Hi friends,

Today, our beloved UPS driver dropped off a thirty count box of the new Lassie Foundation "Through And Through" DCD. This band has to be one of the most inspiring and creative forces to ever grace our ears. Unfortunately, they have called it quits but we can expect new music from the individual members in various projects. This, then, is our homage to you, The Lassie Foundation. You will be sadly missed. For you snoozers who may have missed out on this band, this double CD is a great introduction.

You are infinity,

Royal/Paul

Alias & Tarsier
Brookland/Oaklyn
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Anticon-059
DLP
$17.25

Alias & Tarsier
Brookland/Oaklyn
PS, US Producer for Ben Gibbard, Sage Francis, Will Oldham & DJ Krush teams up with dulcet toned NYC vocalist Tarsier Rapadas of HEALAMONSTER & TARSIER. The chanteuse walks a delicate line somewhere between Bjork & Beth Gibbons while Alias coaxes off-kilter drums, choppy static & jeweled synth lines into an honest, musical manifesto. Incl. guests TELEPHONE JIM JESUS, DOSE ONE, DAX PIERSON & KIRSTIN MCCORD.
Anticon-059
CD
$16.25

Anoice
Remmings
PS, UK Let's get this straight immediately. Anoice is not another instumental group with strong rock tendencies and an armchair association with classical music. Unlike numerous contemporaries which they will undoubtedly be compared to, their goal is not to follow the trends and make the soft/loud/soft/loud juxtapositions in every song, but to carefully craft each song with a strong attention to melody, solid accompaniment, and courteous counterpoint. One of the remarkable qualities of Anoice is that they truly work as a group, with members who aren't afraid to remain quiet while others play. Through meticulous composition Anoice has achieved an unrivaled quality. While the band isn't intentionally attempting to be cinematic, the recordings achieve something breathtaking and emotive: imagine the Rachel's scoring a film by Ang Lee. Anoice's music is anthemic and rich while being introspective and personal. Each track is preceeded by brief and dense ambient tracks to clense the audio palate much like ginger in your sushi boat. Anoice are a six-piece group based in Tokyo. The band was formed in January, 2004 by members Ricco (guitar/keyboards) and Taku (guitars and mandolin), who were soon joined by Yuki (piano), Utaka (viola), Matsu (bass), and Yossy (drums).While each member cites different musical influences, it's fairly evenly split between rock (think My Bloody Valentine meets King Crimson), classical and modern composers (Perhaps Debussy and Shostakovitch writing together after drinking heavily from Phillip Glass), jazz and electronic ( Autechre meets Mum maybe?). Combining all of these influences with their obvious Japanese heritage Anoice has created an album with an emotional arc, climaxing magnificently as it ends and leaves the listener determined to press play once again. Pronounced "a noyce," the name comes from the Celtic word for "now" (Anois). Remmings is their debut release and contains four named songs and five unnamed songs. Cover art by Non Format. Mastering by Jeff Lipton (Flaming Lips, Magnetic Fields) "Anoice have produced something entirely different and original, a mature record of great beauty and attention to detail that rises above any clichés and should by all accounts establish them as one of the leading artists today." Rock-A-Rolla (UK)
Important-076
CD
$13.50

Anomaly
Long Road
PS, US This 70 + min. instrumental journey is one born in the dollar bins & estate sales of IL & WI. He harvested forgotten records & rammed them thru cutting edge synthesis & technology to produce what is being considered a modern psychedelic masterpiece. A densely layered composition of samples, synthesis, & analog technology that draws from folk, hip hop, & electronic influence. The production technique focuses on evolving soundscapes that come alive though subtle frequency movements, convolution reverbs, & raw drum breaks.
EVRecords-002
CD
$14.50

As Fast As
Open Letter to Damned
PS, US Debut album from band of whom OAR saith, "These guys play rock n' roll with heart and soul." " Expect the sound of a man's heart ripping in two, crossed wiht bouncing melodies & rhythm, and all beat senseless by the relentless fury of an unstoppable band." RIYL: Strokes, Weezer, QOTSA.
Octone-82376-50012-2
CD
$9.25

Astronautalis
Mighty Ocean & Nine Dark Theaters
PS, US Blending styles of indie rock, electro & talkin' blues into hip-hop, this rapper has developed a sounds like no other. He traded in his verbal weapons of mass descruction for songs about the railroad, lost love & surreal dreams. An amalgam of synthesizers, old funk drum samples, & slide guitar. RIYL: Beck, Modest Mouse, Buck 65.
FightingRecords-005
CD
$10.00

Auto Da Fe
Spectre
PS, US Feat. MARTIN KVISVIC (PYRAMIDS ON MARS, AMPS FOR CHRIST) & TAVI TAVI ( AMPS FOR CHRIST, AYE AYE CAPTAIN, THUNDERSNAIL). Pan-global instrumentation that incl. yang qin, guzheng, tambour, bouzouki, tablas, Gothic harp, Chinese banjo, Tibetian temple cymbals & bells as well as trad. guitar, bass, trumpet & drums. This spans a wide range of sounds, from traditional flavored freak-folk to Middle Eastern raga & 80s gothic minimalist rock.
SecretEye-024
CD
$14.50

Avarus
Vesikansi
PS, US 49 minutes of gooey new goodness spread over just three tracks! From the same tattered coven of piss drinkers who alternately refer to themselves as ANAKSIMANDROS comes this. These fumbling Finns conjure a smoky, shit-drunk forest of noise, folk & unsurpassable tribal improv.. a delicious Yahowha soup with a spicy, burnt Amon Duul crust. Oh so highly recommended. Gueast vocals via TARA BURKE aka FURSAXA.
SecretEye-025
CD
$14.50

Baird, Kathleen
Lullaby for Strangers
PS, US Member of the Comus channeling freak-folk outfit SPIRES THAT IN THE SUNSET RISE. A delightful follow up to her critically acclaimed 2005 debut. Her voice is deep, sleepy, & Nico-esque, her instrumentation exotic & imaginative. Her lush arrangements include bells, mbira. guitars, flutes & synthesizers, all orchestrated to outline her careful, but never fussy, song craft. She's even shared bills with Incredible String Band, Comets on Fire & Acid Mothers Temple.
SecretEye-023
CD
$14.50

Bassey, Shirley
Classics
PS, UK After 40 years of success we are proud to release Classics, the very best of Shirley Bassey. Backed by a 48 piece band Dame Shirley runs through hit after hit from her career on this spectacular double CD/MC. 24 Great Bassey classics on 2 CDs! Songs include "Hey Jude", "I Wanna Know What Love Is", "Bye Bye Blackbird", "Never, Never, Never", "Diamonds are Forever", "Try a Little Tenderness" and "Goldfinger"!
Artful-033
DCD
$17.75

Battiato, Franco
Pollution
PS, US Franco Battiato's wonderfully lively 1973 concept album Pollution is an audaciously psychedelic album drawn from the space rock dimension with good portions of electronics and keyboard layers. Drawing heavily on the VCS3 synthesizer, Battiato and company (besides himself, three backing band members play synth as well) give Pollution an extreme electronic edge. With comparisons to Ash Ra Tempel, Faust, and Pink Floyd, Pollution was declared "genius" by Frank Zappa. Extremely influential on the '90s Chicago post-rock mafia. Original artwork. New detailed liner notes.
Water-174
CD
$15.25

Bear Quartet, The
Eternity Now
PS, SWEDEN New album from one of the world's best pop bands. "Eternity now" will be released on the 24th of May in Sweden, likely a day earlier here at Parasol. It has only been eight months since their last release "Saturday Night" and like that album, this is an album that has an electronic touch with really nice harmonies and a twist of Black Sabbath. The first single will be "The Repairing of the Red Sea". The band says: "It was recorded at Dubios at Odenplan, Stockholm, Sweden with Chrille Roth, just as "Saturday Night". Eleven songs, of which two are skits, you know like it (used to be) on hip hop records. It's heavily electronic and sometimes heavy metal. Not purely though. It's not "genre music" in that way, but it distinguishes itself from the latest album, which sort of fell between two chairs; we tried to fit songs into a form that we didn't really master at the time. This time we only rehearsed for 45 minutes and more or less wrote the songs in the studio. It feels way better. The album's a bit monotonous (in a good, minimalistic way) and it's much more melodic than we thought it would be. About half of it, if you count the minutes, is intrumental and we have a spectacular guest on one of the songs. Can't say who it is yet though."
AWestSideFabrication-236
CD
$12.00

