New Releases
16 Bitch Pile Up/Mike
Shifet
Split
PS, US Mike Shiflet has produced some of the more interesting tapes
& whatnot of midwestern out-ness from his Gameboy label &
from his legendary duo tour w/ BURNING STAR CORE/C. SPENCER YEH. Like
the amazing beard he has sported since childhood his music is a free-fall
of acoustic wonder. 16 Bitch Pile-Up are into producing a wholly personal
thrombosis of noise improvisation. These recordings by both artists
were done when both were still residents of Ohio & reflect that
time & space right before each other's exodus. They're raw &
righteous & ready for you to take a bite.
EcstaticPeace-105
LP
$11.50
Abe Vigoda
Animal Ghosts b/w All Day & Night
PS, US Abe Vigoda drop a new slab of punky calypso ,tropical distorted
dance punk, no wave hardcore intensity. Animal Ghosts is so irresistibly
awesome that you will be bobbing your head & moving in that Bat
Chain Puller, Sonic Youth way that only the 'Goda can.The B side isn't
a throwaway on any scale, it is equally charged with new sounds that
scape your face.
PostPresentMedium-012
45
$5.00
Adams, Ryan
Easy Tiger
PS, US Colored vinyl in clear sleeve w/ 24"x24" foldout
poster insert w/ liners.
LostHighway
LP
$12.00
Adicts
Smart Alex
PS, US Limited Vinyl!!!
Taang-172
LP
$13.00
AMP
All of Yesterday Tomorrow
PS, UK 'All of Yesterday Tomorrow' is a collection of singles, non-album
and compilation tracks, and unreleased material by Amp, the experimental
music and sound collective. In its fifteen-year history, Amp - the
"trans_European esoterrorists" - has become a towering antiestablishment
in contemporary and experimental music. Comprised of the core duo
of Richard Amp and singer Karine Charff, Amp has released music on
a raft of renowned international record labels, including the seminal
Kranky, Wurlitzer Jukebox, Darla Records and Space Age Recordings.
The Amp collective operatives have been drawn from an equally enviable
list of bands - from the legendary Third Eye Foundation, Flying Saucer
Attack, Spiritualized and Julian Cope, to the distinguished Laika,
Movietone, Gallon Drunk and Prolapse. 'All of Yesterday Tomorrow'
compiles 38 tracks spanning over a decade of Amp's oeuvre - including
12 unreleased songs, versions and outtakes, the 10 tracks from the
out of print 1998 singles album, 'Passé • Présent',
and 16 more non_album, vinyl_only and compilation tracks.
Rroopp
3XCD
$24.50
Arcade Fire
Intervention
PS, US From the first giant blast of the church organ, its clear that
this is one of the grandest songs they have written so far. And how
do you get any grander than that? Well, by inviting famed Arizona
veterans, CALEXICO, to contribute horn parts to "Ocean of Noise"
a song they liked so much - they recorded their own version - which
appears as the b-side here!
Merge-314
45
$4.00
Bailey, Derek
Standards
PS, US With chunks of standards seamlessly integrated. Of course it
works perfectly, & it makes one wonder why such material has routinely
been so absent, even forbidden, in music that is described as free.
More curiously the sleeve notes feel they have to explain & justify
the admixture - a squirm Derek himself wisely keeps out of. I'd forget
the packaging & the idea that this is something odd or special.
It works.
Tzadik-7620
CD
$15.00
Barbed
Doubleclick Countryside
PS, US A sprawling journey through bouncy pop, brooding jazz, Eastern
scales, '50s lounge music, bhangra, Philly soul, contemporary folk
& classical music. Yet it is also a small record. Each song lives
& breathes in its own little world. Ex-ADD N TO X members yearning
to make a different kind of music, one that was at the same time familiar
& yet alien, pop fluff w/ hidden spikes.
Loaf-005
CD
$9.25
Black To Comm/Aosuke
Split LP
PS, GERMANY This vinyl-only split-lp release is a meeting of two of
the most interesting bands coming out of Hamburg, Germany at this
moment, both continuing the long tradition of both challenging and
explorative music coming from this city in the last decades. From
krautrock to the origins of the so-called neue deutsche welle from
experimental sound artists to some of the finest pop ambient, hamburg
is regularly spitting out some of the most singular artists on this
planet. Both Aosuke and Black To Comm have absorbed influences from
all these sources (and a million others) while working towards their
very own individual vision. The two brand new tracks by Black To Comm
are continuing the massive organ/voice drone alchemy of the last double-lp
while refining and personalizing his sound, reaching new heights of
blazing sonic mysticism. Aosuke have decided to home-record their
new material, continuing their loop-oriented, monotone yet highly
melodic ambient journeys. Working with repetition and small abstractions,
all instrumental "loops" are played by hand and recorded
live without overdubs (one of the main principles of the guitar/electronics
duo), creating surprisingly concrete dormant and somnambulistic soundscapes
while fortunately completely lacking the washy and drowsy effects
of most ambient music. Black To Comm is the one-man project of Marc
Richter who is the brain behind the Dekorder label as well. So far
he has released two albums on his own label ("rückwärts
backwards" and "wir können leider nicht etwas mehr
zu tun..."). Aosuke is the duo of Tobert Knopp and Ulf Schütte,
the latter being a label head as well (tape tektoniks). Last year
they have released their debut "monotone spirits" album
co-released by Hamburg's Audiolith label and South Germany's Meudiademorte
label.
Dekorder-021
LP
$15.00
Blues Control
S-T
PS, US Up & coming NYC guitar duo that just might be the missing
link between Van Halen & legendary experimentalist Henry Flynt.
Hazy. Spaced out pulsing electronics laid to waste by fuzzed psychedelic
distortion.
HolyMountain
CD
$13.25
Burns, Bob & the Breakup
Terminal Breakdown
PS, US Revved up & stripped down. Raw punk rawk framed in catchy
tunes that clock in under 2 min. When you're listening to this you
know you're in the midst of the muffled screams of insolent youth
& the double- barreled middle-finger salute to unsuspecting business
types. Hailing from Steven's Point, WI there's not much else to do
but rock out & smash stuff.
Gearhead-078
CD
$11.50
Caribou
Melody Day
PS, US 1st single from the upcoming Merge debut "Andorra."
With a FOUR TET remix & a non-album track this is a great precursor
to what promises to be a fantastic album. A glimpse into to the vocally
charged pop music coming soon.
Merge-312
CD5
$4.00
Chrome
Third From the Sun
PS, US BACK IN PRINT!!!
Noiseville-076
CD
$16.00
Chrome
Alien Soundtracks
PS, US Back in print after a decade of selling for bucks on the collector's
market. The pioneers of industrial, modern psych & stoner rock
are available again.
Noiseville-077
CD
$16.00
Chrome
Half Machine Lip Moves
PS, US BACK IN PRINT!!!
Noiseville-078
CD
$16.00
Copyrights
Make Sound
PS, US After two full lengths, a buncha 7"s, & tours aplenty,
these kids are ready to step up their game. The people over at MRR
went as far as to call them "Pop punk's current saviors"!
RedScare-113
CD
$13.50
Dilettantes, The
101 Tambourines
PS, US Features Joel Gion from Brian Jonestown Massacre and the movie
Dig!. Perfect for the arrival of the anniversary of the Summer of
Love, The Dilettantes play it straight up; no-frills, song after song
like the psychedelic garage rock animals they are.
StrangerTouch-272
CD
$12.25
Dupree, Taylor & Christopher Willits
Listening Garden
PS, US Limited to 1000. LINE presents the latest collaboration between
artists Taylor Deupree (12k) and Christopher Willits (12k, Ghostly
International). Often known for their skittering and melodic blend
of guitar and synthesizer, Deupree and Willits are heard here creating
"ambient music" in one of its true definitions of spatial
"wallpaper" sound, although in Listening Garden's case,
the walls are glass and sky. Listening Garden was originally developed
as a sonic alteration of two quiet indoor/outdoor tea spaces installed
at the Yamaguchi Center for Arts and Media in Yamaguchi, Japan, in
June of 2004. The audio installation was designed to heighten visitor's
senses and alter the sonic space as they sat, read, or had quiet conversation
amongst the trees. Taylor Deupree and Christopher Willits composed
a number of short, randomly sequenced multi-channel soundworks using
guitar and electronics. The fragments of sounds, while both gentle
and subtly richer, are intentionally weathered, eroded and understated,
generating a sonic bridge between the digital work of sound and the
audio sphere of nature. The audio on this CD is built from location
recordings taken in the garden over the course of a week during the
exhibit. The environmental and incidental sounds played a large part
of the physical work and are captured and utilized in the recording.
Listening Garden is meant to enhance the experience of simply sitting
and enjoying one's place in time. This CD is best heard in a similar
situation and at a low background level. Headphones are not recommended.
Line-032
CD
$12.25
Electrafixion
Burned [re-issue, remaster, expanded]
PS, UK Re-issue of post-Bunnymen project featuring both guitar-wizard
Will Sergeant and vocalist Ian McCulloch. 31 tracks include the original
album remastered, their debut Zephyr from 1994, remixes, b-sides and
the nine live tracks from their Shepherds Bush Empire gig of October
1995.
