New Releases
Acid King
III
PS, US ILegendary bay area doom band. Finally on vinyl! Produced with
the help of San Fransico's legendary engineer Billy Ander-son, this
is the album that Lori & Co. were born to make. Filled with thundering
low end & fat ass riffs AK-III will redefine the definition of
the word heavy for years to come. It?s thick & viscous, pooling
together in a meaty muck. AK-III?s one of those albums that re-fuses
to let go of your subconscious.
Kreation-003
LP
$13.25
Acid Mothers Temple & The Melting Paraiso U.F.O.
Absolutely Freak Out (Zap. Your Mind)
PS, US Double CD, over 2 hours long, featuring a number of tracks
not on the original double LP that disappeared the day it arrived.
Psychedelic naked chicks on the artwork, & the music is good too.
In gatefold wallet style sleeve, lasting 2 hours & with many bonus
tracks not on the vinyl version.
Resonant-004
DCD
$20.50
Affair
Yes Yes To You
PS, US Five piece fronted by Kali Holloway's coy but piss 'n' vinegar
filled vocals with mod stylings a plenty. "Ronnie Spector fronting
X."-Hartford Courant.
AbsolutelyKosher-061
CD
$14.50
Airport Girl
Slow Light
PS, UK Some 5 years after their debut album had the indie kids swooning
in jangle-pop ecstasy, Airport Girl return with a radically altered
sound, a glistening downbeat country-pop hybrid that is sure to win
them many new admirers. From the world-weary plea of the piano-led
"Hold Me Through The Night" to the heartbreaking country
sigh of "I've Seen Mexico" a sense of regret pervades the
album, none more so than on the desperate, hurt-racked "How Long
Can This Go On?". More upbeat are the jazz-tinged "Don't
Let Me Down Again" and "The Weather Song", it's "Sketches
Of Spain" intro belying its true nostalgic nature, while "Show
Me The Way", as pure a declaration of love as one could wish
for, could have come straight from the Go-Betweens' masterpiece "16
Lovers Lane". Throughout there is judicious use of violin, cello,
trumpet, harmonica and melodica to subtly create moods and textures
within the songs, along with a willingness to experiment. The kids
at the club may be momentarily fazed by Airport Girl's new direction,
but ultimately any listener will be rewarded by an album with great
musical and emotional depth. Airport Girl is a six-piece from Nottingham,
formed in 1997 by singer-songwriter Rob Price. Their influences range
from the Scottish pop sounds of The Pastels and Belle and Sebastian
to the American flavors of The Modern Lovers and Pavement. They've
been played on BBC Radio One by Steve Lamacq, the late great John
Peel, and by John Kennedy on XFM.
FortunaPop-069
CD
$15.50
Alkaline Trio
Remains [CD+DVD]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "If there's something Alkaline Trio loves
more than red, black and drinking their way through darkness and heartache,
it's recording songs for compilations, B-sides and split albums. So
it's only fitting that seven years after their self-titled singles
collection, it would be necessary for the Trio to release another
album to round various songs up into one tidy package for maximum
consumption. In addition to multiple compilation appearances, their
half to splits with Hot Water Music and One Man Army are here -- including
the excellent cover of the former's "Rooftops" -- along
with a few live cuts. Remains is absolutely essential for fans, not
just for the completion factor for personal collections, but because
most all of the songs here are up there with the band's best. Seriously,
this is good stuff. "Hell Yes" leads things off with mischievous
defiance; from cuts like "My Standard Break from Life,"
"Queen of Pain" and "We Can Never Break Up" to
additional covers (The Damned's "Wait for the Blackout"
and Berlin's "Metro") this record has no time for filler...
The DVD includes five music videos ("Stupid Kid," "We've
Had Enough," "Time to Waste," "Mercy Me"
and "Burn") and random tour footage... Hardly a bunch of
tossed away afterthoughts, Remains is an incredibly solid collection
of songs that any fan would be foolish to miss. (Corey Apar)
Vagrant-441
DCD
$16.75
Ambarchi, Oren
Stacte Motor
PS, US OREN AMBARCHI'S "Stacte Motors", is the most recent
addition to the WESTERN VINYL portrait series. Additionally, these
pieces continue the Stacte series started in 1998 with Ambarchi's
first self-released solo recordings. Similar to the 4 previous editions
of the series, which explored one idea at length, "Stacte Motors"
is an experiment in exciting instruments with a spinning motor with
strings attached. The resulting recordings are metallic walls of minimalist
drones, both fearless and dreamy.
WesternVinyl-043
12
$8.25
Andromelos
S/T
PS, US A new Japanese psychedelic "supergroup" consisting
of guitarist KAWABATA MAKOTO, drummer OKANO FUTOSHI (is/was a member
of Nishinihon, Ghost, and Subvert Blaze), & electronics wizard
YAMAZAKI MASO (member of Christine 23 Onna). Freaky, waaay out spacey
kosmiche kraut-lovin' soundscapes w/ percussive drive, gobs of electronic
FX, ambient drift, & some wonderfully fried guitar fuzz. There's
just 2 looooong tracks, totaling 72 mins
Ektro-041
CD
$16.50
Anger, Kenneth
Films of Kenneth Anger Vol. 1 (CD/DVD)
PS, US Cinematic magician, legendary provocateur, author of the infamous
Hollywood Babylon. A major influence for Martin Scorsese, Fassbinder
& David Lynch.This covers the first half of his career & now
on DVD for the first time. HD transfers from newly restored segments,
rare outtakes + 36 pg bk. Contains: Fireworks, Puce Moment, Rabbit's
Moon, Eaux d'Artifice & the epic Inauguration of the Pleasure
Dome.
FantomaFilms-7048
DVD
$18.50
Animal Collective
People
PS. US VINYL VERSION!!!
FatCat-060
12
$8.00
Animal Collective
People
PS, US EP featuring three previously unreleased tracks (plus one live
version), which were recorded at the same sessions as the bands hugely
successful "Feels" album.
FatCat-060
CD
$7.50
Antonio Carlos Jobim And Luiz Floriano Bonfa
S/T
PS, UK Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim is the biggest name in Brazilian
music. His composition 'The Girl from Ipanema' with 'Yesterday' are
the most popular song of all time and it is THE number that defines
Bossa Nova (though Jobim wrote two dozen other songs that are intrinsic
to the genre). Jobim and the virtuoso Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa
were (with Joao Gilberto) the architects of Bossa Nova; overseeing
the transition of traditional samba song to the new form and our collection
covers those years of transition. Our set includes Jobim songs played
by Bonfa and vice versa. It includes vintage domestic hits written
either by Jobim or by both men and as a major feature also includes
the entire score of the 1956 'Orpheus of the Carnival' stage play
(written by Tom Jobim and the poet Vinicius de Morais). This was the
blueprint for the famous film 'Black Orpheus' which two years later
swept all before it at the Cannes Film festival and put Bossa Nova
on the world map. Our set captures the flavour of fifties Brazil,
when in arts and culture and sport the country was really emerging.
Jobim and Bonfa are popular throughout the world. Much of the later
work of both men has long attained classic status and is in print
(eg Jobim's number 1 USA LP with Frank Sinatra). Both men are major
names in America and Japan. Bossa Nova has been given further impetus
with the re-discovery of Tropicalia and period Brazilian music is
now extremely prominent, in Britain and Europe especially. Any student
of Brazilian music will appreciate this album.
El-97
CD
$13.00
Aphrodisiacs, The
In the Name of the Father
PS, JAPAN Scottish experimental trio have been around since 2002 when
they reportedly sounded like Mogwai with a Casio keyboard thrown in
for good measure...Since then, the band released the mini album "This
Is A Campaign," the title track of which landed in John Peel's
2002 festive fifty and which landed the band a Peel Session to boot.
"In the Name of the Father" is The Aphrodisiacs' first full-length
album and features 6 remastered tracks from the minialbum plus 6 brand
new tracks recorded in 2006. "The Scottish trio use soothing
vocals to lure you into their dark and eerie electro rock world where
tense guitars suddenly explode over insistent clipped beats, and it's
all frighteningly catchy and incredibly good. New Order, Depeche Mode
and The Cure references abound on the more upbeat tracks, the slower
efforts warmly reminiscent of Death Cab For Cutie, making This is
a Campaign a sparse and utterly beguiling slice of disco music for
the quietly deranged." (Camilla Pia)
Quince-038
CD
$12.50
Arbouretum
Rites Of Uncovering
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey
LP
$11.50
Arbouretum
Rites Of Uncovering
PS, US Baltimore-based Arbouretum are led by lyricist and guitarist
Dave Heumann, member of Anomoanon and longtime Will Oldham collaborator.
A triumphant journey through brooding loner-rock ballads and righteous
acid guitar breakdowns.
ThrillJockey
CD
$13.50
Astrophagus
Casualite
PS, US This Denver band combines electronic and nonelectronic elements,
truncated song structures and short lyrical statements into cohesive
relevant emotional outlays (songs).
HelmetRoom-008
CD
$10.00
At Swim Two Birds
Returning to the Scene of the Crime...
PS, SPAIN CD DIGIPACK + 8 page booklet. Returning to the scene of
the crime is the new album by AT SWIM TWO BIRDS, the solo project
of Roger Quigley - singer of the acclaimed duo from Manchester The
Montgolfier Brothers and undoubtedly one of the biggest talents in
the English music scene. AT SWIM TWO BIRDS shocks with the very stillness
of the music: undulating guitar lines with a hint of the sound of
pubs and fairgrounds, moodchanging music full of deep beauty. And
although there is a certain similarity to the sound created by The
Durutti Column and Tindersticks, for AT SWIM TWO BIRDS it is the lyrics
which play the key role. Quigley spends time in the twilight world
of corner pubs and cafes, with those who are lonely or depressed,
those who love each other but are lost. His words touch the heart
because they are about those trifles that make sense of our lives,
that are common to everyone. AT SWIM TWO BIRDS' music encapsulates
the strange pleasure that comes from contemplating a drama, understanding
it and sharing it. Perhaps if David Lynch had filmed "The Straight
Story" in England, he would have chosen the music of AT SWIM
TWO BIRDS' as his soundtrack. "Quigley lies under the snow, as
if he feels there is a silky warmth before the last goodbye ..."
Les Inrockuptibles. "We knew that from the immese talent of Quigley
we could only expect yet another masterpiece, another cleasing of
the soul, but before such beauty, one cannot stop wondering: do we
really deserve it?" (Rockdelux, June 2003). "With his pride
in the working class and the common people he offers these delicious
bucolic nuances for those who are still able to stop, contemplate
and listen ..." (Mondosonoro, July-August 2003).
Green-024
CD
$14.00
Ateleia
Formal Sleep
PS, US This is Brooklyn resident JAMES ELLIOTT. His music combines
crystalline pulse w/ submerged aquatic drones & subtle ghost melodies.
It's not so much oceanic as it is a tide pool- the churn of the tidal
impulse is captured in miniature & crawling w/ activity. Evoking
the grand echo of My Bloody Valentine & the long standing tradition
of psychedelic minimalism, but informed by contemporary electronic
musdic, this is truly immersive. Feat. DAIVD GUBBS, DAVID DANIELL,
JON PHILPOT & SADEK BAZARAA.
Xeric/TOE-110
CD
$14.25
Bad News Bats
S/T
PS, US Total monster-mash, dirty punk, mad scientist freak-out. This
record totally rocks out w/ eerie keyboards, nervous drumming, screams
and big, trashy guitars and they sing about outerspace.
Badmaster-004
CD
$8.00
Bardot, Brigitte
And God Created Woman
PS, UK 'And God Created Woman' is the soundtrack to the notorious
1956 film that made Brigitte Bardot the sex symbol of her generation
and propelled her to International stardom. It was condemned by the
Church and created scandal everywhere. Bardot's then husband and film
director Roger Vadim - 'Barbarella', was quick to capitalise. It made
a fortune and changed the face of cinema. Jane Fonda called it "the
first cinematic blow for women's liberation" and as a landmark
in French cinematic culture is considered the film that ushered in
the 'New Wave'. The jazzy/mambo score by Paul Misraki ('Alphaville')
creates the appropriate steamy atmosphere and in the first half of
the programme Brigitte Bardot reads selections from the script in
French.
El-098
CD
$12.00
Beghtol, LD
Magnetic Fields: 69 Love Songs (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US A fully illustrated oral history of the Magnetic Fields' 1999
triple album, 69 Love Songs - an album that was afforded "classic"
status by many almost as soon as it was released. LD Beghtol's book
is chatty, incestuous, funny, dark, digressive, sexy, maddening, and
delightful in equal measures. It documents a vital and influential
scene from the inside, involving ukuleles and tears, citations and
footnotes, analogue drum machines, and floods of cognac. Oh, and a
crossword puzzle too. The centre of the book is the secret history
of these tuneful, acerbic, and sometimes heartbreaking songs of old
love, new love, lost love, punk rock love, gay love, straight love,
experimental music love, true love, blue love, and the utter lack
of love that fill the album - as told by participants, fans, imitators,
naysayers, and others. Also included are a lexicon of words culled
from the album's lyrics, recording details, performance notes from
the full album shows in New York, Boston and London, plus rare and
unpublished images, personal memorabilia, and much much more. Authors
- LD Beghtol: LD Beghtol has written extensively about pop music,
books, and the visual arts in Time Out New York, The Advocate, and
the Village Voice. He has released half a dozen albums under several
guises, and was a performer on 69 Love Songs.
Continuum-069
BOOK
$9.95
Beirut
Lon Gisland
PS, US Follow-up to sleeper hit of 2006, Gulag Orkestar came out of
nowhere to sell tens of thousands of copies in a matter of months
& wound up on countless critic's year-end lists. As a stopgap
before recording a new full-length in Fall 2007, here's four new tunes
& a full band reworking of Scenic World.
BaDaBing-052
CD5
$7.00
Believer
February 2007
PS, US This month feat. JOHN UPDIKE, CHERYL HINES, RICHARD POWERS,
ANTONY SWOFFORD, DAVID BYRNE, OLIVIA JUDSON & RICK MOODY's new
encyclopedia. Also articles on Boredom & Food (plus Sex &
Death), Mimetic Anxiety w/ E.L. Doctorow, the Honorable Mongolian
Yokozuna of Las Vegas. Tons of reviews, interviews, reading material.
Published by McSweeney's.
Believer-041
ZINE
$7.50
Ben Davis & The Jetts/Des Ark
Split
PS, US The slow builds & soft confessionals of AIMEE ARGOTE's
(DES ARK) tracks play perfect counterpoint to DAVIS' pulsing songcraft.
Themes weave in & out of infidelity, botched love affairs, &
late night rolls in the hay. She belts wherein he whispers, a single
piano or acoustic guitar is butted up against a lush orchestra, &
by the last note of these 12 tracks you begin to realize the potential
of alliance & the unspoken compliments of friendship.
Lovitt-053
CD
$11.00
Berg Sans Nipple, The
Along The Quai
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove
DLP
$15.50
Berg Sans Nipple, The
Along The Quai
PS, US This Franco-American duo weave dreamy electronica, percussion-heavy
Afrobeats, layers of feedback, pop melodies, and dub blankets, creating
a cohesive collage of everything that's influenced them since birth.
This is their first proper North American release after one album,
three EPs, a handful of compilation tracks, and several treks around
Europe during the last four years.
TeamLove
CD
$13.50
Bikeride
The Kiss (ON SALE)
PS, US Praised by Uncut, MOJO, Rolling Stone, Entertainment Weekly,
CMJ, the L.A. Times, and many other publications, Bikeride pedals
along with their fifth long player, The Kiss - their first in over
four years. The Kiss takes off where 2002's Morning Macumba last left
us, still showcasing Bikeride's knack for adventure and exotica. Just
as many of the songs on Morning Macumba, were written abroad in Brazil
and Peru, the music on The Kiss was written while traveling around
the world. The songs were simmered in indigenous native spices, put
through the Bicycle Rider pop filter, and then spit out as only Bikeride
can do. But please don't be confused. Bikeride, the band that put
red, white, and blue, on the map years before 9/11, remains dedicated
to Americana and the everlasting pop song. Listen to the countrified
"A Dancer's Feet Are Not So Neat" or the bubblegum pop of
"She's Radioactive!" Compared to bands as disparate as The
Beatles, Pixies, Beck and Earth Wind & Fire, Bikeride tackles
just about every musical genre with fun and precision. The new sound
is not just American, but American Gothic. Bikeride has embraced history.
No, not the 15+ years they've been around, but the days of yore. Listen
to "There's Something Odd About Elizabeth". It's Victorian,
spooky, dreamy, and just might make you beseech Bikeride to play your
funeral. Listen to "Hole in My Eye". It'll make you swing
from a sail, drink Rum, and put on a blouse. (It's that Pirate-y!)
Then there's "Podiaphobia"- an epic five minutes of prig-rock
set amid maidens and castles- part Monty Python, part Lord of the
Rings. Sure to be a Renaissance Fair favorite. Yes, they've gotten
darker but they haven't abandoned their sunny California roots. Listen
to "Your Lips and You", the first single off The Kiss, and
you'll see that Bikeride remains in top-pop-form. It's a Revolver-esque
sound collage where East meets West in an explosion of strings and
Santoors. Also, check out "The Mystery of Magnet Power"
and you'll see how only Bikeride can fuse influences as dissimilar
as Bowie and the musical Annie. If you've been hungry for fresh Bikeride,
this new record will appease your appetite. It's hard to resist and
soft as a Kiss.
Shmamm-001
CD
$10.00
Biosphere
Cirque
PS, US REISSUE, originally released in 2000. Quite unlike any other,
Geir Jenssen's so-called "Arctic Sound" transforms the space
in which it is played. This music is an intimate reflection of the
space & climate of his Arctic base in Tromsö, Norway, but
made universal. Adjectives like "glacial" & "remote"
do no justice to the intense emotion of the music. Layers of detail
reveal themselves as you listen & appreciate the convergences
deep w/in the music, between classical & pop, the soundtrack &
its voiceover.
Touch
CD
$15.75
Birch Book
Vol 1
PS, US Re-release . Psychedelic folk pilgrim JON MICHAEL B'EIRTH (IN
GOWAN RING) marks an evolution in sound away from the overtly psychedelic
towards simplier, highly effective, direct song based approach, reflecting
the distillations of a perennial rambler, reckoning a road less traveled.
This is not overly experimental, not droning or psychedelic but it
simultaneously brings the older mystic folk into the current &
points a new way forward. Cohesive, beautiful & often highly moving.
LuneMusic-011
CD
$11.75
Birch Book
Fortune & Folly Vol 2
PS, US Recorded on San Juan island off the rugged coasts of the Olympic
Northwest,B'ee(IN GOWAN RING) drifts away from the overtly psychedelic
and displays a more organic, individualistic approach to songwriting,
blending elements of idiosyncratic folk-pop and outcast-country with
brooding layers of sound and sense. Comparisons have been made to
Leonard Cohen & Nick Drake as well as Will Oldam & Iron and
Wine.
HelmetRoom-012
CD
$11.75
Bird And The Bee
S/T
PS, US Named one of "10 bands on the horizon in 2007" by
the LA Times. Vocalist Inara George, who has been aptly referred to
as "a modern day Audrey Hepburn with the voice of an angel,"
& keyboardist/producer Greg Kurstin, who has lent his talents
to records by Beck, Flaming Lips, Lily Allen, Peaches & more.
Taking elements of everything from the Beach Boys to 60's Brazil to
electronica, spinning them into this irrepressible collection of sunshine-
drenched, semi-psychedelic ditties.
BlueNote
CD
$13.00
Birdflesh/Hatebeak
Split
PS, US New rawkin' split with the birds of metal! LIMITED & COLOR
VINYL!
Relapse-4855
45
$3.25
Black Diamond Heavies
Every Damn Time
PS, US A unique punk-ass blues duo from Tennessee, a soulful rocknroll
outfit born in the junkyards of the South. Although they hail from
the Southern States of America, they see themselves as vagrant citizens
of the world. They bring their countless hours of live experience
onto their debut album; which is a punk rock album full of sweat,
noise & soul.
Alive-074
CD
$12.75
Black Diamond Heavies
Every Damn Time
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Alive-074
LP
$13.00
Boats
Tomorrow Time
PS, UK The well-practiced UK duo of Andrew Hargreaves and Craig Tattersall
(The Remote Viewer, ex-Hood) are now up to their third album and have
possibly come up with their most defined statement yet. After conquering
the mighty piano on their homespun and beautiful We Made It For You,
the two have now made the ultimate Christmas card with Tomorrow Time.
At least, it's the Christmas card you wish you could send; with titles
such as "You're an Idiot" and "A Sincere Fuck You,"
it's a far cry from garden-bound robins and snowy idylls. However
The Boats have not injected their loving music with this harsh sentiment:
you'll be pleased to know that they're as warm and delicate as ever
and are joined by vocalists Chris Stewart and Elaine Reynolds who
aid in the band's quest to weave the most pleasing micro-pop yet borne
on our fair earth. "May Our Enemies Never Find Happiness"
is a sterling example of this sentiment, with Stewart's silken vocals
punctuated by Tattersall and Hargreaves' endearing percussive glitches
and frosty melodies blending the two elements together seamlessly.
Taking cues from the extended Moteer family of Hood, Clickits, Empress
and of course, The Remote Viewer, these tracks sink instantly into
the lore of their self-created genre. Elsewhere, Reynolds can be heard
murmuring seductively on the heartbreaking "If You Leave Me,
Can I Come Too?" On Tomorrow Time we see a band who have successfully
moved their style forward rather than repeat themselves, experimenting
with their own form and their own preference, and in doing so have
come up with another endearing and expertly-produced addition to their
catalog. As the nights get darker and the sky threatens to shower
us with snow once more, there seems no better time for Tattersall
and Hargreaves' grand vision. Chop some logs for the fire, curl up
with a loved one, and let The Boats sail into your dreams.
Moteer
CD
$14.25
Bonnie Prince Billy
Lay & Love (ON SALE)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-329
12
$7.00
Bonnie Prince Billy
Lay & Love (ONE SALE)
PS, US
DragCity-329
CD
$5.75
Born Heller
S-T
PS, UK Limited LP version of this album, previously released on CD
by Locust. Numbered edition of 550. "Born Heller are the folk
duo of Josephine Foster & Jason Ajemian. They beautifully capture
the traditions of both American and English folk, with Josephine's
hushed fragile vocals accompanied by sparse melodic guitar lines and
Jason's resonant bass sounds. Ajemian plays in groups like Triage,
Dragons 1976, and with reedist Matt Bauder. While Foster may be familiar
to record buyers for her own solo recordings and others with the Supposed,
her psych rock outings. Born Heller is music that needs to be intently
listened to, on each listening more and more is unearthed."
BoWeavil
LP
$25.00
Braasch, Jonas
Global Reflections
PS, US The core of the project "Global Reflections" is a
collection of Binaural Soundscapes which were recorded between the
years of '98 & '06. They are presented on the tracks of this CD.
What is fascinating the most about these pieces is nature's ability
to align independent events to form interesting patterns. For this,
Braasch took the standpoint of the observer; his credits are merely
due to choosing the time & place of the recording. Consequently,
the effect is often similar to aleatoric works of music. All even
tracks contain pieces of his own work. J. B. is a soprano saxophonist,
improviser/composer, acoustician & a dedicated collector of binaural
soundscapes. He grew up in the Ruhr Area, Germany's cultural melting
pot, & Pusan, South Korea. His saxophone style expands the traditional
repertoire [in both Classical Music & Jazz idioms] by incorporating
various non-western elements, as well as original extended techniques.
DeepListening-034
CD
$12.50
Bracken
We Know About The Need
PS, US Vinyl limited to 1500 copies.
Anticon-069
LP
$11.50
Bracken
We Know About The Need
PS, US Debut album from this shrouded-in-mystery solo venture from
Chris Adams (vocalist, co-sound designer behind Leeds, UK legends
Hood) & walks that rarely tread turf between the electronic &
the organic, where complex arrangements sound free &
easy & every sound finds its rightful place.
Anticon-069
CD
$14.50
Branca, Glenn
Indeterminate Activity of Resultant Masses
PS, US Long rumored first issue of incendiary masterwork rec. NYC
1981 during the peaked out early era of Guitar Army ensembles &
shortly after the release of "Ascension" on 99 Records.
Incl. contributions from THURSTON MOORE & LEE RANALDO of SONIC
YOUTH plus mainstays Craig Bromberg, babara Ess, Jeffrey Glenn, Sue
Hanel, David Rosenbloom & Ned Sublette. Incl. 2 bonus pieces:
JOHN CAGE's infamous anti-Branca interview w/Wim Mertens at Chicago's
Navy Pier in 1982 & a gorgeous previously unreleased piece "Harmonic
Series Chords" performed by the NY Chamber Sinfonia in 1989.
A potent apocryphal missing link.
Atavistic-046
CD
$14.00
Broken Social Scene
Bee Hives
PS, US NOW available on heavyweight vinyl in a beautiful, full color
jacket.
Arts&Crafts-006
LP
$14.75
Broken Social Scene
Feel Good Lost
PS, US NOW available on two 12" heavyweight vinyl in a beautiful,
full color gatefold jacket.
Arts&Crafts-005
DLP
$18.50
Broken West
I Can't Go On, I'll Go On
PS, US It's a power pop gem, shimmering & cool, w/ sharp edges
& soaring melodies, recorded over the course of a yr. These songs
stand on their own, w/ touchstones such as The Kinks, Big Star &
The Byrds or Spoon, Wilco & Teenage Fanclub.
Merge-289
CD
$12.95
Brooks, Daphne A.
Jeff Buckley: Grace (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US The power and influence of Grace increases with each passing
year. Here, Daphne Brooks traces Jeff Buckley's fascinating musical
development through the earliest stages of his career, up to the release
of the album. With access to rare archival material, Brooks illustrates
Buckley's passion for life and hunger for musical knowledge, and shows
just why he was such a crucial figure in the American music scene
of the 1990s. EXCERPT: Jeff Buckley was piecing together a contemporary
popular music history for himself that was steeped in the magic of
singing. He was busy hearing how Dylan channeled Billie Holiday in
Blonde On Blonde and how Robert Plant was doing his best to sound
like Janis Joplin on early Led Zeppelin recordings. He was thinking
about doo-wop and opera and Elton John and working at developing a
way to harness the power of the voice...In the process, he was re-defining
punk and grunge "attitude" itself by rejecting the ambivalent
sexual undercurrents of those movements, as well as Led Zeppelin's
canonical "cock rock" kingdom that he'd grown up adoring.
He was forging a one-man revolution set to the rhythms of New York
City and beyond. And he was on the brink of recording his elegant
battle in song for the world to hear. Authors - Daphne A. Brooks:
Daphne A. Brooks is Assistant Professor in the Department of English
and African-American Studies at Princeton University, where she teaches
courses on African-American literature and culture, performance studies,
critical gender studies, and popular music culture.
Continuum-023
BOOK
$10.95
Brosseau, Tom
Grand Folks
PS, US New album speaks of his hometown in North Dakota, of the people
there, of convulsions of nature & of survival, about the great
flood of 1997, homelessness, the love of the sound of the fabulous
fifties, Les Paul & Mary Ford, traveling & keeping the direct
sunlight out of your face on the freeway. JOHN DOE, of the great LA
punk band X, co-produced & sings on "Fork in the Road."
Grammy-winning violinist HILARY HAHN is featured on two tracks. "He's
got the plain-spoken directness of Hank Williams Sr. and a delicate
way of phrasing that sometimes recalls Billie Holiday." -NPR,
All Things Considered
Loveless-024
CD
$12.50
Brothers Martin, The
S-T
PS, US The Brothers Martin is, appropriately enough, the brothers
Ronnie and Jason Martin, two of the most prolific and consistently
great songwriters making music today. The Martins are better known
for their individual bands Joy Electric (Ronnie's synth-experimental-pure-analog-pop)
and Starflyer 59 (Jason's indie-guitar-pop) and have over 20 releases
between them. People may, or may not, know that the brothers began
their musical journey as the obscure electro-pop duo Dance House Children
back in 1990. It is precisely because of what happened in 1990 and,
thus, after 1990 that The Brothers Martin project came to fruition.
T&N-63912
CD
$13.50
Bruno, Franklin
Elvis Costello: Armed Forces (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Thirty-Three and a Third is a series of short books about critically
acclaimed and much-loved albums of the past 40 years. Over 50,000
copies have been sold! "Passionate, obsessive, and smart."
-Nylon "...an inspired new series of short books about beloved
works of vinyl." -Details Franklin Bruno's writing about music
has appeared in the Village Voice, Salon, LA Weekly, and Best Music
Writing 2003 (Da Capo). He has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from UCLA, and
his musical projects include Tempting: Jenny Toomey Sings the Songs
of Franklin Bruno (Misra) and A Cat May Look At A Queen (Absolutely
Kosher), a solo album. He lives in Los Angeles. Authors - Franklin
Bruno: Franklin Bruno's writing about music has appeared in The Village
Voice, Salon, LA Weekly, and Best Music Writing 2003 (Da Capo). He
has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from UCLA, and his musical projects include
Tempting: Jenny Toomey Sings the Songs of Franklin Bruno (Misra) and
A Cat May Look At A Queen (Absolutely Kosher), a solo album. He lives
in Los Angeles.
Continuum-021
BOOK
$9.95
Buckley, Tim
Happy Sad
PS, US One of the best albums of the late 60s & his most underrated
album, this was a change-up pitch for the eclectic L.A. singer/songwriter.
Sounding like a bit like Fred Neil's Capitol-era albums, Buckley &
his small, acoustic-based ensemble create beautiful, jazz tinged folk-rock.
4MenwithBeards-145
LP
$15.00
Buckley, Tim
Lorca
PS, US This 1970 Asylum album once again available on vinyl. Continuing
his jazz explorations, he createdthe most "out" albumofhis
career. The 5/4 time signaturetitle track is strikingly weird w/ haunted
house pipe organ & 2 faster-paced numbers, the mellow contemplative
love song "I Had A Talk With My Woman" & the slightly
funky blues-based "Nobody Walkin'," are even fun. The band
is Lee Underwood, John Balkin (bass, haunted house pipe organ on "Lorca"),
& Carter Collins (congas).180 gram
4MenwithBeards-146
LP
$15.00
Bunalim
S-T
PS, US 1st-ever CD reissue of some of the most amazing Turkish music
ever recorded: wild, raw & w/ fuzz guitar all over. Bunalim (which
means "depression" or "frustration" in Turkish),
founded in '69, was one of the most well-known underground groups
on the Turkish music scene of the early '70s. This release is a blend
of their work from 1970-72, & feat. everything from American-influenced
garage to early punk experiments to fuzzed-out psychedelic heavy Eastern
drone, incl. a cover of Iron Butterfly's "Get Out Of My Life,
Woman" sung in Turkish.
Shadoks-078
CD
$15.00
Burroughs, William
Thee Films
PS, UK Following the success of their first DVD release "The
Final Academy Documents" (CRDVD13), Cherry Red Records are delighted
to announce the release of their follow-up DVD featuring one of the
cultural icons of all time - William S. Burroughs. When writer William
S Burroughs and artist Brion Gysin met Anthony Balch at the Beat Hotel
in Paris at the start of the sixties they knew they had the ideal
person to assist them in translating the ideas they had explored in
experimental art forms to film. Balch began his moviemaking career
collaborating with Burroughs on two shorts 'Towers Open Fire' and
'The Cut Ups'. The former is a relatively straightforward attempt
to capture the essence of Burroughs writing on film, utilising key
themes and situations featured in his books. The latter is an attempt
to cinematically represent the art form. To achieve this each scene
was filmed and edited in its entirety before the cut up method was
applied - physically cutting the movie into foot long lengths and
splicing them together randomly. Following the death of Anthony Balch
in 1980 the films remain untouched and virtually forgotten at his
home until the intervention of Psychic TV's Genesis P.Orridge, who
salvaged and archived them. This unique collection comprises all the
films made during that lengthy period of collaboration between Burroughs,
Gysin, and Balch. In addition to the finished works the video includes
a 50 minute film called 'Ghosts at No. 9' which uses cut-ups of film
and superimpositions, material from the extensive archive of Psychic
TV and to which Orridge added the distinctive soundtrack - making
"Thee Films" a unique and desirable addition to the collection
of all Burroughs fans. William Buys A Parrot / Towers Open Fire /
The Cut-Ups / Bill & Tony / Ghosts At No. 9.
CherryRedDVD-146
DVD
$20.00
Burroughs, William
Final Academy Documents
PS, UK Films from 1960/63. a) Ghosts At Number 9, b) Towers Open Fire,
Footage from Hacienda, Manchester, 1982, a) Selected Readings From
William S Burroughs. b) Performance from John Giorno. William Burroughs
was undoubtedly one of the most influential artists of the twentieth
century. Amongst those who sight him as an influence are Clive Barker,
Patti Smith, REM, U2, David Bowie, Lou Reed, Laurie Anderson, Cabaret
Voltaire and the late Kurt Cobain, many of whom he collaborated with.
His extensive literary legacy is constantly reprinted as each new
generation study the man who influenced modern contemporary literature
more than any other writer. His readings are legendary. The Final
Academy Documents DVD contains a rare glimpse of the man himself appearing
in public with some stunning readings from his work at Manchester's
famous Hacienda club. Its very limited release on video in the 1980s
makes this DVD even more collectable. Also featured on this highly
collectable DVD are some wonderful examples of Burroughs' work as
an experimental film artist. "Ghosts At Number 9" and "Towers
Open Fire" are two classic examples of Burroughs' film work with
the likes of Anthony Balch and Brion Gysin.
CherryRedDVD-13
DVD
$20.00
Busdriver
RoadKill Overcoat
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Epitaph
LP
$11.75
Busdriver
RoadKill Overcoat
PS, US Busdriver is that rare artist who brings so much flair and
originality to his music that he's transformed a whole genre with
his intricate assault of complex rhymes and vocal delivery. On this
release, he delivers synth-laden, post-techno hooks and indie-pop
moves provided by underground heroes, Boom Bip and DJ Nobody. He strings
together pop culture reference points, cryptic wordplay, and gallant
wit, with a wide musical palette of pop grandeur, psychedelic hip-hop,
and minimal beats, capturing listeners with his most undeniably catchy
release yet.
Epitaph
CD
$13.00
Camera Obscura
If Looks Could Kill
PS, SPAIN Contains exclusive B side. "If looks could kill"
is the third song taken as a single from the highly praised third
album by CAMERA OBSCURA, an album composed of melodic pop jewels from
the first to the very last song. Along with the title track, destined
to be danced to death in the best pop music clubs due to its unstoppable
Motown beat and the Phil Spector-esque sound. As usual, the 7"
is a limited edition vinyl release, and it features an exclusive,
previously unreleased B-side: a cover version of Phil Spector and
the PARIS SISTERS' eternal classic tune, "I love how you love
me".
Elefant-251
45
$7.00
Camera Obscura
If Looks Could Kill
PS, US The 2nd US single from "Let's Get Out of This Country"
& ties in w/ the start of their tour in Feb. Incl. 2 previously
unreleased tracks "Hands Up Baby" & "Alaska"
Merge-296
CD5
$5.00
Cars & Trains
2 AM
PS, US Abundant w/ layers of lush harmonies, strong but modest melody,
crafted lyrics & movement based arrangements composed w/ an apartment
full of sounds: trumpet, clarinet, mandolin, cello, a glockenspiel
& found object percussions. Each instrument nestles into a place
subverting the staid triumvirate of digitial pop.
CircleIntoSquare
CD5
$6.75
Ceephax
Volume One
PS, US AKA Andy Jenkinson. This encompasses an old school acid sensibility
crossed w/ the energy & innovation of the famous "Universal
Indicator" acid series, plus a melodic & moody experimental
side that is revealed in his mellower moments. The style is techno/acid/house/drum
& bass/experimental/ambient... basically all electronic/dance
styles, i.e. braindance. In Jenkinson's hands the sound of the 303
has taken on a new & important role that has surpassed the lame
& predictable offerings from the psy-trance & acid techno
camps.
Rephlex-185
CD
$15.50
Chateu Flight
Les Vampires
PS, US The latest electronic act to soundtrack for silent movies &
have composed a score specially written for Les Vampires (1915), a
sulfurous feuilleton of 10 episodes by French director Louis Feuillade.
This CD feat. 8 tracks, all untitled, varying & placing itself
somewhere at the border of electronic music, original soundtrack &
Krautrock/experimental stuff. The phantasmagorical & pre-surrealism
of Feuillade is omnipresent on this release, a long odyssey of combining
& handling vintage & contemporary technology in constant variation.
VersatileFrance-017
CD
$16.50
Chatham, Rhys
Crimson Grail
PS, US The man who rocks the minimalist canon like a hurricane, gathers
up the City of Light in the evanescent beauty of his latest piece
- written for 400 guitars & performed live in the basilica of
landmark Sacre Coeur - w/ 10,000 people watching & 100,000 more
on national TV. As the music shimmers, it offers a snapshot of eternity,
an echo of a moment 1000 yrs gone & 1000 yrs yet to come.
TableofElements-106
CD
$13.50
Chrome Cranks, The
Diabolical Boogie: Singles, Demos, & Rarities
PS, US A super-swank enhanced double CD collection of singles, demos,
and rarities, plus three music videos from NYC's prime dirt blues
movers, culled from their golden 1992-98 era. Copious, soul-bearing
liner notes by Peter Aaron, the Cranks' mouthpiece and official public
face. Includes covers of AC/DC, Devo, Television, Pere Ubu, T. Rex,
The MC5, Daniel Johnston, The Germs, Sky Saxon, and Brainiac.
Atavistic
DCD
$17.00
Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
Some Loud Thunder (ON SALE)
PS, US Their sophomore effort demonstrates just how far this band
has come since the release of their debut. It's a record that will
stand the test of time and critics alike.
CYHSY
CD
$11.50
Clinic
Visitations
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
DLP
$14.50
Clinic
Visitations
PS, US Since exploding into life about nine years ago, this Liverpool
quartet released a brilliant debut, "Internal Wrangler"
in 2000, toured with Radiohead, and appeared at Scott Walker's Meltdown.
In 2002, their second album, "Walking With Thee" earned
them a Grammy nomination. Described by NME as "a stunning return
to form", this release sees the band work again with Gareth Jones
(Interpol, Nick Cave, Depeche Mode). Clinic are distinctive in the
way that The Fall, The Residents, or Missy Elliot are distinctive
- it's hard to mistake their sonic fingerprint for anyone else's,
yet because they keep exploring the outer limits of their thing, they
always sound fresh.
