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New Releases

A Place To Bury Strangers
S-T
PS, US Vinyl version of the groups break out self titled release.Pitchfork 8.4 "Best New Music" Pressed in an edition of 1000.
Important-170
LP
$13.25

A Taste Of Ra
Morning of My Life
PS, SWEDEN This is the third and final album in the A Taste of Ra trilogy. Nicolai Dunger, and the cloak of mystery behind the Taste of Ra project has captivated many with its various incarnations of free-folk meanderings, Tim Buckley jazz-howl and Swedish pastoral indie-hum. Dunger describes Morning of My Life as follows: "When we moved to the tent and the light was golden and we were young, and the magazine was all there was to bring, and you woke in the night when the birds were singing just for you and the smell of soil and the warm breath over through you, ohh it moved you. All there was to it, was the morning of my life." He also describes that the overall idea behind the first two A Taste of Ra records was for pure vocal and instrumental experimentation -- using recording techniques on a more personal level. On this final record in the trilogy, he takes a different approach, starting off with one song that he developed together with Swedish musician, songwriter and producer, Jari Haapalainen. The song naturally broke up into six movements, creating a film-like, dramatic pattern, and Johan Berthling made some beautiful arrangements for three of the movements. Starsailor-esque vocals, jazzy horns and loose, clattering drums mix with piano, harp and guitar arpeggios -- just as much of an Impressionistic song cycle as Van Morrison's Astral Weeks.
Hapna-036
CD
$16.25

Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals
Follow the Lights EP
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
LostHighway
12
$6.75

Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals
Follow the Lights EP
PS, US New mini-album features two new songs, plus sweet live-in-the-studio stuff including an Alice In Chains cover! Tracks: 1. Follow the Lights (new) / 2. My Love for You Is Real (new) / 3. Blue Hotel (previously unreleased, recorded live in studio) / 4. Dear John (live in studio) / 5. This is It (Cardinals version, live in studio) / 6. Down in a Hole (Alice In Chains cover, live in studio) / 7. If I Am a Stranger (live in studio)
LostHighway
CD5
$6.00

Alasehir
Philosophy of Living Fire
PS, US Trio of Michael Gibbons, John Gibbons, & Jason Kourkounis, otherwise known as 3/5s of BARDO POND. This continues their sonic exploration of dense, languorous, free expansion. Billowing & exploding like a cluster of hashish stars, the 3 instrumental tracks produce a cosmic energy akin to a quasar in the heavens. Released in a one-time edition of 1000 LPs, this is the rocket ride into the outer stratum at which their previous CDs only hinted.
Siltbreeze
LP
$14.25

Ambarchi, Oren
In the Pendulums'
PS, US Here he continues his otherworldly investigations w/ a kind of dark twin to his landmark "Grapes From The Estate". Despite the use of glass harmonica, strings, bells, piano, percussion & guitars, it's startling that the world created is still unmistakably his own, & that there is such a cohesion of vision throughout the 3 lengthy pieces.
SouthernLord-078
CD
$14.00

Armisen, Fred
Fred Armisen Presents: Jens Hannemann Complicated Drumming Technique
PS, US This is an educational DVD teaching the craft of drum work (aka drumming) to beginners & experts alike. Respected comedian & television personality Fred Armisen brought percussionist Jens Hannemann to our attention w/ an ingenious DVD that opened our eyes to the responsibilities & million little victories that drummers everywhere experience behind the kit, unbeknownst to us.
DragCity
DVD
$14.00

Babyshambles
Shotter's Nation [limited CD+DVD]
PS, US Limited version with DVD.
Astralwerks
CD/DVD
$18.75

Babyshambles
Shotter's Nation
PS, US Let's see if being busted by the constablulary every week pays off in artistic and sales glory.
Astralwerks
CD
$15.25

Bear in Heaven
Red Bloom of the Boom
PS, US Daydream & goosebump inducing vocals glide over walls of melodious distortion, building unapologetically epic songs. Members of SAVATH & SAVALAS, RHY CHATHAM'S ESSENTIALIST, !!!, PAUL DUNCAN, PRESOCRATICS & PANTHERS made a debut that testifies to psychedelic
roots, to the music we obsessed over in the 90's & to future rock.
Hometapes-019
CD
$13.00

Beauregarde
S-T
PS, US Vinyl only reissue.In 1970 the Portland-based wrestler entered the studio with then unknown seventeen year old guitarist GREG SAGE (WIPERS) to record a limited release album that would serve as his entrance music for the duration of his career. His vocal style is passionate & direct but never goes overboard. The music features Hendrix-esque guitar solos over rock rhythms & soul drum beats.
Jackpot
LP
$15.00

Besnard Lakes, The
Volume I
PS, US "Volume I" is the debut album by THE BESNARD LAKES, that preceded their recent opus "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse" which was released on Jagjaguwar in early 2007. "Volume I" was originally released in 2004, and, at the time, The Besnard Lakes were comprised only of husband-and-wife team JACE LASEK and OLGA GOREAS. The Besnard Lakes have just recently become critical darlings, on the strength of their live performances throughout North America and Europe, as well as with their second full-length record "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse", which quickly made it onto numerous and budding best-albums-of-the-year short-lists by a whole range of music-listening pedigree -- critics, casual and not-so-casual rock listeners, garden variety pop fans, and headphone junkies. Carrying the BREAKGLASS label name, "Volume I" is distributed throughout the world with the help of JAGJAGUWAR.
Jagjaguwar/Breakglass-09
CD
$11.50

Black Dice
Load Blown
PS, US New mini-album.
Pawtracks
CD5
$14.25

Black Dice
Load Blown
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Pawtracks
12
$11.50

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Start A People [re-issue]
PS, US Re-issue of the band's 2005 debut. "Start A People" is a hazy look through the eyes of an electronic junk band who grew up watching "3 2 1 Contact " & "The Letter People" show. B.M.S.R. is made up of 3 to 6 mem. at any given time, who are focused on turning their childhood memories into songs. Their use of dusty, saturated, analog sounds has gained numerous comparisons to folks like Boards Of Canada, The Children's Televison Workshop, & even Air
Graveface-037
CD
$13.50

Black Moth Super Rainbow
Falling Through a Field
PS, US New album.
Graveface-039
CD
$13.75

Bong-Ra
Full Metal Racket
PS, GERMANY Featuring all the tracks from the "Grindkrusher" and "Sick Sick Sick" records, re-recorded and remastered, "Full Metal Racket" is Bong- Ra's unmatchable homage to his grindcore and hardcore heroes. A fast, high-energy album of twisted breaks, breaks and merciless riffs, it finally presents the 10 gems of these two records to all fans of this superlative-heavy, towering producer. Zombie-claws lacerated subwoofers ahead.
AdNoiseam-84
CD
$14.75

Booka Shade
DJ Kicks
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
K7
DLP
$20.00

Booka Shade
DJ Kicks
PS, US Rather than documenting their the latest club tunes, they mix up older gems w/ unreleased newies which promises to be eclectic. Amid dance music from Carl Craig, Matthew Dear & Lopazz, they find room for French disco (Cerrone), rap (The Streets), '70s soundtracks (John Carpenter), '80s
electro-pop (Heaven 17, Yazoo) & even the downright odd (Brigitte Bardot, The Tubes). "We really got into the material that we were using, "explains Walter Merziger, "Putting it together was like creating a remix."
K7
CD
$17.00

Buried At Sea
Ghosts
PS, US A flowing wave of trance-like massiveness. They combine elements of doom, space rock, & experimental noise to create a sound of thick & heavy textures that migrate from quiet to an Earth-rattling assault. The band has been compared to the likes of SUNNO))), Eyehategod, Burning Witch, and Neurosis.
Neurot-054
CD
$15.00

Bush Tetras
Very Very Happy
PS, US Post new wave funk/punk early '80s stars of the New York club scene. Known for their animalistic, primitive energy. This has a visceral energy reminiscent of recordings the BTs made in the early '80s w/ Stiff & 99 records. Incl. 3 Videos & 2 never before released songs.
ROIR
CD
$16.25

Can
Anthology 1968-1993 [remaster]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For listeners daunted by Can's long and winding discography, Anthology 1968-1993 presents short-form highlights like "Spoon," "Future Days," "Moonshake," "She Brings the Rain," and 25 others. Yes, the albums are better places to hear all of these tracks, and there's a typically Cannish disregard for chronology or narrative (i.e., don't hope for liner notes), but this double-disc set is an excellent introduction to the band's 25-year career." (Keith Farley)
Mute
DCD
$17.75

Canned Heat
Kaleidoscope
PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON DIGIPACK CD. Originally released as Live At the Topanga Corral for contractual reasons, this album was actually recorded live at LA's famed Kaleidoscope club. This recording, made in 69, feat. the original line-up w/ the great Bob Hite on vocals & Alan Wilson on guitar & is one of their best live.
Lilith
CD
$18.50

Case, Neko & Her Boyfriends
Virginian
PS, CANADA Re-issue of Neko's debut. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "A delightful collection of heartfelt originals and vibrant covers ranging from traditional country fare (Ernest Tubb's "Thanks a Lot," Loretta Lynn's "Somebody Led Me Away") to more eclectic material (Scott Walker's "Duchess"); the highlight is a rip-snorting rendition of the Everly Brothers' "Bowling Green," a duet with Zumpano's Carl Newman." (Jason Ankeny)
Mint
CD
$16.25

Castanets
In The Vines
PS, US RAY RAPOSA of CASTANETS had almost finished his follow-up to "First Light's Freeze" (2005) when three men in strange masks mugged him at gunpoint in front of his home in Bedstuy, Brooklyn. Stealing Raposa's rent money, iPod and security, the three thieves climaxed a year of depression and nomadic, nocturnal dislocation. Not long after the mugging, Raposa completed "In The Vines." Appropriately, the album he was struggling to complete is based on a Hindu fable about being trapped in an inescapable fate, with death and the limitations of our physical lives closing in from all corners. In the fable story, "The Well of Life", a giant net stretched out by a giant woman surrounds a Brahman lost in the forest. The frantic Brahman runs in circles attempting to escape until he falls halfway down a pit and is entangled in vines. He discovers some beehives halfway between the flesh-hungry six-faced elephant at the top of the pit and the waiting serpent at the bottom. As bees buzz around the Brahman and rats gnaw at the vines holding him up, all he can do is gorge on the sweet honey. Heavy stuff, yes, but it isn't all peril, and darkness. The songs are sung with such intimacy and earnestness that "In The Vines" sways somewhere between the serpent, elephant, bees and rats, the honey representing a strange sense of hope and delight in the brief moments of beauty that sustain our lives.
AsthmaticKitty-33
LP
$10.25

Castro, Nick + Young Elders
Day Without Disaster
PS, US The newest chapter in the musical adventures of Nick Castro & The Young Elders.This EP is a glimpse into the ever-evolving mind of the group, which dwells somewhere between the romantic male/female duets of Richard & Linda Thompson and the exotic worldly arrangements of the Incredible
String Band. With a focused touch, unusual acoustic textures, gentle wordplay, and ensemble interaction, The Young Elders are traversing the folk world & leaving large shoes to fill.
SilentPlace
10
$15.00

Cdatakill
Bleeding Hearts vol. 1
PS, GERMANY The first volume of "Bleeding Hearts", the vinyl companion to the "Valentine" album, features one new Cdatakill track, as well as remixes by Enduser, übergang (Christoph de Babalon's new project), Detritus, Lapsed and Mad EP. From the heaviest of breakcore to more melodic, syncopated hip hop-influenced track, this hand-picked selection of remixes shows the scope of Cdatakill's music and the influence of this long-running, extremely talented artist.
AdNoiseam-082
12
$10.00

Circle
Sunrise [re-issue]
PS, US
NoQuarter
CD
$15.25

Clockcleaner
Babylon Rules
PS, US This sees the band diving even further into the darker corners of the world while belting out tune after tune of psychotic trashy noise. For those that are fans of such bands like Killdozer, Pain Teens, Harry Pussy, & many other noise makers. The type of music that is inspired by long nights of hard drug use & many nights spent lurking past dark alleys trying to find your way home.
Load
LP
$14.75

CPC Gangbangs
Mutilation Nation
PS, US The vinyl edition of the killer debut from the band that rose from the ashes of garage punk architects LES SEXAREENOS, DAYLIGHT LOVERS & SPACESHIFTS. The sound is part Warsaw, part 13th Floor Elevators, part Flamin' Groovies and all primal psychedelic rock punk. Guitars are broken, amps are on fire, drums avalanche off the stage! yeowww!! Recommended with lots of whiskey.
Alien8
LP
$12.00

Destroyalldreamers
Wish I Was All Flames
PS, CANADA Destroyalldreamers was founded in the summer of 2002 in Montreal (Canada), by Eric Quach (guitar) & Shaun Doré (drums). Their first compositions were later embellished with the addition of Mathieu Grisé on guitar and Michèle Martin on bass, which led to the recording of their first full-length album "À Coeur Léger Sommeil Sanglant" by Patrick Lacharité (Below the Sea) in early 2004. It was released later the same year on Montreal's label Where Are My Records (Barzin, Epic45, Readymade, etc.). The following year, Destroyalldreamers rode the success of their critically acclaimed debut album, and is offered numerous studio projects to keep them busy. Eric Quach took over the band's production duties with the help of Shaun Doré, Shane Whitbread & Martin Valence. Most of the year was spent on pre-production, live performances and learning how to produce. The resulting studio tracks were used for the aforementioned projects that all saw their release in 2006, which included: a contribution to the shoegaze-homage compilation "Never Lose That Feeling, Volume 2" (other artists includes Hammock, Sing-Sing, etc.) released by ClubAC30 (UK); a contribution for the Propergol Y Colargol rework compilation "Ode to Roger" (other artists includes Eluvium, Giardini di Miro, Helios, etc.) released by Diesel Combustible/Autres Directions in Music (France); a 12" vinyl EP titled "Glare/Halo" released on Claire's Echo (USA), a Clairecords subsidiary label affiliated with the world widely recognized distributor Tonevendor which has proudly dubbed Destroyalldreamers' debut album "À Coeur Léger Sommeil Sanglant" as "The Best Shoegaze Album of 2004". Destroyalldreamers then finished the recording of their second full-length in the fall of 2006. Shortly after, the band has parted ways with bassist Michèle Martin and the release of the album was put aside. They took a short break the next year to pursue different musical and life projects. In the summer of 2007, Destroyalldreamers got back together as an official three-piece, with a close friend filling out on bass for live performances to ready the release of the aforementioned sophomore album entitled "Wish I Was All Flames", again on Where Are My Records in the fall of 2007. This new album is a more focused and mature record, filled with a wide array of sounds, with the added live energy that was developed since their beginnings. It also marks the end of a chapter for Destroyalldreamers' journey as the band has already expressed its wishes to explore new sonic territories. Pre-production for future releases is expected to start in the beginning of 2008
WhereAreMyRecords-023
CD
$13.00

Detritus
Fractured
PS, GERMANY The logical sequel of the "Thresholds" single, "Fractured" sees Detritus keep the harder guitars and beats, while staying true to this intricate drum'n'bass patterns and evocative strings. A production tour-de-force, it presents a crystal-clear, yet powerful and deep sound that confirms this essential acts to the confirmed heights he had reached with his previous albums. Deep, masterful and highly rewarding.
AdNoiseam-85
CD
$14.75

Duchamp, Marcel
Musical Erratum + In Conversation
PS, UK A new CD by influential avant-garde artist Marcel Duchamp, featuring two interpretations of his Musical Erratum for piano, together with four spoken word extracts. Written in 1913, the Musical Erratum for piano forms part of the sequence of notes and projects which led to Duchamp's celebrated artwork, La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (The bride stripped bare by her batchelors, even, often called The Large Glass). La Mariée... is also the sub-title of the 1913 piano work. Abstract, elusive and even "inachievable" according to the artist, the Musical Erratum consists of two scores. In the first, notes are replaced by numbered keys, and virtuoso performance is discouraged in favour of novel mechanical instrumentation. The second offers a form of random composition, by which numbered balls are dropped into the moving wagons of a toy train. Famously, Duchamp described the whole as "a very useless performance, in any event." Two versions are included on this new CD, including a conventional (but non-virtuoso) performance on piano, and another on which spinning rotary discs brush the piano strings to produce extraordinary tones. The extended 74 minute CD also includes four spoken word extracts by Duchamp (English language), including a fascinating lecture delivered in Houston in 1957, The Creative Act, and a lengthy interview recorded in 1959.
LTM-2504
CD
$17.00

Fatal Flying Guilloteens
Quantum Fucking
PS, US The Houston, Texas group's third album delivers more of the raw & nasty fusion of hardcore, blues & punk that has become their trademark.
FrenchKiss-272
CD
$13.25

Favorita
S-T (DELAYED, PREORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, CANADA Twelve years after it was recorded but never released, Popsicle Recordings will present the sole album from Swedish indiepop pioneers Favorita. The brainchild of former Beagle and current Metro Jets frontman Magnus Borjeson, Favorita fell foul of record company politics on the eve of this album's 1997 release and it never saw the light of day. The band split up, the album was forgotten. Popsicle Recordings didn't want Favorita to pass into obscurity. Sure, the album has circulated as a bootleg among discerning music lovers for five or six years, but an album this good deserves a shot at reaching a wider audience. So they dusted off the master tapes, added eight bonus cuts and both of the band's low-budget videos, unearthed photos from the two promo shoots the band did and coaxed some inspired sleeve notes from noted Swedish journalist and blogger (and former Beagle drummer) Anders Mildner. The result is the definitive Favorita experience. Everything you could want to know about this exceptional but criminally short-lived band, there on one disc.
Popsicle
CD
$13.00

Fear Falls Burning & Birchville Cat Motel
Self-Titled
PS, US One 49:11 jammarathon.
Conspiracy
CD
$16.75

Feu Therese
Ca Va Cogner
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Constellation-049
LP
$18.00

Foetus
Vein
PS, US This is not "Love" remixed. It is fractured & reimagined by some of today's most notable artists, incl. FENNESZ, MIKE PATTON, JASON FORREST, MATMOS & more! It's an immersive, powerful, & sometimes harrowing journey through sound & emotion. 2 yrs in the making, strewn w/ tears, joy, & casualties.
Birdman-103
CD
$15.00

Frog Pocket
Come On Primates!
PS, US With tracks employing heavy electronic drums, & a huge & looming masterpiece full of gnawing strings & beats, this gently guides the listener on a beautiful sonic journey. Hearing the mix of electronica and noise with folk influences, it's easy to imagine the dramatic Ayr landscape that inspires this album-although it's not all wistful beaut.
PlanetMu
CD
$15.00

Gang Gang Dance
Rawwar
PS, US "Rawwar" is the first glimpse of exactly what the band have been up to over this prolific year. Clocking in at just over twenty minutes and sprawled across three tracks, the release plays like a GANG GANG DANCE sampler of sorts; a taster for what is to come. "Rawwar" opens with "Nicoman": a live favorite from the last few years which has been refined in the studio.bombastic and dance-oriented it blends the bands affection for musical styles, propelling the listener through the four minutes of audible tribal chaos, while at the same time demonstrating GGD's talent for pop melody. "Oxygen Demo Riddim" finds the band improvising and building musical ideas into a dreamy hypnotic instrumental interlude. The final, almost cinematic, track is a studio composition entitled "The Earthquake That Frees Prisoners" which unfolds over ten minutes. This was painstakingly assembled in the studio and incorporates conversational dialog from their deceased band member Nathan Maddox interwoven into the bands compositional structure.
TheSocialRegistry-030
12
$9.00

Gasman
Audiogold
PS, US This contains nothing but the finest aural stimuli. Blending dreamlike synths w/ discordant undertones & processed beats, he adds elements of acid & electro. He pushes the envelope of melodic IDM composition while still retaining his trademark sound somewhere between a haunted 19th century ballroom & an early 90s rave.
PlanetMu-185
CD
$15.00

Ghastly City Sleep
S-T
PS, US New music seldom surfaces that is so deeply intense, just hearing it may induce instant nostalgia-the ancient sensations when the seasons change, a vivid dream involving first love. The multitude of layers are accompanied by a warm yet haunting array of vocals, which contributes to making this debut feel epic.
RoboticEmpire-061
CD
$10.00

Ghost
Overture
PS, US At sunset on the night of October 9th, '06, a crowd gathered at Nippon Yusen Soko, a converted warehouse space located on Yokahama Bay. The performance space was chosen for its sonic qualities such as natural reverb as well as its resemblance to Potala Palace in Lhasa. Band members were spaced apart to prevent eye contact & allow distance for the reverberations to unfold between them.The CD performance is an edited version of the evening's events/the
DVD is a completely live, 4 camera view into the collective journey of Ghost & their audience.
DragCity-330
CD/DVD
$16.50

Glowstyx (a.k.a. Bong-Ra)
Class of 1992
PS, UK We know what you're asking yourself, what's newer than new-rave? Well, what about OLD-RAVE! Just when you thought the true spirit of Rave was lost to Indy-rock poster boys, Glowstyx arrives with the smashing debut "Class of 1992"! Produced by rave-master Jason Köhnen, (AKA Bong-Ra), Glowstyx gives you good-ol' breakbeat Rave just like you remembered it, but somehow slightly updated and ready for the dance floor! Over 3 years in the making and meticulously constructed from an archive of over 4 gigabyte of old-school rave nostalgia, Glowstyx successfully manages to deliver 12 tracks that seemingly are warped here from over more than a decade ago. Somehow the charm, humor and excitement of Rave got lost in the growing popularity of synthetic repetitive dance music; focusing less on hooks, catchy melodies and simple song structures. But once you hear Glowstyx, you'll realize the power of the music itself is here to stay! Bring back the high pitch vocals! Bring back the piano breakdowns, "mentasm" and rolling breaks! The old-school Rave revival is here, and let's all drop some E to celebrate it! About Cock Rock Disco: Cock Rock Disco was founded by Jason Forrest (AKA DJ Donna Summer) and was established to release amazing new music by a new generation of producers from all over the world. Please look for upcoming releases; they are great, we promise.
CockRockDisco-016
CD
$14.75

Gonzalez, Jose
In Our Nature [limited edition vinyl]
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mute
LP
$16.25

Hawkwind
Self-Titled [re-issue]
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Produced by former Pretty Things guitarist Dick Taylor, Hawkwind's first album was rightfully compared to Pink Floyd's early sound: an appealing conglomeration of hippie rock grooves and interplanetary guitar trips set to the phosphorescent wandering of Dik Mik's electronics and Nik Turner's cool sax playing. Hawkwind may not have been their most lucrative album, but it's where it all began. Hawkwind's initial galactic blues-rock sound is based on Dave Brock's guitar playing, rising smoke-like through the haze of lyrical space funk... Hawkwind's sound indeed solidified as their career moved upward through the '70s, but their first album magnificently introduces the starting point of what was going to be a long and peculiar journey."
Caroline
CD
$12.50

Higgs, Daniel (A.I.U.)
Metempsychotic Melodies
PS, US Raw picked acoustic guitar drones dominate here as the instrumental fades into the waking dream soliloquy of observation. A long waltzy drone w/ enough spooky atmosphere for one to think that it could have been recorded at Sunshine studios as there is a heavy Vogel vibe to the whole thing.
HolyMountain-144
CD
$15.00

iLiKETRAiNS
Elegies To Lessons Learnt
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BeggarsBanquet
LP
$13.25

iLiKETRAiNS
Elegies To Lessons Learnt
PS, US The stories told by this Leeds five-piece are set to carefully structured, adorning melodies with instrumental patterns capable of creating an incredible range of emotions. This debut will be supported by their first US tour starting at CMJ in late October. "Intelligent, witty songs are matched by hauntingly powerful riffs. These make you think of The Smiths and Interpol joining forces with Sigur Ros" - The Sun.
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$13.25

Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Jukebox Explosion
PS, US
InTheRed
CD
$15.00

Karate
595
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Southern
LP
$15.25

Karate
595
PS, US First release since 2004,this is a recording of the band's 595th live show, recorded in Belgium at the end of a long tour. This is the band's favorite live document because of its' clarity and balance.
Southern
CD
$13.25

Lapsed & Nonnon
The Death Of Convenience
PS, GERMANY "A matter of consciousness": Lapsed's third album sees his pair up with turntablist and producer nonnon and a crew of renowned MC to deliver a wild ride of glitchy electronic hip-hop with an edge. Ranging from heavy head bangers to lyrical narratives, "The Death Of Convenience" impresses by its variety, detail and its maturity. A very rich, well thought and thought-provoking album bearing fruits of many influences and sleepless nights of careful composition.
AdNoiseam-87
CD
$14.75

Lazarus
Hawk Medicine
PS, US "Hawk Medicine" is the first LAZARUS album written and performed as a group, and it shows. The eccentricities of each member shine brightly, with {TREVOR} MONTGOMERY'S voice no longer the grounded base, but more of an ominous presence drifting above and below. Produced by the band and engineered in large part by JASON QUEVER of THE PAPERCUTS (for which Montgomery is also a member), "Hawk Medicine" imagines an alternate world where Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash take turns scaring each other with their political ghost stories while driving down a foggy highway at night with the headlights off. In spite of this darkness, "Hawk Medicine" is undoubtedly the most hopeful Lazarus album yet, and it's this precarious balance that also makes it the most mesmerizing.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-124
CD
$11.50

Letters Letters
S-T
PS, UK This is the debut album from Montreal/Chicago trio Letters Letters, a band made up of veteran electronic music producer Mitchell Akiyama, singer Jenna Robertson and producer/singer Tony Boggs. Mitchell Akiyama has been an active part of the music scene for some time now as a solo artist, label boss and collaborator with various other musicians, most notably with Boggs (as Désormais) and Robertson (as Avia Gardener), but this is the first time the three musicians have put their heads together and created something which absolutely defies their earlier work. Turning electronic music and post-rock on its head, Letters Letters instead decided to look to the early '80s. With broken synthesizers, fizzled-out drum machines and the usual arsenal of guitars and overdriven amplifiers, they managed to figure out a perfect pop formula. Taking the usual hooks and choruses and feeding them through a mire of grimy effects, they ended up with something flickering and desperately neon-colored. Music for day-glo wrist bands and basement parties, this is a fresh take on the DIY lo-fi scene, and even if the whole fanzine culture has broken down, making way for blogs and webzines, it doesn't mean we have to lose touch with the grittier side of life.
Type-022
CD
$14.25

Magnet
#77
PS, US Jim James of MY MORNING JACKET on cover. Articles on Ween, Robert Pollard, Battles, Animal Collective, Mendoza Line, the 21st Century Primitive Guitar Sir Richard Bishop, Glenn Jones, James Blackshaw & more!
ZINE
$3.00

Muscles
Guns Babes Lemonade
PS, US Since early 2006, the one man phenomenon Muscles has been making some serious noise both locally and internationally. His sound is built around keyboards, synths packaged full of extraordinary party anthems, explosive vocal harmonies, rigid techno, lo-fi house and soft trance. His debut album comes on the heels of two of the summers biggest singles; the explosive "Sweaty" and the soothing "Ice Cream."
Modular/Interscope
CD
$11.00

My Little Airport
Zoo Is Sad, People Are Cruel
PS, SPAIN MY LITTLE AIRPORT is an indie-pop/electro-noise-pop band from Hong Kong (the second Hong Kong artist in the Elefant Records story, right after THE PANCAKES), formed by P and Nicole, college classmates since 2001, and well known in the Hong Kong area thanks to the big success they had with their debut album. "Zoo is sad, people are cruel", is a fourteen-song album compiling the best moments off their two albums. A sweetest selection that will make you laugh and it will make you sigh, and above all it will fill you with joy. Their lyrics are about relationships and stories between P and his friends and acquaintances. Really, the lyrics are about this. Just check out song titles like "Victor, fly me to Stafford", "You don't wanna be my girlfriend, Phoebe" or "Leo, are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?". Their twee-pop sound shares the naïveté of the Sarah Records bands, the simple chrams of CONFETTI and THE SOFTIES and the unaffected intonations of HEAVENLY's Amelia Fletcher. Sometimes, their sound tends more towards punk-pop à la HELEN LOVE (as in the short pill that is "Gigi Leung is dead"), and they also openly acknowledge their fondness for SLOWDIVE y MOJAVE 3, who might be a big influence on the final track, "Dee, it may all end up tomorrow". But, with a song titled "When I listen to The Field Mice", what else could they be but an indie band?
Elefant-1124
CD
$14.00

Nobuko Hori
Xtoyourmilkyhair
PS, US A quiet hurricane. It's been heading straight for us, but no one has really put out the warning call yet, and it's probably to late. Over the last couple year Nobuko Hori has been building up, making album covers, music videos. Appearing in collaborations, doing remixes. Including working with other people like Christopher Willits (12k, Ghostly International), and O.Lamm (Active Suspension), to name a few. Now that she has reached full steam, landfall will
be soon. In this case, the torrent of energy is mainly build out of some jacked up electronics, and nobuko's voice. Sometimes quiet, sometimes loud. The sound ebb and flow, sometimes lulling you into safety, other time tossing you out into center of the storm. Nobuko was born and raised in the Kansai area of Japan. Witch is the area around Osaka. There must be something in the water there, cause it seems to culture people with no boarders on art. She moved to Tokyo to study art, and has since moved to NYC. We here at music related think she's a great unique talent, and continues the kansai's area history of pushing left field pop and experimentation forward. We're happy to finally release her debut album "xtoyourmilkyhair".
MusicRelated-019
CD
$11.50

Octis
The Social Club Nº6
PS, US MICK BARR'S guitar style is the sound of musical entropy. His compositions, nestled in that grey area somewhere between grindcore and classical, have the air of some sort of slow building chaos, seemingly spiraling out of control. But Barr, here in his solo incarnation OCTIS, maintains the poise of a classical composer. His style of heavily-distorted playing could commonly be deemed "shredding," but the songs found on this installment of THE SOCIAL CLUB are anything but mindless noodling. Backed by an avant-garde pedigree, with work in bands like Quix*o*tic, Orthrelm, and a duo with Zach Hill of Hella, Barr makes intelligent music for the metal-inclined
TheSocialRegistry-053
45
$5.50

Of Montreal
If He's Protecting Our Nation, Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children? (RE-ISSUE)
PS, US Until now, if one wanted this UK-only of Montreal album, it was time for an online trip over to Ebay. But as part of Polyvinyl's continuing effort to bring all of Montreal titles back into print, ...Big Oilis finally getting a
wide release in the United States.
With of Montreal's consistent growth, and because this entire album was never widely available outside Great Britain, expect a higher demand than a typical reissue!
Polyvinyl
CD
$12.50

Origami Arktika
Trollebotn
PS, US Combining elements of ambient noise, post rock, drone, & electro-acoustics w/ traditional Norwegian folk gives the band the unique sound they have grown to be known for on this, their 7th album. Recorded on an island overlooking the the geographical area called Trollebotn, the songs on the album are tales of lust, deceit, dancing, drinking, murder, & giants that truly capture the magic of this tucked away part of the world.
Silber-062
CD
$12.50

Owls, The
Daughters and Suns [CD+DVD]
PS, US The long awaited long player from the Minneapolis' The Owls is finally finished. Apart from a few compilations The Owls haven't seen a release since 2004's "Our Hopes and Dreams" mini lp. Instead of spending countless hours in a studio the band decided to make them more self-sufficient and set up the recording studio themselves which there is always a learning curve involved. Three songwriters Brian Tighe, Maria May, and Allison LaBonne come together with drummer John Jerry and special friends to create an unlikely musical voyage, aboard ships, carnival rides, airplanes; trespassing through backyards, human resources departments, and down perilous roads into the distance. Bitter yet life affirming, the Owls console comic strip characters, invent the perfect man, party on the eve of the apocalypse, explore the notion of empire, pay their bills by candlelight, and send flowers into sewers before bidding listeners a rousing adieu. Rich with melody and male/female harmony Daughters and Suns tenders buoyant, laid-back pop with gentle strikes of lightning.
MagicMarker
CD/DVD
$12.25

