's esteemed Mojo Magazine. "i
made these albums a few years ago for myself and friends
a
bout myself and friends. to me they're total fidelity recordings--
true documents of how i felt / what i experienced in a
particular time and place there. have been suggestions
that i rerecord to make the songs sound some version of
more appealing... but i'd rather keep flowing / playing
in the moment things come out right the first time even
if they are hard to look at / hear in that form those tend
to be the forms which teach me the most about myself /
the world...don't apologize for yrself! be a mess...be
whatever... these songs were important for me to make & record
if they're useful / helpful to other people i'm glad about
that !" - Diane Cluck. - This double cd is housed
in a deluxe gatefold cardboard sleeve of the highest quality
and priced modestly as a single cd. - Diane's previous
album on Important was met with much acclaim and Mojo magazine
elected it underground album of the month. - Diane Cluck
is recognized as a key figure in the downtown NYC folk
scene and has been
praised in the press by Devendra Banhart and many other
popular folksters. - Diane has toured Europe and the United
States extensively in the last few
years. - She appeared alongside Iron & Wine, Vertiver, Joanna Newsom, Six
Organs Of Admittance, White Magic, Matt Valentine, CocoRosie, Vashti Bunyan
and many more on the 2004 Golden Apples Of The Sun compilation in Arthur Magazine.
This collection was called "Essential" by Mojo Magazine. - Diane
has played with Cocorosie, Devendra Banhart, Genesis P-Orridge, Kimya Dawson,
Herman-Dune, Barry Bliss, Jeffrey Lewis and many more.
Important-078
DCD
$13.50
Collett, Jason
Idols of Exilie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US BROKEN SOCIAL SCENE guitarist joined by BSS cohorts
creates "a gorgeous collection of Dylanesque folk,
soulful alt-country, sunny indie-pop & various combinations
thereof."-National Post. Incl guests from STARS, METRIC,
APOSTLE OF HUSTLE, DO MAKE SAY THINK & FEIST.
Arts&Crafts-010
CD
$16.00
Colossal Yes
Acupulco Roughs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US Debut solo work from COMETS ON FIRE drummer Utrillo
Kushner & featuring members of DRUNK HORSE & CUTS.
Pure & honest piano-based rock in the spirit of, uh,
Spirit, Badfinger, Procul Harum & The Band.
BaDaBing!-046
CD
$14.50
Comus
First Utterance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Comus' first album contains an imaginative if elusive
brand of experimental folk-rock, with a tense and sometimes
distressed vibe. Although there are elements of traditional
British folk music, there's an edginess to the songwriting & arrangements
that would be entirely alien in a Fairport Convention or
Pentangle disc. At times, this straddles the border between
folk-rock and the kind of songs you'd expect to be sung
at a witches' brew fest, the haunting supernatural atmosphere
enhanced by bursts of what sound like a theramin-like violin,
hand drums, flute, oboe, ghostly female backup vocals,
and detours into almost tribal rhythms.
Breathless-52002
CD
$17.25
Copy
Mobius Beard (PRE-ORDER: JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Combining dense harmonies, delivered in an 8- bit
baroque electro style somewhere between Yellow Magic Orchestra & Ratatat,
w/ snap-tight digital reminiscent of Dabrye. Fuzzy bass
synths ride syncopated drum patterns, jump-cutting into
ambient spaces & cresting in victorious melodic themes.
The result is a crossover work of electronic pop that will
appeal to both hardcore sound boys, IDM nerds & the
casual listening masses. Get lost in melodic contemplation
or bounce, pump a fist, and strain your neck to the beat.
AudioDregs-061
CD
$14.50
Coven
Witchcraft Destroys Minds & Reaps Souls (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Coven's sound is inspired by the occult, as is immediately
evident from their song titles and lyrics that speak of
demons, witches and satanic rituals. This album, released
in 1970, attracted many fans to the genre, in part because
a track entitled "Black Sabbath" and the presence
of a bassist named "Oz Osbourne" gave the band
an air of mystery. However, this American band is of no
relation to their British counterparts. Coven, nonetheless,
bring us a high quality album, both from a musical and
visual standpoint (thanks to the dramatic cover art).
Akarma-271
CD
$17.25
Curve
Gift (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK 'You get nothing for being ahead of your time but
if there's a bright side to all this, it's that the duo's
creative hunger has remained intact. Tunes such as the
yearning Hung Up and the power-chord-laden Gift stand shoulder
to shoulder with their critically acclaimed Doppelganger
album, while the more reflective Perish improves upon it.'--Q,
4 out of 5. "Your playing small doesn't serve this
world." Nelson Mandela At last the much anticipated
studio album from Curve, the respected and groundbreaking
British duo of Toni Halliday and Dean Garcia, is here in
a pretty little package. Yet as with all things pretty
on the outside, you never know what's on the inside. With
'Gift', the group's first official release since 1998's
major label debut Come Clean (Universal), you'll hear an
aural assault of Toni's confident and gorgeous vocals matched
by their own densely perfected production alongside Dean's
signature bass playing. Songs range from the soul degrading
'My Tiled White F
loor' and electro-rousing 'Gift' to the album's first hard-driving
single, 'Hell Above Water';.'My Bloody Valentine's' Kevin
Shields plays guitar on two forceful, unforgettable tracks,
'Want More Need Less' and 'Perish', a song Curve says may
well be their best ever. Sleazy, electronically savvy,
fierce, dreamy and impenetrable describe the musical passages
of their most recent work, produced by Toni, Dean and Ben
Grosse (Filter, Soak, Book of Love), who also mixed the
album.
Artful
CD
$17.00
Cuts
From Here on Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US Third LP of "Nuggets"-drenched garage
rock glory. Matthew Smith of OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY produced
this perfect distillation of garage pop, proto- punk, power
pop, 70's glam & West Coast jangle.
Birdman-086
CD
$16.25
Cuts
From Here on Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Birdman-086
LP
$9.75
Danger O's
Little Machines (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US They created their own blend of eclectic rock, combining
jazz rhythms with a Fugazi approach to punk. They mix eerie
harmonies with catchy choruses, dissonant guitars with
simple melodies with instrumentals that keep you guessing & lyrics
that read like abstract poetry.
Blackout!-084
CD5
$8.75
Danger O's
Little Machines (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Blackout!-084
12
$8.75
Danielle Dax
Bad Miss M: Danielle Dax Live (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
28TH)
PS, UK The first ever DVD to feature Britain's queen
of Psychedelia, Danielle Dax. A performer whose enigmatic
and experimental work reflected the strong influence of
Biblical mysticism and Middle Eastern musical textures,
Danielle Dax was born in Southend, England. She made her
musical debut in 1979 as the keyboardist in the seven-piece
Amy Turtle and the Crossroads; and then went on to front
the Lemon Kittens. Upon the Lemon Kittens's 1982 split,
Dax mounted a solo career. She debuted a year later with
Pop-Eyes, a true solo effort for which she wrote and performed
every song alone, even handling mixing and production duties
and distributing the record through her own Awesome label.
While her heavy makeup and colossal hair aligned her with
the thriving "Batcave" Goth scene, she steadfastly
avoided easy pigeonholing, even making the leap into film
with appearance's in Neil Jordan's adult fable The Company
of Wolves. Dax returned to music in 1984 with the Jesus
Egg That Wept EP, an
d went on to recruit a live band, emerging as a significant
concert draw; a series of singles including 1985's "Yummer
Yummer Man," 1986's "Where the Flies Are," 1988's "Cat-House" and
1989's "White Knuckle Ride" - each slightly more
commercial than the last - also established her as a force
on the independent charts, and after the success of 1987's "Inky
Bloaters" LP, she signed to Sire. "Bad Miss M" captures
a full show Danielle played in London at the height of
her mid-1980's solo success. Amongst the tracks featured
are UK Independent Chart Top Ten hit "Yummer Yummer
Man".
CherryRed-111
DVD
$24.25
Denny, Sandy
North Star Grassman and the Ravens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 7TH)
Debut solo LP from 1971. 15 seminal, digitally remastered
tracks w/4 previously unreleased bonus tracks. Shares a
dense drone-based tonality w/her erstwhile FAIRPORT CONVENTION
colleague Richard Thompson's "Henry the Human
Fly."
Island-9828021
CD
$11.75
Denny, Sandy
Sandy + 5 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Second solo LP for FAIRPORT CONVENTION singer digitally
remastered w/ 5 bonus tracks.
Island-9828022
CD
$11.50
Department of Eagles
Johnny Glaze Christmas Classical Snatches and Samples a
go-go 2003-2005 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US This EP collects assorted Department of Eagles tracks
from the past 2 years incl. remixes by Why? (Clouddead),
Octavius, and Pedro, 2 previously unreleased DOE originals,
and 2 live tracks from a KDVS radio session that remain
the only live
performances ever by the band.
Isota-024
CD
$10.25
Department of Eagles
Why? And Pedro Remixes(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
This 12" contains never before heard remixes by Why?
and Pedro.
Isota-025
12
$8.50
Destroyer
Destroyer's Rubies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US DAN BEJAR returns with his 6th full-length release.
As expected, it is a thoroughly unexpected collection of
clever pop music that takes no prisoners & asks no
pardons. Weaving a narrative of loves won & lost, missed
opportunities & artistic integrity familiar to long
time fans. This is a return to the more expansive & sometimes
jarring full band arrangements.
Merge-268
CD
$12.75
Diskaholics Anonymous
Weapons of Ass Destruction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
16TH)
PS, US ...Destruction. Trio consisting of the less than
anonymous THURSTON MOORE (gtr) & JIM O'ROURKE (synth)
(SONIC YOUTH) & Swedish free jazz legend MATS GUSTAFSSON
(sax, electronics). Avant/punk/noise/free jazz. Moore's
guitar will make you think of NY in the 80's and Sonic
Youth around the time of "Bad Moon Rising." O'Rourke's
laptop was last heard on Wilco's monumental "Less
Than You Think" on A Ghost Is Born. Mats Gustafsson
sounds like Albert Ayler playing punk rock. The result
of these three titans clashing together is an intense blow-out.
Raw, grandiose & brutally beautiful. Rec. live in Sweden
in 2002.
Smalltown Superjazzz-091
CD
$16.00
Dislocation Dance
Music Music Music/Slip That Disc! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, UK 29 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce extended CD
reissues of both original albums by Dislocation Dance,
the cult indie-pop pioneers who recorded for the New Hormones
and Rough Trade labels. Dislocation Dance formed in Manchester
in late 1978, settling on a core line-up of Ian Runacres,
Paul Emmerson, Kathryn Way, Dick Harrison and Andy Diagram.
After making their live debut at the celebrated Factory
Club, the band released a series of inventive and eclectic
records on New Hormones (the label founded by the Buzzcocks),
including two albums in 1981 alone, Slip That Disc! and
Music Music Music. After touring the UK and North America
with the likes of Orange Juice and the Pale Fountains,
the band relocated to Rough Trade records for their second
full album, Midnight Shift, in 1983, which featured the
near-hits Show Me and Violette. The original group split
in 1984, with Runacres later founding several labels and
the band Brightside, and Andy Diagram joining a chart-bound
James
. Dislocation Dance reformed for a Japanese tour in June
2000, and a new album, Cromer, in 2005. This newly expanded
and remastered edition of Music Music Music /Slip That
Disc! features 74 minutes of music and no less than 29
tracks, including non album singles and b-sides. The booklet
features all-new artwork, as well as a detailed artist
biography.
LTM-2461
CD
$17.00
Dislocation Dance
Midnight Shift + Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
28TH)
PS, UK 19 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce extended CD
reissues of both original albums by Dislocation Dance,
the cult indie-pop pioneers who recorded for the New Hormones
and Rough Trade labels. Dislocation Dance formed in Manchester
in late 1978, settling on a core line-up of Ian Runacres,
Paul Emmerson, Kathryn Way, Dick Harrison and Andy Diagram.
After making their live debut at the celebrated Factory
Club, the band released a series of inventive and eclectic
records on New Hormones (the label founded by the Buzzcocks),
including two albums in 1981 alone, Slip That Disc! and
Music Music Music. After touring the UK and North America
with the likes of Orange Juice and the Pale Fountains,
the band relocated to Rough Trade records for their second
full album, Midnight Shift, in 1983, which featured the
near-hits Show Me and Violette. The original group split
in 1984, with Runacres later founding several labels and
the band Brightside, and Andy Diagram joining a chart-bound
James
. Dislocation Dance reformed for a Japanese tour in 2000,
and a new album, Cromer, in 2005. This newly expanded and
remastered edition of Midnight Shift features 74 minutes
of music and seven bonus tracks, including non-album singles
and b-sides and a Dennis Bovell dub mix of Show Me. The
booklet features all-new artwork, as well as a detailed
artist biography.
LTM-2463
CD
$17.00
DJ Boba Fettucini
Arcade Breaks (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US The bleeps & blips of the 80s are back & everybody
knows it! Boba Fettucini is sick of seeing arcades nationwide
close down due to little brats staying home with their
X-BOX or PS2. He has taken all the sounds he could find
from classics like Dig Dug, Space Harrier, Pole Position,
Excitebike & more. Enter some of the dopest breaks & never
before heard sounds from Atari game systems, Sega game
systems, & more. This vinyl slab is chock-full of very
useful DJ tools & beats. Get your quarters up & play
along!
MonMothma-1978
LP
$12.00
Drop the Lime
Shot Shot Hearts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Grime/dubstep influenced breakcore & punk at
its most anthemic. Dangerously energetic, sounding like
pop songs after a machete attack.
Tigerbeat6-130
CD
$11.00
Duffy,
Stephen & The Lilac Time
Keep Going (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK Stephen Duffy's new album Keep Going received the
best reviews of his career including: 'The opening track,
Home, may well be the most beautiful song written this
year. As always the best music is to be found on the margins
- please explore.' 5/5 The Times Magazine. 'Really quite
moving, as hipster obsolescence always is. As are the semi-acoustic
arrangements that frame his lamentations. He hasn't given
up yet and nor should you.' 4/5 The Independent On Sunday.
'Stephen, I do believe this is the finest album of yours
I've heard yet.' Sunday Telegraph. 'Another lovely folk-rock
record from one of music's most underrated misfits.' 4/5
The Times. 'Rare candour, telling details and sparse but
exciting arrangements bring out the best in Duffy's wounded
but resolute confessionals. Wake up and smell the Lilacs.'
4/5Daily Mirror. 'Duffy is a craftsman who combines easy-going
pop tunes with a piercing turn of phrase. This is an album
that pop fans will fall in love with.' 4/5The Mai
l On Sunday. 'I can't imagine you not loving this' Word.
'Thank goodness somebody still releases this stuff.' Time
Out. 'This album is wonderful.' The Spectator. 'Keep Going
is up there with his best. Another smash from Duffy's should-be-hit
factory.' The Sunday Times. 'Songs from Keep Going sit
easily amongst his best.' The Guardian.
