New
Releases
120 Days
Come Out, Come Down Fade Out, Be Gone
PS, US "'Come Out' is a marvel of ethereal precision,
immaculate pacing, Teutonic austerity, trance-inducing miasma,
and dark euphoria. 4.5/5"-PITCHFORK. 120 Days' eponymous
debut album will be released the 10th of October 2006 by
NYC`s Vice Records in collaboration with the band`s home
label, Smalltown Supersound. The album will be released in
the rest of the world early 2007. As a taster of this upcoming
masterpiece, Vice and Smalltown Supersound release this limited
edition 12" single, which is the epic 9 minutes long
opening track of the album. The 12" also features a
10 minutes long remix by Mental Overdrive. The 12" has
already got a 4.5 out of 5 at Pitchfork and the important
stereogum.com made a feature on 120 Days as band to watch.
120 Days is a Norwegian four piece band consisting of 3 synths,
a bass, one cymbal and (sometimes) a guitar, something which
places them somewhere in between electronic and rock. The
bands obsession with German kraut rock of the 70`s, experimental
artists such as Steve Reich and Arne Nordheim as well as
60`s rock group Stooges shines through in their monumental,
dark and hypnotic sound. A Smalltown/Vice co-release.
Smalltown-12812
12
$10.25
A Lily
Wake:Sleep
PS, US Tenderness and longing ring true on this roughly
hewn album of hand made valentines. Wake:Sleep, the debut
album from A Lily, is a gentle album of dulcet guitar-laced
electronics and soporific landscapes masterfully crafted
by yndi halda guitarist James Vella. Began when he was
17 years old, James has created an album that is a loving
spiral out to sleep, ending with a hypnotic 35 minute piece,
medicine for the somnambulist in all of us.
Dynamophone-002
CD
$16.00
Absolut Null Punkt
Metacompound
PS, US First full length studio album from ANP in 19 years.
Formed in 1984 by KK Null & Seijiro Murayama. In 1987
they broke up. 17 years later they reformed for some live
performances & released the singular "Live In
Japan." Metacompound combines free jazz, heavy rock,
industrial noise, glitch & free improvised dynamics,
ANP creates a sound that is intirely unprecidented. Lavish
metallic ink on vellum packaging by Sunn O))) member Stephen
O'Malley.
Important-110
CD
$13.75
Allen, Lily
Alright, Still
PS, US
EMI
CD
$17.25
ANP
Metacompound
PS, US First full length studio album from ANP in 19 years.
Formed in 1984 by KK Null & Seijiro Murayama. In 1987
they broke up. 17 years later they reformed for some live
performances & released the singular "Live In
Japan." Metacompound combines free jazz, heavy rock,
industrial noise, glitch & free improvised dynamics,
ANP creates a sound that is intirely unprecidented. Lavish
metallic ink on vellum packaging by Sunn O))) member Stephen
O'Malley.
Important-110
CD
$13.75
Bennett, Jay
Magnificent Defeat
PS, US New album from former Wilco madcap and math teacher... "Jay
Bennett's fourth solo effort, The Magnificent Defeat, is
as dizzying and dazzling as anything he and his former
bandmates put together, and it's nowhere near as mopey.
For one thing, Bennett's records in general -- and this
one in particular -- don't sound like his record collection.
They sound like he wrote songs, made noise -- and music
-- and had a blast doing it...The Magnificent Defeat is
one strange, quirky, and labyrinthine journey filled with
the quark weirdness of growing up ("5th Grade"),
broken love songs (the rollicking country-rock of "Wide
Open"), and the gorgeously and perversely orchestrated
tale of loss and studied rebuttal ("The Palace at
4 A.M.")... It's an album you'll be able to play in
five or ten years simply because there is so much in it.
It's rowdy, sometimes raucous, tender, good-spirited and
full of surprises. It's a rootsy yet manic pop thrill." (Thom
Jurek)
Ryko
CD
$16.25
Benni Hemm Hemm
Beginning End
PS, US Released in conjunction with the album & incl.
the first 2 tracks from the LP.
SoundofHandshake-712
45
$8.25
Bis
Return To Central
PS, UK Glasgow's Bis tweak their indie pop quirkiness on
their fourth album, Return to Central, and it's a desirable
and funkadelic feel-good mix of Bis' signature disco hooks
and thick pop beats. Surely their most ambitious release,
Bis shrug off their post-pubescent punk-pop snarlings and
kiddie chants found on The New Transistor Heroes and Intendo
and make Return to Central a vibrant twist in their Teen-C
Revolution. Manda Rin tames her little girl rants for something
sassy, tossing all criticism aside to transcend into electronic
bliss. She and Bis cohorts John Disco and Sci-Fi Steve
frolic with new wave synth breaks, and let their fondness
for Talk Talk, New Order, and Can be known. "What
Are You Afraid Of" and "Silver Spoon" splice
heavy techno-pop with Rin's vocalic glossy flare; however,
Sci-Fi Steven's and Disco's riveting guitars on "Chicago" shimmy
into Bis' finest moment on "A Portrait From Space," a
loopy celestial soundscape of floating orchestration kicked
off with old-school Nintendo samples, yet it's the dream
pop guitar work that sets up Bis' new rock cleverness.
Bis isn't consumed with angst for the music follower, for
they'd rather spiral into club land in their own musical
mystery. Return to Central allows Bis to relish in their
fun and self-indulgence without them being regarded as
snotty indie punks. A sophistication is cast, spawning
Bis' bold move from "Kandy Pop."
Artful-042
CD
$9.00
Boris
Vein
PS, US Deluxe, one of a kind, LIMITED vinyl pressing. Completely
transparent picture disc w/a border image on the outer
perimeter of the vinyl. Massive low end guitar drone, explosive
thrash metal, sound samples & plenty of feedback to
go around. Bow down, fellow worshipers & let this chunk
of sound explode around you. Pic. LP
Important-075
LP
$36.00
Brighter
Out To Sea
PS, US Fantastic new 20-track compilation featuring eight
songs from the highly sought after 'Laurel' mini-lp originally
released on Sarah Records, plus five songs from the rare
German-released 'Next Summer' and 'A Winter's Tale' flexis,
a contribution to the impossible-to-find 'Beckett House'
compilation LP, and six previously unreleased tracks, all
remastered in glorious stereo sound. Tracklisting: 1. Christmas,
2. Frostbite, 3. Summer Becomes Winter, 4. Something To
Call My Own, 5. Ocean Sky, 6. Out to Sea, 7. Maybe, 8.
Journey's End, 9. If I Could See, 10. Wallflower, 11. Airhead,
12. Don't Remember, 13. Next Summer, 14. Looks Like Rain,
15. Falling, 16. There Is Nothing We Can Do?, 17. Nothing
At All, 18. Hope to God, 19. Amy Never Knew, 20. Still.
Matinee-041
CD
$14.25
Byrds
There Is a Season Box (4XCD/DVD)
PS, US Special 4 CD box set spanning 1964-1990 incl every
hit, many album cuts, tone of previously unreleased tracks,
live radio shots, in concert performances & studio
classics. Also inc. Bonus DVD 1965-67!. In 5x10" embossed
box set & 100pp deluxe booklet.
Legacy-69699-86424-2
CD
$51.10
Cash, Johnny
Wanted Man
PS, US Comps some of his best 50's Mercury cuts incl. "That
Old Wheel," "Ballad of a Teenage Queen" & " The
Night Hank Williams Came to Town." Universal Special
Products.
UniSP-314522709-2
CD
$7.25
Casiotone for Painfully
Alone-Answering Machine Music
PS, US CD now out of print. CFTPA has gained a lot of attention
in the alternative press with an endless list of references
ranging from Moldy Peaches, Smog, Silver Jews, Young Marble
Giants to Will Oldham. A series of musical answering machine
messages disguised as pop songs, maybe the best battery-powered
pop record you've ever heard. Includes the long out of
print debut 7" by CFTPA, plus music recorded for "Scumrock",
the new film by American cult director Jon Moritsugu. A
reissue of the painfully under available US debut originally
on Cassingle USA now with new, uncrappy cover art & four
bonus tracks.
Tomlab-021
LP
$12.75
Changes
Today is Tonight
PS, US These Windy City's favorite sons, have put together
a collection of dynamic, romantic, well crafted & finely
tuned melodic expressions. Self produced along w/ help
from Chris Brickley (R. Kelly, Wilco).
DramaClub-102
CD
$12.00
Chenaux, Eric
Dull Lights
PS, US An album of long windig melodies and subtle shifts
and turns. Chenaux has been a creative force in the Toronto
underground music scene for 15 years. Delicate, intricate
and inspired pared down tunes using a highly original palette
of guitar based sounds.
Constellation-043
CD
$15.50
Chenaux, Eric
Dull Lights
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation-043
LP
$17.50
Coctails
Book Of Images
PS, JAPAN This colorfully visual book collects all of the
flyers of The Coctails, a legendary lounge/garage band
who were active in Chicago from the late '80s to the late
'90s. Snazzy, stylish, retro-hip but with a punk edge,
it includes flyer images, photos of their DIY merchandise,
advertisements, and comics.
PresspopGallery
BOOK
$15.00
Coltrane, John
Fearless Leader (6XCD)
PS, US First ever comprehensive boxset for his 1957-58,
Prestige-era time as a band leader. Rare photos, 64pp booklet,
original session notes. Remastered. Nice.
Prestige-630059
CD
$59.00
Curium
Nowever
PS, US Evan Sornstein's great appreciation for the unfettered
humanity of E.E. Cummings is celebrated on this suite of
twenty-two poems, read by twenty-two people evenly spaced
around the world. Set against an evocative, electronic
backdrop of detailed soundscape, Nowever explores life
and meaning, searching for Cummings' "truths" through
his own works, interpreted by the voices of glad and young,
aged and ageless from Taipei to Glasgow, Sardinia to California.
Dynamophone-001
CD
$16.00
Damn Sam
Miracle Man
PS, US Jack Taylor producing; Ben Littles directing music;
Love Star Music, writing lyrics; O.C. Tolbert, A.J. Branham & Rudy
Thompson on vocals; Dave Newton, drums; Greg Whitfield,
electric congos/bongos; Tony Trice, bass; Tobby Childs,
guitar; Johnathan Scott, lead guitar; Ben James; keyboards
Good Sister, tambourine; Ben Littles, trombone/trumpet;
Lewellen Sutherland, tenor sax; & Richard "Sonny
Bobby" Dilligard, trumpet. So this congregation of
movers went into the studio & Damn Sam The Miracle
Man was Born.
Tayster-001
LP
$16.25
Darkel
S-T
PS, US
Astralwerks
CD
$17.25
Del Rey
A Pyramid for the Living
PS, US Third album from the instrumental rock quartet from
Chicago features their most epic and aggressive storytelling
to date. Includes touches of Middle Eastern, South Asian
and Afro-Cuban influences. Building on a strong foundation
of post rock and electronci roots, their tonal palette
has grown fo include such instruments as sitar, prepared
piano, acoustic guitar, and for the first time, the human
voice.
MyPalGod-063
CD
$13.50
Denny, Martin
Quiet Village
PS, UK As part of our ongoing series of reappraised, remastered
and INTENSIFIED releases of music from the 1950's and before
here we hit the Daddy of them all... MARTIN DENNY! From
the spectacular sleeve, featuring the Exotica Girl, Sandy
Warner, in one of her many guises (this time she seems
to be disguised as Lounge Laura) to the cool hypnotic vibes
of the music within, this is an ESSENTIAL album. Presented
here in both it's Hi-Fi Mono version, and it's Spectrasonic
Stereo version (both VERY different beasts indeed!) for
your especial pleasure, featuring notes by Rev-Ola's very
own Exotica Girl, Lounge Laura Taylor and a whole load
of wonderful tracks to chill out to!. Pour the cocktails
and dim the lights...for Martin Denny! Stranger In Paradise
/ Hawaiian War Chant / Coronation / Sake Rock / Paradise
Found / Firecracker / Martinique / My Little Grass Shack.../
Tune From Rangoon / Happy Talk / Pagan Love Song / Laura
/ Quiet Village.
Rev-Ola-107
CD
$14.75
Destroyer
We'll Build Them A Golden Bridge
PS, CANADA Re-issue of DESTROYER's first album proper from
1996. Destroyer is Dan Bejar, also singer/songwriter of
the strongly regarded New Pornographers. "the one
hundredth beautiful crib death just sold to - you'll never
guess..." I guess that's how they launched ships way
way back when the first line of the first song off the
first Destroyer album got laid to tape... A cassette tape,
actually, in a borrowed 4-track. Those recordings and a
few slightly older ones would later see the light of day
on a CD that came out called We'll Build Them A Golden
Bridge. And now it's coming out again, after a few years
of OOP oblivion. The artwork's changed cause apparently
the man can afford many colors now, not just the black
ones and the white ones, though some will argue that the
changes reflect the sum of the parts of the difference
between 1996 and 2006. Argue on, we say. The album contains
two numbers that would go on to be New Pornographers songs,
as well as a song called The Pornographers. And a country
song. and another country song, and a few bars of a Bacharach/David
song, and a couple other songs somewhat under the spell
of Barrett, and then a few more on top of that. It employs
most of the bag of tricks that we have all since come to
know as Bejar's Bag - miniature violin, midi-Sax, the "ocean" function
of a Casio, broken snare, 4-string guitar, a line about
the fact that you've just quoted an Orange Juice song...
The sound of 1995 we used to call it... Too bad the record
came out in 1996... It is said that this CD almost single-handedly
buried the Destroyer franchise, and, if for that reason
alone, it demands the scrutiny of lovers and haters alike.
Enjoy the curios... TRACKLISTING: 1) Revolution 2) J. Tailor
3) Smith 4) I, As McCarthy 5) Mending Song 6) Leave Little
Fiddler (Alone) 7) The Pornographers 8) War on Jazz 9)
Islands in the Stream 10) Saddestroyer 11) Streets of Fire
12) Rose 13) Breakin' the Law 14) Whistlin' Dixie (She
Shoots) 15) Riots 16) Knowing When to Leave (Slang Mix).
Scratch-47
CD
$14.75
Destruction Unit
Death to the Old Flesh
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Empty-416
LP
$13.00
Destruction Unit
Death to the Old Flesh
PS, US Out-of-control beat with electronic keys, a deafening
guitar & damaged vocals that wants you dead.
Empty-416
CD
$13.00
Dobson, Bonnie
S/T
PS, UK Best known as the writer of the apocalyptic '60s
folk-rock standard "Morning Dew", Canadian Bonnie
Dobson became a mover on the Chicago and New York folk
revival scenes and released five albums in the acoustic
folk style between 1960 and 1964. She returned to Toronto
in 1965 and continued playing the coffee house circuit
without recording any more albums. By the time "Morning
Dew" was being widely recorded by the likes of Fred
Neil & Vince Martin (the first to cover it), Tim Rose,
The Grateful Dead, Lulu, The Jeff Beck Group and Episode
Six in the late '60s she'd upped sticks and moved to England,
home of her songwriter heroes Jackson C Frank, Ralph McTell
and Bert Jansch. Signing to RCA Records, she cut a highly
orchestrated version of "Morning Dew" at their
suggestion for her self-titled 1969 'comeback' album, along
with strong original material like "I'm Your Woman" and "I
Got Stung" and covers of hippy-era folk-rock reliables "Everybody's
Talkin'", "Let's Get Together" and "You
Never Wanted Me". Dobson's live UK debut was at the
Queen Elizabeth Hall in November 1969 and she became a
familiar presence on British and European TV and radio
for a couple of years. The 1970 follow-up album Good Morning
Rain took her MOR/orchestral folk leanings to their logical
conclusion and will appear on Rev-Ola in the near future.
First time on CD for this 1969 folk-rock jewel! Includes
the author's own version of her standard "Morning
Dew" alongside songs by Fred Neil, Jackson C Frank
and Dino Valente! Features in-depth liner notes with brand
new interview material! Remastered in the usual mind-blowing
Rev-Ola style! A must for all fans of folk-rock, singer-songwriters,
female troubadours, orchestrated torch songs and good ole
quality late '60s pop music!
Rev-Ola-179
CD
$14.75
Don Caballero
World Class Listening Problem
PS, US 180gm LIMITED VINYL.
Relapse-6693
LP
$18.00
Durutti Column
Rebellion
PS, UK First time in stock here. Restock. Right from the
first note it's clearly a Durutti Column album, and thank
Heaven for that. Twenty years-plus since Vini Reilly "returned" with
his debut effort and though he's looking pretty grey on
the back cover, there's no question that he's still got
both the drive and sheer sense of beauty in his guitar
playing fully in place. With Mitchell again his partner
on drums and a variety of guest singers and players helping
out along the way, most notably the lovely, powerful singer
Vick A. Wood, Reilly with Rebellion released his first
U.K. disc since Time Was Gigantic and showed that the world
was still his. Certainly, he's not breaking sudden new
ground - in respects, he's almost the postpunk Eric Clapton
at this point, quietly experimenting rather than suddenly
sign-pointing the future. But if his hushed singing and
endlessly listenable, endlessly shimmering guitar is the
keystone for all he does, Rebellion provides enough variations
to make it one of his best efforts yet. With the guest
instruments including fiddle, harmonica, and Tibetan banjo,
while bhangra samples, breakbeats, and on "Overlord,
Pt. One" a reggae-flavored rap from Bic add more modern
flavor, Reilly and company demonstrate that variety rather
than reworking one approach is the key to the Durutti Column's
relevance in a new century. One of the most inspired moments
is grounded in far earlier days, though - a version of
Irish folk standard "The Fields of Athenry," which
deserves attention as much for Wood's bravura vocal turn
as for Reilly's entrancing arrangement. Then there's "Geh
Cak Af En Yam," which sounds like an LC standard at
once gone acoustic and even more spacy and inspired than
before, the subtly enjoyable "Falling," and the
utterly captivating "Mello, Pt. One," all exquisite
testaments to the continuing power of Reilly's art. - Ned
Raggett
Artful -040
CD
$14.75
Electro Quarterstaff
Gretzky
PS, US The debut full length from this Winnipeg band will
undoubtedly go down in history as on one of the greatest
instrumental metal albums ever. It strives to marry the
insectoid riffing of modern technical death metal w/ mutant
starfish rhythms that swell & contract like reptilian
break-dancing on a pirate cruise ship.
WillowtipRecords-048
CD5
$13.75
Falcon, The
Unicornography
PS, US Members of THE LAWRENCE ARMS, ALKALINE TRIO, & RISE
AGAINST got together back in '04 to make music in the name
of fun. After a lot of laughs & more than 10,000 copies
later, their 5-song debut CDEP was such a hit w/ the kids
that it prompted the guys to crack some more brews & do
a full length. They're having such a blast here that the
Chicago supergroup has planned to make a video & play
some shows around the release.
RedScare-109
CD
$13.75
Falcon, The
Unicornography
PS, US
RedScare-109
LP
$11.75
Family Of Eve
I Wanna Be Loved By You
PS, US ...b/w Please Be Truthful" Amazing underground
funky disco release from Pittsburgh was originally released
in '80 on Jeree Records. Both sides of this 45 have went
on to become firm underground classics of today. Both tunes
are desperately sought after & until now virtually
unavailable to the public.
LotusLand-1002
45
$7.25
Fe-Mail/Carlos Giffoni
Northern Stains
PS, US Individually & together, Carlos Giffoni & Fe-Mail
make records that are rich, detailed, dense & complex,
constantly straddling the line between improvised noise & modern
composition. It's this attention to detail & warmth
that make Fe-Mail & Carlos Giffoni such celebrated
artists & kindred collaborators. Northern Stains is
often absurd combination of live sounds, feedback, hilarious
sampling with a genuine sentimental touch, which nods towards
both the northern glaciers and the beauty & brutality
of nature.
Important -112
CD
$13.75
FM3 + Dou Wei
Hou Guan Yin
PS, US The artists behind the genius that is THE BUDDHA
MACHINE. This marks the rise of a new Chinese sonic art
form. Teaming up w/ legendary rock singer/musician DOU
WEI, they go beyond the boundary by creating a new sonic
map of their own. W/ additional sound input from well-known
Chinese experimental music icon, YAN JUN. Converging 2
lineages of Chinese underground music: the microsound/noise
ambience of FM3 & the ever evolving rock experiment
of Dou Wei, this showcases a new sonic activity that blends
both the Western & Eastern mentality into a system
of its own.
LonaRecords-012
CD
$18.00
Fourcolor
Letter of Sounds
PS, US Following the release of his work as part of the
electro-acoustic quartet Minamo on 12k (12k1031, 2005)
and the proto-pop outing under his new moniker Filfla (Plop,
2005), Fourcolor (Keiichi Sugimoto) is back with his second
release on 12k, Letter of Sounds. His previous work, Air
Curtain (12k1029) was a critical success selling out the
first pressing in little over one month. On Air Curtain,
Fourcolor explored new directions, building upon delicate,
implied rhythmic structures moving away from the strictly
drone based material on his debut cd Water Mirror (Apestaartje,
2004). With Letter of Sounds Sugimoto pushes his sound
even further by bringing the rhythms more to the foreground
and taking influences from his previous, more pop-based
work, as Filfla. The album uses many dominant rhythmic
structures such as on the opener "02" which couples
catchy guitar harmonic hooks with sliced melodic beats
or the beautiful "Rowboat" in which Sugimoto
collaborates with long-time friend Naoko Sasaki/Piana (Happy)
using a variety of instrumentation and vocals. Similarly,
a majority of the work on Letter of Sounds finds itself
working around tight, syncopated micro-rhythms. Of course
Letter of Sounds is not without its delicate undercurrents
and warm, stretched-out, whispy tones that have become
signature to Sugimoto's sound (the gorgeous finale "Frame"),
but his desire for a more up-front and structured approach
continues the evolution from a style he has mastered into
new, more challenging territory, and expands his palette
as an artist.
12K-1038
CD
$13.50
Frijid Pink
S/T
PS, US They had a very direct & cutting guitar heavy
sound, thanks to Gary Thonpson. It was a moderate success
thanks to their Top 40 hit cover of the classic " House
of the Rising Sun." The remaining tracks are all well
composed, because of an agile & solid rhythm section & the
confident Kelly Green whose voice adapts well to this hard
blues rock.
Akarma-362
CD
$17.25
Funkarma
Bion Glent
PS, CANADA Dutch duo Don & Roel Funcken a.k.a FUNCKARMA
deploy their latest attack of warm, intricate electronics
and deeply structured beats on the latest 15 track album "Bion
Glent". Funckarma's music is highly emotive and at
the same time mechanically lush with distant synth tinkering,
choppy funk pulses and IDM treatments of surprisingly original
material. Don and Roel Funcken are probably one of the
most prolific electronic music duos in europe if not the
world. Together they have a long history in electronic
music, working together with a long string of international
artists and in various projects and musical fields, such
as Shadowhuntaz (Funckarma + Non Genetic), Quench and,
of course, the Funckarma moniker. They have remixed a slew
of artists such as Comtron, Sandor Caron, Funkstörung
and Gridlock, and released a grip of albums and singles
on various labels (Skam, DUB, Neo Ouija, n5MD, U-cover).
Funckarma is mad electronics influenced by dub, hip-hop
and jazz.
Sublight-2801
CD
$13.50
God Is An Astronaut
All Is Violent, All Is Bright
PS, UK God Is An Astronaut were formed in 2002 by brothers
Niels and Torsten in Wicklow, Ireland. The band released
their debut album 'The End of the Beginning' on their own
label Revive Records in March 2003. Now with the worldwide
release of the 'A Moment of Stillness' EP and their second
album 'All Is Violent All is Bright' on UK label Rocket
Girl, the band will finally see a proper release outside
of Ireland. Their music and videos have received extensive
play worldwide and at home, including major radio/TV shows
(MTV - The Comedown, MTV2 - 120 Minute Show, TV3 - Law
and Order, film ads; RTE - Fair City; Sky - ads for films
and sports events) and countless online internet radio
shows. Specifically in the UK, they have been played on
BBC 6, XFM and Resonance FM. The title track from the EP,
released as a single has already spent three weeks in the
Irish top 40. Both CDs trademark God Is An Astronaut's
extraordinary energy, emotion and tension, building from
serene ambience to searing intensity. Torsten and Niels
are joined on these recordings by drummer Lloyd Hanney
(who was trained by the late jazz legend Johnny Wadham),
making this album a much closer representation of their
live sound. They are considered by many to be the most
intense live act to emerge from Ireland in recent times. "Fragile,
love it to bits....an incredible builder....it's amazing." Eddy
Temple Morris, XFM London "Majestic." Hotpress. "Few
post-rock bands stand out from the mob but the Dublin three
piece have honed a sound that is entirely unique." Metro "GIAA
have really struck gold this time out." **** The Ticket/The
Irish Times "This extremely strong second album from
the dark hearted Wicklow-based trio should drag them out
of the shadows." **** RTE Guide Music.