Bellrays
Have a Little Faith
PS, US "Perfectly captures the band's singular sound, which combines two seemingly disparate forms of American music: the raw power of garage rock and the emotional drama of soul. 'Imagine Tina Turner fronting the Stooges,' goes one common description of the band, and although that hardly encompasses the BellRays' artistry, there is some historical truth behind the hook: If the BellRays' recordings and live performances are utterly of-the-moment, full of urgency and sheer presence, the seamlessness with which the Southern California outfit combines punk and soul also hearkens back to another time when the two were integrally connected. Detroit was the capital of both; Iggy, Ike and Tina actually shared the stage; and the MC5's aesthetic and politics drew explicitly from black music and counterculture. HOT!
CheapLullaby-009
CD
$14.75

Blood Brothers
Love Rhymes with Hideous Car Wreck (Enhanced, Extended Play)
PS, US
V2
CD5
$7.25

Bloom, Kath
Finally
PS, AUSTRALIA Connecticut folksinger recorded with avant-garde guitarist Loren Mazzacane Connors in the early 80s, but has only put out a handful of self-released CD-Rs since 1984. She writes some of the most heart-breaking and beautiful songs around and has a voice that just has to be heard to be believed. Includes the song Come Here as heard in Richard Linklater's movie Before Sunrise.
ChapterMusic-051
CS
$13.50

Blue Sky Black Death
Heap of Broken
PS, US Debut double album by group comprised of hip hop production tandem Kingston & Young God exploring the nether regions of brooding hip hop, meshing dark samples, vocal snippets & live instrumentation. Incl. guest spots from all stars like PRT, GANG STARR, ROB SONIC, JUS ALLAH, MIKAH-9, SHAPESHIFTERS
Mush-243
DCD
$14.50

Blue Sky Black Death
Heap of Broken Images
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Mush-243
DLP
$18.00

Brian Jonestown Massacre
Tepid Peppermint
PS, US ...Wonderland Volume 2" Limited WHITE vinyl.
TeePee-068
DLP
$20.00

Buckley, Lord
The Royal Court Of Lord Buckly
PS, UK "The fuel to my success" Bob Dylan. "The most sensational comic of our time" Frank Sinatra. One of the bravest, best-loved artists America has produced, Lord Buckley adopted the argot of the streets of black America whilst posing as a sophisticated English Artistocrat, creating verbal symphonies of astounding originality by combining beat poetry with historical tales, Shakespeare soliloquies and stories from the Bible; at once manic, joyous and psychedelic. The Original Rapper; an inspiration to everyone from Lenny Bruce to Jerry Garcia to Jonathan Winters to Robin Williams to Bill Cosby. 'The Royal Court of Lord Buckley' restores in their entirety the first Lord Buckley albums ('Euphoria Volumes 1 and 2') that were originally issued by the Vaya label in America 1951; The definitive performance of Buckley's signature piece 'The Nazz' (Jesus of Nazareth) along with other startling Buckley monologues including 'The Hip Gahn' (Mahatma Gandhi), 'The Gasser' (Spanish explorer Cabeza de Vaca), 'Jonah & the Whale' (The Old Testament) and 'Nero' (ancient Rome) and very rare historical recordings of 'Murder','The Dog and the Wolf', 'The Grasshopper and the Ant', 'The Mouse & the Lion' and 'The Lion's Breath'.
El-74
CD
$14.75

Buckshot Boys
Chunklet Presents
PS, US "Deer hunting, British culture, & rock music collide at the All Tomorrow's Parties festival in England. Watch as the these good ole boys interview musicians like THE MELVINS, MOGWAI, SPOON, NEIL HAMBURGER, TED LEO, DEERHOOF & more"-Quimby's.
Chunklet-002
DVD
$14.75

Carr, Miller
Self-Titled
PS, US
Isota
CD
$15.25

Cash, Johnny
Open Road
PS, US The recordings that Johnny Cash made at the beginning of his long and fortunate career all took place in SUN studios, under the watchful eye of producer Sam Phillips, well known for also having discovered Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis. Phillips was struck by "Hey Porter," a song Cash had written just after he returned from the military. When asked to write a ballad for the B side, Cash wrote "Cry, Cry, Cry," that very same night. The single sold 100,000 copies in the USA alone. His second single, "Folsom Prison Blues," was just as successful. In '56 "I Walk The Line" remained on the charts for 44 weeks and sold a million copies. From this point forward there was no place to go but up for the young Johnny Cash. The precious recordings collected in this Universe CD bring together those very recordings that made him famous, along with some outtakes and rarities. A long-playing, 32-track CD to commemorate this musical giant.
Universe-165
CD
$17.25

Coachwhips
Double Death (CD/DVD)
PS, US If you'd never had the chance to attend one of their shows, this is the set for you. The DVD feat. previously unseen footage chronicling the band's short but magnificent career; from their house party days to their sticky final show in front of trillions. The CD showcases 47 min. of the rare b-side & cover tunes that were virtually impossible to find prior to this release. So strip down to your undies & get ready to rock your cheeks off.
Narnack-7039
DVD
$17.00

Come Ons
Stars
PS, US 11 originals recorded at the Tempermill Studio in Ferndale, Michigan by Jim Kissling. Long known as the smooth, soulful group in the Detroit garage band milieu, tap deeper into their own style of dance pop w/songs informed equally by 60's French pop icons Francoise Hardy & Serge Gainsbourg as 70's Dance minimalists ESG & A Certain Ratio. The Band, as always includes the bass guitar, piano, & vocals of Deanne Iovan; drummer Patrick Pantano; & guitarist Bryan Foreman. Engineer Kissling has worked w/many Detroit techno artists, most notably Kevin Saunderson.
MoPop-5
CD
$12.75

Corsano, Chris & B. Chasny/Paul Metzger
Split
PS, US C. Corsano (sparring partner of Paul Flaherty, Joe McPhee, Nels Cline, et al) and Ben Chasny (aka SIX ORGANS OF ADMITTANCE) had previously paired up for the School Of The Flower LP on Drag City. As wide a stylistic swath as that record cut, it was far from an exhaustive map of their topography. Here, Corsano's drums and Chasny's guitar chatter & clatter with jittery hyper-articulation, worrying the meat off the bone in short sharp strokes. A "Worm Confesses" over the course of one side of this split record & is given an impassioned absolution. For over 2 decades, Paul Metzger (TVBC)was one of the Twin Cities' overly well-kept secrets. His recent emergence as a solo artist, via a pair of glowingly-received releases on the Chairkickers & Mutant Music labels, has started to raise his profile to a level commensurate with his devil's-crossroads-deal talent. On a guitar modified with music box innards & an accompanying tanpura, Metzger dives deep into the raga heart of a moonlit day & returns with the jewels of "August." Released in an edition of 766 copies, with silkscreened poplar wood covers.
Roaratorio-011
LP
$17.25

Cracow Klezmer Band
Balan: Book of Angels 5
PS, US Formed in 1997, The CKB is a phenomena. Through their spectacular combination of impeccable musicianship, imaginative arrangements and passionate performances they have been universally acclaimed by audiences and critics alike, developing into one of the most successful and exciting acoustic groups in the world. Here they are joined by the lush sound of strings, as Bester turns his prodigious arranging skills to eight new songs from Zorn's fabulous and varied Book of Angels. Also featuring the Cracow String Quartet .Their best CD to date.
Tzadik-7358
CD
$16.50

Crash Normal
My First Stop
rcc007lp 9 . 2 9
LIMITED to 300. The natural successors to all those mutant, experimental late-70s / early-80s French new wave groups. What's interesting is that half their music is straight-up amphetamine garage boogie. This is all short, sharp & sweetly melodic songs hollered in Franglais & sounds incredible live. Also loads of playful minimal lo-fi synth-pop that ranges from snarling, spluttering Whitehouse-style analogue terror to cute micro-disco tunes.
Rococo -007
CD
$13.75

Dave Pell Singers, The
Ma-Nah-Ma-Nah
PS, UK Famed arranger-producer multi-instrumental west coast jazz musician Dave Pell, created this most sought after album of vocal mod psychedelia in 1969. Its many highlights include a breezy version of Piero Umiliani's 'Mah-Na, Mah-Na' and a cool, sensuous performance of the title tune from Ken Tynan's controversial musical, 'Oh, Calcutta!'
El-077
CD
$14.75

