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This week we’ve got goodies from Elizabeth Mitchell, Stereolab, The Now People, Harvey Milk, Lights, and more.

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Roy

Almaas, Steve and Ali Smith
You Showed Me
PS, US Second album from Steve Almaas (Suicide Commandos, Beat Rodeo, solo artist) and his significant other Ali Smith (Speedball Baby). Ali Smith's musical background is steeped in punk, rockabilly and most notably, the blues stomp of Speedball Baby. Steve Almaas was in on the ground floor of punk rock in the late-70s, as a founding member of Minneapolis' Suicide Commandos, as well as a precursor to alt-country with his band Beat Rodeo during the 80s. As with their self-titled debut (PARCD084) their shared love of American song manifests itself yet again on their second album, 'You Showed Me'.

Steve and Ali continue to share vocal duties, while Steve contributes the lion's share in the songwriting department. Of course sprinkled amongst the original compositions are cover versions of some of their most beloved songs. The album leads off with the title track, their version of "You Showed Me", made famous by The Turtles, but actually a Byrds song (by McGuinn & Clark) from 'Preflyte'. They also add sultry pedal steel to The Beach Boys' "The Lonely Sea", and include their unused but not idle contribution to the James Joyce Chamber Music project.

Besides Ali and Steve sharing the vocal duties and Steve playing acoustic guitar, harmonica, piano and organ, the core band included long-time Steve cohort (and Holly and the Italians alum) Mark Sidgwick on bass, Speedball Baby's Andy Action on drums and multi-instrumentalist Jon Graboff on pedal steel, mandolin and guitar. Other guests include George Usher, Mitch Easter, Phil Hernandez, Matt Martin and Chris Maxwell, who also produced the album.
Parasol-CD-102
CD
$10.00

Beatnik Filmstars
Barking: A Collection of Oddities
PS, UK 31 TRACKS COMPILED FROM 7 & 12 INCH VINYL RECORDS, RADIOS SESSIONS, ALTERNATE VERSIONS, AND A HANDFUL OF NEW/NEVER BEFORE RELEASED SONGS. Track listing: always meet in a light grey place / radio hopeless / new boyfriend & black suit (alternate version) / our celestial pilot / cold / zetland hardware / romance's final image (alternate version) / the family that plays together (ransack the club mix) / radio pioneer / the pieces of my heart / hipshakers & acrobats / free expression protest song / 9 or 7 / how punk rock killed my career / these is rotten days (demo) / apathetic english swine / shepherd's breath / his part in the death of a lottery winner (4 track original version)/ favourite stuff (alternate version) / wrong / radio millionaire / the holiday camp waltz 1961 / bath time / clothes (second version) / jesus is coming, look busy / how to succeed in failure / cut em up (stitch em up) / coup de soliel (session version) / chocolate mouth / a star in descent / it's unlikely (but i could be wrong).
TheInternationalLo-FiUnderground-001
CD
$14.00

Belfi, Andrea
Between Neck & Stomach
PS, US The drummer of Rosolina Mar & is a member of Medves along w/ Giuseppe Ielasi, Stefano Pilia, Renato Rinaldi & Riccardo Wanke. This is grounded on 2 core elements: the 1st is the material collected during the unique experiment of turning a house into "a living creature with its own voice" (just one example: a synth emitting one continuous note shaking a cupboard filled with pots, pans & plates). The 2nd core element is the choice of just one thematic note per song, around which each track is built & balanced.
Hapna-029
CD
$17.75

Black Angels
First Vietnamese War b/w Nine Years
PS, US A rallying cry for American youth & a previously unreleased track. Their sound blends modern influences with the dark underbelly of 60s psychedelia.
LightInTheAttic-227
45
$8.00

Black Happy Day
In the Garden of Ghostflowers
PS, US A collaboration between Tara Vanflower & Timothy Renner of STONE BREATH. Ambient old-time folk music is what is sounds like, if you know both of these artists already, it sounds exactly like you might think. The album combines the 2 seemingly disparate elements of music the Silber label is into - sound experiments & Americana.
Silber -053
CD
$12.00

Bonnie Prince Billy
Cold & Wet
PS, US From "Letting Go", also feat. "The Way" from the album "Master & Everyone", KENNY ROGERS' "Buried Treasure" & the video of the title track, which is in an animated style, like that of a Hanna-Barbera production.
DragCity-318
CD5
$5.75

Bunuel, Luis
Young One
PS, US
Transparency-229
DVD
$15.50

Crayon Fields, The
Animal Bells
PS, AUSTRALIA Geoff O'Connor, lead singer, guitarist and songwriter of Melbourne quartet the Crayon Fields, is a myopic boy genius whose record collection consists almost solely of op-shop vinyl LPs released before 1970. Consequently, the Crayon Fields play intricate, atmospheric pop songs that recall the minor key majesty and close-knit harmonies of 60s maestros such as the Zombies, the Byrds and the Beach Boys. Animal Bells is the Crayon Fields' debut album, after forming in the last year of high school in 2002 and releasing two previous independent EPs. The album title refers to the animal-shaped toy bells that were used throughout the album and link its 12 concise songs. Basic tracks were recorded at Sub Studios with engineer Simon Knight earlier this year, then taken home to be polished into their final, shimmering shapes. The band suffered a major setback midway through recording when Sub's Latrobe University studios were broken into overnight and all the Crayon Fields' gear stolen. Thankfully after a tense week scouring local pawn shops and Cash Converters, all of the band's equipment was recovered, the culprits brought to justice, and recording resumed. Nothing of this hiccup is evident in the finished product - Animal Bells is an unruffled, dreamy pop masterpiece. Geoff's often falsetto vocals and ringing 12 string guitar playing are ably accompanied by Brett Hudson's nimble bass playing, Chris Hung on 2nd guitar and percussion and Neil Erenstrom on drums. Nicole and Julian of fellow Trifekta artists Minimum Chips also provide guest vocals. In recent times, the Crayon Fields have supported many a touring national and international band, including the Unicorns, Dirty Three, Electrelane, Deerhoof, Calvin Johnson, Kelly Stoltz and Architecture in Helsinki to name a few. Now with the multi-layered, resonant and gorgeous Animal Bells, co-released by Chapter Music and Trifekta Records, it's time for the Crayon Fields to step forward and be counted among Australia's finest, most intriguing bands.
ChapterMusic-056
CD
$14.75

Dark Side of the Cop
S/T
PS, US The 1st in a trilogy of albums, Dark Side of the Cop combines the eeriness of Brian Wilson-era songwriting w/a miniature electronic orchestra of synths, drum machines & samplers. San Francisco songwriter Marco Panella leads the project w/a revolving support cast. Panella & contributing songwriter Joe Weisenthal began the band as an alternate soundtrack to the '84 comedy "Beverly Hills Cop" (in the way that Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" supposedly synchs up w/The Wizard of Oz). "Like an eerier version of the Postal Service" - Magnet CD
AugerDown-001
CD
$11.00

De Vahl, Erik
Friendly Fire
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

Doleful Lions
Song Cyclops Volume 2
PS, US New collection of lofi bliss, winsome melodies, and trademark paranormal subject matter from Doleful Lions' Jonathan Scott. 22 songs include handful of covers: Beach Boys, Close Lobsters, The Crystals, Descendents,, Close Lobsters, and The Misfits. PITCHFORK: "Doleful Lions aim to purr and meow their way onto your lap in the damned most adorable way possible." /// UNCUT MAGAZINE: "Neo-psychedelic orch-pop, with chiming guitars and close vocal harmonies. The sound of dreams." /// ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "At this point, singer/songwriter Jonathan Scott and studio rat Dave Jackson are masters of mini-orchestration that can turn any song of their choosing into a swirling snow globe epic." /// CARELESS TALK COSTS LIVES: "Doleful Lions make a rather gorgeous whisper of sound; guitars picking out starlight bathed in swathes of keyboards; a rolling distant thunder of drums and voices that tiptoe... It's vaguely psychedelic, where thankfully the psychedelia is more the gentle thrill of Sagittarius than, say, the electric overdose and histrionics of a Hendrix or Cream. This is rock that doesn't rock at all, but sways, lost in summer breezes and the mythology of Smile bootlegs." /// GEAR MAGAZINE: "Prodigiously smart, criminally catchy indie pop." <br>
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Parasol-CD-104
CD
$10.00

DT's
Lights Out
PS, US LIMITED WHITE VINYL!!! Heavy 70's-style hard-rock 'n'roll, injected w/ a flavorful dose of soul sensibility. Feat. Estrus Records owner Dave Crider (The Mono Men, Watts) as well as the gut-wrenching blues-y vocals of Diana Young-Blanchard (Madame X). Also an excl. B-side track.
Gearhead-072
45
$4.50

Dylan, Bob
Modern Times
PS, US Regular edition incl. bonus DVD w/4 additional songs & expanded booklet for his new one.
Columbia-82796-87606-2
CD/DVD
$19.00

Dylan, Bob
Modern Times
PS, US Special edition incl. bonus DVD w/4 additional songs & expanded booklet for his new one.
Columbia-82796-87686-2
CD/DVD
$23.00

Dylan, Bob
Modern Times
PS, US DOUBLE GATEFOLD vinyl for his new one feat. 10 new songs.
Columbia-82796-87606-1
DLP
$15.25

Early Humans/ Kill Yourself
Split
PS, US It's got weird cover art, which incl. a pg of stickers that can be cut out & stuck where you please. The vinyl is 2-colored (half hot pink, half gunmetal gray), & this is a solidly tight package in all other aesthetic & musical departments. Early Humans do a powerhouse tune about the stock market crash of 1929. Kill Yourself are a tough Touch & Go/early '90s AmRep-sounding group & they get points for having recorded at a place called "Stoke-On-Trent". OH SO LIMITED!!!
WantageUSA-001
45
$6.00

Easy Star All-Stars
Radiodread
PS, US Highly recommended. From the folks that created the waycool Pink Floyd tribute 'Dub Side Of The Moon' (also available), this is a similarly-styled reggae tribute to Radiohead's 'OK Computer', features guest appearances by reggae heavyweights like Horace Andy, Morgan Heritage, Toots & the Maytals, and Israel Vibration . ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "The Easy Star All-Stars not only treat OK Computer with the respect it merits, they successfully re-imagine it, creating a work of art that, while it may never earn the over-the-top critical plaudits enjoyed by the source material, should find favor with both Radiohead loyalists and roots reggae purists alike. It couldn't have been easy, but the All-Stars make it sound so. Each tune is reconsidered on its own terms, with guest vocalists -- among them reggae giants such as Horace Andy (opener "Airbag"), Morgan Heritage ("Electioneering"), Toots & the Maytals (a very upbeat "Let Down") and Israel Vibration (album-closing "The Tourist") -- bringing a personal stamp to each tune. How each of these vocalists chooses to handle Thom Yorke's keening, facile vocals is worth a study in itself -- some virtually mimic him while others throw out the mold and come at the material from a completely outsider perspective. Ditto the arrangements: OK Computer's tricky time shifts and layers of electronics and ambient sounds could, in lesser hands, add up to a complete muck-up, but instead Radiodread emerges as its own, quite satisfying entity. It may be sacrilege to even think so, but it's possible that some listeners unable to warm up to Radiohead may even come to prefer this OK Computer from an alternative universe." (Jeff Tamarkin)
EasyStar
CD
$15.00

El Boxeo
Awake & Dreaming
PS, US Awake, the first half of the album, is the band as the band- the three main members playing their songs live, with minimal experiments/production frill. With Awake, the band presents its stripped down violin/bass/drums sound, just as one might encounter in the normal live setting. Dreaming, a long-brewed idea of surrealism & the subconscious, finds the band under no limitations, representing both dreams as songs & songs as dreams. Adding to the mix, Dreaming is chock full of instruments, noises & voices (cello, viola, piano, a door, flute, trombone, saxophone, trumpet, twigs, keys, organ, bells) creating an ever changing, occasionally hallucinatory flow of moods & imagery. "I've never heard post-punk with violin before & damned if it doesn't work fairly well... A great combination of tone & texture." -Splendid.com.
SuburbanSpraw-016l
CD
$10.00

Embassy, The
Tacking
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

Fahey, John
Live in Santa Monica
PS, US
Transparency-228
DVD
$15.50

Fassbinder, RainerWerner
Collection II (2XDVD)
PS, US 2nd vol. compiling classic movies from the 70s. Feat: In a Year With 13 Moons: a new digital widescreen transfer (1.78:1), enhanced for 16x9 TVs. 1978/124 mins./ color/Dolby Digital Mono. In German w/ English Subtitles. Martha: a new digital transfer in the original 1.33:1 aspect ratio. 1970, 87 mins., color, mono, in German w/ English subtitles. In a Year With 13 Moons: 1978, 124 mins. color, Dolby Digital Mono, In German w/ English subtitles.
Fantoma-7046
DVD
$30.00

Felipe, Dino
Dinosaur Bones & Pyramids
PS, CANADA DINOSAUR BONES & PYRAMIDS finds former member of Old Bombs and Fukktron DINO FELIPE layering intoxicated melodies against waves of coke-rush electro beats & psychedelic synth soundscapes. Catchy vocal heavy tracks like "ripped & shit" and "ovulation celebration" featuring OTTO VON SCHIRACH are refreshingly inventive, and undeniably infectious. DINOSAUR BONES & PYRAMIDS is 13 upbeat and engaging tracks on CD format. Not just just dsp mayhem for comp sci kids with short attention spans, this is real music! Dino Felipe has made "music" since the age of 6 on tape recorders embracing the 4track at age 16 and ever since filling tapes up with musik, until he financed a gateway when he was 21. Now an agoraphobic hermit he makes music whenever something inspires him: flies, death, ghosts, quantum physics, and quantum physiques as well in the right bedroom. Dino was in what are now called "noise" bands from the age 16-21, although he hates the label "noise", only because he strictly believes it is MUSIC. If attempted to be described Dino's music is psychedelic, electronic, with large pop infusion and piles of ideas compressed into a song. Dino pushes boundaries by tricking you, confusing your expectations, and hurting your ears BUT: most of all it is post-apocalyptic pop.
Sublight-2201
CD
$13.50

Flies
Comp. Collection '65-68
PS, US Although commercial success eluded them, it is fitting that they have now achieved cult fame. Their singles, which range from freakbeat to Mark Wirtzesque pop/psych, merit the acclaim, & their introspective demos are perhaps even better. Contains everything-released & unreleased-incl. demo versions, & alternates, + a sampling of their the In-Sect "Direct From England" pre-Flies exploitation album from '65 as a bonus. Fat 20-pg bk packed w/ detailed notes on the band, original Decca promotional materials, & plentiful photos.
LionProducitons-1009
CD
$16.25

