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Bacon & Egg
Are Fanduvo
PS, US A hip hop metal journey through the wastelands of New Jersey's & Washington's stripmall towns, BMX paths & video game parlours. It's a lifestyle record, if you will, plum full of self-references, rhymin', stealin', & tight lead work. It's the guys from VOLUMEN, but this is very much a living, breathing, rocking band with it's own life.
WantageUSA-001
CD
$11.00

Basho, Robbie
Guitar Soli
PS, US "Superb reissue of the cream of his earliest work mostly recorded in 1965 for his first two Takoma LP's, 'Seal of the Blue Lotus,' & 'The Grail & the Lotus.'"-AMG
Takoma-8902
CD
$18.75

Basho, Robbie
Bashovia
PS, US Comps work from "The Falconer's Arm I," "The Falconer's Arm II," & "Song of the Stallion," recorded in 1967 and 1968. Serene 60's acoustic guitar folk way ahead of its time.
Takoma-8913
CD
$18.75

DC Snipers
Missle Sunset
PS, US Vinyl Version.
DeadBeat-62
LP
$9.50

DC Snipers
Missle Sunset
PS, US They bring something different to the table with each of the 11 tracks on this album; & its hard to do that & actually end up with a record thats good! They prove its not impossible. Taking cues from other musical pioneers like the Screamers, Gang of Four, Urinals & the Electric Eels; they forge into their own fragmented, audience-less sector & begin to build a following based on songs that are undeniably catchy without sticking to a musical script.
DeadBeat-62
CD
$13.00

Dntel
Jukeboxseries 100-10
PS, US First output since 2001. Dntel shares some of his most beautiful sounds ever. He dives further into electronic tones to tug heartstrings and make sad boomboxes bling. Jimmy is joined by the magic voice of MIA DOI TODD and the glowing guitar art of PAUL LARSON. These frequently collaborators combine talents to perfectly conjure the melancholy wonder of Dntels world.
AimRecords-10010
45
$6.00

Drunk Horse
In Tongues
PS, US They keep galloping, faster & with greater ability & more depth of content. Damn this is a profoundly bitching record. A highly satisfying full length record. Feat. beautiful hand silscreened covers. Includes a lyric sheet.
WantageUSA-040
LP
$12.00

El Pero DEl Mar
Lookl! It's El Perro Del Mar!
PS, SWEDEN El Perro del Mar was founded in December 2003 in Gothenburg by the sole member of El Perro Del Mar, Sarah. In November 2004 El Perro Del Mar released the three-track ep "What's New? El perro del mar" which included the songs 'This Loneliness, 'It's all good' and 'I can't talk about it'. She also worked together with Swedish Jens Lekman and together they released a split vinyl single on which Sarah contributed the song 'Shake it off'. The single was available in Sweden and in the U.S via Jens' label Secretly Canadian - but it was quickly sold out. El Perro Del Mar also went on a short tour in Sweden accompanying Jens around this time. In Spring 2005 a compilation of all the earlier released tracks, 'Look it's El Perro Del Mar', was released, once again for Hybris. Sounds like The Concretes in bedroom-recording mode, Jens Lekman's lofi orchestrations, Phil Spector girlgroup wall-of-sound 60s pop...
Hybris-012
CD
$13.50

El Perro Del Mar
You Gotta Give To Get EP
PS, SWEDEN New EP from Jens Lekman cohort El Perro Del Mar includes three new songs: "(God Knows) You Gotta Give To Get", "Do The Dog" and "Say".
Hybris-021
CD5
$5.50

Harp
January/February 2006
PS, US CAT POWER cover plus top albums of 2005 by your favorite artists, 50 top LPs of 2005, Bob "Urp" Pollard, Beth Orton, Fahey, Sarah Blasko, Go Team, Dirty 3, Vacation, Billy Bragg, Hank III, "Punk Attitude," Patti Smith's "Horses," Chicago producer whiz Brian Deck.
ZINE
$4.50

Hi Soft
Amateur
PS, US Great Philly band w/ former members of the LILYS. Fits in great w/ the current crop of somewhat retro guitar based indie rock that is the rage these days, but w/ a unique style that will appeal to real music geeks as well as hipsters. RIYL: XTC, MBV, 60s psych, Echo & the Bunnymen.
ChocoHearts-003
CD5
$6.50

Kottke, Leo
Six & 12 String Guitar
PS, US Debut album from 1971 released on Fahey's Takoma label follows in Fahey's footsteps but he offers a frequently less jarring approach.
Takoma-6503
CD
$17.25

Laakso
My Gods
PS, US New full-length album from Swedish/Finnish folk-rock elementalists. Not quite as elemental or viscerally folky as their acclaimed releases for Adrian Records (also available), but the band's popsense is certainly thriving. Still in league with longtime producer Jari Haapalainen (Bear Quartet, Concretes, many more) for their V2 EP debut Laakso explore some glossier higher-fi-er textures while still whipping up a a truly cathartic frenzy.
V2Scandinavia
CD
$15.00

Malanga, Gerard
Up From the Archives
PS, BELGIUM New repress of this mid-90s release.
SUBROSA-057
CD
$14.00

Mardie, Montt
Drama
PS, SWEDEN Montt Mardié is the brilliant voice of David Pagmar from Stockholm, Sweden. "Drama" is a breathtaking collection of extremely soulful pop. Fans of Acid House Kings' latest will find much to love here, but really Montt's quite a bit sexier, like fellow Swedish act Moneybrother. Excellent music blog Swedesplease said "equal parts Duran Duran and Motown soul" but we're leaning more towards the classic sounds of Style Council and The Colourfield, and even, occasionally, some of George Michael's biggest hits. Yes, even Wham! at times. With a hint a camp Montt Mardie is one of Sweden's brightest new pop hopes.
Hybris-022
CD
$13.50

Maximum Joy
Unlimited (1979-1983)
PS, US A compilation of rare and hard-to-find 7", 12" and some album tracks from Bristol's Maximum Joy. Formed in 1979.
CDHW-101
CD
$16.25

Merzbow & John Wiese
Multiplication
PS, US An impressive display of both incredible composition and furious power from experimental masterminds MERZBOW and JOHN WIESE (SISSY SPACEK, BASTARD NOISE, SUNN O))), etc.). Pulling no punches, the duo unleash extreme electronics with no beats, prog, or techno crutches.
MisanthropicAgenda-012
CD
$12.00

Mindflayer
Expedition To The Hairier Peaks
PS, US 4th full length from these fort thunder founding fathers. Brian Chipendale (Lightning Bolt) & Mat Brinkman (Forcefield) team up & destroy time & space by bringing the harshness to the next level. In the truest veing of black flag's process of weeding out they introduce the album & at your breaking point they segue into the deaf retard mutant jams youve grown to love.
Corleone-017
CD
$11.00