Davis, Miles
Prestige Quintet Session (4XCD)
PS, US Special newly remastered 4 disc box set featuring 8 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASED PERFORMANCES, five complete musical transcriptions, original art & 40pp booklet with insightful liners by Bob Blumenthal. Featuring: Trumpeter-bandleader MILES DAVIS, tenor saxophonist JOHN COLTRANE, pianist RED GARLAND, bassist PAUL CHAMBERS & drummer PHILLY JOE JONES. Sweet packaging featuring a Miles painting.
Fantasy-4444
4XCD
$55.50

Day, Doris
Darling: Music From The Films Of Doris Day
PS, UK Darling is a fabulous collection of hits and memorable songs from the movies Doris Day made in the period between 1948-55. 'Tea for Two', 'Young At Heart', 'Love Me or Leave Me' and the definitive fifties musical 'Calamity Jane' which of course features 'The Deadwood Stage' and the USA number 1 'Secret love'. Selections from the films that put her on the road to being the top female box office star of all time and established her reputation as the quintessential American artist.
El-076
CD
$14.75

Denim
Back In Denim
PS, UK Denim was the brainchild of Lawrence who had spent the previous decade as the singer, songwriter and mastermind behind that ultimate independent rock band, Felt. Having achieved his goal of releasing 10 albums and 10 singles in 10 years during the course of the eighties, Lawrence disbanded Felt and relocated to New York. It was there that Lawrence translated his homesick thoughts from abroad into the series of songs that made up Back In Denim. Over in New York he wrote as he reminisced about his West Midlands childhood, flares, chopper bikes, tower blocks, stringy beards, hippies, skinheads and the IRA's pub bombings in Birmingham. He set this to a musical backdrop of Mickey Most and Mike Leander productions, Lee Perry and the Glitter Band. Back In Denim was recorded and mixed across a two year period on Lawrence's return to London. It was finally completed in July 1992 and, for the first time in his career, Lawrence found himself signed to a major label via Boys Own, a dance label operating through London Records. The album was produced by John Leckie although completed by Lawrence with Brian O'Shaughnessy, Leckie having allegedly been driven to complete distraction by Lawrence who he described as madder and more impossible than anyone he'd worked with including Spector, Lennon and Syd Barrett. Back In Denim kick starts with the pounding Glitter beat of "Back In Denim". The Glitter Band's drummer Pete Phipps is featured on the record. The album maintains a powerful mix of Glam and pop hooks and references throughout with one foot in the seventies past and the other very firmly in the technology of the nineties. As such, Back In Denim was an undoubted pre-cursor to Britpop, Blur and Pulp, in particular. As ever, throughout his career Lawrence was ahead but out of step with popular taste. Back In Denim was no mere exercise in nostalgia or Glam 'n' Glitter revival and, as Lawrence firmly attests today, it is a protest album though not without a real sense of biting humour coming through tracks like "The Osmonds" and "I'm Against The Eighties". The album's only single, "Middle Of The Road", was itself a reference to the 197O's band of "Chirpy Chirpy Cheep Cheep" fame. It also featured Denim's version of the theme from Robin's Nest on the B-Side. Its lyrics, however, were truly cutting edge, a plea for the individual's right to choose rather than be force fed its heroes - "I hate The Stones and I hate blues/Eddie Cochran and Blue Suede Shoes/I hate the King, I hate Chuck Berry/I Hate hooker, I hate Leadbelly, alright..." Back In Denim was unveiled to the music press before Christmas 1992 and received the most astonishing reviews at the time. In its wisdom, London Records were completely thrown by the ecstatic press reaction just as they hade been puzzled that it sounded nothing like Felt. They chose to delay the album and preface it with a single instead. All momentum was lost and the single, of course, flopped. Lawrence's dream was once again shattered although right now, in 2006, the dream is alive once again. Back In Denim should now get its just desserts just as Lawrence, a true wild card, completes a brand new album from what was once a Denim side project, Go Kart Mozart. He's back...
WestMidlands-03
CD
$14.75

Deshannon, Jackie
Put A Little Love In Your Heart
PS, UK RPM is proud to present a second set of Jackie DeShannon album packages, to follow the highly successful initial set of three released last autumn. We now move into the late 60's early 70's, a time when female singer-songwriters were more accepted in the industry. A situation opened up by Jackie DeShannon during her early 60's success as a songwriter. Again each package has been lovingly re-mastered from original Capitol Studios tape masters, plus bonus tracks, and boast more exclusive photos and memorabilia from the Jackie DeShannon personal archive. Making these releases absolute must haves for fans. Jackie is performing a one off live show in London just before release - a unique experience, this being the first time she has ever played a live show in the UK. Check the RPM site for more details!
RPM-314
CD
$16.25

Deshannon, Jackie
Songs
PS, UK RPM is proud to present a second set of Jackie DeShannon album packages, to follow the highly successful initial set of three released last autumn. We now move into the late 60's early 70's, a time when female singer-songwriters were more accepted in the industry. A situation opened up by Jackie DeShannon during her early 60's success as a songwriter. Again each package has been lovingly re-mastered from original Capitol Studios tape masters, plus bonus tracks, and boast more exclusive photos and memorabilia from the Jackie DeShannon personal archive. Making these releases absolute must haves for fans. Jackie is performing a one off live show in London just before release - a unique experience, this being the first time she has ever played a live show in the UK.
RPM-315
CD
$16.25

Deshannon, Jackie
For You
PS, UK RPM is proud to present a second set of Jackie DeShannon album packages, to follow the highly successful initial set of three released last autumn. We now move into the late 60's early 70's, a time when female singer-songwriters were more accepted in the industry. A situation opened up by Jackie DeShannon during her early 60's success as a songwriter. Again each package has been lovingly re-mastered from original Capitol Studios tape masters, plus bonus tracks, and boast more exclusive photos and memorabilia from the Jackie DeShannon personal archive. Making these releases absolute must haves for fans. Jackie is performing a one off live show in London just before release - a unique experience, this being the first time she has ever played a live show in the UK.
RPM-316
CD
$16.25

Dinosaur Jr.
Where You Been (DELAYED)
PS, US Dinosaur Jr's monumental noise was a crucible of raging riffs and emotive melody, an unlikely fusion of speaker-blowing feedback and catchy hooks. Post-punk and pre-grunge, they were an intense force to be reckoned with, and when the band signed to Sire in '91, J Mascis's shreddingly unique alt-rock sound was cranked up for vast new audiences of eardrums. These albums spotlight one of the most distinctive and influential artists of the '90s in prime form. Each release presents the original album on 180-gram vinyl. "Where You Been" includes the yearning, burning classic "Out There", the rock radio hit "Start Choppin", plus the stand-outs "Get Me", "Hide", and "Not The Same".
Rhino
LP
$17.00

Dinosaur Jr.
Green Mind (DELAYED)
PS, US Dinosaur Jr's monumental noise was a crucible of raging riffs and emotive melody, an unlikely fusion of speaker-blowing feedback and catchy hooks. Post-punk and pre-grunge, they were an intense force to be reckoned with, and when the band signed to Sire in '91, J Mascis's shreddingly unique alt-rock sound was cranked up for vast new audiences of eardrums. These albums spotlight one of the most distinctive and influential artists of the '90s in prime form. Each release presents the original album on 180-gram vinyl. "Green Mind" is their Sire debut, originally released in '91, following their seminal SST classics. Includes "The Wagon", an all-time great Dinosaur Jr song featuring massive distortion, infectious melody, and an extended Mascis guitar solo. Also includes "Puke + Cry", "Thumb", and "Water".
Rhino
LP
$17.00

Drop the Lime
We Never Sleep
PS, US
Tigerbeat6-133
LP
$11.50

Drop the Lime
We Never Sleep
PS, US
Tigerbeat6-133
LP
$11.50

Duffy, Stephen
Duffy [Bonus Tracks]
PS, US
BMG
CD
$19.00

Earth
Phase 3
PS, US From the band that gave Sunno))) their name and concept comes their third album, re-issued on CD. Vinyl also available.
Subpop
CD
$11.75