Phosphorescent
Pride
PS, US Musicians often head to New York - it's a familiar story. But something magical happened when MATTHEW HOUCK picked up stakes halfway through making his new PHOSPHORESCENT record, "Pride," and moved to Brooklyn from Athens, Georgia. "Pride" is something different. While it's not without the moments of sheer abandon that have made Phosphorescent's work unmistakable-"At Death, A Proclamation" thunders into familiar territory-mostly gone are the messy marching bands and evangelical fervor. Here, Houck instead channels something more mystical and haunting, offering up a dark, meditative set of songs that is all the more spiritual-sounding for its restrained tone. On previous albums, he's recruited guest musicians to fill the gaps, but on "Pride," Houck has only enlisted the services of a makeshift choir, otherwise recording every instrument himself. His achingly cerebral delivery recalls ARTHUR RUSSELL, but honestly, "Pride" sounds like nothing else we've ever heard. These are poems uttered in an empty field, punctuated by shouts and hollers, as if from a singer either abandoned or possessed. The lyrics are Houck's strongest ever, wrapped in washed out choral etudes that could be channeled from a rural French chapel or a solemn African tribe in prayer. "Pride" sounds like it was made by a man set free. In fact, "Pride" sounds broken free of time and place altogether. Yet still it is warm, familiar, and welcoming-a record to call home.
DeadOceans-005
LP
$10.25

Plant, Robert & Alison Krauss
Raising Sand
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Rounder
DLP
$19.00

Plant, Robert & Alison Krauss
Raising Sand
PS, US T Bone Burnett produced collaboration between two of the most distinctive voices in music. Incl. help from MARC RIBOT, NORMAN
BLAKE, T BONE BURNETT, MIKE SEEGER,& others.
Rounder
CD
$18.00

Plumerai
Without Number
PS, US Plumerai delivers their first full length for Silber doing their take on classic early 1990's alternative. Shoegazing guitars, sultry female vocals, & driving basslines w/ overdubs of organs & accordions to make their unique sound.
Silber
CD
$12.50

Prefuse 73
Preparations
PS, US DOUBLE VINYL VERSION!!!
Warp
DLP
$19.00

Prefuse 73
Preparations
PS, US The new double album. In a strategy aimed at encouraging folks to buy the actual CD, only the physical edition will come complete w/ the second disc. So if you buy this one on iTunes it will only be a one disc album.
Warp
CD
$16.00

Randall of Nazareth
S-T
PS, US His take on the folk blues canon is expert,informed by the deities of the 19th and 20th centuries,but idiosyncratically his own. Picking & groaning, Randall (PEARLS & BRASS) streamlines the performances w/ discreet touches. Gritty, arid , timeless...this is music that evokes squalor w/ elegance,
evoking midnight at noon w/ all mysteries intact & growing quietly more intense w/ the years.
DragCity-347
CD
$13.25

Randall of Nazareth
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-347
LP
$14.00

Redwalls
Self-Titled
PS, US New album? Re-issue?
MadDragon
CD
$16.25

Rework
So Cold Remixes Part 2
PS, US Jackmate puts Rework's smasher "So Cold" through the hoops. Where the original mix dashes ahead from the first second, Jackmate lets it grow. The vocals take a journey through the reverberation chamber, and there's a trippy broken beat that even the coolest hobby-raver can't resist. The Losoul mix features irresistible, weird organ sounds. The dancefloor will explode for sure.
Playhouse-139
12
$9.50

Saturday Looks Good To Me
Fill Up the Room
PS, US After three years of relative silence, warped indie-pop collective SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME return triumphantly with their fourth studio album "Fill Up The Room". Following two critically acclaimed releases with Polyvinyl Records, this marks the beginning of the band's work with K Records, and a dramatic progression from their 60's tinged retro-pop sound to a more textured, experimental and colorful breed of pop music. Songwriter, producer, guitarist and lead vocalist Fred Thomas leads the Saturdays through a shifting palette of sonic joys on Fill Up The Room. Renowned for their production and arrangement, SLGTM is true to form with these new developments, meshing soaring string sections, harpsichords and interstellar fuzz guitar with found sound samples and ghostly wordless vocal melodies. By the end, it's clear that "Fill Up The Room" acts as a powerful song cycle, repeating themes of love, death and redemption in a way free of teenage existential crises, but leaning more towards feelings of unbearable, unreasonable joy and the desire to celebrate all the misery and terror of life as part of the wonder.
Krecords-182
CD
$11.50

Savage Republic
1938
PS, US New album, info scarce.
Neurot
CD
$15.25

Scotland Yard Gospel Choir
Self-Titled
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For their second album, the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir have forsaken their pop aspirations for a darker, more cynical sound with echoes of the British new wave bands of the late '70s and lyrics that deal with the horrors of modern life..."
Bloodshot
CD
$12.25

Scurshahor/Striborg
Split
PS, US Scurshahor is an Australian entity, brethren in aesthetic to Sin-Nanna. The actual identity of this project is a mystery. Striborg tracks composed & recorded exclusively for this session. LIMITED TO 1500
SouthernLord
45
$5.00

Seabear
The Ghost That Carried Us Away
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic
LP
$15.50

Seabear
The Ghost That Carried Us Away
PS, GERMANY
MorrMusic
CD
$17.75

Shark Move
Ghede Chokra's
PS, GERMANY Indonesian rock pioneers Shark Move started playing in Bandung, Indonesia in 1970 and was founded by Benny Soebardja, who plays lead guitar and sings. The group combined rock music and English lyrics with traditional harmonies and progressive sounds. While other bands at that time were still playing sweetened pop music, this was really an experimental recording for the time and place it was made. Unfortunately, at the end of 1970, the keyboard player passed away, so Benny decided not to continue with his band and formed a new one named Giant Step (which might come out soon on Shadoks music). Ghede Chokra's is a very complex prog album which is as strong as many good UK albums of the same period, with that little something extra that makes this album unique and great.
Shadoks-086
CD
$14.25

Shrigley, David / Various Artists
Worried Noodles
PS, US "I didn't make a record. I couldn't be bothered to make a record. It would have been too difficult. It was easier not to make a record," writes DAVID SHRIGLEY about his LP-sized book of song lyrics. The original "Worried Noodles" songbook reveals a never-ending curiosity; the lyrics are simple poetry, ironic yet somehow honest, and insistently inciting. The book merged the three spheres in Shrigley's work - art, book, and music - yet it was silent. That first edition, also released by TOMLAB, sold out within just 6 months of its publication two years ago. The book found a slew of new admirers of David Shrigley's work in pop music circles, wherein the idea of adapting these songs to music was recognized as something that needed to happen. In collaboration with David Shrigley, Tomlab gathered a diverse selection of musicians and bands from the unknown to the legendary to receive a copy of the book. Many were already familiar with David Shrigley's work, and some are among his most devoted fans. Those who did not know of his work instantly fell in love with his quirky drawings and words. All of the artists wished to join this collaboration and delivered their stellar songcraft! During the process of the collaboration, Shrigley found perhaps the best words to describe the strong enthusiasm present in the project: "Now we have opened the can of worms we have to deal with the consequences." The can now counts 39 worms - all exclusives!
Tomlab-100
DCD/BOOK
$28.25

Sightings
Through the Panama
PS, US Bass, drum & guitars meshed together w/a synthetic twine envisioned in future think tanks. Literally the sound of human progress darkened w/a profound fidelity so loud the dark matter of the universe quivers in a deadly orgasm. Guitar, bass & drums reconfigured for a new purpose.
Load
CD
$15.00

Skyscraper
#26
PS, US Features on Bad Brains, Les Savy Fav, Mum, Deerhunter, Cass McCombs, Two Gallants, Sir Richard Bishop, Editors, Tarentel, Pissed Jeans & many others. Plus the usual plethora of articles, & reviews.
ZINE
$5.50

Slow Six
Private Times in Public Places
PS, US Simultaneously traditional and modern, amplified strings, guitars, a fender Rhodes, and drums are joined by homegrown software "instruments" used to process the band's live performance. The detail and structure of these compositions reveals the group's background in the world of modern classical music, leaning on NYC's post-minimalist heritage while their electrified, live energy projects the palpable drive of a long-running band with deep indie roots. In July of 2007 NEW ALBION released the SLOW SIX album "Nor'easter," adding Slow Six to New Albion's prestigious roster of art-music pioneers INCLUDING JOHN CAGE, ARVO PÄRT, TERRY RILEY, AND STEVE REICH.
WesternVinyl-47
CD
$11.50

Sole & The Skyrider
S-T
PS, US The improvisational songwriting process produced a musicality new to Sole discography, & also furnished a number of stunning juxtapositions. The lovely analog of "Shipwreckers" comfortably cohabits w/ the grinding, anthemic opening track, where Sole promises, "when the last buzzard eats the last candy bar from the last body on the San Andreas, it'll be a sad day for investors."
Anticon-078
CD
$15.50

Sole & The Skyrider
S-T
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anticon-078
DLP
$17.00

Stonebreath
Songs of Moonlight & Rain (Expanded)
PS, US Presaging the free/freak/acid-folk boom by almost a decade, Stone Breath carved a unique place in what was then a very lonely neighborhood. "Songs of Moonlight and Rain," the first Stone Breath album, struck a spectral note somewhere between Syd Barrett singing nature poetry & The Incredible String Band's more lonesome moments; blended with experimental graveyard-songs & acoustic drones into a cauldron of darkness & hope; nature & supernature; love & loss. This 10-year anniversary edition presents the entire original album with nine bonus tracks! Several bonus tracks from the same period - dating back to the very first SB song ever recorded (1995), and related songs from later periods, including a collaboration with Fit & Limo.
Hand/Eye-031
CD
$12.25

Subtle
Yell & Ice
PS, US Features remixes & remakes of songs from the band's earlier For Hero: For Fool album & acts as sort of a sequel to their previous collaboration/remix project, It's stacked w/ guest artists, incl. WHY?, TV ON THE RADIO's Tunde Adebimpe, WOLF PARADE's Dan Boeckner, NOTWIST's Markus Archer & BRACKEN & HOOD's Chris Adams.
Lex
CD
$15.00

Sun
I'll Be The Same
PS, US Limited vinyl edition of the Staubgold full length cd. 500 made. Sun is the coupling of sound artist OREN AMBARCHI and musician-producer CHRIS TOWNEND. The pair have been kindred spirits for many years, with Townend being a sensitive and crucial ear in engineering Ambarchi's landmark solo recordings. It was their shared love for expansive pop that led them to their first musical collaboration together as Sun, released on Staubgold in 2003. The self-titled debut was a laidback delight of many melodic charms and artful creation, as sweet as it was wry in its lyricism. Those trademarks continue with "I'll Be The Same", though the songs here are more freewheeling pleasures where an unaffected sense of experimentalism breezes in.
Important-171
LP
$15.00

Sun Electric
Lost & Found 1998-2000
PS, GERMANY Lost & Found (1998-2000) is the never-released follow-up album to 1998's Via Nostra by Berlin's Sun Electric (Max Loderbauer, Tom Thiel). Who is Sun Electric? Sun Electric is to ambient music what The Sex Pistols was to punk music. But since electronic music abandoned the pathetic poses of rock music, nobody had to die to make this unique band history. The Sun Electric members are regarded as innovators of ambient music - or electronic listening music or intelligent dance music - depending on what you prefer. After electronic music exploded in the late '80s/early '90s, the music seemed more or less to be restricted to forming the heartbeat of homogeneous party crowds. Like The Orb's Alex Paterson, Loderbauer and Thiel allowed the sounds to detach themselves from the action on the dancefloor to lead a life of their own. After having released six albums on the R&S/Apollo label, Loderbauer and Thiel lost interest in their hardware equipment and explored computer-based modes of music production. Lost + Found is more than an archaeological find, it's the rediscovery of electronic music as an alien experience, as a sonic challenge. Thiel and Loderbauer avoid the pathetic narcissism of overproduction: the plague in current electronic music production. Lost + Found was recorded in the three successive years after Sun Electric's final album was released in 1998. Listening to Lost + Found, one might feel like visiting a jungle: the music creates a complex soundscape, reminding of the noises of weather conditions and the sounds of a multitude of unknown animals. While current electronic music triggers the movements of the dancer's bodies like an aerobics class, the effects of Sun Electric's music on mind and body are complex and open.
Shitkatapult-086
CD
$15.00

Supersilent
8
PS, NORWAY Supersilent celebrate 10 years as a groundbreaking quartet with their first studio album in almost 5 years, the eighth release in their series. Members Arve Henriksen (trumpet, voice, electronics, drums), Helge Sten (audio virus), Ståle Storløkken (keyboards, synthesizers) and Jarle Vespestad (drums) form a band that refuse categorization, with experiments in such disparate elements as ambient, jazz, electronica, rock, techno, noise and musique concréte. As with Supersilent 6, 8 was recorded during a 5-day studio session at all-analog facility, Athletic Sound in Halden, Norway. From the monumental hardcore blizzard storm of 1-3, to the elegant electro-jazz of 4, and from the quiet soundscapes of 5, to the epic 6, Supersilent have yet again re-invented themselves with an album that to a certain degree explores more abstract and mysterious pathways beyond category and comparisons. The 68 minutes that ended up on 8 was chosen from 5 hours of finished music, and at one time the group considered a double or even triple album. The album has been mastered by U.S. mastering guru, Bob Katz in close collaboration with producer Deathprod, and it's been handled almost like classical music to keep the extremely dynamic range of the original recording. Again, the names of the players do not appear on the cover. This is Supersilent music, collective work, group improvising, and not a matter of individual grandstanding. They never rehearse as a group and don't discuss the music with each other, meeting only to play concerts or to record. Supersilent music lives in a no-man's-land between the genres, somewhere between rock, electronica, jazz and modern composition. Needless to say, there are no overdubs.
RuneGrammofon-2067
CD
$15.00

Sword Heaven
Entrance
PS, US LP is deluxe gatefold design & stylish scenes of hi-profile olden-style torture (?)
Entrance
LP
$14.75

Sword/Witchcraft
Split
PS, US "A"side (The Sword): Sea of Spears, Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover) "B" side (Witchcraft): You Bury Your Head, Queen of Bees, Sorrow Evoker. ALL SONGS EXCEPT "BURY YOUR HEAD" ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED
Kemado
12
$11.00

Terje, Jesper & Joachim
S-T
PS, GERMANY Terje Bandholdt (drums), Jesper Schmidt (guitar) and Joachim Ussing (bass) recorded this album in 1970 for the famous Spectator Records in Denmark (Moses/Blues Addicts/Days). Now reissued in the original cover with a booklet full of photos and band-story, this amazing heavy psych album beats most releases from Denmark, in quality and rarity. Massive guitar action all over, great heavy vocals and pumping rhythms lift this album with out-there grooves. Besides Blues Addicts, the best heavy psych album from Northern Europe.
Shadoks-092
CD
$14.25

Tullycraft
Every Scene Needs a Center
PS, US New album from twee heroes! Tullycraft is known for writing indie pop anthems. Over the years, the band has penned a handful of songs that practically define the twee movement in America. It would be a safe statement to say that the new album, Every Scene Needs a Center, picks up where the band's fourth album, Disenchanted Hearts Unite, left off, but that would also be selling Tullycraft short. This new album, recorded entirely on analog tape, is not simply a collection of wonderfully snarky pop songs with one or two anthems thrown in, but is an entire record of ultra-catchy, smart indie pop anthems that takes aim at vampires, the English class system, goth waitresses, and much more. This time around, Tullycraft may have actually crafted a twee masterpiece. PITCHFORK: "Yes, it's the esoteric world of too-clever, self-referential indie-pop, but hey, you can dance to it too ... Tullycraft kick[s] some twee ass." /// MAGNET: "Decidedly extroverted, Seattle's Tullycraft took a punk approach to its indie-pop aesthetic ... like a group of kids covering the Violent Femmes."
MagicMarker
CD
$12.25

Various
Songs From the Big Top
PS, US The film centers on the life of Vincent O'Malley, a young man who runs away w/ the circus, only to become consumed by his desire for power & the love of a woman. This 13-track collection incl.s songs by LISA GERMANO, CLIENTELE, DAMIEN JURADO, MATTHEW SWEET, ELEVENTH DREAM DAY, DOUG MARTSCH, THE OWLS, COMMUNIQUE & more. All material is unique to the film and the CD.
DevonReed-366
CD
$13.25

Various
Return of the Instro-Hipsters Vol. 2: Groovy Instrumentals from the UK 1965-1973
PS, UK Vol. 2 presents 20 previously uncomped groovy instrumentals from the UK circa '65-'73. Hot on the heels of the On The Brink... compilation, the Psychic Circle label presents tunes designed to stimulate and relax in equal measure. This comp explores that brightly-hued subculture which brought together session men, orchestras, rock bands and jazzers in a mirrorball flash of melodic inspiration and rhythmic expression. Music that is as evocative as any color slide of Swinging London. If David Bailey could have photographed sound instead of images, he would have come up with something like this. Compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Artists include: D. Cordell's Tea Time Ensemble, The 4 Instants, The Roger Coulam Quartet, Harold McNair, Music Through Six, Sounds Sensational, The Masked Phantom, The Johnny Harris Orchestra, Tony Newman, The Tony Evans Band, Kenny Clare, Sharks, The Outer Limits, Cliff Adams, Oliver Bone, Thunder Poad, Jerry Allen, Paraffin Jack Flash, The Helmut Zaccharias Orchestra and Ning.
PsychicCircle-7013
CD
$15.00

Various
Blow Your Cool: 20 Prog/Psych Assaults from the UK & Europe 1969-1974
PS, UK 20 previously uncomped prog/psych assaults from the UK & Europe, 1969-1974. So here we are again one and all; scoop neck Mr. Freedom T's freshly laundered, split-knee loons fashionably fading, with another 20 swift excursions into that amorphous hybrid of prog and psych, so loved by today's cognoscenti. And what nefarious delights are in store for the voyager? May we present the young Linda Lewis, Atomic Rooster's drummer re-located to Italy, a top prog outfit comprising four Moroccan Jews and a Belgian soul band gone all weird. With 16 other strange pleasures, how could any self-respecting head refuse? Compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Artists include: Paradise Hammer, Barry Freeman & Strange Power, Primitive Man, The Foundations, Dream Police, Tritons, Mogul Thrash, Ferris Wheel, Triangle, Zior, The Rattles, Freedom, Bluebeard, Paul Ryder & Time Machine, Variations, Egg, Jess & James, Bedlam, Swegas and Cosmic Dealer.
PsychicCircle-7014
CD
$15.00

Various
Cries From The Midnight Circus: Ladbroke Grove 1967-78
PS, US Awesome UK 60s, 70s psych-rock collection features Pretty Things, Mighty Baby, The Action, Pink Fairies, Hawkwind, Quintessence, Edgar Broughton Band, Motorhead, and many more. Highly recommended!
Castle
DCD
$22.50

Warlocks
Heavy Deavy Skull Lover
PS, US New album! FILTER MAGAZINE: "The first album for Tee Pee from Los Angeles psych-rock band the Warlocks is definitely heavy deavy. It swirls and sears with ear-bleeding feedback and monumental guitar patterns. The band's ranks have fluctuated in members throughout the years, but the band has always remained based in the vision of Bobby Hecksher. Hecksher has found an accommodating home at Tee Pee, alongside similar California bands Entrance and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Heavy Deavy was recorded by Rod Cervera, who worked with the Warlocks back on the band's first EP and has also done studio time with the likes of Lavender Diamond, Weezer, and Silversun Pickups." (John Zeiss)
TeePee
CD
$15.00

Ween
La Cucaracha
PS, US For the past 20 years, Ween has established itself as a major artistic force, combining off-the-wall musical antics with brilliantly creative songwriting. La Cucaracha, Ween's new studio record, is an eclectic, dark, humorous, and bizarre assortment of songs. In other words, it's a typical Ween record. These thirteen tracks, though strongly diverse, share a common theme: relationships. It's a theme that can be at once joyful, morbid, humorous, and often frightening. From the tenderly introspective "Lullaby" to the disturbingly offensive "My Own Bare Hands," Ween pulls no punches in its latest endeavor, which acheives its power through sharp wit, clever songwriting, and brutal honesty.
Rounder
CD
$16.25

White Magic
Dark Stars
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity
12
$10.00

White Magic
Dark Stars
PS, US This contains themes of the Universe, & the dark stars that remain unseen in the night sky & within us. They are the infinite holes in the universe & in the human soul, remnants of a supernova. Invisible stars exist if they are massive enough. A new & concise direction, deeply rooted in the knowledge gained from previous explorations of the unknown.
DragCity
CD5
$9.50

Wooden Sky, The
When Lost At Sea
PS, US Toronto's Wooden Sky have cut together a collage of folk songs on their debut record, When Lost at Sea, that has drawn comparisons ranging from Townes Van Zandt to Okkervil River. Swelling between 4 and 7 members the group handle each song differently as the record runs the course from ragged rockers like 'North Dakota' to the delicately orchestrated 'The Wooden Sky'. Each song is delivered with a sense of urgency echoing the records underlying themes and bridging the gap across the range of dynamics. THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS REVIEW: "The songs on their album When Lost At Sea are twang-filled tales peppered with harmonica, banjo and slide guitar. Lead singer Gavin Gardiner's scratchy vocals navigate through songs that have a literary, narrative feel to them. And while they never approach the scope of bookishness that a band like the Decemberists may portray, there's definitely a rich sense of storytelling apparent in the folk-rock gems that comprise the album."
FMR-002
CD
$11.00

Yeasayer
All Hour Cymbals
PS, US It would be an untruth if we were to tell you that our hearts weren't ailing and our ears weren't sleeping before stumbling across some YEASAYER demos over a year ago. Nibbling at the idea of raising the white flag, we have since then lifted our chins and turned about face. Over the past year we have somehow managed to keep the music of YEASAYER under lock and key. A recording process that took place in two states, two cities, four buildings, and spanned 11 months, you would think it was a strenuous affair. It wasn't, it was a pleasure. The outcome, YEASAYER'S debut release, "ALL HOUR CYMBALS," is a completely mystifying and magical travel. It would only be a lazy stab to make modern day comparisons. Please, make this an exercise. Pulling from every spectrum and mashing, then re-mashing, the YEASAYER collective have bent genre's until unrecognizable. YEASAYER'S components are four, each multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and chanter. Founded by half of a barbershop quartet, then followed by the rhythm, YEASAYER is a tight brotherhood undisrupted by the external.
WeAreFree-002
CD
$11.50

Forthcoming Releases

60 Watt Kid
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US San Francisco trio who simulataneously pay homage to the culture of stripped down rock while abusing it irreverently, tweaking it w/wacked out time beats & infinite reverb. They blend psychedelic experimental pop w/electronic glitches & old rock chops. RIYD: Animal Collective, Spacemen 3.
AbsolutelyKosher-070
CD
$12.25

Aarktica
Matchless Years (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Pop/rock/experimental group lead by New York's Jon DeRosa featuring Mascott's Kendall Meade and Drum Corps' Aaron Spectre as well as other musicians known for their own work. As with previous records Matchless Years was recorded by Charles Newman at Mother West Studio, NYC. On Matchless Years Aarktica embraces the spirit of the best works of brethren Jesus And Mary Chain, Spiritualized, and Magnetic Fields, as well as a progression toward "dark disco" and a meshing of 1950's vocal pop sensibilities atop Aarktica's established atmospheric sound. The tradition of moody pop aural heroin has never sounded so comfortable. Matchless Years is by far Aarktica's strongest and most accessible work to date and is sure to gain them new fans. Personell: Jon DeRosa - vocals, guitars, bass, percussion, pump organ, harmonium, gamelan bells. Aaron Spectre (Drumcorps) - drum programs, Chris Carrico (ex-Crucifer) - electric guitar, Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt producer)- organ, keyboard, Mike Pride - drums, percussion, Seth Misterka - alto saxophone, James Duncan - trumpet, Gretta Cohn (ex-Bright Eyes/Cursive)- cello, Kendall Jane Meade (Mascott) - backing vocals, Ernie Adzentoivich - electric & upright bass. Produced by Charles Newman. Tracklisting: 1. Seventy Jane, 2. I Name You Sleep, 3. Intro to Arms, 4. Arms, 5. Summer Tabla Dub, 6. Happiness Boys, 7. Matchless, 8. Slow Sorrow, Oh. Also Available: AARKTICA -Bleeding Light CD (Darla: DRL-155), AARKTICA-Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life And Be Happy Anyway/Bliss Out v.18 CD (Darla: DRL121), AARKTICA-Pure Tone Audiometry CD (Silber: sil026), AARKTICA-No Solace In Sleep CD (Silber: sil012). PRESS: "Aarktica is cold, pure, and almost inescapably tranquil." -PITCHFORK.
Darla-177
CD
$12.25

Abtan, Freida
Subtle Movements (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Completed over 4 yrs from the sidelines of other projects & during her schooling in Montreal. It's a collection of her favorite pieces, combining her love of electro-acoustic music w/ her love of found melody. 2 of the songs are collaborations w/ Steven Stapleton of NURSE WITH WOUND.
DurtroJnana
CD
$15.00

Acid Mothers Temple
Acid Motherly Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Guitars howl, riffs grow BIGGER w/ each minute & brains get fried along the way. Recorded under falling ash & burning roof tiles, this feat. every dimension of their legendary underground sound - from wild riff heavy jams, to quieter acoustic passages & spoken monologues.
RiotSeason-016
CD
$20.00

Akre, Carrie
Last the Evening (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Lead singer for Seattle bands Hammerbox & Goodness releases her third solo album recorded with production/engineer wizard STEVE FISK. She possesses a thunderous & wailful voice that "might just inspire you to finally surrender to the love that you've been resisting."-Mark Pickeral (SCREAMING TREES)
Loveless-026
CD
$11.50

Am-Boy
Horrible Oracle Blessedness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Attacknine Records is proud to present Am-boy's "Horrible Oracle Blessedness", 16 tracks of addictive Technicolor synth-tunes, and the latest dose from a body of work that has earned him the title of "Walt Disney on Acid". Am-boy is coastal NJ's Forrest Wolf, and 'Horrible Oracle Blessedness' is his third full-length release. Perhaps more so than ever before, 'Horrible Oracle Blessedness' is filled with his trademark sugary hooks and pristine production that will leave you with a smile on your face and a head full of melodies you won't stop humming. The beats and melodies are deceptively simple, exemplifying a complex series of emotions that perfectly unveil themselves with each listen. You will not be disappointed, as this is by far one of the best albums of 2005." - Erik Kowalski/CASINO VERSUS JAPAN
Attack9-017
CD
$12.25

Amplified Heat
How Do You Like the Sound of That (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTBER 2ND)
PS, US Debut album of Deep South boogie-blues rock with a nifty psychedelic waycoolness from hirsute Austin trio.
Arclight
CD
$14.25

Andrea's Kit
Bad Taste Emergency (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Feisty French fun from a group of musical mavericks lost in London, this is rubber band funk, avant punk, & even a touch of grunk. This is like Captain Beefheart buggering Damon Albarn.
Loaf -011
CD
$9.25

Arp
In Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos,formerly of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment to "natural electronic music" (bridging the natural and electronic worlds),nearly all of In Light was recorded live.Very few loops were used -in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re:natural) edges that have been lost in so much "Electronic Music" today. In Light is a luminous album of warm, pulsing music. Like dreams or rich,saturated moments that make one lose sense of time, they are grainy snapshots,like old films of one's own experiences,elevated moments. Call it Pop Minimalism.Call it Cosmic Pop. Call it Cosmic Minimalism. Call it what you will.
SmalltownSupersound-133
CD
$14.50

Baby Dee
Robin's Tiny Throat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US This deluxe, double-CD retrospective set compiles all the music from her Little Window & Love's Small Song albums, originally available in limited numbers via World Serpent & long out-of-print. Also incl. are the tracks from her limited, mailorder-only EP Made For Love. Her voice harkens back to cabaret performers of old & appeals to fans of her friend Antony.
DurtroJnana
DCD
$18.75

Banhart, Devendra
Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
XL
LP
$19.25

Barzin
Barzin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6th)
PS, UK "Barzin's self-titled debut album is a gorgeous marriage of mood, minimalism and melancholia. Imagine Slint's quieter moments or Hayden's more gothic opuses and you'll have an idea of Barzin's approach... This is a morose masterpiece, an exercise in understatement that leaves the listener wanting more..." "... a sad beauty worthy of entry among the slow-core canon of Red House Painters, Cat Power, Low, et al". These are some of the many praises showered on the eponymous debut album of Toronto singer/songwriter Barzin, which was originally released in North America on Where Are My Records (2003), and also had a short-run release in France and Italy on the French label Ocean Music. Since 2004, it has been out of print in Europe, and will now be available for the first time worldwide. The follow-up album, 'My Life In Rooms' was released in Europe in 2006 and was similarly acclaimed, leading to a demand for the re-issue of the S/T debut. A new album is scheduled for release in 2008. "This eponymous CD boasts ripe writing skills, delicate arrangements, and exquisite production. Barzin's songs originate from the melancholic indie rock of Low, with hints of the American neofolk current...There is no weak moment on this album". Recommended (4/5) - All Music Guide.
Monotreme-31
CD
$17.00

Beirut
Flying Cup Club (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BaDaBing!
LP
$15.50

Bones, Mike
The Sky Behind The Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US MIKE BONES is New Jersey-born songwriter MIKE STRALLOW, who lives and works in New York City. Of his pseudonym, Strallow offers: "Bones is a nickname a friend gave to me when I was a kid. Making records as Mike Bones removes my voice from the song, at least in my own mind and leaves a song's meaning and intention ambiguous. I don't have to show my cards." Although Bones has been writing songs for years, worked as a guitar player for The Mighty Flashlight, Damon McMahon, and Lizzie Trulie, and is a member of cult favorites Soldiers of Fortune (a band featuring members of Oneida, Home, and Oakley Hall), "The Sky Behind the Sea" marks his debut solo recording.
TheSocialRegistry-046
CD
$11.50

Bright Eyes
Motion Sickness: Live Recordings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US The sound of a band bounding around the world in 90 days,seeing the world from barstools & bus windows, touching down
just long enough to drink some (or a lot) & bash about the stage for an hour or two each night.Feat.songs from "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" as well as songs from other albums, non-album tracks & 2 covers: Feist's "Mushaboom" & Elliott Smith's "The Biggest Lie."
TeamLove-006
CD
$12.50

Brother Kite, The
Moonlit Race (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Over a year in the making, The Brother Kites Moonlit Race EP has undergone several conceptual changes as time has moved on. The final product is one to cherish. Originally conceived as a single for Get On, Me - arguably the catchiest song on their masterful sophomore album Waiting For The Time To Be Right the EP stays true to form by leading off with that track. From there on, the listener is treated to five exclusive tracks. We are treated to alternate versions and mixes of two album tracks from WFTTTBR, including the title cut and Hopeless and Unsung. A never-before-released live version of Never in Years from a WERS 88.9 radio session in Boston is also included. Sandwiched in the middle of the disc are two solid non-album tracks. Unearthed/Digging in the Dirt is taken from DJ Potters creepy child-zombie short film Of All That Is Unearthed. The track Half Century appears here in hard-copy format for the first time. The track was originally recorded for the most recent Adult Swim download compilation entitled Warm and Scratchy, and saw the band sitting comfortably alongside an impressive array of indie notables such as The Rapture, TV On The Radio, The Raveonettes, Fennesz, Broken Social Scene, The Liars, Asobi Seksu, Amusement Parks on Fire, Les Savy Fav and more. In addition to the six audio tracks, the CD has enhanced content featuring three videos! The alternate version of Hopeless and Unsung gets paired with an artistically shot video. I'm Not The Only One has been a fan-favorite over the past year, having been downloaded off the band's website and YouTube more than 5,000 times. The video is beautifully and professionally shot, and appears here on an official format for the first time. The disc is wrapped up with a funny, behind-the-scenes, home-shot video by the band about the recording of the penultimate album track Get On, Me.
Clairecords-067
CD5
$8.25

Bryars, Gavin
Hommages (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, UK Remastered. Originally released in November 1981 on Les Disques du Crepuscule, Hommages was recorded in Leicester in February 1981 and produced by noted Belgian new music composer Wim Mertens. The album was conceived as a series of diverse homage's to other composers, which include Bill Evans (My First Homage), Ferruccio Busoni and Gustav Holst (The English Mail-Coach and The Vespertine Park) and Percy Grainger (Hi-Tremolo). Featured musicians included Andrew Bilham, Ronald Reah, Andrew Renshaw, Nigel Shipway, Dave Smith, John White and Marie Wilson, as well as Gavin Bryars himself on piano and vibraphone. The album is the only one that documents the important period between Bryars' early experimental music and later works from Medea onwards, as well as his enthusiasm for small composer/performer ensembles. The new 63 minute digital remaster of Hommages now includes two bonus tracks composed and recorded by Bryars during the same period: Danse Dieppoise, and the lengthy piano piece Out of Zaleski's Gazebo. The booklet features extensive notes by Gavin Bryars on the origin and performance of all six pieces, and preserves the original album cover artwork by Marc Borgers.
LTM-2503
CD
$16.25