Psychobaby-001
CD
$17.00
Durutti Column
Someone Else's Party (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK Recorded on an 8-track Porta-studio this lovely
record coaxes opulent atmospherics out of wierd, homemade
sounds. Bass drums made from thumping a book, vocal samples
from south America set to Dancehall beats, this inventiveness
adds to the richness of Vini Reilly's fantastic guitar
sounds & the most personal lyrics of his career. "This
is the 1st album that I actually think is worth putting
out in the world" -Mr. Vini Reilly
Artful-
CD
$17.00
Durutti Column
Keep Breathing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK Written and played almost entirely by Vini Rielly,
the album is built out of ideas generated over the last
year and was inspired by African hip hop, traditional Jewish
music (Kletzer) and 1930's piano music by Art Tatum. The
12 tracks were created over 3 months in a room 'not much
bigger than a broom cupboard' using only one microphone
and whatever time and equipment Reilly and the album's
programmer Ben Roberts had spare. This inventiveness adds
to the richness of Reilly's amazing 'honey wrapped in sandpaper'
guitar playing. The gorgeous song 'Maggie' samples a school
choir he heard on the BBC 14 years ago, while other tracks
such as the defiant 7 minute long love song, 'Let Me Tell
You Something' are just as powerful and reflective, showing
the positive frame of mind Vini was in when making the
record. The new album is more polished and less haphazard
than his previous efforts and Durutti Column have also
committed to touring it extensively in 2006, with a live
band consi
sting of Kier Stewart who has produced The Fall, Badly
Drawn Boy and Elbow, the now legendary Bruce Mitchell on
drums and John Metcalf on viola. Track listing: Nina, It's
Wonderful, Maggie, Helen, Neil, Big Hole, Let me Tell You
Something, Lunch, Gun, Tuesday, Agnus Dei, Waiting.
Artful-52
CD
$17.00
Electric Six
Senor Smoke (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Detroit's Electric Six quickly made a name for themselves
in the UK and US with hit singles "Gay Bar" and "Danger!
High Voltage". "Senor Smoke" was released
in the UK in early 2005 to much acclaim. Metropolis, interested
in broadening the scope of music they released, signed
the band and is proud to now bring them back to their native
soil. "Senor Smoke" blends a mixture of disco,
garage, punk, and indie rock with clever (but sincere)
tongue in cheek one liners. Electric Six will change the
way you perceive rock in 2006.
Metropolis
CD
$15.25
Elevator Drops, The
Episode One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US The Archenemy Record Company is proud to announce
the long-awaited release of Epidose 1, the long lost prequel
album by the late, great boston band, The Elevator Drops.
During their existence, the Elevator Drops were known as
one of Boston's best bands, mixing rock, new wave and experimental
in a way that at the time seemed completely unheard of.
Think the Faint's Dance Macabre, only five years earlier.
Maybe they were too ahead of their time, but they all seem
to be getting by in the world, even if their band didn't
achieve the rock stardom they so richly deserved. And now,
we've finally gotten our grubby hands on the start of it
all - the songs that got them signed to a major, and put
them on the road for a year of their life.
Archenemy--026
CD
$6.25
Eskju Divine
Fears EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, SWEDEN New EP from Swedish bombastronauts Eskju Divine.
EP is the follow-up to the bands recent and brilliant full-length
album 'Come And Join Close Your Eyes...'. EP features "Fears" and "Hold
On To Yourself" from the album, an exclusive b-side,
and a special, heavy "Fears II".
Imperial
CD5
$4.75
Eternals
High Anxiety (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Aesthetics-042
12
$9.25
Eternals
High Anxiety (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US New tweener EP incl remixes by PREFUSE 73, A GRAPE
DOPE (John Herndon of TORTOISE), BIRTHMARK, EXERCISE TIGER & The
Eternals themselves. Continues to showcase their varied
influences & politicized energy.
Aesthetics-042
CD5
$9.25
Ex-Boyfriends
Dear John (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Armed w/a boatload of songs about love & love
gone wrong, their infectious pop hooks are set to take
over. "Pansy Division's more angsty brothers in arms."
AbsolutelyKosher-055
CD
$15.50
Faithfull, Marianne
Come My Way (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US In 1965 Marianne Faithful released 2 debut albums
simultaneously, a self-titled pop album and an album called
Come My Way comprised somewhat unexpectedly of folk tunes.
While the 1st album generally reaffirmed her persona as
she-devil and soulless poster child of that hedonistic
generation, the latter gave listeners a fleeting glimpse
of a hidden darker side, perhaps an unintentional foretelling
of those black days that would soon follow. This reissue,
available briefly in the UK and Japan, feat. 4 bonus tracks:
her classic 1969 single "Sister Morphine," released
prior to the Rolling Stones' version, the 1964 B-side "Blowin'
in the Wind," "Et Maintenant," from a 1965
EP and the 1966 B-side "That's Right Baby."
Lilith-104
CD
$18.00
Farina
Allotments (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Fariña's second album with Pickled Egg marks
the latest stage in a musical journey that has lasted nearly
25 years. Since 1981 Mark Brend and Matt Gale have ploughed
a defiantly singular furrow through left-field pop, crafting
irregular releases that only sometimes line up with the
zeitgeist, and then usually by chance. Here, joined by
Cliff Glanfield and Tim Conway relative newcomers with
10 and five years' service respectively they once again
match elegant songcraft with subtle experimentation and
inventive arrangements. With all four members singing,
and between them drawing on an instrumental palette that
includes not only guitar, bass, drums and keyboards, but
more exotic colours like autoharp and flugelhorn, Allotments
is an album of layers and depth.
PickledEgg-058
CD
$17.00
Final
Final 3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Most undefinable, experimental interpretation of
JUSTIN BRODRICK's more recognized music in JESU, GODFLESH & TECHNO
ANIMAL. All new album of scary ambiance.
Neurot-042
DCD
$18.25
Five Americans
Western Union (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Followed their thumping garage/frat rock classic "I
See the Light" w/their 1967 album fronted by the jangling
chart-topper of the same name.
Sundazed-6224
CD
$14.75
Five Americans
Progressions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Third LP from heroic Dallas quintet from 1968 when
they squared off on stages across the south w/The Doors & Jefferson
Airplane.
Sundazed-6225
CD
$14.75
Flamin' Groovies
Bust Out-Sire Years Box (3 x CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US ll three mind-melting Sire LPs "Shake Some
Action," "Now" & "Jumpin' in the
Night"
DBKWorks-601
CD
$50.00
Fleischmann, B.
Humbucking Coil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US BF takes his album on a decidedly analog bent this
go round, bringing in the warmth of an old valve driven
microphone, Vibraphone, piano & guitar, all still in
an electronic context, full of melodic melancholy.
MorrMusic-063
CD
$17.25
Fleischmann, B.
Humbucking Coil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic-063
LP
$17.25
Fortdax
Divers(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US nigh-on three years after 'folly' and at least 18
moons since the john peel session where the ideas were
first aired, Darren Durham returns under the FortDax moniker
with his somewhat-overdue new album. no, he's not entirely
sure where the time went either...what can be said for
certain though is that 'divers' is noticeably different
in tone & hue to its predecessor and assuredly darker,
although its core, as with previous FortDax releases, remains
firmly rooted in melody. 'Folly' went on to be regarded
as an 'ambient' work in certain quarters, but Darren swears
that this was largely due to the low-volume mastering.
suffice it to say that 'Divers' contains less of 'those
vangelis synthesizers' and a sleeve instruction to 'play
much louder'. this time around, there may also be other
musicians involved, an amount of real (read 'physical')
instrumentation, and at least one field recording from
the bronte country valley where he lives & works. as
per 'Folly', the album is dedic
ated to his dog 'Meg', although as with his geographical
placement, that's not necessarily significant.
VeryFriendly-014
CD
$17.00
Foxx, John
Crash And Burn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK Line-Up: John Foxx, Louis Gordon. Info: Chorley-born
art student Foxx founded Ultravox! in 1975, working with
Brian Eno on the band's self-titled debut a few months
before the ambienteer joined forces with David Bowie. Ultravox!
were Britain's first synthesizer rock band, fusing elements
of Krautrockers such as Can, Neu! and Kraftwerk with the
English art school heritage of Roxy Music. Foxx left the
band in 1979 and a year later released the primitive, stark
electro-pop classic, Metamatic, featuring his first solo
hit, Underpass. On this album he developed a form of urban,
European blues, which would later influence Detroit techno
and UK dance acts such as Bomb The Bass's Tim Simenon who
collaborated with Foxx on their Nation 12 project at the
end of the '80s. More recently Dave Clarke and Adult. have
also declared themselves as fans. In the '80s the introspective
Englishman designed a personal, romantic style, expressed
on albums such as The Garden ('81), The Golden Sectio
n ('83) and In Mysterious Ways ('85), but also through
painting, graphic design, book jackets and his own, as
yet unfinished novel, The Quiet Man. In 1995 he made a
characteristically low-key return with a new album, Shifting
City, described by Stephen Merritt of The Magnetic Fields
as 'one of the best albums of the nineties'. he releases
his latest solo album, Crash And Burn, which he recorded
with Mancunian electronic genius Louis Gordon. Crash And
Burn is an edgier record than Foxx's previous album, 2001's
The Pleasures Of Electricity which concentrated on achieving
a sense of rare intimacy in the pretty arrangements. This
time around Foxx & Gordon have dreamt up fresh twists
on Moroder pop, Kraftwerk (the tough-sounding She Robot),
electronic-ballads (Smoke and the sleazy croon of Once
In A While) and even analogue-fuelled industrial rock (the
title-track). The album also opens with one of Foxx's career
bests, Drive, a pounding techno-pop track with an oddly
emotional lyric, w
hile Sex Video is set to fire-up in electro clubs any day
now. Biog: John Foxx was born in Chorley, Lancashire in
the north of England. A child intellectual, reading the
manifesto's of the Futurists aged 9, a career in the arts
beckoned as Foxx enrolled at the Royal College of Art in
London before forming the band Ultravox. After 3 albums,
including one produced by the now legendary Brian Eno,
Foxx left in '79. His first solo disc, Metamatic, was issued
in 1980 through his own label metal beat, with Virgin handling
distribution. With the exception of some bass, the sound
was completely synthetic. It became his biggest selling
album, featuring the single "Underpass." A livelier
album, The Garden, followed a year later. Named after the
studio where it was recorded and which Foxx would frequent
for the next few years. The opening "Europe After
the Rain" is perhaps his finest moment. The Garden
also included a version of the "Lord's Prayer (Pater
Noster)" sung in Italian to a disco be
at! Initial copies came with a booklet entitled Church,
complete with Foxx's photomontage images, poems and lyrics.
1983's The Golden Section was one of the few Foxx releases
produced by an outsider, Zeuss B. Held. As with The Garden
it peaked slightly lower down at 27. If that was a shame,
it was nothing compared to the shock of his fourth and
final album for sometime, In Mysterious Ways, charting
at number 85 on its release in 1985. Two singles featured,
both failed to chart despite the usually stunning Foxx
illustrations on the sleeve, especially on "Stars
on Fire." After this John Foxx vanished, his name
bearing 'whatever happened to..' conversations. On the
sleeve notes for 1992's compilation Assembly, Foxx hinted
he was totally disinterested in the mid-eighties music
scene. He spent his time lecturing (helping shoot the video
to techno band LFO's debut namesake single), illustrating
book covers and collaborated with Bomb the Bass mainman
Tim Simenon on the short lived projec
t Nation 12. In 1997 Foxx re-appeared almost as mysteriously
as he had disappeared with two new albums: Cathedral Oceans
and Shifting City (with Louis Gordon). The former was primarily
ambient in nature and namechecked musician Harold Budd
who, during an interview, cited Foxx 'a fantastic artist.
Metamatic-5
CD
$17.00
Fretwell, Stephen
Magpie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Debut album from Brit singer songwriter whose 2
EP have turned ears all over England. A stately blend of
stripped down acoustica full of swollen emotion for the
broken hearted. "He's going to be one of the most
important singers this country has produced."-Radio
1 DJ Edith Bowman.
Interscope
CD
$10.25
Future Sound Of London
Amorphous Androgynous: The Otherness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JANUARY 31ST)
PS, UK File under: Dance. Line-Up: Gary Cobain, Brian Dougan.
Info: 'This other worldly masterpiece is so far out you
need a telescope to see it.' 8 out of 10 NME. 'An epic
that manages to be moving, hilarious and monolithically
impressive...the sound is like a beam of white light from
heaven.'6 out of 5 (this mark goes all the up to 6...Its
one better.) --MUZIK. 'The most prog rock album since Air's
Moon Safari' --THE OBSERVER. 'The Otherness is madly wonderful'
4 out of 5 THE GUARDIAN. 'To be heard is to be believed.
The aural equivalent of a triple fudge, double-chocolate
cake with gold dust icing.' 5 out of 5 SEVEN. 'A modern
psychedelic classic' MOJO. 'A mystical cosmic voyage of
sonic and cultural experimentation via lush, enveloping
atmospheres' --Q. 'With its exotic cosmic oozescapes, the
obvious comparisons are The Beatles, 'Space Oddity' era
Bowie, The Doors and Beefheart who was the walrus again?
--THE INDEPENDENT. Biog: First recognized as the dance
duo behind the club
hits "Stakker" (as Humanoid) and "Papua New Guinea," Future
Sound of London later became one of the most acclaimed and respected international
experimental ambient groups, incorporating elements of techno, classical, jazz,
hip-hop, electro, industrial, and dub into expansive, sample-heavy tracks,
often exquisitely produced and usually without easy precursor. Notoriously
enigmatic and often disdainful of the press, the group's Garry Cobain and Brian
Dougans worked their future-is-now aesthetic into a variety of different fields,
including film and video, 2- and 3-D computer graphics and animation, the Internet,
radio broadcast, and, of course, recorded music. Although they usually disdain
their earlier work as play-for-pay club fare not representative of their later
musical vision, many of the thematic concerns of their earlier 12"s and
their first, heavily dance-oriented LP, Accelerator, followed them into their
later work. Usually filed under ambient, that work is often much mor
e than that, drawing from the history of experimental electronic music with
a relentlessness that has helped to push the calmer elements of that genre's
reputation into decidedly more difficult directions. The pair also grew in
repute as remixers, obliterating tracks by Curve, Jon Anderson, David Sylvian
and Robert Fripp, and Apollo 440, and rebuilding pieces of almost majestic
complexity with the remnants. The duo's works of the mid- to late '90s -- Lifeforms,
ISDN, and Dead Cities -- were important stopping points on the road of rabid
hybridization characteristic of post-rave European experimental electronica
(ambient, jungle, trip-hop, ambient dub, etc.), and the pair's somewhat punk
rock attitude (despite their success) did much to underscore the scene's underground
roots. After a lengthy hiatus marked by rumors of mental illness and a cottage
lifestyle, Cobain and Dougans returned in 2002 with The Isness, a record heavily
influenced by '60s and '70s psychedelia.