Korova
DCD
$24.50
Fast Piece of Furniture
Adventures In Contentment
PS, US Toledo,OH based band formed by Tony Lowe (JUNIOR ELECTRIC)
In 03 he met Jeff Nelson (MINOR THREAT, Three,Senator Flux, The High-Back
Chairs). Soon to be joined by bassist Mahlon Orrin (BLACK DAHLIA MURDER,
PB.Army).Recorded on location in Jeff's Victorian house & at
The Aquarium Studios,both in Toledo. Mastered by Bob Weston at Chicago
Mastering Service. Adult Swim Records was founded in 89 by Dischord
Co-Owner
Jeff Nelson to put out stuff he loved but that wasn't quite right
for Dischord.
AdultSwim/Dischord
CD
$11.00
Freezepop
Fashion Impression Function
PS, US Reissue with bonus tracks make this popular ep and full length
now. Fashion Impression Function is the second release from Freezepop
released in early 2002. It contains 4 original Freezepop songs, a
slew of great remixes, and a secret bonus track at the end! Tracklisting:
1 manipulate 2 lazy 3 shark attack 4 starlight 5 tenisu no boifurendo
(kodomo remix) 6 manipulate (machinate mix) 7 robotron 2002 (all your
base are belong to us remix) 8 plastic stars (commodore vic's sleeping
dogs mix) 9 science genius girl (robotkid's lameboy mix) 10 starlight
(karacter re•vision remix) 11 freezepop forever (kodomo remix).
Archenemy-021
CD
$12.25
Friedl, Eribert
tra[k]_t
PS, US Limited edition of 500. "This is the final work in the
series of works-encompassing ataraxia, bradycard, trans~, and back
forward-using the cymbalon as source material. The process of working
with this hammered stringed instrument for this series has been a
"discussion" between the instrument and myself, an exploration
of traditional playing, digital processing, and mixtures of both.I
feel that trac[k]_t should convey the scope of using an instrument
without losing both its intrinsic nature of engagement as well as
the sound of how it is played. Being a conceptual work, rather than
a kind of "tract," the process of this recording has become
a kind of instruction for myself to understand not only my work with
this instrument in of itself but also its communion with digital processes.The
work is to be continuation in sound from my previous works. While
not a repetition of ideas and sounds, rather it has become more of
a search for the essence of this instrument. The way of working with
it to come to a satisfiable conclusion and summation."Heribert
Friedl lives in Vienna where he studied sculpture at the University
of Applied Arts. In his exhibitions he has been working with scents
and its non visual phenomenons - sometimes in combination with sounds.
He has had exhibitions, sound performances and projects in Hungary,
Germany, England, Italy, USA, Cuba and Austria.Since 1998 he has worked
solo and in collaboration with artists such as Bernhard GŸnter,
John Norman (Radian) and Dale Lloyd. In addition to the utilization
of digital sounds and field recordings, Friedl been using sounds of
cymbalon and zither in his most recent series of works.Friedl follows
the kind of minimalist aesthetics that composes with few sounds, small
events, and nearly imperceptible movements.
Line-031
CD
$12.25
Gaye Blades
Whore Hunt, Treat Me Like A Man b/w Pulling Out, Keep Your Hands (Off
My Baby)
PS, US They are some tough dudes from Atlanta featuring members of
THE LIDS (bobby ubangi) & BLACK LIPS (jared swilley). they're
here to teach you about courage, picking fights & standing up
for your girl. if the gayblades don't do it first, this record will
kick your ass. LIMITED TO 1000
Rob'sHouseRecords
45
$5.25
Getz, Stan
Baubles, Bangles & Beads
PS, US NOW ON CD. Recorded shortly after Getzs return to the USA,
at the Newport Jazz Festival in '61, & feat. Steve Kuhn on piano,
Scott LaFaro on bass, & Roy Haynes on drums, while side B was
recorded live in Berlin in '66, & feat. Gary Burton on vibraphone,
Chuck Israel on bass & Roy Haynes on drums.
GetBack-2032
CD
$15.00
Golden Boys
Whiskey Flower
PS, US A very cracked & shakey take on raunch-hootenanyism recalling
Memphis' more lop-sided degenerates. There are parts of this disc
that cohere into something identifiably musical, but not enough to
bother us." -Thurston & Byron, Arthur Magazine
EmperorJones-077
CD
$13.25
Grafton
Jumpstart Wire
PS, US That their hometown of Columbus has also been home at one time
or another to the likes of the Gibson Brothers, Bassholes, Cheater
Slicks & New Turks, is inconsequential. This is the sound of a
trio who have little time for nuance, shades of distinction, or artistic
ass-baggery. Pretension has a negative life-span in their world &
what they are living, painful as it is, is what you get." -Jerry
Dannemiller Feb. '07
Columbus-016
LP
$10.50
Heeb Magazine
#13
PS, US "The Kids Issue"! The double life of Bob Saget, Camp
Heebaquonk, Aziz Ansari, Judy Blume & more articles about Jewish
pop culture.
ZINE
$5.25
Howard Hello/Greenness
Split
PS, US 20 tracks! 5 unreleased tracks by Howard Hello, 4 unreleased
tracks from Greenness, and 11 extra tracks of collaborative material.
All artists' proceeds go to Children's Musical Education in St. Augustine,
FL.
SickRoom-044
CD
$12.50
KK Rampage
Without Feelings
PS, US After taking the noise rock world by storm they're back w/
much sharper pop sensibilities & a beautiful take on romance &
raw emotion. Balancing relentless experimentation & polished pop
imperfection KKR continue on fearless, imperceptible, switching gears
between heaven & hell on the highway of death. Will leave you
w/ a broken heart & a raging hard-on. LIMITED TO 150 (Hurry!)
RococoRecords-014
LP
$13.25
Lewis, Sylvie
Translations
PS, US Her literate yet highly personal songs combined with her soft
vocals and romantic music (think Rufus Wainwright) make her an artist
not to be missed. A recurring theme of this record is Sylvie's uneasiness
about either her own beauty or the pervasive culture of beauty (particularly
in Sylvie's LA home).
Sidecho-018
CD
$13.50
Library Tapes
Hostluft
PS, UK Make Mine Music are proud to announce the first release on
the label by Library Tapes, whose previous two albums on Resonant
received widespread critical acclaim, for what Boomkat called their
personal take on the 'home listening' genre, midway between classical,
ambient and minimalist electronica. Library Tapes' new album is called
"Höstluft" and is their strongest to date. Released
less than a year after their second album "Feelings for Something
Lost", "Höstluft" was made by David Wenngren during
the end of 2006 and the beginning of 2007. The album contains 11 tracks
of piano and subtle, atmospheric field_recordings, and will likely
appeal to fans of Sylvain Chauveau, Eluvium, Max Richter, Rachel's
et al.
MakeMineMusic-033
CD
$16.25
M. Ward
Duets for Guitars #2
PS, US REISSUE of his 1st album! Originally released by Co-Dependent
Records in the summer of '99 & then re-released in 2000 by M.'s
friend Howe Gelb (Giant Sand) on his Ow-Om label. It has been out
of print for almost 3 yrs now & Merge is offering up this re-mastered
version w/ 3 BONUS TRACKS! M. Ward wrote the songs in Chicago &
enroute to Seattle. He played guitars, keys & sang.
Merge-301
CD
$11.00
McCulloch, Ian
Mysterio/Candleland [re-issue, remaster, expanded]
PS, UK Echo & The Bunnymen vocalist's two solo albums from 1989
and 1992, plus extras. 34 tracks include the two albums remastered
and expanded, plus b-sides, acoustic versions, remixes and lastly
2 live tracks.
Korova
DCD
$24.50
National
Alligator
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BeggarsBanquet
LP
$14.00
National
Boxer
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BeggarsBanquet
LP
$14.00
Necropolis
Stumpf
PS, US Now a sound all their own, jerking around w/tricky rhythms
& beautiful squeals, carving a road map into the black, tar stained,
abyss. Can I call it pop Kevin Elliot World of Wumme "Stumf's
songs are much leaner...& benefit from the tense guitar noise
& fat trimmed writing. Tightly wound B-side 'Van v. Art' is the
winner out of all 4 tracks, the sound of a band refreshed & ready
to pounce on any unsuspecting douchebag." -Doug Elliot
Columbus
45
$4.50
Night of Pleasure
Godard vs. Truffeau
PS, US No matter what a band is doing, if they're rockin', the rockin'
can't be denied. NOP rocks out hard under cover of reductive 4-track
production, making for a pretty blown-out time. The barking vocals
lend themselves to this format, maybe a little bit better than the
songs do, as without the nuance of zero-dollar production, their amped-up
material might sound like a stunt of some kind. Yet they do know how
to rock, with big riffs & some out of control guitar histrionics.
I think we have a winner here!" -Doug Mosurak Dusted.
Columbus
45
$4.50
RF & Lili De Mora
Eleven Continents
PS, US Acoustic / Indie / Dream Pop. For the fans of: Kings of Convenience,
Azure Ray, Joanna Newsom, RF, The Year Zero, Familiar Trees. "In
addition to Ryan Francesconi's deftly picked guitar and Lili De La
Mora's breathy voice, wisps of cello, trumpet, flute, and harp drift
through the album gentle as a breeze, never upsetting its delicate
balance. The result is music that moves efficiently without sounding
hollow and artificial, music that is full of embellishment while sounding
neither gaudy nor ostentatious. The album's finest moments, though,
come when the silvery tones of Joanna Newsom's harp join the mix.