Earth
Pentastar
PS, US Earth has been experiencing a resurgence in popularity as their new album "Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal Method" (on Southern Lord) has been released to much fanfare and acclaim. Here is the Earth catalog on vinyl, and in the case of "Phase 3", it'll be on wax for the first time. All at a special, abysmally low price.
Subpop
LP
$9.50

Earth
Earth 2
PS, US Earth has been experiencing a resurgence in popularity as their new album "Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal Method" (on Southern Lord) has been released to much fanfare and acclaim. Here is the Earth catalog on vinyl, and in the case of "Phase 3", it'll be on wax for the first time. All at a special, abysmally low price. This is the double LP reissue of Earth's second record.
Subpop
LP
$11.75

Earth
Phase 3
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Subpop
LP
$11.75

Earth
Extra-Capsular Extraction
PS, US Earth has been experiencing a resurgence in popularity as their new album "Hex: Or Printing In The Infernal Method" (on Southern Lord) has been released to much fanfare and acclaim. Here is the Earth catalog on vinyl, and in the case of "Phase 3", it'll be on wax for the first time. All at a special, abysmally low price. This little gem is comprised of two tracks of ultra-heavy psych and clocks in at a whopping thirty-four minutes. Features performances from Kurt Kobain and Joe Preston (ex-Melvins).
Subpop
LP
$9.50

Exile, Tim
Nuisance Gabbaret Lounge
PS, US Arguably the first ever rave megablast culled entirely from live improvised performances. An acrobatic leap from his earlier DnB work on Moving Shadow, Beta, Ram & Mosquito into uncharted live music waters. Punk attitude, cabaret antics & hectic beats.
PlanetMu-152
CD
$16.25

Existensminimum
Last Night My Head Tried To Explode And I Wrote Everything Down
PS, SWEDEN First full-length from Swedish studio-wizard/uber-producer Magnus Henriksson AKA Existensminimum, who's also a member of Moneybrother. On the heels of two amazing singles ("From Me To You" and "Running Down Everyone") this album is even more surreal and adventuresome. Looking beyond the frame of modern day rock and pop, Existensminimum offers a lightspeed trip through modern electro pop, Spiritualized-styled guitar-drone, neo-romantic crooner ballads and anxious deconstructed rock. All the while harkening back to the heady daze of 70s Krautrock's sci-fi explorations and cosmic communal folk, along with the brash noisy pop of England in the late 80s, early 90s. Not that far removed from a Silverbullit/Citizen Bird release...
Novoton-011
CD
$12.00

Fall, The
The Permanent Years (subtitle: Paranoia Man In Cheap Sh*t Room)
PS, UK Track list: Ladybird (Green Grass) from The Infotainment Scan album 1993, Rainmaster from Cerebral Caustic album 1995, Behind the Counter from Middle Class Revolt album 1994, Why Are People Grudgeful? from Why Are People Grudgeful? single, Glam Racket from The Infotainment Scan album 1993, City Dweller from Middle Class Revolt album 1994, Service from The Infotainment Scan album 1993, War from Middle Class Revolt album 1994, Three Points from The Twenty-Seven Points album 1995, The Aphid from Cerebral Caustic album 1995, The Re-Mixer from Why Are People Grudgeful? single, Bonkers in Phoenix from Cerebral Caustic album 1995, Cab Driver from Behind the Counter single 1993, The $500 Bottle of Wine from Middle Class Revolt album 1994, Paranoia Man In Cheap Sh*t Room from The Infotainment Scan album 1993, Life Just Bounces from Cerebral Caustic album 1995, Noel's Chemical Effluence from The Twenty-Seven Points album 1995, Ten Points from The Twenty-Seven Points album 1995.
Artful-053
CD
$17.75

Fell Clutch
S/T
PS, US This is about grooves - in every sense of the word. No solos in the standard framework. This is a group going for musical strength through sonic cohesion & rhythms that are both 'tight' & 'loose'. Better living through better listening. "What King Crimson did for rock & Voivod did for heavy metal, the quartet of Ned Rothenberg, David Tronzo, Stomu Takeishi & Tony Buck might one day do for improvised music if their performance included here was any indication." All About Jazz
Animul-105
CD
$13.75

Flanders, Tommy
Moonstone
PS, US Known as the original lead singer of The Blues Project, Flanders released this Verve solo album in 1969. Rather than the blues and R&B of his former group, this record features some fine mellow folk-rock singer/songwriter vibes that are at times countrified or psychedelicized. Original artwork.
Lilith-06
CD
$18.00

Fleeting Joys, The
Despondent Transponder
PS, US Flavors of My Bloody Valentine, Swervedriver, The Cocteau Twins and Sonic Youth are there, but don't fully explain this shimmering anomaly. Their debut album Despondent Transponder was written, performed, recorded and mixed by the band. Brilliant Californian drummer Matt McCord lends his skills to the project. After hearing Despondent Transponder, legendary Swervedriver drummer, Jez, has pegged the duo for collaboration on their next release. While appreciating the comparisons to My Bloody Valentine, it has never been the goal of Fleeting Joys to imitate what they admire. "It is merely a starting point to expand from, experiment with, and go from there. We simply love the experience of being drenched in crashing waves of beautifully distorted chords!" It's from this love that the song-crafting of despondent transponder answers the pop vs. noise riddle with catchy, at times - even happy - melodies and crashing instrumentals that rip through like a cyclone tearing up a trailerpark. "Of recent things to cross this desk, Fleeting Joys is a real delight. The epiphanic Spectorian fog works best on "The Breakup," which plays Rorika's gossamer vocals and symphonic synth lines against John's My Bloody Valentine-style guitar sturm und drang over a stellar melody. - Jackson Griffith, Sacramento News & Review
Only Forever-001
CD
$13.50

Foxx, John
Tiny Colour Movies
PS, UK John Foxx's career continues with the release of his brand new instrumental album Tiny Colour Movies. The album consists of 15 electronic instrumental tracks that are a fascinating mixture of Neu!, Eno, The Future's 'The Golden Hour Of The Future', old Gary Numan B-sides, Kraftwerk, Cluster, the soundtracks to 'Blade Runner' and 'Forbidden Planet', the Radiophonic Workshop and even Jean Michel Jarre! They also have the filmic, atmospheric approach of early John Foxx tracks such as 'Glimmer' and 'Mr No'.
Artful-009
CD
$17.75

Francis, Sage
Life Is Easy
PS, US Follows young Sage from 80's teen rapping along to Fresh Prince to an incendiary 2003 performance in Chicago w/live band. Incl. unseen battle footage, interviews, live performances & rare home video.
StrangeFamous-58031
DVD
$20.50

Frost
Melodica
PS, US US debut by sultry Norwegian electronic act FROST, a collaboration between lovely chanteuse & femme digitale Aggie Peterson & producer, blipster & partnet Per Martinsen. With production & remix help from popstar friends ROYKSOPP & trumpeter Nils Petter Molvaer, they've made this sparkling album. From naively executed quirky melodies, via glitch-house rhythmology to synthesizer pop & post-electronica sonic manipulation, their songs evoke the echoing dreaminess of 80s aeasthetics, spaciouslushness & electro-driven.
Shadow-160
CD
$13.75

Gearhead
Issue # 14
PS, US The cover story is an amazing tell all interview w/award winning custom car & bike builder COLE FOSTER. He built for everyone from Mike Ness of Social Distortion to Kirk Hammett of Metallica. Also features an exclusive interview w/ZZ Top's legendary axe man BILLY F. GIBBONS. A report on the 1st annual Carnival featuring JUMPIN' JOHNNY's CRASHARAMA, a Roseville CA car / thrill / rock n roll show. An amazing guided tour of San Pedro by none other than MIKE WATT + all the regular columns, lots of record reviews & other relevant & timely info as well.
Gearhead-014
ZINE
$4.75

Growing/Mark Evan Burden
Split
PS, US Long-awaited vinyl release (CD of Zum) of this breathtaking split album between 2 sides of the instrumental world. "'Firmament,' Growing's track, is unreal. A huge, heavy, endless ecosystem of a song, the piece breathes and evolves for 19 mesmerizing minutes of soft, deep ocean currents and gentle, night sky rumblings..Burden's composition is equally unabashed in its pursuit of supreme, sweeping, organic beauty.."-Dusted. "Hypnotically beautiful ambient work."- Brainwashed.
ThisGeneration-012
LP
$11.25