FutureSoundofLondon-106
CD
$17.00
Gainesbourg, Serge
Initials S.G. (Best Of) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US 23 tracks covering 20 years of his genre jumping
career.
Mercury-063230-2
CD
$15.75
Gastr Del Sol
Harp Factory on Lake St. (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
7TH)
PS, US Is 90s nostalgia underway yet? If not, this reissue
may be just the thing ot get it tstarted. In 94, Chicago
was the fountainhead for a bona-fide Scene. At front & center
were GASTR DEL SOL, comprised of DAIVD GRUBBS & JIM
O'ROURKE. Avant punk, atonal song styling, musique concrete,
delicate piano-guitar interplay, raw electronics & modernist
chamber music- all are fair terrain, traversed with subtley & finesse.
This is their "big band" record with a 10 piece
emsemble including members of TORTOISE, SEA & CAKE,
SHELLAC, DAZZLING KILLMEN, BRISE GLACE & THE VANDERMARK
5. They blossomed into a small sized orchestra- full of
blissful confoundment.
TableofElements-019
CD
$16.25
Gate
Dew Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Feat. MICHAEL MORLEY, guitarist & vocalist for
THE DEAD C. The rare artist that record hounds love to
unearth: an isotope in the body Pop, radiating an invisible
influence. Recorded in '93 & out of print since, this
is the first part of his "rock trilogy" (followed
by "Monolake" & " The Wisher's Tale").
Rock it does. No-fi guitar & his locked in the car
trunk vocals are prominent, along with a hefty amount of
scrapping synthesizer menace & paleozoic riffage
TableofElements-022
CD
$16.25
Girls Under Glass
Equilibrium (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 22ND)
PS, US Go back to their gothic & darkwave roots w/their
latest. Incl. the bonus Kraftwerk cover "Radioaktivitat."
VanRichter-1022
CD
$15.75
Glaze, Brian
Let's Go to the Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US Debut release from longtime member of BRIAN JONESTOWN
MASSACRE, produced by GRIS GRIS songwriter & guitarist
GREG ASHLEY. Uses the same '60's syrup that sweetened the
13th Floor Elevators "Easter Everywhere" w/the
added homemade sounds of BROTHER JT. Barrett-esque
Birdman-087
CD
$16.25
Hammock
The Sleep-over Series, Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
7TH)
PS, US The Sleepover Story: Marc has been studying both
Zen and Christian mysticism for the last two years. There
are two books that have had the most impact on him, "The
Still Point" by William Johnston and "The Ground
We Share" by Robert Aitken and Brother David Steindel-Rast.
The Sleepover Series is inspired by both of these traditions
of mysticism. The titles of the tracks and the music itself
is an attempt at suggesting the ineffable through sound.
The highlight of the record is track #5, "The Still
Point." This track is the longest piece on the record
and is meant to be used as an aid for quieting the mind
in preparation for times of silence and sleeping. All of
the music on this record was composed after moments of
centering prayer and/or sitting zazen. It is Marc's hope
that this music will help the listener become more aware
of the silent place within. On the Record: The Sleep-over
Series Vol. 1 features Marc Byrd's densely layered, electric
guitars. The music itself draw
s from the subtlety of Ambient and the serenity of New
Age. In these compositions, you will hear echoes of guitarists
Jeff Pearce, Michael Hedges and William Ackerman, the ambient/atmospheric
approach of Steve Roach, Brian Eno and Deuter's Nada Himalaya
album, and the influence of the sleep music/meditation
therapy research of Dr. Jeffrey Thompson, Don Campbell
and Master Charles' Synchronicity Series.
HammockMusic-003
CD
$12.00
Hatakeyama, Chihei
Minima Moralia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Member of the electro-acoustic trio OPITOPE from
Tokyo...This is made conciously avoiding the use of electronic
sounds; instead using sound fragments made by guitars & vibraphone
he played himself. They are then processed & reprocessed
on laptop. The conection between the analog sound sources,
digital processing & the musician's choices are what
give this album its positive, warn & physical presence.
Kranky-091
DCD
$13.75
Hem
No Word from Tom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Follows their lush second LP w/ an album of covers,
live versions & other sundries. Incl. songs by Tony
Joe White, REM & Fountains of Wayne. Rounded out w/outtakes,
demos & unedited versions of Hem favorites.
Waveland
CD
$16.50
Hidden Cameras
Arms of His "Ill" (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US The stripped down counterpart to Rough Trade's "Mississauga
Goddam" originally released only on limited 10".
A spiritual & inspirational pop thunderstorn, a tidal
wave of gay jubilance & misery.
AbsolutelyKosher-037
CD
$10.75
Impractical Cockpit
To Be Treated (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Umpteenth LP from displaced New Orleans band finds
them stretching out & unfurling. You can hear their
patented lethargo Flipperisms as if from a tunnel down.
Also coming through is some noontime yodeling the Kirkwood's
perfected on Meat Puppets II, slowed to a chug. A perfect
record for the energy drink generaton to choke on.
Load-079
CD
$16.00
Impractical Cockpit
To Be Treated (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load-079
LP
$12.00
Inch Time
Icicles and Snowflakes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, UK Inch-Time's debut album (Any colour you Like) was
released as ltd CD in Europe by Static Caravan to heaps
of praise. Placing it amongst the top 15 electronica releases
of 2006, The Wire reviewed the album as "a luminous
collection of music that deserves a wider hearing. Panczak
is blessed with a marvellously unhurried sense of placement
and these pieces unfurl with an almost ceremonious poise. "Kyoto" proves
the point, counter pointing trembling pizzicatos with a
wistfully circular arrangement for string quartet and calmly
conjuring a richly melancholy atmosphere without the faintest
hint of gimmickry". Their First fully released album
is already completed and generating internet buzz. It will
be released in June 2006. Inch-Time play shows in London
in January before touring in Australia and returning for
European festival dates in summer. A strictly limited 7"vinyl
record with full colour sleeve in an edition of 500 copies.
StaticCaravan98-7
45
$7.25
Jel
Soft Money (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US Highly anticipated solo album from producer behind
THEMSELVES, SUBTLE, and 13 & GOD. An ode to his first
real love, the SP1200 sampler, composed entirely of hand-picked
snippets from over 3 decades of hip hop. Feat. guests Steffi
Bohm of MS. JOHN SODA, Wise Intelligent of POOR RIGHTEOUS
TEACHERS, PEDESTRIAN & ODD NOSDAM.
Anticon-056
CD
$16.25
Jel
Soft Money (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anticon-056
LP
$11.50
Jobson, Richard
The Ballad of Etiquette (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, UK 16 tracks. LTM is pleased to announce the very first
CD reissue of The Ballad of Etiquette, the debut spoken
word album by Scottish singer, writer and director Richard
Jobson, originally released in 1981. Originally released
in November 1981 on Bill Nelson's Cocteau label, The Ballad
of Etiquette combines Richard's poetry with music performed
by Virginia Astley, Josephine Wells and the late, great
guitarist John McGeoch (Magazine, Siouxsie and the Banshees,
Armoury Show). Parts of the music quote from Satie and
Debussy. Stand out tracks include India Song (an homage
to Marguerite Duras), Orphee and The Night of Crystal,
an imagined conversation between Albert Speer and Josef
Goebbels. The six bonus tracks include versions of India
Song and Orphee recorded for Les Disques di Crepuscule
with Tuxedmoon, and two tracks recorded live at Richard
Strange's celebrated Cabaret Futura in 1981. This digitally
remastered CD contains 16 tracks and runs for over 70 minutes.
The booklet f
eatures photos, images and a detailed biographical note.
Artist biography: born in 1960 in Dunfermline, between
1978 and 1981 he sang with punk band The Skids, who released
four albums and scored several hit singles. A true Renaissance
man, Jobson immersed himself in prose, poetry and acting,
as well as forming a new band, The Armoury Show. Four albums
of poetry and spoken word appeared between 1981 and 1988
on the Cocteau and Crepuscule labels. Jobson then took
to broadcasting, and more recently has written and directed
three feature films: 16 Years of Alcohol (2003), The Purifiers
(2004) and A Woman in Winter (2005).
LTM-2427
CD
$17.00
Johnny
Panic & the Bible Of Dreams
Not Bitter... But Bordered: The Roots Of Morrissey (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK Johnny Panic featured Alain Whyte, long time guitarist
and collaborator of Morrissey. Many of the songs on this
CD were later re-worked with Morrissey and are now Morrissey
Classics, such as "Not Bitter, But Bored" ended
up as "Irish Blood, English Heart", "Paranoia" ended
up as "Don't Make Fun Of Daddies Voice" and "Stay
With Me" became "First Of The Gang To Die" Morrissey
fans are fanatical and Alain has a huge following in his
own right. These tracks have never before been released
and Morrissey fans know all about them via various Morrissey
websites and fanzines, they have been in demand for years.
Alain Whyte has just formed a new band Red Lightning which
are currently about to tour. This has meant media attention
and renewed media interest in him and his musical career.
Anagram-195
CD
$14.75
Karacter
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US The Archenemy Record Company is happy to announce
the release of Karacter's self-titled debut album. Brought
to you by the team behind Freezepop and Lifestyle, Karacter
takes the ideas behind their "primary projects" one
step further back, by exploring their earliest influences
late '70's synthesizer pop. Calling on inspirations like
Kraftwerk, Giorgio Moroder, the electronic works of Eno
and Bowie, the earliest works of Human League, Depeche
Mode, Simple Minds, and OMD, Karacter harkens back to a
time when technology had not yet overshadowed musical and
lyrical ideas, and when the artistry of those acts was
not hemmed in by concerns of commercial viability. Incomparable
to today's "new new wave" groups, Karacter has
a different outlook. "We went back to our earliest
influences, music we had lost track of over time. Music
defined by its technological limitations, not created in
128 track modern studios. We embraced tape and hiss, and
of course, stayed in touch with early an
alog synthesizers and rhythm units, which have always been
a cornerstone of our work," group frontman Sean Drinkwater
offers.
Archenemy-027
CD
$9.00
Keith Fullerton Whitman
Lisbon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US A message from Mr. Whitman: "In October of
2005 I found myself wandering the streets of Lisbon, entirely
deaf in one ear, 75% the other (an artifact of witnessing
first-hand the fine air-pressure regulation on four separate
Aer Lingus flights), belly full of swordfish, just in awe
of the city and its inhabitants. For the first since I
could remember everything just clicked. "Those of
you who have been lucky enough to get a copy of the recent
22 Minutes for Electric Guitar tour-only mini-cd on Entschuldigen
may have an idea of just where my head's been at over the
past year or so regarding the evolution of the "Playthroughs" system
of live/real-time guitar/computer synthesis; the piece
I often play in concert has gradually been getting much
darker, more dynamic, and in general; monolithic. I've
started to embrace traditional "loud guitar" concepts
(via a collection of bizarre, home-made/boutique guitar
pedals) along with the sine-tone throb and "slow aerosol
dispersion" of t
he classic Playthroughs material. More recently, I've augmented
the pure-guitar sound(s) with a collection of small, battery-powered
sound-devices and several tapes of "automatic synthesizer
compositions" (recorded this past summer on the same
Serge Modular Protoype and Buchla Music Box 100 systems
used on Multiples) and field recordings from all over god's
green earth. Finally, on top of all that I've re-kindled
my love of Alvin Lucier-lineage process music by placing
microphones and small speakers / fm receivers / speakers
around the space, capturing the sounds as they occur at
various points in the room, feeding them back through the
central artery that is the max-msp-based playthroughs patch,
then out again to any number of locations... "This
recording, captured to hard disk on stage at Galeria Zé Dos
Bois on October 4th 2005, is in my mind the perfect encapsulation
of all of these elements into a single lilting piece of
static sine-tone harmonics, squared-off electric guitar
haze, clangorous room-tone eruptions, and high-end synth
freakouts... "Note: in something of a sea-change to
my modus over the last 10-odd years I've decided to relax,
not sweat the details, let mistakes be mistakes and just
let the music breathe without my normally prescribed 3-year
gestation cycle of incessant editing, re-mastering, tinkering,
etc... making this the shortest amount of time for any
one of my musical ideas to go from conception to execution
to release (all things going to plan; just five months
from the concert itself to the disc on shelves...). The
recordings are released in a cardboard pack adorned with
high-contrast photos taken by yours truly during the Lisbon
trip, priced as a CD EP..."
Kranky-092
CD
$10.00
King, Anna
Back To Soul (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, UK The James Brown Revue has included numerous 'feature'
female singers through the decades, from Tammy Montgomery(Terrell),
Sugar Pie DeSanto and Vicki Anderson to Yvonne Fair and
Lynn Collins, but while Mr Brown included most of these
ladies in 'live' LPs, and others had solo contracts with
his label, only Anna King enjoyed the privilege of James
Brown producing an album by her. It was 1963, and Brown
had just signed with Smash Records to score a big pop hit
with 'Out of Sight'. He noted the quality of Anna's voice,
had her sign with Smash and produced the "Back To
Soul" LP. The album includes Anna's distinctive versions
of several soul and blues hits and some Brown originals
written under various pseudonyms, plus a storming duet
with Bobby Byrd, 'Baby Baby Baby', which took her into
the R&B top 50 early in 1964 and 'bubbling under' the
Billboard Hot 100. Thus with Anna's stirring, soulful vocals,
a range of familiar songs, the support of the James Brown
Band and the product
ion skills of Mr Brown himself, "Back To Soul" was
a notable album release on UK Philips in 1964, though it
enjoyed but modest sales to the avid soul fans of the day.
Consequently it has long been a rare collectors' item,
a situation which will be remedied by its long-awaited
re-issue on Shout!. Member of the James Brown Revue. Album
produced by James Brown. Includes Songs written by James
Brown. Includes duet with Bobby Byrd. Collectable album,
never reissued or on CD before.
Shout!-24
CD
$14.75
Knickerbockers
Rockin' With... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US When they assaulted the US charts in 1965 w/their
hit "Lies," they were rumored to be The Beatles
recording under another name, as much a compliment to The
Fabs as the rightful performers. Every smoking, upbeat
classic is here.
Sundazed-621
CD
$14.75
La Peste
Better Off (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US One of the first, more abrasive & most musically
advanced of Boston's original '70s punk bands. This contains
tons of never before released tracks. They were masters
of the subtle, repeating riff & the open string drone,
marking the path followed in different ways, by bands like
U2, the Smiths & Husker Du.
BacchusArchives-1104
CD
$14.50
Ladies
They Mean Us (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TemporaryResidence-095
LP
$12.75
Ladies
They Mean Us (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US ROB CROW (PINBACK, GOBLIN COCK, THINGY, HEAVY VEGETABLE) & ZACH
HILL (HELLA, TEAM SLEEP, GOON MOON, NERVOUS COP) have joined
forces to unite the disparate worlds of noise & pop
on this stunningly addictive & efficient album. A focused
mass of soaring vocals, melodic hooks & skittering
polyrhythms. The best case scenario when dreaming of these
2 playing together
TemporaryResidence-095
CD
$14.50
Langford, Jon
Gold Brick (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US Truly a cause for celebration, a new solo cd by
the one and only MR. JON LANGFORD(MEKONS, PINE VALLEY COSMONAUTS,
WACO BROS.) Devilishly crafted & scarily melodic, GOLD
BRICK is LanGford's 3rd solo album. It finds him back with
ROIR, the label that released The Mekons' classic 'New
York' album in the late 80's. This cd is a lush & expansive
project boasting a wide range of sounds & influences-everything
from tinkling saloon piano atmospherics to roots reggae
rhythms.