The album's title track unfurls to reveal a rushing, ever-growing
spiral of graceful guitars, playful harp strings, and fragile, pensive
vocals. Every note sounds as if it has been bathed in silvery twilight."
- Jason Morehead, OpusZine
RowingAtSea-001
CD
$12.25
Rosebuds
Night of the Furies
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
GoodnightRecords
LP
$13.00
Slaraffenland
Private Cinema
PS, US Based in Copenhagen, Slaraffenland found its final formation
in 2002: Christian Taagehøj, Mike Taagehøj, Bjørn
Heebøll, Niklas Antonsson, and Jeppe Skjold. They expertly
expanded on the guitar-bass-drums standard with brass and woodwind
instruments, various racketmakers, and transfixing gang vocals. Many
of them childhood friends (and Mike and Christian identical twins),
they've spent years developing a sound that conjures everything from
free jazz to noise to melodious addictive rock. PITCHFORK: "This
Danish quintet's first full-length release on Home Tapes is a full
of dark and radiant songs that compete and unite at equal turns. The
album opens with the peaceful, anemic bombast of "Sleep Tight",
its winds and strings chugging through crashes of cymbals and bass.
An ominous chorus of voices enforces a marching cadence, but the precision
breaks midway for guitars and distant howls reminiscent of Animal
Collective's Campfire Songs... The album as a whole is a brave perambulation,
drawing on the acidic thunderstorms and gorgeous lullabies of two
great Icelandic exports (Björk on "You Win" and Sigur
Rós for aching closer "How Far Would You Go"). In
music, it's not often that this borderline overindulgence, where structure
and uniformity are all but forgotten, works. But here the members
of Slaraffenland showcase their virtuoso skills and shared vision,
always modestly." (Liz Colville)
Hometapes-016
CD
$12.25
Sound Team
Empty Rooms b/w Up From Ashes
PS, US Formed in Austin in 2001, ST became underground favorites due
to a handful of shows in beer joints, performance spaces & punk
dives around town. The Empty Rooms 12" single marks the first
of several limited-run 12" singles, all of which will comprise
the next Sound Team record. The songs were recorded painstakingly
by the band at Big Orange. On tour with Voxtrot!
BigOrange
12
$10.00
Steer, Serafina
Cheap Demo Bad Science
PS, UK From the very first track of Sefa's debut, a stunning cover
of Eno's 'by this river' Serafina Steer (Sefa) has burst the Caravan
doors wide open with this Raincoats meet Laurie Anderson feast of
audio protein. Serafina Steer plays the harp and keyboards, has been
compared to Ivor Cutler, Joanna Newsom and The Flying Lizards. Her
previous release Peach Heart was single of the week at Piccadilly
Records and received played on Radio3's Mixing it and Late Junction;
Radio 2 and Radio 1. A Student of Trinity College of Music and Chethams
School of Music, before spending a summer being harpist in residence
at Dartington International summer school on a collaborative new ensemble
piece with Indian and English musicians under Ravi Shankar and playing
in a new ballet at Covent garden ('Ghosts' by Cathy Marston and Dave
Maric). Looking for inspiration there was a period in a silent retreat
before composing the music to Cheap Demo Bad Science using the Schillinger
System of Orchestration. 'Cheap Demo Bad Science' is co produced by
Mike Lindsey of Tunng and Capitol K. For fans of Tunng, Joanna Newsom,
Laurie Anderson, Brian Eno and Kate Bush.
StaticCaravan-138
CD
$16.25
Stop Smiling
#31
PS, US SPECIAL "ODE TO THE SOUTH" one sheet w/ 2 covers:
STAX 50th & BOOKER T +THE MGS. INCLUDES bonus CD w/OTIS REDDING,
ISAAC HAYES, STAPLE SINGERS, DRAMATICS, RUFUS THOMAS, JEAN KNIGHT,
BOOKER T & more. INCL. WILLIAM CHRISTENBERRY, Ray Nagin (mayor
of New Orleans), John T Edge, Karl Fleming, Tom Piazza, David Banner,
5 essential works of southern lit, 5 essential southern outsider records,
Gram Parsons, Sharon Jones, Jelly Roll Morton, Kings of Leon, Table
of the Elements label profile, photo essay of Alabama, Mississippi
& New Orleans.
ZINE
$8.25
Thee More Shallows
Book of Bad Breaks
PS, US Vinyl limited to 1000.
Anticon-072
LP
$14.25
Uton
Alitaju Ylimina
PS, GERMANY Uton is the one-man project of Jani Hirvonen originally
hailing from Tampere and currently travelling and recording in India.
Hirvonen is one of the most active musicians of the Finnish underground
scene that has recently presented us the likes of Kuupuu, Kemialliset
Vstävät, Islaja, Paavoharju and Lau Nau and a seemingly
never-ending stream of beautiful and highly original record releases.
The music of Uton is no exception there, drawing inspirations from
psychedelia to free jazz to pure ecstatic drones and noises using
a wide range of acoustic instruments from various parts of the globe
and a bulk of electronics. Recorded in glorious lo-fi the mystery
of Hirvonen's sound is difficult to pinpoint; sheer ravishing beauty,
elegancy and variegation is stashed behind a wall of grey, inscrutable
haze - gorgeous melodies and voices, reeds and alien sounds gleaming
through the mist from time to time, shimmering like diamonds through
layers of dust. Uton has previously released dozens of cd's, cd-r's
and cassettes on a myriad of labels including jewelled antler, pseudo
arcana, last visible dog, digitalis and his own ikuisuus. He has collaborated
with amon dude (avarus), anla courtis (reynols), antony milton (black
boned angel), ben reynolds, peter wright, phil todd (ashtray navigations)
and jan anderzen (tomutonttu, kemialliset ystävät) among
others. The latter collaboration (under the hevoset moniker) will
be released on lp by dekorder later this year.
Dekorder-020
LP
$16.25
Various
Imaginary Friends
PS, CANADA Following the extremely well received 2006 smasher "Eyelicker",
comes another CD compilation of 17 previously unreleased tracks from
artists DONNA SUMMER aka JASON FORREST, DATACH'I, ENDUSER, THE FLASHBULB,
PUZZLEWEASEL, DURAN DURAN DURAN, RA, BELLADONNAKILLZ, LYNX AND RAM,
SINCERE TRADE, GARETH CLARKE and EBOLA as well as other new and veteran
Sublight artists churning out exclusive never before released tracks.
Tracklisting: 1. No Servant - Datach'I, 2. Law School - Lynx And Ram,
3. Ego Go - Belladonnakillz, 4. For Him - Sincere Trade, 5. Party
People - Donna Summer, 6. No Sponge - Acrnym, 7. Our Furry Past Life
- The Flashbulb, 8. The Final Night - Not Breathing, 9. Trylledild
- Puzzleweasel, 10. Humdrum drum III - not half, 11. The Springtime
Swift - Mark Swift, 12. Tabula Rasa - Gareth Clarke, 13. Strict Egg
- Ra 14. Bustin Loose - Duran Duran Duran, 15. Reptilian Cell Matter
- Ebola, 16. Fear - Enduser, 17. Metalphetermines - Fanny.
Sublight-02
CD
$12.25
Various
Crows of the World Vol. 1
PS, US First entry in an on-going 'annual report' style compilation,
programmed w/ the same sensibilities as 05's Invisible Pyramid. This
incl. KEIJO'S FREE PLAYERS, BRAD ROSE'S NORTH SEA, WESTERN AUTOMATIC,
THE ILYA MONOSOV/PRESTON SWIRNOFF DUO, ANDREA BELFI, PAPER WINGS (ANTONY
MILTON & ANTHONY GUERRA), NORTHERN CROSS, KAWAGUCHI MASAMI'S NEW
ROCK SYNDICATE & the never-before-heard OAXACAN. Over 2 hrs/20
min. of new, exclusive material from the very furthest outside of
what is already an outside label.
LastVisibleDog-099
DCD
$15.00
Various
Somethings #1
PS, US 3rd installment of this avant-garde/free-improv/difficult listening
series. Compilation of unreleased & new, challenging music assembled
by Ilya Also feat. Chie Mukai, Sarah Peebles, Masayoshi Urabe, Nick
Castro, Preston Swirnoff, Andrew Deutsch/Joe McPhee & of course
Ilya Monosov himself. This collection stresses an ill-defined region
between composed music & improvisation, where both elements come
into play.
LastVisibleDog
CD
$12.00
Withrow, Keith
Yesterday Will Be Better (CDR)
PS, US An exceptional album of homegrown old-time music played on
homemade instruments. 12 songs, mostly traditional, culled from Withrows
Kentucky upbringing & delivered in a style which both harkens
back to the grandfathers of the genre (Dock Boggs, Roscoe Holcomb,
Frank Proffitt, Fred McDowell) while adding Kirks own style into the
mix. Played on cigar-box banjos, diddly bows, cigar-box guitars &
something called the "voodoo box." Primitive Americana with
mojo to spare. CD-R
DarkHoller-271
CDR
$9.00
Women & Children
EP
PS, US Experimental folk outfit combines elements of folk, experimentalism,
goth-rock, abstraction, acoustic meanderings, and melodic texture.