Format
Dog Problems
PS, US New album shows them bouncing back just fine after being dropped by Elektra AND Atlantic after releasing only one album. Fun, breezy pop music with orchestration & the kitchen sink thrown in to boot! Produced by Steven McDonald (REDD KROSS).
Nettwerk-06700-30592-2
CD
$15.00

Froberg, Tobias
Somewhere In The City
PS, US New album from acclaimed Swedish singer-songwriter. The next Jose Gonzalez perhaps? Compared to Jose, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel, Bright Eyes, Damian Rice, and Devendra Banhart, but ALL MUSIC GUIDE says: "There's no real reason to play spot the influence here: Fröberg is an original and Somewhere in the City, the artist's second album, is a delicious trifle. Nearly every instrument is played by Fröberg and his co-producer, Linus Larsson, and although a few guests are brought on board (Norway's Ane Brun sings a duet with Fröberg on "Love and Misery"), this is clearly not a group effort. Fröberg's skillful acoustic guitar work (again, as on "God's Highway," reminiscent of Simon's, particularly his early folk style) is smartly placed up front throughout most of the recording, miked closely and used wisely to set the pensive, sometimes melancholy mood." (Jeff Tamarkin)
CheapLullaby-012
CD
$13.50

Gerritt & John Wiese
Disappearing Act
PS, US Gerritt runs the label & John Wiese is from LHD & Sissy Spacek, & both have been freelance members or Sunn O))). This displays their expertise in pulling transmissions from an elusive dimension utilizing elements of dynamics, noise, rhythm, silence & tone.
Misanthropic-014
CD5
$7.50

Good Good
Furrows
PS, US Brooklyn trio displays a solid nod to indie rock through a largely experimental filter. Compiles their self-released CDEP & tracks from their Euro only split 12" that have not appeared on CD until now. New album on the small but mighty Menlo Park in 2007!
MenloPark-7039
CD
$11.50

Grates
Gravity Won't Get You High
PS, US First full album from Brisbane guitar/drums/vocal trio draws comparisons from Yeah Yeah Yeahs to Sex Pistols w/their youthful abandon. Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Secret Machines, Califone). "A fiery 40 minutes of punk guitars, sing-along hooks & [Patience] Hodgson's gleeful yelping."-Spin. "Judy Garland fronting Sonic Youth."-Boston Globe.
Interscope-0006964-02
CD
$10.75

Gwar
Beyond Hell-LIMITED
PS, US Latest from the Antarctic marauders produced by Devin Townsend (Lamd of God) incl. bone crushing version of Alice Cooper's "School's Out". LIMITED VERSION for initial order only incl. DVD available in initial orders only. CD+DVD
DRT-451
CD
$19.25

Harlem
Game/Watch EP
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 Milk
Special Wishes
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER!!!
Troubleman-170
LP
$12.75

Harvey Milk
I Got a Love b/w the Furnace (Leonard Cohen cover)
PS, US One of the most influential bands in the doom metal underground, in hibernation for years, now back in the studio, w/ a whole new album due in Sept. LIMITED TO 1000.
Troubleman-179
45
$5.75

Headlights
Kill Them With Kindness
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl
LP
$11.75

Headlights
Kill Them With Kindness
PS, US This record is alive w/ a pulse that beats w/ shoegaze spirit. Through its veins runs the lifeblood of an indie pop band not afraid to incorporate a synth wall of sound & a mod organ in consecutive songs, not afraid of anyhting at all. There's a synthesis of keyboards & guitars, of vocals, of ethereal programming & huge drums; a solidification of lyrics centered on the paradoxes, the ups & downs we all experience.
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50

Helios Creed
Deep Blue Love Vacuum
PS, US
Noiseville-058
DLP
$20.00

Helios Creed
Deep Blue Love Vacuum
PS, US Feat. fellow members of CHROME & BUTTHOLE SURFERS. It is destined to be considered Helios best solo work to date. A stunning hour long album of tripped out psych guitar as well as some other directions. This album also includes a stunning tribute to Nico & VU "All Tomorrow's Parties" feat. Fabienne from CHROME on vocals.
Noiseville-058
CD
$15.50

Heller Mason
Minimalist & Anchored
PS, US Hand drawn emotional road maps in this slowcore-americana debut in a style like Neil Young's Harvest meeting Swans' The Burning World. It now includes a delegation of 9 musicians playing a spectrum of instruments including electric guitar, drums, bass, cello, female vocals, wurlitzer, piano & trumpet. The presence of others often works to amplify one's sense of solitude & that is what's at work here. The layers of accompaniment are like treacherous bedfellows. If your favorite Silber releases are The Alcohol EPs & Jamie Barnes' albums, check this one out.
Silber-052
CD
$12.00

Instrumental Quarters
Traffic Jam
PS, US Critically acclaimed national quartet from Manta, Italy creates music that gives you a little trip to the Italian countryside. Included on this cd are 4 of the live videos that were created for the bands live shows.
Sickroom-036
CD
$13.50

Jam, The
Direction Reaction Box (CDX5)
SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. 5 CD box incl everthing they every recorded incl. b-sides & hard to find singles as well as every track from their 6 albums w/88 pp book.
Polydor-537143-2
CD
$69.00

Kill Your Idols
Film
PS, US Documentary traces the NYC punk rock scene from CB's w/ Teenage Jesus, Lydia Lunch, Suicide, Swans, Foetus, Glenn Branca, DNA & Sonic Youth through to current rabble rousers like Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars, Gogol Bordello, Black Dice, ARE Weapons. Won "Best Feature Documentary" at Tribeca Film Festival.
PalmPictures-3143
DVD
$20.00

Lady Sovereign
Size Don't Matter
PS, US 5 track limited edition, full artwork, jewel case, incl. "Random" (A.BRUCKE R & SINDEN remix), "Ch Ching" (SPANK ROCK remix), "Drunk on Radiation" (freestyle), "It's All Your Fault (Drop Out Club)" & "Hoodie".
ChocolateIndustries-003
CD5
$12.00

Lights
Diamonds & Dirt
PS, US The music stands out for its wild-eyed, enigmatic wonder & its outsider feeling as well as its squalls of sonorous feedback. They're one of those few bands that can take rhythmic syncopation, Spartan guitar playing & non sequitur, Eugene Ionesco-approved absurd lyrical content & somehow ram it into something pretty convincingly into the rock music format. It's refreshingly aloof, & cold music, if that makes any sense.
WantageUSA-042
CD
$12.00

Lost Domain
White Man at the Door
PS, US Brisbane's improvisers extraordinaire, The Lost Domain, have been launching sonic missives into the stratosphere for almost 20 years now. It is pure, whiskey-addled perfection.
Digitalis-030
CD
$13.75

Lucksmiths, The
Naturaliste
PS, AUSTRALIA Aussie release now the only left in print. Two years after their last studio album "Why That Doesn't Surprise Me" won the hearts of pop lovers and critics around the world, The Lucksmiths return with "Naturaliste". The highly anticipated new record confirms the reputation of this Melbourne band, offering eleven examples of instantly memorable indie pop music to win you all over again. All The Lucksmiths' hallmarks are here - an ear for melody, an eye for detail and a way with words. And again all three members contribute songs. But stepping away from the increasing orchestration of their recent work, the guitar-based "Naturaliste" demonstrates a sensibility of understatement and restraint that allows these songs to shine. This is at once The Lucksmiths' most assured and cohesive work so far, from the effortless guitar jangle of "Take This Lying Down" and opener "Camera-Shy" to the gentle yearnings of "The Perfect Crime" and "What You'll Miss"; from the late-night melancholy of "Stayaway Stars" and "What Passes For Silence" to the sunny melody of "Midweek Midmorning", their single of late last year praised as "a fragile gem", "the kind of pop moment that will remind you why you fell in love with music in the first place". "Naturaliste" continues The Lucksmiths' collaboration with producer Craig Pilkington, who contributed brass arrangements and shared lead guitar duties with bass player Mark Monnone. As you'd expect with such popular fellows, other friends dropped into Richmond's Audrey Studios: Eva Sommerfeld (The Foots) lends her voice to the mesmeric "The Sandringham Line", and transpacific tourmates The Salteens lend theirs to "Stayaway Stars". The Lucksmiths' fifth studio album in a decade is also their finest hour. "Naturaliste" represents reassurance that pop music can be affecting rather than affected, and further evidence, were it needed, of why "if there is to be a way back to world domination for melodic intelligent pop ... The Lucksmiths are likely to be in the vanguard."
Candle-2529
CD
$16.00

Lucksmiths, The
Why That Doesn't Surprise Me
PS, AUSTRALIA Released in the US on Drive-In, Australia on Candle, Japan on Clover. Please, no export to Australia or Japan. The release will also be made available on 12" 220 gram Czechoslovakian vinyl, price and release date to be determined. The Lucksmiths, a Melbournebased pop group, have issued a statement denying that the release of their new album "Why That Doesn't Surprise Me" played any part in the recently announced Tom Cruise/Nicole Kidman separation. Guitarist Marty Donald dismissed the claims as "pure speculation". "It is our first full-length studio recording since 1997 [the well-received "A Good Kind of Nervous"], so there was a degree of expectation involved for us - and, hopefully, for the public," he said. "However, to suggest that it could lead to something like this is way off the mark." "Why That Doesn't Surprise Me" was recorded over the Australian summer at Audrey Studios in the inner Melbourne suburb of Richmond, under the guidance of producer Craig Pilkington (the Killjoys). Its fourteen tracks build on the Lucksmiths' brand of intelligent pop, embellishing it with organ, piano, brass, clarinet, and - yes - a string quartet. Good friend Darren Hanlon was one of the many collaborators. Lyrically it is the group's most personal work to date. All three Lucksmiths contributed songs to the album, and the maturing evident in their writing is reflected in the greater sophistication of the arrangements. However, Donald rejected suggestions that songs dealing with the pressures faced by lovers separated by work ("Don't Bring Your Work to Bed") or distance ("The Great Dividing Range"), the aftermath of a break-up ("All the Recipes I've Ever Ruined"), and advising a friend to end a troubled relationship ("Synchronised Sinking"), were in fact oblique references to the Cruise/Kidman situation. "That's laughable," he laughed. "This album is more diverse than that. We've also got songs about cousins, rollercoasters and the Beach Boys." The head of the Lucksmiths' Australian label Candle Records, Mr Chris Crouch, was unavailable for comment, being on his way to Los Angeles "to comfort a close friend". However, a Candle spokesperson described the story as a "shocker" and said see the facts for yourself on their 5 week Australian tour before they head to Japan, USA and UK.
Candle-52
CD
$16.00

Lucksmiths, The
A Good Kind of Nervous
PS, AUSTRALIA One of the best albums from Melbourne's finest 3-piece. Everything you expect and more with every song a great one. Everyone likes this album and you will too! This was the first Lucksmiths CD released in north America. Now long sold out/out of print domestically.
Candle-06
CD
$16.00

Lucksmiths, The
Happy Secret
PS, AUSTRALIA Most highly recommended. A must have collection of 10 songs recorded in 1998 that consists of tracks that have appeared on vinyl, compilation CD and previously unreleased. This was The Lucksmiths second north American release, now long sold out/out of print domestically. "If you thought grunge killed melody, have a listen. Then just try to resist." **** out of 5 - Sydney Morning Herald.
Candle-07
CD
$16.00

Lustmord
Place Where the Black Stars Hang
PS, US 1st released in '94 & it defines the 'dark ambient' genre. A work regularly cited by critics, audiences & musicians as being amongst the very best & most influential albums of its decade. Unavailable since 2002, it has been re-mastered & given new artwork for this edition.
Soleilmoon-141
CD
$18.75

Makoto, Kawabata/Mothers of Invasion
Hot Rattlesnakes
PS, US Reissue/limited repress of a classic out of print Acid Mothers Temple related CD. Guitarist Kawabata brings along Acid Mothers Temple cohorts Tsuyama Atsushi & Ichiraku Yoshimitsu for one of the most out there power trio recordings ever. While certainly close to Acid Mothers Temple in sound & feeling, Hot Rattlesnakes certainly exists in its own little corner of the galaxy.
MVD-1
CD
$16.00

Manson, Charles
Live @ San Quentin
PS, US Almost an hour of unsettling intimacy w/ Manson in his jail cell in '83. The cassette was smuggled out by his followers for eventual release by Grey Matter in '96, & was soon deleted. You can!t deny it!s eerily atmospheric; it!s just not for audiophiles. The sleeve design is a full-color parody of the Beach Boys! Pet Sounds. Inside the booklet is a selection of drawings by Manson.
USD-877
CD
$15.75

McMillen, Shawn David
Cat fish
PS, US Texas acoustic psych folk album from member of RUBBLE (w/King of Butthole Surfers), FRIDAY GROUP (w/Tom Carter of Charalambides), ASH CASTLES ON GHOST COAST, IRON KITE & ABRASION ENSEMBLE. Guitar is joined by autoharp, Indian goat bell, gongs, kalimba, & bamboo flute to give us music highly influenced by Basho & Malachi Favors. Previously releaed on limited vinyl on Emperor Jones, Wire said that it "exemplifies the soporific, glazed music created by artists from Texas."
TompkinsSquare-1721
CD
$13.00

Mirafiori
No Podemos Volver a Casa
PS, SPAIN "No podemos volver a casa" is the first album by MIRAFIORI, four years after their debut EP "Cinco Minutos" (Annika Records). There's several reasons for this long gap between recordings: Nacho is living abroad, which makes production and recording a lot harder, and the Annika label disappeared during the album's work. Finally, and after several efforts from all sides, MIRAFIORI's first album is ready to be released on Autopop in the summer of 2006. Recording of this magnificent dream-pop album started in late 2004 at the Amarillo studios owned by Guille Mostaza (singer on Spanish band ELLOS and producer of PORTONOVO, among others), with almost all songs already written and recorded as demos by Nacho. The songs belong to different moments, from the times of MIRAFIORI's first demos ("Estamos desafinados"), the months following the first EP in Madrid ("Recuerdos del lago artificial", "Luciérnagas", "Nosotros y nuestros abrigos", "Agujeros en la arena"...), and Nacho's long stays in Germany ("En la luna", "Hasta que vuelva", "Acto de contricción") and France ("El idioma de las flores"). Nevertheless, the album's whole doesn't suffer from this, but keeps a remarkable consistency and a common feel which, when you get to the last track on the album and look back, defines MIRAFIORI with a gorgeous sound of their own and a melancholic spell. The songs have been recorded for the album in Amarillo, Guille's own studio, and work has been distributed between Nacho (lead and backing vocals, guitars, programming and keyboards) and Guille (bass, synthesizers, percussion, keyboards, programming, violin...). Reyes García-Miró, singer in PORTONOVO, is also doing a cameo hidden among other friends in one of the songs. By the end of the spring in 2006 they consider the album to be finished and ready to be manufactured and released on Autopop. In "No podemos volver a casa" we find echoes of two of their biggest influences: the sound of Spanish indie-pop cult bands like FAMILY and British indie-pop from other cult acts such as THE FIELD MICE, TREMBLING BLUE STARS or BRIAN; but there's also winks to other basic references or any sensitive pop lover, such as Harry Nilsson, THE LEFT BANKE or António Carlos Jobim and bossanova.
Autoreverse-007
CD
$14.75