Mojo
Classic: Nirvana (Vol. 1 Issue #10)
PS, UK
ZINE
$13.50

Nobody
Jukeboxseries 100-09
PS, US Nobody is the 27-year old somebody named Elvin Estela, an LA vinyl junkie hypnotized by analog waves and creates albums mirroring phases of his stereo obsessions. His first two albums on Ubiquity Records were a hip-hop/cosmic jazz statement springing from early studio days & back alley freestyle sessions. Estela is also part of SAVATH & SAVALAS (PREFUSE 73). Two psychedelic hip-hop tracks called "Tilijems Castle" & "Tilijems Forest." Both are instrumentals
AimRecords-10009
45
$6.00

Pekler, Andrew
Jukeboxseries 100-08
PS, US 4 exclusive tracks. All are fictious B-Movies themes. Everything remains in place, preserved in wax, hidden, but not gone, just like the subconscious. Should we call this electronica? Or jazz, after all?Just released his new album on Scape
AimRecords-10008
45
$6.00

Strokes
First Impressions Of Earth
PS, US "3rd album w/14 songs that form an extremely persuasive argument that they are no longer just the most important band of their generation, but also well on their way to becoming one of the world's biggest bands, period."
RCA
CD
$17.25

Strokes
First Impressions Of Earth
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
RCA
LP
$14.50

Tape
Rideau
PS, SWEDEN This is the eagerly-awaited third album from the Stockholm-based trio of Tape, comprised of Andreas and Johan Berthling and Tomas Hallonsten.
HAPNA-025
CD
$16.00

Tiny Hawks
Fingers Become Bridges
PS, US Pummeling drums accompany severe guitar riffage, that will leave fans of hella defacating themselves for more, rolled up w/ triumphant anthemesque hooks. This guitar & drum duo has a sense of urgency & sincerity not yet surpassed since Rites of Spring. RIYL: Deerhoof, Hot Water Music, Floor.
Corleone-013
CD
$12.00

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Forthcoming Releases

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16 Horsepower
Hoarse (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Previously very hard to find, this contains live tracks from Denver 1998 first intended as a bootleg, then released briefly. Here are 8 original favorites, plus 3 unique takes on songs by Joy Division, CCR & Gun Club.
AlternativeTentacle-346
CD
$13.75

Advantage
Elf Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This follow-up to their 2004 self-titled debut is an 8-bit instrumental Nintendo cover record, recorded in big fat analog. The Advantage are serious dudes who rock with good intentions.
5RueChristine
CD
$14.50

Akimbo
Forging Steel & Laying Stone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AlternativeTentacle-344
LP
$10.00

Akimbo
Forging Steel & Laying Stone (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US s They have built layers upon layers to their fortress of rock, buttressed by a string of releases, culminating in their 5th album. Former members of TIGHT BROS FROM WAY BACK WHEN & HOMO ERADICUS. It's a 12 song epic that expands the reach of their dominance over Northwest rock/hardcore.
AlternativeTentacle-344
CD
$13.75

Andrew WK
Who Knows (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Enigmatic AWK at the peak of the hedonistic hysteria. Incl. bonus material interviews, tour footage, fan tribute, outtakes, antics.
MVD-4478
DVD
$14.75

Ariel Pink
House Arrest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
PawTracks-008
LP
$12.00

Ariel Pink
House Arrest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Hit after hit sorta like if you listened to your friend's boombox mix tape from Top 40 radio from 1985. Appetizer for new album summer '06
PawTracks-008
CD
$16.00

Beatings
Holding On To Hand Grenades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Intelligent, guitar-driven art-rock, hailing back to the 80's/90's heyday of college music. Neither punk nor alternative. Melancholic lyrics, scream-sung counterpoint harmonies & hair-raising guitar leads front a pummeling, thunderous rhythm section that swings unexpected shifts in tempo & turns songs on a dime. Compared to Hüsker Dü,Mission of Burma and the Pixies for their erratic guitar work & abrasive vocal stylings.
Midriff-007
CD
$12.75

Bjork
Drawing Restraint 9 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, UK
1LittleIndian-459
LP
$23.50

Bjork
Drawing Restraint 9 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
1LittleIndian-459
LP
$20.00

Black Hollies
Tell Me What You Want (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16TH)
PS, US Debut 45 from new Psych/Blues/Mod project featuring members of RYE COALITION. Only 500 pressed on white vinyl. "The best band currently making the rounds in NYC. "What You Want," (is) the only song in recent memory that wouldn't stick out like a sore, indie-rock thumb on Nuggets."-L Magazine.
Ernest Jenning-020
45
$5.25

Black Market Baby
Coulda. Shoulda. Woulda: ...the Black Market Baby Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Before there was a "scene" in DC, they were there to help forge the way for bands like Minor Threat, SOA, Gov't Issue, etc. this documents their place in DC history with 26 punk rock anthems, many recorded at the famous Inner Ear Studios, produced by Ian MacKaye. Liner notes by John Stabb & never before seen photos.
Dr.Strange-104
CD
$13.00

Bloody Hollies
If Footmen Tire You... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US NOW ON COLORED VINYL!!! Stripped down & basic sound, but with an even greater array of guitar hooks, songwriting, & signature vocals that comprise the band's unique brand of rock'n'roll. Their ability to shift gears not wear their white shirts & skinny black ties is what separates them from the crowded field of garage-punk contenders.
Alive-0063
LP
$10.00

Busch, Birdie
The Ways We Try (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Debut from Philly singer/songwriter "has the warmth, feeling & atmosphere of the best of the classic records in your collection. Was recorded in reverse from most albums here the instruments follow the voice & two guitars lead the rhythm, w/bass & drums chasing off kilter meters, & piano & organ coloring the lyrics & adding width & depth to the melodies.
Bar/None-178
CD
$16.50

Byrds
Preflyte (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 7TH)
PS, US In those heady days before they knocked AM radio for a loop w/their 1965 smash "Mr. Tambourine Man" they were busy honing their repertoire, cutting early versions of "You Showed Me," "She Has a Way" & Boston" w/Jim Dickson. A hypnotic backwards glance at the musical baby picture of McGuinn, Crosby, Clark & Co.
Sundazed-6234
CD
$14.75

Cage, John
Piano Works 7 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Margaret Leng Tan performs "Chess Pieces," "Sonatas & "Interludes for Prepared Piano" & Vittorio Rieti performs "Chess Serenade."
Mode-158
DVD
$26.50

Can
DVD (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Reissue of 2004 3 disc box loses the bonus CD but keeps the classic documentary, plus Can Free Concert, Eno tribute video, notes, photogallery & 5.1 mixes of Can tracks
Mute-9311
DVD
$22.00

Casiotone For The Painfully Alone
Young Shields (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 25TH)
PS, US Owen Ashworth finally jettisons the confines of lo-fi minimalism for an expanded production palette. A bite sized intro to his new CFTPA made in conjunction w/ Jherek Bischoff (DEAD SCIENCE, DEGENERATE ART ENSEMBLE. A driving, menacing anthem with its cold synths, frantic drum machines, & pulsing bass undermined by Ashworth's signature monotone, it is a brilliantly bitter narrative that stands as the most confident & sinister track in the Casiotone songbook. The single's b-side is an electro reworking of of Prince's "When You Were Mine," which features guest vocals from XIU XIU's Caralee McElroy, & somehow manages to sound giddy and gloomy at the same time. CD also features 2 beautifully retrofitted CFTPA classics from their sold out Alphabet Series 7": "Roberta C" appears here as a huge, swooning epic with a full string arrangement and a ridiculous, floor-killing beat, and "The Subway Home" has been reworked as a darkly beautiful dirge which pairs Ashworth's raspy baritone
with Bischoff's skeletal contrabass arrangement.
Tomlab-064
CD5
$6.25