RocketGirl-48
CD
$14.75
Green Pajamas, The
The Night Races Into Anna
PS, US A collection of rare songs, alternate versions and
unreleased recordings, from 1998 through the present, along
the lines of their 2002 release 'Narcotic Kisses'. Tracks
that perhaps didn't fit the more "serious" or
thematic Green Pajamas albums. This collection is much
more poppy,
with an abundance of short, melodic, and suitably bewitching
songs.
AHiddenAgendaRecord-085
CD
$10.00
Haines, Emily
Knives Don't Have Your Back
PS, US Frontwoman for METRIC on her debut solo album, illustrates
her more introspective, personal body of work.
LastGang-932
CD
$14.00
Hold Steady
Boys & Girls in America
PS, US It's a quintessential sonic mission statement of
the band- a true blue classic rock n roll record. They
return to their roots, w/ mind blowing guitar solos, lyrical
wit & a masterful mix of several sonic delights.
Vagrant-442
CD
$14.00
Holy Smokes
Talk to Your Kids About Gangs
PS, US On their Skin Graft debut, Holy Smokes arrive fully
formed with an album that operates on its own terms, lines
drawn, standing assuredly on it's own. Where the band's
debut offered a discordant free-jazz-noise-rock shock,
TTYKAG emerges as a harmonic tangle of pitches & thunder
claps that, as they unravel, come into focus as intelligible,
infectious oddments of grooving sonance. Make no mistake,
these are songs.
SkinGraft-82
CD
$16.00
Horse Feathers
Words Are Dead
PS, US This album's stark honesty & open-wound vocal
deliveries are as personally effecting as they are orchestrated
musically. By using a variety of instrumental arrangements
including guitar, banjo, percussion, piano, musical saw & strings,
HF draws from a palette of sounds that is old in approach
yet fresh in execution. Relying on an unusual mix of stark
arrangements with dynamic accents, their sound glistens
with efficiency. Simultaneously dour yet beautiful, they
offer the listener an unflinching glimpse into moments
of personal reflection.
LuckyMadison-035
CD
$15.00
Irene
Apple Bay
PS, SWEDEN "I love you. I love you. I love you." It's
almost impossible to talk about Irene's debut without using
ecstatic clichés. "Apple bay" is an album
without a single weak moment. It's twelve timeless pop
songs, each one good enough to be a single anytime, any
year. It's an album that would have sounded just as good
in 1962 as it will do in 2012. A major classic. Irene was
spontaneously formed in 2004/2005 after the singer and
songwriter Tobias Isaksson, aka Bobby, had written "Stardust".
Just like his favorite bands he was fascinated by the combination
of deadly seriousness and plain joy. To record this first
song he gathered seven of his friends and recorded "Stardust".
A manifesto of Irene in 1 minute and 13 seconds with choirs,
tambourines, handclapping, percussion, brass and everything
they could find. It's the sound of sun and west coast summers.
When Irene follow up their highly appreciated debut single "Baby
I love your way" with this album they have further
sharpened their ability to explore and refine musical history,
added even more shades of summer love and added even more
members. Still, Irene neither suffers from growing pains
nor hybris. They write classic pop with a touch of 60's
girl groups, soul and Housemartins brass as if it was the
simplest thing in the world.
Labrador-096
CD
$14.75
Isis
Clearing The Eye [DVD]
PS, US
Ipecac
DVD
$15.00
Jennings, Waylon
Will the Wolf Survive?
PS, US 1985 gem from Waylon incl. the Los Lobos hit title
cut & Steve Earle's "The Devil's Right Hand." Universal
Special Products.
UniSP-31102
CD
$7.25
Josefus
S/T
PS, US This Texas band are the quintessence of hard psych "Made
in the USA", a gritty sounds feat. Prominent guitar & a
solid, agile rhythmic base. Largely influenced by early
Zeppelin & British blues. This reissue also feat. 6
BONUS TRACKS, 2 tracks under the name UNITED GAS, & 3
tracks live @ Houston's Love Street Light Circus.
Akarma-361
CD
$17.25
Joy Division
Under Review
PS, US This 70-minute documentary covers the entire career
of Joy Division, one of Manchester and Post-Punks most
respected bands. It charts the entire short lifespan of
the group, from their origins in their days as Warsaw to
the more well known incarnation of Joy Division. Features
include rare musical performances, obscure footage of rare
interviews and rarely seen photographs. Plus review, comment,
criticism and insight from; Mick Middles, coauthor of Torn
Apart: The Life Of Ian Curtis; former NME and Melody Maker
journalist, Barney Hoskyns; Ex-Mojo Magazine editor, Pat
Gilbert; Manchester punk musician and author, John Robb;
music journalist and author David Stubbs; and more.
SexyIntellectual-510
DVD
$19.50
Killers
When You Were Young (2X12")
PS, US We THINK it's a double 12". Dance remixes incl.
Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Mix, The Lindbergh Palace
Remix, Jacques Lu Cont's Thin White Duke Dub and The Lindbergh
Palace Dub.
Island-7884-11
12
$11.00
Kite Flying Society
Where is the Glow?
PS, US Where is the Glow? is the debut full-length album
from Kite Flying Society, a 5-piece indie-pop band from
San Diego . KFS formed in 2005 and has played shows opening
for Rogue Wave, Silversun Pickups, and Junior Boys. Their
music has been compared to pop masters contemporary (the
Shins, Rogue Wave, Magnetic Fields, New Pornographers)
and vintage (Beach Boys, Kinks). Where is the Glow? combines
KFS' summery, harmony-andkeyboard driven pop sound with
singer Dustin Illingworth's autumnal lyrics, giving the
album the bittersweet feel of a modern classic. "It's
rare that tender, gentle and sweet performances don't feel,
well, stupid. Where Is The Glow? adds to the mythology
of California -that sun-kissed land of surf cities and
little deuce coupes." -Erin Glass, San Diego CityBeat
KFS-001
CD
$14.25
Koenjihyakkei
Viva Koenji!!
PS, US Generally considered the band's heaviest album,
returns to print in a deluxe remastered edition. Headed
by vocalist/composer/drummer extraordinaire Yoshida Tatsuya
(RUINS), Koenjihyakkei boasts a fan base comprised of zuehl
prog fans, no-wavers & adventurous music enthusiasts
- and has proven itself the most exciting contemporary
progressive rock act on the planet.
SkinGraft-083
CD
$17.00
Ladyfinger (NE)
Heavy Hands
PS, US Pounding. Squealing. Rabid. Feral. A man w/ a classic
rock voice that melts the cockles like butter on a biscuit.
You see, it's primal. It's hot. Like a stew-a bubbling
cauldron of secret ingredients, spiced w/ just a teensy
dash of Motörhead, maybe a quarter-teaspoon of Jesus
Lizard in the rhythm section, a pinch of something reminiscent
of Drive Like Jehu in the leads. Not only does this clearly
smell like rock, but it is also a sensorial aphrodisiac.
A stew so potent it transports you mystically to the origin
of the species.
SaddleCreek-98
CD
$12.50
Lemonheads
S-T
PS, US New album from Evan Dando and posse. Remember the
hot pink fur boxing-style hoodie he used to sport? That
was awesome.
Vagrant
CD
$16.25
Lucero
Rebels, Rogues & Sworn Brothers
PS, US New album from Memphis rockers compared to Replacements
and The Boss. AMG: "Lucero's leathery alt-country
melodies never forget that stirring balance of tenderness
and toughness, heartache and wonder. It's that balance
that ultimately makes Lucero so damn likable, and their
music so damn good that you can't help but want to dance,
sing, and drink along right there beside them all night." (Corey
Apar)
Liberty&Lament
CD
$13.00
Magic Carpathians & Lechistan's Electric Chair, The
Mirrors
PS, US Five brand new tracks of droning, hypnotic ethno/psychedelic/noise
rock from Anna Nacher's & Marek Styczynski's The Magic
Carpathians Project new incarnation named The Magic Carpathians & Lechistan's
Electric Chair. Recorded this summer, just after their
return from prestigeous Terrascope / Terrastock6 Festival.
Mesmerizing and surprisingly sounding ethno-core music
from the darker side of the Carpathian Mountains.
Vivo-2006024
CD
$16.25
Maleux
Where The Dead No Longer Dream (CDR)
PS, US
Maleux-001
CD
$6.25
Mewithoutyou
Brother, Sister
PS, US
Tooth&Nail
CD
$15.00
Michaels, Lee
Carnival of Life
PS, US Lee Michaels was one of the most soulful white vocalists
of the late 1960s and early 1970s. Between 1968 and 1972,
he released half a dozen accomplished albums on A&M
that encompassed Baroque psychedelic pop and gritty white
gospel-ish R&B with equal facility. Lee Michaels started
playing music in Southern California, where he was in a
band with future members of Moby Grape, the Turtles, and
Canned Heat, as well as in the early line-up of THE FAMILY
TREE. Michaels' own music was characterized by his soulful
vocals and equally soulful organ playing like a California
version of Steve Winwood. His first A&M album, 1968's
CARNIVAL OF LIFE is an excellent example of California
psych pop with inventive organ and harpsichord parts, Michaels'
superb vocals, and Hamilton Wesley Watt's (of EUPHORIA)
blistering guitar cutting through the mix, the terse song
titles belying the extended psychedelic pop/soul workouts
within!....a quirky start to what would be a fine and innovative
career, and a fine and timeless album in it's own right,
CARNIVAL OF LIFE is one of the treasures of 1968 LA, and
a jewel of the A&M SOUND! - First time on CD! - Exquisitely
remastered from the original tapes! - Wonderfully packaged
as usual, with wonderful liner notes by Mr. Tim Forster.
- Another in our amazing and varied A&M SOUND series...the
cream of a wonderful label at it's zenith!
Rev-Ola-177
CD
$14.75
Momus
Ocky Milk
PS, US Picasso, so they say, had to learn to paint like
an adult before he could start scrawling like a child.
Maybe the same is true for indie veteran Momus, because
on his new album "Ocky Milk" he's gone far beyond
the literary singer-songwriter fare of his 90s records
(think Tom Lehrer with a laptop). The new record is strange,
twilit stuff. Pop songs get fed through Google translation
engines then crooned underwater, absurd vaudeville numbers
about death accompany a Bonnie Prince Charlie car commercial
shot in Japan. The weirdest thing, though, is just how
relaxing it ends up feeling. Like having your back scratched
as you fall asleep.
AmericanPatchwork-007
CD
$13.50
Montevideo
Transoceanico
PS, SPAIN It had to be that way - Montevideo's longest
album so far (and their first) had to be called "Transoceánico",
mainly for these three reasons: First of all, because Montevideo
are a Spanish-Argentinian duo, a project rooted in both
sides o the Atlantic. Manu C. Villalba y Damiana Dubatti
started this venture in 2002, setting out to create music
with a penchant for delicate, distinguished, evoking dance
pop, as proved by this record. Their life, where trips
across the ocean are so frequent, has come to symbolise
thir musical journey, too. Secondly, because, as a consequence,
their inspiration often comes from their experience as
seasoned travellers. The sleeve, by Nacho Olivares, mirrors
this fact and mixes it beautifully with appropriate colours
and textures for reflecting the band's particular universe.
Last, because journeys are part of the electronica tradition
- Kraftwerk's "Trans-Europe Express" was just
the start of a new era in which Montevideo are set for
new wanderings. They took off on their airplane ("El
avión", from their debut CD EP "Ella y él")
and now they're bound for new routes, further from the
bands they are normally associated to (Astrud, Chico y
Chica, Parade, Apenino, Entre Ríos...) and absorbing
a new set of influences which include the use of organic
textures (guitars, ukuleles, mandolins...) and percussion.
This new side of the band has made them approach their
South American/River Plate roots. Of which songs like "Candombe" or "Zamba
acuática", are surprising examples. All in
all, "Transoceánico" is more than a nice
set of pictures taken from far away. In fact, it is a rich
collection of songs inspired in carefully chosen stories,
landscapes and themes very personal for the band. This
record is a whole, and thus must be listened to grasp Montevideo's
way of understanding pop music. This doesn't mean it is
a difficult album - at first listen, these ten songs in "Transoceánico" will
get you hooked. The bands vocal versatility ensures an
unmonotonous experience that not many bands can beat. Their
personal take on "Táctica y estrategia",
by Mario Benedetti (the genius from Montevideo) has helped
them order the songs in the album, which starts with Damiana's
sweet lead vocals in songs such as "Nunca sabrás",
with its glorious sixties sound, or the moving "Rápido",
wich opens the way for Manu to take the lead and make the
expedition arrive safely to its destination, with songs
like the mysterious "Te veo y no te veo", the
delicate "Pasan y se van", the christmassy "Renos
en la autopista" or the frantic "Autoinmunidad",
to name but a few.
Jabalina-2035
CD
$17.75
Musica Transonic
Xyosfbigkou
PS, POLAND Wild & furious psychedelic madness by NANJO
ASAHITO (High Rise/Mainliner) on bass, KAWABATA MAKOTO
(Acid Mothers Temple) on guitar and YOSHIDA TATSUYA (Ruins)
on drums. Ten new compositions from the exceptional trio.
Extremely heavy psychedelia at its best!
Vivo-023
CD
$16.25
My Morning Jacket
Okonokos
PS, US A creative concept double album. New songs, some
old songs, big concept. DVD out 10/31!
RCA-82876-86210-2
DCD
$22.00
Naysayer, The
Smoke Reality
PS, US The Naysayer's new record Smoke Reality was designed
to mess up your mind. Anna Padgett is the Naysayer: a Texan/Louisianian
Brooklyn transplant whose lyrics may shock you, confuse
you, make you laugh out loud, turn red, or feel like puking.
Despite the ganja vibe evoked by the title, you don't have
to be on drugs to enjoy Smoke Reality. Anna's straight
thoughts are way more psychedelic than your stoned ones.
However, this is not to say that her songs don't sometimes
stray towards the gay. If it's not working with a boy,
she gets a girl: "Leave no stone unturned." And
when Anna sings, "Why don't we do it on a leaf?" you
might find yourself thinking, "That is so much sexier
than doing it in the road." However, not every song
is about the pansexual paradigm. All the human emotions
get dressed up in Anna's poetic love: "Lose Yourself
in Nature and Find Peace" is a city dweller's vision
of spiritual nirvana; "Parents" is a politically-charged
cautionary tale addressed to anyone who has ever had them. "I'm
a Shark" is straight-up, "Don't Mess with Texas"-style
punk; the title track conjures up visions of Judee Sill
jamming with the Sea and Cake. Expertly recorded by Tara
Jane O'Neil in the Oregon woods, with amazing drumming
by Geoff Soule (Fuck) and additional instrumentation provided
by Tara Jane and Elizabeth Venable, Smoke Reality challenges
the unwritten rule of current music writing: classify,
categorize, stick everything in a bag. In keeping with
her previous four releases, the Naysayer continues to say
no to facile codification. This is bagless music, people!Repeated
listens of Smoke Reality reward the listener with new layers
of melodic and lyrical complexity. Some of the best music
demands an ounce of participation on the part of the listener.
Listen carefully, and this album may speak to you about
your own crazy life situation. It might also affect your
dreams... Don't wait until you're dead to find out what
you've been missing! Tracklisting: 1. smoke reality 2.
parents 3. do it on a leaf 4. I'm a shark 5. hot headed
hores 6. miss & hate 7. topanga 8. clean girl 9. insult
to your manhood 10. don't look up at me 11. lose yourself
in nature and find peace 12. leave no stone unturned 13.
come back 14. love horse 15. fear menu. The Naysayer played
the 2005 All Tomorrow's Parties festival in the UK, curated
by Slint.• Naysayer collaborators, past and present,
include Tara Jane O'Neil, Geoff Soule (Fuck), James Baluyut
(+/-), Ruth Keating, Matt Sutton, and Karla Schickele (Ida),
Miggy Littleton (Blood on the Wall, White
Magic), Kendall Jane Meade (Mascott)...
RedPanda-004
CD
$13.50
Null, KK
Kosmista Noisea
PS, US Consists of live recordings from 3 different locations
during the European tour in 2003-2004. "Kosmista Noisea
1" is taken from 2 separate live recordings & uniquely
combined in the studio into one piece with Talcent, Italy
on the left channel & St. Etienne, France on the right
channel. This technique is designed to give more depth & multiple
dimensions. "Kosmista Noisea 2" is a 45 minute
long non-edit of an entire live performance in Antwerpen/Belgium,
showing the diversity of KK Null's music from intense clashing
wave of noise to structured electro-acoustic ambience,
droning isolationist material.
Important-111
CD
$13.75
Octopus
Restless Night
PS, UK Octopus's sole 1969 long-player Restless Night is
something of a treasure among '60s Brit-psych fans due
to its mixture of proto-progressive riffs, accomplished
pop tunes and sparkling Beatlesque flourishes.
Rev-Ola-180
CD
$14.75
Oliveri, Nick/Mondo Generator
Dead Planet Sonic Slow Motion
PS, US Backing Oliveri on the tracks are some of his Palm
Desert pals, as well as the U.K. duo Winnebago Deal. While
his strong suit will always be punk metal freak outs, there's
also some variety. In addition to punk metal, you get good,
old-fashioned, ass-kicking rock & roll, twisted riff
rock, an acoustic tune straight out of a spaghetti western, & a
bouncy new wave ditty.
MotherTongue-17
CD
$19.50
Oliveri, Nick/Mondo Generator
Dead Planet Sonic Slow Motion
PS, US Limited to 1500 copies! Contains a bonus 15 track
acoustic live LP.
MotherTongue-17
LP
$30.00
Oliveri, Nick/Mondo Generator
I Never Sleep
PS, US European release by the ex-member of QOTSA, KYUSS,
the DWARVES.
MotherTongue-013
45
$7.50
Only Son
Drop To the Top
PS, US Feat. JACK DISHEL, former frontman for STIPPLICON & MOLDY
PEACHES.
Cassette-00001
CD
$13.00
Oohlas
Best Stop Pop
PS, US Majestic sounds of lush guitars & exciting drums
are the perfect backdrop for the vocals which alternate
between the sometimes breathy, sometimes powerful female
vocals.
Stolen-7353-02
CD
$14.00
P.G. Six
Music from the Sherman Box Series & Other Works
PS, US Collection of 7 improvised harp pieces & 2 experimental
song works used for visual art exhibition at the Abaton
Gallery. These pieces explore some of the sonic possibilities
of the wire strung harp w/its long sustaining tones & the
bray harp, w/its sitar like buzzing. Also contains 1st
ever solo P.G. Six material from '94. Deluxe jewel case
packaging w/8 panel accordion fold w/artwork by Christine
Krol.
Amish-024
CD
$14.50
Parks, Cale
Illuminated Manuscript
PS, US Best known as the classically trained drummer & percussionist
for ALOHA. It's an intimate but intricate bedroom ambient
electronic sound where keyboards & mallet instruments
mix w/ sparse vocals & a tv or the occasional cat mewing
in the background. He has also been a touring member of
CEX, Joan of Arc, Love Everything, & Georgie James.
Polyvinyl -120
CD
$12.50
Perri, Sandro
Plays Polmo Polpo
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation-042
LP
$15.50
Perri, Sandro
Plays Polmo Polpo
PS, US Re-interpretations of material from his POLMO POLPO
album "Like Hearts Swelling,' originally self released
on CD-R. A sweet collection of songs.
Constellation-042
CD
$13.50
Pink Razors
Waiting To Wash Up
PS, US Vinyl version limited to 500 copies (!) on pink
vinyl.
RoboticEmpire-057
LP
$13.00
Pipas
Sorry Love
PS, US New record from Pipas on their own label. "Pipas
admirably handle the tricky task of blending apparently
conflicting influences and genres into one masterful whole;
so melodic electronica, drum'n'bass, acoustic folk and
frail fey indiepop all rub shoulders in a mix that you
think should be awkward, all elbows and skinned knees,
but is in fact a perfectly proportioned parcel of pure
Pop. Of course it helps that none of the songs outlives
its welcome, and with nothing clocking at more than a shade
under two and half minutes, these are pocket masterpieces
that light up the sky with brittle cracks of spangled phosphorescence." Tangents "Pipas
are pop's Umbrellas of Cherbourg. They are Technicolor
joy, gently bitten by the teeth of sadness. Their songs
(full of playful keyboards, springtime vocals and breathy
dinner theatre guitar) show a genuine pursuit of joy, but
end with remorse. After an unmistakable embrace of buttermilk,
bagels and the thick cream of mod culture, their songs
unravel like a Greek salad tragedy." Splendid "Here
are "six songs in the chord of bitter", according
to the accompanying tipsheet, but this is a strain that
you'll be familiar with. It's not 'bruised indie', Pipas
are too intelligent for that; neither is it fey, wet-behind-theears
melancholia. Instead, Pipas approach the ears from the
left, marrying the gentle experimentalism of Hefner to
the bleeding-heart honesty of Tompaulin or Tex La Homa.
Through it all though they shoot an unexpected seam of
sunshine pop, often sounding exactly like a disinterested,
disheartened Pizzicato Five. It's not one to listen to
if your girlfriend's just walked out on you, though it
might at least allow you to make sense of your predicament.
Who says music can't improve your life?" Logo Magazine
LongLostCousin-004
CD
$10.75
Plastic D'Amour
Nicolas
PS, SPAIN Instead of bearing children, Plastic d'amour
deliver records with baby names. After Olivia (siesta 178
- release date: 29.09.03) a new common name, Nicolás,
appears in 2006. He is indeed the adolescent brother of
a well grown Olivia. Some people say that he is a clumsy
and thuggish juvenile guy compared to fragile Olivia. Nicolás
seems to have an uncertain future versus the well-programmed
life of fortunate Olivia. He might need a tutor. Three
years have passed since Olivia left home and now Nicolás
enjoys to be in the limelight. This album signals a new
level of maturity for the venerable Madrid ensemble and
a good opportunity to expose Blanca Lacasa and Alberto
Matesanz from the band Plastic d'Amour in their birthday
suit: brutality (Le réveil); raw nudity (Plus rien);
light psychedelia (Détour) and pleasant darkness
(J'ai peur). This is an extremely listenable album and
the more listens you give it, the more you find to love.
Naked guitars run throughout their music whereas there
is a solid and elliptical sonic architecture that shows
scattered moments and confusion. Nicolás is somehow
a playful and maverick person, exactly like debonair Blanca
and Alberto. Alberto is behind other projects such as Mate
and apart from being a reputed architect he is a bright
and fecund inhouse songwriter at Siesta (Escarlatinas,
Cristina Georgina, Bel Divioleta). Blanca is a pretty journalist
and a true talented lyricist. Her lyrics are poignant and
heartfelt. The record is a fascinating ragbag similar to
the private room of Nicolás, a farrago. And Plastic
d'amour proves to be one of the brighter stars of the international
pop underground in recent years. They have unquestionably
a distinctive approach to pop music, effortlessly building
a pleasant, floating, insulated tiny world you get lost
in right away. A very good place to be.
Siesta-228
CD
$18.25
Progrram
Autumn: How To Use Brain To Find Inner m*
PS, US This is probably the most sick, unpredictable and
heavy Polish album which I have recently had in my hands.
During several years of their existence, Progrram has made
long, and pretty intricate path: from a bit psychedelic
hardcore, through the period of fascination with intelligent
metal such as Meshuggah and Kobong, to... exactly, to what?