Embraced for their originality & playfulness, this four song collection
captures the band at it's finest. Toured w/ Cat Power, & currently
on tour w/ Sean Lennon
GiftedChildren-001
12
$11.00
Xiu Xiu
Chapel of the Chimes
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Nitc-004
LP
$10.00
Yellow Swans
Descension Yellow Swans
PS, US LAST COPIES EVER!!
TLR-038
LP
$24.25
Forthcoming
Releases
Aarktica
Matchless Years (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2nd)
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
Anderson, Laurie
Big Science [remastered, enhanced] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Re-issue treatment for LA's 1982 art-rock classic, includes
the title track and surprising British chart-topper "O Superman".
ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Big Science is a landmark release in the New
York art scene of the '80s, and quite possibly the best art rock album
of the decade."
Nonsuch
CD
$15.25
Anderson, Ryan
The Garden Path (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US Acoustic folk pop from a singer songwriter taking his songs
to the people one living room at a time. Honest and pure.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-075
CD
$9.75
Ariel Kill Him
Named After You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, JAPAN "Named After You" is the first new full-length
album by Ariel Kill Him (aka David Lehnberg of Gävle, Sweden)
since 2003's successful "In The Pyramid" (10,000 copies
sold in the US, Japan and Europe). Although more electronic than AKH's
three previous albums, "Named After You" feels more organic;
an effect which Lehnberg achieved by keeping his arrangements stripped
down and spontaneous. The Quince release features two bonus tracks,
"It's Christmas" and "With Celesta." Lehnberg
was the singer for Lelah (3 albums) and currently sings and writes
songs with the band Ikaros (1 album so far). For fans of Mum, Sagor
& Swing, Mew, Jeniferever, Stina Nordenstam and The Gloria Record.
QuinceRecords-044
CD
$13.00
Art In Manila
Set The Woods On Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US After Azure Ray disbanded, member Orenda Fink put her energies
into a solo record in 2005, called "Invisible Ones". Upon
touring in support of that album with various revolving band members,
she chose the cream of the crop and formed a new group called Art
Belle, then changed it to Art In Manila (a nod to radio host Art Bell's
exodus to the Phillipines). On this release, the band flirts playfully
with genre wanderlust without ever abandoning cohesion. Moody slow-burners
follow four-to-the-floor rockers that butt up against serene ballads.
A powerful debut.
SaddleCreek
CD
$12.25
Boat
Let's Drag Our Feet! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US BOAT is back with their second LP entitled, "Let's Drag
Our Feet!". Recorded in the basement in Seattle, Washington,
the trio has improved upon the lofi sound of their debut. This time
out, each song is an anthem. Slightly fuzzy vocals collide with simple
guitar lines, start stop drumming, handclaps, la las, ba bas, ooh
oohs, slippery theremin, some 8 bit Nintendo keyboard sounds, electronic
kazoo, double trumpet, and enough energy to make you play air drums
or shout out lyrics in the car /office/deli/wherever you spend your
days. Seattle's BOAT proudly takes it's place along side the ranks
of the rejected with it's debut LP - Corey duBrowa Magnet BOAT's somehow
able to rein all those elements in to create playful, catchy-as-hell
pop jams that will lodge themselves into your heads and your hearts
and refuse to come out. - GorillavsBear [SLOPPY POP] BOAT's ridiculously
charming pop songs have burrowed into my psyche, and I don't think
they're leaving anytime soon. The Seattle trio's hand-clappin' clunky
pop tunes come off as ultra-fun, but D. Crane's half-sung, half-shouted
lyrics prove him not only a great smart-ass, but a thoughful and sympathetic
narrator, too. - AMY MCCULLOUGH Willamette Week Boat's songs are great:
part solid and charming melodic pop drenched with narratives and part
goofy but endearing indie rock laced with the sounds of a drunken
orchestra. So thanks for the warning, Boat, but next time, don't be
afraid to put yourselves out there. You're pretty fuckin' rad. - MEGAN
SELING The Stranger.
Magic Marker-040
CD
$12.25
Bottom of the Hudson
Fantastic Hawk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Latest album updated the 90's bedroom indie rock 4-track sound
to modern standards w/ sonics & arrangements tuned & tightened
to reveal the beautiful song that always lies underneath. Spans the
distance from classic indie sludge of Seesaw or Sebadoh to the sonic
heights of timeless song giants like Robyn Hitchcock & Ray Davies.
An album of stunning songcraft.
AbsolutelyKosher-066
CD
$14.50
Brunettes, The
Structure And Cosmetics (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US The Sub Pop debut by these New Zealand natives features breezy,
effervescent, Shangri-Las-reminiscent pop. The backing band ranges
from five to ten strong and incorporates the marimba, trumpet, alto
and tenor sax, and more. "Structure & Cosmetics" retains
the sweetly charming, sunbeam-drenched sound The Brunettes are known
for, but adds a hint of darkness and drama in other tracks. They've
played with the likes of The Shins, Rilo Kiley, The Postal Service,
and Clap Your Hands Say
Yeah.
Subpop
CD
$12.50
Buffalo Tom
Three Easy Pieces (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US New album! Their first in 9 years!
Ammal/NewWest
CD
$16.00
Bunky & Jake
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, UK Andrea "Bunky" Skinner & Allan "Jake"
Jacobs had been fixtures of New York's coffeehouse folk circuit for
years when they finally made this debut album in '68. Having honed
their talents alongside Bob Dylan, Fred Neil, Tim Hardin, Richie Havens,
John Sebastian & countless others, their music is a winning combination
of breezy tunes, sweet harmonies & tasteful fuzz guitar, making
it the perfect soundtrack to a mellow summer's evening.
FalloutUK-2051
CD
$16.25
Carta
The Glass Bottom Boat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 21ST)
PS, UK The fruits of a lengthy process involving an ever-changing
line-up featuring a revolving door of San Francisco musicians, this
is the long-awaited debut from Carta, now with settled personnel surrounding
core member Kyle Monday. Engineered by Beulah's Eli Crews and featuring
Sacha Galvagna and Jared Matt Greenberg (Charles Atlas) and Alexander
Kort (Subtle) amongst others, 'The Glass Bottom Boat' is a remarkably
accomplished album, as one might expect considering the pedigree of
those involved. Having found a home on eclectic UK label Resonant,
Carta's audience should be broad and widespread, with their overall
sound avoiding pigeonholes. The album is mostly instrumental, predominantly
downtempo but with constant emphasis on melody. The title track features
full vocals from Sarah Bell, and sounds like the best thing Espers
have ever recorded. Packaged in lavish six-panel digipak. Early review
from US site www.thesilentballet.com: 'It's rare that we see an album
that is so grounded in reality, yet simultaneously this is immaculately
breathtaking.'
Resonant-026
CD
$15.00
Circus Devils
Sgt. Disco (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US BOB POLLARD & the Tobias brothers formed Circus Devils,
incorporating a musical alchemy of hard rock & soft rock, ugliness
& beauty & ambience, eerie moods, stories, humor &rock
opera theatrics, resulting in a strangely coherent cinematic music
experience, likened to an indie rock version of Fantomas.
Ipecac-090
CD
$16.25
Coalesce
There Is Nothing New Under The Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US Features seven Led Zeppelin covers from Coalesce's 1999 EP,
along with eight additional jams, including those from the band's
split EP with Boy Sets Fire, a cover of Black Sabbath's "Supernaut",
an Undertow cover, and a Get Up Kids cover. "A ferocious blend
of brutal hardcore and vicious metal...incredibly infectious"
- Metal-Observer.com.
HydraHead
CD
$12.50
Coltrane, John
Inch Worm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Recorded live for a radio broadcast on November 28,1962 in
Stefaniensaal, Graz Austria while Coltrane & his quartet were
on tour in Europe.Feat. jazz all-stars McCoy Tyner, Jimmy Garrison
& Elvin Jones. This is the same line-up that would go on to record
the seminal "A Love Supreme," just 2 yrs later.
GetBack-2033
CD
$15.00
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
Dilettantes, The
101 Tambourines (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US Vinyl limited to 500. Features Joel Gion from Brian Jonestown
Massacre and the movie Dig!. Perfect for the arrival of the anniversary
of the Summer of Love, The Dilettantes play it straight up; no-frills,
song after song like the psychedelic garage rock animals they are.
HappyParts recordings will be providing full court indie press, radio
and retail support. The record is loaded with retail in-store play
action. All straight, no cut. This record is a true long player. Dig
in. Band will be completing a west coast tour in September. They tour
Europe in January. Japan and Australia in March.
