New Releases
Abruptum
Evil Genius
PS, US Formed in 1989 by IT and All. IT had planned to create the
band already in 1987 but it wasn't until 1990 that he found the right
member to do The same year, they recorded their first two demos. There
are a multitude of myths surrounding this cult act. The band further
became legendary due to the fact that IT was one of the leaders within
what was called the Satanic Black Circle. IT left the scene completely
after several events within the circle & threats to him &
his family.
SouthernLord-075
CD
$14.00
Air Conditioning
Dead Rails
PS, US This Allentown, PA area located black cloud generator is currently
bellowing out upside down crossed brown waves directly into the smog
zone. Following in the tradition of old school shape-shifters, they
hot wire the amplified hearse. Do not expect anything but a journey
into the mekano wiring of tweeter fry & clasp pin kick drum repair.
RIYL Sightings, Mouthus.
Load-106
CD
$14.50
Air Conditioning
Dead Rails
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Load-106
LP
$13.25
Axolotl
Memory Theater
PS, US Memory Theater is an absolutely essential collection of the
best of Axolotl's out of print cdrs and vinyl only releases. Karl
Bauer spent quite a bit of time collaborating with Black Dice, Mouthus,
Double Leopards and various other acclaimed members of the noise underground
before heading off on his own as Axolotl. In the last couple of years
Axolotl have released numerous cd, cdr and vinyl releases many of
which quickly went out of print and started demanding some serious
coin on ebay. Memory Theater collects the best of these out of print
releases into one convenient package designed by Karl Bauer. Axolotl
has collaborated with the likes of the Skaters, Magik Markers, Yellow
Swans, Inca Ore, Skygreen Leopards, Religious Knives, and Mouthus.
Axolotl has toured Europe and the United States and shared the stage
with the likes of Animal Collective, Black Dice, Boris, Charlambides,
Chris Corsano, Double Leopards, Excepter, Sightings, the Skaters,
Terrestrial Tones, Tomutonttu, and Yellow Swans.
Important-120
CD
$12.00
Baffler
#17
PS, US What a difference a few years make. It wasn't so long ago that
Americans thought they had learned a hard lesson about "irrational
exuberance." But on the party went. Expensive military adventures
abroad, a Ponzi economy at home, the largest asset bubble in human
history . . . all topped off with a massive transfer of national wealth
to you-know-who. We're going to have fun paying for this. In this
issue, Thomas Frank explains how the mushy tenets of "bipartisanship"
add up to rule by a class of people whose only clear interests are
their own. Tom Geoghegan surveys the wasteland that American jurisprudence
has become. Kim Phillips-Fein examines poker mania, and unearths clues
to lumpen America's dashed aspirations. Steve Evans reveals why American
poetry is now run by Midwestern ad men dreaming of corncribs and the
big Nebraska sky. Andrew O'Hagan (his novel "Our Fathers"
was shortlisted for the Booker Prize a few years ago) remembers the
last days of an American literary giant. Catherine Liu tells you why
the debt-driven, service-oriented urbanity of your funky downtown
isn't such a good thing for you.
ZINE
$8.75
Bang Gang
Something Wrong
PS, US Icelandic dreamscape rockers recall their farflung Scandinavians
cousins The Perishers (guitars and grand arrangements) and Leopold
(piano and persuasive choruses), trading some of that pair's outright
heartbreak and traditional melancholy for straight up indie pop alacrity.
With the addition of female vocalists the band there are hints of
AK-Momo and The Tiny. PLAYBACK: "The epic orchestration and lonely
reverberations of Bang Gang's 2007 re-release, Something Wrong, melt
mellow pop notions into mesmerizing grandiosity. Enlisting the help
of the other half of Lady and the Bird, Keren Ann, as well as guest
vocalists Nicolette and Phoebe Tolmer, Johannsson says the soft things
out loud. Those things that haunt, contradict, and elicit dark, unknown
beauty rise to the surface... Bang Gang reveals that there is pleasant
splendor when uncertainty is understood and followed."
FromNowhere
CD
$15.00
Bears
Self-Titled
PS, US Bears has been described by You Ain't No Picasso as a record
that "recalls the tenderness of twee, the poeticism of Morrissey
and the pop stylings of many of the bands on Matinée"-but
that's only part of the story. And while the group shares an affinity
for acts like Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura, their music
is pure unbridled pop, in the best possible way. Catchy, carefree
and, most importantly, free of any indie pretension.
Bears-001
CD
$10.00
Bears
Shortest Day Of The Year
PS, US Brand spankin new 7-song EP. Where the first album was sunny
and carefree, the Shortest Day Of The Year EP from Bears is obscured
by clouds. The pop band from Cleveland has recorded a 7 song EP using
slightly darker melodies and lyrics and, at times, minimal instrumentation.
Maybe it was the Ohio winter that put them in this mood, or maybe
it was the need to change something from the early songs, but the
Shortest Day Of The Year EP takes the trademark Bears sound and adds
something a little more personal, though not immediately identifiable.
Bears-002
CD5
$4.75
Bjork, Brant
Tres Dias
PS, US Brand new 8 track acoustic album! Recorded in LA just before
Xmas. CD is a LIMITED RELEASE, not to be repressed!!!
Duna-014
CD
$12.50
Black Betty
S/T
PS, US Formerly the band MMF, they have become a musical entity consisting
of only 2 people! They are Jonas Fairley (drums) & Ana Serena
(guitar) who share vocals. Sounds like Black Sabbath meets Kyuss meets
Deep Purple. Founded in their mutual love for music & the need
to express, explore & exploit their creativity, they are committed
to provide the most entertaining, alternative heavy music to the world.
TwinEarthRecords-010
CD
$10.00
Cadence Weapon
Breaking Kayfabe
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! Every now and again, a hip hop artist emerges
and threatens to take the music from its growing commercial context,
back to its essence. Enter 20-year-old rapper/producer CADENCE WEAPON
(aka ROLLIE PEMBERTON) hailing from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, son
of a Brooklyn DJ, nephew of a funk musician, and child of fresh music.
Following massive grassroots support for his independent mixtape,
Cadence Weapon Is the Black Hand (2005), Pemberton returns with a
more focused sound on Breaking Kayfabe. Breaking Kayfabe is an impossibly
accomplished hip hop album with clever songwriting and impressive
rhymes paired with the electro-tones of UK grime and West Coast hip
hop. Cadence Weapon is developing into a producer and in demand-remix
work includes LADY SOVEREIGN, DISCO D, COKE MACHINE GLOW, and STYLUS.
Upperclass-010
LP
$13.75
Cave, Nick & The Bad Seeds
Abattoir Blues Tour [2CD/2DVD]
PS, US 17 live tracks from 2003/2004 tours, spread over two CDs. Two
separate concerts on 2 DVDs plus bonus footage, short films, etc.
By all accounts: incredible.
Mute
DCD
$29.00
Centro-Matic
Operation Motorcide EP
PS, SPAIN Will Johnson's problem is not a creative drought. He never
stops composing. But then he has to decide to which one of his projects
each song will go: Centro-Matic, South San Gabriel or his solo albums.
He says that thinking about it for a long time can make him consider
eliminating a song. After deciding that he is going to shelve one,
he gets uptight. He wonders what would have happened with that song
he dismissed, if it would have given more strength to his records,
or if a hit has been lost on the way. With "Fort Recovery"
his muse visited him and left the tap of inspiration on. Even though
the final work ended up being a long record (the European version
even includes three extra tracks which are not on the American one),
some really significant compositions were rejected. The trickiest
problem was dismissing songs. Listen to these eight tracks from those
sessions and, if you don't mind me asking, which ones wouldn't you
have left out?
HoustonParty-138
CD5
$11.25
Chrysler, The
The Benelux Years [new 2007 import] (ON SALE)
PS, SWEDEN Third album from Swedish folk-psych-pop combo The Chrysler,
import-only for now and likely in limited quantities. JIM'S PICK:
I'm not trying to confuse you, promise... But by the time I have a
Chrysler album scheduled for U.S. release on our Scandi-only Galaxy
Gramophone label it's a good bet they've gone and released another
album in Sweden. So back in 2005 when I released Failures And Sparks
here they promptly delivered their second album Cold War Classic in
Scandinavia. Now it's 2007, I've got an expanded version of Cold War
Classic rolling out to the Stateside masses this month and The Chrysler's
brand new masterpiece, The Benelux Years, arrives! And who's to argue?
Housed in a handsome matte digipak, the latest chapters of The Chrysler's
mysterioso pop, subliminal psychedelia, and bonfire folk conflagrations
are truly rich in melancholy, harmonies, and pastoral enchantments.
So new that I've only heard it a couple times...enough to know that
The Chrysler remains one of my most cherished bands on planet Earth.
Flora&Fauna
CD
$14.00
Cocker, Jarvis
Jarvis
PS, US Solo album from former Pulp frontman, Britpop's poet laureate,
and consumate extraordinist. Getting rave reviews all over the planet.
ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "a richly nuanced, complicated album that finds
Jarvis near the top of his craft as a writer and record maker."
/// DELUSIONS OF ADEQUACY: "This is the record Pulp could/should
have made as a sequel to the seminal Different Class."