If the preceding Blackmeat of W.B. EP had brought to mind
the most rocky achievements of John Zorn or free rock of
Cpt. Beefheart and Zappa, the full album would make associations
of any kind far less important. Clearly, the musicians
are still attached to a guitar rock out: generally, the
whole album is sharp, guitar shred, taking place between
avant-garde metal and Washington hard core. Here, we can
hear the echoes of the latest works of VoiVod more clearly
than on the EP, or maybe the remains of something that
imbued to Canadians' music from overwhelming records of
Neurosis. If you like, you can also follow the traces of
King Crimson, especially those which were left by gig improvisations
from the mid 70's. However, such improvisations do not
exploit the contents of the album. Progrram seems to work
out their own language - souped-up by the deep knowledge
of aggressive avant-garde of the last two decades - but
still original. Even more, because claiming the influence
of this part of avant-garde tradition that so far hasn't
been immensely interesting to Polish artists.
ToneIndustria-016
CD
$17.75
R/R Coseboom
Beneath Trembling Lanterns
PS, US A procession of beauty that instills and inspires,
'Beneath Trembling Lanterns' is the lodestar of R/R Coseboom's
savvy. Filled with flutter and flow while being lulling
and vitalizing all at the same time, the debut album from
Halou's very gifted songwriters might just be the prettiest
thing you've heard all year. Nine glowing compositions
of intimacy and wonder to treasure like captured fireflies.
Dynamophone-003
CD
$16.00
Ruiz, Florencia
Cuerpo
PS, MEXICO Flo Ruiz has been selected for a feature on
Paste magazine's forthcoming recommended new music download
site. VERDIGRIS, a new Mexican label by the folks at Static
Discos, starts with the debut from Argentinean composer
Florencia Ruiz and her album 'Cuerpo'. Florencia Ruiz was
born in Buenos Aires in 1977 and is considered as one of
its leading musical proponents, outside the boundaries
of conventional pop music. The musical work of Florencia
Ruiz is aimed at the composition of songs, in the most
classical sense. She has also created music for art installations
and dance ensembles. Her music is a natural mix of contemporary
and popular music, an ideal and personal search full of
subtle arrangements for strings and piano. 'Cuerpo' is
filled with restrained and minimalist spaces that create
a soft and hard silences. Simple and complex, 'Cuerpo'
is a recording clothed with clear words and strong soulful
melodies. Her first two recordings, the 'Centro' EP and
this album, were recorded in home equipment, and what shines
through is the natural beauty of songs that were conducted
and arranged in a simple manner. The casual ncorporation
in the recording sessions of "found sounds",
electronic clatter, guitars and improvised keyboards speak
of a transparency in the writing process that Florencia
Ruiz used when creating 'Cuerpo'. In her minimalist lyrics
there is an evident torrent of emotion and introspection,
which Florencia Ruiz refers to as "little phrases
that want to paint something, with no strong or large meaning.
Small phrases that tune themselves to the melodies of my
voice" 'Cuerpo' is a conceptual album "in which
all of the songs speak of the body", explains Florencia
Ruiz, "they speak of different bodies, the child's
body, the distance of bodies. The relation we have with
bodies, the way we sometimes attack them, and not always
in the physical sense, the space and shapes of things around
us" The Verdigris release of 'Cuerpo' includes a remix
by Murcof of the track 'Siberia'. Verdigris will release
Florencia's second album, 'Correr', in 2007.
VerdiGris-01
CD
$13.50
Russell, Arthur
Springfield
PS, US
Audika-1007
DLP
$19.00
Sartain, Dan
Join...
PS, US From his plaintive, vibrating croon to his fierce
musical accompaniment that sounds bigger than all outdoors,
this juxtaposes sounds constructed out of raw material
using rusty tools.
Swami -136
CD
$12.75
Scissor Sisters
Ta-Dah
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY.
Motown-0251705760
LP
$15.25
Scissor Sisters
Ta-Dah (REGULAR)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY.
Motown-7499-02
CD
$16.25
Scissor Sisters
Ta-Dah (DELUXE)
PS, US Special de-luxe version with second CD of 5 previously
unreleased songs & 12pp double sided foldout poster.
Motown-0251705088
DCD
$19.00
Sconza, Justin
Paint by Numbers
PS, US Sconza's melodies are timeless, his ragtime & European
classical influences apparent. He is a classically trained
pianist, which gives him extensive knowledge of cornerstone
chord changes in western music & allows his songs to
be limited only by what's in his mind. His unique & smart
lyrics often inspire audiences to reflect deeply.
Brilliante-21
CD5
$11.75
Sekkutsu Jean
S/T
PS, JAPAN Sekkutsu Jean is a new project of hyperactive
Tatsuya Yoshida (Ruins, PainKiller, Satoko Fujji Quartet).
Yoshida's partner in project is bass & cello player
- Kenji Sato. Sekkutsu Jean is not a continuation of Ruins,
but there are some analogies: instruments, madness, unobtainable
to others communication level between musicians. "Sekkutsu
Jean" is released by Tone Industria in cooperation
with Magaibutsu label. It's over an hour of uncompromising
improvisation on bass and drums.
ToneIndustria-017
CD
$17.75
Sparklehorse
Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
PS, US New album, four years in the making! Features contributions
from Dave Fridmann, Flaming Lips' Steven Drozd, Tom Waits,
and Danger Mouse. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Despite the wait,
Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain ends
up feeling like quintessential Sparklehorse: there are
some driving, searching rockers ("Ghost in the Sky");
some otherworldly ballads ("Return to Me"); lots
of mellow, thoughtful pop; and just as many lyrics overflowing
with images of honey, flowers, dirt, ghosts, and (of course)
horses. This time around, though, it all feels more streamlined
and straightforward... Nevertheless, there's still a beautiful
balance of atmosphere and songcraft... The most remarkable
feature of Dreamt for Light Years in the Belly of a Mountain
is its almost narcotic gentleness, particularly on "See
the Light," "Morning Hollow" (a track with
Tom Waits that was left over from the It's a Wonderful
Life sessions), and the title track, which closes the album
with ten minutes of serene atmospherics. Peaceful and undeniably
pretty..." (Heather Phares)
Astralwerks
CD
$16.25
Steinbruchel
Stage
PS, US Stage is Steinbrüchel's second full-length
solo release on LINE. The album contains 10 scenes that
move between warm organic and melodic digitalized sounds
and cold crystalline-like sparks. The sounds and compositions
are even more detailed and have a more melodic approach
then previous recordings by Steinbrüchel. Single isolated
and stretched tones are structured together with smaller
loops and particles of clicks and noises into dense atmospheres.
Parts of the sounds used in several scenes are based on
piano recordings by Bernd Schurer and/or guitar recordings
by Tomas Korber. For the first time Steinbrüchel has
used and processed recordings of acoustical instruments
to this extent in his compositions. Stage brings to life
once again a collection of precise and carefully composed
structures and textures, which are formed into different
scenes where they all interweave with each other. All the
tracks were composed in 2005 for the interactive dance
performance HYBRIDOME, produced by Avventure in Elicoterro
Prodotti - Ariella Vidach AiEP. The tracks on the CD release
are in a different order and are also structured differently
than the actual still unfinished dance performance. Ralph
Steinbrüchel, born in 1969, studied Communication
Design at Central Saint Martins School in London, where
he acquired a Masters of Arts and Design with distinction.
He now lives and works as a musician and graphic designer
in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2002 his composition zwischen.raum
[domizil] was distinguished with the Max Brand Award for
Electronic Music [phonoTAKTIK.02 Festival, New York]. In
the same year he received a compositional scholarship from
Pro Helvetia, Arts Council of Switzerland, to work on his
release circa [LINE, US].
Line-028
CD
$13.50
Tape Op
#55 Sept/Oct
PS, US San Fran Focus: JOHN CUNIBERTI (DEAD KENNEDYS),
DEERHOOF, MATT KELLY, HUGH PADGHAM. STEVE BERLIN, JULIANA
HATFIELD, recording recipes, gear & music reviews.
It's the #1 recording magazine!
TapeOp0955
ZINE
$4.50
Teddybears
Soft Machine
PS, US Domestic release for mega-hyped Swedish dance-rock
act. CMJ: "Just when you think those Swedes will recede,
some new suaves come skipping out of the Scandinavian sleet
to make music hotter than us Yanks could cook up. This
trio might be chided by those who prefer their indie dance-pop,
um, intellectual (how did that happen?). Nonetheless, these
former punk teens have developed into curiously canny mashers,
juggling mirror-globe foot-stompers ("Different Sound"),
'60s frat riff-cum-ragamuffins ("Cobrastyle), neon
disco that blatantly rips lost Jacksons album tracks ("Black
Belt"), Kraft-re-werks ("Magic Kraut"),
and cockeyed cameos (Iggy Pop, Neneh Cherry, Ebbot Lundberg,
Mad Cobra)--all never veering far from the rave route." Features
members of The Caesars...no surprise there!
BigBeat
CD
$7.50
Teeth of the Hydra
Greenland
PS, US
TeePee-071
LP
$16.25
The Blood Of Transylvania/ Maleux
Split (Ministries Of Blood) (CDR)
PS, US A split recording of villages burning and satanic
rituals.
AB-003
CD
$6.25
These Arms Are Snakes
Easter
PS, US 2nd full length finds the Seattle 4some towing a
proverbial line between paradox, hostility & a caustic
blend of post-hard/math core. Retaining the definitive
tension & angular force of earlier efforts, this is
the year-long culmination of a more structured yet experimental
song writing process for the band.
SecondNature-066
LP
$11.75
Tomorrow Show
Electric Kool Aid Talk Show
PS, US Psychedelic late night heaven feat. GRATEFUL DEAD
(incl. 4 live performances!), DR. TIMOTHY LEARY, KEN KESEY,
TOM WOLFE.
Shout!Factory-82666-310128
DVD
$14.75
Ultra Dolphins
Why Are You Laugh
PS, US Guitars wailing in extremity equal to the manic
vocals & the skin-tight rhythm section holds down the
general headbang-ability. VINYL LIMITED TO 500!!
RoboticEmpire-063
LP
$11.75
Unfolding, The
How to Blow Your Mind and Have a Freakout Party
PS, US
Gearfab
CD
$14.00
Various
Illinoize (CDR)
PS, US This compilation assembles some of the best noise
from the Prarie State on one CDR. ILLINIOIZE features artists
from all parts of the state and represents a wide range
of sounds and styles including the harsh noise of Is, chaotic
beats of Insect Deli, drum and bass assault of Gryphyns,
and the feedback insanity of IIIiiis. The packaging is
hand painted and includes a fold out insert with artist
info and a map to boot. Limited to 125 copies!!!
InsurgentSounds-004
CD
$5.00
Various
Innature
PS, US Sequenced to play like the soundtrack to one man's
day. We wake with the FUN YEARS, which is gorgeously repetitive
sunrise of crackly washes of sound accompanied by steady-on
baritone guitar. The KALLIKAK FAMILY & BIRD SHOW find
us out of bed & readying for the day with its almost
pop urgency. HECKER & POLMO POLP sums up the afternoon
comedown & reflection, setting us down in a fantastic
bed of pulse & feedback. LOREN CONNORS provides the
lullaby. ANIMAL HOSPITAL, CIRCLE & GEOFF MULLEN are
a collection of cinematic dreams & nightmares as we
fall deeper into the album's wee hours. MGR finishes the
night out with an epic break of dawn that makes you want
to wake up & hit repeat. All exclusive tracks.
BargeRecordings-001
CD
$11.00
Various
Blue Series Sampler 2
PS, US From cutting edge jazz to underground hip-hop & nearly
60 releases deep, they have been at the forefront of genre
bending & innovation in the jazz world since 200. Some
artists incl. DJ SPOOKY, CHARLIE HUNTER, VERNON REID, MIKE
LADD, MEAT BEAT AMNIFESTO, MILS PETTER MOLVAER & MATTHEW
SHIPP.
ThirstyEar-57174
CD
$3.50
Veruca Salt
Resolver
PS, UK Veruca Salt was one of the greatest rock soap operas
since Fleetwood Mac or Hüsker Dü, as longtime
friends Louise Post and Nina Gordon had a bitter falling
out over stolen boyfriends, stabbed backs, and general
unpleasantness. Gordon set out on a solo career, while
Post dug in her heels, retained the Veruca Salt name, assembled
a new band, and recorded the third Veruca album, 2000's
Resolver. The friendship with Gordon wasn't the only severed
relationship Post endured between 1997's Eight Arms to
Hold You and Resolver -- she also broke up with Foo Fighters
leader Dave Grohl. Now, the title of the record may suggest
that she's trying to resolve her feelings toward these
breakups, but the album plays as a relentless, unmitigated
stream of bile. Never once does Post let up her attack
on Gordon and Grohl, except for when it loses a little
focus and becomes a vicious attack on the world in general.
All of this is set to music that's halfway between American
Thighs and Blow it Out Your Ass and completely dated in
2000. By any conventional yardstick, this does not result
in a good album, but it surely is a fascinating listen.
There's something unintentionally strange and perverse
about the record, like being assaulted by a half-forgotten,
half-drunken acquaintance, intent on filling you in on
every single excruciating detail of their miserable life
-- at top volume, no less.
Artful-041
CD
$12.00
Walker, Scott
Scott
PS, US His debut solo album, mixes songs & covers using
penetrating, desperate lyrics & distended arrangements.
Mercury-510879-2
CD
$13.00
Walker, Scott
Scott 2
PS, US This became his biggest commercial hit, reaching
number one in the UK.It shows his unwavering lyrical ability & his
jaded view of romance & life.
Mercury-510880-2
CD
$13.00
Waller, Fats
If You Got to Ask, You Ain't Got It (CDX)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. 3 CD box set is a 66 track career
spanning, definitive retrospective of one of the most important
singers, songwriters & band leaders of the mid-1920's
to his untimely death in 1943 at the young age of 39. Lavishly
illustrated 96pp book incl. 150,00 word essay.
Legacy-82876-81125-2
CDX
$50.00
Weekend
La Varieté
PS, UK La Varieté was the 1982 debut album by Weekend,
formed by Alison Statton of much-loved Welsh avant-garde/indie
pioneers the Young Marble Giants alongside guitarists Simon
Booth and Spike. A beautifully realised and delicate collection
of songs set against a jazz backdrop, it switches across
myriad musical settings including samba, cabaret, Afrobeat
and highly personal, confessional pop. The album was originally
released in 1982 on the Rough Trade label and made it to
No 4 in the independent charts staying in there for 15
weeks. It was revered by critics on release as a bold new
departure from the prevailing post-punk ethos and served
as a major influence on Saint Etienne, the Sundays, Belle
And Sebastian and many others. This comprehensive reissue
features nine bonus tracks, including demos and 12-inch
versions of singles 'A View From Her Room' and 'Drumbeat
For Baby', and liner notes prepared by the band itself.
End Of The Affair / Weekend Stroll / Summerdays / Carnival
Headache / Drumbeat For Baby / Life In The Day (Part 1)
/ Life In The Day (Part 2) / Sleepy Theory / Woman's Eyes
/ Weekend Off / Red Planes / Nostalgia / Drumbeat For Baby
(Demo) / Red Planes (Demo) / Nostalgia (Demo) / Summer
Days (Demo) / A View From Her Room (12-Inch Version) /
Leaves Of Spring / Past Meets Present / Midnight Slows
/ Drumbeat For Baby (12-Inch Version)
CherryRed-301
CD
$14.75
Weller, Paul
S-T [re-issue]
PS, UK Re-issue of Weller's post-Style Council 1992 solo
debut.. AMG: "Heavily inspired by soul and classic
rock (more early Humble Pie than Led Zeppelin, of course),
it's a solid effort whose best songs -- the opening triptych "Uh
Huh Oh Yeh," "I Didn't Mean to Hurt You," and "Bull-Rush," plus "Into
Tomorrow" -- demonstrate the virtues of nostalgia,
particularly when it's tempered with fine songwriting." (Stephen
Thomas Erlewine)
Fontana
CD
$12.50
West, Mae
The Fabulous Mae West
PS, US 'He who hesitates is a damned fool'. 'His mother
should have thrown him away and kept the stork'. 'I generally
avoid temptation unless I can't resist it'. 'Marriage is
a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution
yet'. 'You're never too old to become younger'. Just a
few quotations from the immortal Mae West, one of the Monstres
sacrees of the modern world. From her celebrated career
on Broadway in the 1920s (where plays like 'SEX' made her
both a star and a national scandal!) to her storming of
Hollywood (where her double entendre packed movies saved
paramount Studios from the depression) Mae West will always
be a legend. More than capable of handling the music numbers
both in her stage work and movies, she started to record
risque rock'n'roll material in the early 1950s. Sensing
a kindred spirit in the music, this great CD is based on
her first album in the genre, totally rockin' and totally
filthy - in the nicest possible way. Her later albums in
the 1960s and 1970s were produced by legends like David
Mallet (supervisor on SHINDIG!) music historian and unlikely
pop star Ian Whitcomb, and Michael Lloyd of The WCPAEB.
Now hear where it all began, as Mae treats rock'n'roll
as she did Ragtime and Jazz before them... as a mere vehicle
for her suggestiveness, and what a ride! Rock n Roll has
NEVER sounded so filthy! NEVER BEFORE ON CD - nobody dared!
Wonderfully remastered in true Rev-Ola style! A must for
all fans of Rockin' mayhem...and general naughtyness!!!
Rev-Ola-181
CD
$14.75
White, Sarah & The Pearls
White Light
PS, US Like her previous Jagjaguwar release, cleverly slated
as "not quite country, not quite folk, not quite rock," her
sound remains difficult to pigeonhole. The genre is rock,
but w/ a strong dose of country throughout. Some songs
veer towards punk, while others are melodic waltzes. This
recording w/ her stripped-down band has a simple, natural
sound.
AntennaFarm-518
CD
$12.75
Wolf Eyes
Human Animal
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$11.75
Wolf Eyes
Human Animal
PS, US These songs are rotten with metal, reeds, consciousness-erasing
islands of black doom, bass-heavy rippers, late night free
terror jams, and pure mayhem. The new double-bass attack
is showcased on "Human Animal"/"Rusted Mange" with
scraping strings and a full terror-shriek workout. New
directions are countered by "Rationed Rot" which
revisits the eerie Throbbing Gristle-esque vocal deployment
that dates from Wolf Eyes' "Dread" LP. The album
also features the band's first cover, the No Fucker's anthem, "Noise
Not Music", which closed out a lot of shows on Wolf
Eyes' recent European tour.
Subpop
CD
$13.75
Xasthur
Subliminal Genocide
PS, US This wallows in its creator's well-nourished acrimony & terminal
disgust, fomenting a hellish vortex of shrill riffery,
cavernous howls & psychedelic storm blasts that bears
down on the psyche w/primordial distress.
HydraHead-115
CD
$13.75
Yemin, Dan
Skinned Knees, Sutured Hearts
PS, US The PAINT IT BLACK frontman & ex-LIFETIME/KID
DYNAMITE guitarist has hand picked some of his favorites
from all 3 of those bands for this exclusive vinyl-only
release. He perfectly channels the emotionally charged "Revolution
Summer" era Dischord bands like Embrace or Rites of
Spring, as equally as he does Black Flag or Negative Approach,
while taking note of several other noise & indie pioneers,
Sonic Youth & My Bloody Valentine along the way.
DevilInTheWoods-095
LP
$13.75
Yoshida/Uchihashi
Hercules' Icy Club
PS, US A project formed by members of: Ruins, Painkiller,
Ground Zero and Altered States. It's uncompromising improvisation,
you'll find there all best of New Japanese Music. "Hercules
Icy Club" is a live album from four polish gigs in
Warsaw, Cracow and Wroclaw.
ToneIndustria-011
CD
$17.75
Zoo Wheel
First Born Grand Days
PS, US Liz Payne's first solo project. Liz plays bass in
the acoustic minimalist band TOWN & COUNTRY (Thrill
Jockey). She is also part of the quartet PILLOW (Bottrop
Boy) and has played with a lot of Chicago improvisers,
among them Ken Vandermark and Adam Vida. The sound is a
hybrid musical sensibility based on Payne's minimalist
tendencies. The structure is minimalist, but she builds
acoustic timbres into complex pattern clusters. A multi-instrumentalist,
Payne plays all the sounds on the album with impassioned
precision.
LuckyKitchen-032
CD
$16.00
Forthcoming Releases
120 Days
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Built on the foundation of a singular, addictive,
driving beat, Norway's 120 Days manufacture dark, atmospheric,
electronic rock. Propelled by guitar drones, intense hooks,
and vintage synth lines, this record recalls the desolation
of cold, dark Oslo nights spent searching for escape. This
is their debut full-length.
Vice
CD
$12.50
31Knots
Polemics (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 7TH)
PS, US This expands their sound w/ the addition of new
instrumentation, new timbre, & further experimentation
on their syncopated style. The album takes its name from
the lyrical content of the album which represents literal
arguments representing a conclusion of two or more view
points. It serves as a precursor to the upcoming full-length
which the band is currently recording.
Polyvinyl-123
CD5
$7.50
A Taste Of Ra
II (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, SWEDEN Second album of freaky folk-psych-experimentation
from acclaimed Swedish songsmith Nicolai Dunger. A Taste
of Ra conjures up the bluesiness of Jeff Buckley, the trilling
howl of Devendra Banhart, with found-sound droning instrumentals
reminiscent of Pelt, Joshua Burkett or Six Organs of Admittance...another
prayerful exercise in gentle, low-tech bedroom-folk with
a touch of weird.
Hapna
CD
$16.00
AC/DC
Under Review:Back in Black (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
31ST)
PS, US This DVD documentary is the ultimate review & critical
analysis of AC/DC's most influential & successful album.
W/ the entire album dissected track by track & w/ rare
footage, band interviews & live performances all under
the gaze of our panel of esteemed experts, this could be
the most thorough exploration of this extraordinary band.
It includes: Comment, Criticism and Insight from; engineer
for Back In Black & Highway To Hell sessions, Tony
Platt; rock journalist, Total Rock FM DJ and AC/DC expert,
Malcolm Dome; AC/DC biographer Paul Stenning, Classic Rock
magazines Jerry Ewing; BBC 6 Music DJ Jane Gazzo, AC/DC
author Clinton Walker.
MVD-508
DVD
$19.00
Akron/Family
Meek Warrior (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US A special, budget-priced album, over 35 mins. long,
shows the band morphing into something comfortably unfamiliar,
by turns wild, gentle, raging, hilarioius, elated, meditative
and sometimes simply beautiful. Features contributions
from free jazz legend Hamid Drake, Griffin Rodriguez(Balbicon),
Jason LaFarge(Pineal Ventana, Sikhara) & members of
Broken Social Scene and Do Make Say Think.
YoungGod-33
CD
$11.00
Albert React
Sonos Aeterno (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The follow-up to the band's 2003 Eulogy Records
release finds them weaving the ambient soundscapes of bands
like RADIOHEAD & SIGUR ROS into their post-posthardcore
indie-rock.
CIRecords-044
CD
$11.75
Allan, Davie & Arrows
Cycle Breed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US 18 of Arrows best & rarest includes The Wild
Angels, Devil's Angels, The Glory Stompers, Mary Jane & Wild
in the Streets + 5 unreleased gems.
Sundazed-11183
CD
$18.25
Alsace Lorraine
Dark One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 21ST)
PS, US Alsace Lorraine is the delicately delicious and
unique electronic/guitar pop creation of seminary professor
Paul Francke. We're pleased to announce that our favorite
singer on Earth, Argentinean Singer/Artist Isol has joined
Alsace Lorraine to sing on four of the album's 14 tracks
too. Isol sings here in English for the first time! Isol
left her band Entre Rios (Elefant {Spain}/Darla {US}) when
the group signed with EMI Latin America because the deal
demanded too much time away from her profession as an Artist/Illustrator.
Caitlin Brice sings backing vocals on two tracks. Jane
Francke (Paul's sister) sings one track. The sophomore
Alsace album Dark One, though not literally very "Dark",
was recorded and mixed by Paul at Paul's home studio in
Chicago. Isol's warm, exotic, sensual vocals were recorded
in Isol's bedroom studio in Buenos Aires. Paul's unique
bedroom uber-pop soundtrack provides the perfect music
bed to Isol's vocal. The result is a unique blend of Astrud
Gilberto, Wolfgang Press, Eurythmics, Pale Saints, St.