Bunyan, Vashti
Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Singles & Demos 1964-67
DiCristina-011
CD
$15.00

Bunyan, Vashti
Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DiCristina-011
DLP
$18.75

By The End Of Tonight/Tera Melos
Complex Full of Phantoms (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Coming off the heels of the scarcely limited 3" CD series - and a full two years after the release of their debut album - BY THE END OF TONIGHT has finally dropped the anvil of badass on us with six new jams. In the two years since the release of their brilliant "A Tribute To Tigers", BTEOT have toured almost non-stop, playing every rock club, living room (or even barn) that would have them. Their relentlessness has paid off, as their half of this split album with good friends and like-minded power jammers TERA MELOS is far and away their most accomplished work to date. Not to be outdone, Sacramento's Tera Melos have also been on the road more than they've been home this year, touring with the likes of Fall of Troy and Horse the Band. Their frantic, absurdly complex songs are the perfect compliment to By the End of Tonight's darker, more sinister instrumental metal. Though both bands play a hyper-catchy, addictive form of spastic punk, Tera Melos brings to mind a hybrid of fellow Sacramento speed freaks Hella and Cap'n Jazz, while BTEOT draws an unfathomable arc between Blink 182 and The Jesus Lizard. The combination makes this by far the strongest release to date from either band.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-128
CD
$9.00

Caribbean
Populations (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Fourth album from DC's The Caribbean offers myriad sonic detail, bizarre guitar tunings, unexplained oddities & lyrics narrating secret thoughts & elaborate notes on momentary conversations. Incl. members of DC classics SMART WENT CRAZY & TOWNIES w/previous releases on Tomlab & Endearing. "Eccentric avant-pop."
HomeTapes
CD
$13.00

Charalambides
Likeness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US This is a return to the spontaneous composition of previous records
such as Houston & Union. Most all of the tracks on this release sprung forth after 'record' was pressed, & were fleshed out via
overdubs, editing, & a malfunctioning space echo over the course of the next few months. This departs from the warm psych in favor of the lush & layered vocal strata of Christina's later solo works, & a chillier, more abrasive guitar sound.
Kranky-113
CD
$12.25

Citay
Little Kingdom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Vinyl edition of the Secretly Canadian released Little Kingdom lp. Limited edition of 500. "Citay really nail that rich acoustic-electric rolling tabla honeyn harmoney sound that all those heavy bands - Sabbath and Zeppelin, especially-used to do, back when all the best musicians were inspired by what the Incredible String Band were doing, and were still able (or willing) to express a feminine side to go with their preening barbarian or depressive wail aspects...This is an album without a sell-by date, with a song for every season...Monumental." ---ARTHUR MAGAZINE
Important-139
LP
$15.00

Citay
Little Kingdom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Welcome to CITAY'S "Little Kingdom." It's an otherworldly place, full of psychedelic swirl, soaring harmonies and grandiose jams. "Little Kingdom" is the second album from San Francisco's Citay. It's an epic journey, and an album that sounds out of place in 2007 - a classic in the purest sense. Like Citay's 2006 self-titled debut, the '70s rock sensibility is intact; Thin Lizzy, acoustic Led Zeppelin, Big Star and the Byrds all remain touchstones. But "Little Kingdom" moves further into ambitious composition, referencing Popul Vuh, Animals-era Pink Floyd, the Fripp-Eno collaborations, and early Mike Oldfield. The twin leads are still huge, the ballads still sweet, but Citay is reaching for more on "Little Kingdom." "Little Kingdom" is lush and beautiful; a grand, epic work that harkens back to day when studio excess was encouraged and a premium was placed on composition. To borrow a line from Arthur's review of Citay's debut, "this is an album without a sell-by date, with a song for every season."
DeadOceans-008
CD
$11.50

Club 8
The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, SWEDEN Club 8 is finally back with their long awaited sixth album. "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" is everything we'd ever hoped it would be - it's pop music at it's most profound, balancing perfectly between sunshine and melancholia. Twelve songs that'll make you sing along about death while dreaming of summer days. A glorious return to say the least. After having released three albums in just over two years time, very few expected they'd have to wait over four years for a new Club 8 album. Some even started to assume the band had split up. In May 2007 the band returned with the amazing Tropicalia-influenced "Whatever you want" which rapidly became a huge blog hit - top 10 most blogged songs according to music blog aggregator Elbo.ws The waiting's been so long we can almost, but just almost, talk about a comeback album. However, waiting's not always a bad thing. Not only has songwriter Johan Angergård released three albums with The Legends and one with Acid House Kings in the time in between - Club 8 has evolved in to one of the most personal and emotional bands around today. Not that previous albums have lacked emotional depth, that's far from the truth, but "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" is truly different and a very very special album. The fleeting of life and time, and the nearness of death arrives in the shape of twelve perfect pop songs in a summer dress. It's mix of sunshine and melancholia is just as unique as it's profoundly moving.
Labrador-108
CD
$14.75

Connors, Loren
As Roses Bow: Collected Airs 1992-2002 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS,US "As Roses Bow: Collected Airs 1992-2002" is a 2xCD set of Loren Connors' most melodically rich and stunning miniature compositions. Inspired by O'Carolan's airs and other Irish airs of the past these works, recorded from 1992-2002, are melded with Connors' distinctly personal adaptation of the blues. He considers these 43 pieces his complete airs. The collection is culled from 10 albums (eight of which are out of print) and one single, including his groundbreaking "Hell's Kitchen Park" (BLACK LABEL, 1993), "Moonyean" (ROAD CONE, 1994), as well as obscure titles like "St. Vincent's Newsboy Home" (ITEM RECORDINGS, 1998) and "Lullaby" (CARBON, 2001) plus four unreleased airs. Nearly the entire critically heralded "Airs" (Road Cone 1999) is remastered and included as well. A timeless collection of the most gorgeous and accessible work from one of America's most iconoclast artists. Also includes pieces from "Five Points" EP (TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS, 1994), "9th Avenue" (BLACK LABEL,1995), "Calloden Harvest" (ROAD CONE, 1997), "Evangeline" (ROAD CONE, 1998), "Standing Upright on a Curve" (SUB ROSA, 1998), and "Sails" (TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS, 2006). Remastered by JIM O'ROURKE.
FamilyVineyard-054
DCD
$14.25

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

Crutchfield, Robin
For Our Friends in the Enchanted Otherworld (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Robin co-founded the experimental no-wave art band, DNA,and later collaborated with
varied artists (including Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch) in the guise of his Dark Day project. His new solo explorations have been described by Devendra Banhart as "beguiling, powerful, hypnotic, mesmerizing, commanding, delicately unnerving, lilting, mellow, "and "tense as hell." A tiny treasurebox from a lost garden, this album finds Robin further exploring his unique world; one of delicate harp compositions, glissando & deep drones.
Soundscapes for daydreamers of this & other worlds.
Hand/Eye-032
CD
$12.00

Cursive
Bad Sects (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US They've launched a remix site which allowed users to register &download separated tracks for the album track "Bad Sects. "Remixers submitted their rearranged visions & versions to Saddle Creek for the contest. They listened to all the remixes, posted some of their favorites on the site & chose the winning remix to be used as a B-sidehere. The five runner-up remixes are available for listening at www.badsects.com
SaddleCreek-115
12
$7.25

Davis, Ben Forrest
Roughs (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2007)
PS, US Re-release of 'Roughs' (on Velvet Crusher Ric Menck's Bird Song label) by former and founding member of the Los Angeles rock band Sugarcult. Here, Ben's doing his very own laid-back soft-rock thing, with a little dab of country & western, quite a departure from Sugarcult's highly-toughted tautness. Leaving behind a life of rock-n-roll excess, this enigmatic album qualifies as emancipation and exorcism, a collection of intimate, personal songs about love and self-destruction. Not so far afield from singer-songwriterly, orch-popping Parasol faves like Ken Stringfellow and his Posies, Kevin Tihista and his Red Terror, Jack Logan & Bob Kimbell, June & The Exit Wounds, and The Velvet Crush.
BirdSong-105
CD
$10.00

Davis, Betty
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos, formerly of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment to "natural electronic music" (bridging the natural and electronic worlds), nearly all of In Light was recorded live. Very few loops were used -in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re:natural) edges that have been lost in so much "Electronic Music" today. In Light is a luminous album of warm, pulsing music. Like dreams or rich, saturated moments that make one lose sense of time, they are grainy snapshots, like old films of one's own experiences, elevated moments. Call it Pop Minimalism. Call it Cosmic Pop. Call it Cosmic Minimalism. Call it what you will.
SmalltownSupersound-133
CD
$14.50

Digital Dance
Treatment (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, UK 16 tracks. The definitive anthology by cult Belgian post-punk band Digital Dance, a group often name-checked but seldom heard. One of the first and best new wave bands in Belgium, Digital Dance formed in Brussels in July 1978 by singer/guitarist Jerry WX and guitarist Stephan Barbery. The group, which also included keyboard player Jean-Marc Lederman, released their first single on Disques Vogue in late 1979. Digital dance recorded four singles - Radio-Activity, Faulty, Treatment and Three Meanings - as well as a self-titled cassette album, and another single under the name Jung. Although John Peel championed Faulty in the UK, and the band played several high profile live shows (including a residency at the Gibus Club in Paris and a support slot with Joy Division at Plan K in January 1980), Digital Dance failed to break through and split early in 1982. Various members subsequently played in groups as diverse as Fad Gadget, Marine, The Revenge, Kid Montana, Snowy Red, The Weathermen, The Names and Ink. Sadly singer Jerry died in 2000. As well as new artwork, the 70 minute CD also includes detailed sleeve notes and an assortment of period images and graphics.
LTM-2498
CD
$17.00

Drift, The
Ceiling Sky (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US When "Noumena" was released, critics and audiences were polarized. It would seem that "Streets" and "Nozomi" - less than twenty minutes of music combined - had provided enough for THE DRIFT to already have expectations to live up to, whether they liked it or not. At times glacially paced, "Noumena" ventured into the darker, lonelier regions of jazz, dub, and ambient rock, where "In A Silent Way" and "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" coexist in sinister harmony. The trumpet freak-outs and Beefheart-inspired guitar stabs were fondly missed, while the increased attention paid to atmosphere was applauded. What critics and most fans didn't get to hear were the two extra tracks included only on the 2xLP vinyl edition of "Noumena" (including, ironically, the title track from the album). These two tracks sprawled to lengths and depths only alluded on their debut 12". "Ceiling Sky" collects these previously rare, vinyl-only tracks onto CD for the first time. In addition, the limited edition (rmxs) 12" released earlier this year - featuring remixes by FOUR TET and SYBARITE - is included to complete the collection. In total this is an hour's worth of enchanting, haunting music that only a handful of people have had the pleasure to hear until now. That should be just enough to get us through the wait for the next proper full-length from The Drift, due in spring 2008.
TemporaryResidenceLtd.-122
CD
$11.50

Efterklang
Parades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, SPAIN New album.
Leaf
CD
$15.00

Efterklang
Parades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, SPAIN VINYL VERSION!!!
Leaf
DLP
$20.25

Final Fantasy
Alphabet Series - X - (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US FINAL FANTASY'S OWEN PALLETT returns triumphant after the universally acclaimed "He Poos Clouds" with a pair of tracks newly recorded in Montreal with BEIRUT'S ZACH CONDON. Both songs pre-date the Polaris- winning full-length but have come to be known as staples of Mr. Pallet's live performances. "Hey Dad" begins in an unassuming dream- state only to build to a gorgeous drum-roll and tambourine march. "What Do You Think Will Happen Next?" seeks a life sans cigarettes with a tight rock drum, nearly synth-sounding violins, and the help of Mr. Condon's signature horns. Final Fantasy is scheduled to release his next full-length, "Heartland," in the fall of 2008.
Tomlab-107
45
$5.50

Fine Arts Showcase, The
Sings Rough Bunnies (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2007)
PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase, and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant <a href="http://www.parasol.com/catalog/catalog.asp?zoomtitle=75849">'Radiola'</a>. The short version: TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi duo The Rough Bunnies. Highly recommended. The long version: This is an album of many stories. Gustaf Kjellvander and his friends in The Fine Arts Showcase have made a covers album, entirely based on songs from the Swedish, rather unknown, jangly, lo-fi band Rough Bunnies. Why is that? Let's make Gustaf himself explain: "I was first introduced to Anna Vermina and her cousin Frida, the founding members of Rough Bunnies and Inside Riot, through mutual friends. Frida gave me a CD-R just days before they were about to move to Berlin. About six months later I was looking for someone to rent my spare room. I bumped into Frida by chance, who told me she had moved back from Berlin to Malmö and needed a place to stay - so she moved in. I was already smitten by Inside Riot at this time, and when Frida played me the songs they had recorded in Berlin, along with the Rough Bunnies record C-sides, it blew me away. I played it to everyone who came over to my house. They became an obsession that carries on to this day. I knew I wanted the Fine Arts Showcase to cover their songs. The problem was that with a catalogue of songs as amazing as theirs it was hard to pick just one, so I came up with the idea that we should do an entire record instead (in the Merle Haggard sings Jimmy Rodgers tradition). And here it is: a musical love letter to two of my favorite songwriters, a celebration of the pop geniuses of the Vermina family. Rough Bunnies (and their twin group Inside Riot) have inspired me more than any other band this side of the millennium and this record is my way of thanking them. Rough Bunnies Saved My Life" - Gustaf Kjellvander
Adrian-051
CD
$15.00

Flying
Faces of the Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH)
PS, US There are moments when you simply see it, the future being so bright & the chemistry being just right.Originally from Massachusetts, the four youths are now in NYC, working on their music, an incredible combinations of psych, experimental & pop, something we call Savant Rock . FLYING have toured with such siblings as Deerhoof,and have recently completed a US tour, with another pending US tour in the fall & a European tour in the spring of '08
MenloPark
CD
$12.00

Frantic, The
Audio and Murder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Like hometown pop-punk heroes ALKALINE TRIO, THE FRANTIC'S music has found that fragile balance between pop and punk that can simultaneously cause a nose bloodying circle pit and mass sing-a-longs. Like the hair metal bands of the 80's, of which The Frantic sound nothing like, these guys are set on enjoying life as a rock 'n' roll band. They're not here to make a fashion statement and their main goal is to play for as many people as possible. After playing the same venues in their same small town for 4 years, they're bursting to get on the road and take on the world. Well, here they come.
EmpyreanRecords-030
CD
$11.50

Free Fall
Point In A Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Smalltown Superjazzz is proud to present the brand new studio album from the Free Fall trio consisting of HAVARD WIIK, KEN VANDERMARK & INGEBRIGT HAKER FLATEN. With clarinets, piano & bass Free Fall creates magical moods and brings the heritage of Jimmy Giuffres`legendary 60s trio with Paul Bley & Steve Swallow into the new millennium. "The Point In A Line" is the perfect meeting between the innovative jazz scenes in Oslo & Chicago. It's melancholic, dark,moody but also melodic.The album was recorded in Chicago by Jason Ward & the post production was done by Ward, Vandermark & Bob Weston (Shellac).
SmalltownSuperjazz-142
CD
$0.25

Goatreign
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 27TH)
PS, US A pummelling collection of gut wrenching metal from Mike Hickey, guitarist extreme metal acts VENOM, CARCASS, CRONOS & CATHEDRAL.
Crushing rhythms & searing lead guitar make this a solid slab of classic metal. Recorded at the legendary Slaughterhouse.
Wabana
CD
$14.50

Goldmund
Two Point Discrimination (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US "Two Point Discrimination" marks GOLDMUND (aka KEITH KENNIFF)'s 3rd release after his highly praised debut "Corduroy Road" and followup 7" "The Heart of High Places" for TYPE RECORDS. Part of WESTERN VINYL'S "Portrait Series", this collection features 11 short pieces for solo piano focusing on the sensation of touch and its relationship to sound. In the spirit of composers such as Howard Skempton and Morton Feldman, composition and sound culminate together as space is something that is dealt with directly. And interpretation along with improvisation are both tools that blur the lines between composer, performer and listener.
WesternVinyl-048
CD
$9.00

Haram
Drescher (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Lovitt-055
LP
$10.25

Haram
Drescher (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US Now w/ 3 guitarists, they take a decidedly spacious approach w /this 9 song album that looms & hovers. The quintet now presents pieces that are more fluid & varied in their approach; it supplements their grinding, early material w/ a technique that is anxious to meander around & explore a terrain
informed by brooding melancholy & wry observation.
Lovitt-055
CD
$11.00

Hayseed Dixie
Weapons of Grass Destruction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH)
PS, US Along with the Bad Livers,this is the world's foremost country band devoted to covering hard-rock songs in classic bluegrass style.This doesn't find these hard-rocking pickers &grinners any more sedate.Far from it.Instead the boys take on assorted classics by the Sex Pistols, the Beatles,Judas Priest, the Rolling Stones, &others, plucking up a serious,head-banging storm.It's a silly good time any way you slice it.
CookingVinyl-4888
CD
$15.25

Hefner
Breaking God's Heart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, UK When first released in July 1998 Hefner's debut album; 'Breaking God's Heart' was quite out of step with other guitar bands of the time. The sparse, folksy arrangements and dry, scratchy production was at odds with the ambitious, string laden brit pop of the time. Although Hefner had the tunes to win them support from the NME and Steve Lamacq, their idiosyncratic, leftfield approach meant their most loyal supporter was going to be John Peel, recording 7 sessions for him in their short career. Lead singer; Darren Hayman's primary influences were folk, country and the American lo-fi indie of the time. Hayman rejected an American singing style in favour of his own Thames estuary accent and sang carefully observed songs about lost love in East London and Essex. Hefner never crossed into the mainstream but they had an unusually loyal following who still believe them to be the best of their kind. This smaller, intricate, personal music is missed today. This release expands the album to a 2 CD set and includes all of the B-sides and associated singles, the rare first two singles, the long deleted Hefner Soul EP as well as unreleased recordings. Hefner's other 3 albums will be released in similar formats through out 2007 and 2008.
Belka-04
DCD
$21.75

Hepburns, The
Something Worth Stealing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US CD digipak with 24 page booklet in English & Japanese. Pearly guitar pop in the finest UK tradition, albeit skewed sideways by cinematic caprices and elliptical narrative. Probably the Hepburns' lightest album, "Something Worth Stealing" was written as a romantic fling with no skeletons in the closet...well, unusually few skeletons by Hepburns standards, discounting the up-tempo duet with the dead guy who comes back to woo a former lover, the ghostly coal mine choir in the jazzy shadows on the ditty about the strongman's cape, and, perhaps, the ode to Scooby-Doo's Velma. This album is more a celebration of joyrides, spring storms, dinosaur incisors, winter fashions, boho wannabes, humdrum and conundrum, the occasional poisoned dart, and the use of the word "penultimate." SWS showcases the blossoming of the Hepburns' association with White & White (brass and flute, respectively) which started halfway through the sessions for the last album. In addition to the Hepburns' trademark organ and vibraphone riff-laden, jazz- and ska-tinged jangle, topped with words that could have only been penned by Matt "all Welshmen are Liars" Jones, the new album features the song everyone has been waiting to hear since the last album: "The Last Thing I Saw Before I Said Goodbye." Digipak plus 24 page illustrated booklet with lyrics and commentaries by Jones in English (with Japanese translations by the esteemed Jun Kurihara). File under fiction. For fans of: el Records, The Lucksmiths, The Monochrome Set, The Smiths, The Specials, Momus and Jake Thackray. The Hepburns tour the US in November 2007 and Scandinavia in December 2007.
RadioKhartoum-107
CD
$13.00

High Mountain Tempel
A Screaming Comes Across The Sky (The Faultline Scriptures) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US A darker ritual and a new herald. From California duo High Mountain Tempel, "A Screaming Comes Across The Sky" is the soundtrack to your next Apocalypse. Arising from the golden ash of their last release "Pacific Sky Burial" (Lotushouse) this outing finds our intrepid travelers exploring new sonic and thematic terrain. HMT is the eternal sound questing project of Eric Nielsen and Keith Boyd. Eric has done time in and with Maquiladora, Buzz or Howl and various Japanese underground outfits such as Acid Mother's Temple , Astro and High Rise. Keith is a self-made musical alchemist weaving strands of aural gold from base material and mud. Together they bring you a fine distillation of ritual music for these blackened times. Drawing inspiration from sources such as Robert Rich, SunnO))), Terry Riley, Lustmord, Phillip K. Dick, Arthur Rimbaud and HP Lovecraft, High Mountain Tempel is an introspective yet outward reaching labor of love. This is music as voyage, dragging your nervous system out to the Cosmos with no plans on returning. Continuing in the tradition of their last disc this project is an intensely beautiful hand-screened work of art. So don your cloaks and grab your tomes, the ceremony is about to begin.
LotusHouse-11
CD
$11.50

Hiorthoy, Kim
My Last Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, NORWAY Second full-length album since his critically acclaimed debut Hei in 2000. Compared to Hei, My Last Day is less fragmented & more song based. It is also more melodic & complete, all with Kim's characteristic sound. He often has an organic & folk-like tone to his music which XLR8R magazine recognized when they placed him in the forefront of the new electronic folk music movement.
SmalltownSupersound-087
CD
$15.00

Hisato Higuchi
Butterfly Horse Street (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Tokyo-based guitarist/singer HISATO HIGUCHI has shaped an inimitable sound sphere of solitary electric notes that drape across his unearthly moan during the course of two full-lengths and an EP. Channeling loneliness and desires as elegant six-string tone poems, Higuchi has reached the heights of fellow travelers from Meredith Monk to Charalambides. Though Butterfly Horse Street adds an unexpected snarl as Higuchi erupts into free/noise, wall of sound guitar style that echoes the most ecstatic string manipulation of Masayuki Takayanagi or Donald Miller (Borbetomagus). Ferocious and howling, Higuchi still paints desolation whether bleeding into the red or as hushed beauty.
FamilyVineyard-53
CD
$11.50

Hitchcock, Robyn
I Wanna Go Backwards [5CD boxset] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Features expanded editions of three of Hitchcock's best-loved albums, Black Snake Diamond Role, I Often Dream of Trains and Eye, along with While Thatcher Mauled Britain Part 1 & 2, a newly compiled two-disc collection of b-sides, outtakes and home demo recordings, many of them previously unreleased. All of the individual albums feature bonus tracks and enhanced liner notes, including Hitchcock's personal reminiscences on Black Snake Diamond Role and While Thatcher Mauled Britain, an extract from a novel in progress on I Often Dream of Trains, and several pieces of original poetry on Eye, along with previously unpublished photos and Hitchcock cartoons.
YepRoc
5CD
$50.75

Hives
Black and White Album (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Recorded around the world w/a mind-blowing cast of producers incl. Dennis Herring, Pharrel Williams & Jacknife Lee. Incl. bonus ringtone & wallpaper, & maybe just maybe it will do the dirty dishes still sitting in your sink.
A&M
CD
$14.00

Hologram
Hologram + (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Hologram makes its North American debut via the n5MD imprint with their album "hologram +." "hologram +" melds together detailed post-rock instrumentation, subtle electronic textures, and thoughtful, yet meaningful, female vocals. While their carefully crafted songs may seem a bit out of place on a label founded on emotional electronics, upon further listens one finds that they are right at home amongst such kindred spirits as labelmates lights out asia and bitcrush. Hologram's direction reflects an original take on familiar genre themes, but pushes way beyond specific genre trappings by tossing aside the clichés and commonality to focus on the raw emotion involved in creating music. Hologram is exclusively licensed outside of Japan via Zankyo Records.
n5MD-153
CD
$12.00

Hussy's, The
We Expected (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, JAPAN Glaswegian sextet The Hussy's boasts catchy, punchy songwriting with tinges of Madness, Cardigans, and Kirsty McColl. Fronted by 21-year-old ex-folk vocalist Fili and former Supernatural, James McColl, they released their debut EP "Tiger" in September 2005, and a second EP in March 2006, both on their own Fat Cheerleader records. Their May 2007 single "We Expected" reached number 22 on the UK indie charts. "Each song the Hussy's play is pop par excellence, dipping into whichever musical genre they feel like and wrapping it into a bona fide contemporary pop song a la Scissor Sisters." - Alex McCann, Designer Magazine. This "We Expected" mini album is a perfect introduction to their burgeoning cargo of hits. The Hussy's recently licensed an unreleased new song "Rock Concert" to American shoe company, Payless
QuinceRecords-053
CD
$11.50

Ifwhen
We Will Gently Destroy You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Formed by Merc a founding member of the post-shoegaze band All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors - Ifwhen has been spreading their somewhat noisy, especially melodic and oddly structured music throughout NYC and beyond. ANL+LF had worldwide acclamation with 3 LPs released in the US, Europe and Japan. Their sound was considered unique to their peers due its complexity both sonically and compositionally. That band disbanded in the early 2000s and Merc rose from the ashes to form Ifwhen, taking the complexity and sonic attitude to the next level. With a live show including a real time visual artist creating live projections and an immense arsenal of sound, Ifwhen are not meant to be merely listened to ~ they need to be experienced. We Will Gently Destroy You was mixed by Däleks Oktopus at Deadverse Studios in early 2007. The album marks the first US release from Ifwhen. Sounding like very carefully orchestrated chaos, dense walls of sound create multiple rhythms. Melody lines intertwine while the bass and drums often find pleasantly awkward, unexpected grooves ~ and those grooves take the foreground when time signatures and key signatures seem to change at any given moment and usually without warning. At times, it almost sounds as if all the band members are playing separate songs. It can be somewhat disorienting. Although it can mess with your head a little if you let it, it's not all about discord. Gentle vocals and melodic hooks float about the songs, managing to consistently keep them slightly pretty around the edges. Amidst the commotion, somehow it all makes just enough sense - convincing you to find that normalcy is just another part of their equation. Influences and elements are certainly present, though difficult to put an exact finger on. Not quite as twisted as Syd Barrett, not as monstrous as Glenn Branca, not as abrasive as the Velvet Underground and not as technical as King Crimson but its certainly all in there. Clairecords vinyl-only sister label Claires Echo will be releasing a split 12 of Ifwhen and Dälek in early 2008.
Clairecords-072
CD
$12.25

Japancakes
Loveless (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US Athens, GA's experimental, instrumental, Americana group, Japancakes cover My Bloody Valentine's classic Loveless record from start to finish with pedal steel and cello in place of vocal and lead melodies -- and without any distortion. MBV's Loveless (Creation: 1991) remains the defining record of the genre and completely unparalleled by any artist since. This is super fun! Japancakes don't record together like other bands. They do play together but when they record in studio they do so one at a time. Each player writes their own part and adds it to the part(s) recorded previously by fellow band members. The result of this practice is that the personality of each individual player is often better captured. Each player's individual performance is strengthened by the technique. Japancakes is Eric Berg, rhythm guitar, Nick Belli, bass, Brant Rackey, drums, John Neff, pedal steel, Heather McIntosh, cello, Andy Barker, production. RIYL: My Bloody Valentine, Shoegaze, Electronica, Americana, Tortoise, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Hammock, Santo & Johnny. TRACKLISTING: 1. Only Shallow, 2. Loomer, 3. Touched, 4. To Here Knows When, 5. When You Sleep, 6. I Only Said, 7. Come In Alone, 8. Sometimes, 9. Blown A Wish, 10. What You Want, 11. Soon.
Darla-188
CD
$12.25

Jeremy Jay
Airwalker (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US What's in the air when you're walking on air?...Where can we go when the lites are low? JEREMY JAY shows you a place that is Mysterious, Beautiful and lush. In this 6 song ep out on K in Nov., The story of the "Airwalker" is told. The music sounds like Twin Peaks meets Julie Cruise meets Soul-R&b = Mystery Dance music.
Krecords-115
45
$4.75

Joy Division
Still [re-issue, expanded] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Collector's Edition in a nice digipak. Includes the original classic album remastered plus two live sets: Live at the Moonlight Club, London April 1980 and Live at High Wycombe Town Hall, Feb. 20, 1980. PLEASE NOTE: All three classic JD albums (Closer, Still and Unknown Pleasures) will be released in two-discs sets like this, with bonus live material.
Rhino
DCD
$25.00

Joy Division
Closer [re-issue, expanded] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Collector's Edition in a nice digipak. Includes the original classic album remastered plus a live disc: 12 songs live at University of London Union, Feb. 8, 1980. PLEASE NOTE: All three classic JD albums (Closer, Still and Unknown Pleasures) will be released in two-discs sets like this, with bonus live material.
Rhino
DCD
$25.00

Joy Division
Unknown Pleasures [re-issue, expanded] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Collector's Edition in a nice digipak. Includes the original classic album remastered plus a live CD: Live at the Facory, Manchester: April 11, 1980. PLEASE NOTE: All three classic JD albums (Closer, Still and Unknown Pleasures) will be released in two-discs sets like this, with bonus live material.
Rhino
DCD
$25.00

Killers
Sawdust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US B-sides & rarities 2003-2007. 18 tracks never before released in US incl. "Tranquilize" feat. Lou Reed.
Island
CD
$15.50

Killers
Sawdust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Island
LP
$16.25

King Khan & BBQ Show
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US This is the reissue of BLACK SNAKE & MARK SULTAN's debut album, recorded by DM Bob in Hamburg, on Goner Records in 2005. Incl.2 bonus tracks not originally available on the Goner release, brand new artwork.
IntheRed-047
CD
$13.25

Kobel
Extempore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13th)
PS, MEXICO L.A.'s Kobol return with a second installment of their jazz inflicted electronica. This time around Kobol showcase their remixing skills alongside new tracks and collaborations. Unlike their previous outing, Broken Ebony, Kobol have cleaned up the glitch in the machine but the smooth panoramic textures over banging down tempo rhythms remain. Murcof, State Shirt and Pepito get the remix treatment while the collaborations with singers Jazz De Mar, Emma Ejwertz and Ximena Sariñana profile Kobol's songwriting craft. Extempore shows how Kobol's production mastery has matured since their debut, providing us with larger than life sound structures that rely on acoustic drums, guitars, digital trickery and lush melodic arrangements. For fans of The Cinematic Orchestra, Galactic, Zero 7, Stateless and Matthew Herbert.
StaticDiscos-023
CD
$12.25

Labradford
Prazision (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH
PS, US REMASTERED w/ BONUS TRACK! Their ground-breaking debut!!!
Kranky-001
CD
$12.25

Lally, Joe
Nothing Is Underrated (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US Bass player from the mighty FUGAZI is back with his 2nd solo release. Guests include Ian, Guy & Jerry from FUGAZI, Eddie Janny (RITES OF SPRING), Devin Ocampo (MEDICATIONS) & more.
Dischord
CD
$10.50

Le Concorde
Suite (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Second release by Le Concorde - previously with March Records - previous release charted on CMJ and received regular rotation on XM Radio's modern rock channel XMU. The CD marks the return of Grammy nominated synth maestro, David Gamson of Scritti Politti to the world of indie-pop//Gamson co-wrote/co-produced/co-performed //multiple tracks mixed by 80s mix-king John "Tokes" Potoker. Also features duet with Ken Stringfellow tracked in Paris.
Fourchette/LeGrandeMagistrey-001
CD5
$7.50

Lindstrom
Contemporary Fix EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, NORWAY After the critically acclaimed album "A Feedelity Affair" that compiled all of Lindstrom`s seminal 12"s, Smalltown Supersound follows up with this EP. The EP features the original version of The Contemporay Fix as well as a alternative version by Lindstrom himself called Serious Syntoms version. Also features a fantastic remix from EYE of The Boredoms who delivers a raving tribal-disco mix that none other than EYE could produce, and a remix by the innovator of the Norwegian disco scene, BJORN TORSKE. With this 10 minutes long mix Bjørn Torske proofs why he is one of the most talented disco/house producers in Norway ever. The innovator & the star of the Norwegian disco/house scene, together, for the first time. And it is just beautiful!
SmalltownSupersound-139
CD5
$12.25