StrangerTouch-272
LP
$12.25
Dolour
The Years in the Wilderness (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, JAPAN The fourth and strongest album to date by Shane Tutmarc's
Dolour, "The Years in the Wilderness" is an ambitious 19-song
set split up into two parts: the bombastic, occasionally dark rock
of Storm & Stress and the lighter, but moody, jazz-pop of Hell
or Highwater. The new album is a departure from Dolour's previous
albums, New Old Friends (2004) and Suburbiac (2002), which were very
manicured, production-heavy albums, featuring hundreds of over-dubs
performed by Tutmarc himself. On this album, Tutmarc looked to the
past to find a fresh way to record; inspired by Miles Davis's recording
sessions, he gathered his favorite musicians and let the songs come
together live in a Seattle studio over two very full sessions. Storm
& Stress combines the grandeur of Led Zeppelin's more ambitious
tracks with the pop-noise of the Pixies and Nirvana. Hell or Highwater
showcases Tutmarc's love for traditional American songwriting, with
nods to gospel, country, Americana, and Tin Pan Alley. Themes of love,
spiritual yearning, and self-doubt lend a warmth and depth to this
music that is beyond Tutmarc's years.
QuinceRecords-054
CD
$13.00
Durutti Column
Idiot Savants (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, UK The Durutti Column follow-up 2006's Keep Breathing with a brand
new album, Idiot Savants. Written and played by Vini Reilly, with
drums and percussion from the Guru himself, Bruce Mitchell. The Durutti
Column emerged from the late 70s Manchester punk scene and has remained
one of the most intriguing, enigmatic (and arguably under appreciated)
acts in the country. The band name is derived from a 60s anarchist
movement. - an anarchist group in Europe who published a book with
a sandpaper cover so that it would destroy all the other books on
the shelves. He borrowed the practice of using sandpaper as a packaging
medium, until record shops forced him to stop, fed up of the stock
surrounding the Durutti Column being destroyed. Despite the tremendous
critical acclaim that greeted his music, Vini Reilly seldom performed
live during the early 1980s. The days of gigging with Joy Division
were over and Vini became a virtual recluse. However his reputation
grew and by the 90s Durutti Column's legendary status made them a
cult attraction all over the world, a position they maintain to this
day.
Artful-062
CD
$15.00
Editors, The
End Has a Start (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US
Fader
CD
$14.25
Erickson, Roky
You're Gonna Miss Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US The story of ROKY ERICKSON, the manic frontman for Houston's
legendary 13TH FLOOR ELEVATORS,one of the creators of psychedelic
rock, & muse to Janis Joplin & hundreds of lesser knowns.A
disturbingly intimate portrait of an imploding family & the struggle
between modern medicine & religion. His struggles with LSD, heroin
& schizophrenia are legendary. Features Patti Smith,Thurston Moore
& Billy Gibbons. A movie about a tortured rock soul that has a
happy ending! Incl. 90 minutes of historic,uncut live performances
incl, acoustic & dramatic readings, ACL 2005, his 2007 emancipation
& more.
PalmPictures-3156
DVD
$24.00
Fine Arts Showcase, The
Sings Rough Bunnies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 2007)
PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase,
and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant. 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
Flaming Lips
U.F.O's At The Zoo - The Legendary Concert In Oklahoma City [MVI album]
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US What Is MVI? With a higher storage capacity than a standard
CD, the Music Video Interactive Disc (MVI) contains new interactive
features including, superior sound quality, a wide range of video
features, and interactive digital content. MVI discs play in all standard
DVD players, computers, and game consoles with DVD drives but do not
play in conventional CD players. Digital music files are compatible
with all MP3 devices.
Warner/WEA
DVD-MVI
$27.50
For Carnation
Promised Works (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Originally released by Matador Records as Marshmallows &
Fight Songs, & celebrate them now as Promised Works!! Feat. members
of SLINT & TOROISE!
Touch&Go-289
CD
$11.00
Frank, Bob & Murry, John
The Gun Play EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, UK "The Gunplay EP", released in Europe on Decor Records
in May 2007 during Bob Frank and John Murry's month-long tour there
in support of "World Without End", was originally meant
to be recorded as a supplement to the full length album mentioned
previously. Instead, this "EP", if a ten-song record can
truly be called an EP, is filled with the work of the same musicians
who participated in the recording of "World Without End"
and was once again produced and recorded by Tim Mooney of American
Music Club. "The Gunplay EP" resurrects 4 old murder ballads
from stagnation and gives them back their original lyrics, sanitized
to suit broader audiences through the years. In addition, it includes
the newly-penned "Gary Gilmore, 1977", written by Bob and
John specifically for this EP. It also includes two live recordings,
both songs from "World Without End": "Joaquin Murietta,
1853" and "Boss Weatherford, 1933". "..and then
they immediately record a stunning EP in addition. The work of Frank
and Murry is filled with ferocity and brilliance." -- Allan Jones,
UNCUT Magazine "..beautifully dark and depressing. This is sure
to become an underground hit." --Whitney Matheson, USA Today
"4/5 Stars" --Joe Breen, The Irish Times "Oppressive,
claustrophobic, and extraordinary. Just make sure you listen with
the lights on." --Brian Denny, Morning Star, Britain.
Evangeline-0002
CD5
$7.75
Furman, Ezra & The Harpoons
Banging Down The Doors (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US This Chicago group wields their fractured-folk-meets-maniacal-rock
to capture the grandeur, pain, and wildness of life in song. The results
are by turns beautiful, funny, angry, and often poignant and inspirational.
Produced by Brian Deck (Modest Mouse, Iron & Wine).
MintyFresh
CD
$11.50
Galactic Zoo Dossier
#7 Compendium Book + DCD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Feat.over 100 pages! Interviews w/ INCREDIBLE STRING BAND's
CLIVE PALMER, KEVIN COYNE, GARY PANTER, ED ASKEW & THE STRAWBS.
Feat.on dark psych LP classics,hippie horror movies, Mungo Jerry,
the Koala, Julie Driscoll, Rasputin's stash & more, 75 full color
trading cards, 45 new guitar gods + 2 full length CDs! Rare &
excl. tracks from BLOSSOM TOES, MICHAEL
YONKERS, THE STOOGES, DEVENDRA BANHART, ED ASKEW, etc!!!
DragCity
BOOK/CD
$14.75
Gore Gore Girls
Get the Gore (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Vinyl for the Bloodshot album being released on CD June 26th!
All girl mania, more Runaways & L7 than the Go-Gos or the Bangles.
Produced by Jim Diamond.
Cobraside-1113
LP
$12.50
Great Invisibles
You Left Me Haunted (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US A mix of Jack Rose-style fingerpicked guitar layered with found
sounds & children's toy orchestrations. Influenced by the Surrealism
movement, yet isn't bogged down by complete process-music abstraction
or overly reserved academic stuffiness, it works at both a casual
& Dada-esque level. Limited to 300 handmade unique artwork packages
BrokenSparrow-4050
CD/DVD
$12.50
Green Pajamas, The
Box of Secrets: Northern Gothic 2 (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY
31ST)
PS, US New album of psychedelic pop from Seattle veterans The Green
Pajamas, mining childhood nostalgia on their new album... Box Of Secrets
is a conceptual album, a follow up if you will to 'Northern Gothic'
(Camera Obscura, 2002), with three intertwining themes running through
it: local legends, characters, and personal mythology. Inspired less
by arcane literature and more by The Green Pajamas three songwriters'
own childhood experiences: 70's TV movies dealing with gothic themes
of murder, secrets, the supernatural; along with small town life in
the Pacific Northwest, the vague setting for many of the songs is
the Washington coast. The mostly fictional stories enclosed within
this 'Box of Secrets' evoke a shared memory or that spooky sweet nostalgia,
whether lived or not. Though the subject matter is dark, the music
and songs themselves promise to be a bit more rocking and psychedelic,
moreso than their last true studio album '21st Century Séance',
which explored more mellow moods... CITY BEAT REVIEW: "File the
Green Pajamas under 'the best band you've never heard'. The Seattle
collective, led by Pop mastermind Jeff Kelly, routinely releases jaw-dropping
albums that melt in the ear like a lysergic caramel from the Sgt.
Pepper chocolate sampler."
AHiddenAgendaRecord-089
CD
$9.00
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
Hitchcock, Robyn
Jewels for Sophia (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US New album from pop-provocateur Robyn Hitchcock spends more
time rocking than sitting with an acoustic guitar, with help from
guitarist pal Tim Kegan, the pretty famous Peter Buck, and a majority
of The Young Fresh Fellows.
NobleRot
CD
$13.50
Holman, Rex
Here in the Land of Victory (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, UK This bit-part actor is perhaps better known to Star Trek &
Monkees fans than music enthusiasts,but connoisseurs of acid folk
have long treasured this, his sole album, which originally appeared
in '70 (when he was already 42 yrs old). A hypnotic blend of melodic,contemplative
songs & philosophical lyrics, sung in his quavering voice (which
has been compared to Tim Buckley's), set to acoustic guitar,sitar
& tabla, it's nothing short of an overlooked minor classic.
FalloutUK-2053
CD
$16.25
Icarus Line
Black Lives @ the Golden Coast (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US This is certainly their most stunning venture to date. The
album was entirely recorded on tape, w/ Cardamone & the band pushing
the sound above & beyond their own expectations & dosing it
w/ even more concentrated elements of pop, art, & sex.
DimMak-110
CD
$14.25
Instruments, The
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US The Instruments (members of Circulatory System, Elf Power,
Olivia Tremor Control) take on 4 Joy Divison tracks. The 7" features
2 tracks "Passover" & "New Dawn Fades" . The
single comes with a CDR featuring those tracks as well as "Decades"
& "Love Will Tear Us Apart". This single is limited
to 300 copies.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-086
45
$6.25
Interpol
Our Love to Admire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US New album!