Domino
CD
$14.00
Cooper, Kim
Neutral Milk Hotel: In The Aeroplane Over The Sea (33 1/3 Paperback
Book)
PS, US Of all the recordings to emerge from the Athens-via-Denver
collective called Elephant 6, Neutral Milk Hotel's second album is
the one that has worked its way under the most skins. Magnet magazine
named it the best album of the 1990s, and Creative Loafing recently
devoted a cover story to one fan's quest to understand why band leader
Jeff Mangum dropped out of sight soon after Aeroplane's release. The
record sells steadily to an audience that finds it through word of
mouth. Weird, beautiful, absorbing, difficult, In The Aeroplane Over
the Sea is a surrealist text loosely based on the life, suffering
and reincarnation of Anne Frank, with guest appearances from a pair
of Siamese twins menaced by the cold and carnivores, a two-headed
boy bobbing in a jar, anthropomorphic vegetables and a variety of
immature erotic horrors. Mangum sings his dreamlike narratives with
a dreamer's intensity, his creaky, off key voice occasionally breaking
as he struggles to complete each dense couplet. The music is like
nothing else in the 90s indie underground: a psychedelic brass band,
its members self-taught, forging polychromatic washes of mood and
tribute. The songs stick to one narrow key, the images repeat and
circle back, and to listen is to be absorbed into a singular, heart-rending
vision. Authors - Kim Cooper: Kim Cooper is the publisher and editor
of Scram, an occasional journal of unpopular culture dedicated to
celebrating unjustly neglected artists in the worlds of music, literature,
film/TV, comics and bohemia. She is the co-editor of Bubblegum Music
is the Naked Truth, and also of the acclaimed Lost in the Grooves:
Scram's Capricious Guide to the Music You Missed, (Routledge, 2004).
She lives in Los Angeles. Reviews:'Cooper has managed to write the
best music book that I've read so far... Awe alongside simple, direct
speech. It's a delicate balance, that Cooper's excellent writing manages
to preserve throughout the whole book...And this book doesn't only
give information and wrap this exemplary album with an excellent text,
it also gives me, and the rest of the prisoners of Jeff Mangum's scorched
and wounded world, the excuse and the opportunity to climb on the
rooftops and shout: 'For crying out loud, people, you better get to
know this album now, before the aeroplane over the sea crashes exactly
on that island with the place for only one record.'' ~ Guy Hajaj,
Haoneg.com, 2006
Continuum-029
BOOK
$10.95
Crow, Rob
Living Well
PS, US Somewhere between the breakneck touring to support PINBACK'S
breakthrough TOUCH AND GO debut, "Summer in Abaddon", and
the release of THE LADIES' debut album (his collaboration with ZACH
HILL of HELLA/TEAM SLEEP), the impossibly prolific ROB CROW had an
epiphany: SLOW DOWN. Not coincidentally, this revelation occurred
shortly after the birth of his first child (named Robertdale Crow
III, of course). Crow's time at home was suddenly more important than
ever. His family is all over "Living Well", his third solo
album: in the album title, the artwork (layered with dozens of family
photos), and the intensely personal lyrics which document Crow's courtship
with his wife, their marriage, and the subsequent birth of their first
child. Not only is "Living Well" Crow's finest solo album
by a country mile, it also transcends many of Pinback's most canonic
moments. It has the hooks and heart that he is famous for, with a
refined focus not seen in Crow's other projects.
Temporary-114
CD
$11.50
Curtains
Calamity
PS, US Guest appearances by NEDELLE & JOHN RINGHOFER aka HALF
HANDED CLOUD. Ex-member of Deerhoof & Natural Dreamers. The cryptic
musical logic of "Calamity" might be recognizable from Cohen's
past projects (both DEERHOOF and NATURAL DREAMERS), but this record
is brimming over with what was only hinted at before. The singing
and lyrics have at last brought THE CURTAINS vision into a clear and
recognizable focus. The enigmatic mood and seemingly unfounded optimism
of The Curtains' music have never been so sharply contrasted, and
the sounds and playing ("Calamity" is self-produced and
almost entirely performed by Chris) have never been so uncompromisingly
personal and eccentric. Casually veering from melodic pop ballads
("Go Lucky" and "Old Scott Rd." ) to unclassifiable
stylistic mish-mashes ("Invisible String" and "Calamity")
to unabashed bubble-gum and garage punk ("Green Water" and
"Fell On a Rock") to mysterious and brooding art-song ("Roscomare"),
"Calamity" continues the Curtains' project of poker-faced
genre disobedience. But this time Chris's singing and newly discovered
interest in song form has pushed to the Curtains music to a new level
of immediacy - on "Calamity" The Curtains have become what
they've always hinted that they really were and in fact, it's almost
a whole new band.
AsthmaticKitty-026
LP
$11.25
Cut Chemist
What's the Altitude
PS, US Second major label single from former JURASSIC 5 DJ / producer,
OZOMATLI member & 1/2 of the "Brainfreeze" 45 phenomenon
w/ DJ Shadow. Side A feat. rhymes by HYMNAL. Side B feat. like-minded
old-school/ pioneer/ random rap fanatic EDAN for lyrics. Both tracks
taken from "The Audience's Listening"
AStableSound-002
12
$7.50
Davis, Erik
Led Zeppelin: IV (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US In this wickedly entertaining and thoroughly informed homage
to one of rock music's towering pinnacles, Erik Davis investigates
the magic-black or otherwise-that surrounds this album. Carefully
peeling the layers from each song, Davis reveals their dark and often
mystical roots-and leaves the reader to decide whether [FOUR SYMBOLS]
is some form of occult induction or just an inspired, brilliantly
played rock album. Excerpt: Stripping Led Zeppelin's famous name off
the fourth record was an almost petulant attempt to let their Great
Work symbolically stand on its own two feet. But the wordless jacket
also lent the album charisma. Fans hunted for hidden meanings, or,
in failing to find them, sensed a strange reflection of their own
mute refusal to communicate with the outside world. This helped to
create one of the supreme paradoxes of rock history: an esoteric megahit,
a blockbuster arcanum. Stripped of words and numbers, the album no
longer referred to anything but itself: a concrete talisman that drew
you into its world, into the frame. All the stopgap titles we throw
at the thing are lame: Led Zeppelin IV, [Untitled], Runes, Zoso, Four
Symbols. In an almost Lovecraftian sense, the album was nameless,
a thing from beyond, charged with manna. And yet this uncanny fetish
was about as easy to buy as a jockstrap. Authors - Erik Davis: Erik
Davis has been writing about music, subcultures, and technoculture
for fifteen years. His cult book Techgnosis: Myth, Magic, and Mysticism
in the Age of Information (1998), was translated in 5 languages and
is being republished with a new introduction by Serpents Tail. He
is a regular contributor to Wired, and lives in San Francisco. Reviews:
"The most intellectually inspired and flat-out fun of Continuum's
ongoing 33 1/3 series of pocketbook album appreciations, critic Davis's
adventurous treatise decodes every magikal property embedded within
rock's most geeked-on masterpiece."- Blender
Continuum-017
BOOK
$10.95
Death Unit
Infinite Death
PS, US Infinite Death is the first full length CD release from Death
Unit, A super group of total psychedelic noise destruction formed
by Carlos Giffoni, on electronics, in early 2005 and which includes
Chris Corsano and Trevor Tremaine (Hair Police) on double drum attack
and Brian Sullivan (Mouthus) on Guitar. Covering all areas From total
minimal graveyard tonal strange work to massive wall of drums/electronic/guitar
assault, death unit was put together with one purpose: to leave nothing
alive behind. Infinite Death captures the absolute essence and energy
of Death Unit by combining a long studio track recorded at Sonic Youth's
Echo Canyon studio with s scorching ferocious live track recorded
on Death Unit's 2005 summer tour. Album artwork by Dominick Fernow
(Prurient) and mastering by James Plotkin (Khanate) puts the finishing
touches on this perfect package of intensity, focus and noise.
Important-118
CD
$12.00
Deerhoof
Friend Opportunity (ON SALE)
PS, US It's a feat of reinvention that could only come from artists
willing to rethink everything. Even though they've been around for
a long time, they're still restless & hungry for the rush of the
new. Not coincidentally, & fortunately for them, they've attracted
a burgeoning following who absolutely love to be challenged. One of
the most glorious albums ever heard.
KillRockStars-472
CD
$13.50
Deftones
Saturday Night Wrist
PS, US The band's first album in three years follows the 2003 self-titled
disc that was the Grammy-winning group's highest charter at #2. Produced
by Bob Ezrin (Pink Floyd, Jane's Addiction) and former Far guitarist
Shaun Lopez, "Saturday Night Wrist" is bombastic yet vulnerable,
aggressive yet thoughtful - combinations that have made The Deftones
among the most respected and acclaimed bands in hard rock.
Maverick
DLP
$18.00
Demon's Claws
Satan's Little Pet Pig
PS, US Part Gun Club, part Back From The Grave w/lo-fi distorted crunch
that hail from Montreal.
IntheRed-139
CD
$13.50
Demon's Claws
Satan's Little Pet Pig
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
IntheRed-139
LP
$11.50
Der Tpk
Harmful Emotions
PS, US DER TPK is the charming acronym for DER TEENAGE PANZER KORPS,
and anyone who can't appreciate the imagery of a pipsqueak quartet
of fuzzy, distorted youth, drenched in DIY testosterone, rumbling
out from sewers and into the street, just hasn't been vibing on the
correct History Channel. Based outta parts unknown (Germany? California?
Is there a difference?), Der TPK gnash and gnarl through the charred
landscape of the underground like a small battalion of Tiger tanks
blasting across the steppes of the Ukraine. Their sonic attack at
times recalls the anxious throb of Mars in their prime, but suddenly
it shifts and you could swear you were locked in battle with-uh, listening
to, that is-the early discordant rumble of Savage Republic. These
four youths-BUNKER WOLF, CATHOLIC PAT, BOY TRUE and EDMUND XAVIER-understand
they are channeling a vortex of sound, circa '79-'81. That's where
they wanna be. The walls shake, the floor crawls. Hey, whatta place!
And really, how could comparisons to Mars and Savage Republic ever
be a bad thing? Has Siltbreeze ever lied to you? Limited, one-time-only
vinyl edition. Previous releases on Skulltones and Pink Skulls (via
Jewelled Antler Collective) are out-of-print and mega-rare.
Siltbreeze-83
LP
$12.00
Didkovsky, Nick
Tube Mouth Bow String
PS, US These pieces are about the details of musical evolution that
emerge from rule based compositional systems. Using electric guitar,
string quartet, electronics, & computer software, explored territories
are held together by systems of agreements, forms specified in software,
real-time musical choices, & notation. N. Didkovsky electric guitar,
tabletop guitar, homebrew software; Sirius String Quartet: Gregor
Huebner, Meg Okura, violins; Ron Lawrence, viola; Dave Eggar, cello
Special guest Barbara Benary.
Pogus-042
CD
$12.50
Dilloway, Aaron
Beggar Master
PS, US CD issue of first full-length LP by ex-Wolf Eyes member Aaron
Dilloway. Recorded in Kirtipur, Nepal, March 2005. Originally released
on LP limited to 300 copies. Tape manipulations, feedback, crude field
recordings, & Nepali dirt. "Side 'Beggar Master' is like
a video game of a brick wall chasing a 300 pound wobble legged mosquito.
High feedback intercepted by sliding horizontal pile of bricks. Beating
thud heart with some open holes in the side corresponding to sludge
lake bug liberation. Pumping muscle disorders team up with mud and
dirt bubble bath to make larvae spawn engine. Whir and blur background
mechanical swamp. The end of the 'Beggar' side cuts off immediately
just as you think the whole mess of introduced sound is going to rise
up and start knocking down buildings. You can hear the displaced air
of the kong leg lifting and zip! The 'Prayer Flush' side starts off
as a homage to prehistoric Raptors vs. the Soccer Thugs of Britain.
Whistles, bites on the ass, distorted knee scrapes highlight various
parts of the first few mins of screaming melee. This fades into some
drawn out electro fry. The sound that no living being can stand up
to: deep long forked tongue death. Hum of the end. Then the New Blockaders
on the Thalid-O-Kid interrupt to make a canal of tumbling pile of
canned garbage flowing into a heightened snow storm of singing trident
lava-needled record players. Welcome here all trashit, submit your
excessive horrible souls to our torture disparagement! If you listen
close enough you might be able to hear the behemoth garbage truck
rolling up everything into a black hole rear compartment. Background
Killoway with his garbage can lid crook pointing the way into vortex
nothing. Canned fuzz drops dead after the tidal bleach hand eliminates
all movement. If you've heard it all from the Christians how scary
the sounds of hell will be, you can hear from Killoway's field recording
how your garbage is being treated once it's putrid soul is released.
Definitely a mood soundtrack for oblivionic conoise-suers with plans
to ride the flume to hell." -- Bonnie Banks, Brutal Sound Effects.
Hanson
CD
$12.00
Dirtbombs
Oh Katrina
PS, US The first installment in the new Mark Arminski Presents Detroit
Live 7-inch singles series gets you the kick-ass Motor City rock of
THE DIRTBOMBS. Includes the cuts "Oh Katrina" and "Candy
Ass," along with the secret tracks "I Started A Joke"
(Bee Gees) and "War Pigs" (Black Sabbath). Limited edition
pressing of 1,000 copies packaged with fold-out poster artwork by
world famous poster and album cover artist MARK ARMINSKY.
Noiseville-067
45
$6.75
Doiron, Julie
Woke Myself Up
PS, US On JULIE DOIRON'S first album of new material in over two years,
she addresses in her signature intimate songwriting style both the
heights and the fallout in a way that forces the listener to reexamine
their own loves. The first half of "Woke Myself Up" details
the joy and awe that her family has given her. Immediately, one knows
that her unabashed and unaffected lyrics are coming from a woman truly
moved. The second half sees Julie making mistakes, blowing second
chances, and coming to terms with the sad truth that one cannot live
up to expectations set by herself or those she loves. The harrowing
untitled final track (recorded and added to the album at the eleventh
hour by Doiron) may very well be the most affecting of Doiron's performances
ever committed to tape. Also important to the recording of this album
was a reunion of sorts with her musical family. Founding ERIC'S TRIP
bandmate RICK WHITE produced and played on the entire album, and a
handful of the songs contain the entire original Eric's Trip band
nucleus that took the Canadian indie underground by storm 15 years
ago. Working with an old friend and collaborator like White was key
to this album's intensely vulnerable and emotionally raw tone. What's
captured is timeless and universal, in the same way as CAT POWER'S
"Moon Pix", LEONARD COHEN'S "Songs of Love And Hate",
and JONI MITCHELL'S "Blue".
JagJagWar-091
CD
$11.50
Doiron, Julie
Woke Myself Up
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
JagJagWar-091
LP
$11.25
Dougan, John
The Who: The Who Sell Out (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Fascinating study of The Who's pop art masterpiece and British
pirate radio of the 1960s. Released in the U.S. in January 1968, The
Who Sell Out was, according to critic Dave Marsh, a complete backfire.
. .the album sold well, but not spectacularly [and was] ultimately
a nostalgic in-joke: Who but a pop intellectual could appreciate such
a thing? Further rarifying its in-joke status was its unapologetic
Englishness; 13 tracks stitched together in a mock pirate radio broadcast,
without a DJ, with cool, anglocentric commercials to boot. In the
36 years since its release, Sell Out, though still not the best selling
release in The Who's catalog, has been embraced by a growing number
of fans who regard it as the band's best work; one of the few recordings
of the late 1960s that best represents the ambitious aesthetic possibilities
of the concept album; without becoming mired in a bog of smug, self-aggrandizing,
high art aspirations. Sell Out, powerfully and ecstatically, articulates
the nexus of pop music and pop culture. As much as it is an expression
of the band's expanding sonic palette, Sell Out also functions as
a critique of the rock and roll lifestyle. Not the clichéd
mantra of sex, drugs, and rock and roll but in the ways that commercial
advertising fabricates a youth-oriented cultural reality by hawking
pimple cream, deodorant, food, musical equipment, etc., and linking
it with rock and roll. In this sense Sell Out is a reflective work,
one that struggles with rock and roll as a cultural expression that
aspires to aesthetic permanence while marketed as ephemera. From this
conflict emerges a pop art masterpiece. Authors - John Dougan: John
Dougan received a Ph.D. in American Studies from the College of William
& Mary and is an associate professor in the Department of Recording
Industry at Middle Tennessee State University.
Continuum-037
BOOK
$9.95
Dreamies
Program Twelve
PS, US Out of nowhere return album from Bill Holt, aka Dreamies; very
similar in feel to the original Dreamies album from 1974, but an updated
concept. "More than three decades after his first and only Dreamies
album, Bill Holt sets out to convey his sense of the times with a
fascinating new soundscape. This new album is equal parts electronic,
musique concrete, and pure pop performed by a talented singer songwriter.
Holt's original 1974 LP, Dreamies Programs Ten and Eleven, was set
in the chaos of the Cold War. This new album takes an intriguing look
at the War On Terror, a 48-minute odyssey with 11 tracks. Bill tells
his story with a mostly mellow blend of synth, guitar, percussion
and vocals, seasoned with plenty of found sound and FX. Dreamies:
Program Twelve. Where Big Brother meets cowboys and Islam. So saddle
up. Sit back. Enjoy the ride."
WilmingtonStudio
CD
$17.00
Dredd Foole
Daze on the Mounts
PS, US The Foole has finally come out & ended a near decade of
silence. Originally issued as a limited 2004 CDR, this reissue presents
the famed colossal side to the masses. In collaboration w/ Matt Valentine
& Erika Elder (MV&EE/Bummer Road & Tower Recordings),
2 of modern-times' purest interstellar travelers, he bounds between
Tim Buckley-esque bellow & a hyper-extended take on the song form
alongside environmental treatments (harmonica, synthesizer, percussion)
& his own acoustic guitar work to fully transcend known limitations.
FamilyVineyard-046
CD
$11.50
Earlies, The
Enemy Chorus
PS, US"The Enemy Chorus" is a hypnotic voyage through a
largely aphotic locale with unpredictable bursts of light and sound
- perhaps amidst the heavens, or maybe under our own feet. While no
less beautiful than their debut, this record carries a greater feeling
of uncertainty, longing, anxiety, and sadness. The group's production
skills have been greatly refined - at times, reminiscent of NIGEL
GODRICH'S great layered atmospheres. Though, the approach to recording
is essentially the same, and the distinct "EARLIES sound"
remains intact. Their listening habits changed considerably between
the recording of the two albums - exploring the depths of progressive
and krautrock. Influences range from the essential work of FAUST,
to prog greats GENTLE GIANT, to the musique concrete madness of JEAN-CLAUDE
VANNIER.
SecretlyCanadian-146
CD
$12.75
Early Years, The
S-T
PS, UK The chilling, psychedelia-drenched self-titled debut from this
UK band is a dense mix of the trio's influences: Spiritualized, Mogwai,
Television, Neu, and Tortoise. A sound that lies somewhere between
their joint love for ambient noise, motorik beats, drones, feedback,
harmony, and melody. They've been a fixture of late night MTV2 rotation,
and recently created the soundtrack for a Nike World Cup commercial.
The US version of this album contains a bonus disc with four additional
tracks and two videos. "Within ten songs, The Early Years manage
to run the gamut of emotional exploration that leaves you elated,
desperate, and moved in such ways you had not felt since your own
early years. Truly wondrous" - The Fly (UK).
BeggarsBanquet
DCD
$14.50
Echo & the Bunnymen
The Very Best of Echo & the Bunnymen: More Songs to Learn and
Sing [CD/DVD] (With DVD, Remastered)
PS, US
Rhino/WEA
CD/DVD
$24.00
Erie Choir
Slighter Awake
PS, US Fueled by the songwriting of Eric Roehrig, this showcases his
more subdued lyrics & melodies - "tightly wound pop songs
... as natural and easy as breathing" - as opposed to the loud
indie-rock of his previous project SORRY ABOUT DRESDEN. 5 yrs in the
making this feat. some of the finest musicians in Chapel Hill incl.
members of THE NEIN, SHARK QUEST, & THE WHITE OCTAVE. RIYL: Elvis
Costello, Elliott Smith, Neutral Milk Hotel, Tom Petty, The Cars.
Sit-N-SpinRecords-030
CD
$12.50
Excepter/Panda Bear
Split
PS, US A limited edition 12-inch split between ANIMAL COLLECTIVE member
PANDA BEAR and NYC anti-music makers EXCEPTER. Panda Bear previews
"Carrots" from his upcoming solo album-a gem of sampled
beats and sunshine harmonies-while Excepter expands their musical
excavations with "KKKKK"-which features five tracks within
the piece. Limited to 1,000 copies.
PawTracks-013
12
$8.75
Exploding Star Orchestra
We Are All From Somewhere Else
PS, US Rob Mazurek (Chicago Underground Duo/Trio/Quartet, Isotope
217) returns with an expansive free-jazz big band outing, as he and
a massive fourteen member cast of Chicago improvisers, including John
McEntire and John Herndon from Tortoise, weave together a beautiful
tapestry of horns, vibes, percussion, synthesizers, flutes, strings,
and piano.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.50
Finches
Six Songs (+1)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Dulc-I-Tone/Ulrike--07
LP
$13.00
Finches
Human Like A House
PS, US Debut from this cahrming SF duo that gracefully rides between
folk & pop & brings to mind such unclassifiable wonders as
Vashti Bunyan & Marine Girls.
dulc-i-tone-008
CD
$13.50
Finches
Six Songs
PS, US
UlrikeRecords-001
CD5
$5.75
Fjord
Lives Lives
PS, US In an age of repetitive breakdowns & lyrics you've heard
a million times over, they deliver this to remind us that there are
still musicians w/ a passion for what they do & how they represent
themselves. Forming from the ashes of bands such as WINTER SOLSTICE,
THE TAKEOVER, & others.
Eulogy-076
CD
$12.00
Fold, The
This Too Shall Pass
PS, US "This Too Shall Pass" is a showcase of rock's most
exciting elements - explosive guitars, electrifying drumming, and
cohesive, intelligent lyrics.
T&N-11459
CD
$14.00
Frank And Walters, The
You Deserve To Be Happy
PS, SPAIN We live in a world that constantly tells us we don't have
what we need and we are not who we should be. It's a non-stop unavoidable
torrent, of comparatives, negatives and superlatives. "A Renewed
Interest In Happiness" by The Frank And Walters, tell us that
everything is going to be all right. It is an antidote to the trials
and tribulations we all face. Questions and answers beautifully packaged
in unforgettably perfect melodies. The early spring of 2006 saw a
little town called Ballyvinny make an entry into the indie-pop history
book as The Frank And Walters kicked off the sessions that would eventually
become their fifth studio album. True as always to their 'Brave Indie
Warrior' code, their surroundings came complete with no running water,
no heating and no soundproofing. The first ears to hear the record
were on the cows that stared curiously in the window of the practice
room. The sessions went well and a team was assembled. Dave Couse
came on board as the producer (having previously worked on Grand Parade
and indeed EP1 back in '91). Richard Rainey signed up to mix some
tracks. Paul met sound engineer Kieran Lynch while on a train journey
from Dublin to Cork and secured him as the recording engineer for
the album. Work began in earnest in May. It quickly became clear that
something special was happening. It is probably their finest work.
Fifa-003
CD
$16.75
Fray, The
How To Save A Life (CD/DVD)
PS, US
Epic
CD/DVD
$17.50
Fujiya & Miyagi
Transparent Things
PS, US This Brighton trio of electronic maestros borrow from some
of the best: Can, Kraftwerk, Air, and even Talking Heads. Already
receiving critical acclaim in the UK, get ready for some major waves
stateside. "They're doing for 70's Krautrock and motorik what
the DFA did for early 80's electro. Indeed, without even being asked,
they've gone and done the unthinkable: They've actually made krautrock
fun" - Pitchfork Media. "Danceable kraut-pop with head scratching
lyrics and droves of cute Brits loving every minute of it" -
Tokion. "...sure-footed disco-punk - a sweet, clever, charismatic
record" - NME.
DeafDumbBlind
CD
$11.50
Funkstorung
Appendix
PS, US Remixes from 1998 to 2005 & such illustrious names as Björk,
Lamb, Raveonettes and Nils Petter Molvaer, this definitive collection
is not to be missed. Packaging will be "super jewel case"
with rounded corners and 20+ page booK
K7-210
CD
$17.00
Gaar, Gillian G.
Nirvana: In Utero (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US <p>Though Nevermind was Nirvana's most commercially successful
album, and the record that broke them - and the grunge phenomenon
- internationally, In Utero has increasingly become regarded as the
band's best album, both by the critics and the band members themselves.
Instead of sticking to the "grunge pop" formula that made
Nevermind so palatable to the mainstream, Nirvana chose instead to
challenge their audience, producing an album that the band's creative
force, Kurt Cobain, said truly matched his vision of what he had always
wanted his band to sound like. Here, the full story behind the creation
of In Utero is told for the first time. Authors - Gillian G. Gaar:
Gillian G. Gaar is the author of She's a Rebel: The History of Women
in Rock'n'Roll. She served as project consultant on the Nirvana box
set With the Lights Out. She lives in Seattle.
Continuum-034
BOOK
$9.95
Garneau, Chris
Music For Tourists
PS, US Brooklyn singer/songwriter's album sparkles w/ piano-driven
arrangements that highlight his immense songwriting ability &
his gorgeous, unique voice. Produced by DUNCAN SHEIK.
AbsolutelyKosher-067
CD
$14.50
Ghost
In Stormy NIghts
PS, US There are a variety of sounds & songs, ranging from pop-folk
numbers to hard rock to outré concepts held together by their
diverse musical personality. They display intense power on these new
recordings, incorporating frame drums & tympanis & the "springer"
(a device made by Batoh that contains metal springs, a resonance box,
plasma ball (light) & rotating machine to create a heavy yet theremin-like
sound) into their already-diverse orchestra. Incl. a blasting cover
of Cromagnons "Caledonia". This is the same line-up as "Hypnotic
Underworld".
DragCity-313
CD
$13.50
Ghost
In Stormy NIghts
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-313
LP
$14.00
Ghost Stories
Quixoticism
PS, US Bedroom recordist Ron Lewis (FRUIT BATS, JOGGERS, COLIN MELOY,
DISMEMBERMENT PLAN crew) has made a gem of haunting lo-fi folk, found-sound
ambience & epic psych-pop grandeur. An album that unfolds like
a passive-aggressive psych-rock opera. An album that embodies the
tribulations of finding, losing or extricating oneself from love.
SonicBooms-022
CD
$13.25
Gilberto, Astrud
September 17, 1969
PS, UK Is there any need for an introduction to Astrud Gilberto, The
Girl From Ipanema, who brought the nonchalant 'Vaga' vocal style of
the Brasilian New Wave to international attention and launched a thousand
indie-girl records and fantasies in a time and place she never imagined....??
Rev-Ola proudly presents the second in their series of Astrud Gilberto's
wonderful albums....described as her best album by none other than
popmeister Duglas T. Stewart of The BMX Bandits...well, it IS simply
amazing. A move into softpop rendered in her trademark sexy style
but with the surprising addition of some pretty funky playing. As
her tenure at famed jazz label Verve was running down, her versions
of songs by The Beatles, Bee Gees, Margo Guryan and The Doors gave
a new slant to her amazing talents... simply lovely! - One of the
BEST albums ever made anywhere in the world ever anywhere... erm,
anytime!
Rev-Ola-193
CD
$13.00
Goat/Sixes/Xome
Deluxe Incinerator
PS, US This will hold much appeal to the harsh noise audience, as
well as fans of each individual artist. For folks who enjoy Merzbow,
SPK, Masonna, Government Alpha, NON, Haters, Prurient, Macronympha,
and Runzelstern and Gurglestock, this collection will be essential.
This collection also represents the first pro-pressed CD release for
each artist involved.
C.I.P.-020
CD
$15.00
Goblin
The Fanastic Voyage Of Goblin
PS, UK An outstanding progressive rock group in their own right, Goblin's
name is synonymous with the cinema of Dario Argento, the director
of stylised Italian horror. For him they composed such celebrated
scores as 'Profondo Rosso', that starred David Hemmings and which
provided the group with a domestic number one hit and the hallucinatory
'Suspiria', which recalls early Can and the free-form improvisations
of Amon Duul II and Popul Vuh. Goblin's music is astoundingly effective
both as rock and in the context of the films and is internationally
celebrated as such. Like David Axelrod, Goblin have been widely sampled
and are held in great esteem by the Chemical Brothers and those of
that generation.
BellaCasa
CD
$13.50
Good, The Bad & The Queen, The
S-T
PS, US New intrigue from Blur/Gorillaz maestro Damon Albarn, with
bassist Paul Simonon (The Clash), guitarist Simon Tong (The Verve),
Afrobeat percussionist Tony Allen, and Danger Mouse.
Virgin
CD
$12.50
Green, Alex
The Stone Roses: The Stone Roses (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Authors - Alex Green: Alex Green is the former Music Editor
of SOMA Magazine. His reviews and interviews have appeared in Magnet,
Trouser Press, CMJ New Music Monthly, Amplifier, Discoveries, Hitch,
Yahoo!, Hits!, and Circus. In addition, he teaches English Composition,
Music Journalism, Critical Thinking and Greek and Roman Literature
at St. Mary's College of California. He currently hosts the show "Caught
In The Carousel," a new music radio show featuring on-air interviews
and live sets on 89.5 FM, KSMC.
Continuum-033
BOOK
$9.95
Hammerlock
Forgotten Range
PS, US First disc of all-new material since 2003. Hammerlock expands
their sound beyond their traditional power trio format with liberal
doses of lap steel & acoustic slide guitar throughout, in addition
to pedal steel & harmonica courtesy of special guests Bob Click
& Jason Story.
SteelCage-060
CD
$12.50
Happy Couple, The
Happy Times & Petty Crimes
PS, JAPAN 12 track album + 1 hidden track. A compilation of all the
songs recorded to date by highly touted pop outfit The Happy Couple.
In addition to the songs from the Hamburg/Brighton based duo's sold
out "Four Seasons" vinyl only EP and the Matinee EP "Fools
In Love", Happy Times & Petty Crimes includes their new smash
hit "Song For The Troubadour," featuring Belle & Sebastian's
Stevie Jackson on harmonica, as well as other smashing C86 and Sarah
Records inspired indiepop songs like "Boyfriend Of The Week"
(first time on CD), "Another Sunny Day" and "Hopeless
Case." "Song For The Troubadour" comes in three flavours:
original version; remix by Carsten Meyer aka Erobique (International
Pony); as well as a previously unreleased acoustic version, all of
which are included here.
Quince-043
CD
$12.50
Hazelwood, Lee
Cake Or Death
PS, US Cake or Death is the legendary LEE HAZLEWOOD's swan song, his
last album before he returns to the shadows from which he was dragged
in the '90s, following his rediscovery by an range of contemporary
artists like Beck, Sonic Youth, Pulp, and Nick Cave. Thirteen tracks
loaded with Hazlewood's trademark drama, sentiment, lyrical trickery,
subtle politics, dry wit and unforgettable melodies. Includes a far
spookier remake of "These Boots Were Made For Walking,"
as well as a newly recorded version of "Some Velvet Morning"
featuring his granddaughter PHAEDRA.
EverEve-008
CD
$15.50
Hazelwood, Lee
Cake or Death
PS, US Cake or Death is Lee Hazlewood's swan song before he returns
to the shadows from which he was dragged in the '90s, following his
rediscovery by an extraordinary range of contemporary artists such
as Beck, Pulp, Sonic Youth & Nick Cave. Contains new recordings
of his classic tracks These Boots Are Made For Walking & Some
Velvet Morning.
Ever-008
CD
$15.50
Hazzard, Tony
Tony Hazzard Sings Tony Hazzard
PS, UK Tony Hazzard's songs are known to millions. During his first
flurry of pop success in the mid-late '60s he scored huge hits with
"Ha! Ha! Said The Clown" and "Fox On The Run"
for Manfred Mann, "Listen To Me" for The Hollies, "Me
The Peaceful Heart" for Lulu, "Hello World" for The
Tremeloes and "You Won't Be Leaving" for Herman's Hermits.
In addition, his "The Sound Of The Candyman's Trumpet" was
recorded by Cliff Richard and entered into the 1968 Eurovision Song
Contest (note the word SONG there, folks). "Maria Elena"
was beautifully rendered by the great Gene Pitney while the Jimmy
Page-led Yardbirds turned Tony's "Goodnight Sweet Josephine"
into a psych-pop classic. Simon Dupree & The Big Sound, The Casuals,
The Family Dogg, Cherry Smash and The (formerly Swinging) Blue Jeans
all turned to Hazzard's effortless pop tunes in the late '60s too.
In the midst of all this success as a writer, Tony somehow found time
to polish up a dozen or so of his demos (themselves things of fully
formed wonder as played by the top session cats of the day) and thus
was born his first 'solo' LP, Tony Hazzard Sings Tony Hazzard, released
in 1969. It features all of the aforementioned mega-hits and a selection
of other equally worthy pop gems as rendered by Tony, his band and
pals like Jimmy Page and The Hollies' Tony Hicks.
Rev-Ola-190
CD
$13.50
Hecker
Recordings for Rephlex
PS, US These 8 pieces were completed between 2002 & 2004. Although
individual pieces have been produced for different occasions, all
the recordings share concepts of sound generation on various time
scales, down to the smallest sound particles. Superimpositions of
multiple audio layers were not applied.
Rephlex-181
CD
$15.50
Hecker, Tim
Radio Amor
PS, US Originally released on Mille Plateaux in 2002 & has been
out of print for 2 years. A key release in Hecker's discography, bridging
his output between 2001 & 2004. A brilliant soundtrack for dreaming.
This cd is dedicated to the the idea of Jimmy the high-wire shrimper.
Misplaced nautical charts, trade wind, shortwave miscommunication,
midnight whispers.
Alien8-066
CD
$11.75
Hella
There's No 666 In Outer Space
PS, US Tenth album from mysterious duo who have magically expanded
to a quintet since their last release, a huge addition to their precision
sound, continuing to follow in a long tradition (from Beefheart to
Don Cab to Trans Am to Lightning Bolt) of music-making madness.
Ipecac-083
CD
$15.00
Herbert
100 Lbs
PS, US In January 1996, Matthew Herbert released his debut album,
100Lbs. that would stand as a personal manifesto for the future of
dance music. Now re-released w/bonus disc of B-sides, rarities &
unreleased tracks. "One heavyweight of a record" - Pitchfork.
K7-239
CD
$17.00
Hersh, Kristin
Learn To Sing Like A Star
PS, US Hersh's prolific career spans twenty years, from founding pioneering
post-punk art-rockers THROWING MUSES through more than ten TM records,
eight solo releases & three releases with her harder-than-ever
punk rock outfit 50FootWave. Her most recent solo outing, might finally
be the rock record Hersh has hinted at for years - an intense, openly
emotional & beautiful statement. "Learn to Sing Like a Star"
comes across as the lovingly obsessive work of an artist who neverfails
to "bring it" - an indie-rock symphony.
YepRoc-2142
CD
$14.50
Himes, Geoffrey
Bruce Springsteen: Born In The U.S.A. (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US When Bruce Springsteen went back on the road in 1984, he opened
every show by shouting out, "one, two, one, two, three, four,"
followed by the droning synth chords of "Born in the U.S.A."
Max Weinberg hit his drums with a two-fisted physicality that cut
through the swelling chords. With a rolled-up red kerchief around
his head and heavy black boots under his faded jeans, Springsteen
looked like the character of the song, and from the very first line
("Born down in a dead man's town") he sang with the throat-scraping
desperation of a man with his back against the wall. When he reached
the crucial lines, though, the guitars and bass dropped out and Weinberg
switched to just the hi-hat. Springsteen's voice grew a bit more private
and reluctant as he sang, "Nowhere to run. Nowhere to go."
It was as if he weren't sure if this were an admission of defeat or
the drawing of a line in the sand. But when the band came crashing
back at full strength-building a crescendo that fell apart in the
cacophony of Springsteen's and Weinberg's wild soloing, paused and
then came together again in the determined, marching riff-it was clear
that the singer was ready to make a stand. Authors - Geoffrey Himes:
Geoffrey Himes has written about music on a weekly basis in the Washington
Post since 1977. During that time he has also written about pop music
for the Oxford American, Rolling Stone, No Depression, the Chicago
Tribune, Country Music Magazine, Sing Out, Request Magazine, Downbeat
Magazine, Jazz Times, Musician Magazine, National Public Radio, Bluegrass
Unlimited, Crawdaddy Magazine, the Baltimore Sun, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution,
Baltimore Magazine, the Nashville Scene, the Houston Press, the Baltimore
City Paper, and other outlets. He has contributed to the following
books: The Blackwell Guide to Recorded Country Music, The Encyclopedia
of Country Music, The Rolling Stone Jazz & Blues Album Guide and
Best Music Writing 2000. He won a 2002 ASCAP/Deems Taylor Award for
Music Feature Writing.
Continuum-027
BOOK
$9.95
Hot Chip
Over & Over Remixes 2
PS, US New remix package delivers some fired up remixes by Maurice
Fulton & Mock & Toof. Fulton remixes gives you a dub &
Vocal spaced out funky house adventure that will be sure to keep the
party moving. The Mock & Toof mix is a driving sub bass techno-house
vibe with snippets of the original throughout this remix
ASTRALWERKS
12
$7.00
Hotel Alexis, The
Goliath, I'm On Your Side
PS, US The second album by Hotel Alexis, shows the band poised to
make an impact in the landscape of American song. "Goliath"
marks a significant step forward for the Hotel Alexis, and especially
for singer/songwriter Sidney Alexis. Taking the Americana and folk
influences from the first album, "Goliath" expands the distinctive
songs into more experimental and psych influenced territory. Written
primarily by Alexis during a stay at an ex-hippy commune in southern
Spain and recorded in locations all over the US, the albu's tracks
are reminiscent of Sparklehorse trading songs on the porch of Richard
Buckner while a Velvet Underground era Lou Reed looks on with an approving
nod! Nice!!
BrokenSparrow-4049
CD
$9.00
Howe, Catherine
What a Beautiful Place
PS, US Produced by legendary jazz pianist Bobby Scott, it's a pastoral
blend of English countryside folk & London orchestral pop, not
unlike Nick Drake's Bryter Layter or Saint John's Songs For a Gentle
Man. Originally released on Reflection Records in '70, the much sought
after album disappeared after only a few months in the racks. This
12 song album has been fully re-mastered, incl. bonus tracks, a thoroughly
researched history of the album, & a tidy slip case tying it to
the rest of the Numero library.