Etienne, Magnetic Fields, Hope Sandoval, as well as The
Wake, Section 25 and other Factory-esque influences. Hopefully,
Paul and Isol will make more beautiful music together.
Alsace Lorraine sounds romantic; thoughtful, sensuous and
smart. Comment from Paul Francke: I began the album begun
during college on the south side of Chicago and completed
it while working in Campbeltown, on the end of the Kintyre
Peninsula, the most remote part of mainland Britain. Between
those points I worked on the record in an Episcopalian
seminary dormitory in Alexandria, Virginia, while training
to be a seminary professor. It couldn't have been done
without my brilliant, non-religious friends: Isol sings
four of the best songs on the album, but she also made
important suggestions for changes to the lyrics and music.
We share a lot of beliefs regarding art and beyond, and
it has been fascinating to work with her. Her friend Nico
recorded her vocals in a studio in Buenos Aires. Caitlin
Brice, the lead singer from the previous album, sings excellent
backup on two songs here. Joe Moore plays guitar on one
song, and my younger sister Jane sings on one song as well.
Darla-178
CD
$13.50
Alucard
After Dark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Fast, fun and wickedly addictive, this debut full-length
is a 10 song tour de force of fast, expressive & emotional
rock 'n roll. Drawing on influences as diverse as Soilwork & Bright
Eyes, they've managed to assemble a brand new sound that
is suprisingly familiar.
Search&Rescue-007
CD
$14.00
Aquarium
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Feat. Jason Hutto (Motor Cycle Wars) on keyboards & vocals & Laura
Harris on drums, also plays w/ Benjee Ferree (Domino Records).
They've crafted a hypnotizing set of instrumental & vocal
compositions often accompanied live by random movie clips
culled from Jason's library collections. The overdriven
electric piano, keyboard & drum combination sounds
surprisingly full for a duo.
Dischord-155
CD
$11.50
Banks, Lloyd
Rotten Apple (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. Double LP vinyl.
Interscope-7023-01
DLP
$15.25
Beck
Information (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US The New Beck!
Interscope-7576-00
CD
$16.25
Biafra, Jello
In the Grip Of Offical Treason (LP x 3) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US ON TRIPLE VINYL!!!
AlternativeTentacles -370
LP
$21.75
Biafra, Jello
In the Grip Of Offical Treason (CD x 3) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US W/ Iraq gone to hell in a handbasket, Rome falling
at home, & the so-called opposition Democrats "searching
for a message" as they throw another election, it's
high time for BIAFRA & his merry mouth to tip the cow & set
the barn on fire. As always, JELLO whacks the moles wherever
he finds them in spoken word extravaganza #8. Buried Iraq
facts, vote fraud disease, the Arnold pŸtsch, the
blue state/red state "values" myth, Paris in
Abu Ghraib, Satanic Santas, a visit to New Orleans and
the return of a strange geometry teacher are all part of
the info-tainment stew. Other highlights incl. an expanded
version of the Ministry song "Ass Clown" + an
all-new update of the Gulf War I primal scream classic "Die
for Oil, Sucker." Incl. all new art by Winston Smith.
AlternativeTenticles-370
CD
$20.00
Big Star
3rd (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 7TH)
PS, US Also known as Sister Lovers, Big Star's legendary
3rd album has been released and re-released countless times
around the world with different track listings, different
mixes, and different cover art. Now for the first time
since it's debut release in 1978 is a re-release of the
vinyl LP with the original cover art, incl. the innersleeve
with the complete detailed liner notes and the original
mixes and track listing. The master tape coming directly
from Ardent Studios provides the highest sound quality
of this vinyl classic - available as it was first released
for the first time in 28 years. 180 gram audiophile vinyl.
4MenWithBeards-142
LP
$16.25
Birdman & Lil Wayne
Like Father, Like Son (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY.
CashMoney-7565
DLP
$16.00
Bitch
Make This Break This (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US BITCH (formerly of Bitch and Animal) is armed w/
an electric violin, a ukulele & a bass guitar, & is
on the road & rampage again w/ a fistful of new songs
from her upcoming debut solo & KRS release. She is
an entertainer & songwriter who has pulled audiences
to their feet worldwide w/ her politically charged & personally
wrenched lyrics, her atypical instrumentation, minimalist
sound & wildly dramatic stage persona.
KillRockStars-478
CD
$14.50
Black Devil Disco
28 After (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US An epic journey into the deepest electronic disco,
full of haunting vocals, warped lyrics, twisted yet melodic
electronics & crisp dance beats.
LoRecordings-058
CD
$16.25
Black Moth SuperRainbow/Octopus Project
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 31ST)
PS, US Sonic collaboration summoning cut-up beats & vocoder
melodies w/ huge, distorted riffs & a theremin orchestra
that descends into layered steel guitars before all is
dissolved in a wash of hazy synths!
Graveface-026
CD
$11.00
Blakeley, John/Ron Nagle
Tan Mantis (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US It took over 35 years, but surf-guitarist Blakeley & keyboardist
Nagle have teamed up once again to produce a brand new
record that proves they've still got the California moxy
that got their careers off the ground. New album of modern
surf-influenced music that mixes the reverb-soaked tones
of vintage surf guitar with a mellow smooth jazz style
to create lush arrangements that highlight the talents
of the two musicians, while leaving the listener floating
on the waves.
Undertow-015
CD
$12.75
Blood Brothers
Young Machetes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US LIMITED to 800 copies on 180 gram.
SecondNature-67
DLP
$25.50
Blood Brothers
Young Machetes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Lyrically, this remains firmly rooted in the surreal
consciousness, rage & oblique politics they've always
embraced. It also reveals a new, once-bitten wisdom. "I
thought the collective dissent of our generation would
bring about positive change," says Jordan of the election
year climate that inspired Crimes and its direct commentary. "When
that didn't happen I felt like the bottom had fallen out." Still,
Jordan & the band stay positive, motivated by the idea
of the personal as political.
SecondNature-067
DLP
$22.50
Blow
Paper Television (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Krecords-178
LP
$11.25
Blow
Paper Television (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Their songs are light enough to sail easily through
the air, landing simultaneously on the turntable of a London
DJ, in your Mom's car stereo, & in the iPod of a middle
schooler in study hall. However, they are somehow heavy
enough to stick around, laying in your mind long after
their album is over. Packed softly into hearty & buoyant
vessels of songs, the words & beats are sent back out
into the unknown, a transmission from the humans, for the
Humans.
Krecords-178
CD
$12.75
Blowfly
Punk Rock Party (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US ON WAX!!
AlternativeTentacles-367
LP
$10.00
Blowoff
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US After helping define the sound of alternative-rock
with Hüsker Dü in the '80s, fronting the power-pop
band Sugar in the '90s & fusing hard-rock and heavy
electronica in his last solo release, BOB MOULD is now
redefining pop music with Blowoff, his collaboration with
producer/remixer extraordinaire RICHARD MOREL. Melds together
Mould's angry, angular power-pop tendencies with Morel's
hazy, house-fueled electronica. The result is nothing less
than a superb album that offers the listener a level of
musical adventurousness & stunning song craft that
has no equal in the pop, rock or dance music worlds today.
FullFrequency-001
CD
$12.75
Bodhisattva
Brain Candy for Insanity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Debut from two-man sonic tag team construct an all-out
sonic bombardment that encompasses a broad range of sounds
from death metal to jazz fusion to alt-rock. "A pastiche
of unlike puzzle pieces that come together, not necessarily
seamlessly, to make a bigger, more cohesive picture." -Slug
Magazine.
PandaDance-001
CD
$7.50
Bodhisattva
Magnetar EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Two-man sonic tag team construct an all-out sonic
bombardment that encompasses a broad range of sounds from
death metal to jazz fusion to altrock. Mathy/prog-rock
escapism with a hint of space-rock fill out the mix. "Excellent
madness" was the way Ian MacKaye (Fugazi/Minor Threat)
described their sound. Should come with a warning: tendency
to induce epileptic seizures & extreme metal meltdown.
WordUpKid-001
CD5
$5.75
Boris/Sunn0)))
Altar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 31ST)
PS, US NOT a split album. It's a collaboration that is
a result of both bands conceptualizing, writing & recording
the album together as one entity. Both groups have stepped
outside their previous sounds & created a wholly unique
album that stands on its own unique ground. Also contributing
additional entrancing textures are the guest collaborators
on this album including: JESSE SYKES, KIM THAYLL (Soundgarden),
JOE PRESTON (Earth, Thrones, Melvins, High on Fire).
SouthernLord-062
CD
$15.25
Bragg, Billy
Volume 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Chronicles Bragg's gradual addition of a full band
to his formerly sparse guitar & vocal arrangements.
The four reissues are Workers Playtime, Don't Try This
At Home, William Bloke & England, Half English. A bonus
DVD featuring an entire televised concert from 1991 & a
2006 live performance is only available as part of the
9-disc box set. Each original has been re-mastered as have
the five discs of bonus material, much of it previously
unavailable & handpicked by Billy and longtime Bragg
cohorts Grant Showbiz & Wiggy.
YepRoc-2605
9XCD
$70.00
Bragg, Billy
Workers Playtime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Though still a caustic rabble-rouser, Bragg revealed
on 1998's "Worker's Playtime" he was equally
adept at discussing the struggles of love as he was at
discussing the struggles of the working class. Features
the re-mastered original & a second disc of bonus material,
much of it previously unavailable.
YepRoc-2606
CD
$18.75
Bragg, Billy
Don't Try This At Home (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US 1991's "Don't Try This at Home" comes
complete with Peter Buck, Johnny Marr, Michael Stipe, Kirsty
MacColl & perhaps most shockingly of all, drums! The
album also introduced us to one of his best known songs, "Sexuality." Features
the re-mastered original and a second disc of bonus material,
much of it previously unavailable.
YepRoc-2607
CD
$18.75
Bragg, Billy
William Bloke (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Bragg's talents at examining interpersonal relationships
continued to mature on 1996's "William Bloke",
an album that, according to All Music Guide, "reminds
listeners that the well-missed Bragg is super valuable,
even when firing flowers instead of bullets." Features
the re-mastered original and a second disc of bonus material,
much of it previously unavailable.
YepRoc-2608
CD
$18.75
Bragg, Billy
England, Half English (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US England, Half English was Bragg's 2002 solo follow-up
to the Grammy-nominated Wilco-collaboration Mermaid Avenue.
It shows his musical adventurism continuing to develop
as he & his now-steady backing band The Blokes dabble
in neo-ska, gospel soul & polyrhythmic world beats.
YepRoc-2609
CD
$18.75
Brian Jonestown Massacre
Take It From The Man (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US "I, Anton A. Newcombe, do solemnly swear that
the ghost of Brian Jones came to me in the studio & asked
me to make this record. P.S. he also asked that I should
kick the shit out of the old Mick & Keith for ripping
off his band, girl & money, have him murdered, being
glad he's dead and for not being very nice people." FIRST
TIME ON VINYL! Deluxe Double LP.
TeePee-072
DLP
$19.00
Bright Eyes
Noise Floor (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Oh my, double vinyl w/5 BONUS TRACKS!!! Also incl.
code for free MP3 download of this album.
SaddleCreek-99
DLP
$17.00
Bright Eyes
Noise Floor (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US This collects selected Bright Eyes singles, one
offs, unreleased tracks, collaborations & covers recorded
between '98 & '05. Variously recorded to cassette 4
track, minidisc, reel to reel tape machine, ADAT & computer,
these songs trace the evolution from basement project to
band of international repute. Many of these gems previously
lost to out of print obscurity are hereby resurrected.
SaddleCreek-99
CD
$12.50
Broadfield Marchers
When The Lifted Connive (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The members of BROADFIELD MARCHERS have been quietly
writing and recording power-pop gems for several years.
Until now, few folks have walked in the hazy sunshine of
the Louisville, KY trio. The vault has finally been cracked,
with their debut long-player "When the Lifted Connive." While
there is a certain tip of the hat to ROBERT POLLARD's anthems,
deeper influences are shared with GbV's captain - ranging
from BADFINGER to CHEAP TRICK to early BEE GEES. All the
while the Marchers avoid clichéd tribute, maintaining
a freshness not unlike contemporary practitioners such
as FIELD MUSIC and THE SHINS. Fronted by the brothers ZDOBYLAK,
Broadfield Marchers are Dustin on lead vocals and guitar,
Mark on bass and backing vocals, along with Justin Carter
on drums. As is the ST. IVES way, "When the Lifted
Connive" is STRICTLY LIMITED - in this case to 300
numbered copies. Though in an effort for the record to
live on, ST. IVES WILL BE, FOR THE FIRST TIME, ALSO BE
RELEASING THE TITLE DIGITALLY. But we all know mp3s don't
look as good on your record shelf.
St.Ives-14
LP
$12.75
Broder Daniel
Cruel Town (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, SWEDEN Released in Sweden in 2004 'Cruel Town', six
years in the making, was the follow-up to their 1998 masterpiece
'Broder Daniel Forever". Triumphant, epic, bombastic
guitar-pop.
Dolores
CD
$15.00
Brothers And Sisters
Brothers and Sisters (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US "Brothers and Sistes bask in the same golden
sunshine as the Mamas and The Papas and the Byrds, but
the Austin based collective also mines that era's darker
side, combining sugar-sweet harmonies with forboding, gloomy
lyrics." -CMJ NMM
IEatRecords-08
CD
$12.50
Buffalo Killers
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US If you were to take a walk through the sleepy hills
of Ohio taking peyote & listening to Blue Cheer & Buffalo
Springfield, you may end up meeting the these guys. These
3 mountain men include brothers Zachary & Andrew Gabbard,
formerly of the infamous THEE SHAMS, on bass/vox and guitar/vox
respectively, & Joseph Sebaali supplying the backbeat.
This debut is as much about mythical places & spiritual
paths, as it is about rock'n'roll.
Alive -070
CD
$14.00
Buffalo Killers
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US ON VINYL.
Alive-007
LP
$14.00
Califone
Roots & Crowns (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US LIMITED VINYL!!!
ThrillJockey-163
LP
$12.75
Califone
Roots & Crowns (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US "Some of these songs started as hummed melodies
into my cell phone recorder while I was driving. Others
were triggered by overheard conversations, loops brought
in from home, field recordings or sounds we made in the
studio before the tape was rolling," says Rutili.
Both Rutili's & Becker's soundtrack work are more atmospheric,
however the challenge of enhancing a scene of film w/out
cluttering it or overwhelming it informed their approach
to the new recording. Limitations, obstructions & darkness, & the
new possibilities they illuminate; roots & crowns.
ThrillJockey-163
CD
$15.50
Caroline
Sunrise (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Following her first single, the much-adored "Where's
My love," CAROLINE is back with the second single
from this year's transcendent "Murmurs" album.
Accompanied by a pair of remixes from avant-electronic
artist LOGREYBEAM (TYPE RECORDS) and DJ POIGNANT, "Sunrise" brings
a warm thaw to "Murmurs," its minimal heartbeat
rhythm thumping beneath transparent washes of reverberating
pianos and vocal harmonies. It is a perfect reminder of
why Caroline's tiny music is making such a big impression.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-101
CD5
$5.50
Carroll, Barton
Love & War (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Since 2002, Carroll has toured & recorded extensively
with Crooked Fingers, playing guitar, steel guitar & upright
bass. Carroll has also toured, playing various instruments
with Azure Ray, Dolorean & Micah P. Hinson.On Love & War,
Carroll creates characters who search for light in a stark
landscape, souls caught in the murky area between what
appears to be opposing human extremes. This collection
of songs is a snapshot of Carroll's ongoing effort to find
meaning in moral ambiguity & violence.
Skybucket-018
CD
$13.75
Castle Project
Diaries of a Broken Heart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
24TH)
PS, US Feat. Ryan Ostiguy (SPITFIRES) fusing baroque charm
w/ delicate embellishments of cello, synth & bombastic
brass, he does the impossible; creating a gorgeous pop
record dedicated to the break up of his marriage. Think
purer than Pedro the Lion. Think cooler than Coldplay.
Think absolute heartbreak. Incl. KURT DAHLE (NEW PORNOGRAPHERS),
MEGAN BRADFIELD (LIMBLIFTER) & PHIL COPMPARELLI (54-40).
WhiteWhale-04
CD
$12.00
Chatham, Rhys
Two Gongs (1971) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The hour-long "Two Gongs" fills the entirety
of [this] disc with its ethereal, droning psychedelia.
While written in 1971, the '89 recording documented here
features CHATHAM, along with fellow composer YOSHIMASA
WADA coaxing heavy, overlapping tones out of a pair of
Chinese gongs. The instruments buzz and hum, moving in
waves from deafening rattles to soft, muted drones. The
monstrous noise that Chatham concocts is far more akin
to the seismic crashes of monstrously distorted guitar
feedback than that of two unprocessed slabs of metal, and
it proves the composer's interest in creating a similar
world of sound out of whatever instrument currently proved
his muse. On disc, the performance is jaw-droppingly powerful,
a monumental chunk of glorious noise.
TableOfTheElements-073
CD
$14.25
Chavez
Better Days Will Haunt You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US This super-deluxe re-mastered compilation has a
triple-gate digipak: two CDs plus DVD, two 28-page books,
the two original studio albums (1995's "Gone Glimmering" and
1996's "Ride The Fader"), non-album b-sides,
compilation tracks from "What's Up Matador" and "Schoolhouse
Rock! Rocks", a previously unreleased track, two promo
videos, a tour documentary, plus other DVD Easter eggs.
Matador
CDX
$18.00
Cheer-Accident
What Sequel? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US 11 new miraculously melodic and highly hummable
ditties. Every track is jam-packed with brain-enhancing
twists & turns while overflowing with musical adventurousness.
Produced by John McEntire (Tortoise, Sea & Cake).
Pravda-6386
CD
$13.50
Child Bite
Wild Feast (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Suburban Sprawl ssm017cd 6 . 6 9
Fuzzed-out bass, hectic drumming & vocal warble lay
the foundation for these quirky instrumentals & noisy
pop gems. A combination of punk vigor & avant-garde
ideals, infusing unconventional sounds with palatable arrangements.
Comparable to past bands such as Pere Ubu, late Black Flag,
Dead Kennedys. as well as contemporaries Fugazi, the Thermals,
Liars & A-Frames. Features members of New Grenada & El
Boxeo.
CD
$10.00
Chin Up Chin Up
This Harness Can't Ride Anything (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US The lyrics are less obtuse, the arrangements more
inventive & it feels more realized than the band's
debut. Here they are weaving hyper-literate song craft
w/ a new sense of melody & wit. The album searches
for beauty in places where no beauty exist, you can literally
feel the mileage of looking for too much, in a land where
there is too little. It's a document of where the band
are right now, for better & worse.
SuicideSqueeze-057
CD
$14.50
Chin Up Chin Up
This Harness Can't Ride Anything (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
17TH)
PS, US
Flameshovel-40
LP
$12.75
Cities
Variations (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Debut albumm reimagined by LADYTRON, DAEDELUS, FOG & a
host of other remixers who have tweaked the knobs to create
a limited edition 8-song EP. The already danceable tracks
are now dangerously seductive. Please beware.
YepRoc-2138
CD5
$6.25
Cluster
Sowlesoso (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Released in 1976. While some tracks have early electronic
percussion & others are beatless, the album is overall
melodic & atmospheric. The blend of electronic rhythms & quirky
bubbly sounds combined with piano & a few bits of guitar
here & there is pure bliss.
Water-186
CD
$15.25
Coleman, Ornette
To Whom Who Keeps A Record (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
17TH)
PS, US Released in '75 in Japan & never before available
in the U.S., this set brings together Ornette sides recorded
in 59-60 w/ the classic quartet line-up of Don Cherry on
pocket trumpet, Charlie Haden on bass, & Billy Higgins
on drums. Track listing: Music, Always, Brings Goodness,
To Us, All, P.S. Unless One Has (Blues Connotation No.
2), Some Other, Motive For Its Use.
Water-187
CD
$15.25
Conrad, Tony
Joan of Arc (1968) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
TableOfTheElements-077
CD
$14.25
Coughs
Secret Passage (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION
Load-088
LP
$12.00
Current 93/OM
SPLIT-Inerrant Rays of Infallible Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 31ST)
PS, US Finally on CD. A massive split EP between trancendent
heavyweights CURRENT 93 and OM (AL CISNEROS and CHRIS HAKIUS
of SLEEP). Features exclusive mixes of C93's "Inerrant
Infallible" and Om's "Rays of the Sun/To The
Shrinebuilder".
DurtroJnana-108/93
CD
$22.00
Curtains
Calamity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US It might be recognizable from CHRIS COHEN's past
projects (DEERHOOF & NATURAL DREAMERS), but this record
is brimming over w/ what was only hinted at before. The
singing & lyrics have at last brought his vision into
a clear & recognizable focus. The enigmatic mood & seemingly
unfounded optimism of the music have never been so sharply
contrasted, & the sounds & playing have never been
so uncompromisingly personal & eccentric. Feat. Nedelle
Torrisi, Annie Lewandowski, Half-Handed Cloud aka John
Ringhofer.
AsthmaticKitty-026
CD
$12.75
Dale, Dick & Deltones
Surfer's Choice (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US King of Surf's twin classics: "Let's Go Trippin" & "Miserlou"+6
bonus tracks.
Sundazed-11184
CD
$18.25
Damsel
Distressed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-113
LP
$8.25
Damsel
Distressed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
TemporaryResidencLtd.-113
CD
$12.75
Darkest Hour
Archives (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US A collection of material that is either out-of-print,
extremely rare or previously unreleased to celebrate their
10th year. Included are their first two EPs, "The
Prophecy Fulfilled" and "The Misanthrope",
both completely remastered from the source tapes, in addition
to previously unreleased songs & alternate versions
never before heard.
AFRecords-047
CD
$12.75
Darling New Neighbors
Every Day Is Saturday Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, US "Charmingly scrappy debut dabbles in indie-pop,
country, folk, and disco with a free wheeling mindset that
doesn't break boundaries so much as pay no attention to
them whatsoever." -The Austin Chronicle
IEatRecords-09
CD
$12.50
David & The Citizens
Until The Sadness Is Gone [U.S. Release] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Domestic release for D&TC's 2004 album on Friendly
Fire, preceded earlier this year by the self-titled EP.
Do you like Belle & Sebastian minus the twee? Bright
Eyes minus the histrionics? The Decemberists minus the
sea shanties? Add that up, then stir in a huge dose of
Scandinavian popsong brilliance, and you have David & the
Citizens. You're in for a treat. REVIEW: "Their sound
is a sunny, spastic, orchestrated, multi-layered flavor
of indie pop music, not too far removed from Neutral Milk
Hotel, with a similar hint of darkness and melancholy in
amongst the sweet melodies and harmonic vocals... I personally
think it's pretty fantastic" - Music for Robots
FriendlyFire-005
CD
$13.75
De Vahl, Erik
Friendly Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, SWEDEN From the label that gave us Jens Lekman, TTA
and Embassy comes Erik de Vahl - a deeply original singsongwriter
that you should check asap. Being tagged as the most difficult
(and least known) of the brave pop poets and catwomen of
Service it is time to wash away any such false notions.
It's time for elevation. Spotlights on! Thanks for taking
us by surprise. It's a pop microcosmos affair of intimacy,
subtleness and warmth, alone and very special somewhere
on the DYI-postfolk-toytronic axis.
Service-023
CD
$13.50
Dears, The
Gang Of Losers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, CANADA New album!
Arts&Crafts
CD
$15.00
Decemberists
Crane Wife (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US New album for Capitol!
Capitol
CD
$17.25
Die Princess Die
Lions Eat Lions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 22ND)
PS, US The four members of DPD have backgrounds as varied
as a drawer of mismatched socks. What they have in common
is a love of altered tunings & big amplifiers. With
a sound "louder than highway construction and dirtier
than internet porn" (Austin Chronicle), DPD has stage
presence to burn in a scene that could us more of it. They're
a wildfire waiting to happen. Stand back. No, come closer.