Capitol
CD
$16.75
Japancakes
Giving Machines (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE OCTOBER 2ND)
PS, US Darla is proud to offer the fifth new record from Japancakes
- Athens, GA's incomparable instrumental Pop/Americana quintet. Giving
Machines features eight new trademark blissed-out yet solid as ever
compositions brought to life in Japancakes unique way with a signing
pedal steel guitar, cello, keyboards, guitar, bass, and drums. There's
even a cover of Cocteau Twins' "Heaven Or Las Vegas" with
pedal steel taking the place of Liz Frazer's vocals. Japancakes do
not record together like other bands. They do play together but when
they record in the 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 it. Japancakes is Eric Berg,
rhythm guitar, Nick Belli, bass, Brant Rackey, drums, John Neff, pedal
steel, Heather McIntosh, cello, Andy Barker, production. RIYL: Dreamy,
lazy, stellar, Post Rock, Shoegaze, Electronica, Americana, Tortoise,
Mogwai, Sigur Ros, Hammock, Santo & Johnny. Tracklisting: 1. Double
Jointed, 2. Lalita, 3. Heaven Or Las Vegas, 4. Title, 5. The Enablers,
6. Recovering Australia, 7. Tracing Maps, 8. In Memory Of Honey. Total
run time 42:45. "...a roots-inspired, beautifully crafted pop
instrumental record that extracts feelings and emotions better than
that of most "intimate" singer-songwriters." --IN MUSIC
WE TRUST.
Darla-185
CD
$12.25
Ju Suk Reet Meate
Solo 78/79 aka Do Unseen Hands
Keep You Dumb? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 7TH)
PS, US Solo work by member of the noise collective Smegma. Recorded
in '78/'79 and pressed in a miniscule quantity the next year, this
record has been largely unavailable outside collector circles. Now
it's available as a digipak CD with liner notes by Wolf Eyes' John
Olson and contains a couple never before released tracks. A post-Zappa,
stoned blues/concrete mélange of guitar, tapes, found sounds,
and voice. As a member of what many have called the greatest band
of our time, Ju Suk Reet Meate has had an immeasurable influence on
the creators of underground culture the globe over, and this CD bears
his heft.
DeStijl
CD
$13.25
Justice
Cross (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Justice's monster beats, massive hooks, thunderous drums, and
near-religious determination to demolish dance floors cast them in
a light no contemporary can catch. The group's US debut single, "Waters
Of Nazareth" arrived in 2006 and solidified their sound: huge
slabs of beats, brutal strings, and cathartic release. That record
sets the stage for this, their debut full-length, boasting the already
ubiquitous disco pop anthem "D.A.N.C.E.", which features
the best English children's choir since "Another Brick In The
Wall Pt. 2".
Vice
CD
$13.00
Kang, Eyvind
Athlantis (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Choral piece is an oratorio w/ MIKE PATTON & JESSIKA KENNEY
on the main vocal parts.
Ipecac-087
CD
$16.00
Klaxons
Gravity's Rainbow (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US It's fair to say that they have an amazing weight of expectation
upon them. Just over a year into their existence & already the
kids love them, the press love them & everyone is pretty much
sporting a glow stick at their shows & a dash of day glow in their
day time attire. This special hand-etched 12-inch vinyl, track on
one side,special engraved etching on the other side. Handnumbered
& LIMITED!
DimMak-111
12
$4.75
Lights Out Asia
Tanks and Recognizers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Wisconsin post-celestial-shoegazer trio Lights Out Asia delivers
their sophomore full length and debut for n5MD titled Tanks and Recognizers.
This follow-up to their critic and fan favorite Garmonia (sun sea
sky) pushes their sound far forward with a palpable intensity by giving
a seemingly subliminal nod to some of the more electronically minded
ethereal bands of the mid 80s to early 90s like Breathless, Chapterhouse,
My Bloody Valentine or even the more emotionally rich moments of Colourbox.
Lights Out Asia who is actually influenced more by a more current
crop of like-minded artists such as Mogwai, Massive Attack, and Robin
Guthrie's various works, blend them all, the erstwhile and contemporary,
with an updated style, feel and modern expansiveness. Tanks and Recognizers
is a cinematic and ambitiously crafted album which could easily fit
into any indie rock or electronic music collection. Soaring, floating,
and moving forward as it pulls you in to its hopeful heart consuming
ebb and flow of electronics, guitars and lofty vocal yearning.
n5MD-148
CD
$12.00
Lolligags, The
Wired EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 31ST)
PS, US New wave keyboard pop with a sweet dance beat will have these
4 songs stuck in your head for days. Already getting play via DJ's
in Athens, Atlanta, and NYC.
HappyHappyBirthdayToMe-087
CD5
$6.50
Magic Numbers, The
Those the Brokes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US
Astralwerks
CD
$15.25
My Little Airport
Zoo Is Sad, People Are Cruel (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 12th)
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
New Pornographers
Challengers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$14.00
New Pornographers
Challengers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 21ST)
PS, US The fourth album is airier, more spacious, and more relaxed
than its jackhammer predecessors. In general, Carl Newman's songwriting
is slightly more scrutable this time around; his lyrics still ring
with wry perception and political metaphor, but they betray some of
the magnanimity that comes with new love. The sophisticated, rich
production values and complex range of songwriting allow us to extend
the group's audience to new groups: AAA radio listeners, fans of Neko
Case's solo work, and coffee drinkers in general.
Matador
CD
$13.25
Oh No! Oh My!
Between the Devil & The Sea (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Drawing influences from art-pop makers like Belle & Sebastian
& the Magnetic Fields, they deliver an assortment of catchy pop
melodies w/a wholesome - & somewhat quirky -charm.This collection
of songs was written & recorded by the band when they were still
in their teens.
DimMak-107
CD
$8.75
Oswalt, Patton
Werewolves and Lollipops (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Patton has been a stand-up comedian for almost twenty years
and this is his second CD. Lazy...or maybe busy. He's appeared in
over twenty movies, including "Magnolia", "Reno 911!:
Miami", and the documentary "The Comedians Of Comedy",
which he also created and produced. He played Spence on "The
King Of Queens" for nine seasons, is a regular on "Reno
911!", a frequent guest on Conan and Jimmy Kimmel, and a recurring
voice actor on "Kim Possible", "SpongeBob SquarePants",
"Aqua Teen Hunger Force", and "Crank Yankers".
He's a regular columnist in the NY Times Magazine and was an uncredited
writer on the "Borat" movie. He's also the lead voice in
this summer's Pixar movie, "Ratatouille", playing a rat
named Remy. This is his first CD on Sub Pop and it includes a DVD
with one hour of stand-up.
Subpop
CD/DVD
$14.00
Pollard, Robert
Crickets (2XCD/BOOK) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Two-CD collection from the Fading Captain catalog w/6 unreleased
tracks & a 50-page full-color book!!!
Luna-099
DCD
$18.75
Prefab Sprout
Steve McQueen [re-issue, remastered, expanded] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JULY 10TH)
PS, UK Upon the UK release of Steve McQueen in 1985 frontman Paddy
Mcaloon explained "I'm probably the best songwriter on the planet...
Seriously...on my day, who are my rivals?" Though assuredly just
stirring up the press, the fact is, he was right. It remains one of
The Best Pop Albums EVER... This is a 2007 digitally-remastered double-disc
expansion of the popular UK band's much loved second album, originally
released in 1985. Original producer Thomas Dolby did the remastering
Job, ensuring that all the band's original artistic sound and intent
remains intact. Include a second disc with eight of the album's 11
tracks in re-arranged acoustic form, beautiful versions that prove
the songs' genius, recorded by Paddy in 2006. MOJO: "The ultimate
album [of the era]...as sublime as pop can be." UNCUT: "Music
steeped in the classics - Lennon & McCartney, Bacharach &
David, even pre-rock'n'roll types such as Gershwin - but rich in emotion
as well as intelligence." P.S. This album was released in the
US under the name 'Two Wheels Good'.
Epic
DCD
$25.00
Project Jenny, Project Jan
XOXOXOXOXO (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 14th)
PS, US Even as our hyper-digital age makes the world smaller, the
soundscape of American music keeps getting bigger. Genres multiply,
divide, revive, and recycle themselves-reinvented as pre-this, post-that,
or this-core, and that-hop. So slap a label on Project Jenny, Project
Jan if you want but you'll find that label is constantly changing.
On XOXOXOXOXO, you'll witness how a young duo from Brooklyn pushes
the boundaries of modern music. The band's signature sound-Sammy Rubin's
jaunty electro-pop hooks fueled by saucy freestyled vocals from Jeremy
Haines-is infectious without being predictable. And on this album,
you will hear shades of every genre, from Latin, old school hip-hop,
and reggae, to blues, rock, old time rags, and 80s electro. Some songs
even brush up charmingly against bluegrass, big band, and swing, resulting
in a sound that is fiercely, uniquely their own. So can you call Project
Jenny, Project Jan post-indie-pop electro-core? Sure, if you insist
on categorizing. The bottom line is that this is smart, energetic
dance music for a new generation of listeners-the kind of people who'd
rather shake it on the dance floor than puzzle over sub-genres.