ROIR-8296
CD
$15.25
Le Volume Courbe
I Killed My Best Friend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Debut album from "The Volume Curve," a
trio of London based musicians inspired by the do your
own thing ethos of Nico, Patti Smith & Yoko Ono. Incl.
contributions from HOPE SANDOVAL (MAZZY STAR), DAVE ROBACK
(MERCURY REV), KEVIN SHIELDS & COLM O'CIOSOIG (MY BLOODY
VALENTINE). "A delightfully inventive debut full of
impish humour, whispers & screams...intoxicating lo-fi
soundscapes. ****."-UNCUT
HonestJon's-30873
CD
$18.00
Leathercoated Minds
Trip Down Sunset Strip (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US In the annals of 60's West Coast exploitation album-making,
this is in a class by itself. Serving up radically rearranged,
cool covers of the era, red hot guitar instros (courtesy
of producer JJ CALE) & authentic sound effects from
the Strip. From pristine Viva Recs mono masters.
Sundazed-6231
CD
$14.75
Legendary Shack Shakers
Pandelerium (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US
YepRoc-2110
LP
$12.50
Legendary Shack Shakers
Pandelerium (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Continue their relentless tough-love affair w/ America's
musical demons. Enlisting the services of Jello Biafra & Reverend
Horton Heat. Implementing field hollers, funeral marches & murder
ballads along w/ spaghetti western, polkas & punk.
They rebuild these rudiments into their own monstrous,
agri-dustrial abomination. Simply put, this is the sound
of the New American Gothic. Steely eyes, white knuckles,
pitchforks & all.
YepRoc-2110
CD
$12.50
Les Breastfeeders
Déjeuner Sur L'Herbe (PRE-ORDER: JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US Montreal 60s mod rock sextet. Fresh upbeat style
influenced by sixties French & Quebecois garage sounds.
Blend of catchy tunes & rhythms, charismatically enhanced
by sexy voices. Won multiple awards in Canada & had
success touring the US. "If ever you had a reason
to run to Canada & set your U.S. passport on fire,
this Montreal band ought to do the trick." -Chicago
Reader
BlowtheFuse-005
CD
$12.75
Les Georges
Leningrad Series L (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Latest release in Tomlab's series of ULTRA limited
singles (500 for the world). Loved for their unique style
of stage performance, LGL are releasing two brand new tunes
this winter. Months after their enchanting yet earbreaking
disaster "Sur Les Traces Des Black Eskimo", they
asked us to record a version of our least favorite (but
favorite!) and gay (but not gay) pop classics from the
early 90's. Most likely, it`s THE hit single by these two
bold-headed brothers (who had a guitarist that didn`t resemble
them). They were what ZZ TOP was in the 70's and what the
BROS were in the 80's). Since it's extremely unconfirmed
that the release is going to be THAT song, we're not giving
anything away. VERY LIMITED.
Tomlab-063
45
$7.00
Lesbians On Ecstasy
Giggles In The Dark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, CANADA The album opens with a slamming reworking of "Revolt" by
tour mates Le Tigre that features crunchy guitar samples
and big bad breakbeats. Olympia-based rap duo Scream Club
reinvent "Tell Me Does She Love the Bass," while
Montreal DJ and producer extraordinaire, Sean Kosa, brings
a dark and heavy techno vibe to the same track with his "Jealous
Mix." The electro superstar trio of Cola, Nikki and
Tracy, better known as Tracy and the Plastics, unite to
re-rub "Summer Luv" with some tripped out dancehall
percussion. In a postmodern coup, Jody Bleyle, member of
Team Dresch and composer of the original track behind "Summer
Luv", remixes the remix, inspiring chants of "pomo
homo!" all across the land. Rounding out the line-up
are Toronto's big gay hustlers Kids On TV, France's insane
DJ Aï, San Francisco- based heart-throb and hip hop
sensation Katastrophe and Montreal's 1-Speed Bike with
his brand of sonic mayhem.
Alien8-056
CD
$13.00
Lilys
Everything Wrong Is Imaginary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US First album in 3 years from the mercurial vanguard
of melodic Brit pop indie stylings. Amazon said Kurt Heasley's
last album on Manifesto was full of "varied textures,
shades & nuance."
Manifesto-42602
CD
$14.50
Longet, Claudine
Colours (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Although probably best known for her implication
in the 1976 murder of boyfriend and Olympic skier Spider
Sabich, this sexy chanteuse /overall swingin' chick released
a string of sophisticated pop albums in the late 60's while
married to long forgotten Vegas crooner / TV star Andy
Williams. Claudine's albums have long been cult favorites
among fans of the genre and Colours, Longet's 4th album,
originally released in 1969 by A&M, is probably also
her best. Feat. silver- tongued versions of songs by Donovan,
The Everly Brothers, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Gordon
Lightfoot and Randy Newman.
Lilith-105
CD
$18.00
Love Letter Band, The
Fear Not My Brothers, Fear Not My Sisters, For I Have Seen
the (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US The Love Letter Band (AKA Bad Weather California) "Fear
not my brothers, fear not my sisters, for I have seen the
future..." To compartmentalize: This record will play
well on a radio show with The Danielson Family, Joanna
Newsom, Devendra Banhart, Leonard Cohen, Akron Family,
Will Oldham, Neutral Milk Hotel, The microphones, Little
Wings, Feathers etc. If you're going to file it file it
there. But compartmentalizing is hard to do. That's why
one sheets are hard to write! If you haven't heard of The
Love Letter Band you should know this: They are anything
but a band in the traditional sense. The word collective
is thrown around quite liberally these days since the success
that the word had with a certain Elephant 6 in the 90's.
But TLLB is just that: A collective of artists and music
players rotating around the loose nucleus that is songwriter
Chris Adolf. The Love Letter Band has been around: as in
around the country countless times touring the United States,
Canada and Me
xico calling broken tour vans and random living room sofas
home. These weary eyed travelers have worked hard and have
made themselves known the old fashioned way. Since their
first tour with Leeds UK's Boyracer to the epic voyages
with K records' Wolf Colonel, Adolf and his rotating cast
of thrift store instrument players have shared bills with
Doug Marsh (Built to Spill), The Microphones, Mirah, Calvin
Johnson, David Dondero, CEX, The Blow... You get the picture.
With "Fear Not My Brothers..." we are astonished
with Adolf's growth as a songwriter and recording artist.
From their 2002 full length ("even the pretty girls
take medicine" (555 records of Leeds UK)) to this
latest anticipated opus "Fear Not My Brothers..." Adolf
has grown from bedroom pop wizard to polished studio craftsman.
Not that this album isn't lacking the rawness that is TLLB.
It is Adolf's honest lyricism that has established TLLB
as a loved member of the indie folk/pop scene.
HappyHappyBirthdaytoMe-065
CD
$10.75
Low Skies
All The Love I Could Find (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US
Flameshovel-33
CD
$12.00
Lowlife
Eternity Road: Reflections of Lowlife 85-95 (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, UK LTM are pleased to announce the first release
in their CD reissue programme by cult Scottish dream-pop
band
Lowlife, who released a string of acclaimed albums between
1985 and 1995. Lowlife were formed in Grangemouth 1985
when original Cocteau Twins bassist Will Heggie joined
former Dead Neighbours members Craig Lorentsen, Grant McDowell
and Stuart Everest. Their atmospheric, moody soundscapes
were often compared to Joy Division, New Order, Comsat
Angels and yes The Cocteau Twins, yet the band received
widespread acclaim over the course of six albums released
through indie label Nightshift: Rain (1985), Permanent
Sleep (1986), Diminuendo (1987), Godhead (1989), The Black
Sessions (1988), San Antorium (1991) and Gush (1995). Contemporary
reviews praised "a new form of beauty" (Melody
Maker), "immaculate angst" (Music Week) and "music
that readily sets the nerve ends on edge" (Q). Eternity
Road compiles stand-out tracks from all the albums (selected
by the band), as well as n
on-album singles including Hollow Gut and Eternity Road.
Several tracks are exclusive to this compilation, including
a rare covermount version of Ramafied. Eternity Road has
been digitally re-mastered from the original master tapes,
and features 20 tracks (74 minutes of music). The booklet
features liner notes by journalist and former manager Brian
Guthrie, as well as photos and ephemera.
LTM-2394
CD
$17.00
Lying In States
Wildfire On The Lake" (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US
Dig-28
CD
$12.00
Machine Go Boom
Thank You Captain Obvious (PRE-ORDER: JANUARY 20TH)
PS, US Escalators A popular live act in Cleveland, this
band's distorted pop inventions are a frighteningly good
mix of acoustic folk ballads & synth fed new wave.
It has been called the most original, well crafted & flat
out rockin' record of the local music scene. Winner of
the Best Indie/Rock award at the 2005 Scene Music Awards.
Definitely worth it!
Collectible-008
CD
$10.25
Magnet
Tourniquet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, Second US album for Norwegian who leaves the melancholy
of his debut to record this album reborn in optimism. "A
warm & inspirational journey into music, just like
The Beach Boys & The Beatles."
Filter-006
CD
$15.75
Make Up
Untouchable Sound (Live) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBUARY 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SeaNote-013
LP
$14.50
Make Up
Untouchable Sound (Live) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBUARY 21ST)
PS, US Five years since they called it a day, their legend
had remained oddly un-reexamined. This does just that,
by adding a new chapter. The time: their final days. The
place: DC. With newly added 5th member ALEX MINOFF in tow,
the band ran down a number of their recent classics, dressed
up fresh psychedelic soul trappings. As live as it gets,
this might be the un-lost classic recording they have never
made.
SeaNote-013
CD
$14.50
Man Man
Six Demon Bag (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Second LP from NYC who knit together Screaming Jay
Hawkins, Etta James, 80's pop, Iggy Pop, Mexican funeral
marches & klezmer carnie love songs. For fans of Beefheart,
Zappa, Deerhoof, Residents
AceFu-039
CD
$17.00
Manual
Bajamar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 16TH)
PS, US Danish artist Jonas Munk Jensen's second purely
ambient record for Darla follows footprints in the warm,
wet sand made by his 2003 CD The North Shore, which was
acclaimed by critics and fans. Like no other, Jonas manifests
his vision of idyllic, tropical paradise as the perfect
soundtrack to the dream. Bajamar is similar in sound to
The North Shore yet it's a more cohesive and more solid
album. Jonas' good friend Ulrich Schnauss says it's his
favorite of Jonas' ambient works. If The North Shore were
aural Valium, Bajamar is pure Opium. The record produces
the very same ethereal buzz a lazy, endless summer afternoon
at the beach with a minus tide does.
Darla-172
CD
$13.50
Martyn, John
Inside Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US First US release for Martyn's most experimental
effort. Features STEVIE WINWOOD & CHRIS WOOD (TRAFFIC) & DANNY
THOMPSON (PENTANGLE). Digitally remastered w/4 previously
unreleased bonus tracks.
Island-9830734
CD
$11.75
Martyn, John
Sunday's Child (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Follow up to 1973's "Inside Out" is a
much more song-oriented effort, focuses primarily on the
happiness of family life. Perfectly displays his vast array
of guitar skills, from his more aggressive electric guitar
to his soft & gentle acoustic playing. Digitally remastered
w/6 bonus tracks.
Island-9830735
CD
$11.75
Matchbook Romance
Voices (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Holds close to their emotional post-hardcore roots
while delivering massive singalong choruses.
Epitaph-86774
CD
$16.25
Maximo Park
Missing Songs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Incl. live favorites & never before heard demo
versions of their smash singles "Apply Some Pressure" & "Graffii" plus
stand out LP fave "Once, A Glimpse"
Warp-142
CD5
$10.50
McBain, John
In-Flight Feature (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US Debut solo album by the former guitarist for MONSTER
MAGNET & WELLWATER CONSPIRACY. Joined by JON KLEIMAN
on drums on 3 tracks & TIM CRONIN on guitar, John creates
an ambitious, driving, sometimes ambient instrumental album.
Duna-010
CD
$16.25
McBain, John
In-Flight Feature (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Duna-010
LP
$14.25
Meteors, The
Stampede (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US A special edition release for this classic 1984
Meteors album which was a Top 10 independent chart album.
The album will be presented in a limited edition digipack
with four rare bonus tracks. The Meteors are the undisputed
kings of psychobilly and this classic album is in demand
due to it being unavailable for a number of years. The
Meteors still tour around the world playing to an ever
growing fanbase. The album will be serviced to all psychobilly
websites and fanzines.
Anagram-043
CD
$14.75
Midstates
Boxing Twilight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US South Side Chicago troubadours (formerly NOVASONIC
DOWN HYPERSPACE) are once again tweaking their fenders,
stomping their dod delays & clanging wind chimes in
another beautifully mellow, space rock effort. Featuring
vintage guitars, Wurlitzer organ, Juno synths & violent
live percussion. "Its falling asleep at the wheel & waking
up right where you want to be. Let the band drive for a
while"- Big Takeover
MentalMonkey
CD
$14.75
Minus 5
Self Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Seventh full-length album. The Minus 5 (aka The
Gun Album) features the McCaughey/Buck/Ramberg/Rieflin
line-up, as well as two tracks recorded in Chicago w/ Wilco & guest
appearances by John Wesley Harding, Kelly Hogan, Morgan
Fisher (Mott), Sean Nelson (Harvey Danger/Long Winters), & Colin
Meloy and John Moen (Decemberists).
YepRoc-2065
CD
$12.50
Molly Hatchet
Live At The Agora Ballroom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 28TH)
PS, US Finally a live album that captures the incredible
power behind these kings of southern rock, recorded in
Atlanta's Agora ballroom in 1979 and feat. 12 unforgettable
moments in the life of Danny Joe Brown's sextet. Just like
musical heroes Lynyrd Skynyrd, MH uses three steady guitars
to create a pulsatingly virile sound.
Akarma-347
CD
$17.25
Moore, Thurston
Psychic Hearts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US Deluxe DLP reissue of SY guitarist's 1995 solo album
incl. complete side of bonus material not on original.
Feat. TIM FOLJAHN (TWO DOLLAR GUITAR) & STEVE SHELLEY
(SONIC YOUTH).
Goofin10
DLP
$17.25
Morton, Jelly Roll
Introduction To (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US 20 track comprehensive collection of his most famous
early performances & incredibly rare tracks.
Fuel-302061539-2
CD
$12.00
Mouthus
The Long Salt (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28THCD)
PS, This album is a return to more abrasive and heavy Mouthus
territory after forays into acoustic instrumentation and,
yes, a Fleetwood Mac cover on their recent Troubleman full-length.