Mitchell, Elizabeth
You Are My Little Bird
PS, US
SmithsonianFolkways
CD
$13.50

Mitra
All Gods Kill
PS, US Rising from the ashes of SPEEDEALER (aka REO SPEEDEALER) & BILLYCLUB & making music "about as subtle as a spiked bat to the ballsack. Southern swagger meets whiskey-soaked sting for music as feverish as a long summer night in Dallas.
Idol-056
CD
$12.75

Moebius
Nurton
PS, US Mostly known for his collaborations w/ ENO & as a member of HARMONIA in the '70s. Here the 15 repetitive wordless tracks on- on his first solo album for 7 yrs ? are trance-inducing in their apparently unchanging state. This album shows an adrenaline overload of rock shorn of its fripperies; songs, beginnings, middles & endings. This is pure electronic current abstracted into riffs & textural sound poems. Moebius' refusal to over-polish his work supplies an unpredictable cutting edge.
BluePole-001
CD
$14.50

Nirmala, Tirath
Singh Bluster, Cragg & Awe
PS, US Not too long ago, JOHN CLYDE-EVANS made a huge splash w/ his phenomenal solo LP on England's Fisheye imprint. He also performed as an important member of the seminal UK group, HOOD. After taking a 7 year hiatus & committing to the path of Sikhism, he returned as Tirath Singh Nirmala.
Digitalis-031
CD
$13.75

No-Fi Soul Rebellion/ Mountain High
Split
PS, US Philadelphia-based sonic marauders Mountain High take Bellingham's No-Fi Soul Rebellion up some wild Tibetan or Nepalese peak, an impromptu dance contest breaks out, & of course, Yeti wins, dude. Yeti wins. Then everybody celebrates by sledding to base camp on the back of the Great Snowman. Seriously though, that's the concept for the video/movie that best does justice to that this split LP. Two acts quickly scrambling upward on the power of their tunes.
WantageUSA-043
12
$12.00

Now People, The
The Last Great 20th Century Love Affair
PS, US Ric Menck's (Velvet Crush/Matthew Sweet) latest discovery has found a home on his own Bird Song imprint. After three years in suspended animation, The Now People have arrived with 12 diverse and meticulously crafted gems from a baroque pop netherworld. Recorded at the Wondermints' Studio Thru Inner Space, the debut album from The Now People challenges the listener to draw comparisons. They are simply like no other, now or since.
To everything there is a season, and the season of The Now People is upon us. The Now People is a vocal and instrumental quartet consisting of Steve Stanley (guitar, keyboards and leading vocals), Alan "Ruby" Rubens (keyboards, bass and vocals), Probyn Gregory (horns and other exotic instruments, also in the Brian Wilson band, Wondermints) and Nelson Bragg (drums and percussion) also in the Brian Wilson band. Together, these four gentlemen are carving out a unique sound that has been described as "sonically balanced, totally integrated pop," marked by 60s-flavored melodic hooks and memorable choruses with a contemporary perspective. Although the band traces much of its influence to the late monophonic era, their captivating harmonies and inventive arrangements, punctuated by an expansive use of major-seventh chords and smooth, hook-laden lyrics are totally state of the art. Stanley, Rubens, Gregory and Bragg are too knowing, too modern, to give in to lame retreads of the past.
• Album features guest appearances from members of The Wondermints, Brian Wilson's Band, Baby Lemonade/Arthur Lee's Love, Poi Dog Pondering and many others.
BirdSong-103
CD
$12.00

Peeping Tom
S/T
PS, US Vinyl edition of Mike Patton's new studio album. Limited first pressing picture disc features a deluxe jacket with a custom die-cut peephole and full color inner sleeve.
Anticon-064
LP
$17.25

Pittman, Eliana
S/T (1972)
PS, US She made her fame in the 60s as a Diana Ross-style samba glam-sexpot diva, has made her share of records that command decent prices among fem-vox enthusiasts, collectors & DJs. Feat. a stripped-down 4-piece band w/ esteemed samba-soul guitarist-singer-songwriter Luis Vagner at the helm. Much of it consists of "nice songs" of a type familiar to lovers of Brazilian albums, but a handful stand out for modern (read: hip-hop) ears.
Odeon-81996
LP
$14.50

Poems
Young America
PS, US THE POEMS are Robert Hodgens (songwriter of Postcard Records/Sire Records legendary group THE BLUEBELLS ), Adrian Barry (THE HIGH FIDELITY), Bobby Paterson (LOVE & MONEY & producer of PRIMAL SCREAM'S "Velocity Girl"), & vocalists Kerry Polwart & Amy Ogletree. In a nutshell: Take the cream of the UK indie pop vanguard, put them in a Glasgow recording studio w/some 1st time vocalists & achieve the sublime. Full of chiming acoustic guitars, sweeping vocals & grand arrangements, they wear their gentle melodicism proudly on their world worn sleeves. Enjoy! Guests on "Young America" include BELLE & SEBASTIAN's Isobelle Campbell, TEENAGE FANCLUB's Norman Blake, DEL AMITRI's Justin Currie, & THE PROCLAIMER's Stuart Nesbit & Ross MacFarlane.
MintyFresh-68
CD
$12.75

Primitive Calculators
S/T
PS, AUSTRALIA Chapter Music's reissue of Primitive Calculators, twenty-five years after its original release, includes six bonus tracks (four by the Primitive Calculators, one by the Moths, and one by a nameless Primitive Calculators/Whirlywirld hybrid, recorded in the UK, plus a rarely seen video made for the I Can't Stop It single by band friend Janis Lesinskis.
ChapterMusic-047
CD
$13.00

Radio Birdman
Zeno Beach
PS, US
YepRock-2131
LP
$14.00

Reininger, Blaine
Book Of Hours
PS, US Book of Hours was 1st released by Les Disques du Crepuscule in 1989. Guest musicians on the album include Tuxedomoon members Steven Brown, Luc van Lieshout, Paul Zahl & Ivan Georgiev, as well as Ludus guitarist Ian Devine, while the single was a surprise funereal cover of El Paso by Marty Robbins. The CD has now been remastered w/ 5 bonus tracks, including Bay Bridge, the rare film soundtrack contribution Blackout & 2 tracks from the rare single Orphans, released in a limited run of 100 copies in 1997.
LTM-2417
CD
$13.50

Secret Mommy
The Wisdom EP
PS, US What kind of mad genius could record a trip to the dentist to have their wisdom teeth pulled only to turn it into a CDs worth of awesome electronic tracks? SECRET MOMMY of course! Secret Mommy is the fax-warping alter ego of Ache Records head honcho Andy Dixon and "The Wisdom EP" is a mini album collection of amazingly creative tracks that includes remixes by Joshua Kit Clayton, Sun Ok Papi K.O of Sonig records and Piers Whyte of Ache records. Each track from The Wisdom EP flows together as a seemless mix offering a unique experience that won't soon be forgotten by its listeners. BIO: Secret Mommy is The beautifully strange, fax-warping alter ego of Ache Records head honcho Andy Dixon. Having played an integral part in the Northwest punk scene with bands D.B.S. and more recently the Red Light Sting, the work of Vancouverite Andy Dixon has always been rooted in DIY punk rock. Though his computer-based glitch project known as Secret Mommy is a departure from the abrasive guitar-work of his former bands, the approach is much the same. Andy creates music that sounds like the inside of a computer, with beeps and blurts and zaps and clicks perfectly organized, with the echo of techno's most complex moments vying for speaker time in the distant background The result is a polyrhythmic, visceral celebration of sporadic delight. A cut n paste exploration of activity and movement, obscured by mild absurdism.
Sublight-2401
CD
$12.50

Seht
Green Morning
digi029cd 9 . 1 9
New Zealand's seht (AKA Stephen Clover) has spawned a musical monster around one consistent idea... These songs are the memories trapped beneath the floorboards, & by looking back Clover offers a mere glimpse into the ambience of a not-so-distant future.
Digitalis -029
CD
$13.00

Snakes & Music
Isabelle
PS, US Next incarnation of Initial Records indie darlings the JAZZ JUNE. After 3 formal releases and incessant touring with bands like Built to Spill and the Get Up Kids, Initial Records and Mordam helped the Jazz June carve a fiercely loyal fan base that has since passed into the hands of the younger MTV2 Generation. Snakes and Music fills the gap between modern alternative bands like The Shins and Lucero to more classic favorites like SuperChunk and Built to Spill. A mature, stylish record with a great deal of cross genre appeal. Showcases the band's skill and diversity in genres like folk and indie rock.
UniversalWarning-017
CD
$12.75

Soccer Team
'Volunteered' Civility & Professionalism
PS, US Feat. RYAN NELSON (ROUTINEERS, ex-MOST SECRET METHOD, BEAUTY PILL) & MELISSA QUINLEY (ex-DISCHORD employee). Primarily recorded to 8 track 1/4'' tape, and/or 4 track cassette, in DC. The songs are a result of desultory late nights, Ryan's gifted, unfailing profusion of ideas & sounds & Melissa's occasionally obdurate 2 cents.
Dischord-152
CD
$11.50

Stereolab
Serene Velocity: A Stereolab Anthology
(Remastered)
PS. US
Rhino
CD
$17.25

Territory Band
5 New Horse for the White House
PS, US Brass: Jeb Bishop, Axel Doerner. Electronics: Lasse Marhaug. Percussion: Paul Lytton, Paal Nilssen-Love. Piano: Jim Baker. Reeds: Fredrik Ljungkvist, Dave Rempis, Ken Vandermark. Strings: Kent Kessler, Fred Lonberg-Holm. 3 dics set of skronk from Okka Disk. The 1st 2 discs are studio recordings from the Fall of 2005 & the 3rd disc is the same material done a few days earlier, but live at the Donaueschingen Festival. 3 great discs of jazz that will make you smarter!
OkkaDisk-12080
3CD
$21.00

Theater Fire
Everybody Has A Dark Side
PS, US TF has a knack for spinning yarns about drifters, hangmen, brothers & lovers grappling with their own honor, trust, guilt & loss. These tales are woven together by arrangements that include weeping pedal steel & violin, strains of accordion, mandolin & xylophone, plucked banjo & guitar, sorrowful brass & the clip-clop of found percussion. Songs combine influences as diverse as zydeco, bluegrass, mariachi, country, gospel and rock & roll. Featured on NPR's All Things Considered.
Undeniable-102
CD
$12.00

Tough Alliance, The
The New School
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

Tyde
Three's Co. [Bonus Tracks]
PS, US
RoughTrade
CD
$13.25

Various
Strange Folk
PS, US Psych-folk, Wyrd-fold, Acid-folk, Spooky folk, Folktronica, or just plain unadorned Folk. Whatever you call it, the best folk is inherently strange. Feat. The cream of today!s twisted folk scene, such as DEVENDRA BANHART, JOANNA NEWSOM, ADEM, JAMES YORKSTON, TUNNG & 18TH DAY OF MAY w/ the legends who inspired them incl. NICK DRAKE, PENTANGLE, DONOVAN, VAN MORRISON & THE INCREDIBLE STRING BAND.
Apace/Albion-01
CD
$15.00

Various
Tribute to Killdozer
PS, US 2CD tribute to Chicago's famous Touch & Go artist. Album features 22cover tracks by Season to Risk, Leopold, Elvis '77, Nina School, Gorch Fork, Corruption is King, Rocket Fuel is Key, IfIHadAHiFi to name a few. Just in time for the T&G 25th Anniversary! Be part of it!
Crustacean-62
DCD
$12.00

Various
So Much Fire to Roast Human Flesh
PS, US An anti-war compilation curated by JOSEPHINE FOSTER, who states "All of the musicians represented here are US citizens. Our voices join with many others across this land that freely question and openly oppose war." All proceeds from sales of this compilation are being donated to specific counter-recruitment and pacifist organizations. We hope to assist them in their efforts promoting peace and non-militarism in the United States. Tracks by Cherry Blossoms, Feathers, Michael Hurley, Devendra Banhart, Kath Bloom, Diane Cluck, Josephine Foster, Angels of Light, Pajo, MVEE, Kathleen Baird, tons more.
Baster-009
CD
$15.25

Various
Kompakt Total 7
PS, US TRIPLE VINYL feat. 12 of the best tracks from the 2CD version.
Kompakt-140
3LP
$20.00

Various
Kompakt Total 7
PS, US This translates as a document of Kompakt's favorite singles of the past year, brimming w/ excl. new songs that will appease even the most dedicated fan of the label. Feat. Dirk Leyers & Justus Köhncke aka Kontrast, The Wighnomy Bros. (who make 2 appearances), Gui Boratto, Michael Mayer w/ long-time DJ partner Tobias Thomas alongside Superpitcher, Jürgen Paape & Wolfgang Voigt aka Wassermann +more.
Kompakt-052
DCD
$20.00

Various
Songs For Nao: 14 Bands From Japan
PS, AUSTRALIA For over 10 years Chapter Music's Guy Blackman has documented the music of the Australian pop underground. From the early days of releasing cassette tapes and fanzines, Chapter Music has gone on to release the music of dearly loved Australian artists such as Minimum Chips, Wagons and The Cannanes, as well as compiling the definitive Australian Post-Punk compilation Can't Stop It. It made sense then, that when Guy moved to Japan he would document the local scene in the same way he has done in Australia for so many years. Songs for Nao (pronounced "now") is a compilation featuring many of the incredible Japanese artists that Blackman fell in love with while living in Tokyo. Most of these artists work in a rarefied world of wide-eyed, folky psych-pop. Songs For Nao includes new tracks by Maher Shalal Hash Baz, Nagisa Ni Te, Tenniscoats, Kazumi Nikaidoh, Yumbo, Andersens, My Pal Foot Foot, Pervenche and more. Songs For Nao is a taste of an incredible music scene. Isolated from the music industry at large, these artists create genuinely inspired music, fresh even to the ears of the most conditioned music-geek. The release is accompanied by a full colour, 16-page booklet featuring extensive liner notes on each band, and beautiful photos by Eigo Shimojo (a member of Eepil Eepil, one of the bands on the compilation).
ChapterMusic-46
CD
$13.00