Might-002
CD
$12.25
Pumice
Pebbles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Pumice's rollicking brand of loner DIY - precariously devoid
of gratuitous pose - is a colorful, desolate sound world unto itself.
Pebbles offer the unlikely marriage of astute refinement & wild
abandon, with songs uplifting & sincere, yet dark with oddball
substance to spare. Self-recorded, committed to 8 track tape &
mastered by Pete Swanson (YELLOW SWANS), resulting in the biggest-sounding
record in the Pumice canon. The small silver guitar remains at the
fore, only now that signature of the Pumice sound is presented in
startling clarity, augmented by Neville's booming drums, piano flourishes
& tape manipulations.
SoftAbuse-022
CD
$12.25
Regan, Fionn
End of History (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Universally hailed by the Brit & Irish press, both musical
& mainstream, Regan plays a version of folk music "similar
to Dylan's early albums, but with the flow of a Nick Drake-a stunning
combination.****"-THE TIMES "Ireland's answer to Bright
Eyes."-NME
LostHighway
CD
$15.00
Saint Joan
Wrecker's Lantern (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, AUSTRALIA Album title alludes to the 19th century practice of
luring a ship onto the rocks by faking the beam of a lighthouse with
a swinging lantern, causing the ship to run aground, its treasure
to be plundered. It continues the bands interest in all things maritime...the
sea as the subconscious as Carl Jung would have it. The band takes
inspiration from Hieronymus Bosch in "The Four Last Things"
and The Tempest in "Singing Bowl". They conjure love &
loss, seasick sailors & freight trains, hills & mountains,
rivers & fading street lights. Epic, psychedelic stream-of-consciousness
psychodramas about loss like 'December' contrast with the more fragmented,
melancholy of "Gone" with its looping guitar & lush
strings. The wide screen folk-rock drive of "Singing Bowl",
place it alongside vintage Walkabouts. Recorded in an old warehouse
in the autumn "The Wrecker's Lantern" evokes time &
place at every turn and yet seeks to transcend them. It is the sound
of beauty, timeless & incarnate.
CameraObscura-079
CD
$13.50
Santa Dog
Kittyhawk (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, JAPAN Santa Dog play sparkly, sassy, summer-soaked pop with chiming
guitars and a sinister fringe. Think Blondie going two rounds with
the Throwing Muses on the edge of a cliff with a stiff breeze whipping
up skirts and mischief and you're still nowhere near capturing the
band's distinctive sound and uniquely English charm. This Bristol-based
four piece's debut album, Kittyhawk, comes on the heels of their three
self-released EPs that captivated audiences and press alike. Santa
Dog are 'perfect pop' (Lostmusic), 'more addictive than opium' (Whisperin'
& hollerin'), and play 'the kind of classic guitar pop that exists
in its own universe, mercifully free of the shackles of hyperbole
& trend' (Norman Records). Also look out for the debut single,
released in the UK in May on 7" vinyl and digital download through
new London indie label, SoundsExperience.
QuinceRecords-050
CD
$13.00
Satie, Erik
Avant-Dernières Pensées: Selected Piano Works v.1 (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 4TH)
PS, UK A new CD in our series by visionary French composer Erik Satie
(1866-1925), following the success of previous releases including
Vexations, Socrate and Dada Works, which present selected Satie recordings
with explicit links to the unconventional, the mystic and the avant-garde.
Avant-Dernières Pensées: Selected Piano Works features
several of Satie's best known compositions, including the famously
poised Trois Gymnopédies, all six haunting Gnossiennes and
Je te veux, as well as more experimental pieces such as Descriptions
automatiques, Avant-dernières pensées and Sports et
divertissements, an extraordinary collection of 21 miniatures from
1914 with illustrations by Charles Martin. Also included is Satie's
single-act, neo-Dada lyric comedy Le Piège de Médusa,
and comprising 'seven tiny dances for Jonah the Monkey' and illustrated
by the Cubist painter Georges Braque. The 46 pieces on this 72 minute
CD are performed by pianist Bojan Gorisek. The booklet includes archive
images and detailed liner notes by James Hayward.
LTM-2501
CD
$17.00
Schnauss, Ulrich
Goodbye (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
DLP
$14.00
Schnauss, Ulrich
Goodbye (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Ulrich's third album marks his first new release in four years.
"An altogether lusher, more slouched, musical approach. The results
have strong echoes of My Bloody Valentine or a turbo-charged Brian
Eno..." - Music Week (May 2007). "A triumph of simplicity
over pretension, of melody and harmony over pops and clicks and of
the
humane over the elusive" - Impose.
Domino
CD
$14.00
Severed Heads
ComMerz (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE SEPTEMBER 4TH)
PS, UK 30 tracks. The latest CD release by Severed Heads, the eclectic
Australian electro pioneers who have recorded some ten studio albums
since the early 1980s. ComMerz offers a definitive overview of Severed
Heads' work between 1982 and 2006. Compiled and mastered by head Head
Tom Ellard, the double disc set runs for 140 minutes and includes
the dance hits Dead Eyes Opened, Greater Reward and All Saint's Day,
as well as earlier singles such as Goodbye Tonsils, Petrol, Hot With
Fleas and Big Car plus selected album tracks.
LTM-2493
DCD
$17.75
Sigur Ros
In A Frozen Sea: A Year With Sigur Ros [book-only] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JULY 10TH)
PS, US Just the book. Please note: special shipping charges may apply.
Following Sigur Ros through their native Iceland on the 2006 'Takk'
world tour. Features imagery from the viewpoints of fans, interviews
and observations of the bands' free tour of Iceland, during which
thy played everywhere from Reykjavik to small towns in the Icelandic
countryside, setting up stages as they went. The 32-page book comes
encased in a 12" vinyl jacket and features photography of both
the band and the Icelandic landscape.
ArtistInResidence
BOOK
$23.75
Sigur Ros
In A Frozen Sea: A Year With Sigur Ros [vinyl boxset] (PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US Special order ONLY. While supplies last. 10-day hold policy.
Free UPS Ground shipping! Unbelievable package! New indie label out
of L.A. launches with a seven album box set of Sigur Ros vinyl, plus
the thirty-two page 12" x 12" book of unique photos, observations
and quotes that capture the band on tour in their arctic home (book
is also available separately). Packaged in a hard cover album with
unique pockets similar to how 78s were once packaged. Contains the
three albums, Agaetis Byrjun, ( ), and Takk, plus Smaskifa which has
never previously been available on 12" vinyl. Expensive but well
well worth the cost! Limited to 5000 copies.
ArtistInResidence
7LP+BOOK
$175.00
Speal, Shane
Stealing the Fire (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 8TH)
PS, US It could be a modern incarnation of the old blues scenario:
A man sits in his single-wide mobile home with a primitive guitar
& belts out mean murder ballads & dark spirituals through
a rusty harmonica mic. But it's not a "scenario." This is
the real shit. Speal was living in the middle of a Pennsylvania trailer
park. He plays a cigar box guitar. And he recorded this album on a
simple 4-track cassette recorder. "Stealing the Fire" features
stark homemade recordings of Speal performing the works of Timothy
Renner on a primitive cigar box guitar. It was a simple premis in
the beginning. Speal just wanted to know what Renner's dark folk music
would sound like if were soaked in Delta blues. Speal covers Renner's
work from Stone Breath, Spectral Light & Moonshine Firefly Jamboree
& solo recordings.
Hand/Eye-028
CD
$12.25
Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50
Spoon
Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US This record starts with "Don't Make Me A Target",
a song that builds on Spoon's familiar minimal rhythmic piano/guitar
vamp popularized on earlier hits like "Small Stakes" or
"The Way We Get By". The album quickly moves into uncharted
territory with the atmospheric "The Ghost Of You Lingers"
and moves through several different stylistic changes from the explosive
"You Got Yr. Cherry Bomb" to the wall-of-sound horns of
radio single "The Underdog". Their most heartfelt batch
of songs since 2001's "Girls
Can Tell".
Merge
CD
$14.00
St. Vincent
Marry Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US WOW! St. Vincent is the moniker of singer/multi-instrumentalist/composer
Annie Clark and this is her debut full-length. She's opened for such
diverse acts as Television, Jose Gonzalez, and Sufjan Stevens, and
she's an inventive and versatile guitarist who has also performed
with avant-garde composer Glenn Branca. On this record, she writes
cinematic pop epics that feel at times like Paris in the 20s before
all the fun ended. Or, conversely, an orchestra of pure modernity
- a new American music, informed by jazz, gospel blues, Southern folk
music, and classical composition but, in the end, an animal original
unto itself. She's been compared to everyone from Bjork to Kate Bush
to Jeff Buckley, and her beautiful voice melds perfectly with her
intricate guitar work.
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$13.25
St. Vincent
Marry Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BeggarsBanquet
LP
$13.25
Steinbecks
Far From The Madding Crowd (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US On Far From the Madding Crowd Steinbecks' songwriters, brothers
Josh & Joel Meadows, team up with their cousin Tali White (Lucksmiths,
Guild League) to craft one of the first shining pop gems of the post-Candle
Melbourne pop scene. The Meadows brothers have been writing and singing
songs about things that matter to them for longer than either care
to remember, but Far From the Madding Crowd marks the first time the
brothers have written and recorded with their cousin.