Guilty Connector
Beats, Noise and Life
PS, US The alias of KOHEI NAKAGAWA guitarist and noise monster behind GxCx and The Filth. A Japanese human/noise machine hybrid that creates noise scapes of unfathomed depths. Harsh wall of noise and electronics which consist of metal plates, chains etc. Ouch.
PlanetMu-142
CD
$16.25

Hamster Theatre
Public Execution of Mister Personality/Quasi Day Room
PS, US Co-led by multi-instrumentalists Dave Willey & Jon Stubbs, with reed player Mark Harris, guitarist Mike Johnson, drummer Raoul Rossiter, bassist Brian McDougall & a number of other guests. Includes their new studio album as well as a second disc of a live performance from 2002. HT straddle the edges of folk music; avant-garde; "world" music; early 20th century French composers, such as Satie & Ravel; contemporary composition and many other musical forms, bringing together elements of all of these styles, while never sounding "just like" any one of them. Their songs are always filled with delightful melodies and surprising orchestrations. "A highly skilled chamber ensemble...offering a literate synthesis of rock, jazz and European folk forms. You can't really put this music into a tidy little compartment, but it's unforced, sophisticated and highly entertaining."-AP
Cuneiform-226
DCD
$18.50

Hardin, Tim
Tim Hardin 2
PS, US Considered Hardin's best album. "Lady Came From Baltimore," "Red Balloon," and especially "If I Were a Carpenter" rank among his finest and most famous songs. Original artwork. Digipak
Lilith-107
CD
$18.00

Harvey, PJ
Please Leave QuietlyTour
PS, US Filmed during "Uh Huh Her Tour 2004" & is an insightul and & intimate look into the world of touring, performing & travelling. Incl. 2 PREVIOUSLY UNRELEASE TRACKS!
Island-6848
DVD
$15.75

Henry Chapman
Futurum
PS, SWEDEN New album from Swedish songwriter Magnus Ericsson, frontman for Dynamo Chapel. A roughhousing blend of new wave and electronics. Fans of Mattias Alberg BD will find plenty to appreciate here, and like MABD this is sung in Swedish.
AWestSideFabrication/Buffalo-024
CD
$13.50

Holy Madre
S-T
PS, SWEDEN Sunshine pop that will have you risking overexposure! So sunny you'll need sunscreen! Think Beach Boys, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd, West Coast 70s cosmic Americana, Gram Parsons for example...along with modern equivalents like The Blessed Light, The Jayhawks, The Posies, My Morning Jacket, Beachwood Sparks, Outrageous Cherry and The Volebeats. Rootsy, pastoral, reverb-happy outdoorsy psych-pop goodness. Did I mention it was bright and cheerful? ***Check out http://www.parasol.com/mail_order/jimspickarch.asp for sound samples***
NONS
CD
$13.50

Ilar, Anders
Ludwijka
PS, UK Ludwijka is the first release on Merck from the renowned Swede Anders Ilar. Some Merck fans may be more familiar with his material recorded for the sister Narita imprint. This release is in the same vein as that material, it hovers around wickedly dark and complex electronics, with complicated beats and programming, but strays from the typical 4/4 dance floor style. The name of the release itself comes from the old spelling of his hometown, Ludvika, which was in use some hundred years ago. This applies to the release because for the source of the tracks, Anders has gone back to his origins, sampling himself from old tapes, including some of the first tracks he ever composed on the piano when he was six years old. He transforms the noises made by animals, nature, humans, instruments and machines into a unique listening experience that takes you back into the Swedish countryside to experience Ludwijka firsthand.
Merck-LW
12
$7.00

Ingenting
Sommardagboken
PS, SWEDEN We wanted to give the people a small gift of love. The world needs a few nice melodies to hum along to this summer. We have recorded five songs to accompany the sunrises, the full moon and the ocean mist". Five new songs sounding like the Swedish summer. Includes a cover of "Strange things happen" by the Radio Dept.. Track list: 01 - släpp in solen, 02 - sluta ge mig råd, 03 - så varm, så kall, 04 - skumma saker (live), 05 - de svåraste orden (mr suitcases midnattsmix).
Labrador-088
CD5
$10.50

Israelvis
The Israelvis Effect
PS, NORWAY Israelvis arose from the ashes of punk band Angor Wat in 1988 and quickly became of of Norway's most credible alternative bands. They broke through with the critically-acclaimed "Albino Blue" in 1993, which was supported by massive touring in Europe. The Israelvis sound has always been dominated by a sharp guitar hardrock style, with ironic, politically charged lyrics, experimentally merged with other musical influences ranging from punk, jazz, electronica, twin peaks, mambo and other sonic goodies. The bands music has been described as cutting edge, unpredictable, uncompromising and underestimated. In 2005 Israelvis decided to give the usual experimental tendencies a rest, and have recorded a bona fide rock album characterized by the 70's, 80's and 90's, which is The Israelvis Effect.
KongTiki
CD
$12.00

Jobim, Antonio Carlos
Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro
PS, UK One of the 20th century's most gifted songwriters and a figure as symbolic of Brazil as Gershwin is of America or as Lennon & McCartney are of Britain, Tom Jobim wrote "The Girl from Ipanema" and pioneered bossa nova; his seductive melodies and sophisticated harmonies eventually placed him among the ten most recorded popular composers of all time. Included here are the original 'Sinfonia do Rio de Janeiro' in its entirety and Jobim's first hit composition 'Teresa da Praia' ('Teresa of the Beach') so memorably performed by Dick Farney and Lúcio Alves. Track list: 1. Teresa Da Praia, 2. O Que Vai Ser De Mim?, 3. Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro-Arpoador, 4. Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro-Noites Do Rio, 5. Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro-O Samba De Amanha, 6. Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro-Hino De Sol, 7. Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro-Descendo O Morro, 8. Sinfonia Do Rio De Janeiro-A Montanha O
Sol E O Mar, 9. Solidao, 10. Outra Vez.
El-075
CD
$14.75

Kayo Dot
Dowsing Anemone With Copper Tongue
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RoboticEmpire-058
DLP
$20.00

Kid606/Johnny P/DJ C
Seaga Face & PJ Body
PS, US
Shockout-12
12
$8.75

Knut
Alter
PS, US This is the third in a series of impromptu remix albums. Compiled in 2004, this installment pairs the likes of Dalek, JK Broadrick, KK Null, and Francisco Lopez, among others, with tracks spanning Knut's four Hydra Head releases over the last ten years. "As much as the sound might be expanding, the heart of Knut's music remains riff-rooted punishment" - Dusted Magazine. "Music-nerd icons Meshuggah and Dillinger could learn a lot from Knut's mastery of control" - Decibel.
HydraHead
CD
$13.75

Lassie Foundation
Through And Through
PS, US After a decade of making music and performing as a stalwart of the Southern California rock scene, The Lassie Foundation have called it quits. On their final release, the 2-disc set Through and Through, The Foundation is re-releasing their first two out-of-print albums, The California EP and Pacifico, and featuring three new songs, "Down on the Docks", "Tomorrow Says Come On (Going Underground)", and "Inside Out" (a Mighty Lemon Drops songs, produced and recorded by Mighty Lemon Drops & Fonda guitarist/songwriter David Newton). The double-album also includes previously unreleased tracks: the original version of "Kisses as Bounties"(from Pacifico), the Face Your Fun-era demo "Galaxy Girl", the unreleased hits "Three Cheers for Waterloo" and "We're the Number Ones", and a ripping live version of "She's the Coming Sun" that nobody knows where or when it was recorded. Plus, the band will include some live tracks recorded at a house party that they threw for some friends last year in the City of Orange. The performance was filmed at the home of friend/director Steve Lewis (who's made videos for Ride, Trashcan Sinatras, Face To Face, Switchfoot, and Driver 8, among others), and he's directed a video for "Saturday Night", which also appears on the double-album. Longtime Lassie fans and newcomers alike will enjoy the many gems on Through and Through.
NorthernRecords-029
DCD
$12.00

Leadbelly
Legend of Leadbelly- The Tradition Years Remasters
PS, US Restored classic landmark recordings from one of America's most famous folk/blues icons. Restored original art & extensive liners. Digitally remastered.
Empire-545450833-2
CD
$13.50