Numero-012
CD
$13.25
Hyvonen, Frida
Music From The Dance Performance 'Pudel'. (ON SALE)
PS, SWEDEN Parasol fave backed by a small symphony! Sweden's Frida
Hyvönen has been without a home for nearly a year. She got bored
and restless in her apartment in Southern Stockholm and gave up her
lease. Since then she has been travelling and touring all over Europe
and the US (her debut was released this past Autumn via Secretly Canadian).
Playing shows, visiting friends, writing new songs... She has also
found the time to record a new album - Frida Hyvönen Gives You:
Music From The Dance Performance 'Pudel'. It's the first release in
her experimental 'Frida Hyvönen Gives You'-series in which she
intends to put out whatever she feels like, be it instrumental music,
spoken word or even "a new, very foul language", as she
herself puts it.
The music on this album was originally written
by Frida for the dance performance Pudel, directed by choreographer
Dorte Olsen. In September she recorded the songs together with a small
orchestra - some horns, a small choir and a string quartet - in collaboration
with producer and string arranger Jon Bergström. The recordings
take the music way beyond being the soundtrack to a dance performance.
Just listen to 'Fall Is My Lover' or 'See How I Came Into Town' or
any of these numbers. Heartbreaking songs, boldly arranged, beautifully
played and with Frida's exceptional voice at their core.
LickingFingers-022
CD
$14.00
I Walk the Line
Desolation Street
PS, US Hailing from Helsinki, Finland, they took their name from the
legendary Man in Black, Johnny Cash, feeling it described the honest
straightforward nature of the punk rock they played. Apart from dressing
all in black, there is little else that nods to the classic country
icon. The band plays dark resonant, melodic, edgy punk, pulling from
such diverse influences as The Clash, Murder City Devils & Social
Distortion.
Gearhead-071
CD
$11.50
Ideal Free Distribution
S/T
PS, US Inside your raincoat you find a plastic pocketwatch. It is
chiming. Now is the time for the Ideal Free Distribution. The makings
of the Ideal Free Distribution came together in 1997 when Eric Griffy,
Tony Miller, and Craig Morris decided to make some recordings in Eric's
bedroom of some of the primitive ramblings trapped in their heads.
Often crude and amateurish, the songs nonetheless had a unique sound
and vision that encouraged the three to keep it up. Inspired by Scott
Walker, Belle and Sebastian, Beach Boys, and the more obscure elements
of the psychedelic genre, they pressed on with the creative process.
In a few months, the songs became respectable enough to play for others,
and good enough to keep the group recording more material. As their
maturity as songwriters grew, some of these new songs (about 50/50)
were absolutely wonderful. However, since these new recordings were
made in the boys' tiny hometown of Benton, Kentucky, they would never
see any release beyond that of compilation cassettes passed around
to friends and family. The advantage of this obscurity was that the
band was able to learn to cull their weaker songs and focus their
efforts on tunes that were worthwhile. The culmination of these developments
began to appear in 2003 and 2004 as Eric, Tony, and Craig began writing
material for their forthcoming single (Saturday Drive/Apples and Oranges)
and LP. With a full lineup due to the addition of Joe Drury on keyboard
and guitar, Mike Grote on drums, Marci Schneider on mellotron and
castinets, Shelly Morris on vocals and percussion, and Samantha Herald
on accessory percussion and vocals, Robert Schneider of The Apples
in Stereo heard and loved the demos for these new songs, and his enthusiasm
has spread throughout the psychedelic underground who happened to
hear them. Through Robert, the band found a home in Athens, Georgia's
Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records. Mike Turner, head of the label,
caught wind of the band via the undeniable enthusiasm that Robert
had for the band. RIYL: Apples in Stereo, the Association, Belle &
Sebastian.
HappyHappyBirthday-081
CD
$10.25
Inglis, Sam
Neil Young: Harvest (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Neil Young's Harvest is one of those strange albums that has
achieved lasting success without ever winning the full approval of
rock critics or hardcore fans. Even Young himself has been equivocal,
describing it in one breath as his "finest" album, dismissing
it in the next as an MOR aberration. Here, Sam Inglis explores the
circumstances of the album's creation and asks who got it right: the
critics, or the millions who have bought Harvest in the 30 years since
its release? Excerpt The White Falcon's split pickup might have been
just a gimmick from the early days of stereo, but the way Neil Young
uses it on 'Alabama' is remarkable. His muted picking brings stabbing
notes first from one speaker, then the other, as though we were hearing
not one but two guitarists, playing with an unnatural empathy. The
electric guitar has seldom sounded so menacing, and Young's growling
rhythm and piercing lead notes are tracked perfectly by Kenny Buttrey's
bare-bones drumming. The build to the chorus is beautifully judged,
and when Young and his celebrity backing singers let rip, there's
an almost physical sense of release. Author - Sam Inglis: Sam Inglis
is features editor at Sound on Sound magazine in London.
Continuum-003
BOOK
$10.95
Isis
In the Absence of Truth
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RoboticEmpire-071
DLP
$19.25
Jobim, Antonio Carlos & Luiz Floriano Bonfa
S/T
PS, UK Antonio Carlos (Tom) Jobim is the biggest name in Brazilian
music. His composition 'The Girl from Ipanema' with 'Yesterday' are
the most popular song of all time and it is THE number that defines
Bossa Nova (though Jobim wrote two dozen other songs that are intrinsic
to the genre). Jobim and the virtuoso Brazilian guitarist Luiz Bonfa
were (with Joao Gilberto) the architects of Bossa Nova; overseeing
the transition of traditional samba song to the new form and our collection
covers those years of transition. Our set includes Jobim songs played
by Bonfa and vice versa. It includes vintage domestic hits written
either by Jobim or by both men and as a major feature also includes
the entire score of the 1956 'Orpheus of the Carnival' stage play
(written by Tom Jobim and the poet Vinicius de Morais). This was the
blueprint for the famous film 'Black Orpheus' which two years later
swept all before it at the Cannes Film festival and put Bossa Nova
on the world map. Our set captures the flavour of fifties Brazil,
when in arts and culture and sport the country was really emerging.
Jobim and Bonfa are popular throughout the world. Much of the later
work of both men has long attained classic status and is in print
(eg Jobim's number 1 USA LP with Frank Sinatra). Both men are major
names in America and Japan. Bossa Nova has been given further impetus
with the re-discovery of Tropicalia and period Brazilian music is
now extremely prominent, in Britain and Europe especially.
El-97
CD
$13.00
Kamijo
Martha
PS, US Since this elusive '71 record appeared in Hans Pokora's 3001
Record Collector Dreams book, most collectors (incl. those in Japan)
were searching for this album with no luck. What is it? Has anybody
seen it? It's so rare, but is it any good? It's the first of 3 albums
composed by the Japanese artist. All English vocals, lots of fuzz
guitar, percussion, piano & great vocals. An underground-rock
album w/ folky elements & a West Coast touch. Kamijo is the Mick
Stevens of Japan.
Shadoks-069
CD
$15.00
Kilgour, David
Far Now
PS, US His 1st band THE CLEAN changed the face of rock in the 80s.
Now he still loves music, still loves life & is still making records.
This is filled w/ gorgeous melodies, singing that conveys subtle emotion
& effortlessly eloquent guitar playing.
Merge-287
CD
$13.00
King Kong Ding Dong
S/T
PS, US Beautiful, menacing, & full of lo-fi abstraction, this
debut EP from a band that shares memebers w/ A Sunny Day in Glasgow
is an exciting addition to psychedelic avant-rock music. A haunting
& breathtaking piece of art from a band you are guaranteed to
keep hearing about.
Badmaster-005
CD
$8.00
Kuupuu
Yokehra
PS, GERMANY Repress! Jonna Karanka aka Kuupuu is one of the main movers
of the (deservedly) much-hyped Finnish Psychedelic Free Folk scene.
Originally hailing from Tampere she is known as a core member of Avarus,
Anaksimandros, Kukkkiva Poliisi and Maniacs Dream. Additionally, she
has recently started Hertta Lussu Ässä with Lau Nau and
Islaja and has collaborated with Tomutonttu (aka Jan Anderzen of Kemialliset
Ystävät) and Paavi (as Lussu ja Paavi). "Yökehrä"
is the first of two vinyl-only LP's on the Dekorder label compiling
the best material from her first four CD-R and cassette releases,
all of which immediately became much sought after collector's items,
fetching ridiculous prices on the eBay market. This LP is a beautiful
collection of haunting (sometimes spooky) home baked freeform folk
songs, strange lo-fi loops, vocal drones and psychedelic cut-ups,
made using weirdly tuned plucked and strummed strings, bells, clattery
percussion, unidentifiable wind instruments, backwards tape loops
and a ton of other noisemakers all played and recorded by herself;
accompanied by her distinctive voice (often looped and layered) with
vocals sung and whispered in her native Finnish language making the
whole atmosphere even more haunting and mysterious.
Dekorder-016
LP
$13.25
Kuusumun Profeetta
Hymyilevien Laivojen Satama
PS, US Most recent full length from this outfit led by CIRCLE vocalist/keyboardist
Mika Rättö. Band name translates to Moon Fog Prophet. This
magnificent opus carries ten new Prophet tracks, feat. Syysaika (Autumntime),
Ammeellinen kyyneleitä (Bath Full Of Tears) and Hän jota
ei ollutkaan (He Who Never Was)
Ektro-038
CD
$16.50
La Jr
Dos Casas
PS, SPAIN LA JR (previously know, simply, as JR) are back, led as
usual by Frank Rudow (also a member of Viva Las Vegas and Manta Ray),
Rafa and Borja. Almost three years after their latest release (also
titled "La JR"), "Dos Casas" is a work of dark
atmospheric lounge, trancey Kraut-Rock groove or anti-jazz-folk, as
we like to name it. Less hermetic than their previous albums, less
strictly "autistic pop", LA JR could be a blend between
Ry Cooder, The Sea and Cake, AR Kane or Sun Ra, and their new 11 songs
-all created thru' modest handicraft ingredients-, part of what we
think is one of the best European albums of 2007. When writing a music
review or in this case a press release, it is difficult not to resort
to subjectivity -the me, myself and I syndrome. The reader doesn't
give a damn that I woke up a day later feeling like it was Friday
when actually it was Thursday, that the sun had skulked away shyly
as it had come at dawn or that a spike from my cactus had prickled
me reminding me to water it. Having said this, I have not been asked
to write about time travel, weather reports or botany. It could mean
absolutely everything or absolutely nothing. And it is exactly this
everything and nothing that awakens my interest in LA JR. Please excuse
the subjectivity. I came across Jr or more specifically a fragment
of the track 'Abrir, amar, y dos sonrisas' from the album 127 (1999,
Acuarela) two years late. I can't remember if I invented the tag or
if I read it in a press release, but whatever the case I associated
it and type cast it as Dadaist pop. Speaking of Dadaism, I would like
to quote a text in a book by Richard Huelsenbeck that I coincidentally
finished today: "Anyone can be a dadaist. Dadaism does not restrict
itself to any particular art form. The waiter in the Manhattan Bar
who serves a curaçao with one hand whilst scratching his gonorrhoea
with the other is a Dadaist. The gentleman dressed in a raincoat that
takes off around the world for the seventh time is a Dadaist. A Dadaist
should be someone who thoroughly understands that you have the right
to ideas only when you apply them to life; the Dadaist is a totally
active person who only exists through actions, their only means of
knowledge". I'll leave you to make your own conclusions. There
is no exact definition for the word 'dada' and there are no exact
words to describe the multifariousness of La Jr. Last year, with the
release of La Jr (Acuarela) I chose pantheist rock instead of dadaist
pop to pigeonhole them (because of 'Las dos en la nave'), but as I'm
listening to their recent release 'Dos casas', I am finding it more
difficult to sum it up in a nutshell. The cookie jar opens and the
sound of 'Lav decoración 1' renders the air, I nod my head,
tap my toes and duly change my position although not my perspective
as many things remain the same; Frank Rudow is still an outstanding
percussionist (that hypnotic softness in 'Un lado útil'), Rafael
Martínez's disjointed singing is just as lustful and irreverent
('Mi a Mi' and 'Arrebato') as ever and equally seductive, I'm sure
you'll agree. This is most evident in 'Yo voy a cambiar eh!', so much
so that it is not necessary to refer to the title to be convinced
there's been a change here. 'Pistoleros' is to music what assemblage
is to art; an overlaying of diverse, motley materials; it sounds like
porcelain, wood, glass and it squeaks even though it doesn't sound
like squeaking.
Acuarela-1071
CD
$13.00
Lehtisalo Family
Interplay
PS, US Jussi Lehtisalo has made quite a name for himself as the mastermind
of CIRCLE & EKTROVERDE & has asked his parents to join him
on this peculiar album. The simple hypnosis found on both Circle and
Ektroverde are certainly present, albeit in primitive drum machines
& infuriatingly off-kilter percussive riffs. Ethereal sounds meander
through the rhythms do little to give away their more sinister attributes
as coming from dental equipment. A very bleak & very intriguing
album.
Ektro-003
CD
$16.50
LeRoy, Dan
Beastie Boys: Paul's Boutique (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Aurthor - Dan LeRoy: Dan LeRoy writes regularly about music
and politics for The New York Times, Alternative Press, The Hartford
Courant, Launch, National Review Online and the New Times newspaper
chain. His work has also appeared in Vibe, Gene Simmon's Tongue and
the All Music Guide, and he is the co-author of 20 Years of Mountain
Stage (2003), a history of National Public Radio's musical variety
show.<p/>
Continuum-030
BOOK
$9.95
Lewis, Miles Marshall
Sly and the Family Stone: There's A Riot Goin' On (33 1/3 Paperback
Book)
PS, US Author - Miles Marshall Lewis: Miles Marshall Lewis is the
author of Scars of the Soul Are Why Kids Wear Bandages When They Don't
Have Bruises (Akashic Books, 2004), an acclaimed essay collection
dealing with the decline of hip-hop culture and my upbringing in the
Bronx at the time and place of hip-hop's birth. He is former music
editor of Vibe, currently living in Paris and writing for French Rolling
Stone, and was recognized for writing a Notable Essay of 1999 by Da
Capo Best Music Writing 2000. His celebratory profiles and criticism
have appeared in a wide variety of magazines, including The Nation,
Rolling Stone, Spin, Blender, The Village Voice, LA Weekly, The Face,
The Believer, and many others. Reviews: 'a heartfelt insight...informed
and impassioned....But it's his ability to make sense of this album's
cocktail of crushed optimism and acrimonious revolt that makes this
volume so impressive.' -Mojo, Stevie Chick,
Continuum-032
BOOK
$9.95
Liles, Andrew
New York Doll
PS, US 3rd release is comprised of multiple concert recordings at
different locations that were brought home, chopped up & put back
together again. Sometimes the emphasis is more the synthesizer/ambient
part, sometimes the taped sounds of people talking, girls singing
or even a telephone conversation. Still there is a great sense of
Nurse w/ Wound but nevertheless has his own identity. His collage
work is set against a hybrid of drone related music. Over 90 minutes
in this 2CD collection.
Infraction-013
DCD
$13.25
Lovers
Sleep with Heat
PS, US During the writing and recording of "Sleep With Heat",
CAROLYN BERK lived in Athens, Georgia, Boston, Massachusetts, and
Portland, Oregon; the entire expanse of the touring musician's American
highway. It is this relentlessness, this longing-turned-searching,
that is woven into "Sleep With Heat"'s tales of loneliness
and heartache. Broke-down, hungover laments from motel parking lots
and frozen foreign cities tell of the emotional labor of perpetual
goodbyes, and of the simultaneous enchantment of someone who doesn't
stick around long enough to ever get too comfortable in a place. It's
fresh-eyed. It's sad-hopeful. It's brave and vulnerable. Musically,
"Sleep With Heat " finds the band at its best, at times
with expansive guitars and gorgeous strings, at other times stripped
down to the honest-bones sound of a banjo-plucked Southern front porch.
Berk is accompanied by old friends/gifted musicians: BRENT JONES (Phosphorescent),
JESSE FLAVIN (Phosphorescent), and DANIEL RICKARD (Parker and Lily);
with guest vocals elegantly delivered by MATTHEW HOUCK (Phosphorescent).
OrangeTwin-025
CD
$11.50
Lundy, Zeth
Stevie Wonder: Songs In The Key Of Life(33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Zeth Lundy's book, in keeping with the album's themes, is structured
as a life cycle. It's divided into the following sections: Birth;
Innocence/Adolescence; Experience/Adulthood; Death; Rebirth. Like
all double albums, Songs in the Key of Life is imperfect but audacious.
If its titular concern - life - doesn't exactly allow for rigid focus,
it's still a fiercely inspired collection of songs and one of the
definitive soul records of the 1970s. Stevie Wonder was unable to
control the springs of his creativity during that decade. Upon turning
21 in 1971, he freed himself from the Motown contract he'd been saddled
with as a child performer, renegotiated the terms, and unleashed hundreds
of songs to tape. Over the next five years, Wonder would amass countless
recordings and release his five greatest albums - as prolific a golden
period as there has ever been in contemporary music. But Songs in
the Key of Life is different from the four albums that preceded it;
it's an overstuffed, overjoyed, maddeningly ambitious encapsulation
of all the progress Stevie Wonder had made in that short space of
time. Zeth Lundy's book, in keeping with the album's themes, is structured
as a life cycle. It's divided into the following sections: Birth;
Innocence/Adolescence; Experience/Adulthood; Death; Rebirth. Within
this framework, Zeth Lundy covers Stevie Wonder's excessive work habits
and recording methodology, his reliance on synthesizers, the album's
place in the gospel-inspired progression of 1970s R'n'B, and many
other subjects. Authors - Zeth Lundy: Zeth Lundy is Music Columns
Editor at the online magazine Popmatters.
Continuum-042
BOOK
$9.95
Lymbyc Systym
Love Your Abuser
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mush
LP
$11.50
Lymbyc Systym
Love Your Abuser
PS, US The debut full-length is a sprawling post-rock epic. Drawing
inspiration from groups like Tortoise, Explosions in the Sky &
Four Tet. Their compositions cleverly combine catchy melodies, dynamic
rhythms & intricate laptop programming that form melodic &
cohesive tracks blurring the borders between post-rock, indie-rock,
and folktronica.
Mush-252
DCD
$14.50
Macromantics
Moments In Movement
PS, US This is the debut from Australian rapper Romy Hoffman, a Melbourne-based
artist who began her music career in the mid '90s as a 15-year old
guitarist for Ben Lee's first band, Noise Addict. There's something
for everyone on this album. Braggadocio battle raps sit right next
to tunes about kites and balloons, while banging party songs are followed
by the eerily spooky. This is a woman of many musical loves; hip-hop
may have never sounded so fresh. "...definitely one to watch
as she brings her honest, hook-hop to the ears of all who give a damn
about artists shoving the envelope forward" -Inpress.
KillRockStars
CD
$13.00
Macromatics
Moments in Movements
PS, US This Australian rapper got her first gig in BEN LEE's NOISE
ADDICT. This is a woman of many musicial loves, you can count at least
3 deaht metal references here. Even Melanie Griffith gets a shout
out. Hip hop may have never sounded so fresh.
KillRockStars-411
CD
$13.50
Madeline
The Slow Bang
PS, US The nine songs on this new LP reach a new level of beauty both
in MADELINE'S voice and the music accompanying her. While still maintaining
her beautiful folk style she has also expanded to incorporate new
elements in her music as drums, piano, bass, backing vocals, and more
chime in (always at the perfect moment) to complete the serenity of
this very enjoyable album. Totaling about 33 minutes, these 9 new
songs flow into each other seamlessly from solo acoustic lullabies
to wonderfully enchanting songs that breathe life and emotion through
your turntable. But it is still undoubtedly Madeline's voice that
sets her apart from other singer-songwriters. As clear and precise
as handbells with just the slightest country twang, its haunting quality
is the perfect vehicle for her smart, sensual lyrics. Madeline Adams
was raised in the vibrant music scene of Athens, Georgia, and began
performing her songs by the age of sixteen. Her 2003 Plan-It-X release
"Kissing And Dancing" is now in its third pressing and has
earned her national recognition and a loyal fan-base. To date, she
has been on eleven national tours and has been billed alongside acts
like NEDELLE, JENS LEKMAN, ANTONY AND THE JOHNSONS, ROBYN HITCHCOCK,
CALVIN JOHNSON, TILLY AND THE WALL, AND DAVID DONDERO.
OrangeTwin-026
CD
$11.50
Maher Shalal Hash Baz
L'Autre Cap
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
K-179
LP
$11.25
Maher Shalal Hash Baz
L'Autre Cap
PS, US Composing his music to be played by amateur musicians, Tori
Kudo, the enigmatic conductor of Maher Shalal Hash Baz, has been called
"The Master Of Mistake". On this release, he's a wickedly
inspired bandleader, presenting a tight package of 27 songs both fierce
and fragile. Barely held together by the threads, these songs seem
just a note away from falling apart completely. The effect is at turns
serene, dissonant, enchanting, rockin', and intensively catchy. For
longtime fans who've tracked the group over their many years and mutations,
this record is an essential follow-up to "Faux Depart",
and is also an excellent starting point for those unfamiliar with
the long history and naïve genius of Tori Kudo's Maher Shalal
Hash Baz.
K-179
CD
$11.50
Manic Street Preachers
Everything Must Go [Bonus Tracks] [Bonus DVD]
11/06 re-issue of the '96 release
2CDs w/ bonus tracks plus bonus DVD
SNYB688486.2
2XCD/DVD
$25.00
Marks, Gary
Gathering
PS, US In 1973, at the age of 22, San Francisco singer-songwriter
Gary Marks self-produced his first album, Gathering. It is now considered
a classic - a totally unique amalgam of folk-rock-jazz that seems
to get richer & more powerful through the years. What makes the
album extra special is the fact that the band included guitar legend
John Scofield, the renown jazz pianist Michael Cochrane & one
of the top vibraphonists in the world, David Samuels. At the time,
none of them were known to the general public. In fact, this was their
recording debut.
KindredSpirits-002
CD
$17.00
Marks, Gary
Gathering
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KindredSpirits-002
LP
$15.00
Martin, Charlotte
Stromata
PS, US
DinosaurFight
CD
$15.00
Massonix
Subtracks
PS, US A project by UK producer extraordinaire Graham Massey &
a collection of tracks spanning 10 yrs of sub-aquatic electronic keyboard
portraitures. In the mid-80s, he started making music w/ Gerald Simpson
& Martin Price under the name 808 STATE. Much of the music on
this nautically-themed album comprises elements of rhythm & melody
originally taken from these live sets, which have then been reworked
& assembled into finished tracks. The results will make you delirious.
Skam-080
CD
$15.50
Maze
Armageddon
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Sundazed-138
LP
$16.00
McGonigal, Mike
My Bloody Valentine: Loveless (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Loveless remains an enigma, 15 years after its release - an
album so influential and groundbreaking that its chief creator, Kevin
Shields, has been unable or unwilling to release an official follow-up.
In his book, Mike McGonigal talks to all the members of My Bloody
Valentine, in an almost certainly futile attempt to get at the essence
of this extraordinary record. Authors - Mike McGonigal: Mike McGonigal
has written about music and art since 1984, when he started the fanzine
Chemical Imbalance. An occasional curator, sculptor and DJ, Mike edits
the arts journal YETI and resides in Portland, Oregon. He really needs
to get out more. Reviews: "Mike McGonigal's take on one of the
biggest music geek albums ever is a brief and entertaining read that
pulls the curtains back on this widely influential shoegaze classic.
In-depth information on recording sessions and interviews conducted
for the book with band leader Kevin Shields and his ex bandmate/lover
Bilinda Butcher shine a blinding light on the album and why there
was never a followup."-Under the Radar, Fall 2006 "Loveless"
by My Bloody Valentine is one of the best albums on Earth. The 33
1/3 Series...has done a brilliant thing by having McGonigal writing
a wonderful book about the album.' ~ Todd E. Jones, The Tripwire
Continuum-036
BOOK
$9.95
McLeese, Don
MC5: Kick Out The Jams (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US When the Motor City 5 stormed the stage, the band combined
the kinetic flash of James Brown on acid with the raw musical dynamics
of the Who gone berserk. It's a unique band that can land itself on
the cover of Rolling Stone a month before the release of its debut
album and then be booted from its record contract just a few months
later. Rock had never before seen the likes of the MC5 and never will
again. Many of us who were floored by the 5 in concert were convinced
that this was the most transcendently pulverizing rock we would ever
experience, while many more who heard or read about the band dismissed
the 5 as a caricature, a fraud, White Panther bozos play-acting at
revolution. There was always plenty of humor to the 5-visionary knuckleheads-though
the question was whether they were in on the joke. Frequently ridiculed
during their short career, they've since been hailed as a primal influence
on everything from punk to metal to Rage Against the Machine to the
Detroit populist resurgence of the White Stripes, Kid Rock and Eminem.
Authors - Don McLeese: Don McLeese wrote about rock for the alternative
weekly Chicago Reader, as the award-winning pop music critic for the
Chicago Sun-Times and Austin American-Statesman and as a frequent
contributor to Rolling Stone, Request and other national music magazines.
He is now an associate professor of journalism at the University of
Iowa, where he continues to contribute to national music, literary
and general-interest publications.
Continuum-025
BOOK
$9.95
McLuhan, Marshall
McLuhan's Wake
PS, US Marshall McLuhan is considered the "Patron Saint"
of Wired magazine. Perhaps the most publicized English teacher in
the twentieth century & arguably the most controversial. The film
translates these laws into an illuminating & revealing text. Blending
all forms of media, including animation and special effects. It is
a visually dazzling & poetic film w/narration by Laurie Anderson.
Over 100 mins of extras!
Disinformation-031
DVD
$18.50
Menck, Ric
Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers (plus The Notorious Byrd Brothers
CD w/ Bonus Tracks)
PS, US Here it is! The incredibly talented Ric Menck has finally finished
his book for Continuum covering "The Notorious Byrd Brothers"
album. We are offering an expanded version of the CD (with 6 bonus
tracks) and Ric's new book as a package deal for only $17.50. Regular
price for both is $19.45 plus you save on shipping by ordering the
package deal. This is a win-win situation, ya'll!
Continuum-043
CD/BOOK
$17.50
Menck, Ric
Byrds: The Notorious Byrd Brothers (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US By the time Roger McGuinn, David Crosby, Chris Hillman, and
Michael Clarke entered the studio to begin work on this album, they
were basically falling apart at the seams. "Ladyfriend",
a song written by Crosby, had just failed miserably as a chart single
despite the fact that he lobbied hard to get it released. This - coupled
with the fact that he made what the rest of the band considered an
embarrassing political speech onstage during their set at the Monterey
Pop Festival, and then sat in with rivals the Buffalo Springfield
the following day - pushed McGuinn and Hillman in particular to the
limits of their patience. Then, for the Notorious sessions, Crosby
presented a song called "Triad", written about a threesome,
and although McGuinn and Hillman reluctantly agreed to record it,
they later decided to place a less controversial Goffin & King
pop number called "Goin' Back" on the album instead. Crosby
declared the song banal and refused to sing on it. A few too many
studio flare-ups later, McGuinn and Hillman finally screeched up into
the Hollywood Hills in their Jaguars and fired Crosby on the spot.
Also brooding during this period was drummer Michael Clarke, who had
always borne the brunt of the other band members' rage while recording.
He was by far the least accomplished member of the band musically,
and when they suggested bringing in a studio drummer to embellish
some tracks (Jim Gordon, later of Derek & the Dominos fame), he
finally declared he'd had enough and moved to Hawaii to get away from
the music scene altogether. So, McGuinn and Hillman were left to cobble
together an album with the help of producer Gary Usher (known for
his work with Brian Wilson, the Millenium, Sagittarius and many others).
The fact that it turned out to be one of the defining albums of the
60s psychedelic pop experience was either a sheer stroke of luck,
or a testament to McGuinn and Hillman's determination to prove that
they didn't need Crosby's help to construct their masterpiece.
Authors - Ric Menck: Ric Menck is a drummer, singer, and songwriter
who lives in Los Angeles. He has been in bands since 1979, including
the Drats, the Reverbs, Pop the Balloon, Bag of Shells, the Springfields,
Velvet Crush and the Tyde. As a drummer, he has played on records
by (and toured with) Matthew Sweet, Liz Phair, Aimee Mann, Willie
Nelson, and Marianne Faithfull. He also runs a small record label
dedicated to reissuing lost classics from the 60s and 70s, and he
recently released a retrospective solo album The Ballad of Ric Menck,
which PopMatters described as 'one of the best albums of 2004'.<p/>
Continuum-043
BOOK
$9.95
Menomena
Friend And Foe
PS, US This fractured post-punk, post-hip-hop, post-pop album is the
much-anticipated follow-up to their debut, "I Am The Fun Blame
Monster". National press coverage already confirmed in Alarm,
Alternative Press, Black Book, Chord, Death & Taxes, DIW, Filter,
Harp, Jane, Magnet, Paste, RE:UP, Relevant, Relix, Under The Radar,
and more. Look for the Internet campaign around the first single,
"Wet And Rusting".
Barsuk
CD
$11.50
Million/Billion
Ready. Fire. Aim
PS, US LA folkie rock trio fold in elements of jazz filligrees, soul
grooves & even a little
Western twang for quite the unique sound. Harkens back to the 60's
when nobody gave a flip about genrifying themselves but only
making great music. Have toured w/LaMontagne, Beck & Shooter Jennings.
Mercy-20011
CD
$12.25
Mitchell, Joni
Blue
PS, US 1971 Masterpiece!!! 180-GRAM HQ VINYL!!!
Rhino
LP
$15.00
Mood Six
Cutting Edge Retro: A Mood Six Anthology 2XCD
PS, UK Neo-psychedelic combo Mood Six was formed in London's West
End in 1982; emerging from the remnants of mod revival groups like
the Merton Parkas and the VIP's, their original line-up included Phil
Ward, Tony Conway, Andy Godfrey, Guy Morley, Paul Shurey, and Simon
Smith. Debuting with a pair of tracks on the "A Splash of Colour"
compilation, the group immediately launched itself to the forefront
of the short-lived British psychedelia revival. Signing to EMI, Mood
Six issued their first official single, "Hanging Around",
but were dismissed from the label when the follow-up, "She's
Too Far (Out)", proved a commercial disappointment. This anthology
double-album gives no emphasis to the early period but begins from
1984, when the false glitter and pretence was stripped away and a
more honest band emerged. Cherry Red Records have carefully reproduced
the majority of their creative output, which includes three albums:
"The Difference Is..." (Psycho 1985); "A Matter Of"
(Cherry Red 1986); "And This Is It" (Lost Recording Co 1993);
several singles and a bunch of odds and ends, (including two new tracks:
"A Perfect World" and "Misunderstandings" - these
tracks are the strange fruits of a series of songwriting and demo-ing
sessions held in a north London flat in 2002) We're happy to introduce
this unique package and are confident of receiving good press and
radio exposure. Mood Six "Cutting Edge Retro: A Mood Six Anthology"
is another fantastic package from the prolific Cherry Red Records.
A double-album anthology featuring album tracks, singles, b-sides,
rarities and 2 brand new, previously unreleased songs.
CherryRed-310
DCD
$13.50
Morricone, Ennio
Morricone In the Brain
PS, UK This album will take you take you on a profoundly psychedelic
trip through one of the most fertile imaginations in 20th century
music. It is a mind-bending seventy minutes with the maestro - Ennio
Morricone. Ennio Morricone was the biggest living man in film music,
and this album is when he was in the
beat pop acid sixties and seventies at the height of his creative
powers when his abilities as a composer went far beyond even what
the best international groups in each genre were capable of. The majority
of the music featured on this incredible compilation is from obscure
European art movies and (long deleted) is being released in digital
format for the first time. Morricone In the Brain is a testament to
Morricone's incredible artistry and also his versatility. An album
at which to marvel it will surely be enthusiastically received critically
and will be essential to any student of the maestro or the genres
of psychedelia or film.
BellaCasa-2
CD
$12.00
Mum
Peel Session (ON SALE)
PS, US Before John Peel died, before Mum's lineup changed around,
before the rest of the world tried to copy their sound, before anyone
from America ever went to the Airwaves Festival... ahh, life was grand
indeed. Behold a document of time, held close to our hearts. The 2002
Sessions include 4 reworked tracks, spawned from the band's debut.
FatCat-057
CD
$8.25
Mum
Peel Session
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
FatCat-057
12
$10.75
Murray, Sunny
Sunshine
PS, US 48st volume in the BYG Actual series; gatefold sleeve, 180
gram vinyl. "This album was recorded in Paris on August 15, 1969
with Lester Bowie, Dave Burrell, Roscoe Mitchell, Archie Shepp, Alan
Silva, Malachi Favors, Arthur Jones and Kenneth Terroade. Sunny Murray
is 'rightly regarded as jazz's first free drummer. His belief in the
drum as an extension of the human soul's vibration allowed him to
create a sonic firebed for tonal instruments to dance across. He spent
the '60s developing his propulsive, brain-poking style with Albert
Ayler, Cecil Taylor and his own groups. The wild sextet Mr. Murray
led for this session heralds our entry into the rough and blaring
world of high energy." --Thurston Moore and Byron Coley.
BygRecords (WLTS)
LP
$10.25
MV & EE with Bummer Road
Green Blues
PS, US An enclave consisting of MATT VALENTINE, ERIKA ELDER, MICHAEL
EHLERS & a revolving/evolving auxiliary of men, women, dogs &
stars has been exploring, developing & investigating the lost
& found art of what they describe as "lunar blues, sometimes
finger-style noise/space" for a few years now. This is what may
be the heaviest, most sky-minded recording in their oeuvre.
EcstaticPeace-084
CD
$10.00
My Cat Is An Alien
Leave Me In The Black No-Thing
PS, US Leave Me In The Black No-Thing is the new full-length album
recorded April 10th, 2006, at MCIAA's Alien Zone, located in a remote
region of the Western Alps, Piemonte, Italy. The work consists of
two tracks entitled Part One and Part Two for a total length of 56:15
minutes. After having been irradiated by the Cosmic Light Of A New
Millennium, you find yourself facing a black and white cover, where
the only view of the universe is foreshortened, and represents a lighted
shape showing branches of pine trees under a white sky, within the
darkest black. Element which represents the esthetic detaching and,
at the same time, a further step in the duo's artistic process, which
determines their willingness to go beyond any goal already achieved.
For MCIAA to make art means to risk daring the unknown, daring the
listener himself to excel his own limits of perception of the work
of art in music, without losing anything of their unique and unmistakable
style. If, as many of the international critics have been remarking,
MCIAA's works live on the boundary between Light and Darkness, it's
also true that Cosmic Light of the Third Millennium celebrated the
light of the outer spaces as well as Leave Me In The Black No-Thing
represents a jump into the No-Thing of the empty inner spaces. Recorded
in their secret recording-space up on the Western Alps of Piedmont,
Italy, during the trespassing from dusk to the beginning of the night,
the work lives of the same dark magic of the Wagnerian post-romantic
overtures, suspended between the deepest silence and the most deflagrating
sonic attack. Light/Darkness, noise/silence, permeated by Roberto
Opalio's suffering vocal tunes, which defines and underlines the edge
of the work. After the cacophonic and free implosion of the nucleus
of the initials 30 minutes, 25 minutes of painful silence follow,
sounding like the last whisper before the final end: angels' chorus
and ectoplasmatic presences float on Maurizio Opalio's crystal-clear
guitar strings. It's the Cosmic Blues of the III Millennium, which
penetrates into the soul, leaving indelible signs.
Important-116
CD
$12.00
Nachtmystium
Eulogy IV
PS, US US PRESS with full color sleeve & printed full color inners.
Remastered JUST for this release by Scott Hull. Sounds amazing. One
of the most important black metal bands in the US today. For fans
of Leviathan, Krieg, Judas Iscariot, Xasthur & the Norweigan forefathers:
Burzum, Darkthrone, Satryicon, etc. Features two bonus songs on this
LP. Live covers of "Earth" & "Burzum"!
Kreation-002
LP
$11.75
Nelson, Sean
Joni Mitchell: Court And Spark (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Court and Spark is Joni Mitchell's most overt attempt at making
a hit record, full of glossy production, catchy choruses, and even
guest stars from every stratum of rock culture, high (Robbie Robertson)
and low (Cheech and Chong). The record was a smash, reaching number
two on the charts in March of 1974, spawning three hit singles; Help
Me, Free Man in Paris and Raised on Robbery and cementing Mitchell's
position as a commercial as well as an artistic force. Sean Nelson,
a well known musician himself (Harvey Danger, the Long Winters), is
particularly well equipped to understand all the elements that went
into the making of this classic album, and he does so with clarity
and wit. Authors - Sean Nelson: Sean Nelson is the Associate Editor
and Senior Staff Writer of The Stranger, and is a partner in Seattle
independent label Barsuk Records.
Continuum-040
BOOK
$9.95
New Ruins
The Sound They Make (ON SALE)
PS, US The Sound They Make is the debut album from East Central Illinois
duo New Ruins, file under: Small Town Midwestern Gothic. Droney acoustic/electric
rock, songs rendered in sepia-tone, awash in rural melancholy, folksy
guitar-mantras tinted with martial snares and cooing organs. New Ruins
architects Elzie Sexton and J.Caleb have been making music together
for a decade and there is an intimacy between the two here that rivals
friendship and brotherhood. Compared to: Ugly Casanova, Iron &
Wine, Talk Talk, Mojave 3, Silver Jews, and John Fahey.
AHiddenAgendaRecord-087
CD
$9.00
New Ruins
T-Shirt Green (Arrows Design) (XS)
PS, US Forest Green T-shirt / American Apparel 100% Cotton. Size:
ExtraSmall.
AHiddenAgendaTshirt
TS
$12.00
New Ruins
T-Shirt Grey (Arrows Design) (S)
PS, US Ash Grey T-shirt / American Apparel 100% Cotton. Size: Small.
AHiddenAgendaTshirt
TS
$12.00
New Ruins
T-Shirt Grey (Arrows Design) (XS)
PS, US Ash Grey T-shirt / American Apparel 100% Cotton. Size: Extra
Small.
AHiddenAgendaTshirt
TS
$12.00
New Ruins
T-Shirt Green (Arrows Design) (L)
PS, US Forrest Green T-shirt / American Apparel 100% Cotton. Size:
Large.
AHiddenAgendaTshirt
TS
$12.00
New Ruins
T-Shirt Green (Arrows Design) (S)
PS, US Forest Green T-shirt / American Apparel 100% Cotton. Size:
Small.
AHiddenAgendaTshirt
TS
$12.00
New Ruins
T-Shirt Green (Arrows Design) (M)
PS, US Forest Green / American Apparel 100% Cotton. Size: Medium.
AHiddenAgendaTshirt
TS
$12.00
New Ruins
T-Shirt Grey (Arrows Design) (M)
PS, US Ash Grey T-shirt / American Apparel 100% Cotton. Size: Medium.