GSL-124
CD
$13.75
Diplo
Mad Decent Radio Vol. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER
19TH)
PS, US Previously only available on his recent tour, collects
2 of those radio shows, which happen to be also 2 of his
best, one focusing on the currently hot Baltimore genre,
the other giving shine to New Orleans. He's also added
several excl. tracks including one by his first label signing
BONDE DE ROLE (remixed here by A-TRAK) There's the usual
Diplo strangeness lurking everywhere, & fans are sure
to love it. Over one hour of material. Limited, one time
pressing.
MoneyStudies-027
CD
$15.00
DJ Shadow
The Outsider (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US NOW ON VINYL!
Universal- 0251704960
LP
$15.25
Donelly, Tanya
This Hungry Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US After forming the immensely influential art-rock
outfit THROWING MUSES while in her teens, Donelly later
founded THE BREEDERS with ex-Pixie Kim Deal before leading
her own hugely successful group, BELLY. Now, after three
acclaimed solo albums, Donelly delivers her newest collection
of languid & gorgeous pop creations. Accompanied by
a stellar band, including husband DEAN FISHER (Juliana
Hatfield Three) on guitar, RICH GILBERT (Frank Black and
the Catholics) also on guitar & pedal steel, ARTHUR
JOHNSON (Come) on drums, JOE McMAHON on upright bass, JOAN
WASSER (Lou Reed, Antony & the Johnsons) on the violin,
and BILL JANOVITZ (front man of Buffalo Tom) contributing
vocals, Donelly has amassed yet another collection of powerful & beautiful
gems, proving once again why we've all paid attention for
so long.
ElevenThirty-7012
CD
$15.75
Dyrdin
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Dyrdin, Reykjavik, Iceland. There are only 300,000
people who live in Iceland, 80% believe in elves. Dýrðin
brings the mythologies of elves, comic book heroes and
Star Trek to life with their edgy pop. Dýrðin
was formed in Reykjavik in 1994 by Einar and Maggi, having
both played in various underground rock groups for a few
years, teamed up with Þorvaldur Gröndal, to
produce silly little pop songs, with a twist, in Maggi's
bedroom. They got hold of a Dr. Rhythm drum machine and
an old saggy keyboard and started churning out tunes on
a Tascam 4-track Portastudio. Einar's sister was hastily
recruited to sing. Hafdis surprised everyone by suddenly
displaying singing talent and a knack for rocking out on
stage. After a brief hiatus, they're back on the scene
playing locally at the Iceland Airwaves festival, Innupukinn
and recently at Popfest! New England in Northampton, MA.
The drum machine has been dismissed in favor of a real
live punk drummer named Tóti, who also plays in
the legendary Icelandic punk band, Vonbrigdi. Vonbrigdi
are a recently resurrected punk band who were at the forefront
of the punk wave along with such bands as Purrkur Pillnikk
(featuring Einar Orn of Sugarcube fame), Fraebblarnir,
the glue-sniffing Sjalfsfroun, and Bjork's band Tappi Tikarrass.
In a departure from bass, guitar and keyboards, the band
has now reached new heights with a full, five member line-up,
in both live performances and recording. From the Icelandic
music magazine, Grapevine: "This is a band I've had
the pleasure of seeing on many occasions, and have watched
them grow. Dýrðin's driving, New Wave pop is
well-served by a formidable drummer, who can be best described
as a hard-hitting psycho. They carried their numbers across
so well that before long they started playing their songs
faster than usual ... Dýrðin finished their
set with the singer and keyboardist dancing continuously,
the crowd elated..." RIYL: The Icicles, All Girl Summer
Fun Band, The Sugarcubes, The Cardigans, Buzzcocks, The
Ramones, Blonde Redhead, The Raveonettes, Serge Gainsbourg.
SkippingStones-007
CD
$12.50
El Goodo
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Out of the haze of the velvet morning comes the
first band to ever put the small town of Resolven, at the
throbbing heart of Neath Valley, Wales, on the map. They
are called, quite simply, EL GOODO, and their debut, self-titled
album is a gloriously effortless piece of pop music perfection.
El Goodo was unleashed upon the British record-buying public
by their good friends and countrymen SUPER FURRY ANIMALS,
who originally released their self-titled debut on their
very own independent label, PLACID CASUAL, in late 2005.
In many ways, El Goodo wear their hearts on their sleeves,
their influences are many and their knack for melodies
impressive. Taking cues from places as diverse at the ELEPHANT
6 collective to the fuzzed up tones of Scotland's C86 post-punk
bands, the mysterious and enigmatic members of El Goodo
make a wonderful racket.
EmpyreanRecords-20
CD
$12.75
Elodie
At the End of the Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, SWEDEN A fond farewell to Northern Sweden's Élodie,
who have released their final EP, 'At the End of the Line',
and played their last ever show by the time you read this.
They depart leaving a gift... Five dark, dreamy, emotional
and melodic songs. Like their debut album, '[It's Too Bad
You're Leaving' (also available), this is lush, minimalist
Nordic pop, the creation of songwriter Andreas Lundmark
with vocals by Evelina Hagglund. Not too far removed from
similarly female-fronted combos like Club 8 and Darcy,
with nifty touches of jazz and exotica and the occasional
splash of casual dancefloor friendliness.
AWestSideFabrication/Speech
CD5
$7.75
Elope
9 Distilled Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FALL 2007)
PS, SWEDEN Perhaps Elope's finest album to date...and that's
saying something consideing how brilliant 'The No Name
Record' and '3WD' are... It is also their very mellowest.
'9 Distilled Dreams' is the mainly acoustic companion piece
to the rocking '3WD' released earlier this year. Check
out Jim's Pick page for a sound sample.
Gravitation
CD
$12.00
Embassy, The
Tacking (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, SWEDEN Jetset electro-pop ecstasy from Göteborg
outfit that eschews Rock City Sweden's guitars for a glittering
sound that recalls The Legends, The Radio Dept, OMD, The
Field Mice, Tears For Fears, and Biff Bang Pow, New Order,
and Depeche Mode! The Embassy is Fredrik Lindson (vocals,
guitar) and Torbjörn Håkansson (programming),
two lads brought together by a mutual loathing for the
Göteborg "rock scene", and by punching each
other up at an office party. Definitely a special brand
of tension here! IT'S A TRAP! REVIEW: "It sounds like
what would happen if Pet Shop Boys and Sarah Records had
a child, or in this case - two children. Although you could
read in a million and one influences into this, this record
sounds NOW. Like all pop should, but almost never does." (Johannna
Smith)
Service-024
CD
$13.50
Ensemble
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Debut from Olivier Alary, whom has collaborated
with Bjork & done several remixes of her work. Now
he brings a stunningly beautiful album featuring collaborations
with CHAN MARSHALL (CAT POWER), LOW BARLOW, MILEECE & CAMILLE
CLAVERIE. Drumming by ADAM PIERCE (MICE PARADE) & orchestral
arrangements by JOHANNES MALFATTI, performed by the Babelsberg
Film Orchestra in Germany. The result is a gorgeous
display of subtlety & a mature mix of organic textures & programming.
FatCat-44
CD
$14.00
Ettes
Shake the Dust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, UK
SFTRI-779
LP
$10.75
Everything, Now!
Sunshine of Doom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Dealing mainly w/ the feelings of displacement & boredom
that come w/ a sudden shift from thriving, artistic community
to rural Indiana college town, these first recordings seem
to exist just as a creative release. That need for creative
outlet was even seen in the initial, hand-designed & packaged
CD release. Holding to that aesthetic, St. Ives Records
is re-issuing their debut as a limited (300 copies) vinyl-only
release packaged in hand-painted sleeves.
St.Ives-13
LP
$11.25
Five Americans
Early Americans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Five Oklahoma kids who moved to Dallas & blew
the roof of the national charts recorded tons of swaggering
garage material just before topping the charts w/"I
See the Light" & "Western Union." Incl.
a Texas-sized load of fuzzy & primitive UNRELEASED
sides plus their early Jetstar singles from the original
master tapes!
Koch-143
LP
$20.50
Fix
Speed of Twisted Thought (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US One of the earliest hardcore bands in the Midwest & one
of the 1st to release something on Touch & Go Records & this
is it's 1st time ever on CD. Incl. both early singles "Vengeance/
In This Town" (TG02) & "Jan's Room" (TG05),
the Process of Elimination compilation (TG04) track, Jan's
Room demos - recorded by Spot (Black Flag, Minutemen),
live tracks from a 1981 tour, incl. 2 covers - Germs (Media
Blitz,) & Box Tops (The Letter). Liner notes by Byron
Coley, Henry Rollins, Tesco Vee & Tim Tonooka.
Touch&Go-96
CD
$12.00
Fix
Speed of Twisted Thought (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US
Touch&Go-96
LP
$13.75
Flying Canyon
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Like The Eagles on Robitussin, Flying Canyon present
dark, distinct odes to California's grand landscape in
song. Existing in the sun baked tradition of burnt-out
Cosmic Californians like Sky Sunlight Saxon, Skip Spence,
Phil Perlman, The Rockets and David Crosby, Flying Canyon
perform minimalist folk/country/rock slowed to a funeral
crawl. Helmed by Cayce Lindner (himself the sonic heir
to Kristofferson's throne), the songs of FC are wrapped
in distant canyon reverb with booming fuzz bass & heavy
percussion underneath. Lindner, with a trilling delivery
of the Neil Young/Jerry Garcia axis, weaves mournful tales
of eternal love and despair. Flying Canyon's self-titled
debut is the sound of a warped CSN&Y cassette playing
on a boom box deep in a ravine somewhere (in California).
Backing Lindner in Flying Canyon are Shayde Sartin (KELLEY
STOLTZ, SKYGREEN LEOPARDS) and Jewelled Antler's Glenn
Donaldson (Skygreen Leopards, THUJA, IVYTREE).
Softabuse-017
CD
$12.75
Fondas
Runaway Bombshell (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, UK
SFTRI-775
LP
$10.75
Foxx, John & Louis Gordon
Live From A Room (As Big As A City) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, UK Recorded live at Longwave rehearsal rooms in June
2006 this limited edition album includes new versions of
classic tracks such as 'Underpass', 'My Sex' and 'Plaza'
Limited to 1000 units of which 500 were sold on his recent
European tour this CD will become a collectors item. Track
list: Intro, Sex Video, Making Movies, Metal Beat, No One
Driving, Plaza, Underpass, Touch & Go, He's A Liquid,
Broken Furniture, Ultraviolet/Infra-Red, Nightlife, My
Sex.
Fulfill-010
CD
$14.75
French Toast
Ingleside Terrace (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dischord -154
LP
$11.25
French Toast
Ingleside Terrace (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US James Canty(MAKE-UP, NATION OF ULYSSES) & Jerry
Busher(ALL-SCARS, FUGAZI) now expanded to a trio with the
Duo featuring additon of Ben Gilligan(SMALL DOSES, THE
VAGUE). This is the band's third release for Dischord.
Dischord-154
CD
$11.25
Friedman, Ruthann
Hurried Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US A collection of previously unreelased demos, home
recordings & lost songs circa 65-70 from her personal
archive. Incl. detailed song notes by Ruthann, unseen photos & the
original version of "Wendy".
Water-185
CD
$15.25
Fucked Up
Hidden World (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US It's cloaked in shades of unconventional aesthetics,
symbolic overtones & a self-proclaimed "culture
of confusion." Transcending the boundaries of punk
w/ melody, aggression, expansive structures & enigmatic
diatribes on what lies underneath the immediate, visualized
world. This is dangerous & unpredictable in a time
when punk has become a manufactured commodity.
JadeTree-1122
CD
$14.50
Gainsbourg, Serge
Coffret (5XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Controversial anthology of filmed songs, interviews & documentaries
from 1965-82. 2 complete documentaries, 12 interviews,
5 concert extras & 11 duet videos incl. JANE BIRKIN,
BRIGITTE BARDOT, CATHERINE DENEUVE, CHARLOTTE GAINSBOURG.
Mercury-9826541
DVD
$70.00
Gants
Introducing The Gants (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Mississippi Delta teen purveyors of the Mersey Beat
sound incl. UNRELEASED 1964 sessions w/SAM PHILLIPS. A
rare early glimpse of this gifted group.
Sundazed -6223
CD
$14.75
Goldenboy
Underneath the Radio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US With songs that are light & wry, yet also weary,
and start with heartsickness & end with heartfelt celebration,
Goldenboy's wide-eyed vision of the world is organic & uplifting.
This band proves the words "gentle," "indie," and "pop" aren't
labels to avoid. Goldenboy embraces these labels & emerges
with an album that anyone could love.
EenieMeenie-025
CD
$12.75
Greater Than One
Kill the Pedagogue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US This is one of the earliest archives of Greater
Than One, originally released in 1985 on a limited edition
cassette in a red Chinese envelope with cut outs of paper,
a sticker, image, and poster; wrapped with a red yarn and
sealed in a ziplock bag. The music is aggressive and punchy,
with beats and horror film samples, yet the underlying
drones are dark and thunderous, which oddly enough doesn't
sound out of place when listened to alongside the darker
modern masters like Sunn O))), Oren Ambarchi, or Scorn.
It's no surprise the group's first full-length record,
1987's All the Masters Licked Me, was released by Lustmord
and Graeme Revell's Side Effects Records. This is the first
time for this recording to appear on CD, and it's enhanced
with content of images, text, and bonus audio files. Number
four in the Brainwashed Handmade series, this was also
letterpressed by Mike Babcock at Interrobang (whose clients
have included Hydrahead, Relapse, Kimchee, Tumult, and
SharkAttack) and is limited to 500 copies.
Brainwashed-004
CD
$10.75
Grey, Richard
Summer Sessions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US This amazing Ibiza resident who aim straight at
the ears, hearts, & soul of his audience. This extraordinary & diligently
selected collection of personal favorites is juxtaposed
w/ excl. tracks by top stars like ERIC PRYDZ, ROYKSOPP & ALEX
GAUDINO. Both CDs radiate exactly the kind of vibe you
wish to experience when joining a summer party on the music-crazy
island of Ibiza - steaming dancefloors packed w/ happy,
crazy people, moving to the compelling "hands-up" summer
sounds until the morning comes.
MinistryofSound-717
DCD
$26.75
Guerrero, Tommy
From the Soil To The Soul (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US He combines funk, Americana, Lo-fi fuzz, & Latin
rhythms with a classic laid back San Francisco Vibe. He
has appeared on Lyrics Born albums & this features
guest appearances from Lyrics Born, Bing Ji Ling, & Curumin.
Quannum-071
CD
$16.75
Harlem
Game/Watch EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, SWEDEN Harlem is a quirky electro pop deuce and the
newest gladiator from the Service camp. Standing equally
tight with one leg in the vocal pop crop and the other
buried firmly in the indie dj-culture electro massive.
Certainly going to stir up rumpaction and tailspins on
Scandi-indie dancefloors this autumn.
Service-025
CD5
$6.25
Harvey Danger
Little Round Mirrors (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US A delicious morsel from one of the best bands to
come out of Seattle's indie-rock kitchen. Features the
title track from their Kill Rock Stars album "Little
By Little", plus the previously unreleased "We
Drew The Maps" and three live tracks, including a
rousing Bowie cover of "Oh! You Pretty Things".
Barsuk
CD5
$5.50
Hasunuma, Shuta
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
WesternVinyl-42
CD
$12.75
Hawk and a Hawksaw
The Way the Wind Blows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Leaf -051
LP
$18.00
Hawk and a Hawksaw
The Way the Wind Blows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US This incandescent third ablum was partly recorded
in a remote Romanian village with member of the justly
admired Balkan folk group, FANFARE CIOCARLIA. Songwriter
Jeremy Barnes(drums, accordian, vocals) and Heather Trost(violin)
joyously and romantically romp through traditional sounds,
interspersing passionate musical duets with exuberant brass
band stomp. Also features a guest appearance from BEIRUT'S
Zach Condon.
Leaf-051
CD
$14.50
Helen Stellar
Prayer To Myself (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! VINYL FILMS RECORDS and HELEN STELLAR
are proud to announce the band's debut full-length release, "A
Prayer To Myself." The album collects components all
three of their self-released E.P's. ("I'm Naut What
I Seem", "Below Radar" and "Newton"),
a never-before released demo and a brand new recording
("Compulsion") all on one collection! Includes
the hit song from the "Elizabethtown" soundtrack, "io
(this time around)."
VinylRecords-2006
DLP
$15.50
Helen Stellar
Prayer To Myself (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US VINYL FILMS RECORDS and HELEN STELLAR are proud
to announce the band's debut full-length release, "A
Prayer To Myself." The album collects components all
three of their self-released E.P's. ("I'm Naut What
I Seem", "Below Radar" and "Newton"),
a never-before released demo and a brand new recording
("Compulsion") all on one collection! Includes
the hit song from the "Elizabethtown" soundtrack, "io
(this time around)."
VinylRecords-20062
CD
$12.75
Hello Saferide
Would you let me play this EP ten times a day? (PRE-ORDER:
DELAYED, SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, SWEDEN Latest EP from Annika Norlin's Hello Saferide,
five new songs including "The Quiz", which has
Pitchfork writer Marc Hogan all a-flutter!
Razzia
CD5
$7.75
Hermine
Lonely At The Top + Extras (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, UK Reissues by cult new wave diva Hermine, memorably
described in 1982 as "the MOR 'chick singer' shifted
dramatically out of focus." An essentially unclassifiable
performer, whose career spans acting, comedy and tightrope
walking as well as singing, Hermine's musical reputation
rests on her debut album, The World On My Plates (1982),
the allure of her vaudeville torch songs was enhanced by
its iconic cover image of the artist loading singles into
a dishwasher. Her second album Lonely at the Top, released
in 1984, features ten songs including left-field covers
of Yoko Ono's Death of Samantha and Neil Sedaka. The album
also includes original material such as Hollow Hello and
Sleepy Feeling, recorded with a large cast of guest musicians,
and compared by one reviewer to The Rite of Spring. Once
again, the songs flaunt Hermine's deliberately idiosyncratic
femme fatale vocal style. The bonus tracks include several
songs recorded in Switzerland for an unreleased third album.
Digitally restored from the original master tapes, Lonely
at the Top + Extras features an attractive booklet including
artist biography and images. Biography: born in Paris,
Hermine Demoriane performed as a tightrope walker in the
1970s, including an appearance in Derek Jarman's punk film
Jubilee in 1977. Her recording career included two albums,
The World On My Plates (Crammed, 1982) and Lonely at the
Top (Salome, 1984). She has also provided vocals for the
television comedies French & Saunders and Absolutely
Fabulous, and published a book, The Tightrope Walker.
LTM-2476
CD
$17.00
Hinson, Micah P. And the Opera
Circuit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US He offers a substantiated account of misery & triumph,
evoking translucent memories & physical struggles.
This imparts a newfound, expansive & virtual basement
jam quality to his trademark no man's land take on hushed,
emotive balladry.
JadeTree-1117
CD
$14.50
Hisato Higuchi
Dialogue (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US "Dialogue" is the first American release
by Tokyo's HISATO HIGUCHI. Originally a puppeteer, Higuchi
has transformed his glacial, shadow-box inspired hand movements
to the twilight theater of electric guitar. His six-string
melodic tones and hushed vocals fan out from the haunted
torch songs of PATTY WATERS and moon-like ambiance. Higuchi's
seemingly wordless Japanese croon is a smoky, after-hours
call of loss or introspection. The songs of "Dialogue" float
like specters, each piece manifests itself in a unique
and singular conception that seeps into your mind and soul.
The perfect introduction for stateside listeners.
FamilyVineyard-044
CD
$12.75
Hitchcock, Robyn & Venus 3
Ole! Tarantula (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US By enlisting "3/4s of the Minus 5 & half
of R.E.M," Hitchcock has created what he calls, "the
rockingest record I've made in years." While the album
roars with the garage-fueled energy of his Soft Boys days,
Hitchcock's lyricism continues to drive his songs. In addition
to the Venus 3 core group, Ole! Tarantula features a cast
of recurrent & new characters in the Hitchcock story:
Morris Windsor (Soft Boys/Egyptians), Sean Nelson (Harvey
Danger), Chris Ballew (Presidents of The United States
of America), Kimberly Rew (Soft Boys) & Ian McLagan
(The Faces).
YepRoc-2129
CD
$15.75
Hitchcock, Robyn & Venus 3
Ole! Tarantula (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US
YepRoc-2129
LP
$15.75
Honey Is Cool
Crazy Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, SWEDEN Before The Knife Karin Dreijer's band Honey
Is Cool was one of the, well, coolest rock acts in Sweden.
'Crazy Love' was released in 1997 and the Swedish music
press compared the band to American indie rock, some noisy
jazz, Patty Smith and PJ Harvey. Highly recommended high-tension
art-rock, pop and general weirdness.
MNW
CD
$13.50
Hot One
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Feat. Nathan Larson (Shudder To Think), Kevin March
(Guided By Voices, The Dambuilders), Emm Gryner, & Jordan
Kern (Escalate). The band serves up blistering social protest
music delivered w/sexy swagger & ass-shaking beats,
while acknowledging its glam/punk roots.
ModernImperial-001
CD
$14.00
Hototogisu
Some Blood Will Stick (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Hototogisu is Matthew Bower (Skullflower/Sunroof!)
and Marcia Bassett (Double Leopards). They've been laying
down billowing sheets of tetonic guitar drone-noise since
2003 with the thickest possible helpings of vocals and
electronics. Some Blood Will Stick is a collection of tracks
from their ultra-limited self produced label Heavy Blossom.
Songs were taken from Swoon Scream (2004) and Awful Symmetry
(2005) with one additional track. What makes this disc
more than a simple re-release is the extraordinary scalpel
re-editing by Matthew Bower and the crushing and invigorating
mastering by Scott Hull at Visceral Sound making this one
of the heaviest and most beautiful Hototogisu releases.
Important-106
CD
$13.50
Hyvonen, Frida
Until Death Comes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Vinyl version of Frida's debut.
SecretlyCanadian-144
LP
$11.25
Hyvonen, Frida
Until Death Comes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Domestic release for one of the best Swedish release
of the millennium, originally released on The Concretes'
label Licking Fingers... Carving a path through the fertile
land of Sweden, she's a talented piano-based songwriter
in the vein of Laura Nyro w/ a passionate bite & a
voice like an icicle that cuts deep. This feat. a raw home-recording
feel not dissimilar to The Stones' Beggar's Banquet, Joni
Mitchell's Blue or Carole King's Tapestry. Loved in her
home country, she's just beginning to peek out into the
rest of the world by touring in support of country-mates
Jens Lekman, José Gonzalaz & The Concretes.
SecretlyCanadian-144
CD
$12.75
I'm From Barcelona
Collection of Stamps [2-song CDSingle] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, SWEDEN "Collection of Stamps" b/w "Glasses".
Dolores
CD5
$3.25
Isis & Aereogramme
In The Fishtank 14 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US "In The Fishtank" is an ongoing project
of Konkurrent, an independent music distributor in the
Netherlands. Chosen musicians are given two days studio
time and freedom to do whatever they like musically. On
this edition, while both bands are known for their love
of metal and post-hardcore with an experimental and spherical
approach, they not only show these skills here, but they
also add an impressively high level of purity, roominess,
and emotion. It's the analog warmth that makes the songs
tender, organic, imminent, and fragile.
ITF
CD
$10.50
Jet
Shine On (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US New album from Aussie rockers.
Atlantic
CD
$17.25
Johannsson, Johann
IBM 1401-A User s Manual (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The first album for 4AD from this Icelandic composer
is an expanded version of a performance piece originally
written for the dancer and choreographer Erna Omarsdottir,
and which has been performed in more than 40 European cities.
This new incarnation was scored for a 60-piece string orchestra
and the four original movements were joined by a completely
new finale. The final mix incorporates electronics and
vintage reel-to-reel recordings of the IBM 1401 mainframe
computer which inspired the piece in the first place. "Essential
for all fans of stately ambience" - Uncut. "Some
of the pieces recall the similarly melancholy electronic
touch that infused the most desolate moments of Radiohead's
'Kid A'" - Pitchfork.