Lynch, David
Short Films Of...
PS, US A must see for fans of the legendary filmmaker, this collection features 6 short films from the master of the macabre. Spanning the director's career, from early experiments to more fully realized visions, this disc contains the shorts "Six Men Getting Sick," "The Alphabet," "The Grandmother," "The Amputee," "The Cowboy & the Frenchman" & "Lumiere." Each film is preceded by an introduction from the director. REGION 0
Subversive-400104
DVD
$25.00

Machine Drum & Various Artists
Mergerz & Acquisitionz Sampler
PS, US Mergerz & Acquisitionz Sampler 12" is taken from the biggest, most varied, and most all around head banging remix disc to come out on Merck yet. It was the fifth, and will be final, remix cd that Merck will put out over its reputable career. This will be the only sampler vinyl from the massive disc, and contains remixes by: Machinedrum, Mesak, Kid 606, Deceptikon, Landau, Kschzt, Calmer, and a vinyl exclusive remix from Manuvers These tracks hover around the aggressive cutup idm/hiphop style Machine Drum is known for, but branch in a number of ways. Some into more dense IDM reworkings, others into more upbeat and aggressive forays into sample reconstruction. Ranging from destructive sound organization, to much chiller downtempo, even dark tracks, this is a wicked 12" that meets a lot of needs. Tracklisting: Side A a1. Machinedrum a2. Mesak a3. Kid 606 a4. Deceptikon Side B b1. Landau b2. Kschzt b3. Calmer b4. Manuvers.
Merck
12
$7.00

Maher Shalal Hash Baz
Live Aoiheya January 2003
PS, AUSTRALIA Japanese cult figure Tori Kudo has lead MSHB since the mid-80s, playing music based on spontaneity, melody and inquisitive experimentation, with an always changing lineup that favours untrained over professional musicians. 25 minute live document includes an extended
drone, snatches from other Japanese composers, call and respsonse pop, and a Brahms' Waltz.
ChapterMusic-050
CD5
$8.75

Martyn, John
Live
PS, UK John Martyn and Danny Thompson, two of the legends of folk music came together for this 60 minute concert, filmed in Dublin in 1987. The DVD is an accoustic journey through John's catalogue of classic songs including May You Never, Solid Air and One World. This is the only accoustic DVD of John's performances and should be a must for his die hard fans.
Artful-011
DVD
$21.50

Martyn, John
Classics (2XCD)
PS, UK In a world that lacks compassion, John Martyn and his music, is a breath of fresh air. He is an incurable romantic who songs from his heart; no other artist sings with such commitment and emotion. A truly progressive artist John has never been one to stay with a tired and trusted sound, preferring to explore, experiment and break new ground. His trademark melodies and lyrics are in a class of their own and his voice which is steeped in pleasure and pain, joy and fear and expresses emotion like no other. With collaborations from Phil Collins, Dave Gilmour, Levon Helm and Andy Shepperd this is the definitive John Martyn. Scottish born singer-songwriter/guitarist John Martyn began his innovative and expansive career at the age of 17 with a style influenced by American blues artists such as Robert Johnson and Skip James, the traditional music of his homeland, and the eclectic folk of Davey Graham. With the aid of his mentor, traditional singer Hamish Imlach, Martyn began to make a name for himself and eventually moved to London, where he became a fixture at Cousins, the center for the local folk scene that spawned the likes of Bert Jansch, Ralph McTell and Al Stewart. Soon after, he caught the attention of Island Records founder Chris Blackwell, who made him the first solo white act to join the roster of his reggaebased label. Whether with his characteristic backslap acoustic guitar playing, his effects driven experimental journeys or catalog of excellent songs, John Martyn remains an important and influential figure in both British folk and rock.
Artful-031
CD
$17.75

Miller, Harry Isipingo
Which Way Now
PS, US Bassist Harry Miller was born in South Africa, but he was the Brit-jazz bassist throughout the 1970s, playing with John Surman, Centipede, Mike Westbrook, King Crimson, Keith Tippett, Mike Osborne, Julie Tippetts, Alan Skidmore & most famously, Chris McGregor's Brotherhood of Breath, among many others, as well as
co-founding the legendary Ogun label, which documented much of the Brit-jazz scene in the 1970s. His group Isipingo, which could be compared to a smallerscale, more "swinging" take on the kwela-influenced jazz of the Brotherhood, includes six of the greatest of Britain's jazzers of the 1970's & is sure to appeal to the large audience that made Cuneiform's two Brotherhood of Breath albums such big successes! Over 70mins of music from a beautifully recorded radio concert from Nov 1975 & includes a 16pp booklet with rare & beautiful photos as well as extensive notes by Italian jazz scholar Francesco Martinelli.
Cuneiform-233
CD
$13.75

Minxy Soul Models
Transparent Yeah
PS, SWEDEN Gothenburg band's debut album: fragile lofi pop weirdness.
AWestSideFabrication-232
CD
$13.50

Mission Of Burma
Obliterati, The
PS, US Their third full-length studio album proper might be the most aggressive, raw, and challenging in the band's storied career. It's as relentless and engulfing an album as "Vs." some 24 years ago. Black humor, topical humor, general dense agro with hooks split into the sound like kindling. This is the next uneasy listening album of the year. "Sonic Youth sound like their cover band in comparison" - Launch.
Matador
CD
$14.50

Mission Of Burma
Obliterati, The
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$19.00

Molina, Juana
Son
PS, US Argentinean singer Molina was introduced to the American public with the release of her second album, "Segundo". A mixture of acoustic guitars, traditional percussion touches, electronic textures, and her disarming vocals make it one of the most evocative and original albums in recent memory. NPR's "All Things Considered" praised her, as did Entertainment Weekly when it named "Segundo" "Best World Music Album of 2003". "Sounds like Stereolab's Laetitia Sadier covering Nick Drake, whispering luminous folk tunes amid electronic thickets while acoustic guitars and pianos flicker like votive candles" ¿ Entertainment Weekly. 2004's follow-up, "Tres Cosas" was equally revered, as Jon Pareles of the NY Times named it a top ten record of the year, and it won even more fans as diverse as Savath & Savalas, David Byrne, Belle And Sebastian, and Sam Prekop. This is her first new material in over two years and is the first of her albums to be released simultaneously around the world, which should heighten the album's impact.
Domino
CD
$15.25

Molina, Juana
Son
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$15.25

Montys Loco
Man Overboard
PS, SWEDEN Ultra-sensual art-pop/weird-folk alchemy produced by Bjorn Yttling (Peter Bjorn And John). It's like a free-range, organic version of The Knife or Phil Spector's girlgroup harem, plus it's everything I love about The Concretes, but with a more experimental bent, so comparisons to Bjork aren't too far out. Katapult REVIEW: "The two women that are hiding behind the name Montys Loco have been playing music for over 10 years together. Accordingly to themselves Björn Yttling, who is the producer of these 10 songs, has shown them a new pathway to walk on. And the walk they walk is good. Really good. The music that gets delivered by these two ladies is small pop songs with big words. It's smart, funny and at the same time so distinct and honest with a sexy edge... On "Man Overboard" Anja Bigrells voice sound harsh and elegant at the same time. It reminds me of Anna Ternheim and Karin Dreijer mixed with Victoria Bergsman from The Concretes, at the same time. The spacious keyboard and organ sounds mixed together with the earthly touch of an acoustic guitar creates a Phil Spector vibe that is hard to not like. It's a record that at first comes off as nothing special, but just as a seed takes its time to blossom into a wild colourful lovely flower." CD comes in a spiffy velour/vinyl wallet with a full-color lyric booklet.
NONS
CD
$13.50