Cat Power
The Greatest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This is not a greatest hits album, despite the title. It contains all-original songs written by Chan Marshall (professionally known as Cat Power), and features the great Memphis session musicians Teenie Hodges on guitar, Leroy Hodges on bass (Al Green, Hi Rhythm Section), drummer Steve Potts, and more. The combination of Marshall's superbly evocative and flexible voice plus some of the greatest Southern soul players, has produced a masterpiece. These songs explore themes of Southern loss, longing, and marginality.
Matador
CD
$14.50

Cat Power
The Greatest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Matador
LP
$11.75

Chad & Jeremy
I Don't Want to Lose You (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Reissue of their sweeping 1965 second LP weaves timely folk rock by Dylan & Ochs into their Brit Invasion style repertoire.
Sundazed-6226
CD
$14.75

Chad & Jeremy
The Ark (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Wide-eyed Columbia finale lets it all fly. A hand-wrought gem studded w/glittering acid-pop originals.
Sundazed-6227
CD
$14.75

Ciccone Youth
Whitey Album (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US SONIC YOUTH doing all Madonna covers on this reissue of the Blast First classic. Features the "Burnin' Up" demo feat. MIKE WATT (MINUTEMEN) & GREGG GINN (BLACK FLAG).
Goofin-09
LP
$13.50

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
CYHSY-001
LP
$13.75

Clearlake
Amber (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US 2000's debut, "Lido" sparked a sell-out UK tour and won plaudits from all sorts of stellar peers and heroes. 2003's "Cedars" established them in the US and Canada, along with a two-month visit that included dates with Stereolab and The Decemberists. This is the follow-up. From mesmeric to buzzy Byrdsy rush to Kinksy oomph to countrified lament, it's their wildest, deepest, most surprising album so far. Produced by Clearlake's Jason Pegg with Steve Osborne (U2) and Jim Abbiss (DJ Shadow, Arctic Monkeys).
Domino
CD
$13.75

Cluster
Cluster '71 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US On the outer edge of German space rock, Cluster '71 stands as a testament to minimalist "cosmische" music. The 3 untitled tracks composed and performed by Moebius and Roedelius are exploratory, ever-changing pieces with focuses on guitar distortion and synthesizer wails, though each goes far beyond. This album deserves the many accolades it's been given, and holds up as an early landmark in the history of beatless ambience.
Water-160
CD
$15.25

Coldcut
Man in a Garage (Picture Disc) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Ultra limited 7" pic disc. ORDER NOW FOR ANY HOPE OF FILL...
Ninja Tune-7176
45
$8.25

Coldcut
Man in a Garage (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US
Ninja Tune-2176
12
$8.25

Comus
First Utterance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Comus' first album contains an imaginative if elusive brand of experimental folk-rock, with a tense and sometimes distressed vibe. Although there are elements of traditional British folk music, there's an edginess to the songwriting & arrangements that would be entirely alien in a Fairport Convention or Pentangle disc. At times, this straddles the border between folk-rock and the kind of songs you'd expect to be sung at a witches' brew fest, the haunting supernatural atmosphere enhanced by bursts of what sound like a theramin-like violin, hand drums, flute, oboe, ghostly female backup vocals, and detours into almost tribal rhythms.
Breathless-52002
CD
$17.25

Copy
Mobius Beard (PRE-ORDER: JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Combining dense harmonies, delivered in an 8- bit baroque electro style somewhere between Yellow Magic Orchestra & Ratatat, w/ snap-tight digital reminiscent of Dabrye. Fuzzy bass synths ride syncopated drum patterns, jump-cutting into ambient spaces & cresting in victorious melodic themes. The result is a crossover work of electronic pop that will appeal to both hardcore sound boys, IDM nerds & the casual listening masses. Get lost in melodic contemplation or bounce, pump a fist, and strain your neck to the beat.
AudioDregs-061
CD
$14.50

Delta 5
Singles And Sessions - 1979-81 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Part of the Leeds/UK art/music scene in the late '70s that launched The Gang Of Four and The Mekons, Delta 5 was signed to Rough Trade after only a few months in existence, and released their first single, "Mind Your Own Business/Now That You've Gone" in 1979. BBC host and producer John Peel requested the band do a "Sessions" gig for him and they were officially on their way. Relentless touring with The Gang Of Four, Echo And The Bunnymen, B52s, The Specials, The Teardrop Explodes, and U2 put the group on the map. They continued until various members departed in 1981, when they recorded one last single and broke up in 1982. This release contains long unavailable material as well as the never before released Peel Sessions.
KillRockStars
CD
$14.50

Diskaholics Anonymous
Trio-Weapons of Ass.. (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 16TH)
PS, US ...Destruction. Trio consisting of the less than anonymous THURSTON MOORE (gtr) & JIM O'ROURKE (synth) (SONIC YOUTH) & Swedish free jazz legend MATS GUSTAFSSON (sax, electronics). Avant/punk/noise/free jazz. Moore's guitar will make you think of NY in the 80's and Sonic Youth around the time of "Bad Moon Rising." O'Rourke's laptop was last heard on Wilco's monumental "Less Than You Think" on A Ghost Is Born. Mats Gustafsson sounds like Albert Ayler playing punk rock. The result of these three titans clashing together is an intense blow-out. Raw, grandiose & brutally beautiful. Rec. live in Sweden in 2002.
Smalltown Superjazzz-091
CD
$16.00

DJ Quick
Trauma-Regular (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US
MadScience-13
LP
$15.25

DJ Quik
Trauma-Instrumental (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Latest from producer of 2Pac, Dr. Dre & Snoop Dogg feat. B-REAL (CYPRESS HILL), NATE DOGG, THE GAME & AMG, CHINGY, WYCLEF JEAN, LUDACRIS, JODECI, TI.
MadScience-14
CD
$19.00

DJ Quik
Trauma-Instrumental (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US
Mad Science-15
LP
$15.25

Durrett, Liz
Mezzanine, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US In contrast to Liz's previous work, her second release is a surprisingly hi-fi affair. Gone are the hissing ghosts and unsure echoes that once haunted and obscured her recordings. Her voice and guitar are the focus here, and she performs with more energy, determination, and flat out rawness than ever before. These eleven songs cover a lot of ground. Produced by Vic Chesnutt and engineered by Andy Baker (Macha, Japancakes, Glands).
Warm
CD
$12.50

East River Pipe
What Are You On? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This sixth release (and first new East River Pipe record since 2003's "Garbageheads On Endless Stun") is another magical, intimate album, one that continues to justify Rolling Stone's claim that F.M. Cornog is "one of our generation's great eccentric songwriters". Fans of SMOG, Mercury Rev, and My Morning Jacket should take notice of Cornog's mastery.
Merge
CD
$14.50