Various
Springs, Re:Makes and Mixes Of RF
PS, US Electronica / Ambient / Dream Pop. RF is the musical moniker of Ryan Francesconi (b.1974 San Francisco), a multi-instrumentalist, media artist, and programmer in California. In his music, Francesconi blends organic instrumentation (voice, guitars, strings, horns, field recordings) with subtle glitchwork, pop sensibilities and his own software. The result is an intricate lattice where each sound, be it from a plucked string or a click of the mouse, is carefully and thoughtfully placed. RF's 3rd release, "Views of Distant Towns", was released on the Tokyo based Plop label in March 2006. In addition to performing and recording he is also the co-director of the San Francisco based Odd Shaped Case label (oddshapedcase.com) and the owner and lead developer for the sound software company, Spongefork (spongefork.com).
OddShapedCase-2002-2
CD
$13.50

Venus
#29 Fall 2006
PS, US ANNA SUI on cover. Ode to SLEATER-KINNEY, features on ERASE ERRATA, THE THERMALS, FREDDY RODRIGUEZ, MY BRIGHTEST DIAMOND, FRANCESCA LIA BLOCK, girls w/ guns, cooking w/ the Ditty Bops, record shopping w/ Puffy Amiyumi, + more.
Venus-29
ZINE
$4.50

Whitmore, William E.
Song of the Blackbird
PS, US The crowning jewel of the Southern Records trilogy. Haunting songs of love and loss, life and death.
Southern-281302
CD
$13.00

Whitmore, William E.
Song of the Blackbird
PS, US Vinyl version includes an amazing 32 page book of Will's lyrics from all three of his Southern albums.
Southern-281392
LP
$13.00

Forthcoming Releases

1090 Club
Shipwrecked on Shores (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Billings, Montana indie rockers who wrangled Steve Fisk (NIRVANA, SOUNDGARDEN, MINUS THE BEAR) & Alex Newport (MARS VOLTA, AT THE DRIVE-IN) to twist their knobs. Guitar & drums joined by piano & violin behind male & female vocals. Indie rock meets pop in a Flaming Lips, Bright Eyes, Modest Mouse sorta way.
SideCho-1025
CD
$14.75

Aberdeen
What Do I Wish For Now? Singles + Extras 1994-2004 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT. 17TH)
PS, UK 19 tracks. LTM are pleased to present the first ever singles compilation by cult Californian indiepop combo Aberdeen, the Sarah Records signing featuring Beth Arzy (of Trembling Blue Stars) and John Girgus (Languis). What Do I Wish For Now? is a 69 minute, 19 track collection featuring all tracks from their five singles on Sarah Records and Tremelo Arm Users Club released between 1994 and 2004, as well as three extra tracks from rare compilation albums. The booklet also features a detailed band history and a wealth of rare images. Standout tracks include Super Sunny Summer, Sink or Float and the Boy Has Gone Away. Also included are covers of songs by The Field Mice and Biff Bang Pow. Band history: Aberdeen formed in California in 1994, and released their first two eps (Byron, Fireworks) on cult UK indie Sarah Records as a three piece. After a four-year hiatus, John and Beth regrouped in 2000 to record three further singles (Sink or Float, The Boy Has Gone Away, Florida) and their sole album to date, Homesick & Happy to Be Here (2002). Their music appeared in several editions of Buffy the Vampire Slayer, in which the band themselves appeared in Season 7.
LTM-2466
CD
$16.00

Action Suits
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Legendary mid-90's Seattle bubblegum pop band who came to be known as "The Kings of Pussy Rock" & featured PETER BAGGE (HATE comics) on drums. Catchy & melodious Beatles influenced guitar pop rock. Almost famous. Almost signed to SubPop. Counted Mudhoney, Posies & Fallouts as fans. And never released an album! Now 10 years later this disc incl. their 7 songs from singles plus 5 NEWLY RECORDED songs & a 16pp booklet. All songs produced by SUPERSTAR STEVE FISK.
Presspop-004
CD
$12.50

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

Alexander, Cole & Bradford Cox
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Cole Alexander of BLACK LIPS & Bradford Cox of DEERHUNTER have teamed up for what is perhaps one of Atlanta's longest-awaited releases in recent history. With such a large catalog of inspired material, what was originally conceived as a split 7", found its way to the exquisite 10" form (though it could have been a double-LP) & with every additional minute layers upon layers of complexity are added to the perception of these esteemed figures of modern music. LIMITED to 500.
Rob'sHouse-20
10
$11.00

Another Electronic Musician
Patience (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Another Electronic Musician follows up last years 'Use' (n5MD) with his sophomore outing 'Patience.' Never one to rest on his laurels or repeat himself, Jase Rex (Another Electronic Musician) has pushed beyond 'Use' to a place where the breadth of his sound has eclipsed expectations for an artists second full-length. Previous comparisons to Pole and Lusine are still present, but only in the very ends of their reverberation. "Patience" is a very dense album, culled from 36 original tracks, 10 of which where destroyed to create 'Patience's seamless journey. While still being playable track by track the album starts with the positive urban ambiance of "Waking at Noon" and ends with the intense hornet's swarm of "Pay," 'Patience' delivers exceptional forward movement without the use of overtly propelling beats or bass lines. Something akin to standing still as urban inhabitants pass you by at hyper-speed. 'Patience' is equally blurry and defined, if you utilize its virtues you will be rewarded by the vast spaces between.
n5Md-140
CD
$13.00

Asteroid #4
An Amazing Dream (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Celebrates their tenth year in existence. It promises to evoke all of the group's previous recordings, especially the psychedelic & space rock ambitions they are best known for. This is number 4 for the number 4 and again, a new course. Only this time it's slightly more familiar.
RainbowQuartz-131
CD
$14.75

Basement Jaxx
Crazy Itch Radio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
XL
DLP
$19.00

Basement Jaxx
Crazy Itch Radio (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US This album swerves from the all-out drama on the operatic "Intro" straight into the jet-packed kaleidoscopic pop of "Hush Boy". Next is "Take Me Back To Your House", a sexy, energetic moment of what they call "banjo house". Then there's Balkan folk woven into vocals from Swedish pop sensation Robyn on "Hey You", a hyper grime tune called "Run 4 Cover", and a Wil Malone-scored beauty with legendary British singer Linda Lewis called "Lights Go Down". A little special treat is tucked away at the end. "Think Daft Punk with soul, or Fatboy Slim with sophistication, or early eighties Prince let loose on late-nineties technology" - Rolling Stone.
XL
CD
$16.00

Benni Hemm Hemm
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Debut album that was awarded Best Album at the Icelandic Music Awards reissued on Morr Music's small, curious sister which is still bigger than the original label, Smákökurnar, upon which it debuted. Guitars, glockenspiel & horns surround an album of energy, lust & sometimes humor. "Evokes both the ragged glories of Broken Social Scene & the sunshine prospect of Brian Wilson."-Rollingstone.com
Soundof-002
CD
$18.25

Bettie Serveert
Bare Stripped Naked (CD + DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US "Bare Stripped Naked" has the band back to their basics best. Stripped down electric songs w/Peter Visser's guitar work driving things forward & Carol van Dyk's unmistakable vocals rich in indelible imagery. 12 new tracks likely to find their way in front of millions. As a treat for fans new & old, this CD contains a loaded bonus DVD w/concert footage, making of the album, road films, a photo gallery & more. DVD region = 1
MintyFresh-70
CD/DVD
$15.00

Blowoff
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
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

Bonnie Prince BIlly
Letting Go (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION.
DragCity-420
LP
$14.50

Bonnie Prince BIlly
Letting Go DVD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Also available in a 5.1 DVD Version.
DragCity-420.5
DVD
$15.00

Books
Lost and Safe (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, GERMANY REPRESS Limited vinyl pressing in gatefold sleeve.
Tomlab-050
LP
$14.25

Boris
Vein (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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 -75
LP
$36.00

Bound Stems
Appreciation Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US The anchor of the album is their hometown of Chicago, where the din of the elevated train, clattering turnstiles, late night house parties, intimate conversations & the soft crunch of winter's snow are layered throughout the 15 track sequence. The songs themselves, arranged with the intricate precision of a timepiece, are filled with rhythm patterns mirroring youth's reckless abandon, dissonant guitar washes & warm keyboards, all of which build to crescendos of dizzying heights. The narrative threads, coming-of-age vignettes interwoven with historical references from the Civil War to present day, are delivered in a patchwork of vocal melodies that are as memorable as any instrumentation on the album.
Flameshovel-037
CD
$12.75

Byrds
There Is a Season Box (4 x CD + DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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
$51.10

Cage, John
Sonatas & Interludes for Prepared Piano (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US This vintage recording dates from the early 50s when nothing like it had ever been heard before & is the perfect introduction to Cage. This is the first recording of this work, played by the Armenian pianist Maro Ajemian over 50 years ago, when the music was new & shocking.
ElRecords-088
CD
$20.75

Califone
Everybody's Mother V. 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US RESTOCK of briskly selling limited collection of rare live recordings, radio performances & unreleased studio music incl. works from some of their best known numbers to pure improv. Comes in hand painted chipboard covers. Limited pressing, hand made by Tim Ruttili.
Perishable-01
CD
$14.00

Camera Obscura
Let's Get Out of this Country (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, SPAIN VINYL VERSION!!!
Elefant-250
45
$6.25

Camera Obscura
Let's Get Out of this Country (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, SPAIN Camera Obscura new single with exclusive B-sides. Having just finished the UK tour, and ready to tour the USA during all the month of July, CAMERA OBSCURA are more active than ever after the release of "Let's get out of this country", their third album. And out of their country they will go, because this summer they're booked in some festivals, like Emmaboda in Sweden or Belladrum and Summer Sundae in the UK, as well as a short German tour and two shows in Spain in September (in Madrid and at the Lemon Pop festival in Murcia). Besides all this, we are glad to announce the forthcoming release (in September) of a new single taken from the album after that glorious "Lloyd, I'm ready to be heartbroken": this time, the chosen track from the album is the title track, "Let's get out of this country". As usual, the B-sides in both formats of the single (CD-single and limited edition 7") will be previously unreleased songs: except for the song on the B-side of the 7", which is the cover version of Sheena Easton's "Modern girl" the band recorded for the 80's covers album that went along with the latest issue of Q Magazine. The CD-single, then, will feature apart from the title track other two previously unreleased pop gems: "Lemon juice and paper cuts", and "Return to send her".
Elefant-364
CD5
$7.00

Canada
This Cursed House (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Debut from 7 southern Michiganders with an obviously envious eye to the north. Recorded in the dark of winter on a sound board originally built & used in the early 80's to mix portions of the 2nd & 3rd installments of the Star Wars trilogy comes an unexpectedly warm record of art-folk arrangements featuring dual cellists, melodica, shout & response vocals, glockenspiel & Rhodes piano.
QuiteScientific-004
CD
$12.75

Capitol Years
Dance Away the Terror (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US With collective backgrounds in noiserock as well as Beatles-esque pop, this full-band incarnation immediately generated a buzz in Philadelphia's growing music scene. Continued touring & television appearances, as well as a handpicked opening slot for The Pixies' first show in twelve years, have helped generate a significant buzz. This new album is a return to the home studio, fully encapsulating both the lo-fi studio nerds & the roaring, high-flying & harmonizing rock 'n' roll band.
ParktheVan-08
CD
$15.00

Cardigans
Super Extra Gravity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Sixth album from Swedish pop geniuses is an unruly & spectacular beast.
Nettwerk-06700-30619-2
CD
$15.00

Carter, Christina
Electrice (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US She approached this album w/ the specific idea of recording all the songs in the same key & using the same guitar tuning. While some would be hampered by such self imposed constriants, she uses it to her advantage by exploring seemingly innumerable ways to twist & turn the same basic notes into new shapes, creating just as much a mood as a song cycle.
Kranky-103
CD
$13.75

Catfish Haven
Tell Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US After releasing the critically acclaimed EP "Please Come Back" early in 2006, CATFISH HAVEN return more focused and more determined than ever to win your heart. You see with "Tell Me," their debut full length on SECRETLY CANADIAN, these three raw dogs named for singer GEORGE HUNTER'S childhood trailer park home have crafted one hell of a break-up record. Love is a confusing thing and it always leaves the mind with more questions than answers. Who is this woman that left Hunter so broken that he was inspired to pen ten soulful odes to this traumatizing break-up? Who dumped who? Will Hunter ever win her back? It's hard to tell as Tell Me captures the confusion, denial, sleepless nights, and the desperate pleas for love that can only be felt when the mind gives up control to the heart. Like OTIS sweating out "Pain In My Heart" or MARVIN begging "Please Stay", Catfish Haven are amongst few bands that can command a stage; keep a crowd up with a high energy live performance and still deliver such heartache. With the addition of smooth horn arrangements and even smoother back up vocals, "Tell Me," is the realization of what a heartbroken boy can do when given a little time and recording studio full of toys. GRAEME GIBSON was in charge of capturing all of this onto tape at Clava Studio in Chicago, Illinois, the city the band calls home.
SecretlyCanadian-138
CD
$12.75

Catfish Haven
Tell Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SecretlyCanadian-138
LP
$11.25

Changes
Today is Tonight (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Channel
Tales from the Two Hill Heart & Sibylline Machine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Double CD consists of two distinct collections of songs. The first disk is more introspective & lyrically complex. The second shows the more pop-oriented side of the band, providing tantalizing hooks & melodies. "...four and five part harmonies & western tones blend seamlessly with a delightful flavor of '60s psychedelic pop in a particularly original way... taken as a complete musical endeavor, opens its rich sonic palate a little bit wider with each subsequent listen." -Treble Zine
C-Side-004
DCD
$16.00