Free/tribal percussion spatter 'n clatter duels with endlessly
mutating three chord sludge-riffage beneath thick, poison
clouds of delayed-out vocal groan. Truly CHOCK full of
manic bad-mood energy but maybe psych-droney and resin-soaked
enough for the new crop of crunchier noise-heads to nod
to as well. Electric guitars strung with duct tape and
drums equipped with hundred-year old heads are jettisoned
into deep space and dynamited, combusting so vividly that
the afterimages soak our retinas with mandalas of interwoven
earthworms and beer funnels for hours afterwards. We pass
the savings on to YOU! The Long Salt also features Samara
Lubelski. "It's messy, beautiful and recalls all the
effects and variables of a psychedelic painting or a hyper-real
physical experience"- Brainwashed. "A bottomless
well of crashing jolts, roaring accelerations and rumbling
cacophany. Mouthus have enough wordless verbiage to fill
all the empty heads that could use it" The Wire.
Important-082
CD
$13.50
Murphy, Peter
Unshattered (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, Track listing: Idle Flow, Kiss Myself, Piece of You,
Face of the Moon, Emergency Unit, Thelma Sings to Little
Nell, The Weight of Love, Give What He's Got, Blinded Like
Saul, The First Stone, Breaking No One's Heaven. Few have
a gift to create music that inspires and enriches our lives;
Peter Murphy is an artist known for doing just that. "Unshattered" embodies
the musical evolution of one of the most enigmatic and
influential artists of our time. No need for over analysis.
Peter Murphy has , over his career done what a rare few
can do. Which is to make music that defies categorization.
He can move from pure avant guard to pure pop and all in
between and remain convincing, no! nigh on amazing. Born
with a genius that is untrained yet inborn. Seemingly writing
music, performing and singing is a state of being, without
effort. This man is THE cutting edge. Unshattered just
happens to be a brilliant main stream album. --SPIN.
Artful-051
CD
$17.00
Nation 12
Electrofear (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US Nation 12 is a project that started life as a collaboration
between electronic pioneer John Foxx and Bomb The Bass's
Tim Simenon back in 1989. at the time the 21-year-old Simenon's
hip hop beats and music cut-ups were right at the cutting
edge of British music, as he'd not only constructed his
own Number 2 single, 'Beat Dis' but in 1988 the dance innovator
also co-produced Neneh Cherry's Top 10 hits 'Buffalo Stance'
and 'Manchild'. In addition to his love for hip hop, the
Brixton born producer was also a fan of electronic music,
especially Depeche Mode, Fad Gadget and John Foxx. Although
the latter hadn't made a record since 1985's In Mysterious
Ways, they met up via mutual acquaintances in 1989 to discuss
the idea of a collaboration. After many sessions with Simon
Rodgers a record was finally produced. However the release
was delayed by the closure of Rhythm King records and the
tapes from those recording sessions were also lost. 'I
had one or two things on tape somewhere,
but essentially I thought it was gone for good,' admits Foxx. Then three years
ago, two cassettes appeared which contained most of the material recorded by
Nation 12. andthey are the source for almost all of the music on this CD release.
Although there's the odd hiss and crackle, both Foxx and Simenon believe it's
part of the album's raw charm: 'The music itself is primitive and promising',
says Foxx of this snapshot of a work in progress. 'It's like a little map of
possible musics. Some of the elements sit together like oil and water, some
point to entirely new directions for the period - many of these have since
been fruitfully explored by others. If we'd have continued, I'm sure it would
have worked.' Thanks to Martin Heath's support, Nation 12's fragments and songs
are finally assembled into 77 minutes of music, described by Foxx as a mixture
of 'film noir dance routines, electropunk and psychedelic chant songs.'
Artful-8
CD
$17.00
Nebula
Apollo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Fourth LP & first from ex-FU MANCHU mainstays
featuring their new bass player. Produced by Daniel Rey
(RAMONES, MISFITS, L7) & featuring a cover of Lennon's "Cold
Turkey"
Liquor/Poker-6017
CD
$17.25
Occasion
Cannery Hours (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Gatefold sleeve! Latest captures the band in full
stride, channeling the disparate elements of "Meddle" era
Floyd & the swaggering harmonies of CSN&Y, they've
managed a beautiful record melding classic psychedelia & distinctly
American music. CD on Say Hey Records via Caroline.
ErnestJenning-021
LP
$14.50
Oceansize
Everyone Into Position (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Their second album sees the band at new heights
of grandiose, ethereal, and utterly captivating music.
Brooding, dark, spacey, empowering, sprawling, and at times
angelic, "Everyone Into Position" takes you on
a voyage of mind, body, and soul. Taking its title from
the group's observations of how apathetic the world has
become, and the pseudo-caring mentality that's sweeping
the nation right now, this is an album that explores every
emotion, sweeping the listener up in its beauty, its wholeness,
and its musical greatness.
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$14.50
Old Man Gloom
Seminar III: Zozobra (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US The long-awaited North American LP version of their
classic one-track CD originally released in 2000. Feat.
an elaborate full color gatefold sleeve (complete with
metallic foil stamping), the epic & crushing beauty
of "Zozobra" has finally been properly documented
in all its massive glory. Feat. members of ISIS, CONVERGE,
CAVE IN , FORENSICS, DOOMRIDERS, etc., you know these guys.
MagicBullet-041
LP
$16.75
Os Mutantes
Tecnicolor (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US One of the all-time great albums finally released
in US. Landmark cult album feat. the one of a kind fusion
of extreme Brazilian psych pop. A revolutionary recording
w/its guitar lines, tape experiments & unique songwriting
sense.
Universal-6121-02
CD
$16.50
Patto
Ducks In Flight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2ND)
PS, US "The Lost Jazz Album 1970/1971 (unreleased)".
Patto's albums are all considered to be among the cream
of British jazz rock, and this is no exception. Containing
both previously unreleased tracks as well as previously
unreleased versions, they further prove the talent of these
four maestros in musical improvisation. Ollie Halsall also
really gives Leonard Cohen's "Teacher" the royal
six-string treatment!
Akarma-346
LP
$22.50
Pedro
S/T + Fear & Resilience (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
14TH)
PS, US Reissue of Melodic Records release of genre broadening
instrumental hip hop LP that received near universal praise.
Tasteful references to modern orchestral composition, pastoral
folk & experimental rock. Beautiful psychedelic layering
of free folk-hop & processed acoustic melody. Danger
Mouse, Four Tet & Prefuse all dig it. You should too.
CD includes the Fear & Resilience remixes EP.
Mush-240
DCD
$14.50
Perry,
Lee "Scratch"
From Secret Labratory (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Second collaboration w/ renowned producer ADRIAN
SHERWOOD (First was the terrific "Time Boom".
Seek it.), this 1990 LP is a treat. Musical backing by
ROOTS RADICS & DUB SYNDICATE. Perry's vision is focused & Sherwood's
mix is its usual psychedelic
best. Incl. rants on his hatred of capitalism, Inspector
Gadget & a smokin' cover of Heptones' "Party Time." HIGHLY
RECOMMENDED.
IslandUK-842706-2
CD
$11.75
Pia Fraus
Chromatic Nights EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US A side: Pia Fraus - Chromatic Nights (Original 12" Version),
Bill Wells - Chromatic Nights Remix, Pia Fraus - You Know
There Are People Living In The Country (Original 12" Version).
B side: Pastacas Kroom keeled Remix Galaktlan - Chromatic
Nights Remix, Mondii In The Forest Mix. Brand new vinyl-only
EP from our favorite Estonians, Pia Fraus. This 6-track
release consists of the original version of "Chromatic
Nights", four remixes, and an extra track "You
Know There Are People Living In The Country". On "Chromatic
Nights EP", felow-Estonians GALAKTLAN and PASTACAS
represent Kohvirecords with their electronic remix versions
of the Pia Fraus tracks "Chromatic Nights" and "Kroom-keeled",
respectively. Scotsman BILL WELLS (Leaf, Domino / Geographic,
Creeping Bent, Pastels producer, etc.) also turns in a
great mix of the title track as well. The most-remote guest
on the record is MONDII (Hefty, Spekk and Plop) whose remix
takes the listener to the soundscape of Japanese forests
a
nd insects. As the musical and geographical backround of
the remixers is so varied, the result is a dynamic and
thrilling release.
Kohvirecords-01212
12
$14.25
Polystar
Finished (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US With a shared love of great songwriting and slick
production, Polystar members Theodore Fraser, Danny Gold,
and Sean Drinkwater (Freezepop, Lifestyle) have been making
music with one another since high school. Creating music
is an endeavor that they take seriously, yet approach with
the passion and pleasure of true music fans. During the
early 90's, the members of Polystar studied recording in
Boston and played in local bands. In the late 90's, fate
found Danny Gold and Theodore Fraser back in their hometown
in Maine. With nothing much to do, they picked up acoustic
guitars and started writing songs for fun. Sean Drinkwater,
still in Boston and becoming a successful producer and
performer, was impressed by the material and encouraged
Gold and Fraser to make a record. As well as producing
the project, Drinkwater helped polish the raw songs into
dark pop gems. After a series of obstacles and endless
delays, Polystar's Finished is finally released. Polystar
is currently workin
g on their next effort, collaborating with Roger O'Donnell
(The Cure, Thompson Twins, Psychedelic Furs) and Boz Boorer
(Morrissey, Pole Cats, Bozmen).
Archenemy-028
CD
$9.00
Pop, Iggy
Lust For Live 1977 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, UK A 17 track live release from 1977 mostly from the
classic Manchester shows featuring David Bowie playing
keyboards. Tracks featured include Lust for life, The Passenger,
Gloria, Modern guy, Ive got a right, Fall in love with
me, Neighbourhood threat, TV eye, Raw power and Nightclubbing.
Live tracks are interspersed with classic interviews with
Iggy also from 1977. Sleeve notes by Mick Middles.
Ozit-090
CD
$17.00
Prefuse 73
Security Screenings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Warp-140
LP
$14.50
Prefuse 73
Security Screenings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Just as the ringing in your ears from the dense,
concussive cocktail that was 2005's "Surrounded by
Silence" has softened, Prefuse follows that up w/a
masterclass of sliced up breakdance noise rock. Whether
chopping samples, destroying synthesizer, trading beats
w/FOUR TET or backing vocalist Tunde of Brooklyn space
rockers TV ON THE RADIO, this is definitely another sure
shot.
Warp-140
CD
$14.50
Pufnstuf
Original Soundtrack Album (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
20TH)
PS, UK The soundtrack to the film version of Sid & Marty
Kroffts gigantic children's TV hit HR Pufnstuf-the programme
that introduced psychedelia into the diet of English and
American children in the late sixties/ early seventies.
Pufnstuf is full of great, clever, funny songs sung by
Jack Wild, Cass Elliot, Witchiepoo and the cast.
Acme-065
CD
$14.75
Randomnumber
Golden Acre Sleeps (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, UK RandomNumber, aka Matt Robson, creates what has
been described as "Northern Wrongbeat", a mesh
of emotive, brooding harmonies drawn and quartered by complex,
beat-heavy rhythms. It's digital music with a human heart
at its centre. More bands live in Leeds LS6 than probably
any other single postcode in the UK, and in the centre
of that you'll find RandomNumber the beating electronic
exception to the hardcore, guitar-fuelled rule. Robson's
hyperactive beat mechanics and alchemical sound manipulations
are bound together with a keen sense of melody shaped by
his many years of playing in the Leeds alternative music
scene, most notably as drummer for Hood (which culminated
with their release 'Home Is Where It Hurts'). With this
background of the band dynamic, Robson has rallied hard
against stereotypical laptop clichés, and imbues
his own shows with a keen sense of energy and punk attitude,
using two unsynchronized laptops and a tabletop of controllers
and effects. Previous Rando
mNumber releases have turned up on a plethora of respected
indie and electronic labels, such as Mogwai's Rock Action
imprint (an EP which NME named dance single of the week,
back when they did that kind of thing), Rocket Racer, Fencing
Flatworm, and Catmobile Records. You may also have seen
his work on numerous compilations from the likes of Tigerbeat6,
Darla, and 555 Recordings. He has toured the UK and USA
extensively, playing shows with 65daysofstatic, Kid606,
DJ Rupture, Cex and Dntel amongst others.Early reviews
are saying things like "there's a lot more ambience
in there and it's still crunchy in that Funkstorung way" and "traces
of early Autechre with a large doses of all things shoegazetronic".
HighpointLowlife-015
CD
$17.00
Red Carpet
The Noise Of Red Carpet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, JP Second album by the unsung heroes of Finnish indie
pop, now available in the US! Sharing two members with
jangle and shuffle meisters Ultrasport, Red Carpet's new
album is further testimony to the vitality of the (criminally
overlooked) pop scene currently bubbling under in Finland.
These 12 gorgeous, colorful songs are the perfect new discovery
for fans of everything from Nada Surf to Buffalo Springfield! "What
do you get when you cross the songwriting of Simon & Garfunkel
with the Red House Painters and have Teenage Fanclub play
the results? Red Carpet!" -recordoffice.net. "Finland's
#1 harmony pop group" -Rumba Music Magazine (Finland).
QuinceRecords-031
CD
$14.25
Reilly, Megan
Let Your Ghost Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 21ST)
PS, US Second album from NY via Memphis singer/songwriter
maintains the sense of understated elegance that was apparent
on her debut "Arc of Tessa" but leaps light years
ahead in melody, musicianship & craftsmanship, outstripping
normal expectations for sophomore albums. Her band of aces,
TONY MAIMONE (PERE UBU), STEVE GOULDING (MEKONS, GRAHAM
PARKER, LAURA CANTRELL), TIM FOLJAHN (TWO DOLLAR GUITAR,
CAT POWER) & ERIC MORRISON (HOME) are augmented by
amazing guest performances by Ted Reichman (MARC RIBOT,
EMIGRE, TZADIK) on accordion, James Mastro (Ian Hunter,
Health & Happiness Show) on guitar, & Jean Cook
(Ida, Assif Tsahar) on violin & the perfectly chosen
SUE GARNER & JOHN MCENTIRE behind the boards. Megan
struggles with ghosts, both personal & distant, over
10 country tinged tracks. The album is sprinkled with two
ideal covers, including Dylan's "The Wedding Song" that
she was born to sing. "Jaw-dropping."-Maxim
CarrotTop-038
CD
$12.75
Ricochets, The
The Ghost of Our Love / Slo-Mo Suicide [DCD] (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, GERMANY Norwegian bohemian garage-rock throwbacks The
Ricochets get the hips shakin', and their big guitars and
a bigger voice get compared to The Doors and The Animals
alot. Glitterhouse released their 2003 album 'The Ghost
of Our Love' with a bonus CD: their 2001 debut entitled
'Slo-Mo Suicide'. 2 CDs for the price of 1. You check out
the other Glitterhouse gear we're bring in and Jim will
try and get ahold of the new album from The Ricochets released
in 2005.