Elected
Sun, Sun, Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SubPop
LP
$11.75

Elected
Sun, Sun, Sun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US The rope-strong, luminous follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2004 debut, "Me First". Recorded while singer/songwriter Blake Sennett was on tour with his other band, Rilo Kiley, the album is propelled by the kind of unsettled, exploratory impetus that's only native to the American open road. While portions of the album were recorded in studios, Sennett recorded and produced the majority of his creations in environments he was passing through. The dichotomy between feeling completely at home and at the same time homeless on the road fuels Sennett's biting, reflective lyricism and grand, sweeping compositions.
SubPop
CD
$13.75

Electric President
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
MorrMusic-062
LP
$17.00

Electric President
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Ten songs that interpret pop as an ocean of impressions & sensations & surf. Stripped, immediate & at the same time interwoven w/ euphonic choirs.
MorrMusic-062
CD
$17.00

Ester Drang
Rocinate (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US On their third full-length, Ester Drang catapult even further into their patented synth-dripped rhythms, throbbing percussion, rising horns, and post-grazer grandeur, having as much in common with Brian Eno's mournful drone as they do The Notwist's passionate textures. A beautiful ensemble of tracks that prove songs not only have the power to elevate or to infiltrate, but when properly strung together, can be as transcendent as they are moving.
JadeTree
CD
$14.50

Everlovely Lightningheart
Cusp (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This collaborative is an entity capable of producing, perverting, destroying, distributing, stealing, and selling a vast and sprawling array of existing as well as unheard of forms of cultural products and concepts. Their performances range from serene to chaotic. Including anywhere from two to a dozen performers, each is a truly unique experience. They've played shows with Isis, These Arms Are Snakes, Pelican, Bastard Noise, and more. As well as playing the conventional club circuit, they've also been included as part of several museum and art collective events. They document every performance with audio, video, and photography, creating an extensive library of work. "Cusp" is beautiful in its chaos and simplicity. It is a humbling and sad composition, the sort of sadness that tunes the listener into the physical state of humanity.
HydraHead
CD
$13.75

Excepter
Sunbomber (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
5RueChristine
12
$8.75

Excepter
Sunbomber (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This EP serves as a launching pad into the visionary plane of the modern-day barnstormer. Excepter is a synthetic protest band engineered to erase cultural distinctions through polarized confusion. They're damaged where Black Dice are experimental, and primitive and impulsive where Animal Collective are whimsical. This is full-fledged ambient house, maybe calypso but who's counting, unafraid of its reggae roots, too. A band to watch.
5RueChristine
CD5
$8.75

Faithfull, Marianne
Come My Way (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US In 1965 Marianne Faithful released 2 debut albums simultaneously, a self-titled pop album and an album called Come My Way comprised somewhat unexpectedly of folk tunes. While the 1st album generally reaffirmed her persona as she-devil and soulless poster child of that hedonistic generation, the latter gave listeners a fleeting glimpse of a hidden darker side, perhaps an unintentional foretelling of those black days that would soon follow. This reissue, available briefly in the UK and Japan, feat. 4 bonus tracks: her classic 1969 single "Sister Morphine," released prior to the Rolling Stones' version, the 1964 B-side "Blowin' in the Wind," "Et Maintenant," from a 1965 EP and the 1966 B-side "That's Right Baby."
Lilith-104
CD
$18.00

Film School
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Film School is a band with impressively eclectic influences (Pink Floyd, The Who, obscure electronica, metal, drone, alternative '80s), a grandiose collective musical history, and a healthy bout of critical acclaim. "Wonderfully off-kilter pop songs" - NME. "As their name implies, Film School creates sounds with a cinematic eye...This four-song EP is a compact 23-minute trip that proves this San Francisco quintet have serious dibs on becoming leaders if Haight-Ashbury is ever to rise again" - CMJ. Rave live reviews in the NME and The Fly followed their UK visit in September 2004, supporting TV On The Radio. The Sunday Times Culture Magazine hailed them as one of the new bands that "should be huge", and Music Week included them in their rundown of the "eleven buzz bands on the brink of greater things."
BeggarsBanquet
CD
$14.50

Five Americans
Progressions (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Third LP from heroic Dallas quintet from 1968 when they squared off on stages across the south w/The Doors & Jefferson Airplane.
Sundazed-6225
CD
$14.75

Five Americans
Western Union (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Followed their thumping garage/frat rock classic "I See the Light" w/their 1967 album fronted by the jangling chart-topper of the same name.
Sundazed-6224
CD
$14.75

Flamin' Groovies
Bust Out-Sire Years Box (3 x CD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US ll three mind-melting Sire LPs "Shake Some Action," "Now" & "Jumpin' in the Night"
DBKWorks-601
CD
$50.00

Four Tet
Everything Ecstatic Parts I & II (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Take the mesmerizing aural experience of Four Tet's acclaimed "Everything Ecstatic" and couple it with ten new film shorts commissioned specifically for the ten musical pieces and you get this synapse-fusing new DVD release. Bonus disc includes 35 minutes of brand new music, and some radical rethinks of material from "Everything Ecstatic", which together represent a current snapshot of Kieran's ever-changing musical thinking.
Domino
DCD
$15.25

Golden Dogs, The
Everything In 3 Parts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Canada's next big thing play infectious, adrenaline-charged music, energized by their hyperactive leader/songwriter Dave Azzolini. Their compositions are created from a palate dripping with McCartney-isms, odes to XTC and Elvis Costello, plus other cross-decade references too diverse for any retro tag. A pure blast of blissed-out pop/rock with endless infectious harmonies and a ridiculous amount of energy.
Funzalo
CD
$14.50

Gossip
Standing In The Way Of Control (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
KillRockStars
LP
$12.50

Gossip
Standing In The Way Of Control (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US The first thing that strikes you is the rhythm. The Gossip have been making punks dance since they debuted five years ago, long before dance punk existed. Soulful and jagged, you can hear everything from Dischord to Motown. The vocals resonate with the confidence of the lyrics, asking people to hold on just a little bit longer, reassuring youth that there are others out there, and spitting in the face of all who say otherwise. Their third album was recorded by Guy Picciotto (Fugazi). This is the sound of a band destroying and surpassing all expectations placed on them.
KillRockStars
CD
$15.25

Hellacopters
Rock & Roill Is Dead [domestic] (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Domestic issue for The Hellacopters' latest rock action.
Liquor&Poker-015
CD
$15.25

Hollingsworth, Taylor
Tragic City (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US "Taylor Hollingsworth and his band are sloppy and wild in the mode of The Stooges or The MC5 (or The Rolling Stones at their worst), which are likely models, yet this band's overall tone often recalls bands such as The Only Ones or The Heartbreakers. If they played fast and hard instead of loose and slinky, they could even be The Saints. A lot of the sloppiness is salvaged, or accented, by white-hot guitar runs that take the sound into Johnny Thunders territory, by way of Billy Gibbons. Vocals, for the most part, remain in the more disturbing/intriguing range of Peter Perret and Nikki Sudden, so you can see why it is difficult to accept this band's approach as just a happy accident" - Black & White.
Brash
CD
$13.75