Linus Pauling Quartet
All Things Are Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Purple vinyl with bonus CDR of the LP.LIMITED to 500 copies! The five to seven piece "quartet" is known for putting its
three guitars to the floorboard & taking listeners straight off the cliff simply because "anything worth doing is worth overdoing!" Here the band is at its most
Herzogian & bombastic, pulling no punches & taking no prisoners. Etched within the grooves, listeners will find epic, guitar-drenched songs about aliens,
hallucinogenic psych numbers that turn on you & crush you when you least expect it, drunken brawling garage rock, heavy & dense guitar stomps,a country ode to
40 oz.malt liquor, a punk tribute to cuisine best not discussed in mixed company, and a sprawling sword metal epic; this concluding piece being inspiration for some brilliant insert art from Mike Gunn alumnus John Cramer.
CameraObscura-080
LP
$13.25

Milky Globe & Friends
Magic Waves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US The latest alias of Jon Tye, Lo Recordings musical director & man of many masks. This continues the quest for collaboration & sonic exploration on a cosmic voyage into deep electronic space. Guests on board incl. JAMES HOLDEN, ISAN, LUKE VIBERT, Secondo, Nathan Fake, Walltapper,
Andrea's Kit, Aeroplane, EU, Dusty Cabinets, & DNCN, w/ sounds ranging from minimal electronica to nu disco, ambient & experimental.
Label-067
CD
$15.00

Miss Georgia Peach
You Blow My Mind b/w Do You Know What Love Means (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Sexy Siren Miss Georgia Peach (The Short Fuses, NIKKI CORVETTE) along w/ an all-star cast of Blaine Cartwright (NINE POUND HAMMER, NASHVILLE PUSSY), Ruyter Suys (Nashville Pussy), Mark Hendricks (Nine Pound Hammer) & Travis Ramin bring you this slab of 70's country bubblegum that brings the fun back to a stale alt country scene. A 45 w/as much bosoms, git pickin & redneckery as a lost Hee-Haw.
Ramo-130
45
$5.50

Near The Parenthesis
Of Soft Construction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US San Francisco based musician Tim Arndt brings his Near the Parenthesis project to n5MD with the release of his second album "Of Soft Construction." This sophomore effort finds Arndt luring his potent song writing capabilities to the forefront yielding something truly exceptional. Spiraling piano sonnets are juxtaposed against sweeping cascades of grainy synthwashes and agile, yet carefully executed, beat-work. Add in an occasional mid radio station listen-in on a seemingly unfinished conversation and you have an idea of "Of Soft Construction's" perfected audible DNA. Near the Parenthesis has proven that he is yet another artist to capture the n5MD ethos in its truest most honest form.
n5MD-152
CD
$12.00

Negativland
Our Favorite Things (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US Negativland's "greatest hits" become all new moving pictures in this amazing & long awaited DVD/CD release. Created w/a crew of 18 other experimental filmmakers from all over the USA, this is a collaborative project that takes a striking visual leap into the same legally gray area that they've
been exploring w/sound for the last 27 yrs.
Seeland-027
CD/DVD
$25.00

Numbers
Now You Are This (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars
DLP
$16.25

Pedro
You, Me & Everyone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Fresh off the triumph of MUSH'S 2006 re-release of his self-titled debut (where he took the 2003 Melodic version back to the studio for a sonic overhaul), London's mighty PEDRO returns with "You, Me & Everyone." While comparisons to artists like Four Tet and Minotaur Shock have been natural on his past releases, Pedro approaches this latest set of compositions in a way that continues to establish his unique take on folk and jazz based electronica. Free-jazz horn blasts ring out with new vigor, drums hit a bit harder, and Pedro continues to forge new elements into his song craft, even raising the ghosts of Liquid Liquid and A Certain Ratio on a track or two. "You, Me & Everyone" will surely be the album that secures Pedro a position among the game's elite.
Mush-255
CD
$9.00

Pillbugs
Monclovia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US This fab Ohio-based psychedelic pop band have agreed to release a formidable compilation of their most serious forays into guitar-based psychedelia (which includes some remixes with the opening two tracks on the album being brand new, never before heard perfect pop confections.
RainbowQuartz
CD
$15.00

Pine Hill Haints
Ghost Dance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Growing up in the lower Appalachians, THE PINE HILL HAINTS learned its sound from old men and women playing on porches and in living rooms, under ancient oak trees and paper mill forests. The 19 tracks on this album are a massive flow of music. Some songs were written on the day of the recording, and others 400 years ago. "When You Fall" and "Say Something Say Anything" explore the feeling of holding an empty hand out to someone you love. "Phantom Rules" and "Raggle-Taggle Gypsy" channel Africa, the Cherokee Nation, Ireland, and the modern times.
Krecords-186
CD
$11.50

Pine HIll Haints
Ghost Dance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Growing up in the lower Appalachians, THE PINE HILL HAINTS learned its sound from old men and women playing on porches and in living rooms, under ancient oak trees and paper mill forests. The 19 tracks on this album are a massive flow of music. Some songs were written on the day of the recording, and others 400 years ago. "When You Fall" and "Say Something Say Anything" explore the feeling of holding an empty hand out to someone you love. "Phantom Rules" and "Raggle-Taggle Gypsy" channel Africa, the Cherokee Nation, Ireland, and the modern times.
Krecords-186
LP
$10.25

Risk Delay
Curses Sing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Again recording their album completely by themselves, RR have tread a long road, losing a bassist, hiring a handful more, recording the bass lines themselves & ultimately taking a few perfectionists' swings at the final product before overcoming the sophomore pitfalls that ultimately inspired Curses Sing. Time hasn't mellowed them instead seemingly encouraging even more complicated rhythms, brutally heavy twists & turns, and antagonistic melodies.
ErnestJenning-033
CD
$13.00

Scorn
Stealth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US 15 years since his début and 4 since his last studio album: Mick Harris breaks the silence and delivers with "Stealth" one of his most massive works so far. Staying faithful to his trademark sound, this corner-stone of a musician, constantly redefining the boundaries of electronic music, delivers here 8 salvoes of monumental bass, sparse dry beats and deep drones. Let it be heard: Scorn is back.
OhmResistance-6
CD
$12.25

Shuta Hasunuma
OK Bamboo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Much like the bamboo plants that dominate Japan's landscape, SHUTA HASUNUMA'S piano work on his new album "OK Bamboo" has an enduring, simple elegance. Each track flits and twitters, growing and changing without warning. The result is a collection of enchantingly beautiful compositions full of meticulous details. This perfectly executed collage of digital and organic sounds immediately feels familiar and intimate, as it demands your attention. R.I.Y.L RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, FENNESZ, THE BOOKS, COLLEEN, ELUVIUM.
WesternVinyl-046
CD
$11.50

Sigur Ros
Heima (2PC, Digipack Packaging) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US "Heima", which translates as both "at home" and "homeland", chronicles a series of free concerts Sigur Ros played in their native Iceland over the course of summer 2006. The entire tour was filmed and provides a unique insight into one of the world's most inscrutable bands while exploring their natural habitat like never before, with performances in deserted fish factories, at far-flung community halls, in sylvan fields, darkened caves, canyons, and fjords. Limited deluxe edition is individually numbered and includes 100 page bound book. Standard edition is amaray-sized digipak with 8-page booklet.
XLRecordings
DVD
$19.00

Sigur Ros
Hvarf/Heim (2PC, Digipack Packaging) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US This release is comprised of two EPs. "Hvarf" translates appropriately as "disappeared", as its five tracks are new studio recordings of lost songs from various points in the band's career. "Heim" or "home" is six tracks of live acoustic versions of songs from all four Sigur Ros's studio albums recorded in Iceland during the band's summer 2006 tour and early spring 2007. Limited edition double CD digipak (first pressing only).
XLRecordings
DCD
$14.00

Sigur Ros
Heima [Deluxe Edition] (With Book, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US "Heima", which translates as both "at home" and "homeland", chronicles a series of free concerts Sigur Ros played in their native Iceland over the course of summer 2006. The entire tour was filmed and provides a unique insight into one of the world's most inscrutable bands while exploring their natural habitat like never before, with performances in deserted fish factories, at far-flung community halls, in sylvan fields, darkened caves, canyons, and fjords. Limited deluxe edition is individually numbered and includes 100 page bound book. Standard edition is amaray-sized digipak with 8-page booklet.
XLRecordings
DVD
$35.00

Six Organs of Admittance
Shelter From the Ash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-348
LP
$14.50

Six Organs of Admittance
Shelter From the Ash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US This feat.a most fluid combination of electric & acoustic styles. Feat. Elisa Ambrogio (MAGIK MARKERS), Tim Green (FUCKING CHAMPS) & Noel Harmonson (COMETS ON FIRE) & Matt Sweeney. Seeking change & a fresh killing field at all costs,this fords fronts both dark & blustery, lucent & lithe, mining electricity, hydrogen & other elemental forces within.
DragCity-348
CD
$13.25

Slits, The
The Return of The Giant Slits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, UK The full 1981 album + a bonus CD that features ALL the archived dub versions and an american radio interview of the time that was subsequently used by CBS for a ultra rare promo disc. New graphic Artwork and two of the classic photos by Anton Corbijn from the NME magazine cover session. The 1981, second, and final, Slits studio album, featuring the same line up as their first album "Cut", Ari Up, Tessa Pollit and Viv Albertine. This record has often been overshadowed by the more controversial 1979 "Cut" album. It represents their natural development as artistes by focussing more on their interests in dub and "world music" sound eclecticism (featuring Steve Beresford and ex Pop Group drummer Bruce Smith ) that is well suited to their, by then, more accomplished playing style. Perhaps, in retropsect, the Jamaican half sister to The Raincoats recordings. A "lost"gem, ripe for reappraisal, of this still vastly influential and important group in both musical and sociological terms. Produced by Dennis Bovell and Dick O'Dell (Y Records) Previously only available as an expensive Japanese import and never before released in the USA. DISC 1 1/Earthbeat 2/Or What It Is 3/Face Place 4/Walkabout 5/Difficult Fun 6/Animal Space/Spacier 7/Improperly Dressed 8/Life On Earth DISC 2 1/Japanese Earthbeat 2/ German Earthbeat 3/ Dub Beat 4/Face Dub 5 /Begin Again, Rhythm 6/ Earthbeat [12in] 7 /Earthbeat 8/ WORT FM Radio Interview.
BlastFirstPetite-00
DCD
$23.00

Soft Targets
We Hate You Soft Targets! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Here their appreciation for XTC, The Clash, Television, REM & Echo & The Bunnymen is evident as well as the group's compulsion to change styles & jump genres as the mood suits. Switching from an apocalyptic countrified swagger to a short burst of punk rock to a folky bounce. Feat. ex-SEAM, ex-VAMBO MARBLE EYE members.
RoosterCowRecords-011
CD
$13.25

Sonic Chicken 4
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US The band plays a fuzzy, ultra-primitive brand of garage stomp that owes equally to 60s pop, The Velvet Underground, Back From The Grave comps, girl groups, & Jaques DuTronc. This title will be released on vinyl LP only but will incl. a CD of the record inside so that buyers can still put it in their iTunes.
IntheRed-048
LP/CD
$14.25

Ternheim, Anna
S-T EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Swedish songbird's US debut is a neat little collection of some of her best to date, highly recomended for Cat Power and Frida Hyvonen fans. A girl and a piano...yum. This Decca EP features two songs from Somebody Outside including the fragile, "My Secret" and the evocative "I'll Follow You Tonight," as well as the melodic tunes "Today Is A Good Day" and "Lovers Dream" from her sophomore effort, Separation Road. To round out the EP, Ternheim does David Bowie proud with her interpretation of "China Girl" from her Shoreline EP and "Bridges" from the Lovers Dream EP. The disc also features bonus video footage of her performing "Shoreline" by Swedish, indie-rock band Broder Daniel. Her album, 'Separation Road", will be released in March 2008 in the States.
Decca
CD5
$6.25

Tex La Homa
Some Lost Bliss (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 4TH)
PS, US UK based singer, composer & producer Matt Shaw in one of his many guises. This cd is heartbreakingly pretty and scarily lovely, blending Matt's quiet
vocals with lo-fi guitars & electronics to create a sequence of chilled-out,cinematic ballads.
AllIsNumber-004
CD
$10.25

Trimble, Bobb
Iron Curtain Innocence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US BOBB TRIMBLE and SECRETLY CANADIAN are proud to present you with "Iron Curtain Innocence" and "Harvest of Dreams," two releases that will now reach a genuine audience with full reissue treatment. This is great news for rare music lovers, since Bobb's original LPs are highly sought-after collectors items fetching hundreds of dollars apiece! Each CD release contains never before seen photos of Bobb Trimble, the Wormtown scene, and restored and fully realized artwork. In addition, each CD will feature Bonus Tracks from their respective recording periods. LP buyers won't miss out on these tracks, since EACH LP VERSION INCLUDES A COUPON FOR FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD OF THE ALBUM -- INCLUDING THE BONUS TRACKS. Enjoy.
SecretlyCanadian-162
LP
$11.50

Trimble, Bobb
Harvest Of Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US BOBB TRIMBLE and SECRETLY CANADIAN are proud to present you with "Iron Curtain Innocence" and "Harvest of Dreams," two releases that will now reach a genuine audience with full reissue treatment. This is great news for rare music lovers, since Bobb's original LPs are highly sought-after collectors items fetching hundreds of dollars apiece! Each CD release contains never before seen photos of Bobb Trimble, the Wormtown scene, and restored and fully realized artwork. In addition, each CD will feature Bonus Tracks from their respective recording periods. LP buyers won't miss out on these tracks, since EACH LP VERSION INCLUDES A COUPON FOR FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD OF THE ALBUM -- INCLUDING THE BONUS TRACKS. Enjoy.
SecretlyCanadian-163
LP
$11.50

Trimble, Bobb
Harvest Of Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SecretlyCanadian-163
CD
$11.50

Tupelo Honeys
Tupelo Honeys Salute You + 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6th)
PS, JAPAN Stockholm-based boy/girl duo of twins Joel and Linn Edin have played music more or less all their lives, and finally released their debut "Tupelo Honeys Salute You" this summer. After their passion for making fresh and unpretentious music was re-ignited by none other than Lily Allen, Tupelo Honeys concocted a mournful but optimistic, lush but intimate album, brimming with allusions to Eggstone, Camera Obscura, Arcade Fire, and The Kissaway Trail. Sub Pop artists Loney, Dear guest on a few songs, along with other friendly cohorts who also lend their talents. The Japanese version has different artwork and two great bonus tracks.
QuinceRecords-052
CD
$13.00

Tussle
Warning EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, NORWAY Tussle remix EP with remixes by HOT CHIP, OPTIMO, DENNIS YOUNG (LIQUID LIQUID) and KANGO & TORKILL! The opening Warning track is lifted from the album Telescope Mind. The EP also contains a fantastic 10 minutes long kraut/groove remix of the track "Flicker33.3" by their friends in Hot Chip. The tusslers also gets remix treatment by Glasgow`s JD Twitch from Optimo who has mixed different parts of the Telescope Mind album into one 7 minutes long mix titled "JD Twitch`s Optimo Fuckhead mix". Dennis Young of legendary NYC band Liquid Liquid has done a remix of the track Elephants, and Norwegian underground house/disco star Kango is joined by his new musical partner Torkill with a edit/remix of The Warning. "Makes the last Rapture album sound like some rank American jam band" -(9/10 VICE MAGAZINE)
SmalltownSupersound-141
CD5
$12.25

Valerie Project
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-352
DLP
$18.00

Valerie Project
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US Greg Weeks (ESPERS), inspired by a classic of Czech New Wave cinema, Jaromir Jires' VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970), joined by members of Espers & other Philadelphia groups such as FERN KNIGHT, GRASS, FURSAXA, TIMESBOLD, WOODWOSE & RAKE
conceived a new soundtrack to the film. Lubos Fiser's original score is lovingly recalled & ambitiously targeted by the group as a sound cycle to be equaled every time they play it. The tone is dense & ornate, expansively acid-charged.
DragCity-352
CD
$13.25

Various
Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US Also on 2LP feat. 4 LP ONLY BONUS TRACKS w/ old style tip-on gatefold sleeve!!!
Numero-017
DLP
$19.00

Various
10 Tons of Heavy DJ Hatcha Mix (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Dubstep truly is the sound of now & what better way for Planet Mu to celebrate its own unique journey through this fresh genre over the last few yrs than an extremely huge compilation? With BOXCUTTER, MILANESE, VEX, PINCH, DISTANCE, MRK1 & many others.
PlanetMu-195
DCD
$13.00

Various
B9 bis: Brussels Cold Wave 1979-82 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, UK 18 tracks. B9 bis, a definitive compilation CD tracing the development of post-punk and new wave music in Belgium between 1979 and 1983. Originally released on indie label Sandwich Records in May 1981, the compilation album B9 featured ten exclusive tracks by a range of diverse Belgian new wave, electronic and underground artists, including Digital Dance, Polyphonic Size, Kid Montana, Pseudo Code and Prothese - the latter the first recording project by Daniel B of Front 242. Although Sandwich was destined to be overshadowed by better-known Brussels labels such as Les Disques du Crepuscule and Crammed Discs, founder Michel Lambot soon afterwards formed European indie empire PIAS. Now digitally remastered and available on CD for the first time, B9 now features an extra eight bonus tracks in order to provide a more comprehensive snapshot of new wave music in Belgium between 1979 and 1983. Mostly taken from rare singles, the extra tracks include songs by The Names, Marine, Front 242, Siglo XX, Allez Allez, Berntholer, Jung and Isolation Ward. As well as revised artwork, this expanded 70 minute edition of B9 also includes detailed sleevenotes and an assortment of period images and graphics.
LTM-2486
CD
$16.25

Various
Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US This serves to color in the spaces left open by its predecessor. In addition to 7 previously unreleased tracks, they've added
13 other related gems from the Solid Soul, Sun Cut, Reedsville, Lloyd & Concho labels. 32 pg bk housed in a Numero slipcase w/ photos, appendix, bibliography
& discography. Feat. CLARENCE REID, HELENE SMITH, BETTY WRIGHT, FRANK WILLIAMS, JAMES KNOGHT & THE BUTLERS & others.
Numero-017
DCD
$15.75

Various
Matinee Hit Parade, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US Tracklisting: 1. Math and Physics Club - A Little Romance, 2. Would-Be-Goods - Temporary Best Friend, 3. The Lucksmiths - Good Light, 4. The Electric Pop Group - My Only Inspiration, 5. Clay Hips - Failure, 6. Bubblegum Lemonade - Tyler, 7. The Hermit Crabs - Sophia, 8. Harper Lee - Ilene, 9. The Guild League - Call To Prayer, 10. Strawberry Whiplash - Summershine, 11. Slipslide - Let Things Fall Apart, 12. The Pines - Train From Wycombe, 13. Lovejoy - Astronauts. Brilliant new compilation commemorating a decade of top quality pop music from respected California indie label Matinée Recordings. To celebrate the anniversary, the label invited 13 artists to record a new, 45-caliber A-side for its elite 'Hit Parade' collection, and the result is nothing less than spectacular! The collection features previously unreleased, exclusive recordings from popular Matinée artists The Guild League (Australia), Harper Lee (England), The Hermit Crabs (Scotland), Lovejoy (England), The Lucksmiths (Australia), Math and Physics Club (USA), The Pines (England), Slipslide (England), and Would-Be-Goods (England) plus Matinée debuts from new label signings Bubblegum Lemonade (Scotland), Clay Hips(Germany/Finland), The Electric Pop Group (Sweden), and Strawberry Whiplash (Scotland). Demonstrating the continuing strength of the label's roster, this extraordinary collection serves as both an essential new release for devoted followers and a wonderful introduction for label dilettantes. A classic addition to the already esteemed Matinée discography!
Matinee-045
CD
$12.25

Various
Ghosts Of Christmas Past (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, UK 22 tracks. The first complete CD release of the classic compilation album Ghosts of Christmas Past, first released on chic Belgian indie label Les Disques du Crepuscule in 1981. Originally released as on 2 December 1981, Ghosts of Christmas Past (Chantons Noel) featured 13 exclusive festive tracks from the international avant garde and new wave, as well as the celebrated Factory Records and Postcard rosters. Then, as now, the contributing artists include The Durutti Column, Aztec Camera, Paul Haig, Tuxedomoon, Wim Mertens, Cabaret Voltaire, Michael Nyman, The Names, Thick Pigeon and Simon Topping of A Certain Ratio. The original album now features nine bonus tracks drawn from later editions of the album released between 1982 and 1986. These include seasonal contributions from The Pale Fountains, Antena, The French Impressionists, Winston Tong and The Arcadians (aka French pop polymath Louis Philippe), as well as extra tracks from Paul Haig and The Durutti Column. The booklet features original artwork by Benoit Hennebert and Jean-François Octave, as well as a facsimile of the insert featuring Christmas postcards, and detailed liner notes. The original 'bauble' cover art by Hennebert is widely recognised as one of his finest designs. This new CD edition has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and features 74 minutes of material. Most of the featured tracks remain unavailable elsewhere. The CD follows on the great success of our 2006 re-release of the 1980 Crepuscule compilation From Brussels With Love.
LTM-2426
CD
$17.00

Various
Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US Mogwai, They Might Be Giants, OK Go, British Sea Power, John P. Strohm, The Rosebuds, Joy Zipper, Elk City and so many more have covered the Pixies with utter reverence for this outstanding tribute to one of the most influential indie bands of all time! Over the past several months ROLLING STONE, SPIN, STEREOGUM, PITCHFORK, NME, and dozens more have been excitedly announcing artists covering the PIXIES for this tribute. A must have for any fan of the PIXIES or any band covering the PIXIES on this tribute.
AmericanLaundromat-011
CD
$13.00

Weakerthans
Reunion Tour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Epitaph
LP
$15.50

Ween
La Cucaracha (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH)
PS, US 1st new full-length album in 4 yrs! None of these tracks have been released before -the "Friends" EP from a few months ago contained unique songs, & even the track "Friends" on this new album is a different track than anything on the "Friends" EP. Gatefold sleeve, includes a Ween sticker.
Schnitzel
DLP
$22.00

White Lodge, The
Twilight Vision (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Attacknine Records is proud to present The White Lodge's debut album "Twilight Vision". The White Lodge is Steven and Emiliana, a husband and wife duo living and recording on a farm in eastern Appalachia. Together they have gathered and articulated a bucolic palate of sounds, weaving them into a shadowy psychedelic tapestry around the listener. Intricate blends of room noise and incidental sounds mix with the building tides of muffled drones, flutes, and bells surrounding their gentle guitars and organs. The repetitive quality of their simple, woven melodies and atmosphere create a unique pastoral landscape. They make melodic, lonesome, and pretty music that is as gentle and frail as it is dark and curious. It is a turning of the ear, a 'listening' at the winding path through the woods at night, and the mysterious communication it brings with it. Track List: 1. Come Twilight, 2. Winter Tracks, 3. Hawk Watch, 4. Drowning In Sight of Shore, 5. Firelight, 6. Sunset Deep, 7. Forest Balance, 8. Lost Season, 9. Spirit Animal, 10. Waking Vision
Attack9-016
CD
$12.25

White Williams
Smoke (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US Smoke is nostalgic, colorful art pop, often loose,imperfect, & ambiguous. Recorded in Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York, & San Francisco over the last 2 yrs, using a laptop & a small selection of studio equipment. Where many of the sounds are algorithmically generated, guitars & vocals are repitched, copied & pasted, & heavily edited at times.
Tigerbeat6-140
CD
$15.00

Youngs, Richard
Autumn Response (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH)
PS, US "Autumn Response" is a spartan folk-"pop" record filled with tinder-box intimacies, composed of some of the shortest songs ever recorded by RICHARD YOUNGS. The simplest form of trickery comes from Richard Youngs' restrained use of an acoustic guitar, bringing it back to Youngs basics. Twenty-six seconds into "I Need the Light", the first track off the album, the listener is confronted with the pivotal element of the record, the drawing line between the hardcore Youngs purists and fairweather fans: the track, like others on the record, features Youngs' double-tracked voice splitting in two - as one overlaid performance veers away from the other. This gesture warrants such a title "King of the Progressive Minimalists" - which is often used beside his name by critics - as the confident inclusion of such an effect grants it legitimacy. Youngs' voices slipping away from one another is on par with other intense representations of singularity such as Donald Judd and Malevich's Suprematist Composition: White on White. Pop is a gesture, a stance, a pose. "Autumn Response" is a singer-songwriter album, as Youngs' fingers slip over the steel strings with little feet and whispery toes, his gently prophetic songs evoke Roger Waters and the folk phase play is sure to appeal to fans of Animal Collective's "Sung Tongs."
Jagjaguwar-121
CD
$11.50

Zombi
Twilight Sentinal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 27TH)
PS, US Second recording now re-issued on LIMITED vinyl!!!
Wabana-052
LP
$20.00

Zombi
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 27TH)
PS, US First recording now re-issued on LIMITED vinyl. Originally self relased as a CDR only, then released on cd with "Twilight Sentinal. "The band's signature sound is achieved using only electric bass, drums, & a collection of analog synthesizers.
Wabana
LP
$20.00

Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders

230 Divisadero “S-T” CD $13.00
45 Adapter [vinyl supplies] “7" Solid Aluminum Dome Insert” MISC $4.75
All My Loving “S-T” DVD $17.00
Bishop, Sir Richard “Polytheistic Fragments” CD $12.50
Bishop, Sir Richard “Polytheistic Fragments” LP $12.50
Bowen, Gene “Bourgeois Magnetic” CD $13.50
Byrds “Under Review” DVD $22.75
Cap Gun Coup “Brought To You By Nebraskafish” LP $12.50
Continental Film Night/Tellerman “Tinhorn Home Companion Library Vol.1” CD $17.00
Crooked Hook “Captain Will Be Your Guide” CD $13.25
Damo Suzuki “The Fire Of Heaven At The End Of Universe” CD $15.00
Diplo “Aeiou Two” CD $14.75
Dommisse, Orion Rigel “What I Want From You Is Sweet” CD $12.50
Donnas “Bitchin'” LP $15.50
Enkidu “Live in Kyoto” DLP $22.75
Fennesz “Hotel Parallel” CD $15.00
Ferrari, Luc “Didascalies” CD/DVD $16.25
Feu Therese “Ca Va Cogner” CD $14.25
Fleetwood Mac “Then Play On” CD $12.25
Fraser & Debolt “With Ian Guenther” CD $16.25
Heavy Metal Fun Time “Activity Book” BOOK $8.50
Heeb Magazine “#14” ZINE $5.25
hollAnd “Love Fluxus” CD $12.25
Hundred Air “Makeout City” CD $10.00
Induce “More Iconic Less Ironic” CD $11.50
It's Casual “Buicregl” CD $8.50
Lycia “Cold” CD $12.25
Magic Carpathians, The & Lechistan's Electric Chair Marek Styczynski “Cyber Totem” CD $15.00
Mams, The “Wam Bam!” CD $13.00
Modeselektor “Happy Birthday” CD $15.50
Morning Recordings “Welcome Kinetic” CD $14.75
Mountain Home “S-T” CD $12.50
MWVM “Rotations” CD $12.50
No Neck Blues Band “Meets the Clear People with Mystery Gypped” DCD $19.75
Persephone's Bees “Notes From The Underworld” LP $11.75
Red Krayola w/ Art & Language “Sighs Trapped By Liars” CD $12.50
Rose, Ethan “Spinning Pieces” CD $13.00
Savvas Ysatis + Taylor Deupree “The Sleeping Morning” CD $9.50
Sigurdsson, Valgeir “Ekvilibrium” CD $15.50
Sun Ra “Volume Two: Intergalactic Research” CD $14.00
Sun Ra “Volume Three: The Shadows Took Shape” DCD $16.00
Sun Ra “Volume One: The Creator of the Universe” DCD $16.00
Sun Ra “Volume Four: Dance of the Living Image” DCD $16.00
Turnquist, Alexander “Faint At The Loudest Hour” CD $13.25
Twilley, Dwight “Twilley/Scuba Divers” CD $21.00
Twilley, Dwight “Sincerely/Twilley Don't Mind” CD $21.00
Vanderslice, John “Emerald City” LP $14.25
Walker Kong “Deliver Us from People” CD $14.00
Weigh Down “Welcome To The Family Zoo” CD $13.25