RoughTrade
CD
$14.50
Comfies, The
Close To Me
US, PS 10/06 release
The Comfies don't quite have the frantic energy of the Killers but
seem to have a smart, highbrow pop sense about them along the lines
of Velvet Crush and Matthew Sweet. This is particularly true judging
by the short but sweet opener "Close to Me" that has a warm,
California summer feeling to it. Lead singer and chief songwriter
Benjamin Adam Harper slows things down somewhat for the winding, jangle-tinged
"That's What She Gets" that brings to mind the likes of
the Byrds and early Tom Petty. And the group allow the song to be
fleshed out thanks to the work of guitarist Rafael Cevallos..."
~ Jason MacNeil, All Music Guide
Livewire Recordings LVWR1043.2
CD5
$7.09
Copy
Hair Guitar
PS, US Last year, COPY (who's known as Marius Libman to friends and
family) proved that geography isn't everything. Because while Europe
and the East Coast once monopolized the modern electro-house sound,
Portland now lays claim to its own innovator who has taken the genre
to new and unexpected places. His debut, Mobius Beard (Audio Dregs),
displayed a knack for morphing headphone-friendly synthpop with floor
shaking dance music (...or wait, is it the other way around?) that
tore up stereos and clubs throughout the city of Portland and beyond.
After a year-long string of legendary, sweatsoaked live sets that
invetably erupted into epic dance parties, COPY was voted "Best
New Band" by the Willamette Week, solidifying his place as a
rising star within the local music scene. Outside of Portland, his
infectious brand of instrumental dance music made fans of the likes
of Tim Sweeney (DFA), Lovefoxxx (CSS) and countless DJs, audiophiles,
hipsters and music nerds alike, who found his style undeniable; somewhere
between Ratatat, Timbaland, and MSTRKRFT. And with the release of
his notorious "Diva Mixtape Vol.1" under the guise of DJ
COPY, new life was breathed into the likes of Mariah Carey and TLC,
turning mid-90s RnB jams into triumphant, upbeat bangers that snuck
their way into the hearts of many unsuspecting listeners who weren't
exactly expecting to roll down the windows and pump their brakes to
Whitney Houston this side of the millenium.
AudioDregs-067
LP
$9.75
Copy
Hair Guitar
PS, US Last year, COPY (who's known as Marius Libman to friends and
family) proved that geography isn't everything. Because while Europe
and the East Coast once monopolized the modern electro-house sound,
Portland now lays claim to its own innovator who has taken the genre
to new and unexpected places. His debut, Mobius Beard (Audio Dregs),
displayed a knack for morphing headphone-friendly synthpop with floor
shaking dance music (...or wait, is it the other way around?) that
tore up stereos and clubs throughout the city of Portland and beyond.
After a year-long string of legendary, sweatsoaked live sets that
invetably erupted into epic dance parties, COPY was voted "Best
New Band" by the Willamette Week, solidifying his place as a
rising star within the local music scene. Outside of Portland, his
infectious brand of instrumental dance music made fans of the likes
of Tim Sweeney (DFA), Lovefoxxx (CSS) and countless DJs, audiophiles,
hipsters and music nerds alike, who found his style undeniable; somewhere
between Ratatat, Timbaland, and MSTRKRFT. And with the release of
his notorious "Diva Mixtape Vol.1" under the guise of DJ
COPY, new life was breathed into the likes of Mariah Carey and TLC,
turning mid-90s RnB jams into triumphant, upbeat bangers that snuck
their way into the hearts of many unsuspecting listeners who weren't
exactly expecting to roll down the windows and pump their brakes to
Whitney Houston this side of the millenium.
AudioDregs-067
CD
$12.25
Dears, The
Gang Of Losers
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Arts&Crafts
LP
$14.50
DJ Vadim
Sound Catcher
PS, US This 17 track set sees the former Jazz Fudge head & longtime
Ninja Tune artist throwing formality out the window & following
his own path & plan. Present are straight shots of soul, charged
MC-driven wake-up calls & dense, dubby instrumentals. Stylistically
leagues away from drab contemporary rap, this album is a bold &
winning hybrid of 21st century hip-hop.
BBE-080
CD
$15.75
Dyrdin
S/T
PS, US Dyrdin, Reykjavik, Iceland. There are only 300,000 people who
live in Iceland, 80% believe in elves. Dýrðin brings the
mythologies of elves, comic book heroes and Star Trek to life with
their edgy pop. Dýrðin was formed in Reykjavik in 1994
by Einar and Maggi, having both played in various underground rock
groups for a few years, teamed up with Þorvaldur Gröndal,
to produce silly little pop songs, with a twist, in Maggi's bedroom.
They got hold of a Dr. Rhythm drum machine and an old saggy keyboard
and started churning out tunes on a Tascam 4-track Portastudio. Einar's
sister was hastily recruited to sing. Hafdis surprised everyone by
suddenly displaying singing talent and a knack for rocking out on
stage. After a brief hiatus, they re back on the scene playing locally
at the Iceland Airwaves festival, Innupukinn and recently at Popfest!
New England in Northampton, MA. The drum machine has been dismissed
in favor of a real live punk drummer named Tóti, who also plays
in the legendary Icelandic punk band, Vonbrigdi. Vonbrigdi are a recently
resurrected punk band who were at the forefront of the punk wave along
with such bands as Purrkur Pillnikk (featuring Einar Orn of Sugarcube
fame), Fraebblarnir, the glue-sniffing Sjalfsfroun, and Bjork's band
Tappi Tikarrass. In a departure from bass, guitar and keyboards, the
band has now reached new heights with a full, five member line-up,
in both live performances and recording. From the Icelandic music
magazine, Grapevine: This is a band I ve had the pleasure of seeing
on many occasions, and have watched them grow. Dýrðin
s driving, New Wave pop is well-served by a formidable drummer, who
can be best described as a hard-hitting psycho. They carried their
numbers across so well that before long they started playing their
songs faster than usual & Dýrðin finished their set
with the singer and keyboardist dancing continuously, the crowd elated&
RIYL: The Icicles, All Girl Summer Fun Band, The Sugarcubes, The
Cardigans, Buzzcocks, The Ramones, Blonde Redhead, The Raveonettes,
Serge Gainsbourg.
SkippingStones-007
CD
$10.50
Easter, Mitch
Dynamico
PS, US Mitch's long-awaited new solo album, Dynamico, is here! It's
his first release in 18 years.
125Records
CD
$16.00
Fountains Of Wayne
Traffic and Weather
PS. US
Virgin
CD
$15.00
Future Conditional
We Don't Just Disappear (ON SALE)
PS, UK Future Conditional is the all-new electro-pop project from
Piano Magic mainstays Glen Johnson and Cedric Pin. Drawing inspiration
from classic analog synth-pop by the likes of New Order, Kraftwerk,
OMD and Section 25, the album We Don't Just Disappear updates the
retro-futurist mix with a stellar selection of guest vocalists, including
Melanie Pain (Nouvelle Vague), Bobby Wratten (Field Mice/Trembling
Blue Stars), Angele David-Guillou (Klima/Piano Magic), Carolyn Allen
(The Wake) and Dan Matz (Windsor for the Derby). The 10-track album
was produced by Glen and Cedric in 2006. Standout tracks include Switchboard
Girl (sung by Melanie), Broken Robots (sung by Angele) and the title
track, featuring Bobby. "Future Conditional isn't just an exercise
in nostalgia. We are, in some way paying homage to the groups we love
and inspire us, but we're also experimenting with the glacial electro/human
emotional interface. The future is a robot with a human heart."
(Glen Johnson). Piano Magic will release their new album Part-Monster
in May 2007, and featured vocalist Angele will release an album as
Klima on Peacefrog in March. Windsor for the Derby contributed to
the soundtrack of the latest Sofia Coppola film Marie Antoinette,
and Trembling Blue Stars also release a new album in spring 2007.
Busy people!
LTM-2478
CD
$15.00
Glos
Harmonium
PS, US Feat. former members of ENGINE DOWN & DENALI & current
members of SPARTA, HEAVENS, & more. After collaborating on over
20 songs & never having played the songs together in a rehearsal
environment, the duo decided to take even more advantage of the freedom
that this style of writing offered. They invited Keeley's sister Maura
Davis to join the project & add her beautiful, sultry vocals to
the songs that already seemed perfect for her.
Lovitt-054
CD
$11.00
Golightly, Holly
You Can't Buy A Gun...
PS, UK The debut album from THE BROKEOFFS-HOLLY GOLIGHTLY and LAWYER
DAVE. A winding, dirt track of a record, pitted with potholes over
which Holly and Dave walk with a stumbling ease. Touring the US in
March. UK import.
DamagedGoods-283
LP
$15.50
Golightly, Holly
You Can't Buy A Gun...
PS, UK The debut album from THE BROKEOFFS-HOLLY GOLIGHTLY and LAWYER
DAVE. A winding, dirt track of a record, pitted with potholes over
which Holly and Dave walk with a stumbling ease. Touring the US in
March. UK import.
DamagedGoods-283
CD
$14.00
Harlan
The Still Beat
PS, US Elements from Appalachian folk & the British Invasion create
a sound that is uniquely American yet somehow remote. The lyrics tell
fractured stories wrapped around melodic synth hooks & AM radio
guitar solos; a collision of styles that is strikingly modern but
w/ genuine feeling. Harlan will be touring this spring & are already
recording a follow-up "Bowie would be proud. And so would GBV,
The Replacements, old school Beck, & The Cure.
OddThud-001
CD
$12.50
Harp
May 2007
PS, US NICK CAVE cover Bright Eyes, Rufus Wainwright, Kaiser Chiefs,
Deefhoof, Richard Swift, Blonde Redhead, Adam Yauch, Wilco, Annual
Festival Guide, CocoRosie, The Bird and the Bee, Okkervil River, KT
Tunstall &100 reviews!