4AD
CD
$14.50
Jurado, Damien
And Now That I'm In Your Shadow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SecretlyCanadian-145
DLP
$12.75
Jurado, Damien
And Now That I'm In Your Shadow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US On his new album "And Now That I'm In Your
Shadow", Jurado once again is calling us out to meet
him. With the help of now permanent members ERIC FISHER
and JENNA CONRAD, Damien has taken on a new side to his
career. No longer is DAMIEN JURADO just another solo artist
but a band. Rarely from now on will any live performance
just include a man with his ideas and guitar but a continuous
collaboration in lyrics and sound creating a backdrop to
a world that is filled with desperation and blessings,
life discovered and life that is lost. Together they will
lead you into the lyrical world of the forgotten faces
that you once knew. The songs are old friends and close
relatives, quarreling loves and love lost, the very thoughts
that cross your mind when you are alone or among the crowd.
Forever in your shadow and trapped between the lines that
you write down, Damien Jurado is still here and going nowhere.
SecretlyCanadian-145
CD
$12.75
Katharsis
World Without End (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US They've summoned the chaotic forces of Hell once
again. Prepare yourself for this 3rd full length from the
Germanic BM band. This new recording has the vitriolic
tendencies of the first 2 albums ('666' & 'Kruzifixxion'-
both to be re-released for America in the coming months),
but it eclipses both w/ its unrelenting chaos & fury.
Almost impossible to conceive until one actually bears
witness to the dynamics of the full impact of the album.
Souther Lord-061
CD
$15.25
Kiill The Vultures
The Careless Flame (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
LocustMusic-104
CD
$12.75
Killers
Sam's Town (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Gonna be big.
Island-7221-02
CD
$15.00
Killers
Sam's Town-PIC (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Limited edition gatefold PICTURE DISC LP vinyl.
Island-7221-01
LP
$15.25
Klumpes, Adrian
Be Still (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 31ST)
PS, US Debut solo release from the keyboardist for Australian
electro-improv trio TRIOSK. Minimalist, edgy and tranquil.
Leaf-056
CD
$16.25
Koster, Bettina & Jessie Evans
Autonervous (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US The VANISHING's Jessie Evans & Bettina Koster
of MALARIA! Musically it is very unique and cannot be easily
categorized, with influences ranging from pop, new wave,
rocksteady, krautrock, latin, disco, deathrock, film & free
jazz. Both women sing & play saxophone and have created
the sound organically, so even though it is electronic
it's much more natural; the atmosphere is loose yet gripping,
inviting visitors to come closer - like they want to catch
you in their web but once they do they will shower you
with kisses.
Cochon-25
CD
$13.25
L.E.O.
Alpacas Orgling (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Power pop collective pay homage to E.L.O. Features
Andy Sturmer (Jellyfish), Mike Viola Candy Butchers), Jason
Scheff (Chicago), Tony Goddess (Papas Fritas), Bleu (Columbia/Aware) & more.
CheapLullaby-013
CD
$14.75
La Pieta
Inside Out (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The trio's stripped-down pop sets, delicate boy/girl
vocals & meandering guitars lie against a bubbling
undercurrent of dark themes. Their tightest & most
confident collection yet. The five songs on Inside Out
play like call-and-response love letters-cunning confessionals
sprinkled with pop morsels. At a brisk twenty minutes,
Inside Out is a kiss that's over too soon but remembered
much longer, leaving a lingering thirst for more.
Contraphonic-059
CD
$9.75
Lady Sovereign
Public Warning (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US All punk and grime snot-nosed British attitude over
an undeniable808-fueled electro-pop-n-lock beat courtesy
of of NYC producer Dr. Luke.
DefJam-7625-02
CD
$13.25
Lady Sovereign
Public Warning (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US
DefJam-7625-01
DLP
$15.25
Lally, Joe
There to Here (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dischord-153
LP
$11.25
Lally, Joe
There to Here (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Bass player from the mighty FUGAZI. The album features
lally's spare and direct bass compositions with contributions
from Jason Kourkounis (HOT SNAKES, DELTA 72) , Jerry Busher(FRENCH
TOAST), Danny Frankel (KD LANG), Eddie Janney (RITES OF
SPRING), Guy Picciotto(FUGAZI), Ian Mackaye (EVENS, FUGAZI),
Amy Farina(EVENS), and more. wow, this guy has some friends.
Dischord-153
CD
$11.25
Lawler, R. Keenan
Music for the Bluegrass States (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
24TH)
PS, US He speaks a private, fundamental language via his
trademark metal-bodied resonator guitar. W/ an intensely
focused technique, he sets bluegrass- & blues-inflected
tonalities against dense masses of harmonic overtones & sustained
textures. It is a mesmerizing sound, one that conjures
the effect of various global trance-musics & has beguiled
a series of collaborators including Pelt, Matmos, Charalambides & My
Morning Jacket. It brims w/ nearreligious exhaltation & spectral,
gothic dread.
Xeric/TOE-108
CD
$14.25
Lippock, Robert
Robot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
WesternVinyl-22
CD5
$8.25
Lithops
Mound Magnet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 7TH)
PS, US This is Jan St. Werner's (MOUSE ON MARS, MICROSTORIA)
solo work. It makes cheerful overtures towards commonalities.
Sounds like Uni Umit, his first solo on Moikai; Mouse on
Mars's Idiology; the rubber-bandish electric guitar that
leads off MoM's Niun Niggung; much besides. Less cartoonish,
perhaps, but no less funny. When you have ceased to expect
it, there's the revenge of the trashy drum machine, the
bedroom electric guitar, of overdriven stepwise samples.
You should be so lucky as to misremember a music so vivid.
ThrillJockey-179
CD
$14.50
Los Straightjackets
Twist Party (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US
YepRoc-2119
LP
$16.00
Los Straightjackets
Twist Party (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Take one part masked guitar mayhem, a trio of toe-tapping
triplets from Trenton (well, just sisters, actually) & a
hip-swiveling, bespectacled Scotsman & you have in
your hands an instant party! 16 rockin' tunes, each with
its own dance step: 13 original songs & 3 fabulous
covers, including the perennial favorite "The Peppermint
Twist." On the accompanying DVD, the Pontani Sisters
teach you how to warm up, cool down & rock out to "The
Kitty Kat"
&
"The Daddy-O" with step-by-step dance instruction.
As a bonus, there are two music videos.
YepRoc-2119
CD/DVD
$19.00
Lovely Sparrows
Pulling Up Floors Pouring on New Paint (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The Austin, Texas band blends lush, complex arrangements
w/ a sing-along chorus somewhat quite like folkinflected
pop. Lead Sparrow Shawn Jones fleshes out lyrics to songs
of heartbreak, blunted resolve & shimmering resignation.
RIYL: Paul Simon, The Shins, Bill Fay, New Pornographers.
AbandonedLove-05
CD
$7.50
Low Frequency In Stereo
Last Temptation of... the Low Frequency in Stereo, Vol.
1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 31ST)
PS, US Domestic release for Norwegian band's compelling
second effort. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Any band that comes
from Norway but claims to have "one foot in Pompeii
and one in space" is a band that deserves a listen.
And on their third album, Low Frequency in Stereo don't
disappoint, though they do occasionally bemuse or even
befuddle. Their sound is a dense, almost claustrophobic
amalgam of seriously low-fidelity guitars, horns and cheesy
keyboards, and their songs have a punky sense of urgency
and sloppy structure. Imagine watching a 1960s spy movie
with a Troggs album turned up to the same volume as the
soundtrack, and you might have an idea of what kind of
sound to expect here. And that's a compliment, mostly,
especially when the short, sharp lyrical blast of "Big
City Lights" cuts through the song's cluttered soundscape,
or when "Axes" makes you realize what the early
Joy Division would have sounded like had their only keyboard
been a Farfisa organ, or when "21" makes you
simultaneously fall in love with Hanne Andersen and wonder
whether she's getting the psychiatric help that she sounds
like she needs." (Rick Anderson)
Gigantic
CD
$12.50
Lullabye Arkestra
Ampgrave (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US A bass and drum duo that have been playing and self-releasing
glorious slabs of distorto-soul for several years. The
songs range from one minute combustions of riffage and
hollering to longer, fuzzed out R&B numbers, often
marked by sassy boy/girl call and response vocals.
Constellation-044
CD
$15.50
M Coast
Say It In Slang (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Formerly MARSHMALLOW COAST. R.I.Y.L.- Kevin Ayers,
Aisler's Set, Steely Dan. Back in 1997, newly transplanted
Athenians Derek Almstead and Andy Gonzales divided most
of their time between the exploding Elephant Six scene
and their day jobs at a local sub shop. Their co-worker
Carlton Owens, a fantastic and accomplished local drummer,
was busied with a different side of the local music scene,
playing multiple jazz and blues gigs. Nine years later,
the three have reunited as the core rhythm section of M
Coast, along with Sara Kirkpatrick and Emily Growden, two
fresh talents on the scene. When a young Andy Gonzales
first moved to Athens in tow with The Music Tapes, his
project Marshmallow Coast was already in motion with a
few singles, cassettes and even a finished first album, "Timesquare".
Built on a love of jazz and impressionist classical composers,
combined with the bedroom D.I.Y. songwriting of the emerging
4-track generation, Marshmallow Coast was a breath of depth
and complexity amidst the three chord world. Almost immediately
upon arriving in town, Andy met Derek Almstead through
their E6 cohorts. Derek had arrived the previous year,
and had run into another burgeoning songwriter, Kevin Barnes,
at a local party. The two, along with bassist Bryan Poole,
had just gotten Of Montreal up and running by the time
Andy arrived. Derek, secretly a monster bass player, had
just taken up the drums for the fledgling band, getting
a big boost by taking some lessons with Carlton. Derek
and Andy became fast friends, sharing a love of the 60's
psyche-pop that was already getting E6 excited, but also
of composers Erik Satie, Claude Debussy, and Ravel, the
jazz of Charles Mingus, Duke Ellington, and Eric Dolphy,
and the funk of Sly and the Family Stone, James Brown,
and Stevie Wonder. Diverse influences to be sure, especially
in the modern, self-regurgitating, indie rock scene. They
made some records- a lot of records! In the following years,
Andy worked with Marshmallow Coast, Of Montreal, The Music
Tapes, The Instruments, The Olivia Tremor Control, and
Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't. Derek made records for
and with Of Montreal, The Summer Hymns, Elf Power, The
Sunshine Fix, Great Lakes, Marshmallow Coast, Hawk and
a Hacksaw, the Circulatory System, Visitations, The 63
Crayons, The Instruments, Pipes You See, Pipes You Don't,
and on, and on... Their two collaborations within Marshmallow
Coast - "Marshmallow Coasting" and "Ride
the Lightning"- often drew comparisons to Steely Dan,
and maybe not so surprisingly. After all, Steely Dan were/are
two hyper-talented, self-taught, studio savvy, jazz loving,
opinionated, and pop-culture obsessed funny guys with a
full compliment of guest studio musicians. Andy and Derek
left Of Montreal in 2003, Andy to get a nursing degree
and Derek to focus on other projects and work on getting
his own music recorded. Andy and Sara Kirkpatrick made
a Marshmallow Coast record together (with the talented
engineer and musician Jason NeSmith of Casper and the Cookies)
called "Antistar", featuring Sara's beautiful
flute-work and a more stripped-down, focused sound. Meanwhile
Derek met Emily Growden while working on years of built-up "pieces" he
had written, trying to make them into something more digestible
and song-oriented, while highly influenced by the more
abstract pop songs of Brian Eno, the Moles, and Brian Wilson.
When Andy enlisted Derek to start recording and contribute
to a new "Marshmallow Coast" record, he had already
guested multiple times on Derek's ongoing solo recordings.
A "eureka" moment occurred when Derek, fueled
by his recently departed father Murray's long running request/criticism
for "more voices!" in the bands in which he played,
had the idea to join these coinciding projects together.
Thus "Say it in Slang", M Coast's newest release
was born. Andy's dream of writing songs for a female singer
was realized when Emily agreed to lend her sweet, smooth
voice to his demanding melodies and complex improvisational
guitar work, while Derek's songs focus on deceptively simple
elements stacked upon each other with broad sweeping changes
and dancing bass lines. Sara's flute adds additional flare
by weaving into the music in less traditional ways, and
Carlton's hyper diverse and professional drumming -plus
a talented cast of local guest musicians completes the
newly renamed M Coast's first album, "Say it in Slang" and
it's companion instrumental release, "Bizarre Classical".
Nine years later it's no longer just a project, it's a
band.
HHBTM-078
CD
$10.75
Make Believe
Of Course (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US The end result of Nate Kinsella being sentenced
to two months in a county jail. Their self-enforced distraction
is an album created & recorded entirely in under a
month. Typically obsessive perfectionists, this record
is unlike any of their previous releases. Of Course is
an airtight, exuberant & visceral statement of a band
hanging together in tough times, beautifully unrevised & unrefined.
Flameshovel-039
CD
$12.75
Martin, Vince/Fred Neil
Tear Down the Walls (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Neil's rumbling baritone & Martin's earthy tenor
pair these 60's NYC folkie legends in studio in 1964 w/young
pre-SPOONFUL JOHN SEBASTIAN, Felix Pappalardi (later producer
for CREAM & YOUNGBLOODS). One of NEIL's first studio
sessions & one of his best.
Koch-5142
LP
$20.50
Mattias Alkberg BD
Ditt hjarta ar en stjarna (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, SWEDEN 'Ditt hjärta är en stjärna' (Your
heart is a star) is the new album from Mattias Alkberg,
frontman for The Bear Quartet. Said to be an update on
MABD's bristling, garage-punk-pop, but not so far removed
from previous releases, still sung in Swedish at any rate!
During the recording session, which was produced by old
team mate Jari Haapalainen, MABD got some help from musicians
like Carla Jonsson (Eldkvarn) and Jonas Kullhammar (Jazz
Grammy winner). Looking forward to this!
AWestSideFabrication/Buffalo
CD
$13.50
Medeski & Shipp
Scotty Hard's Radical Reconstructive Surgery (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Here Scotty's vision has been fully realized w/
this 1st recording of these 2 playing togetherw/ the stellar
rhythm section of WILLIAM PARKER on bass & NASHEET
WAITS & MAURICIO TARAKA on drums w/ DJ OLIVE on the
turntable.
ThirstyEar-57172
CD
$14.50
Meeting Places, The
Numbered Days (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Numbered Days is the second album of luminous, infectious
noise-pop by Los Angeles' The Meeting Places. On their
sophomore record the quartet has written ten new songs
that craftily combine melodic indie-pop with the tremulous
soundscapes first explored on their debut Find Yourself
Along The Way (Words On Music, 2003). Numbered Days was
recorded at The Ship by Jim Fairchild (Grandaddy, Earlimart).
With ten songs clocking in at thirty-three minutes, Numbered
Days evokes a leaner, more urgent approach to songwriting,
in the spirit of The Jesus and Mary Chain's Darklands or
The Shins' Oh, Inverted World.
WordsOnMusic-20
CD
$10.75
Melvins
Senile Animal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US NEW Melvins featuring the ADDITION of 2 new members
from the band BIG BUSINESS. Quite possibly the heaviest
Melvins album ever. Double the drums. Double, triple, even
quadruple vocals. BIG BIG BIG!
Ipecac-082
CD
$16.50
Messer Fur Frau Muller
Triangle, Dot & Devil (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, US Formed in St. Petersburg, Russia they (translated
as Knife for Mrs. Muller in German) create a sound that
is self-described as "post easy-listening." The
band draws on samples from 50's & 60's-era pop-culture & builds
on it w/ bass, guitars, synths & additional programming
to create an incredibly unusual & compelling sound.
Feat. MESSER CHUPS & LYDIA KAVINA, the grand-niece
of LEON THEREMIN, the inventor of the instrument.
AeroCCCP02AR-001
CD
$18.00
Mono & World's End Girlfriend
Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Just before recording their epic
disasterpiece "You Are There," MONO began collaborating
with fellow Tokyo native and modern electronic composer
WORLD'S END GIRLFRIEND. The result is a five-part sojourn
of neoclassical grace and luminescence that defies lazy
categorization. As dark as the bottom of the ocean, and
nearly as otherworldly, "Palmless Prayer/Mass Murder
Refrain" finds MONO inhabiting a magical world previously
only hinted at in their most orchestral compositions.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-108
DLP
$13.50
Monochrome Set
Destiny Always Calls Twice (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, UK When the British art-school punk band the B-Sides
changed their name and direction to become Adam & the
Ants, guitarist/vocalist Bid and guitarist Lester Square
opted out to form their own group, the Monochrome Set.
Founded in London in 1978, the band was quickly snapped
up by the Rough Trade label, and during 1979 issued three
singles - "He's Frank," "Eine Symphonie
des Grauens," and their signature number, "Monochrome
Set" - all completely different in content and stylistic
approach. In 1980 the band released their debut album,
the cabaret-flavored Strange Boutique, followed later that
year by the singles "405 Lines" and "Apocalypso" as
well as another, more accessible full-length effort, Love
Zombies. They returned in 1982 with a cleaner, more melodic
sound on the LP Eligible Bachelors; "The Jet Set Junta," a
satiric jab at the Falklands Islands conflict, became a
significant hit the next year. The band have had a long
association with Cherry Red Records - releasing countless
well received albums on the Cherry Red and El labels until
they disbanded in the mid-1990's. Their recordings remain
immensely popular and, the first ever DVD to feature the
band, "Destiny Always Calls Twice" will no doubt
be snapped up by their devoted fanbase. The DVD consists
of a collection of promo and live material originally released
on VHS in the early 1990's under the title "Destiny
Calling", along with some extremely rare bonus material
featuring the band performing in Japan and the USA. Amongst
the tracks featured are independent chart top twenty hit "Jacob's
Ladder". Fat Fun / Alphaville / Viva Death Row / Lester
Leaps In / The Lighter Side of Dating / The Strange Boutique
/ B.I.D. Spells Bid / Jacobs Ladder / Cowboy Country /
Take Foz / Starry Nowhere / Cowboy Country (live) / Don't
Touch / Wallflower / Reach For Your Gun / House Of God
/ White Lightning Plus Bonus Material: Club Citta - Japan
- 1992 / Jacobs Ladder / Cast A Long Shadow / Goodbye Joe
/ Lester Leaps In / Mating Game M80 Festival - Minneapolis
- USA /The Strange Boutique / Eine Symphonie.
CherryRed-135
DVD
$25.00
Moolah
Woe Ye Demons Possessed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Self described as "...a cosmic rock relaxation
creation to elevate sensory awareness to include the aura
of intuitive perception of higher realm of human/divine
consciousness using the astral body projection experience
vehicle to pierce time/space/logic dimension barriers on
the return voyage to the ultimate concept." Gray area
reissue of this classic '74 private press LP. Recently
reissued on CD (& apparently deleted already) on Em
Records in Japan. On Stapleton's NWW list, of course. Moolah
were a duo of Walter Burns & Maurice Roberson. "The
[kozumitsuku] psychedelic album where '74, 2 youths of
New York are identified [mura] & announce. The piano,
the keyboard & the percussion musical instrument electric
set & electronic sound, esoteric Buddhism vocal sound,
drawn, concrete sound, the delay effect, it is the work
which is formed w/tape opposite revolution."
Moolah-001
LP
$20.75
My Brightest Diamond
Bring Me The Workhorse (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND is SHARA WORDEN, a trained
opera singer turned pop songwriter. Her debut album, "Bring
Me The Workhorse" courageously gathers all the essential
elements of classical and pop music to fashion an album
that reflects upon the sublime elements of both worlds.
These songs are simultaneously gentle and urgent, evoking
moments of tremendous joy and sorrow with the magnitude
of Italian opera and the modesty of a Japanese haiku. The
songwriting blurs the lines between rock show and recital,
incorporating the contrapuntal elements of a baroque love
song alongside love ballads and rock anthems. Her vocal
lines reached for Puccini, while her guitar style is more
akin to BLONDE REDHEAD or PJ HARVEY. The center of gravity
here is the workmanship of a woman whose imagination has
no limits.
AsthmaticKitty-23
LP
$11.25
Nakashima, Motohiro
I Dreamt Constellations Sang (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, US Using a variety of acoustic instruments, field recordings
and electronic sounds, Nakashima creates a lush sound world
of delicate textures and intense peaks. The whole album
is laced with pure, sensitive guitar melodies. Second release
for the new venture(Loaf) that pairs music with inspired,
visual artwork, in this case a a specially commissioned
illustration from artist SERGEI SVIATCHENKO.
Loaf-02
CD
$16.25
Nastasia, Nina
On Leaving (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US The hauntingly beautiful new album arrives perfectly
formed & long overdue. Nina's fourth album finds the
hugely talented, NYC-based singer/songwriter at her best.
Nastasia's rare gift of a voice is an intimate, winged
presence that is able to either freeze or melt your heart,
that can powerfully soar & twist, or brush ultra-gently
against you, suddenly summoning goose bumps. Simultaneously
tough & fragile, her songs crackle & smoulder with
an intimate emotional honesty and a dark undertow.
FatCat-047
CD
$15.00
Nastasia, Nina
On Leaving (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
FatCat-74
LP
$14.50
New Sound Of Numbers
Liberty Seeds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US A new pop/experimental/post-punk project by HANNAH
JONES -- visual artist and percussionist for CIRCULATORY
SYSTEM and THE INSTRUMENTS. Hannah recorded most of the
album at home on her own' layering drums, various percussion,
12-string guitar and vocals. Contributions were also made
by HEATHER MCINTOSH, JOHN FERNANDES, W. CULLEN HART, and
BILL DOSS (THE OLIVIA TREMOR CONTROL). The resulting record
gives the listener an upbeat sense of urgency, blending
driving rhythms with futuristic sensibilities. Imagine
THE RAINCOATS or THE SLITS with JOHN CALE and SUN RA mixed
in the style of THIS HEAT's "Repeat".
Cloud-008
CD
$12.75
Norestig, Bjorn
Hello Inside (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, SWEDEN Björn Norestig (from The Flu) is back with
a truly fantastic full-length solo debut album entitled
'Hello Inside'. Unlike his debut mini-album, the lovely
'Come Take A Shine' (also available), on this album he
has recruited a backing band to flesh out his soulful,
folksy pop. Falls into step with fellow Swedish troubadours
like Thomas Denver Johnsson, Pete Thompson, and Bjorn Kleinhenz,
and pays homage to artrists like Neil Young, Ed Harcourt,
and Ron Sexsmith.
AWestSideFabrication
CD
$13.50
NRBQ
Ludlow Garage 1970 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Legendary performance that has circulated for 36
years is finally released on digital format showcases them
moving from eclectic originals, to New Thing jazz to frantic
covers of Wilson Pickett & Little Richard.
Sundazed -11082
CD
$18.25
Number 12
Looks Like You Put On Your Rosy Red Glasses (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Originally released in '03 & quickly went out
of print after its initial pressing. This reissue comes
packed w/ bonus content. The band is made up of an eclectic
collection of musicians that all add a certain flavor when
creating the compositions of a sound that cannot be pigeonholed
into a certain genre.
ECA-021
CD5
$7.75
Octopus Project, The/Black Moth Super Rainbow
The House of Apples and Eyeballs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
30TH)
PS, US "The House of Apples & Eyeballs" is
not a split, but a year-long, full-length collaboration
by both bands. The Octopus Project is known and loved for
their uncategorizable broken-guitars-meet-samplers-meet-drums-meet-drum
machines sound, while the musical island of Black Moth
Super Rainbow would rather play their songs in the woods
and not let you know if their gear is broken or working
just fine. Holding hands from Austin to Pittsburgh, they
set out to create one of the wilder pop records of the
year. For anyone familiar with both bands, may you find
yourself at peace with this dream record. But know that
not all is as it seems, and the challenge of figuring out
which band played which parts may sometimes be impossible.
While a couple tracks did make it to the record in their
original, one-band form, most were passed back and forth
for several rounds of dismemberment, rearrangement, and
augmentation. The result overflows with sonic treats: cut-up
beats and vocoder melodies collide with huge, distorted
riffs. A theremin orchestra descends into layered steel
guitars before all is dissolved in a wash of hazy synths.
The Octopus Project appears courtesy of Peek-A-Boo Records.