Parasol New Arrivals • October 23, 2007
Hey everybody, Today documents the release of an oh, so very important instructional DVD for the beginners, intermediate and pros alike. What is this DVD you speak of, oh wise one? Well, it’s the Complicated Drumming Technique video from Jens Hannemann gently presented by Fred Armisen. We Parasolians find this tutorial very beneficial since three fourths of the staff are somewhat rhythmically inclined. We are now handing over "the manual" to Mr. Paul Chastain. Sure, he can write a damn fine pop song but he really needs to tighten up on his reggae beats. We may even hand over this useful piece of information to our fearless leader Geoff Merritt but only if he has time to sit and absorb between tending to his numerous bike frames that arrive on a weekly basis here at Parasol. Once upon a time there was a hare (Geoff) who, boasting how he could bike faster than anyone else, was forever teasing tortoise (Roy) for his slowness. Then one day, the irate tortoise (Roy) answered back: "Who do you think you are? There's no denying you're swift, but even you can be beaten!" The hare (Geoff) squealed with laughter. "Beaten in a race? By whom? Not you, surely! I bet there's nobody in the world that can win against me, I'm so speedy. Now, why don't you try?" It's on ladies and gentleman. Pedal faster bicycle rider. Richard Lloyd fans and other Seekers should spend some quality time with Richard's latest missive: The Radiant Monkey Philosophy, where he expounds upon the concept behind his new album. The audio stork dropped off brand new bundles of jams for you to tenderly nurture so carefully look at the list below because these half-pints need open ears and loving hearts. Dig in and learn your rudiments, Royal & Paul
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	Fred Armisen "Jens Hannemann Complicated Drumming Technique" DVD $14.00 (Drag City Instructional) You Tube Promo: Jens Hannemann Hot on the heels of his recent guest-drummer appearance with the Jimmy Kimmel Show's house band Friday night former Trenchmouth/Blue Man Group/Those Bastard Souls drummer, current Saturday Night Live cast member (Ferecito!), and occasional movie star Fred Armisen brings his 'complicated drummer' character, Jens Hannemann (he of the wavering European accent and perfect ponytail), to the DVD format. A hilarious spoof on low-budget drummer technique vidoes and rock percussion geekery in general. Everyone will laugh, musicians and drummers (and there are three drummers working at Parasol) will bust a gut.
New Releases A Place To Bury Strangers S-T PS, US Vinyl version of the groups break out self titled release.Pitchfork 8.4 "Best New Music" Pressed in an edition of 1000. Important-170 LP $13.25 A Taste Of Ra Morning of My Life PS, SWEDEN This is the third and final album in the A Taste of Ra trilogy. Nicolai Dunger, and the cloak of mystery behind the Taste of Ra project has captivated many with its various incarnations of free-folk meanderings, Tim Buckley jazz-howl and Swedish pastoral indie-hum. Dunger describes Morning of My Life as follows: "When we moved to the tent and the light was golden and we were young, and the magazine was all there was to bring, and you woke in the night when the birds were singing just for you and the smell of soil and the warm breath over through you, ohh it moved you. All there was to it, was the morning of my life." He also describes that the overall idea behind the first two A Taste of Ra records was for pure vocal and instrumental experimentation -- using recording techniques on a more personal level. On this final record in the trilogy, he takes a different approach, starting off with one song that he developed together with Swedish musician, songwriter and producer, Jari Haapalainen. The song naturally broke up into six movements, creating a film-like, dramatic pattern, and Johan Berthling made some beautiful arrangements for three of the movements. Starsailor-esque vocals, jazzy horns and loose, clattering drums mix with piano, harp and guitar arpeggios -- just as much of an Impressionistic song cycle as Van Morrison's Astral Weeks. Hapna-036 CD $16.25 Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals Follow the Lights EP PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! LostHighway 12 $6.75 Adams, Ryan & The Cardinals Follow the Lights EP PS, US New mini-album features two new songs, plus sweet live-in-the-studio stuff including an Alice In Chains cover! Tracks: 1. Follow the Lights (new) / 2. My Love for You Is Real (new) / 3. Blue Hotel (previously unreleased, recorded live in studio) / 4. Dear John (live in studio) / 5. This is It (Cardinals version, live in studio) / 6. Down in a Hole (Alice In Chains cover, live in studio) / 7. If I Am a Stranger (live in studio) LostHighway CD5 $6.00 Alasehir Philosophy of Living Fire PS, US Trio of Michael Gibbons, John Gibbons, & Jason Kourkounis, otherwise known as 3/5s of BARDO POND. This continues their sonic exploration of dense, languorous, free expansion. Billowing & exploding like a cluster of hashish stars, the 3 instrumental tracks produce a cosmic energy akin to a quasar in the heavens. Released in a one-time edition of 1000 LPs, this is the rocket ride into the outer stratum at which their previous CDs only hinted. Siltbreeze LP $14.25 Ambarchi, Oren In the Pendulums' PS, US Here he continues his otherworldly investigations w/ a kind of dark twin to his landmark "Grapes From The Estate". Despite the use of glass harmonica, strings, bells, piano, percussion & guitars, it's startling that the world created is still unmistakably his own, & that there is such a cohesion of vision throughout the 3 lengthy pieces. SouthernLord-078 CD $14.00 Armisen, Fred Fred Armisen Presents: Jens Hannemann Complicated Drumming Technique PS, US This is an educational DVD teaching the craft of drum work (aka drumming) to beginners & experts alike. Respected comedian & television personality Fred Armisen brought percussionist Jens Hannemann to our attention w/ an ingenious DVD that opened our eyes to the responsibilities & million little victories that drummers everywhere experience behind the kit, unbeknownst to us. DragCity DVD $14.00 Babyshambles Shotter's Nation [limited CD+DVD] PS, US Limited version with DVD. Astralwerks CD/DVD $18.75 Babyshambles Shotter's Nation PS, US Let's see if being busted by the constablulary every week pays off in artistic and sales glory. Astralwerks CD $15.25 Bear in Heaven Red Bloom of the Boom PS, US Daydream & goosebump inducing vocals glide over walls of melodious distortion, building unapologetically epic songs. Members of SAVATH & SAVALAS, RHY CHATHAM'S ESSENTIALIST, !!!, PAUL DUNCAN, PRESOCRATICS & PANTHERS made a debut that testifies to psychedelic roots, to the music we obsessed over in the 90's & to future rock. Hometapes-019 CD $13.00 Beauregarde S-T PS, US Vinyl only reissue.In 1970 the Portland-based wrestler entered the studio with then unknown seventeen year old guitarist GREG SAGE (WIPERS) to record a limited release album that would serve as his entrance music for the duration of his career. His vocal style is passionate & direct but never goes overboard. The music features Hendrix-esque guitar solos over rock rhythms & soul drum beats. Jackpot LP $15.00 Besnard Lakes, The Volume I PS, US "Volume I" is the debut album by THE BESNARD LAKES, that preceded their recent opus "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse" which was released on Jagjaguwar in early 2007. "Volume I" was originally released in 2004, and, at the time, The Besnard Lakes were comprised only of husband-and-wife team JACE LASEK and OLGA GOREAS. The Besnard Lakes have just recently become critical darlings, on the strength of their live performances throughout North America and Europe, as well as with their second full-length record "The Besnard Lakes Are The Dark Horse", which quickly made it onto numerous and budding best-albums-of-the-year short-lists by a whole range of music-listening pedigree -- critics, casual and not-so-casual rock listeners, garden variety pop fans, and headphone junkies. Carrying the BREAKGLASS label name, "Volume I" is distributed throughout the world with the help of JAGJAGUWAR. Jagjaguwar/Breakglass-09 CD $11.50 Black Dice Load Blown PS, US New mini-album. Pawtracks CD5 $14.25 Black Dice Load Blown PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Pawtracks 12 $11.50 Black Moth Super Rainbow Start A People [re-issue] PS, US Re-issue of the band's 2005 debut. "Start A People" is a hazy look through the eyes of an electronic junk band who grew up watching "3 2 1 Contact " & "The Letter People" show. B.M.S.R. is made up of 3 to 6 mem. at any given time, who are focused on turning their childhood memories into songs. Their use of dusty, saturated, analog sounds has gained numerous comparisons to folks like Boards Of Canada, The Children's Televison Workshop, & even Air Graveface-037 CD $13.50 Black Moth Super Rainbow Falling Through a Field PS, US New album. Graveface-039 CD $13.75 Bong-Ra Full Metal Racket PS, GERMANY Featuring all the tracks from the "Grindkrusher" and "Sick Sick Sick" records, re-recorded and remastered, "Full Metal Racket" is Bong- Ra's unmatchable homage to his grindcore and hardcore heroes. A fast, high-energy album of twisted breaks, breaks and merciless riffs, it finally presents the 10 gems of these two records to all fans of this superlative-heavy, towering producer. Zombie-claws lacerated subwoofers ahead. AdNoiseam-84 CD $14.75 Booka Shade DJ Kicks PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! K7 DLP $20.00 Booka Shade DJ Kicks PS, US Rather than documenting their the latest club tunes, they mix up older gems w/ unreleased newies which promises to be eclectic. Amid dance music from Carl Craig, Matthew Dear & Lopazz, they find room for French disco (Cerrone), rap (The Streets), '70s soundtracks (John Carpenter), '80s electro-pop (Heaven 17, Yazoo) & even the downright odd (Brigitte Bardot, The Tubes). "We really got into the material that we were using, "explains Walter Merziger, "Putting it together was like creating a remix." K7 CD $17.00 Buried At Sea Ghosts PS, US A flowing wave of trance-like massiveness. They combine elements of doom, space rock, & experimental noise to create a sound of thick & heavy textures that migrate from quiet to an Earth-rattling assault. The band has been compared to the likes of SUNNO))), Eyehategod, Burning Witch, and Neurosis. Neurot-054 CD $15.00 Bush Tetras Very Very Happy PS, US Post new wave funk/punk early '80s stars of the New York club scene. Known for their animalistic, primitive energy. This has a visceral energy reminiscent of recordings the BTs made in the early '80s w/ Stiff & 99 records. Incl. 3 Videos & 2 never before released songs. ROIR CD $16.25 Can Anthology 1968-1993 [remaster] PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For listeners daunted by Can's long and winding discography, Anthology 1968-1993 presents short-form highlights like "Spoon," "Future Days," "Moonshake," "She Brings the Rain," and 25 others. Yes, the albums are better places to hear all of these tracks, and there's a typically Cannish disregard for chronology or narrative (i.e., don't hope for liner notes), but this double-disc set is an excellent introduction to the band's 25-year career." (Keith Farley) Mute DCD $17.75 Canned Heat Kaleidoscope PS, US NOW AVAILABLE ON DIGIPACK CD. Originally released as Live At the Topanga Corral for contractual reasons, this album was actually recorded live at LA's famed Kaleidoscope club. This recording, made in 69, feat. the original line-up w/ the great Bob Hite on vocals & Alan Wilson on guitar & is one of their best live. Lilith CD $18.50 Case, Neko & Her Boyfriends Virginian PS, CANADA Re-issue of Neko's debut. ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "A delightful collection of heartfelt originals and vibrant covers ranging from traditional country fare (Ernest Tubb's "Thanks a Lot," Loretta Lynn's "Somebody Led Me Away") to more eclectic material (Scott Walker's "Duchess"); the highlight is a rip-snorting rendition of the Everly Brothers' "Bowling Green," a duet with Zumpano's Carl Newman." (Jason Ankeny) Mint CD $16.25 Castanets In The Vines PS, US RAY RAPOSA of CASTANETS had almost finished his follow-up to "First Light's Freeze" (2005) when three men in strange masks mugged him at gunpoint in front of his home in Bedstuy, Brooklyn. Stealing Raposa's rent money, iPod and security, the three thieves climaxed a year of depression and nomadic, nocturnal dislocation. Not long after the mugging, Raposa completed "In The Vines." Appropriately, the album he was struggling to complete is based on a Hindu fable about being trapped in an inescapable fate, with death and the limitations of our physical lives closing in from all corners. In the fable story, "The Well of Life", a giant net stretched out by a giant woman surrounds a Brahman lost in the forest. The frantic Brahman runs in circles attempting to escape until he falls halfway down a pit and is entangled in vines. He discovers some beehives halfway between the flesh-hungry six-faced elephant at the top of the pit and the waiting serpent at the bottom. As bees buzz around the Brahman and rats gnaw at the vines holding him up, all he can do is gorge on the sweet honey. Heavy stuff, yes, but it isn't all peril, and darkness. The songs are sung with such intimacy and earnestness that "In The Vines" sways somewhere between the serpent, elephant, bees and rats, the honey representing a strange sense of hope and delight in the brief moments of beauty that sustain our lives. AsthmaticKitty-33 LP $10.25 Castanets In The Vines PS, US RAY RAPOSA of CASTANETS had almost finished his follow-up to "First Light's Freeze" (2005) when three men in strange masks mugged him at gunpoint in front of his home in Bedstuy, Brooklyn. Stealing Raposa's rent money, iPod and security, the three thieves climaxed a year of depression and nomadic, nocturnal dislocation. Not long after the mugging, Raposa completed "In The Vines." Appropriately, the album he was struggling to complete is based on a Hindu fable about being trapped in an inescapable fate, with death and the limitations of our physical lives closing in from all corners. In the fable story, "The Well of Life", a giant net stretched out by a giant woman surrounds a Brahman lost in the forest. The frantic Brahman runs in circles attempting to escape until he falls halfway down a pit and is entangled in vines. He discovers some beehives halfway between the flesh-hungry six-faced elephant at the top of the pit and the waiting serpent at the bottom. As bees buzz around the Brahman and rats gnaw at the vines holding him up, all he can do is gorge on the sweet honey. Heavy stuff, yes, but it isn't all peril, and darkness. The songs are sung with such intimacy and earnestness that "In The Vines" sways somewhere between the serpent, elephant, bees and rats, the honey representing a strange sense of hope and delight in the brief moments of beauty that sustain our lives. AsthmaticKitty-33 CD $11.50 Castro, Nick + Young Elders Day Without Disaster PS, US The newest chapter in the musical adventures of Nick Castro & The Young Elders.This EP is a glimpse into the ever-evolving mind of the group, which dwells somewhere between the romantic male/female duets of Richard & Linda Thompson and the exotic worldly arrangements of the Incredible String Band. With a focused touch, unusual acoustic textures, gentle wordplay, and ensemble interaction, The Young Elders are traversing the folk world & leaving large shoes to fill. SilentPlace 10 $15.00 Cdatakill Bleeding Hearts vol. 1 PS, GERMANY The first volume of "Bleeding Hearts", the vinyl companion to the "Valentine" album, features one new Cdatakill track, as well as remixes by Enduser, übergang (Christoph de Babalon's new project), Detritus, Lapsed and Mad EP. From the heaviest of breakcore to more melodic, syncopated hip hop-influenced track, this hand-picked selection of remixes shows the scope of Cdatakill's music and the influence of this long-running, extremely talented artist. AdNoiseam-082 12 $10.00 Circle Sunrise [re-issue] PS, US NoQuarter CD $15.25 Clockcleaner Babylon Rules PS, US This sees the band diving even further into the darker corners of the world while belting out tune after tune of psychotic trashy noise. For those that are fans of such bands like Killdozer, Pain Teens, Harry Pussy, & many other noise makers. The type of music that is inspired by long nights of hard drug use & many nights spent lurking past dark alleys trying to find your way home. Load LP $14.75 CPC Gangbangs Mutilation Nation PS, US The vinyl edition of the killer debut from the band that rose from the ashes of garage punk architects LES SEXAREENOS, DAYLIGHT LOVERS & SPACESHIFTS. The sound is part Warsaw, part 13th Floor Elevators, part Flamin' Groovies and all primal psychedelic rock punk. Guitars are broken, amps are on fire, drums avalanche off the stage! yeowww!! Recommended with lots of whiskey. Alien8 LP $12.00 Destroyalldreamers Wish I Was All Flames PS, CANADA Destroyalldreamers was founded in the summer of 2002 in Montreal (Canada), by Eric Quach (guitar) & Shaun Doré (drums). Their first compositions were later embellished with the addition of Mathieu Grisé on guitar and Michèle Martin on bass, which led to the recording of their first full-length album "À Coeur Léger Sommeil Sanglant" by Patrick Lacharité (Below the Sea) in early 2004. It was released later the same year on Montreal's label Where Are My Records (Barzin, Epic45, Readymade, etc.). The following year, Destroyalldreamers rode the success of their critically acclaimed debut album, and is offered numerous studio projects to keep them busy. Eric Quach took over the band's production duties with the help of Shaun Doré, Shane Whitbread & Martin Valence. Most of the year was spent on pre-production, live performances and learning how to produce. The resulting studio tracks were used for the aforementioned projects that all saw their release in 2006, which included: a contribution to the shoegaze-homage compilation "Never Lose That Feeling, Volume 2" (other artists includes Hammock, Sing-Sing, etc.) released by ClubAC30 (UK); a contribution for the Propergol Y Colargol rework compilation "Ode to Roger" (other artists includes Eluvium, Giardini di Miro, Helios, etc.) released by Diesel Combustible/Autres Directions in Music (France); a 12" vinyl EP titled "Glare/Halo" released on Claire's Echo (USA), a Clairecords subsidiary label affiliated with the world widely recognized distributor Tonevendor which has proudly dubbed Destroyalldreamers' debut album "À Coeur Léger Sommeil Sanglant" as "The Best Shoegaze Album of 2004". Destroyalldreamers then finished the recording of their second full-length in the fall of 2006. Shortly after, the band has parted ways with bassist Michèle Martin and the release of the album was put aside. They took a short break the next year to pursue different musical and life projects. In the summer of 2007, Destroyalldreamers got back together as an official three-piece, with a close friend filling out on bass for live performances to ready the release of the aforementioned sophomore album entitled "Wish I Was All Flames", again on Where Are My Records in the fall of 2007. This new album is a more focused and mature record, filled with a wide array of sounds, with the added live energy that was developed since their beginnings. It also marks the end of a chapter for Destroyalldreamers' journey as the band has already expressed its wishes to explore new sonic territories. Pre-production for future releases is expected to start in the beginning of 2008 WhereAreMyRecords-023 CD $13.00 Detritus Fractured PS, GERMANY The logical sequel of the "Thresholds" single, "Fractured" sees Detritus keep the harder guitars and beats, while staying true to this intricate drum'n'bass patterns and evocative strings. A production tour-de-force, it presents a crystal-clear, yet powerful and deep sound that confirms this essential acts to the confirmed heights he had reached with his previous albums. Deep, masterful and highly rewarding. AdNoiseam-85 CD $14.75 Duchamp, Marcel Musical Erratum + In Conversation PS, UK A new CD by influential avant-garde artist Marcel Duchamp, featuring two interpretations of his Musical Erratum for piano, together with four spoken word extracts. Written in 1913, the Musical Erratum for piano forms part of the sequence of notes and projects which led to Duchamp's celebrated artwork, La Mariée mise à nu par ses célibataires, même (The bride stripped bare by her batchelors, even, often called The Large Glass). La Mariée... is also the sub-title of the 1913 piano work. Abstract, elusive and even "inachievable" according to the artist, the Musical Erratum consists of two scores. In the first, notes are replaced by numbered keys, and virtuoso performance is discouraged in favour of novel mechanical instrumentation. The second offers a form of random composition, by which numbered balls are dropped into the moving wagons of a toy train. Famously, Duchamp described the whole as "a very useless performance, in any event." Two versions are included on this new CD, including a conventional (but non-virtuoso) performance on piano, and another on which spinning rotary discs brush the piano strings to produce extraordinary tones. The extended 74 minute CD also includes four spoken word extracts by Duchamp (English language), including a fascinating lecture delivered in Houston in 1957, The Creative Act, and a lengthy interview recorded in 1959. LTM-2504 CD $17.00 Fatal Flying Guilloteens Quantum Fucking PS, US The Houston, Texas group's third album delivers more of the raw & nasty fusion of hardcore, blues & punk that has become their trademark. FrenchKiss-272 CD $13.25 Favorita S-T (DELAYED, PREORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, CANADA Twelve years after it was recorded but never released, Popsicle Recordings will present the sole album from Swedish indiepop pioneers Favorita. The brainchild of former Beagle and current Metro Jets frontman Magnus Borjeson, Favorita fell foul of record company politics on the eve of this album's 1997 release and it never saw the light of day. The band split up, the album was forgotten. Popsicle Recordings didn't want Favorita to pass into obscurity. Sure, the album has circulated as a bootleg among discerning music lovers for five or six years, but an album this good deserves a shot at reaching a wider audience. So they dusted off the master tapes, added eight bonus cuts and both of the band's low-budget videos, unearthed photos from the two promo shoots the band did and coaxed some inspired sleeve notes from noted Swedish journalist and blogger (and former Beagle drummer) Anders Mildner. The result is the definitive Favorita experience. Everything you could want to know about this exceptional but criminally short-lived band, there on one disc. Popsicle CD $13.00 Fear Falls Burning & Birchville Cat Motel Self-Titled PS, US One 49:11 jammarathon. Conspiracy CD $16.75 Feu Therese Ca Va Cogner PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Constellation-049 LP $18.00 Foetus Vein PS, US This is not "Love" remixed. It is fractured & reimagined by some of today's most notable artists, incl. FENNESZ, MIKE PATTON, JASON FORREST, MATMOS & more! It's an immersive, powerful, & sometimes harrowing journey through sound & emotion. 2 yrs in the making, strewn w/ tears, joy, & casualties. Birdman-103 CD $15.00 Frog Pocket Come On Primates! PS, US With tracks employing heavy electronic drums, & a huge & looming masterpiece full of gnawing strings & beats, this gently guides the listener on a beautiful sonic journey. Hearing the mix of electronica and noise with folk influences, it's easy to imagine the dramatic Ayr landscape that inspires this album-although it's not all wistful beaut. PlanetMu CD $15.00 Gang Gang Dance Rawwar PS, US "Rawwar" is the first glimpse of exactly what the band have been up to over this prolific year. Clocking in at just over twenty minutes and sprawled across three tracks, the release plays like a GANG GANG DANCE sampler of sorts; a taster for what is to come. "Rawwar" opens with "Nicoman": a live favorite from the last few years which has been refined in the studio.bombastic and dance-oriented it blends the bands affection for musical styles, propelling the listener through the four minutes of audible tribal chaos, while at the same time demonstrating GGD's talent for pop melody. "Oxygen Demo Riddim" finds the band improvising and building musical ideas into a dreamy hypnotic instrumental interlude. The final, almost cinematic, track is a studio composition entitled "The Earthquake That Frees Prisoners" which unfolds over ten minutes. This was painstakingly assembled in the studio and incorporates conversational dialog from their deceased band member Nathan Maddox interwoven into the bands compositional structure. TheSocialRegistry-030 12 $9.00 Gasman Audiogold PS, US This contains nothing but the finest aural stimuli. Blending dreamlike synths w/ discordant undertones & processed beats, he adds elements of acid & electro. He pushes the envelope of melodic IDM composition while still retaining his trademark sound somewhere between a haunted 19th century ballroom & an early 90s rave. PlanetMu-185 CD $15.00 Ghastly City Sleep S-T PS, US New music seldom surfaces that is so deeply intense, just hearing it may induce instant nostalgia-the ancient sensations when the seasons change, a vivid dream involving first love. The multitude of layers are accompanied by a warm yet haunting array of vocals, which contributes to making this debut feel epic. RoboticEmpire-061 CD $10.00 Ghost Overture PS, US At sunset on the night of October 9th, '06, a crowd gathered at Nippon Yusen Soko, a converted warehouse space located on Yokahama Bay. The performance space was chosen for its sonic qualities such as natural reverb as well as its resemblance to Potala Palace in Lhasa. Band members were spaced apart to prevent eye contact & allow distance for the reverberations to unfold between them.The CD performance is an edited version of the evening's events/the DVD is a completely live, 4 camera view into the collective journey of Ghost & their audience. DragCity-330 CD/DVD $16.50 Glowstyx (a.k.a. Bong-Ra) Class of 1992 PS, UK We know what you're asking yourself, what's newer than new-rave? Well, what about OLD-RAVE! Just when you thought the true spirit of Rave was lost to Indy-rock poster boys, Glowstyx arrives with the smashing debut "Class of 1992"! Produced by rave-master Jason Köhnen, (AKA Bong-Ra), Glowstyx gives you good-ol' breakbeat Rave just like you remembered it, but somehow slightly updated and ready for the dance floor! Over 3 years in the making and meticulously constructed from an archive of over 4 gigabyte of old-school rave nostalgia, Glowstyx successfully manages to deliver 12 tracks that seemingly are warped here from over more than a decade ago. Somehow the charm, humor and excitement of Rave got lost in the growing popularity of synthetic repetitive dance music; focusing less on hooks, catchy melodies and simple song structures. But once you hear Glowstyx, you'll realize the power of the music itself is here to stay! Bring back the high pitch vocals! Bring back the piano breakdowns, "mentasm" and rolling breaks! The old-school Rave revival is here, and let's all drop some E to celebrate it! About Cock Rock Disco: Cock Rock Disco was founded by Jason Forrest (AKA DJ Donna Summer) and was established to release amazing new music by a new generation of producers from all over the world. Please look for upcoming releases; they are great, we promise. CockRockDisco-016 CD $14.75 Gonzalez, Jose In Our Nature [limited edition vinyl] PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Mute LP $16.25 Hawkwind Self-Titled [re-issue] PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Produced by former Pretty Things guitarist Dick Taylor, Hawkwind's first album was rightfully compared to Pink Floyd's early sound: an appealing conglomeration of hippie rock grooves and interplanetary guitar trips set to the phosphorescent wandering of Dik Mik's electronics and Nik Turner's cool sax playing. Hawkwind may not have been their most lucrative album, but it's where it all began. Hawkwind's initial galactic blues-rock sound is based on Dave Brock's guitar playing, rising smoke-like through the haze of lyrical space funk... Hawkwind's sound indeed solidified as their career moved upward through the '70s, but their first album magnificently introduces the starting point of what was going to be a long and peculiar journey." Caroline CD $12.50 Higgs, Daniel (A.I.U.) Metempsychotic Melodies PS, US Raw picked acoustic guitar drones dominate here as the instrumental fades into the waking dream soliloquy of observation. A long waltzy drone w/ enough spooky atmosphere for one to think that it could have been recorded at Sunshine studios as there is a heavy Vogel vibe to the whole thing. HolyMountain-144 CD $15.00 iLiKETRAiNS Elegies To Lessons Learnt PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! BeggarsBanquet LP $13.25 iLiKETRAiNS Elegies To Lessons Learnt PS, US The stories told by this Leeds five-piece are set to carefully structured, adorning melodies with instrumental patterns capable of creating an incredible range of emotions. This debut will be supported by their first US tour starting at CMJ in late October. "Intelligent, witty songs are matched by hauntingly powerful riffs. These make you think of The Smiths and Interpol joining forces with Sigur Ros" - The Sun. BeggarsBanquet CD $13.25 Jon Spencer Blues Explosion Jukebox Explosion PS, US InTheRed CD $15.00 Karate 595 PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Southern LP $15.25 Karate 595 PS, US First release since 2004,this is a recording of the band's 595th live show, recorded in Belgium at the end of a long tour. This is the band's favorite live document because of its' clarity and balance. Southern CD $13.25 Lapsed & Nonnon The Death Of Convenience PS, GERMANY "A matter of consciousness": Lapsed's third album sees his pair up with turntablist and producer nonnon and a crew of renowned MC to deliver a wild ride of glitchy electronic hip-hop with an edge. Ranging from heavy head bangers to lyrical narratives, "The Death Of Convenience" impresses by its variety, detail and its maturity. A very rich, well thought and thought-provoking album bearing fruits of many influences and sleepless nights of careful composition. AdNoiseam-87 CD $14.75 Lazarus Hawk Medicine PS, US "Hawk Medicine" is the first LAZARUS album written and performed as a group, and it shows. The eccentricities of each member shine brightly, with {TREVOR} MONTGOMERY'S voice no longer the grounded base, but more of an ominous presence drifting above and below. Produced by the band and engineered in large part by JASON QUEVER of THE PAPERCUTS (for which Montgomery is also a member), "Hawk Medicine" imagines an alternate world where Bruce Springsteen and Johnny Cash take turns scaring each other with their political ghost stories while driving down a foggy highway at night with the headlights off. In spite of this darkness, "Hawk Medicine" is undoubtedly the most hopeful Lazarus album yet, and it's this precarious balance that also makes it the most mesmerizing. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-124 CD $11.50 Letters Letters S-T PS, UK This is the debut album from Montreal/Chicago trio Letters Letters, a band made up of veteran electronic music producer Mitchell Akiyama, singer Jenna Robertson and producer/singer Tony Boggs. Mitchell Akiyama has been an active part of the music scene for some time now as a solo artist, label boss and collaborator with various other musicians, most notably with Boggs (as Désormais) and Robertson (as Avia Gardener), but this is the first time the three musicians have put their heads together and created something which absolutely defies their earlier work. Turning electronic music and post-rock on its head, Letters Letters instead decided to look to the early '80s. With broken synthesizers, fizzled-out drum machines and the usual arsenal of guitars and overdriven amplifiers, they managed to figure out a perfect pop formula. Taking the usual hooks and choruses and feeding them through a mire of grimy effects, they ended up with something flickering and desperately neon-colored. Music for day-glo wrist bands and basement parties, this is a fresh take on the DIY lo-fi scene, and even if the whole fanzine culture has broken down, making way for blogs and webzines, it doesn't mean we have to lose touch with the grittier side of life. Type-022 CD $14.25 Magnet #77 PS, US Jim James of MY MORNING JACKET on cover. Articles on Ween, Robert Pollard, Battles, Animal Collective, Mendoza Line, the 21st Century Primitive Guitar Sir Richard Bishop, Glenn Jones, James Blackshaw & more! ZINE $3.00 Muscles Guns Babes Lemonade PS, US Since early 2006, the one man phenomenon Muscles has been making some serious noise both locally and internationally. His sound is built around keyboards, synths packaged full of extraordinary party anthems, explosive vocal harmonies, rigid techno, lo-fi house and soft trance. His debut album comes on the heels of two of the summers biggest singles; the explosive "Sweaty" and the soothing "Ice Cream." Modular/Interscope CD $11.00 My Little Airport Zoo Is Sad, People Are Cruel PS, SPAIN MY LITTLE AIRPORT is an indie-pop/electro-noise-pop band from Hong Kong (the second Hong Kong artist in the Elefant Records story, right after THE PANCAKES), formed by P and Nicole, college classmates since 2001, and well known in the Hong Kong area thanks to the big success they had with their debut album. "Zoo is sad, people are cruel", is a fourteen-song album compiling the best moments off their two albums. A sweetest selection that will make you laugh and it will make you sigh, and above all it will fill you with joy. Their lyrics are about relationships and stories between P and his friends and acquaintances. Really, the lyrics are about this. Just check out song titles like "Victor, fly me to Stafford", "You don't wanna be my girlfriend, Phoebe" or "Leo, are you still jumping out of windows in expensive clothes?". Their twee-pop sound shares the naïveté of the Sarah Records bands, the simple chrams of CONFETTI and THE SOFTIES and the unaffected intonations of HEAVENLY's Amelia Fletcher. Sometimes, their sound tends more towards punk-pop à la HELEN LOVE (as in the short pill that is "Gigi Leung is dead"), and they also openly acknowledge their fondness for SLOWDIVE y MOJAVE 3, who might be a big influence on the final track, "Dee, it may all end up tomorrow". But, with a song titled "When I listen to The Field Mice", what else could they be but an indie band? Elefant-1124 CD $14.00 Nobuko Hori Xtoyourmilkyhair PS, US A quiet hurricane. It's been heading straight for us, but no one has really put out the warning call yet, and it's probably to late. Over the last couple year Nobuko Hori has been building up, making album covers, music videos. Appearing in collaborations, doing remixes. Including working with other people like Christopher Willits (12k, Ghostly International), and O.Lamm (Active Suspension), to name a few. Now that she has reached full steam, landfall will be soon. In this case, the torrent of energy is mainly build out of some jacked up electronics, and nobuko's voice. Sometimes quiet, sometimes loud. The sound ebb and flow, sometimes lulling you into safety, other time tossing you out into center of the storm. Nobuko was born and raised in the Kansai area of Japan. Witch is the area around Osaka. There must be something in the water there, cause it seems to culture people with no boarders on art. She moved to Tokyo to study art, and has since moved to NYC. We here at music related think she's a great unique talent, and continues the kansai's area history of pushing left field pop and experimentation forward. We're happy to finally release her debut album "xtoyourmilkyhair". MusicRelated-019 CD $11.50 Octis The Social Club Nº6 PS, US MICK BARR'S guitar style is the sound of musical entropy. His compositions, nestled in that grey area somewhere between grindcore and classical, have the air of some sort of slow building chaos, seemingly spiraling out of control. But Barr, here in his solo incarnation OCTIS, maintains the poise of a classical composer. His style of heavily-distorted playing could commonly be deemed "shredding," but the songs found on this installment of THE SOCIAL CLUB are anything but mindless noodling. Backed by an avant-garde pedigree, with work in bands like Quixotic, Orthrelm, and a duo with Zach Hill of Hella, Barr makes intelligent music for the metal-inclined TheSocialRegistry-053 45 $5.50 Of Montreal If He's Protecting Our Nation, Then Who Will Protect Big Oil, Our Children? (RE-ISSUE) PS, US Until now, if one wanted this UK-only of Montreal album, it was time for an online trip over to Ebay. But as part of Polyvinyl's continuing effort to