ZINE
$4.00
Headlights
Keep Your Friends and Loves Close...
PS, US Headlights are bringing you a little special something for
your Spring with the release of 'Keep Your Friends and Loves Close.
Keep the City You Call Home Closer'. The limited 7-song CDEP features
live-in-the-studio tracks recorded by the band on various stops throughout
their hectic touring schedule. Tracklist: 1."Put Us Back Together
Right" (live WOXY.com), 2."Lions" (live WOXY.com),
3."Owl Eyes" (live Indie 103.1), 4."Centuries"
(live Indie 103.1),5. "Tokyo" (live WOXY.com), 6."Songy
Darko" (live Daytripper.com), 7."This One" (live Daytripper.com).
Polyvinyl-133
CD5
$6.25
Herbert, Matthew
Score
PS, US Now his various film scores are available in one place. This
feat. collected outtakes from his various film scores & is a necessary
addition to every Herbert fan's collection & presents the full
portrait of this truly multi-talented musical genius, whose work should
find him comfortably placed in league w/ the great soundtrack writers
like Newman & Morricone from this day forth.
K7
CD
$18.50
Jai-Alai Savant
Flight Of The Bass Delegate
PS, US 4 star review in Spin!!! Based in Chicago, the trio is the
dub/reggae-rock brainchild of former Franklin frontman Ralph Darden
w/ bassist Dan Snyder & former An Albatross drummer Jeremy Gewertz.
The album features a laundry list of past contributors & guest
musicians (which include members of the Mars Volta, Ted Leo &
the Pharmacists, & the Watchers, to name a few)"The varied
content of the album provides a glimpse into the "science fair
for the creatively insane he hosts inside his head" -The FADER
Magazine.
GSL-119
CD
$12.50
Keller, Derek
Impositions & Consequence
PS, US A former student of Roger Reynolds, George Crumb & Brian
Ferneyhough, his work is intense & remarkably colorful. Blending
diverse styles, instruments & sounds, he's a brave explorer of
uncharted territory, & though the delicate balancing of composition
& improvisation he has made some remarkable new music.
Tzadik-8032
CD
$15.25
Kinetic Stereokids
Basement Kids
PS, US Hailing from Flint, Michigan, KSK have created a buzz that
has emanated from Detroit landing them gigs alongside the likes of
...And you will know us by the trail of the dead, Secret Machines,
Explosions in the Sky, & Wolf Eyes. Like medieval folk songs strutting
alongside driving hip-hop & rock beats, layers of delay-laden
guitar melodies mix w/ noisy static & self-help tape loops to
create a vast wash of psychedelic melody & funk. Add vocals ranging
from breathy, emotional philosophizing to nonsense-raps to complete
the sound: pop songs gone far astray. "Jangley, dark, & moody,
KSK could be the surprise band you've been waiting for."-(SSPC,
Detroit)
Overdraft-701
CD
$11.75
Kings of Leon
Because of the Times
PS, US
RCA
CD
$14.00
Knife, The
Marble House
PS, US Features the powerful TV On The Radio remix, a beautiful orchestral
remix by Planningtorock, the funky Emperor Machine mix and the dance-driven
Rex The Dog and Booka Shade remixes. Also incl. the video directed
by Bjorn Renner.
Mute-9346
CD5
$7.50
Larsen
Musm II A Collection of Previously Unreleased and Rare Tracks 1996-2006
PS, US Originally released as a limited edition CD for Larsen's US
tour in 2003 and then re-issued 1 year later on vinyl by Seattle based
label Enterruption Musm has since been out of print. Finally, Important
Records is making it officialy available in a new revised and expanded
version with 6 extra tracks and brand new artwork. Musm II includes
all the non-album tracks that Larsen have released since their first
full length. No Arms,No Legs, Identification Problems was recorded
and produced by Martin Bisi in 1996, and now almost impossible to
find. It is represented here by 2 ambient tracks and a brand new editing
of some sounds from that album. Also included are 4 previously unreleased
mixes from the album Rever (produced by Michael Gira) the award winning
soundtrack of some short silent animated movies by Winsor McCay,compillation
tracks, collaborations with Julia Kent (Antony and The Johnsons) and
an odd version of Syd Barrett's Vegetable Man.
Important-135
CD
$12.00
Lawler, Keenan
Ghost of a Plane of Air
PS, US Here he, pushes the bounds & very definition of the resonator
guitar: bowing, picking, scraping, knocking & combining it w/
electro-acoustic manipulations & on site recordings. The resultant
sound is dense, affecting, cavernous & like no other.
MusicFellowship-025
CD
$14.25
Los Straitjackets
Rock En Espanol Vol. 1
PS, US The band has teamed-up w/ Cesar Rosas of Los Lobos, rockabilly
belter Big Sandy & east L.A. legend Little Willie G. to deliver
Rock En Espanol Vol. 1, an all Espanol album of vintage Rock n' Roll.
The record is inspired by Mexico City's great '60s garage & rockabilly
madmen as well as by the great border rock of Freddy Fender. With
production by Rosas throughout, the Straitjackets hard-edged twin
guitar onslaught drives propulsive rockers like 'De Dia y de Noche'
(The Kinks' 'All Day and All of the Night') as well as tender ballads
like 'Tu Te Vas' (Barbara Lynn's 'You'll Lose a Good Thing')
YepRoc-2135
CD
$12.50
Mad EP/RA
Ultrafood
PS, US Split and collaboration record between Mad EP (known for his
releases on Ad Noiseam and Hymen) and Ra (Coredump, Planet Mu, Sublight).
AdNoiseam-077
12
$9.50
Magnet
#75
PS, US
ZINE
$3.25
Manasyt
Filthdonor
PS, US Terminal Dusk Records is proud to present the sounds of Manasyt's
Detroit electro-industrial hybrid LP, Filthdonor. Extensive production,
attention to detail, and dark undertones define the other worldly
realm Manasyt creates. Witness the brilliance of Petar Tassev with
nine carefully chosen tracks of razor-sharp electro created from 2005
- 2006.
TerminalDusk-008
12
$9.50
Mando Diao
Long Before Rock 'n' Roll
PS, US This single feat. 3 B-sides & the slick video for "Long
Before RocknRoll" directed by Daniel Eskils (who has directed
videos for fellow Swedes & Mute labelmates, Im From Barcelona,
as well as Dungen)
Mute-9350
CD5
$5.75
Mellowmen
Tomorrow's Sound Today
PS, US ALL MUSIC GUIDE: "Listening to Tomorrow's Sound Today,
it's clear that while these guys are intimately familiar with all
25 volumes of Rhino's Have a Nice Day series, mere mimicry is not
on their minds. As a result, '70s pop lifts like the George Harrison-like
slide guitar solo on "Justify My Madness" or the pure bubblegum
bounce of the gloriously tuneful "Sunshine Shell" are applied
to otherwise up-to-the-minute indie tunes. One subtle but important
distinction is that the Mellowmen don't try to come off as the second
coming of the Beach Boys vocally: since the days of Jellyfish, too
many retro-minded pop bands have tried to pull off elaborate vocal
harmonies that they don't have the chops to accomplish or the imagination
to properly arrange. Throughout Tomorrow's Sound Today, keyboardist
Andreas Nyberg covers nearly all of the vocals himself; the rather
weedy vocal harmony tag at the end of "My Dove" shows the
wisdom of this decision. The press kit for Tomorrow's Sound Today
lists a dozen acts from Ladytron (not so much) to 10cc (quite, especially
the early Graham Gouldman era) as influences (the vibraphone and pedal
steel parts on the utterly lovely closing acoustic ballad "Here
Am I" suggest that the High Llamas could have been the 13th),
but the key quote comes from the head of their label, who compares
the Mellowmen to the unjustly ignored '90s power pop act the Sneetches.
Those who remember the pride of the Bay Area will see the wisdom of
this comparison on the first listen to Tomorrow's Sound Today: these
laid-back but unfailingly catchy tunes casually plunder pop's back
pages without making a fetish of their finds." (Stewart Mason)
RainbowQuartz-138
CD
$13.50
Merzbow
Merzbear
PS, US Author, activist, painter and sound artist Masami Akita had
been at the foreground of experimental music for over 25 years. Inspired
by psycedelic rock, free jazz, early electronic composition as well
the physical arts, especially Kurt Schwitters' Merzbau, Masami Akita
has created a musical language all his own. Merzbear is the sixth
Merzbow release in his utterly essential Merz series for Important
Records. Merzbear pulses and pounds with distorted droning heavy guitar
feedback, pulsing noise-blasts and swirling analog sounds of Akita's
distinct EMS Sythi. Like most of Merzbow's recordings, Merzbear is
a significant document of his ever evolving improvisational style.
Slowly, he's been moving away from his pure laptop era and reincorporating
elements of his pre-laptop analog days w/ his homemade junk guitar,
EMS Synthi & electronics. This hybrid sound brings the past into
the present and pounds with total junk-collage Dada urgency as only
Masami Akita can do it. Cover art by Jenny Akita.
Important-136
CD
$12.25
Merzbow/Carlos Giffoni/Jim O'Rourke
Electric Dress
PS, US Electric Dress covers the full spectrum of sound color possibility,
from totally brutal walls of destructive noise to beautiful minimal
synthetic interplay, analog drone and shifting alien electronics.