Glitterhouse
DCD
$13.50
Ride
Going Blank Again (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, UK Digitally remastered U.K. reissue of the British
indie rock group's second album from 1992 with four bonus
tracks added: 'Going Blank Again', 'Howard Hughes', 'Stampede' & the
incredible 11 minute long instrumental 'Grasshopper'. The
bonus tracks all stem from the two singles released from
the album at the time, 'Leave Them All Behind' & 'Twisterella'.
Ignition-798662
CD
$21.75
Ride
The Box Set (3XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, UK 3CD set. Finally back in print! The ultimate turn
on for the serious Ride collector. The Ride box-set comprises
the '0X4 Best Of' plus 'Firing Blanks' & 'Ride Live'.
'Firing Blanks Unreleased recordings 1988-95' includes
15 previously unheard tracks from the band's Oxford archives.
'Ride Live - Reading Festival 1992' captures the band at
the height of their incendiary powers with an unforgettable
live show, originally recorded for Japanese TV. 2006. Tracks:
1. Chelsea Girl, 2. Drive Blind, 3. Like A Daydream, 4.
Taste, 5. Dreams Burn Down, 6. Vapour Trail, 7. Unfamiliar,
8. Leave Them All Behind, 9. Twisterella, 10. OX4, 11.
Birdman, 12. From Time To Time, 13. How Does It Feel To
Feel, 14. I Don't Know Where It Comes From, 15. Black Night
Crash, 16. Somethings Burning, 17. Chelsea Girl (4 Track
Demo), 18. Blue, 19. Drems Burn Down Dub, 20. She's So
Fine, 21. New Age, 22. Tongue Tied, 23. Everybody Knows,
24. I'm Fine Thanks, 25. Xmas Song, 26. King Bullshit,
27. Smile (4 Tr
ack Demo), 28. Welcome To Paradise, 29. In A Diffeent Palce
(Differently), 30. Barneys, 31. Leave Them All Behind,
32. Taste, 33. Not Fazed, 34. Sennen, 35. Like A Daydream,
36. Twisterella, 37. Time Of Her Time, 38. Nowhere, 39.
Vapour Trail, 40. Seagull, 41. Close My Eyes, 42. Mouse
Trap.
Ignition(UK)-798812
CD
$50.25
Ride
Smile (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, UK digitally remastered reissue of the British indie
act's 1992 compilation that includes their early 'Ride' & 'Play'
EPs. 8 tracks. Tracks: 1. Chelsea Girl, 2. Drive Blind,
3. All I Can See, 4. Close My Eyes, 5. Like A Daydream,
6. Silver,
7. Furthest Sense, 8. Perfect Time.
Ignition(UK)-798702
CD
$21.75
Ride
Tarantula (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, UK remastered reissue of the British indie act's final
album (1996) includes three bonus tracks, 'Nothing Lasts
Forever', 'Slave' & 'A Trip Down Ronnie Lane' in addition
to the classics, 'Black Nite Crash', 'Castle On The Hill' & 'Starlight
Motel'.
Ignition(UK)-798802
CD
$21.75
Ride
Nowhere + 4 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, UK digitally remastered reissue of the British indie
act's debut album (1990) with four bonus tracks added:'Unfamiliar',
'Sennen', 'Beneath' & 'Today' in addition to the classics,
'Taste', 'Dreams Burn Down' & 'Vapour Trail'. The four
bonus tracks are the four cuts from Ride's deleted 1990
EP 'Today Forever', making this even more essential to
fans and latecomers.
Ignition-
CD
$21.75
Ride
Waves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, UK Seventeen Original BBC Recordings from the Peel,
Goodier, & Radcliffe Sessions - 1990-1994. 2003 compilation
from the legendary Oxford indie act.
Ignition(UK)-269004
CD
$21.75
Ride
OX4 The Best Of Ride (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, UK The definitive collection of the finest moments
from the darlings of early 90's UK alternative guitar rock.
Compiled with the active participation of all four members,
'0X4' brings together 15 tracks culled from their studio
albums between 1990 & 1996 including 'Chelsea Girl' & 'Drive
Blind'.
Ignition-798682
CD
$21.75
Ride
Carnival (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, UK digitally remastered reissue of the British indie
act's third album (1994) includes three bonus tracks, 'Don't
Let It Die', 'Let's Get Lost' & 'At The End Of The
Universe' in addition to the classics, 'Birdman', 'How
Does It Feel To Feel?' & 'I Don't Know Where It Comes
From'. Produced by John Leckie (Stone Roses, Radiohead).
2006.
Ignition-798652
CD
$21.75
Robocop Kraus
They Think They Are... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Already being touted alongside Franz Ferdinand & Hot
Hot Heat as part of the scene that takes its cues as much
from Devo & XTC as from punk.
Epitaph-i86778
CD
$16.25
Rockets Burst From Streetlamps
Departed + Odds & Ends (2 X CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US Now, the mythical, great 2nd and final album from
one of Boston's original spacerock combos is finally out...
Takin ya back to before it was cool to rip off the jesus
and mary chain and spiritualized. Shoegaze resurgence like
it never went out of style. We're now offering the album,
and a bonus EP of some of their finer non-album moments.
Archenemy-024
DCD
$7.25
Rudolf Rocker
Rabbiting With Richard Dido (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
28TH)
PS, UK Deadpan vocals, bossanova beats, big, distorted
guitars vs. insane keyboards, live drums layered on a detuned
drummachine... and whistling! Yes, welcome to the second
album from RUDOLF ROCKER. Their keyboard player happens
to be a member of BBC TV's cult comedy The League of Gentlemen
but this music speaks for itself-in its own bizarre language.
The late John Peel naturally championed their previous
album and singles which gave rise to reviews like: "An
extraordinary band...sound like Noel Coward sniffing glue" -Melody
Maker. "Situationist easy listening noise...a fine
selection of cheese cuts" NME. "Magazine playing
the James Last Orchestra" Event. Their songs examine
war, dead philosophers, items of percussion, big-chinned
celebrities and much much more. They're named after a Germanic
icon too which is why we say that Rudolf Rocker truly are
the old Franz Ferdinand!
Mook-17
CD
$14.25
Rush, Merrilee (And The Turn Abouts)
Angel Of The Morning: The Complete Bell Recordings (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK Activist in Seattle Women in Rhythm & Blues....a
member of the Northwest Hall Of Fame (which puts her on
a par with the mighty Kingsmen and Sonics!)....maker of
one of THE classic hit singles....a radio staple ever since...and
a front runner in the Memphis pop explosion which led to
famous Soul factory American Studios producing The Box
Tops, a whole slew of singles for Eternity's Children,
'Dusty In Memphis" and this classic collection of
popsoulfolkrock recordings on Bell Records...containing
songs by Dan Penn and Spooner Oldham, John Phillips, Chip
Taylor and Al Gorgoni, Bacharach and David....and a whole
raft of other master songwriters.... A legend and huge
live draw in their native Northwest, Merrilee and her band
The Turnabouts were on tour in 1967 with their local superstar
friends Paul Revere and The Raiders...who like ELVIS and
DUSTY SPRINGFIELD had been intrigued by the Soul and Pop
masterpieces emanating from American Studios...and decided
to make an album there
with the crack team of wrters/producers/musicians....they
recommended Merrilee to the legendary studio boss, Chips
Moman....who asked her to record a version
of "Angel Of The Morning", the Chip Taylor future classic which Evie
Sands had been robbed of a hit with by the collapse of Cameo-Parkway records....released
as a single, it became a monster hit....and there followed a whol load of great
material on BELL records, with that classic American Studios sound to the fore...And
Merrilee's voice, owing as much to Evie Sands and Jackie De Shannon as it did
to her own unique take on the songs...was the icing on the cake....as Folkrock
met Soulpop....here are the complete BELL recordings...including the rare Quincy
Jones produced take on "What the World Needs Now" from the controversial
back in the day movie Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice....and Merrilee's
amazing trippy version of Motown classic "Reach Out...I'll Be There" apparently
inspired by hearing Vanilla Fudge's overhaul of "You Kee
p Me Hanging On." on the car radio one rainy night on tour....an amazing
slice of American Studios Memphis pop Soul...with a twist!
Rev-Ola-143
CD
$14.75
Russell, Ray
Goodbye Svengali (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US "Fame means nothing. Real musicians know the
only true accolade is the admiration of one's peers. Ray
Russell is a star in the eyes of musicians across
the world. Over four decades, Gil Evans, John Barry, Heaven
17, Julio Inglesias, Van Morrison, Dionne Warwick, Nucleus,
Tina Turner, James Galway, Phil Spector, Jack Bruce, Michael
Gibbs and Bryan Ferry are but a few of the artists and
producers who have known that Ray would add something special
to their work. A consummate professional as a guitarist,
composer and producer, Ray has an extraordinary capacity
for both virtuosity and versatility. Ray has been a collaborator,
front man, band member, arranger, composer and musical
friend to many of the world's most influential musicians,
bridging the chasms between different musical genres with
ease. Happy with the respect of other musicians, Ray is
content that the world outside music knows his work, without
necessarily knowing him."- Neville Farmer. Goodbye
Svengali is influenced by and dedicated to visionary jazz
arranger Gil Evans and includes one of Gil's final recordings.
It is an album that mixes dark fusion, lyrical guitar pie
ces and icy soundscapes. "Russell makes it sound as
if the guitar is not enough, as if he's reaching for something
wilder, something that can't be contained within the 6-string
cage."-Jim O'Rourke.
Cuneiform-223
CD
$13.75
Saloon
Lo-Fi Sounds Hi-Fi Heart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US Saloon weave delicately beautiful, dreamily melancholic
songs w/ a wonderfully lazy grace. Like the soundtrack
to a post-rock Super-8 remake of Midnight Cowboy. Complete
collection of 7" singles & compilation tracks
w/ the added bonus of four previously unreleased tracks.
Includes the 2001 John Peel Festive 50 #1, "Girls
Are The New Boys".
Darla-171
CD
$14.50
Saturday Looks Good To Me
Sound On Sound (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Combines modern lo-fi indie rock w/ a broad acceptance
of pop music history grounded in a traditional Motown aesthetic.
Collection of 30 songs, all limited & sold-out, recorded
from the band's inception in 2000 through its most recent
sessions. "They've modernized the concept of retrospective
pop with creativity, intelligence and the sweetness & heartbreak
of a summer fling." - IndieWorkshop.com
RCS-010
CD
$15.25
Sebastian Roux
Songs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Songs is the much-anticipated follow-up to Parisian
sound designer and musician Sébastien Roux's beautiful
cd Pillow (Apestaartje, 2004). The simple title of Songs
hides a deep work that Roux states is based in mathematics,
symmetry (and asymetry) and organized randomness. Songs
is a skillfully and beautifully rendered album of gentle
and sometimes not-so-gentle acoustic instruments and melodic
granular clouds. Each song is titled simply by the instruments
that make it, thus stressing the process involved in their
production. From the ubiquitous guitars, piano, and drums
to the more exotic metallophone, harp and contrabass, Roux
combines these acoustic instruments with digital sounds
and makes a point to keep the focus on the instruments
themselves, allowing for their subtleties and idiosyncrasies
to come to the forefront. Roux's music is personal and
multi-faceted; From warm and drowsy ambient tones to digital
fests of errors and erratic rhythms to a more song-structured
a
pproach hinting at a distant relative of submereged pop
music. His influences include musique concrete, folk songs,
and electronic music and his work at IRCAM in Paris wraps
his ecclectic tastes into an expertly produced work of
digital sound that does not rely on one particular sound
or motif but rather highlights a breadth of processes and
unique sonic juxtapositions.
12K-1036
CD
$13.50
Servants, The
Reserved (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK The Servants were formed in London in 1985 and were
based around the carefully crafted guitar work of David
Westlake, Phil King who went onto play with Felt and Biff
Bang Pow, was also in the band. Their first two singles,
'She's Always Hiding' and 'The Sun, A Small Star,' both
on The Head label, attracted good press interest and both
made the independent singles chart. Westlake then went
on to a solo deal with Creation Records while The Servants
reformed around future Auteurs and Black Box Recorder man,
Luke Haines. Also involved in the new line up was Hugh
Whitaker who had previously been with the Housemartins.
Luke Haines wrote the sleeve notes for this release.
CherryRed-297
CD
$14.75
She Wants Revenge
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US After only 3 mind-blowing hometown shows, they opened
for BLOC PARTY on their North American tour & have
since opened for OK Go, Kills & Raveonettes.
Geffen-5587
CD
$10.75
She Wants Revenge
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US Vinyl Version! SPECIAL ORDER ONLY.
Geffen-6148
LP
$15.25
Show Me The Pink
Velocipedomania (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US First Chainsaw release in 4 years features this
Portland discopunk, multigendered troupe of bike activists.
Twin keyboard assisted, bass & drum powered, trumpet
driven dance party topped w/multilayered vocals.
Chainsaw-028
CD
$13.50
Sing-Sing
Sing-Sing and I (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Following their Manifesto debut, Emma Anderson (LUSH) & friends
return w/an album full of pop gems certain to excite the
fanatical Lush fanbase. "Delightful, swoony Go-Go's
style pure pop w/kittenish vocals."
Reincarnate
CD
$14.75
Slackers
Peculiar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US
Hellcat-8047
LP
$11.75
Society Of Rockets, The
Where The Grass Grows Black (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
21ST)
PS, US The Society Of Rockets' debut album, Sunset Homes,
sounded more like a eulogy to the band members' past work
in the much-lauded San Francisco-based band Shimmer Kids
Underpop Association. But where the debut was hushed, its
follow-up, Where the Grass Grows Black, is surprisingly
spine-rattling - minimalist elegies have been replaced
with maximalist bursts of sun-dazed boogie music, and the
gentle sweep of acoustic guitars has been superseded by
the fuzz and kick of greasy '70s rock guitars and stomping
drums. If the shift in sound is unexpected, its only because
the Rockets have been underestimated; the band has proven
that they are not prone to sitting in one place and watching
the stars roll by. Bandleader, Joshua Babcock says, "I've
always felt the most interesting music came from people
with no fixed orbit, that let themselves pass through everything,
like radiation. We aren't interested in compartmentalization,
specialization, isolation, automation - our music is inten
ded to be wild, vibrational, organic, biological. It goes
wherever there is room to grow." The sprawling, classic
psych-rock expansiveness of the album reflects this ethos
well, fusing Neil Young riffs and Stax-Volt-style horns
on "Out in the Evening" one moment and threading
a path through the Spacemen 3/Cramps territory of "DrX" the
next. The stop-start Royal Trux-ish clatter of "End
of the Line" stumbles into the free-floating Ennio
Moriconne-style trumpets of the intro to "Old Glory".
Throughout the album the songs maintain a weedy, blurry-eyed
vision of a country littered with squandered glories, rusted
cars, and bitter recriminations - a negative image of the
usual pastoral psych picture. "I wanted to make an
album that was both angry and psychedelic - something that
would dilate some pupils but also maybe break some windows," says
Babcock.