AHiddenAgendaRecord
TS
$12.00
New Ruins
T-Shirt Grey (Arrows Design) (L)
PS, US Ash Grey T-shirt / American Apparel 100% Cotton. Size: Large.
AHiddenAgendaRecord
TS
$12.00
New Trust
Dark Is The Path Which Lies Before Us
PS, US Over three years in the making, THE NEW TRUST finally presents
their debut full-length album. Borrowing the nervous energy of early
Superchunk, the band creates punk music for those who've long since
hung up the patches and outgrown the genre. Fourteen songs that teem
with restlessness and muffled optimism, all while showcasing singer/bassist
JOSH STAPLES songwriting skills.
Slowdance-029
CD
$12.25
New Young Pony Club
S/T
PS, US London coed 5 piece drips w/ catchy, sexy hooks inspired by
bands like ESP & Tom Tom Club w/ 21st century zip.
Modular-018
CD5
$9.00
Niimi, J.
R.E.M.: Murmur (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US <p>R.E.M.'s debut album, released in 1983, was so far
removed from the prevailing trends of American popular music that
it still sounds miraculous and out of time today. J. Niimi tells the
story of the album's genesis - with fascinating input from Don Dixon
and Mitch Easter. He also investigates Michael Stipe's hypnotic, mysterious
lyrics, and makes the case for Murmur as a work of Southern Gothic
art. EXCEPRT: In the course of an interview that took place some twenty
years ago, Michael Stipe made passing reference to an essay that had
a deep impact on him. It's what came to his mind when, after having
been harangued by fans and journalists alike about Murmur's lyrics,
already grown weary from having to continually entertain their broad
speculations, he finally threw up his hands. "Anyone who really
wants to figure out the words to our songs should probably read this
essay, then go back and listen," Stipe told the interviewer.
"It talks about how people misinterpret something that's being
said, and come up with a little phrase or word that actually defines
the essence of what the original was better than the original did."
What Stipe was trying to say is that if you want answers to R.E.M.,
you're not only looking in the wrong place, you're also asking the
wrong questions. Authors - J. Niimi: J. Niimi writes about rock music
for a number of publications including the Chicago Reader and Seattle
Weekly, and is a regular contributor to City Pages. He worked as a
studio engineer and record producer, and toured and recorded five
albums with his band Ashtray Boy. He lives in Chicago, where he hosts
Radio Zero, a weekly rock show on WHPK 88.5 FM.
Continuum-022
BOOK
$9.95
Niven, John
The Band: Music From Big Pink (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Authors - John Niven: John Niven graduated from Glasgow University
in 1991 with a First Class Honours MA in English Literature. He toured
and recorded as guitarist in The Wishing Stones - their sole LP Wildwood
(Heavenly Records 1992) owes more a passing debt to the music of The
Band - before becoming an A&R man and working with acts like Travis,
Mogwai, and Sigur Ros. Over the years he has written about music,
film and sport for publications like Word, FHM, Socialism, The Herb
Garden and Mixmag. In 2003 he sold his first screenplay and co-wrote
and directed the award winning short film 'Tethered' (British Film
Council/Frozen Tundra Films.) Reviews: 'This identically-titled novella,
or smaller novel, part of an imaginative, unique series called "33
3/1", from Continuum Books, is just as solid, thought provoking
and interesting as the album that inspired it.' -Mark Gould, Sound
Waves Magazine "Music From Big Pink is a moving book that succeeds
not just in vividly evoking its time and place but in distilling one
young man's cliched and minor destiny into something approaching tragedy....This
well-written first novel captures not just some of the dreams of that
bygone era, but the way those dreams died." -Greg Kamiya, The
New York Times Music From Big Pink is faction: real people like Richard
Manuel, Rick Danko, Bob Dylan and Albert Grossman rub shoulders with
fictional characters and actual, documented events thread their way
through text alongside imagined scenarios. Through the eyes of 23-year-old
Greg Keltner, drug-dealer and wannabe musician, we witness the gestation
and birth of a record that will go on to cast its spell across five
decades - bewitching and inspiring artists as disparate as The Beatles,
Eric Clapton, Travis, Wilco and Mercury Rev.
Continuum-028
BOOK
$10.95
Northside
Chicken Rhythms + Singles
PS, US 17 tracks, an expanded reissue of the debut album by Manchester
'baggy contenders, originally released by Factory Records in June
1991. Produced by IAN BROUDLE (Lightning Seeds, Echo and the Bunnymen),
the album made the national Top 20 in the UK on release. Now features
all three singles released in 1990-91: the Radio 1-banned Shall We
Take a Trip?, My Rising Star & Take 5.
LTM-2386
CD
$16.00
Nurse & Soldier
Marginalia
PS, US NURSE & SOLDIER'S "Marginalia" is gentle, bewildered
psych-pop from the partnership of ROBERTSON THACHER (aka BOBBY MATADOR
of ONEIDA) and longtime collaborator ERICA FLETCHER. The two have
been making music together since their teenage years, a long history
reflected in the intimate nature of the music. Far more vulnerable
and raw than Oneida, Nurse & Soldier sing about longing, betrayal
and reconciliation; the sound of "Marginalia" is a confused
murmur, as opposed to Oneida's punishing roar.
Jagjaguwar/Brah-008
CD
$11.50
Of Montreal
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
PS, US This is their career defining masterpiece, an irresistable
& remarkable album, sounding like a logical extension of the erratic
indie-disco sounds of "Sunlandic Twins." CD is packaged
in a unique die-cut fold out w/ original DAVID BARNES art.
Polyvinyl-124
CD
$13.50
Of Montreal
Hissing Fauna, Are You the Destroyer?
PS, US 3XLP VINYL VERSION!!!
Polyvinyl-124
LP
$15.50
Opalio, Roberto
Chants From Isolated Ghosts
PS, US Roberto Opalio is half of the Italian space duo My Cat Is An
Alien. Chants From Isolated Ghosts is Roberto Opalio's full-length
debut album recorded November 2004 at home in Torino, Italy, and originally
released on his own Opax Records label in a very limited handmade
cd-r edition of 100 copies. The work consists of four tracks, for
a total length of 38:02 minutes. Roberto Opalio is a visual and sound
artist from Torino, Italy. His work includes painting, drawing, photography,
sculpture, poetry, glass art, film/video, sound installation, and
performance. Since 1998 Roberto Opalio acts as musician (together
with his brother Maurizio) in the avant-garde improv duo My Cat Is
An Alien. His special works of art represent the trademarked style
of all the limited art-edition releases issued on their own Opax Records
imprint. This aesthetic is described by Opalio as "space art".
The extra-terrestrial nature of his work claims its ontological status
in the act of creating a non-finished, otherwordly dimension - a proper
alien dimension. In the last few years Roberto Opalio has performed
his videos and specific audiovisual installations in various arts
& music spaces and festival in Italy and Europe, including the
Sage Gateshead Newcastle and CCA Center of Contemporary Arts Glasgow
in UK, Victoria Hall Geneve and Fri-son Freiburg in Switzerland, Galeria
Ze' dos Bois Lisbon in Portugal, Torino BIG Biannual of Young Artists
2000, Interzona Verona, Init and Spazio S.Ambrogio Roma, Zo' Catania
in Italy; group exhibition at Promotrice Delle Belle Arti Torino,
as well as many other audio visual performances including Teatro Juvarra,
Procope, Liber, Machè, Fuoriluogo and Villa Capriglio among
others in his hometown Torino. Roberto Opalio's poetry works and drawings
have been published in journals worldwide, including Thurston Moore's
Ecstatic Peace Poetry Journal, Thee Flat Bike and Dream Magazine in
USA, Cocktail Molotov Journal in Brazil, The Sound Projector in UK,
Sloow Tapes' My Favourite Magazine in Belgium among others.
Important-115
CD
$12.00
Palestine + Tony Conrad, Charlemagne
An Aural Symbiotic Mystery
PS, BELGIUM An Aural Symbiotic Mystery is a live recording made on
October 2005 at the Mercelis Theatre in Brussels on "Luc Ferrari
Day" (the day that the Pompidou Center in Paris presented an
entire day in honor of the French composer who had just recently died).
That evening Charlemagne Palestine and Tony Conrad were together on
the same stage, and the resulting experiment was named An Aural Symbiotic
Mystery. "More that 30 years had passed since our last experimental
duet. Tony arrived and decided he could stay for several days in Brussels
and we casually started to play together one afternoon. Aude, my wife,
remarks about that special moment that in 5 minutes if not less, she
heard a natural musical chemistry of beauty and power that greatly
impressed her. Tony and I hadn't played, discussed or conversed about
sound or anything in over 30 years. Nonetheless, the results were
totally surprising, dazzling and deeply satisfying ... How is it that
Tony and I can play so magically together without ever discussing
or planning or anything? I have no idea! It's an aural symbiotic mystery!"
--Charlemagne Palestine. Charlemagne Palestine wrote intense, ritualistic
music in the 1970s, intended by the composer to rub against audience's
expectations of what is beautiful and meaningful in music. A composer-performer,
he always performed his own works as soloist. His earliest works were
compositions for carillon (both church bells and tubular bells) and
electronic drones, and he is best known for his intensely performed
piano works. Palestine's performance style is ritualistic; he generally
surrounds himself (and his piano) with stuffed animals, smokes large
numbers of kretek (Indonesian clove cigarettes) and drinks cognac.
Tony Conrad is an avant-garde video artist, experimental filmmaker,
musician/composer, sound artist, teacher and writer. Along with John
Cale, Angus MacLise, La Monte Young, and Marian Zazeela, Conrad was
an early member of the Theater of Eternal Music, which utilized Just
Intonation sustained sound to produce what they called "dream
music." This group performed compositions by La Monte Young in
which the other performers would sustain certain harmonically related
pitches determined by Young for the duration of each piece. Conrad
and Charlemagne Palestine reunite for this performance with as much
meaningful intensity and symbiosis as ever.
SubRosa
CD
$12.75
Panda Bear/Excepter
Carrots/KKKKK
PS, US Vinyl Only & Ltd to 1000 copies. Panda Bear previews material
from his upcoming solo record w/the extended medley "Carrots."
Sampled beats & sunshine harmonies dominate. Its a musical180
from Young Prayer. Excepter expands upon their musical excavations
with "KKKKK." There are five tracks within the one piece,
each one recorded live and edited later, each one chock full of dense
dark goodness.
PawTracks-013
LP
$10.50
Peltola, Markku
Buster Keaton
PS, US He's a Finnish film & television star, or at least thats
what IMDB is telling me, & hes also a big fan of American silent
film star Buster Keaton by the looks of things. The album itself is
actually quite & comes across like Calexico at their best; gorgeous
widescreen Americana/Mexican influenced instrumental epics that ooze
class & skill.
Ektro-032
CD
$16.50
Pere Ubu
Why I Remix Women
PS, US Tour CD! A collection of remixes of material from WHY I HATE
WOMEN. The remixers are Keith Moliné, Michele Temple &
Dids (Pere Ubu's soundman). Also included is an alternative album
mix from David Thomas. NO UK/EU/NEW ZEALAND.
SmogVeil-069
CD
$13.25
Pharaoh Overlord
#4
PS, US The riffs! The riffs! If Quasimodo played guitar instead of
church bells, this is likely the kind of music he would play. Chugging
like a freight train full of weighty steel over a rickety bridge,
the secret to Pharaohs success is that every track is essentially
the same, so if you like one, youll love 'em all. Whatever the back
story '#4 is a rollocking ride of a record.
Ektro-036
CD
$16.50
Pharaoh Overlord
#1
PS, US REPRESSED!!! Stoner rock project of Circle's Jussi Lehtisalo,
which is pretty much a cross between the hypnotic riff-repitition
& rhythmic pulse of Circle & the super heavy stoner vibe of
Kyuss-worshippers Natas. In a nutshell; instrumental, mesmerizing,
hypno-improv-stoner-rock to be filed under psychedelic
Ektro-010
CD
$16.50
Piebald
Accidental Gentleman
PS, US Eschewing modern technology for the familiar sound of analog
tape, Piebald's newest collection reflects the band's characteristic
duality of being gentlemen at heart, but a bit sloppy by nature. Their
fifth studio album contains twelve songs with driving, crunchy guitars
that hark back to the band's punk rock roots. Topics range from nature
versus man to street violence to a consumer-driven society. Mixed
and produced by Alex Newport (At The Drive-In, The Mars Volta, Two
Gallants).
SideOneDummy
CD
$12.75
Polizzotti, Mark
Dylan, Bob: Highway 61 Revisited (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US In this book, Mark Polizzotti examines just what makes the
songs on Highway 61 Revisited so affecting, how they work together
as a suite, and how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create
an unusually potent mix. Highway 61 Revisited resonates because of
its enduring emotional appeal. Few songwriters before Dylan or since
have combined so effectively the intensely personal with the spectacularly
universal. In "Like a Rolling Stone," his gleeful excoriation
of Miss Lonely (Edie Sedgwick? Joan Baez? a composite "type"?)
fuses with the evocation of a hip new zeitgeist to produce a veritable
anthem. In "Ballad of a Thin Man," the younger generation's
confusion is thrown back in the Establishment's face, even as Dylan
vents his disgust with the critics who labored to catalogue him. And
in "Desolation Row," he reaches the zenith of his own brand
of surrealist paranoia, that here attains the atmospheric intensity
of a full-fledged nightmare. Between its many flourishes of gallows
humor, this is one of the most immaculately frightful songs ever recorded,
with its relentless imagery of communal executions, its parade of
fallen giants and triumphant local losers, its epic length and even
the mournful sweetness of Bloomfield's flamenco-inspired fills. In
this book, Mark Polizzotti examines just what makes the songs on Highway
61 Revisited so affecting, how they work together as a suite, and
how lyrics, melody, and arrangements combine to create an unusually
potent mix. He blends musical and literary analysis of the songs themselves,
biography (where appropriate) and recording information (where helpful).
And he focuses on Dylan's mythic presence in the mid-60s, when he
emerged from his proletarian incarnation to become the American Rimbaud.
The comparison has been made by others, including Dylan, and it illuminates
much about his mid-sixties career, for in many respects Highway 61
is rock 'n' roll's answer to A Season in Hell. Authors - Mark Polizzotti:
Mark Polizzotti is the author of five previous books including Revolution
of the Mind: The Life of Andre Breton (1995). He lives in Boston.
Reviews: "I've been listening to Highway 61 Revisited for 41
years now, but Mark Polizzotti's 33 1/3 book sent me back to hear
all the things I've missed. His thoughtful and knowledgeable appraisal
both summarizes scholarship on the album and adds new ideas and details,
contributing to a deeper sense of how this landmark Dylan album came
to be."--Ira Robbins, editor, www.Trouserpress.com "A few
pages into Mark Polizzotti's Highway 61 Revisited, I was amazed by
how much he knew. A few pages after that, I was amazed by how much
I didn't. The whole book is a marvel of research and insight, doled
out in equal measure. Something was indeed happening in the grooves
of this seminal Bob Dylan album-and after reading this compact yet
loaded analysis, you will know what it is, Mr. Jones."-David
Bianculli - "As one of the greatest albums in the history of
recorded music, a turning point that forever grafted the depth and
integrity of folk music into the flourishing tree of rock and roll,
Bob Dylan's Highway 61 Revisited has long deserved the kind of focused
treatment that Mark Polizzotti gives it with his examination for the
always excellent 33 1/3 series....The sheer volume of annotated quotes
and behind the scenes revelations that Polizzoti has dug up is mind
numbing, but the material flows together well, and the studious nature
of the examination is never less than enlightening. It's an essential
read for anyone who wants to engage the mythology behind the man and
the album."-Under the Radar, Fall 2006<p/>
Continuum-035
BOOK
$9.95
Pothole Skinny
Secrets of the Palisades
PS, US Third album holds nothing back by means of folk exploration.
From slow-moving waltz ballads & eastern dream ragas to full-on
electric blues pysch boogie. Their AM radio-influenced work is helped
by guest appearances, incl. psych song mistress Marianne Nowottny.
Members have contributed to recent releases by TOWER RECORDINGS &
PG SIX. "An ominously creepy crawl across the frozen tundras
of your mind."-Ptolemaic Terrascope
PerhapsTransparent-013
CD
$8.50
Prurient
S/T
PS, US Quite possibly the most intense release Hanson has unveiled
yet. Truly brutal 2001 recordings from Dominick Fernow via the same
sessions that spawned his track for the legendary At The End Of The
Roap compilation. Cryptic lyrics shouted out in extreme pain over
two sides of ear splitting feedback cutting crudely thru heavy pummeling
static and hiss. For fans of the perverse noise & power electronics
of Sutcliffe Jugend, Skin Crime, and Mangled Clit. Includes 11"x
17" insert, and housed in a slick grey and black silkscreened
cardstock jacket featuring the usual Hanson outer 'droll flaps.'"
Limited to 500 copies.
Hanson
LP
$17.00
Pure Counrty Gold
S/T
PS, US The best rock & roll has always seemed to have a devil
on one shoulder, an angel on the other: While the angels promote melody
& harmony, the devils preach energy & urgency. These 10 songs
of R&B-laden garage-punk roll w/ enough good-time, hard-shuffle
exuberance to flatten a house party. Each listener will be left with
a similar sense of euphoric exhaustion, stepping away from the speakers
grateful that no exorcism has ever managed to remove the devil from
rock & roll.
Empty-418
CD
$11.75
Radicalfashion
Odori
PS, US In the purest spirit of abstact expression, Hirohito allows
the listeners to experience in his debut full-length their own emotions
without any guiding elements. The richly textured & strikingly
original album is a composite of contrasting elements. In all senses
it is new, fresh & distinctive yet it sounds familiar. It's a
fascinating sound-world where elegant, sophisticated piano compositions
& highbrow experimentalism with uncommon scales collide with playful,
modern electronics.
Hefty-059
CD
$11.25
Rafter
Music For Total Chickens
PS, US "Music for Total Chickens" is built from bits of
pop architecture nailed together in odd forms; it is structurally
sound (no pun intended), but at the same time it defies the conventional
laws of (pop) physics. There are twisty-turny time signatures, swaddled
in chunky guitar fuzz, sweet strings, harmonized "ooo"s
and direct lyrical love-notes sometimes riding percussive trails all
the way up great crescendos to pinnacles of bang-crash (like if DEERHOOF
recorded a self-help album).
AsthmaticKitty-027
CD
$11.50
Roberts, Alasdair
Amber Gatherers
PS, US Seems he's a changed man? You best believe it. This is a pure
pop record. A jukebox record, no less! Seems like this time he wanted
to make the kind of music you might hear on walking into your favorite
bar, rather than drifting from the speakers of, say, your local charnel
house. Lyrically, there;'s a new found willingness to let nonsense
lead the way, w/Alasdair entrusting the eternal logic of rhythm &
rhyme finally to unearth meaning in songs.
DragCity-326
CD
$13.50
Roberts, Alasdair
Amber Gatherers
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-326
LP
$13.50
Rodriguez, Omar-Lopez Quintet & Damo Suzuki
Please Heat This Eventually
PS, US A brand new collaboration between OMAR RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ of THE
MARS VOLTA and DAMO SUZUKI of the legendary CAN. A single-track, 30-minute
progressive rock odyssey spread over two sides that bridges two generations
of sonic envelope-pushing. Features fellow Volta members JUAN ALDERETE
DE LA PANEA, MARCEL RODRIGUEZ-LOPEZ, and ADRIAN TERRAZAS GONZALEZ,
as well as MONEY MARK NISHITA (BEASTIE BOYS). Housed in a full-color
sleeve and pressed on colored vinyl.
GSL-131
12
$7.75
Sapat
Mortise & Tenon
PS, US Spawned from the Louisville, KY collective known as Black Velvet
Fuckere, now opt for a more organic sonic waft. Psychedelic, spacey
& entrancing.
Siltbreeze-102
CD
$13.50
Saradon
The Completist's Library
PS, US Sarandon , the English spiky-pop trio formed in late 2003,
will be releasing their collection of U.S. and U.K. singles "The
Completist's Library" on December 5 via Athens, GA HHBTM Records.
It's a 32 track CD & LP compiling the four mini albums released
by Sarandon thus far. From the opening song "Pin up" to
the closing "Anthony & Simon", all 32 songs work as
a whole regardless of the time between recordings as well as personnel
changes. Sarandon formed in late 2003 between London and Leicester.
Sarandon are a pop band with a short attention span. Head Honcho,
Crayola had been in mid-Eighties antiheroes The Colgates. He also
ran Thee Foundation for Nothing cassette label and performed in too
many bands to recall, including Future Sperm Brasil, Scooter, Pimp,
Rocket Jockey & Team Mollusk. He's appeared on over 100 albums
and released 25 solo albums. He now runs the kabukikore label. He
had the idea for Sarandon swirling round in his head for some time
and finally got round to asking his friends Joe and James if they'd
help out. Their first release was a 7 track 7" album entitled
"The Miniest Album" (Run Out / Banazan). Released in 2004
it quickly gathered some great reviews from all over the world along
with a bunch of radio play. Not bad for a band that had only rehearsed
twice and played live once before their recording. There's even rumor
of possible gigging action for the elusive 3-piece, including the
possibility of some shows alongside legendary Japanese nutcases (and
fans of the band), Melt Banana. RIYL: Minutemen, Big Flame, C86.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-083
CD
$10.75
Sarandon
Completist's Library
PS, US Sarandon is an English spiky-pop trio formed in late '03. Sarandon
are a pop band w/a short attention span. A 32 track CD compiling the
4 mini albums released by thus far. From the opening song "Pin
Up" to the closing "Anthony & Simon", all 32 songs
work as a whole regardless of the time between recordings as well
as personnel changes. Why pop? Because pop is good. Why short songs?
Because there's no need to make them any longer. Why that brittle
sound? Because leanness is exciting. RIYL: Minutemen, Big Flame, C86.
HappyHappyBirthday-083
CD
$10.00
Section 25
Love & Hate
PS, US Extended 72 min. digital remaster comprising all of the long
lost FACT 160 album together w/ many bonus tracks, including a BERNARD
SUMNER remix of Bad News Week, & Crazy Wisdom & The Guitar
Waltz from the FBN 45 maxi. Also featured are 4 instrumental versions,
& the previously unheard song Just To Be With You. Full sleeve
notes, artwork remodeled by Julien Potter.
LTM-2318
CD
$16.25
Selmanaires
Standing In Line At Elevator b/w The Last Great Dive
PS, US They began as an acoustic band w/ ambitious, exotic, &
softer sounds before evolving into the blues/post-punk band they have
now become. The newer set is what Atlanta has come to love & has
taken them so far but they're still known to pull out the old tricks
from time to time. No matter which set you see, one thing is true:
these guys can play.
Rob'sHouseRecords-003
45
$4.50
Shapes And Sizes/Weird Weeds
Unusual Animals, Vol. 1
PS, US On "Unusual Animals Volume 1", SHAPES AND SIZES (in
the process of relocating to Montreal from Vancouver) present "Jinker
/ that Fat Hand," an anthem of defiance and struggle that displays
the ongoing maturation of this exciting young band since their self-titled
debut, released on Asthmatic Kitty in July, 2006. THE WEIRD WEEDS'
"Hold in the Light" highlights the genre-breaking minimalist
pop songwriting that sets them apart from current trends in avant-folk
and pop circles.
AsthmaticKitty-401
45
$4.25
Shins
Wincing The Night Away (ON SALE)
PS, US Their third album is the sound of a band growing up and out.
James Mercer's infectious, indelible melodic style is still at the
core, but on various songs he also channels a Morrissey vibe, pairs
a hip-hop beat with lush melodic lines and searing guitars, toys with
tweaked-out piano steeped in psychedelic strings, utilizes fractured
synth samples, adds gauzy, arpeggiated keyboards that cloak thunderous
anthems, and even takes cues from early Jesus And Mary Chain sweeping,
fuzz-toned epics. The album also contains the lilting, exhilarating,
rollicking, rock-solid pop songs we've all come to covet from The
Shins.
Subpop
CD
$13.50
Shins
Wincing The Night Away
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$13.00
Shuttah
Image Maker Vol. 1 & 2
PS, US This is the rarest of unknown, anonymous English prog-psych
from '71, w/ only one known copy left in existence - a perfect acetate.
A real underground concept album w/ a progressive touch that only
needs a few spins to get it right. Well-crafted songs, great vocals,
sound-effects, organ & heavy fuzz guitar all combine to make up
one of the better albums on the Vertigo label w/ a good dose of acid
in it.
Shadoks-030
CD
$18.00
Siberia
Inom Familjen
PS, SWEDEN Sibiria was founded in 2002. The debut album "Norrlands
inland" was released in September 2005. Swedish daily "Hallands
Nyheter" wrote: "The first Swedish band in a long time that
deserves to be mentioned in the same sentence as The Smiths".
"Inom familjen" is their second album. Although the distances
between the four band members and the strong connection to their hometown
Östersund is two things which imprints Sibiria, the lyrics range
from a variety of subjects, such as love, hate and friendship. But
we shouldn't talk so much about the lyrics. It's the music that is
important, even if Sibiria sings in their native tongue, which is
the most natural thing to do even if a lot of people see at as a statement.
There has always been a melancholy touch to Sibiria's songs, even
if the band sometimes come up with sprawling pop punches such as "Ljusdal"
and, from "Inom familjen", the single "Det har varit
svårare". On the new album the recording process was far
more important than on its predecessor. Since Sibiria's three song
writers make their music in different places and times and the distances
makes it impossible to rehearse, the feeling of still being a band
playing together was important. Therefore the recordings were made
in a week at a summer house on the Swedish west coast. If you listen
carefully you will here the warmth and love that these days and these
songs recapture.
Hybris-041
CD
$13.00
Silversun Pickups
Carnavas
PS, US
Dangerbird
CD
$11.50
Sisario, Ben
Pixies: Doolittle (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Authors - Ben Sisario:
Ben Sisario has written for the New York Times, Blender, Rolling Stone,
Spin, New York Press, The Village Voice, and many other publications.
Continuum-031
BOOK
$9.95
Six Parts Seven
Casually Smashed To Pieces
PS, US Like the soundtrack to a heartbreaking film that never existed,
these songs are simultaneously beautiful & completely unpredictable.
Let's be honest though, instead of mapping out each track for you,
you're probably best off putting the disc in your CD player &
hearing it for yourself. Because like all great music, there's an
element that can't be conveyed via adjective or analogy. "Our
music should be enjoyed, it shouldn't be intellectualized," Allen
summarizes. "It can be, I guess, but it should be enjoyed first.
Music should just be enjoyed."
SuicideSqueeze-052
CD
$12.75
Six Parts Seven
Casually Smashed To Pieces
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SuicideSqueeze-052
LP
$12.50
Sneakers
Nonsequitur of Silence
PS, US Feat. CHRIS STAMEY, WILL RIGBY & MITCH EASTER in arguably
the first "low-fi" record ever. Though heard by few, the
reverberations from these recordings everywhere from NY, where Stamey
& Rigby were to form the dB's, to Athens, GA, where R.E.M. hooked
up w/ Easter to record their 1st 2 albums, to just about every college
radio station in the land during the '80s. Consists of tracks from
their '76 EP, their '78 LP & their '92 "reunion" record
+ 3 unreleased bonus tracks.
Collector'sChoice-7332
CD
$12.25
Soft Circle
Full Bloom
PS, US Fusing the drum experiments of Boredoms, world-psychadelia
of Gang Gang Dance & the warm intensity of My Bloody Valentine.
7 tracks of pure blissful energy.
Eastern-019
CD
$13.00
Soundpool
On High (Japanese Edition)
PS, JAPAN Two bonus tracks on this Japanese release. The music of
Quince/Aloft recording artists Soundpool is somewhere between Stereolab,
My Bloody Valentine, Ladytron, Broadcast, Slowdive and Yo La Tengo.
Setting out to blur the lines between alternative/indie/rock and dance/electronica,
Soundpool is redefining the shoegaze, dream pop and space rock genres
which have been steadily on the rise in the left side of the music
spectrum for the last few years. The band's savvy classic songwriting
sensibilities combined with their powerful, tight wall of sound live
performance and mesmerizing visuals has earned them a loyal and growing
fan base, making them a favorite among club goers in NYC's live music
scene. The Quince release features a Japanese redesign of the album's
original artwork and two bonus tracks.
QuinceRecords-042
CD
$17.25
Static Thought
In The Trenches
PS, US Aggressive sound & lyrics that will make you think. Mixing
punk & rock to create a unique sound that Hellcat hasn't heard
in a long while.
Hellcat
CD
$14.50
Stones Throw
Ten Years
PS, US A retrospective look at the diverse musical legacy of L.A.'s
Stones Throw Records, the premier independent label started by Peanut
Butter Wolf in 1996. "Instant hip-hop classics from indie raps
most popular MCs."- XLR8R
STONESTHROW-2142
CD
$15.00
Stop Smiling
Issue #28
PS, US The magazine for high-minded lowlifes returns with features
on CAT POWER, QUESTLOVE, RZA, TOM WAITS, GAY TALESE, JOAN DIDION,
DAVID REMNICK, OS MUTANTES, TOM VERLAINE, ROGER McGUINN, SPARKLEHORSE,
and others. Includes a limited edition split 7-inch with music from
KEREN ANN and LADY & BIRD.
StopSmiling-28
ZINE
$8.50
Strohm, John P./ Dylan in the Movies
So Long City Skies
PS, US A limited edition black vinyl split featuring brand new (never-released)
original tracks by indie-legend JOHN P. STROHM (Blake Babies, Antenna,
Lemonheads), and Boston-based DYLAN IN THE MOVIES. Mastering for vinyl
was done by Sean Glonek at SRG Studios (Matthew Sweet, Frank Black,
Kristin Hersh), and the sleeve was designed exclusively by Rhode Island
illustrator Melinda Rainsberger. It's a limited pressing (only 500
hand-numbered copies worldwide).
AmericanLaundromatRecords-007
45
$5.50
Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra
The Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 1)
PS, US 40th volume in the BYG Actual series; gatefold sleeve, 180
gram vinyl. "'A wild and passionate interstellar mix of free
jazz, solo synthesizer and hard rocking cosmic philosophy specifically
commissioned by the BYG/Actuel label (and apparently recorded in New
York between 1970 and 1971)... this material 'would prove to be one
of the cornerstones of the entire Sun Ra/Arkestra career'... with
Kwame Hadi, Akh Tal Ebah, Ali Hassan, Charles Stephens, Marshall Allen,
Danny Davis, John Gilmore, Danny Ray Thompson, Pat Patrick, James
Jacson, Ronnie Boykins, Clifford Jarvis, Lex Humphries, Nimrod Hunt,
June Tyson and Art Jenkins. 'The 2 volumes that form the Solar-Myth
Approach encapsulate the creative mood and the impassioned message
that was going down as the '60s violently burned themselves out...
in the cold dawn of the early '70s Sun Ra and his Solar-Myth Arkestra
sent out their musical ray of hope to all who chose to hear it...
over 20 years later and its effect remains both blinding and illuminating."
-- Edwin Pouncey.
BygRecords(WLTS)
LP
$13.00
Sun Ra & His Solar-Myth Arkestra
The Solar-Myth Approach (Vol. 2)
PS, US 41st volume in the BYG Actual series; gatefold sleeve, 180
gram vinyl. Second set of Sun Ra studio recordings from 1970-81.
BygRecords(WLTS)
LP
$13.00
Suzuki's Network, Damo
3 Dead People After the Performance
PS, US In 2003, at the Jyrock Festival in Finland, former Can vocalist
Damo Suzuki shared the stage w/ 3 from Circle: Jyrki Laiho (Circle,
Hot Guitars, Stalwart, etc.) on guitar, Jussi Lehtisalo (Circle, Pharaoh
Overlord, Ektroverde, etc.) on bass, & Mika Ratto (Circle, Ektroverde,
Ratto Ja Lethisalo, etc.) on drums. In a 51 min., continuous improvised
performance these guys provide a churning, freaked out, darkly cosmic
backing for Damo's echoed & energetic yet spaced-out vocal exhortations.
Ektro-026
CD
$16.50
Sweptaways, The
Ooh Aah
PS, SWEDEN Highly recommended. The Sweptaways sing choir-arranged
a cappella-versions of songs performed by artists such as Lesley Gore,
Jenny Wilson, Black Sabbath, Vapnet, Kiss, El perro del mar, Pet Shop
Boys, Monica Törnell, Kate Bush and Embassy. So far they've collaborated
with Jenny Wilson, Blood music, El perro del mar and Jens Lekman (they
are contributing with choir background on his forthcoming album).
This is their debut album. The Sweptaways are thirty women dressed
up in color-coordinated, thematic or simply stunning costumes, plus
an equally stunning choirmistress who writes the arrangements and
directs. Their name was stolen from a less than acceptable Madonna-movie,
and since the first rehearsal in a shabby Volvo they've outgrown both
one thing and the other: now they release their debut album Ooh aah
on the only record label with a name worthy of their recorded presence.
The songs on the album are ten choir-democratically elected favorites,
and the title is inspired by the fact that it is deemed unsuitable
to mix "ooh" and "aah" in the same song - even
though it sounds so nice. "We always long for the stage. We are
a crazy lady in bike pants and plume swaying safely on high heels.
We are a distinguished gentleman tipsy on port wine. We are dog and
cat. We are lipstick and crocodile tears. We are women without borders.
We like the cooling breeze. We like wearing things on our heads. Parrots,
foliage, owls, high hats, turbans. We like pineapple, spandex, feathers,
gold, pumps, green forests, love and respect. We hang in vines and
do somersaults in a neat row. We are one body with a gigantic heart
and almost thirty brains. We are constantly involved in complicated
choir-democratic processes. We almost never cease to surprise ourselves.
We are overgrown children from the Langley School who broke into the
costume-closet. Our wardrobes are as big as our ambitions. We love
fake hair and things that shine. We are magpies on the hunt for silver.
We like wings, birds and sounds from the animal kingdom. We preen
in colors of the rainbow, Tyrolean glee and tutti frutti, as wild
animals, secretaries, clowns, politicians and all the countries of
the world. We are a happening. A festival. A package deal. We are
many surprises all in one. We yell hurrah! with an uncomplicated relationship
to singing technique and sheet music. We are a cover band, a band
of pirates, a band of pearls. Call us a ladies choir if you so desire.
We are the choir that everyone (in the choir) has been longing for.
Here you go, close your eyes, listen and try to envision us. Open
wide: say Ooh aah." - The Sweptaways
Hybris-042
CD
$13.00
Sweptaways, The
Cry Cry Christmas
PS, SWEDEN The Sweptaways, 30 choir-ladies and their choir-mistress,
have fallen deeply in love with the Christmas-star Magnus Carlson,
singer of Weeping Willows, and the fourteen member-strong band The
Gray Brigade. A love that has resulted in the Christmas gift of the
year: "Cry Cry
Christmas". The title track is a yuletide-song in the classic
Wall of Sound-tradition, composed by Sophie Eklöf in cooperation
with Magnus Carlson and The Gray Brigade. "Silver Bells"
is a genuine American Christmas classic (recorded by Elvis Presley,
The Temptation, Frank Sinatra). The recordings are made in the same
spirit as the legendary "A Christmas Gift For You"-sessions:
the whole band recorded live in a great concert hall, on eight mono
tracks. Few takes, overdubs and many gingerbread-snaps. The EP also
includes The Sweptaways version of Monica Törnell's "Vintersaga"
and a remix of the Kate Bush-cover "Wuthering Heights",
made by The Bookhouse Boys. "An evening this summer, I was dj'ing.
At the end of the night I realized that every song I had spun could
have been a Christmas-song. There was an unconscious stroke of grand
Christmas-music in each and every one of the pop-and-soul-tunes I'd
chosen because I enjoy them. I simply like grand music. So, when The
Sweptaways and The Gray Brigade played me the demo for "Cry Cry
Christmas" I immediately said yes. I thought it was fantastic.
On top of that I received the honor of choosing the b-side: "Silver
Bells". It is one of my absolute Christmas-favorites. I want
to thank The Sweptaways and The Gray Brigade for allowing me to tiptoe
along and sing lead on these beautiful tunes!" - Magnus Carlson
Hybris-044
CD5
$10.00
Tapio, Jorma & Terje Isungset
Aihki
PS, US Some particularly impressive shamanistic improv from this Norwegian/Finnish
duo. The boundless multi-instrumentalism of the 2 performers is something
to behold, w/ Isungsets percussion extending far beyond the realms
of conventional drumming (apparently he fashions his own instruments
from natural elements like arctic birch, granite, slate & ice),
& similarly, Tapios woodwind playing seems to transcend the conventional
language of the that family of instruments.
Ektro-039
CD
$16.50
Time Flys
Rebels of Babylon
PS, US Back w/ another blast of rebel rock. Seamlessly fusing glam
& proto-punk creating remarkably fresh sounds.
Birdman-794
CD
$14.50
Time Flys
Rebels of Babylon
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Birdman-794
LP
$14.50
Titan
A Raining Sun of Light and Love, For You and You and You
PS, US First official studio release by Brooklyn-based improvisational
& progressive powerhouse. Recorded by STEVE REVITTE (Black Dice,
Liars). Shimmering mind expansion like a heavy, solar tapestry of
Ash Ra Tempel, Mahavishnu Orchestra , Hawkwind and Zombi. Immense
TeePee-074
CD
$14.25
Titan
A Raining Sun of Light and Love, For You and You and You
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeePee-074
LP
$16.00
Trees Community, The
The Christ Tree (4XCD)
PS, US The official, first-time CD reissue of The Christ Tree, a much
sought after and highly collectible 1975 LP release by THE TREES,
an alternative Christian commune formed in New York City during the
early 1970s, has been lovingly remastered from the original tapes.
A simply stunning set of experimental music and a must-have for fans
of original psychedelic folk, psalmody, choral music, and commune
jams, it is presented here with the even more rare A Portrait of Jesus
Christ In Music and At the Abbey of Gethsemani (originally issued
on cassette only), as well as live recordings, practices, and many
previously unreleased songs. Comprised of sixty-five songs spread
over four CDs, The Christ Tree features complete lyrics, a history
of the group, rare photos, and liner notes by project coordinator
TIMOTHY RENNER of STONEBREATH and DAVID TIBET of CURRENT 93.
Hand/Eye-015
CD-BOX
$37.75
True Primes
We Have Won
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Locust-086
LP
$12.50
True Primes
We Have Won
PS, US This Brooklyn duo disinfect disaffection with their brand of
elemental buzzing unrock. Guitar, girl voice, off drum, and unidentifiable
noisemakers and homemade gadgets are the foundation for a sound that
grafts a smiley face on the body of no wave's penchant for alienation.