A total mind melting collaboration recorded live in tokyo using synths
and a variety of custom analog equipment, even including Merzbow's
classic spring/junk metal instrument. Warm, varied, and obsessive
this is what industrial music should have been, the sound of infinite
machines demolishing a planet and creating a new structure where live
organisms have been eradicated. Edited and mastered by Jim for maximum
sonic annihilation. Documents one of nowadays very rare Merzbow's
all analog live shows, one of Jim O'Rourke's rare live appearances
since his move to Japan and the culmination of Carlos Giffoni's Japan
Synth Destruction Tour. All this at the same time! 100% Essential!
Electric Dress is recommended for fans of analog period Merzbow, early
noise and Industrial Music, academic electronic and analog synth music-And
for those adepts of beautiful and invigorating evil music.
NoFunProductions-015
CD
$12.25
Mojo
#162 (May 2007) [MAGAZINE+CD]
PS, UK
ZINE
$9.50
Mortuus
De Comtemplanda Morte
PS, US After the well received 7" released in '05 this enigmatic
Swedish duo is back w/ another hard to tame beast. 6 tracks of the
darkest Death/Black metal. This band combines the intense discipline
of Occult practice w/ the worship of Death in a way that so many before
have attempted to do. This
album exudes the acrid stench of decay & emptiness that should
be inherent of Black/Death metal.
SouthernLord
CD5
$10.00
Moya, Raul
La Nueva Era Glacier
PS, SPAIN It is said that the Anglo-Saxons carry their memory in their
hearts. And it seems that Raül Moya (who plays with élena,
Miqui Puig, Sitcom, Romodance and Refree) has gone there to recover
the memories which bring his solo debut to life. That is because "La
Nueva Era Glaciar" sounds as if it had been made with his heart
and memories. It also sounds Anglo-Saxon due to the dragging-tempo
of his confessional folk-rock. However, the fact that the album is
written in Spanish (and really well) and that it gets a Latin-Mediterranean
touch by using accordions, toy percussions, and so on, moves him away
from the Anglo cliché. From that cliché and from any
other. This is a very personal album. The more you listen to it the
more you cannot avoid comparing him with the Andrés Calamaro
of "Honestidad Brutal": both albums share a lack of emotional
reserve and have fed themselves with legends, but without being trapped
inside caricature. Here you have more suspicions that Raül and
Andrés have lived parallel lives: Raül has spent lots
of hours looking at the sea, as near as possible to his so beloved
Buenos Aires, and when he looks deep inside of him he finds the same
as Andrés does, that is Bob Dylan. The album starts with an
harmonica. That is reminiscent of "Come Pick Me Up", from
the album "Heartbreaker" by Ryan Adams, which is another
confessional ode. And there are more connections with that record:
the guitar in "Rían Con Sentido" flickers just like
Ryan's in "My Winding Wheel". That is not a coincidence.
"Heartbreaker" and "Honestidad Brutal" are like
swells for Raül and lighthouses for the seafarer who goes deeper
into the album "La Nueva Era Glaciar". These are dangerous
comparisons, but we make them. That is because we are not before a
shy musician who looks at his feet, we are introducing you to someone
who knows how to defend some lyrics that echo words that burn on your
lips: "you", "forever", "life", "to
go back". Promotional reserve tempt us not to say that this debut
is a very especial album. But we say so. We know that writing something
like "of course they are not precisely the same" next to
the proper nouns and other albums that have been mentioned in this
text, would have been a kind of defensive detail. And voluntarily
we have not included any: with these songs we cannot be that fussy.
Rhonda/HoustonParty-11
CD
$14.75
Mus
La Vida
PS, SPAIN La Vida (The Life) is the most bright and vital album matching
the best work of Cocteau Twins, Slowdive, or Trembling Blue Stars.
Mus now leave behind the darkness of past works. Mus sing in their
native Austurianu, a Spanish dialect used in Asturias. 16 page booklet
including lyrics in English, Spanish and Asturianu. Mus is an international
band based in Asturias (the north of Spain). Mus is lead by the couple
Monica Vacas (lead vocal) and Fran Gayo (main composer). On the new
record and live Mus is six people, featuring members of Edwin Moses,
Vigil, and The Nacho Vegas band. Mus have released records on Acuarela
(Spain), Darla (US), Pehr (US), Pop Art (Greece), and Avant Garden
(Taiwan).
GreenUFOs-028
CD
$14.75
Ono, Yoko
Open Your Box
PS, US The 1st album to compile Yoko Onos Billboard Club Charting
remixes. With guest appearances at clubs in New York, Miami, London,
& San Francisco, she has embraced the dance club scene & granted
rights to an all star group of fans to remix her tracks including
PET SHOP BOYS, FELIX DA HOUSECAT, DANNY TENAGLIA, BASEMENT JAXX, &
ORANGE FACTORY. Many of these remixes are extremely rare & highly
sought after.
Astralwerks-88710
CD
$15.75
Paper Chase
cntrl-alt-delete-u
PS, US REISSUE of their 2001 EP from Divot Records. Regarded by the
band as a commentary on the average human's alliance on electricty,
the recording still stands as some of the most unsettling & moving
material from them. Now in deluxe digipack
GileadMedia-008
CD5
$8.00
Pinhas, Richard
Iceland
PS, US Limited repress of third solo album from founding member of
French New Rock giants HELDON, & the first to be issued after
the demise of Heldon. Currently performing & recording w/noisecore
freaks WOLF EYES! "A slower, more classical recording w/the capacity
to hypnotize the listener without their knowledge."-AP
Cuneiform-044
CD
$12.50
Pinhas, Richard
Chronolyse
PS, US Limited repress of first solo album from founding member of
French New Rock giants HELDON, one of the first to meld rock &
electronics. Half live Moog electronics that make fantastic use of
stereo imaging & mix aggression w/the repetition of Philip Glass
or Terry Riley, & half w/all of HELDON in a 30 minute King Crimson-ish
stormy drone epic of mellotrons, electronics, guitar, bass & drums
later sampled on the second UNKLE LP.
Cuneiform-030
CD
$12.50
Ponys
So Sentimental
PS, US
Contaminated-002
45
$5.00
Purient/Mindflyer
Split
PS, US Pressed in an edition of 500. 1/4 of the pressing is on double
sided color vinyl. This means that side A is blue and side B is red.
3/4 of the pressing is a red/blue swirl. Double sided screen printed
jackets. Some things are never better than late and this 7" is
one of them. We'd been planning this for about 4 years but somehow
it kept getting set aside and forgotten. Then one day a package shows
up and it's the artwork and audio.
Important-123
45
$8.25
Qui
Baby Kisses
PS, US Guitar & drum 2-piece play incredibly dissonant intrumentals.
Abrasive noise-punk duos (Lightning Bolt, Pink & Brown) seem to
the in thing these days & Qui are better than most of 'em! Though
great, one of the worst selling titles in the label's catalog until
very recently, when Pitchfork broke the news to the public that former
Jesus Lizard singer, DAVID YOW, has now officially joined Qui. This
album was recorded as a 2 piece band (w/guitarist & vocalist Matt
Cronk & drummer Paul Christensen) way prior to Yow signing on.
You'll certainly want to grab this record!
Heart-013
CD
$11.00
Rameses III
Matanuska
PS, US The UK's Rameses III hail from a place where subtle drifts
are priceless. These insular drones are highlighted by rich acoustic
depths, adding so much contrast that it's heartbreaking. Recordings
of birds add a natural grace, & in the context, this trio is freed.
Within these digital walls rises something majestic, extracted from
the soil
MusicFellowship
CD
$14.25
Rapture
Whoo! Alright...Yeah...Uh Huh (People Don't Dance No More)
PS, US
ThroneOfBlood-001
12
$6.75
Rewinds, The
S/T
PS, US This Alabama group are a tight, polished power pop band who
could be mistaken for being from the Midwest, particularly with a
catchy uptempo and guitar-fuelled nugget like "New Shade of Red,"
that sounds like a cross between the Kinks and Gin Blossoms. Lead
singer Michael Shackelford also shines on the midtempo, galloping
"Everytime" that recalls the Clarks if they'd been influenced
by the Killers... ~ Jason MacNeil, All Music Guide
Livewire Recordings LVWR1029.2
CD
$12.14
RJD2
Things Go Instrumental
PS. US Highly anticipated instrumental versions of SOUL POSITIONs
"Things Go Better With RJ & Al". He indulges his cinematic
side a bit on the intro, w/ strings brought in leisurely, & the
sounds of a booming thunderstorm caving in on the listener. But he
also puts aside his cinematic loops to deliver his roughest &
toughest beats, brassy, sassy funk ala DJ Premier complete w/ the
cuts.
BustownPride-010
CD
$12.50
RJD2
Your Face or Your Kneecap
PS, US It's a 39 min. DJ mix comprised of mostly obscure funk records
from the 70s & 80s that are beat juggled to extend certain drum
heavy parts of the songs w/ a few hip?hop acapellas layered on top
& a few original tracks, some of which are feat. on his debut
solo production album. The song's 37 snippets mostly run no longer
than 30 or 40 secs apiece, but the whole 39 min. collage comes together
like the greatest obscure, free? form funk 'n' jive live jam you've
never heard.
BustownPride-001
CD
$13.50
Rosebuds
Night of the Furies
PS, US This 3rd full length will have fans heading for the dance floor.
The danceable beats meld w/ catchy melodies built on themes both dark
& seductive. The mood is ominous yet enticing; dangerous yet enchanting.
One could easily just bounce along on the infectious pop hooks. Dig
a little deeper, however, & a larger story & unified themes
begin to unfold.