Iggy & the Stooges
California Bleeding (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US 180 gram LIMITED edition of the classic Bomp release feat. a selection of the best from the band's five day 1973 stint at the Whisky a Go Go in LA. The cover is a live shot from Rodney's English Disco, showing Iggy, knife in hand, blood oozing from multiple chest wounds.
BOMP-4069
LP
$12.50

Kayo Dot
Dowsing Anemone With (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US...Copper Tongue. This is the Boston 8 piece "avant-metal" oufit's follow up to their much heralded 2003 debut (Tzadik). This spans 60+ minutes & delves into the myriad depths that heavy music can attain, but reach far beyond into the vast realms of ambience. Calling upon elements of jazz, metal & noise to guide you through haunting sonic landscapes & picaresque movements.
RoboticEmpire-058
CD
$13.00

Kelly, Eugene
You're Having My Sex (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, UK Formerly of the VASELINES, CAPTAIN AMERICA & EUGENIUS. A-Side from teh new album, B-Side exclusive to this release.
SympathyForTheR ecordIndustry-767
45
$4.25

Knaughty Knights
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US The name stolen from a bar in New Orleans, the sound is crunchy garage rock thrown out by 2 cage vetrans of the Memphis scene. Jack Yarber has played with the COMPULSIVE GAMBLERS & OBLIVIANS. Rich Crook has drummed for LOST SOUNDS. These 2 have certainly built a strong underground name in Chicago & Memphis.
GonerRecords-020
45
$4.50

Knickerbockers
Rockin' With... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US When they assaulted the US charts in 1965 w/their hit "Lies," they were rumored to be The Beatles recording under another name, as much a compliment to The Fabs as the rightful performers. Every smoking, upbeat classic is here.
Sundazed-621
CD
$14.75

Kuti, Fela
Roforofo Fight/Singles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US "Roforofo figth is a political battle in which no participant is unsullied; a mud-slinging contest".
Wrasse-056
CD
$17.00

Kuti, Fela
Expensive Shit/He MissRd (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, Inspired by Fela swallowing criminal evidence & the Nigerian cops determination to do their job i finding it at any cost. The classic afrobeat groove.
Wrasse-073
CD
$17.00

Kuti, Fela
Beasts of No Nation/ODOO (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Fela's return to venomous form the 80's. An exemplary Wally Badarou produced masterpiece. Fela at his most confrontational & politically extreme. Remastered.
Wrasse-052
CD
$17.00

Kuti, Fela
VIP/Authority Stealing (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, "VIP" is a live album from the Berlin Jazz Festival & the last recording he made w/AFRICA 70 & TONY ALLEN. "Authority Stealing" is a critical record as historical & cultural comment.
Wrasse-074
CD
$17.00

Lamb
Remixed (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Stunning 2CD package collects remixes across the center of one of Manchester's most cutting edge
electronica bands. Incl. rare & sought after remixes incl. the AUTECHRE remix of "Gold", JOHN BELPAESE's wonderful interpretation of "Sweet" & the Mezzowave mix of "Please". Also mixes by PHOTEK, K+D, ANDY VOTEL, GLOBAL COMM, GUY CALLED GERALD, MR. SCRUFF, WAGON CHRIST, KLUTE, SI BEGG, FUNKSTORUNG, tons more.
Mercury-9829214
DCD
$15.00

Leathercoated Minds
Trip Down Sunset Strip (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US In the annals of 60's West Coast exploitation album-making, this is in a class by itself. Serving up radically rearranged, cool covers of the era, red hot guitar instros (courtesy of producer JJ CALE) & authentic sound effects from the Strip. From pristine Viva Recs mono masters.
Sundazed-6231
CD
$14.75

Lewis, Jenny & The Watson Twins
Rabbit Fur Coat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TeamLove-008
LP
$11.00

Lewis, Jenny & The Watson Twins
Rabbit Fur Coat (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Solo debut from RILO KILEY's front woman w/guest appearances by M.WARD, CONNOR OBERST, BEN GIBBARD. Her hauntingly soulful voice, sometimes bursting with buoyant spirit & at other times plaintive & world wearied, deep, sensual & beguiling. Here she brings her love of folk, country & Southern gospel & the result is nothing short of gorgeous. Feat. backing vocals form the gospel singers THE WATSON TWINS.
TeamLove-008
CD
$11.00

Longet, Claudine
Colours (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 27TH)
PS, US Although probably best known for her implication in the 1976 murder of boyfriend and Olympic skier Spider Sabich, this sexy chanteuse /overall swingin' chick released a string of sophisticated pop albums in the late 60's while married to long forgotten Vegas crooner / TV star Andy Williams. Claudine's albums have long been cult favorites among fans of the genre and Colours, Longet's 4th album, originally released in 1969 by A&M, is probably also her best. Feat. silver- tongued versions of songs by Donovan, The Everly Brothers, Joni Mitchell, The Beatles, Gordon Lightfoot and Randy Newman.
Lilith-105
CD
$18.00

Love Drunks
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US It sounds like what would happen if Jerry Lee Lewis played guitar. A rootsy take on snotty punk, a roaring tidal wave of old-timey blues & rockabilly poured through the filter of Stooges garage punk. Rickenbackers, upright bass, swinging drum beats & the moaning & groaning of a blues punk singer.
Alive-0065
CD
$13.75

Love Is All
9 Times That Same Song (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24)
PS, US "They turn lo-fi from ho-mum into a gritty asset, forcing us not to respond to their attempt at imperfection or lack of precision but to their passion. This is the first great band of 2006" -Pitchfork Media. Swedish indie pop group debut. 10 songs of heart & soul punk featuring the classics that brought a John Peel Session, single of the week in the NME, a place between My Bloody Valentine & Josef K on the Rough Trade Shops Indiepop vol 1
WYR-106
CD
$12.00

Make Up
Untouchable Sound (Live) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBUARY 21ST)
PS, US Five years since they called it a day, their legend had remained oddly un-reexamined. This does just that, by adding a new chapter. The time: their final days. The place: DC. With newly added 5th member ALEX MINOFF in tow, the band ran down a number of their recent classics, dressed up fresh psychedelic soul trappings. As live as it gets, this might be the un-lost classic recording they have never made.
SeaNote-013
CD
$14.50

Make Up
Untouchable Sound (Live) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBUARY 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SeaNote-013
LP
$14.50

Mass
Labour Of Love (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Labour Of Love by Mass finally gets a CD release by 4AD. Both this and the Wolfgang Press CD's are the last two 4AD albums to make it onto CD, from our extensive backcatalogue. They are Mail Order only, although there will be limited stock available in stores in the US. Mass : Labour of Love Possibly the real legacy of Punk ('76 version) is the impression it made on other beginner musicians of no fixed talent but great imagination. Possibly it made them braver. Certainly the post facist-3-chord-wonders landscape was a fertile ground for experimentation.
4AD
CD
$12.25