They're on a mission to reverse the flow of negative energy through
anthemic, fractured, ecstatic noise pop and feedback wash.
Locust-086
CD
$11.50
Twilight Singers
A Stitch In Time
PS, US Very special chemistry was laid down on record w/this 5 track
disc that features Mark Lanegan & Joseph Arthur. The Dec issue
of SPIN named "Live With Me" #1 on their 'Songs You Need
To Download Now!'
OneLittleIndian-768
CD5
$7.00
Two Gallants
I'm Her Man
PS, US New single on colored vinyl by this San Fran folk-punk duo,
one new song & a live version o"Fail Hard to Regain".
"So earthy you might have to dust soil from it"
Alive-058
45
$4.00
Urban Legends
Of Old Lost Days
PS, US Tracks the development of Hutch Harris s (THERMALS) songwriting,
compiling seven-inch tracks & unreleased material from 1997 to
2002. Songs range from early lo-fi nuggets to acoustic songs that
foretell both the Hutch & Kathy album and the four-track beginnings
of The Thermals. Full of songs that were meant for the top of the
charts, but were made in the corner of the basement.
Contraphonic-060
CD
$13.50
Van Zandt, Townes
Documentary
PS, GERMANY BACK IN STOCK! Imported disc from Germany on which Townes
talks about his life & plays some of his favorite songs. Besides
initimate interpretations of classics like "If I Needed You",
"Pancho & Lefty" & "Waitin' Round To Die"
you get some less well known titles like "I'll Be Here In The
Morning" which Townes recorded with singer songwriter Barb Donovan
a few weeks before his death. Total of 22 tracks
Normal-211
CD
$13.50
Van Zandt, Townes
Abnormal
PS, GERMANY Imported disc from Germany that features live recordings
from Townes's 1995 European tour. Classics like "Marie"
& "Flyin' Shoes" find Townes alone onstage with his
guitar, lost in song but always in the mood to tell funny stories!
PLUS you get new studio versions of "Coo Coo" & "Dollar
Bill Blues" PLUS the never before released "Shrimp Song".
Total of 15 tracks
Normal-216
CD
$13.50
Van Zandt, Townes
In Pain
PS, GERMANY VINYL VERSION!!!
Normal-225
LP
$15.50
Van Zandt, Townes
In Pain
PS, GERMANY Great live CD, imported from Germany, from the legendary
Texas singer songwriter that was culled from recordings made in Europe
between 1994 & 1996. Sixteen songs featuring some great solo performances
from Townes that are extremely intense & without distraction.
Included are 3 covers that have never been released before, Mississippi
Fred McDowell's "You Got To Move" recorded with Dutch blues
guitarist Hans Theessinks, the Walkabout's "Stopping Off Place"
recorded with guitarist Wolfgang Pracht plus a great version of Hank
William's "Alone & Forsaken"
Normal-225
CD
$13.50
Vandervelde, David
Moonstation House Band
PS, US DAVID VANDERVELDE appeared before us one hot summer day like
a dynamo. The sound we heard coming through in stereo was that of
our coming-of-age years screaming back at us - a faithful reminder
that our beauteous days of bowing before pin-up rock stars and carving
iconographic logos on desktops and in famous treetrunks have not passed
us by. No, David Vandervelde is here to remind us that the truest,
most primal and addictive properties of rock n' roll are ageless.
Indeed, this Chicagoan (by way of the dunes of West Michigan) started
recording this debut full-length at age 19 yet he shows the maturity
and swagger of a man much longer in the tooth. Bearing an immediate
resemblance to MARC BOLAN and DAVID BOWIE, deeper listening rewards
the listener with a much broader musical universe. "The Moonstation
House Band" album captures the highlights from his two-year immersion
in Jay Bennett's Clubhouse - as Vandervelde refers to the studio in
Chicago - where he isolated himself to record this record virtually
on his own, using the former WILCO multi-instrumentalist's studio
as a big toy instrument, enjoying access to much of the same gear
as used on "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" and "Being There".
Self-taught on guitar, drums, bass, piano, synth, and other studio
tools, the listener can hear that Vandervelde is an adventurous artist,
who embraces classic rock songwriting and whose spirit is just banging
at the door to get unleashed.
SecretlyCanadian-156
CD
$11.50
Vandervelde, David
Moonstation House Band
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SecretlyCanadian-156
LP
$11.25
Various
Berlin Insane IV
PS, US SPECIAL ORDER! A musical snapshot of one of the most vibrant
& creative cities in the world, these compilations are as much
historical document as they are musical entertainment & have always
provided a close-up view of the diversity & changing styles of
Berlin. Feat. FEMME FATALE, HASSELHOFF, T. RAUMSCHMIERE vs. MOTOR,
KID CONGO & THE PINK MONKEY BIRDS, ASCII DISKO, THE SCANDALS,
WALDORF, PEACHES vs. GIBBY HAYNES & HIS PROBLEM & many many
more!!!
PaleMusicInt'l
DCD
$22.00
Various
Everything
PS, US This showcases the artists on the EV roster & musicians
they work with & how this label is creating it's own signature
sound as well as releasing the finest hip hop that Chicago has to
offer. This not only shows EV's skills but its diversity, feat. ROYCE
DA 5'9, PASLM ONE, VERB T, PROFOUND, LONGSHOT, DIVERSE, ILLOGIC, K-KRUZ,
COPPERPOT, ANG 13, & more. Also incl. unreleased gems by PACE
WON & THAIONE DAVIS.
EVRecords-038
CD
$12.50
Various
Greasy Kid Stuff, Vol. 2: More Songs from Inside the Radio
PS, US
Greasy Kid Stuff, Vol. 2: More Songs From Inside the Radio collects
more kid-friendly indie pop and indie rock, including Cub's fizzy
album opener "Magic 8 Ball" and Guv'ner's irrepressible
"Lucky Ladybug." Though this collection isn't quite as polished
as The Powerpuff Girls: Heroes & Villains or Schoolhouse Rock!
Rocks, it boasts a similarly star-studded roster and the kind of boundless
fun that appeals to indie rockers and kids alike: it was compiled
by Hova Najarian and Belinda Miller, a husband and wife DJ team on
WFMU, which airs the duo's <i>Greasy Kid Stuff</i> show
every Saturday morning. The Mr. T Experience's version of "Unpack
Your Adjectives," and Supernova's "Mommy" provide a
sugar-buzzed soundtrack for running around or jumping on the bed,
while They Might Be Giants' "What Is a Shooting Star?" builds
on the duo's natural affinity for kids' music and for turning scientific
phenomena into wonderfully catchy songs. However, some of the lesser-known
artists included here provide some of the biggest and best surprises:
Bent Bolt & the Nuts' "Mechanical Man" is a great throwback
to the late-'50s/early-'60s heyday of novelty rock, while Benna's
static-laden, eerily pretty version of the Schoolhouse Rock classic
"Figure 8" explores the hypnotic side of multiplication
rock. "Mouser Mecha-Catbot" by Eban Schletter (who was also
the genius behind Mr. Show and SpongeBob SquarePants' musical flights
of fancy) is another standout track: written by Schletter for the
mechanical melee BattleBots and sung by a friend's nine-year-old daughter,
the song is wonderful acknowledgement that girls can be as much (or
more) about spice than they are about sugar. Every bit as fun as the
first volume of Greasy Kid Stuff, Greasy Kid Stuff, Vol. 2: More Songs
From Inside the Radio is perfect for hip families and a welcome antidote
to all the plastic, overmerchandised pop sold to children. ~ Heather
Phares, All Music Guide
Confidential-3007.2
CD
$15.75
Various
Soft Sounds For Gentle People
PS, US Subtitled: "23 far out and beautiful tracks from California
and beyond. 1966 to 1970." A pseudo-non-legit compilation from
rare 45s and out of print LPs, with extensive liner notes that piece
everything together for all the hard & ugly people who might not
understand. Very well done, by somebody who knows how to smoke pot.
Artists include: Morrpark Intersection (David Alexrod production),
The Avant Garde, Jim and Dale, The Stained Glass, The Pleasure Fair
(produced by David Gates, pre-Bread!), Hyle King Movement, Brigadune
(solo aegis of WCPAE's Shaun Harris), The Deep Six, Paper Fortress,
Serendipity Singers, Thorinshield, Lewis and Clark Expedition, Marcus
(assoc. w/ The Deep & Freak Scene; not the From The House Of Tracks
guy), Stone Country, The Parade, Rich Kids, Peppermint Trolley Company,
Harper and Rowe, The Fun and Games, Fireballs, Underground Sunshine,
Fargo, Appletree Theater.
PetRecords
CD
$13.75
Various
Soft Sounds for Gentle People 2
PS, US 2nd volume of this incredibly researched gray area reissue
series. Featuring: The New Hobbits (Long revered in whispered tones
from behind the beards of record collectors); The Collage; Queen Anne's
Lace; The Spike Drivers (hailed from the flower power mecca of Detroit,
Michigan where they once shared the stage with the MC5); Smokey and
his Sister; The Pleasure Fair; The Garden Club; 3's A Crowd (sole
album produced by an out-of-work Mama Cass after Michelle Phillips
fucked Gene Clark and broke up the happy family); The Family (studio
effort to cash in on the West Coast hippy craze); The Holy Mackerel
(Millennium member Jerry Scheff); Thorinshield; Earth Island (sole
1969 LP for Phillips was produced by Kim Fowley and is mostly about
saving the earth and stuff); Stone Country; The Gates of Eden (Beach
Boys-inspired pop dirge); The Lewis and Clark Expedition (from the
1967 movie For Singels Only); The Moorpark Intersection (David Axlerod
co-wrote and produced with J.Lewis and Bob Padilla in 1968); Wichita
Fall; The Sounds of Modification; The Garden of Eden; The Sounds of
Sunshine; The Growing Society.
PetRecords
CD
$13.75
Various
Soft Sounds For Gentle People 4
PS, US 4th volume of this incredibly researched gray area reissue
series, focusing on soft-psych, etc. twenty-three tracks from California
and beyond, 1966-1971. As per this label's standard: exceptional attention
to detail, with lengthy background notes that piece it all together.
Most tracks from obcure non-comped 7" releases, closing in on
40 years ago! Artists: The Cosmic Brotherhood (feat. Bill Plummer),
The Luv Birds, The Precious Few, The 1st Century, The Split Level
("electric sitar playing and some truly hippy trapwork"),
The Factory (early Lowell George), Central Park, The Phoenix Trolley,
1st National Band, The Rooney Brothers, The Smithsonian Institute,
Mark Erickson, The Laughing Wind, The Thousand Faces, The Lemonade
Charade, Lux, The Chuck Barris Syndicate, Jennifer's Friends, Public
Company, The Fragile Lime, The Fourth Dimension, The Fountain of Youth,
Incredible Fog."
PetRecords
CD
$13.75
Various
Psychobilly: Behind The Music
PS, UK Have you ever wished that you could listen to all your favourite
Psychobilly artists reminiscing about the early days of the Psycho
scene? Do you wish you could hear about those behind-the-scenes stories
and adventures? Well now you can! This highly entertaining DVD contains
new and exclusive interviews with many of the scene's biggest and
most influential names, including: Nigel Lewis (ex Meteors), Chuck
Harvey (Frantic Flintstones), Alan Wilson (The Sharks), Mark Harman
(Restless), Steve Whitehouse (Frenzy), Humungus (Coffin Nails), Eric
& Jeroen Haamers (Batmobile) and many, many more! Learn of inter-band
practical jokes such as Chuck Harvey bombing Frenzy during a live
concert! Laugh along with Nigel Lewis as he tells of an ex-band member
accidentally filling his pants on stage! Stories like this and more
give a fascinating insight into what it was like to be in a band back
in those heady days of the early 80s. As if all this excitement wasn't
enough, we have also included some never released promo videos and
live footage by bands such as The Coffin Nails, Frenzy, The Sharks
and Chuck & the Hulas. A Full-Length Documentary Film On The History
Of The Psychobilly
Movement / Includes Full Length Music Performances: Frenzy - Clockwork
Toy / I See Red / The Sharks - Jack The Ripper / Coffin Nails - Plasma
Pool / Frantic Flintstones - Alley Cat King / Chuck & The Hulas
- Don't You Just Know It.
CherryRedDVD-143
DVD
$20.00
Various
Colours Are Brighter: Songs from Children (And Grown-Ups Too)
PS, UK Includes tracks escpecially recorded for this collection from
Snow Patrol, Franz Ferdinand, The Kooks, Belle & Sebastian, The
Flaming Lips, Four Tet, Divine Comedy and many more. All UK profits
and artist royalties are being donated to Save the Children chrity.
Rough Trade. 2006.
RoughTrade-358.2
CD
$23.75
Velcro Stars, The
Hiroshima's Revenge
PS, US I can hardly wipe the smile off my face as I listen to The
Velcro Stars. Their mid-90's Chapel Hill, NC-esque sound is enveloping
my person as I type this. It's certainly one of the most exciting
things going on in the revitalized (and...pssssssst.....quite "hip")
Murfreesboro/Nashville, TN independent music scene along with How
I Became The Bomb, Ghostfinger, and The Turncoats. Initially comprised
of Shane Spresser (guitar/vocals) and Keith Pratt (guitar/vocals),
they began writing songs together after high school. They were joined
in 2001 by Rebekah Kidd (keyboards/vocals). Danial Norman was a high
school acquaintance and joined them as their bassist in 2001. After
going through several drummers, Andy Spore filled the position and
began playing with them in 2005. "The Velcro Stars are one of
the most interesting, original, and level-headed bands to come out
of Murfreesboro in a long time. Their songs are simplistic and well
arranged, and bring with them hints of Pavement, Blake Babies, and
Superchunk." (nashvillezine.com) Enter Grand Palace Records.
Grand Palace is an independent record store in Murfreesboro, TN. It's
also a loft space that houses a recording studio and screen-printing
shop. Owned and operated by Murfreesboro music scene luminaries, they
decided to capitalize on the revitalized scene by recording some of
their favorites (Velcros included). Thus, Grand Palace Records (the
label) began. "Hiroshima's Revenge" is the first full-length
to be released on Grand Palace Records (a joint co-release with much
help and support from Athens, GA's Happy Happy Birthday To Me Records,
who became smitten with the band after their show-stopping performance
at the 2006 Athens Popfest). With the recording of "Hiroshima's
Revenge", the Velcros finally make good on the promise of the
"Heart Disease / Shock and Awe" Demo as well as their self-titled
7-track EP from 2005. This album is a pleasant reminder of the pure
joy, immediacy, and lack of pretension that's at the heart of all
great three-chord rock and roll. Songs such as "Brand New"
and "B-Side of Love" will make you scream with pure delight
as you dance around your living room to the pop-tastic codas contained
within. "Ninety-nine percent of pop I hate", says Shane
Spresser, "but that one percent is my favorite music in the world".
Welcome to that one percent... RIYL: Pavement, Superchunk, Bunnygrunt.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-082
CD
$10.25
Vulture Club
Live Young Die Fast & Leave An Exquisite Corpse
PS, US LIMITED TO 500 CDR two panel mini lp sleeve offset printed
w/ six panel fold out insert. Low end drone guitar at it's finest.
Think Sunn0))), Flying Saucer Attack meets Earth but with a hollow
midwestern landscape.
Utech-004
CDR
$15.00
Waking Ashland
Composure
PS, US
T&N-63766
CD
$14.00
Waking Ashland
Telescopes
PS, US
Immortal
CD5
$10.00
Wazoo
S-T
PS, GERMANY "This group from the Detroit area is probably the
weirdest experimental psych outfits from 1970. Originally the band
was hired by Zig Zag Records to record cover tunes and easy listening,
with the intention, 'We're just doing whatever we want,' the result
was an overdosed rock concept album... 'to give the music back to
the people.' Original copies are rare and pretty unknown among psych
collectors until now! The 7 songs with an average length of 7 minutes
combine different styles of music, from heavy garage rock to bluesy
West Coast, drifting into various tripped-out, funk, jazz elements
with humorous/social comments. Structure, feeling and complexity can
be compared to experimental Krautrock, while the group's basic sound
is represented better by end-'60s U.S. hippie rock as Country Joe
& The Fish, Grateful Dead or The Head Shop with its excessive
fuzz guitar work, Farfisa organ, amazing vocals by Cleveland's Bocky
and several additional instruments, sax, harpsichord, cello, percussion,
bells. Studio work is pretty tricky, lots of unexpected mixing and
experiments, with flashes of UK's legendary White Noise. This CD issue
contains a 12 p. color booklet with a band's bio, and the cool original
album design, made by John Williams who also worked for Zappa -- so
it can be assumed which influences Zappa used for his 1972, Grand
Wazoo album?!? Wazoo presents at the highest level of musicianship
free & atmospheric rock -- a unique kind of musical renaissance!
-- Discover it, it's a unique piece of early '70s psychedelia."
WorldInSound
CD
$18.25
Weller, Paul
Hit Parade
PS, US Chronicles 30 years of milestone work form one of the world's
best songwriters. In 23 tracks, Hit Parade is a comprehensive Weller
anthology, combing work from all three spectacular Weller career stages
into one astonishing package.
YepRoc-2146
CD
$14.50
Weller, Paul
Hit Parade Box Set (4XCD)
PS, US Career spanning box set, chronicles 30 years of milestone work
form one of the world's best songwriters. Four disks long, including
a 60 page booklet. A comprehensive Weller collection, from his years
with The Jam to The Style Council to his solo work. Combines work
from all three spectacular Paul Weller career stages into one astonishing
package. Custom hard-bound book.
YepRoc-2145
CD-BOX
$45.00
Wiese, John
Soft Punk
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TMU
LP
$12.50
Wiese, John
Soft Punk
PS, US After almost ten years of performing solo and over fifty releases
in every conceivable format, Wiese finally unleashes his debut full-length.
Twelve songs of harsh yet beautiful soundscapes that explore the realm
of piercing cut and paste assemblage and harsh noise. Wiese has been
called a "master in his field" (Pitchfork), and "groundbreaking
artist" (Dusted), and has played art galleries and installations
throughout the world, as well as toured with Sonic Youth, Sunn, and
Wolf Eyes.
TMU
CD
$12.50
Wilcken, Hugo
David Bowie: Low (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US "One day I blew my nose and half my brains came out."
Los Angeles, 1976. David Bowie is holed up in his Bel-Air mansion,
drifting into drug-induced paranoia and confusion. Obsessed with black
magic and the Holy Grail, he's built an altar in the living room and
keeps his fingernail clippings in the fridge. There are occasional
trips out to visit his friend Iggy Pop in a mental institution. His
latest album is the cocaine-fuelled Station To Station (Bowie: "I
know it was recorded in LA because I read it was"), which welds
R&B rhythms to lyrics that mix the occult with a yearning for
Europe, after three mad years in the New World. Bowie has long been
haunted by the angst-ridden, emotional work of the Die Brucke movement
and the Expressionists. Berlin is their spiritual home, and after
a chaotic world tour, Bowie adopts this city as his new sanctuary.
Immediately he sets to work on Low, his own expressionist mood-piece.
Authors - Hugo Wilcken: Hugo Wilcken is a Paris-based, Australian-born
writer and translator. His first novel, The Execution, was published
by HarperCollins in 2002. ("A remarkably accomplished debut heralding
the arrival of a noteworthy talent" - Publishers Weekly) It was
well reviewed, and has since been translated into Dutch and German.
A second novel, Colony will be published in 2005.
Continuum-026
BOOK
$9.95
Wilder, Eliot
DJ Shadow: Endtroducing (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US What resonated about Endtroducing when it was released in 1996,
and what makes it still resonate today, is the way in which it loosens
itself from the mooring of the known and sails off into an uncharted
territory that seems to exist both in and out of time. Josh Davis
is not only a master sampler and turntablist supreme, he is also a
serious archeologist with a world-thirsty passion (what Cut Chemist
refers to as Josh's "spidey sense") for seeking out, uncovering
and then ripping apart the discarded graces of some other generation
- that "pile of broken dreams" - and weaving them back together
into a tapestry of chronic bleakness and beauty. Over the course of
several long conversations with Josh Davis (DJ Shadow), we learn about
his early years in California, the friends and mentors who helped
him along the way, his relationship with Mo'Wax and James Lavelle,
and the genesis and creation of his widely acknowledged masterpiece,
Endtroducing. Authors - Eliot Wilder: Eliot Wilder is a writer and
editor, having spent more than 10 years at the Los Angeles Times as
a copy editor and freelance writer. Currently, he is the Editor and
Senior Writer for Amplifier, an alternative music magazine distributed
throughout North America. He is also a musician and songwriter. He
lives in Boston. Reviews: It's good to see DJ Shadow's 1996 debut
LP Endtroducing...getting the 33 1/3 treatment: the series of smart
pocketsize books...canonising classic albums' Laurence Phelan, Independent
on Sunday, 'The 33 1/3 series, published by Continuum, is one of the
best things that happened to the music press in the last years....
One of my biggest dreams is to open in Israel a publishing house that
will focus exactly on that subject - rock literature. And if one day
I'd get to do this, one of the first things that I'd do is buy the
translation rights for the 33 1/3 series...This is a candy store that's
full of fun for curious and hungry music lovers. It's also such a
small and smart series, that... is a blessing, and it's not expensive
either....The book is recommended to anyone who loves this album and
wants to have a look behind the curtains.' ~ Guy Hajaj, Haoneg.com,
2006
Continuum-024
BOOK
$10.95
Wintermittens
Bed, Book, Camera, Towel
PS, US Take some kids, burn off the rock'n'roll fantasy with oxalic
acid, reduce the sex drive with American television, keep 'em upright
with coat-hanger wire and then have a sniff around for that brown
muck the world calls "art." What you're probably whiffin'
is the new WINTERMITTENS- GEOFF SOULE (FUCK, FIBULATOR), RICH WELLS
(aka RICK WELDON of DIN TRIPTYCH & GRAY DAVIS), and filmmaker/varietal
media wank GIBBS CHAPMAN (WetGate)-record, their first in ten years.
Shambling, melancholy, and brimming with "sophistuhmacation,"
the trio's second full-length album serves up eleven slices of blurry,
slurry hypnotica. With songs of the quintessential lonely highway,
a certain languid poetic burble strewn with droll audio snippets,
and two offbeat covers, Bed, Book, Camera, Towel provides an enigmatic
reverie in a world of hidden mics and two-way mirrors.
Bent-015
CD
$12.00
Wolfman
Kama Sutra
PS, UK Fast follow up to THE WOLFMEN's debut EP Jackie Says, The A-side
is a new song with a bit of a T-Rex flavor to it. The B-side is a
punk techno noise fest! The Wolfmen is the new band from MARCO PIRONNI
(ADAM AND THE ANTS, SINEAD O'CONNOR) and CHRIS CONSTANTINOU (Adam
And The Ants, JACKIE ONASSID). UK import.
DamagedGoods-272
45
$6.75
Woodworth, Marc
Guided By Voices: Bee Thousand (33 1/3 Paperback Book)
PS, US Marc Woodworth's book covers the album's long and unorthodox
period of writing, recording, sequencing, and editing. It includes
interviews with members of the band, manager Pete Jamison, web-master
and GBV historian Rich Turiel and Robert Griffin of Scat Records.
At least sixty-five songs were recorded and considered for the album
and five distinct concepts were rejected before the band hit upon
the records final form. One late version, very nearly released, contained
only a few of Bee Thousand's definitive songs. The rest were left
out and nearly ended up in the boxes of cassette out-takes cluttering
up Robert Pollard's basement. The story of Guided By Voices transformation
from an occasional and revolving group of complete unknowns to indie-rock
heroes is very much part of the story behind the making of Bee Thousand.
In addition to providing a central account of how the record was made,
Woodworth devotes a substantial chapter to the album's lyrics. Robert
Pollard's lyrics are described by critics, when they're described
at all, as a brand of tossed-off surrealism, as if his verbal sensibility
is somehow incidental to the songs themselves. Nothing could be further
from the truth. Woodworth offers a sustained discussion of Pollard's
work as a writer of often sublime, beautiful, and very human lyrics.
The third key section of the book covers aesthetics. Woodworth considers
the great appeal of the do-it-yourself nature of Bee Thousand and
reflects on the larger importance of the strain of alternative rock
for which this record is a touchstone. Authors - Marc Woodworth: Marc
Woodworth is the author of Solo: Women Singer-Songwriters in their
Own Words (Dell, 1998) which contained transcribed and edited first-person
narratives derived from his interviews with nineteen artists like
Ani DiFranco, Sheryl Crow, and Cassandra Wilson. He is also the author
of a volume of poetry, Arcade (Grove Press, 2002), and is the editor
of a high-culture quarterly, Salmagundi.
Continuum-038
BOOK
$9.95
Wormwood
Starvation
PS, US Double gatefold vinyl with original artwork. This album sounds
like nothing else happening right now, yet subtle comparisons
can be made with bands like Klysea, Neurosis, Tarantula Hawk, even
Skepticism & Corrupted. Elements of doom, crust, goth, metal &
prog all swirl together into one horrible nightmare soundtrack. Features
no guitars, but rather two basses, percussion, keyboards & samplers.
Kreation-001
DLP
$16.75
Yndi Halda
Enjoy Eternal Bliss
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BurntToast-078
DLP
$14.00
Yndi Halda
Enjoy Eternal Bliss
PS, US 4 tracks that clock in at a little more than an hour. This
is expansive, epic instrumental music w/ varied sections & movements
that rise to crescendo out of subtle, gentle ambience. Melodies ebb
& flo, rising to beautiful explosions. Yndi Halda is Icelandic
for "enjoy eternal bliss" taken from an Icelandic epic poem
"Hrafnagaldar Odins". Deluxe origami style packaging on
100% recycled paper w/ vegetable based ink.
BurntToast-078
CD
$13.50
You Am I
Convicts
PS, US Bonafide stars in their native Australia where, since 1992,
the band has set a record for three consecutive straight-in-at-No.
1 albums, bagged seven ARIAS, picked up some heavyweight admirers/touring
partners (Oasis, Soundgarden, Sonic Youth), and been asked to gig
with the likes of The Who & The Rolling Stones. Their newest album
is proof why they're stars Down Under. From the feedback-strewn opening
punch of "Thank God I've Hit the Bottom" to the immediacy
of insta-hits like "Friends Like You" and "It Ain't
Funny How We Don't Talk Any More," they are poised to make an
even larger impression.
YepRoc-2144
CD
$14.50
Youth Group
Casino Twilight Dogs
PS, US Youth Group are one of the best-known unknown bands on the
indie scene, after their cover of Alphaville's "Forever Young"
became a staple on "The O.C." last spring and one of the
most downloaded tracks on iTunes, while earning them a #1 single in
their native Australia. This release showcases their growing songwriting
ambition on tracks like "Sorry", with its intricate Smiths-like
guitar interplay, while "Catch And Kill" finds the band
exploring their Velvets/Stooges side. "Casino Twilight Dogs",
already gold in Australia, is the album that'll solidify Youth Group's
growing status in the US.
Anti
CD
$13.00
Forthcoming
Releases
8-Bit Operators
Pocket Calculator/Robots (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US A prelude to the forthcoming CD collection featuring various
8-bit artist interpretations of classic Kraftwerk songs, primarily on
Lo-bit microchip computers, handheld gaming devices and consoles. This
game-influenced branch of electronic music has developed a flourishing
international live scene & is one of the first new genres of music
to use the internet to its fullest advantage, with the advent of home-brewed
synth cartridges & hacker influenced musical tools.
Astralwerks
12
$8.25
A Sunny Day In Glasgow
Scribble Mural Comic Journal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US Using mandolins, banjos, noise, samplers, lots of cuttin' n pastin',
and all of the normal band instruments, Philadelphia's A Sunny Day in
Glasgow adds lush female vocals and dance-y rhythms to make dreamy pop
music. Distorted guitars alongside Robin and Lauren's vocals glisten
for thirteen storied tracks on "Scribble Mural Comic Journal."
The album succeeds in marrying Cocteau Twins' otherwordliness, JAMC
white noise, the best aspects of early Aphex Twin, and the jangle of
"Strawberry Wine" era MBV to create pop music that somehow
makes sense despite making no sense. (4 stars) Like Grizzly Bear, ASDIG's
got a steep pop-to-noise curve, so their most gorgeous melodies become
thick and swampy before you've noticed the tide has come in. Even the
brightest colors look black if you smear them all together." -
Pitchfork " (9 out of 10) Captivating. Stunning. A Sunny Day in
Glasgow has single-handedly returned the shoegazer genre to its former
glory. One of the best releases of 2006!" -Under the Radar
Notenuf
CD
$12.25
AA Tigre
Felicidades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, SPAIN The songs are stretched about as if tensed by strings manipulated
by struggling automatons whom are unpredictable, deconstructing the
structure until they are impregnated with a personality which is deliberately
imperfect as an unfinished sketch, as an analgesic dissolving within
an organism, taking effect slowly, and opting to use the label of autistic
folk, due to his rejection to that which has been stipulated, and his
almost harmful sensibility.
Aarecords-10
LP
$17.50
Air Formation
Daylight Storms (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, UK After last years astounding 57 Octaves Below EP, Brighton's Air
Formation are back with their third album. Recorded over the Summer
with producer Pat Collier, mastered by Shimmydisc/Bongwater maestro
Kramer Daylight Storms is their most accomplished work to date. Drawing
from the likes of eighties shoegazers My Bloody Valentine and Slowdive,
as well as lesser known noise-dreamers like the fabulously mysterious
Flying Saucer Attack, Air Formation sit comfortably alongside the current
crop, Sigur Ros, Long-View, Mew et al while at the same time following
a path of their very own making. Think Mogwai, Explosions In The Sky,
the sound of jet engines. Air Formation can go from breathy escapism
to futuristic terrorcaust in a matter of minutes whilst still encapsulating
the listener. Live shows are rare but stunning, recent supports have
included Mark Gardner, Ulrich Schnauss and Rachel Goswell. The band
will be back to delight in the Spring.
ClubAC30-304012
CD
$15.00
Alsace Lorraine
Dark One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 5TH )(ON SALE)
PS, US Alsace Lorraine is the delicately delicious and unique electronic/guitar
pop creation of seminary professor Paul Francke. We're pleased to announce
that our favorite singer on Earth, Argentinean Singer/Artist Isol has
joined Alsace Lorraine to sing on four of the album's 14 tracks too.
Isol sings here in English for the first time! Isol left her band Entre
Rios (Elefant {Spain}/Darla {US}) when the group signed with EMI Latin
America because the deal demanded too much time away from her profession
as an Artist/Illustrator. Caitlin Brice sings backing vocals on two
tracks. Jane Francke (Paul's sister) sings one track. The sophomore
Alsace album Dark One, though not literally very "Dark", was
recorded and mixed by Paul at Paul's home studio in Chicago. Isol's
warm, exotic, sensual vocals were recorded in Isol's bedroom studio
in Buenos Aires. Paul's unique bedroom uber-pop soundtrack provides
the perfect music bed to Isol's vocal. The result is a unique blend
of Astrud Gilberto, Wolfgang Press, Eurythmics, Pale Saints, St. Etienne,
Magnetic Fields, Hope Sandoval, as well as The Wake, Section 25 and
other Factory-esque influences. Hopefully, Paul and Isol will make more
beautiful music together. Alsace Lorraine sounds romantic; thoughtful,
sensuous and smart. Comment from Paul Francke: I began the album begun
during college on the south side of Chicago and completed it while working
in Campbeltown, on the end of the Kintyre Peninsula, the most remote
part of mainland Britain. Between those points I worked on the record
in an Episcopalian seminary dormitory in Alexandria, Virginia, while
training to be a seminary professor. It couldn't have been done without
my brilliant, non-religious friends: Isol sings four of the best songs
on the album, but she also made important suggestions for changes to
the lyrics and music. We share a lot of beliefs regarding art and beyond,
and it has been fascinating to work with her. Her friend Nico recorded
her vocals in a studio in Buenos Aires. Caitlin Brice, the lead singer
from the previous album, sings excellent backup on two songs here. Joe
Moore plays guitar on one song, and my younger sister Jane sings on
one song as well.
Darla-178
CD
$12.25
Apples In Stereo
New Magnetic Wonder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US 1st release in 5 years. Produced by Bryce Googin (Pavement, Sebadoh,
Sean Lennon).
YepRoc-2132
CD
$15.50
Aqueduct
Or Give Me Death (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US If you're familiar w/ Aqueduct you'll be happy to hear that David
Terry's love of the pop hook has only gotten stronger w /time. However,
unlike" I Sold Gold's" huge blown out drum sounds & blip-pop
synths, "Or Give Me Death" finds him broadening his tonal
horizons to encompass mariachi horns, Gershwin-esque strings, looped
& layered vocals, & grand piano. There's also quite a lot more
electric guitar, & it contains the best song about The Princess
Bride EVER! Super cool cover art includes interactive acetate skull
layer.
Barsuk-063
CD
$11.75
Arc Lab
No Spectre (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH )
PS, US Arc Lab's sophomore release "No Spectre" finds the
n5MD imprint returning to its roots. Medard Fischer (a.k.a Arc Lab)
uses almost 99.9% the digital realm to create his sonic tapestries.
Those familiar with Fischer's music will hear unparalleled growth in
his production and songwriting since 2005's "the nineteen floors"
(MMBP). Those unfamiliar will take comfort in his musical expressions.
"No Spectre" features cascading rhythms reminiscent of some
of Telefon Tel Aviv's beat-work, the melodious cadence of early Arovane
and some of the warm yet slightly sinister elements of label-mate Proem.
It highlights a delicate balance of tension and emotion, harnessing
errant melodies, fractured percussion and granular synthesis experiments
to make that all-important musical connection with the listener. Human
moments made by machines? A human heart succumbing to the synthetic?
Or maybe just an artist utilizing some old spectres to make something
all his own... tracklisting: I`m All Vectors, Versions, Natch, So Much
For No Surprises, The Several Song Dead Days, Miss Wet T-Shirt Vancouver
2006, Plays Tim Arndt, Spectres, The Past!, All Parallels.
n5MD-144
CD
$12.00
Axolotl
Memory Theater (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Memory Theater is an absolutely essential collection of the best
of Axolotl's out of print cdrs and vinyl only releases. Karl Bauer spent
quite a bit of time collaborating with Black Dice, Mouthus, Double Leopards
and various other acclaimed members of the noise underground before
heading off on his own as Axolotl. In the last couple of years Axolotl
have released numerous cd, cdr and vinyl releases many of which quickly
went out of print and started demanding some serious coin on ebay. Memory
Theater collects the best of these out of print releases into one convenient
package designed by Karl Bauer. Axolotl has collaborated with the likes
of the Skaters, Magik Markers, Yellow Swans, Inca Ore, Skygreen Leopards,
Religious Knives, and Mouthus. Axolotl has toured Europe and the United
States and shared the stage with the likes of Animal Collective, Black
Dice, Boris, Charlambides, Chris Corsano, Double Leopards, Excepter,
Sightings, the Skaters, Terrestrial Tones, Tomutonttu, and Yellow Swans.
Important-120
CD
$12.00
Baikal
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US New burner from BARDO POND brothers John & Michael Gibbons
along with fellow members Clint Takeda & Jason Kourkonis. This time
they ventured down the route of heavy free-improvisation & a Last
Exit style hard rock approach coupled with a hard psych bend. With two
tracks each weighing in at over 30 minutes in length it's clear that
Baikal is a deep voyage underseas with yet another mindblowing side
project.
Important-119
CD
$12.50
Baikel
Baikal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Baikal is a new burner from Bardo Pond brothers John & Michael
Gibbons along with fellow Bardo Pond members Clint Takeda and Jason
Kourkonis. This time they ventured down the route of heavy free-improvisation
and a Last Exit style hard rock approach coupled with a hard psych bend.
With two tracks each weighing in at over 30 minutes in length it's clear
that Baikal is a deep voyage under seas with yet another mind-blowing
Bardo Pond side project featuring Bardo brothers John & Michael
Gibbons as your tour guide - and it's a heavy trip indeed. Dive in.
Important-19
CD
$12.00
Bark Haze, The
Unititled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US This limited edition lp was pressed in an edition of 500 with
letterpressed covers done by Manifesto. These are completely different
recordings than the Bark Haze compact disc also on Important Records.
The Bark Haze is primarily a guitar duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one
Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston Moore (Sonic Youth etfuckingcetera).
Auxiliary members have been know to include Pete Nolan (Magik Markers,
Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Cops et al). Their name came from a mis-hearing
of the radical early 70s R+B group the Bar-Kays and from that moment
the concept of mis-hearing and allegiance to presenting the mis-hearing
as some open-ended musical course became The Bark Haze's identity. So
far all concerts have taken place in Western Massachusetts and once
in the confines of Cambridge, MA's Twisted Village record emporium.
They anxiously await their debut gig in the UK at the Nightmare Before
Christmas event curated by Moore. As the heroic and potentially bonkers
Carpenters refrained We've Only Just Begun. Damn straight.
Important-128
LP
$12.75
Bark Haze, The
Untitled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US This exclusive CD release is entirely different from the LP release
on Important, which is also untitled. The Bark Haze is primarily a guitar
duo of GOWN (nom de plume of one Andrew Macgregor) and Thurston Moore
(Sonic Youth, etc). Auxiliary members have been know to include Pete
Nolan (Magik Markers, Virgin Eye Blood Brothers, Cops et al). Their
name came from a mishearing of the radical early 70s R+B group the Bar-Kays
and from that moment the concept of mishearing and allegiance to presenting
the mishearing as some open-ended musical course became The Bark Haze's
identity. So far all concerts have taken place in Western Massachusetts
and once in the confines of Cambridge, MA's Twisted Village record emporium.
They anxiously await their debut gig in the UK at the Nightmare Before
Christmas event curated by Moore. As the heroic and potentially bonkers
Carpenters refrained We've Only Just Begun. Damn straight.
Important-127
CD
$12.00
Barr
Summary (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US His most musical BARR record to date, Brendan explores more of
a pop sensibility (w/out ever becoming poppy) w/ a new means of lyrical
narrative & execution. The collection of works spans 5 tumultuous
months of triumphs, failures, loss & growth & evokes a spectrum
of raw emotion, as would a novel, a movie, a sonnet, or a classical
concerto.
5RueChristine-065
CD
$13.25
Bear Colony
We Came Here To Die (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US The unfortunate inspiration behind the composition of this album
came from primary songwriter Vince Griffins misdiagnosis of Crohns Disease.