They have wowed audiences in 2006 at Coachella, and were
named one of Rolling Stone's breakout bands of SXSW. They
will soon be going into the studio to record their very
highly anticipated third album in 2007. Black Moth Super
Rainbow lives on Graveface Records, and although known
as somewhat of an enigma, has come out of the forest in
2006 to play at the request of bands like Of Montreal and
The Black Angels. They have been recording their third
full length album that will be released when the time is
just right.
Graveface-026
CD
$10.75
O'Day, Daniel
Street Performance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US A self recorded first for RIVER CITY REBELS front
man, DANIEL O'DAY, this captures the various stages of
the song writing process. Intended to grasp the rawness
of a touring life, it merged 3 yrs of notebook scribbles
w/ unconventional home recordings.
Springman-067
CD
$13.00
Olney, Grant
Let Love Be (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US He draws influences from his life in the city (Austin)
as a sort of calling in his lyrical vision. Drawing influences
from all over the musical spectrum: Gospel, jazz, rock,
indie. He's likened to Nick Drake, Jeff Buckley, The Smiths,
The Beatles & The Cure.
AsianMan-139
CD5
$4.00
Original Hamster
Trendsetter and the Followers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER
21ST)
PS, US Better know as one half of MTV award-winning production
duo The Hermano Brothers, Original Hamster's solo act is
equally wild and funky, full of distorted beats, catchy
melodies, unpredicatable sounds and irresistible songs.
For fans of Mouse on Mars, Akufen and Matmos.
Tigerbeat6-129
CD
$16.25
Outrageous Cherry
Stay Happy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US New album from Detoit psych-poppers.
RainbowQuartz-136
CD
$15.00
Oxford Collapse
Remember The Night Parties (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US Taking cues from post-punk pioneers and genre-transcending
bands like The Embarrassment, Mission Of Burma, or fIREHOSE,
Oxford Collapse construct melodic art-pop packed full of
chiming guitars and shout-along vocals. This CD is both
restless/nervous and heartfelt, with time signatures that
are as urgent as they are unpredictable. This is their
Sub Pop debut after releasing two full-lengths and a handful
of singles and EPs.
Subpop
CD
$13.75
Oxford Collapse
Remember The Night Parties (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$11.75
Pacific UV
EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US This EP fills the void & vacuum of their former
signature space w/ driving guitars, disgruntled electronics & remorseful
lyrics. Always looking forwards & backwards, their
sound pulls from both the future & the past. The singer/guitarist's
voice could easily be emanating from the tinny, mono radio
of a '55 concept car. Also feat. Liz Durrett, Jesse Flavin
(Phosphorescent) & Steve Scarbourough (Maserati) to
make this a soundtrack for the more abrasive dreams of
Phil Spector &/or Joe Meek.
Warm-114
CD5
$9.75
Partridge, Andy
Fuzzy Warbles Collector Album (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US This brings together over 100 songs from XTC front
man Andy Partridges' song writing archive. Recorded whilst
they were signed to Virgin Records, the material spread
across 8 vol. feat. alternate versions of many XTC favorites,
songs that never made it onto albums, & un-finished
songs that are re-visited & finished off. Feat. a bonus
CD w/ 9 excl. tracks, a landscape oversized historical
bk, & a sheet of Fuzzy Warbles stamps you won't want
to lick.
Ape-01
CDX9
$80.00
Partyline
Zombie Terroist (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Debut full length featuring front woman ass-kicker
Allison Wolfe (BRATMOBILE). Fast and loud with spoken word,
sound effects, organ and "tin-can" alley percussion
embellishing the catchy punkasfuck tunes.
RetardDisco-011
CD
$11.25
Pas/Cal
Dear Sir (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 7TH)
PS, UK
LeGrandMagistery-040
CD5
$9.75
Pedro the Lion
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen b/w Silent Night (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Originally released in 11/05, available for the
very first time. This marks the very last release from
Pedro before calling it quits as a band this past spring.
Don't miss your opportunity to own this piece of history.
LIMITED!
SuicideSqueeze-048
45
$4.75
Pernice Brothers
Live A Little (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US New record marks as much a return to form as it
does a departure from what came before it. Lyrically, it's
another masterpiece. "Grudge F*** (2006)" was
a Scud Mountain Boys song (without the 2006), but instead
of the gentle, almost lazy, plaintive plodding of the original
recording, the Pernice Brothers version out-Badfingers
Badfinger & that's good. You can feel its pain. It
also has the trademark Pernice geography obsession.
Ashmont-010
CD
$14.00
Peter Bjorn And John
Writer's Block [new shipment] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, SWEDEN *New shipment expected early October* /// This
album and the smash single "Young Folks" has
been hyped by NPR, AMG, Pitchfork, Dusted, and bloggers
galore! /// New album from Swedish trio, true modern day
songwriting geniuses and studio revo-devo-lutionaries Peter
Moren, Bjorn Yttling, and John Ericksson. This is the follow-up
to their critically-acclaimed Falling Out CD, released
last year by Hidden Agenda/Parasol and available for $10.
'Writer's Block' features songwriting and vocal contributions
from all three gents and the results are astounding. Includes "Young
Folks", their duet with (now former) Concretes chantuese
Victoria Bergsman plus ten more loving resurrections of
the guitar-pop form, distilled to Scandinavian perfection.
Import CD in limited edition packaging, a handsome 8-panel
full-color digipak with booklet.
V2Scandinavia
CD
$16.25
Phelan Sheppard
Harps Old Master (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Lush, expansive and emotional, easily one of the
best ambient albums of the year so far. The musicians gravitate
toward warm, vibrant instruments like recorders, double
bass and the Fender Rhodes. The result is a kaleidoscopic,
cinematic work, rich in melody and charm. Bloody lovely.
Leaf-046
CD
$15.00
Phelan, Patrick
Cost (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US NOW ON VINYL, PATRICK PHELAN's third full-length
recording is called "Cost". To Phelan, it is
an understatement. For him, every opportunity explored
is another opportunity forgone. More so than on previous
Phelan records, "Cost" places an emphasis on
the guttural. His voice and words take center stage. He
is much less guarded on "Cost" than on previous
records. There is no lack of desperation in these new songs,
yet a hopeful tone is maintained throughout. Balance is
the key. Emotion is the lock. And simplicity is the door.
Like a finely-tuned architect, Phelan places all of his
songs in their proper space, not letting them get crowded
with unnecessary words or sounds. He also steers "Cost" from
tipping too far in the "minimalist" direction,
thanks in part to a bevy of guitar solos and to the abundance
of true rock moments that occur throughout the record.
Jagjaguwar-32
LP
$11.25
Pilot Scott Tracy
We Cut Loose (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Their music, described by one critic as "aggressively
homo," is sometimes raw, some times pretty, sometimes
serious, sometimes silly, a delicious collision of early
punk & new wave. If you missed the 80s the first time
around, then think Ladytron, Stereo Total, or the Polysics.
Alternative-356
CD
$13.75
Pit er Pat
Pyramids (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US PLEASE PRE-ORDER!!!
ThrillJockey-176
LP
$12.00
Pit er Pat
Pyramids (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Recorded & mixed in just 11 days - enough time
for the band to fully develop their inspirations, while
keeping things performative energetically & capturing
the details often lost in the club PA. Their 2nd full album & 6th
release overall. Utterly unique & difficult to pin
down w/ musical comparisons, it's by far the band's most
comprehensive effort to date.
ThrillJockey-176
CD
$14.50
Pollard, Robert
Normal Happiness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US
Merge-282
LP
$14.25
Pollard, Robert
Normal Happiness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US He's assembled a tour de force here that will single-handedly
reestablish the 2- min. pop song as one of the truly American
art forms of this new century. This man is a brilliant
pop song waiting to happen. This is concise & razor
sharp, 16 songs in just over 35 min., w/ brilliant melodies
that will be stuck in your head for days. Is there nothing
this man cannot do within the context of a pop song? Most
bands would be content w/ releasing one brilliant album
every few years. He has upped the ante once again.
Merge-282
CD
$12.75
Porcupine Tree
Arriving Somewhere (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Filmed October 11-12, 2005, at Park West in Chicago
on the Deadwing Tour. It captures the group's outstanding
live performance in glorious 5.1 & stereo sound. This
double disc DVD is packaged in a deluxe slipcase. Region
0
Snapper -051
DVD
$20.50
Portastatic
Be Still Please (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Analytically angry, melding darker imagery w/ indignation,
he also musters the wherewithal to remain hopeful. It continues
the full-on rock band sound of "Bright Ideas" but
w/ more of an emphasis on the orchestration featured in
his soundtrack work "Who Loves the Sun". Luckily,
McCaughan, who has done enough to fill several typical
careers, from writing ingenious film scores to anxious
worldly confessions, still brings an explosive energy to
his projects, but now with a newfound focus & stillness
we can't get enough of.
Merge-283
CD
$12.75
Precious Fathers
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US The long awaited debut from this Vancouver instrumental
post-rock shoegazer ensemble. With members in DESTROYER,
LOSCIL, SPARROW, THE BATTLES, & more. The majority
of the album was recorded live & they capture the kind
of infectious energy one can't help but leave in the stereo
to be played again & again. At once subtle, mesmerizing & inspired,
the record moves fluidly from the subdued to the sanguine.
WhiteWhale-05
CD
$12.00
Presley, Elvis
S/T (PICTURE DISC) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US His first full length, released in March of '56.
The cult surrounding this album & the man behind has
no rivals & even 50 yrs later shows no sign of waning.
Great looking picture disk, featuring several bonus tracks,
is an instant collector's item & a must in any record
collection. Picture LP.
Universe-172
LP
$22.75
Priestess
Hello Master (DELAYED) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Escaping the banality & redundance of current
rock, they conjure enough powerful riffage to brand itself
into brain tissue. Pure sonic bliss via genuine heviosity & uncompromised
melodic hookery.
AceFu-042
LP
$16.00
Proem
You Shall Have Ever Been (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER
18TH)
PS, US Richard Bailey (aka Proem), has brought out the
big guns with his fifth full length album, 'You Shall Have
Ever Been'. He's been brooding, nitpicking and strategically
thinking this record for over two near sleepless years.
You'll find the usual Proem style stamped all over this
14 track masterpiece. He delves deeper into new areas expanding
his already established sound palette. This record is perhaps
his most technically beautiful, as well as his most deeply
personal yet. We think its because of sleep delirium, he
says he has gone controller and automation crazy. This
double cd pack contains the full album and also a second
bonus disc. A live set ripe with his industrial roots that
was recorded at Decibel Festival in 2005, at the final
Merck showcase. Ltd 2000.
Merck-42
DCD
$16.00
Red Sparowes
Every Red Heart Shines Toward the Red Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US LIMITED!
RoboticEmpire-065
DLP
$20.00
Reid, Terry
River- Expanded (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Limited edition feat. replica miniature gatefold
LP sleeve packaging & 2 previous unheard bonus tracks
("Anyway" & "Funny"). Limited to
2500.
Water-907
CD
$16.75
Reinhardt, Django
Keep Cool...Guitar Solos 1950-53 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, UK Keep Cool - Guitar solos 1950-53, is very much a
sister record to FiveFour's recent Great Artistry of Django
Reinhardt (FIVEFOUR7), in that it concentrates on historic
recordings made in the last years of this great guitarists
life. These recordings simply underline the fact that Django
was the greatest guitarist who ever lived and as record
collector said when reviewing great artistry will be of
interest to anyone remotely interested in the guitar. Between
1946 and 1950, as his overall musical style gradually developed,
Django's alternated between acoustic guitar, electric arch
top guitar and-most often-acoustic guitar amplified through
a magnetic pick-up. These recordings on the electric guitar
in modern style and are quite sensational. Django's influence
on the modern movement could have been much greater with
another shot at America, but it was not to be. Nevertheless
his place in Jazz history is assured, and for many he will
continue to be the greatest guitarist that ever lived.
Double Whisky / Dream Of You / Impromptu / Vamp / Keep
Cool / Fleche D'or / Troublant Bolero / Nuits De Saint-Germain-Des-Pres
/ Crazy Rhythm / Anouman / Fine & Dandy / D R Blues
/ Le Soir / Chez Moi / I Cover The Waterfront / Deccaphonie
/ Stormy Weather.
FiveFour-14
CD
$14.75
Residual Echoes
California (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 31ST)
PS, US 4th release of deep-fried, DIY psych rock from Santa
Cruz guitarist Adam Payne. For fans of Comets on Fire & Monoshock.
HolyMountain-4012221
LP
$18.00
Richter, Max
Songs From Before (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 31ST)
PS, US Provides a further refined, perhaps even subtler
take on Max's narrative landscape, beautifully recorded & cinematic
in scope. Max's orchestrations have also graced "In
The Møde" by drum'n'bass pioneer Roni Size.
He also co-founded the immensely successful contemporary
classical ensemble Piano Circus. More recently he produced & co-arranged
the long-awaited second album by 60's legend Vashti Bunyan.
FatCat-305
CD
$14.50
Riverdales
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The short lived post SCREECHING WEASEL project of
Ben Weasel, Danny Panic & Danny Vapid. Here we have
a re-release of the out of print first album. Plus a slew
of bonus tracks including 3 unreleased tracks, "No
Sense" from the Storm the Streets session, & live
tracks from their tour w/ Green Day.
AsianMan-138
CD
$13.00
Rope
Heresy, and Then Nothing But Tears (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US ROPE formed in Poland as a guitar/bass duo in 1998.
Since relocating to Chicago in 2000 they have become one
of the city's most flummoxing avant rock groups. "Heresy,
and Then Nothing But Tears" is their second full-length
album. ROBERT IWANIK (bass, vocals), PRZEMYSLAW KRZYSZTOF
DRAZEK (guitar) and MICHAEL J. KENDRICK (trap set, percussion,
electronics) blend deconstructed strains of SWANS' emotional
weight and LAST EXIT's fury with KRZYSZTOF KOMEDA's classical
suspense into lush and often uncompromising no wave abrasion.
Rope's constantly evolving ocean of rhythms, screaming
guitar and Iwanik's hissing voice adds up to an ultra-dynamic
group force of cryptic awe. Features guest vocals from
GRAZYNA AUGUSCIK and songwriting/vocal collaboration by
OXBOW's EUGENE ROBINSON on four songs. Cover art by famed
Polish fringe painter STANISLAW IGNACY "Witkacy" WITKIEWICZ.
FamilyVineyard-042
CD
$12.75
RX Bandits
...And the Battle Begun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Originally starting out as a practical ska band
w/ a heavy SoCal influence, they have created a sound combining
soul, reggae, punk, & progressive rock. Here they've
scaled back a bit from the more hard rock approach & instead
have really made a record that is fueled heavily by Matt
Embree's soulful & heartfelt vocals.
Mashdown-909
CD
$13.00
Sadies
Tales of the Ratfink OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US A psychedelic soundtrack for a hot rod movie! "Tales
of the Rat Fink" by Ron Mann, the award-winning director
of Comic Book Confidential & Grass, chronicles the
wild life of Renaissance man Ed "Big Daddy" Roth,
who engineered a shift in mid-twentieth century culture
with his
customized cars, "monster" T-shirts & America's
alternative rodent- Rat Fink. The CD captures The Sadies'
entire score full of their patent-pending blend of rock,
surf & spaghetti western audial shakedowns.
YepRoc-2111
CD
$13.25
Sadies
Tales of the Ratfink OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US
YepRoc-2111
LP
$13.25
Schnitzler, Conrad
Klavierhelm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Conrad Schnitzler is a genuine legend in the krautrock
and electronic music worlds. Schnitzler studied under Joseph
Beuys before joining an early Tangerine Dream. Their first
album Electronic Meditation shows a band highly influenced
by Schnitzler's unique, singular approach. Schnitzler left
Tangerine Dream to form Kluster with friends Dieter Moebius
and Hans Joachim Roedelius. When Schnitzler left Kluster
they changed their name to Cluster eventually merging with
Michael Rother (of Neu!) to form Harmonia, a group who
Brian Eno once called the most important rock group on
the planet. Schnitzler also founded Eruption in 1970 along
with Klaus Schultz, Manuel Gottsching (Ash Ra Tempel),
and Klaus Freudigmann. Looking back at Conrad Schnitzler's
career it becomes obvious that he was an architecht who
helped draw the blueprints for some very significant musical
movements.
Important-113
CD
$13.50
Schnitzler, Conrad
Trigger Trilogy (3XCD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US Conrad Schnitzler is a genuine legend in the krautrock
and electronic music worlds. Schnitzler studied under Joseph
Beuys before joining an early Tangerine Dream. Their first
album Electronic Meditation shows a band highly influenced
by Schnitzler's unique, singular approach. Schnitzler left
Tangerine Dream to form Kluster with friends Dieter Moebius
and Hans Joachim Roedelius. When Schnitzler left Kluster
they changed their name to Cluster eventually merging with
Michael Rother (of Neu!) to form Harmonia, a group who
Brian Eno once called the most important rock group on
the planet. Schnitzler also founded Eruption in 1970 along
with Klaus Schultz, Manuel Gottsching (Ash Ra Tempel),
and Klaus Freudigmann. Looking back at Conrad Schnitzler's
career it becomes obvious that he was an architecht who
helped draw the blueprints for some very significant musical
movements. Perhaps overlooked, or at least desperately
underappreciated, it hasn't slowed Schnitzler down. Since
leaving Kluster Conrad Schnitzler has composed dillegently
for electronics and piano. Now located in Dallgow Germany
he continues to accumulate equiptment and recordings of
what he says is "cold, hard electronic sound." Trigger
Trilogy consists of three discs each selected from hundreds
of hours of Schnitzler's private recordings. Each represents
a one of the few unique approaches that Schnitzler takes
to recording, each uniquely identified and defined by Schnitzler.
Within each of these recordings one can hear how Schnitzler
influenced a generation of artists not only in Germany
but the world around and how he's brought those sounds
into the modern day. It's also apparent in these recordings
that Schnitzler is a thoughtful and enlightened, a total
and pioneer floating freely in a world of sound. Trigger
One consists of what Schnitzler calls his Solo Voices or
Solo Electronics. This particular recording happens to
be rhythmically based electronic work. Recognizing that
in traditional music the melodic line is subordinate to
the ensemble leaving it no true impression of it's own
Schnitzler has liberated the solo voice in his own music
and given it it's own vocation as noise, tone and sound.
By superimposing several voices or forming a sound environment
by mixing Schnitzler has created new dimensions, worlds
of sound where the individual voice is no longer subservient
to synchronization or the conductor's baton. The results
are sound combinations which adhere to no logic. "The
strength of the individual voice lies in its freedom from
vis-a-vis any sound." Conrad Schnitzler. Trigger Two
is what Schnitzler refers to as Free Concert Mix Solos: "From
solo to mix, from melodic line to ensemble. Accumulation
of voices, note clusters which are not opposed to one other
but are equal and parallel in a free play of energy. The
mix of solo voices produces concentrations of notes and
noises, tangles, compressions, sound constellations, sound
catastrophes, acoustic phenomena's. The individuality of
each voice is absorbed into the chaos of the overall sound,
is held there and blurred. Musical developments emerge
from the atmosphere of the individual voices of the ensemble
and its variations. Sound sequences spill forth, revealing
tight and loose webs of notes, changes in tempo, varying
expressions of volume and dynamics and shifts in the direction
of the sound pattern. A sound chaos which appears to change
automatically becomes perceptible. the indeterminate starting
order for the solo voices create an open unfinished work,
containing a wealth of episodes with sound sequences, environmental
associations, stylistic devices from other worlds and interplay's
of nature and technology." Conrad Schnitzler. Trigger
Three, the final disc in the Trigger Trilogy, is a Con-Cert.
This is a tradition that Schnitzler has been working in
for quite some time. Originally using cassettes and now
using compact discs Schnitzler creates live mixes of multiple
recordings. The sounds are intentionally designed, shaped,
constructed and composed in specific relation to one another. "The
articulation of sound in an era where new technology allows
for the creation of an unlimited number of new sounds calls
for new recording techniques. These are offered by tape,
CD or computer hard disks. In the past I used conventional
cassettes to create my concerts, but now the sounds are
recorded on CD and can be used in the concerts thanks to
their enhanced quality. The individual tracks have fixed
starting points which can be adjusted by a number of seconds
and thus produce different results. The volume of the individual
tracks can be adapted to the acoustics of the location
and the listening experience will vary for each location
as a consequence." Conrad Schnitzler.
Important-114
CD
$24.00
Shimmers
Way You Shine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Philadelphia folk rock supergroup feat. Dave Bielanko
of MARAH, Eden Daniels & Chris Unrath of BABY FLAMEHEAD,
Andrew Chalfen of TROLLEYVOX & Jonathan Segel of CAMPER
VAN BEETHOVEN. David & Eden formed The Shimmers in
the fall of 1995 as an outlet for their collaborative compositions.
The album is a beautiful set of original folk & Americana
rock songs that demonstrate the joy of making music for
its own sake.
TransitOfVenus-6001
CD
$12.75
Shiny Toy Guns
We Are Pilots Universal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Reissue of their 2005 Stormwest International indie
synth pop chicklet incl. "Le Disko."
Motown-7615-02
CD
$13.25
Shiny Toy Guns
We Are Pilots Universal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US
Motown-7615-01
LP
$15.25
Sill, Judee
Heart Food- LTD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Now available in miniature replica gatefold LP style
sleeve.
Water-959
CD
$17.25
Sill, Judee
S/T- LTD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US In special miniature replica gatefold LP style packaging.
The essence of the music is folk, the execution pop: the
songs feel like a comfort blanket, a statement of hope
from a troubled soul.
Water-958
CD
$17.25
Skygreen Leopards, The
Disciples of California (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
Jagjaguwar-104
CD
$12.75
Skygreen Leopards, The
Disciples of California (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
Jagjaguwar-104
LP
$11.25
Southwest FOB
Smell of Incense (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US Groovy, harmony laced Dallas combo that owed as
much to the Association as to the trippy new sounds of
the Strawberry Alarm Clock & WCAEB & fronted by
none other than DAN SEALS & JOHN COLLEY, soon to become
the chart-topping duo of ENGLAND DAN & JOHN FORD COLEY & laid
on tons of Country Joe-like Farfisa. Hefty exact repro.
Koch-144
LP
$20.50
Spider & the Webs
Frozen Roses (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US SPIDER AND THE WEBS' sound is the result of many
disparate factors, but is always minimal, piercing and
melody driven. JAMES MAEDA on guitar is wild and eccentric,
with a 1981 northwest punk/ 1966 psychedlic flavor-- like
ROKY ERICKSON meets GREG SAGE in a field of flowers. CHRIS
SUTTON keeps the rhythms solid and driving yet simple,
in a Modern Lovers/Tronics kind of way, inciting dancers
to chant and yell "SPIDER MAGIC!" until they
fall on the floor, exhausted. TOBI VAIL's guitar playing
is deliberately sparse yet meticulous, the sound governed
by the use of a black and white Rickenbacker, generous
amounts of reverb and a 1960's Fender amp with the treble
on 11. The singing is classic Tobi Vail style, varying
between screamy screams and whisper-core. The best songs
feature James and Chris on back up vocals. Also: bongos!
Krecords-109
45
$4.25
Spider & the Webs
Frozen Roses (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US SPIDER AND THE WEBS' sound is the result of many
disparate factors, but is always minimal, piercing and
melody driven. JAMES MAEDA on guitar is wild and eccentric,
with a 1981 northwest punk/ 1966 psychedlic flavor-- like
ROKY ERICKSON meets GREG SAGE in a field of flowers. CHRIS
SUTTON keeps the rhythms solid and driving yet simple,
in a Modern Lovers/Tronics kind of way, inciting dancers
to chant and yell "SPIDER MAGIC!" until they
fall on the floor, exhausted. TOBI VAIL's guitar playing
is deliberately sparse yet meticulous, the sound governed
by the use of a black and white Rickenbacker, generous
amounts of reverb and a 1960's Fender amp with the treble
on 11. The singing is classic Tobi Vail style, varying
between screamy screams and whisper-core. The best songs
feature James and Chris on back up vocals. Also: bongos!