bring all of Montreal titles back into print, ...Big Oilis finally getting a wide release in the United States. With of Montreal's consistent growth, and because this entire album was never widely available outside Great Britain, expect a higher demand than a typical reissue! Polyvinyl CD $12.50 Origami Arktika Trollebotn PS, US Combining elements of ambient noise, post rock, drone, & electro-acoustics w/ traditional Norwegian folk gives the band the unique sound they have grown to be known for on this, their 7th album. Recorded on an island overlooking the the geographical area called Trollebotn, the songs on the album are tales of lust, deceit, dancing, drinking, murder, & giants that truly capture the magic of this tucked away part of the world. Silber-062 CD $12.50 Owls, The Daughters and Suns [CD+DVD] PS, US The long awaited long player from the Minneapolis' The Owls is finally finished. Apart from a few compilations The Owls haven't seen a release since 2004's "Our Hopes and Dreams" mini lp. Instead of spending countless hours in a studio the band decided to make them more self-sufficient and set up the recording studio themselves which there is always a learning curve involved. Three songwriters Brian Tighe, Maria May, and Allison LaBonne come together with drummer John Jerry and special friends to create an unlikely musical voyage, aboard ships, carnival rides, airplanes; trespassing through backyards, human resources departments, and down perilous roads into the distance. Bitter yet life affirming, the Owls console comic strip characters, invent the perfect man, party on the eve of the apocalypse, explore the notion of empire, pay their bills by candlelight, and send flowers into sewers before bidding listeners a rousing adieu. Rich with melody and male/female harmony Daughters and Suns tenders buoyant, laid-back pop with gentle strikes of lightning. MagicMarker CD/DVD $12.25 Phosphorescent Pride PS, US Musicians often head to New York - it's a familiar story. But something magical happened when MATTHEW HOUCK picked up stakes halfway through making his new PHOSPHORESCENT record, "Pride," and moved to Brooklyn from Athens, Georgia. "Pride" is something different. While it's not without the moments of sheer abandon that have made Phosphorescent's work unmistakable-"At Death, A Proclamation" thunders into familiar territory-mostly gone are the messy marching bands and evangelical fervor. Here, Houck instead channels something more mystical and haunting, offering up a dark, meditative set of songs that is all the more spiritual-sounding for its restrained tone. On previous albums, he's recruited guest musicians to fill the gaps, but on "Pride," Houck has only enlisted the services of a makeshift choir, otherwise recording every instrument himself. His achingly cerebral delivery recalls ARTHUR RUSSELL, but honestly, "Pride" sounds like nothing else we've ever heard. These are poems uttered in an empty field, punctuated by shouts and hollers, as if from a singer either abandoned or possessed. The lyrics are Houck's strongest ever, wrapped in washed out choral etudes that could be channeled from a rural French chapel or a solemn African tribe in prayer. "Pride" sounds like it was made by a man set free. In fact, "Pride" sounds broken free of time and place altogether. Yet still it is warm, familiar, and welcoming-a record to call home. DeadOceans-005 LP $10.25 Phosphorescent Pride PS, US Musicians often head to New York - it's a familiar story. But something magical happened when MATTHEW HOUCK picked up stakes halfway through making his new PHOSPHORESCENT record, "Pride," and moved to Brooklyn from Athens, Georgia. "Pride" is something different. While it's not without the moments of sheer abandon that have made Phosphorescent's work unmistakable-"At Death, A Proclamation" thunders into familiar territory-mostly gone are the messy marching bands and evangelical fervor. Here, Houck instead channels something more mystical and haunting, offering up a dark, meditative set of songs that is all the more spiritual-sounding for its restrained tone. On previous albums, he's recruited guest musicians to fill the gaps, but on "Pride," Houck has only enlisted the services of a makeshift choir, otherwise recording every instrument himself. His achingly cerebral delivery recalls ARTHUR RUSSELL, but honestly, "Pride" sounds like nothing else we've ever heard. These are poems uttered in an empty field, punctuated by shouts and hollers, as if from a singer either abandoned or possessed. The lyrics are Houck's strongest ever, wrapped in washed out choral etudes that could be channeled from a rural French chapel or a solemn African tribe in prayer. "Pride" sounds like it was made by a man set free. In fact, "Pride" sounds broken free of time and place altogether. Yet still it is warm, familiar, and welcoming-a record to call home. DeadOceans-005 CD $11.50 Plant, Robert & Alison Krauss Raising Sand PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Rounder DLP $19.00 Plant, Robert & Alison Krauss Raising Sand PS, US T Bone Burnett produced collaboration between two of the most distinctive voices in music. Incl. help from MARC RIBOT, NORMAN BLAKE, T BONE BURNETT, MIKE SEEGER,& others. Rounder CD $18.00 Plumerai Without Number PS, US Plumerai delivers their first full length for Silber doing their take on classic early 1990's alternative. Shoegazing guitars, sultry female vocals, & driving basslines w/ overdubs of organs & accordions to make their unique sound. Silber CD $12.50 Prefuse 73 Preparations PS, US DOUBLE VINYL VERSION!!! Warp DLP $19.00 Prefuse 73 Preparations PS, US The new double album. In a strategy aimed at encouraging folks to buy the actual CD, only the physical edition will come complete w/ the second disc. So if you buy this one on iTunes it will only be a one disc album. Warp CD $16.00 Randall of Nazareth S-T PS, US His take on the folk blues canon is expert,informed by the deities of the 19th and 20th centuries,but idiosyncratically his own. Picking & groaning, Randall (PEARLS & BRASS) streamlines the performances w/ discreet touches. Gritty, arid , timeless...this is music that evokes squalor w/ elegance, evoking midnight at noon w/ all mysteries intact & growing quietly more intense w/ the years. DragCity-347 CD $13.25 Randall of Nazareth S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity-347 LP $14.00 Redwalls Self-Titled PS, US New album? Re-issue? MadDragon CD $16.25 Rework So Cold Remixes Part 2 PS, US Jackmate puts Rework's smasher "So Cold" through the hoops. Where the original mix dashes ahead from the first second, Jackmate lets it grow. The vocals take a journey through the reverberation chamber, and there's a trippy broken beat that even the coolest hobby-raver can't resist. The Losoul mix features irresistible, weird organ sounds. The dancefloor will explode for sure. Playhouse-139 12 $9.50 Saturday Looks Good To Me Fill Up the Room PS, US After three years of relative silence, warped indie-pop collective SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME return triumphantly with their fourth studio album "Fill Up The Room". Following two critically acclaimed releases with Polyvinyl Records, this marks the beginning of the band's work with K Records, and a dramatic progression from their 60's tinged retro-pop sound to a more textured, experimental and colorful breed of pop music. Songwriter, producer, guitarist and lead vocalist Fred Thomas leads the Saturdays through a shifting palette of sonic joys on Fill Up The Room. Renowned for their production and arrangement, SLGTM is true to form with these new developments, meshing soaring string sections, harpsichords and interstellar fuzz guitar with found sound samples and ghostly wordless vocal melodies. By the end, it's clear that "Fill Up The Room" acts as a powerful song cycle, repeating themes of love, death and redemption in a way free of teenage existential crises, but leaning more towards feelings of unbearable, unreasonable joy and the desire to celebrate all the misery and terror of life as part of the wonder. Krecords-182 CD $11.50 Saturday Looks Good To Me Fill Up the Room PS, US After three years of relative silence, warped indie-pop collective SATURDAY LOOKS GOOD TO ME return triumphantly with their fourth studio album "Fill Up The Room". Following two critically acclaimed releases with Polyvinyl Records, this marks the beginning of the band's work with K Records, and a dramatic progression from their 60's tinged retro-pop sound to a more textured, experimental and colorful breed of pop music. Songwriter, producer, guitarist and lead vocalist Fred Thomas leads the Saturdays through a shifting palette of sonic joys on Fill Up The Room. Renowned for their production and arrangement, SLGTM is true to form with these new developments, meshing soaring string sections, harpsichords and interstellar fuzz guitar with found sound samples and ghostly wordless vocal melodies. By the end, it's clear that "Fill Up The Room" acts as a powerful song cycle, repeating themes of love, death and redemption in a way free of teenage existential crises, but leaning more towards feelings of unbearable, unreasonable joy and the desire to celebrate all the misery and terror of life as part of the wonder. Krecords-182 LP $10.25 Savage Republic 1938 PS, US New album, info scarce. Neurot CD $15.25 Scotland Yard Gospel Choir Self-Titled PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "For their second album, the Scotland Yard Gospel Choir have forsaken their pop aspirations for a darker, more cynical sound with echoes of the British new wave bands of the late '70s and lyrics that deal with the horrors of modern life..." Bloodshot CD $12.25 Scurshahor/Striborg Split PS, US Scurshahor is an Australian entity, brethren in aesthetic to Sin-Nanna. The actual identity of this project is a mystery. Striborg tracks composed & recorded exclusively for this session. LIMITED TO 1500 SouthernLord 45 $5.00 Seabear The Ghost That Carried Us Away PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! MorrMusic LP $15.50 Seabear The Ghost That Carried Us Away PS, GERMANY MorrMusic CD $17.75 Shark Move Ghede Chokra's PS, GERMANY Indonesian rock pioneers Shark Move started playing in Bandung, Indonesia in 1970 and was founded by Benny Soebardja, who plays lead guitar and sings. The group combined rock music and English lyrics with traditional harmonies and progressive sounds. While other bands at that time were still playing sweetened pop music, this was really an experimental recording for the time and place it was made. Unfortunately, at the end of 1970, the keyboard player passed away, so Benny decided not to continue with his band and formed a new one named Giant Step (which might come out soon on Shadoks music). Ghede Chokra's is a very complex prog album which is as strong as many good UK albums of the same period, with that little something extra that makes this album unique and great. Shadoks-086 CD $14.25 Shrigley, David / Various Artists Worried Noodles PS, US "I didn't make a record. I couldn't be bothered to make a record. It would have been too difficult. It was easier not to make a record," writes DAVID SHRIGLEY about his LP-sized book of song lyrics. The original "Worried Noodles" songbook reveals a never-ending curiosity; the lyrics are simple poetry, ironic yet somehow honest, and insistently inciting. The book merged the three spheres in Shrigley's work - art, book, and music - yet it was silent. That first edition, also released by TOMLAB, sold out within just 6 months of its publication two years ago. The book found a slew of new admirers of David Shrigley's work in pop music circles, wherein the idea of adapting these songs to music was recognized as something that needed to happen. In collaboration with David Shrigley, Tomlab gathered a diverse selection of musicians and bands from the unknown to the legendary to receive a copy of the book. Many were already familiar with David Shrigley's work, and some are among his most devoted fans. Those who did not know of his work instantly fell in love with his quirky drawings and words. All of the artists wished to join this collaboration and delivered their stellar songcraft! During the process of the collaboration, Shrigley found perhaps the best words to describe the strong enthusiasm present in the project: "Now we have opened the can of worms we have to deal with the consequences." The can now counts 39 worms - all exclusives! Tomlab-100 DCD/BOOK $28.25 Sightings Through the Panama PS, US Bass, drum & guitars meshed together w/a synthetic twine envisioned in future think tanks. Literally the sound of human progress darkened w/a profound fidelity so loud the dark matter of the universe quivers in a deadly orgasm. Guitar, bass & drums reconfigured for a new purpose. Load CD $15.00 Skyscraper #26 PS, US Features on Bad Brains, Les Savy Fav, Mum, Deerhunter, Cass McCombs, Two Gallants, Sir Richard Bishop, Editors, Tarentel, Pissed Jeans & many others. Plus the usual plethora of articles, & reviews. ZINE $5.50 Slow Six Private Times in Public Places PS, US Simultaneously traditional and modern, amplified strings, guitars, a fender Rhodes, and drums are joined by homegrown software "instruments" used to process the band's live performance. The detail and structure of these compositions reveals the group's background in the world of modern classical music, leaning on NYC's post-minimalist heritage while their electrified, live energy projects the palpable drive of a long-running band with deep indie roots. In July of 2007 NEW ALBION released the SLOW SIX album "Nor'easter," adding Slow Six to New Albion's prestigious roster of art-music pioneers INCLUDING JOHN CAGE, ARVO PÄRT, TERRY RILEY, AND STEVE REICH. WesternVinyl-47 CD $11.50 Sole & The Skyrider S-T PS, US The improvisational songwriting process produced a musicality new to Sole discography, & also furnished a number of stunning juxtapositions. The lovely analog of "Shipwreckers" comfortably cohabits w/ the grinding, anthemic opening track, where Sole promises, "when the last buzzard eats the last candy bar from the last body on the San Andreas, it'll be a sad day for investors." Anticon-078 CD $15.50 Sole & The Skyrider S-T PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Anticon-078 DLP $17.00 Stonebreath Songs of Moonlight & Rain (Expanded) PS, US Presaging the free/freak/acid-folk boom by almost a decade, Stone Breath carved a unique place in what was then a very lonely neighborhood. "Songs of Moonlight and Rain," the first Stone Breath album, struck a spectral note somewhere between Syd Barrett singing nature poetry & The Incredible String Band's more lonesome moments; blended with experimental graveyard-songs & acoustic drones into a cauldron of darkness & hope; nature & supernature; love & loss. This 10-year anniversary edition presents the entire original album with nine bonus tracks! Several bonus tracks from the same period - dating back to the very first SB song ever recorded (1995), and related songs from later periods, including a collaboration with Fit & Limo. Hand/Eye-031 CD $12.25 Subtle Yell & Ice PS, US Features remixes & remakes of songs from the band's earlier For Hero: For Fool album & acts as sort of a sequel to their previous collaboration/remix project, It's stacked w/ guest artists, incl. WHY?, TV ON THE RADIO's Tunde Adebimpe, WOLF PARADE's Dan Boeckner, NOTWIST's Markus Archer & BRACKEN & HOOD's Chris Adams. Lex CD $15.00 Sun I'll Be The Same PS, US Limited vinyl edition of the Staubgold full length cd. 500 made. Sun is the coupling of sound artist OREN AMBARCHI and musician-producer CHRIS TOWNEND. The pair have been kindred spirits for many years, with Townend being a sensitive and crucial ear in engineering Ambarchi's landmark solo recordings. It was their shared love for expansive pop that led them to their first musical collaboration together as Sun, released on Staubgold in 2003. The self-titled debut was a laidback delight of many melodic charms and artful creation, as sweet as it was wry in its lyricism. Those trademarks continue with "I'll Be The Same", though the songs here are more freewheeling pleasures where an unaffected sense of experimentalism breezes in. Important-171 LP $15.00 Sun Electric Lost & Found 1998-2000 PS, GERMANY Lost & Found (1998-2000) is the never-released follow-up album to 1998's Via Nostra by Berlin's Sun Electric (Max Loderbauer, Tom Thiel). Who is Sun Electric? Sun Electric is to ambient music what The Sex Pistols was to punk music. But since electronic music abandoned the pathetic poses of rock music, nobody had to die to make this unique band history. The Sun Electric members are regarded as innovators of ambient music - or electronic listening music or intelligent dance music - depending on what you prefer. After electronic music exploded in the late '80s/early '90s, the music seemed more or less to be restricted to forming the heartbeat of homogeneous party crowds. Like The Orb's Alex Paterson, Loderbauer and Thiel allowed the sounds to detach themselves from the action on the dancefloor to lead a life of their own. After having released six albums on the R&S/Apollo label, Loderbauer and Thiel lost interest in their hardware equipment and explored computer-based modes of music production. Lost + Found is more than an archaeological find, it's the rediscovery of electronic music as an alien experience, as a sonic challenge. Thiel and Loderbauer avoid the pathetic narcissism of overproduction: the plague in current electronic music production. Lost + Found was recorded in the three successive years after Sun Electric's final album was released in 1998. Listening to Lost + Found, one might feel like visiting a jungle: the music creates a complex soundscape, reminding of the noises of weather conditions and the sounds of a multitude of unknown animals. While current electronic music triggers the movements of the dancer's bodies like an aerobics class, the effects of Sun Electric's music on mind and body are complex and open. Shitkatapult-086 CD $15.00 Supersilent 8 PS, NORWAY Supersilent celebrate 10 years as a groundbreaking quartet with their first studio album in almost 5 years, the eighth release in their series. Members Arve Henriksen (trumpet, voice, electronics, drums), Helge Sten (audio virus), Ståle Storløkken (keyboards, synthesizers) and Jarle Vespestad (drums) form a band that refuse categorization, with experiments in such disparate elements as ambient, jazz, electronica, rock, techno, noise and musique concréte. As with Supersilent 6, 8 was recorded during a 5-day studio session at all-analog facility, Athletic Sound in Halden, Norway. From the monumental hardcore blizzard storm of 1-3, to the elegant electro-jazz of 4, and from the quiet soundscapes of 5, to the epic 6, Supersilent have yet again re-invented themselves with an album that to a certain degree explores more abstract and mysterious pathways beyond category and comparisons. The 68 minutes that ended up on 8 was chosen from 5 hours of finished music, and at one time the group considered a double or even triple album. The album has been mastered by U.S. mastering guru, Bob Katz in close collaboration with producer Deathprod, and it's been handled almost like classical music to keep the extremely dynamic range of the original recording. Again, the names of the players do not appear on the cover. This is Supersilent music, collective work, group improvising, and not a matter of individual grandstanding. They never rehearse as a group and don't discuss the music with each other, meeting only to play concerts or to record. Supersilent music lives in a no-man's-land between the genres, somewhere between rock, electronica, jazz and modern composition. Needless to say, there are no overdubs. RuneGrammofon-2067 CD $15.00 Sword Heaven Entrance PS, US LP is deluxe gatefold design & stylish scenes of hi-profile olden-style torture (?) Entrance LP $14.75 Sword/Witchcraft Split PS, US "A"side (The Sword): Sea of Spears, Immigrant Song (Led Zeppelin cover) "B" side (Witchcraft): You Bury Your Head, Queen of Bees, Sorrow Evoker. ALL SONGS EXCEPT "BURY YOUR HEAD" ARE PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED Kemado 12 $11.00 Terje, Jesper & Joachim S-T PS, GERMANY Terje Bandholdt (drums), Jesper Schmidt (guitar) and Joachim Ussing (bass) recorded this album in 1970 for the famous Spectator Records in Denmark (Moses/Blues Addicts/Days). Now reissued in the original cover with a booklet full of photos and band-story, this amazing heavy psych album beats most releases from Denmark, in quality and rarity. Massive guitar action all over, great heavy vocals and pumping rhythms lift this album with out-there grooves. Besides Blues Addicts, the best heavy psych album from Northern Europe. Shadoks-092 CD $14.25 Tullycraft Every Scene Needs a Center PS, US New album from twee heroes! Tullycraft is known for writing indie pop anthems. Over the years, the band has penned a handful of songs that practically define the twee movement in America. It would be a safe statement to say that the new album, Every Scene Needs a Center, picks up where the band's fourth album, Disenchanted Hearts Unite, left off, but that would also be selling Tullycraft short. This new album, recorded entirely on analog tape, is not simply a collection of wonderfully snarky pop songs with one or two anthems thrown in, but is an entire record of ultra-catchy, smart indie pop anthems that takes aim at vampires, the English class system, goth waitresses, and much more. This time around, Tullycraft may have actually crafted a twee masterpiece. PITCHFORK: "Yes, it's the esoteric world of too-clever, self-referential indie-pop, but hey, you can dance to it too ... Tullycraft kick[s] some twee ass." /// MAGNET: "Decidedly extroverted, Seattle's Tullycraft took a punk approach to its indie-pop aesthetic ... like a group of kids covering the Violent Femmes." MagicMarker CD $12.25 Various Songs From the Big Top PS, US The film centers on the life of Vincent O'Malley, a young man who runs away w/ the circus, only to become consumed by his desire for power & the love of a woman. This 13-track collection incl.s songs by LISA GERMANO, CLIENTELE, DAMIEN JURADO, MATTHEW SWEET, ELEVENTH DREAM DAY, DOUG MARTSCH, THE OWLS, COMMUNIQUE & more. All material is unique to the film and the CD. DevonReed-366 CD $13.25 Various Return of the Instro-Hipsters Vol. 2: Groovy Instrumentals from the UK 1965-1973 PS, UK Vol. 2 presents 20 previously uncomped groovy instrumentals from the UK circa '65-'73. Hot on the heels of the On The Brink... compilation, the Psychic Circle label presents tunes designed to stimulate and relax in equal measure. This comp explores that brightly-hued subculture which brought together session men, orchestras, rock bands and jazzers in a mirrorball flash of melodic inspiration and rhythmic expression. Music that is as evocative as any color slide of Swinging London. If David Bailey could have photographed sound instead of images, he would have come up with something like this. Compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Artists include: D. Cordell's Tea Time Ensemble, The 4 Instants, The Roger Coulam Quartet, Harold McNair, Music Through Six, Sounds Sensational, The Masked Phantom, The Johnny Harris Orchestra, Tony Newman, The Tony Evans Band, Kenny Clare, Sharks, The Outer Limits, Cliff Adams, Oliver Bone, Thunder Poad, Jerry Allen, Paraffin Jack Flash, The Helmut Zaccharias Orchestra and Ning. PsychicCircle-7013 CD $15.00 Various Blow Your Cool: 20 Prog/Psych Assaults from the UK & Europe 1969-1974 PS, UK 20 previously uncomped prog/psych assaults from the UK & Europe, 1969-1974. So here we are again one and all; scoop neck Mr. Freedom T's freshly laundered, split-knee loons fashionably fading, with another 20 swift excursions into that amorphous hybrid of prog and psych, so loved by today's cognoscenti. And what nefarious delights are in store for the voyager? May we present the young Linda Lewis, Atomic Rooster's drummer re-located to Italy, a top prog outfit comprising four Moroccan Jews and a Belgian soul band gone all weird. With 16 other strange pleasures, how could any self-respecting head refuse? Compiled by legendary psych musician and Psychic Circle label-head, Nick Saloman (The Bevis Frond). Artists include: Paradise Hammer, Barry Freeman & Strange Power, Primitive Man, The Foundations, Dream Police, Tritons, Mogul Thrash, Ferris Wheel, Triangle, Zior, The Rattles, Freedom, Bluebeard, Paul Ryder & Time Machine, Variations, Egg, Jess & James, Bedlam, Swegas and Cosmic Dealer. PsychicCircle-7014 CD $15.00 Various Cries From The Midnight Circus: Ladbroke Grove 1967-78 PS, US Awesome UK 60s, 70s psych-rock collection features Pretty Things, Mighty Baby, The Action, Pink Fairies, Hawkwind, Quintessence, Edgar Broughton Band, Motorhead, and many more. Highly recommended! Castle DCD $22.50 Warlocks Heavy Deavy Skull Lover PS, US New album! FILTER MAGAZINE: "The first album for Tee Pee from Los Angeles psych-rock band the Warlocks is definitely heavy deavy. It swirls and sears with ear-bleeding feedback and monumental guitar patterns. The band's ranks have fluctuated in members throughout the years, but the band has always remained based in the vision of Bobby Hecksher. Hecksher has found an accommodating home at Tee Pee, alongside similar California bands Entrance and Brian Jonestown Massacre. Heavy Deavy was recorded by Rod Cervera, who worked with the Warlocks back on the band's first EP and has also done studio time with the likes of Lavender Diamond, Weezer, and Silversun Pickups." (John Zeiss) TeePee CD $15.00 Ween La Cucaracha PS, US For the past 20 years, Ween has established itself as a major artistic force, combining off-the-wall musical antics with brilliantly creative songwriting. La Cucaracha, Ween's new studio record, is an eclectic, dark, humorous, and bizarre assortment of songs. In other words, it's a typical Ween record. These thirteen tracks, though strongly diverse, share a common theme: relationships. It's a theme that can be at once joyful, morbid, humorous, and often frightening. From the tenderly introspective "Lullaby" to the disturbingly offensive "My Own Bare Hands," Ween pulls no punches in its latest endeavor, which acheives its power through sharp wit, clever songwriting, and brutal honesty. Rounder CD $16.25 White Magic Dark Stars PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity 12 $10.00 White Magic Dark Stars PS, US This contains themes of the Universe, & the dark stars that remain unseen in the night sky & within us. They are the infinite holes in the universe & in the human soul, remnants of a supernova. Invisible stars exist if they are massive enough. A new & concise direction, deeply rooted in the knowledge gained from previous explorations of the unknown. DragCity CD5 $9.50 Wooden Sky, The When Lost At Sea PS, US Toronto's Wooden Sky have cut together a collage of folk songs on their debut record, When Lost at Sea, that has drawn comparisons ranging from Townes Van Zandt to Okkervil River. Swelling between 4 and 7 members the group handle each song differently as the record runs the course from ragged rockers like 'North Dakota' to the delicately orchestrated 'The Wooden Sky'. Each song is delivered with a sense of urgency echoing the records underlying themes and bridging the gap across the range of dynamics. THANKS CAPTAIN OBVIOUS REVIEW: "The songs on their album When Lost At Sea are twang-filled tales peppered with harmonica, banjo and slide guitar. Lead singer Gavin Gardiner's scratchy vocals navigate through songs that have a literary, narrative feel to them. And while they never approach the scope of bookishness that a band like the Decemberists may portray, there's definitely a rich sense of storytelling apparent in the folk-rock gems that comprise the album." FMR-002 CD $11.00 Yeasayer All Hour Cymbals PS, US It would be an untruth if we were to tell you that our hearts weren't ailing and our ears weren't sleeping before stumbling across some YEASAYER demos over a year ago. Nibbling at the idea of raising the white flag, we have since then lifted our chins and turned about face. Over the past year we have somehow managed to keep the music of YEASAYER under lock and key. A recording process that took place in two states, two cities, four buildings, and spanned 11 months, you would think it was a strenuous affair. It wasn't, it was a pleasure. The outcome, YEASAYER'S debut release, "ALL HOUR CYMBALS," is a completely mystifying and magical travel. It would only be a lazy stab to make modern day comparisons. Please, make this an exercise. Pulling from every spectrum and mashing, then re-mashing, the YEASAYER collective have bent genre's until unrecognizable. YEASAYER'S components are four, each multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, songwriter, and chanter. Founded by half of a barbershop quartet, then followed by the rhythm, YEASAYER is a tight brotherhood undisrupted by the external. WeAreFree-002 CD $11.50 Forthcoming Releases 60 Watt Kid S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US San Francisco trio who simulataneously pay homage to the culture of stripped down rock while abusing it irreverently, tweaking it w/wacked out time beats & infinite reverb. They blend psychedelic experimental pop w/electronic glitches & old rock chops. RIYD: Animal Collective, Spacemen 3. AbsolutelyKosher-070 CD $12.25 Aarktica Matchless Years (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US Pop/rock/experimental group lead by New York's Jon DeRosa featuring Mascott's Kendall Meade and Drum Corps' Aaron Spectre as well as other musicians known for their own work. As with previous records Matchless Years was recorded by Charles Newman at Mother West Studio, NYC. On Matchless Years Aarktica embraces the spirit of the best works of brethren Jesus And Mary Chain, Spiritualized, and Magnetic Fields, as well as a progression toward "dark disco" and a meshing of 1950's vocal pop sensibilities atop Aarktica's established atmospheric sound. The tradition of moody pop aural heroin has never sounded so comfortable. Matchless Years is by far Aarktica's strongest and most accessible work to date and is sure to gain them new fans. Personell: Jon DeRosa - vocals, guitars, bass, percussion, pump organ, harmonium, gamelan bells. Aaron Spectre (Drumcorps) - drum programs, Chris Carrico (ex-Crucifer) - electric guitar, Charles Newman (Magnetic Fields, Stephin Merritt producer)- organ, keyboard, Mike Pride - drums, percussion, Seth Misterka - alto saxophone, James Duncan - trumpet, Gretta Cohn (ex-Bright Eyes/Cursive)- cello, Kendall Jane Meade (Mascott) - backing vocals, Ernie Adzentoivich - electric & upright bass. Produced by Charles Newman. Tracklisting: 1. Seventy Jane, 2. I Name You Sleep, 3. Intro to Arms, 4. Arms, 5. Summer Tabla Dub, 6. Happiness Boys, 7. Matchless, 8. Slow Sorrow, Oh. Also Available: AARKTICA -Bleeding Light CD (Darla: DRL-155), AARKTICA-Or You Could Just Go Through Your Whole Life And Be Happy Anyway/Bliss Out v.18 CD (Darla: DRL121), AARKTICA-Pure Tone Audiometry CD (Silber: sil026), AARKTICA-No Solace In Sleep CD (Silber: sil012). PRESS: "Aarktica is cold, pure, and almost inescapably tranquil." -PITCHFORK. Darla-177 CD $12.25 Abtan, Freida Subtle Movements (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Completed over 4 yrs from the sidelines of other projects & during her schooling in Montreal. It's a collection of her favorite pieces, combining her love of electro-acoustic music w/ her love of found melody. 2 of the songs are collaborations w/ Steven Stapleton of NURSE WITH WOUND. DurtroJnana CD $15.00 Acid Mothers Temple Acid Motherly Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US Guitars howl, riffs grow BIGGER w/ each minute & brains get fried along the way. Recorded under falling ash & burning roof tiles, this feat. every dimension of their legendary underground sound - from wild riff heavy jams, to quieter acoustic passages & spoken monologues. RiotSeason-016 CD $20.00 Akre, Carrie Last the Evening (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Lead singer for Seattle bands Hammerbox & Goodness releases her third solo album recorded with production/engineer wizard STEVE FISK. She possesses a thunderous & wailful voice that "might just inspire you to finally surrender to the love that you've been resisting."