Coach Fingers
No Flies On Frank (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US COACH FINGERS is serious about having fun and with the debut long player "No Flies on Frank," no one is spared from the plentiful good vibes Frank has to offer. Packed with more hooks than a ship crowded with one armed pirates, "No Flies on Frank" is a meaty affair of giddy but bearded late 60s / early 70s outlaw boogie rock & roll prominently featuring three members of the new york free noise whatsit collective THE NO NECK BLUES BAND - Coach JASON MEAGHER, DAVE NUSS & DAVE SHUFORD - along with Meagher's brother Sean on Keys and - future guitar god worshippers take note - the Coach's secret weapon, master shredder GEORGE DEVOE. So come on, friends, it's time to join the Fingers friends & family in the Beaujolais Revolution; take a sip from a glass full of RONNIE LANE'S boozy rock, the charming laissez-faire balladry of KEVIN AYERS (circa "Joy of a Toy" & "Whatevershebringswesing") & a whole lot of crazy fun.
Locust-083
LP
$12.75

Coach Fingers
No Flies On Frank (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Packed w/ more hooks than a ship crowded w/ one armed pirates, this is a meaty affair of giddy but bearded late 60s/early 70s outlaw boogie rock & roll prominently feat. 3 members of the new york free noise whatsit collective The NO NECK BLUES BAND. So come on, friends, it's time to join the Fingers friends & family in the Beaujolais Revolution; take a sip from a glass full of Ronnie Lane's boozy rock, the charming laissez-faire balladry of Kevin Ayers& a gulp a whole lot of crazy fun.
Locust-083
CD
$12.75

Copper Press
#28 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Includes pieces on Tortoise, Band of Horses, Built to Spill, Mudhoney, Maritime, Two Gallants, Witch, Yakuza, Talkdemonic, Can, Dirty on Purpose, The Gathering, Christian Kiefer, Venice is Sinking, Spirit of the Stairs, Mia Doi Todd, artist James Wolanin, artist Mark Price, photographer Beth Herzhaft, The Abner Trio, AM Syndicate & more
CopperPress-28
ZINE/CD
$7.00

Dame Darcy
Deluxe Box Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, JAPAN Welcome to the world of Neo-Victorian Gothic Queen Dame Darcy. Her first collection of movies on DVD & a new picture book of dolls, both packaged in a fancy plastic case as only the Japanese can do. Incl. the DVD "Hi-Jinx," a peek into the most creative, deranged & surreal landscapes of the neo-Victorian & gothic queen of our time. Incl. the feature film "Gasoline," live action, animation, interior design, interview & more. The picture book "Dollerium" is full of bad dolls, arson, witches, DWI, black magic & poison pills.
Presspop-003
BOOK/DVD
$33.00

David & the Citizens
Are You In My Blood (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT 12TH)
PS, SWEDEN New EP features 4 exclusive b-sides. IT'S A TRAP! REVIEW: "We Citizens fans now have an idea on what the band had been up to since "Until the sadness is gone"; and if you're familiar with the track "Big chill," this is not too dissimilar. More of a distorted raw tone all around, yet keeping the level aesthetics we have all grown to love and a minimal-yet-fleshed-out sound. The closer, "Sometimes forever" is one of the prettiest songs David Fridlund has written. He and The Citizens shine so brightly on this EP, they are a band that should never be eclipsed. I'll call this another triumph for the band and I cannot wait for the new full-length." (Matt Giordano)
BadTaste
CD5
$6.25

David & the Citizens
Stop the Tape! Stop the Tape! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPT 12TH)
PS, SWEDEN New 2006 album from esteemed Swedish outfit, now signed to Bad Taste Records. Dazzling guitar-pop fueled by an earnestness, integrity and level of heartbreak that few bands can match. David & The Citizens factor in an honesty and desperate melancholy courtesy frontman David Fridlund's forthright vocals and a Morrissey & Marr-like brilliance amid your more-or-less standard pop band instrumentation. Recommended to fans of Bright Eyes, Mull Historical Society, Belle & Sebastian, The Bear Quartet, Pulp, and The Smiths. "Think Belle & Sebastian by way of Starsailor with a hint of The Divine Comedy or Ben Folds thrown in for good measure" (UKMS)<br>
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< a href="/labels/hiddenagenda/aha075.asp">Check out D&TC mainman David Fridlund's acclaimed solo album released in 2005 on Hidden Agenda.</a>
BadTaste-102
CD
$12.00

Dawnwind
Looking Back On The Future (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US UK-based Jon Harflett & John Perkins began playing together in '67, but this beautifully melodic & intimate (their sole) album, didn't appear until '75. Though critically praised, it was only issued as a private pressing & was thus condemned to obscurity until its legend began to grow through collectors & bootleggers. This is its first official issue, & comes complete w/ rare photographs, bonus tracks & detailed liner notes by the duo, making it an essential purchase for all lovers of acid folk.
Sunbeam-5022
CD
$18.00

Dead Meadow
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US They are the reason for the resurgence of heavy, psychedelic rock. Now, DM are reaching out from the undergroud with their Les Paul guitars to deliver their once out-of-print first album in a newly remixed & remastered form. The catalog revisit of this seminal guitar-driven band forces us to connect the dots of recent musical history. Bonus material, including a secret extra track.
Xemu-1013
CD
$13.75

Destruction Unit
Death to the Old Flesh (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
PS, US
Empty-416
LP
$13.00

Destruction Unit
Death to the Old Flesh (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
PS, US Out-of-control beat with electronic keys, a deafening guitar & damaged vocals that wants you dead.
Empty-416
CD
$13.00

Detrius
Thresholds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, GERMANY One hard step forward: "Thresholds", a prolongation of Detritus's second full length album (the acclaimed "Origin"), sees David Dando-Moore contract his beats and infusing his tracks with newly found, harder and drier sounds. Crystal-clear, melodic and dynamic, Detritus's sound widens again with "Thresholds", mixing ardour and melancholy as never before. "Thresholds" is a CD that Detritus had to write before being able to move on to new grounds. A prolongation of the acclaimed full-length "Origin", it dots the i on this artist's skills, and anticipate Detritus's changes in the future.
AdNoiseam-65
CD
$9.75

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

Dirty Projectors
New Attitude (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Refreshingly pared-down record: simple, beautiful & focused. Dominated by the sound of chiming microtonal guitars, sub-bass dragon breaths, a sextet of cellos & double-basses & Longstreth's singing, which has never been so varied or so wonderfully weird.
Marriage-029
CD
$17.25

DJ Shadow
The Outsider (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US A record that will confound those who believed they had Shadow pigeonholed. Working with several different vocalists, in styles spanning everything from hyphy, the Bay Area's newest hip hop hybrid, to folk; from aggressive hardcore rock to left-field alternative dance music, the album is an almost schizophrenic collection from an artist to whom loving music and making music are just two sides of the same coin. Features: Artifact (Instrumental), a relic of Shadow's work on an abandoned solo LP by former Rage Against The Machine front man Zack De La Rocha."3 Freaks",which features the hyphy emcees Keak DaSneak and Turf Talk,was the impetuous, inspired result of Shadow's love-at-first-listen affair with the Bay's answer to crunk. "Seein' Thangs", featuring Mississippi's finest, David Banner, Kasabian's Sergio Pizzorno and Christopher Karloff were introduced to Shadow by his engineer, and "TheTiger"was the standout result. Even Bay Area icon E-40 is in there, rapping about "the legendary DJ Shadow." Hip Hop Legend Q-Tip and Lateef The Truth Speaker are featured on the single "ENUFF" with UK crooner "Chris James" featured on the first single "You Made It."
Universal-7443-02
CD
$13.00

Dr. Dog
Takers & Leavers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US A dramatic step up in terms of production & fidelity for the Philly based group. Although Dr. Dog has as many as twenty honorary "members" who have assisted in various capacities throughout the years, the core of the collective consists of five musicians all from various musical backgrounds. Imagine the Beach Boys, The Beatles, Tom Waits, David Bowie & Neil Young as acknowledged influences that have been interpreted through the eyes of Pavement, Palace Brothers, R. Stevie Moore, or Roy Wood. Still with us?
ParktheVan-09
CD
$11.75

Egan, Bob
The Glorious Decline (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Americana steel guitarist has played with Wilco, Freakwater, Blue Rodeo, Billy Bragg, Neko Case, Cowboy Junkies, Sadies, Jason Collette and more. His 3rd solo record started out as an ambient pedal steel instrumental record and ended up 18 months later a nine song lush soundscape of confessional lament inspired by the flow and structure of classical music using textured pedal steel, classical piano & vibes. Beautiful.
GarCorp-01
CD
$13.75

El Hijo
Canciones Gringas (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, SPAIN Cover versions tend to be based on someone else's work with the aim to present a more defined image of the interpreter. Ignoring the continuous attempts to underrate this form throughout rock's history, covers have assured their survival mainly thanks to the evolution of the interpreter's role, who rereads and remodels the original to serve their own understanding and diagnosis. Through a process of personalization which reinforces El Hijo's identity, Abel Hernandez (ex-singer of Migala, one of the best Spanish independent bands of all times) has managed to modulate his voice in the four cover versions found in this second release, overtly called Canciones Gringas (Gringo songs). It follows the first EP La piel del oso (Acuarela 2005) in which Abel Hernandez went back to the studio after Migala's amicable demise. Although both title and song selection show manifest reverence to certain musicians and models of North American rooted folk-rock highlighting the penetrating vision that El Hijo's music represents, the value of these four songs is intimately bound to the exhilarating narration/interpretation game and the final result is as complimentary as it is renovative.
Acuarela-060
CD
$9.00

Electro Quarterstaff
Gretzky (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Ellis, Noel
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US
LightInTheAttic-20
LP
$16.00

Ellis, Noel
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US First time on CD! Ultra rare debut from Alton Ellis' gifted son. Recorded in Toronto in 1979 by studio wizard Jerry Brown. Feature six dubloved, heavy yet ethereal tracks with contributions from OG reggae maestros Jackie Mittoo, Willi Williams & Johnny Osbourne. Tasteful keys, varied percussion, essential echo, conquering dub changeovers & impeccable mic control gave an otherworldly twist to the drum & bass sound.
LightInTheAttic-020
CD
$13.75

Ensemble
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
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
$14.50

Envy
Insomniac Doze (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US The year is 1991. The line between alternative and mainstream culture in America is irreparably blurred, just as a group of Japanese teenagers form an uncompromising thrash band half a world away, spitting 2-minute blasts of indecipherable terror for anyone that can stand the physical and emotional damage it willfully inflicts. Fast-forward fifteen years: Punk's corpse has been cannibalized to the bone and ENVY has irreparably blurred the lines dividing the various factions of hardcore. Still terrifyingly sincere, their songs are now life-affirming, triumphant portraits for anyone strong-willed enough to withstand the emotional epiphanies they inspire.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-112
CD
$12.75

Envy
Insomniac Doze (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-112
DLP
$13.50

Ettes
Shake the Dust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, UK
SFTRI-779
LP
$10.75

Ettes
Shake the Dust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US They are demanding, they are sexy, they are manipulative, they are raw. This is fused with early punk & beat bands such as The Stooges, The Beatles & The Rolling Stones along w/ 60's melodic country acts such as Patsy Cline & Nancy Sinatra.
SFTRI-779
CD
$13.75

Falcon, The
Unicornography (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
PS, US
RedScare-109
LP
$11.75

Ferrari, Luc
Far-West News(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Constructed from field recordings, narration, & overlaid electronic-music fragments. The electronic interruptions read as representations of musical accompaniment: herky-jerky musical phrases are slathered ex post facto atop the sounds of a foundry, a Garth Brooks-ish singer-songwriter, a walk in Death Valley. These David Lynchian sonic interruptions of the everyday have a found-object quality that's central here It's an utterly unexpected & utterly gorgeous bliss-out & is laden w/ surprises.
BlueChopsticks-16
CD
$14.50

Finn's Motel
Escape Velocity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Brilliant unconventional power pop from JOE THEBEAU along with some current members of PRISONSHAKE. Think Cheap Trick or Replacements.
Scat -75
CD
$14.50

Foster, Josephine
A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Now on 180 gram audiophile vinyl. STRICTLY LIMITED to 500 copies worldwide!
Over the course of just a few years, JOSEPHINE FOSTER has captivated audiences & critics alike through a magnetic patchwork of recordings ranging from broken spirited balladry (BORN HELLER), firey psych rock gestalt (All the Leaves are Gone) to the voice of an outsider folk siren (Hazel Eyes, I will Lead You). The two constants are the utterly overwhelming strength and seductive unease of her voice & the bravery of her iconocalstic spirit. For anyone else, what lies inside her latest offering, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing," might be a freakish turn but for Josephine Foster this is a grand part of a continual movement. And so it goes, "A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing" is a deeply absorbing, magical reconstruction of 19th century miniature German art song - the intimate sibling to operatic arias customarily performed in the parlor. The album floats in a wash of blissed out voice and electric guitar in an almost dreamlike fashion through a salon of her own invention. In a music where sacred cows roam the pastures a plenty, Foster pays tribute - on her own terms - and in the process makes a case for German as a new found romance language.
Locust-079
LP
$17.00

Fourcolor
Letter of Sounds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Freescha
Head Warlock Double Stare (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Attacknine Records is proud to present Freescha's long awaited follow up to "What's Come Inside of You". Somewhere deep inside the tape machine, when we think we're finally asleep, the amusement park becomes a rock 'n' roll fright mare, and the barbarian rules the bailiwick. Will you be able to yoke the scepter of your glam-box in order to save the opera from Sawlord? Or will the nether-realm be forever engulfed by the shadow-cast, leaving only a bloody slub in its wake? The answer will be found in the runes. And the wizard crystals. And your lube. "HEAD WARLOCK DOUBLE STARE. Twenty four tracks that take you deeper into the darkness of Freeschaland, dripping with fuzzy Phantom pop, bent pianos, and warping synths. There's someone staring at you in the dark. For fans of; lasers, roller skates, cob webs, magic, armor, dance machines, wizard crystals, lube, Tones on Tail, slasher films, jet cycles, and Yor. Freescha (Pronounced freesha). is the creative pairing & friendship of the San Fernando Valley born Nick Huntington and Michael McGroarty. Their California-brand of organic electronic songs are observed and enjoyed by fans the world over, as well as by other music figures such as; Two Lone Swordsmen, Casino Versus Japan, Manual, Hermann & Klein, and Marumari. Freescha recently completed a cover of the song "Spiders" for Moby. They are scoring the music for the art-house horror film "Zero Dark Thirty", for a 2007 Theatrical release. Freescha was asked to cowrite a song with the synth-pop band Stefy, whose debut album on Wind Up Records will be released in August 2006. And finally, Freescha was asked to collaborate with the very talented pop-songstress Sia for her next record. "A ghostly, timeless, parallell, otherworldlyness pervades every track taking it way beyond mere zeros and ones. File under church music from distant galaxies" -Andrew Weatherall (Two Lones Swordsmen, WARP) "I swear I've listened to those Freescha cd's more than any other cd's in the last 6 months. They're so great. I love them." -Moby "... misters Huntington and McGroarty lost the map a while ago, but they've since killed the headlights and let go of the wheel, letting the logic of the lost highway guide them, at least until daybreak." -viet-nambla
Attack-9
CD
$13.50