Vince was bedridden for several months & began writing the songs
as an outlet. Leaning on his musician friends around him, Vince began
sharing the early BC material over the internet & the collaborative
process began. The core nucleus of the group became Vince, Brooks Tipton
(UNWED SAILOR), Adam Putnam, Matthew Putnam (ex-LOVEDRUG), Chase Pagan
(MILITIA GROUP label) & Kyle Smith. What began as a fun tape swap
among friends to escape from the mundane quickly became a true band
of seven members, all bringing their own contribution to the creative
collective table
Esperanza-009
CD
$12.50
Beauty Shop
Crisis Helpline (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Their edgy lo-fi country noir sound owes as much to J Mascis
as it does to Johnny Cash. Beautiful. Essential. They turn acoustic
punk rock down to 9 1/2 instead of up to 11, with a little taste of
alt.country thrown in for good measure.
Snapper-943
CD
$15.75
Bermon, Victor
Arriving At Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Where did the quiet romantic composers working within electronic
music's own folk form go? We need them back, which is maybe why Victor
Bermon seems like a rebel whose cause is already lost in the slipped-stream
of popular opinion. Tracks glide on backbeats that hearken back to crate-dug
jazz records, warm wide chords & layers of melodic counterpoint.
Acoustic guitars strum in the background, or pick their way through
the fore, but they always welcome the dawn.
Hefty-060
CD
$11.25
Black Belt
Two Minutes to Midnight + BONUS SINGLE (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
6TH)
PS, SWEDEN Special Offer: Initial orders will receive a free 2-song
CD-single featuring Jim's favorite BB song, "Hold On" plus
"Noose". New album is built on extra-large 70s stonerrock
grooves, produced by Jari Haapalainen (The Bear Quartet). GROOVE MAGAZINE:
"...A mix of fiery seventies hard rock, psyched out mangle and
a flirt with groovy soul that can make your hips pop. But it is the
energy that hits me right in my heart. It is dirty like a coal miner,
reaks of sweat like a festival fanatic and snorts like a testosteron
filled bull. Chose any song you like of the eleven, it doesn't matter.
Each and everyone will knock you out, all in their own unique way."
(Andreas Eriksson)
Novoton-012
CD
$13.50
Black To Comm
Wir können leider nicht etwas mehr zu tun... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, GERMANY "Wir können leider nicht etwas mehr zu tun..."
is the rather weird title for Black To Comm's 2nd Album release within
12 months, this time coming out on a gorgeous vinyl-only double-LP with
a beautifully strange gatefold sleeve in a limited edition of 500 copies.
Black To Comm is the nom de plume for Hamburg's Dekorder label head
honcho Marc Richter's sonic voyages. In 2006 he released a 7" lathe
cut picture disc ("Levitation"), his debut album "Rückwärts
Backwards" on CD and very limited vinyl and compilation tracks
for the Finnish 267 Lattajjaa and Ukrainian Quasipop labels. While the
first album was mainly constructed from dusty vinyl and shellac loops,
the new album is based on "real" instruments including several
antique organs, electric harmonium, acoustic & electric guitars,
bells, clattery percussion, vintage effect pedals and tape loops thereof.
Richter builds up massive psychedelic one-chord drones, minimal yet
dense and heavily layered, full of spacious details and swirling melodies
buried within. Each track is slowly building, drifting and floating
hypnotically into a warm and shimmering black ocean of sonic liquid,
creating a mesmerizing and mysterious mass of sound. While most of the
works are thick monotone layers of organic sound there's some sort of
simple songwriting gleaming constantly through the mist, making this
a highly accessible drone album. Guest musicians are Hamburg visual
artist Renate Nikolaus on electric & acoustic guitars and voice
and electro-acoustic musician Gregory Büttner on trumpet.
Dekorder-19
DLP
$17.50
Bloc Party
A Weekend In The City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US The follow-up to their smash debut, "Silent Alarm",
is every bit as bright, powerful, and catchy, with the addition of more
muscle, attitude, depth, and a bit of polish courtesy of their producer,
Jacknife Lee (U2, Snow Patrol). Inspired by lead singer Kele Okereke's
interest in what he calls "the living noise of a metropolis",
this record captures every detail of daily life in a modern city from
the ebullient to the mundane. From the quiet desolation of commuting
to casual sex, from going out on a Friday night to the long ride home
early in the morning, these are songs desperate to understand the meaning
that pulses under the moments of our every day.
Vice
CD
$13.50
Bloc Party
A Weekend In The City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Vice
LP
$14.50
Bob & Gene
If This World Were Mine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Presented in its entirety for the first time. Bob & Gene's
full length album. Some of the deepest & sweetest Soul sides ever
carved into wax. Features recordings only previously available on rare
45's in the hands of a few collectors, as well as unreleased material.
Daptone-010
LP
$14.50
Bunny Rabbit
Lovers & Crypts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US A record of midnight freestyle nursey rhymes bred through the
martyrs of hip hop, punk & folk. The essential delivery of nightmarish
prophecies, hallucinogenic dark beats, seductive sweet melodies &
raunchy raps are said to arouse feelings of "deep seeded shame
& inexorable ass shaking." She's also produced tracks &
toured w/ CocoRosie.
VE-004CD
CD
$13.25
Bunyan, Vashti
Lookaftering (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US FINALLY!! Deluxe gatefold jacked w/tip-on style sleeve. Incl.
contributions
from JOANNA NEWSOM, DEVENDRA BANHAT, ADEM, MICE PARADE, CURRITUCK COUNTY
DiCristina-006
LP
$14.25
Campbell, Glen
Best of The Glen Campbell Music Show (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK The best of 3 performances in the early 70's - the peak of Campbell's
career. This DVD represents the best performances from a string of concerts
filmed by Ember in the early 70s - the peak of Campbell's career. The
first was a recording of a show at The Talk Of The Town in '72, then
through '75 Campbell six TV shows broadcast by the BBC. Backed by his
then regular band and the BBC Concert Orchestra, Campbell performed
live his greatest hits plus other favorite songs of his choosing. The
performances are brilliant, the backing very tight, the sound recording
excellent, and all filmed in gloriously gaudy 1970s color schemes. This
includes his best known hits and interesting covers. Song Titles: Dream
Baby, By The Time I Get To Phoenix, Mary In The Morning, Try A Little
Kindness, Gentle On My Mind, Ocean In His Eyes, Time In A Bottle, The
Dreams Of The Everyday Housewife, Help Me Make It Through The Night,
Wichita Lineman, Galveston, Country Boy, Oklahoma Sunday Morning, It
Must Be A Sin When You Love Somebody, The Moons A Harsh Mistress, Aint
No Sunshine, Oh Happy Day
RPM-2
DVD
$12.75
Chelsea
Faster, Cheaper & Better Looking (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Brand new album from veterans of the original U.K. Punk movement!
First studio album in over a decade & the first time the trio of
James Stevenson (ALARM, CULT, GENERATION X), Chris Bashford & Gene
October have played on a record together since 1979! The boys are joined
by Tony Barber of the BUZZCOCKS on this tour de force of a comeback
album. Great `77 style Punk Rock- melodic but fast & with great,
poignant lyrics.
TKO-164
CD
$12.75
Chrysler, The
Cold War Classic [U.S. Edition] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
20TH)
PS, US Domestic release for The Chrysler's second album, with 5 bonus
tracks. 'Cold War Classic' is the second full-length release from mysterious
Swedish folk-pop band The Chrysler, recorded in a little cabin outside
Katrineholm, Sweden; an album filled with hope, agony, and clarinets.
The band's debut album 'Failures And Sparks' was well-received by music
writers, who have compared The Chrysler's enigmatic, bonfire folk and
baroque, jangling pop to The Byrds, Neil Young, Simon & Garfunkel,
Nick Drake, The Band, Belle & Sebastian, The Velvet Underground,
Lambchop, and Norway's Kings Of Convenience. Guest appearances by Laakso
vocalist Martin Krunnegard and Swedish songstress Britta Person. As
with their debut album 'Failures And Sparks', released in late-2005
by Galaxy Gramophone/PLG, the U.S. edition of 'Cold War Classic' will
be augmented with five bonus tracks, the songs from their Blue Gold
and First Blood EPs, including their cover of Bob Dylan's "Changing
of the Guards".
GalaxyGramophone-002
CD
$9.00
Clouds
Legendary Demo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Boston's Clouds deliver unbridled action-rock harking back to
the mid/late '90s Man's Ruin garage onslaught - which, in turn, owes
its collective hearing loss to the likes of the Wipers, Bad Brains,
Stooges, and MC5. But there's more. From nasty psych and southern power
grooves to "Party Grunge" and sax'd-out dub, this record has
it all. Though the band proudly wears their influences on their sleeves,
they stand apart because the melting pot sounds unique. They lock and
stock their way through manic tracks that meld ZZ Top, the Stooges,
Bad Brains, Karp, and Sun Ra.
HydraHead
CD
$13.50
Cohen, Danny
Shades Of Dorian Gray (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Cohen has been mentioned in the same breath as everyone from
Tom Waits, Vic Chesnut, and Jad Fair to Daniel Johnston and the Residents.
Danny, a one-time cohort of Captain Beefheart, has stepped up the arrangements
on his latest release. Mellotrons, horns, organs, and lap steel adorn
these sixteen songs full of riotous images and indelible hooks, sounding
positively Wilson-esque. "Shades" is the musical equivalent
of an accomplished painting. Equally cerebral and serendipitous, Cohen's
third album on Anti is an eclectic song cycle that thrives, informs,
and rewards with each successive listen.
Anti
CD
$15.00
Coltrane, John
Traneing In (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series. 1957 session is an excellent,
if relatively straight take. Feat. RED GARLAND, PAUL CHAMBERS &
ARTHUR TAYLOR. "Redolent of Coltrane's first stint w/ Miles Davis,
especially in the long medium-temp blues of the title track."-ROUGH
GUIDE TO JAZZ
Fantasy-30156
CD
$11.75
Conn, Bobby
King For A Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US "Its about my desperate attempt to lose myself in a candy-colored
fantasyland of freaks & fairies. Its an urge that I think lots of
us share, especially these days as the real world is getting increasingly
grim. The album starts w/ an 8-min epic w/ strings, a choir singing
in Latin, a blinding, atonal guitar solo & birds singing before
the dawn. There are psychedelic interludes & instrumental passages
between more conventional 'pop' songs & the album ends w/ a triumphant/tragic
piano ballad," says Bobby. Feat. The Glass Gypsies & members
of The Detholz! & Mahjonng & 3 bonus videos
ThrillJockey-177
CD
$13.25
Creteens
4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA)
PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound
garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are definitely
'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover & a slower-style
Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty rough. Scums stats:
600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl.
Contaminated-009
45
$6.00
Cult
Dreamtime (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Following the name change from Death Cult, the band's debut album
still has the goth/tribal influences but also has moved on towards the
classic blues rock feel. Remastered from the original tapes with an
expanded booklet.
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$11.50
Cut City
Exit Decades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US A concise, 9-song decree from a trio of Swedish musicians experienced
in mining the territory between influences of yesteryear & the momentum
of the present. CC earned underground attention after releasing their
debut EP on GSL, immediately drawing comparisons to Joy Division &
Franz Ferdinand. A thorough understanding of Factory, Fiction &
Rough Trade output circa 1980 is obvious, coupled with a sharp, engaging
sense of irony.
GSL-115
CD
$13.00
Daniels, David Karsten
Sharp Teeth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US A compelling exploration of moral ambiguity & perhaps-unavoidable
human disconnection, suggesting modern
American folk music in the Southern tradition: often deathly slow, like
life in the South, and haunted by religion- but unable to find
answers in its Bible. The sounds of the South appear as well; Nashville's
slide guitars, nods to Dixieland Jazz, drums, horns, choirs & epic
string arrangements take their places in songs that, despite their grand
scale, manage to be concise & immediate, conveying a distinct love
of pop music.
FatCat-051
CD
$13.25
Deerhoof
Friend Opportunity (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ChildrenOfHoof-025
LP
$15.00
Diagram Brothers
Some Marvels of Modern Science + Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
20TH )
PS, UK 24 tracks. Digitally remastered from the original studio tapes,
Some Marvels of Modern Science + Singles features 24 tracks and runs
for 74 minutes. In addition to all 14 tracks from their 1981 album on
the New Hormones label (founded by Buzzcocks), the CD also features
ten bonus tracks from all four singles released between 1980 and 1982,
including the cult favourites Bricks and Discordo, as well as the ultra-rare
Diagram Brothers German EP. Often compared to XTC, Gang of Four and
Fire Engines in their day, The Diagram Brothers invented and defined
their sound 'discordo' as follows: "The music was made to a strict
formula, or set of rules. All the guitar chords were based on discordant
notes, all the beats were very simple rock or disco, and all the words
very straightforward and down to earth." Some Marvels Of Modern
Science drew warm reviews on release in 1981: "The Diagram Brothers
play an extraordinary, quirky, jerky brand of speedo funk, as if some
Pavlovian behaviourist has got hold of The Gang of Four and started
to do tricky experiments on them... Science before sentience, the didactic
before the ecstatic seems to be the unusual anti-rock n' roll idea...
This is an album of observations which are never dull, and of music
which - in spite of being clinical - is never cold. I quite warm to
this kind of off-beat fun and to the proof that the English eccentric
spirit needn't necessarily take twee grown-up public schoolboy forms."
(NME). The CD booklet features a deluxe 16 pages booklet featuring facsimile
artwork and detailed liner notes.
LTM-2480
CD
$15.00
Distance
My Demons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PlanetMu-170
DLP
$18.75
Distance
My Demons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Debut album from Bromley, England's top dubstep producer. A resident
DJ on influential UK radio station Rinse 100.3 FM, he rose to prominence
w/ Sting Records tracks. This new album is another leap into uncharted
dubstep territory. It collects all the dubs the artist's been working
on over the past year incl. the haunting "Mistral," the booming
breaks of "Weigh Down" & the long-awaited "Night
Vision".
PlanetMu-170
CD
$15.00
Do Make Say Think
You, You're a History In Rust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation-045
LP
$15.50
Do Make Say Think
You, You're a History In Rust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US The fifth album from one of the most consistently inventive instrumental
rock bands of the past decade. Creative, thoughtful and challenging.
CD is in a deluxe 6 panel cardstock jacket.
Constellation-045
CD
$14.50
Dobson, Bonnie
Good Morning Rain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, UK After the acclaimed issue of Bonnie Dobson's first, self-titled
RCA album...here we are with her second one! Again, a collection of
outstanding songs written by herself and others, great well arranged
folk-rock which has caught the attention of DJs and movers everywhere....Bonnie
will be playing shows this February in the UK for the first time in
far too long....to miss them would be sheer foolishness! I'll wager
she'll also be doing a fair few interviews and so on....you know it
makes sense.
Rev-Ola-194
CD
$13.00
Dolorean
You Can't Win (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
YepRoc-2109
LP
$14.50
Dolorean
You Can't Win (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Another collection of melancholy & stunningly beautiful folk
pop songs. Singer Al James completed the eleven new songs here after
Dolorean's 2005 European tour & before long, the band performed
the set live at two gigs within two weeks at one bar in their hometown
of Portland, OR. After these two brief outings, James & cohorts
promptly went into the studio & recorded all the basic tracks in
one weekend. Cinematic & haunting in their imagery, the songs on-
from the spooky opening percussion on the title track to the closing
notes of "My Still Life"
YepRoc-2109
CD
$14.50
Donelly, Tanya
Whiskey Tango Ghosts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Following the name change from Death Cult, the band's debut album
still has the goth/tribal influences but also has moved on towards the
classic blues rock feel. Remastered from the original tapes with an
expanded booklet.
4AD/BBQ
CD
$11.50
Dora Flood
We Live Now (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Over the course of their five LPs and one EP, Dora Flood has
produced some of the most notable shoegazing dream pop to come out of
the United States. Their brand new effort, We Live Now, is perhaps the
acclaimed San Francisco group's heaviest sounding release to date with
nods to late '60s and early '70s interstellar boogie rock spliced into
the heady mix. With praise coming from discerning music magazines like
The Big Takeover, Skyscraper, Losing Today and Ptolemaic Terrascope,
it is no wonder that audiences leave Dora Flood's shows feeling that
they witnessed something of a secret, psychedelic phenomenon. These
live close encounters, as well as their classic studio work, leave listeners
with bold memories of pounding grooves, lush orchestration, and melodies
so timeless that they take up residence in the heads of those fortunate
enough to cross their path.
ElephantStone-1016
CD
$11.00
Dr. Dog
We All Belong (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Recorded on a 24-track, 2-inch tape machine as opposed to their
previous releases, the method introduced new possibilities as well as
new challenges. They managed to make an album that captures the organic
spirit so important to the band while introducing new layers of vocal
harmonies & textured instrumentation the band had only been able
to imagine prior. "Loaded w/ three-part harmonies, orchestral strings,
heavy reverb & fuzzy guitars." -Rolling Stone
ParktheVan-012
CD
$13.25
Draper, Linda
Keepsake (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US Linda Draper's much anticipated fifth studio long player, "Keepsake"
brings you along for 10 beautifully crafted songs - it continues where
her last LP, 2005's "One Two Three Four" (produced by Kramer)
left off. The album marks her first self-produced effort, along with
co-producer Major Matt Mason (Adam Green, Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey Lewis
etc.) and was recorded at Olive Juice Music Studios in New York City.
The CD presents Linda in an intimate setting accompanied throughout
by stand-up bass, piano, violin, cello, slide guitar, touches of percussion
and xylophone - the focus always being the pure beauty of Draper's vocal
performance. "A shining light of excellence...a delightful voice
that immediately enchants." (Tasty, UK)
PlantingSeeds-048
CD
$12.25
Earthless
Lives (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US They play thundering 20 min, partially improvised, dynamic songs,
w/ ultra-long effected psychedelic leads & relentlessly pounding
drum parts.
Gravity
10
$7.00
Echoboy
Elekrik Soul Psymphonie (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US First new album in nearly 4 years follows '03's "Giraffe"
(Mute). A new leftfield instrumental electronic masterpiece. "Faust
via Stereolab."-Tme Out London
TheFirstTime-019
CD
$13.75
Einsturzende Neubauten
Palast Der Republik (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US This performance was filmed on November 4, 2004 at the Palast
der Republik in Berlin, the former Parliament building and symbol of
the no longer extant DDR (East Germany). The Neubauten found the steel
skeleton of the ruins of the Palast a congenial location for their architectural-musical
fantasies and field studies. Accompanied by a 100 member choir, recruited
from the supporters of the www.neubauten.org Internet project, they
played in and with the building in their inimitable, almost literally
building-collapsing fashion. Contains previously unreleased songs, band
commentary and more. Song Titles: Haus Der Luege, Armenia, Weilweilweil,
Youme & Meyou, Perpetuum Mobile, Dead Friends (Around the Corner),
Grundstueck, GS:1, GS:2, Unseasonable Weather, GS:3, Vox Populi, Was
Ist Ist, Ein leichtes leises Saeuseln, Sabrina, Alles. Plus: Encore
performances of Die Befindlichkeit des Landes and Redukt.
MVD-4564
DVD
$17.00
Eleh
Floating Frequencies/Intuitive Synthesis Volume 1 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Eleh was formed to specifically to pay tribute to early experimental
minimalist pioneers especially La Monte Young, Terry Riley, Eliane Radigue,
Pauline Oliveros and Charlemagne Palestine. This record is pressed in
a deluxe edition of 400 on audiophile quality 180 gram vinyl mastered
and pressed at RTI with letter pressed jackets done by Manifesto Letterpress.
Eleh creates highly minimal and deeply spiritual pure analog drone music
with emphasis on the physical ultra-low end. Incorporating tones as
low as .05 hz (well below the range of human hearing) Eleh is as much
of a physical experience as it is an audio one. To be heard and felt
correctly the listener must be sitting with ears at speaker height at
least 7 feet away. Noise canceling headphone use is also recommended
for the optimum listening experience.
Important-125
LP
$12.50
Elope
9 Distilled Dreams (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 2007)
PS, SWEDEN COMING SOON! Perhaps Elope's finest album to date...and that's
saying something consideing how brilliant 'The No Name Record' and '3WD'
are... It is also their very mellowest. '9 Distilled Dreams' is the
mainly acoustic companion piece to the rocking '3WD' released earlier
this year. Check out Jim's Pick page for a sound sample.
Gravitation-026
CD
$10.50
Entwistle, John
Smash Your Head Against The Wall (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 14TH)
PS, US One of the most influential & talented bassists in the history
of rock music. As a member of The WHO, his outstanding bass work brought
the lowly bass man into the forefront of rock'n'roll. This debut solo
album took his playing off in new directions although the overall sound
is a Who at their heaviest.
Earmark-42084
LP
$16.75
Eternals
Heavy International (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US International sounds homogenize through twisted, dirty avenues,
where the high-rolling boom-box dub kings cruise tropical boulevards,
tops down, stereos ablaze at twilight, while the jazzy ladies line up.
The Chicago trio's strange rawar style stretches the sonic palette like
Reed Richard's (Fantastic Four), whose creator Jack Kirby, plays influence
to vocalist Damon Lock's intricately woven album covers depicting dark,
rugged city-scapes. The group's third album ups the anti with all chips
on the table. Diving deeper into uncharted waters, the musical monsoon
continues to saturate their diverse sounds in their own unique vision.
Aesthetics-044
CD
$12.50
Eternals
Heavy International (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US Double LP comes w/ free sticker & poster.
Aesthetics-044
DLP
$15.75
Fane, Julian
Our New Quarters (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US His new pieces are grounded in live percussion, great swaths
of strings, indecipherable high-pitched vocals & lush, sweeping
synth effects. These elements, along w/ a strengthened vocal presence,
give the music a powerful emotional core. The album wallows deliciously
in vast, guitar-laden melancholy, & certain tracks achieve a pristine
beauty almost classical in tone.
PlanetMu-161
CD
$15.00
Faust
In Autumn ORANGES (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, UK Krautrock legends Faust are back with an unbelievable 4 disc
live set. Recorded last year in the UK, their performances featured
many Faust enduring classics performed live for the very first time
after all these years. The first two CDs in the set are a complete unedited
show from the Carling Academy, Newcastle. CD 3 is a collection of tracks
culled form other dates on the tour. The DVD also compiles the finest
footage form the tour. This tour was hailed as the best so far from
Faust since their reformation in 1992, and this fantastic box set really
captures a legendary band at the absolute top of their game and truly
on fire.32 page booklet and liner notes from Jean-Herve Peron.
DirtierPromotions-059
CD-BOX
$50.00
Field Music
Tones Of Towns (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US Whereas their eponymous debut was played & executed with
care -dryly produced, ambitiously skewed, multilayered, & engineered
to gradually reveal intricacies over repeated listens -this album pushes
& scratches at the boundaries of their debut, moving in several
directions at once, & taking big risks.
MemphisIndustries-074
CD
$15.00
Future Conditional
We Don't Just Disappear (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 3RD)
PS, UK Future Conditional is the all-new electro-pop project from Piano
Magic mainstays Glen Johnson and Cedric Pin. Drawing inspiration from
classic analog synth-pop by the likes of New Order, Kraftwerk, OMD and
Section 25, the album We Don't Just Disappear updates the retro-futurist
mix with a stellar selection of guest vocalists, including Melanie Pain
(Nouvelle Vague), Bobby Wratten (Field Mice/Trembling Blue Stars), Angele
David-Guillou (Klima/Piano Magic), Carolyn Allen (The Wake) and Dan
Matz (Windsor for the Derby). The 10-track album was produced by Glen
and Cedric in 2006. Standout tracks include Switchboard Girl (sung by
Melanie), Broken Robots (sung by Angele) and the title track, featuring
Bobby. "Future Conditional isn't just an exercise in nostalgia.
We are, in some way paying homage to the groups we love and inspire
us, but we're also experimenting with the glacial electro/human emotional
interface. The future is a robot with a human heart." (Glen Johnson).
Piano Magic will release their new album Part-Monster in May 2007, and
featured vocalist Angele will release an album as Klima on Peacefrog
in March. Windsor for the Derby contributed to the soundtrack of the
latest Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette, and Trembling Blue Stars
also release a new album in spring 2007. Busy people!
LTM-2478
CD
$16.25
Future Pilot AKA
Secrets From The Clockwise (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, UK Secrets features collaborations & appearances from members
of The Go-Betweens/Sonic Youth/Belle & Sebastion/Can /Stooges/Fire
Engines/Concerto Caledonia/Unkle Bob/ Karine Polwart & Alasdair
Gray. Some highlights - "TERY BINA (NOTHING WITHOUT YOU)"
Kicking off with a cyclic rendition of the classic Nusrat Fateh Ali
Khan track featuring vocals contributions from Pilot family members
Vinita Dade and 4-year-old Anurudh (pilot in training) singing over
a shimmering dulcimer led track. "EYES OF LOVE" Recording
very much with the spirit of Two-Tone in mind and the energy of early
Kinks, this uplifting summer groover is sung by Belle & Sebastian's
Stuart Murdoch & Sarah Martin. "IT'S IN THE HEART OF EVERYONE"
Simple Mathematics with former Lydia Lunch /Swans/Current 93 collaborator
Joe Budenholzer with harmonies from Karine Polwart -minus 4 equals 7
indeed. "BOOMERANG" Slight return-the second coming of our
man Joseph Budenholzer. "THE CITY OF LIGHT" The Go-Betweens
Robert Forster & Grant McLennan do a 'reading' of this miniscule
pop gem, 58 seconds of undiluted Pop to spring clean your mind! "NUCLEAR
WAR" Members of Sonic Youth (Thurston Moore/Kim Gordon), The Fire
Engines (Davy Henderson) and Stooges/Minutemen bass legend (Mike Watt)
pay homage to the spirit of jazz giant Sun Ra ,on this one of his minimalist
compositions from the 70's.This track also features a rare recording
of the 'fu-horn' performed by iconic radio producer Stewart Cruickshank.
"SHENANDOAH" This haunting folk song features chilling vocals
and waterfall piano by Karine Polwart alongside young Glasgow improv
percussionist Alex Neilson on loan from Scatter/Glasgow Improviser's
Orchestra. "FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS" This historic track documents
a genuine piece of 'instant composing' featuring a live jam across the
telephone exchange, Sushil K Dade performs on acoustic guitar in Glasgow
whilst Damo Suzuki (Can) listens to the chords 'down the line' from
his Cologne HQ and responds with his hauntingly poignant, crackly telephone
vocals.
CreepingBent-091
CD
$15.50
Giant Skkyflower Band
Blood of the Sunworm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US During a sabbatical from regular duties in THE SKYGREEN LEOPARDS,
Glenn Donaldson (never one to rest) dreamt of Giant Skyflower Band,
an exotic, flowery and crumbling new recording project with nods to
fruity new age, psych, prog, folk, and pop songwriting. Donaldson quickly
invited multiinstrumentalist Shayde Sartin to "smoke marijuana
& make up strange pop songs, " and thus the band was born.
With Gong's seminal "Magick Brother" as a starting point and
a sitar close at hand, the duo created a dark, peregrine pop transmission
from their shoddy analog recording studio in San Francisco. The duo's
debut offering examines in detail the idiom of Bummer Psych; the strain
of damaged Anglo-pop music pioneered by Syd Barrett that arguably reached
its apex with The Television Personalities' "Painted Word"
LP in the mid-80's, but found new life in Japan via the genius of Tori
Kudo and like-minded acts such as Nagisa Ni Te and Tenniscoats. Indeed,
Blood of the Sunworm consists of depressing pop songs and damaged instrumentals
- teeth bared and falling apart as they are cobbled together - on a
hazy, cryptic journey through a busted kaleidoscope, behind a dusty
mirror & up through the rafters.
SoftAbuse-019
CD
$12.00
Glass Candy
I Always Say Yes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US The third single from the upcoming full-length, "Life After
Sundown", is by far the group's most complex and riveting to date.
They're redefining dance music as we know it; their sound has evolved
over the years from a no wave/death disco rock band to a full-fledged
dance music band. Using all analog equipment, they're bringing it back
to the era when Giorgio Mororder and Claudio Simonetti ruled the dance
world. Bridging the gap between Italo disco, punk rock, and glam rock
in ways never imagined. Limited edition of 1,000 copies with exclusive
mixes.
TMU
12
$9.50
Great Lake Swimmers
Hands in the Dirty Ground (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Limited edition, hand numbered out of 500, 6 song LP. Includes
exclusive tracks, alternative versions, live recordings: with a version
of Tom Wait's 'Innocent When you Dream'
MagWheel-040
LP
$16.00
Grubbs, David & Susan Howe
Souls of the Labadie Tract (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US This takes as its starting point a substantial new poem by HOWE
that will appear in a collection bearing the same title, to be published
in 2007 by New Directions. The Labadists were a Utopian Quietest sect
that moved from the Netherlands to Cecil County, Maryland in 1684. The
community dissolved in 1722. This sustains a sound world of buzzing
reeds & electronics.
BlueChopsticks-017
CD
$13.50
Harry Roche Constellation
Spiral / Sometimes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK The last great psychedelic album, 'Spiral' and it's successor
'Sometimes' are restored to the catalogue (together here) for the first
time in over thirty years. Completely overlooked when it was first released
and quickly deleted, original copies of 'Spiral' have long been the
holy grail for collectors, changing hands for ridiculous money. This
album crosses over onto the jazz-lounge scene where 'Spiral' is right
up there with Roy Budd's 'Get Carter' score. The famous title track
features the vocals of Claire Torrey who contributed to Pink Floyd's
'Dark Side of the Moon'.
El-100
CD
$13.00
Hatepinks
Tete Malade/Sick in the Head (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US The Hatepinks have returned with another vicious slab of scorching,
switch-blade sharp Euro-punk!! Tete malade features seven brand new
tracks of the Hatepinks bile-flavored bubble gum Pogo Punk!
TKO-165
LP
$11.75
Hauschka
Room To Expand (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US The alias of Dusseldorf-based pianist/composer Volker Bertelmann,
whose work is based upon an exploration of the possibilities of the
"prepared" piano. Volker explores & influences the outcome
of his playing by getting right down inside the instrument- clamping
wedges of leather, felt or rubber between the strings; preparing the
hammers with aluminium paper or rough films; or weaving guitar strings
around the piano's guts. The resulting tracks are composed both originally
& charmingly, forming vivid, unconventional pieces made through
what Volker terms a playful "research-enthusiasm," much informed
by modern electronica or Indonesian gamelan as it is by any classical
cannon.
FatCat-1306
CD
$13.25
Haysi Fantayzee
Battle Hymns for Children Singing: The Best of Haysi Fantayzee (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK Haysi Fantayzee were formed in 1981 by fashion photographer Kate
Garner, former Animal Magnet member Paul Caplin and Jeremy Healy, a
well known face on London's club scene. Together they set about injecting
a sense of fun and adventure into the music scene, wearing outlandish,
self designed costumes and dreadlocks, and writing songs that married
sexual subversion with deliberately disposable and cocksure dayglo pop.
Their 'Dickensian Rasta' look was an immediate hit and saw their debut
single 'John Wayne Is Big Leggy' rise to number 11 in the national charts.
In their brief career they would also enjoy chart success with 'Holy
Joe' and 'Shiny Shiny'. All three hits are reprised on this CD, as is
their sole album, Battle Hymns For Children Singing. The package also
features a host of bonus tracks, remixes, and sleevenotes written with
the co-operation of both Healy and Garner. The former went on to become
one of the UK's most successful DJs, while the latter is an accomplished
and in-demand photographer for artists including Sinead O'Connor, Bjork,
David Bowie and others.
CherryPop-3
CD
$13.00
Hidden Hand
Resurrection of Whiskey Foot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Lyrically the band has evolved from their previous politically
charged content also incorporating historical story based lyricism.
Musically there is a subtle southern or classic rock vibe (ala killer
slide playing from WINO & even some Harp by MICHAEL ANTONY MILLER)
that creeps into the foundation of their brand of dark, heavy, progressive
rock. Only a lineup consisting of the capable ""rock-veterans""
can properly pull off an album of this magnitude.
SouthernLord-070
CD
$14.00
High Llamas
Can Cladders (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US They're back & rolling out their sounds w/ soul & bounce
hitherto unheard in their halcyon days. The acoustic flavor of "Beet,
Maize & Corn" remains present here: a string quartet lays the
harmonic bed of the material, joined there by a quartet of female vocalists.
All of which lends the gospel truth to the Llamas traditional group
profile of piano, bass & drums w/ vibes, organ & a bit of gut-string
acoustic for good measure. After all the planning & arrangements,
it's a happy record, as happy as we are today.
DragCity-317
CD
$13.50
High Llamas
Can Cladders (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-317
LP
$13.50
High Strung
Moxie Bravo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US A listener might mistake its energy & bombastic sound for
one hell of a party record. But if that listener were to allow his ears
to fasten onto the songs, he would discover that it's onto something
wholly unique. Malermans lyrics sound more like an eerie childrens novel
than they do the traditional canon of be-my-girl rock 'n roll. And for
this, and for the sheer originality of their arrangements, Moxie Bravo
is something to be experienced rather than felt.
ParkTheVan-013
CD
$13.00
Hopper, Hugh
Tunity Box (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Freshly remastered from the master tapes and issued on CD from
tapes for the first time, this is the second solo album by legendary
SOFT MACHINE bassist & composer Hopper, the personification of the
Canterbury school. Features stellar contributions from members of groups
such as SOFT MACHINE, BROTHERHOOD OF BREATH, GILGAMESH, HATFIELD &
THE NORTH, ISOTOPE, & KEITH TIPPETT SEXTET. Originally released
in 1977, this is a lost jazz/rock classic that demands to be rediscovered
30 years later! Includes Hopper's new liners explaining how the record
was made, as well as reproductions of some of the musical scores. "Somehow
he's brought with him much of the flavour of his old band.... [Hopper
Tunity Box] belongs up there with (Soft Machine's) Third and Fourth."-Melody
Maker (back in the day)
Cuneiform-240
CD
$12.50
Hume, Kevin
The Truth About Ants and Aphids (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US An 11-track, four-part song cycle; sounds like indie pop/folk
with classical elements, songs centered around vocal, guitar, bass,
keyboards, etc, but also prominently features strings, brass and woodwinds,
performed by some of the finest musicians in New Mexico (no lie); lead
single "Towns Where We Live" was featured several times on
KCRW's Morning Becomes Eclectic. Kevin Hume previously released 2 albums
on cdr label Asaurus under the name
Black Spartacus, The Seven Dreams of the Leviathan and Andromeda. Seven
Dreams received modest but very positive critical reaction.
PremiumFantasy-001
CD
$9.75
I Am Robot And Proud
The Catch & Spring Summer Autumn Winter (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
6TH)
PS, US Reissue. The Catch is I AM ROBOT AND PROUD's debut full length
CD. It was originally released in 2001 by Catmobile Records (UK). Spring
Summer Autumn Winter was an EP released in 2002 by Mira Records (Germany).
Darla Records is pleased to offer a reissue comprising both these out-of-print
indie electronic pop music classics. Revamped cover art by Shaw-han
Liem aka I AM ROBOT AND PROUD.
Darla-181
CD
$12.00
I'm From Barcelona
Let Me Introduce My Friends [expanded domestic version] (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE MARCH 20TH)
PS, US PRICE TO BE ANNOUNCED! WILL BE OFFERED ON SALE FOR INITIAL ORDERS.
Mute's U.S. version comes with two bonus tracks: "Glasses"
and "The Painter".
Mute
CD
PRICE TO BE ANNOUNCED!
Jain, Essie
We Made This Ourselves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US Accompanied by piano & guitar (as well as other instruments,
like drums by JIM WHITE of The Dirty Three), her vocals breathe in the
space between the words & phrases. The results are a stunningly
emotional album. At the core, the songs are touching, haunting melodies
that can strike out on one fragile, repeating note. Yet, they sound
indestructible.
BaDaBing!-051
CD
$13.00
Jatun
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Jatun is Alan Grosvenor (guitar, keys, bass, loops) and Scott
Worley (vocals, keys, guitars, laptop). Alan and Scott met in Portland,OR
circa '04, and started writing the songs that would slowly form into
the mish-mash of cables, circuits, ivory and alcohol known as Jatun.
They began recording their self-titled debut album in September 2005,
and it's been engineered/mixed by Scott & Alan and mastered by Carl
Saff. The first recorded Jatun song was "Ion Crush," which
was featured in a Nike SB promo video for the Zoom Tre shoe and is also
featured on the Signal Snowboards webpage. The songs "Ghost and
Grey", and "The Temptation of Joy" have been used by
Norwegian company Helly Hansen, accompanying snowboard and ski team
imagery on two videos. Additionaly the video clips are being used on
the Helly Hansen website as a part of their HHTV program. Influenced
by an expansive range of artists, genres and styles, Alan and Scott
have learned to interpret and appreciate sound from a broad perspective.
Such open ears have facilitated an understanding of sonic interplay,
and acute attention to arrangement and detail. Armed to the teeth with
an arsenal of quality, vintage gear and a penchant for capturing the
resultant noises, they craft music thoroughly and thoughtfully. Lush,
enveloping and hyper-textured, Jatun's songs blanket themselves around
your ears and saturate your head with warm and intoxicating, Orange-tinged
tones. For Fans Of: Morr Music, 4AD, Warp, Anticon, Temporary Residence
Limited.
OtherElectricites-004
CD
$12.25
Jawbone
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, UK Jawbone was born from the ashes of The Mirage and Turquoise,
two of the UK's greatest cult pop-psych bands (and both recently anthologized
on RPM and Rev-Ola respectively) and their lone 1970 album rounds off
their stories perfectly. They were thrown together after guitarist Ray
Glynn and drummer Dave Hynes decided to re-form The Mirage after a short
stint in The Spencer Davis Group came to an end in 1969 (they appear
on the excellent "Short Change" single and ill-fated Funky
album). Vocalist Pete Hynes and former bassist Dee Murray was swiftly
poached for Elton John's band so they recruited keyboard player and
former Mirage sidekick/songwriter Kirk Duncan who called up another
former colleague, Jeff "Gus" Peters of the recently defunct
Turquoise to handle bass duties. Dave Hynes secured the band a deal
with Merv Cohn's newly minted Carnaby label and they changed their name
to The Portebello (sic) Explosion for a single coupling the dreamy,
Beatlesque pop-sike of "We Can Fly" and a tough, hard-edged
cover of Bubble Puppy's minor US hit "Hot Smoke And Sassafras".
The single went nowhere but album sessions began regardless in late
1969 with the re-recording of three old Mirage tunes - "How's Ya
Pa?", "Chicago Cottage" and "Jeremiah Dreams"
(mis-titled "Jeremiah's Dream" on the eventual album), a suitably
demented re-working of their unreleased 1967 psychedelic opus "Ebeneezer
Beaver". When "How's Ya Pa?" was released as a single
in early 1970, it was credited to yet another new moniker, Jawbone.