Merge
CD
$11.75
Rylan, Jessica
Interior Designs
PS, US Jessica Rylan (you may know her better as Can't) is finally
releasing her first officially published instrumental work for synthesizer.
Titled Interior Designs, these compositions are more "classic"
in nature than her work as Can't. Inspired by Pauline Oliveros, Eliane
Radigue, Iannis Xenakis and especially Thomas Lehn, Rylan confidently
takes her place among these monumental artists with this collection
of strikingly original pieces recorded on a Serge Modular as well
as analog synthesizers Rylan built herself. Jessica Rylan is a sound
artist and electronic musician who lives and works in the Boston area.
She builds unique synthesizers for installations and live performance.
Her designs are influenced by plants, and the historically outmoded.
Her music incorporates the intuition of folk music with the techniques
of the avant-garde. Rylan was featured in the PBS documentary Greater
Boston Arts in March, 2003. She has created sound installations at
the List Visual Arts Center at MIT, the Boston Center for the Arts,
Harvard University, and the Berwick Research Institute. She earned
an MFA in electronic music from Bard College and has received grants
from the Penny McCall Foundation and the LEF Foundation. She is currently
a Research Affiliate at MIT's Center for Advanced Visual Studies.
Rylan has performed across the United States, Eastern Canada, Scandinavia,
and Western Europe. Highlights included Moscow, Oslo, Lisbon, Antwerp,
London, Chicago, L.A., and New York City. She has performed with with
Thurston Moore, Wolf Eyes, Lightning Bolt, Emil Beaulieau, Prurient,
Hrvatski, Magik Markers, Mouthus, Tim Barnes, Charalambides, Amps
for Christ, Chris Corsano.
Important-134
CD
$12.25
Scharpling & Wurster
Art of the Slap
PS, US Now, 10 yrs into their reign as the masters of long-form radio
comedy, they celebrate a decade of laffmaking. Their collaborations
now anchor Scharplings "The Show on WFMU", a weekly, 3-hr
dose of mirth, music & mayhem. This introduces 6 new characters
that allow for ruminating on issues of class, puncturing the self-inflated,
& embracing the hilarity of the desperate scramble to maintain
a tenuous grip on reality.
Stereolaffs-005
CD
$13.25
Semiconductor
Worlds in Flux
PS, US From the Brighton based duo, Ruth Jarman & James Gerhardt,
who since 1999 have been making stunning, cutting-edge digital artworks
in the form of sound-films, music videos & live animation. Guided
by their obsessive interests in landscape, architecture, geology,
geography, chaos/systems theory & artificial intelligence, they
explore the varied processess of digital animation & the computer's
potential to unite sound & image. This DVD offers a comprehensive
overview of their work feat. 3 music videos (MUM & QT?), 4 live
cinema pieces & 4 short films. Also includes exclusive music from
MAX RICHTER, CRISTIAN VOGEL & ENSEMBLE.
FatCat-014
DVD
$15.00
Sincere Trade
Between You And Me
PS, CANADA Carl W. Heindl aka Sincere Trade has been creating a stir
in the Toronto electronic music scene for the past couple of years
and we are pleased to give you Sincere Trade's second album "Between
You And Me" the follow up to his debut album "If You Cannot
Beat Them" (Dross:tik Records). Sincere Trade shows his penchant
for cerebral micro-dot dance music, texturing complex beats that twist
and decay over lush gloomy pads, the chatter of static and broken
vocal shards, A deeply emotional weave of melody and rhythm lending
to a massive cinematic sound. Highly evocative.
Sublight-3601
CD
$12.25
Sonic Youth
Destroyed Room: B-Sides
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! New York's most influential avant-garde rock
band, SONIC YOUTH, follow up their critically acclaimed 2006 release,
Rather Ripped, with a special set sure to please fans and completists.
The Destroyed Room: B-Sides And Rarities, a collection of near-hidden
Sonic Youth gems hand-picked by the band, brings together songs from
throughout the band's tenure at Geffen Records. Focusing on tracks
previously available only on limited-edition compilations, vinyl-only
releases, or as B-Sides or international singles, The Destroyed Room
also features material that has never before been released. This deluxe,
double-vinyl LP edition is being released on the band's own Goofin'
Records imprint with a CD version available via Geffen.
Goofin-012
DLP
$13.50
Stars Of The Lid
Their Refinement Of The Decline
PS, US Painstakingly recorded, processed & assembled over the
last 5 yrs, SOTL once again deliver a massive work filling 2 CDs &
3LPs, clocking in at over 2hrs. They take time itself & stretch,
compress & turn it inside out, altering what would otherwise be
an arduous test of nerves into an interlude of half awake dreams that
ends too soon. They've created a musical universe in which they are
the sole inhabitant. Simply put, this album is a masterpiece.
Kranky-100
DCD
$13.00
Stars Of The Lid
Their Refinement Of The Decline (DELAYED)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!! 3 LPs, different artwork than the DCD version.
Kranky-100
3XLP
$17.00
Stefana, Alessandro
Poste E Telegraffi
Ps, US Poste E Telegrafi is the debut solo album from Italian guitarist
Allesandro Stefana. Featuring an allstar cast including Mark Ribot
& Leo Abrahams, Stefana creates a dreamy world of instrumental
perfection and beauty. Inspired by the work of Ennio Morricone, Ry
Cooder, Simon Jeffes, Steve Reich and Brian Eno, he has created a
thoroughly modern Western world within his compositions and arrangements.
With constant references to traditional music and rural blues he utilizes
electric and acoustic instrumentation with tremendously compelling
results. Acoustic, electric, and pedal steel guitars along with banjo,
kalimba, baliphones and found objects were all carefully combined
with some primitive electronic instruments such as an arpeggiator,
omnichord and home made vinyl loops. His sound is entirely original
yet clearly rooted in traditions such as Film Music, Blues, Experimental,
Ambient and Avante Garde musics. Stefana manages his cast of collaborators
very well. Most tracks on Poste E Telegrafi are duets with these musicians
keeping the sound and arrangement simple and pure. Instruments breathe
and pulse with life and excitement in this highly original album.
To call this a "promising debut" would be to dismiss the
tremendous success delivered by Poste E Telegrafi.
Important-138
CD
$12.00
Throbbing Gristle
Pt. 2. The Endless Not
PS, US Their first new studio album in 25 yrs. As historically important
during their active period of 1975 -81 as contemporaries Can, The
Sex Pistols, & Kraftwerk, their influence on todays music (from
experimental production techniques & confrontational live shows
to independent promotion via their own Industrial Records label) runs
far deeper than they are often credited.
Mute-9313
CD
$16.00
Turbo A.C.'s
Live To Win
PS, US They combine their unique Surf Punk n' Roll style w/ the best
songs fo their career! This is loaded w/ hits & doesn't let you
up to take a breath. Full power, straight ahead, tight like hell &
always equipped w/ a knock-out hook.
Acetate-7025
CD
$12.75
Twilight Sad
Fourteen Autumns & Fifteen WInters
PS, US The ambitious debut full length album following the critically
acclaimed EP from last year adds an epic scope to the band's already
evident focus on sonically detailed, emotive & eloquent song.
They are as much a product of their geography as their diverse musical
influences who range from Van Dyke Parks to Phil Spector & Daniel
Johnston to Arab Strap.
FatCat-055
CD
$13.25
Uncut
#120 (May 2007)
PS, UK
ZINE
$10.25
Vancougar
Losin' It
PS, US This music is equal parts grace & power, while the progress
they've made over their 3 short years as a band reveals impressive
velocity & focus. Feat. CC Rose of THE PINK MOUNTAINTOPS. Ambitious
& talented as they are, Vancougar are by no means content to sit
still for long. Plans are already being hatched to take this deservedly
celebrated live show to rock 'n' roll enthusiasts everywhere, if they'll
have them. What better time than now to get wise to this unique brand
of Attitude Pop?
Scratch-053
CD
$12.50
Various
Florida Funk
PS, US From the tough, urban center of Miami, to the home of Disneyworld
in Orlando, to the sleepy metropolis of Tampa, one message rings clear
- the Sunshine State offered up musical hopefuls who stood equal to,
or better than, their major label peers. Expertly remastered, packaged
w/ extensive liner notes, complete annotation, a historical overview
of FL & its funk meccas, & containing more photos & memorabilia
in its 24-pg bk than even the most seasoned funk fiend would expect.
NowAgain-5029
CD
$16.75
Venetian Snares
Pink+Green
PS, CANADA Venetian Snares, aka Gonk the 8-legged Viking, is back
with yet another record that sounds nothing like Boards of Canada!
From the catchy title track opener "Pink + Green" which
blends demented punk vocals with hyper-complex grooves and gut gurgling
bass blasts you can just tell this is something fresh and funky from
producer Aaron "funk" Funk. Not to worry though the sub-rattling
low-end blasts and jackhammering hardcore anthems are still here and
in full effect on tracks like "Sporto Fucking Sellout Cocksuckerface"
and "Husikam Rave Dojo" that revisit the days of pilled
out candy raving. This is cyberpunk at it's finest! Welcome to the
interzone! 15 year old K-heads will love this shit! If you hated albums
like Winnipeg is a Frozen Shithole and Higgins Ultra Low Track Glue
Funk Hits 1972-2006, you will hate this even more! This is not some
crybaby n00bcore bullshit, this is rave at it's roughest like only
Mr. Snares can bring it.