Gants
Introducing The Gants (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
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

God Is An Astronaut
All Is Violent, All Is Bright (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Golden Bear
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US This musical bombast doesn't require a second or third listen before it sinks in. It's melodious roar accompanied by big guitars & bigger drums will take no time to inspire even the most jaded listener to join in this frenzied festival of triumphant jubilation & optimistic anthems. Features contributions from members of fellow Austin bands Voxtrot, Black Angels & Tia Carrera. "An exultant pop sound seemingly too big for a debut record" -Austin Independent.
C-Side-003
CD
$12.00

Great Lakes
Diamond Times (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US GREAT LAKES formed around the songs of DAN DONAHUE and BEN CRUM in Athens, Georgia in 1996, but are currently based in Brooklyn. Their history goes back to 1990 when Dan and Ben, high school friends, started writing songs together, and soon after, met JAMEY HUGGINS, with whom they quickly bonded. The three eventually moved to Athens, where they put a band together and began playing live. With their third full-length album, "Diamond Times," the band's intention was to make an engaging, varied, and solid record; and to capture the organic feel and sound of a band playing together. That they've progressed and evolved as songwriters and musicians is immediately evident, as it's lyrically more direct and something of a new sound for them. The songs range in style from the synth-heavy and seemingly New Wave-influenced "Farther," to the saxophone-driven rock and roll of "Hot Cosmos," and on to the fiddle and steel guitar-oriented country sound of "Night Hearts" and "The Moon and the Lunatics." It all still sounds like Great Lakes, but they're into new territory here, and sounding better than ever.
EmpyreanRecords-017
CD
$12.75

Grouper
Wide (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Sophomore release from neo-ambient noise composer LIZ HARRIS. This time around Harris adds a little more structure to the unsettling ambience that dazzled on 2005's "Way Their Crept." These compositions are more song-oriented and the spacey drones are beefed up with even more swirling layers of tape hiss, sputtering static and Harris's ghost like vocals.
FreePorcupine-017
CD
$16.25

Haines, Emily
Knives Don't Have Your Back (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
PS, US Frontwoman for METRIC on her debut solo album, illustrates her more introspective, personal body of work.
LastGang-932
CD
$14.00

Heavens
Patent Pending (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Fans of Matt Skiba's other band, Alkaline Trio, are already spreading the word about Heavens. Mining that rich, dark vein of 1980's songwriting that's suddenly back on the radio with a vengeance, this debut allows Skiba to explore a different side of his songwriting, calling upon the influence of the Sisters Of Mercy rather than the Ramones or Misfits as with Alkaline Trio. His lyrics are as beautiful as they are eerie, his vocal melodies at once darkly hypnotic and intensely catchy, while collaborator Josiah Steinbrick builds great minimalist guitar parts in the tradition of Wire and New Order. Producer Ben Lovett adds ambient backdrops and lush string arrangements, making the whole a beautiful decaying masterpiece, catchy enough to bring Alkaline Trio's legions along for the ride, darkly angular enough to intrigue fans of Interpol.
Epitaph
CD
$13.75

Helen Love
Junk Shop Discotheque (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, SPAIN VINYL VERSION!!!
Elefant-249
45
$6.25

Helen Love
Junk Shop Discotheque (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, SPAIN At least we can see fulfilled one of our dreams: releasing an exclusive HELEN LOVE single on Elefant Records. They are one of the bands who have better used the pop aesthetics and the fascination we all have for the colourful icons in pop culture, and we love them for that. We love them since they came out more than ten years ago, when the riot grrrl sound was going on strong, with their first single and their tributes to Joey Ramone. The three girls from Swansea (lead by Helen herself, of course) were going to split up after they released the first single, but here they are (around twenty singles and four albums later), turned into one of the sensations of the international underground punk-pop scene. Purveyors of catchy melodic candies, exploding disco-indie-punk cut'n'paste, HELEN LOVE have been favourites of John Peel and Joey Ramone (who even invited them to play in New York, and to sing with him on one of his solo albums), their songs have been covered by ASH (they have even played with Tim Wheeler on aPeel Session) and they've been supported since they started by Everett True (Melody Maker, CTCL, Plan B). We are now sealing this relationship with a single in two formats: CD-single and 7" vinyl (pop music's own format); both in limited editions and luxury packagings (CD on digipack and pink coloured vinyl). HELEN LOVE have come up with three wonderful songs for this single: infectious bubblegum-pop for fun and all-night dancing. "Junk shop discotheque" is a glam-rock, punk-pop bomb with a disco flavour and vocoder vocals (with echoes of Suzi Quatro, DENIM and LA CASA AZUL), which will fill up dancefloors all over the globe. Even more frantic dancing is found on the remix of "Debbie loves Joey" (a love story between Debbie Harry and Joey Ramone, the original version of which appeared on the "The bubblegumkillers" EP, which was released on American label Sympathy For The Record Industry), whilst "Shut your mouth", the third song that completes this fantastic single, is a powerful melodic, guitar-pop pill. The cover on the single is by Punk Boy Jamie (who is usually behind the band's characteristic and immediately recognisable artwork, and their website, too), and the three songs have been mastered by Xavier Alarcón to guarantee you the best possible sound.
Elefant-363
CD5
$7.50

Hella
Acoustics (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Now, as if asking themselves what they could do next, Hella releases a collection of previously released songs mostly from "The Devil Isn't Red" & "Hold Your Horse Is" w/ a new, stripped down & beautiful take on their already magical songs.
5RueChristine-074
CD5
$8.00

Hello Saferide
Would you let me play this EP ten times a day? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 20TH)
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

Hellsongs
Lounge EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, SWEDEN Metal classics done in a gentle folksy misty-mountain flower-power lounge-pop fashion by this acoustic Swedish trio: vocalist Harriet Ohlsson and guitarists Kalle Karlsson and Johan Bringhed. Dreamy, sometimes haunting versions of classic metal songs by Iggy & The Stooges, Black Sabbath, Iron Maiden, Judas Priest, Van Halen, and Motorhead.
Lovely-001
CD5
$7.75

Herbert, Chris
Mezzotint (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US A collection of digital, textured pieces assembled through the extensive manipulation of found sounds & environmental sources. A spontaneous, embracing mystery of faraway broadcasts & the internal experience; a clouded, busy music of vertical activity & blended, indistinct color as opposed to narrative uni-direction. His signature swampy, gaseous & even dirty, crumpled sound is a welcome contrast to the clean, edgeless granular cloud aesthetic
employed by an increasing number of artists.
Kranky-101
CD
$13.75

Hold Steady
Boys & Girls in America (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Howling Hex
Nightclub Version Of the Eternal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US This builds, builds & builds in the manner of their live shows seen across America funking on & on with a collective abandon, while dispensing information with g-g-generous style. Their wide net of sound this time around shows the influence of Wolf Parade, Fela & White Stripes.
DragCity-320
CD
$14.50

I´m from Barcelona
Let Me Introduce My Friends (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, SWEDEN Massively hyped Swedish act's debut full-length. Like a Swedish Polyphonic Spree: giddy pop and singalong harmonies, IFB has 29 members and you hear every one! Not sure if they wear robes. Pitchfork gave it an 8.4 score and their Best New Music tag: "It's a lie. This 29-member (!) collective actually hail from Sweden and balance a facility for hooks with the intimacy and joy found in much of the best indie pop. On debut full-length Let Me Introduce My Friends, I'm From Barcelona imagine grand indie pop symphonies, replacing the tape hiss and squeaky guitars of musical ancestors the Softies and Tullycraft with multi-part harmonies, strings, horns, banjo, accordion, and kazoos, all while still scaring off anybody who gets carsick from precious songs about chicken pox and tree houses."
Dolores
CD
$15.00

I´m from Barcelona
Let Me Introduce My Friends [Ltd Edition VINYL] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, SWEDEN Massively hyped 25 piece act from Sweden. Limited edition 500 copies vinyl with gatefold sleeve and one bonus track "The Painter". WE HAVE FIVE COPIES COMING, PRE-ORDER OR MISS OUT.
Dolores
LP
$17.75

I'm From Barcelona
Collection of Stamps [2-song CDSingle] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, SWEDEN "Collection of Stamps" b/w "Glasses".
Dolores
CD5
$3.25

Indian Jewelry
Invasive Exotics (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US "WE ARE LEGION!" At the core INDIAN JEWELRY is a foursome (TEX KERSCHEN, ERIKA THRASHER, RODNEY RODRIGUEZ, JIMI HEY), but on tour they are known to shape-shift and add new band members in various cities to alter the sound and context of the band. "Invasive Exotics" is a caption of both the founding fathers and the adjoining companions, the structure and the free form, the tidy and the messy. Renegades to traditional song structure, Indian Jewelry mix drum machine, noise, percussion, loops, dance beats, guitar, keyboards, and other sounds into an unpredictable mash of aural delights, drones, and melody. Already amassing a large following, Indian Jewelry is not interested in leading, but expanding our concept of song, and the way it is constructed and heard. Indian Jewelry is the secret that no one gives away.
Monitor-028
CD
$12.75

Jennings, Waylon
Nashville Rebel (CDX4) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY. 4 CD box set is a 92 track career spanning retrospective of the original outlaw country rebel. 5x10" embossed box w/lavishly illustrated 100pp book incl. essay from Lenny Kaye.
Legac-82796-89640-2
CD
$49.00

Joy Division
Under Review (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Kasabian
Empire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US With an opening track described by the band as "Marc Bolan smoking crack w/The Who" you can't go wrong.
RCA-82876-88323-2
CD
$13.00

Kill The Vultures
Moonshine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US The new single by Minneapolis's KILL THE VULTURES - "Moonshine" - is a scorching mix of raw blues, punk & hip hop featuring remixes on the flip by FOG (LEX, NINJA TUNE) & YEAH BIG (JIB DOOR).
Locust-201
12
$9.75

Koenjihyakkei
Viva Koenji!! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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-83
CD
$17.00

Ladyfinger (NE)
Heavy Hands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Last Days
Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Last Days' debut Sea brings to mind all those last moments of events in ones life. Moments which yield those confused emotions that endings and their subsequent beginnings bring. Sea has an implied lo-fi cinematic quality which makes it feel like the soundtrack to an old super-8 movie you may have stored in the attic, the only things missing are the musty smell of the cardboard box that the movies have been in all these years and the warm clatter of the old projector. The music on "Sea" is just that emotive, to conjure up such visual detail to how you are feeling. A slightly new direction for n5MD, Sea is neither strictly electronic nor acoustic. Last Day's utilizes both elements to conjure up a sound that is somewhat minimal yet musically rich, much like the more introspective moments of Port-Royal (Resonant) or Deaf Center (Type) 'Sea', is somewhat of a concept album about escaping modern life and all responsibilities that come with it. Based on mood and song titles "Sea" has a narrative running through it describing the foolish exploits of one disillusioned character as he recklessly travels north alone on a boat only to be lost, found and rescued but fearful that the urge to flee society and be alone again still remains. "Sea" is a beautiful, emotionally honest album that helps you remember all those last moments or even a way to escape them but if for a moment.
N5MD-141
CD
$13.00

Lauderdale, Jim
Country Super Hits Vol 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Features the perfect country choruses & fierce honky-tonkin' sound that first garnered him a loyal cult following in the 90s. His recordings for Warner Bros., Atlantic & RCA earned loads of critical acclaim and an enthusiastic fan base, but working with independent labels has given him the creative freedom to make music that stirs his passions. USA Today says when artists "want to get back to their roots, they often turn toward Jim Lauderdale, a singer/songwriter whose talent for lyrical & melodic twists is practically unparalleled in Nashville."
YepRoc-2136
CD
$12.75

Lauderdale, Jim
Bluegrass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Bluegrass, one of two brand new albums that Lauderdale will release simultaneously this year, features the solid pickin' & stark, honest songs that led to 2002's Grammy for Bluegrass Album of the Year for "Lost in the Lonesome Pines".
YepRoc-2137
CD
$12.75

Legends, The
Facts and Figures CD+DVD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, SWEDEN Limited edition CD+DVD version available at regular price while supplies last. "Facts and figures" is the sound of complete opposites coming together perfectly. The Legends combine the military precision of Kraftwerk and DAF with soft 60's style pop melodies; a hate of dance floors with dance music and perfectionism with the naive curiosity of a beginner. Over a classic album length of 10 songs and 34:45 minutes The Legends deliver an eclectic, still amazingly kept together piece of art. Sublime
Labrador-093
CD/DVD
$13.75

Low Lows
Fire on the Bright Sky (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Founded by P.L. NOON, ex-PARKER & LILY. Stark southern sweetness gives way unexpectedly to great storms of guitar noise, bright walls of country narcosis crumble into climatic, stomping feedback distortion. Pure melodic love songs abound, made all the sweeter by virtue of being hemmed in by such a stormy darkness.
Warm-117
CD
$12.50

Madrugada
The Nightly Disease (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, NORWAY With their second record, released in 2001, Norway's Madrugada eschews the epic bombast of their masterful debut, 'Industrial Silence', and instead finds discomfort in the bleakness and despair that is 'The Nightly Disease'. All Music Guide compares this to their debut sums it up perfectly: "The lyrics are more poetic, the songs are much more diverse, and the production is wonderfully dirty, giving the record a rather dangerous aura. It seems as if Madrugada has taken elements of the best bits from their past -- for example, the beautifully dark "A Deadend Mind" -- and combined them with a new rawness and energy found in "Nightly Disease Part Two," an intense, high-tempo song echoing depression. Like some of the best records ever made, it is not particularly accessible, but once you get into it, it is sure to make a lasting impression."
EMI-Norway
CD
$15.00