Typically for this period, Dave Hynes had become obsessed by The Band
and set about remodeling the group in their image. Consequently, titles
like "Honeysuckle Redwood Cabin", "Homestead" and
"Mister Custer" came thick and fast, bearing the distinct
influences of The Band and The Byrds.
Rev-Ola-195
CD
$13.00
Jesu
Conqueror (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US J.K. Broadrick's second full-length is packed with eight gorgeously
hypnotic tracks. "Conqueror" exhales a dreamlike mist of weighty
celestial ambience, underwater phantasms, and slow-rolling nebulae,
fomenting the kind of kaleidoscopic rapture - brimming with lush electronics,
dulcet guitar textures, massive riffs, and lavish atmospheric hues -
that makes us swear we're on drugs.
HydraHead
CD
$13.50
Juvelen
Juvelen EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, SWEDEN Juvelen is pure pop songs mixed with soul. Songs that will
knock you down and drag you up over and over again. Juvelen is Swedish
for The Jewel, a cut diamond, smooth surface and sharp edges. Clean
and sparkling, or if he can say it himself: "Straight from the
dungeons of pop! Born in a Stockholm basement some two years ago, rising
from the ruins of compromise and time wasted, Juvelen signaled the start
of something funky fresh. Finally the record will be set straight. The
good name of pop music will be restored, and sexy will once again be
the shit. You can't really mention Prince as an influence these days,
can you? Let's just say it's about songs of the heart, sung from the
hip. May I kick it?"
Hybris-045
CD5
$10.00
JVC Force
Force Field (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US One of the most overlooked middle school Hip Hop groups, even
though "Strong Island" was a classic hit. On this album, the
MCs, B-Luv & AJ Rock ripped a hole into the record. Really they
are one of the greatest duos of all time. This album showed a higher
evolution of skill that completely surpasses "Doin Damage".
If you're sleeping, its not too late to wake up.
Traffic-2722
CD
$13.25
Kiev Cuando Nieva
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, SPAIN Produced by Rafael Martinez del Pozo (JR), each musical instrument
seems to have achieved its due place by a force which has been propelled
by a persistent intensity which has made it fundamental. As for the
rest, that which was left it has been swiftly swept away by the northern
Cierzo wind, or even one from the steppe. Banjos, faulty keyboards,
drums which resound as if machinery, guitars that find a space in which
to dialogue between the ghostly reminder of a bass that isn't there.
The fragile voices make their way among this estranged beauty, and speak
of forest keepers, subalterns, trips to hermitages, coincidences, and
get-togethers with friends. The record shapes up as the listening continues,
like a panoramic view of a world amazed by the smallest details, by
the daily baroque, by the melancholy and the humor.
AARecords-12
CD
$13.50
Kuupuu
Unilintu (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, GERMANY "Unilintu" is the second of two vinyl-only LP's
on the Dekorder label compiling the best material from Kuupuu's first
four CD-R and cassette releases, this time presenting a slightly darker
and even more coherent sonic vision compared to last year's gorgeous
"Yökehrä" LP which we sold out immediately (2nd
edition is now available). Here's what we said about the first LP: Jonna
Karanka aka Kuupuu is one of the main movers of the (deservedly) much
hyped Finnish Psychedelic Free Folk scene. Originally hailing from Tampere
she is known as a core member of Avarus, Anaksimandros, Kukkkiva Poliisi
and Maniacs Dream. She has recently started Hertta Lussu Ässä
with Lau Nau and Islaja and has collaborated with Tomutonttu (aka Jan
Anderzen of Kemialliset Ystävät) and Paavi (as Lussu ja Paavi).
This LP is a beautiful collection of haunting home baked freeform folk
songs, strange lo-fi loops, vocal drones and psychedelic cut-ups, made
using weirdly tuned plucked and strummed strings, bells, clattery percussion,
unidentifiable wind instruments, backwards tape loops and a ton of other
noisemakers played and recorded by herself; accompanied by her distinctive
voice in her native Finnish language making the whole atmosphere even
more haunting and mysterious. Jonna Karanka creates an intimate space
where the listener feels like sitting next to her in a small chamber
or outside in the woods. References: Fursaxa, Vashti Bunyan, Kemialliset
Ystävät, Colleen, Animal Collective, Lau Nau, Jewelled Antler,
Wooden Wand. "Of all the many travelers in the Finnish psychedelia
scene, Kuupuu is surely one of the most enigmatic. (The Wire, September
2006).
Dekoder-018
LP
$13.25
La Buena Vida
Sencillos (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, SPAIN Digibox with 5 CD singles. There is jovial cheer for the festive
season and we are happy to announce a special event. Many people have
waited years and years for this release to come out. Loyal followers
of pop heartthrobs La Buena Vida will want to rush out to record stores
to pick up this singles box set, which spans the band's career from
1992-2000. A gladiatorial thumbs-up gesture from the public is expected
on this occasion as most of the material included in this special and
deluxe box set is sold out (EP tracks only available on vinyl and classified
"on the long deleted" and "impossible to find")
including a whole load of rarities and cover versions. "Sencillos"
contains 5 CDs that rescue the old times of the best Spanish band of
the 1990's. La Buena Vida were the definitive Spanish cult indie pop
band, marking the beginning of the smooth guitar pop explosion and seminal
to the effervescence of Donosti-pop (Family, Le Mans, Daily Planet and
El Joven Bryan). Seen as Siesta heavyweights they remained with us from
1992 to 2003 and left a trademark sound and a formidable discography.
Their tasty songs have made them as a historic name with a devoted loyal
fan base and they have sparked an underground movement. The early material
is a riot of exuberant energy, taking stylistic cues from peers like
The Smiths, Orange Juice, BMX Bandits or New Order to the adored big
names (Beatles, Love, Beach Boys, Nick Drake). Although they are sometimes
pigeonholed as cutie twee-pop, their pieces range from elegant bossa-nova
to Motown-soul, from chamber pop to danceable synth-pop. Their cult
status in Spain is similar to other examples in Britain such as The
Smiths, Belle and Sebastian, Cure o Prefab Sprout. The outfit was formed
in San Sebastian during the summer of 1988. The line-up was singer Irantzu
Valencia, guitarists Mikel Aguirre and Javier Sanchez, bassist Pedro
San Martin, keyboardist Borja Sanchez, and drummer Raul Sebastian. They
finally signed to the fledgling Siesta label in 1992. CD 1: October
1992- the legendary "Historia de un verano" 7"-vinyl
EP was released. The quintessential debut EP remains vibrant and punchy
today as the best example of innocent, sparkling, iridescent, infectious
and refreshing pop, like sunlight on water (Hoy es domingo/ El tren/
Historia de un verano/ Mi reloj). Not strangely it was sold out in just
a few months. We have added Tardes de café to the original tracklisting.
This song was featured in the Seven Summers compilation (Tweenet / Kindercore)
for US and Germany. CD 2: .La Buena Vida's debut LP followed in October
1993, and seven months later the band resurfaced with the EP Mira a
tu Alrededor inc. 4 exclusive tracks under another extraordinary jacket
artwork by Javier Aramburu. Again the seven inch vinyl got immediately
sold-out. The overall tone of the record is a sunshine day with shades
that accentuate the brilliance. Each track (Mira a tu alrededor/ Malabares/
Velomar/ La gran familia) is a three minute burst of pop heaven. A bonus
track Bajo el paraguas originally included in the Europop EP (Siesta
15) completes the CD. CD 3: September 1995- Magnesia (Magnesia/ Menta
y agua/ A pesar de todo/ En bicicleta 1995) was the new pop effort which
rocketed the band (being fashioned while being elegant and still having
a very eighties feeling). A perfect record for fans of any form of contemporary
or retro electronic music, we would dare to say that this was released
at the peak of the band's work. The epitome of pop perfection. CD 4:
May 2000, Maxi-CD/-EP "Eureka" featuring sophisticated electro
pop (Otra vez tú/ Guillermine). As extra tracks, two well crafted
and melodic pop gems that appeared in some Siesta mythical compilations
Dulce y callado (Expreso) and Mil ventanas abiertas (Sombrero). You'll
find yourself humming these indelible tunes all day long... CD 5: Cover
Versions: 1994- That summer feeling (Jonathan Richman) and Candy Says
(Velvet Underground). 1995- Here, there and everywhere (The Beatles).
1997- Mas yo no tengo nada (Formula V) and a song inspired by the film
"Night of the Hunter" from Charles Laughton, H. Powell. 1998-
Old man (Love). 2000- Más dura será la caída (Gabinete
Caligari) and Cómo pudiste hacerme esto a mí (Dinarama).
If you are a LBV fan or completist, this release is absolutely worthy
of purchasing.
Siesta-208
CD-BOX
$29.75
La Jr
El Campo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, SPAIN The lyrics, drama naked (although full of exciting words),
compels you to hold the context in the music. Rafa uses a bare bones
narrative that forces us to live the world that LA JR musicians proposes.
Musicians who long time ago left apart their influences to be an influence.
A black sun that extends its shade and heat to each listening. Soon
you can hardly live withou them. Deep inside their oblique glance and
its adventurous attitude towards creation, LA JR keeps a clear and warm
nucleus carefully buried in a field. "El campo".
AARecords-13
10
$17.50
La Jr
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, SPAIN This is the vinyl edition of CD Album released by Acuarela.
AARecords-00
LP
$14.00
Lerche, Sondre
Phantom Punch (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US New album from Norwegian songsmith.
Astralwerks-82620
CD
$15.25
Les Breastfeeders
Les Matins de Grand Soirs (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US Montreal's 60s mod rock sextet is back full force with a new
album that serves justice to the bands sound & energy. Franco-rock,
gorgeously garagey, frenetic & contagious. "If albums could
smoke, 'Les Matins de Grands Soirs would be a smokestack in a world
of skinny cigarette fashionistas. Instead of hiding behind smoke clouds,
let me be clear: I really love this record- [...] This will surely prove
to be a significant release, elevating the sextet into some very combustible
(and electrically charged) rock n roll company..." -Jay Jay
BlowtheFuse-008
CD
$12.50
Lifetime
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US The highly influential hardcore band are reunited and armed with
a new record. This is their first new full-length since the release
of their sophomore full-length,
"Jersey's Best Dancers" in 1997. Includes members of Kid Dynamite
and Zero Zero.
Decaydance/Atlantic
CD
$13.50
Lilja, Tobias
Time is on My Side (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH )
PS, US "Time Is on My Side" is Swedish experimental composer
Tobias Lilja's second full-length album and first on n5MD. This follow
up to his sonic debut "Ex-leper" (nonresponse) has all the
controlled visions of decay as its predecessor but with the addition
of Tobias' desperate yet controlled vocals. These vocals bring to the
fore-front a humanistic layer of melody to the tonal blizzard of Tobias'
music yielding new dimensions which are to most, unclassifiable. Said
by the artist to be somewhat loosely inspired by some of David Sylvian's
recent work, this comparison though is almost a moot point due to Tobias'
originality in his instrumental composition and his vocal delivery,
melody and cadence. "Time Is on My Side" is truly in a world
of its own. A teetering balance of contradictions... Frigid yet in some
way invitingly warm, desperate with a false sense of hope, other-worldly
yet somehow familiar, this balance is where Tobias Lilja excels and
is proof of an artist who has found "his" sound. "Time
Is on My Side" is one of those rare works of art that comes along
to help you through those dark times when everything seems hopeless...
n5MD-142
CD
$12.00
London, Julie
Lonely Girl (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, UK Yes the girl who single handedly launched the Torch Singer genre...and
opened the door for every imperfect but sexy vocalist since..... The
most remarkable thing about Julie London is remarkable indeed: that
she used her erotic persona not so much to interpret songs as to change
the nature of them to become something other than when sung by anyone
else. She used her breathy, sexy, sultry voice not to sing a version
of a song that could compete with someone else's on a scale of good
to better to best, but to change it's meaning. This, her second album,
carries on from where her first left off...soft eroticism and single
entendre...songs of yearning and loneliness in Julie's own bedroom whisper...just
try to resist! The acclaim and success enjoyed by our issue of her first
album legendary "Julie Is Her Name" tells you all you need
to know....what a woman, what a record...I'll go and lie down now...
One of the most erotic albums of all time.
Rev-Ola-197
CD
$13.00
Loney, Dear
Loney, Noir (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$12.00
Loney, Dear
Loney, Noir (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US This multi-instrumentalist Swede builds songs using a modest
home studio set-up. As such, he's released four albums on CD-R in the
last few years and has managed to sell several thousand of them pretty
much on his own. His music has been described as soulful indie folk
with a powerful mini orchestra. Layer upon layer, adding instrumentation
and vocals, these songs seem to bloom like time-lapse photography, depicting
glimpsed scenes of modern disaffection and timeless yearning. "Loney,
Noir" is at once effervescent and resigned, exhilarating and melancholy,
joyous and confessional.
Subpop
CD
$12.50
Louvin, Charlie
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US A true living legend -- hello LOUVIN BROTHERS -- who has influenced
everybody from Johnny Cash, Gram Parsons & the Byrds to Uncle Tupelo
& the Handsome Family, is joined by an amalgam of hip guests incl.
JEFF TWEEDY (WILCO), WILL OLDHAM (PALACE), GEORGE JONES, BOBBY BARE
SR, TIFT MERRITT, DAVID KILGOUR, TOM T. HALL & MARTY STUART along
w/members of BRIGHT EYES, LAMBCHOP, SUPERCHUNK, BLANCH & CLEM SNIDE.
Goodness! Incl. several Louvin Bros. classics plus country classics
popularizeed by Jimmie Rodgers, Delmore Brothers, Carter Family &
Monroe Brothers along w/a moving tribute to his late brother Ira.
TompkinsSquare-1042
CD
$14.75
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6th)
PS, US Low Low formed in March 2004 when Kelly Dyson met Natalia Brightmore
in the George over a pint, two days after he'd split from his long-time
partner and moved from Carlisle to Buxton with a handful of songs. The
pair clicked and work began on turning Kelly's rough acoustic songs
into rough acoustic songs with a female harmony. The album was quite
a sparse thing for the main part, though Ellis Dyson expanded a few
tracks with drums and electric guitars. The process from there was pretty
quick - the album was polished (to Low Low's standards) within a few
months was released on the *Birds and the Rodents Label (UK)*. Through
their earnest, stripped-down approach to song writing, Low Low taps
into your head and heart before you've even noticed; and by then it's
too late to turn back (not that you'd want to anyway). The vulnerability
and undeniable necessity of love, loss, heartache and hopefulness abounds
in each affected lyric, and is further evoked by every subtle bend and
pull. "As acoustic documents of the breakdown of a long-term relationships
go, this is up there. Recorded lo-fi style - in a bedroom apparently
- this affecting release combines breathless harmonies and fragile tunes
to achieve a strange warmth. Also makes Belle & Sebastian sound
like Motorhead." - The Crack "Rooted firmly in the world of
low/no-fi folk, this is a charming record that recalls the same juxtaposition
of fragility and strength of character that suffused the early Elliott
Smith albums." - Tangents. For Fans Of: Devendra Banhart, Iron
& Wine, Six Organs of Admittance, Songs of Green Pheasant, Nick
Drake.
OtherElectricites-007
CD
$12.25
Low Low Low La La La Love Love Love
Ends of June (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 3rd)
PS, US Initially intended as musical outlet for Kelly Dyson, Low Low
Low La La La Love Love Love's full inception came in the form of a sudden,
unplanned collaboration between Kelly and vocalist Natalia Brightmore.
Instant musical chemistry coupled with a brief period of writing &
recording yielded a complete body of bittersweet, forthright folk songs,
self-released on the band's own Birds and Rodents label (UK) in 2004.
Two years later, after randomly stumbling upon some breathtaking Low
Low clips online, Portland, OR label Other Electricities realized there
was something unique brewing overseas. The band with the impossibly
long name occupied space in their ears and repeated listens only further
reinforced the fascination. The two parties eventually got to talking
and came to the conclusion that this music needed to reach a wider audience;
these sounds just couldn't be slept on much longer. Ends of June is
Low Low's second outing and first U.S. release, boasting twelve new,
intimate tracks saturated in the same undeniable warmth and familiarity
offered on their debut. Here, the music's immediacy and accessibility
fails to wane even slightly, building upon the solid groundwork laid
in the first album. Natalia's amicable departure and a change in line-up,
currently featuring Kelly Dyson (guitar, lead vocals), Ellis Dyson (drums,
clarinet, percussion), Chris Robinson (guitar, vocals), Hugo Edwardes
(bass), Nick Guy (vocals, percussion), and Brian Lutchmiah (vocals,
percussion), has filled out Low Low now more of a band then an "acoustic
folk duo". Despite these alterations, no element of overall sound
is compromised as new paths are traversed with regards to instrumentation
and arrangement. Self recorded and produced in Ellis' bedroom studio,
Ends of June showcases Low Low's progressive and deft grasp on songwriting.
From the pensive yet infectious "The Way You Play," to the
fluid lullaby "Happiness at the New Day," it's near-impossible
to deny the resultant intrigue of each composition, and of the record
as a whole. These songs beckon to be taken in again and again... Collectively,
the band members live and work in and around Manchester, England. To
date, they have shared stages with the likes of Regina Spektor and Six
Organs of Admittance. Plans are currently being made for a re-master/reissue
of Low Low's s/t debut, which should be available in wider release mid-2007.
"As acoustic documents of the breakdown of a long-term relationships
go, this is up there. Recorded lo-fi style- in a bedroom apparently
- this affecting release combines breathless harmonies and fragile tunes
to achieve a strange warmth. Also makes Belle & Sebastian sound
like Motorhead." - The Crack "Rooted firmly in the world of
low/no-fi folk, this is a charming record that recalls the same juxtaposition
of fragility and strength of character that suffused the early Elliott
Smith albums." - Tangents. For Fans Of: Devendra Banhart, Iron
& Wine, Six Organs of Admittance, Nick Drake Songs of Green Pheasant.
OtherElectricites-006
CD
$12.25
Lunch, Thomas
Diagrams Without Instructions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Debut from Washington, DC native who "has seemingly come
out of nowhere with...an indie/electro offering that will have yer ass
shaking by song two."-thetripwire.com. Digipak.
TompkinsSquare-101
CD
$14.75
M. Ward
To Go Home (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US The first single from his recent masterpiece "Post-War"
is an instant pop classic written by the inimitable DAN-IEL
JOHNSTON. With 3 non album tracks incl. the epic JIMMIE DALE GILMORE
penned "Headed For A Fall," feat. special guests NEKO CASE
(who also lends backing vocals to "To Go Home"), NELS CLINE,
MIKE MOGIS & JIM JAMES.
Merge-288
CD5
$4.00
Makelberge, Nicolas
Dying In Africa (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, SWEDEN Sounds like Peter Gabriel fronting the Junior Boys, with
a more carefree, less moody aesthetic. One of the freshest and most
promising new Swedish acts, set for interesting things. Nice package,
two strong singles, should appeal to Embassy/Twee/smart-pop people.
Rico-002
CD
$15.00
Marcia Blaine School For Girls, The
Halfway Into The Woods (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, UK With a name based on the fictional school in 'The Prime Of Miss
Jean Brodie', The Marcia Blaine School For Girls is actually comprised
of three Glaswegian lads who have been forging their own particular
approach to electronic music for the past few years, melding such disparate
styles as American minimalism, Detroit techno and the blunted groove
of dancehall and then adding their own distinct signature treatments
of crushed rhythms and affecting haunting melodies. Since their inception
they have released a steady stream of material for labels including
Static Caravan, Benbecula, Awkward Silence, Dalriada, Expanding, Struktur
and Stuff Records, and also previously curated a compilation of Scottish
electronica for Highpoint Lowlife. 'Halfway Into The Woods' is their
debut full-length, and finds them incorporating vocals for the first
time, and expanding upon the recurring themes and ideas hinted at on
previous releases. There's a whole rich seam of electronic history running
through this album from Orbital to Autechre, through to the modern IDM
players.
HighpointLowlife-024
CD
$15.50
McLean, Jackie
4, 5, & 6 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Rudy Ven Gelder Remaster Series.
Fantasy-30155
CD
$12.50
Medicine Head
New Bottles, Old Medicine (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK When, in early 1970, legendary Radio 1 DJ John Peel ventured
up to Wolverhampton's Lafayette club to do a gig, he came upon two guys
who called themselves Medicine Head, the uniquely configured duo of
John Fiddler and Peter Hope-Evans. So impressed was Peel that he signed
Medicine Head to his label, Dandelion Records and later that year released
"New Bottles, Old Medicine" the 1st of three studio albums
that Medicine Head would release on the revered label. The walrus-mustached
Fiddler would simultaneously sing, play guitar and operate a bass drum
and hi-hat cymbal with his foot, augmented by the equally hirsute Hope-Evans
on harmonica, jaws harp, mouth bow and strange concoctions of percussion.
More art school than rock'n'roll, Medicine Head wrote poetic, spiritual,
thoughtful, folk-rock tunes that have stood the test of time. Now the
band's debut album can be enjoyed again as Cherry Red Records continues
it's program of re-releasing classic albums from the Dandelion catalogue.
"New Bottles, Old Medicine" follows hot on the heels of re-issues
by Dandelion artists Bridget St John; Clifford T Ward; Principal Edwards
Magic Theatre and also the acclaimed compilation box-set "Life
Too, Has Surface Noise.
CherryRed-314
CD
$13.00
Minus The Bear
Interpretaciones Del Oso (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Minus The Bear's records are frequently steeped in atmospherics
and peppered with some serious prog-rock tendencies. Their most recent
full-length,
"Menos El Oso", was heavy on samples and their live set finds
guitarist David Knudson playing his pedals more frequently than his
guitar, hunkered over the side of the stage, syncopated and spastic.
As the band transforms, this record achieves that rare remix goal of
presenting an already esteemed record in an entirely new light.
SuicideSqueeze
CD
$13.50
Minus The Bear
Interpretaciones Del Oso (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Their 1st remix record! And while this act can frequently reek
of self-indulgence w/ most bands, the resulting record here offers a
fresh & varied look into a band that has sadly been reduced to the
more pop corners of the earth. They have much more in common w/ chronic
noise masters in Dalek than you might think: their records are frequently
steeped in atmospherics & peppered w/ some serious prog-rock tendencies.
Feat. remixes by TYONDAI BRAXTON, OKTOPUS, ALIAS & many others
SuicideSqueeze-062
CD
$13.25
Moskitoo
Drape (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US 12k kicks off its 11th year with a new release that takes the
label down new sonic pathways. Caught between the organic and electronic
minimalism that 12k is known for and the unconventional Japanese pop
musings and songwriting style of Happy, Moskitoo's Drape is an infectiously
strange, bleepy, and dreamy debut release. Sanae Yamasaki (Moskitoo)
hails from Sappporo, Japan in Hokkaido, the country's northern-most
prefecture. Perhaps a reaction
to the cool climate of her home, her multi-instrumental talents bring
a wide range of warm tones and textures to Drape by means of guitar,
metallophone, organ, drum machines, synthesizers and nostalgic toy instruments.
Yamasaki's gentle, airy vocals play off of broken beats and aqueous
sound drops evoking half-awake memories lost and found. Influenced by
visual art (she painted the cover image), modern electronic music and
abstract pop, such as
Eno's explorations in the 1970's, Yamasaki does not set out to write
a particular style of music, but rather, lets her creative process emerge
naturally, following whims and experiments. Drape is, by far, the most
structured and song written release on 12k to date. It's a release that
signifies not a complete directional change for the label but the creative
go-ahead to add new nuances to the already established sound that the
label has pioneered.
12K-1041
CD
$12.00
Mouthus
Follow This House (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Perhaps appropriately, Follow This House was recorded following
a European tour in a state of profound limbic haze and completed and
finalized during the unforgettable heat wave of July 2006. These facts
make a whole lot of sense since Follow This House sounds like your entire
record collection melting in the trunks of a hundred junkyard cars on
a hazy, steamy, sweltering hot summer afternoon. Follow This House by
Mouthus is a companion piece to their 2005 full length for Important
titled The Long Salt. Picking up right where The Long Salt left off,
Follow This House is a record chock full of manic bad mood energy, crunching
resin-soaked jams and hundred year old instrumentation emerging from
the soggy mire only to be slowly pushed back in by poison clouds of
delayed-out vocal groan. Mouthus are on a stated mission to incorporate
new sounds and new instrumentation into their recordings. Never repeating
themselves Follow This House is less fractured and more minimal, embracing
the Mouthus sludgefest like a settling foundation.
Important-121
CD
$12.00
Munly, Jay
Galvanized Yankee Smooch (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US REISSUE from this SILM CESSNA'S AUTO CLUB so-songwriter &
frontman. Lovingly remastered by Bob Ferbrache, he reveals subtle touches
not audible in the original mix. This album has also become one of Munly's
most sought after albums.
Smooch-014
CD
$11.00
Nadja
Touched (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Second release by the up & coming ambient doom band. Ambient
music pushed to its' breaking point. Parts of the album feature the
use of clean undistorted vocals, which is rather unique in the genre
and hints at the sound of such bands as Codeine, Swans, & Joe Preston's
Thrones project.
Alien8-077
CD
$12.50
Nico
All Tomorrow's Parties: Nico Live (2 shows on one double album) (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK One of the most fascinating figures of rock's fringes, Nico hobnobbed,
worked, and was romantically linked with an incredible assortment of
the most legendary entertainers of the '60s. Nico first rose to fame
as a European supermodel, also landing a bit part in Fellini's La Dolce
Vita film. In the mid- 1960's she moved to New York, where Andy Warhol
installed her as a vestigial presence and occasional lead singer for
the Velvet Underground. The band never really accepted her as a bona
fide member and she departed in 1967, but not before contributing unforgettable
deadpan vocals to three of the songs on their classic 1967 debut album.
Nico embarked on a solo career, recording folk-rock-flavored songs for
her debut Chelsea Girl album with assistance from Jackson Browne, Lou
Reed, and John Cale. Her 1969 follow-up, The Marble Index, was a dramatic
departure that unveiled her doomladen, gothic persona, produced by Cale
and prominently featuring her deep vocals, impenetrable lyrics, and
ghostly harmonium. Her subsequent '70s albums explored much the same
territory, with assistance from Cale and influential art rockers like
Brian Eno. She fought a constant struggle with a massive drug habit
and tangled personal life and eventually died of a cerebral hemorrhage
in Ibiza in 1988. The original goth rocker, Nico's albums are demanding
and bleak, but map a unique and starkly powerful vision that has become
more influential with age. - A brand new, previously unreleased double-album
featuring 2 shows from one of the great all-time rock music icons -
Nico. - All Tomorrow's Parties" features extremely rare material
from two shows Nico played in the UK in the early 1980's.
CherryRed-25
DCD
$13.00
Not Breathing
The Old Black Pueblo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, CANADA Not Breathing combines the harsh griddles of steel and industrial
confines with the moldy air of natures darkest machinations. Arizona's
Dave Wright aka Not Breathing has an enormous body of work as a collaborator,
remixer as well as an extensive discography, he has worked with Dead
Voices on Air, Pigface, Venetian Snares, Sheep On Drugs, released albums
on Invisible Records and much more. Sublight is pleased to announce
Not Breathing's latest full length album "The Old Black Pueblo",
a 10 track dark acid-drenched beat fest fused with dense sounds capes
and freshly programmed next level electronica.
Sublight-3001
CD
$12.00
Oasis
Morning Glory: Classic Album Under Review (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH
13TH)
PS, US Oasis (What's The Story?) Morning Glory: A Classic Album Under
Review is a documentary film which revisits and re-assesses this powerhouse
of a record. With the use of archive footage, long forgotten videos
and contributions from those around at the time, this program uncovers
why the bands second album is arguably their most satisfying. Features
include live and studio performances of tracks from Morning Glory, reviewed
by a panel of esteemed experts, band interviews, rarely seen photographs
and archive footage. Bonus feature; When Oasis Met Blur the full recording
from the moment the Britpop heavyweights met at the same radio station
in 1995.
SexyIntellectual-516
DVD
$17.00
Obscurus Advocam
Verbia Daemonicus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US Feat. members of already acclaimed black metal outfits GLORIOR
BELLI, TEMPLE OF BAAL & WOLFE, this band already has its nails clawed
deep w/in the underground in terms of what kind of quality you can expect
fromthese guys. This fuses styles found w/in great bands like Deathspeel
Omega while harking back to the days of Judas Iscariot & Burzum.
SouthernLord-067
CD
$14.00
Olvis
Bravado (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK Third album from Icelandic maverick Orlygur Thor Orlygsson, following
last year's much-adored second full length "The Blue Sound"
and the previous year's eponymous debut. Continuing the linear progression
evident from first album to second, "Bravado" raises the bar
further, with an equal split between lush instrumentals and hypnotic
full vocal tracks (in his native tongue). With comparisons and appeal
across the board, from chillout to Richard Hawley, Olvis' music defies
classification, but ultimately has a heartwarming, relaxing, all-encompassing
feel that renders pigeonholing unnecessary. As with "The Blue Sound",
"Bravado" features the A-list of Reykjavik musicians as a
supporting cast within its fourteen tracks: SIGUR ROS drummer Orri Dyrason
plays drums on four tracks, with fellow SIGUR ROS member Georg Holm
playing bass on two tracks, along with percussion and drums on three
tracks from APPARAT ORGAN QUARTET's Arnar Geir Omarsson and violin from
Maria Huld Markan Sigfusdottir from AMINA (Sigur Ros' string quartet)
on one track. The whole album was written and produced by Orlygsson
himself, and was recorded mainly at Sigur Ros' Sundlaugin studio during
the fall of 2005, and lyrically touches upon Orlygur's disillusionment
with global capitalism and US hegemony - not that you'd know it, unless
you speak Icelandic.
Resonant-021
CD
$13.50
Orchids
Good To Be a Stranger (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13th)
PS, SPAIN The enigmatic five piece band formed in Glasgow have released
some of the finest pop songs of their generation since humble beginnings
in Penilee, a suburb of the city, where the three founder members grew
up and started the band in 1986. Their first six singles and three albums
were met with widespread critical acclaim, much of this from out-with
the UK. They graduated from the gentle lo-fi craft of their first album,
Lyceum, in 1989 ("A minor classic - don't let is pass you by"
said NME) through to the ground breaking and progressive sounds of their
third, aptly titled, Striving For The Lazy Perfection ("lithe,
evocative and memorable music" - M M) in 1994 with "sixth
member" Ian Carmichael of One Dove at the studio controls. In the
intervening years they released Unholy Soul in 1991 ("Sarah Records
answer to the Beach Boys Pet Sounds") and some truly original singles
& EPs that, in keeping with a stance sometimes perceived as awkward
and single minded, were always kept apart from album projects. The ethos
was always more about value for money for their fans than genuine stubbornness,
however. The singles included what many believe to be the high point
of their career to date, Something For The Longing as well as final
single Thaumaturgy in 1993. Reformed in 2004 after a break of Paddy
McAloon proportions they are now ready to take another swipe at the
tedious world of the music business with an album that takes them back
to their musical roots. Recorded at Riverside Studios, home to other
better known homegrown acts such as Travis, Teenage Fanclub and Trash
Can Sinatras, their new record Good To Be A Stranger is a fabulous collection
of new songs that will feed the hungry appetite of the fan base that
has grown over the intervening years. Ahead of their time in the early
90's, it is only now that many have realised how fascinating and mature
those earlier releases were. Good To Be A Stranger is released on Madrid
based label Siesta on --- March 2007 and the band will be heading out
to play live gigs for the first time in twelve years to promote the
new release - nothing like keeping your fans waiting! Offers of gigs
in the UK, Sweden, Spain, France, Germany, Greece, Singapore and the
USA illustrate how the World Wide Web has allowed their global reputation
to grow. Later in 2007, a cover of The Go Betweens' song Magic In Here
will also appear on a Grant McLennan tribute album, Love Goes On, released
on USA's Rare Victory Records. You can also currently hear one of the
new songs Down To The Ocean on Siesta Records compilation Erre Que Erre.
"The best Scottish pop band since Orange Juice" - Melody Maker
"A blissful mix of the best Scottish bands of the last few years"
- NME" "Eclectic. Every single song is a gem" - Exclaim
"Luxuriant textures, immaculate pop fizz with enviable purpose"
- MM "Songs of emotional wit and sparkling indie pop" - All
Music Guide "Languid and alluring" - Tangents "The tension
between wanting to wig out and grow more evanescent is evident"
- Uncut "They brought together all the best parts of the 80's Scottish
music scene, while adding something that's hard to pin down, yet made
them so very special" - Exclaim!
Siesta-226
CD
$14.00
Orthodox
Gran Poder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US An amazing debut that is just the first stone of the sonic monolith
they're going to build step by step. In this first recording, their
musical influences (Black Sabbath, Pink Floyd, Melvins, Earth, Sleep)
get mixed w/ their peculiar perception of the south-spanish religious
folklore. The result is a lethargic music with obsesive repetitions,
minimalism, feedback, distortion and end-less drones creating a primitive
trance inducing atmosphere. Feat. one exclusive bonus track- cover of
Venoms' classic "Genocide."
SouthernLord-069
CD
$14.00
P.G. Six
Slightly Sorry (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US In addition to the Anglo-Irish quasi-folk influences, you get
some Garth Hudson attempts, some Roger McGuinn-izations, the odd Crazy
Horse-ism & a pretty nifty cover of a song by Youngbloods pal Jeffrey
Cain. After all influences have been calculated, the roots-informed,
detail-obsessed, defiantly handspun sound & the transcendantly glossy
results of such alchemy, make the truth about P.G. Six. Feat. SUE GARNER
(RUN ON), MEGAN REILLY, ROBERT DENNIS, BOB BANNISTER, DEBBY SCHWARTZ
(AQUANETTAS), HELEN RUSH & others.
DragCity-305
CD
$13.50
P.G. Six
Slightly Sorry (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-305
LP
$13.50
Panda Bear
Bro's (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Exhibits the classic traits of Noah Lennox's musical personality-
a fluidity & functional rhythmic accessibility stemming from a deep
love of DJ culture; a delight in texture & depth; a playful use
of samples & electronic processing; plus a foregrounding of sweet,
poppy hooks in the vocal & instrumental melodies. B-side features
an exclusive remix of "Bros" from Terrestrial Tones. A somewhat
slower, slightly darker versioning of the original. Vinyl only release.
FatCat-059
12
$7.75
Papercuts
Can't Go Back (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US This is JASON QUEVER's cathedral of sound, a place for the desperate
worship of all things analog & devotion to the musicianship of the
old world. This a marriage of timeless songs, richly textured studio
sounds, classic rock/pop hookery, & focused narratives- all delivered
w/ his warm voice & wonderfully layered melodies.
Gnomonsong-004
CD
$13.25
Papercuts
Can't Go Back (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Gnomonsong-004
LP
$13.25
Perfect Rat
Endangered Languages (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US GREG GINN from BLACK FLAG w/ GARY ACRE, BILL STINSON & JACK
BREWER (SACHARINE TRUST).
Alone-016
CD
$13.75
Peter Bjorn And John
Writer's Block [domestic release w/bonus disc] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US The band is finally signed in the U.S. and will be touring (initial
shows in NYC in late January) in support of this expanded Stateside
release of their new masterpiece Writer's Block. This U.S. version differs
significantly from anything previously available. It contains the superior
(single) version of "Let's Call It Off" and a bonus disc with
b-sides, remixes, and rarities. A must have for any fan. New CD tracklisting
replaces the original "Let's Call It Off" with the new/improved
Single Version. Bonus Disc: 1. "Ancient Curse" / 2. "All
Those Expectations" (Weak Remix) / 3. "Self-Pity" / 4.
"Let's Call It Off" (Original Version) / 5. "Sitar Folks"
/ 6. "Young Folks" (Beyond The Wizard's Sleeve Re-Animation).
AlmostGold-001
DCD
$12.00
Pink Reason
Cleaning The Mirror (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Siltbreeze-084
LP
$13.50
Pink Reason
Cleaning The Mirror (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US This is almost always Kevin DeBroux & practically never anyone
else. Dominated by creeping synths, stark strums & rickety percussive
splats that complement his heartscraping vocal catharsis, it journeys
far beyond any known perspective
Siltbreeze-084
CD
$13.50
Professor Murder
Professor Murder Rides (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US VINYL!!!
Kanine-231
LP
$11.00
RA
Wxfdswxc2 (CD + DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, CANADA Limited 500 copy special edition. Wxfdswxc2 is French artist
Raoul Sinier's (aka Ra) second full length album the follow up to his
debut "Raoul Loves You". Wxfdswxc2 is 13 tracks of brilliant
pop structured elements, overdriven noise guitar, killer synth arrangements,
dusty beats and catchy vocal bits and bobs not forgetting Ra's use of
room recordings and ability to showcase live instruments. Ra is the
definition of a renaissance man, his illustration, animation and music
all enhance and fulfill one another seamlessly creating a world and
genre unto itself, so much in fact we have decided to include an awesome
bonus DVD (region free PAL format) in the first 500 copies of Wxfdswxc2
that features music videos by Raoul Sinier from his new album Wxfdswxc2
as well as his music video for planet mu artist dDamage, a collection
of short films, music videos from Ra's debut album, picture gallery,
and plenty more. You never really know where Ra is going to take you
next, Inspired and original; his music is operating on a whole other
level.
Sublight-2501
CD/DVD
$12.50
Rakes
Remixes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Anything that sounds good will be nicked & used in their
music. Lyrically, the 1st album was a mix of regular personal diary
like notes of 1st person events to more abstract/conceptual songs. This
feat. remixes from "Capture/Release" w/ UNCLE BUCK, LOVING
HANDS, STATIK, FLITHY DUKES SOCIETY & WEIRD SCIENCE.
DimMak-104
CD5
$6.25
Rameses III
Honey Rose (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Rameses III are architects of the most beautiful swathes of blissful
ambience whose releases have previously found homes on labels like Celebrate
Psi Phenomenon, Music Fellowship, Scarcelight, MYMWLY, Barl Fire and
Type. On "Honey Rose", the group's first release for Important,
the South London trio builds a bucolic soundtrack to Jon Spira's mysterious
short film "Suityman". Whilst the influence of Bruce Langhorne,
Boxhead Ensemble and much of
the 4AD roster can be keenly felt on this six song EP, so too can the
wondrous drone narratives that are such a feature of Rameses III's previous
works. More structured and melodious then much of their output, "Honey
Rose" is the perfect place for a newcomer to begin exploring the
music of one of the finest purveyors of ambient drone operating in music
today.