-Mark Pickeral (SCREAMING TREES) Loveless-026 CD $11.50 Am-Boy Horrible Oracle Blessedness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Attacknine Records is proud to present Am-boy's "Horrible Oracle Blessedness", 16 tracks of addictive Technicolor synth-tunes, and the latest dose from a body of work that has earned him the title of "Walt Disney on Acid". Am-boy is coastal NJ's Forrest Wolf, and 'Horrible Oracle Blessedness' is his third full-length release. Perhaps more so than ever before, 'Horrible Oracle Blessedness' is filled with his trademark sugary hooks and pristine production that will leave you with a smile on your face and a head full of melodies you won't stop humming. The beats and melodies are deceptively simple, exemplifying a complex series of emotions that perfectly unveil themselves with each listen. You will not be disappointed, as this is by far one of the best albums of 2005." - Erik Kowalski/CASINO VERSUS JAPAN Attack9-017 CD $12.25 Amplified Heat How Do You Like the Sound of That (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTBER 2ND) PS, US Debut album of Deep South boogie-blues rock with a nifty psychedelic waycoolness from hirsute Austin trio. Arclight CD $14.25 Andrea's Kit Bad Taste Emergency (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US Feisty French fun from a group of musical mavericks lost in London, this is rubber band funk, avant punk, & even a touch of grunk. This is like Captain Beefheart buggering Damon Albarn. Loaf -011 CD $9.25 Arp In Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos,formerly of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment to "natural electronic music" (bridging the natural and electronic worlds),nearly all of In Light was recorded live.Very few loops were used -in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re:natural) edges that have been lost in so much "Electronic Music" today. In Light is a luminous album of warm, pulsing music. Like dreams or rich,saturated moments that make one lose sense of time, they are grainy snapshots,like old films of one's own experiences,elevated moments. Call it Pop Minimalism.Call it Cosmic Pop. Call it Cosmic Minimalism. Call it what you will. SmalltownSupersound-133 CD $14.50 Baby Dee Robin's Tiny Throat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US This deluxe, double-CD retrospective set compiles all the music from her Little Window & Love's Small Song albums, originally available in limited numbers via World Serpent & long out-of-print. Also incl. are the tracks from her limited, mailorder-only EP Made For Love. Her voice harkens back to cabaret performers of old & appeals to fans of her friend Antony. DurtroJnana DCD $18.75 Banhart, Devendra Smokey Rolls Down Thunder Canyon (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! XL LP $19.25 Barzin Barzin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6th) PS, UK "Barzin's self-titled debut album is a gorgeous marriage of mood, minimalism and melancholia. Imagine Slint's quieter moments or Hayden's more gothic opuses and you'll have an idea of Barzin's approach... This is a morose masterpiece, an exercise in understatement that leaves the listener wanting more..." "... a sad beauty worthy of entry among the slow-core canon of Red House Painters, Cat Power, Low, et al". These are some of the many praises showered on the eponymous debut album of Toronto singer/songwriter Barzin, which was originally released in North America on Where Are My Records (2003), and also had a short-run release in France and Italy on the French label Ocean Music. Since 2004, it has been out of print in Europe, and will now be available for the first time worldwide. The follow-up album, 'My Life In Rooms' was released in Europe in 2006 and was similarly acclaimed, leading to a demand for the re-issue of the S/T debut. A new album is scheduled for release in 2008. "This eponymous CD boasts ripe writing skills, delicate arrangements, and exquisite production. Barzin's songs originate from the melancholic indie rock of Low, with hints of the American neofolk current...There is no weak moment on this album". Recommended (4/5) - All Music Guide. Monotreme-31 CD $17.00 Beirut Flying Cup Club (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! BaDaBing! LP $15.50 Bones, Mike The Sky Behind The Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US MIKE BONES is New Jersey-born songwriter MIKE STRALLOW, who lives and works in New York City. Of his pseudonym, Strallow offers: "Bones is a nickname a friend gave to me when I was a kid. Making records as Mike Bones removes my voice from the song, at least in my own mind and leaves a song's meaning and intention ambiguous. I don't have to show my cards." Although Bones has been writing songs for years, worked as a guitar player for The Mighty Flashlight, Damon McMahon, and Lizzie Trulie, and is a member of cult favorites Soldiers of Fortune (a band featuring members of Oneida, Home, and Oakley Hall), "The Sky Behind the Sea" marks his debut solo recording. TheSocialRegistry-046 CD $11.50 Bright Eyes Motion Sickness: Live Recordings (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US The sound of a band bounding around the world in 90 days,seeing the world from barstools & bus windows, touching down just long enough to drink some (or a lot) & bash about the stage for an hour or two each night.Feat.songs from "I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning" as well as songs from other albums, non-album tracks & 2 covers: Feist's "Mushaboom" & Elliott Smith's "The Biggest Lie." TeamLove-006 CD $12.50 Brother Kite, The Moonlit Race (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Over a year in the making, The Brother Kites Moonlit Race EP has undergone several conceptual changes as time has moved on. The final product is one to cherish. Originally conceived as a single for Get On, Me - arguably the catchiest song on their masterful sophomore album Waiting For The Time To Be Right the EP stays true to form by leading off with that track. From there on, the listener is treated to five exclusive tracks. We are treated to alternate versions and mixes of two album tracks from WFTTTBR, including the title cut and Hopeless and Unsung. A never-before-released live version of Never in Years from a WERS 88.9 radio session in Boston is also included. Sandwiched in the middle of the disc are two solid non-album tracks. Unearthed/Digging in the Dirt is taken from DJ Potters creepy child-zombie short film Of All That Is Unearthed. The track Half Century appears here in hard-copy format for the first time. The track was originally recorded for the most recent Adult Swim download compilation entitled Warm and Scratchy, and saw the band sitting comfortably alongside an impressive array of indie notables such as The Rapture, TV On The Radio, The Raveonettes, Fennesz, Broken Social Scene, The Liars, Asobi Seksu, Amusement Parks on Fire, Les Savy Fav and more. In addition to the six audio tracks, the CD has enhanced content featuring three videos! The alternate version of Hopeless and Unsung gets paired with an artistically shot video. I'm Not The Only One has been a fan-favorite over the past year, having been downloaded off the band's website and YouTube more than 5,000 times. The video is beautifully and professionally shot, and appears here on an official format for the first time. The disc is wrapped up with a funny, behind-the-scenes, home-shot video by the band about the recording of the penultimate album track Get On, Me. Clairecords-067 CD5 $8.25 Bryars, Gavin Hommages (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, UK Remastered. Originally released in November 1981 on Les Disques du Crepuscule, Hommages was recorded in Leicester in February 1981 and produced by noted Belgian new music composer Wim Mertens. The album was conceived as a series of diverse homage's to other composers, which include Bill Evans (My First Homage), Ferruccio Busoni and Gustav Holst (The English Mail-Coach and The Vespertine Park) and Percy Grainger (Hi-Tremolo). Featured musicians included Andrew Bilham, Ronald Reah, Andrew Renshaw, Nigel Shipway, Dave Smith, John White and Marie Wilson, as well as Gavin Bryars himself on piano and vibraphone. The album is the only one that documents the important period between Bryars' early experimental music and later works from Medea onwards, as well as his enthusiasm for small composer/performer ensembles. The new 63 minute digital remaster of Hommages now includes two bonus tracks composed and recorded by Bryars during the same period: Danse Dieppoise, and the lengthy piano piece Out of Zaleski's Gazebo. The booklet features extensive notes by Gavin Bryars on the origin and performance of all six pieces, and preserves the original album cover artwork by Marc Borgers. LTM-2503 CD $16.25 Bunyan, Vashti Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Singles & Demos 1964-67 DiCristina-011 CD $15.00 Bunyan, Vashti Some Things Just Stick In Your Mind (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DiCristina-011 DLP $18.75 By The End Of Tonight/Tera Melos Complex Full of Phantoms (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Coming off the heels of the scarcely limited 3" CD series - and a full two years after the release of their debut album - BY THE END OF TONIGHT has finally dropped the anvil of badass on us with six new jams. In the two years since the release of their brilliant "A Tribute To Tigers", BTEOT have toured almost non-stop, playing every rock club, living room (or even barn) that would have them. Their relentlessness has paid off, as their half of this split album with good friends and like-minded power jammers TERA MELOS is far and away their most accomplished work to date. Not to be outdone, Sacramento's Tera Melos have also been on the road more than they've been home this year, touring with the likes of Fall of Troy and Horse the Band. Their frantic, absurdly complex songs are the perfect compliment to By the End of Tonight's darker, more sinister instrumental metal. Though both bands play a hyper-catchy, addictive form of spastic punk, Tera Melos brings to mind a hybrid of fellow Sacramento speed freaks Hella and Cap'n Jazz, while BTEOT draws an unfathomable arc between Blink 182 and The Jesus Lizard. The combination makes this by far the strongest release to date from either band. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-128 CD $9.00 Caribbean Populations (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Fourth album from DC's The Caribbean offers myriad sonic detail, bizarre guitar tunings, unexplained oddities & lyrics narrating secret thoughts & elaborate notes on momentary conversations. Incl. members of DC classics SMART WENT CRAZY & TOWNIES w/previous releases on Tomlab & Endearing. "Eccentric avant-pop." HomeTapes CD $13.00 Charalambides Likeness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US This is a return to the spontaneous composition of previous records such as Houston & Union. Most all of the tracks on this release sprung forth after 'record' was pressed, & were fleshed out via overdubs, editing, & a malfunctioning space echo over the course of the next few months. This departs from the warm psych in favor of the lush & layered vocal strata of Christina's later solo works, & a chillier, more abrasive guitar sound. Kranky-113 CD $12.25 Citay Little Kingdom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Vinyl edition of the Secretly Canadian released Little Kingdom lp. Limited edition of 500. "Citay really nail that rich acoustic-electric rolling tabla honeyn harmoney sound that all those heavy bands - Sabbath and Zeppelin, especially-used to do, back when all the best musicians were inspired by what the Incredible String Band were doing, and were still able (or willing) to express a feminine side to go with their preening barbarian or depressive wail aspects...This is an album without a sell-by date, with a song for every season...Monumental." ---ARTHUR MAGAZINE Important-139 LP $15.00 Citay Little Kingdom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Welcome to CITAY'S "Little Kingdom." It's an otherworldly place, full of psychedelic swirl, soaring harmonies and grandiose jams. "Little Kingdom" is the second album from San Francisco's Citay. It's an epic journey, and an album that sounds out of place in 2007 - a classic in the purest sense. Like Citay's 2006 self-titled debut, the '70s rock sensibility is intact; Thin Lizzy, acoustic Led Zeppelin, Big Star and the Byrds all remain touchstones. But "Little Kingdom" moves further into ambitious composition, referencing Popul Vuh, Animals-era Pink Floyd, the Fripp-Eno collaborations, and early Mike Oldfield. The twin leads are still huge, the ballads still sweet, but Citay is reaching for more on "Little Kingdom." "Little Kingdom" is lush and beautiful; a grand, epic work that harkens back to day when studio excess was encouraged and a premium was placed on composition. To borrow a line from Arthur's review of Citay's debut, "this is an album without a sell-by date, with a song for every season." DeadOceans-008 CD $11.50 Club 8 The Boy Who Couldn't Stop Dreaming (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, SWEDEN Club 8 is finally back with their long awaited sixth album. "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" is everything we'd ever hoped it would be - it's pop music at it's most profound, balancing perfectly between sunshine and melancholia. Twelve songs that'll make you sing along about death while dreaming of summer days. A glorious return to say the least. After having released three albums in just over two years time, very few expected they'd have to wait over four years for a new Club 8 album. Some even started to assume the band had split up. In May 2007 the band returned with the amazing Tropicalia-influenced "Whatever you want" which rapidly became a huge blog hit - top 10 most blogged songs according to music blog aggregator Elbo.ws The waiting's been so long we can almost, but just almost, talk about a comeback album. However, waiting's not always a bad thing. Not only has songwriter Johan Angergård released three albums with The Legends and one with Acid House Kings in the time in between - Club 8 has evolved in to one of the most personal and emotional bands around today. Not that previous albums have lacked emotional depth, that's far from the truth, but "The boy who couldn't stop dreaming" is truly different and a very very special album. The fleeting of life and time, and the nearness of death arrives in the shape of twelve perfect pop songs in a summer dress. It's mix of sunshine and melancholia is just as unique as it's profoundly moving. Labrador-108 CD $14.75 Connors, Loren As Roses Bow: Collected Airs 1992-2002 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS,US "As Roses Bow: Collected Airs 1992-2002" is a 2xCD set of Loren Connors' most melodically rich and stunning miniature compositions. Inspired by O'Carolan's airs and other Irish airs of the past these works, recorded from 1992-2002, are melded with Connors' distinctly personal adaptation of the blues. He considers these 43 pieces his complete airs. The collection is culled from 10 albums (eight of which are out of print) and one single, including his groundbreaking "Hell's Kitchen Park" (BLACK LABEL, 1993), "Moonyean" (ROAD CONE, 1994), as well as obscure titles like "St. Vincent's Newsboy Home" (ITEM RECORDINGS, 1998) and "Lullaby" (CARBON, 2001) plus four unreleased airs. Nearly the entire critically heralded "Airs" (Road Cone 1999) is remastered and included as well. A timeless collection of the most gorgeous and accessible work from one of America's most iconoclast artists. Also includes pieces from "Five Points" EP (TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS, 1994), "9th Avenue" (BLACK LABEL,1995), "Calloden Harvest" (ROAD CONE, 1997), "Evangeline" (ROAD CONE, 1998), "Standing Upright on a Curve" (SUB ROSA, 1998), and "Sails" (TABLE OF THE ELEMENTS, 2006). Remastered by JIM O'ROURKE. FamilyVineyard-054 DCD $14.25 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 Crutchfield, Robin For Our Friends in the Enchanted Otherworld (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US Robin co-founded the experimental no-wave art band, DNA,and later collaborated with varied artists (including Steven Brown of Tuxedomoon and filmmaker Jim Jarmusch) in the guise of his Dark Day project. His new solo explorations have been described by Devendra Banhart as "beguiling, powerful, hypnotic, mesmerizing, commanding, delicately unnerving, lilting, mellow, "and "tense as hell." A tiny treasurebox from a lost garden, this album finds Robin further exploring his unique world; one of delicate harp compositions, glissando & deep drones. Soundscapes for daydreamers of this & other worlds. Hand/Eye-032 CD $12.00 Cursive Bad Sects (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US They've launched a remix site which allowed users to register &download separated tracks for the album track "Bad Sects. "Remixers submitted their rearranged visions & versions to Saddle Creek for the contest. They listened to all the remixes, posted some of their favorites on the site & chose the winning remix to be used as a B-sidehere. The five runner-up remixes are available for listening at www.badsects.com SaddleCreek-115 12 $7.25 Davis, Ben Forrest Roughs (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2007) PS, US Re-release of 'Roughs' (on Velvet Crusher Ric Menck's Bird Song label) by former and founding member of the Los Angeles rock band Sugarcult. Here, Ben's doing his very own laid-back soft-rock thing, with a little dab of country & western, quite a departure from Sugarcult's highly-toughted tautness. Leaving behind a life of rock-n-roll excess, this enigmatic album qualifies as emancipation and exorcism, a collection of intimate, personal songs about love and self-destruction. Not so far afield from singer-songwriterly, orch-popping Parasol faves like Ken Stringfellow and his Posies, Kevin Tihista and his Red Terror, Jack Logan & Bob Kimbell, June & The Exit Wounds, and The Velvet Crush. BirdSong-105 CD $10.00 Davis, Betty S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Arp is the most recent project of Alexis Georgopoulos, formerly of Tussle & The Alps. As an emblem of Alexis' commitment to "natural electronic music" (bridging the natural and electronic worlds), nearly all of In Light was recorded live. Very few loops were used -in fact, only one. This gesture was meant to bring back some of the rough (re:natural) edges that have been lost in so much "Electronic Music" today. In Light is a luminous album of warm, pulsing music. Like dreams or rich, saturated moments that make one lose sense of time, they are grainy snapshots, like old films of one's own experiences, elevated moments. Call it Pop Minimalism. Call it Cosmic Pop. Call it Cosmic Minimalism. Call it what you will. SmalltownSupersound-133 CD $14.50 Digital Dance Treatment (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, UK 16 tracks. The definitive anthology by cult Belgian post-punk band Digital Dance, a group often name-checked but seldom heard. One of the first and best new wave bands in Belgium, Digital Dance formed in Brussels in July 1978 by singer/guitarist Jerry WX and guitarist Stephan Barbery. The group, which also included keyboard player Jean-Marc Lederman, released their first single on Disques Vogue in late 1979. Digital dance recorded four singles - Radio-Activity, Faulty, Treatment and Three Meanings - as well as a self-titled cassette album, and another single under the name Jung. Although John Peel championed Faulty in the UK, and the band played several high profile live shows (including a residency at the Gibus Club in Paris and a support slot with Joy Division at Plan K in January 1980), Digital Dance failed to break through and split early in 1982. Various members subsequently played in groups as diverse as Fad Gadget, Marine, The Revenge, Kid Montana, Snowy Red, The Weathermen, The Names and Ink. Sadly singer Jerry died in 2000. As well as new artwork, the 70 minute CD also includes detailed sleeve notes and an assortment of period images and graphics. LTM-2498 CD $17.00 Drift, The Ceiling Sky (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US When "Noumena" was released, critics and audiences were polarized. It would seem that "Streets" and "Nozomi" - less than twenty minutes of music combined - had provided enough for THE DRIFT to already have expectations to live up to, whether they liked it or not. At times glacially paced, "Noumena" ventured into the darker, lonelier regions of jazz, dub, and ambient rock, where "In A Silent Way" and "The Good, The Bad and The Ugly" coexist in sinister harmony. The trumpet freak-outs and Beefheart-inspired guitar stabs were fondly missed, while the increased attention paid to atmosphere was applauded. What critics and most fans didn't get to hear were the two extra tracks included only on the 2xLP vinyl edition of "Noumena" (including, ironically, the title track from the album). These two tracks sprawled to lengths and depths only alluded on their debut 12". "Ceiling Sky" collects these previously rare, vinyl-only tracks onto CD for the first time. In addition, the limited edition (rmxs) 12" released earlier this year - featuring remixes by FOUR TET and SYBARITE - is included to complete the collection. In total this is an hour's worth of enchanting, haunting music that only a handful of people have had the pleasure to hear until now. That should be just enough to get us through the wait for the next proper full-length from The Drift, due in spring 2008. TemporaryResidenceLtd.-122 CD $11.50 Efterklang Parades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, SPAIN New album. Leaf CD $15.00 Efterklang Parades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, SPAIN VINYL VERSION!!! Leaf DLP $20.25 Final Fantasy Alphabet Series - X - (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US FINAL FANTASY'S OWEN PALLETT returns triumphant after the universally acclaimed "He Poos Clouds" with a pair of tracks newly recorded in Montreal with BEIRUT'S ZACH CONDON. Both songs pre-date the Polaris- winning full-length but have come to be known as staples of Mr. Pallet's live performances. "Hey Dad" begins in an unassuming dream- state only to build to a gorgeous drum-roll and tambourine march. "What Do You Think Will Happen Next?" seeks a life sans cigarettes with a tight rock drum, nearly synth-sounding violins, and the help of Mr. Condon's signature horns. Final Fantasy is scheduled to release his next full-length, "Heartland," in the fall of 2008. Tomlab-107 45 $5.50 Fine Arts Showcase, The Sings Rough Bunnies (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2007) PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase, and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant <a href="http://www.parasol.com/catalog/catalog.asp?zoomtitle=75849">'Radiola'</a>. The short version: TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi duo The Rough Bunnies. Highly recommended. The long version: This is an album of many stories. Gustaf Kjellvander and his friends in The Fine Arts Showcase have made a covers album, entirely based on songs from the Swedish, rather unknown, jangly, lo-fi band Rough Bunnies. Why is that? Let's make Gustaf himself explain: "I was first introduced to Anna Vermina and her cousin Frida, the founding members of Rough Bunnies and Inside Riot, through mutual friends. Frida gave me a CD-R just days before they were about to move to Berlin. About six months later I was looking for someone to rent my spare room. I bumped into Frida by chance, who told me she had moved back from Berlin to Malmö and needed a place to stay - so she moved in. I was already smitten by Inside Riot at this time, and when Frida played me the songs they had recorded in Berlin, along with the Rough Bunnies record C-sides, it blew me away. I played it to everyone who came over to my house. They became an obsession that carries on to this day. I knew I wanted the Fine Arts Showcase to cover their songs. The problem was that with a catalogue of songs as amazing as theirs it was hard to pick just one, so I came up with the idea that we should do an entire record instead (in the Merle Haggard sings Jimmy Rodgers tradition). And here it is: a musical love letter to two of my favorite songwriters, a celebration of the pop geniuses of the Vermina family. Rough Bunnies (and their twin group Inside Riot) have inspired me more than any other band this side of the millennium and this record is my way of thanking them. Rough Bunnies Saved My Life" - Gustaf Kjellvander Adrian-051 CD $15.00 Flying Faces of the Night (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 10TH) PS, US There are moments when you simply see it, the future being so bright & the chemistry being just right.Originally from Massachusetts, the four youths are now in NYC, working on their music, an incredible combinations of psych, experimental & pop, something we call Savant Rock . FLYING have toured with such siblings as Deerhoof,and have recently completed a US tour, with another pending US tour in the fall & a European tour in the spring of '08 MenloPark CD $12.00 Frantic, The Audio and Murder (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Like hometown pop-punk heroes ALKALINE TRIO, THE FRANTIC'S music has found that fragile balance between pop and punk that can simultaneously cause a nose bloodying circle pit and mass sing-a-longs. Like the hair metal bands of the 80's, of which The Frantic sound nothing like, these guys are set on enjoying life as a rock 'n' roll band. They're not here to make a fashion statement and their main goal is to play for as many people as possible. After playing the same venues in their same small town for 4 years, they're bursting to get on the road and take on the world. Well, here they come. EmpyreanRecords-030 CD $11.50 Free Fall Point In A Line (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US Smalltown Superjazzz is proud to present the brand new studio album from the Free Fall trio consisting of HAVARD WIIK, KEN VANDERMARK & INGEBRIGT HAKER FLATEN. With clarinets, piano & bass Free Fall creates magical moods and brings the heritage of Jimmy Giuffres`legendary 60s trio with Paul Bley & Steve Swallow into the new millennium. "The Point In A Line" is the perfect meeting between the innovative jazz scenes in Oslo & Chicago. It's melancholic, dark,moody but also melodic.The album was recorded in Chicago by Jason Ward & the post production was done by Ward, Vandermark & Bob Weston (Shellac). SmalltownSuperjazz-142 CD $0.25 Goatreign S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 27TH) PS, US A pummelling collection of gut wrenching metal from Mike Hickey, guitarist extreme metal acts VENOM, CARCASS, CRONOS & CATHEDRAL. Crushing rhythms & searing lead guitar make this a solid slab of classic metal. Recorded at the legendary Slaughterhouse. Wabana CD $14.50 Goldmund Two Point Discrimination (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US "Two Point Discrimination" marks GOLDMUND (aka KEITH KENNIFF)'s 3rd release after his highly praised debut "Corduroy Road" and followup 7" "The Heart of High Places" for TYPE RECORDS. Part of WESTERN VINYL'S "Portrait Series", this collection features 11 short pieces for solo piano focusing on the sensation of touch and its relationship to sound. In the spirit of composers such as Howard Skempton and Morton Feldman, composition and sound culminate together as space is something that is dealt with directly. And interpretation along with improvisation are both tools that blur the lines between composer, performer and listener. WesternVinyl-048 CD $9.00 Haram Drescher (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Lovitt-055 LP $10.25 Haram Drescher (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US Now w/ 3 guitarists, they take a decidedly spacious approach w /this 9 song album that looms & hovers. The quintet now presents pieces that are more fluid & varied in their approach; it supplements their grinding, early material w/ a technique that is anxious to meander around & explore a terrain informed by brooding melancholy & wry observation. Lovitt-055 CD $11.00 Hayseed Dixie Weapons of Grass Destruction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JUNE 16TH) PS, US Along with the Bad Livers,this is the world's foremost country band devoted to covering hard-rock songs in classic bluegrass style.This doesn't find these hard-rocking pickers &grinners any more sedate.Far from it.Instead the boys take on assorted classics by the Sex Pistols, the Beatles,Judas Priest, the Rolling Stones, &others, plucking up a serious,head-banging storm.It's a silly good time any way you slice it. CookingVinyl-4888 CD $15.25 Hefner Breaking God's Heart (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, UK When first released in July 1998 Hefner's debut album; 'Breaking God's Heart' was quite out of step with other guitar bands of the time. The sparse, folksy arrangements and dry, scratchy production was at odds with the ambitious, string laden brit pop of the time. Although Hefner had the tunes to win them support from the NME and Steve Lamacq, their idiosyncratic, leftfield approach meant their most loyal supporter was going to be John Peel, recording 7 sessions for him in their short career. Lead singer; Darren Hayman's primary influences were folk, country and the American lo-fi indie of the time. Hayman rejected an American singing style in favour of his own Thames estuary accent and sang carefully observed songs about lost love in East London and Essex. Hefner never crossed into the mainstream but they had an unusually loyal following who still believe them to be the best of their kind. This smaller, intricate, personal music is missed today. This release expands the album to a 2 CD set and includes all of the B-sides and associated singles, the rare first two singles, the long deleted Hefner Soul EP as well as unreleased recordings. Hefner's other 3 albums will be released in similar formats through out 2007 and 2008. Belka-04 DCD $21.75 Hepburns, The Something Worth Stealing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US CD digipak with 24 page booklet in English & Japanese. Pearly guitar pop in the finest UK tradition, albeit skewed sideways by cinematic caprices and elliptical narrative. Probably the Hepburns' lightest album, "Something Worth Stealing" was written as a romantic fling with no skeletons in the closet...well, unusually few skeletons by Hepburns standards, discounting the up-tempo duet with the dead guy who comes back to woo a former lover, the ghostly coal mine choir in the jazzy shadows on the ditty about the strongman's cape, and, perhaps, the ode to Scooby-Doo's Velma. This album is more a celebration of joyrides, spring storms, dinosaur incisors, winter fashions, boho wannabes, humdrum and conundrum, the occasional poisoned dart, and the use of the word "penultimate." SWS showcases the blossoming of the Hepburns' association with White & White (brass and flute, respectively) which started halfway through the sessions for the last album. In addition to the Hepburns' trademark organ and vibraphone riff-laden, jazz- and ska-tinged jangle, topped with words that could have only been penned by Matt "all Welshmen are Liars" Jones, the new album features the song everyone has been waiting to hear since the last album: "The Last Thing I Saw Before I Said Goodbye." Digipak plus 24 page illustrated booklet with lyrics and commentaries by Jones in English (with Japanese translations by the esteemed Jun Kurihara). File under fiction. For fans of: el Records, The Lucksmiths, The Monochrome Set, The Smiths, The Specials, Momus and Jake Thackray. The Hepburns tour the US in November 2007 and Scandinavia in December 2007. RadioKhartoum-107 CD $13.00 High Mountain Tempel A Screaming Comes Across The Sky (The Faultline Scriptures) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US A darker ritual and a new herald. From California duo High Mountain Tempel, "A Screaming Comes Across The Sky" is the soundtrack to your next Apocalypse. Arising from the golden ash of their last release "Pacific Sky Burial" (Lotushouse) this outing finds our intrepid travelers exploring new sonic and thematic terrain. HMT is the eternal sound questing project of Eric Nielsen and Keith Boyd. Eric has done time in and with Maquiladora, Buzz or Howl and various Japanese underground outfits such as Acid Mother's Temple , Astro and High Rise. Keith is a self-made musical alchemist weaving strands of aural gold from base material and mud. Together they bring you a fine distillation of ritual music for these blackened times. Drawing inspiration from sources such as Robert Rich, SunnO))), Terry Riley, Lustmord, Phillip K. Dick, Arthur Rimbaud and HP Lovecraft, High Mountain Tempel is an introspective yet outward reaching labor of love. This is music as voyage, dragging your nervous system out to the Cosmos with no plans on returning. Continuing in the tradition of their last disc this project is an intensely beautiful hand-screened work of art. So don your cloaks and grab your tomes, the ceremony is about to begin. LotusHouse-11 CD $11.50 Hiorthoy, Kim My Last Day (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, NORWAY Second full-length album since his critically acclaimed debut Hei in 2000. Compared to Hei, My Last Day is less fragmented & more song based. It is also more melodic & complete, all with Kim's characteristic sound. He often has an organic & folk-like tone to his music which XLR8R magazine recognized when they placed him in the forefront of the new electronic folk music movement. SmalltownSupersound-087 CD $15.00 Hisato Higuchi Butterfly Horse Street (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Tokyo-based guitarist/singer HISATO HIGUCHI has shaped an inimitable sound sphere of solitary electric notes that drape across his unearthly moan during the course of two full-lengths and an EP. Channeling loneliness and desires as elegant six-string tone poems, Higuchi has reached the heights of fellow travelers from Meredith Monk to Charalambides. Though Butterfly Horse Street adds an unexpected snarl as Higuchi erupts into free/noise, wall of sound guitar style that echoes the most ecstatic string manipulation of Masayuki Takayanagi or Donald Miller (Borbetomagus). Ferocious and howling, Higuchi still paints desolation whether bleeding into the red or as hushed beauty. FamilyVineyard-53 CD $11.50 Hitchcock, Robyn I Wanna Go Backwards [5CD boxset] (DELAYED, PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US Features expanded editions of three of Hitchcock's best-loved albums, Black Snake Diamond Role, I Often Dream of Trains and Eye, along with While Thatcher Mauled Britain Part 1 & 2, a newly compiled two-disc collection of b-sides, outtakes and home demo recordings, many of them previously unreleased. All of the individual albums feature bonus tracks and enhanced liner notes, including Hitchcock's personal reminiscences on Black Snake Diamond Role and While Thatcher Mauled Britain, an extract from a novel in progress on I Often Dream of Trains, and several pieces of original poetry on Eye, along with previously unpublished photos and Hitchcock cartoons. YepRoc 5CD $50.75 Hives Black and White Album (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US Recorded around the world w/a mind-blowing cast of producers incl. Dennis Herring, Pharrel Williams & Jacknife Lee. Incl. bonus ringtone & wallpaper, & maybe just maybe it will do the dirty dishes still sitting in your sink. A&M CD $14.00 Hologram Hologram + (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Hologram makes its North American debut via the n5MD imprint with their album "hologram +." "hologram +" melds together detailed post-rock instrumentation, subtle electronic textures, and thoughtful, yet meaningful, female vocals. While their carefully crafted songs may seem a bit out of place on a label founded on emotional electronics, upon further listens one finds that they are right at home amongst such kindred spirits as labelmates lights out asia and bitcrush. Hologram's direction reflects an original take on familiar genre themes, but pushes way beyond specific genre trappings by tossing aside the clichés and commonality to focus on the raw emotion involved in creating music. Hologram is exclusively licensed outside of Japan via Zankyo Records. n5MD-153 CD $12.00 Hussy's, The We Expected (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, JAPAN Glaswegian sextet The Hussy's boasts catchy, punchy songwriting with tinges of Madness, Cardigans, and Kirsty McColl. Fronted by 21-year-old ex-folk vocalist Fili and former Supernatural, James McColl, they released their debut EP "Tiger" in September 2005, and a second EP in March 2006, both on their own Fat Cheerleader records. Their May 2007 single "We Expected" reached number 22 on the UK indie charts. "Each song the Hussy's play is pop par excellence, dipping into whichever musical genre they feel like and wrapping it into a bona fide contemporary pop song a la Scissor Sisters." - Alex McCann, Designer Magazine. This "We Expected" mini album is a perfect introduction to their burgeoning cargo of hits. The Hussy's recently licensed an unreleased new song "Rock Concert" to American shoe company, Payless QuinceRecords-053 CD $11.50 Ifwhen We Will Gently Destroy You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Formed by Merc a founding member of the post-shoegaze band All Natural Lemon & Lime Flavors - Ifwhen has been spreading their somewhat noisy, especially melodic and oddly structured music throughout NYC and beyond. ANL+LF had worldwide acclamation with 3 LPs released in the US, Europe and Japan. Their sound was considered unique to their peers due its complexity both sonically and compositionally. That band disbanded in the early 2000s and Merc rose from the ashes to form Ifwhen, taking the complexity and sonic attitude to the next level. With a live show including a real time visual artist creating live projections and an immense arsenal of sound, Ifwhen are not meant to be merely listened to ~ they need to be experienced. We Will Gently Destroy You was mixed by Däleks Oktopus at Deadverse Studios in early 2007. The album marks the first US release from Ifwhen. Sounding like very carefully orchestrated chaos, dense walls of sound create multiple rhythms. Melody lines intertwine while the bass and drums often find pleasantly awkward, unexpected grooves ~ and those grooves take the foreground when time signatures and key signatures seem to change at any given moment and usually without warning. At times, it almost sounds as if all the band members are playing separate songs. It can be somewhat disorienting. Although it can mess with your head a little if you let it, it's not all about discord. Gentle vocals and melodic hooks float about the songs, managing to consistently keep them slightly pretty around the edges. Amidst the commotion, somehow it all makes just enough sense - convincing you to find that normalcy is just another part of their equation. Influences and elements are certainly present, though difficult to put an exact finger on. Not quite as twisted as Syd Barrett, not as monstrous as Glenn Branca, not as abrasive as the Velvet Underground and not as technical as King Crimson but its certainly all in there. Clairecords vinyl-only sister label Claires Echo will be releasing a split 12 of Ifwhen and Dälek in early 2008. Clairecords-072 CD $12.25 Japancakes Loveless (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US Athens, GA's experimental, instrumental, Americana group, Japancakes cover My Bloody Valentine's classic Loveless record from start to finish with pedal steel and cello in place of vocal and lead melodies -- and without any distortion. MBV's Loveless (Creation: 1991) remains the defining record of the genre and completely unparalleled by any artist since. This is super fun! Japancakes don't record together like other bands. They do play together but when they record in studio they do so one at a time. Each player writes their own part and adds it to the part(s) recorded previously by fellow band members. The result of this practice is that the personality of each individual player is often better captured. Each player's individual performance is strengthened by the technique. Japancakes is Eric Berg, rhythm guitar, Nick Belli, bass, Brant Rackey, drums, John Neff, pedal steel, Heather McIntosh, cello, Andy Barker, production. RIYL: My Bloody Valentine, Shoegaze, Electronica, Americana, Tortoise, Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Hammock, Santo & Johnny. TRACKLISTING: 1. Only Shallow, 2. Loomer, 3. Touched, 4. To Here Knows When, 5. When You Sleep, 6. I Only Said, 7. Come In Alone, 8. Sometimes, 9. Blown A Wish, 10. What You Want, 11. Soon. Darla-188 CD $12.25 Jeremy Jay Airwalker (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US What's in the air when you're walking on air?...Where can we go when the lites are low? JEREMY JAY shows you a place that is Mysterious, Beautiful and lush. In this 6 song ep out on K in Nov., The story of the "Airwalker" is told. The music sounds like Twin Peaks meets Julie Cruise meets Soul-R&b = Mystery Dance music. Krecords-115 45 $4.75 Joy Division Still [re-issue, expanded] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Collector's Edition in a nice digipak. Includes the original classic album remastered plus two live sets: Live at the Moonlight Club, London April 1980 and Live at High Wycombe Town Hall, Feb. 20, 1980. PLEASE NOTE: All three classic JD albums (Closer, Still and Unknown Pleasures) will be released in two-discs sets like this, with bonus live material. Rhino DCD $25.00 Joy Division Closer [re-issue, expanded] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Collector's Edition in a nice digipak. Includes the original classic album remastered plus a live disc: 12 songs live at University of London Union, Feb. 8, 1980. PLEASE NOTE: All three classic JD albums (Closer, Still and Unknown Pleasures) will be released in two-discs sets like this, with bonus live material. Rhino DCD $25.00 Joy Division Unknown Pleasures [re-issue, expanded] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Collector's Edition in a nice digipak. Includes the original classic album remastered plus a live CD: Live at the Facory, Manchester: April 11, 1980. PLEASE NOTE: All three classic JD albums (Closer, Still and Unknown Pleasures) will be released in two-discs sets like this, with bonus live material. Rhino DCD $25.00 Killers Sawdust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US B-sides & rarities 2003-2007. 