Moses, Edwin
The African Gospel Years of Jamal Nafsum
PS, US After the success of two records that received unparalleled critical acclaim in the UK and gold sales in Japan, Edwin Moses are back with The Gospel African Years (siesta 218). Again we have received numerous letters of support from all over the world and accurate narratives of Edwin's vicissitudes in Africa. Some secrets are revealed in this third record, my dear colleagues. Although it is impossible to rewrite the past, the new Edwin Moses is a metaphor of the real Edwin Moses. This archaelogical labor will impress soul connoisseurs and experts, especially those that have recently welcome the rebirth of forgotten idols as Mike James Kirkland or Terry Callier. As we repeat incessantly as a cuckoo does its call, the story behind Edwin is a proof of the ultimate defeat of reason. The Gospel African Years (siesta 218) was recorded by reputed Spanish musicians under the command of geniuses Pedro Vigil and Pablo Errea. This masterpiece was recorded in Gijón and Cádiz by local myth Paco Loco. An amazing children's choir and a fabulous gospel choir will help you to connect to the music of your new spiritual guide. In addition more than 30 musicians have actively contributed. Among them, Gary Louris (via an adaptation of Mahalia Jackson) and Nora Gala who recreates the role of Jasmine Nafsum. These new thirteen songs expose a new fecund stage of Edwin Moses. Do not miss the myriad of arrangements that inject spiritual flair, blues tones and extraordinary rythms (related to traditional African music mixed with gospel) to the record. Gospel and blues blended together in the origin of rock and soul and Edwin could capture this alchemy. Use your sunglasses and a well-rehearsed smile to enjoy the African tour and conversion to Islam of Edwin Moses, now Jamal Nafsum. Ghana, Congo, Angola, South Africa, Tanzania, Ethiopia....
Siesta-218
CD
$18.50

Mujician
There's No Going Back Now
PS, US First album since 2002's lavishly praised "Spacetime" is another notch in the free music belt for this quartet of master improvisors featuring PAUL DUNMALL, TONY LEVIN, PAUL ROGERS & KEITH TIPPETT. "Working within the instrumental parameters of the standard post-bop combo--piano, bass, drums and saxophone--the band situates itself in a space midway between what could be called BritImprov & American energy music....[Their] sound is, if anything, more exhilarating than it has ever been."-Jazz Weekly.
Cuneiform-232
CD
$13.75

Murder by Death
In Bocca al Lupo
PS, US
TentShow
CD
$13.75

MV & EE with Bummer Road
Mother of Thousands
PS, US Double cd digital version with the same tracks/sequence as the 2lp. First edition of 1000 copies.
TimeLag-033
DCD
$20.75

MV & EE with Bummer Road
Mother of Thousands
PS, US Lifted rural raga vibrations & big woozy doses of haunted folk-blues, but with a mix of flat-out killer songs & extended electric psych-outs it's something of a revelation. Both MV & EE's vocals are more present & stronger then ever & the harmonies have a real sweet lonesome glow. Features Matt Valentine & Erika Elder with Mo' Jiggs, Sparrow Wildchild, Nemo Bidstrup, Tim Barns & Samara Lubelski adding harmonica, percussion, flute, electric guitar, tambura, violin, ukelin & more to the usual assortment of mystic strings. 180gm double vinyl. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
TimeLag-033
DLP
$30.50

Nascimento, Milton
Milagre Dos Peixes
PS, US One of Milton Nascimento's most experimental albums originally released in 1974. It can be said that this album was especially suited for the talents of percussionist Nana Vasconcelos, who adds so much life to it. In addition to Vasconcelos, Nascimento works here with some of Brazil's most innovative jazz players of the '70s -- Nelson Angelo, Toninho Horta, Paulo Moura, and Wagner Tiso -- all of whom come together in complicated yet honest arrangements. New detailed liner notes and original artwork.
Water-172
CD
$15.25

Nascimento, Milton
Minas
PS, US One of Milton Nascimento's beautiful albums from the Seventies originally released in 1976. The album opens with the wonderful "Minas," a tribute to all sacred music traditions in the Brazilian state of Minas Gerais, Nascimento's home, which was deeply influential in his musical sensibility. Original art and new liner notes.
Water-173
CD
$15.25

Niles, John Jacob
An Evening With...The Tradition Years Remasters
PS, US Restored classic landmark recordings from this major influence & key progenitor of the 1950's American folk resurgence & was a huge influence on Dylan. As seen in Scorcesse's recent Dylan documentary. Restored original art & extensive liners. Digitally remastered. Steer the Banhart, Joanna Newsom & Antony fans here!
Empire-545450832-2
CD
$13.50

Nobody/Mystic Chords of Memory
Broaden a New Sound
PS, US Follow-up EP to the full-length "Tree Colored See" from PROJECT BLOWED producer NOBODY, AISLERS SET's Jen Cohen and Christopher Gunst of The BEACHWOOD SPARKS. Features three tracks from the band's full-length, this time covered by DEVENDRA BANHART, DNTEL & The LONG LOST.
Mush
CD5
$8.00

Numan, Gary
Hybrid (2XCD)
PS, UK Restock. Despite achieving Number 1 singles and albums, selling over 12m records in the process Gary Numan has self-produced almost all of his music and many of his albums are played almost exclusively by him. Hybrid is the first album of his career where Numan has decided to work with some of the world's biggest producers, including Alan Moulder (Nine Inch Nails, Coldplay), Flood (U2/Depeche Mode) and Andy Gray (Paul Oakenfold and Hollywood cinematic scores such as the recent Travolta movie, Swordfish). The result is a widescreen electronic rock album, featuring huge-sounding versions of old favourites such as Down In The Park and Are 'Friends' Electric?, three brand new songs including Crazier which is released as a single 23rd June and an orchestral version of the classic Cars produced by Flood. A 36-piece orchestra also appear on the new song, Ancients, produced by Andy Gray and co-written with Numan. Track listing: CD1: Hybrid (new song co-written with Sulpher), Dark (Andy Gray), Crazier (new song co-written with Rico), Bleed (Sulpher), Torn (Sulpher), Down In The Park (Curve), Everyday I Die (Gray), Absolution (Gray), Cars (Flood version). CD2: Ancients (new song co-written with Andy Gray), Dominion Day (Sulpher), A Prayer For The Unborn (Gray), Me! I Disconnect From You (Alan Moulder version), Listen To My Voice (Rico), Rip (Gray), This Wreckage (New Disease), Are Friends Electric? (Gray), M.E. (new version), Down In The Park (Sulpher).
Artful-005
DCD
$19.00

Numan, Gary
Exposure
PS, UK Restock. For a brief span the world belonged to Gary Numan. Then, as the alienated electronic wastelands of Numanoid imagination fell from favour, Gary found himself floundering with little more than a pilot's license and a small but fiercely loyal fan base to support him. Nowadays the hard times are well and truly over and he has a much larger and still intensely loyal legion of metal/goth/industrial fans. What's more he can now count among them such credible luminaries as Beck, Marilyn Manson, Liam Howlett and Damon Albarn and his back catalogue (in sample form) is now helping other acts such as Basement Jaxx, Armand Van Helden and the Sugababes achieve their own chart goals. Let's face it, Electroclash and bootleg culture is about as hip as you can get in 2002. Who'd have thought it? It is, however, important to note that this new found credibility is not necessarily the most important thing on Gary's mind. Firstly this is a 'best of' not a hits collection and being assembled by a fan of Numan's it gives a more balanced view than the usual record company bandwagon-jumping. Tracks are not chronological but sequenced thoughtfully to allow a sense of Numan the complete artist and while new layers of technology and sophistication now layer his compositions there emerges an odd continuity. Admittedly lyrics have become more assured with experience; compare the bleak sci fi musings of "Are 'Friends' Electric?" or "Remember, I Was Vapour" with the darker and quasi-religious strain running through "My Jesus" and "Dominion Day". Yet the gradual reinvention of Numan as industrial father-figure to Trent Reznor and his ilk has done nothing to remove the essential Numanoid quality of his best work. Instead, he's merely removed the more derivative strains of his early work ("Complex" is pure Eno, while ""She's Got Claws", one of the few examples of Gary in decline, is akin to Japan meeting Bowie in a new romantic karaoke bar) and arrived at a musical landscape that is, most assuredly, 100 percent Numan. Despite his adoption by Kerrang! readers, Gary's music still retains a canny eye for a brooding synth riff ("Pure") and the voice has lost its young plaintive edge to become a much more emotive tool. Witness the improved reworkings of "My Shadow In Vain" and "Everyday I Die". With a new album due next year, this new, improved model of Numan seems intent on building even further on his second coming and paying no lip service whatsoever to paltry nostalgia. It may not be everyone's cup of motor oil, but such dogged individuality deserves to prosper long into the 21st century. TRACK LISTING: Disc 1: 1. Films, 2. I Die: You Die, 3. Are 'Friends' Electric?, 4. Pure, 5. Dead Heaven, 6. Down In The Park, 7. Me! I Disconnect From You, 8. Metal, 9. She's Got Claws, 10. Magic, 11. We Are Glass, 12. Music For Chameleons 12", 13. My Shadow In Vain (New Version), 14. Everyday I Die (New Version) Disc 2: 1. My Jesus, 2. Cars, 3. Dominion Day, 4. Complex, 5. We Are So Fragile, 6. RIP, 7. M.E., 8. We Take Mystery, 9. Dark, 10. Remember I Was Vapour, 11. Listen To My Voice, 12. Deadliner, 13. Exposure, 14. Voix, 15. A Prayer For The Unborn.
Artful-002
CD
$17.75