Sublight-204
CD
$11.00
Walking Bicycles
S-T
PS, US 180 gram vinyl version!
HighWheel
LP
$9.25
Walking Bicycles
Disconnected
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
HighWheel
DLP
$11.00
Wolfgang
Wicked Truth About Loving A Man
PS, US Robot pop dynamo is back! 80s synth-pop, twee-electro, floor-packing
dance numbers from Wolfgang, who was designed to be the first robot
pop star nearly 20 years ago. Wolfgang's songs illustrate the experience
of love & heartache, of the initial joy & eventual hopelessness
that accompanies unrequited love for a man.
Hypnote-101
CD
$11.00
Wreckless Eric
Big Smash [Deluxe Edition, Bonus Tracks]
PS, US One of the best songs ever, "Whole Wide World", plus
27 bonus tracks... ; )
Stiff
DCD
$12.50
Forthcoming
Releases
A&E
Oi! (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US Artists formerly known as AE. Pleasant ballads drift into daringly
arranged pop songs. A meld of traditional Japanese singing, deft jazz
guitar , gameboy chirping, junkshop keyboards & punk drums. Four
of the tracks are electric interpretations of Japanese folk songs
from the late 19th & early 20th centuries.
Sonig-060
CD
$15.00
Aa
gAame (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US They've been honing their unique, intensely stylized brand
of DIY maximalism in the lofts, clubs & parking lots of NYC since
'02. Like an ADD-afflicted Boredoms or Aphex Twin re-imagined as a
high school marching band, their polyrythmic sound synthesized elements
of hardcore, ambient, pop, crunk, noise, dance, psych & dance
filtered through their distinct, largely self-taught aesthetic.
GiganticMusic-017
CD
$14.50
Acrnym
Flowers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 29TH)
PS, CANADA Genre: Electronic/Breakcore. Discovered by Bong-Ra for
his Kriss record label, 20 year old Glasgow, Scotland artist Calum
Gunn makes music under the moniker Acrnym, his debut album "Flowers"
is 13 killer tracks tethering spastic rhythms and malfunctioning breaks
with spellbinding melodic instrumentation. "Flowers" shows
off some awesome technical exercises in speedy BPMs with a buzz-storm
of frenetic break episodes and blazing synth lines. Think Venetian
Snares meets Wisp i.e., Amazing breakcore with actual melodies.
Sublight-3401
CD
$12.25
Alchemist
Rapper's Best Friend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Decon-048
DLP
$16.75
Alchemist
Rapper's Best Friend (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US One of the most celebrated producers in hip-hop today, he's
been making hot beats for nearly 15 yrs. This is an instrumental CD
comprising 14 finely chiselled jams, which feat. a combination of
previously unreleased beats & recent studio work that he did for
Mobb Deep, Jadakiss, Tony Yayo, Dilated Peoples & more!
Decon-048
CD
$15.75
Alsace Lorraine
Dark One (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH) (ON SALE)
PS, US Alsace Lorraine is the delicately delicious and unique electronic/guitar
pop creation of seminary professor Paul Francke. We're pleased to
announce that our favorite singer on Earth, Argentinean Singer/Artist
Isol has joined Alsace Lorraine to sing on four of the album's 14
tracks too. Isol sings here in English for the first time! Isol left
her band Entre Rios (Elefant {Spain}/Darla {US}) when the group signed
with EMI Latin America because the deal demanded too much time away
from her profession as an Artist/Illustrator. Caitlin Brice sings
backing vocals on two tracks. Jane Francke (Paul's sister) sings one
track. The sophomore Alsace album Dark One, though not literally very
"Dark", was recorded and mixed by Paul at Paul's home studio
in Chicago. Isol's warm, exotic, sensual vocals were recorded in Isol's
bedroom studio in Buenos Aires. Paul's unique bedroom uber-pop soundtrack
provides the perfect music bed to Isol's vocal. The result is a unique
blend of Astrud Gilberto, Wolfgang Press, Eurythmics, Pale Saints,
St. Etienne, Magnetic Fields, Hope Sandoval, as well as The Wake,
Section 25 and other Factory-esque influences. Hopefully, Paul and
Isol will make more beautiful music together. Alsace Lorraine sounds
romantic; thoughtful, sensuous and smart. Comment from Paul Francke:
I began the album begun during college on the south side of Chicago
and completed it while working in Campbeltown, on the end of the Kintyre
Peninsula, the most remote part of mainland Britain. Between those
points I worked on the record in an Episcopalian seminary dormitory
in Alexandria, Virginia, while training to be a seminary professor.
It couldn't have been done without my brilliant, non-religious friends:
Isol sings four of the best songs on the album, but she also made
important suggestions for changes to the lyrics and music. We share
a lot of beliefs regarding art and beyond, and it has been fascinating
to work with her. Her friend Nico recorded her vocals in a studio
in Buenos Aires. Caitlin Brice, the lead singer from the previous
album, sings excellent backup on two songs here. Joe Moore plays guitar
on one song, and my younger sister Jane sings on one song as well.
Darla-178
CD
$12.25
Amandine
Solace in Sore Hands (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US The sophmore album from Malmo, Sweden is 11 tracks of plaintiv,
bittersweet songs that merge a newly extensive sonic palette w/ their
poignant lyrical content. Though still centered around an Americana/roots
axis, their songs have broadened in both scope & depth in addition
to easy references like Rex & Songs:Ohia/Jason Molina.
FatCat-050
CD
$13.25
Antiguo Automata Mexicano
Kraut Slut (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, MEXICO Angel Sánchez Borges, the man behind AAM (Antiguo
Automata Mexicano) takes techno to the next level with his second
album and first release with Static Discos. Previously AAM released
the infamous Microhate album on Germany's Background label. Inspired
by German kraut and space rock, minimal techno and screwed up digital
antics, AAM's Kraut Slut is the stuff of wicked dance dreams. Angel
Sánchez Borges also records as Seekers Who Are Lovers on the
Soundsister label. In a recent interview on URB Magazine, Borges says
his secret to the AAM sound is his love for "My Bloody Valentine,
a gentle way of dealing with strange layers of sounds. I want people
to dance to these noisy grooves". Pitchformedia recently described
his music in "the glitch/dub/minimal techno vein, with carefully
constructed rips and blips stretched across a wide, white sonic canvas".
StaticDiscos-019
CD
$12.25
Arcade Fire
Neon Bible (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge-285
DLP
$17.50
Arctic Monkeys
Favourite Worst Nightmare (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US New full-length.
Domino
CD
$14.50
Arctic Monkeys
Brianstorm (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US This pre-album single serves to prepare you for the coming
onslaught that is the rocking brilliance of their new release, "Favourite
Worst Nightmare". Like some cruel bait-and-switch, this record
opens with a lovely string quartet before a rude intrusion of frantic
drums and squealing guitars send them packing (apparently inspired
by The Jesus Lizard no less). The second track, "Brianstorm"
barrels out of the gate with an itchy energy. "Temptation Greets
You Like Your Naughty Friend" is a taut, suspenseful track featuring
a guest verse from Dizzee Rascal.
DominoRecordingCo.
CD5
$4.75
Army Of Me
Citizen (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US Army Of Me was named one of the top unsigned bands in America
by Alternative Press, and the article started a barrage of major label
interest for the Washington, DC-based band. On the surface, their
music could fit snugly into the playlist of any mainstream radio station.
The epic guitars and soaring vocals are more reminiscent of early
Coldplay and U2 than of quirkily trendy indie pop. Below the surface,
however, Army Of Me carries the self-starter scars of one of the hardest
working bands in showbiz.
Doghouse
CD
$12.50
Asa Irons & Swaan Miller
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US This record is forever. After listending to it you'll realise
that it doesn't matter that Asa Irons plays in Witch with J Mascis
as well as the acclaimed folk outfit Feathers. This record needs no
associations and it's songs are so timeless that they feel as if they've
been passed around for generations and hardly need any recording medium
at all. This is the first release from Asa Irons and Swann Miller
but it sounds like they've lived within each others voices for a million
years. Asa's deep-breath-voice lays down a mossy hill for Swann's
beautiful voice to tread upon. His guitar work is simply intricate
and his fingerpicking perfectly suits the way their voices combine
to become one. This record always has been and always will be. This
record is forever. "After spending years in New Hampshire and
often Nova Scotia, I began writing songs about my Northeastern window
through which I view the world. Most of the pieces represent strong
fundamentals in my life such as living without comfort resources like
electricity and running water, the building trends of carpentry and
masonry with which I make my living, and the slow paced rural life
in which I grew up. The land of Northeastern North America is very
important to me and compelled me to describe it in the form of music.
Many people in my life were musicians - my father, cousins, friends
- so I had plenty of good examples to pull from and think about. My
style of song writing, I believe, comes from the influence of these
loved ones combined with certain deep-rooted melodies or images from
books that have stuck with me. (Such as sound tracks of old cinema
and authors like Tolstoy and Carolyn Chute.) My older sister's art
work has also had a tremendous effect on the way I see the world.