Krecords-109
CD5
$5.50
Spunks
Yellow Fever Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Produced & engineered by Don Fury they unleash
a sonic typhoon of blazing punk rock that you must hear
to believe. Even Don Fury was blown away by how hard this
band rocks, & this guy has seen it all! Singing mostly
in English about sex, Chinese food, rock n' roll & motorcycles,
the band's, youthful, often sexually charged & self-destructive
stage performances have earned them a steadily growing
fan base.
Gearhead-076
CD
$12.75
Spunks
Yellow Fever Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Chinese vinyl punk rock.
Gearhead-76
LP
$9.25
Starless & Bible Black
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
LocustMusic-085
CD
$12.75
Subhumans
New Dark Age Parade (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US
AlternativeTentacles-366
LP
$10.00
Subtitle
Terrain to Roam (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Subtitle has been paying his dues for years, touring
around the globe opening for groups such as Mars Volta
and Islands while blessing the world with one classic album
after another. Now comes Subtitle's most polished work
yet featuring production from the likes of Madlib, Dntel
(Postal Service), Daddy Kev, Nobody, Omid & more.
AlphaPup-14
CD
$15.00
Sudden, Nikki
The Truth Doesn't Matter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The Truth Doesn't Matter" is NIKKI SUDDEN's
final album. Completed just a week before he left for his
final American tour in March of 2006, there could not be
a more perfect swan song for a man whose personal life
and rock & roll life knew no boundaries. Nikki was
glowing with excitement when he flew across the Atlantic
for his final US tour. Not only was he ready to tour, but
he was so pleased with the new album he had in his satchel,
and had just completed his autobiography to boot. If Nikki's
49 well-lived years and 30+ years making music publicly
could be summed up in any way, shape or form, it was in
the two documents he had under his arm - one compact disc
and one manuscript. While we may have to wait a while longer
for the latter, we can now bask in the wonder of the former.
With all sentimentality aside, we will say that "The
Truth Doesn't Matter" is the best album Nikki has
made in over 20 years. But knowing that Nikki was never
one to put sentimentality aside, we will unabashedly employ
it when we assert that this is the best album of Nikki
Sudden's career. Recorded in Berlin in the latter months
of 2005, it was made on a steady diet of later period MARC
BOLAN glam, ROLLING STONES' honky blues, BOBBY WOMACKS's
soiled R&B, and '70s disco comps (with some repeated
ISLEY BROTHERS doses). While the fifteen tracks on the
album show these influences, more than anything, they reflect
the flamboyance and wonderful character of a man who seems
to have come from another time - a poet whose passion for
the written word and delight in its expression in multiple
forms was his life's dedication. This album is a celebration
of music and friendship, and just seeps with Nikki's love
for life. Listen closely and you may hear the hoofbeats
approaching in this poet's head on album closer "All
This Buttoning and Unbuttoning". Enjoy. He did.
SecretlyCanadian-153
CD
$12.75
Sumac, Yma
Recital (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US ESP-Disk' is releasing a CD of the only live performance
ever recorded by the legendary "Peruvian" singer,
of her concert in Bucharest, Rumania in 1961. Remastered & technically
enhanced for greatly improved sound by ESP engineer Douglas
McGregor. Daughter of a Castilian father & a mother
reputedly descended from the Inca emperor Atahualpa, the
tiny Peruvian songstress, who was raised in a high Andean
mountain valley, and developed phenomenal lung power, displayed
a rare four octave range & stunning vocal technique.
ESP-Disk'-4029
CD
$14.50
Sybarite
Cut Out Shape (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US XIAN HAWKINS (aka SYBARITE) has been busy doing
a lot of things, but making a new album is not one of them.
After the release of his 4AD debut, "Nonument," Hawkins
found himself scoring an array of film and television projects
for clients ranging from VH1 to Playboy and everyone in
between. Temporarily diverted from following up "Nonument," Hawkins
instead took the time to focus on remixes and collaborations,
contributing only a handful of new songs to various compilations
and singles over the last four years. As it turns out,
the long delay was good for him, as the Sybarite of today
sounds remarkably fresh, with a wider range of tempos and
more varied instrumentation than most electronic and dance
artists. Hawkins has grown as both a composer and producer,
and "Cut Out Shape" benefits greatly from the
trees-before-the-forest work ethic that Hawkins has been
experiencing since 2002. The attention to detail is startling,
the product of spending four years on a set of songs with
no specific destination in mind beforehand. As much as "Cut
Out Shape" was originally designed to be more of a
collection of loose ends, it grew into what is now Sybarite's
finest hour yet, rivaling the finer moments of FOUR TET,
SIGUR ROS, TORTOISE, MOUSE ON MARS and THE NOTWIST.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-096
CD
$12.75
Televangelist & the Architect
Diaries of the Intelligentsia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
10TH)
PS, US A sonic palette appropriate to the theme of the
presence of "intellectually elite" around Cambridge.
Dark, brooding, oppressive, bordering on Wagnerian romanticism.
Cinematic scope of the songs ranges from grand & sweeping
to coy & creepy. "An album made by the artist
for the artist, but the sensitive & introspective lyrics
can easily echo amongst the masses." -Northeast Performer
Undetected-995
CD
$11.00
These Arms Are Snakes
Easter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Their second full-length for Jade Tree finds the
Seattle foursome towing a proverbial line between paradox,
hostility, and a caustic blend of post-hard/math core. "Easter" explores
the relationship between suspect animism, impending otherworldly
doom, and the ethereal battle between virtue and ruin. "Heavy
guitars collide with greasy analog-synth blurts and post-punk
grooves" - Revolver. "Dramatic, thrashed post-hardcore
that angers and invigorates" - CMJ. For fans of Drive
Like Jehu, The Jesus Lizard, Led Zeppelin.
JadeTree
CD
$14.50
Thighpaulsandra
The Lepore Extrusion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Thighpaulsandra's newest release is the score to
an interactive video installation by New York-based visual
artist Daniel McKernan titled "Is Evolution Evil?," which
featured the world's #1 transsexual, Amanda Lepore. Thighpaulsandra
has been a member of Queen Elizabeth (with Julian Cope),
Spiritualized, and Coil and has released four full-length
albums on his own. Amanda Lepore has recorded music with
the Fatal Art Syndicate, has been featured on TV shows
like Entertainment Tonight, and has a Swatch watch, "Time
Tranny," which was at one point the fastest selling
limited edition Swatch! Daniel McKernan took photographs
and video of Amanda and combined them with music from Thighpaulsandra
to create the exhibition which opened in June of 2005 in
New York. Included as enhanced content is a video of the
installation with narrative by McKernan, an essay on "Is
Evolution Evil?," and schematic. The music is three
movements mixed by Thighpaulsandra into one long piece
which is just as eerie and precious as a superstar like
Amanda Lepore is. Like the previous Brainwashed Handmade
CDs in this series, this one is letterpressed by Interrobang
(who has pressed covers and posters for Sonic Youth, Isis,
Harvey Milk, and 5ive, just to name a few) and is limited
once again to 500 copies.
Brainwashed-003
CD
$10.75
Thunders, Johnny
Too Much Junkie Business (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US This 2 CD set captures him live in LA in 1987, a
vintage gig in Detroit from 1980 & one of his last
ever gigs before his tragically young death at just 38
in Osaka, Japan in 1991.
Recall-564
DCD
$14.50
Tokyo Police Club
A Lesson in Crime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Four Toronto DIY kids pick apart the average chord & create
something quite amazing-disjointed guitars, high yet perfectly
pitched, erratic, verging on sci-fi. Cushioned with bumbilng,
pillow fight bass lines, crashing open hi-hat & good
humored keys. "A swift kick in the pants followed
by a raucous dance party."
PaperBag-020
CD
$12.25
Tough Alliance, The
The New School (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, SWEDEN The Tough Alliance's ultra-modern digital production,
pure pop melodies and charisma have redefined and updated
pop music in Sweden. It's all about attitude and TTA has
plenty: ProTools and baseball bats!
Service-019
CD
$13.50
Transmission (Featuring Jonathan Kane)
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Here is an extraordinary excavation from the buried
history of the Downtown NYC scene: the unreleased, self-titled "Transmission" EP,
recorded in 1981 - 82. Comprised of JONATHAN KANE and DANIEL
GALLIDUANI, the duo is one-half of the original version
of the behemoth band SWANS. TRANSMISSION both preceded
and ran concurrent with the formation of Swans (MICHAEL
GIRA was enough of a fan that he mixed Transmission's few
live shows), and much of their material evolved into Swans
tracks, including the standout "Weakling". Unclassifiable
within any conventional genre, it recalls the improvisation
and complex, trance-inducing beats of North African music
while adding a crust of No Wave bluster and a enough percussive
artillery to sink a small island. Galliduani, whose saxophone
is so heavily treated and processed that it sounds like
a wall of guitars, lays down drones then adds weird, fierce,
Eastern-tinged polyphonics; meanwhile Kane is a frenzied
dervish, generating complex, cross-tempos and rhythmic
subdivision. "Transmission" is not only an absolute
must-have for fans of either Swans or Jonathan Kane's bruising
present-day efforts (not to mention his fine work with
RHYS CHATHAM and LA MONTE YOUNG), but an essential missing
link from that Lower East Side scene of yesteryear.
TableOfTheElements-804
CD5
$9.75
Ugly Ducklings
Somewhere Outside (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US The undisputed kings of 1960s Toronto garage at
their snarling, punkish best. First ever legit reissue
of this impossibly rare album.
Koch-136
LP
$20.50
Under Byen
Samme Stof Som Stof (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Fourth album from Danish eight piece featuring piano,
strings & saw, who David Fricke (Rolling Stone) has
called "probably the best band in the world." Carefully
crafted tension that is haunting & beautiful.
PaperBag-024
CD
$16.00
USA Is a Monster
Sunset at End of Industrial Age (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load-84
LP
$12.00
Valente, Caterina
The Hi-Fi Nightingale (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, UK Caterina Valente was the first international girl
pop star and has much in common with the ye-ye girls of
the sixties, Francoise Hardy, Brigitte Bardot, Sylvie Vartan
and Anna Karina currently so beloved in Japan and in underground
European pop circles. Her vocal range was often compared
to that of Yma Sumac and it was her distinctive voice,
allied with great charm and intelligence, which brought
her immediate commercial success, and this compilation
of her brilliant early work includes the three million
selling hits The Breeze and I, Malaguena and Love Paris.
This compilation has serious export potential to Europe,
Japan and Australia where she toured extensively and was
consistently successful. She was so successful in Germany
she is often mistakenly thought to be a German singer.
In the sixties and seventies Caterina recorded four albums
with her second husband, the gifted British jazz pianist
Roy Budd.
El-87
CD
$14.75
Vampire Can't
Key Cutter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US
Load-073
LP
$12.00
Vandermark 5
Discontinuous Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The Vandermark 5 deliver on the epic promise of
2005's The Color Of Memory with what may well be their
most ambitious compositional effort thus far. A Discontinuous
Line presents a remarkable range of dynamic musical ideas
and influences processed, as Vandermark fully leverages
the vast experience & deep well of talent assembled
in The V5's third lineup in their decade-plus existence.
Recorded in now-signature style by the Quintet and long-running
producer Bob Weston (Shellac & beyond...), A Discontinuous
Line sets a new tone in more ways than one immediately.
Call it what you will... Post-Bop, Avant-Garde, Neu Chamber
Music, Free Jazz- it just doesn't matter any more. What
DOES matter is the monolithic edifice that has been so
meticulously assembled by America's finest working jazz
ensemble: an authenticity of materials, an integrity of
concepts, the will to improve- and the courage to change.
Ten years of pile driving musical endeavor has resulted
in perhaps The V5's most complex and engaging studio album
yet.
Atavistic-173
CD
$15.25
Various
Do It Again: A Tribute To Pet Sounds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
NOVEMBER 7TH)
PS, SPAIN TRACKLIST: OLDHAM BROTHERS - Wouldn't It Be Nice,
VIC CHESNUTT - You Still Believe In Me, NOBODY AND MYSTIC
CHORDS OF MEMORY WITH FARMER DAVE - That's Not Me, CENTRO-MATIC
- Don't Talk (Put Your Head On My Shoulder), MICAH P. HINSON
- I'm Waiting For The Day, ANTENNA SHOES - Let's Go Away
For Awhile, DAYNA KURTZ - Sloop John B, DANIEL JOHNSTON
- God Only Knows, MAZARIN - I Know There's An Answer, JODY
WILDGOOSE - Here Today, PATRICK WOLF - I Just Wasn't Made
For These Times, ARCHITECTURE IN HELSINKI - Pet Sounds,
THE WEDDING PRESENT - Caroline No. If there are three tittles
you will always see at the top of those "best records
ever" lists, "Pet Sounds" is one of them.
All the music magazines that matter, here in UK and far
away on up the road love it, choose it, point it. And still
analyze it, looking for new hidden secrets. No other recording
like the masterpiece of The Beach Boys symbolizes the transition
to the adulthood that pop music experimented during the
60s. Its songs were an ode to a wasteful California that
was saying goodbye to its hedonistic fantasy. The very
last second before opening the eyes to the raw reality
of the post-hippism. No other record has been so dissected.
Thanks to that, Brian Wilson has mounted the melody winners'
podium. In those tracks, he squeezed out to the maximum
his two bigger talents: composition and production. He
made a masterful mirrow of the harmonic accessibility and
symphonic ambition. Brian had no academic training, but
with his visionary mathematical instincts he made possible
unrepeatable recording sessions. Musicians that had played
with Count Basie, Frank Sinatra and Nat King Cole followed
his sonic instructions until the end. The result: 13 pieces
of music released in 1966 with a timeless emotional value.
The rest is history. As for example, the fact that they
are the main influence behind The Beatles's "Sgt.
Pepper's Lonely Heart Club Band". That's why it was
more than a diplomatic compliment when some years ago Paul
McCartney sentenced that "God Only Knows" it's
his favourite song ever. The same can be said about this
affirmation made by legendary producer and "fifth
Beatle" George Martin: "If I only had to choose
one person as the main genius of popular music, I'd choose
Brian Wilson". Talking about music legends of the
20th century, the classical director and composer Leonard
Bernstein did put out these words: "Brian Wilson is
one of the most important modern musicians, his singing
is very poetic and shows beauty, even if he's doing it
from the dark side. He's a symbol of the new things in
pop culture, and also a symbol of the change that a lot
of people see in the future". Forty years later, "Pet
Sounds" is still gaining reputation and validity.
Its shadow is getting longer, the outstanding bands of
the present mention it constantly, the critics do the same.
Did we say forty years? So, it's time for a tribute. That's
what has thought the Spanish label Houston Party Records.
It had to be something special, so the company contacted
some of its favorites alternative/indie stars. All of them
said yes to the project. They were easy to convince: everybody
was a fan of the album. In "Do It Again: A Tribute
To Pet Sounds" there are renditions that chase the
footsteps of the original versions, but from a sort of
parallel roads, while others break the mould directly.
The sum of different personalities provides a sense of
constant surprise: just imagine Will Oldham and Patrick
Wolf in the same record, or Nobody and Daniel Johnston.
We feel seated in front of a kaleidoscope of musical points
of views. Interesting how all these artists talk to us
from that galaxy where Brian's mind lived in 1966, but
using refreshing and personal turnabouts. We hear idioms
these days. Some are stranger (Vic Chesnutt), some ask
for a sad waltz (Dayna Kurtz), some prefer a cold loneliness
(Micah P. Hinson) than a hotter community (Architecture
In Helsinki). Nobody wants to kill the father here (sorry,
Mr. Nietzsche), but nobody tries to sell cheap photocopies
of him. That's what happens when you travel with a bunch
of people that never subordinate their visions to the conventionalisms,
that don't follow the weak tendencies. Exactly the same
artistic ideology that Brian Wilson believed in that 1966.
HoustonParty-135
CD
$14.75
Various
Voices & Faces Project Vol 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, US National non-profit initiative that gives face & voice
to survivors of sexual violence. Their website & oral
history approach is the first of its kind in trying to
educate a wider audience about sexual violence & the
wide span of its victims. Featuring NEKO CASE, MARTHA BERNER,
DAVID GARZA, & exclusive tracks from the NEW PORNOGRAPHERS & JOEY
BURNS (CALEXICO) & more!
Presto-001
CD
$12.25
Various
Jukebox Buddha (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 7TH)
PS, US 15 tracks made with the FM3 BUDDHA MACHINE. Feat.
exclusive contributions by ADRIAN SHERWOOD & DOUG WIMBISH,
BLIXA BARGELD, SUNNO))), THOMAS FEHLMANN, SUN CITY GIRLS,
GUDRUN GUT, KAMMERFLIMMER KOLLEKTIEF, JAN JELINEK/ANDREW
PEKLER/HANNO LEICHTMANN, MAPSTATION, AKI ONDA, ROBERT HENKE,
ES, ALOG, MINIT & WANG FAN. It was about 3 years ago
whilst loafing in one of Beijing's finer foot massage joints
that Christiaan Virant, the other half of Chinese duo FM3
to Zhang Jian, began to riff mutation fantasies as applied
to the Buddha Machine. Here, disciples of many levels stretch,
compress, reconfigure, rub & dust, & generally
mess around w/ the 9 floating loops clipped out from FM3's
confrontational world of quiet.
Staubgold -072
CD
$17.00
Various
Lab Results Volume One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 3RD)
PS, US GSL's first-ever DVD compilation, the first installment
in an ongoing trek thru the "archives." Clocking
in at over 2 hours, the DVD is packed full of unreleased
live footage & interviews, plus music videos & archival
material from such GSL favorites as De Facto, The Locust,
Gogogo Airheart, The Faint & more...
GSL-100
DVD
$14.25
Various
Never Lose That Feeling #2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
31ST)
PS, US Second comp from London's premier shoegaze club & label
incl. cuts from SING SING (Emma from LUSH), HAMMOCK (who
do the first of 3 Catherine Wheel cuts), DROP NINETEENS,
PAULA KELLEY, Stefan Németh & Marti Siewert
(RADION), BRITTA PHILLIPS (LUNA) & more update MBV,
Spectrum, Chapterhouse, G500, Spiritualized & more.
ClubAC30-3032
CD
$18.25
Various
Tideland OST (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US The latest film from acclaimed director Terry Gilliam.
Feat. a haunting original score by Mychael & Jeff Danna,
performed by the Philharmonia Orchestra. Also feat. "Van
Gogh in Hollywood," a track performed by star Jeff
Bridges, as well as "Boom Boom" from blues legend
John Lee Hooker.
Ryko-10874
CD
$17.00
Various
Mind Expansion Compalation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER
3RD)
PS, US First cd compilation from Mind Expansion in its
11 year history. Compiled by FÜXA frontman and Mind
Expansion owner Randall Nieman. Features 32 songs, half
EXCLUSIVE to this CD, from some of the most ground breaking,
and influential groups over the past 20+ years on 2 cd's.
Groups include: SPACEMEN 3, MARTIN REV (SUICIDE), TELESCOPES,
KIM FOWLEY, TEENAGE FILMSTARS, FUXA, MAZARIN, PIANO MAGIC,
PAPER (LANDING), MARKUS, UNKNOWN CELEBRITIES, MAGNETOPHONE, ELEVATOR (ex-ERIC'S
TRIP), LANDING, DEAN WAREHAM and BRITTA PHILLIPS (ex- GALAXIE
500/LUNA), LARGENUMBER (ex-ADD N TO X), OUTRAGEOUS CHERRY,
SPRING REVERBS, LANDIS, TEX LA HOMA, TELEVISE (ex- SLOWDIVE),
IMAJINARY FRIENDS, UNISEX, AMP, UNEXPLAINEDTRANSMISSIONS,
BARDO POND, VENTURE LIFT, TRANSIENT WAVES, LSD AND THE
SEARCH FOR GOD, FREELOVEBABIES, GRAVITY WAX and PAIK.
MindExpansion-2007
DCD
$16.75
Veruca Salt
I V (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SFTRI-780
LP
$10.75
Walker, Scott
Scott 4 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Reissue of his second 1969 album famously merges
folk, soul, country & orchestral. An ambitious classic.
HIGHLY RECOMMENDED.
Mercury-510882-2
CD
$13.00
Walker, Scott
Scott 3 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Reissue of his 1969 classic & his last UK Top
10.
Mercury-510881-2
CD
$13.50
Wells, Junior
Live @ Theresa's 1975 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 17TH)
PS, US Recorded by Ken Rasek & partially aired on WXRT.
The band features 3 of the best guitar players of all time,
Phil Guy, Byther Smith & Sammy Lawhorn. Junior's stage
patter between songs is absolutely priceless! 10 song masterpiece.
Delmark-787
CD
$14.50
Whitey
Light at the End of the Tunnel is a Train (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US With no 2 songs sounding the same & incorporating
the best of rock, electro & folk sounds he plans on
reintroducing America to good dance & chill sounds
again."The missing link between Nirvana & Fischespooner-
a cocaine psychosis classic"- Vice.
DimMak-103
CD
$14.50
Wilt
Dark Meadows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 18TH)
PS, GERMANY Wilt's new album is also their first as a band,
with the electronic experimentation being combined with
acoustic walls of bass and noise. Wide, dusty and dark, "Dark
Meadows" displays Wilt's new psychedelic and atmospheric
approach to its deeply textured ambiances. "Dark Meadows" is
one the most rewarding and sombre of works of Wilt, for
it marries it organic darkness with an acute sense of melody
and an ever-present cavernous bass. A massive, encompassing
and profound work of art.
AdNoiseam-63
CD
$14.75
Wire
Live at the Roxy/Live at CBGB Theatre (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
NOVEMBER 14TH )
PS, US Essential prequels to the classic "Pink Flag" & "Chairs
Missing" lps. Includes the live London debut & their
first US appearance at CBGBs in '78. Previously available
only as part of the 5xcd limited web-only box set.
PinkFlag-010
DCD
$22.00
Womack, Bobby
Across 110th Street (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US Title song from the Barry Shear directed movie starring
Antony Quinn. Vividly evoking the hardships of ghetto life
depicted, this has become a classic soundtrack.
Snapper-231
CD
$13.75
Youngs, Richard
Sapphie (reissue) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
Jagjaguwar-019
LP
$11.25
Youngs, Richard
Advent (reissue) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 24TH)
PS, US
Jagjaguwar-62
LP
$11.25
Parasol
Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders
Album
Leaf “Into The Blue Again” CD $13.50
Album
Leaf “Into The Blue Again” LP
$11.75
Bettie
Serveert “Bare Stripped Naked (CD/DVD)” CD/DVD
$15.00
Camera
Obscura “Let's Get Out of this Country” CD5
$7.00
Catfish
Haven “Tell Me” LP
$11.25
Catfish
Haven “Tell Me” CD
$12.75
Dead
Moon “Echoes Of The Past” DCD
$16.00
Delmontes,
The “Carousel” CD
$16.00
Eyes “Arrival Of the Eyes: Complete Recordings” CD
$15.25
Flower
Machine, The “Orange Balloons/Blown” 45
$5.00
Great
Lakes “Diamond Times” CD
$12.75
Harvey
Milk “Anthem” DVD
$27.00
Kill
The Vultures “Moonshine” 12
$9.75
Magnolia
Electric Co. “Fading Trails” LP
$11.25
Magnolia
Electric Co. “Fading Trails” CD
$12.75
Matthews,
Eric “Foundation Sounds” CD
$12.75
Millan,
Amy “Honey from the Tombs” CD
$16.00
Mit'n “Colorful Conversation” CD
$7.75
Mojo “#155 (October 2006)” ZINE
$12.75
Now
People, The “The Last Great 20th Century Love
Affair” CD $12.00
Pinback “Nautical Antiques” CD
$17.50
Rose,
Ethan “Ceiling Songs” CD
$12.75
Stereolab “Serene
Velocity: A Stereolab Anthology
(Remastered)” CD $17.25
Tall
Birds “Internalize” b/w “Sky Is
Falling” 45 $4.00
Team
Rockit “The Lowest Point in Rock & Roll
History” CD $7.75
Two
Ton Boa “Parasiticide” CD
$14.50
Various “So Much Fire to Roast Human Flesh” CD
$15.25
Winter
Flowers “S/T” CD
$13.50
Woven
Hand “Mosaic” CD
$12.75
Xiu
Xiu “Air Force” CD
$15.50
Xiu
Xiu “Air Force” LP
$12.50
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