Nyman, Olle
Behind the Clouds
PS, SWEDEN Debut album of gentle, rootsy pastoral pop, northern soul from a northern soul, Lulea, Sweden to be exact, up near the Arctic Circle. Likened to mellow Van Morrison and The Band, perfect for fans of Nicolai Dunger and Bjorn Norestig.
AWestSideFabrication-234
CD
$13.50

Om
Conference of the Birds
PS, US New one from SLEEP rhythm section produced by Billy Anderson (MELVINS, NEUROSIS) made up of two songs building on their cyclical rhythms, riffs & vocal intonations. Blending metal, chant, drone, dub & pschedelia.
HolyMountain-5
CD
$14.75

Om
Conference of the Birds
PS, US
HolyMountain-3
DLP
$16.25

Palermo, Ed Big Band
Take Your Clothes Off When You Dance
PS, US The fruit of a 25 year old big band that has been performing the music of FRANK ZAPPA since 1995 at The Bottom Line & Iridium in NYC to beyond enthusiastic crowds. "Palermo's band swings, smolders & soars on FZ's material."-Time Out NY
Cuneiform-225
CD
$13.75

Parkins, Zeena
In Despite
PS, US A remarkable new CD of compositions from one of the world's most radical harpists, who has worked with Bjork, Fred Frith, John Zorn, Bang on a Can and many many others. Including two dynamic new string quartets, a piece for sixteen feet and cello and a brilliant composition for harp solo, this is one of Zeena's most important and ambitious releases.
Tzadik-8022
CD
$16.50

Peel
#6 Spring 2006
PS, US "No Boys Issue" Street art magazine features the ladies this time. Comes with sticker sheet!
Peel-006
CD
$6.99

Peris, Don
Go When the Morning Shineth
PS, US Solo album from INNOCENCE MISSION guitarist has a nostalgic summertime feel. On this mostly instrumental outing, his unique & unmistakable guitar tone dips, soars, and shimmers with tremolo. Like the sea on the album's Polaroid cover, these songs are deep and inviting. A close listen reveals nods to other great melodic songwriters like Paul Simon, Chet Atkins, Lindsey Buckingham and Nick Drake.
JemezMountain-944
CD
$14.50

Pestrepeller
Isle Of Dark Magick
PS, UK Prepare yourself for this gem of free-improvised-found-sound-collage enriched with dark pagan folky vibes and supernatural horror noise dedicated to HP Lovecraft, Clark Ashton Smith and Austin Osman Spare! Most remember Pestrepeller only as the source material for Sonic Boom's (Spacemen 3) Pestrepeller remix album. It's true, while they're a supergroup of sorts and are in their tenth year of existence they've still only released 3 proper albums not including the Sonic Boom remixes. When Pestrepeller does make a sound, they make it count sharing stages with Borbetomagus, David Shea and Alan Turner among others. Pestrepeller consists of long-celebrated illustrator and Wire journalist Savage Pencil, Evan Parker student and ex-Medicine Head member Peter Hope-Evans, comic artist Ed Pinset, cartoonist Harley Richardson and Rob Brown. "A quick trip to a psychedelic plane where Sun Ra's rocksichord pumps up the volume alongside krautrock kozmik couriers Ash Ra Temple, while the long shadow of Dada godfather Marcel Duchamp blots out the sun. The perpetrators are Sav X of Art Attacks/Kray Cherubs/Ether Hogg, cult underground comics artist/writer Ed Pinsent, and guitarist/writer Harley Richardson. -Sympathy Records
Important-086
CD
$13.50

Phoenix
It's Never Been Like That
PS, US
Astralwerks
CD
$13.75

PJ Harvey
On Tour: Please Leave Quietly
PS, US
Island
DVD
$15.25

Poco
Keep On Tryin' (CD/DVD)
PS, US A special CD/DVD release to celebrate this historic band once again live in concert at Nashville's Belcourt Theatre (2004). A tremendous occasion to once again possess convincing new versions all of your favorites played live by these musicians of the finest caliber. Obligatory purchase for their army of fans.
Akarma-348/2
CD/DVD
$25.25

Pollard, Robert
Love Is Stronger than Witchcraft
PS, US Second single from the recent "From A Compound Eye," Pollard's 1st post GUIDED BY VOICES solo album. Backed by LIVE version of the Circus Devils classic track "Dolphins of Color" taken from the 1st string of live shows Robert & his all star babysitter troupe performed in Jan '04. Limited 500 retail copies.
Recordhead-39
45
$5.00

Popium
Camp
PS, NORWAY Released in late-2004 "Camp" (2004, Kong Tiki Records) has beenis described by the Norwegian music press as "a solid work of quality pop songwriting", "a classic record full of summer atmosphere", "catchy melodies with delicate popsoul...a classic pop-production". Singer/songwriter Frank Hammersland has long been one of Norway's most accomplished songwriters, drawing influence at an early age from the likes of Elvis Costello and T-Rex. Popium's music shows traces of not only glamrock, but also classic sixties pop, eighties rock and lately a smidgeon of Motown. Fans of The Merrymakers and Popsicle will find plenty to appreciate here! Brand new album expected later this year...
KongTiki
CD
$12.00

Portal
Gone But Not Forgiven
PS, UK Portal began in 1996 as the home recording project of multi-instrumentalist Scott Sinfield. The vinyl debut in 1998 earned Portal "Single of the Month" in Record Collector magazine and the first of many BBC Radio 1 airplays from legendary DJ John Peel. Over the next eight years, Portal released a series of singles and albums on a variety of independent labels around the world, winning acclaim and support from The Guardian, DJ Magazine and the NME, amongst others. Live dates were few and far between, but those that Portal played saw them alongside the likes of Hood, Piano Magic, Electrelane, Genesis P'Orridge (Throbbing Gristle/Psychic TV) and Michael Gira (Swans/Angels of Light). Gone But Not Forgiven collects together long-deleted vinyl tracks, alternative mixes, live recordings, radio session tracks and unreleased studio material from the period 1998-2006. The CD also marks the end of Portal, at least in its present form. Scott will continue to record and perform music as well as being involved in various art projects and running the independent collective and record label Make Mine Music, which he established in 2002 to release music by the likes of Yellow6, July Skies and Epic45, in addition to the majority of Portal's more recent output. The CD is strictly limited to 500 copies, in effect being deleted on the day of release.
MakeMineMusic-023
CD
$17.75

Raccoo-oo-oon
Cave of Spirits Forever
PS, US CD reissue of the cdr version that went instantly out of print last year. One of those bands that can somehow shift between seemingly divergent genres, while the whole time keeping a sound very much their own. The disc launches with a speed blasted, noise fueled, psych/punk rocker, slides into nearly grooving free-jazz territory, then into a gorgeous, buzzing/floating/tinkling bliss mantra & that's just the first 3 tracks. The overall sound constantly slips back to the sort of mantric, damaged rock thud these guys are clearly fond of. Limited edition of 1000 copies.
TimeLag-036
CD
$14.50

Raconteurs
Broken Boy Soldiers
PS, US Gentle JACK WHITE's newest venture on GATEFOLD, COPPER embossed vinyl.
V2-27849
LP
$18.50

Raconteurs
Steady As She Goes #2
Ps, US New domestic single, with the title track backed with an album track "Call It A Day".
V2-27848
45
$4.50

Raconteurs
Steady As She Goes
PS, US US reissue of WAY oversubscribed first single, with the same tracklisting but the artwork photos reversed. Jack White, Brendan Benson, et al. Side B: Store Bought Bones.
V2-27847
45
$4.50

Red Sparowes/Gregor Samsa
Split
PS, US NOW ON CD!!! GREGOR SAMSA shine bright here with 2 tracks of serene & dark ambient/rock music while RED SPAROWES continue to steer into amazing directions. In fact, both bands harken back to the glory days of showgazing's past without compromising their modern spin on powerful & innovative independent music.
RedRoboticEmpire-044
CD
$11.75

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