Underpop-06
CD
$11.25
Som Imaginario
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK Som Imaginario!.....In the ferment of Brasilian
music which was taking place in the post Bossa Nova period...when
the most unlikely musical figures had suddenly been thrust
onto a world stage....many quite amazing musical explosions
came to the surface....as Tropicalia took hold, and the
unlikely sounds of funk, prog, psychedelic rock and lord
knows what else were filtered through the unique sensibility
of Brasil.....Som Imaginario! Musical prodigy Wagner Tiso
and the Wanderley brothers played in many combos with their
neighbour Milton Nacimento ....when the latter had his
major label international breakthrough, he employed his
old friends to back him on his debut, dubbing them SOM
IMAGINARIO after a phrase in a review of a triumphant concert
they did together....Luiz Alves and Robertinho Silva, Tavito,
Ze Rodrix, Laudir de Oliveira and Frederico were all members
of SON IMAGINARIO, along with Milton Nascimento and other
star guests on uncredited vocals.....on one of the mos
t amazing albums ever to come out of Brasil.....Bossa,
Tropicalia and Samba meet Italian prog and Brit psych....western
pop meets eastern soundtracks with DJ friendly beats breaking
through all over the shop.... an album that was acclaimed
on it's release by a gobsmacked Herbie Hancock, and has
to be heard to be believed!! Amazing album from the height
of Brasil's musical renaissance! Featuring many of the
major players of the Tropicalia and Bossa Nova movements!
Featuring superstar singer/songwriterr/arranger Milton
Nascimento!
Rev-Ola-144
CD
$14.75
Sonic Youth
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7th)
PS, US Legendary debut LP now reissued in lavish, double
LP vinyl edition. Remastered album tracks, previously unreleased
studio outtakes & live material from one of their earliest
performances.
Goofin08
DLP
$17.25
Sparks
Hello Young Lovers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
InTheRed-131
LP
$9.75
Sparks
Hello Young Lovers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US 20th album from pop chameleons shuns current music
as drastically as possible. Cinematic, bold, & lyrically
liberal, w/moments of sheer beauty, dissonance & harmony.
InTheRed-131
CD
$14.50
Springfield, Dusty
Sings Classic Soul (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Incl. covers of Ashford & Simpson, Velvelettes,
Marvin Gaye, Holland Dozier Holland.
UMeImports-544979-2
CD
$11.75
Stoltz, Kelly
Below The Branches (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US San Francisco home-recording multi-instrumentalist
Stoltz promoted and distributed his last album, ("2001's "Antique
Glow") himself. It garnered considerable attention
and praise, such as being ranked #24 in MOJO's "40
Best Albums Of 2004", which was described as "a
time capsule only recently discovered...a jamboree grab-bag
of delights filled with everything from psychedelic folk
and cosmic troubadour pop to garage rock and lysergic R&B...one
of the year's major finds." "Below The Branches" picks
up where the last album left off, combining psych rock,
folk, blues, and pop in its thirteen tracks, and exploring
new, piano-driven directions as well. Improvisational pop,
alchemically blending influences with results that are
both old and new.
SubPop
CD
$13.75
Stoltz, Kelly
Below The Branches (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$11.75
Sword
Age of Winters (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Colossal, high energy powerhouse from Austin, TX
utilizing a potent combo of intense songwriting chemistry,
eye-popping creativity & unique vision. sounds like
If Black Sabbath and Sleep were collaborating to do the
score to "Conan the Barbarian," this would be
the outcome. Doom crossed with the riffs that realmetal
forgot. Spin described them a "sort of like Black
Sabbath Vol. 4, early Prong, Iron Maiden...a bunch of bison
being pushed over a cliff."
Kemado-027
CD
$13.50
Telescopes, The
Auditory Illusions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US After a decade's journey across the universe, legendary
Creation Records astronauts, The Telescopes, triumphantly
splashed down on Earth in 2002 as an 11-piece with a new
album of alien compositions, "Third Wave". John
Peel broadcast his favorites announcing, "The Telescopes
have resurfaced, and I am amazed and glad that they are
still practicing their mysterious art." Stephen Lawrie
and his group of sonic architects have since toured the
UK and Italy as a 4-piece improvising free-drone noise,
supported by Sonic Boom's EAR, Füxa, Vibracathedral
Orchestra, and more. The all-new "Auditory Illusions" is
a mesmerizing 25-minute live session recorded for Double
Agent using an assortment of improvised acoustic and battery
operated instrumentation to create new and exclusive versions
of material past and present. Includes a free-drone re-working
of their biggest single, "Flying," with a hypnotic
new video.
DoubleAgent-021)
CD5
$9.00
Texas Governor, The
The Experiment (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US The Archenemy Record Company is proud to announce
the long-awaited release of The Experiment, the second
album from Dave Goolkasian, aka Tone Source 1, aka The
Texas Governor. The Archenemy Record Company has been holding
these CDs hostage for more than a year. Why? We're not
sure why. Why did we go so long without updating the site?
What the hell HAPPENED in 2003 and 2004, anyway? We lost
track. But we know 2005 is gonna ROCK and this album is
part of the master plan. Soulful, brilliant, strangely
optimistic and near perfect alt-country/new-wave/pop, this
is the shy yet brash love child of Stephin Merrit and Ryan
Adams. Or something like that. Maybe it was the fear of
writing release copy that kept this label from doing anything
for two years. Maybe the band's Myspace Page says it best,
what with their 451 friends and all (and if all 451 of
those people bought this album, Mr Governor and I would
be very happy): ...we've been known to subconsciously sonically
pay tribute to
... all night radio, beachwood sparks, beach boys, earlier
bowie, built to spill, the clean, broken social scene,
the cars, elvis costello, flaming lips, johnny cash, hank
williams, modest mouse, neutral milk hotel, olivia tremor
control the rentals, magnetic fields, new pornographers,
buzzcocks, rilo kiley, the shins, simian, sonic youth,
spent, talking heads, ween, wheat, wilco, the who, shit
maybe even warren zevon and ironically... this boston band
of yesteryear, but not too long ago - The Elevator Drops....
and ??
Archenemy-025
CD
$6.25
Tic Code
FBCCADE (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US
SIK-33
CD
$12.00
Toy
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US "Like Ryksopp's 'Poor Leno'-- cold, lonely
pop, bedroom danceparty shit"-PITCHFORK. Debut album
from electronic duo formed by UK composer Alisdair Stirling
and producer Jorgen Traeen from Bergen, Norway. Toy's playful
tunes mixes Radiophonic Workshop, Residents (around Diskomo),
Silver Apples, Frank Zappa and Japanese style electronica
(from YMO to Zongamin and Cornelius) with their own Scandinavian
electro weirdness roots. Combining the analogue synth sounds
of the 70s with kids TV, leftfield dance music and electro,
Toy creates wonderful and infectious pop. "Prozac-
flavoured glory."-BBC Radio 3. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
SmalltownSupersound-110
CD
$16.00
Trembling Blue Stars
Her Handwriting + 3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, UK 17 tracks. LTM is proud to announce extended CD
reissues of the first two albums by Trembling Blue Stars,
the cult indie-pop band featuring Bobby Wratten, formerly
of The Field Mice and Northern Picture Library. Trembling
Blue Stars were formed in 1995, initially as a solo vehicle
for singer and songwriter Bobby Wratten, assisted by long-term
studio collaborator Ian Catt (St Etienne). After three
albums Her Handwriting (1996), Lips That Taste of Tears
(1998) and Broken By Whispers (2000, the first of two albums
released in North America on Sub Pop), Bobby was joined
by co-vocalist and keyboard player Beth Arzy, who is also
a member of LA-based Aberdeen. Since then TBS have released
two further albums, Alive to Every Smile (2001) and The
Seven Autumn Flowers (2004), and completed several North
American tours. TBS songs have also appeared in episodes
of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, One Tree Hill and Ghost Whisperer.
This newly expanded and remastered edition of Her Handwriting
f
eatures 74 minutes of music and three bonus tracks. Her
Handwriting made Melody Maker's Top 25 albums of 1996,
while lead single Abba on the Jukebox was voted 19 on the
John Peel Festive 50 that same year. The booklet features
all-new artwork, as well as a detailed artist biography
by American journalist Michael Hill.
LTM-2460
CD
$17.00
Trembling Blue Stars
Lips That Taste of Tears + 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
14TH)
15 tracks. This newly expanded and remastered edition of
Lips That Taste of Tears features 74 minutes of music and
one bonus track. Stand-out songs include single The Rainbow,
Letter Never Sent and Never Loved You More. The booklet
features revised artwork, together with a detailed artist
biography by American journalist Michael Hill.
LTM-2462
CD
$17.00
Tresspassers William
Having (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, US Latest album produced by Dave Fridmann (FLAMING
LIPS, MERCURY REV, MOGWAI) shows further maturation of
their sound by pushing each song towards more complex textures & into
deeper extremes, while still hinting at strains of ambient,
folk & shoegaze.
Nettwerk
CD
$16.50
Tunng
The Pioneers EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US Heck! Pioneers its Bloc Party gone foktronic. We
include the Tale from Black, as revered as woody's early
funny movies. Number 2 in Piccadilly 2005 chart. No 75
in Rough Trade and No 2 in Hoodlam Tribe chart. "Pool
Beneath The Pond ", was b side that's only available
on e-bay or the differing overseas albums. Chuck in the
video showcased at Mirrorball in 2005. Headlined the (folkey
dokey stage) at the legendary green man festival in 2005.
Other headliners included Bonnie Prince Billy/ Matt Sweeny/
The Earlies/ Incredible String Band / James Yorkston/ Joanne
Newsome Tunng most recent BBBC session was broadcast on
Radio 1 s The One Music shows accross both Rob Da Bank
and Huw Stevens shows. - Full-scale national PR and college
radio campaigns will launch in support of U.S. release
- "Magpie Bites" single just released in the
UK is receiving voluminous critical acclaim - "Mother's
Daughter" was a finalist in "Album of the Year," category
in Gilles Peterson's Worldwide Music Aw
ards 2005 - UK Reviews ran in Mojo, Q, Uncut, Esquire,
Urb, Touch, Update, Diva, Clash, Plan B, IDJ and more -Have
toured extensively with bands such as Crooked Fingers,
Viva Voce, Nine Black Alps, Minotaur Shock, King Creosote,
and Jose Gonzalez. CDS - "The Pioneers", "Tale
from Black", "Pool beneath the Pond" + "Fair
Doreen Video" / 7" Is one sided, etched and has
the one track "The Pioneers" AND is extremely
limited.
StaticCaravan-099
CD5
$8.00
Tusk
Get Ready (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Avant, progged out, psych', helicopter grind --
Tusk's aural barrage has been categorized with some random
appellations. Truth of the matter is, the more out-there
the genre description, the more obvious this fact: It's
fucking out there. Amidst surgically precise blasts, frenzied
vocals and fret board savagery to make devout fans of all
matters of harshness raise a horned-hand salute, you'll
find a willingness to experiment: sitar, slide guitar,
mandolin, swirling keyboard passages. 3/4 of Tusk also
play in Pelican.
HEWHOCORRUPTS,INC-012
CD
$12.00
Univers Zero
Live (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Founding member of the original "Rock In Opposition" [R.I.O.]
movement, and considered to be one of the greatest avant-garde
rock bands of the 70's & 80's, the Belgian band Univers
Zero were originally founded in 1974. During their first
lifetime, they released 1313 (1977), Heresie (1979), Ceux
Du Dehors (1981), Crawling Wind, (1983), UZED(1984) and
Heatwave (1986) until their breakup in 1987. After 2 solo
albums, leader Daniel Denis reformed the band in 1997 & released
3 albums between 1998-2004. They are rightly famous for
their perfect balance between classical and rock influences.
UZ's 10th release and their first-ever live album! The
recorded sound is magnificent and the new arrangements
bring a large number of fresh views to the familiar favorites
here.
Cuneiform-220
CD
$13.75
Universe, The
The Outer Void Intrepid Sailor (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
7TH)
PS, US 'The Outer Void Intrepid Sailor,' is the brainchild
of brothers Lachlan and Gus Franklin (Architecture in Helsinki)
who, along with musical think-alike Ben Browning and other
assorted friends and collaborators form a group called;
theUniverse. Having spent many a childhood year together
in the family car, writing spasmodic ditties to add to
their very own fictional top40 'Chart', the brothers -
whilst driving down to family Christmas one year - had
a revelatory moment about their place within the universe.
Out of this moment - beyond the feeling of total insignificance
- came an idea about a project. the idea was to write,
arrange and record a collection of songs with the common
theme of 'Space.' The project (affectionately referred
to as 'the space album,') was to be an album that would
somehow give a similar feeling that the brothers had felt
in the car that day. The results of two years sporadic
work, (in between other musical projects such as the Smallgoods,
Architectur
e in Helsinki and The Ca$inos), culminates with 12 songs
which vary in style, substance, singer, songwriter and
production, to complete a working whole. A whole where
pop is the format, but space is the catalyst, expanding
and contracting trace elements of the last fifty years
of harmony driven pop music. Sing-along melodies, down-home
acoustic guitars and dinky drums meet large, overblown
production, in a Prog-Pop extravaganza, with a tied-in
narrative that can be taken or left in favour of the songs'
face value catchiness. The narrative tells the fantastical
story of an average man, who is chosen to pilot a supercraft
to the far reaches of deep space, to establish whether
there is an end to the universe...and if so, what lies
beyond? The songs chart the course of the main characters'
psychological state, his dealings with the onboard computer,
and his feelings of uncertainty, excitement, paranoia,
madness and solitude as he drifts beyond the realms of
knowledge and into an unfat
homable galactic void.
With a nostalgic nod to ELO's 'Time,' Bowie's conceptual
ghost and the ambience of Brian Eno...Along with moments
reminiscent of AIR's scientific playfulness, intimate sections
that echo many nights spent listening to the Microphones,
and the sci-fi sentiments of GRANDADDY and the FLAMING
LIPS; this is an album of unhindered joy and enthusiasm
by the Universe, for the Universe...and everything within
it.
Microindie-006
CD
$9.00
Various
And To The Disciples That Remain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
13TH)
PS, US Celebration of eleven years of Amish Records.
Deluxe 6-panel foldout packaging. Features tracks from
PG Six,
Black Taj, Bird Show, Oranges Band, Samara Lubelski, Dan
Brown, Mike Wexler, Theo Angell, Chuck Johnson, Dan Matz & the
Birdwatcher.