Matchbook Romance
Voices (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 14TH)
PS, US Holds close to their emotional post-hardcore roots while delivering massive singalong choruses.
Epitaph-86774
CD
$16.25

Men's Recovery Project
Very Best Of (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Double LP counterpart to Kill Rock Stars CD incl all their best stuff. 40 tracks
Load-075
DLP
$19.00

Metal Fingers
Presents...Special Herbs Box Set (3 x CD)(PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US ...3 disc set collects all 10 Special Herbs volumes seamlessly blended together into 2 75 minute mixes & incl. beats from various MF Doom, KMD & King Geedorah projects accompanied by unheard tracks to be used on future albums. Incl. third bonus disc of beats never before heard. LIMITED.
NatureSounds-120
CD
$28.00

Moore, Thurston
Psychic Hearts (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7TH)
PS, US Deluxe DLP reissue of SY guitarist's 1995 solo album incl. complete side of bonus material not on original. Feat. TIM FOLJAHN (TWO DOLLAR GUITAR) & STEVE SHELLEY (SONIC YOUTH).
Goofin10
DLP
$17.25

Motorhead
Stage Fright ( 2 x DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Louder, harder, meaner & leaner than ever before, these rock n roll legends are captured on this blistering live DVD. Filmed in front of a packed house at the Philipshalle in Dusseldorf, Germany, this cranium crunching collection sees them in the form of their lives as they storm through the classics. Add some rarer materials & new favorites, a retina wrecking light show, bonus feat. stuffed DVD/DVD-ROM + an earbleeding 5.1 mix, it's undoubtedly the most complete live release yet. Region 0.
SPV-99287
DVD
$23.25

National Trust, The
Kings And Queens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Their second full-length is a freaky conflation of dance music, like a 31-flavor ice cream social on a hot summer's day where bongos and subs keep time for a gaggle of face-painters, genies, and roller-queens, but it's more about lifestyle than any generic allegiance or retro revivalism. The band calls it "body music". "Kings And Queens" makes nods to disco, house, and pop, as well as what the band members heard around them on the streets, in parks, and in clubs. Equally present are Chicago-style horns, R&B falsetto, Latino percussion, and bass lines with more soul than a gospel choir. Produced by Abel Garabaldi, engineer for R. Kelly, Fat Joe, Ciara, and Britney Spears.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.50

Nein
Wrath of Circuits (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Durham, NC band formed from ashes of WHITE OCTAVE & have recently incorporated Dale Flattum (STEEL POLE BATHTUB, MILK CULT) & his army of samplers & tape decks. Melodies shine through a mass of artful discord, capturing the listener's attention. "Like the Liars (first album) jamming in a haunted house run by Merzbow."-Village Voice
SonicUnyon-104
CD
$13.75

Northern Chorus
Bitter Hands Resign (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US NC has turned out the record that Death Cab for Cutie might make after taking an online classical composition course & a near fatal overdose of tranquilizer cocktails."-Pitchfork
SonicUnyon-0095
CD
$13.75

Old Man Gloom
Seminar III: Zozobra (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US The long-awaited North American LP version of their classic one-track CD originally released in 2000. Feat. an elaborate full color gatefold sleeve (complete with metallic foil stamping), the epic & crushing beauty of "Zozobra" has finally been properly documented in all its massive glory. Feat. members of ISIS, CONVERGE, CAVE IN , FORENSICS, DOOMRIDERS, etc., you know these guys.
MagicBullet-041
LP
$16.75

Pansy Division
The Essential Pansy Division (CD/DVD) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US s This commemorates their 15 years together. They've picked 30 songs, from classics to newer hits, culled from their 6 out of print Lookout! releases as well as their AT release. Includes a bonus DVD with videos, TV appearances & live clips. A tidy summation of their groundbreaking career thus far, perfect for the uninitiated or the consummate fan who wants all the hits on one disc.
AlternativeTentacle-343
CD
$16.75

Paul Motian Band
Garden of Eden (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Continues his storied career w/a new direction, increasing the emphasis on original compositions (but w/ covers of Mingus, Monk & Parker) & the addition of another electric guitar.
ECM-0006065-02
CD
$19.00

Pearls & Brass
The Indian Tower (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US They are dedicated to playing it not just as loud rock but as something where melody & rhythm are truly interlocked, shifting & moving always as one unit. They have played together for 13 years & clearly done their homework listening to endless amounts of Randy (both Holden & California).
DragCity-300
CD
$14.50

Pearls & Brass
The Indian Tower (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
DragCity-300
LP
$14.50

Pink Razors
Waiting To Wash Up (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Rebuilding pop punk from the ground up is no easy task, but they have boiled down the genre into its purest elements & improved upon it by leaps & bounds. With no song longer than 2 minutes, each track is packed with memorable melodies & powerhouse rhythms. RIYL Toys That Kill, Dillinger Four.
RoboticEmpire-057
CD
$13.00

Plastic Constellations
Crusades (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US 'Quirky, ecstatic tunes that throw indie rock, emo & even some hip-hop together & tell them to make nice. The noisy pop quartet displays the blazing energy of fellow Midwesterners OK Go & some keenly lyrical, Modest Mouse-esque songwriting skills."
FrenchKiss-025
CD
$15.00

Pollard, Robert
From A Compound Eye (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US With 26 songs clocking in at over 70 minutes, this finally makes good his threat to release a double album. The wealth of new material is astounding. Highlights incluse some of the best of the Pollard/GBV canon, as well as other nuggets that find him tweaking his style & experimenting with new sounds.
Merge-272
CD
$12.75

Pollard, Robert
From A Compound Eye (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge-272
DLP
$12.75

Randy
Randy The Band (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US The latest from Euro pop punk heavyweights and Fat Mike favorites RANDY. Fifteen tracks of super-melodic, sing-along goodtimes, rocked with tongue-in-cheek lyrics, a touch of romance, and just enough aggression to push it over the edge.
FatWreckChords-704
CD
$12.50

Reeder, Scott
TunnelVision Brilliance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Debut solo album from legendary underground rock figure & member of KYUSS, OBSESSED & GOATSNAKE. Reveals a much more personal & intimate soundscape where Scott played all the instruments & handled all production & engineering. A psychedelic trip through his bizarre subconscious.
Liquor/Poker-6016
CD
$17.00

Reigning Sound
Live at Goner Records (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 6TH)
PS, US They blaze through a brilliant mix of rn'r, coutnry & garage rock. Feat. unreleased hits by Tennessee based rockers including Sam the Sham's "Black Sheep" & Carl Perkins' "Tennessee". It's a live album recorded at the Memphis Goner Records Store
GonerRecords-014
LP
$9.75