Many of her primary subjects revolve around various representations
of our own home place and the people who inhabited this and the other
woods houses in which we grew up. One of the people connected to me
through music and lifestyle is Swann Miller. She is the daughter of
a man who was a good friend of my father's. Through the '70's our
fathers built houses together around N.H. and also played a lot of
music. So, I have known Swann my whole life and perhaps it was inevitable
that we made music together. When I reached her house in the winter
of 2003, I had just had my notebook of songs stolen along with other
things. I decided to try to catalogue all I could remember by practicing
them. Swann practiced with me. On a whim, her boyfriend - who works
as a sound engineer - recorded the two of us singing in an abandoned
yellow women's bathroom in the basement of the building where they
lived. It all took about an hour and a half including set up of mics,
recording, and breaking down. I borrowed a twenty year old Guild guitar
from a friend of a friend which was very similar to my father's guitar
that I grew up with. I am so happy to have had the opportunity to
help capture Swann's beautiful voice and continue the music of our
families. The album is a quick glimpse of a world view from Southern
New Hampshire through the voices of two old friends whose fathers
were friends before them." Asa Irons
Important-143
CD
$12.25
Black Rebel Motorcycle Club (B.R.M.C.)
Baby 81 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 1ST)
PS, US New album, heard it's awesome.
RedInt/RedInk
CD
$14.25
Black Tie Revue
Code Fun (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US Their hooky keyboard driven power-pop has been drawing ravenous
fans everywhere they play. Often compared to power pop bands likeThe
Only Ones, The Wildhearts & The Records, the band is everything
great about being young, geeky & American: adictively hooky, powerful,
flagrantly irresponsible three-chord pop songs, loud guitars &
new-wave keyboards, & a whole lot of jumping around.
Gearhead-074
CD
$11.50
Blonde Redhead
23 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US As rich and densely layered as their last album, "Misery
Is A Butterfly", but the overall mood of wistfulness, melancholy,
and regret has been replaced by one of mystical wonder and renewed
energy. "It's art music and heart music, with equal appeal to
a Serge Gainsbourg fan as to a Sonic Youth fan, without ever sounding
like either act" - LA Times. "An otherworldly, richly cinematic
adventure" - Q Magazine.
4AD
CD
$13.25
Blonde Redhead
23 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
4AD
LP
$11.00
Bloomfield, Mike
Junko Partner (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US Undoubtedly one of the greatest musicians of his era. A maestro
of guitar, & an excellent composer & interpreter, he introduced
young & old alike to a world of pure & authentic blues. This
excellent album was released just after his death.
Akarma-376
CD
$15.75
Bright Eyes
Cassadaga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
SaddleCreek-103
DLP
$16.50
Bright Eyes
Cassadaga (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US A swirling, euphonious record, at times bursting w/ bombastic
confidence & country swagger & at others loose-limbed &
mesmeric. An album so full of soaring strings & female harmonies
that it feels almost buoyant in comparison to previous releases. Feat.
ANDY LEMASTER (NOW IT'S OVERHEAD), BEN KWELLER, JANET WEISS (EX-SLEATER-KINNEY),
JASON BOESEL (RILO KILEY), JOHN MCENTIRE (TORTOISE), M. WARD, MARIA
TAYLOR & many others!
SaddleCreek-103
CD
$11.50
Brown, Steven
Brown Plays Tenco + Live 1988 (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 29TH)
PS, UK Steven Brown is a core member of cult avant garde band Tuxedomoon.
As a solo artist he has recorded some ten solo albums, including Music
For Solo Piano (1983), Searching For Contact (1987), Half Out (1991),
Nine Rain (1996) and Decade (2003). Brown Plays Tenco was recorded
in Italy in 1987 and features Steven's own interpretations of five
songs written by cult artist Luigi Tenco. Born in Cassine in 1938,
Tenco scored many hits as a singer in Italy during the 1960s, but
shot himself through the head at the San Remo Festival in 1967 after
Ciao amore ciao (Hello, Love, Hello), failed to reach the final. The
suicide note explained that his suicide was a gesture of protest against
the jury's taste in music. Never available on CD before, Brown Plays
Tenco has now been digitally remastered with twelve bonus tracks recorded
live in Italy in 1988. These include in-concert renditions of songs
by Luigi Tenco as well as solo material by both Brown (Besides All
That, rwf) and Tuxedomoon (What Use?, Egypt , Lowlands Tone Poem).
Artist Resume: Steven Brown was born in Chicago in 1952, and currently
resides in Mexico City. Tuxedomoon formed in San Francisco in 1977
around the nucleus of Steven Brown, Blaine Reininger and Peter Principle.
Following a string of releases on the Residents' Ralph label, the
band relocated to Europe in 1981. Their dozen-odd group albums include
the classics Half Mute, Desire, Suite En Sous-Sol, Ghost Sonata and
Holy Wars. The latest TM album Bardo Hotel was released in 2006.
LTM-2428
CD
$16.25
Cap D
Return of the Renegade (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US As a Muslim hip-hop artist who truly lives & breathes the
culture, he's in the vein of other Chicago Muslim MCs such as Lupe
Fiasco & Rhymefest, who makes a cameo appearance here. Guest producers
include J.Rawls & Maker & other guest MCs incl. ANIs Iomos
Marad & OneBeLo, another fellow Muslim MC & veteran of the
underground hip-hop circuit
AllNatural-050
CD
$11.50
Cap D
Return of the Renegade (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
AllNatural-050
LP
$7.25
Celestial
Dream On (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US You may have heard some of these songs on Music is My Girlfriend
or Lost Music eps - these are completely new recordings and sound
amazing. Andreas Hagman returned to his native Örebro, Sweden
in 2000, where he began recording dreamy pop, jangly guitar and vocals
that reflect a tender, soul-baring honesty.
"Precious songs, in the Sarah Records
vein, between a super romantic dreampop and a dreamy and tender melodies
jangle pop" - Mira El Péndulo
"stay true to their roots and produce
a completely wonderful indie, drenched in effects... nostalgia knows
no limits." - 4 Lighthouses
"wanders from shoegaze via Field Mice
to JAMC in five songs" - Groove
SkippingStones-009
CD
$9.50
Chinese Stars
Listen To Your Left Brain (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US Having honed their chaotic four-on-the-floor post-punk dance
style into an unequivocal signature. Here, the Chinese Stars set in
motion a tsunami of new waves, crafting an atmosphere of propulsive
sonic escapism fueled by noodle-stringed guitar riffs, seat-of-your-pants
lyrics, and hallucinatory synths. This is a fast-forward audio movement,
taking music back to the base pleasures. Razor-sharp, aural pop art:
the overblown are busted.
SkinGraft-086
LP
$14.50
Clientele
God Save The Clientele (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, US On their third full-length, The Clientele are setting free
their inner Monkees with a lovely blend of Big Star twisted powerpop,
Byrdsian country achin', and flashes of The Beatles at their most
joyful and upbeat. The ghosts, half-light, and uncertainties remain,
but included in this music is a newfound optimism. With the addition
of piano and violin, the band paints from a broader palette, adding
splashes of pedal steel and slide guitar to their already lush songs.
Their most accomplished and triumphant record. Recorded in Nashville
with Mark Nevers (Lambchop, Bonnie "Prince" Billy, Calexico,
Silver Jews).
Merge
CD
$13.25
Clientele
God Save The Clientele (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Merge
LP
$15.50
Clorox Girls
J'aime Les Filles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
BYO-113
LP
$13.75
Clorox Girls
J'aime Les Filles (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US Third LP from Portland, OR popsters channels the 70's style
LA punk attitude of brevity, urgency & punchy pop hooks. Produced
by Pat Meares (EXPLODING HEARTS).
BYO-113
CD
$13.75
CocoRosie
Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL
10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TouchandGo-306
LP
$14.25
CocoRosie
Adventures of Ghosthorse & Stillborn (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL
10TH)
PS, US Here the girls continue to experiment w/ their disparate voices
& clashing personalities, juxtaposing devastating ballads w/ exhilarating
tracks. This is a departure from their earlier obscured blur of stained
glass rêve to what they describe as ""a more self-exploitive
memoir."" A lush, orchestral array of sounds & beauty
- A vaudevillian opera, if you will. W/ producer Valgeir Sigur?sson
(Bjorks main studio conspirator since Dancer in the Dark).
TouchandGo-306
CD
$12.50
Comas, The
Spells (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US
Vagrant
CD
$12.25
Creteens
4-Track Blues (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE TBA)
PS, US 4 song EP from some French kid(s?) making with the Memphis-sound
garage-punk racket. The title cut and "Contaminated" are
definitely 'Teenage Hate'-esque. B-Side has an Oblivians cover &
a slower-style Fatals-ish long-titled bloozer. Recording is pretty
rough. Scums stats: 600 copies on baby- blue swirled vinyl.
Contaminated-009
45
$6.00
Damiak
Micalavera (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 1ST)
PS, US Abe Dichi who's musical works are released via the Damaik alias
is what you would classify as a true cosmopolitan musical entity.
Spending most of his life moving between Mexico, Europe and the United
States somehow gives his debut album "Micalavera" for n5MD
an undercurrent of international, almost globalized, method. Add in
the mixing and mastering of Mio and Valgeir Sigurdsson (Bjork, Mum,
Bonnie "Prince" Billy) at Greehouse Studios in Iceland and
this compounds the borderless sense of musical place that Micalavera
embodies. The album title which roughly translates to "my skeleton"
utilizes guitars, melodium, harmodium, violin, piano, field recordings,
and live drums as well as electronic elements and edits that may recall
similar moments to Sigurdsson's copatriots Mum and Blindfold or even
to the more delicate moments of Dntel. Micalavera is an absorbing
mix of many musical styles interwoven into a bright, affectionate,
yet cohesive whole that features 12 vignettes of multicultural instrumentation,
technique, and raw wondrous emotion.
n5MD-147
CD
$12.00
Dead Meadow
Howls from the Hills (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US Their new album of accomplished and mesmerizingly authentic
psychedelic rock.