Madrugada
The Deep End (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, NORWAY 2005 studio album from Norwegian foursome Madrugada. All Music Guide: "The Deep End is majestic beast of a record, even by Madrugada's not-too-humble standards. This album, their fourth since their 1999 debut, managed to establish them as an award-winning, platinum-selling thinking man's arena rock band in their native Norway... Unike its predecessor, 2002's Grit, there are few in-your-face Stooges-style rock tunes on The Deep End, and all for the better, really. The sound is definitely bigger here than on any of their previous albums, with many of the songs featuring Hammond organ, Wurlitzer piano, and pedal steel guitars plus plenty of guitar tracks by the ever-solid guitar twanger Robert Burås. This is a fine record, a return to form of some sorts, and it could be viewed as a more accessible sibling of 2001's great The Nightly Disease or a successful update of their debut. It's hard to say, but it is definitely a great mix of Madrugada's finest qualities as a band: the darkly epic songs, the tastefully twangy guitar playing, and the commanding vocals of Sivert Høyem. It may well be their crowning moment."
EMI-Norway
CD
$15.00

Madrugada
Grit (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, NORWAY After the harrowing yet hypnotic depths of their second album 'The Nightly Disease' Madrugada set out to proof how hard they could rock once again. On 'Grit' (originally released in 2002) the band channels The Stooges and some of Scandinavia's most agressive garage bands. AMG: "Madrugada's third album in four years, Grit, starts off with a considerable swagger on two grimy rock numbers: "Bloot Shot Adult Commitment" and lead-off single "Ready." Sure, Madrugada's previous album, the dark The Nightly Disease, had its rockier moments, but nothing as in-your-face as this..."
EMI-Norway
CD
$15.00

Magnolia Electric Co.
Fading Trails (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Jason Molina has lived in nine different locations and has had a dozen different backing bands on record in as many different recording environments. "Fading Trails" was recorded in four different studios. The essence of these recordings was extracted to create one cohesive being and thus defines what Magnolia Electric Co. truly is - something that's hard to define. One head, multiple bodies - the opposite of a hydra head.
SecretlyCanadian-120
CD
$12.75

Magnolia Electric Co.
Fading Trails (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SecretlyCanadian-120
LP
$11.25

Mars Volta
Amputechture (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Brand new studio album w/over 75 minutes of new music & 16pp booklet. On tour w/ RHCP.
Universal-7214-02
CD
$13.00

Mars Volta
Amputechture (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US The third studio album from a band that needs no introduction. 8 tracks clock in at over 70 minutes. The recording is embellished with horns & percussion, using nearly a dozen players including John Frusciante, who appears on every track.
GSL-126
LP
$19.00

Mathhead
Dirty Deeds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, GERMANY After trashing dancefloors and soundsystems worldwide with extreme jungalist breakcore, Mathhead dives into the realms of dubstep/slowstep with his 12" Dirty Deeds. Dirty Deeds is filled with dark dubs, aggressive rhythms, and gritty synths that will further define the genre of dubstep in the United States and beyond. This 4 track 12" brings you a flavor of the New York City dub scene that promises to not disappoint.
AdNoiseam/Terminal Dusk-011
12
$13.50

Matranga, Jonah/Turner Frank
Split (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US This split 12 inch marks the first release of new material from Jonah Matranga since he shed the ONELINEDRAWING moniker, and is Frank's first release that is available outside the UK. On this release, Jonah & Frank pay homage to the songwriting tradition in which they follow & each borrow from. Look for a yankee's take on Billy Bragg's "A New England" and the Englishman's version of the American classic "You Are My Sunshine."
WelcomeHome-005
12
$8.25

Matthew, Eric
Foundation Sounds (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US ERIC MATTHEWS is back with his first proper full length since his two critically acclaimed Sub Pop releases, It's "Heavy in Here" (1995) and "Lateness of the Hour" (1997). On his latest full-length album, "Foundation Sounds," Matthews takes on the ambitious challenge of playing each instrument, as well as composing, recording, and producing each of the stunning 17 tracks. It's pure Eric Matthews at his very best!
EmpyreanRecords-015
CD
$12.75

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
$13.50

Miss Violetta Beauregarde
Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Self-produced and brimming with the kind of speaker-rattling bass that's best appreciated in three-wheel motion, MISS VIOLETTA BEAUREGARDE'S second album, "Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo" (a famous Latin phrase meaning I hate the common crowd and I spurn them) is an abstract force to behold. Constructed from fractured electronics, earth-shaking rhythms and throat-ripping screams, each song is a self-contained temper tantrum. And if you think this is damaged, you should see her bruised limbs after one of her infamous live shows. Never before has someone had so much fun being so pissed off. We affectionately refer to this as grind-hop; half Volkswagen Thing, half Cadillac Escalade.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-103
CD
$9.75

Miss Violetta Beauregarde
Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Self-produced and brimming with the kind of speaker-rattling bass that's best appreciated in three-wheel motion, MISS VIOLETTA BEAUREGARDE'S second album, "Odi Profanum Vulgus Et Arceo" (a famous Latin phrase meaning I hate the common crowd and I spurn them) is an abstract force to behold. Constructed from fractured electronics, earth-shaking rhythms and throat-ripping screams, each song is a self-contained temper tantrum. And if you think this is damaged, you should see her bruised limbs after one of her infamous live shows. Never before has someone had so much fun being so pissed off. We affectionately refer to this as grind-hop; half Volkswagen Thing, half Cadillac Escalade.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-103
LP
$8.25

Mono & World's End Girlfriend
Palmless Prayer / Mass Murder Refrain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US 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. A miniature panoramic view of the sea on an eerily still day, the current swaying at an impossibly lazy pace and the sound of a thousand tiny waves crashing all at once.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-108
CD
$12.75

Nardwuar The Human Serviette Vs. Bev Davies
A 2007 Punk Rock Calendar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, CANADA "The best photo taker in the whole world" Stiff Little Fingers There are few photographers in this wonderful world who have taken pictures of both '60s garage punk legends, The Barbarians and hardcore heroes, The Dead Kennedys. In fact, I challenge you to find one! And if you did, it would be Vancouver, BC Canada's Bev Davies. I first met Bev at Joey Shithead of D.O.A.'s annual "garage sale" where she was selling some of her photos on his lawn. As I gawked at her pointed portraits of The Pointed Sticks, The Slits, Black Flag and The Rolling Stones, fascinating tales of the punk and the nonpunk rawkin' variety soon emerged. From Bev's early years growing up in Toronto, Ontario, (I was astonished to find out that Bev almost went to California with Neil Young on his famous hearse ride to hell!) to her subsequent relocation to Vancouver, BC, where she basically, from the late '70s to mid-'80s, shot everything that moved, the stories she told were so cool! Whether joining D.O.A. on many of their ground-breaking tours, flying to US Festival, or talking to John Lennon on the phone, this had to be documented! Not that it hadn't: Bev worked for a few years at Vancouver, BC's news and entertainment weekly, Georgia Straight, and was a contributor to Slash, Damaged, and tons of other fanzines. Nevertheless, I craved more. Hmmmm... Why not, with the help of Mint Records, create a 2007 PUNK PUNK ROCK CALENDAR to help quell my photographic fantasies? Yeah! Now, please view this calendar not as the final word on Bev's pics, but as the first step in the examination of one of the great chroniclers of our generation. Bev's photos help document the famous and unknown rock 'n' rollers of the 20th century, and without a doubt, combined with her amazing stories, provide a valuable resource for even the "casual" musicologist. But Bev's photos ain't for museums, they're for you and your wall! Keep on rawkin' in the free world! Have a good tea! Nardwuar the Human Serviette Radio CiTR fM 101.9 Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada December 2006 - The Subhumans January 2007 - Motorhead February 2007 - Avengers March 2007 - Black Flag April 2007 - Adam and the Ants May 2007 - D.O.A. June 2007 - Johnny Thunders July 2007 - The Clash August 2007 - Pointed Sticks September 2007 - Go-Gos October 2007 - Dead Kennedys November 2007 - Gang of Four December 2007 - Ramones Jan-Dec 2008 - Duff McKagen • All photos by Bev Davies. • Calendar runs from December 2006 to December 2007 - and includes a one-page 2008 calendar. • Each month contains an in-depth interview with Bev Davies by Nardwuar! Doot doola doot doo... doot doo! • Eight bonus pages of rare photos and even more commentary/interviews with Bev Davies. • 2007 also marks 20 years of the Nardwuar the Human Serviette Radio Show on CiTR fM 101.9!
Mint-095
MISC
$10.50

Nastasia, Nina
On Leaving (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
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 SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
FatCat-74
LP
$14.50

Naysayer, The
Smoke Reality (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

No Wait Wait
About You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US With the release of NO WAIT WAIT'S album "About You," CHAIRKICKERS' UNION MUSIC (LOW, KID DAKOTA, HALEY BONAR) deals up another glowing sign of Duluth, Minnesota's dense and entrenched music scene. "About You" is a straight up, literal diary of one relationship through music, reminiscent of BOB DYLAN'S "Blood on the Tracks" or similar in tone and vision to ROBBIE FULKS' "Couples in Trouble." "About You" is a difficult, honest record that curdles your blood and makes you cringe (in empathy), just as it wallops your heart and makes you dance. The album was recorded and mixed by BRENT SIGMETH (BIG WU, JAYHAWKS, KIM DEAL) in just over a week, partially at Pachyderm Studio (NIRVANA, PJ HARVEY, SON VOLT) and also at Sacred Heart Recording Studio (CRASH TEST DUMMIES, LOW).
ChairkickersMusic-017
CD
$12.75

O'Neil, Tara Jane
In Cirlces (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US She's created an album where a subtle but sure-handed mastery of sounds & experimentation w/ her craft share time equally w/ gentle acoustics & deeply personal lyrics. Never has the relationship between her sound art & her song writing been more immediate & complimentary. Now she's created a newly respiring perceptual field of sound & vision for the listener to step into.
Quarterstick-96
CD
$15.50

Only Son
Drop To the Top (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
PS, US Feat. JACK DISHEL, former frontman for STIPPLICON & MOLDY PEACHES.
Cassette-00001
CD
$13.00

Oohlas
Best Stop Pop (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Page France
Hello, Dear Wind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Sonically, they seamlessly conjure & resurrect the timeless talent of folkloric storytelling, offering a spirited mix of musical campfire singa- longs, lovelock tales & whimsical pop classics all with a delicate dash of youthful exuberance.
SuicideSqueeze-059
CD
$13.75

Palodine
Desolate Son (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 9TH)
PS, US A provocative portrayal of violence, remorse & final words. Alternating in mood from fierce to somber, DS is bound together by rich vocals, lush instrumentation & final touches of pedal steel, dobro & bass. Imagine the energy of PJ Harvey, the subtlety of Mazzy Star & the convictions of a hellfire Southern Preacher.
Tarnished-605
CD
$11.00

Parks, Cale
Illuminated Manuscript (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Pere Ubu
Why I Hate Women (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Racing towards all horizons at full tilt, pushing the experimental envelope further than ever, but also tightening up their trademark avant punk attack. A spacious, immediate & vibrant document. If St Arkansas saw them rooting around furtively in rock's darkest, dankest corners, on WIHW Ubu seem to illuminate these secret spaces w/firework displays & thousand watt searchlights. Lyrically Thomas manages to balance stormy obsessiveness w/the looking glass of his boundless imagination.
SmogVeil-059
CD
$12.75

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

Pink Razors
Waiting To Wash Up (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
PS, US Vinyl version limited to 500 copies (!) on pink vinyl.
RoboticEmpire-057
LP
$13.00

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 2XCD (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

Radiohead
Ok Computer DVD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US This 53 minute film reviews the most influential album of one of rocks musics true giants. The documentary includes rare musical performances never before available on DVD & obscure footage of comments, criticisms & insights on every track from the album by; writer, journalist & author of Radiohead: A Guide to Their Music. Through this DVD you can reassess & get insight into one of rocks seminal works: Ok Computer. Includes bonus video of "The hardest interactive Radiohead quiz".
ChromeDreams-509
DVD
$19.75

River City Tanlines
I'm Your Negative (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US
Dirtnap-067
LP
$11.00

River City Tanlines
I'm Your Negative (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US From garage rock to 80s hardcore beats to pure pop, RCTs' music is the sound of the Memphis scene. Three major radio hits cut in between seven slamming rockers makes "I'm Your Negative" the perfect soundtrack for fall- when you're walking the streets alone, looking for people who are still looking for you.
Dirtnap-067
CD
$12.75

Roman Numerals
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Debut album from ex-SHINER, SEASON TO RISK & DIRTNAP folk who've jettisoned the jackhammer rhythms & industrial clatter in favor of ringing guitar salvos, rapid fire riffs walking over bubbling bass lines. Guitar shivers that occassionally recall the Smiths' Johnny Marr. A wonderful blend of atmospheric artiness w/a prominent percussive pulse...an unexpected merging of math rock & club rhythms that neither camp would immediately claim but both should understand & a gift to those in between.
Anodyne-014
CD
$13.50

Rose, Ethan
Ceiling Songs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US "Ceiling Songs" is a bewitching album of gently pulsing ambient drones, gurgling melodies, rhythmic scratches and reborn sound machines culled from inspiring, reinvented sound sources - from taped up player piano rolls, broken music boxes, or instruments of a more traditional sort. To date, Portland based artist ETHAN ROSE has produced two small run multiples for locust: 2004's miniature & sea & 2005's the dot & the line in addition to a 2005 vinyl only issue of "Ceiling Songs."
LocustMusic-084
CD
$12.75

Ruiz, Florencia
Cuerpo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Sadies
In Concert Volume One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Limited Edition 180-gram vinyl.
YepRoc-2122
LP
$22.00

Santos, Rusty
Eternity Spans (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Song material & sounds derived from RS's live sets. In a sense, largely influenced by Bowie's Low album- pop songs set beside ambient pieces, but here differs from Low in that the ambient & pop songs are placed side by side. It also differs from that musical era most fundamentally because the sounds have emerged from the current musical environment in NYC, rather than mid-seventies prog rock. In this current arrangement, both Jesse Lee & Rusty sing while Rusty plays guitars & samples and Jesse plays the drums.
UUnitedAcoustic-008
CD
$13.75

Sartain, Dan
Join... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Schuller, Sebastien
Happiness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US "Happiness" sublimely balances tantric instrumentals w/tinges of pop that you can almost dance to, as, all the while, ribbons of contrasting emotions unravel around you. The mood is predominantly melancholic, but, as in life, it evokes a constant undercurrent of hope. The press has compared "Happiness" to a mix of Sigur Ros, Radiohead, Boards of Canada & Air.
MintyFresh-66
CD
$13.75