18 tracks never before released in US incl. "Tranquilize" feat. Lou Reed. Island CD $15.50 Killers Sawdust (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Island LP $16.25 King Khan & BBQ Show S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US This is the reissue of BLACK SNAKE & MARK SULTAN's debut album, recorded by DM Bob in Hamburg, on Goner Records in 2005. Incl.2 bonus tracks not originally available on the Goner release, brand new artwork. IntheRed-047 CD $13.25 Kobel Extempore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13th) PS, MEXICO L.A.'s Kobol return with a second installment of their jazz inflicted electronica. This time around Kobol showcase their remixing skills alongside new tracks and collaborations. Unlike their previous outing, Broken Ebony, Kobol have cleaned up the glitch in the machine but the smooth panoramic textures over banging down tempo rhythms remain. Murcof, State Shirt and Pepito get the remix treatment while the collaborations with singers Jazz De Mar, Emma Ejwertz and Ximena Sariñana profile Kobol's songwriting craft. Extempore shows how Kobol's production mastery has matured since their debut, providing us with larger than life sound structures that rely on acoustic drums, guitars, digital trickery and lush melodic arrangements. For fans of The Cinematic Orchestra, Galactic, Zero 7, Stateless and Matthew Herbert. StaticDiscos-023 CD $12.25 Labradford Prazision (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 13TH PS, US REMASTERED w/ BONUS TRACK! Their ground-breaking debut!!! Kranky-001 CD $12.25 Lally, Joe Nothing Is Underrated (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US Bass player from the mighty FUGAZI is back with his 2nd solo release. Guests include Ian, Guy & Jerry from FUGAZI, Eddie Janny (RITES OF SPRING), Devin Ocampo (MEDICATIONS) & more. Dischord CD $10.50 Le Concorde Suite (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Second release by Le Concorde - previously with March Records - previous release charted on CMJ and received regular rotation on XM Radio's modern rock channel XMU. The CD marks the return of Grammy nominated synth maestro, David Gamson of Scritti Politti to the world of indie-pop//Gamson co-wrote/co-produced/co-performed //multiple tracks mixed by 80s mix-king John "Tokes" Potoker. Also features duet with Ken Stringfellow tracked in Paris. Fourchette/LeGrandeMagistrey-001 CD5 $7.50 Lindstrom Contemporary Fix EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, NORWAY After the critically acclaimed album "A Feedelity Affair" that compiled all of Lindstrom`s seminal 12"s, Smalltown Supersound follows up with this EP. The EP features the original version of The Contemporay Fix as well as a alternative version by Lindstrom himself called Serious Syntoms version. Also features a fantastic remix from EYE of The Boredoms who delivers a raving tribal-disco mix that none other than EYE could produce, and a remix by the innovator of the Norwegian disco scene, BJORN TORSKE. With this 10 minutes long mix Bjørn Torske proofs why he is one of the most talented disco/house producers in Norway ever. The innovator & the star of the Norwegian disco/house scene, together, for the first time. And it is just beautiful! SmalltownSupersound-139 CD5 $12.25 Linus Pauling Quartet All Things Are Light (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Purple vinyl with bonus CDR of the LP.LIMITED to 500 copies! The five to seven piece "quartet" is known for putting its three guitars to the floorboard & taking listeners straight off the cliff simply because "anything worth doing is worth overdoing!" Here the band is at its most Herzogian & bombastic, pulling no punches & taking no prisoners. Etched within the grooves, listeners will find epic, guitar-drenched songs about aliens, hallucinogenic psych numbers that turn on you & crush you when you least expect it, drunken brawling garage rock, heavy & dense guitar stomps,a country ode to 40 oz.malt liquor, a punk tribute to cuisine best not discussed in mixed company, and a sprawling sword metal epic; this concluding piece being inspiration for some brilliant insert art from Mike Gunn alumnus John Cramer. CameraObscura-080 LP $13.25 Milky Globe & Friends Magic Waves (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US The latest alias of Jon Tye, Lo Recordings musical director & man of many masks. This continues the quest for collaboration & sonic exploration on a cosmic voyage into deep electronic space. Guests on board incl. JAMES HOLDEN, ISAN, LUKE VIBERT, Secondo, Nathan Fake, Walltapper, Andrea's Kit, Aeroplane, EU, Dusty Cabinets, & DNCN, w/ sounds ranging from minimal electronica to nu disco, ambient & experimental. Label-067 CD $15.00 Miss Georgia Peach You Blow My Mind b/w Do You Know What Love Means (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Sexy Siren Miss Georgia Peach (The Short Fuses, NIKKI CORVETTE) along w/ an all-star cast of Blaine Cartwright (NINE POUND HAMMER, NASHVILLE PUSSY), Ruyter Suys (Nashville Pussy), Mark Hendricks (Nine Pound Hammer) & Travis Ramin bring you this slab of 70's country bubblegum that brings the fun back to a stale alt country scene. A 45 w/as much bosoms, git pickin & redneckery as a lost Hee-Haw. Ramo-130 45 $5.50 Near The Parenthesis Of Soft Construction (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US San Francisco based musician Tim Arndt brings his Near the Parenthesis project to n5MD with the release of his second album "Of Soft Construction." This sophomore effort finds Arndt luring his potent song writing capabilities to the forefront yielding something truly exceptional. Spiraling piano sonnets are juxtaposed against sweeping cascades of grainy synthwashes and agile, yet carefully executed, beat-work. Add in an occasional mid radio station listen-in on a seemingly unfinished conversation and you have an idea of "Of Soft Construction's" perfected audible DNA. Near the Parenthesis has proven that he is yet another artist to capture the n5MD ethos in its truest most honest form. n5MD-152 CD $12.00 Negativland Our Favorite Things (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US Negativland's "greatest hits" become all new moving pictures in this amazing & long awaited DVD/CD release. Created w/a crew of 18 other experimental filmmakers from all over the USA, this is a collaborative project that takes a striking visual leap into the same legally gray area that they've been exploring w/sound for the last 27 yrs. Seeland-027 CD/DVD $25.00 Numbers Now You Are This (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! KillRockStars DLP $16.25 Pedro You, Me & Everyone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Fresh off the triumph of MUSH'S 2006 re-release of his self-titled debut (where he took the 2003 Melodic version back to the studio for a sonic overhaul), London's mighty PEDRO returns with "You, Me & Everyone." While comparisons to artists like Four Tet and Minotaur Shock have been natural on his past releases, Pedro approaches this latest set of compositions in a way that continues to establish his unique take on folk and jazz based electronica. Free-jazz horn blasts ring out with new vigor, drums hit a bit harder, and Pedro continues to forge new elements into his song craft, even raising the ghosts of Liquid Liquid and A Certain Ratio on a track or two. "You, Me & Everyone" will surely be the album that secures Pedro a position among the game's elite. Mush-255 CD $9.00 Pillbugs Monclovia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US This fab Ohio-based psychedelic pop band have agreed to release a formidable compilation of their most serious forays into guitar-based psychedelia (which includes some remixes with the opening two tracks on the album being brand new, never before heard perfect pop confections. RainbowQuartz CD $15.00 Pine Hill Haints Ghost Dance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Growing up in the lower Appalachians, THE PINE HILL HAINTS learned its sound from old men and women playing on porches and in living rooms, under ancient oak trees and paper mill forests. The 19 tracks on this album are a massive flow of music. Some songs were written on the day of the recording, and others 400 years ago. "When You Fall" and "Say Something Say Anything" explore the feeling of holding an empty hand out to someone you love. "Phantom Rules" and "Raggle-Taggle Gypsy" channel Africa, the Cherokee Nation, Ireland, and the modern times. Krecords-186 CD $11.50 Pine HIll Haints Ghost Dance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Growing up in the lower Appalachians, THE PINE HILL HAINTS learned its sound from old men and women playing on porches and in living rooms, under ancient oak trees and paper mill forests. The 19 tracks on this album are a massive flow of music. Some songs were written on the day of the recording, and others 400 years ago. "When You Fall" and "Say Something Say Anything" explore the feeling of holding an empty hand out to someone you love. "Phantom Rules" and "Raggle-Taggle Gypsy" channel Africa, the Cherokee Nation, Ireland, and the modern times. Krecords-186 LP $10.25 Risk Delay Curses Sing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Again recording their album completely by themselves, RR have tread a long road, losing a bassist, hiring a handful more, recording the bass lines themselves & ultimately taking a few perfectionists' swings at the final product before overcoming the sophomore pitfalls that ultimately inspired Curses Sing. Time hasn't mellowed them instead seemingly encouraging even more complicated rhythms, brutally heavy twists & turns, and antagonistic melodies. ErnestJenning-033 CD $13.00 Scorn Stealth (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US 15 years since his début and 4 since his last studio album: Mick Harris breaks the silence and delivers with "Stealth" one of his most massive works so far. Staying faithful to his trademark sound, this corner-stone of a musician, constantly redefining the boundaries of electronic music, delivers here 8 salvoes of monumental bass, sparse dry beats and deep drones. Let it be heard: Scorn is back. OhmResistance-6 CD $12.25 Shuta Hasunuma OK Bamboo (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Much like the bamboo plants that dominate Japan's landscape, SHUTA HASUNUMA'S piano work on his new album "OK Bamboo" has an enduring, simple elegance. Each track flits and twitters, growing and changing without warning. The result is a collection of enchantingly beautiful compositions full of meticulous details. This perfectly executed collage of digital and organic sounds immediately feels familiar and intimate, as it demands your attention. R.I.Y.L RYUICHI SAKAMOTO, FENNESZ, THE BOOKS, COLLEEN, ELUVIUM. WesternVinyl-046 CD $11.50 Sigur Ros Heima (2PC, Digipack Packaging) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US "Heima", which translates as both "at home" and "homeland", chronicles a series of free concerts Sigur Ros played in their native Iceland over the course of summer 2006. The entire tour was filmed and provides a unique insight into one of the world's most inscrutable bands while exploring their natural habitat like never before, with performances in deserted fish factories, at far-flung community halls, in sylvan fields, darkened caves, canyons, and fjords. Limited deluxe edition is individually numbered and includes 100 page bound book. Standard edition is amaray-sized digipak with 8-page booklet. XLRecordings DVD $19.00 Sigur Ros Hvarf/Heim (2PC, Digipack Packaging) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US This release is comprised of two EPs. "Hvarf" translates appropriately as "disappeared", as its five tracks are new studio recordings of lost songs from various points in the band's career. "Heim" or "home" is six tracks of live acoustic versions of songs from all four Sigur Ros's studio albums recorded in Iceland during the band's summer 2006 tour and early spring 2007. Limited edition double CD digipak (first pressing only). XLRecordings DCD $14.00 Sigur Ros Heima [Deluxe Edition] (With Book, Deluxe Edition, Limited Edition) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US "Heima", which translates as both "at home" and "homeland", chronicles a series of free concerts Sigur Ros played in their native Iceland over the course of summer 2006. The entire tour was filmed and provides a unique insight into one of the world's most inscrutable bands while exploring their natural habitat like never before, with performances in deserted fish factories, at far-flung community halls, in sylvan fields, darkened caves, canyons, and fjords. Limited deluxe edition is individually numbered and includes 100 page bound book. Standard edition is amaray-sized digipak with 8-page booklet. XLRecordings DVD $35.00 Six Organs of Admittance Shelter From the Ash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity-348 LP $14.50 Six Organs of Admittance Shelter From the Ash (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US This feat.a most fluid combination of electric & acoustic styles. Feat. Elisa Ambrogio (MAGIK MARKERS), Tim Green (FUCKING CHAMPS) & Noel Harmonson (COMETS ON FIRE) & Matt Sweeney. Seeking change & a fresh killing field at all costs,this fords fronts both dark & blustery, lucent & lithe, mining electricity, hydrogen & other elemental forces within. DragCity-348 CD $13.25 Slits, The The Return of The Giant Slits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, UK The full 1981 album + a bonus CD that features ALL the archived dub versions and an american radio interview of the time that was subsequently used by CBS for a ultra rare promo disc. New graphic Artwork and two of the classic photos by Anton Corbijn from the NME magazine cover session. The 1981, second, and final, Slits studio album, featuring the same line up as their first album "Cut", Ari Up, Tessa Pollit and Viv Albertine. This record has often been overshadowed by the more controversial 1979 "Cut" album. It represents their natural development as artistes by focussing more on their interests in dub and "world music" sound eclecticism (featuring Steve Beresford and ex Pop Group drummer Bruce Smith ) that is well suited to their, by then, more accomplished playing style. Perhaps, in retropsect, the Jamaican half sister to The Raincoats recordings. A "lost"gem, ripe for reappraisal, of this still vastly influential and important group in both musical and sociological terms. Produced by Dennis Bovell and Dick O'Dell (Y Records) Previously only available as an expensive Japanese import and never before released in the USA. DISC 1 1/Earthbeat 2/Or What It Is 3/Face Place 4/Walkabout 5/Difficult Fun 6/Animal Space/Spacier 7/Improperly Dressed 8/Life On Earth DISC 2 1/Japanese Earthbeat 2/ German Earthbeat 3/ Dub Beat 4/Face Dub 5 /Begin Again, Rhythm 6/ Earthbeat [12in] 7 /Earthbeat 8/ WORT FM Radio Interview. BlastFirstPetite-00 DCD $23.00 Soft Targets We Hate You Soft Targets! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Here their appreciation for XTC, The Clash, Television, REM & Echo & The Bunnymen is evident as well as the group's compulsion to change styles & jump genres as the mood suits. Switching from an apocalyptic countrified swagger to a short burst of punk rock to a folky bounce. Feat. ex-SEAM, ex-VAMBO MARBLE EYE members. RoosterCowRecords-011 CD $13.25 Sonic Chicken 4 S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US The band plays a fuzzy, ultra-primitive brand of garage stomp that owes equally to 60s pop, The Velvet Underground, Back From The Grave comps, girl groups, & Jaques DuTronc. This title will be released on vinyl LP only but will incl. a CD of the record inside so that buyers can still put it in their iTunes. IntheRed-048 LP/CD $14.25 Ternheim, Anna S-T EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Swedish songbird's US debut is a neat little collection of some of her best to date, highly recomended for Cat Power and Frida Hyvonen fans. A girl and a piano...yum. This Decca EP features two songs from Somebody Outside including the fragile, "My Secret" and the evocative "I'll Follow You Tonight," as well as the melodic tunes "Today Is A Good Day" and "Lovers Dream" from her sophomore effort, Separation Road. To round out the EP, Ternheim does David Bowie proud with her interpretation of "China Girl" from her Shoreline EP and "Bridges" from the Lovers Dream EP. The disc also features bonus video footage of her performing "Shoreline" by Swedish, indie-rock band Broder Daniel. Her album, 'Separation Road", will be released in March 2008 in the States. Decca CD5 $6.25 Tex La Homa Some Lost Bliss (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE DECEMBER 4TH) PS, US UK based singer, composer & producer Matt Shaw in one of his many guises. This cd is heartbreakingly pretty and scarily lovely, blending Matt's quiet vocals with lo-fi guitars & electronics to create a sequence of chilled-out,cinematic ballads. AllIsNumber-004 CD $10.25 Trimble, Bobb Iron Curtain Innocence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US BOBB TRIMBLE and SECRETLY CANADIAN are proud to present you with "Iron Curtain Innocence" and "Harvest of Dreams," two releases that will now reach a genuine audience with full reissue treatment. This is great news for rare music lovers, since Bobb's original LPs are highly sought-after collectors items fetching hundreds of dollars apiece! Each CD release contains never before seen photos of Bobb Trimble, the Wormtown scene, and restored and fully realized artwork. In addition, each CD will feature Bonus Tracks from their respective recording periods. LP buyers won't miss out on these tracks, since EACH LP VERSION INCLUDES A COUPON FOR FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD OF THE ALBUM -- INCLUDING THE BONUS TRACKS. Enjoy. SecretlyCanadian-162 LP $11.50 Trimble, Bobb Harvest Of Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US BOBB TRIMBLE and SECRETLY CANADIAN are proud to present you with "Iron Curtain Innocence" and "Harvest of Dreams," two releases that will now reach a genuine audience with full reissue treatment. This is great news for rare music lovers, since Bobb's original LPs are highly sought-after collectors items fetching hundreds of dollars apiece! Each CD release contains never before seen photos of Bobb Trimble, the Wormtown scene, and restored and fully realized artwork. In addition, each CD will feature Bonus Tracks from their respective recording periods. LP buyers won't miss out on these tracks, since EACH LP VERSION INCLUDES A COUPON FOR FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD OF THE ALBUM -- INCLUDING THE BONUS TRACKS. Enjoy. SecretlyCanadian-163 LP $11.50 Trimble, Bobb Harvest Of Dreams (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! SecretlyCanadian-163 CD $11.50 Trimble, Bobb Iron Curtain Innocence (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US BOBB TRIMBLE and SECRETLY CANADIAN are proud to present you with "Iron Curtain Innocence" and "Harvest of Dreams," two releases that will now reach a genuine audience with full reissue treatment. This is great news for rare music lovers, since Bobb's original LPs are highly sought-after collectors items fetching hundreds of dollars apiece! Each CD release contains never before seen photos of Bobb Trimble, the Wormtown scene, and restored and fully realized artwork. In addition, each CD will feature Bonus Tracks from their respective recording periods. LP buyers won't miss out on these tracks, since EACH LP VERSION INCLUDES A COUPON FOR FREE MP3 DOWNLOAD OF THE ALBUM -- INCLUDING THE BONUS TRACKS. Enjoy. SecretlyCanadian-162 CD $11.50 Tupelo Honeys Tupelo Honeys Salute You + 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6th) PS, JAPAN Stockholm-based boy/girl duo of twins Joel and Linn Edin have played music more or less all their lives, and finally released their debut "Tupelo Honeys Salute You" this summer. After their passion for making fresh and unpretentious music was re-ignited by none other than Lily Allen, Tupelo Honeys concocted a mournful but optimistic, lush but intimate album, brimming with allusions to Eggstone, Camera Obscura, Arcade Fire, and The Kissaway Trail. Sub Pop artists Loney, Dear guest on a few songs, along with other friendly cohorts who also lend their talents. The Japanese version has different artwork and two great bonus tracks. QuinceRecords-052 CD $13.00 Tussle Warning EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, NORWAY Tussle remix EP with remixes by HOT CHIP, OPTIMO, DENNIS YOUNG (LIQUID LIQUID) and KANGO & TORKILL! The opening Warning track is lifted from the album Telescope Mind. The EP also contains a fantastic 10 minutes long kraut/groove remix of the track "Flicker33.3" by their friends in Hot Chip. The tusslers also gets remix treatment by Glasgow`s JD Twitch from Optimo who has mixed different parts of the Telescope Mind album into one 7 minutes long mix titled "JD Twitch`s Optimo Fuckhead mix". Dennis Young of legendary NYC band Liquid Liquid has done a remix of the track Elephants, and Norwegian underground house/disco star Kango is joined by his new musical partner Torkill with a edit/remix of The Warning. "Makes the last Rapture album sound like some rank American jam band" -(9/10 VICE MAGAZINE) SmalltownSupersound-141 CD5 $12.25 Valerie Project S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! DragCity-352 DLP $18.00 Valerie Project S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US Greg Weeks (ESPERS), inspired by a classic of Czech New Wave cinema, Jaromir Jires' VALERIE AND HER WEEK OF WONDERS (1970), joined by members of Espers & other Philadelphia groups such as FERN KNIGHT, GRASS, FURSAXA, TIMESBOLD, WOODWOSE & RAKE conceived a new soundtrack to the film. Lubos Fiser's original score is lovingly recalled & ambitiously targeted by the group as a sound cycle to be equaled every time they play it. The tone is dense & ornate, expansively acid-charged. DragCity-352 CD $13.25 Various Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US Also on 2LP feat. 4 LP ONLY BONUS TRACKS w/ old style tip-on gatefold sleeve!!! Numero-017 DLP $19.00 Various 10 Tons of Heavy DJ Hatcha Mix (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Dubstep truly is the sound of now & what better way for Planet Mu to celebrate its own unique journey through this fresh genre over the last few yrs than an extremely huge compilation? With BOXCUTTER, MILANESE, VEX, PINCH, DISTANCE, MRK1 & many others. PlanetMu-195 DCD $13.00 Various B9 bis: Brussels Cold Wave 1979-82 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, UK 18 tracks. B9 bis, a definitive compilation CD tracing the development of post-punk and new wave music in Belgium between 1979 and 1983. Originally released on indie label Sandwich Records in May 1981, the compilation album B9 featured ten exclusive tracks by a range of diverse Belgian new wave, electronic and underground artists, including Digital Dance, Polyphonic Size, Kid Montana, Pseudo Code and Prothese - the latter the first recording project by Daniel B of Front 242. Although Sandwich was destined to be overshadowed by better-known Brussels labels such as Les Disques du Crepuscule and Crammed Discs, founder Michel Lambot soon afterwards formed European indie empire PIAS. Now digitally remastered and available on CD for the first time, B9 now features an extra eight bonus tracks in order to provide a more comprehensive snapshot of new wave music in Belgium between 1979 and 1983. Mostly taken from rare singles, the extra tracks include songs by The Names, Marine, Front 242, Siglo XX, Allez Allez, Berntholer, Jung and Isolation Ward. As well as revised artwork, this expanded 70 minute edition of B9 also includes detailed sleevenotes and an assortment of period images and graphics. LTM-2486 CD $16.25 Various Eccentric Soul: The Outskirts Of Deep City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US This serves to color in the spaces left open by its predecessor. In addition to 7 previously unreleased tracks, they've added 13 other related gems from the Solid Soul, Sun Cut, Reedsville, Lloyd & Concho labels. 32 pg bk housed in a Numero slipcase w/ photos, appendix, bibliography & discography. Feat. CLARENCE REID, HELENE SMITH, BETTY WRIGHT, FRANK WILLIAMS, JAMES KNOGHT & THE BUTLERS & others. Numero-017 DCD $15.75 Various Matinee Hit Parade, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US Tracklisting: 1. Math and Physics Club - A Little Romance, 2. Would-Be-Goods - Temporary Best Friend, 3. The Lucksmiths - Good Light, 4. The Electric Pop Group - My Only Inspiration, 5. Clay Hips - Failure, 6. Bubblegum Lemonade - Tyler, 7. The Hermit Crabs - Sophia, 8. Harper Lee - Ilene, 9. The Guild League - Call To Prayer, 10. Strawberry Whiplash - Summershine, 11. Slipslide - Let Things Fall Apart, 12. The Pines - Train From Wycombe, 13. Lovejoy - Astronauts. Brilliant new compilation commemorating a decade of top quality pop music from respected California indie label Matinée Recordings. To celebrate the anniversary, the label invited 13 artists to record a new, 45-caliber A-side for its elite 'Hit Parade' collection, and the result is nothing less than spectacular! The collection features previously unreleased, exclusive recordings from popular Matinée artists The Guild League (Australia), Harper Lee (England), The Hermit Crabs (Scotland), Lovejoy (England), The Lucksmiths (Australia), Math and Physics Club (USA), The Pines (England), Slipslide (England), and Would-Be-Goods (England) plus Matinée debuts from new label signings Bubblegum Lemonade (Scotland), Clay Hips(Germany/Finland), The Electric Pop Group (Sweden), and Strawberry Whiplash (Scotland). Demonstrating the continuing strength of the label's roster, this extraordinary collection serves as both an essential new release for devoted followers and a wonderful introduction for label dilettantes. A classic addition to the already esteemed Matinée discography! Matinee-045 CD $12.25 Various Ghosts Of Christmas Past (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, UK 22 tracks. The first complete CD release of the classic compilation album Ghosts of Christmas Past, first released on chic Belgian indie label Les Disques du Crepuscule in 1981. Originally released as on 2 December 1981, Ghosts of Christmas Past (Chantons Noel) featured 13 exclusive festive tracks from the international avant garde and new wave, as well as the celebrated Factory Records and Postcard rosters. Then, as now, the contributing artists include The Durutti Column, Aztec Camera, Paul Haig, Tuxedomoon, Wim Mertens, Cabaret Voltaire, Michael Nyman, The Names, Thick Pigeon and Simon Topping of A Certain Ratio. The original album now features nine bonus tracks drawn from later editions of the album released between 1982 and 1986. These include seasonal contributions from The Pale Fountains, Antena, The French Impressionists, Winston Tong and The Arcadians (aka French pop polymath Louis Philippe), as well as extra tracks from Paul Haig and The Durutti Column. The booklet features original artwork by Benoit Hennebert and Jean-François Octave, as well as a facsimile of the insert featuring Christmas postcards, and detailed liner notes. The original 'bauble' cover art by Hennebert is widely recognised as one of his finest designs. This new CD edition has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and features 74 minutes of material. Most of the featured tracks remain unavailable elsewhere. The CD follows on the great success of our 2006 re-release of the 1980 Crepuscule compilation From Brussels With Love. LTM-2426 CD $17.00 Various Dig For Fire: A Tribute To Pixies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US Mogwai, They Might Be Giants, OK Go, British Sea Power, John P. Strohm, The Rosebuds, Joy Zipper, Elk City and so many more have covered the Pixies with utter reverence for this outstanding tribute to one of the most influential indie bands of all time! Over the past several months ROLLING STONE, SPIN, STEREOGUM, PITCHFORK, NME, and dozens more have been excitedly announcing artists covering the PIXIES for this tribute. A must have for any fan of the PIXIES or any band covering the PIXIES on this tribute. AmericanLaundromat-011 CD $13.00 Weakerthans Reunion Tour (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 20TH) PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Epitaph LP $15.50 Ween La Cucaracha (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 30TH) PS, US 1st new full-length album in 4 yrs! None of these tracks have been released before -the "Friends" EP from a few months ago contained unique songs, & even the track "Friends" on this new album is a different track than anything on the "Friends" EP. Gatefold sleeve, includes a Ween sticker. Schnitzel DLP $22.00 White Lodge, The Twilight Vision (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Attacknine Records is proud to present The White Lodge's debut album "Twilight Vision". The White Lodge is Steven and Emiliana, a husband and wife duo living and recording on a farm in eastern Appalachia. Together they have gathered and articulated a bucolic palate of sounds, weaving them into a shadowy psychedelic tapestry around the listener. Intricate blends of room noise and incidental sounds mix with the building tides of muffled drones, flutes, and bells surrounding their gentle guitars and organs. The repetitive quality of their simple, woven melodies and atmosphere create a unique pastoral landscape. They make melodic, lonesome, and pretty music that is as gentle and frail as it is dark and curious. It is a turning of the ear, a 'listening' at the winding path through the woods at night, and the mysterious communication it brings with it. Track List: 1. Come Twilight, 2. Winter Tracks, 3. Hawk Watch, 4. Drowning In Sight of Shore, 5. Firelight, 6. Sunset Deep, 7. Forest Balance, 8. Lost Season, 9. Spirit Animal, 10. Waking Vision Attack9-016 CD $12.25 White Williams Smoke (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US Smoke is nostalgic, colorful art pop, often loose,imperfect, & ambiguous. Recorded in Cleveland, Cincinnati, New York, & San Francisco over the last 2 yrs, using a laptop & a small selection of studio equipment. Where many of the sounds are algorithmically generated, guitars & vocals are repitched, copied & pasted, & heavily edited at times. Tigerbeat6-140 CD $15.00 Youngs, Richard Autumn Response (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US "Autumn Response" is a spartan folk-"pop" record filled with tinder-box intimacies, composed of some of the shortest songs ever recorded by RICHARD YOUNGS. The simplest form of trickery comes from Richard Youngs' restrained use of an acoustic guitar, bringing it back to Youngs basics. Twenty-six seconds into "I Need the Light", the first track off the album, the listener is confronted with the pivotal element of the record, the drawing line between the hardcore Youngs purists and fairweather fans: the track, like others on the record, features Youngs' double-tracked voice splitting in two - as one overlaid performance veers away from the other. This gesture warrants such a title "King of the Progressive Minimalists" - which is often used beside his name by critics - as the confident inclusion of such an effect grants it legitimacy. Youngs' voices slipping away from one another is on par with other intense representations of singularity such as Donald Judd and Malevich's Suprematist Composition: White on White. Pop is a gesture, a stance, a pose. "Autumn Response" is a singer-songwriter album, as Youngs' fingers slip over the steel strings with little feet and whispery toes, his gently prophetic songs evoke Roger Waters and the folk phase play is sure to appeal to fans of Animal Collective's "Sung Tongs." Jagjaguwar-121 CD $11.50 Youngs, Richard Autumn Response (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE NOVEMBER 6TH) PS, US "Autumn Response" is a spartan folk-"pop" record filled with tinder-box intimacies, composed of some of the shortest songs ever recorded by RICHARD YOUNGS. The simplest form of trickery comes from Richard Youngs' restrained use of an acoustic guitar, bringing it back to Youngs basics. Twenty-six seconds into "I Need the Light", the first track off the album, the listener is confronted with the pivotal element of the record, the drawing line between the hardcore Youngs purists and fairweather fans: the track, like others on the record, features Youngs' double-tracked voice splitting in two - as one overlaid performance veers away from the other. This gesture warrants such a title "King of the Progressive Minimalists" - which is often used beside his name by critics - as the confident inclusion of such an effect grants it legitimacy. Youngs' voices slipping away from one another is on par with other intense representations of singularity such as Donald Judd and Malevich's Suprematist Composition: White on White. Pop is a gesture, a stance, a pose. "Autumn Response" is a singer-songwriter album, as Youngs' fingers slip over the steel strings with little feet and whispery toes, his gently prophetic songs evoke Roger Waters and the folk phase play is sure to appeal to fans of Animal Collective's "Sung Tongs." Jagjaguwar-121 LP $11.50 Zombi Twilight Sentinal (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 27TH) PS, US Second recording now re-issued on LIMITED vinyl!!! Wabana-052 LP $20.00 Zombi S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 27TH) PS, US First recording now re-issued on LIMITED vinyl. Originally self relased as a CDR only, then released on cd with "Twilight Sentinal. "The band's signature sound is achieved using only electric bass, drums, & a collection of analog synthesizers. Wabana LP $20.00 Parasol Picks, Recent Restocks, & Noteworthy Reminders 230 Divisadero “S-T” CD $13.00 45 Adapter [vinyl supplies] “7" Solid Aluminum Dome Insert” MISC $4.75 All My Loving “S-T” DVD $17.00 Bishop, Sir Richard “Polytheistic Fragments” CD $12.50 Bishop, Sir Richard “Polytheistic Fragments” LP $12.50 Bowen, Gene “Bourgeois Magnetic” CD $13.50 Byrds “Under Review” DVD $22.75 Cap Gun Coup “Brought To You By Nebraskafish” LP $12.50 Continental Film Night/Tellerman “Tinhorn Home Companion Library Vol.1” CD $17.00 Crooked Hook “Captain Will Be Your Guide” CD $13.25 Damo Suzuki “The Fire Of Heaven At The End Of Universe” CD $15.00 Diplo “Aeiou Two” CD $14.75 Dommisse, Orion Rigel “What I Want From You Is Sweet” CD $12.50 Donnas “Bitchin'” LP $15.50 Enkidu “Live in Kyoto” DLP $22.75 Fennesz “Hotel Parallel” CD $15.00 Ferrari, Luc “Didascalies” CD/DVD $16.25 Feu Therese “Ca Va Cogner” CD $14.25 Fleetwood Mac “Then Play On” CD $12.25 Fraser & Debolt “With Ian Guenther” CD $16.25 Heavy Metal Fun Time “Activity Book” BOOK $8.50 Heeb Magazine “#14” ZINE $5.25 hollAnd “Love Fluxus” CD $12.25 Hundred Air “Makeout City” CD $10.00 Induce “More Iconic Less Ironic” CD $11.50 It's Casual “Buicregl” CD $8.50 Lycia “Cold” CD $12.25 Magic Carpathians, The & Lechistan's Electric Chair Marek Styczynski “Cyber Totem” CD $15.00 Mams, The “Wam Bam!” CD $13.00 Modeselektor “Happy Birthday” CD $15.50 Morning Recordings “Welcome Kinetic” CD $14.75 Mountain Home “S-T” CD $12.50 MWVM “Rotations” CD $12.50 No Neck Blues Band “Meets the Clear People with Mystery Gypped” DCD $19.75 Persephone's Bees “Notes From The Underworld” LP $11.75 Red Krayola w/ Art & Language “Sighs Trapped By Liars” CD $12.50 Rose, Ethan “Spinning Pieces” CD $13.00 Savvas Ysatis + Taylor Deupree “The Sleeping Morning” CD $9.50 Sigurdsson, Valgeir “Ekvilibrium” CD $15.50 Sun Ra “Volume Two: Intergalactic Research” CD $14.00 Sun Ra “Volume Three: The Shadows Took Shape” DCD $16.00 Sun Ra “Volume One: The Creator of the Universe” DCD $16.00 Sun Ra “Volume Four: Dance of the Living Image” DCD $16.00 Turnquist, Alexander “Faint At The Loudest Hour” CD $13.25 Twilley, Dwight “Twilley/Scuba Divers” CD $21.00 Twilley, Dwight “Sincerely/Twilley Don't Mind” CD $21.00 Vanderslice, John “Emerald City” LP $14.25 Walker Kong “Deliver Us from People” CD $14.00 Weigh Down “Welcome To The Family Zoo” CD $13.25