Xemu
CD
$15.00
Deerhunter
Flourescent Grey EP (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US Four new songs recorded while mixing Cryptograms. A snapshot
of what direction the band might explore next? Probably not. This
EP arrives on the heels of a well received sophomore LP, Cryptograms.
EP functions in many ways as an epilogue to both the LP and the accompanying
well-reported anxiety surrounding it's creation. The band now has
a clean slate to explore something entirely new in the future. Four
songs plus video for "Strange Lights".
Kranky
CD5
$7.00
Dinosaur Jr.
Beyond (Digipack Packaging) (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 1ST)
PS, US Reunion album by all original members (J, Lou, and Murph, and
all the accompanying disfunctional psychoses and neuroses) is one
of the finest "comebacks" in the history of "comebacks".
A triumphant return to form, highly recommended.
FatPossum
CD
$14.00
Draper, Linda
Keepsake (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US Linda Draper's much anticipated fifth studio long player, "Keepsake"
brings you along for 10 beautifully crafted songs - it continues where
her last LP, 2005's "One Two Three Four" (produced by Kramer)
left off. The album marks her first self-produced effort, along with
co-producer Major Matt Mason (Adam Green, Kimya Dawson, Jeffrey Lewis
etc.) and was recorded at Olive Juice Music Studios in New York City.
The CD presents Linda in an intimate setting accompanied throughout
by stand-up bass, piano, violin, cello, slide guitar, touches of percussion
and xylophone - the focus always being the pure beauty of Draper's
vocal performance. "A shining light of excellence...a delightful
voice that immediately enchants." (Tasty, UK)
PlantingSeeds-048
CD
$12.25
Dying Californian, The
Coarsegold (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US The sound of The Dying Californian is rooted in American tradition,
influenced by country and folk as much as rock. With floating melodies
and complex harmonies, it is difficult to place it into a genre. It
is as much at home in a drunken hootenanny as in a late and lonesome
night. It all just fits. The Dying Californian's third release on
Turn Records is titled Coarsegold. Three years in the making, the
album marks a jumping point in the bands signature style and sound,
refined and redefined. The story of the album starts 3 years ago when
Nathan Dalton, the primary songwriter for The Dying Californian found
himself with a new job that had him traveling throughout California,
staying in a variety of different places, often, for weeks as a time.
On one lengthy trip, Dalton found himself holed up in the small town
of Coarsegold, the geographic center of California. Neither northern
or southern, western or eastern, simply Coarsegold, California - a
town existing somewhere in between. It was here that Dalton found
a new center for his own writing, influenced by the stark contrasts
of California as well as the isolation and inspiration that only come
from being on the road. He began to pen a new record; handheld tape
recorders, lyrics on napkins, music on motel notepads, wherever he
could find to write it down, he would. Coarsegold, the geographic
center of California, the heart, also serves as the pinion for the
record.
Turn-021
CD
$9.75
Eames Era
Heroes & Sheroes (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US The bands sophomore record is so brazenly hooky, with songs
that are so totally fleshed out with memorable sing-a-longable instantly
familiar melodies, chugging guitars, ba-bas, harmonies & handclaps,
you could forgive it for what it lacks in innovation. In fact, Heroes
highlights are some of the best chick-pop, and wholeheartedly deserve
to sit amongst your Go-Gos greatest hits CD, Blondies Parallel Lines
& the last Mates of State record too. The first single, "When
You were a Millionaire", is currently featured as the theme song
on MTV's new show, "I'm from Rolling Stone". Also had a
song featured on Grey's Anatomy soundtrack.
MDF-429
CD
$10.00
El Perro Del Mar
S/T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TheControlGroup
LP
$14.00
Electrelane
No Shouts, No Calls (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, US Following "Rock It To The Moon" (2001), "Power
Out" (2004), and "Axes" (2005), there seems to be a
new kind of light shining on Electrelane that remains strong throughout
this record, but the willingness to push the envelope hasn't left
the band either. "No Shouts No Calls" is an album of enticingly
irregular brilliance. "Electrelane effortlessly assimilate a
wide cut of moods and influences - the off kilter harmony of the Velvet
Underground, the droning insistence of Krautrock heroes Can, the bratty
brashness of feminist popsters Le Tigre - into a heartfelt batch of
art-pop that never sounds snobby" -Blender.
TooPure
CD
$13.25
Electrelane
No Shouts, No Calls (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
TooPure
DLP
$13.25
Elk City
New Believers (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US New album from former Hidden Agenda artists, now on Friendly
Fire. For 'New Beleivers' the band would recall the soul of Dusty
Springfield, the power of Patti Smith, the big sound of Phil Spector
and the warped-pop sensibilities of The Breeders on an album that
brought vocalist Renée LoBue to the forefront. his new Elk
City calls upon a wide palette of influences: 1960's psychedelic bands
such as Love, the girl group sounds of classic Motown, 1970's proto-punk
heroes John Cale and Television, and 1980's alternative rock such
as The Smiths and The Pixies. Features guest appearances by Brother
JT and former members of Luna.
FriendlyFire
CD
$15.00
Elope
9 Distilled Dreams (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL??? 2007)
PS, SWEDEN COMING SOON! Perhaps Elope's finest album to date...and
that's saying something consideing how brilliant 'The No Name Record'
and '3WD' are... It is also their very mellowest. '9 Distilled Dreams'
is the mainly acoustic companion piece to the rocking '3WD' released
earlier this year. Check out Jim's Pick page for a sound sample.
Gravitation-026
CD
$10.50
Fiest
Reminder (ON SALE / PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 1ST)
PS, US New album from Canadian electro-chantuese.
CherryTree
CD
$11.00
Filip
Crane-Grief (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US Second full length from Sweden's eccentric pop poet. Simple
beautiful songs performed on guitar, piano, pump organ & auto
harp. For fans of Daniel Johnston, Will Oldham & Tom Waits.
Filipsongs-001
CD
$16.75
Fine Arts Showcase, The
Sings The Rough Bunnies (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 2007)
PS, SWEDEN Third album from Gustaf Kjellvander's Fine Arts Showcase,
and the follow-up to his 110% brilliant 'Radiola'. Oddly enough a
tribute record. TFAS covers 11 song by Swedish cult-twee-punk-lofi
duo The Rough Bunnies. Highly recommended.
Adrian
CD
$15.00
Flying Burrito Bros
Definitive Collection (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US Gram Parsons, Chris Hillman (BYRDS) & the FBBs made country
cool again when everybody else was into big rock sounds. They introduced
the fuzztoned pedal steel and psychedelic nudie suits to a culture
that was about as far from country cool as you could get. And God,
"Hot Burrito No. 1" is one of the best vocal takes ever
put to tape. 25 songs.
Hip-O
CD
$15.00
Flying Luttenbachers
Destroy All Music (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US Fully re-mastered, extended edition of FL's landmark 1995 album.
This special edition, which features notorious drummer/multi-instrumentalist
Weasel Walter & renowned jazz saxophonist Ken Vandermark, captures
the band at the height of the internal struggles that would soon dissolve
the quintet line-up. This comprehensive edition includes seven never-before-heard
vintage recordings, all painstakingly re-mastered by bandleader Weasel
Walter.
SkinGraft-085
CD
$14.50
Francis, Sage
Human The Death Dance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, US Rapper, activist, and cultural provocateur Sage Francis offers
his most personal and fully realized work on his second Anti/Epitaph
release. With topics
ranging from 9 to 5 cubicle madness to addiction to sex and hip-hop,
Francis delves into very real issues with wit and intensity. Equally
comfortable in rap battle or a poetry slam, Francis will hit the road
this spring with Buck 65 and Alias; a highly anticipated tour for
fans of hip-hop and alternative alike.
Epitaph
CD
$14.75
Francis, Sage
Human The Death Dance (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE MAY 8TH)
PS, US VINYL VERSION!!!
Epitaph
DLP
$15.50
Fursaxa
Alone in the Dark Wood (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 17TH)
PS, US Recorded half in Pennsylvania, half in Finland, this evokes
pale moonlight & deep shadows, where tree limbs bend to form cathedral
arches over a procession of mystics. Disembodied female voices rise
like sacral fire-smoke amongst the strum of mandolin, balalaika, &
the piper's call of bells & flute- whistle. At some turns mournful
& stark, at others a celebratory invocation, it displays her alchemical
knack for turning folk into lo-fi, & then into sheer psych &
back again.
AllTomorrowsParties-026
CD
$15.50
Future Clouds And Radar
S-T (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 24TH)
PS, US Heavily influenced by cameras, the asterisk, loss of any kind,
and Bill Monroe's falsetto, Future Clouds And Radar is the latest
creation of Robert Harrison, best known as the leader of Austin cult-reggae-heroes
Cotton Mather; hailed by NME as "the most exciting new guitar
pop band since Supergrass", handpicked by Oasis to join them
on tour, and most recently, featured on Little Steven Van Zandt's
"Coolest Songs In The World Vol. 1". Paste Magazine hails
this record as a "magnificent double-disc collection of Flaming
Lips/13th Floor Elevators/ELO-inspired psychedelic pop gems. Move
over, Robert Pollard."
StarAppleKingdom
CD
$15.25
Gelfand, Dmitry + Evalina Domnitch + Various Artists
Camera Lucida (PRE-ORDER: SALEABLE APRIL 10TH)
PS, US 12k/LINE are very happy to announce their first DVD release
with groundbreaking visual artis