Sconza, Justin
Paint by Numbers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Sprites
Modern Gameplay (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US SPRITES is Jason Korzen (formerly singer/songwriter of BARCELONA) and his wife Amy Korzen sharing vocals. Ivan & Christian (also formerly of BARCELONA) help out. Modern Gameplay is as full of new wavey, often self-efacing, eletronic pop songs (with guitar) as classic Barcelona CDs Zero One Infinity and Transhuman Revolution. As fans of punk/pop & new wave (1978-81) SPRITES pay homage to a distinct group of the period's artists: The Suburban Lawns, Gleaming Spires, Sparks, DEVO ...mostly the great Suburban Lawns! The SPRITES sound shows Jason's love for the original new wave art rockers while the themes are contemporary, just as they were with Barcelona (see the song titles below). It's 1978. Be the first at your school to cut your hair short and wear 501s, Vans, and a thirft shop JC Penney's Oxford buttondown shirt. Awesome cover art reminiscent of Some Girls by Mark Robinson, TeenBeat Graphica. Track list: 1. Bionic Hands, 2. George Romero, 3. I Started a Blog Nobody Read, 4. Overclockers of the World Unite, 5. Me and the SYSOP, 6. Modern Gameplay, 7. Requirements for DJs, 8. Mystery Man, 9. I Love You, You Retard, 10. Unconditional Love Definition, 11. Shirley Beans, 12. Huygens vs. the Werewolf, 13. A Good Friend Sticks on You, 14. Dropping the MIR in Japan, 15. The Most Dangerous Thing in the World, 16. Things are Looking Up in Lebanon, 17. Ambient Industrial Dronescape.
Darla-179
CD
$13.50

Steinbruchel
Stage (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Strike Anywhere
Dead FM (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Third album seamlessly combines anthemic punk rock singalongs w/break-neck hardcore.
FatWreck-706
LP
$9.75

Sun Kil Moon
Tiny Cities (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US MARK KOZELEK (RED HOUSE PAINTERS) reconvenes with the players from "Ghosts of the Great Highway" for this highly anticipated, second SUN KIL MOON release. VINYL FILMS RECORDS and Sun Kil Moon are proud to announce the band's newest release on three-sided double vinyl, "Tiny Cities," a full-length album of MODEST MOUSE covers released on Mark's CALDO VERDE label. The album includes an alternative version of the track "Exit Does Not Exist" plus a 7-song bonus live, solo acoustic EP that's not to be missed!
VinylRecords-20061
DLP
$15.50

These Arms Are Snakes
Easter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

They Shoot Horses Don't They
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, CANADA Now on Kill Rock Stars, we are proud to present They Shoot Horses Don't They's self released mini album distributed for the first time. "They Shoot Horses, Don't They? sound like post-punks raised under a big top, albeit one under the direction of Igor Stravinsky or Sun Ra rather than P.T. Barnum" --Boston Phoenix. "It's not that often you come across a band that puts a shit-eating grin on your face so wide that you're able to swallow all the bullshit and lies and deceptions of the 21st century..." -- Popmatters.com
TheyShootHorsesDon'tThey-001
CD5
$8.25

Two Dollar Guitar
The Wear and Tear of Fear : A Lover's Discourse (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US New album from solo home recordings from guitarist TIM FOLJAHN, mixed by Fred Smith of Television. A pleasing mix of guitars, singing and electronics, including two instrumental tracks. Foljahn has played and recorded with Cat Power, Steve Shelley and Thurston Moore, Megan Reilly and others.
SmellsLike-051
CD
$14.50

Two Ton Boa
Parasiticide (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US At its most powerful it rhythmically crushes & melodically charms, devouring listeners through SHERRY FRASER's engaging use of hypnotic melodic nets; vocal, lyrical, & instrumental, while other listeners are captured through her addictively catchy, playful craftiness. This "tells the story of a dangerous, slithery personality, 'She's got the truth and her tongue for a slingshot' & the vocal melody slides from one note to another like a snake, completing the image."- Billboard.
KillRockStars-450
CD
$14.50

Ultra Dolphins
Why Are You Laugh (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Various
Strange Country (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 19TH)
PS, US Old Country, New Country, Alt.Country, Insurgent-Country, Gothic Country, Old-Timey, Americana... whatever you wanna call it, the best country comes dark, twisted &... Strange! Feat. such artists as JOHNNY CASH, CALEXICO, HANDSOME FAMILY, GRAM RABBIT, MICAH P. HINSON, ISOBELL CAMPBELL, GENE CLARK, M. WARD, BRIGHT EYES, LORETTA LYNN, GIANT SAND, HANK WILLIAMS, FLYING BURRITO BROS + more.
Apace/Albion-02
CD
$17.00

Various
Mind Expansion Compalation (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Various
Innature (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Veruca Salt
I V (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Feat. the classic heavy guitar thunder, pop sensibility, & soul-wrenching lyrics of previouRs eecffoorrtds, coupled w/ the stirring musical maturation of Louise Post & Co. Songs written & performed live to worldwide acclaim over the past 6 years have been combined w/ powerful new material & the resulting effort promises to be the greatest VS album to date.
SFTRI-780
CD
$13.75

Veruca Salt
I V (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US
SFTRI-780
LP
$10.75

Walker, Scott
Scott (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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 (CD x 3) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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
CD
$50.00

Ween
Live In Toronto (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER ONLY! Double white vinyl 180 gram, gatefold sleeve, reissue of the legendary rare recording from Toronto's Phoenix Theatre on October 26th, 1996. 1st pressing comes w/ a bonus Boognish "Cowboy" glow-in-the-dark sticker. Not available on CD or download. The set list focuses on the "12 Golden Country Greats" tunes & previous fab favorites such as "Push th' Little Daisies" & "Buenas Tardes Amigo"+ a cover of Billy Joel's "Piano Man".
Schnitzel-057
DLP
$35.00

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

Winter Flowers
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 5TH)
PS, US Attacknine Records is proud to present the misty mountain sounds of Winter Flowers and their self-titled debut album. Welcome to the gentle world of Winter Flowers (Gavin Toler, Christof Certik, Astrid Quay, Sasha Smith, and Evan Conway), a soft musical oasis of guitars, flutes, mandolins, glockenspiels, harpsichords, and soaring three-part vocal harmonies. Here you will find a space of fragile delights for the seeker of higher musical realms, an oasis in which the familiar earthiness of the folknik and the other-worldliness of the psychedelic pilgrim combine with the lost harmonies of the Golden Age to create a gentle solace for the ringing, rock-weary ear. In the new garden of folk, The Winter Flowers inhabit a corner all their own, singing songs laced with romance and fantasy, informed by the mist, mountains, and sea - the natural beauty of their native Pacific West Coast home. Winter Flowers have been casting their unique spell since 2001, first in Seattle, then San Francisco, and now in Los Angeles. They have been equally at home playing for rock audiences, such as heavy-rock heroes Dead Meadow (who have described Winter Flowers as "the other side of the same coin"), and for the more folk-friendly audiences, such as for the likes of Lavender Diamond and Joanna Newsom, with whom they have also shared billing. They currently play extensively in the L.A. area, and have toured the west coast with psychedelic prog-rockers, Silver Sunshine. Notable L.A. appearances include; Arthur Magazine's now-famed ArthurFest and ArthurBall, the Winter Garden Music Festival at Spaceland, a recent weekly residency at the Tangier, and KCRW's On-Air with Devendra Banhart. They also performed at SXSW for Arthur Magazine's showcase at The Church of the Friendly Ghost. Between shows up and down the west coast, they have been working on recording a second album and are diligently writing new songs for a third. They plan to tour more extensively as soon as their current recording projects are finished. "The Winter Flowers are not part of any scene. They have always existed within an alter-domain, one that is setting up camp on the outskirts of town, where all are invited to partake in their ancient atmosphere and haunted other-worldly melodies" - Devendra Banhart. "Lovely! [Winter Flowers' Album] is authentic beauty in the midst of our time of ugly" - Michael Simmons (L.A. weekly / Arthur Magazine).
Attack-9
CD
$13.50

Woelv
Gris (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US "Everything was recorded very late into the night as I was working on a large drawing project. I was preoccupied with what the radio announced every day. "Gris" dropped in just like an accident, because I felt the urgent need to make something and finish it... because some of our efforts come from frustration."
P.W.ElverumandSun,Ltd.-009
CD5
$8.25

Woelv
Gris (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US "Everything was recorded very late into the night as I was working on a large drawing project. I was preoccupied with what the radio announced every day. "Gris" dropped in just like an accident, because I felt the urgent need to make something and finish it... because some of our efforts come from frustration."
P.W.ElverumandSun,Ltd.-009
10
$11.25

Work Clothes
5+3 EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Work Clothes is Jenny & Lee Waters. They live in Carrboro,NC. During the recording in 2000-01, Lee and Jenny were just a fledgling couple of only a year or so- they have since married and released a proper full length record, 2006's "These Are the Shoes We Wear," on Chapel Hill label, Fractured Discs. A sparse & delicately hushed electric/acoustic look into the lives of a couple exploring their own personal relationships between themselves, the town that they live and work in and the people with whom they interact with on a daily basis. Darker than their new material for sure. Until now this record has only been available locally. A must have for fans of the Secret Stars & Ida.
FracturedDiscs-004
CD
$10.75

Woven Hand
Mosaic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Free of any boundaries (like saving songs for 16 HORSEPOWER) DAVID EUGENE EDWARDS delivers "Mosaic." His 4th WOVENHAND album and his masterpiece. The album again was put to tape by ROBERT FERBRACHE, a one-time lap-steel player in 16 HP who runs Absinthe Studios in Denver. He doesn't stray much from his signature sound: mournful, minor key dirges within which Edwards ruminates on his recurring themes of faith, the fallibility of man, and the folly of the non- believer. But on "Mosaic" he unleashes a maelstrom of intensity and conviction that is as captivating as it is deeply spiritual. This is it. The one. It's magical, dark, mysterious, sinister and gorgeous.
SoundsFamilyre-16
CD
$12.75

Wovenhand
Mosaic (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SoundsFamilyre-16
LP
$11.25

Xiu Xiu
Air Force (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER!
5RueChristine-063
LP
$12.50

Xiu Xiu
Air Force (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US It's a feverish & disturbing set of 11songs but just the same, it's some of the group's most accessible: producer Greg Saunier's (Deerhoof) multi-instrumental wizardry, Davis Horvitz' kotowork, Devin Hoff's bass, Nedelle's violin, right down to Jamie & Caralee McElroy's lyrics & vocals. It's the kind of humanity we can all relate to. (Make it through Caralee's feminist/dependency tone poem"Hello from Eau Claire" without feeling her frustration, and there might be something wrong inside you).
5RueChristine-063
CD
$15.50

Yemin, Dan
Skinned Knees, Sutured Hearts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 26TH)
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

Yeti
Issue #4 BOOK+CD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 22ND)
PS, US Wow. 255 page book w/ gorgeous metallic cover and 28 track EXCLUSIVE/UNRELEASED cd. Tracks include OKKERVIL RIVER, DESTROYER(2 solo tracks from and old cassette release (orig. edition of 50), MICHAEL HURLEY &TARA JANE O'NEIL, CALIFONE, SOULED AMERICAN, BOBBY BIRDMAN, BRIGHT, SAGE FRANCIS and more, including some old school gospel. Book includes in-depth archival interview from 1997 with sci-fi author OCATAVIA BUTLER, a brutally honest tour diary by Will Sheff, the OKKERVIL RIVER guy, a "how to" singalong with Drew Daniel of MATMOS, crimewriter/historian Peter Doyle's archival crime scene photos from Australia, Dan Bejar of DESTROYER interviewed by his 8 yr. old mini me and so much more you just gotta have it.
Yeti -004
ZINE
$12.75

Yo La Tengo
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US This bold, eclectic, 80-minute album is the pinnacle of the band's twenty-year career. From eleven-minute guitar jams to gorgeous ballads to winsome horn-drenched pop songs, this album is all over the map, in a very good way. Features the talents of longtime Nashville producer Roger Moutenot, violinist Dave Mansfield of Dylan's Rolling Thunder Review, and the jacket artistry of Gary Panter (Raw, Jimbo).
Matador
CD
$15.25

Yo La Tengo
I Am Not Afraid Of You And I Will Beat Your Ass (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
DLP
$19.00

Young Widows
Settle Down City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 12TH)
PS, US Ex-members of BREATHER RESIST emerging w/ a new vision steeped in dark, brooding grooves & moody post punk. Influenced by Shellac, Jesus Lizard, Black cross, Melvins, Karp, etc. 11 songs of hypnotic, heavy, noise-rock anthems.
JadeTree-1119
CD
$14.50

Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders

Bears “S/T” CD $12.00

Bible of the Devil “The Diabolic Procession” CD $12.00

Collectors “Galapagos” CD $20.00

Cure “Kiss Me, Kiss Me, Kiss Me [Deluxe Edition]
(Deluxe Edition, Remastered)” DCD $24.00

Cure “Pornography [Deluxe Edition]
(Remastered, Digipack Packaging)” DCD $24.00

Cure “The Head on the Door [Deluxe Edition]
(Deluxe Edition, Remastered)” DCD $24.00

Darling Buds “Pop Said” CD $14.75

Denny, Martin “Afro-desia” CD $14.75

Diamond Nights “Popsicle” LP $18.25

Eastern Fox Squirrels “S/T” CD $12.75

Free Players “S/T” CD $12.75

Hezekiah Jones “Hezekiah Says You're A-Ok” CD $11.00

Huma “We Are Here For You” CD $10.50

July Skies “Where Days Go” CD $16.00

Lair of the Minotaur “Ultimate Destroyer” LP $15.25

Magic Mixture “This Is...” CD $21.75

Mormons “Statement Of No Statement” CD $11.50

Mr. Tube and the Flying Objects “Listen Up” CD $16.25

Of Montral “T-Shirt - I Love of Montreal(Yellow) (adult L)” TS $12.50

Prototypes “S/T” CD $13.75

Psychedelic Horseshit “Who Let The Dogs Out” 45 $4.25

Ratatat “Wildcat” 12 $4.25

Relay “Still Point of Turning” CD $13.25

Singer, Liam “Our Secret Lies Beneath the Creek” CD $14.25

Sleep “Jerusalem” CD $16.50

Various “Future Folk” CD $21.50

Various “Tribute To Buffalo Springfield: Five Way Street” CD $14.50

Various “International Pop Overthrow Vol. 9” CDX $20.00

Various “Future Folk” CD $21.50

Various “Napoleon Dynamite” LP $12.00

Wilderness “Living Through/Part Ways” 45 $4.25

Yellow Swans & Moth Drakula “They Do Not Always Remember” CD $11.75

Yorke, Thom “Harrowdown Hill” 12 $7.00