Rema Rema
Wheel In The Roses (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US 25 years after this record launched 4AD as a label under Ivo's exclusive guidance, REMA-REMA's 'Wheel In The Roses' is being re-issued in a strictly limited edition of 1000 CD's. While the early Axis label singles had served an important research and development function, the arrival of Rema-Rema provided Ivo with something more important: a reason for continuing. Returning to the shop one afternoon to find five people about to play Peter their demo tape, Ivo was immediately struck by the post-punk quintet's music, later saying, "It was the first point I knew that we were actually doing something serious." The band consisted of Gary Asquith (guitar/vocals), Marco Pirroni (guitar), Mick Allen (bass/vocals), Mark Cox (keyboards) and Max (drums). Their sole EP, Wheel In The Roses, featured one side of studio recordings and another of live material. Their songs "Fond Affections" and "Rema-Rema" were later covered by This Mortal Coil and Big Black respectively. Rema-Rema split u
p shortly after the EP's release in April 1980. Pirroni later hit the big time with Adam And The Ants. Asquith, Allen and Cox formed the short-lived Mass with Danny Briottet. Asquith then moved on to Renegade Soundwave, while Cox and Allen stayed with 4AD as part of The Wolfgang Press.
4AD
CD5
$7.00

Robocop Kraus
They Think They Are... (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US Already being touted alongside Franz Ferdinand & Hot Hot Heat as part of the scene that takes its cues as much from Devo & XTC as from punk.
Epitaph-i86778
CD
$16.25

Rollins, Henry
Talk Is Cheap Vol. 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Welcome back to the mouth that never shuts. "Talk Is Cheap Vol. 2" contains the second night of Henry's spoken word shows at the Enmore Theater in Australia, recorded live in April 2001. More stories, bile, and ranting diatribes from your favorite graying, limping, philosophic, misanthropic curmudgeon.
2.13.61
DCD
$11.75

Royksopp
What Else Is There? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Remix single for the most stirring & evocative songs from "The Understanding." Incl. 6 remixes by Thin White Duke, Vitalic, Emperor Machine, Trentemoller, Jacques lu Cont plus radio edit, "Alpha Male" live & enhanced video.
Astralwerks-47546
CD5
$8.25

Royksopp
What Else Is There? (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Double 12" vinyl incl all 6 remixes w/ nice fat grooves!!!
Astralwerks-47546
2X12
$10.50

Satelliters, The
The Satelliters (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, Far more than Germany's answer to the HIves, they care less about the pose than the sound: perfect doses of fuzzztone guitar, just-so stabs of Farfisa organ & snaky hand percussion to fill all teh songs
Dionysus-233125
CD5
$7.75

Screamin' Jay Hawkins
Spellbound (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US The most outrageous performer at the dawn of rock...coffins, flaming skulls, nose bones, canes & capes. "I Put a Spell on You" indeed.
Fuel- 302061537-2
CD
$12.75

Slackers
Peculiar (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US
Hellcat-8047
LP
$11.75

Some Girls
Heaven's Pregnant Teens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
ThreeOneG-046
LP
$10.00

Some Girls
Heaven's Pregnant Teens (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Some Girls is a five-person assault out of the sleepy Navy town of San Diego, comprised of the creme de la crass of musicians from that city's famed hardcore/punk underground. Fronted by Give Up The Ghost and American Nightmare's Wes Eisold, the band features a who's who of hardcore players from The Locust, Plot To Blow Up The Eiffel Tower, Unbroken, Over My Dead Body, Swing Kids, and Crimson Curse. This is their first full-length; an unrelenting musical psychosis, adding new dimensions of brutality to Some Girls' now-trademark thrash attack. Includes a snarling cover of Public Image Ltd.'s post-punk classic, "Religion".
Epitaph
CD
$13.75

Sonic Youth
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MARCH 7th)
PS, US Legendary debut LP now reissued in lavish, double LP vinyl edition. Remastered album tracks, previously unreleased studio outtakes & live material from one of their earliest performances.
Goofin08
DLP
$17.25

Sunn0)))
Black One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US
SouthernLord-050
DLP
$20.00

Super Numeri
Welcome Table (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Double LP LIMITED to 150 copies. Order NOW for any hope of fill...
NinjaTune-97
DLP
$20.25

Super Numeri
Welcome Table (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Second LP for Liverpudlian psych collective offers more "Astral Music" but with a more urgent, driving sound.
NinjaTune-097
CD
$16.00

Tarkio
Omnibus (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This was Colin Meloy's college alternative-countryish band, which put out a full-length and an EP before they disbanded and Meloy segued into The Decemberists.
KillRockStars
DCD
$17.00

Test Icicles
For Screening Purposes Only (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Domino
LP
$13.75

Test Icicles
For Screening Purposes Only (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Test Icicles sound like everything, all at once. The three band members have divergent backgrounds in hardcore, metal, hardcore metal, and hip-hop. They listen to all kinds of music and when they're done, throw it all in the pot. No compromises, just a swampy mass of influences frothing and bubbling until it sounds nothing like its composite parts. "Part ear-bleed punk-funk, part old skool rap. This emaciated London trio are stark, barking brilliant" - NME. "...brilliant record, putting every conceivable influence through a punk rock blender and making a gloriously messy riot" - The Sun.
Domino
CD
$13.75

This Heat
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US CD version has been out of print for 14 years. Re-mastered & repackaged. Known as the most left field, & at the same time most hard edged, band in all of England, their concerts attracted Experimental, Punk & New Wave audiences alike. Over time it has also proved itself prescient; there are musical innovations here that anticipate genres that would take another 15 years to reappear. The recordings hammeringly intense & the sound deep, radical, & rich. This was music stripped back to the bone but never simplified & it hasn't aged.
ReR-1
CD
$16.25

Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Brave And The Bold, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US This first time collaboration between Tortoise and Will Oldham features covers of such artists as Bruce Springsteen ("Thunder Road"), The Minutemen ("It's Expected I'm Gone") Elton John and Bernie Taupin ("Daniel"), Lungfish ("Love Is Love"), Richard Thompson ("Cavalry Cross"), and more. The songs are almost unrecognizable to their original versions, yet each was chosen with care and reverence with no sense of irony. The record is undeniably both a Tortoise and a Bonnie "Prince" Billy record, and yet altogether something completely new and exciting.
Overcoat
CD
$13.75

Tortoise & Bonnie "Prince" Billy
Brave And The Bold, The (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Overcoat
LP
$12.50

Town And Country
Up Above (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US "Up Above" is the result of Town and Country's extensive touring with minimal composition icon Tony Conrad. Using instruments bought on various tours in Japan, the band constructs woozy, meditative drones that incorporate elements of Asian ceremonial music, South American holiday carols, and North
American folk.
ThrillJockey
CD
$14.50

Toy
Self-Titled (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 27TH)
PS, US "Like Ryksopp's 'Poor Leno'-- cold, lonely pop, bedroom danceparty shit"-PITCHFORK. Debut album from electronic duo formed by UK composer Alisdair Stirling and producer Jorgen Traeen from Bergen, Norway. Toy's playful tunes mixes Radiophonic Workshop, Residents (around Diskomo), Silver Apples, Frank Zappa and Japanese style electronica (from YMO to Zongamin and Cornelius) with their own Scandinavian electro weirdness roots. Combining the analogue synth sounds of the 70s with kids TV, leftfield dance music and electro, Toy creates wonderful and infectious pop. "Prozac- flavoured glory."-BBC Radio 3. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED!
SmalltownSupersound-110
CD
$16.00