Two songs on the album - 'The Doppler Effect', a powerful pop punch
that dissects the city/country relationship, and the gorgeous 'Have
You Ever Looked After a Song?' - are sung and co-written by White.
Other stand-outs include opener '1987 + 1994 = 2007', in which the
'becks somehow manage to blend the sensibilities of the Pet Shop Boys
with the sensuality of Pavement, and the angsty nature hymn, 'Moon
& Stars'. Musically the record has echoes of Nick Drake, Lloyd
Cole, My Morning Jacket, The Chills and Big Star. Lyrically, the 'becks
tackle questions as diverse as: what happens to modern society when
the oil runs out? Why is compromise not a dirty word when you're in
love? will we ever learn to learn from the past? And, if you could
go back to being a teenager, would you? The world is in a mess, The
Steinbecks seem to acknowledge, but faith, hope and love remain. Far
From the Madding Crowd exists within this reality and tries to tell
the story of it through the only medium The Steinbecks know: the pop
song.
Microindie-011
CD
$10.25
Stoecklein, Val
Grey Life (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, UK As leader of the legendary BLUE THINGS, he needs no introduction
to fans of folk-rock & psychedelia.Stung by the band's failure
& traumatized by the collapse of a relationship, he channelled
his sorrow into the songs that make up the only solo album he would
ever release.
FalloutUK-2050
CD
$16.25
Susanka, Bert
Onward Christian Slater (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US Bert Susanka, founder of The Ziggens, has always wanted to
put out a solo record-an album on which he could express himself freely,
without songwriting restrictions & deadlines. This is clearly
Susanka's most personal album to date,with songs of triumph, heartbreak
& all emotions in between. Reference points from the Dead Milkmen
& Beach Boys lead to tender introspective ballads & self-deprecating
takes on suburban survival, alling add up to what will certainly be
a widely talked-about album.
Cornerstone-056
CD
$14.25
Teaneck
Masters of Achievement (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, JAPAN California three-piece, Teaneck, flaunt a confident rock
sense and eminently hummable pop melodies on Masters of Achivement,
their first full-length album. Known for their energetic live performances,
Teaneck formed after lead singer, Loren Isaac, was hit by a car and
realized the time to rock out was 'now or never.' The fast-charging
trio developed an international following through the magic of MySpace,
and eventually recorded with the producer of power pop faves, Ozma.
The resulting songs fuse past and present, pungent and pleasant, with
the taut simplicity that only a three-piece can generate. Skipping
along through sunny, country-tinged rock, alt-pop catchiness, and
triumphant rock and roll, Masters of Achievement certainly lives up
to its title. For fans of Weezer, Fountains of Wayne, and The Foo
Fighters. Initial release features limited edition special packaging.
QuinceRecords-046
CD
$13.00
They Might Be Giants
Else (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US New album from these geniuses.
Zoetrope
CD
$16.00
Torske, Bjorn
Feil Knapp (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, NORWAY First album in six years! In many ways "Feil Knapp"
(Norwegian for wrong button) represents a sound that sits somewhere
in between "Trøbbel", 1999's seminal "Nedi Myra"
on Ferox and his underground cult hit "Søppelmann"
on Svek. With influences ranging everything from Count Ossie &
The Residents via 22 Skidoo to Idut Boys, Torske has created his very
own & characteristic signature sound, a unique blend of warm &
melancholic house, quirky avant-disco, leftfield electronica &
dark, heavy psychedelic dub. In other words; this album has everything
that we have learnt to love Bjorn for. Weirdly melodic & wonderfully
groovy.
SmalltownSupersound-117
CD
$15.25
Truly Me Club
Popstar on the Lam (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Project of Portland-based multi-instrumentalist & DIY producer
Jason Parker.His debut is grounded on rumbling organ tones,thickened
with layers of pitch-shifted harmonicas, & accented w/ delicate
handbells & clever percussives creating a dramtic setting for
harmonic vocals that tell strangely charming stories about a bullet's
trip through a brain, breakdancing fame, or a teenage runaway's journey
home.
SonicBoom-025
CD
$11.25
Turner, Mick
Blue Trees (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Here's a proper singles compilation for a hitherto unlikely
suspect: Mick Turner of DIRTY THREE. It has some unreleased tracks
& some great cover art from Mick that explains more than we ever
could about the album title or the music. It's a whole new record
(thanks, Mick) & the world is now a little bigger, sweeter &
more terrifiying.
DragCity-344
CD
$13.25
Tuss
Rushup Edge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US They offer little biographical info, preferring to concentrate
on their musical merits,which they describe as "braindance. "This
feat.6 tracks w/a unique blend of head music & dance vibes, everything
from classic techno to modern funk, gabba, ambient & classical
influences. Suffice to say it's very lush music, so get your ears
'round it!
Rephlex-189
CD
$15.50
Tuss
Rushup Edge (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US TRIPLE LP VERSION!!!
Rephlex-189
3XLP
$19.50
Uncut
Modern Currencies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 17TH)
PS, US Wall of sound. Uncut has evidently arrived at their new sound:
LOUD. Loud like early '90s touchstones Swervedriver and Dinosaur Jr.
or even perhaps The Jesus and Mary Chain, the cascading guitar squall,
pounding rhythms and basslines are all capable of moving the hairs
on the back of your neck. "Surrounds the band's breathy 6 vocals
& heart stopping lyricism with walls of ringing guitars."-AP
100 Bands You Need to Know.
Paper-023
CD
$13.25
Various
Visit To the Spaceship Factory: 20 Gems From The Early Years Of Prog
(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 24TH)
PS, US Wander the dimly lit corners of the Spaceship Factory, an establishment
designed to produce vehicles that could take you from the geometric
wallpaper of your room to the far side of your electric dreams. Hear
the brash rock of TREETOPS, the polished guitar wizardry of Israeli
progsters JERICHO, the fuzzed-up dirt of Jesse Hector's proto-punk
outfit HELTER SKELTER. Other artists include: Mousetrap, Deadwood,
Fuzzyduck, Incredible Hog, Mouse, Beggars Opera,Kingdom Come, Little
Bighorn, Strange Fox, Onyx, Spontaneous Combustion, UFO, Sheephouse,
Pussy, Axe, Sunchariot & Kansashook.
PsychicCircle-7007
CD
$16.50
Various
The Fruit Of The Original Sin (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE AUGUST 21ST)
PS, UK The first complete CD release of the classic 1981 compilation
album The Fruit of the Original Sin, first released on chic Belgian
indie label Les Disques du Crepuscule. Originally released as a deluxe
double album package in November 1981, The Fruit of the Original Sin
featured 24 exclusive 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 William S. Burroughs,
The Durutti Column, Paul Haig, Tuxedomoon, Wim Mertens, DNA, Richard
Jobson, Marine, The French Impressionists and Peter Gordon. The program
also includes an extended interview with acclaimed French author Marguerite
Duras. The original double album now features 8 bonus tracks, including
both sides of long-lost singles by Paul Haig (Soon/Summertime) and
noted New York visual artist Lawrence Weiner (Deutsche Angst/Where
It Came From), as well as a rare track (Matters of Theory) by The
Lost Jockey, the modernist ensemble-featuring composer Andrew Poppy.
The 12 page facsimile booklet features original artwork by Benoit
Hennebert and Jean-François Octave, as well as archive images
and detailed liner notes. The original cover art by Hennebert is widely
recognized as one of his very best designs. This new double CD edition
has been digitally remastered from the original master tapes, and
features 125 minutes of material. Most of the tracks featured here
remain unavailable elsewhere. The CD follows on the success of our
2006 re-release of the 1980 Crepuscule compilation From Brussels With
Love.
LTM-2497
DCD
$17.75
Various
The Camp Burlesque Original Soundtrack Album [CD+DVD] (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER:
SALEABLE EARLY 2007)
PS, US Features songs and performances by Matthew Sweet, Velvet Crush,
Dave Alvin, Big Sandy, Peter Case, John Doe, Rick Vito, Tito &
Tarantula, the Cruzados (featuring Bob Dylan), the Martini Kings,
and many more. Initial pressing will include the movie on DVD.
BirdSong-102
CD
$11.00
Various
Who Needs Tomorrow? American 60s Garage Bands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE
JULY 24TH)
PS, US There has to come a time when every half-decent slice of '60s
garage band music has been compiled somewhere. From the Stones-ish
Kansas garage-sters The Moanin' Glories to the New York pop trio,
The Will-O-Bees to the West Coast sitar-fuzz of Merrell Fankhauser
& HMS Bounty, this comp aims to reach those parts of the garage
that other compilations of its kind just don't. Other artists incl.
Randy Johnson, The Love Society, Simon T. Stokes, Kinetic Energy,
The Liberty Bells, Peck's Bad Boys, The Silver Byke, The Great Train
Robbery, & many others.
PsychicCircle-7008
CD
$16.50
Virgin of the Birds
Mixed Choir (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JULY 10TH)
PS, US As a collection of pop songs,debut from Jon Rooney (Morning
Spy)