Amish-023
CD
$14.50
Various
Deathrow: the Chronicles of Psychobilly PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK A superb 25 track psychobilly compilation which
features the leading names from the scene. Artists include
such legendary psychobilly acts as the meteors,guana batz,
long tall texans, the sharks, the gazmen, hyperjax, restless
and the caravans. The cd is an accompaniment to "deathrow...the
chronicles of psychobilly" book, "deathrow" was
the worlds only long running psychobilly fanzine and this
book is a collection of all the original issues, which
are now very collectable and in demand. The whole psychobilly
scene is growing in popularity around the world and this
unique collection will be very well received. Track Listing:
1/ The Sharks "Deathrow", 2/ Frenzy "Till
The Following Night", 3/ The Meteors "Go Buddy
Go", 4/ The Frantic Flintstones "Your Time Is
Up", 5/ The Caravans "Dirty Little Town",
6/ Dawg House "Final Justice", 7/ Guana Batz "I'm
On Fire", 8/ The Gazmen "Rigormortise Rock",
9/ Elektraws "Lost In A Time Vortex", 10/ Legendary
Raw Deal "Jackson", 11/ Long Tal
l Texans "Notice Me", 12/ P.Paul Fenech "Daddy's
Hammer", 13/ Phantom Cowboys "Voodoo Bunnies",
14/ Popeye's Dik "Searchin' For The King", 15/
Restless "They Don't Understand Me Anymore",
16/ The Sharks "Screw", 17/ Gazmen "The
Kid From Mars", 18/ The Frantic Flintstones "Shake
A Bone Capone", 19/ Hyperjax "Happy Pillz",
20/ The Guana Batz "Rockin In The Graveyard" ,21/
The Meteors "Please Don't Touch", 22/ Shakeout "Breakin'
Loose", 23/ Long Tall Texans "Border Radio",
24/ The Frantic Flintstones, 25/ The Sharks "Hanger
84".
Anagram-042
CD
$14.75
Various
Nothin' But Trash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 28TH)
PS, UK Believe it or not the swingin' sixties didn't just
spawn mega-pop groups like the Beatles, Stones and Monkees.
The decade of love also gave birth to something far darker
and dirtier, and arguably much more fun. Yes, the sixties
were also responsible for producing the seeds of what would
eventually become Punk Rock. The legacy of such icons as
The Sonics, The 13th Floor Elevators and The Monks lives
on today, and over the past two decades has produced cult
sensations such as Thee Milkshakes, The Prisoners and Kaisers.
A filthy hybrid of Bad Taste, Rhythm n Blues, rockabilly,
surf sounds and all that is unholy, Trash Punk is one of
the most enduring forces in the rock n roll underground.
This DVD compilation covers nearly twenty years of Garage
Punk and Sixties Style rock, AKA Trash and showcases some
of the legendary characters that have emerged on the scene.
Never anything less than inventive, "Nothin But Trash" shows
exactly why this debauched tradition survives to this ve
ry day - It's bloody good fun. From cult heroes The Gun
Club and Link Wray to more recent contenders to the throne
Saturn V and Empress of Fur, its no frills and big thrills
all they way as we visit the seediest venues in the UK
and spend time at 2003's Wild Weekend in Benidorm, Spain.
A mixture of live and promo footage showcases one of most
thriving genres of underground music history and present.
CherryRed-115
DVD
$24.25
Various
To:Elliot From:Portland (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Tribute to the late Elliott Smith featuring indie-rock
notables including The Decemberists, Helio Sequence, The
Thermals, Swords, Dolorean, & Sean Croghan. Ten percent
of the net proceeds will be donated to the Elliott Smith
Foundation's charity, "Free Arts for Abused Children".
The album features liner notes from those who knew & loved
Smith. Mastered by Tony Lash, Elliott's former Heatmiser
bandmate.
Expunge-002
CD
$14.75
Various
Sleepless in Seattle -Birth of Grunge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Comps 20 original recordings from the scene that
gave us Nirvana. Cuts by BLACKOUTS, UMEN, TREEPEOPLE, TAD,
COFFIN BREAK, SKIN YARD, LOVE BATTERY, SEAWEED, 7 YEAR
BITCH, MELVINS, SCREAMING TREES, GREEN RIVER, MUDHONEY,
BABES IN TOYLAND, SEAWEED, tons more.
Livewire-1012
CD
$15.00
Various
Gommagang 3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Third compilation of Germany's Gomma label incl.
club hits & remixes from vinyl only releases & unreleased
stuff from the last 2 years. Incl. cuts & remixes by
HEADMAN, MUNK, RAPTURE, FRANCISCO, JAMES MURPHY (LCD SOUNDSYSTEM),
MIDNIGHT MIKE & DJ CHLOE.
Gomma-070
CD
$12.00
Various
Starter Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
PS, US Not a collection of music videos, but a samppling
of new dance & music created for the camera. Curated
by Katie Eastburn, this feat. new dance by members of Leg & Pants
Dans Theatre, Hysterica Dance So, 4 Hard Gulps Theater
Co. & new music from members of YOUNG PEOPLE, VAZ,
LIARS, NEW COLLAPSE & EMILY MANZO.
KillRockStars-427
DVD
$12.50
Various
Never the Same: British Folk Revival 70-77 (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Documents the unheralded Brit Folk revival of
the early-mid '70s that was shepherded by the Leader
label
when everyone else, incl. even Fairport, sold out to rock & fusion.
A trove of treasures never on CD by Tony Rose, Lal Waterson,
Dick Gaughan, Dave Burland, Nic Jones, Aly Bain, more. "Beautiful,
deeply affecting, traditional music away from the spotlight.
****."-Guardian (UK)
HonestJon's-40831
CD
$18.00
Various
Idol Tryouts II (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US Double disc overview of Ghostly International label
full of mostly BRAND NEW TRACKS & none previously available
on CD. Deluxe digipak w/ full color art, discography, photos & bios.
SOLVENT, MATTHEW DEAR, KILL MEMORY CRASH, DABRYE, LOSCIL,
KILN, GREG DAVIS, LUSINE, TIM HECKER, RICHARD DEVINE, tons
more.
Ghostly-051
DCD
$19.00
Various
Pink Floyd's The Wall -- Revisited (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
MARCH 28TH)
PS, US A magnificent tribute! A stellar cast reintroduces
us to this unforgettable classic with all the enthusiasm,
reverence and atmosphere worthy of the original masterpiece.
The mastermind behind the production is the talented multi
instrumentalist and producer Billy Sherwood (Yes, Conspiracy,
World Trade). For his ambitious project Sherwood brings
together only musicians of the highest caliber! Here we
find the likes of Ian Anderson, Tony Levin, Steve Howe,
Tommy Shaw, Ronnie Montrose, Adrian Belew, Rick Wakeman,
Malcolm McDowell, and members of bands like ELP, Asia,
Jethro Tull, King Crimson, Toto, Montrose, Yes, and Talking
Heads to name a few! So many musicians all sharing a common
love for this seminal work. Such lofty ideas often lead
to musical disaster, but instead these guys really pull
it off! A fantastic tribute that deserves its own place
in history.
Akarma-345
CD
$17.25
Various
Motown the Early Years (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 31ST)
PS, US From the PBS "My Music" special plus 10
original vintage video clips w/newly remixed STEREO audio
by TEMPTATIONS, SUPREMES, STEVIE WONDER, MARVIN GAYE, FOUR
TOPS, SMOKEY ROBINSON, MARY WELLS.
Shout!-6086
DVD
$22.75
Vialka
Curiosities Of Popular Customs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
6TH)
PS, US Veritable nomads who travel the globe, astounding
audiences in squats, punk clubs & bars. The music is
derived from the underground- experimental-punk scene,
but ostensibly mixed-in is a healthy dose of the French
school of Avant Rock: Tres Fou (quite insane), mostly fast,
hard-hitting & w/ its own intense trademarks: baritone
guitar, bass, drums & vocals, all between 2 people.
This is wild, vivacious & crazy stuff, idiosyncratic
to the core & quite energetic.
ReR-002
CD
$18.00
Washington
A New Order Rising (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, GERMANY Tromso, Norway trio Washington blend elements
of Radiohead and Neil Young, Will Oldham and Palace, Tim & Jeff
Buckley and Mercury Rev... Epic, widescreen pop, largely
acoustic, verging on a surreal Norwegian country and western.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED on the back of the two tracks he's heard
so far, Jim can't wait to hear the full album. Glitterhouse's
version includes two bonus tracks. Check out other Glitterhouse
gear we're making available. LOGO MAGAZINE REVIEW: "Norway's
Washington have it in them to drag that spotlight back
though; not so much because what they're creating is particularly
new or different, more because what they're creating is
ineffably beautiful. Much like the work of their fellow
countryman Thomas Hansen, aka St. Thomas, this is Norwegian
Appalachia, the sound of snow falling on forests, the sound
of hearts breaking in morning mist. Imagine if Neil Young
had been born a baritone; imagine no longer."
Glitterhouse-637
CD
$13.50
Whitman, Keith Fullerton
Lisbon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 14TH)
PS, US This new EP ia a document of his live shows are
an extensive performance schedule in 2005. As he explains," This
recording, captures to hard disk on stage at Galeria Ze
Dos Bois on Oct. 4th, is... a single lilting piece of static
sine-tone harmonics, squared off electric guitar haze,
clangorous room-tone eruptions, & high end synth freakouts..."
Kranky-092
CD5
$10.00
Whysall Lane
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Debut release from new band featuring Richard Baluyut
of VERSUS & Adam Pfahler of JAWBREAKER. Indie rock
for people who hate indie rock, now in full band setting.
Blackball-006
CD
$14.50
Wooden
Wand & Vanishing Voice
Voice- Gipsy Freedom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US This is the sound of them combining their sound
more fluently than ever before. Compensating for the relative
dearth of wooden instruments this time around is guest
star DANIEL CARTER. This is both their most confounding & rewarding
release. You may hear faint echos of Albert Ayler on one
track, Iommi-derived riffage on the next, torch songs that
sound torn straight from a Gershwin songbook on the next & Can
style epic grooves on the next. The sound of a band breaking
out of the box & using the discarded shapes to construct
strange new universes.
5RueChristine-53
CD
$14.50
Wooden
Wand & Vanishing Voice
Voice- Gipsy Freedom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
5RueChristine-53
DLP
$14.50
Young And Sexy
Panic When You Find It (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, CA On February 14, 2006, where will you be? Or rather,
who will you be with? If the answer is "`as always,
I will be alone in my own remorse", perk up, sweet
pea. You finally have a date. This Valentine's Day, Mint
Records releases the perfect pop companion piece for the
darkest, loneliest days of winter: the new album from Vancouver's
Young and Sexy. The third full length from Young and Sexy
is the latest chronicle of the relationship between lead
singers Paul "Make Out King" Pittman, one of
Canada's best young songwriters, and Lucy Brain, a blonde
vision with a lovely British lilt. The effortless harmonies,
duets and musical foreplay the two exchange throughout
Young and Sexy's recorded work could only come from former
lovers. That they continue to expand on their elegant melancholia
on Panic When You Find It ears after the embers of their
romance turned to ash, is a testament to their honed talent.
Produced by the indie-rock star-making team at JC/DC Studios
(New Pornographers, Destroyer, Tegan and Sara), Young and
Sexy have handcrafted ten clear and vibrant love songs
showing a band at ease;
comfortable in their own skin, their lot in life. And so
lonely office worker, this one is for you. It's time to
punch out and make your way home through the grey city.
Unlock the door and pour yourself a glass of red wine.
Spin "The Curious Organ" (track 2), "Your
Enemy's Asleep" (track 1), "Conventional Lullabies" (track
7). Have sex with something Young and Sexy, and Panic When
You Find It. Happy Valentine's Day from Mint Records. Watch
for Young and Sexy performing this March at SxSW and across
Canada in April. RIYL: Belle & Sebastian, Big Star,
Nick Lowe, New Pornographers.
Mint-090
CD
$14.25
______________________________
Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders
______________________________
Aberdeen City ‘Freezing Atlantic’ CD $12.50
American Analog Set ‘Set Free’ LP $16.00
Beulah ‘When Your Heartstrings Break’ CD $14.50
Bonnie "Prince" Billy ‘Summer in the Southeast’ CD
$12.75
Cerberus Shoal ‘Land We All Believe In’ CD
$15.50
Contrast ‘Forget To Tell The Time’ CD $15.25
Cray ‘Undo’ CD $14.75
Crunc Tesla ‘What's Really Rad?’ 12 $8.75
Danger Doom ‘The Mouse & the Mask’ CD $15.50
Danger Doom ‘The Mouse & the Mask’ LP $13.00
DDC ‘Death, Destruction & Chaos’ CD $12.00
Dead Science ‘Frost Giant’ CD $14.00
Duke, Andrew ‘Sprung’ CD $14.75
Elliott ‘Photorecording (CD/DVD)’ CD $12.25
Espers ‘Weed Tree’ CD $13.00
Espers ‘Weed Tree’ LP $14.50
Faith Healers ‘Peel Sessions’ CD $14.50
Found ‘#4’ ZINE $5.00
Frazer, Paula ‘Leave the Sad Things Behind’ CD
$15.25
Galaxie 500 ‘Peel Sessions’ CD $11.00
Gardener, Mark ‘These Beautiful Ghosts’ CD
$15.25
Gasman ‘Multiplex’ CD $14.50
Girls from Hawaii ‘From Here to There’ CD $15.25
Goblin Cock ‘Bagged & Boarded’ CD $15.50
Goblin Market ‘Haunted’ CD $15.00
Gossip/Le Tigre ‘Standing In The Way Of Control’ 12
$7.00
Grouper ‘Way Their Crept’ CD $15.25
Hillbilly Nightmare ‘Dirt Rock Demons’ CD $12.00
Indian ‘Unquiet Sky’ CD $12.00
Instant Automotons ‘Another Wasted Sunday Afternoon’ CD
$11.00
Kirkwood, Curt ‘Snow’ CD $13.50
Koenjihyakkei ‘Angherr Shisspa’ CD $14.50
Lair Of The MInotaur ‘Cannibal Massacre’ CD5
$9.25
Made In Mexico ‘Zodiac Zoo’ CD $14.50
Major Stars ‘Black Road’ 45 $5.50
Minsk ‘Out Of A Center Which Is Neither Dead Nor
Alive’ CD $13.00
Mouse on Mars ‘Live 04’ LP $17.25
Novel 23 ‘Architectural Effects’ CD $14.75
Nurse with Wound ‘Salt Marie Celeste’ CD $15.25
Spaceheads/Max Eastley ‘The Time of The Ancient Astronaut’ CD
$14.75
Tennis ‘Europe On Horse Back’ CD $14.75
Thieves ‘Tales from White Line’ CD $13.50
Todd, Mia Doi ‘Ewe & the Eye’ CD $14.50
Twin Atlas ‘Sun Township’ CD $12.75
Various ‘I Love Guitar Wolf Very Much’ CD $12.75
Wang Inc. ‘Risotto In 4/4’ CD $14.75
Weller, Paul ‘As Is Now’ CD $15.25
Wolf, Patrick ‘Tristan’ 45 $6.75
Wolf, Patrick ‘Tristan’ CD5 $7.00
Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice ‘The Flood’ CD
$11.25
You Say Party! We Say Die! ‘Hit The Floor’ CD
$14.25
____________________________________________________________