Important-121
CD5
$8.25
Rare Bird
Epic Forest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, UK Though it made little commercial impact on its release in 1972,
Rare Bird's 'Epic Forest' has since been widely acclaimed as a classic
of the pre-punk era: a unique album that fuses the emotional reach of
classical music with the harmonies of Sixties pop. This album is somewhere
between Procol Harum, The Moody Blues and West Coast Psychedelia, and
'Epic Forest' is one of the masterpieces of progressive rock (file under
prog and sunshine pop). We are restoring it to the catalogue in its
classic form with three superb additional tracks that were given away
as a 33rpm 7" with the first edition of the original album.
El-99
CD
$13.00
Rhys, Gruff
Candylion (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US 8 ON PITCHFORK!!! New solo album from SUPER FURRY ANIMALS frontman.
"Candylion was raised by bears in Micronesia. Trained as a chef
in Paris & following a City & Guilds diploma in desk top publishing
at Tregoedwig polytechnic transformed himself into a card assembly image
of his former self & arranged for the kind lady at the post depot
to mail him back flatpack to his bear brothers & sisters. Safely
back in the palm forrest he was given lessons in exotic guitar pickin'
by a passing oxymoron" says the MySpace.
TeamLove-012
CD
$13.50
Riley, Terry
Reed Streams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US This is his 1st album, originally released in 1966, & incl.
first recordings Riley made using his 2 personal Revox reel-to-reel
tape machines later heard on his groundbreaking "Poppy Nogood and
the Phantom Band All Night Flight". This has been remastered from
the original tapes. Also incl. a psychedelic big-band version of "In
C (Mantra)" recorded under the direction of renowned Canadian composer
& conductor Walter Boudreau in '70.
ElisionFields-104
CD
$14.50
Rio En Medio
Bride Of Dynamite (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US An intricate collage of layered vocals, delicately plucked ukulele,
ghostly samples & gritty, deconstructed electronics. It features
texts lifted from sources as disparate as William Blake, Paul Eluard,
John Ashbery & a 1920s Baghdad travelogue. The songwriting is rarely
autobiographical, yet it maintains a very personal tone
Gnomonsong-003
CD
$13.50
Robins, Marty
Rockin' Robins (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, UK Marty Robbins was a wildly popular and innovative Arizona-born
country singer and guitarist who dominated the Billboard Country charts
for 30 years between 1953 and 1983, scoring such chart-topping hits
as "Singing The Blues", "A White Sport Coat", "Don't
Worry", "Devil Woman" and the epic "El Paso".
Robbins even outdid in some ways even Johnny Cash, producing the acclaimed
'concept' albums of Gunfighter Ballads for which he is best remembered.
Marty Robbins Joined The Grand Ole Opry in 1953 and hosted his own TV
show in the 1970s before dying prematurely in 1982 (aged 57). This compilation
concentrates on the brief period between 1954 and 1957 when he took
on Elvis and the early rockabillies with some sparkling country rockers
which graced a fistful of cool US Columbia 45s and an iconic 10"
LP. Tracks include his country covers of Elvis' "That's All Right"
(#7 1955), Chuck's "Maybelline" (#9 1955) and his peerless
originals of "Singing The Blues" (#1 1956), "I Can't
Quit" (#7 1956) and "Knee Deep In The Blues" (#3 1957).
And a slew of live outbursts of Rockin' mania you won't believe! As
one might expect of a man who not only prefigured Nick Cave but introduced
the fuzztone guitar to the pop world (in 1961!) this is seriously rocking
stuff....a new discovery for some, and bound to garner some serious
column inches!
Rev-OlaBandstand-012
CD
$13.00
Rockey, Lee
Lee Rockey Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 1ST)
PS, US Portland Oregon, art museum, early 1976. In the auditorium, drums
electric violin & cello played thru an echoplex, a 4 channel tape
deck was playing pre-recorded electronic skronks, flutes, & off
speed voices, dancers were holding video cameras, connected to a Paik
video synth that was creating a live video projection. The music was
crazed, scary & funny & beautiful. This was the 2nd (and last)
of his full blown personal music / art world performances.
Destijl-060
LP
$16.00
Saturday Looks Good To Me
Money In The Afterlife (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Fred Thomas and Co. return with 2 brand new hits including the
first single from their late 2007 full-length. The band is in their
most rock and roll mode to date, with two raved up guitar based track,
both of which feature our hero Fred on lead vocals. Limited 1000
ErnestJenning-027
45
$4.50
Secret Mommy
Plays (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Although written in a vernacular native to them, a language of
splintered electronic mischief & jarring digital edits, this is
no doubt an outing from previous work. Unlike the rigid & regimented
creative processes of previous work, it's looser in this area, focusing
instead on achieving warmth & personality.
Ache-030
CD
$13.25
Shannon, Sarah
City Morning Song (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Lead singer of 90's indie-rock darlings Velocity Girl releases
her second solo album, further marking her departure from the guitar-driven
noise pop of her former band. Although this record provides love songs
in spades reminiscent of Burt Bacharach and Carole King, Shannon doesn't
shy away from exploring darker subject matter. Groovy, laid-back beats,
warm piano, sweeping strings, and stately horns give these songs a timeless
classic pop feel, with the central feature of Sarah's solo work, her
voice, showing strong as ever. "Stark and sultry. Shannon's voice,
strong and limpid is utterly at ease with a pre-Elvis mode of delivery"
- The Washington Post. "Breezy, sunny pop sounds" - NPR, Morning
Edition.
MintyFresh
CD
$12.50
Shuttle 358
Chessa (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US 12k is very happy to announce the much-asked-for and long-awaited
re-release of not only one of the label's most popular and critically
acclaimed albums but one of highlights of the entire micro sound genre:
Shuttle358 Frame. Complete with the original recording and video, Frame
has been repackaged for 12k's Limited Series into a unique chipboard
sleeve on which all graphics and text are printed only with white ink.
The re-issue of this classic album will give a new generation of 12k
followers a listen to one of the label's most defining moments. The
original press-release text (from 12k1011, Shuttle358 Frame): Frame
is the much-anticipated follow up release to 1999's debut optimal. lp,
a compact disc which caused quite a bit of critical stir as a very impressive
and original work for a new artist. Dan Abrams (aka: shuttle358) seamlessly
blends stark textures/drones with digital dysfunction. Clicks, skips
and tiny mechanized rhythms intertwine in hypnotic form that Abrams
allows to evolve in a very organic way. Frame picks up where Optimal.lp
left off. A bit more distant with excursions into deeper realms of Abrams'
signature skittish minimalist rhythmic work. Frame includes a video,
filmed and directed Abrams himself, in DVCAM for the opening title track
of the album. It is available on the cd in Quicktime format, as well
as a separate high-res VHS release (12k9004). The use of movement and
abstracted forms along with a subtle color palette of whites, blues
and yellows is a perfect visual accompaniment to the fragile rhythms
of his work.
12K-2005
CD
$12.00
Six By Seven
4 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Fourth LP from Limeys now incl. ex-SPIRITUALIZED & JULIAN
COPE members creating beautifully elegant soundscapes, w/earnest, untouchable
melodies & a touch of electronics. Space rock fans rejoice! "Their
visceral art-rock retains the kind of sonic power most bands couldn't
make with a vanload of plastic explosives."-NME
TheFirstTime-016
CD
$13.75
Sleeping In The Aviary
Oh, This Old Thing? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Intense, highly entertaining live shows & addictive, spastic
pop-punk songs. Their sound could be described as The Thermals vacationing
with some Buzzcocked White Stripes in cosmopolitan Kansas, sharing hot
tubs with The Kinks & saunas with Nirvana--often sounding frenzied
or angry, but strangely good-natured about it. Flashes of rock n' rolls
history are definitely evident, but they are contorted, twisted &
compiled into something fresh, authentic & exciting. Featured in
February Paste Recommends.
ScienceOfSound-005
CD
$9.00
Small Sails
Similar Anniversaries (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, US Small Sails is a music and film making collective from Portland,
Oregon. The music is a gorgeous post-electronic tribal thing and the
films are performed live at their shows using original reel-to-reel
footage and dual projectors. A field of dandelions plowed over, inner-city
kids jumping double-dutch in gritty streets, birds and waterfalls, playground
vocals, clicky electronics and warm, spacey melodies - that's what Small
Sails looks and sounds like. Small Sails are a busy bunch - having toured
extensively - performing almost 100 shows in North America in 2006.
They're deeply loved in Portland, where they've shared the stage with
kindred souls such as Deerhoof, Styrofoam, The Helio Sequence, Her Space
Holiday and Mice Parade. Their new music is different, too: chanting,
humming vocals hint at tangibility while remaining half-submerged; rhythms
are a baby-bouncing jumble of eclectic percussion and twittering electronics;
and achingly gorgeous melodies get stripped down to the still-gleaming
bone. To experience Small Sails' live show is to become immersed in
a seemingly unparalleled rhythm and energy. The visual and sonic interplay
are hypnotic and their on-stage chemistry and fluidity are nothing short
of warm and inviting. Through their unique, multi-faceted coaxing of
the senses, they create an environment that commands undivided attention
and adoration. Reviews for Small Sails: Fans of like-minded souls the
Books and Prefuse 73 will find cuddly tunes here, as the pastel-hued
instrumentals float by with breezy ease. - San Francisco Weekly Small
Sails is a full-on pop machine with half-chanted vocals over tight percussion,
bass-heavy beats, and micro-condensed indiepop riffs. - Portland Mercury.
The words are sparse and nonsensical, but somehow such ambiguity is
what helps make Small Sails so compelling, both on record and in person.
- San Francisco Bay Guardian Small Sails sounds at once instantly familiar
and strangely foreign. - Ithaca Times.
OtherElectricites-005
CD
$12.25
Sneaky Thieves
Accident(s) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6th)
PS, US Sneaky Thieves are a Seattle-based band that formed in 2003,
comprised of two loving sets of brothers and a good friend; Robert Bale
(bass/samples), Freddy Bale (vocals/acoustic guitar/keys), Darby McDevitt
(electric guitar/keys), Brendan McDevitt (drums) and Bryant Moore (electric
guitar/keys). Live, they juxtapose many sounds, flashing from abrasive
and clashing, to mellow and heartfelt. Influenced by many of life's
pretty things, they construct music incidentally and without undue stress.
Their debut release, accident(s), was recorded after a car wreck settlement
came many years too late to do any real good. So, a small, tidy amount
of money was set aside and used to create an album with local producer
Jeramy Koepping (founding member of Voyager One, producer for Asahi,
Jen Wood, Kinski) in the lovely Park Place Studio. This record is the
essence of those sad, peculiar moments of a life disjointed. The tracks
on accident(s) are based on recurring themes that appear very often
in dreams and nightmares. Many refer to struggles with substance abuse,
addiction, and vague recollections of difficult histories. Ultimately,
this album is a musical response to the constant loose ends of life
- trying to sonically replicate the "bellyache" in the middle
of the night. Praise for accident(s): "A thoughtful and minimalist
epic indie charmer..." - Treblezine "Think of the feeling
you get when alone and awake late at night you start to ponder the inevitability
of your own death and your helplessness to stop it. The fear. The chill.
Moments on this album capture that feeling perfectly, especially with
headphones. In fact, the Sneaky Thieves are extremely gifted at capturing
and even more so at creating moods and emotion." - Spacelab. RIYL:
Nick Cave, Will Oldham, Bedhead, Talk Talk. "Thumbs up" -
CMJ New Music Monthly. "Sneaky Thieves slide from a Jeremy Enigk
melancholy to a Jeff Buckley grace, sometimes with a Sparklehorse inventiveness,
and still manage to keep a grasp on a consistent theme through to the
end." - The Big Takeover.
OtherElecticites-003
CD
$12.25
Soft Lights
Say No To Being Cool Say Yes to Being Happy (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
13TH)
PS, US Former front man for THE INCREDIBLE MOSES LEROY joins new friends
to create the technicolor culmination of his musical evolution. Blends
joyful pop experiments w/a dizzying array of instruments, sounds &
textures. From breezy sun soaked goodness to glitchy electronica. A
celebration of child like wonder, play & beauty.
Modular-044
CD/DVD
$14.75
Sonic Youth
Destroyed Room: B-Sides (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Goofin-012
DLP
$16.00
Southern Culture on the Skids
Countrypoltian Favorites (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US Southern Culture on the Skids are giving us a glimpse into their
private record collections by compiling 15 one of a kind covers, recorded
at singer Rick Miller's Kudzu Ranch recording studio. From Mary Huff's
sultry take on "Funnel of Love" (made famous by Wanda Jackson),
to Miller's version of the Don Gibson classic, "Oh Lonesome Me,"
and their swingers-on-the-rocks duet, "Let's Invite Them Over"
(an Onie Wheeler original), SCOTS have recorded what might be the definitive
countrypolitan soundtrack to a life lived on the skids.
YepRoc-2124
CD
$14.50
Stern, Marnie
In Advance of the Broken Arm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US In this debut, her music is culled from songs written by herself
in her bedroom over a 2 yr period, w/ production & drum work by
HELLA's ZACH HILL. Her songs are of the earth, birthed in an organic
process where the finished product is much more striking than the individual
parts. The most vibrant, original, empowering & groundbreaking record
released in a long time.
KillRockStars-446
CD
$13.25
subtractiveLAD
No Man's Land (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH )
PS, US When Canadian electronic musician Stephen Hummel's debut as Subtractive-LAD
"Giving Up The Ghost" materialized in 2005 n5MD touted it
as an amalgam of the label's emotional experiments in music credo. With
his second album "Suture" (2006) subtractiveLAD toughened
things up a bit by getting darker and somewhat emotionally weighted.
With his new 3rd full-length for n5MD entitled "No Man's Land"
subtractiveLAD has out shined his previous albums by creating an introspective
and focused actualization of his emotions. In past outings subtractiveLAD
has only hinted at such introspection and has let us see just a hint
of such depth of psyche. This new more open aesthetic has seemingly
given Hummel a newer confidence in his sound that has led him to push
further its boundaries by adding elements such as guitar, field recordings,
and even hints of vocal texture to his signature style of self-made
synth melodies and compressed beats. Songs of defiance, love, exasperation,
hope, loss and even pleasure are all compiled in such a way to lead
you through a journey of great musical rewards. SubtractiveLAD has yet
again captured a resounding annotation of n5MD as a label and as a stylistic
categorization, proof that there can be a beating heart behind all the
silicone and wires. tracklisting: The Shell, Life in a Day, Of Sand
and Stars, Synthetism, Bring to Light All Ways, Meditation 17, The Sun
in Your Eyes, No Man`s land, The Lucky Ones. Similar artists: Chris
Clark, Xela, Bitcrush, Proem.
n5MD-143
CD
$12.00
Sunken Trawler
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, US Ambitious second album from Kiwis inhabiting opposite ends of
New Zealand's North Island, the distance giving a physical sense of
space to the duo's spatial, glacial formations. Not unlike a warm golden
calm in the midst of winter's brutal tempest, Sunken's collection of
haunting, highly textured, buzzing compositions offer security in their
encompassing presence. With the aide of ridiculously amplified electric
fan-powered organs, intercoms and voice (augmented with whatever instruments
that happen to be within reach at the time), Sunken create swampy yet
joyous sounds comparable to The Skaters, Grouper and the Double Leopards
family of sound. Melodies appear and disappear into the mélange,
while the duo channel the spirit of the sea shanty, seeking to lose
themselves in the howling ecstasies of 'the drone.'
SoftAbuse-020
CD
$12.00
Sykes, Jesse and the Sweet Hereafter
Like, Love, Lust & The Open Halls Of The Soul (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US A sprawling album, deep with musical and lyrical texture. There's
a timeless quality to this record; its rocking guitar solos and driving
rhythms could easily be a lost gem cut by Crazy Horse between takes
with Neil, but it retains the fragile beauty of much of Sykes' earlier
work as well. From lilting to waltzing sway to hallucinatory psychedelia,
this record finds Sykes and her band exploring new sounds with a confident
ease. Guest appearances from Nicolai Dunger, jazz keyboardist Wayne
Horvitz, and avant garde violinist/composer Eyvind Kang.
Barsuk
CD
$13.50
Tanakh
Saunders Hollow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US A warm bouquet of songs that range from poppy-jazz, through renaissance
remembrances, sweet folk, to dark drines and dreamy electronics and
even straight up raunchy blues. A place full of inviting mystery and
rich texture, with musical twists and turns of every type, leaving the
listener in a state of reflection on all things past. Gentle bass, scorching
electric guitars, lilting tablas, Asian-strummed ukuleles, swirling
electronics, violins, vibes, harpsichords, organs, juke joint piano,
sax, folky guitar, lap steel, drums and honeyed vocals propel the dreamy
landscapes. "Oppulent and low key."- The Wire
CameraObscura-078
CD
$13.25
Television Personalities
Are We Nearly There Yet? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US 13 track CD only: 37 minutes.
Track Listing: Are We Nearly There Yet?/ The Peter Gabriel Song/ The
Eminem Song/ I Get Scared When I Don't Know Where You Are/ I See Dead
People/ If I Could Write Poetry/ If I Should Fall Behind/ Coltrane's
Ghost/ Mr Brightside/ All The Midnight Cowboys/ All The King's Horses/
You Are Loved/ It's All About The Girl
Overground
CD
$13.00
Trans Am
Sex Change (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThrillJockey-182
LP
$11.00
Trans Am
Sex Change (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH)
PS, US With 2 yrs of separation fueling them, the band began in June
2006 on a program of sporadic rendezvous, reconvening briefly on several
continents to work on what would become the most joyous & upbeat
rock album of their chronicle. Perhaps the bands geographical liberation
was the inspiration for the creation of this, their most international
& exhilarating album to date. Whatever the reason may be, it's a
welcome & forceful return by a band that has been a consistent innovator
& touring machine for over a decade.
ThrillJockey-182
CD
$13.25
Triclops
Cafeteria Brutality (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Their goal is "to keep rock music uncomfortable for themselves
& others." You might just hear the ghost of Steel Pole Bathtub
in this one somewhere.
Sickroom-040
CD
$7.50
U2
Achtung Baby: Classic Album Under Review (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
20TH)
PS, US This DVD contains the ultimate review and critical analysis of
U2's most pivotal album. It offers a previously unobtainable level of
insight into the band during the recording of their most dynamic and
well-respected album. Via the use of live footage, long forgotten videos
and the review, criticism and insight of a panel of highly opinionated
experts, this package delivers the finest documentary film yet to emerge
on Dublins favorite sons. Achtung Baby was the album that fired U2 into
the 90s when the four-piece dramatically overhauled their traditional
approach to songwriting.
SexyIntellectual-515
DVD
$16.25
Vanishing Voice
Stone Tablet (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Total Can-style audacity from Brooklyn drone stew Edward Goreyian
broken house wanderers the Vanishing Voice. The Vanishing Voice head
down from the mountain for another dip in a lake of elephant seals.
A misty warbling leads down a twisted path where molten earth and crust
collide. This is the beginning of the end of the beginning. A lot has
been said bout these Brooklyn teen idles: "They're chasing rainbows!"
"They're graveyard sponge heads!" "A pregnant poo-bah
frolicking in the forest!" No dice...
Important-122
CD
$12.00
Vanishing Voice
Nordic Visions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US Nordic Visions was originally released in a tiny vinyl edition
of 525 copies which sold out immediately. Here it is by demand, resurrected
as a digital tiki for the original vinyl release. While Wooden Wand
and Satya Sai jammed with the Sky High Band in beautiful California,
the Vanishing Voice dug in deep in the frozen northeast. Snowed in with
utopian texts and mounting paranoia, Steven The Harvester, Heidi White
Diamond Diehl, and Pete Wolfy Nolan joined Nonhorse in an abandoned
textile factory, boiling out these ballads of suspended disbelief and
hope for the better world.
Important-132
CD
$12.00
Various
Diamond Joe A Treasure Chest Of Rarities & CD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, UK As the infamous Tea Chest tapes continue to remain an enigma,
we open up our own box of masters to discover some hitherto un-issued
Meek produced recordings, plus other recordings long since unavailable.
With release timed to coincide with the general notice being given to
the 40th Anniversary of Meeks death (February 1967), this collection
will suit those looking for something new to extend their Meek collection.
The collection brings with it great examples of the Meek production
sound. From Glenda Collins, Meeks best known female artist, is an unreleased
version of her apocalyptic single recorded in Stereo. Two of the Ray
Dexter tracks are also in Stereo, a rare format in the early 60's when
these were made. Ray Dexter, a singer songwriter who was busy right
through the 60's with singles released on many labels, is included with
four of his songs released for the first time. Backing is by the Tornados,
and include his demo of You Took My Love For Granted, a song he wrote
and Meek recorded with John Leyton as the b-side of the international
hit 'Wild Wind'. We also have the four John Carter and Ken Lewis recordings
Meek produced which have been unavailable for a long time, plus real
rarities from Joy and Dave, the Moontrekkers and complete unknowns Johnny
Garfield, The Ramblers and Dauphine Street Six. - As it says on the
tin, extremely rare and collectable Joe Meek recordings. - Includes
previously unreleased, such as Ray Dexter (& the Tornados). - Includes
John Carter and Ray Dexter personal insights of working with Meek. TRACK
LISTING: 1/ TWO TIMING BABY - CARTER LEWIS & THE SOUTHERNERS 2/
ATLANTIC TWIST - RAY DEXTER 3/ DIAMOND JOE - JOY AND DAVE 4/ CAN'T MAKE
UP MY MIND - RAY DEXTER* 5/ TELL ME - CARTER LEWIS & THE SOUTHERNERS
6/ DREAM LOVER - RAY DEXTER* 7/ TAKE IT AWAY - THE RAMBLERS 8/ PARADE
OF TIN SOLDIERS - THE SAINTS 9/ FICKLE HEART - JOHNNY GARFIELD 10/ IT'S
HARD TO BELIEVE IT (UNRELEASED STEREO VERSION) - GLENDA COLLINS* 11/
RESCUE ME - RICKY WAYNE 12/ YOU TOOK MY LOVE FOR GRANTED - RAY DEXTER*
13/ THEY TELLS US NOT TO LOVE - JOY AND DAVE 14/ WILL IT HAPPEN TO ME
- CARTER LEWIS & THE SOUTHERNERS 15/ MY BROKEN HEART - CARTER LEWIS
& THE SOUTHERNERS 16/ JUST LIKE YOU - RAY DEXTER 17/ I GOT - RAY
DEXTER* 18/ HAPPY TALK - THE SAINTS 19/ JOHN BROWNS BODY - THE MOONTREKKERS
20/ GRANDFATHER CLOCK - THE MOONTREKKERS 21/ ON A HILLSIDE - THE DAUPHINE
STREET
SIX * PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
RPM-325
CD
$14.00
Various
The Camp Burlesque Original Soundtrack Album [CD+DVD] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE EARLY 2007)
PS, US Features songs and performances by Matthew Sweet, Velvet Crush,
Dave Alvin, Big Sandy, Peter Case, John Doe, Rick Vito, Tito & Tarantula,
the Cruzados (featuring Bob Dylan), the Martini Kings, and many more.
Initial pressing will include the movie on DVD.
BirdSong-102
CD
$11.00
Various
Labrador 100: A Complete History Of Polpular Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, SWEDEN 4xCD box set. We celebrate our 100th release and 10 years
as a label with an exclusive 4 CD Box with one song from each release
ever. 100 songs + thick booklet with Labrador history and interview,
comments on each track, the bands list their Labrador favorites and
more.
Labrador-100
CD-BOX
$33.75
Various
Laughin' At The Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, UK A hilarious and scurrilous collection of R&B and comedy like
you've never heard! I guess most of these artists need no introduction;
I'm sure you know all about Scatman Crothers (star of The Shining and
er...Hong Kong Fuey), Redd Foxx, the outrageous Rudy Ray Moore, Slim
Gaillard, Sammy Davis, Moms Mabley and Pearl Bailey. Dusty Fletcher
was the originator of the enduring international success "Open
The Door, Richard!" (and a #2 Billboard R&B hit in 1947 for
him). The Spirits Of Rhythm included comedians George "Blues Man"
Vann and the seminal Leo "Scat" Watson. Al Jackson had been
half of the hilarious Patterson & Jackson comedy team. Little Arthur
Matthews had been the "Dope" half of the popular West Coast
comedians "Mope & Dope". He later joined Johnny Otis'
R&B revue as a singer/comedian. Otis and his band back Matthews
on these two sides. Her signature piece, comedienne Effie Smith had
a national R&B hit in 1965 with a recut of the two-part "Dial
That Telephone", recorded originally for Aladdin in 1953: this
two-parter is the 1956 first expanded re-recording for her own Spot
Records. She discovered rock 'n' roll act Don & Dewey and her son
was Los Angeles producer/song-writer Fred Sledge Smith of Bob &
Earl, and The Olympics fame. Both of them worked at Stax until the label
closed down. All round entertainer, Sammy Davis Jr had by 1949 made
a big name for himself as part of the Will Mastin Trio with his uncle
and father and was signed to Capitol Records, there he recorded fine
straight ballads.... in addition to producing parodies of the R&B
sounds of the day under the pseudonyms Charlie Green and Shorty Muggins.-
A must for serious R&B fans....and anyone with a sense of humor!
TRACK LISTING: 1/ REDD FOXX - SHAME ON YOU (SAVOY 645) 2/ DUSTY FLETCHER
- OPEN THE DOOR, RICHARD! (PARTS 1 & 2) (NATIONAL 4012) 3/ HARRY
"THE HIPSTER" GIBSON - WHO PUT THE BENZEDRINE IN MRS MURPHY'S
OVALTINE? (MUSICRAFT 346) 4/ SLIM GAILLARD - EATIN' WITH THE BOOGIE
(CLEF 8970) 5/ BABS GONZALES - HOUSE RENT PARTY (KING 4885) 6/ SCATMAN
CROTHERS - PAPA (RECORDED IN HOLLYWOOD 142) 7/ THE SPIRITS OF RHYTHM
- SHE AIN'T NO SAINT (BLACK & WHITE 23) 8/ HARRY "THE HIPSTER"
GIBSON - TWO CATS (ALADDIN UNISSUED) 9/ AL JACKSON - IT AIN'T GONNA
BE LIKE THAT (ROOST 608) 10/ SLIM GAILLARD - FEDERATION BLUES (CLEF
UNISSUED) 11/ REDD FOXX - REDD FOXX BLUES (SAVOY 631) 12/ RUDY RAY MOORE
- THE BUGGY RIDE (FEDERAL 12259) 13/ LITTLE ARTHUR MATTHEWS - SOMEDAY
BABY (FEDERAL 12232) 14/ RUDY RAY MOORE - I'M MAD WITH YOU (FEDERAL
12253) 15/ LITTLE ARTHUR MATTHEWS - I'M GONNA WHALE ON YOU (FEDERAL
12232) 16/ BABS GONZALES - SHE'S JUST RIGHT FOR ME (KING 4885) 17/ DUSTY
FLETCHER - PUT THE LAST CLEAN SHIRT ON BILL (NATIONAL 4018) 18/ REDD
FOXX - FINE JELLY BLUES (SAVOY 631) 19/ AL JACKSON - LET'S DRINK SOME
WHISKEY (ROOST 607) 20/ SHORTY MUGGINS (AKA SAMMY DAVIS JR) - WE'RE
GONNA ROLL (CAPITOL 70052) 21/ EFFIE SMITH & THE SQUIRES - CHAMPAGNE
MIND WITH A SODA WATER INCOME (VITA 124) 22/ JACKIE "MOMS"
MABLEY & PEARL BAILEY - SATURDAY NIGHT FISH FRY (COLUMBIA
38660) 23/ PEARL BAILEY - I CAN'T ROCK AND ROLL TO SAVE MY SOUL (MERCURY
70926) 24/ SHORTY MUGGINS (AKA SAMMY DAVIS JR) - GOTTA GREAT BIG SHOVEL
(CAPITOL 70052) 25/ EFFIE SMITH - DIAL THAT TELEPHONE, PART 1 (SPOT
103) 26/ EFFIE SMITH - DIAL THAT TELEPHONE, PART 2 (SPOT 103) 27/ THELMA
BAXTER - HENRY (YES, MY LOVE) (COSMOPOLITAN 520).
Rev-OlaBandstand-011
CD
$12.00
Various
Risky Dazzle: A Service Party Shuffle (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
13TH)
PS, US Service is Sweden's #1 independent label, responsible for the
new sound of Swedish pop: digital yet warm, melody based yet clubby,
young yet confident. Service represents many of the Sweden's top acts
and is the most reliable source for the freshest new Swedish pop: Jens
Lekman, The Embassy, TTA etc. This label compilation: At the same time
an introduction, a round-up of the Service times so far and a nice box
of highlights, rare and unreleased stuff. Always at your service.
Service-024
CD
$14.00
Various
Bauhaus Reviewed 1919-1933 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH)
PS, UK 19 tracks. LTM are proud the present the first audio book CD
to explore the highly influential Bauhaus school of art and architecture,
which operated in Germany between 1919 and 1933. The spoken word element
centers on a revealing talk by Walter Gropius, the architect and theoretician
who founded the Bauhaus in 1919. The CD also includes contributions
from the school's third and final director, architect Ludwig Mies van
der Rohe, and teacher Josef Albers. All interviews are in the English
language. The music content of the CD features piano pieces written
between 1919 and 1925 by six composers associated with the Bauhaus:
Arnold Schoenberg, Josef Matthias Hauer, George Antheil, Stefan Wolpe
and H.H. Stuckenschmidt. Several of these pieces reflect surrealism
and 12-tone technique; Steffen Schleiermacher performs most on piano.
With a generous running time of 72 minutes, the CD also features a deluxe
booklet featuring archive Bauhaus images and detailed historical notes
by James Hayward.
LTM-2472
CD
$15.00
Various
From Brussels With Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, UK 19 tracks. LTM is proud to announce the very first CD release
of the classic 1980 compilation album From Brussels With Love, also
the debut release from chic Belgian indie label Les Disques du Crepuscule
(TWI 007). Originally released as a deluxe cassette/book package in
November 1980, From Brussels With Love featured 22 exclusive tracks
from the international avant garde and new wave, as well as the celebrated
Factory Records roster. Then, as now, the contributing artists include
Gavin Bryars, Harold Budd, Dome, The Durutti Column, John Foxx, Martin
Hannett, Richard Jobson, Bill Nelson, New Order and Michael Nyman. The
programme also includes extended interviews with Brian Eno and iconic
French actress Jeanne Moreau. Writing in NME in 1980, journalist Paul
Morley praised From Brussels With Love thus: "This is a reminder
- without really trying, without being obvious - that pop is modern
poetry, is the sharpest, shiniest collection of experiences, is always
something new." And according to Dave McCullough in Sounds: "This
tape, a long mysterious piece of collective modern overdrive, points
to a future somewhere." This new CD edition has been digitally
remastered from the original master tapes, and features 75 minutes of
material. Most of the tracks remain featured here unavailable elsewhere.
LTM-2479
CD
$15.00
Villalobos, Gina
Miles Away (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 6TH, 2007)
PS, US Gina's nothing if not dead serious. Her music is deeply rooted
in time, place, and history. She's the real thing: an artist, someone
who can show you where you are. Hailed as the new "Queen of Country
Rock" and seemingly out of nowhere. Gina has rapidly established
a growing cult following in the UK and the US for her infectious, raw,
simply irresistible, roots rock influenced songs. Knowing when to whisper
and when to unleash, she finesses words into new meaning with the slightest
inflection. And for her live performances, where her willingness to
expose herself completely takes her audience's out of the moment, to
a place up above the chaos, alone with their thoughts. Eventually nothing
else exists...it is a truly transcendent experience. Though she's been
knocking around the music business since the mid 90's, it wasn't until
she released her critically acclaimed 'Rock N Roll Pony' in 2005 that
Gina made that all important international breakthrough, with an endorsement
from BBC radio 2 DJ Bob Harris - making the record a must have commodity.
Avoiding the sophomore jinx, Gina's second offering succeeds. She unveiled
her new album 'Miles Away' in the UK on May 8th 2006 to the same, if
not more enthusiastic, critical plaudits, and support from BBC radio
2 her acclaimed predecessor, Rock N Roll Pony received. This along with
a 6 week US national tour supporting World Party sets the stage for
her upcoming US release of 'Miles Away', which is widely anticipated
in the Americana/Alt Country circles in which she first gained attention.
FaceWest-KM-003
CD
$10.50
Vocokesh
All This & Heironymus Bosch (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US Eighth album marks more departures from previous formulas, resulting
in some of their finest & freshest sonics yet. Synthesizers &
electronics take more of a backseat role while the sitar bubbles strongly
to the surface. The result lends an Eastern-tinged vibe to many of the
tunes, a late 60s consciousness-elevating cool. Masterful guitar work
is still in rich abundance, but many of the dark psych passages Vocokesh
are known for is offset by some sunnier trajectories. A surrealistic
depth rarely matched in instrumental rock these days.
StrangeAttractors-048
CD
$13.00
Volt
Rorhat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Brilliant 3 piece out of Chemnitz, Germany. This is hard rock.
Boris the drummer hits so hard, you won't believe that the shells &
skins can stand it! Nico the bass player creates some utterly inhuman
rumble, and then there's Andre. HIs growl is so unworldly that to describe
it as vocals would lead you astray. His voice is an instrument of terror
that makes the body tremble. For fans of all honest music
ExileOnMainstream-023
CD
$14.00
White Barons
Up All The Night With The White Barons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
20TH)
PS, US Feat. the eye-popping psychobilly singer Eva Von Slut, they play
a blend of punk & rock n' roll infused w/ infectious
backing "whoa" style vocals reminiscent of The Misfits in
their heyday. Fueled by an unholy mixture of booze, drugs, & rock
n'
roll fury, the Bay Area band formed less than a yr ago & are already
generating repeat requests for live appearances up & down the West
Coast.
Gearhead-075
CD
$11.50
White Barons
Up All The Night With The White Barons (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY
20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Gearhead-075
LP
$8.25
Williams, Lucinda
West (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LostHighway
LP
$17.50
Williams, Lucinda
West (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 13TH)
PS, US Perhaps her most personal work to date w/songs touching on both
darkness & redemption. At turns strikingly spare & compellingly
muscular. Produced by HAL WILLNER.
LostHighway
CD
$14.00
Winning
This Is an Ad For Cigarettes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 6TH)
PS, US Andy Dixon (SECRET MOMMY, The Red Light Sting, Ache Records),
Paul Patko (THE WINKS, The Red Light Sting) & Jack Duckworths (PRIMES,
RADIO BERLIN) most recent outing. This debut release is an anomaly.
Depending on your perspective, its either a deliberate, meditated attack
on rock & punk culture, or an homage & extension of it. The
chaotic & seemingly careless execution would suggest the former,
while the deep, brooding melodies would imply the latter.
Ache-029
CD
$13.00
Yellow6
Painted Sky (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 13TH)
PS, UK A debut on Resonant from a man with a wealth of back catalogue
on labels such as Enraptured, Darla, Bearos, Ochre, Awkward Silence
and many, many more, spanning almost a decade. Yellow 6 is the solo
project of Jon Attwood, a guitarist based in Leicestershire (the first
UK-based artist to release an album on Resonant!) who has released six
full length albums, five live albums and one remix album, on top of
several mini-albums and EPs, singles and contributions to numerous compilations.
Painted Sky was recorded between 2004 and 2006, and strips away many
of the layers of previous outings, resulting in a collection of melodic,
organic guitar and piano soundscapes backed with subtle percussion.
More ambient than post rock, Painted Sky draws comparisons to Labradford,
Cocteau Twins, Durutti Column, Slowdive, Windy & Carl and Erik Satie,
as opposed to the quiet/loud exponents; this is quiet/quiet, with an
overall air of wistful melancholy. The previous releases of Yellow 6
have established a solid following, both in terms of fanbase and press.
Resonant-022
CD
$13.00
Young, Neil
Under Review 1966-1975 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 20TH )
PS, US This documentary film reviews the music and career of one of
rocks true giants during his formative and most creative years. It features
obscure footage, rare interviews and rarely seen photographs of and
with Neil Young. Throughout the film, live and studio recordings of
Young classics are reappraised by a panel of contributors. Also included
are reviews, comments, criticism and insights from John Einarson (Young's
biography author), Robert Christgau (Village Voice), Barney Hoskins
(author, critic), Nigel Williamson (Uncut), Dave Zimmer (ex-editor of
BAM magazine), Bruce Tergesen (house engineer on Mr. Soul), Johnny Rogan
(CSNY biographer)and many others.
SexyIntellectual-503
DVD
$16.25
Parasol
Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders
Affair “Yes Yes To You” CD $14.50
AFX “Analogue Bubble Bath 4” CD $8.75
Autumn Defense, The “S-T” CD $15.00
Barlow, Lou “Mirror The Eye” CD5 $9.00
Below The Sea “Sceneries” CD5 $11.50
Birchville Cat Motel “Curved Surface Destroyer” 3XCD $18.00
Bordowitz, Hank “Dirty Little Secrets Of The Record Business”
BOOK $20.00
Buffalo “Average Rock 'n' Roller” CD $17.75
Burroughs, William S. “Destroy All Rational Thought” DVD
$16.50
Case, Neko “Live from Austin, Texas” DVD $15.50
Dekker, Desmond “In Memoriam: 1941-2006” CD $14.50
Fennesz “Endless Summer” CD $14.00
Four Star Alarm “S/T” CD $10.00
Ghosts “Blue Birds Bloods” CD $11.00
Giffoni, Carlos “Arrogance” CD $11.50
Goat/Sixes/Xome “Deluxe Incinerator” CD $14.50
Martinez “Restructured Layers” CD $15.00
MFSB “Muthafunkinsonofabitch: The Truth Behind the Philly Legend”
CD $15.00
Mike & Rich “Expert Knob Twiddlers” CD $14.00
New Young Pony Club “S/T” CD5 $9.00
Octoberman “These Trails Are Old & New” CD $12.00
Of Montreal “She's A Rejecter” 45 $4.00
Officerfishdumplings “Officerfishdumplings Finds Your Way Home”
CD $11.50
Oxfords, The “Flying Up Through the Sky” CD $19.50
Red Red Red “Mind Destroyer” CD $10.00
Siberia “Inom Familjen” CD $13.00
Star You Star Me “Simple Things” CD $15.00
Stars of Track and Field “Centuries Before Love and War [re-release]”
CD $8.50
Summer at Shatter Creek “S-T” CD $14.50
Super XX Man “Volume XI: A Better Place” CD $14.75
Sweptaways, The “Cry Cry Christmas” CD5 $10.00
Sweptaways, The “Ooh Aah” CD $13.00
Symbion Project “Wound Up By God or the Devil” CD $12.50
Transitional Phase “S/T” CD $12.50
Various “Can't Stop It: Australian Post Punk 1979 - 1984”
CD $14.00
Viki “Viki” CD $10.13
Wright, Jack “Indeterminate Existence” CD $12.50
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