UK Subs
Complete Riot (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US This reissue comes shortly before their 30th anniversary, but was recorded for their 20th ann. & reunion of the classic line-up. All the songs for both original ablums (Quintessentials & Riot originally on different labels) were written & recorded & mixed in 3 weeks in San Francisco.
NewRedArchives-099
CD
$13.00

Various
Alright, This Time Just: The Girls Volume 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Maxed out & clocking in at 80 min., it contains 30 tracks. This has served as an introduction to many talented & unsung female artists, which is the sole intention of the series. Culled form the Sympathy catalog, there will be a couple tracks exclusive to this release. Feat. DETROIT COBRAS, WANDA JACKSON, MR AIRPLANE MAN, CANDYPANTS, MATSON JONES, HOLLY GOLIGHTLY, THE MUFFS, THE 5,6,7,8'S, SCARLING, & more. Verb heavy, thrashy, infectious pop & dreamy sweet confections.
SympathyForTheR ecordIndustry-718
CD
$13.75

Various
Downbeat theRuler: Studio Instrumentals (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US COXSONE DODD produced reggae classics from Jamaica's legendary foundation label incl. SOUND DIMENSION, TOMMY MCCOOK, JACKIE MITTOO, DUB SPECIALIST plus 8 bonus tracks by SOUL VENDORS, BRENTFORD RD ALL STARS, more.
StudioOne- 116617803-2
CD
$19.00

Various
Starter Set (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY
PS, US Not a collection of music videos, but a samppling of new dance & music created for the camera. Curated by Katie Eastburn, this feat. new dance by members of Leg & Pants Dans Theatre, Hysterica Dance So, 4 Hard Gulps Theater Co. & new music from members of YOUNG PEOPLE, VAZ, LIARS, NEW COLLAPSE & EMILY MANZO.
KillRockStars-427
DVD
$12.50

Various
Alright, This Time Just: The Girls Volume 2 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US Double Gatefold Lp.
SympathyForTheR ecordIndustry-718
DLP
$17.75

Various
We Love...Homelands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US First DVD celebrating one of Britain's best love & most diverse festivals incl. performances & interviews by BECK, STREETS, BABYSHAMBLES, BRAVERY, HUMAN LEAGUE, ROOTS MANUVA, GROOVE ARMADA, JOHN DIGWEED.
Overt-2
DVD
$19.25

Various
Full Up-More Hits from Studio One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US COXSONE DODD produced reggae classics from Jamaica's legendary foundation label incl. PARAGONS, WILLIE WILLIAMS, DELROY WILSON & SLIM SMITH, JOHN HOLT, ETHIOPIANS, CULTURE plus 6 bonus tracks by BOB ANDY & MARCIA GRIFFITHS, CABLES, BURNING SPEAR.
StudioOne-116617802-2
CD
$19.00

Various
Otis' Opuses (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US The newest sampler from Kill Rock Stars features twenty-two tracks by such artists as The Old Haunts, The Decemberists, The Gossip, Wrangler Brutes, The Makers, Harvey Danger, Gravy Train, Deerhoof, Delta 5, Numbers, Comet Gain, and many more. Also includes bonus tracks by Stereo Total and John Wilkes Booze. As always, the songs vary from electro-trash to singer/songwriter to hard hitting guitars to bouncy pop and back again. And then more. All together it's one exciting introduction (or reintroduction) after another.
KillRockStars
CD
$5.50

Various
Best of Studio One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US COXSONE DODD produced reggae classics from Jamaica's legendary foundation label incl. ALTON ELLIS, WAILING SOULS, MICHIGAN & SMILEY, GLADIATORS, HEPTONES, SLIM SMITH plus 6 bonus tracks by JOHN HOLT, LONE RANGER, KEN BOOTHE, ABYSSINIANS.
StudioOne-116617801-2
CD
$19.00

VHS or Beta
You Got Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Astralwerks-48067
12
$8.25

VHS or Beta
You Got Me (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Remix single for the catchiest song from "Night on Fire." Incl. 4 remixes & dub versions by JUAN MACLEAN & BABY DADDY plus album version & enhanced video.
Astralwerks-48067
CD5
$8.25

Votolato, Rocky
Makers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US Soundtracked by the songs of Willie Nelson and Johnny Cash, Rocky had an unconventional upbringing on a horse ranch in Texas before his mother moved the family to Seattle. There he spent his high school years discovering the underground punk/indie scene. Inspired by bands like Fugazi, he and his brother Cody (founding member of hardcore/art combo The Blood Brothers) formed a punk band called Waxwing. Over the course of three increasingly accomplished solo albums, Rocky has matured into a truly phenomenal talent. "Makers" is an amazing album of songs that seem to have been scratched into a boxcar wall by a worn out and lonesome ghost. "Votolato has stones like Bruce Springsteen and hangover wisdom like Paul Westerberg" - Alternative Press.
Barsuk
CD
$13.75

We Are The Fury
Infinite Jest (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 24TH)
PS, US If early 70's glam and late 70's post punk had a love child in 2005, We Are The Fury would be it. However, they're not your average lo-fi regurgitation. With influences ranging from Bowie and T-Rex to Talking Heads and Television, We Are The Fury reveal a truly unique sound and style. "We Are The Fury cause an electric rage of keyboard, guitar, drums, and bass that creates an almost manic excitement that is rarely matched by any other band" -Skratch Magazine. For fans of Head Automatica, Hot Hot Heat, Ima Robot, and My Chemical Romance. Produced by Tim Patalan (Lovedrug, Sponge, The Fags).
UnbornMedia
CD
$7.00

Wolfgang Press
The Burden Of Mules (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE JANUARY 10TH)
PS, US One of 4AD's longest serving acts, The Wolfgang Press were formed by Michael Allen (vocals, bass) and Mark Cox (keyboards) in 1983. The pair had previously played alongside future Adam And The Ants guitarist Marco Pirroni in Rema-Rema, who cut one EP for the label in 1980. They then briefly reunited in Mass, who managed a single and an album before disbanding (Mass colleagues Gary Asquith and Danny Briottet went on to form Renegade Soundwave). The Wolfgang Press' debut album, The Burden Of Mules, ploughed a similar post-punk furrow to Rema-Rema and Mass. It featured guest contributions from fellow 4AD signings Richard Thomas (Dif Juz) and David Steiner (In Camera), plus, crucially, guitarist Andrew Gray. The latter soon joined the group full-time.
4AD
CD
$12.25

Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice
Voice- Gipsy Freedom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US This is the sound of them combining their sound more fluently than ever before. Compensating for the relative dearth of wooden instruments this time around is guest star DANIEL CARTER. This is both their most confounding & rewarding release. You may hear faint echos of Albert Ayler on one track, Iommi-derived riffage on the next, torch songs that sound torn straight from a Gershwin songbook on the next & Can style epic grooves on the next. The sound of a band breaking out of the box & using the discarded shapes to construct strange new universes.
5RueChristine-53
CD
$14.50

Wooden Wand & Vanishing Voice
Voice- Gipsy Freedom (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE FEBRUARY 21ST)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
5RueChristine-53
DLP
$14.50

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